Just a general question and maybe something that no one ever really thought was useful. Is it possible plug an external hard drive into my android phone via a usb cable, and then access those files on that device. It is cumbersome but I have come across a situation where I would like to use my phone as a usb server and have it access these files on my external hard drive. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
i have never heard of this. i personally don't think it's possible man. but you never know. if there is something its DEFINITELY not public.
Yeah its definitely not normal, was hoping it may be built into a custom rom or something along those lines.
If your hardware supports USB host functionality, check out
http://sven.killig.de/android/N1/2.2/usb_host/
I did a search, and I couldn't find anything on it.
But I wanted to use my G2x as a memory device for the xbox 360 (to move game saves and such). But when I plug in the phone and enable usb mode, it doesn't show up under "storage devices", where it should be if the xbox recognized it.
I already tried formatting the drive to fat32, and still no luck... Any help?
you need to install drivers to mount storage on a pc, so I'm guessing it won't work on a 360 for that reason
Try "mass storage only mode" under SD Card and Phone storage in settings!
omarsalmin said:
you need to install drivers to mount storage on a pc, so I'm guessing it won't work on a 360 for that reason
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Ah. That does make sense. :/
I did try the solution that the poster above mentioned, but it still didn't work. Looks like I'm off to walmart to go buy myself a sandisk usb.
If anyone else has a solution or any ideas, it's never too late to post them. Maybe someone else will try in the future.
Ah darn, I had heard that would mount the external SD card on a PC without any drivers, but haven't tried it myself yet. You are using an external SD card?
Its not just the drivers. I know for a fact My 360 would read my stock G1 and with the earliest cyanogen roms, posibly as well with my N1.
once the rumors started about the "zune phone" which became the windows 7 phone media sync broke and xbox wouldnt see any of the phones. long story short M$ blocked you so W7 phones have an advantage
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Its not just the drivers. I know for a fact My 360 would read my stock G1 and with the earliest cyanogen roms, posibly as well with my N1.
once the rumors started about the "zune phone" which became the windows 7 phone media sync broke and xbox wouldnt see any of the phones. long story short M$ blocked you so W7 phones have an advantage
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My car has a USB port and I can plugin to it USB thumb drives and I could also plugin my old MyTouch 3G to it and I could play music off of them.
I cannot play music on my phone through the USB port. I assumed it was because of the drivers issue, which is REALLY unfortunate because that was great functionality...
Anyone know if these issues persist after rooting and loading a Cyanogen rom?
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My car has a USB port and I can plugin to it USB thumb drives and I could also plugin my old MyTouch 3G to it and I could play music off of them.
I cannot play music on my phone through the USB port. I assumed it was because of the drivers issue, which is REALLY unfortunate because that was great functionality...
Anyone know if these issues persist after rooting and loading a Cyanogen rom?
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That isnt what this thread is about. this is about the ability for xbox to read android phones. it used to, but now it does not.
your issue could be one of a few things. anything from your specific rom to making sure mass storage mode is checked or mounting the USB when prompted. Im not sure how yours works as I prefer the AUX on my head unit
Apologies, I searched the forums and stumbled onto this, as I read through i thought it could be related and put in a reply.
I never get the prompt on my phone to mount it...which is what prompted me to search the forums. I'll keep looking
Assuming I hire the right people, how hard would it be to take a usb device plugged into a tablet running honeycomb (that can accept usb host) and write software/driver for it?
Thanks in advance!
Hi,
I realize that there might be an answer to this already, however I have been searching for a while and no such answer has presented itself. I have come across other threads on this forum that explain how to get in. However my concern is that these are really old posts and perhaps point to an older version of Android?!? The reason I didn't follow those tutorials is I am afraid of wiping off any data that might exist on the phone (which is not something I would like to do!!!)
So it is as follows:
LG NEXUS 4 - 02 NETWORK UK
NOT ROOTED
STOCK EVERYTHING
USB DEBUGGING DISABLED
CRACKED SCREEN\DIGITZER - NO TOUCH RESPONSES ACCEPTED
So my question is this, can I access the files on here including all music/photos/contacts/messages etc and back up to a WINDOWS PC. Please forgive me if my responses sound noobish to you, as I am not familiar with Android, so might ask some daft questions.
Thanks in Advance
Anybody? I fear for trying anything as I do not wish to loose pictures etc.
Stock Everything
Not Rooted
No USB Debugging Enabled
Can I enable usb debugging through adb?
you do not need usb debugging enabled to transfer data from device to pc, my question is, when you plug your device into your pc, does your computer recognize it as a mass storage device and can you see your phone in the list of devices with removable storage ?
I'm trying to help a relative with a broken screen Samsung who did NOT enable Developer options USB debugging.
I searched over 200 XDA threads with the same problem set, where the answer seems to be always the same.
If you didn't turn on USB debugging, you can't turn it on after the fact
However... I'm a firm believer that there is (almost) always a workaround...
For example, what happens if you connect Android to Linux over USB?
I don't have Linux but someone out there might who can run this test and answer the question.
Q: Can you access Android storage from Linux even if you did NOT turn on USB Debugging?
what should happen? same as in windows - nothing. you might have better luck connecting it to TV