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I followed this guide to get access to my Android phone from my Ubuntu PC and everything went well except I don't have access to my Android's SD card.

The guide uses the "mtp-tools mtpfs" to browse android phone's contents using Nautilus, by the nautilus side bar, like it would with a USB stick.

How can I now browse my Android phone's SD external card's contents?

Zanna
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AntonyMan
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Finally I make it with "gMTP".

(The program gMTP it’s intended for managing MP3 players, but it works great for managing devices.)

To install it:

sudo apt-get install gmtp

To connect:

just plug the android via the USB cable into your computer, start gMTP and click “Connect”.

When you press "Connect" you will asked if you want to browse internal memory or sd card.

AntonyMan
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    Thanks for sharing your solution :-) But as commented by @Organic Marble, the best solution for most people is to use a new version of Ubuntu, which has built-in support for android devices. – sudodus May 16 '18 at 15:20
  • The best I can get is 12.04 and I think I'm not the only one. (So, I'm "fighting" to use my [only] [old] pc which can run windows7 but no any newer version than ubuntu 12.) :( – AntonyMan May 28 '18 at 12:48
  • I see. Have you tried with some light-weight flavour of Ubuntu (Lubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Budgie or Xubuntu)? Standard Ubuntu may want more modern hardware for graphics, but these flavours have lighter desktop environments, that might work. If there are problems with the linux driver for graphics, the problem is worse. – sudodus May 28 '18 at 12:58
  • Thanks for answering. I have tried Linux Mint 18.3 MATE with no luck. – AntonyMan May 28 '18 at 13:14
  • What is your cormputer and graphics card/chip (brand name and model for both of them)? How much RAM is there? – sudodus May 28 '18 at 13:23
  • CPU: Intel P4A 2.4GHz (4.5x533) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8PE667 pro Chipset: Intel Brookdale i845PE Memory: 1536 MB (DDR-SDRAM) BIOS: Award Modular (10/16/'02) Graphics: nVidia GeForce 4 Ti or FX 5200 (128MB both) HD: IDE ATA – AntonyMan May 30 '18 at 11:16
  • I have a Dell with a Dell Dimension 4600 with a P4 CPU and old nvidia graphics. It works with the current versions of Lubuntu including 18.04 LTS (32-bit). I have also 1536 MB (DDR-SDRAM) and a NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]. The linux free graphics driver 'nouveau' works. It runs idle using 148 MB RAM (but needs at least 1 GB to be able to do real work browsing the internet). Lubuntu 16.04 LTS works too in my Dell, so I think you can upgrade to a current version. I am testing right now booted from a USB pendrive cloned with mkusb from lubuntu-18.04-desktop-i386.iso. – sudodus May 30 '18 at 12:34
  • If you must boot from a CD, you can download Xubuntu Core 18.04 LTS (32-bit), an iso file that is small enough. A member of the Xubuntu development group has uploaded iso files at unit193.net/xubuntu/core – sudodus May 30 '18 at 12:36