Dear Diary,
I was today years old when I realized this (sftp) had been a built-in function all along.
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All my photos (and documents) are in sd-card.
Is there any chance that I could see my SD-card also?
Yeah, of course! The SD card is located right here:
sftp://wlan.address.goes.here/run/media/defaultuser
There should be one folder with a bunch of letters and numbers, which is the SD card. You can just save a bookmark for that folder as well!
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Extra points if you edit the diary with Kate over sftp! I was like today years minus 6 months when that revelation was revealed to me. 
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MintUser, Are you using Linux Mint? Do you see any messages in Logs (gnome logs)? If phone is detected, you should see “usb-device-detected” message (notification), usually in System and in Hardware parts. Mounting errors can also seen in Important part.
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yes, I work on LMDE. Phone is detected, as I wrote earlier. Here is part of log:
2026-10-03T17:38:04.250834+02:00 hp-lmde systemd-timesyncd\[665\]: Contacted time server 85.115.212.254:123 (0.debian.pool.ntp.org).
2026-10-03T17:38:06.623352+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
2026-10-03T17:38:06.711056+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=0afe, bcdDevice= 2.23
2026-10-03T17:38:06.711068+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
2026-10-03T17:38:06.711069+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: usb 1-1.1: Product: Jolla Phone (2026)
2026-10-03T17:38:06.711069+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: Jolla
2026-10-03T17:38:06.711070+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: JP000000000000000
2026-10-03T17:38:06.715047+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
2026-10-03T17:38:06.715055+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: scsi host1: usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0
2026-10-03T17:38:06.719149+02:00 hp-lmde boltd\[1225\]: probing: started \[1000\]
2026-10-03T17:38:07.723081+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access Linux File-Stor Gadget 0612 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
2026-10-03T17:38:07.723101+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
2026-10-03T17:38:07.723103+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Power-on or device reset occurred
2026-10-03T17:38:07.723104+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: \[sdb\] Media removed, stopped polling
2026-10-03T17:38:07.723105+02:00 hp-lmde kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: \[sdb\] Attached SCSI removable disk
2026-10-03T17:38:07.783193+02:00 hp-lmde fwupd\[1543\]: 15:38:07.782 FuEngine failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:c6:00.3/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sdb: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdb: No medium found
2026-10-03T17:38:07.788616+02:00 hp-lmde fwupd\[1543\]: 15:38:07.788 FuEngine failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:c6:00.3/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sdb: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdb: No medium found
2026-10-03T17:38:10.723483+02:00 hp-lmde boltd\[1225\]: probing: timeout, done: \[2953822\] (2000000)
MOD edit: change to the proper code tags
And here the log when I plug mine (ubuntu 26.04)
[285336.285423] usb 3-2.3: new high-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd
[285336.364621] usb 3-2.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=0afe, bcdDevice= 2.23
[285336.364639] usb 3-2.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[285336.364647] usb 3-2.3: Product: Jolla Phone (2026)
[285336.364655] usb 3-2.3: Manufacturer: Jolla
[285336.364662] usb 3-2.3: SerialNumber: JP2601xxxxxxxxxx
[285336.368498] usb-storage 3-2.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[285336.369233] scsi host2: usb-storage 3-2.3:1.0
[285337.374852] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Linux File-Stor Gadget 0612 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[285337.375926] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[285337.376553] sd 2:0:0:0: Power-on or device reset occurred
[285337.377186] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Media removed, stopped polling
[285337.384941] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[285354.609950] usb 3-2.3: USB disconnect, device number 11
[285354.846385] usb 3-2.3: new high-speed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd
[285354.925504] usb 3-2.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=0a07, bcdDevice= 2.23
[285354.925513] usb 3-2.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[285354.925518] usb 3-2.3: Product: Jolla Phone (2026)
[285354.925522] usb 3-2.3: Manufacturer: Jolla
[285354.925525] usb 3-2.3: SerialNumber: JP2601xxxxxxxxx
It looks practically the same. So what’s wrong?
Maybe the problem with fwupd and boltd (as far as I understand neither boltd nor FuEngine are used in Ubuntu).
LMDE is based on Debian, not Ubuntu.
I know this. Just to suggest that maybe the problem lies with LMDE and not Jolla phone (If you search for FuEngine on the web, you’ll find some bug reports of the same type of problem with usb sticks)
You need a cable that supports data transfers, not every USB cable can do that.
I bought myself one from “INIU” on Amazon.de and it works very well.