I know a couple of ways to do this, both on CLI and via a GUI based application. The GUI based app is called GMTP but here we’re going to use simple-mtpfs(1). As what the name of the programs says it’s simple so let’s just dive into it.
Install and Configure MTPfs
First, we need to install a package called fusefs-simple-mtpfs. To install its binary package via pkg(8), just type in your terminal:
sudo pkg install fusefs-simple-mtpfs
To install it via ports:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-simple-mtpfs && sudo make install clean
Now open up /etc/devfs.rules (if it doesn’t exists create it) and add these lines of codes:
[system=10] add path 'usb*' mode 0770 group cups add path 'ugen*' mode 0660 group cups add path 'ad[0-9]\*' mode 0666 add path 'ada[0-9]\*' mode 0666 add path 'da[0-9]\*' mode 0666 add path 'acd[0-9]\*' mode 0666 add path 'cd[0-9]\*' mode 0666 add path 'xpt[0-9]\*' mode 0666 add path 'mmcsd[0-9]\*' mode 0666 add path 'pass[0-9]\*' mode 0666 add path 'usb/\*' mode 0666 add path 'ugen[0-9]\*' mode 0666
For good measure, make sure you have these modules in your /boot/loader.conf as well:
fuse_load="YES" autofs_load="YES"
You can load them both in the kernel manually so you don’t have to reboot by typing in:
sudo kldload fuse && sudo kldload autofs
Connect Your Android Device
Now on your home directory, create a folder called Android, you can pick up any name you like. Then plug-in the USB cable between your Android device and FreeBSD. Make sure the device is unlocked.
To access your device within FreeBSD, type in this command as a regular user:
simple-mtpfs ~/Android
To learn more about simple-mtpfs, just check out simple-mtpfs’ man pages.
man simple-mtpfs
Disconnect Android Device
You can disconnect your Android device using umount(8) like so:
umount ~/Android
Simple isn’t it? If you’re unable to access your device the first time, try restarting your computer. I hope this helps. Cheers!
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