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Thread ID: 150402 2022-01-06 21:17:00 Phone Transfer issue piroska (17583) Press F1
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1483444 2022-01-06 21:17:00 I happily use the ancient Xperia to move photos off phone onto desktop. See pic.

Bought a less ancient but still old Moto G4.
Zilch...nothing. It sees it...but EMPTY is all I get...no folders, no nothing.
MTP is enabled on both. Fiddled with the Moto for ages, nothing makes a difference.

Yes I could use a program like airdroid but I don't why a 3rd party...I just want cable.

I read (and tried) all sorts of stuff, Amending Nemo, fiddling with Mtp libs and so on. None of it makes a difference.
Interestingly airdroid works but all other file transfer stuff doesnt. Yet as you see I can do it with the xperia. Which is 15 yrs old now.

The xperia is fine, except it goes flat (with new battery) quick, compared with Moto, and the moto has a few better appearance choices. It also did have a suck sms app...but well....

Currently back using the xperia as a recharge often beats the extreme annoyance of no file transfer etc

Any ideas? Short of binning it. I don't want suggestions on fiddling about within Linux cause I have established that isn't the issue.11247
piroska (17583)
1483445 2022-01-06 23:59:00 I have an old G4 and just ran it up. After I plug in the USB cable I have to pull down top of the screen to see "Androd System. USB charging this device" Open that and then select Transfer Files and you should be able to dee the directory structure of the phone from your PC. paulw (1826)
1483446 2022-01-07 01:01:00 "Androd System. USB charging this device" .

Done that. It still wouldn't show up.
Beginning to think phone is dodgy, I factory reset it and still the same.
piroska (17583)
1483447 2022-01-07 06:22:00 Is the phone Android 8? paulw (1826)
1483448 2022-01-08 02:01:00 tried a different cable ? dugimodo (138)
1483449 2022-01-09 05:47:00 tried a different cable ?

Yes. No difference.
piroska (17583)
1483450 2022-01-09 05:50:00 Is the phone Android 8?

7. Anyway lost interest, gone back to old phone. Even older. That works.
piroska (17583)
1483451 2022-01-09 20:54:00 7. Anyway lost interest, gone back to old phone. Even older. That works.

May explain it. You should be able to do an update to 8 . Normally happens automatically.
paulw (1826)
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