elementary / elementary/files

files hang when selecting files on an android phone

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Description

### What Happened?

files app hangs

![Screenshot from 2021-10-02 20-15-20](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/91113/135727627-7b037c88-d3e7-4ec1-9ae2-05d9761b887c.png)

### Workaround

If you need your files from the android device, this is how you still can get them:

1. create an archive from the files on android
2. now you can just transfer this one file. i used cut - paste. when you select one file and try to drag - drop it, it will hang again

### Steps to Reproduce

i want to copy files from an android 8 phone (mtp) to my NAS (SAMBA share)

0. mount samba share
1. open samba share folder in files app
2. connect android phone
3. navigate to files on android phone and select multiple files (32 in my case)
4. ???
4. files app hangs

the issue is always reproducible. here is a video https://youtu.be/G3FP3j3Rk10

### Expected Behavior

programs should not hang

### OS Version

Other Linux

NixOS unstable

### Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

### Log Output

_No response_

### Hardware Info

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with Android 8.1 (Lineage OS)
Intel PC

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