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.

[Didier Spaier]

Hello Mike,

Post by 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?

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

[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
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From: "Mike Keithley" <***@comcast.net>
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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.