Connecting xperia S to Linux box using USB

[mashalkarkumar]

As there is no mass storage mode in sony xperia S.

But is there any way I can transfer files between phone and my linux machine?

I use an application called Airdroid which work over wifi but isnt convinient all the time. I wanted to transfer data over cable.

So is there any way?

[Sam]

I have had a bit of a hunt around the net and there seems to be a few ways to do this. Unfortunately as I am not familiar with Linux I would not be a lot of help but some people at the below link seem to have it sorted:

http://linuxforums.org.uk/index.php?topic=9681.0

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[mashalkarkumar]

It does not work with xperia s.

sony xperia s get detected as /dev/sg* (eg sg0,sg1,sg2... etc) on linux box. But its not possible to mount it anywhere.
I tried "sudo mount.mtpfs /dev/sg0 /mnt"

also tried "sudo mount -t mtpfs /dev/sg2 /mnt".
Not working...

[Sam]

Ok, please try the steps here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720464

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[mashalkarkumar · Accepted solution]

Just install

1. libusb-dev

2. libmtp

and

3. mtpfs

and connect your phone to ubuntu machine...
tried on ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04. It worked greate.