Wondering why people say the lack of sd card is no go when theirs usb on the go
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usb-otg is nice but you have to carry around at least one more "device".
a sdcard is installed "once" and you never have to think about it again.
Hello, the answer for your question is, when the device you are using acts as a host for any of external storage, the *battery drain* is alot faster than normal condition and obviously you cannot charge it at the same time. The phone can withstands that condition for about 20-30 minutes. So the USB OTG Is a no go as compared to SDCard.
If battery is not the issue, go for it!!!
Also if you are thinking of forcefully adding OTG capability to your device using root permissions, THINK TWICE. It may cause damage/ burning of internal hardware.
Hope I helped you.
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I really thought USB OTG was nice, until I realized that you would have no way to charge to device while watching a movie.
If you're listening to songs then it's a hassle to have that extra wire and drive sticking out from the phone.
However, USB OTG is still very useful for being able to have a keyboard to type with when you don't have access to a computer
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I restored to stock using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112555
then rooted it using super one click and then backing up my recovery file and using 3e recovery file...then downloaded rom manager and used that to install bionix rom but same issues I have had since getting my infuse...I will download apps and in the middle of them installing, my phone will reboot and delete random apps...I've unrooted and tried a couple times...so do I just have a bum device? I've moved the apps to phone memory also. They delete also when simply just rebooting my device. It seems over time that it becomes the same apps that delete while others will stay.
I have tried searching but couldn't come up with much. I am going to attempt to unroot and then try it all over again.
EDIT: Finished and it is still removing apps with every reboot...guess the phones going back.
....move problem apps to phone instead of sd.
Is it doing the samething under stock ? And have u tried installing from .apk instead of market?
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I move them all right away to the phone memory and when I first got the phone I noticed it was doing it when it was stock also. I read somewhere about a certain number of phones having a problem with the LCD at the very bottom where it looked like txt rolling under old warped glass? It's not noticeable unless your looking for it...but if there was a bad batch of phones maybe this is related?
Fee454 said:
I move them all right away to the phone memory and when I first got the phone I noticed it was doing it when it was stock also. I read somewhere about a certain number of phones having a problem with the LCD at the very bottom where it looked like txt rolling under old warped glass? It's not noticeable unless your looking for it...but if there was a bad batch of phones maybe this is related?
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I would say take it back bro
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Yea that's my only other option. I'm nearing my 30 day return so i'll have to this week.
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I copied all my photos and zedge ringtones to my external sd card and it is not showing up on my phone when I search. In fact nothing I have ever put there besides a couple divx's that I put there actually stay. I have a 32gb sandisk class 2.
Am I missing something simple here or is my phone just a lemon. First time android user.
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I.dont think.sounds like its not scanning media
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I.dont think.sounds like its not scanning media
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Picks up on my moviefiles and a couple youtube downloaded vids but most things I copy over from my pc dont show up. It looks like it used up the space tho.
I un mounted and remounted too. Says scanning media/completed
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I.would unformat wipe your card mount it. Then let.media scanner run.whens it done open settings and select usb debugging and check.unknown sources.try that if you havent yet
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I.would unformat wipe your card mount it. Then let.media scanner run.whens it done open settings and select usb debugging and check.unknown sources.try that if you havent yet
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Usb debugging and unknown sources are already checked. I will reformat card and try that. I'm at work so I'll have to verify that it worked once I'm home
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Fee454 said:
I copied all my photos and zedge ringtones to my external sd card and it is not showing up on my phone when I search. In fact nothing I have ever put there besides a couple divx's that I put there actually stay. I have a 32gb sandisk class 2.
Am I missing something simple here or is my phone just a lemon. First time android user.
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Here is a suggestion.
Put your phone into mass storage mode and copy/backup everything on your external sd card to your computer.
Unplug usb go to settings>applications>development and disable USB debugging, then plug in USB cable from computer, and select mass storage mode.
Then open "computer or my computer" on your pc and find your external sd card drive icon.
Right click mouse on the icon and select "format"
(be 100% sure that the drive you are formatting is your external sdcard)
After you are sure of that, uncheck the box which says "quick format" leave all other options alone and start the format, when its done formatting
copy all the files you backed up to your external sd card and I am almost certain that after doing this you will have no problems with your external sdcard.
Good luck!
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Here is a suggestion.
Put your phone into mass storage mode and copy/backup everything on your external sd card to your computer.
Unplug usb go to settings>applications>development and disable USB debugging, then plug in USB cable from computer, and select mass storage mode.
Then open "computer or my computer" on your pc and find your external sd card drive icon.
Right click mouse on the icon and select "format"
(be 100% sure that the drive you are formatting is your external sdcard)
After you are sure of that, uncheck the box which says "quick format" leave all other options alone and start the format, when its done formatting
copy all the files you backed up to your external sd card and I am almost certain that after doing this you will have no problems with your external sdcard.
Good luck!
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I will try that once I'm home from work thanks for everyones responses. One question is my phone is now in ext4 format I believe. Would that cause any kind of issue?
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Formatting my 32gb now....I purchased it off a coworker who cannot use it in his phone...it is currently in fat32 format...is that right? I'm not sure if that is how it came or if he formatted it that way.
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Formatting my 32gb now....I purchased it off a coworker who cannot use it in his phone...it is currently in fat32 format...is that right? I'm not sure if that is how it came or if he formatted it that way.
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Thats fine
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I thought it was fixed. Rebooted all last night and all apps stayed. I just rebooted a few min ago and 5 apps are now deleted. First android experience is not a good one. I really wanted give this a chance too.
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Its not android. Don't let a bad device mess up your opinion of this phone and definitely not android as a whole. Just exchange and your issues will go away.
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Its not android. Don't let a bad device mess up your opinion of this phone and definitely not android as a whole. Just exchange and your issues will go away.
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Yeah that's what im going to do. Just frustrating.
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OK so by my name you can see where I came from. I started with the atrix and it sucked , very unhappy with that phone. Went back into my iPhone 4. Then tried the HTC inspire, crashed non stop , very dissapointing. Nothing seemed to measure up and facetime was something I missed big time. Back to my iPhone those phones lasted 4 weeks combined. I have been in this phone for 3 weeks and while I look for.things I was use too some, its overall a better phone for me than iPhone. Like the SMS apps, customization better, the screen being bigger is a huge one. The 8 MPH camera is awesome. Used a pic I took for my website and it looks great. Multiple launchers to give you the feel you want. I get some force closes , but my ios did too. I was jailbroken so I could use my phone to the fullest.
The speed of this phone is great and I am sold on android after this. That's just my thoughts I would say u have a bad unit and give it another shot. I will get the galaxy s2 when it arrives. If the iPhone 5 isnt 4.2" I wont even sniff it, unless there is chocolate on it.
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OK so by my name you can see where I came from. I started with the atrix and it sucked , very unhappy with that phone. Went back into my iPhone 4. Then tried the HTC inspire, crashed non stop , very dissapointing. Nothing seemed to measure up and facetime was something I missed big time. Back to my iPhone those phones lasted 4 weeks combined. I have been in this phone for 3 weeks and while I look for.things I was use too some, its overall a better phone for me than iPhone. Like the SMS apps, customization better, the screen being bigger is a huge one. The 8 MPH camera is awesome. Used a pic I took for my website and it looks great. Multiple launchers to give you the feel you want. I get some force closes , but my ios did too. I was jailbroken so I could use my phone to the fullest.
The speed of this phone is great and I am sold on android after this. That's just my thoughts I would say u have a bad unit and give it another shot. I will get the galaxy s2 when it arrives. If the iPhone 5 isnt 4.2" I wont even sniff it, unless there is chocolate on it.
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Good to know. I hope my replacement infuse works the way it should. I will be exchanging it in about 6 hours.
Hello everyone.
I'm looking for a solution to solve that problem, as Im away to holiday in Austraila, for three weeks. Whooot! I'll be staying in hotel in various of places.
So I have three device
iPad 3 (not jailbreaked, and don't want jailbreaked )
iPod 2 gen ( jailbreaked) ( happy to change any settings on iPod)
HTC sensation. Happy to mod and change ANY settings to enable USB host,
CCK device.
I thought of dropbox but I was worried about costly of wifi around in Aussie and probably don't have time to wait till all photo were uploaded. My camera is Fujifilm Finepix f10 and limited to 2gb of xD card. (don't want to buy new camera)
I do have a laptop but I perfer to bring iPad and leave laptop at home as I want to travel light.
If your sensation supports usb host mode then buy a host cable and a usb card reader, the sensation will read the card then just bluetooth to the other devices
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If your sensation supports usb host mode then buy a host cable and a usb card reader, the sensation will read the card then just bluetooth to the other devices
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I believe my sensation doesnt support USB host device.
Another option would be to get an mirco sd card to sd card adaptor plug in an xgb in to the adaptor use it in the camera and at the end of the day put the card in the phone and send it were ever
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Another option would be to get an mirco sd card to sd card adaptor plug in an xgb in to the adaptor use it in the camera and at the end of the day put the card in the phone and send it were ever
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Can't, my camera is not compaitable with microsd card, however what is the cheapest mobile phone that have USB Host. There seems to be a solution.
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I believe my sensation doesnt support USB host device.
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With the latest kernel from SebastianFM, you can have OTG, but you must have a powered cable.
USB OTG for the HTC Sensation on ICS Sense ROMs
I meant use an sd card adaptor.
The ones that convert mirco sd to sd card size that should work.
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i'm looking at getting this 1tb external hard drive and using it with my OTG cable, but i'm not sure if the phone will detect that there is that much space available.
here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Port...TF8&colid=1TWXTHTS82EGP&coliid=I2WMSUSP2F8AXK
I don't think it's gonna work cause such a hard drive needs power and it didn't work for me
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even if it's usb powered?
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even if it's usb powered?
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Your phone probably can't power it. You are also gonna have problems with the file system
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jhoutz said:
Your phone probably can't power it. You are also gonna have problems with the file system
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i thought about the file system too. i read that i'd have to separate it into a bunch of different partitions
I install the usb connector and insert a usb memory and copy some files, everything works fine. Until the next time I want to do it. Then the connector is recognized but the usb memory is not. Inserting it revokes no response from the system. I'm forced to reboot in order to see the memory stick again. I always tap the memory stick reminder in the notification bar before removing it. Does anyone else encounter the same problem?
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I install the usb connector and insert a usb memory and copy some files, everything works fine. Until the next time I want to do it. Then the connector is recognized but the usb memory is not. Inserting it revokes no response from the system. I'm forced to reboot in order to see the memory stick again. I always tap the memory stick reminder in the notification bar before removing it. Does anyone else encounter the same problem?
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I don't generally have an issue but I'm not rooted.
Is it formatted as fat32 or exfat?
There was an app in a post just like this one that someone recommended to help with this issue.
Issue noted in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033084&highlight=usb+memory
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I'm not rooted, stock all the way. I'll have to check the USB stuck since I'm not sure what the formatting is, but I believe I formatted it on my Win 7 laptop and that may default to exfat.
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Nope, a lot actually default to NTFS...
Did you just rip it out of the note or stop the usb drive from inside settings>storage usb drive>unmount? This may make a difference...
I unmounted it, but from the notification bar, the system responded by saying that the stick was safely removed. Could it be the OTG adapter? I use the one I got with my GT-P3113 but they are both Samsung tablets and it is recognized when inserted.
Should mention that I use the usbstock in my Transformer without any problems so I doubt that it is the formatting.
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I unmounted it, but from the notification bar, the system responded by saying that the stick was safely removed. Could it be the OTG adapter? I use the one I got with my GT-P3113 but they are both Samsung tablets and it is recognized when inserted.
Should mention that I use the usbstock in my Transformer without any problems so I doubt that it is the formatting.
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Im having the same issue. Exact same conditions.
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Kumabjorn said:
I install the usb connector and insert a usb memory and copy some files, everything works fine. Until the next time I want to do it. Then the connector is recognized but the usb memory is not. Inserting it revokes no response from the system. I'm forced to reboot in order to see the memory stick again. I always tap the memory stick reminder in the notification bar before removing it. Does anyone else encounter the same problem?
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Can tell us exactly what kind of memory and the brand that you are having issues with?
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kkretch said:
Can tell us exactly what kind of memory and the brand that you are having issues with?
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It is a 64 GB USB memory stick. Buffalo from Japn, but made in China.
Works like a charm on my ASUS Transformer.
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OTG host cable support for input devices on Jelly Bean is spotty. As was noted in the Google Code forums in January, Google has now modified it's Nexus specs page to drop references to OTG, BT support now is the only method mentioned for attaching devices. http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41206
I have a galaxy note 10.1 model number gt-n8013. I bought a usb adapter for it. When I plug the adapter in to the note it tells me "usb connecter connected" however when I plug a usb drive nothing happens. It literally is like I did not plug anything in. The drive is not found in my file manager. I have tried several usb thumbdrives and they are all the same. I have tried fat32 and ntfs formats. According to samsung they should be in fat32. I have tried stickmount and a 3rd party file manager as well with no luck.
Last week I went in to best buy and talked with their samsung people and the geek squad. We tried everything we could think of and 1 hour later still no luck. I am at a loss for what to do.
My device is not rooted. Would a difderent rom allow me to mount a usb drive? The device is supposed to be able to mount one already but it is not working.
Any help is very much appreciated!
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Anyone?
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No one has any input? Is there a better place to post this question?
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