| Summary: | USB detecting Android phone as Portable Media Player | ||
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| Product: | [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-solid | Reporter: | epp |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | kdelibs-bugs, lukas, nate |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | 6.9.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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| Attachments: | KDE Removable Devices applet incorrectly detecting Android as Portable Media Player. | ||
That's how appears to Solid, unfortunately. Android devices by default use MTP for file transfer, which was historically used for portable media players. The system doesn't have a way to know the exact device form factor, AFAIK. I suppose we could genericize the terminology to "Mobile device" but I'm not sure if that would really be better. Or maybe I'm wrong and Solid has a way to distinguish. Moving to Solid. |
Created attachment 176400 [details] KDE Removable Devices applet incorrectly detecting Android as Portable Media Player. SUMMARY USB is detecting an Android phone as a 'Portable Media Player' and as a result, the phone can't be mounted and is not accessible. Phone is a Samsung Galaxy A11 (Android 10). STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Plug Android phone into a USB port. 2. Removable Devices applet appears. 3. Phone is erroneously detected as a Portable Media Player. OBSERVED RESULT Phone is detected as a Portable Media Player. EXPECTED RESULT Phone should have been detected as an Android device and made mountable/accessible. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.8.0 Qt Version: 6.8.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Under previous Plasma version, phone was correctly detected as an Android.