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(I cannot post links at this time, a quick Google Search or a look at the Topic titled "Full Root")
The goal of this guide:
I rooted my family members Nook last night but got hung up for a few hours trying to get the ADB Drivers enabled. This is how I made it work. This guide will be expanded and improved once I have my own Nook Tablet (Jan 12th).
Things you need:
• Nook Tablet (Duh)
• USB cord to go between NT and Windows PC
• PC with Windows installed (Tested on XP and x64 Windows 7)
• TGPS_Launcher.apk Installed to your Nook
• ADB USB Drivers for Nook Tablet Extracted to C:\Ntroot on your PC
• USBDeView open on the Windows PC
Step 1:
Ensure that your Nook is version 1.4.0 and not 1.4.1. (I will expand this step later when I have a nook in my hand, I suggest a Google search if you do not know how to do this)
Step 2:
Find this thread on your Nook and download the TGPS_Launcher.apk to your device, then install it. This is well covered in many other threads. (Will expand this step when I have a nook in my hand)
You should now be able to allow USB Debugging, and disable Auto Mount. These settings can sometimes change without your permission, so always uncheck and recheck them to ensure they are properly set.
Step 3:
Plug in your Nook to your PC. Your nook should still respond to your commands, if it tell you in USB Mass Storage mode, then retry Step 2.
Go into your Device Manager. If your Nook shows up with a yellow explanation mark indicating an Error, then you’re in business and really don’t need this guide. All you need to do is update drivers from the file C:\Ntroot. However, assuming that your Nook shows up under Disk Drives and USB Mass storage, then ADB wont be able to see your Nook, please keep reading.
Step 4:
Time to start the USBDeview utility. This utility will open to a list of almost all the drivers your computer has for USB Devices. We are going to uninstall a few of them, namely anything that says “Android” “Nook” or in my case, “Motorola”. You do not need to remove any that specify ADB.
Near the top right hand side, you can sort drivers by when the device was last connected. Do this, then remove any utilities used when you plugged your nook in. Done? Ok, time to see if your work was for nothing.
Step 5:
Make sure once again that USB Debugging is turned on for your Nook. Unplug the Nook, then Unchecked USB Debugging and Check it again. Now plug your device back in and check in Device Manager. You will hopefully see one of two things:
A: You will see your nook with a yellow error icon next to it, which means you just need tell it to update from C:\Ntroot.
B: At the top of the device manager you will see Android Devices, and your nook will show up as Android Composite ADB Interface
If your Nook is still showing under disk drives and mass storage, then try steps 3 and 4 again. Still having trouble? Do a factory reset and try again from step 1.
You should now be able to run your rooting program!
(I feel this should be in the Dev forum, but this is my first post and I was not allowed. Perhaps a mod would like to move this topic?)
I plan on purchasing my own Nook on the 12th on Jan, at which point I will add pictures and expand on my guide. This guide is written from memory and will be edited and improved.
Please consider this guide an Alpha Version
Good write up!
The procedure worked fine on my laptop. When I did it on on my home PC I forgot to disable auto-mount and the Nook installed itself as mass storage. I was able to right click -> un-install all the USB Mass Storage entries (with the Nook unplugged), disable auto-mount, plug the Nook back in, and have it show up correctly.
In short, I did not need to use "USBDeView" as I was able to remove the diveres manually. I suppose if you have more than a handful for USB devices (I just have a Mouse, Keyboard, and printer) "USBDeView" might be helpful to determine which drivers to un-install...
The device manager is enough for most people, but there is a somewhat large number of us that are having trouble still. Possibly because of other devices we have installed before. (I dont understand how all the drivers work and I wont pretend to)
Some people have go so far as putting a fresh install on Windows on a partition of a PC.
I had this problem with both my laptop and my desktop, which surprised me. This worked on both the laptop and PC, so hopefully it can help other people.
I cant wait to get my own tablet on the 12, I will take lot of pictures and make this process more user friendly.
I did all of the steps several times and I still get WPD Driver for the portable device and mass storage for my Nook Tablet. I am guessing I am up a river without a paddle right now.
I will try it in Linux and/or try it on someone's Windows machine.
I am trying to install the drivers from Google's SDK package. So I browse to the correct folder, but device manager says "windows could not find driver software for your device".
Any suggestions? Is there any other set of drivers specifically for NT?
mtelesha said:
I did all of the steps several times and I still get WPD Driver for the portable device and mass storage for my Nook Tablet. I am guessing I am up a river without a paddle right now.
I will try it in Linux and/or try it on someone's Windows machine.
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Did you sort by last time plugged in and delete all of those too? Have you re-checked and then re-un-checked automount/usb debugging and such?
This is interesting, you'll have to come back and let me know if you ever get it working on your PC. Maybe its a good excuse for a nice healthy re-format and reinstall of windows?
l3ft3r1s said:
I am trying to install the drivers from Google's SDK package. So I browse to the correct folder, but device manager says "windows could not find driver software for your device".
Any suggestions? Is there any other set of drivers specifically for NT?
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I don't know if they are different, but I used the drivers specificly from the thread about rooting the NT. [I would post a link, but I'm typing from my phone]
You have the yellow error mark next to your device? If so you've almost got it!
The_Joe said:
I don't know if they are different, but I used the drivers specificly from the thread about rooting the NT. [I would post a link, but I'm typing from my phone]
You have the yellow error mark next to your device? If so you've almost got it!
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Yeap, that did the trick, thanks. Drives installed successfully this time, but adb devices still returns nothing.
Thats very odd. It shows up in device manager as an ADB device?
If so, please try the NookandZergy file, then copy the results so we can try to farther assist
What devices have you rooted before?
I cannot help but feel I will be 100x more useful in a week when I have my device in hand...
adb error: device offline
This drove me nuts for at least a day. Turns out it is what happens when you are plugged into a USB 3.0 port on your PC side. Find out which USB is 2.0 (Front Panel for ZT Systems), use it and life suddenly gets really good.
The_Joe said:
Thats very odd. It shows up in device manager as an ADB device?
If so, please try the NookandZergy file, then copy the results so we can try to farther assist
What devices have you rooted before?
I cannot help but feel I will be 100x more useful in a week when I have my device in hand...
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At last, after many different things I tried, I am getting a response to adb devices!
I tried disabling and uninstalling usb devices, uninstalling java 7 and installing java 6, re-installing android sdk, at last it worked. Sorry, I can't guess what the problem was :/
l3ft3r1s said:
At last, after many different things I tried, I am getting a response to adb devices!
I tried disabling and uninstalling usb devices, uninstalling java 7 and installing java 6, re-installing android sdk, at last it worked. Sorry, I can't guess what the problem was :/
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The problem is sdk uninstall and use ccleaner to clean your PC and registries. Use the drivers provided in this forum
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Edited post to: Sorry to bother anyone, I found the problem. Thank you all for helping!
Well I have done everything and still get permission denials for copying and chmod on my Nook Tablet.
Took the Nook to work and tried it on a fresh machine. Everything went great. Drivers installed and everything ready for usb debug and non-automount and then I run into the same permission errors and being denied access to the folder for Zerk and no chmod.
Same issue no matter what machine. What is wrong with my tablet? I am re-rooting it from being automatically upgrade to 1.4.1. I get it to 1.4.0 with the SD card restore.
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Edited post to: Sorry to bother anyone, I found the problem. Thank you all for helping!
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In the future don't delete your original, just post an edit with the fix. That way when someone else has a similar problem your post can help.
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mtelesha said:
Well I have done everything and still get permission denials for copying and chmod on my Nook Tablet.
Took the Nook to work and tried it on a fresh machine. Everything went great. Drivers installed and everything ready for usb debug and non-automount and then I run into the same permission errors and being denied access to the folder for Zerk and no chmod.
Same issue no matter what machine. What is wrong with my tablet? I am re-rooting it from being automatically upgrade to 1.4.1. I get it to 1.4.0 with the SD card restore.
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Did you find a solution? Thats a problem I sadly dont know how to help with. I would start with:
-Check USBDeview and delete anything android/Nook/usb related. Delete just about everything.
-Restart the device
-Uncheck and recheck the USB Debugging boxes
-Recheck and uncheck the auto-mount box
-Test
-Try a different USB Port
-Try another PC
Thanks but didn't work.
thanks, Joe. I did exactly as you mentioined below and had the Android/Nook appear at the top of the Devices listing. However, the adb command still can't find the device. Any suggestions?
Stan White
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The_Joe said:
(I cannot post links at this time, a quick Google Search or a look at the Topic titled "Full Root")
The goal of this guide:
I rooted my family members Nook last night but got hung up for a few hours trying to get the ADB Drivers enabled. This is how I made it work. This guide will be expanded and improved once I have my own Nook Tablet (Jan 12th).
Things you need:
• Nook Tablet (Duh)
• USB cord to go between NT and Windows PC
• PC with Windows installed (Tested on XP and x64 Windows 7)
• TGPS_Launcher.apk Installed to your Nook
• ADB USB Drivers for Nook Tablet Extracted to C:\Ntroot on your PC
• USBDeView open on the Windows PC
Step 1:
Ensure that your Nook is version 1.4.0 and not 1.4.1. (I will expand this step later when I have a nook in my hand, I suggest a Google search if you do not know how to do this)
Step 2:
Find this thread on your Nook and download the TGPS_Launcher.apk to your device, then install it. This is well covered in many other threads. (Will expand this step when I have a nook in my hand)
You should now be able to allow USB Debugging, and disable Auto Mount. These settings can sometimes change without your permission, so always uncheck and recheck them to ensure they are properly set.
Step 3:
Plug in your Nook to your PC. Your nook should still respond to your commands, if it tell you in USB Mass Storage mode, then retry Step 2.
Go into your Device Manager. If your Nook shows up with a yellow explanation mark indicating an Error, then you’re in business and really don’t need this guide. All you need to do is update drivers from the file C:\Ntroot. However, assuming that your Nook shows up under Disk Drives and USB Mass storage, then ADB wont be able to see your Nook, please keep reading.
Step 4:
Time to start the USBDeview utility. This utility will open to a list of almost all the drivers your computer has for USB Devices. We are going to uninstall a few of them, namely anything that says “Android” “Nook” or in my case, “Motorola”. You do not need to remove any that specify ADB.
Near the top right hand side, you can sort drivers by when the device was last connected. Do this, then remove any utilities used when you plugged your nook in. Done? Ok, time to see if your work was for nothing.
Step 5:
Make sure once again that USB Debugging is turned on for your Nook. Unplug the Nook, then Unchecked USB Debugging and Check it again. Now plug your device back in and check in Device Manager. You will hopefully see one of two things:
A: You will see your nook with a yellow error icon next to it, which means you just need tell it to update from C:\Ntroot.
B: At the top of the device manager you will see Android Devices, and your nook will show up as Android Composite ADB Interface
If your Nook is still showing under disk drives and mass storage, then try steps 3 and 4 again. Still having trouble? Do a factory reset and try again from step 1.
You should now be able to run your rooting program!
(I feel this should be in the Dev forum, but this is my first post and I was not allowed. Perhaps a mod would like to move this topic?)
I plan on purchasing my own Nook on the 12th on Jan, at which point I will add pictures and expand on my guide. This guide is written from memory and will be edited and improved.
Please consider this guide an Alpha Version
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whitets said:
thanks, Joe. I did exactly as you mentioined below and had the Android/Nook appear at the top of the Devices listing. However, the adb command still can't find the device. Any suggestions?
Stan White
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I had literally this exact same problem the 6th time I restored and flashed. IF im right, you just need to uncheck then recheck usb debugging.
Let me know if it works!
Hi, all.
I setup my 16 Gb Nook Tablet to boot from a Cyanogenmod 7 SD card following directions that I found online somewhere about two weeks ago. It was a great process and I love my new real Android tablet. Thank you, developers!
I've been trying since this weekend to install a hello world app on my Nook. Although I see the Nook and the SD card in Device Manager when the device is plugged into the USB port of my Windows 7 laptop, I do not see it as an Android device anywhere. I would like to debug on the device from Eclipse, but Eclipse does not see the tablet (in Android Device Chooser when the Nook is plugged into the USB port). I also do not see any devices listed when I run adb devices in a cmd tool.
The one thing I have not done that I think I need to is to install an updated USB driver for the Nook. I have not had any luck finding a driver with an install script.
Can anyone point me to the drivers or a page with clear instuctions on how to get and install them? Is there anything else I need to do to see the Nook as an Android device in the adb device command and in Eclipse?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Robert
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
This thread has a video on how to install ADB drivers.
Thanks. I had seen that video, but I did not carefully follow through with the directions because I wasn't sure it was what I needed. It points you to detailed instructions on how to get the drivers installed including troubleshooting if there are problems. I am now able to debug my eclipse apps. on my Nook tablet.
hello,
I can't acess my asus transfromer prime TF201 using USB cable
my PC recognize it but it doesn't show any media device as it used to be
im currently running latest firmware no custom rom rooted via viperMOD
MrXVI said:
hello,
I can't acess my asus transfromer prime TF201 using USB cable
my PC recognize it but it doesn't show any media device as it used to be
im currently running latest firmware no custom rom rooted via viperMOD
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Have you tried a different computer or perhaps just a different USB port?
If it still doesn't work you can try using some form of wifi access to send files between your computer and prime. ES Files Explorer can see most windows shared drives.
Parastie said:
Have you tried a different computer or perhaps just a different USB port?
If it still doesn't work you can try using some form of wifi access to send files between your computer and prime. ES Files Explorer can see most windows shared drives.
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tried another computer and surprisingly it works...
it looks like its my PC fault. how can i make my PC acess it?
MrXVI said:
tried another computer and surprisingly it works...
it looks like its my PC fault. how can i make my PC acess it?
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Try a different USB port on your computer and try rebooting the PC. Otherwise you can try uninstalling the drivers from device manager.
Did all that but still doesn't work
Btw im running windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
Using windows security essentials if any of that help
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda app-developers app
MrXVI said:
Did all that but still doesn't work
Btw im running windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
Using windows security essentials if any of that help
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda app-developers app
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Hmm...I'm not sure to be honest. I've only plugged mine into a computer once just to root it. I didn't even check to see if I could access it's memory. I have Win7 x64 home premium. You can try the thread in Dev about drivers and see if those will install.
Parastie said:
Hmm...I'm not sure to be honest. I've only plugged mine into a computer once just to root it. I didn't even check to see if I could access it's memory. I have Win7 x64 home premium. You can try the thread in Dev about drivers and see if those will install.
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I run windows 7 64 and when plugged into the USB port, I open the "Computer" windows explorer window, and my prime is listed at the bottom under "Other" I believe.
However I did have a problem when I first got it, but it wasn't from the prime. I had had trouble a while with my iphone connecting to USB and not opening my photos because of an MTP driver. Had a similar problem when I got my prime, googled it and found a solution on how to fix it for people with other USB devices, and I tried it, and my prime showed up and I decided to check my iphone and the only other USB device I had trouble with, and all of my device to USB problems were solved by fixing that MTP error message.
MrXVI said:
tried another computer and surprisingly it works...
it looks like its my PC fault. how can i make my PC acess it?
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Try this:
With the prime connected to the PC usb, in Win7 goto control panel, administrator tools, computer management, drive manager. This will show all disk drives and their drive letters. The prime should be there but it might be conflicting with one of your other drive letters, change the primes drive letter to z and try to access z drive with file manager. Good luck.
!!! HELP !!!...AFTER ROOTING MY NOOK TABLET I CONNECTED IT TO MY LAPTOP'S USB PORT SO THAT I COULD DOWNLOAD AN e-Book USING ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS SOFTWARE...FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE TABLET IS NOT RECOGNIZED AND AS A RESULT I CAN'T DOWNLOAD THE e-Book...PLEASE HELP...ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED...THANK YOU...:crying:
What operating system? The device isn't recognized or nothing shows up at all when you plug it in?
Just an fyi posting the same thing in multiple forums wont get you answers any faster and has a tendency to cause a failure to respond at all. With that said, provide more details such as what version are you on. 1.41, .42, .43 ? What process did you use to root? Have you tried creating a CM7 SD card (how to is in these forums so read a bit for specifics) and see if that allows access? Are you sure its not an issue with the PC you're using? Have you tried it on another pc just to rule that out?
thesal523 said:
!!! HELP !!!...AFTER ROOTING MY NOOK TABLET I CONNECTED IT TO MY LAPTOP'S USB PORT SO THAT I COULD DOWNLOAD AN e-Book USING ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS SOFTWARE...FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE TABLET IS NOT RECOGNIZED AND AS A RESULT I CAN'T DOWNLOAD THE e-Book...PLEASE HELP...ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED...THANK YOU...:crying:
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Typing in all caps is really not needed either. We can read just fine.
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Thread moved to Q&A and other thread closed. Please don't post more than one thread on the same subject again please and always post in the right section. Also as stated above people can read normal fonts just fine and using caps signifies shouting meaning it'll be looked at and ignored by some.
I apologize for posting in 2 different forums, wasn't sure which one would apply...
The software version shows 9.9.9 under "About Your NOOK" in settings, however I believe the correct version(1.4x) was overlayed when rooting was done...I tried plugging into different USB ports from several laptops, same results...NOOK Tablet is not recognized, getting Removable Disk(F/G/H) instead when looking in My Computer...Something is inhibiting turning on USB to recognize the device when plugged into the PC...Someone suggested (in the other forum) to turn USB mass storage on from the NOOK...How is that done?...Do I need to tweak something for USB to be on?...TGPS_LAUNCHER shows USB debugging is checked(twice) under Development...Could this be related?...Rooting was done following instructions in XDA-DEVELOPERS website...Let me know if I you need any other information to helpme get my NOOK TABLET get recognized when plugged into USB port...Your help is greatly appreciated...Thank you...
:victory:Good News!!!...I poked around in TGPS_LAUNCHER & tweaked the settings for USB debugging(uncheck) & Auto Mount(check)...I then plugged my NT to the USB port, fired up Adobe Digital Editions & voila!...The NOOK Tablet was detected and I was able to download the e-Book...
And of course I still have the rooted device intact...Thank you all...
In the future, try not to panic. Any perceived issue you have with this device has likely been encountered by at least one other person (and usually many more than that). As a result, there is probably a relatively simple and easy solution that eludes, as was the case this time, and really no reason to worry/panic.
I'm working on installing Ubuntu to my prime using the thread i linked below, but for part of that i need to go into my prime via desktop Ubuntu command line. The issue i'm having is that when i plug into my desktop using the USB cable, Ubuntu won't recognize my Prime and i can't move files back and forth.
The thread says to install the naked drivers (which i downloaded), but the instructions were only for windows machines. From what I can tell Ubuntu doesn't have a "Device Manager" where I could use to manually install drivers.
I've done Google searches, and searched XDA for the past week or so and I haven't come across anyone having this similar issue while using Ubuntu. If anyone can shed some light on my situation I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
How to install Ubuntu on transformer prime: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603921
RailsRanger said:
I'm working on installing Ubuntu to my prime using the thread i linked below, but for part of that i need to go into my prime via desktop Ubuntu command line. The issue i'm having is that when i plug into my desktop using the USB cable, Ubuntu won't recognize my Prime and i can't move files back and forth.
The thread says to install the naked drivers (which i downloaded), but the instructions were only for windows machines. From what I can tell Ubuntu doesn't have a "Device Manager" where I could use to manually install drivers.
I've done Google searches, and searched XDA for the past week or so and I haven't come across anyone having this similar issue while using Ubuntu. If anyone can shed some light on my situation I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
How to install Ubuntu on transformer prime: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603921
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Try uninstalling the drivers from your machine then reinstalling the basic Asus drivers by plugging the Prime in. If that doesn't do it then I'll have to load up my Ubuntu parition and see if I can debug with you that way.
RailsRanger said:
I'm working on installing Ubuntu to my prime using the thread i linked below, but for part of that i need to go into my prime via desktop Ubuntu command line. The issue i'm having is that when i plug into my desktop using the USB cable, Ubuntu won't recognize my Prime and i can't move files back and forth.
The thread says to install the naked drivers (which i downloaded), but the instructions were only for windows machines. From what I can tell Ubuntu doesn't have a "Device Manager" where I could use to manually install drivers.
I've done Google searches, and searched XDA for the past week or so and I haven't come across anyone having this similar issue while using Ubuntu. If anyone can shed some light on my situation I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
How to install Ubuntu on transformer prime: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603921
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In my experience, you do not need to download any drivers to access your Prime from an Ubuntu PC -- the naked drivers are strictly a Windows thing from what I remember. You need to set up the 51-android.rules file in the /etc/udev/rules folder. And, you may or may not need to make an entry in adb_usb.ini (I believe this file is in a hidden folder) -- try it without first. If you do a little research on 51-android.rules, you will see that this is quite easy. And, the vendor and device numbers you need to plug into 51-android.rules can be obtained by typing lsusb at the terminal command line, with your Prime plugged into the PC. You also need to have debugging turn on under Developer Options in Settings. After you change the 51-android.rules file, you need to log off and log back on, so it gets run (there is another way to run it, but I do not remember how). I am away from my Prime and Ubuntu machine, but can get you further details later, if you cannot figure it out from the above information.
(P.S.) Giving you the path and file names from my memory. They are probably correct ... at least they are very close to being correct.
So, I wrote the 51-android.rules file like you suggested but I still can't access most files on my prime. When I tell it to connect as a camera i can view picutres, but when it connects as MTP I still get nothing.I looked in the /dev directory to see if i could find my SD card to continue on with the Ubuntu installation, but no luck there either.Your suggestions have been helping though, i'm getting closer. Thanks to both of you who replied so far.
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So, I wrote the 51-android.rules file like you suggested but I still can't access most files on my prime. When I tell it to connect as a camera i can view pictures, but when it connects as MTP I still get nothing.I looked in the /dev directory to see if i could find my SD card to continue on with the Ubuntu installation, but no luck there either.Your suggestions have been helping though, i'm getting closer. Thanks to both of you who replied so far.
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51-android.rules is really for giving you access to your TFP with adb and other Linux commands in Terminal (Android Debugging must be enabled under Developer Options for this to work). 51-android.rules has nothing to do with PTP (camera) or MTP, as far as I know. I really do not know what you are trying to do, or at least how you are trying to do it, so it is difficult to suggest anything. If you are just trying to copy files to the TFP, you may have better luck with Windows than Linux. I'm pretty sure that most of the TFP's file system does not show up in the Linux File Browser, when plugged in to a USB port (only PTP & MTP work, as far as I know ... both are limited).
There are many users on this site who can help you, if you explain exactly what you are trying to do.