This is really a stupid pain in the a$$ thing.
I cant believe using a mp3 is this had all of the sudden.
What pisses me off more is having to get out a windows
laptop to do something like this.
THANK YOU! This instantly fixed the problem!
By jingo I detest MTPā¦ Why canāt we just see the android device as if itās a USB thumb drive like how it used to work in the noughties with Android 1.6?
I remember way back when we had to first start using MTP to connect Linux to an Android phone - I was running Ubuntu 11 or 12, and Android 2.x on a Galaxy Note (1) - what a monumental pain.in.the.A, it was pretty much broken / unusable a great steaming pile of ____ ā¦ I think I started using Kees Air or something like that (and then using a web browser over wifi to access my android handset from Linux)ā¦
So - anyway - it eventually started to workā¦ but now? Samsung (Samdung) have done something with MTP where EVERY time I plug it (Galaxy S9+ Android 10) in to one of my Linux boxes, over USB, I have to confirm āAllowā access on the handset!!! EVERY time? I remember it used to do that just once and remembered it (e.g. with my previous handsets running Android 4, 5, 6, 8, Nexus 5, Samsung Note 3, Nokia 4.2).
Anyway - the fault lies somewhere with Samsung (didnāt happen on my Nokia 4.2 running Android 10 āOneā) and Linux (because it doesnāt happen on my Windows 10 laptop at work - i.e. I set āAllowā once and it remembers it)ā¦ Actually, that could be wrong, correlation / causation thing? Itās quite possible Samsung are being the eejits they normally are, and making MTP broken for Linux clients but not Windows? I blame Samsung, because didnāt happen on my Nokia (note : not a real Nokia, its just a logo printed on a Chinese device from HMD - there are no new Nokiaās).
I nearly shelled out close to $2K (monthly payment plan over 2 years) for a Samsung Galaxy Note 10 - because I wanted to run Linux on Samsung Dexā¦ then Samsung just dropped it!!! Just like thatā¦ No fanfare, no ceremonyā¦ Just no more Linux on Samsung Dexā¦ Phew - so glad I didnāt buy into it (got the S9+ off e-bay for about $400)! But I do use Dex sometimes - but - itās a bit flaky (depends where i am - e.g. I have a NextDock, and run Dex to it from the S9+, at home my Citrix session to work lasts for hours over WiFi - but if Iām at a DC [data centre] and trying to use it over 3/4 G cellular - it continually drops out).
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