How To Properly Mount Android 4.0+ Devices In Ubuntu Using Go-mtpfs

Mounting an Android 4.0+ device in Ubuntu is pretty tricky, but there is a FUSE filesystem called Go-mtpfs, created by a Google employee because “mtpfs was very unstable” for him, which works great. Read on to find out how to use it and easily install it in Ubuntu using a PPA! I didn’t try mtpfs but it seems that’s not reliable any more either, but what I did try is Go-mtpfs and it works great under Ubuntu 12.10: it’s fast and it works every time. Well, unless I forget to unlock the phone when I mount it (it’s probably something sleep-related because it doesn’t always happen), but anyway.