On Jul 19, 2012 7:10 AM, "Allan Gottlieb" <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote: > > 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. >
If your phone and your computer can connect to the same wifi router (not necessarily both wifi; the SGS3 use wifi, you're computer can use a UTP cable), I suggest installing AirDroid on your SGS3. Then you can access your SGS3 using your browser :-) ... unless your Gentoo is pure text-based. In which situation, AndFTP is a good choice. Or... you can turn the relation around: Install ES File Explorer on the SGS3, and you can use FTP or Samba to transfer files. Rgds,
