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Has someone been able to connect Google Nexus 7 to Linux. I'm using Linux Ubuntu 12.04?

I've already installed mtp-tools and mtpfs but still cannot get it right. Can someone help?

Noor
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  • Without any special tools, I see the content of /sdcard – ott-- Oct 02 '12 at 19:27
  • nopes i'm not seeing it – Noor Oct 02 '12 at 19:28
  • it clearly says that device loaded as storage but does n't connect – Noor Oct 02 '12 at 19:30
  • can you connect any kind of USB flash drives to your Linux computer? – Māris Kiseļovs Oct 03 '12 at 05:37
  • yes I can, like pendrives .... – Noor Oct 03 '12 at 08:29
  • When you connect the device, you should see a "connected as media device" on the nexus screen (I don't know the exact text, I see the german text only "Als Mediengerät abgeschlossen"). On the linux pc, you need tools like libgphoto2 or libmtp. I suggest to install the android sdk, then you can do adb shell to look around on the nexus, adb pull ... and adb push ... to transfer files from/to the sdcard folder. Note, this is different from my earlier comment, I forgot that I used gphotofs. – ott-- Oct 03 '12 at 10:15
  • Related http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/27926/nexus-7-doesnt-have-sdcard-folder-when-connected-to-pc – Flow Oct 14 '12 at 18:25

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Try this :

sudo apt-get install mtpfs
mkdir ~/NexusDrive
mtpfs ~/NexusDrive
nautilus ~/NexusDrive
Cédric Julien
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Nathaniel Varona
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  • hortstu says:the above terminal input worked for me with a kindle fire 10.2.6. I just changed NexusDrive to KindleFire – Narayanan Jan 25 '13 at 09:15
  • Using LinuxMint (Nadia). I followed the instructions above. The 'NexusDrive' appears on the desktop. I can't open it and view contents. Error message, 'Could not display "/home/paul/NexusDrive". The file is of an unknown type' If I try to unmount the Nexus 7, 'Unable to unmount NexusDrive. unmount: /home/paul/NexusDrive is not in the fstab (and you are not root) –  Mar 09 '13 at 17:30