Ubuntu – Android 6.0 mtp device not showing in Nautilus

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My Android devices – Xioami Mi 5s, Google Nexus 4 running Android 6.0.1 and Google Nexus 7 LTE running Android 4.4.2 – are not accessible from Nautilus 3.20 in Ubuntu 16.10. At least two of them worked in 15.10 before I upgraded to Yakkety Yak.

Adb can access the devices.

libmtp9, libmtp-common, libmtp-runtime are installed and I recently installed:

  • mtp-tools
  • go-mtpfs
  • mtpfs

/lib/udev/rules.d/69-libmtp.rules contains entries for the devices

mtp-connect lists

libmtp version: 1.1.12

Device 0 (VID=18d1 and PID=4ee2) is a Google Inc (for LG
Electronics/Samsung) Nexus 4/5/7/10 (MTP+ADB). Device 1 (VID=2717 and
PID=ff48) is a Xiaomi Mi-2s (MTP). Android device detected, assigning
default bug flags

mtp-detect shows the devices are detected but reports the error:

Error 1: Get Storage information failed.

lsusb doesn't list the Xiaomi, but it lists the Google devices:

Bus 001 Device 017: ID 18d1:d002 Google Inc.
Bus 001 Device 014: ID 18d1:4ee2 Google Inc. Nexus 4 (debug)

/run/user/1000/gvfs which should contain the mount points for mtp devices is empty.

None of them are listed in Nautilus. Can anyone suggest how to get this working again?

Best Answer

Check your device connectivity by running mtp-detect.

If you've got the following error:

error returned by libusb_claim_interface() = -6LIBMTP PANIC: Unable to initialize device

You need to activate MTP file transfer on your Android device. For example:

  1. Activate Developer Settings by tapping 7 times Build number in About phone.
  2. Enable File transfer in USB configuration found in Developer options.

See: How can I access media on my OnePlus 5 with a Ubuntu OS?

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