Tuesday, February 10, 2015

How to remove annoying 'Unable to mount android phone' pop up window on Ubuntu 14.04

My Android phone dies in half a day, so I have to plug it onto my desktop whenever I am at my desk. I have Ubuntu 14.04 installed and it kept complaining 'Unable to mount android phone' via a pop up window. What was worse, tens of that window poped up and I had to close them one by one.

After a Google search, the reason seemed to be that Ubuntu 14.04 doesn't come with a MTP fs package by default, and Android uses MTP(Media Transfer Protocol) to share contents with computers. If you want to access files on your phone, you may choose to install a MTP package, e.g.,

sudo apt-get install mtpfs

But if you are like me and you just want to charge your phone, simply go to your phone's settings and disable MTP.

Settings > Storage > Upper Right Corner () > USB Computer Connection > Media Device.

Uncheck 'Media Device'.


Other sources:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/463015/ubuntu-14-04-and-android-cant-see-phone-on-my-computer
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2231161