On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Rock <Rocksockdoc at gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2013 08:03:52 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > I think most people are using cloud storage with the smart phones these > days > > I understand. > > Anyway, here's a summary for the next person with this same problem > (Note: This affects other phones but I don't know which are affected.) > > Summary of the current status: > Connecting the SG S3 by USB cable (fails for every Centos owner) > Connecting the SG S3 by Kies Air (Java fails for multiple files, no > errors!) > Connecting the SG S3 by AirDroid (Works! Zips up multiple files, slow but > OK) > ... > Connecting the SG S3 by Android FTPServer (suggested, complicated setup) > Connecting the SG S3 by WiFi File Explorer (didn't work on my 1st test) > Connecting the SG S3 by WiFi File Transfer (didn't work on my 1st test) > Connecting the SG S3 by Total Commander for Android (suggested, untested) > Connecting the SG S3 by WiFi file transfer pro (suggested, untested) > Note: When testing solutions, my general approach is to give each > suggested program a single pass - and if that fails, to then move > on to the next solution. If no solutions work, then I revisit the > prior attempts and implement heroics to get it to work, if needed. > > Deprecated approaches which would also work to transfer pictures: > MicroSD card (shouldn't have to buy storage just to transfer pictures) > Dropbox or the cloud (shouldn't have to do that just to transfer data) > Windows/Mac (shouldn't have to give up on your Centos operating system) > Wine/Emulation/Virtual OS (shouldn't have to give up on native Centos) > Email them to myself (shouldn't have to do that just to transfer pictures) > > < Rant > > Why the Android dev team removed USB file transfer for Linux users is > beyond me! > < /Rant > > > This is a "feature" of Android 4.0 and above. That's when the switch to the MTP protocol on that end happened. Older Android phones (2.x if I remember correctly) will still mount as a file system when connected to USB on CentOS.