I am using Ubuntu Linux 16.04 for which Apple does not provide iTunes. So I connected my iPhone SE running iOS 10.3.3 to my laptop using libimobiledevice and ifuse. This enables me to access the files on the iPhone and I can at least copy my photos from it to my laptop.
But I would also like to copy photos and music onto it. I can see the following files and folders on the smartphone:
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├── Books
│ ├── Purchases
│ └── Sync
│ ├── Artwork
│ └── Database
├── DCIM
│ └── 100APPLE
│ ├── IMG_0009.JPG
│ ├── IMG_0010.JPG
│ ├── IMG_0010.MOV
│ ├── IMG_0011.JPG
│ ├── IMG_0011.MOV
│ ├── IMG_0012.JPG
│ ├── IMG_0012.MOV
│ ├── IMG_0013.JPG
│ ├── IMG_0013.MOV
│ └── IMG_0014.JPG
├── Downloads
│ ├── downloads.28.sqlitedb
│ ├── downloads.28.sqlitedb-shm
│ └── downloads.28.sqlitedb-wal
├── iTunes_Control
│ ├── iTunes
│ │ ├── IC-Info.sidf
│ │ ├── IC-Info.sidv
│ │ ├── MediaLibrary.sqlitedb
│ │ ├── MediaLibrary.sqlitedb-shm
│ │ ├── MediaLibrary.sqlitedb-wal
│ │ ├── Music
│ │ ├── ShowLicense
│ │ ├── ShowMarketing
│ │ └── ShowWarranty
│ └── Music
├── MediaAnalysis
│ ├── mediaanalysis.db
│ ├── mediaanalysis.db-shm
│ └── mediaanalysis.db-wal
├── PhotoData
│ ├── AlbumsMetadata
│ │ ├── 3BC82DED-EA89-44B8-961D-C98B5A1EDD7F.foldermetadata
│ │ └── 8CF8B190-0AFD-446D-A197-D94F240AA11D.albummetadata
│ ├── assetUUIDForPath.plist
│ ├── Caches
│ │ ├── ClientServerTransactions
│ │ ├── CreateDatabase_20170720-201853-07:00
│ │ ├── datamigratorfinished
│ │ ├── GraphService
│ │ │ ├── CLSBusinessCategoryCache.sqlite
│ │ │ ├── CLSBusinessCategoryCache.sqlite-shm
│ │ │ ├── CLSBusinessCategoryCache.sqlite-wal
│ │ │ ├── CLSLocationCache.sqlite
│ │ │ ├── CLSLocationCache.sqlite-shm
│ │ │ ├── CLSLocationCache.sqlite-wal
│ │ │ ├── PGCurationCache.sqlite
│ │ │ ├── PGCurationCache.sqlite-shm
│ │ │ ├── PGCurationCache.sqlite-wal
│ │ │ ├── PhotoAnalysisServicePreferences.plist
│ │ │ └── PhotosGraph
│ │ │ ├── construction-photosgraph.graphdb
│ │ │ ├── construction-photosgraph.graphdb-shm
│ │ │ ├── construction-photosgraph.graphdb-wal
│ │ │ ├── liveupdate-photosgraph.graphdb
│ │ │ ├── liveupdate-photosgraph.graphdb-shm
│ │ │ ├── liveupdate-photosgraph.graphdb-wal
│ │ │ ├── photosgraph.graphdb
│ │ │ ├── photosgraph.graphdb-shm
│ │ │ ├── photosgraph.graphdb-wal
│ │ │ ├── photosgraph-tmp.graphdb
│ │ │ ├── photosgraph-tmp.graphdb-shm
│ │ │ └── photosgraph-tmp.graphdb-wal
│ │ ├── libraryavailable
│ │ ├── RebuildThumbnails_20170720-201922-07:00
│ │ ├── RebuildThumbnails_20170720-212108-07:00
│ │ ├── RebuildThumbnails_20170808-052816-07:00
│ │ ├── RebuildThumbnails_20170808-211341+02:00
│ │ ├── search
│ │ │ ├── psi.sqlite
│ │ │ ├── psi.sqlite-shm
│ │ │ ├── psi.sqlite-wal
│ │ │ ├── searchMetadata.plist
│ │ │ └── searchProgress.plist
│ │ └── VisionService
│ │ ├── 27F26542-9E52-459F-900C-6C7AA9A1D17A.cmap
│ │ ├── 7A5709F5-DACE-41F6-A7D9-00B5D52E3692.cmap
│ │ └── AlgoFaceClusterCache.data
│ ├── changes
│ ├── changes-shm
│ ├── changes-wal
│ ├── CPL
│ ├── FacesMetadata
│ ├── Metadata
│ │ └── DCIM
│ │ └── 100APPLE
│ ├── MISC
│ │ ├── DCIM_APPLE.plist
│ │ ├── MomentAnalyzerData.plist
│ │ ├── MomentAnalyzerServerVersionInfo.plist
│ │ └── PreviewWellImage.tiff
│ ├── OutgoingTemp
│ ├── PhotoBulletins.plist
│ ├── PhotoCloudSharingData
│ │ └── Caches
│ ├── Photos.sqlite
│ ├── Photos.sqlite-shm
│ ├── Photos.sqlite-wal
│ ├── protection
│ ├── suspendnebulad
│ ├── Thumbnails
│ │ ├── 3303.ithmb
│ │ ├── 3309.ithmb
│ │ ├── 3314.ithmb
│ │ ├── 4031.ithmb
│ │ ├── thumbnailConfiguration
│ │ └── V2
│ │ └── DCIM
│ │ └── 100APPLE
│ │ ├── IMG_0008.JPG
│ │ │ └── 5003.JPG
│ │ ├── IMG_0009.JPG
│ │ │ └── 5003.JPG
│ │ ├── IMG_0010.JPG
│ │ │ └── 5003.JPG
│ │ ├── IMG_0011.JPG
│ │ │ └── 5003.JPG
│ │ ├── IMG_0012.JPG
│ │ │ └── 5003.JPG
│ │ ├── IMG_0013.JPG
│ │ │ └── 5003.JPG
│ │ └── IMG_0014.JPG
│ │ └── 5003.JPG
│ └── Videos
├── Photos
├── PublicStaging
└── Radio
├── Radio.db
├── Radio.db-shm
└── Radio.db-wal
Can I just copy my MP3 files into a specific folder so that the iPhone recognizes them?
Best Answer
Sadly, but there is no way you can add music to Music app on iPhone without iTunes unless you have a jailbreak (as far as I know there is none for 10.3.3). Songs are added to some database, thats why you can't just put your song there and expect it appear in your Music.
What you can is to use 3rd party apps (music apps, I guess), that have access to their documents from a computer (since iOS 8.3 users are not allowed to access documents of any application). But then you will need to listen your music in that app you used.