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> Yes, it's MTP with my current phone and linux installation. Is there a problem with this? For the longest time MTP & Linux was terribly painful, verging on u
by zeveb 11y ago
> Yes, it's MTP with my current phone and linux installation. Is there a problem with this?
For the longest time MTP & Linux was terribly painful, verging on unusable, while mass storage worked perfectly. It bit when I upgraded my Nexus phone and discovered I couldn't get to the files stored on it.
Fortunately, all seems to work well now.
- ansible 11y agoThe reason for implementing MTP instead of mass storage was clear, because you couldn't / wouldn't be able to access the files from the phone while the computer was accessing them. So I understand why they went in that direction. But oh my goodness! MTP support on Linux was terrible for a while, and even on Windows it wasn't fast and reliable. It was easier at the time to just use a service like Dropbox to transfer files to/from the phone, than to use USB.