Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: db Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Connecting phone to laptop Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 14:48:53 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 14:48:53 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="02b8e53a9c3da4cda65761eddfc3f6a0"; logging-data="3091483"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19qOVA1ZnF1ECSiCw9Dcoy2faUdhMRbdHk=" User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ag6pp5jmJjdygH1WPGJt6HNiauQ= Bytes: 1600 On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:20:42 -0000 (UTC), db wrote: > I have forgotten what I have to do to connect my ANdroid phone to my > laptop (running Kubuntu) for file transfers one to the other. I connect > them with a USB cable, and Linux says "open", but I don't get to see the > phone's files, just an empty window. > What do I have to do for a proper connection? > > --- > db Thanks for your suggestions, which didn't work. One way I can move files to the phone is through Dropbox, which is on the screen. I have Termux and would like to move a file (an mp3) to the folder called music/ But Termux can't find Dropbox/. Strange file structure in Android, not like Linux.