Fixing an Android smartphone not instantly mount when try to transferring files, and not appearing in the file manager in Linux

Hello! In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to fix the android device not mount automatically when we choose file transfer option in Android and/or (may be it’s mounted but) doesn’t appear in file manager. Here I’m using Manjaro Linux with Cinnamon Desktop Environment. So here go.

Make sure you plugged in your phone to pc/laptop with usb cable, then when you face the issue same like me, try to install these 2 utilities :

libmtp and gvfs-mtp if using file managers that uses GVFS, (or kio-extras for dolphin.)

Install with your package manager :

(Ubuntu/Debian based) : sudo apt update && sudo apt install libmtp gvfs-mtp

(Arch Based) : sudo pacman -Syu && sudo pacman -S libmtp gvfs-mtp

• NB : If you use another linux distribution just replace the package manager command based on your distro.

After that, try to unplug and plug in again and choose file transfer option from your android. This tutorial works for me and android device will appears in file manager.

Thank you…