On 2017-06-15 07:26, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > Android and iphones can be accessed as a USB drive. Doesn't this > > work? > > No they can't, at least not the modern Android phones. allowing two > systems to mount the same filesystem is a recipe for disaster. That's > why we have MTP, which would be the perfect answer... if it worked > reliably. > > I avoid all those issues by installing SSHhelper on Android and > copying files with scp you can also open ssh views in Dolphin if the > mouse is more your thing.
Another option (Android only, of course) is the adb program in android-tools package. I prefer it over MTP (independent of implementation issues) because it gives me file-level view of the device, rather than dealing in "pictures" and "songs". -- Please *no* private Cc: on mailing lists and newsgroups Personal signed mail: please _encrypt_ and sign Don't clear-text sign: http://primate.net/~itz/blog/the-problem-with-gpg-signatures.html
