USB sync (file transfer) with Android

[Phil]

On 10/22/2014 01:02 AM, thufir wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:43:25 +0700, Diep Pham wrote:
>
>> On 10/21/2014 08:35 AM, thufir wrote:
>>> What's a good approach to mounting and transferring files with Android?
>>> I'd like to physically connect the device with USB.
>> Have you tried to connect your phone to Ubuntu to see if it works out of
>> the box or not?
>
>
>
> I've tried a few times:
>
> thufir at dur:~$
> thufir at dur:~$ sudo mtpfs -o allow_other phone
> [sudo] password for thufir:
> Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.Listing raw device
> (s)
> Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is a Samsung Galaxy models (MTP).
>     Found 1 device(s):
>     Samsung: Galaxy models (MTP) (04e8:6860) @ bus 1, dev 4
> Attempting to connect device
> LIBMTP PANIC: Could not open session! (Return code 8195)
>    Try to reset the device.
> Unable to open raw device 0

My tablet does detect that it has been connected to my laptop and lsusb 
does list a device named "google inc." but it is not auto mounted as, 
for example, a USB memory stick would be.

Kde connect does allow me to share the clipboard and I can transfer a 
file from the tablet to the laptop with ES File Explorer. However, at 
this point I cannot see how to transfer a file from the laptop to the 
tablet using either KDE connect or ES File Explorer.

I've set my Downloads directory on my laptop to have SMB share ability 
and the Downloads directory is visible on the tablet but the login fails 
because "The account has no permissions"; not quite sure what that may mean.

So for the moment, a micro SD card is my low-tech solution.

-- 
Regards,
Phil