This affects me as well and I'm including the output that you requested.. I'm running Oneiric 11.10
Samsung Galaxy s3 (on Sprint) MODEL: SPH-L710 Android version 4.04 Kernel Version: 3.0.8-1092716 se.infra@SEP-109 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 7 00:42:04 KST 2012 Build Number: IMM76D.L710VPALI3 Hardware Version: L710.14 $ mtp-detect Error: Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading. libmtp version: 1.1.5 Listing raw device(s) Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is a Samsung Galaxy models (MTP). Found 1 device(s): Samsung: Galaxy models (MTP) (04e8:6860) @ bus 2, dev 3 Attempting to connect device(s) ignoring libusb_claim_interface() = -6PTP_ERROR_IO: failed to open session, trying again after resetting USB interface LIBMTP libusb: Attempt to reset device LIBMTP PANIC: failed to open session on second attempt Unable to open raw device 0 OK. $ lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 17ef:1004 Lenovo Integrated Webcam Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2145 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate II -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903422 Title: Ubuntu does not work with Samsung Galaxy phones (needs update to libmtp) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/903422/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs