How to Mount Android Tablet running Honeycomb
I am attempting to figure out how to mount my Acer A500 tablet to a Redhat Linux 6.3 laptop so that I can copy some manuals in epub and PDF format for reading on the road. My device does not appear to be mounted when plugging in the USB cable, but is reported when running the 'lsusb'
command.
[jsalsma@oc8366516466 ~]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Wireless Mouse M305
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth Controller
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b217 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Lenovo Integrated Camera (0.3MP)
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 17ef:1003 Lenovo Integrated Smart Card Reader
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
***Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0502:3341 Acer, Inc. Iconia tablet A500 <-------***
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bc2:2300 Seagate RSS LLC Expansion Portable
[jsalsma@oc8366516466 ~]$
It appears while searching the Internet that there is a Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) that this device supports, and associated Linux utilities (mtpfs
and/or simple-mtpfs
) that should be installed to support this protocol.
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated, including guidance on adding a source repository that would make the appropriate packages available.