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How shall I find the device of a phone's storage so that I can mount it in Linux?

I plugged an Android (HarmonyOS 2.0.0) phone into a Linux laptop using USB connection. I want to mount the storage of the phone in Linux, so that I can transfer files between the phone and the laptop. But I can't find the phone in

$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: ST1000LM014-1EJ1
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: ...

Device         Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1    1048576   69206015   68157440  32.5G Linux swap
/dev/sda2   69206016  195035135  125829120    60G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3  195035136 1953523711 1758488576 838.5G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda4       2048    1048575    1046528   511M EFI System

Partition table entries are not in disk order.

but in

$sudo lshw
...
    *-usb
         physical id: 14
         bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
         version: 31
         width: 64 bits
         clock: 33MHz
         capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
         configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
         resources: irq:129 memory:df410000-df41ffff
       *-usbhost:0
            product: xHCI Host Controller
            vendor: Linux 5.19.0 xhci-hcd
            physical id: 0
            bus info: usb@1
            logical name: usb1
            version: 5.19
            capabilities: usb-2.00
            configuration: driver=hub slots=16 speed=480Mbit/s
          *-usb:0
               description: Mass storage device
               product: BKL-AL20
               vendor: HUAWEI
               physical id: 1
               bus info: usb@1:1
               version: 2.99
               serial: 
               capabilities: usb-2.10 scsi
               configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s

How shall I find the device of the phone's storage so that I can mount it in Linux?

The phone is under "File Transfer via USB".

The phone has an internal memory and probably a SD card.

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