I connected my Android phone and can't see it in file explorer.
I want to snyc my music.
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You may want to check out Replicant. It's a free android replacement. Android is not free. That said if you can't sync your phone you may be able to utilize a microsd card reader instead.
Has your phone got an option (usually accessible through notifications on mine) to either only recharge the phone with the USB connection or to make the phone treat itself as a storage dive?
Yup, and can't even do it with my default option which is the latter. Perhaps I should look into Replicant. But am can I reinstall Android again when shit happens?
You first need to see if Replicant supports your phone: http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki#Replicant-Status
If not, install CyanogenMod (without the Google Apps) and F-Droid (a free software repository): http://beta.download.cyanogenmod.org/install
CyanogenMod does include proprietary drivers but it is still much better than the Android OS you got in the first place. For more information: https://fsfe.org/campaigns/android/android.en.html
In "Settings", choose "USB utilities" and select "Connect Storage to PC". You can also connect on Bluetooth (assuming your computer has Bluetooth).
With Android 4.0 or later, you need Go-mtpfs and its dependencies (which include a recent version of libmtp9... and maybe more to hunt down!).
For the the x86 architecture:
- http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/unstable/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmtp/libmtp9_1.1.5-42-g6e96316-0~precise~1_i386.deb
- http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/unstable/ubuntu/pool/main/g/go-mtpfs/go-mtpfs_0.1-1~20130108~webupd8~precise_i386.deb
For the the amd64 architecture:
- http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/unstable/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmtp/libmtp9_1.1.5-42-g6e96316-0~precise~1_amd64.deb
- http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/unstable/ubuntu/pool/main/g/go-mtpfs/go-mtpfs_0.1-1~20130108~webupd8~precise_amd64.deb
You can know your architecture by executing the 'arch' command in a terminal.
Ugh, they don't have one yet for me, LG-P880 -_-
You could try go-mtpfs to see if that helps to make your phone visible in the file system.
Can't find it in repos.
This is in a third party ppa. The instructions were geared towards Ubuntu 12.10. I got this working on a Sony xperia.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-mount-android-40-ubuntu-go-mtpfs.html
That "howto" proposes to add a PPA that probably contains non-free software. That is why I instead suggested to only download the necessary .deb from it (Go-mtpfs is free software).
However, I believe the PPA Abhishek found is a better source. It only proposes the necessary software as developed by the GNOME project.
I think it would be better if you try out gnome virtual file system.
There is a ppa for that.
The process is below.
add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
apt-get update
Next when you run apt-get upgrade, gvfs-mtp will get installed as well.
Reboot after upgrading.
This works properly like any other file system partition.
You can view your phone directory structure using this.
I use this for my Nexus 4 to mount this.
This works for trisquel 6 (based on ubuntu 12.04 versions)
Hope this helps.