Android phone is seen as USB storage but will not mount
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Using an Android phone, the LG 'Eve' GW620R, the phone system option is set to always mount USB as a mass storage device. The device itself, however, fails to appear in the /media mounts, and if I attempt a manual mount of the /dev/sdc (with or without partition number) I get a "no media found" error
sudo mount /dev/sd /mnt/eve/
sda sda1 sda2 sdb sdb1 sdc
when connected, dmesg reports
[114683.460267] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
[114683.553413] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[114684.091928] scsi11 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[114684.096847] usb-storage: device found at 10
[114684.097091] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[114688.714087] usb-storage: device scan complete
[114688.186179] scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access LGE Android Phone ffff PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[114688.194258] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[114688.194330] sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
and syslog records the following:
Nov 19 14:41:58 uhuru NetworkManager: <debug> [1258659718.885659] nm_hal_
Nov 19 14:42:03 uhuru kernel: [114688.714087] usb-storage: device scan complete
Nov 19 14:42:03 uhuru kernel: [114688.186179] scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access LGE Android Phone ffff PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Nov 19 14:42:03 uhuru kernel: [114688.194258] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Nov 19 14:42:03 uhuru kernel: [114688.194330] sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Nov 19 14:42:03 uhuru NetworkManager: <debug> [1258659723.859652] nm_hal_
Nov 19 14:42:03 uhuru NetworkManager: <debug> [1258659723.868828] nm_hal_
Nov 19 14:42:03 uhuru NetworkManager: <debug> [1258659723.885894] nm_hal_
Nov 19 14:42:03 uhuru NetworkManager: <debug> [1258659723.963937] nm_hal_
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 19 14:50:40 2009
Dependencies:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: linux None [modified: /var/lib/
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-25-rt i686
tags: | added: hardy |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
solved! As it turns out, this is so frustrating only because there is an additional step needed: once the USB has been set to storage mode in the Android setup options and then the USB cable connected, a status message will appear to say the USB is now connected -- you must OPEN that message (doh!) and in that message there is a dialog to enable the USB as a storage device. Click 'mount' and there it is, a valid drive on the Ubuntu desktop! To un-mount, you must unmount the drive in Ubuntu and then click the unmount button to break the connection.