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

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 2015-04-24 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 2017-01-17 16:14:19 +0300

deloptes
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Have a look into this workaround and let me know if it works for you.

https://together.jolla.com/question/154318/intex-aquafish-linux-file-browsing-via-usb/

answered 2017-01-17 17:25:28 +0300

cemoi71
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updated 2017-01-20 12:14:01 +0300

by me On elementary OS (ubuntu LTS 14.04) worked with MTP really easy, just by installing gmtp and/or mtpfs
don't know exactly any more (did for a while), but that's quite easy to test both i think..

answered 2017-01-18 17:06:57 +0300

johanh
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Works fine on Fedora 25 with gvfs-mtp.

answered 2017-01-22 12:03:13 +0300

tapio
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IMHO the Jolla connects well with ssh:

1. on the Jolla, activate developer mode and ssh give the Jolla a name and static IP address in your WLAN network;

2. provide Jolla's IP in /etc/hosts on your main Linux box;

3. connect to the Jolla through a file manager, type ssh://nemo@<jolla_device_name> OR ssh://nemo@<jolla_static_ip_address> in the address-bar, provide the password when asked. in case ssh doesn't work properly, use sftp://;</jolla_static_ip_address></jolla_device_name>

4. browse/exchange files between your Linux box and the Jolla;

5. use a tool like unison to sync between Jolla and your main computer. first time sync can take some time with a lot of (large) files, but following syncs are very fast since only changes are transferred between devices.

//tapio

answered 2017-01-23 16:50:41 +0300

Moo-Crumpus
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Hard to connect? By how? My Jolla phone mounts my nfs shares without any issues or complications...

answered 2017-08-23 13:47:43 +0300

tanakian
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on the modern linuxes you might need to use enp0s20u2, or somethnig like that. check dmesg.

rndis_host 1-2:1.0 enp0s20u2: renamed from usb0

something like that.