From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jan 13 08:43:54 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4099CA81578 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 08:43:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC2S30.hotmail.com (blu004-omc2s30.hotmail.com [65.55.111.105]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F421B1966 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 08:43:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU436-SMTP211 ([65.55.111.71]) by BLU004-OMC2S30.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:42:45 -0800 X-TMN: [y1sj93mPIDbSo3qDC76TGjRlDsBaqn3h] X-Originating-Email: [bourne.identity@hotmail.com] Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is it possible to mount my microSD ? To: Polytropon References: <20160112124503.2db376c9.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160112143640.1e6e1c68.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160113022953.4f025345.freebsd@edvax.de> CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kraduk@gmail.com From: Manish Jain Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 14:12:23 +0530 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160113022953.4f025345.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Jan 2016 08:42:43.0550 (UTC) FILETIME=[5E972FE0:01D14DDE] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 08:43:54 -0000 On 01/13/16 06:59, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:26:02 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: >> << >> >> Is such a driver available for FreeBSD (or at least for Linux)? >> >> >> >> >> No, AFAIK. But I do wish ... > There are probably alternatives, such as using MTP, and as I said: > There are several settings that you need to check in the device itself. > The key procedures are: > > a) enable regular USB direct access storage - will then work as expected > > b) enable MTP USB storage - use corresponding tools > > I can't imagine that smartphone vendors make it artificially hard to > access USB storage to a point where they require proprietary programs > and drivers... but you never know; I don't trust those shaving mirrors > any further than I can throw them. ;-) > > Maybe this can help: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2012-November/020801.html > > I wasn't able to locate the mentioned section in the current version > of the handbook. :-( > > Also check The FreeBSD Forum (the web forum) for posts regarding how > to mount a smartphone, this will probably be helpful. As I mentioned, > there are also MTP-related tools for FUSE (sysutils/fusefs-simple-mtpfs) > which might actually work as intended. > > > My phone is not a smartphone. I belong to the eccentric variety with a strong preference for traditional, buttoned handsets. I so much wish with nostalgia for the old days when Sony Ericsson and Nokia made such fantastic handsets. Now everything is lousy touchscreen. -- Regards, Manish Jain +91-70731-76333