I find that jmtpfs is *very* sensitive to any motion between the plug and the jack. I rotate the (pretty stiff) USB cable before plugging it in, and don't have problems. The torque keeps it from moving; just don't pick up the phone.

If you cd to a directory with many files, then it takes forever (like 10-15 minutes) for the cd to complete, as evidently it transfer all the filenames. After that it works pretty well. FYI.

--Tim

     On Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:07:20 PM EDT, ael via Dng <dng@???> wrote:  

On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 03:16:38PM +0100, Peter Duffy wrote:
>
> For a while, I've wondered about mounting the android filesystem under
> linux, and I've just found a way which seems to work. I installed
> jmtpfs, and after that, it seems to be just a matter of creating a
> mount point, connecting the tablet via usb cable, switching to file
> transfer mode via usb, and then doing "jmtpfs [mount_point_dir]".
> After using it, umount as normal. Seems to work, but probably worth
> treating with caution - it looks as though it may allow access to
> things which could break android if changed: caveat usor ;)

On my samsung tablet with android 16 that works only intermittently.
It seems to switch to "io-errors" when I try to access some files.
But when it is working it is very useful.

kdeconnect also seems to have these sorts of intermittent problems, but
only gives access to very few files.

As for transferring files via an SD card, on this version of Android,
applications do not seem to be able to access files even when under
innocuous places like Documents. As I say Android is a pain.

ael

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