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What is the procedure to connect a Google Pixel 2 (or maybe higher) phone to a PC (host, not VM) running Ubuntu 20.04 or later?

karel
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  • Sorry, I vote for closing this question too, but move it into Answer of the referenced question "how do I connect my Pixel 2" – MSW Mar 12 '23 at 13:34

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For these instructions you don't need to install either mtp-tools or jmtpfs.

  1. See Sullivan's answer to How to connect Android 7.1 to Ubuntu Linux with USB? to understand this, but do not follow its instructions and use the below steps (Step 1 and Step 2) instead.

  2. (Step 1): On the Pixel 2 phone:
    (IMPORTANT: do NOT activate USB tethering, or else Ubuntu will not recognize the phone: USB tethering MUST BE OFF).

    a. Connect your phone via USB to the computer.
    b. Swipe down from the top of the phone screen.
    c. Go to USB Preferences and activate the uppermost option File transfer (and not even USB tethering, as mentioned above!)

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  3. (Step 2): On the Ubuntu computer:
    (Although already showing the "Pixel 2" phone, but with an empty folder, previously)

    a. Exit your file browser (nautilus).
    b. (Re-)Start your file browser and be surprised to see the now displayed Pixel 2 -> Internal Storage.
    c. On the computer navigate to Pixel 2 -> Internal Storage -> DCIM -> Camera and see your recorded photographs there. You now can copy the photographs and paste them to a folder on your computer.

karel
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