Ubuntu – How to connect mtp android device to ubuntu 13.10

I searched here and google and all I could find is how in Ubuntu 13.04 forward mtp devices are supported. The answer I found are for ubuntu 12.04 or ubuntu 12.10

Well, I connected my phone in mtp mode and I don't see it on my machine. How can I see it?

Edit: Requested data

This is my phone (Xtreamer q)

I also tried a samsung galaxy s2 device, which popped an error message (unable to mount device). My phone didn't give such mistake.

And this is the output of lsusb and mtp-detect

└┌(%:~/Applications/Process.1dFit)┌- lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04f2:b1fc Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 045e:009d Microsoft Corp. Wireless Optical Desktop 3.0
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 283b:10a3  
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. BCM2045B (BDC-2.1)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
┌┌(y2@walking)┌(15/pts/0)┌(03:52pm:11/14/13)┌-
└┌(%:~/Applications/Process.1dFit)┌- mtp-detect 
Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.libmtp version: 1.1.6

Listing raw device(s)
   No raw devices found.

I guess that the third text line from the bottom is the problem. But I don't what to do with it.

Feb 21 13:59:55 t530 kernel: [39597.968522] usb-storage 1-1.2:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected Feb 21 13:59:55 t530 kernel: [39597.968634] scsi16 : usb-storage 1-1.2:1.2 Feb 21 13:59:55 t530 mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2" Feb 21 13:59:55 t530 mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 7 was not an MTP device Feb 21 13:59:56 t530 kernel: [39598.966743] scsi 16:0:0:0: CD-ROM ASUS Device CD-ROM 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Feb 21 13:59:56 t530 kernel: [39598.971140] sr1: scsi-1 drive Feb 21 13:59:56 t530 kernel: [39598.971427] sr 16:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 Feb 21 13:59:56 t530 kernel: [39598.971580] sr 16:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5 Feb 21 14:01:02 t530 kernel: [39665.530135] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 7

Feb 21 14:01:06 t530 kernel: [39669.292066] usb-storage 3-1:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected Feb 21 14:01:06 t530 kernel: [39669.292231] scsi17 : usb-storage 3-1:1.2 Feb 21 14:01:06 t530 mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1" Feb 21 14:01:06 t530 mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 2 was an MTP device

Best Answer

I too had the problem that my "asus padfone infinity" was not mounted through mtp. (adb worked though).

Solution was to connect it through one of the USB3 Ports of my thinkpad instead of a usb2 port. Looks like the USB2 port is not recognized as usb2, or are devicenames for usb2 "usb1"?

syslog when connecting to USB2 Port:

Connecting to usb 3.0 port: