Linux – Mount the mtp in the android phone on a directory

I just tried port fusefs-simple-mtpfs. Here are simple-mtpfs instructions. Works like a charm (with my Windows Phone 8 smartphone):

g@crayon2:/mnt % l /mnt/
drwxrwxr-x   2 g     g           0  1 Jan  1970 test/

g@crayon2:/mnt % simple-mtpfs /mnt/test/
g@crayon2:/mnt % l test/
total
0
drwxrwxr-x  2 g  g  0 14 Feb  2015 Documents/
drwxrwxr-x  2 g  g  0 14 Feb  2015 Downloads/
drwxrwxr-x  2 g  g  0 11 Oct  2014 Music/
drwxrwxr-x  2 g  g  0 19 Nov  2014 Pictures/
drwxrwxr-x  2 g  g  0  6 Mar  2013 Ringtones/
drwxrwxr-x  2 g  g  0 25 Oct 16:01 Videos/

This is the content of /etc/devfs.rules on my desktop (which affects which devices the user can mount):

[system=10]
add path 'usb*'          mode 0770 group cups
add path 'ugen*'         mode 0660 group cups
add path 'ad[0-9]\*'     mode 0666
add path 'ada[0-9]\*'    mode 0666
add path 'da[0-9]\*'     mode 0666
add path 'acd[0-9]\*'    mode 0666
add path 'cd[0-9]\*'     mode 0666
add path 'xpt[0-9]\*'    mode 0666
add path 'mmcsd[0-9]\*'  mode 0666
add path 'pass[0-9]\*'   mode 0666
add path 'usb/\*'        mode 0666
add path 'ugen[0-9]\*'   mode 0666

These rules are enabled in /etc/rc.conf so that they are active when the system starts:

devfs_system_ruleset="system"

Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon 64-bit or a recent Ubuntu/Debian distribution.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mtp-tools

Unplug the USB cable and reconnect your Android device.

The Android device should now be recognised as expected.

If you are still having problems, please try the following.

Check if you have other MTP software installed, run the following in a terminal window:

dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | grep -i mtp

This will list any packages relating with MTP. You should only need mtp-tools installed for normal, everyday use.

Ignore any lines starting with "libmtp" and uninstall any other packages listed except mtp-tools for example with the following command replacing 'mtp-server' with what you have listed from the previous instruction.

sudo apt-get remove mtp-server

Then reinstall the mtp-tools package with the following command:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall mtp-tools

You should now be able to access your Android device using MTP as expected from a Removable Storage device.