Mounting Galaxy S3 on Ubuntu for Mass Storage Access

[leopold_bloom]

I recently upgraded the software on my Galaxy S3 (ATT) to 4.1.1. Before then I was able to mount my phone to my Ubuntu desktop (10.0.4) without issue.

Now it sort of mounts. I see the phone folders on the computer but I don't see the folder contents. Something has changed with the Android software upgrade but I'm not sure what. Any help is appreciated?

 

[SUroot]

Ah maybe it was 4.1.1 that broke it for me too. I have been on Jelly bean for so long now it has gotten lost back in my memory.

Anyway, S3 Jellybean plus Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 in MTP / PTP, forget about it.

Personally, I use OpenSSH and use that to act as an SFTP server, using my Android file manager (Solid explorer, but ES works just as well) to connect and move files over WiFi.

 

[davoid]

It's quite poor of Android though. I find wifi transfer slow, and imagine it would be excruciating for large amounts of data. I happily use it for single files but dread the thought of transferring a music collection. Dual boot windows 7

 

[trparky]

I hop between the Galaxy Nexus and this forum since I was researching phones. So I have answer for this...

If you have ADB (Android Debug Bridge) working on Linux, you can use ADB PUSH/PULL to transfer files back and forth over USB. There's a GUI front-end for ADB PUSH/PULL as well that can make transferring files back and forth between the phone and the computer easily, it's called QtADB. It's cross-platform compatible too, they have a Windows version as well as one that will work on the Mac.

It takes a bit to get QtADB setup, mainly you need to point it to the location of the ADB binary but once that's setup it's quite easy to use.

You would need to enable Android Debugging in the Developer Tools on the phone.

 

[SUroot]

It's quite poor of Android though. I find wifi transfer slow, and imagine it would be excruciating for large amounts of data. I happily use it for single files but dread the thought of transferring a music collection. Dual boot windows 7

I use it for everything. Sure it's only 72Mb/s on my router compared to 280Mb/s USB 2.0, but its ok. I transfer entire ROMs sometimes. I also backup new files via this method automatically (Although during my sleep). Works OK. Not ideal.

The good thing about SFTP is though, I can get the data from anywhere in the world. It sees all my Network storage too. Just need to do some router port forwarding. I don't even need to put my computer on my lap, so it may be slower but it has other benefits.

 

[SUroot]

I hop between the Galaxy Nexus and this forum since I was researching phones. So I have answer for this...

If you have ADB (Android Debug Bridge) working on Linux, you can use ADB PUSH/PULL to transfer files back and forth over USB. There's a GUI front-end for ADB PUSH/PULL as well that can make transferring files back and forth between the phone and the computer easily, it's called QtADB. It's cross-platform compatible too, they have a Windows version as well as one that will work on the Mac.

It takes a bit to get QtADB setup, mainly you need to point it to the location of the ADB binary but once that's setup it's quite easy to use.

You would need to enable Android Debugging in the Developer Tools on the phone.

Ha. Never thought of that!. Good call.