Detection of HTC Dream - T-Mobile G1 as an Android music device in Rhythmbox

[Clement Lefebvre]

Binary package hint: hal

Observed in Ubuntu 9.04:

  Plugging in a T-Mobile G1 Android phone over USB, the SD Card is detected as a mass storage device. In Rhythmbox, the device does not appear as a music player.

Editing /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-usb-music-players.fdi and changing the line (in the Android section):

          <match key="@storage.originating_device:usb.product_id" int_outof="0xc01;0xc13">

to:

          <match key="@storage.originating_device:usb.product_id" int_outof="0xc01;0xc02;0xc13">

.. followed by re-plugging the phone, fixes the problem.

In addition to seeing the SD card as a Mass Storage Device, the phone then appears in Rhythmbox and is treated as a music player.

Since /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-usb-music-players.fdi belongs to the package hal-info, I marked it against hal.

Also, since there is an Android section in this file, and that it does look for 0xc01 and 0xc13, I guess the new 0xc02 corresponds to the recent 1.5 Cupcake Android firmware upgrade.

Good luck,
Clem.

[Gavin (gavin-redhat-bugs)]

Description of problem:

When I plugged my Android G1 phone into my computer, it used to appear as an audio player in Rhythmbox. Now it doesn't.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

rhythmbox-0.11.6-20.r6096.fc10.x86_64

The phone is running the 1.5 "Cupcake" firmware.

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect G1 phone via USB cable
2. Mount the phone's SD card
3. Open Rhythmbox

Actual results:

The Rhythmbox window appears without showing the G1 device in the Source browser

Expected results:

The Rhythmbox window appears showing the G1 device in the Source browser

Additional info:

This is what I see when I run rhythmbox -d:

(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [dump_volume_identifiers] rb-removable-media-manager.c:550: unix-device = /dev/sdg1
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [dump_volume_identifiers] rb-removable-media-manager.c:550: hal-udi = /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_3866_6234
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [dump_volume_identifiers] rb-removable-media-manager.c:550: uuid = 3866-6234
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [rb_removable_media_manager_add_volume] rb-removable-media-manager.c:588: Unhandled media
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [rhythmdb_mount_added_cb] rhythmdb-monitor.c:465: volume file:///media/disk-1 mounted
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [dump_volume_identifiers] rb-removable-media-manager.c:550: unix-device = /dev/sdg1
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [dump_volume_identifiers] rb-removable-media-manager.c:550: hal-udi = /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_3866_6234
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [dump_volume_identifiers] rb-removable-media-manager.c:550: uuid = 3866-6234
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [hal_udi_is_ipod] rb-ipod-helpers.c:458: Error: No property portable_audio_player.access_method.protocols on device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_HTC_Android_Phone_HT91NKV02822_0_0

(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [hal_udi_is_nokia770] rb-nokia770-source.c:179: Nokia detection: info.parent=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_HTC_Android_Phone_HT91NKV02822_0_0
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [hal_udi_is_nokia770] rb-nokia770-source.c:184: Nokia detection: info.vendor=HTC
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [get_hal_udi_for_player] rb-generic-player-source.c:1469: searching for player udi from /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_3866_6234
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [get_hal_udi_for_player] rb-generic-player-source.c:1478: parent of udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_3866_6234: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_HTC_Android_Phone_HT91NKV02822_0_0
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [get_hal_udi_for_player] rb-generic-player-source.c:1478: parent of udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_HTC_Android_Phone_HT91NKV02822_0_0: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_bb4_c02_HT91NKV02822_if0_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [free_dbus_error] rb-generic-player-source.c:1508: finding audio player udi: dbus error: No property info.capabilities on device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_bb4_c02_HT91NKV02822_if0_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [rb_generic_player_is_mount_player] rb-generic-player-source.c:865: device is not an audio player
(15:28:50) [0x1071650] [rb_removable_media_manager...

[Bastien (bastien-redhat-bugs)]

What do you mean "now it doesn't"? When did it work?

[Gavin (gavin-redhat-bugs)]

Sorry, I cannot say for certain when it stopped working, but my best guess is that it happened after I upgraded it to the 1.5 Cupcake firmware, perhaps because it's differently identified with the firmware update?

Here's what dmesg says when I plug it in:

usb-storage: device found at 5
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0bb4, idProduct=0c02
usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb 1-5: Product: Android Phone
usb 1-5: Manufacturer: HTC
usb 1-5: SerialNumber: HT91NKV02822
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access HTC Android Phone 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] 15523840 512-byte hardware sectors (7948 MB)
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] 15523840 512-byte hardware sectors (7948 MB)
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sdg: sdg1

[Bastien (bastien-redhat-bugs)]

In /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-usb-music-players.fdi, make the following changes (in the "Android" section):
- <match key="@storage.originating_device:usb.product_id" int_outof="0xc01;0xc13">
+ <match key="@storage.originating_device:usb.product_id" int_outof="0xc01;0xc02;0xc13">

[Gavin (gavin-redhat-bugs)]

After making this change, Rhythmbox detects the phone as an audio player and I am able to manage the music on it without problems. Thanks!

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

Redhat bug about the same issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507383

[Feng (feng-redhat-bugs)]

seems to me this modification is not needed after android 1.6 update.

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[Rob Gasior (rob-i5x)]

This fixed for me

[Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst)]

This has been fixed in media-player-info. Thanks