Android device (OnePlus 5) not showing in /dev/sdX

I'm running Slackware 14.2 (kernel 4.4.132) and I'm trying to copy some files to my OnePlus 5 Android device.

So I plug in the USB cable and switch the phone to "USB Transfer files" mode.

The phone does show up in dmesg as shown below:

[ 6241.132007] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 14
[ 6241.486275] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 15 using xhci_hcd
[ 6241.651752] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2a70, idProduct=f003
[ 6241.651761] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 6241.651766] usb 1-1: Product: OnePlus
[ 6241.651771] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: OnePlus
[ 6241.651775] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 1d8a05bd
[ 6241.862309] usb-storage 1-1:1.1: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 6241.862466] scsi host17: usb-storage 1-1:1.1
[ 6242.864311] scsi 17:0:0:0: CD-ROM            OnePlus  Device Driver    0404 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 6242.866850] sr 17:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi-1 drive
[ 6242.867308] sr 17:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 6272.603108] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[ 6272.614630] ISOFS: changing to secondary root

And in lsusb the product and device id does get listed, but it is not named (2nd item from the bottom):

Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 04f2:b2ea Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Integrated Camera [ThinkPad]
Bus 003 Device 007: ID 0a5c:21e6 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad]
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 5332:1400
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0853:0100 Topre Corporation HHKB Professional
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 001 Device 015: ID 2a70:f003
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

But it does not show up as a device in /dev/sdX.

I'm also able to mount the CD-ROM device /dev/sr0 as listed in the dmesg output (it contains some executables for macOS and Windows from OnePlus).

Hello,

Try this :

In /etc/udev/rules.d, create a file 51-one-plus-5.rules with the rule below :

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2a70",ATTRS{idProduct}=="f003", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"

Attention, you must be member of group plugdev to access your device.


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SeB

Thanks. I did try that (found a similar thread), but it didn't work for me.

I'm already a member of the plugdev group and I've tried rebooting after adding the udev rule.

Could it be the fact that I had to manually switch the phone to "USB Transfer files" mode after it is plugged in?

Hello,

Have you tried in MTP mode ? This might requires to enable developer options or something like that.

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SeB

Ah that was it. Turns out that you're not supposed to be able to mount the storage like a normal USB flash drive. I installed jmtpfs and am able to copy files now. (mtpfs didn't work)