Bug 396271

Summary: Unable to open files directly from mtp device (video inside)
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Andrew Shark <ashark>
Component: generalAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: ashark, elvis.angelaccio, zayed.alsaidi
Priority: NOR    
Version: 18.04.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
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Description Andrew Shark 2018-07-07 07:53:42 UTC 
When you try to connect Android device via mtp protocol, then go to your files and try to open some file, you get such error: 

The process for the mtp protocol died unexpectedly.

But when you copy file to another location, for example to your home directory, then you can open copied file.
Here is video demonstration: https://youtu.be/CUuvfIObqY0

I suspect it may be because applications are trying to get write access (for example, change access time), but unable to do so, and fails.

As a workaround I think we could copy file to temporary directory and then open it with corresponding application while warning user that he/she is working with copy of file.
Comment 1 Zayed Al-Saidi 2018-08-12 11:17:40 UTC 
MTP protocol is not working at all in Dolphin!! 

As workaround, please use different file manager. I am using nautilus to get the work done.
Comment 2 Elvis Angelaccio 2018-08-16 10:35:56 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 396527 ***