Is it possible to transfer files from a laptop to a phone with kde's mtp?

[Jayhel]

On 06/25/2012 11:05 PM, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> 2012/6/24 Jayhel <jayhel at ifmath.se>:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I own an Android phone (Sony Xperia S) that only communicates in mtp mode
>> (not usb mode) when connected to a laptop with the usb cable. I does not
>> have any removable micro SD slut but instead a massive built-in 25 Gig
>> memory.
>>
>> When I connect it to my Slackware Linux laptop, kde's camera fires up and I
>> can retrieve on the laptop the pictures taken with the phone's camera and no
>> problem. Great!
>>
>> I also want to move some music (mp3 songs and folders) from my laptop to the
>> phone's memory.
>> However, when I try (with kde's camera), I get the message "Writing to
>> camera is not supported".
>>
>> I cannot write from the laptop to the phone.
>> I can only read from the phone to the laptop.
>>
>> The question I am asking is this:
>>
>> Is it possible to transfer files from a laptop to a phone with kde's mtp
>> implementation (with camera or otherwise)
>
> I've been through this problem with mtp devices before (Motorola Xoom
> and others) and found some packages I could install that would allow
> me to mount those devices as "MTP file systems" that could be read or
> written. I can't remember which packages were these now, but I must
> have this information saved somewhere and I can look for it if you
> want. You could then mount manually the UTP device each time you
> connected it to your computer or write udev rules to get this done
> automatically.
> However, nowadays I just think it's more practical to copy the files
> wirelessly. I've installed a SSH server on my linux box and connect to
> it from my android devices using AndFTP, Astro File Manager or ES File
> Manager. I like it better this way.
>
How long would it take to transfer 10 Gig of music this way?
Rgs
> []'s
> Marcelo
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