RPD is unmounting my smartphone when it is configured as MTP mode

[Andre Soares]

Hi.

[Damon Lynch (dlynch3)]

Only one operating system process can access an MTP / PTP device at one time. It's either your file browser or Rapid Photo Downloader, but never both.

[Andre Soares (soares-andre)]

I am not able to download my photos when my smart phone is configured as MTP. It appears that RPD is unmounting my device when it tries to detect it automatically. I've attached the bug report. Works properly when I disable the automatic device detection and I am able to download my photos. In fact my smart phone has a addictional SD Card and my photos are saved in both storages (internal and external).

Any advice?

[Damon Lynch (dlynch3)]

It seems to me that you're confused about what's happening.

First, to repeat myself using different words, Rapid Photo Downloader must request GVFS to unmount the phone. There is no way around this. That's how MTP works using libmtp, which is what Linux uses.

Second, if you are are not seeing files on one of your phone's storage device that you expect to see, that means you've configured Rapid Photo Downloader incorrectly. See the option "Folders to scan" in the "Devices Scanning" section of the "Devices" panel in the program preferences.

Rapid Photo Downloader will not scan every folder on a phone's storage device because in practice it's a bad idea.

[Andre Soares (soares-andre)]

Hi Damon.

Thank you for your fast answer and sorry for post a bug without details.

My issue is: When I open RPD in automatic device detection, it appears
that the RDP is unmounting my smartphone when it is in MTP mode before
access it. But if I disable the automatic device detection, it is able to
access my smartphone in MTP mode and I am able to download my photos.
Is this behavior normal? If it is normal, sorry for bothering you.

Thank you for this great software. I've helped to translate it into
Brazilian Portuguese. I will be waiting for the next release with our
language in it.

Best regards.

2018-01-14 23:01 GMT-02:00 Damon Lynch <email address hidden>:

> Only one operating system process can access an MTP / PTP device at one
> time. It's either your file browser or Rapid Photo Downloader, but never
> both.
>
> ** Changed in: rapid
> Status: New => Invalid
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> Title:
> RPD is unmounting my smartphone when it is configured as MTP mode
>
> Status in Rapid Photo Downloader:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Hi.
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André Soares.

[Andre Soares (soares-andre)]

Hi.

Now I understood.

Thank you so much for your explanation.

Best regards.

[Damon Lynch (dlynch3)]

I'm glad you worked it out. And thank you for your translation efforts!

[Andre Soares (soares-andre)]

Hi Damon.

I was researching on the Internet about my issue and I think it would be a
good idea sharing my thoughts with you.

I found a bug report at Red Hat Bugzilla related to Fedora's *libmtp* library.
You can check here if you wish: https://bugzilla.redhat.
com/show_bug.cgi?id=1478580

The behavior reported by Fabrice appears almost the same that happens here
with me. As a result, Rapid Photo Downloader tries to unmount my
smartphone all the time and I need to disable the automatic device
detection to stop the errors pop-up. Furthermore, I didn't feel comfortable
enough to access my device manually.

So, I've avoided this by opening the program through a bash script: "pkill
-9 gvfsd-mtp && rapid-photo-downloader".

And it is working for me since them. My Android is correctly unmounted and
Rapid Photo Downloader can access it properly.

Thank you for your time helping me. I love Fedora and MATE, although hating
CAJA.

*(some tests about gio command)*
[andre@fedoranote ~] $ gio mount -l
Drive(0): SAMSUNG SSD PM830 2.5" 7mm 128GB
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2)
Drive(1): TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-U633J
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2)
Volume(0): NAS
  Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorGoa)
Volume(1): LGE Android Phone
  Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorMTP)
  Mount(0): LGE Android Phone -> mtp://%5Busb%3A002,012%5D/
    Type: GProxyShadowMount (GProxyVolumeMonitorMTP)
Mount(1): mtp -> mtp://%5Busb%3A002,012%5D/
  Type: GDaemonMount
[andre@fedoranote ~] $ gio mount -u mtp://%5Busb%3A002,012%5D/
[andre@fedoranote ~] $ gio mount -u mtp://%5Busb%3A002,013%5D/
[andre@fedoranote ~] $ gio mount -u mtp://%5Busb%3A002,014%5D/
[andre@fedoranote ~] $ gio mount -u mtp://%5Busb%3A002,015%5D/
[andre@fedoranote ~] $ gio mount -u mtp://%5Busb%3A002,016%5D/

Best regards.

2018-01-14 23:52 GMT-02:00 Damon Lynch <email address hidden>:

> I'm glad you worked it out. And thank you for your translation efforts!
>
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> report.
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>
> Title:
> RPD is unmounting my smartphone when it is configured as MTP mode
>
> Status in Rapid Photo Downloader:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Hi.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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André Soares.