Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 01:10:13 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to explore Android device files under FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20190714011013.ffd240ce.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AM0PR03MB4594E7C881E6534336204BF1F6CD0@AM0PR03MB4594.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> References: <AM0PR03MB45946F28AAF9A2F51F97A589F6CD0@AM0PR03MB4594.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> <20190713224753.f5e51166.freebsd@edvax.de> <AM0PR03MB4594E7C881E6534336204BF1F6CD0@AM0PR03MB4594.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com>
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On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 22:41:12 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > No matter how hard I try, no da0 turns up. Does _nothing_ turn up? Maybe you need to enable USB on the phone first. Check your settings. In some cases, the device files are being created after a specific interaction on the phone, i. e., it detects that some USB contact has been established, and then asks as if USB mass storage or MTP compatible device is desired; after making that selection, the appropriate devices are being created according to the "self-identification" of the phone. > I found a couple of solutions, both Linux based : > > > 1) Connect with USB and put your phone in PTM (Picture Tranfer) mode > rather than the default MTP. > > Now you can download the pictures. This is possible on FreeBSD with programs based on libgphoto2, the gphoto2 CLI and gtkam GUI tool. Just make sure you have the device permissions set (or call the program with "sudo"); this of course requires a /dev/ugen* entry, and sometimes you need to enable / set this in the phone, too: they can act both as USB mass storage (/dev/da* device(s)) or MTP device (/dev/ugen* device). Again, check the phone's settings. It's possible that all USB access has been turned off. > 2) Send the files over Bluetooth. Does your system have BT capabilities? Personally, I find it a lot easier to deal with a real cable connection, no stupid apps, 3rd party "cloud" services and other nonsense... ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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