Xperia LT15i (arc) using MTP not found

[Felipe Castillo]

I'm trying to use my phone as a MTP device but my system can't see it. Banshee can't see either, and I can't mount it with mtpfs.
Here is the output of my system when the devices is connected:

felipe@felipe-HP-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
felipe@felipe-HP-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bc2:3008 Seagate RSS LLC
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]
Bus 001 Device 011: ID 0fce:514f Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
felipe@felipe-HP-laptop:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
43423541314448414732 device

felipe@felipe-HP-laptop:~$ mtp-detect
libmtp version: 1.1.0

Listing raw device(s)
   No raw devices found.
felipe@felipe-HP-laptop:~$ sudo mtp-detect
libmtp version: 1.1.0

Listing raw device(s)
   No raw devices found.

The package mtp-tools has version: 1.1.0-3ubuntu1

As you can see I also posted the "adb devices" command so you can see that the phone works and it is seen. I've transfered many files and installed software on my phone using adb.

I also want to point out that I created the file "/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules" with this content

SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{idVendor}==”0fce”, ATTR{idProduct}==”514f”, MODE=”0666″

And that the file "/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/20thirdparty/20-libmtp9.fdi" has the wrong ProductID listing "014f" instead of "514f"

When running the command "mtp-detect" I should see my device listed there, either as Unkown or as my Xperia LT15i.
I've also use MTP under virtualbox using windows. It works without a problem there. I also had two Xperia arc and both had the same behaivor when using MTP.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Saúl Romero (spacetree)]

Im in the same situation. Is anything we can do as a workaround?

[Felipe Castillo (fcastillo.ec)]

I've been looking around for workarounds but nothing. I thought I was the only one with the problem. I guess not a lot of Xperia arc owners have Ubuntu. I'm going to post a thread on xda developers to see if anybody has a suggestion there.

[Saúl Romero (spacetree)]

Please attach the link buddy, so we ( I ) can follow the progress of the thread.

[Felipe Castillo (fcastillo.ec)]

Here's the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20552380

[Benjamin Halbrock (kontakt-bennis-blog)]

same problem here with xperia pro

[Olcay Korkmaz (olci)]

same problem here with xperia neo v

[arunsonnet (arunsonnet)]

Facing the same situation with my Xperia Ray

[Felipe Castillo (fcastillo.ec)]

Maybe I should change the title of the bug to reflect that all Xperia devices experience this problem.

[Nicolas Boulesteix (noxx-free)]

I confirm for the "whole xperia" affected aspect.

I have Xperia Play, and the same matter occurs.

Just for info, I copy libmtp rules from /lib/udev/rules.d/ to /etc/udev/rules.d/ and add the entry for Xperia play but matter still remains.

product id is 515d (when USB debugging in on) and 015d (when USB debugging is turned off).

[Petr Svoboda (weits666)]

It is the same here with Kubuntu 12.04 64bit and Xperia S

[Linus Walleij (triad)]

I've had this de vice reported to libmtp:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3509969&group_id=158745&atid=809061

I need help to find out the proper bug flags etc.

[Linus Walleij (triad)]

BTW I would discuss this with Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) who is the Debian libmtp
maintainer.

[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

I've uploaded a new version to Debian unstable which incorporates some upstream changes to (attempt to) solve this.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package libmtp - 1.1.3-1

---------------
libmtp (1.1.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream bugfix release:
    - Soname libmtp.so.9.0.3 - binary compatible.
    - Probably nailed the bugs in the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 family
      of devices. Ignacio Martinez helped us fixing this!
    - Build fixes by Alessio Treglia and others.
    - A horde of new devices in the database.
  * Remove patches applied upstream:
    - 0001-broken_object_info.patch
    - 0002-devicedb_updates.patch
    - 2001-pkgconfig_requires.patch
  * Refresh 1001-kfreebsd_hurd_ftbfs.patch.
  * Refresh symbols file.
  * Update debian/copyright.

 -- Alessio Treglia <email address hidden> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:45:30 +0200

[Felipe Castillo (fcastillo.ec)]

Thanks for the info. Is this package going to be push to Precise?

[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

It's been already uploaded.

[Albert Cutrona (acutbal)]

Hello,

I have an Xperia S (LT26i) with Android 4.0.4 and, despite I can upload/download files through gMTP, Nautilus (Ubuntu 12.04) doesn't find my device.
But it's very curious because in my secondary pc, a very old one, with Xubuntu 12.10 installed, Thunar v.1.5.3 find it and I can upload/download files as I usually did with my old iPhone.

I've the ppa:quadispro/backports active to have the latest gMTP version.

Best regards from Spain!!