BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Accessing files from Android phone on Pi5
De:       The Natural Philosopher
Data:     Tue, 12 May 2026 14:06:19 +0100
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On 12/05/2026 09:43, Daniel James wrote:
> On 12/05/2026 00:09, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:
>>> PTP is a rather more specialized (i.e. limited) protocol and seems to 
>>> be designed to enable the PC to use the phone as a digital
>>> camera -- you'd have to be running something on the PC that
>>> understood cameras rather than a general-purpose file manager.
>>
>> I thought PTP was the earlier protocol, while MTP was the later 
>> generalization:
> 
> Yes, indeed.
> 
> I don't think that contradicts what I wrote. PTP was the earlier 
> protocol, specifically for cameras, which was later generalized to 
> support full file transfer as a replacement for USB mass-storage.
> 
I didnt know that,
> Sorry for any confusion.
> 
NP


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