Bug 318980

Summary:	Unable to create folders on Android device using kio-mtp
Product:	[Unmaintained] kio	Reporter:	Sören Brunk <soeren.brunk>
Component:	mtp	Assignee:	Philipp Schmidt <kde-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	darkbasic, emrecio, kde, muzuiget, myxal.mxl, nickbryda, rauchwolke, sudhir, Vdragon.Taiwan, volalto86
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.10.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/base/kio-mtp/repository/revisions/3f005590cb08f01fe395bcdd3d8ee76a0c1f4d99	Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Sören Brunk 2013-04-27 15:30:56 UTC

When conncecting to an Android device with Dolphin via mtp protocol, I can't create new folders on the device. When I try to create a new folder via context menu or copy a folder to the device from disk, I get an error message like "Could not make folder <name>".

I get the same error with a Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8000) as well as with a Galaxy SII. I tried both internal and external SD card with the same result.

Creating folders on the commandline using mtp-newfolder from mtp-tools works fine except being very slow.

Just tell me if you need any debug output.


Reproducible: Always




kio-mtp version 0+git20130315-0ubuntu1
libmtp9 version 1.1.5-42-g6e96316-1ubuntu1

Comment 1 Nick 2013-06-01 00:45:09 UTC

I can confirm this problem with a Galaxy S4.

Comment 2 Philipp Schmidt 2013-06-12 06:38:44 UTC

Hi, i finally found time to check and it happend with my S3 too. Don't know the cause yet, but I'll investigate.

Comment 3 Nick 2013-06-12 16:08:10 UTC

I'm not sure what I did but I was able to create a folder through kio-mtp the other day. It seems to be errattic.

Comment 4 Tommaso Falchi Delitala 2013-06-24 14:02:14 UTC

Same problem here with Toshiba AT300SE tablet.

OS: Arch Linux + KDE 4.10.4
kio-mtp: 0.75-1
libmtp: 1.1.6-1

Comment 5 muzuiget 2013-10-01 06:14:31 UTC

Same problem here with Nexus 4, offical Android 4.3, connect to Fedora 19 KDE.

But only can't create file/folder in toplevel folder, I can crete file/folder in subfolder, like "Download" or "Picture".

It also can't not replace/rename/edit file directly, only can delete it then add it again.

Comment 6 Philipp Schmidt 2013-10-01 07:01:30 UTC

(In reply to comment #5)
> But only can't create file/folder in toplevel folder, I can crete file/folder in subfolder, like "Download" or "Picture".

Yes, that seems to be the case, I was able to reproduce it now. I will try to fix is as soon as possible, but the next two weeks are a little bit hectic. But stay tuned.

> It also can't not replace/rename/edit file directly, only can delete it then add it again.

That is a completely different Problem, please open a new Bug. It might be that some devices also don't support renaming, in which case the kio-slave should fallback to automatic download/delete/reupload. But please open a new bug so we can discuss that there.

Comment 7 darkbasic 2013-10-02 14:26:13 UTC

Please link the new bug report here so we can subscribe.

Comment 8 muzuiget 2013-10-03 08:05:22 UTC

(In reply to comment #6)

> That is a completely different Problem, please open a new Bug. 

Created

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325574

Comment 9 Jim Jones 2013-10-19 21:26:37 UTC

same here, it is possible to create files directly on the device but not with dolphin and kio-mtp

Comment 10 Philipp Schmidt 2013-10-21 07:55:55 UTC

Fixed in https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/base/kio-mtp/repository/revisions/3f005590cb08f01fe395bcdd3d8ee76a0c1f4d99

Thanks to Marius Nicolae for sending the patch in.

Comment 11 Kai Uwe Broulik 2013-10-26 17:14:59 UTC

The problem is half-fixed for me. It now can create folders but it gives the same error, also cancelling any file copy process in progress. When I refresh, the folder is there, and I can just drag and drop again and tell it to "Write Into" and continue the copy.

Comment 12 Sudhir Khanger 2013-11-24 02:34:36 UTC

This problem is not fixed on Fedora 20 and KDE 4.11.3.

Comment 13 Christoph Feck 2013-12-14 23:38:42 UTC

Sudhir, kio_mtp is not yet part of the KDE Software Compilation. If you installed it from your distribution's repositories, ask them to update to lastest git version of kio_mtp.

Comment 14 EMR_Kde 2016-06-13 02:15:57 UTC

Galaxy S5, problem persists

Comment 15 EMR_Kde 2016-06-13 02:17:15 UTC

KF5 though, so don't know if that makes a difference... like everything else with this framework