Re: [Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian syste…

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Author: Peter Alefounder via Hampshire
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To: hampshire
CC: Peter Alefounder
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system
James Dutton said:
> On Tue, 23 May 2023 at 12:50, Artur ??dka via Hampshire <
> hampshire@???> wrote:
>
> > According to Debian article (https://wiki.debian.org/mtp) 1.1.18 libmtp
> > is required to access Moto G phones, while current package in all Debian
> > releases is 1.1.17-3 - this might be source of your problems.
> >
> > I have used many Android phones on Ubuntu/Debian + GNOME in mtp mode,
> > and almost for sure Moto Gx was one of them, however recently I have
> > always been using GVFS for that purpose.
> >
> >
> >
> I have
> Ubuntu-jammy, libmtp 1.1.19
> Ubuntu-lunar, libmtp 1.1.20
>
> So, this might explain why Ubuntu MTP works for me, but Debian does not
> work for you, due to older libmtp versions.


I can confirm that I have libmtp 1.1.17-3. I agree, this looks like
why it doesn't work. Thank you, James and Artur.

Peter Alefounder.



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