USB file transfer from Linux Mint 18.1 to Android 6 device

Question

This works fine to the Android tablet's internal storage, but not to the tablet's SD card.

The error message is "libmtp error: Could not send object."

Solution

I found installing the below on Mint 19 and rebooting both devices helps immensely

sudo apt install mtp-tools android-tools-adb

If the device is a usb3 typeC or similar you might also want to try using a slower usb2 port. This seems to help keep it from trying to write to the internal storage so fast it crashes right away and then reconnects.

Comments

[Admin]

Does it work with Windows? I have seen this before where the media and storage databases just need to be cleared and rebuilt, if it is the same regardless of OS, probably that, if it's only your Linux box, then try the answer below.

[VIX]

I try on Linux Mint 19, it worked.