Accessing Android Phones On CentOS 7

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Hi,

My standard Linux desktop is based on a personal blend of CentOS 7 with KDE 4.14 and various add-ons from third-party repositories like EPEL and Nux-Dextop. After a brief stint on OpenSUSE Leap 15.0, this is what I
use on my workstation and on my laptop. And this is also what I install on my client’s machines, just like I did in our local school’s computer room.

I’m currently busy sanding down a few remaining edges, and one thing that’s left is accessing Android phones. On less conservative distros based on KDE Plasma 5, this is a no-brainer, since all you have to do is plug in the phone and then browse its content using Dolphin or some other file manager. Unfortunately this is not possible with the version of KDE shipping with CentOS 7.

Any ideas for that?

Cheers from the rainy South of France,

Niki
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5 thoughts on - Accessing Android Phones On CentOS 7

  • Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
    Interesting. At home, I’m still on C 6 (hate systemd), and it’s not a big deal to plug in my Nook ereader, which I believe is Android based. System sees it, I mount it, not an issue.

    We’re expecting a lot of rain here in the DC area today.

    mark

  • I just use a standard SSH login on my computers and (usually) the Total Commander app on Android, which has a pretty good scp capability built in. If I’m doing a large transfer I’ll use scp or rsync through the Termux app.

  • Can’t say for KDE, but on Gnome (and also because kernel auto-detects it as mtp device) it’s mounted and show both internal phone memory and SD
    card content

  • I’m not sure about a GUI file browser, but using simple-mtpfs works fine for me. With sudo, plug the phone in, and then simple-mtpfs /mnt (assuming nothing else is under /mnt), causes a message to appear on the phone, do I
    wish to allow it, I tap allow, then run the command again, and the phone’s files appear under mount. It’s not something I do too often, so I don’t bother with a directory special directory to mount the phone or worry about getting it done as normal user, but simple-mtpfs works well for my limited needs.

  • Thunar (in epel, package name with a capital “T”) automatically detects and accesses MTP devices. It’s designed for the XFCE desktop but I
    don’t see a reason why it shouldn’t work in KDE as well, it will just pull a few of the XFCE libraries when you install it.

    Peter