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The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) can be used to transfer media files to and from many mobile phones (most Windows Phone and [[Android]] | The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) can be used to transfer media files to and from many mobile phones (most Windows Phone and [[Android]] devices) and media players (e.g. Creative Zen). | ||
MTP devices are usually mounted via [[FUSE]] and then appear as a more or less regular file system. | MTP devices are usually mounted via [[FUSE]] and then appear as a more or less regular file system. | ||
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{{Tip|You usually need to unlock an Android device | {{Tip|You usually need to unlock and change the connection mode to "File Transfer" for an Android device to appear as an MTP device}} | ||
=== jmtpfs === | === jmtpfs === | ||
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<syntaxhighlight lang=nix> | <syntaxhighlight lang=nix> | ||
{ | { | ||
services. | services.gvfs.enable = true; | ||
} | } | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
The above should suffice, but there also exists a more manual method. This method apparently only works well with gtk/gnome-based desktops like [[Gnome Shell]] or [[Xfce]]. | The above should suffice, but there also exists a more manual method. This method apparently only works well with gtk/gnome-based desktops like [[GNOME|Gnome Shell]] or [[Xfce]]. | ||
It relies on having <code>gvfs</code> listed in the environment variable <code>GIO_EXTRA_MODULES</code>, for example: | It relies on having <code>gvfs</code> listed in the environment variable <code>GIO_EXTRA_MODULES</code>, for example: | ||
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The device will appear in your favorite file manager. | The device will appear in your favorite file manager. | ||
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