[Solved]Android crashes using USB cable to connect with LM17

[Domas]

When I try to connect my phone to Linux Mint 17 via USB cable it crashes 2 seconds after the connection. I can see notification on the phone that it connected and that's it. If I do not unplug phone from computer the infinite loop begins where phone turns on and immediately crashes again.

I'm using Linux Mint 17 64bit Cinnamon. I have installed libmtp-runtime, libmtp-common, mtpfs packages.

Specs:

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System:    Host: Baikalas-Mint Kernel: 3.15.8-031508-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.6.3) 
           Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine:   Mobo: MSI model: MSI X58 Pro-E (MS-7522) version: 3.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: V8.15 date: 03/19/2011
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7 CPU 930 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 22455.4 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz 3: 1600.00 MHz 4: 1600.00 MHz 5: 1600.00 MHz 6: 2801.00 MHz 7: 1600.00 MHz 8: 1600.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GF100 [GeForce GTX 465] bus-ID: 02:00.0 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 465/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.38 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1: NVIDIA GF100 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 02:00.1
           Card-2: Intel 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.15.8-031508-generic
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e800 bus-ID: 06:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (41.7% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HDS72101 size: 1000.2GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 51G used: 30G (62%) fs: ext4 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:46C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 230 Uptime: 2:42 Memory: 1430.7/3943.2MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4 

Phone is NEC Terrain running Android 4.0.4. It's an AT&T phone. Debugging mode is On.

I tried:
connect my phone to a Win 7 64 bit machine (worked).
system restore on android (thought some apps that I Install or disabled prior may be interfering).
connect on Ubuntu loaded from USB stick (same results as on LM 17).

This is my first android phone so maybe I'm doing something wrong. Do I need some app on the phone to meke the connection?
I tried searching on google, haven't found anything useful.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

Thank you.

Edit: So I tried to connect my phone to Elementary OS (loaded from USB stick) and it worked. Can somebody tell me why this is happening? What could be the cause of this?

Edit2: So I found the problem. It's "ModemManager". Update, downgrade, disable or completely remove it and phone will stop crashing.

[PatH57]

Hi,

did you try upgrading your android to 4.4? Seems a lot of these problems are gone?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/449563/w ... n-my-andro

[Domas]

Hi,

did you try upgrading your android to 4.4? Seems a lot of these problems are gone?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/449563/w ... n-my-andro

I can't. No one in XDA forums was able to root NEC Terrain and AT&T has not release official update (I doubt they ever will).

And it's not a problem anymore. I'm in progress of setting Elementary OS up. I Think I should mark thread as solved.