How can I connect my Samsung S3 Mini to Ubuntu 12.10

Question

I have tried many things including the installation of gMTP from Ubuntu's PPA, and with it many other that include mtp-dev... I have forgotten now the bunch of files I have installed.

The problem is that when I plug my S3mini into my computer it is not recognized, however if I change the way of connecting form MTP to PPT (I believe is PPT the other way) it does connect, and if I go back to MTP again it does connect. The problem is that I cannot move big files from and into my cellphone's internal storage.

I know and I use Airdroid for small files, I have Dropbox but my internet is limited and slow, and both options (Airdroid and Dropbox) take years in copying a movie onto the cellphone.

Solution

I found the solution by updating some packages from a PPA...

I've found the solution in this page:

http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/upgrade-to-gvfs-with-mtp-support-in.html

Comments

[david6]

What version of Android? (on phone)

[david6]

Confirm which version of Ubuntu, eg. 12.10

[Diego]

Android 4.1.2 and Ubuntu 12.10 (with gnome shell and no unity, I don't know if it is relevant)

[Diego]

I check # mtp-connect and I got this 'diego@diego-Ubuntu:~$ sudo mtp-connect [sudo] password for diego: libmtp version: 1.1.4 Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is a Samsung GT P7310/P7510/N7000/I9070/I9100/I9300 Galaxy Tab 7.7/10.1/S2/S3/Nexus/Note/Y. PTP_ERROR_IO: failed to open session, trying again after resetting USB interface LIBMTP libusb: Attempt to reset device LIBMTP PANIC: failed to open session on second attempt No devices.'

[Diego]

And with SSHDroid how is the data transfer speed? Similar to Airdroid or faster?