Package on Fedora to view files on Android Phones?

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Isn't there a Package on Fedora repo that you can install so as to view files on Android Phones by USB.

posted Oct 28, 2013 by Mandeep Sehgal

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3 Answers

Some will show up as USB mass storage (or at least let you access an attached sd card by that method). I've got a samsung which is locked down for that (and I don't want to have to root it), in which case you
have to use MTP. For access in KDE I've got kio_mtp installed. simple-mtpfs works for me if I need command line access.

answer Oct 28, 2013 by Sheetal Chauhan

Just be aware that MTP doesnt give you a "real" filesystem, e.g. IIRC theres no seeking and files cannot be modified in place or even directly overwritten, just read, written and deleted. simple_mtpfs does some caching to try to disguise this but its useful to know.

commented Oct 29, 2013 by Seema Siddique

If you have Fedora 19 (and Gnome) just plug in your phone. There is nothing to download. Your phone will be displayed and you can browse it.

answer Oct 29, 2013 by Sheetal Chauhan

you mount a phone via MTP and use your ordinary filebrowser and whatever applications are assigned with a mime-type.

so why would you need a "special application"?

answer Oct 29, 2013 by Meenal Mishra

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