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I really appreciate Ubuntu 14.04 and my Samsung Galaxy S3 mini (8200N). However, I had strange issues when plugging in the phone and Ubuntu wasn't able to mount properly.
I want to share my experience with you, as it was a struggle for quite some time to me.
This will apply to phones other than the I8200N as well.

If I plugged in the phone in Ubuntu, I got the error message

Unable to mount MTP device USB_SAMSUNG

one to up to a hundred times. This was really annoying. Sometimes Ubuntu "managed" to mount the phone, but it was empty. There was a very rare chance, that Ubuntu really managed to mount it.

I searched for this problem, however the accepted solution was to add the device to /lib/udev/rules.d/69-libmtp.rules. In my case the device was already listed.

The next suggestion was to turn on USB debugging on the phone. Since I use it for Android development, it has been turned on very early. No solution either.

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The freak in my mind whispered: Turn off USB debugging and watch the phone burn. Surprisingly this did the trick. Ubuntu can mount my phone now and I am able to synchronize data - finally.

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Try to plug into back USB port if you're on desktop. For me it seems like lack of power, I've tried to connect to "back" USB port and it helped.

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To be honest, I recommend to stop using MTP/PTP on Ubuntu 14.04:

While copying music from my laptop to a Samsung I8200N, the connection aborted. Both my internal device storage and the SD card have been wiped.

I'm a little bit "pissed off", as this deleted all pictures I have taken and stuff I downloaded to the device.

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