android smartphone won't connect tether kubuntu linux

[woodsmoke]

Hi
There is not a hardware forum per-se, so I'm posting this here.

I quite realize that to the cognoscenti, I'm not all that "with it" it since I'm "just a hardware and software kinda guy".

But sometimes, "check the cables first" really IS the correct procedure.

I'm going to get an upgraded smartphone from my Android Galexy S and wanted to offload all of the photo files, etc. to minimize wait time at the phone store.

I've done this before Kubuntu works fine.

However, this time it did not.

Instead of immediately spending a lot of time checking drivers etc. etc. I checked the USB/mini - cable / tether.

I was using an older "dumb" tether which only moves "power".

I got another cable, this one particularly, is labled "U4" and will both recharge the battery and transfer files.

The older cable is "even" in width and "even" in thickness at the mini plug end; while the smart cable is "flat on one side and curved on the other" at the mini plug end.

Also the "length" of the plug is "even" on the older cable and the "corner" of the cable end of the smart tether, the end away from the plug itself, is chopped off diagonally.

So.... first.....check the hardware.....

woodsmoke

[jlittle]

I'd advise forget the cable, use the Airdroid app.

Regards, John Little

[vinnywright]

I'd advise forget the cable, use the Airdroid app.

Regards, John Little

perhaps giving info about the app for witch you speak would be helpful to some one at some time .

just because you know what you are talking about dose not mean it is so obvious to the rest of the people that may read this thread .

VINNY

[SteveRiley]

Instead of immediately spending a lot of time checking drivers etc. etc. I checked the USB/mini - cable / tether.

I was using an older "dumb" tether which only moves "power".

I got another cable, this one particularly, is labled "U4" and will both recharge the battery and transfer files.

The older cable is "even" in width and "even" in thickness at the mini plug end; while the smart cable is "flat on one side and curved on the other" at the mini plug end.

Also the "length" of the plug is "even" on the older cable and the "corner" of the cable end of the smart tether, the end away from the plug itself, is chopped off diagonally.

These descriptions sound somewhat vague. Would you mind posting photographs of the connectors? The only "U4" USB I'm aware of is a non-standard plug for certain Kodak (remember them?) digital cameras.

[SteveRiley]

I'd advise forget the cable, use the Airdroid app.

perhaps giving info about the app for witch you speak would be helpful to some one at some time .

Airdroid, Vinny. Yep, hard to spot if you're reading quickly.

[vinnywright]

Airdroid, Vinny. Yep, hard to spot if you're reading quickly.

OOPS ,,,,,,,,Duh vinny ,,,Duh
maby it's time for bead ,,,,

my apology's @jlittle

VINNY