Getting direct access to my Android machine

Getting direct access to my Android machine

[Mike Keithley]

Hello list,

I have a braille sense Polaris, an Android machine running Lollipop. I also have a Linux box running Slackware 14.2 64-bit.

I'm trying to get direct access to the flash drive on the Android file system. Right now nothing happens when I connect to the USB port except the display of the manufacturer and a serial number.

What do I have to do on the Linux box to get access to an Android file system?

Thank you.

Re: Getting direct access to my Android machine

[Didier Spaier]

Hello Mike,

On 10/18/18 10:53 PM, Mike Keithley wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I have a braille sense Polaris, an Android machine running Lollipop. I also have a Linux box running Slackware 14.2 64-bit.
> 
> I'm trying to get direct access to the flash drive on the Android file system. Right now nothing happens when I connect to the USB port except the display of the manufacturer and a serial number.
> 
> What do I have to do on the Linux box to get access to an Android file system?

Maybe you just need to mount the device.
Just plug it in then type:
lsblk -l -o vendor,model,name,size,type,fstype

This should allow you to identify the Android partitions.

To mount e.g. the partition names sdb2 just type:
mkdir -p /Android
mount /dev/sdb2 /Android

If that works, write a line for it in /etc/fstab

If not, please post back the output of the lsblk command.
Maybe the file file system used on the flash drive is uncommon?

Out of curiosity, are you running a genuine Slackware?

If that is the case and you never heard about Slackware, visit:
http://slint.fr

Best regards,

Didier

Re: Getting direct access to my Android machine

[Glenn At Home]

I would think that you would want to SSH into it, but I don't think SSH is 
usually on Android, so if you went that route, you would have to install an 
SSH app on the Android.
Or I think Teamviewer will work on both systems, and I don't know if you can 
transfer any files with Teamviewer, but you should get access.
HTH.
Glenn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Keithley" <mlkeithley@comcast.net>
To: <speakup@linux-speakup.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 3:53 PM
Subject: Getting direct access to my Android machine


Hello list,

I have a braille sense Polaris, an Android machine running Lollipop. I also 
have a Linux box running Slackware 14.2 64-bit.

I'm trying to get direct access to the flash drive on the Android file 
system. Right now nothing happens when I connect to the USB port except the 
display of the manufacturer and a serial number.

What do I have to do on the Linux box to get access to an Android file 
system?

Thank you.
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Re: Getting direct access to my Android machine

[Joseph C. Lininger]

Define "direct access". If you want to work with it, like sending 
commands and such, then yeah ssh. If you just want to access the files 
on it, which is how it sounds, you should be able to mount the android 
device as a USB mass storage device. The thing is, you might have to 
change a setting on the device to make that work. It varies a little 
depending on what kind of Android device you have.
On 10/18/2018 22:13, Glenn At Home wrote:
> I would think that you would want to SSH into it, but I don't think SSH is
> usually on Android, so if you went that route, you would have to install an
> SSH app on the Android.
> Or I think Teamviewer will work on both systems, and I don't know if you can
> transfer any files with Teamviewer, but you should get access.
> HTH.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Keithley" <mlkeithley@comcast.net>
> To: <speakup@linux-speakup.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 3:53 PM
> Subject: Getting direct access to my Android machine
>
>
> Hello list,
>
> I have a braille sense Polaris, an Android machine running Lollipop. I also
> have a Linux box running Slackware 14.2 64-bit.
>
> I'm trying to get direct access to the flash drive on the Android file
> system. Right now nothing happens when I connect to the USB port except the
> display of the manufacturer and a serial number.
>
> What do I have to do on the Linux box to get access to an Android file
> system?
>
> Thank you.
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