How to connect a Nexus 10 to transfer files?

Question

This is a similar question to How do I connect a Nexus 7 to transfer files? , But the solution given there doesnt work.

How can I connect Nexus 10 on ubuntu. It gives me an error (actually tries to access the device for 30secs and gives up) when I try to open the "Nexuis 10" Icon in the document viewer (Like how a USB is displayed)

Solution 1

I don't know if this will work on the 10, but what I did for my 7 was installed a program called gMTP. It's kind of slow and glitchy, but it works. I don't fully understand exactly why it doesn't just open like a regular flash drive though.

Solution 2

I came across this article discussing the topic, if it helpful at all. It specifically speaks to mounting Android 4.0+ devices in Ubuntu and the issues with MTP.

http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-mount-android-40-ubuntu-go-mtpfs.html

Comments

[david6]

What steps did you follow? Where did it fail? What settings did you change on Tablet?

[Iffi]

Check out askubuntu.com/q/87667/14349 . I had the same problem with the Galaxy Nexus. I have had quite a bit of problems with programs using libmtp. The most reliable solution turned out to be gphotofs for me.

[mac]

Because it doesnt have external SD card. Only one memory storage is present - Internal memory. Any harddisk/memory storage can be mounted once easily. And internal memory is always mounted on Nexus 7. Now you are trying to mount it at some other place (on your laptop). That's why its not as straight forward as opening a regular flash drive.

[footy]

@mac you meant Nexus 10* .... PS: Your name mac is a little ironic here :P