Ubuntu doesn't recognize my Galaxy 9 phone












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It was working fine a few days ago then all of a sudden. Nothing.I'll plug it in phone says allow access, yes and it will show SD card and Phone but try open SD card and I get libmtp error can not get object handles.










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It was working fine a few days ago then all of a sudden. Nothing.I'll plug it in phone says allow access, yes and it will show SD card and Phone but try open SD card and I get libmtp error can not get object handles.










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It was working fine a few days ago then all of a sudden. Nothing.I'll plug it in phone says allow access, yes and it will show SD card and Phone but try open SD card and I get libmtp error can not get object handles.










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It was working fine a few days ago then all of a sudden. Nothing.I'll plug it in phone says allow access, yes and it will show SD card and Phone but try open SD card and I get libmtp error can not get object handles.







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    Hello and welcome to Askubuntu! Please edit your question and include the error so that we can help you. Thanks!

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    – Scott Stensland
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  • 18.04 is current version.

    – laneq
    Jan 13 at 21:28








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Hello and welcome to Askubuntu! Please edit your question and include the error so that we can help you. Thanks!

– mchid
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Hello and welcome to Askubuntu! Please edit your question and include the error so that we can help you. Thanks!

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Always mention what version of ubuntu ... especially on anything IO related

– Scott Stensland
Jan 13 at 20:48





Always mention what version of ubuntu ... especially on anything IO related

– Scott Stensland
Jan 13 at 20:48













18.04 is current version.

– laneq
Jan 13 at 21:28





18.04 is current version.

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This is a big fat band-aid NOT a solution ... install an FTP Server app on your android ... I tend to use the one from "The Olive Tree" ... launch that app and enable the ftp server ... go to ubuntu open up Files (file manager) and hit + Locations on left column then enter the ftp address as shown on your phone similar to



ftp://192.168.1.102:2221   # <-- your IP may be different


now you are connected and can transfer files between phone <--> ubuntu



Android 7 <--> ubuntu {16.04...19.04}



I personally find ubuntu a very nice distro however its Android connectivity is extremely poor and has been since the beginning may years ago ... I tend to use pre-release editions so when things like this fail I chalk it up to me compiling/installing too many rogue repos ... hence this work around as I really hope someone pipes in with a real solution






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    I had a similar problem but with Samsung S6 Edge. I used Android File Transfer for linux and it worked! Worked fantastically actually! In a nutshell,... "It just works!"



    You will have to download and build it from Github:
    https://github.com/whoozle/android-file-transfer-linux



    Just to add to the limited instructions on the "how to build page" on Github for the less technical, also google's your friend if the instructions underneath aren't clear enough;




    1. ~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libqt4-dev
      ninja-build libfuse-dev libreadline-dev

    2. Find a path in your pc where you want to keep the source code for
      AFTL

    3. Clone AFTL to that location then as the instructions on the github page says...

    4. ~$ mkdir build

    5. ~$ cd build

    6. ~$ cmake ..

    7. A little bit of a modification here to build things much faster!
      ~$ make -j<number of cores you have>. So in my case with an i7
      cpu it s ~$ make -j8

    8. ~$ cd qt

    9. ~$ ./android-file-transfer

    10. In many computers it will give you some pop-up error saying that
      there is already some other process or rather using MTP or busy or
      something similar. It will give you the option to kill them by
      pressing "abort". DO THAT! It will kill those useless non-function
      processes. Then you will get AFTL running showing you all the
      folders on your phone.

    11. Have fun!






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      This is a big fat band-aid NOT a solution ... install an FTP Server app on your android ... I tend to use the one from "The Olive Tree" ... launch that app and enable the ftp server ... go to ubuntu open up Files (file manager) and hit + Locations on left column then enter the ftp address as shown on your phone similar to



      ftp://192.168.1.102:2221   # <-- your IP may be different


      now you are connected and can transfer files between phone <--> ubuntu



      Android 7 <--> ubuntu {16.04...19.04}



      I personally find ubuntu a very nice distro however its Android connectivity is extremely poor and has been since the beginning may years ago ... I tend to use pre-release editions so when things like this fail I chalk it up to me compiling/installing too many rogue repos ... hence this work around as I really hope someone pipes in with a real solution






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        This is a big fat band-aid NOT a solution ... install an FTP Server app on your android ... I tend to use the one from "The Olive Tree" ... launch that app and enable the ftp server ... go to ubuntu open up Files (file manager) and hit + Locations on left column then enter the ftp address as shown on your phone similar to



        ftp://192.168.1.102:2221   # <-- your IP may be different


        now you are connected and can transfer files between phone <--> ubuntu



        Android 7 <--> ubuntu {16.04...19.04}



        I personally find ubuntu a very nice distro however its Android connectivity is extremely poor and has been since the beginning may years ago ... I tend to use pre-release editions so when things like this fail I chalk it up to me compiling/installing too many rogue repos ... hence this work around as I really hope someone pipes in with a real solution






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          This is a big fat band-aid NOT a solution ... install an FTP Server app on your android ... I tend to use the one from "The Olive Tree" ... launch that app and enable the ftp server ... go to ubuntu open up Files (file manager) and hit + Locations on left column then enter the ftp address as shown on your phone similar to



          ftp://192.168.1.102:2221   # <-- your IP may be different


          now you are connected and can transfer files between phone <--> ubuntu



          Android 7 <--> ubuntu {16.04...19.04}



          I personally find ubuntu a very nice distro however its Android connectivity is extremely poor and has been since the beginning may years ago ... I tend to use pre-release editions so when things like this fail I chalk it up to me compiling/installing too many rogue repos ... hence this work around as I really hope someone pipes in with a real solution






          share|improve this answer















          This is a big fat band-aid NOT a solution ... install an FTP Server app on your android ... I tend to use the one from "The Olive Tree" ... launch that app and enable the ftp server ... go to ubuntu open up Files (file manager) and hit + Locations on left column then enter the ftp address as shown on your phone similar to



          ftp://192.168.1.102:2221   # <-- your IP may be different


          now you are connected and can transfer files between phone <--> ubuntu



          Android 7 <--> ubuntu {16.04...19.04}



          I personally find ubuntu a very nice distro however its Android connectivity is extremely poor and has been since the beginning may years ago ... I tend to use pre-release editions so when things like this fail I chalk it up to me compiling/installing too many rogue repos ... hence this work around as I really hope someone pipes in with a real solution







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              I had a similar problem but with Samsung S6 Edge. I used Android File Transfer for linux and it worked! Worked fantastically actually! In a nutshell,... "It just works!"



              You will have to download and build it from Github:
              https://github.com/whoozle/android-file-transfer-linux



              Just to add to the limited instructions on the "how to build page" on Github for the less technical, also google's your friend if the instructions underneath aren't clear enough;




              1. ~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libqt4-dev
                ninja-build libfuse-dev libreadline-dev

              2. Find a path in your pc where you want to keep the source code for
                AFTL

              3. Clone AFTL to that location then as the instructions on the github page says...

              4. ~$ mkdir build

              5. ~$ cd build

              6. ~$ cmake ..

              7. A little bit of a modification here to build things much faster!
                ~$ make -j<number of cores you have>. So in my case with an i7
                cpu it s ~$ make -j8

              8. ~$ cd qt

              9. ~$ ./android-file-transfer

              10. In many computers it will give you some pop-up error saying that
                there is already some other process or rather using MTP or busy or
                something similar. It will give you the option to kill them by
                pressing "abort". DO THAT! It will kill those useless non-function
                processes. Then you will get AFTL running showing you all the
                folders on your phone.

              11. Have fun!






              share|improve this answer




























                0














                I had a similar problem but with Samsung S6 Edge. I used Android File Transfer for linux and it worked! Worked fantastically actually! In a nutshell,... "It just works!"



                You will have to download and build it from Github:
                https://github.com/whoozle/android-file-transfer-linux



                Just to add to the limited instructions on the "how to build page" on Github for the less technical, also google's your friend if the instructions underneath aren't clear enough;




                1. ~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libqt4-dev
                  ninja-build libfuse-dev libreadline-dev

                2. Find a path in your pc where you want to keep the source code for
                  AFTL

                3. Clone AFTL to that location then as the instructions on the github page says...

                4. ~$ mkdir build

                5. ~$ cd build

                6. ~$ cmake ..

                7. A little bit of a modification here to build things much faster!
                  ~$ make -j<number of cores you have>. So in my case with an i7
                  cpu it s ~$ make -j8

                8. ~$ cd qt

                9. ~$ ./android-file-transfer

                10. In many computers it will give you some pop-up error saying that
                  there is already some other process or rather using MTP or busy or
                  something similar. It will give you the option to kill them by
                  pressing "abort". DO THAT! It will kill those useless non-function
                  processes. Then you will get AFTL running showing you all the
                  folders on your phone.

                11. Have fun!






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                  I had a similar problem but with Samsung S6 Edge. I used Android File Transfer for linux and it worked! Worked fantastically actually! In a nutshell,... "It just works!"



                  You will have to download and build it from Github:
                  https://github.com/whoozle/android-file-transfer-linux



                  Just to add to the limited instructions on the "how to build page" on Github for the less technical, also google's your friend if the instructions underneath aren't clear enough;




                  1. ~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libqt4-dev
                    ninja-build libfuse-dev libreadline-dev

                  2. Find a path in your pc where you want to keep the source code for
                    AFTL

                  3. Clone AFTL to that location then as the instructions on the github page says...

                  4. ~$ mkdir build

                  5. ~$ cd build

                  6. ~$ cmake ..

                  7. A little bit of a modification here to build things much faster!
                    ~$ make -j<number of cores you have>. So in my case with an i7
                    cpu it s ~$ make -j8

                  8. ~$ cd qt

                  9. ~$ ./android-file-transfer

                  10. In many computers it will give you some pop-up error saying that
                    there is already some other process or rather using MTP or busy or
                    something similar. It will give you the option to kill them by
                    pressing "abort". DO THAT! It will kill those useless non-function
                    processes. Then you will get AFTL running showing you all the
                    folders on your phone.

                  11. Have fun!






                  share|improve this answer













                  I had a similar problem but with Samsung S6 Edge. I used Android File Transfer for linux and it worked! Worked fantastically actually! In a nutshell,... "It just works!"



                  You will have to download and build it from Github:
                  https://github.com/whoozle/android-file-transfer-linux



                  Just to add to the limited instructions on the "how to build page" on Github for the less technical, also google's your friend if the instructions underneath aren't clear enough;




                  1. ~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libqt4-dev
                    ninja-build libfuse-dev libreadline-dev

                  2. Find a path in your pc where you want to keep the source code for
                    AFTL

                  3. Clone AFTL to that location then as the instructions on the github page says...

                  4. ~$ mkdir build

                  5. ~$ cd build

                  6. ~$ cmake ..

                  7. A little bit of a modification here to build things much faster!
                    ~$ make -j<number of cores you have>. So in my case with an i7
                    cpu it s ~$ make -j8

                  8. ~$ cd qt

                  9. ~$ ./android-file-transfer

                  10. In many computers it will give you some pop-up error saying that
                    there is already some other process or rather using MTP or busy or
                    something similar. It will give you the option to kill them by
                    pressing "abort". DO THAT! It will kill those useless non-function
                    processes. Then you will get AFTL running showing you all the
                    folders on your phone.

                  11. Have fun!







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