How to connect mtp android device to ubuntu 13.10

I had the same issue, and the following worked

sudo apt-get install mtp-tools mtpfs

I too had the problem that my "asus padfone infinity" was not mounted through mtp. (adb worked though).

Solution was to connect it through one of the USB3 Ports of my thinkpad instead of a usb2 port. Looks like the USB2 port is not recognized as usb2, or are devicenames for usb2 "usb1"?

syslog when connecting to USB2 Port:

Feb 21 13:59:55 t530 kernel: [39597.968522] usb-storage 1-1.2:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected
Feb 21 13:59:55 t530 kernel: [39597.968634] scsi16 : usb-storage 1-1.2:1.2
Feb 21 13:59:55 t530 mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2"
Feb 21 13:59:55 t530 mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 7 was not an MTP device
Feb 21 13:59:56 t530 kernel: [39598.966743] scsi 16:0:0:0: CD-ROM            ASUS     Device CD-ROM    0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Feb 21 13:59:56 t530 kernel: [39598.971140] sr1: scsi-1 drive
Feb 21 13:59:56 t530 kernel: [39598.971427] sr 16:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
Feb 21 13:59:56 t530 kernel: [39598.971580] sr 16:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
Feb 21 14:01:02 t530 kernel: [39665.530135] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 7

Connecting to usb 3.0 port:

Feb 21 14:01:06 t530 kernel: [39669.292066] usb-storage 3-1:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected
Feb 21 14:01:06 t530 kernel: [39669.292231] scsi17 : usb-storage 3-1:1.2
Feb 21 14:01:06 t530 mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1"
Feb 21 14:01:06 t530 mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 2 was an MTP device