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

From: "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <office@...>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:12:03 +0200
Anno domini 2020 Mon, 31 Aug 01:42:37 -0700
 William Morder via trinity-users scripsit:
> 
> On Monday 31 August 2020 01:12:14 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > Anno domini 2020 Mon, 31 Aug 01:04:19 -0700
> >
> >  William Morder via trinity-users scripsit:
> > > On Monday 31 August 2020 00:54:16 J Leslie Turriff wrote:
> > > > On 2020-08-30 20:26:35 William Morder via trinity-users wrote:
> > > > > On Sunday 30 August 2020 17:36:37 J Leslie Turriff wrote:
> > > > > > On 2020-08-30 19:27:34 William Morder via trinity-users wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sunday 30 August 2020 17:19:08 J Leslie Turriff wrote:
> > > > > > > > On 2020-08-30 19:07:51 Sl�vek Banko wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Monday 31 of August 2020 01:40:16 Felix Miata via
> > > > > > > > > tde-users
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > deloptes composed on 2020-08-31 01:01 (UTC+0200):
> > > > > > > > > > > Felix Miata wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >> Does TDE have an app made for this purpose? If yes,
> > > > > > > > > > >> what's it called. If not, suggest something please.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Isn't konqueror working for you?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > AFAIK Android also uses MTP.
> > > > > > > > > > > I just found out recently (for a second time) that I need
> > > > > > > > > > > udisks2. Konqueror does the rest assuming you have the
> > > > > > > > > > > tdeio plugins and the permissions.
> > > > > > > > > > > My phone is not exactly android, but MTP is MTP.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Konq's media doesn't show it. Konq says protocol not
> > > > > > > > > > supported if I type in mtp:/ or mtp:///. If mtp://, it
> > > > > > > > > > lists / content. No kind of popup announces phone's been
> > > > > > > > > > connected, even though kernel certainly noticed:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > # rpm -qa | egrep -i 'udisk|tdeb|eio' | sort
> > > > > > > > > > libudisks2-0-2.6.5-lp151.3.3.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdebase-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdebase-bin-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdebase-data-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdebase-libtqt3-integration-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdebase-runtime-data-common-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdebase-tdeio-pim-plugins-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdebase-tdeio-plugins-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdebase-tdeio-smb-plugin-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdebindings-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdebindings-java-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdemultimedia-tdeio-plugins-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > trinity-tdepim-tdeio-plugins-14.0.8-1.oss151.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > udisks2-2.6.5-lp151.3.3.x86_64
> > > > > > > > > > # dmesg tail
> > > > > > > > > > [   16.257759] sky2 0000:05:00.0 eth0: enabling interface
> > > > > > > > > > [  220.180082] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 2
> > > > > > > > > > using uhci_hcd [  220.320054] usb 3-2: device descriptor
> > > > > > > > > > read/64, error -71 [  220.564091] usb 3-2: device
> > > > > > > > > > descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 221.008081] usb 3-2: new
> > > > > > > > > > full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd [ 
> > > > > > > > > > 221.144082] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [
> > > > > > > > > >  221.388055] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
> > > > > > > > > > [ 221.496101] usb usb3-port2: attempt power cycle
> > > > > > > > > > [  221.940075] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 4
> > > > > > > > > > using uhci_hcd [  222.356061] usb 3-2: device not accepting
> > > > > > > > > > address 4, error -71 [  222.484064] usb 3-2: new full-speed
> > > > > > > > > > USB device number 5 using uhci_hcd [  222.900051] usb 3-2:
> > > > > > > > > > device not accepting address 5, error -71 [  222.900086]
> > > > > > > > > > usb usb3-port2: unable to enumerate USB device [ 
> > > > > > > > > > 294.379489] FS-Cache: Loaded [  294.408171] RPC: Registered
> > > > > > > > > > named UNIX socket transport module. [  294.408174] RPC:
> > > > > > > > > > Registered udp transport module. [  294.408175] RPC:
> > > > > > > > > > Registered tcp transport module.
> > > > > > > > > > [  294.408175] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel
> > > > > > > > > > transport module. [  294.441320] FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs'
> > > > > > > > > > registered for caching [  294.452516] Key type dns_resolver
> > > > > > > > > > registered [  294.484410] NFS: Registering the id_resolver
> > > > > > > > > > key type [  294.484422] Key type id_resolver registered [ 
> > > > > > > > > > 294.484423] Key type id_legacy registered
> > > > > > > > > > [  322.793093] sky2 0000:05:00.0 eth0: Link is up at 1000
> > > > > > > > > > Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
> > > > > > > > > > [  323.000756] NET: Registered protocol family 17
> > > > > > > > > > #
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > some time ago I looked that for newer phones that probably
> > > > > > > > > prefer MPT transfers instead of traditional usb-storage, we
> > > > > > > > > will probably need to port something like this to TDE -
> > > > > > > > > tdeio-slave:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > https://github.com/KDE/kio-mtp
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Cheers
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 	Hmmm... My relatively elderly Samsung SM-920A worked
> > > > > > > > automagically after I plugged it in via USB; the phone asked me
> > > > > > > > if I wanted to allow data sharing via MTP, and when I poked
> > > > > > > > Allow the media manager appeared on my desktop, showing
> > > > > > > > 'Unknown device 1-12:1.0, Medium type: Camera, with choices of
> > > > > > > > Open in new window, digiKam Detect and Download, or Do Nothing.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Leslie
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Yup, older phones worked just by plugging in to USB; it was as
> > > > > > > easy as using a flash drive. The newer phones have gone to this
> > > > > > > MTP protocol.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Bill
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 	But as I said, my old phone Does use the MTP protocol, and it
> > > > > > shows up in the Removable Media manager.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Leslie
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, I was saying this more for the benefit of others. Don't waste
> > > > > your time trying to get the newer phones to work like that, because
> > > > > things have changed. Now we need to use other methods or protocols to
> > > > > get there.
> > > > >
> > > > > I had an old Samsung Android that I used for work, a few years ago.
> > > > > (I forget the exact model now, as it wasn't mine to keep, and I used
> > > > > it only for work.) But I just plugged it in, and presto!
> > > > >
> > > > > So when I got a slightly newer phone (Samsung Galaxy On5 S550TL), I
> > > > > imagined, wrongly, that I would be able to do the same, but it is not
> > > > > so. Only by accident did I discover that MATE's Caja file manager
> > > > > seems to recognize the MTP protocol. As for your phone, I don't know:
> > > > > is it rooted?
> > > > >
> > > > > Bill
> > > >
> > > > 	It is not.
> > > > 	If I understand you correctly, MTP works for older phones but not
> > > > newer ones? I had the impression from reading this thread that MTP was
> > > > something new; now I'm confused. :-)
> > > >
> > > > Leslie
> > >
> > > I cannot say authoritatively whether MTP is "new" or "old"; what I do
> > > know is that I never saw that protocol with my old phone. I could just
> > > connect my phone to computer using a USB plug, and it worked just like a
> > > flash drive.
> > >
> > > When I got a newer phone, it didn't work, and that's when I heard about
> > > MTP, so I assume that it is newer. Maybe it was always around, for as
> > > long as smartphones, but I didn't notice because it just worked.
> > > Regardless, whether MTP is a recent development or not, something has
> > > been fundamentally changed, so we must find different ways to get there.
> >
> > I use "adb" to get things from testdevices or put things onto
> > devices("Testdevices" 'cause don't use a smartphone). MTP has been around
> > for more than 15 years, but I never got it to work.
> >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> 
> Don't use a smartphone, that's smart. 
> 
> Anyway ... if the phone is rooted, then I believe that this problem is 
> supposed to disappear. This is on my list, but there are other things that 
> rank higher or are more immediate concerns. 

Won't spill the fun, but the problem might not disappear. I have here a Samsng Galaxy note something with linageos. It can't do usb-masstorage-device.

> 
> Bill
> 
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