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Author: James Dutton via Hampshire
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
CC: James Dutton
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system
On Tue, 23 May 2023 at 12:50, Artur Łądka 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.
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