Android Mounting problem Ubuntu 12.04

[RangerK]

I'm attempting to get my Android (4.1.2) to mount on Ubuntu 12.04. I've tried following tutorials (http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-t...-go-mtpfs.html or http://askubuntu.com/questions/25787...-android-phone), but they seem relevant to situations where the Android is already recognized by the file system.

In my case, the Android never even shows up in the file system.

I do see it when I type the command lsusb. "Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II]"

But I don't know how to make it appear in the file system. Any help is appreciated.

[ajgreeny]

This is how I did it with my Acer A210 tablet, though I haven't bothered to check recently whether it still works as it did.

Install mtpfs package on your machine.
Attach tablet to ubuntu 12.04 with USB cable.
Run

lsusb

Note line like:-

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II]

Disconnect USB cable.
Create UDEV rule file

gksudo leafpad /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

Add content to the new file:-

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04e8", MODE="0666"

Create a mountpoint and change owner to yourself.

sudo mkdir /media/Galaxy
    sudo chown rangerk:rangerk /media/Galaxy

Add mountpoint to /etc/fstab with following text:-

# mount point for Galaxy
    mtpfs     /media/Galaxy     fuse     user,noauto,allow_other      0      0

Modify fuse.conf. Uncomment user_allow_other.

sudo nano /etc/fuse.conf

Look for

#user_allow_other

and remove the #.
Add yourself to the fuse group.

sudo nano /etc/group

Look for the line starting with "fuse" and put your username at the end of that line (if it's not already there).

[RangerK]

Thanks for this comprehensive list. It seems I'm having package / dependency problems I'll need to resolve before I can try this.