Re: Deebian 7.0 needs to support MTP (for Android), else it will lose relevance
On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:50:14 +0600
Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@wrar.name> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 07:56:23PM +0800, David Smith wrote:
> > > The result:
> > > Google decided to remove USB Mass Storage from Android 4.x
> > > devices. Newer Android devices support MTP-only.
> > I don't believe that is accurate as my HP tablet running
> > Cyanogenmod9 with Android 4.0.4, my Motorola Razor cell phone with
> > Android 4.0.4, and my girlfriend's HTC One X with Android 4.1.1
> > work just fine with Debian Wheezy + KDE 4.8.4. I can send and
> > receive files between devices with zero issues, and these devices
> > are all "up-to-date" with the latest stable android available for
> > the devices.
> >
> > I assume you mean the more bleeding edge android 4.2 or 4.3 which is
> > currently only supported on a handful of devices, removed USB mass
> > storage? If so, I just won't upgrade my devices as the upgrade is
> > always optional.
> Galaxy Nexus was released with 4.0 more than year ago. It doesn't
> support UMS.
>
It can be enable by a single command in a phone's terminal
> > You should be able to flash an older version of android on your
> > devices that you already purchased if you accidently upgraded to
> > MTP-only,
> That's a funny suggestion.
>
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