# MTP (android) connection issue
**URL:** https://support.blue-systems.com/t/mtp-android-connection-issue/3252
**Category:** Netrunner 14.x
**Created:** [June 23, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/mtp-android-connection-issue/3252 "2015-06-23T12:10:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Slimy](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Slimy)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/mtp-android-connection-issue/3252/1 "2015-06-23T12:10:42Z")
I have an issue then attempt to connect my android phone(android 5) to netrunner… it appears only as PTP :dodgy: . This is not phone/phone setup issue… mtp is enabled in the settings and works fine for Mac OS X and Windows. Couple weeks ago it works without any effort and seems like some update eliminate this option :-/ . Any suggestion how to get it back??
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### Author:  [@leszek](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/leszek)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/mtp-android-connection-issue/3252/2 "2015-06-23T13:04:41Z")
Is kio-mtp installed ?
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### Author:  [@Slimy](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Slimy)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/mtp-android-connection-issue/3252/3 "2015-06-27T16:47:23Z")
> [@leszek](#):
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> Is kio-mtp installed ?
Yes.
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### Author:  [@leszek](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/leszek)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/mtp-android-connection-issue/3252/4 "2015-06-27T16:52:48Z")
The main library libmtp9 should be then also installed.
But if kio-mtp is installed and libmtp9 aswell it should work when it worked before.
Maybe try going directly to mtp:/ in dolphin to see if it shows any devices.
Perhaps only the removable device manager link is broken
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### Author:  [@Slimy](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Slimy)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/mtp-android-connection-issue/3252/5 "2015-07-25T18:43:39Z")
well it just sometimes start works… but suddenly stopped. And after that just not appear in Dolphin as MTP. :-/ Probably some daemon just dead and not restarted for some reason??
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### Author:  [@leszek](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/leszek)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/mtp-android-connection-issue/3252/6 "2015-07-25T19:01:22Z")
It might be then a implementation problem with the phone you have. Some have only pooly integrated mtp which causes the mtp:/ protocol to crash. They usually use some buggy mtp implementation which needs than some hacks and out of standard workarounds in the mtp lib. So perhaps you find a issue up on libmtps source tracker and maybe they fixed something upstream for your device.
Otherwise you need to stick to something that works like sftp/ssh
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### Author:  [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/mtp-android-connection-issue/3252/7 "2015-07-25T20:05:57Z")
Slimy, why not use kdeconect?