I'm trying to mount one of the new nexus 5x phones on my laptop via mtp. When I plug it in, nautilus recognizes it as a nexus 5x and an option appears on the left. However, when I click on it, the area where files normally appear is blank even though there should be files there, and I'm unable to create files. Interestingly, lsusb returns:
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 5986:055c Acer, Inc
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0cf3:3004 Atheros Communications, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 023: ID 18d1:4ee1 Google Inc. Nexus 4
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Oddly, lsusb thinks it's a nexus 4, while nautilus correctly sees the 5x. Maybe it's just not supported yet? I found the following in my syslog:
Oct 27 20:26:25 kernel: [584014.476624] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 23 using xhci_hcd
Oct 27 20:26:25 kernel: [584014.606208] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=18d1, idProduct=4ee1
Oct 27 20:26:25 kernel: [584014.606217] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Oct 27 20:26:25 kernel: [584014.606221] usb 1-3: Product: Nexus 5X
Oct 27 20:26:25 kernel: [584014.606225] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: LGE
Oct 27 20:26:25 kernel: [584014.606228] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 0067460eb26d49e8
Oct 27 20:26:25 systemd-udevd[13357]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event' 'socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event': No such file or directory
Oct 27 20:26:25 org.gtk.vfs.Daemon[3123]: PTP: reading event an error 0x02ff occurredUnable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.
Oct 27 20:26:25 org.gtk.vfs.Daemon[3123]: Device 0 (VID=18d1 and PID=4ee1) is a Google Inc (for LG Electronics/Samsung) Nexus 4/5/7/10 (MTP).
Oct 27 20:26:25 org.gtk.vfs.Daemon[3123]: Error 1: Get Storage information failed.
Oct 27 20:22:10 gnome-session[3211]: (deja-dup-monitor:4213): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 3199 was not found when attempting to remove it
Oct 27 20:26:26 gnome-session[3211]: (nautilus:13398): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_theme_get_for_screen: assertion 'GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
Oct 27 20:26:26 gnome-session[3211]: (nautilus:13398): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Oct 27 20:26:26 gnome-session[3211]: (nautilus:13398): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
Oct 27 20:26:26 dbus[2053]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service'
Oct 27 20:26:26 systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
Oct 27 20:26:26 systemd-udevd[13404]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event' 'socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event': No such file or directory
Oct 27 20:26:26 org.gtk.Private.GPhoto2VolumeMonitor[3123]: (process:3493): GVFS-GPhoto2-WARNING **: device (null) has no BUSNUM property, ignoring
Oct 27 20:26:26 dbus[2053]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'
Oct 27 20:26:26 systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
I'm using Ubuntu 15.04 on a Eurocom Electra 2.
Also, can somebody with more reputation than me create the nexus-5x tag? thanks @KGIII
Edit: I've tried mounting with mtpfs; errors are similar to what I saw in the logs, and the mount doesn't happen.
$ mtpfs nexus5x/
Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.
Listing raw device(s)
Device 0 (VID=18d1 and PID=4ee1) is a Google Inc (for LG Electronics/Samsung) Nexus 4/5/7/10 (MTP).
Found 1 device(s):
Google Inc (for LG Electronics/Samsung): Nexus 4/5/7/10 (MTP) (18d1:4ee1) @ bus 1, dev 25
Attempting to connect device
ignoring libusb_claim_interface() = -6PTP_ERROR_IO: failed to open session, trying again after resetting USB interface
LIBMTP libusb: Attempt to reset device
Android device detected, assigning default bug flags
Error 1: Get Storage information failed.
Error 2: PTP Layer error 02fe: get_handles_recursively(): could not get object handles.
Error 2: Error 02fe: PTP: Protocol error, data expected
Listing File Information on Device with name: (NULL)
LIBMTP_Get_Storage() failed:-1
I have also attempted to download the newest libmtp from source, but it still does not appear to work--I say appear to because I'm not entirely sure what should happen. I tried mtp-files:
libmtp version: 1.1.10
Device 0 (VID=18d1 and PID=4ee1) is a Google Inc (for LG Electronics/Samsung) Nexus 4/5/7/10 (MTP).
mtp-files: Successfully connected
Android device detected, assigning default bug flags
Listing File Information on Device with name: (NULL)
Error 1: Get Storage information failed.
OK.
