How to Access android file in Linux/Ubuntu/Linux Mint

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How to Access android file in Linux

As you know many times we want to transfer our files though mobile to computer, or computer to mobile. then first step for all procedure is that we connect our android device with our system. we can also transfer file via make a ftp server on our android mobile. we talk latter on this. So current our goal is transfer file from computer to android mobile Access android file in Linux.
Here we use MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) for access android files in computer. The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is an extension to the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) communications protocol that allows media files to be transferred atomically to and from portable devices. to Know more about MTP
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First Way:

1. Run following commands in terminal
sudo aptitude install mtpfs libfuse-dev libmad0-dev
2. After that create a directory in media folder 
mkdir /media/mtp
3. Confirm user group permissions in the current fuse user group

4. Log out. Then Sign in again

5. Now plug in your android device and open system terminal and type following command

mtpfs /media/mtp via file explorer; same as local directory

6. For un mount your android device type following command in system terminal

fusermount -u /media/mtp

Through the above instruction you can easily access android files in you Linux system.

Second Way for Access android file in Linux:

We can also use Go-mtpfs. Go-mtpfs is a simple FUSE filesystem for mounting Android devices as a MTP device.
It will expose all storage areas of a device in the mount, and only reads file metadata as needed, making it mount quickly. It uses Android extensions to read/write partial data, so manipulating large files requires no extra space in /tmp.
It has been tested on various flagship devices (Galaxy Nexus, Xoom, Nexus 7). As of Jan. 2013, it uses a pure Go implementation of MTP, which is based on libusb.
Run following commands
sudo apt-get install golang-go

sudo apt-get install libusb1-devel
mkdir /tmp/go
export GOPATH=/tmp/go
go get github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs
How to Use: 
mkdir xoom
go-mtpfs xoom &
cp -a ~/Music/Some-Album xoom/Music/
fusermount -u xoom


Note: This is not an official Google product.

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