Enable MTP access to Acer Liquid Z130

By xngo on June 25, 2019

Issue

I used to be able to mount my Acer smartphone with jmtpfs when I'm connecting it to my PC through the USB cable. Now, it says that the device is UNKNOWN and when I'm trying to list files from the mounted folder, it displays Input/output error.

> jmtpfs -o allow_other /tmp/kkk/
Device 0 (VID=0502 and PID=3560) is UNKNOWN in libmtp v1.1.13.
Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp development team
Android device detected, assigning default bug flags

Solution

  1. From your Android, go to Settings -> Developer Options and then uncheck USB Debugging.
  2. Unplug the USB cable for a few seconds and then plug it back.

Running jmtpfs -l should list your phone name.

>jmtpfs -l
Device 0 (VID=0502 and PID=355f) is a Acer Liquid Z130 MT65xx Android Phone.
Available devices (busLocation, devNum, productId, vendorId, product, vendor):
1, 10, 0x355f, 0x0502, Liquid Z130 MT65xx Android Phone, Acer

Mounting it should show the followings.

>jmtpfs -o allow_other /tmp/kkk/
Device 0 (VID=0502 and PID=355f) is a Acer Liquid Z130 MT65xx Android Phone.
Android device detected, assigning default bug flags

Now, you can access your phone's data.

Android, jmtpfs

About the author

Xuan Ngo is the founder of OpenWritings.net. He currently lives in Montreal, Canada. He loves to write about programming and open source subjects.