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hot to find usb or phone icons when coneccted.
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:07 pm
by tigre
When I connected an usb stick or my galaxy s3 phone I cant find any icor or signal that theyre there. thanks
Re: hot to find usb or phone icons when coneccted.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:18 pm
by drdavidk
I don't know about your usb stick, but android devices now use mtp (since ice cream sandwich), which is a Windows 'media transfer protocol' and a pain for linux machines to detect. Here's a place to start:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/u ... -on-linux/ I can't vouch for its success, as I've abandoned trying to get my android phone connected to my lmde box.
Re: hot to find usb or phone icons when coneccted.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:03 pm
by tigre
well, lets forget the mtp for now..I CANT FIND MY USB STICK! can some one help me? I inserted in the usb port and nothing shows..
thanks
Re: hot to find usb or phone icons when coneccted.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:11 pm
by jungle_boy
Menu>Settings>Settings manager>Removal drives; check options like this:
Re: hot to find usb or phone icons when coneccted.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:22 pm
by tigre
I have this choises and cant find any where. You think is due in that usb drive is the linuxmint os saved??
Re: hot to find usb or phone icons when coneccted.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:15 am
by drdavidk
I take it you've looked in your /media directory using a file manager. You may have set your desktop settings so that a usb drive doesn't automatically show up on your desktop.
Re: hot to find usb or phone icons when coneccted.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:15 am
by jungle_boy
Yes, it can be.
Re: hot to find usb or phone icons when coneccted.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:43 am
by tigre
what should I do now?
Re: hot to find usb or phone icons when coneccted.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:53 pm
by jungle_boy
We will wait for the opinion of other more experienced users
Re: hot to find usb or phone icons when coneccted.
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:20 am
by drdavidk
I got my Nadia Mint machine to read my Android phone:
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/upgrade- ... .html#more.