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I hate the way Samsung uses to transfer files, I wonder if there is a driver or something i can install to fix this problem because I downloaded a driver on Windows in order to use my s3 mini, I am new in Ubuntu so please someone help me please. OK this is the problem... I connect my phone, ubuntu mounts it but i can't open any file, only copy or move them. I want to open them directly instead of moving the file to the Pc... please help me...

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  • What version of Android is on the S3 Mini (i819x)? I was having no issues with MTP (with my S3 Mini), but have since switched to the (newer) S4 Mini (i9197). – david6 Apr 27 '14 at 07:38
  • I have issues with S3 Mini(GT-I8190L) Android 4.1.2, Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 (SM-T211) Android 4.1.2, but I don't have issues with my tablet lenovo ideapad a1000-f Android 4.1.2 and my Galaxy Ace Android 2.3.6 because they uses the traditional mass storage way... – FliaGonzalez Apr 28 '14 at 20:28
  • The problem is MTP (under Android 4.1.x). I upgraded to my S4 Mini (i9197, 4.2.2) because it is due for KitKat (4.4.2) soon. But my S3 Mini (i8190, 4.1.2) worked OK with MTP. However, I had major MTP issues with the Tab2 7.0 (P3110) until I upgraded to 4.2.2. Not sure what to recommend. – david6 Apr 29 '14 at 08:45
  • Possible dupe Unable to mount/access phone after upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04 – bain May 08 '14 at 23:32

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I had this problem after upgrading to 14.04.

Under 13.10 I got the Samsung tablet set up to do its usb as a camera. You need to get into the usb menu on the tablet (which only shows when the usb is connected!) There is a usb symbol at the top of the screen.

This didn't work after upgrading to 14.04. So....I set the tablet usb to MTP and ...

I installed mtp-tools and mtpfs like this from the command line. 

sudo apt-get install mtp-tools mtpfs

That did not work straight away. Then I installed gMTP. gMTP did not work.

But after running gMTP and closing and opening Nautilus (the file manager), Nautilus started to see both my Samsung tablet and the SD card on it. I can transfer files normally.

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Last time I was trying to connect my Note 2, I experienced similar issues - previous versions of Android would just mount as an external drive etc. The change to the supported protocols was a Google/Android thing, not Samsung.

I tried some of the things mentioned above, but with only very limited success - I ended up using "Airdroid" to do the transfers of music etc wirelessly, as it was just too much faffing about to sort the wired connection.......

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