Droid Turbo on Linux Mint 17

Question

I'm having trouble connecting the (Android) Droid Turbo to my Linux Mint 17 laptop.

I've already tried several fixes, including installing mtpfs and the gMTP application, but I have had no luck. It seems that the laptop is not recognizing the phone: if I type

mtp-detect

I get the following:

Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.libmtp version: 1.1.6

 Listing raw device(s)
   No raw devices found.

My phone says that I am connected as a media device. I have an option to "show software installation popup on your computer" but this software is strictly Windows. I currently have it unchecked, but checking it doesn't solve my problem.

Answer 1

Answer: Use the AirDroid app.

Investigation:

I'm also using Droid Turbo with Linux Mint 17, and I had the same issue. One thing worth trying is sudo mtp-detect:

$ sudo mtp-detect
Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.libmtp version: >1.1.6

Listing raw device(s)
Device 0 (VID=22b8 and PID=2ea8) is UNKNOWN.
Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp development team
Found 1 device(s):
22b8:2ea8 @ bus 3, dev 11
Attempting to connect device(s)
Android device detected, assigning default bug flags
USB low-level info:
...

Then if you do sudo mtp-connect, you'll see this:

Usage: connect
Commands: --delete [filename]
--sendfile [source] [destination]
--sendtrack [source] [destination]
--getfile [source] [destination]
--newfolder [foldername]

I found that using sending a file to the root path / works, and it shows up in the SD Card folder on AirDroid. Trying /SD\ Card or /sdcard didn't work.

Here's a working example of sending a ringtone file to the correct folder:

sudo mtp-connect --sendfile Moonlight\ Sonata\ Ringtone.mp3 /Ringtones

It's a bit slow, but it works. (Note: Don't put a / after the destination folder)

Here are some useful folders:
/DCIM/Camera
/Notifications
/Music

But seeing as the AirDroid application works well for all of this and makes seeing the file structure easy, that seems like the best solution.

Disadvantage of AirDroid:
The file has to pass through the Internet, so it could be slow.