What will be the mount point for Samsung Galaxy S cell phone, when I connect it to a Ubuntu Desktop? It doesn't mount automatically

From /var/log/messages, I can only see this

Jul 23 23:49:11 carfield kernel: [1461671.160016] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 26
Jul 23 23:49:12 carfield kernel: [1461671.454357] usb 1-6: configuration #4 chosen from 1 choice
Jul 23 23:49:12 carfield kernel: [1461671.522077] cdc_acm 1-6:4.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device

Any idea?

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.​.​. W​h​a​t​? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Jul 22 '10 at 18:26
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You are actually mounting the phone in USB mass storage mode are you? When you plug the Galaxy into USB you should get a menu up on the phone's screen asking which mode to attach in, you probably want to select Mass Storage, you then need to select the USB Connected item in the notification area, and select "Mount". Unless you've done both of those bits it won't mount it's drive to any PC OS.

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Thanks a lot, doesn't notice that before – Carfield Yim Sep 21 '10 at 17:09
Aiya, right, thanks a lot – Carfield Yim Dec 19 '10 at 17:44
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After connecting the phone to your system, it should appear on your desktop on under the Places menu. Click on it, Nautilus should open to the place where it is mounted. Hit Ctrl+L and that should show the mount point.

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Too bad it doesn't, added more detail at the post – Carfield Yim Jul 23 '10 at 17:54
The phone seems to be getting detected only as a Modem, not as a mass storage device. Is there somewhere in phone where you can switch modes ? – Sathya Jul 23 '10 at 17:58
Then what is the mount point? BTW, is that mean I cannot copy files using USB but have to be network?? – Carfield Yim Jul 24 '10 at 3:56
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In the Galaxy S running android 2.1, you must put the USB into debug mode - use Applications -> Settings -> Applications -> Developmenbt -> and select USB debugging.

Then when you connect your phone to ubuntu with the usb cable, it will be mounted as USB storage devices.

you can find the mount points by monitoring the syslog file - I use tail as follows

on the linux side - in a terminal window type

tail -f /var/log/syslog (you may need to do this as

sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog.

the other way is to down load QuickSSHd from the android market and then just sftp to your phone from your ubuntu computer using a wifi connection.

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