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Re: [trinity-users] fetching photos from android phone

From: J Leslie Turriff <jlturriff@...>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 19:12:13 -0500
On 2020-08-30 18:47:10 midi-pascal wrote:
> On 2020-08-30 7:13 p.m., Mike Bird wrote:
> > On Sun August 30 2020 15:26:16 Marvin Jones via trinity-users wrote:
> >> Can't it be mounted as a Mass Storage Device?
> >> I plug my Android phone (and/or Android tablet) into a USB port
> >> and Trinity asks to open it in konqueror.  Then Bob's your uncle.
> >
> > When I try that my laptop just charges my phone.
> >
> > Non-systemd Debian buster.
> >
> > Anyone got the clue I'm missing?
> >
> > --Mike
> >
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> Hi,
>
> That is probably about your phone settings. I had the same issue at first.
>
> I had to change the USB settings on my Android phone from "Charge Only"
> to "PTP connexion" (Translated from French so terms may differ) to be
> able to transfer photos to the PC.
>
> Then Konqueror can see the device (the phone) and its contents.
>
> Note: my android phone is old...
>
> midi-pascal
>
	Probably, PTP = Peer To Peer.

Leslie