A complete guide to identifying your MTP device on Linux using bash

from blog Prahlad Yeri, | ↗ original
In the good old days, USB file-transfer between your laptop and smart-phone used to happen through the much easier “mass storage” mode which works just as if you had inserted an external pen-drive. But these days, most smart-phones and tablets have shifted to the MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). Unlike a mass storage device, the MTP device doesn’t...