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[Q] Ubuntu an A500

Hello!
I just came here to say that I cannot get mount my A500 on ubuntu ! Is it the same for you? How can I fix the issue?
(by the way, congratulations for rooting the tablet !!)
Thanks!

Same here, I found the windows USB drivers on Acer's site but linux drivers were MIA...

The Iconia A500 uses MTP not mass storage (in fact I believe this is a function of honeycomb as the same applies for the Xoom). There are drivers for Windows and OSX to allow access but on Linux it is a lot harder.
I did find a site detailing how to get things working on a Xoom and used this information (modified for the A500) to get access once but since then I have not been able to get it to work at all (this is on Ubuntu 11.04 when the instructions detailed how to get it to work in 10.10).
Also Banshee is supposed to support MTP but again I have not been able to get the A500 to work with this (I have yet to really look into this though).

sux i also use linux. using ftp or actually putting a sd card in every time, its very annoying

They really should leave an option to enable "mass storage" as a method of exporting the internal flash memory. Not everyone wants what these companies think is best.

still no solution?
I tried to adapt the method for the Xoom but it didn't work either !! :'(

jibweb said:
still no solution?
I tried to adapt the method for the Xoom but it didn't work either !! :'(
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Apparently not. They stand on FOSS' shoulders, then crap on our with the added height.

I use adb to move stuff to my sdcard. Its quicker for me to use command line than a gui.
I already have adb installed and working for my phone so it just made sense for me.

doesn't you need driver to get the Acer A500 work properly?
I've already download the Android SDK but the only driver available is made for Windows

As folks have pointed out, the A500 does not have USB mounting support (yet) but does seem to have support for MTP. I found details on how to mount the Xoom onto Ubuntu Linux here. I have to assume these are the instructions that everyone is talking about above.
I am running 64 bit Ubuntu 10.10 (I unfortunately heard far too many dangerous things about 11.04 and it has become the only Ubuntu release I've not upgraded to). This instructions, modified for the Iconia A500, have worked for me. I've mounted and unmounted the device several times now.
I made some changes to the instructions. First my file is called /etc/udev/rules.d/51-honeycomb.rules. The entire file for me is:
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0502", ATTRS{idProduct}=="3341", ENV{ID_GPHOTO2}="1", ENV{GPHOTO2_DRIVER}="proprietary", ENV{ID_MEDIA_PLAYER}="1", ENV{ID_MTP_DEVICE}="1", MODE="0664", GROUP="audio"
I've made my mount point /media/iconia.
At this point I've not put the structure in fstab, but am mounting and unmounting manually with the commands:
mtpfs /media/xoom -o allow_other
and
fusermount -u /media/iconia
but, again, this is working for me.
My only question would be this: this gives me access to /mnt/sdcard on the Iconia tablet. How might I get access to /mnt/external_sd ?
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Well congratulations then !! I'il try with your config file, should be way better than mine
But i'm on 11.04 (and i have to say that i had problems at the beginning but i booted on a live cd and i was able to upgrade from 11.04 to 11.04 (wtf?!?) and it solves everything )

Hi all,
Thanks for the instructions. I followed them and now am able to see my A500 under Ubuntu 11.04 (64bit). However while I can see the directories on the tablet I can not see the files.
If I plug the tablet in and copy a file to the tablet from my PC the file is visible. If I then unmount and remove the tablet and reconnect it, the files do not show in Nautilus (Ubuntu default file manager).
However if I look at the files with a file manager on the A500 the files are there.
Any ideas?
I've tried playing around with the UDEV rules but no matter what I do I am unable to get past this.
I have also tried this on a 32bit 11.04 Ubuntu machine and obtained identical results.
In short, is anyone able to offer any suggestions that will allow me to view my files on the A500 in Ubuntu's Nautilus browser consistently?
Thanks for making this forum a great place to learn about the tablet!
jk

When i transfer mp3 file to /music, all album folders end up empty except for album-arts. All mp3 files is located in /music.
And if i transfer a *.avi file to /video all looks good, but when transfer is complete there is no file stored on the A500.
Why this, anyone?
A500 mounted as mtpfs.

Can you mount an external microsd as mass storage and have Ubuntu pick it up? If you can, theroretically couldn't you just symlink the internal memory to a "folder" on the microsd? That's what I've done on the Mytouch 4G to get internal storage access,
Nick

Thank you so much kinnerc! Now i can sync my music with Banshee. YAY!

[Q] adb driver for nookcolor on windows 7

Apologies if this is already posted somewhere. just point me to the link and I'll take a look, but everything I have tried so far has failed.
I have been trying to get adb working on my NookColor under Windows 7. I am running a rooted 1.4.2 stock image. I installed the sdk by following the guide at http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_USB_ADB, but when I get to step III.3.1, the device does not show up where the guide tells me it should. I gget a myNOOKcolor device under Portable Devices instead. I tried following the same procedure for this device, but when I get to step III.3.2.3, I get an error message saying "The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems."
I was able to follow the same procedure to install the driver for my MyTouch 4g. It looks to me like the problem s that Windows identifies my Nook as a portable storage device, rather than an unidentified device type, like my MyTouch was. I've tried uninstalling the driver, but it just reinstalls itself when I unplug and plug the device back in.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

marchingknight11 said:
Apologies if this is already posted somewhere. just point me to the link and I'll take a look, but everything I have tried so far has failed.
I have been trying to get adb working on my NookColor under Windows 7. I am running a rooted 1.4.2 stock image. I installed the sdk by following the guide at http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_USB_ADB, but when I get to step III.3.1, the device does not show up where the guide tells me it should. I gget a myNOOKcolor device under Portable Devices instead. I tried following the same procedure for this device, but when I get to step III.3.2.3, I get an error message saying "The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems."
I was able to follow the same procedure to install the driver for my MyTouch 4g. It looks to me like the problem s that Windows identifies my Nook as a portable storage device, rather than an unidentified device type, like my MyTouch was. I've tried uninstalling the driver, but it just reinstalls itself when I unplug and plug the device back in.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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I think the problem is the device id. I posted a workaround for CM9. It might be the same for your upgraded stock. See if my post helps. Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21665649

leapinlar said:
I think the problem is the device id. I posted a workaround for CM9. It might be the same for your upgraded stock. See if my post helps. Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21665649
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Thanks for the post!
I looked at your workaround and it did not help. There is no nook entry under "Other Devices" in the device manager. the only entry for my nook is the "myNOOKcolor" under portable devices. When I right click on that and go to details, there is no device id listed.
Is there any chance that I may need to revert to 1.4.1 in order for this to work?

marchingknight11 said:
Thanks for the post!
I looked at your workaround and it did not help. There is no nook entry under "Other Devices" in the device manager. the only entry for my nook is the "myNOOKcolor" under portable devices. When I right click on that and go to details, there is no device id listed.
Is there any chance that I may need to revert to 1.4.1 in order for this to work?
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With CM9, you have to be sure to have usb debugging turned on before the device will show up. That guide was written for an earlier version of the stock software. Is there anything like that in your stock software? Do you have to install nook tools to get at the setting? It's been a long time since I played with stock and the software has changed.
Edit: There is an alternate script listed in that referenced page you listed. Did you try that?

leapinlar said:
With CM9, you have to be sure to have usb debugging turned on before the device will show up. That guide was written for an earlier version of the stock software. Is there anything like that in your stock software? Do you have to install nook tools to get at the setting? It's been a long time since I played with stock and the software has changed.
Edit: There is an alternate script listed in that referenced page you listed. Did you try that?
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I have trtied all the troubleshooting steps in that page, if that's what you mean. Nothing has worked for me so far. I have tried disabling automount and usb debugging, to no avail.
I guess I should ask a new question. If I create a bootable CM7/CM9 sd card, will I be able to copy apk's to /system/app on my nook? That is really the only reason I need adb to work, so I can install non market apps.

marchingknight11 said:
I have trtied all the troubleshooting steps in that page, if that's what you mean. Nothing has worked for me so far. I have tried disabling automount and usb debugging, to no avail.
I guess I should ask a new question. If I create a bootable CM7/CM9 sd card, will I be able to copy apk's to /system/app on my nook? That is really the only reason I need adb to work, so I can install non market apps.
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Yes, but with difficulty. But you don't really want to install to /system, you want to install to /data (on emmc, which is the difficulty doing it from SD). You can use terminal emulator in CM7 to copy the files to emmc /data/apps. You first have to mount emmc /data. If you want to try that, I can help you.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk

leapinlar said:
Yes, but with difficulty. But you don't really want to install to /system, you want to install to /data (on emmc, which is the difficulty doing it from SD). You can use terminal emulator in CM7 to copy the files to emmc /data/apps. You first have to mount emmc /data. If you want to try that, I can help you.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
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Well something else actually occurred to me. Will I be able to copy apps to my sdcard (not the CM7 bootable, just a regular sd card), then copy them to /data/app using root explorer? If I can do that, there there's really no problem, I'll just have to deal with the fact that adb doesn't work.
If I can't do that, then yes, please help me do it using a bootable sd

marchingknight11 said:
Well something else actually occurred to me. Will I be able to copy apps to my sdcard (not the CM7 bootable, just a regular sd card), then copy them to /data/app using root explorer? If I can do that, there there's really no problem, I'll just have to deal with the fact that adb doesn't work.
If I can't do that, then yes, please help me do it using a bootable sd
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If you have root explorer working on emmc, yes you can do it that way. You can actually have root explorer just install for you also.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk

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marchingknight11 said:
I have trtied all the troubleshooting steps in that page, if that's what you mean. Nothing has worked for me so far. I have tried disabling automount and usb debugging, to no avail.
I guess I should ask a new question. If I create a bootable CM7/CM9 sd card, will I be able to copy apk's to /system/app on my nook? That is really the only reason I need adb to work, so I can install non market apps.
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I am using CM10 on my nook color after spending 8+ hours yesterday finally being able to get back to where I started. I can again see my nook and the card but it is now showing up under portable devices. I used to have them listed as drives. this is fine as I have access to the card after I click on the nook in File explorer. I would like it the previous set-up just because Calibre has my card and device flipped and its easy to confuse me. I learned that if I can label my nook f and the card g Calibre will think the first letter is the main drive.
My original reason for this post: I can not find where to disable the automount in CM10 can you tell me where you disabled it? and if anyone can wave their magic wand and get me back to where I can name my nook and card THANKS:fingers-crossed:

Droidatar said:
I am using CM10 on my nook color after spending 8+ hours yesterday finally being able to get back to where I started. I can again see my nook and the card but it is now showing up under portable devices. I used to have them listed as drives. this is fine as I have access to the card after I click on the nook in File explorer. I would like it the previous set-up just because Calibre has my card and device flipped and its easy to confuse me. I learned that if I can label my nook f and the card g Calibre will think the first letter is the main drive.
My original reason for this post: I can not find where to disable the automount in CM10 can you tell me where you disabled it? and if anyone can wave their magic wand and get me back to where I can name my nook and card THANKS:fingers-crossed:
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You need to activate USB Mass Storage in CM10. It uses MTP by default. Go to settings, storage, menu, USB computer connection and check off Mass Storage rather than MTP. Then they show up as drive letters instead of under portable devices. You may also have to activate in the notification area.
And I think in Windows you can control what the drive letters are. Go to manage computer and select disk management and you can change the drive letters.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

leapinlar said:
You need to activate USB Mass Storage in CM10. It uses MTP by default. Go to settings, storage, menu, USB computer connection and check off Mass Storage rather than MTP. Then they show up as drive letters instead of under portable devices. You may also have to activate in the notification area.
And I think in Windows you can control what the drive letters are. Go to manage computer and select disk management and you can change the drive letters.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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THANK YOU, so very much it has been driving me crazy. I knew where that was to change it to mass storage but I just never guessed to hit menu. After I read your post I saw the tiny 3 dots in top right. I really should just wear my glasses
and Yes I have changed the letters in the past as you have noted. However it seems a mute point Calibre just released a new version that lets me correct that problem. However it's nice to have the mass storage issue fixed.
Thanks again

Nexus 7 - how to on linux

Hello All,
I've read that linux does not open up the file system of nexus 7 when connected? Is that right? if yes, how can one transfer files to nexus 7?
Am waiting on my device which should arrive in few days. I really dont want to go some where else to copy my files or use apps to transfer files over the air. My phone is android and linux shows me the sd card folder right away after plugging in...
Also, can you guys please point me towards howto on rooting my device while on linux? I have seen wndows has one click method which is pretty awesome. I realize we might not have one click methods in linux, am willing to do it the hardway too..just need some direction.
Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks for taking your time.
Linux mint user here if that makes any difference. Thanks

Boomboy said:
Hello All,
I've read that linux does not open up the file system of nexus 7 when connected? Is that right? if yes, how can one transfer files to nexus 7?
Am waiting on my device which should arrive in few days. I really dont want to go some where else to copy my files or use apps to transfer files over the air. My phone is android and linux shows me the sd card folder right away after plugging in...
Also, can you guys please point me towards howto on rooting my device while on linux? I have seen wndows has one click method which is pretty awesome. I realize we might not have one click methods in linux, am willing to do it the hardway too..just need some direction.
Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks for taking your time.
Linux mint user here if that makes any difference. Thanks
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I have no problems loading the file system on my Arch System. However, I personally rooted using Windows and the One-Click. Since all it does is use adb to push files onto the system, it is 100% possible to root and unlock using Linux. Just make sure you have the Android SDK installed. Follow this guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741395 for the acutal rooting
-Twitish

twitish said:
I have no problems loading the file system on my Arch System. However, I personally rooted using Windows and the One-Click. Since all it does is use adb to push files onto the system, it is 100% possible to root and unlock using Linux. Just make sure you have the Android SDK installed. Follow this guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741395 for the acutal rooting
-Twitish
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Thanks for taking you time out. When you say you had no problem on arch, are you saying the file explorer just showed the nexus files? were you able to just copy and paste stuff into nexus?
Thanks for the link..will go through it

Boomboy said:
Thanks for taking you time out. When you say you had no problem on arch, are you saying the file explorer just showed the nexus files? were you able to just copy and paste stuff into nexus?
Thanks for the link..will go through it
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By "showing Nexus files" do you mean the SD card? Linux supports PTP / MTP so this won't be a problem. You won't be able to directly view any other files without some other server installed on the Nexus, such as NFS or CIFS. As already stated, if you install the Android SDK, you will be able to root the device using adb / fastboot shell commands.

I think it depends on which distribution you are using. Ubuntu doesn't have mtp support by default.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

gbroon said:
I think it depends on which distribution you are using. Ubuntu doesn't have mtp support by default.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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Easy to get it though.

Yes, i am able to mount my internal storage in Arch if that's what you are asking. As stated before, you must have MTD support in your distro. Since Mint is based on Ubuntu, you may have to do some work. Sorry, not really sure how in Ubuntu.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

twitish said:
I have no problems loading the file system on my Arch System. However, I personally rooted using Windows and the One-Click. Since all it does is use adb to push files onto the system, it is 100% possible to root and unlock using Linux. Just make sure you have the Android SDK installed. Follow this guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741395 for the acutal rooting
-Twitish
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wmoore said:
Easy to get it though.
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Thanks a ton buddy! Guess I gotta follow that link as am a Mint user..

MTP, Mass Storage, Linux

So I have my Nexus 7. It ran fine when I was under Windows. Now that I'm back to running linux again (Arch Linux) the mass storage isn't working anymore. After a bit of reading around it's apparently because it using the MTP protocol which is a Microsoft based protocol. I understand that there are hacky libraries that I can install that may or may not make it work properly, but that's not what I want. I just want to be able to go back into mass storage mode like it used to be. I don't want to have to deal with some janky proprietary protocol when it isn't necessary. Is there any way to get back mass storage mode like the way it used to be, or are people over android 3.0 just S.O.L? Is there an option is CyanogenMod or is it something they may be working on at some point? The open standards, flexibility and freedom was the entire reason I chose to use android over ios in the first place.. this is really unfortunate.
Not trying to come off as an entitled twat, but this is really frusterating :/

I've never get it to work in Linux. I've tried updating MTP to the latest subversion/cvs and just couldn't get it to do anything.
I have to use adb to transfer anything!

On Ubuntu, I've managed to get it working with mtpfs and gMTP. Not sure how useful that is for Arch though...

rowanparker said:
I've never get it to work in Linux. I've tried updating MTP to the latest subversion/cvs and just couldn't get it to do anything.
I have to use adb to transfer anything!
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This is what I do as well.
There are ways to get it working but they (for me) were a pain and for some reason yielded super slow transfers.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

HawkiesZA said:
On Ubuntu, I've managed to get it working with mtpfs and gMTP. Not sure how useful that is for Arch though...
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I use mtpfs and it works, ish.
The bigger the file, the longer it sits there after I use cp, and then after a bit [maybe 10 secs for 350MB file, much longer for bigger files], it will say something about preserving timestamps not being implemented, and it looks like it finished copying. But it has only just started. So I use du to see how big the file is, and for me I get around 14MB/s once it has started transferring. Not too shabby, but the overhead is ridiculous. I want mass storage mode too!

Hi!
I've made a little solution for mounting Nexus 7 to Linux pc.
Using mtpfs was laggy, don't know why, so I used similar tool, called go-mtpfs for that (project link) with some changes (see here).
Just untar attached archive, and run install.sh.
It uses udev to automatically mount and unmount device on plugging/unplugging. (no non-root unmounting though)
Checked on Ubuntu 12.04, but must work with others versions and distros, i guess.

thanks to everyone for your comments and responses. the way everyone is talking it seems really grim... are we really just stuck with trying to make mtp work? there's no way to have it go back into mass storage mode?
i even tried to mount my sd card in cwm and that didn't even work. later on i'm going to try installing twrp to see if that'll allow me to mount my drive properly.

well, neither cwm nor twrp allow me to mount the sdcard. i did a lot of scouring around and i think I may have found why it won't work in recovery either.
It's true that Galaxy Nexus doesn't support UMC because the sdcard is a subfolder of the data partition instead of independent, like in the Galaxy S2. But I was talking about OTG, it is mounting an usb pendrive to save cwm backups there.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1500008.html
i know this is a different device, but i don't see why it would be any different. i'm gunna start mixing and matching kernels with recoveries to see if i can make that work. and if i truly and honestly can't get it working in mass storage mode i'll just stick with adb push.

vpupkin said:
Hi!
I've made a little solution for mounting Nexus 7 to Linux pc.
Using mtpfs was laggy, don't know why, so I used similar tool, called go-mtpfs for that (project link) with some changes (see here).
Just untar attached archive, and run install.sh.
It uses udev to automatically mount and unmount device on plugging/unplugging. (no non-root unmounting though)
Checked on Ubuntu 12.04, but must work with others versions and distros, i guess.
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Forgot to mention that you have to restart udev

I am finding it's just less hassle to use Airdroid.
gMTP is the only acceptable method I have found in linux but it seems to hang a lot for me.

I found gMTP to be very slow, appearing to hang at times. So I set up Samba and use ES File Explorer on the tablet to access my shared mount points. It's possibly not as fast as AirDroid but is an easy solution, though it means controlling everything from the Nexus 7.
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I simply use adb. I was recently turned onto QtADB which is adb with a gui and some other cool features. I would highly recommended it.
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I use gMTP on ubuntu. I really don't have any complaints about it. It does act like it's hanging at times but I've always found it to recover just fine without any additional issues. It's not wicked fast but it does what I need. I often utilize samba and airdroid for specific uses but sometimes I find gMTP to be an easy wired based solution.

mentose457 said:
I simply use adb. I was recently turned onto QtADB which is adb with a gui and some other cool features. I would highly recommended it.
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+1000 for you. That solved all my problems working with my files and my android devices.

adb worked perfectly for me! Download the android SDK and then under platform-tools directory,
./adb push <local> <remote>

fgoyti said:
adb worked perfectly for me! Download the android SDK and then under platform-tools directory,
./adb push <local> <remote>
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Yes but how fast (slow) does it transfer? 1MB/s?
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda app-developers app

I transferred 500MB in 1-2 minutes. Sorry, didn't record anything more specific but even at 2 min, that works out to 4MB/s which ain't bad

As many have suggested, just read up on adb and use that. If you need to get something off the N7 and dont quite remember were it went to.. adb shell and cd to the sdcard and ls the dir. It'll print everything cd in to the next folder you think it may be in ls.. it'll show the contents. If you dont like having to put things into the android-sdk-linux/platform-tools and then having to cd into that dir everytime. Just add the platform-tools to your PATH and you can issue commands through any directory. It is very unfortunate that MTP leaves us Linux users in the dark.

Also, if you have a rooted kernel such as Siyah for the Galaxy S2, it lets you force mass storage mode. I haven't tested this but it looks like it should work for linux

ÜBER™ said:
As many have suggested, just read up on adb and use that. If you need to get something off the N7 and dont quite remember were it went to.. adb shell and cd to the sdcard and ls the dir. It'll print everything cd in to the next folder you think it may be in ls.. it'll show the contents. If you dont like having to put things into the android-sdk-linux/platform-tools and then having to cd into that dir everytime. Just add the platform-tools to your PATH and you can issue commands through any directory. It is very unfortunate that MTP leaves us Linux users in the dark.
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Well, with some little configuration, it's not a big thing to configure MTP or even automount-MTP on Linux systems. A small introduction you can find in my blog http://anddisa.blogspot.de
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

Rooted Nexus 6P - Viewing "Internal Storage" on PC

I have rooted my Nexus 6P (thanks to help those on XDA that provided assistance and guidance). I can view all "folders" (e.g., app folders, like Tasker and it's subfolders) when I use X-plore app on my 6P but I cannot see all these folders when I plug my 6P into my laptop and pull it up in Windows Explorer (using Windows 10). I could view all folders when I had a rooted Galaxy S4. So, to move files around, I've emailed them to my Nexus (or copied them from the PC) and then used X-plore to move them to the appropriate folders. Why can't I see all the app folders (for example, I'd like to copy/move my Titanium Backup files to the Titanium Backup folder on the 6P, but I can't see it on my PC). It's probably operator error on my part, but I've scoured the web (and here) to no avail so I thought I'd ask. Someone probably knows the answer off the top of their head. Thanks!

rcbjr2 said:
I have rooted my Nexus 6P (thanks to help those on XDA that provided assistance and guidance). I can view all "folders" (e.g., app folders, like Tasker and it's subfolders) when I use X-plore app on my 6P but I cannot see all these folders when I plug my 6P into my laptop and pull it up in Windows Explorer (using Windows 10). I could view all folders when I had a rooted Galaxy S4. So, to move files around, I've emailed them to my Nexus (or copied them from the PC) and then used X-plore to move them to the appropriate folders. Why can't I see all the app folders (for example, I'd like to copy/move my Titanium Backup files to the Titanium Backup folder on the 6P, but I can't see it on my PC). It's probably operator error on my part, but I've scoured the web (and here) to no avail so I thought I'd ask. Someone probably knows the answer off the top of their head. Thanks!
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Because you have root access to your system when using a root enabled file explorer on your phone. When you connect your phone to your computer, the best you can do is view your SD card. You can't view system/root files as a drive.

Also make sure you have selected File Transfer from the USB Debugging drop down as well (Default is Charging at least on my phone)

ultyrunner said:
Because you have root access to your system when using a root enabled file explorer on your phone. When you connect your phone to your computer, the best you can do is view your SD card. You can't view system/root files as a drive.
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That's too bad. I could do it on my Galaxy S4. I had a Phone and a Card "drive" in Windows Explorer. I guess this WAD in Android 6.x? Oh well. This is not progress. . Thanks.

Olddog828 said:
Also make sure you have selected File Transfer from the USB Debugging drop down as well (Default is Charging at least on my phone)
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Yea, I have that set. Otherwise, I wouldn't see any files. I guess I'll copy my files to a folder I can see and then use X-plore to move them to the actual folder. Thanks.

rcbjr2 said:
That's too bad. I could do it on my Galaxy S4. I had a Phone and a Card "drive" in Windows Explorer. I guess this WAD in Android 6.x? Oh well. This is not progress. . Thanks.
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I tend to agree on one hand, but given how easy it is to get root access to your phone and, after that, how easy it is to introduce a problem by mounting your system as a drive on your computer, I also understand why Google did that. It's actually to protect a lot of users who are smart enough to get into trouble, just not smart enough to get out of it.

rcbjr2 said:
Yea, I have that set. Otherwise, I wouldn't see any files. I guess I'll copy my files to a folder I can see and then use X-plore to move them to the actual folder. Thanks.
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At first I could only see my 6P internal storage on one of my 2 Windows 10 computers. Now I can see it on both after a Windows update (not sure why). Things that helped on the first computer was the USB driver I got from SkipSoft Toolkit. Other tricks include installing PDANet.... To get a good USB driver. I can see the internal storage when rooted or un- rooted on both computers as long as I choose "file transfer mode".

wayne8821212 said:
At first I could only see my 6P internal storage on one of my 2 Windows 10 computers. Now I can see it on both after a Windows update (not sure why). Things that helped on the first computer was the USB driver I got from SkipSoft Toolkit. Other tricks include installing PDANet.... To get a good USB driver. I can see the internal storage when rooted or un- rooted on both computers as long as I choose "file transfer mode".
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Are you saying I should get PDANet to get a good USB driver? Thanks for the tip about SkipSoft Toolkit. I installed that yesterday. Very nice. I already connected my Nexus to my laptop so it installed whatever USB drivers it found at that time. Do you know how to uninstall those drivers and force the phone to use the USB drivers from SkipSoft? I suppose if I go into Devices on Win10 and remove the device, the phone will get re-recognized by the laptop, but I'm not sure I know how to force it to use specific USB drivers. Thoughts? Thanks!

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rcbjr2 said:
Are you saying I should get PDANet to get a good USB driver? Thanks for the tip about SkipSoft Toolkit. I installed that yesterday. Very nice. I already connected my Nexus to my laptop so it installed whatever USB drivers it found at that time. Do you know how to uninstall those drivers and force the phone to use the USB drivers from SkipSoft? I suppose if I go into Devices on Win10 and remove the device, the phone will get re-recognized by the laptop, but I'm not sure I know how to force it to use specific USB drivers. Thoughts? Thanks!
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At first I was unable to see the contents of the phone with either my Asus 2 in one nor on my Dell All in One even after installing the standard USB driver via the Android SDK site. Once I installed the SkipSoft Toolkit I was able to see the contents on the Dell but still not on the Asus. That's why I installed PDANet on the Asus (that used to be solution for my old HTC (Evo, Thunderbolt and Rezound) phones. It did not seem to work on the Asus though, then suddenly, after a windows update, it (being able to see the files on the 2 in one) started working on the Asus. The Asus has a conglomeration of probably 3 USB drivers at least one of which is working without me having to uninstall the others.