Why is Jolla/sailfish so hard to connect to linux?

answered 2014-11-05 20:26:48 +0300

molan
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Another solution for Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions:

From my experience MTP works well out of the box starting with Ubuntu 14.04. If you use an older version (or for example elementary OS, based on 12.04), try this in terminal:

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get upgrade
4. sudo reboot

Now connect again your Jolla and it should work. In case you want to downgrade/revert Gvfs do:

1. sudo ppa-purge ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
2. reboot

answered 2014-12-10 22:14:09 +0300

atmin
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http://bundesligaboerse.e...

Sorry, I can't stand this discussion. I am proud to have a Jolla phone especially because I got rid of the f... MTP protocol. If you really have got a Linux computer (are you sure???), why the hell not using ssh, sftp or scp? One may even rename folders on the Jolla. Did you ever try this using MTP?

Ok, here are the steps:

1. Follow the guide to make your Jolla developer friendly (settings->system->developer mode).
2. Your Linux desktop should provide "Connect to server". Click. Protocol: ssh. Server: the IP, Jolla provided. User: nemo, pass: the password you have chosen on your Jolla. Click.
3. Voila! That's it. You now may navigate your Jolla phone as if it was another hd.
4. If in doubt, simply open a terminal on your desktop and type ssh nemo@[from jolla provided IP]. Type the password, you have selected on your Jolla. Now type things like ls (ouh! Even ls -la) or cd [somewhere], ls should give you a hint (same as on W...).

Isn't that amazing? It works!

answered 2015-04-07 12:44:56 +0300

r0kk3rz
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Is there a possibility to get Jolla to advertise the local filesystems when using RNDIS (Developer Mode)?

This is probably a better solution than MTP for linux hosts since RNDIS seems to be well supported out-of-the-box and also allows for ssh-over-usb.

answered 2015-04-07 15:13:30 +0300

coderus
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https://coderus.openrepos...

I just added bookmark to following location: sftp://nemo@192.168.2.15 (replace with actual ip address, if needed) and I have no problems in connecting Jolla to Linux PC :D

answered 2015-04-07 16:00:39 +0300

Marzanna
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https://xmpp.moe/

Jolla uses MTP. It works for Android phones with minor issues. For Jolla I also had to add udev rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules It looks like:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTR{idVendor}=="2931",MODE="0666",GROUP="plugdev"

Then I got it detected. But the file manager (Thunar) does not recognize my Jolla (but it detects other Android smartphones). I temporary solved it by using gmtp.

answered 2015-04-08 07:34:40 +0300

Rosemary
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Check this link to connect with Ubuntu : http://www.jollausers.com/2015/04/jolla-communicator-an-easy-way-to-communicate-between-ubuntu-desktop-sailfish-os/

answered 2015-04-08 20:24:40 +0300

zash1958
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For our Linux Mint LMDE2 system I installed "jmtpfs" additionally.

The phone and it´s SD card are properly detected, mounted and we transferred a lot of Gigabytes in between!

Runs like a charm!

answered 2015-04-24 20:59:13 +0300

corsarium
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updated 2015-04-24 21:12:25 +0300

Hi all.

Im my linux system (Archlinux) im able to connect my jolla phone using simple-mtpfs. The usage is quite simple.

• For mounting: simple-mtpfs <device> mountpoint [options]</device>
• For unmounting: fusermount -u <mountpoint></mountpoint>

Now recently i managed via udev to at least trigger some rules:

vim  /lib/udev/rules.d/52-jolla.rules

And add the following content

# Skip this section below if this device is not connected by USB
SUBSYSTEM!="usb", GOTO="jolla_usb_rules_end"

#LABEL="jolla_usb_rules_begin"
ACTION=="add", ATTR{idVendor}=="2931", ATTR{idProduct}=="0a05", SYMLINK+="Jolla" RUN+="/usr/bin/jollaMounter.sh -a ", OPTIONS="last_rule"

ACTION=="remove", ATTR{idVendor}=="2931", ATTR{idProduct}=="0a05", SYMLINK+="Jolla" RUN+="/usr/bin/jollaMounter.sh -r", OPTIONS="last_rule"


LABEL="jolla_usb_rules_end"

And this are the contents of /usr/bin/jollaMounter.sh (don't forget to add execution rights )

#!/bin/bash

usage() { echo "Usage: $0 [-a ] [-r ]" 1>&2; exit 1;}

########
#vars
userName=`whoami`
deviceName=`simple-mtpfs -l | grep -in jolla | awk '{print $2}'`

#if its unpluging theres no device so... deviceName=JollaSailfish
if [ -z $deviceName ]; then
    deviceName="JollaSailfish"
fi

mountPath="/home/${userName}/Desktop/${deviceName}"
desktopPath="/home/${userName}/Desktop/${deviceName}"

#now its not used becuse mountPath is no equal at desktopPath

########
#chech arguments

if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then
        usage
        exit 1
fi

while getopts ":ar" o; do
    case "${o}" in
        a)
        echo "simple-mtpfs ${mountPath}"
        mkdir -p ${mountPath}
        simple-mtpfs ${deviceName} ${mountPath}
        #ln -s ${desktopPath} ${mountPath}
            ;;
        r)
        echo "fusermount -u ${mountPath}"
        fusermount -u ${mountPath}
        #rm ${desktopPath}
            ;;
        *)
            usage
            ;;
    esac
done

Usage: Plug your JP and set it to PC Suite (udev will do the rest)

Usage jollaMounter.sh (if udev does not work): Plug your JP and set it to PC Suite

to mount it on $mountPath:

/usr/bin/jollaMounter.sh -a

To umount the JP:

/usr/bin/jollaMounter.sh -r

If none of the above work connect th JP via ssh/sftp see previous posts

Issues: (2015/04/24): the remove rule is not triggered

answered 2015-05-19 01:54:49 +0300

Thaodan
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If you use KDE, use the kio slave for sftp this makes it very easy to connect to the device.