Re: Transferring files between Samsung tablet and a Debian box
Ken Heard <kenslists@teksavvy.com> writes:
>Can anyone tell me how I can transfer files between my Samsung tablet
>with Honeycomb and my Debian boxes with Lenny or Squeeze, using either a
>USB or Bluetooth connection between them? I know I can transfer them by
>e-mail, but that method is cumbersome.
As others have mentioned in this thread, Honeycomb and onwards use MTP as
the protocol for communicating with a USB host instead of MSC (mass storage
class).
I have not found a reliable MTP stack on linux, possibly because the MTP
protocol itself is not very general, so treating the device as a filesystem
is an abstraction mismatch.
Instead, I have install an app called AirDroid on my tablet. This lets me
communicate with the tablet via my browser, and supports transferring
files that way. It does not give the flexibility of treating the device
as a mounted filesystem, but works well enough for my purposes.
I know that's not USB or bluetooth, but hopefully it is still suitable.
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