[Bug 1092621] Re: Ubuntu 12.10 does not support Google Nexus 4 phone in MTP mode

[Dan Näsman]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 903422 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903422

There are ONE POINT THREE million devices activated each day that are
not "plug and play" with Ubuntu!

I have been frustrated with the lack of Android 4+ (MTP) plug and play
for some time and I have tried gmtp and go-mtpfs but none have been
stable. I handle my family's 7 android devices and the proposed
workarounds works now and then for some of the devices. Last time that I
needed to offload 9 GB of pictures from a Galaxy SII phone I had to
revert to a virtual Windows 7:(

I propose to make MTP "Plug & Play" in Ubuntu, current LTS and future
releases.

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Title:
  Ubuntu 12.10 does not support Google Nexus 4 phone in MTP mode

Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have just bought a Google Nexus 4 phone. The device supports two
  transfer modes: MTP and PTP. MTP is the default for this phone.

  If MTP is selected (the default), the device is not detected. If I connect the device to a PC running Windows 7, a range of directories are accessible, including Music, Downloads, Pictures etc. This was the behaviour I expected to occur on Ubuntu.
  If I select PTP, the device is detected as a camera by Ubuntu. The DCIM and Pictures directories are accessible.

  Ubuntu appears therefore not to support the Nexus 4 in MTP mode. I
  will append the output of lsusb and mtp-detect.

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