I just purchased a new smartphone (samsung galaxy S III), which runs android ice cream sandwitch 4.0.4). I would like to copy files to and from the phone. The phone manual describes how to do this for windows (nothing needed) and Mac (a program to download), but not for gnu-linux. Apparently the phone supports MTP (media transfer protocol) and PTP (picture transfer protocol)
I did some googling and there are a number of comments but no clear recommendations. Has anyone here performed file transfer gentoo <--> samsung S3. I run amd64, but I don't think that is very relevant. Just mounting or ftp would be enough; I really just want to move some files. I don't have an SD card on the phone, but would be willing to get one if that is needed. thanks, allan /var/log/messages Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.148484] hub 2-1:1.0: state 7 ports 8 chg 0000 evt 0002 Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.148731] hub 2-1:1.0: port 1, status 0101, change 0001, 12 Mb/s Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.252659] hub 2-1:1.0: debounce: port 1: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x101 Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.263610] hub 2-1:1.0: port 1 not reset yet, waiting 10ms Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.325478] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci_hcd Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.336448] hub 2-1:1.0: port 1 not reset yet, waiting 10ms Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.411262] usb 2-1.1: skipped 1 descriptor after endpoint Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.411268] usb 2-1.1: skipped 4 descriptors after interface Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.411272] usb 2-1.1: skipped 1 descriptor after interface Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.411467] usb 2-1.1: default language 0x0409 Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.412080] usb 2-1.1: udev 12, busnum 2, minor = 139 Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.412082] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860 Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.412084] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4 Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.412086] usb 2-1.1: Product: SAMSUNG_Android_SCH-I535 Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.412087] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.412089] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 0c16733b Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.412182] usb 2-1.1: usb_probe_device Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.412186] usb 2-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.412540] usb 2-1.1: adding 2-1.1:1.0 (config #1, interface 0) Jul 18 19:58:07 ajglap kernel: [46514.412867] drivers/usb/core/inode.c: creating file '012' dmesg (essentially the same) [46514.148484] hub 2-1:1.0: state 7 ports 8 chg 0000 evt 0002 [46514.148731] hub 2-1:1.0: port 1, status 0101, change 0001, 12 Mb/s [46514.252659] hub 2-1:1.0: debounce: port 1: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x101 [46514.263610] hub 2-1:1.0: port 1 not reset yet, waiting 10ms [46514.325478] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci_hcd [46514.336448] hub 2-1:1.0: port 1 not reset yet, waiting 10ms [46514.411262] usb 2-1.1: skipped 1 descriptor after endpoint [46514.411268] usb 2-1.1: skipped 4 descriptors after interface [46514.411272] usb 2-1.1: skipped 1 descriptor after interface [46514.411467] usb 2-1.1: default language 0x0409 [46514.412080] usb 2-1.1: udev 12, busnum 2, minor = 139 [46514.412082] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860 [46514.412084] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4 [46514.412086] usb 2-1.1: Product: SAMSUNG_Android_SCH-I535 [46514.412087] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG [46514.412089] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 0c16733b [46514.412182] usb 2-1.1: usb_probe_device [46514.412186] usb 2-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices [46514.412540] usb 2-1.1: adding 2-1.1:1.0 (config #1, interface 0) [46514.412867] drivers/usb/core/inode.c: creating file '012'
