Re: [gentoo-user] Re: android and mtp

[Daniel Frey <djqfrey@gmail.com>]

On 12/22/2012 03:32 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2012-12-21, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:19:10 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote:
>>
>>> I think you can use mtpfs and then browse it like any other disk.
> 
> 
>> I found that to be rather fragile, jmtpfs works far better for me, with a
>> Galaxy S3 and a Nexus 7.
> 
> I couldn't get mtpfs to work either, and I've seen a lot of reports
> that it's flakey.
> 
> I second the recommendation for jmtpfs (I'm using version 0.4).  I've
> had zero problems with my Nexus Galaxy and jmtpfs.
> 

I really struggled with my Nexus 7 and mtpfs. I did finally get it to
work, posted under the Nexus 7 thread on the forums:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7135656.html#7135656

I was getting a reliable connection and 8-9MB/sec transfer rate to my
device. I had to try all sorts of things to try to get the thing to
work. Miraculously, I got it to work after trying many things.

I specifically had:

* Searching for mtpfs ...
[IP-] [  ] sys-fs/mtpfs-1.0:0


installed.

I put an entry in /etc/fstab and manually mount it when needed:
mtpfs                   /mnt/nexus7     fuse
user,noauto,allow_other 0 0

I remember trying for weeks to get this to work, I don't know if I just
lucked out.

Dan