backup my samsung into my debian pc

[ignorantMan]

I'm trying to figure it out how to regularly backup my samsung phone into my Debian laptop. Is it possible to do this thing?

[None1975]

I'm trying to figure it out how to regularly backup my samsung phone into my Debian laptop. Is it possible to do this thing?

Hello.

Yes, just check this:

https://wiki.debian.org/mtp

[bbbhltz]

What do you want to backup, everything or just a specific folder?

Is the plan to backup and then delete the data on your phone in order to save space?

[nooblinx]

if you want to backup photos etc. `Nemo` (default file manager in Cinnamon DE) show them as new drive to backup.

[arzgi]

This same topic has been discussed here many times during recent years. The conclusion, and also my personal experience suggests, it is a lot simpler over wifi. You can find many aps to do that in androids play store, and also from F-droid repos.

For reference I found my old notes for syncing with mtp, I concise the main points, had to start mc (two panel cli file manager, still in the Debian repos) then connect the cable and start mtp-app from phone, this all had to be done when the phones display was active, otherwise had to start over.,

[ignorantMan]

What do you want to backup, everything or just a specific folder?

Is the plan to backup and then delete the data on your phone in order to save space?

photos.

[bbbhltz]

What do you want to backup, everything or just a specific folder?

Is the plan to backup and then delete the data on your phone in order to save space?

photos.

Under the USB preferences on your phone you can set it to PTP mode. Then you can use a photo manager or gphoto2:

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$ gphoto2 --auto-detect
$ gphoto2 --list-files
$ gphoto2 --get-all-files

make sure you are in the directory you want the files copied to.

I use

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$ gphoto2 --get-all-files --skip-existing \
--filename="%Y/%m/%d/%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.%C"

when I do this (it puts the files in folders for me). There is also an option for deleting copied files which might be good for you.

Will this be faster than W-Fi? I don't know. I don't take enough photos with my phone to notice.

[Organic_Marble]

If you want to run Samsung's Smart Switch app to back up your phone, I could only get it to work by running a Win 10 virtual machine.

One of the reasons I am no longer a Samsung user.