Partition discover issue

[tim-m89]

When I plug my android phone into my computer via usb, it doesn't detect the partition on the sdcard directly.

mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usb
mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: No such file or directory

da0s1 Doesn't exist until I do this:

mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt/usb  
mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument

Now I can attempt the first mount command again this time it will work.

 

[wblock@]

Force a GEOM retaste after connecting it.

# true > /dev/da0
# mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usb

 

[jem]

I read somewhere that newer Android versions are starting to use Media Transfer Protocol instead of presenting as a plain mass storage device.

 

[jalla]

I read somewhere that newer Android versions are starting to use Media Transfer Protocol instead of presenting as a plain mass storage device.

I can confirm this stopped working after an upgrade to android 4.1.

See this aswell

 

[SirDice]

Correct, it got removed in Jelly Bean in favor of MTP. Ice Cream Sandwich should still show up as a umass(4).