hey im goin to install my tab 2 7.0 into my car. and im going to be hooking my external hard up to it. do i need a special usb y cable to do it?
Yep, maar you will need an y-cable to supply power to your hard drive as the tab is not able to supply the juice the drive needs. I have used this configuration myself and it works like a charm.
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I have one of those cheapo China USB adapters.
It works fine recognizing my storage when i hook up a pendrive but now i tried it with an external 2,5mm HDD and it didn't get recognized. im guessing the tab doesn't provide the HDD with enough power for it to run.
here my question: is it just my cheapo china usb adapter? does someone have the official samsung one and could try it out and see if external drive (without power chords) are supported?
would be awesome!
No, it won't work, there's simply not enough amps to power that.
I suggest getting a powered USB hub then making a battery pack for it (I'll get around to taking a picture of mine - I use it with my N900 and 8.9 with USB HDDs, DVD drives and USB data cards.)
yeah i imagined sth like that.
i have a usb hub but i was hoping to just use the drive by itself.
would be interesting to see your battery pack hack! please post some pictures!
Looking forward to seeing this battery pack
I have tried it a couple of times but the battery pack i made did not last very long
Why would you need a hub? Most come with a dual USB cable. Plug the main one into the tab adapter and the other one into a battery pack with USB. Should be a touch less cumbersome and you don't need to build anything, unless you really want to.
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Hurrian said:
No, it won't work, there's simply not enough amps to power that.
I suggest getting a powered USB hub then making a battery pack for it (I'll get around to taking a picture of mine - I use it with my N900 and 8.9 with USB HDDs, DVD drives and USB data cards.)
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So, this 8'9 can work with external hdd?
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Declan79 said:
So, this 8'9 can work with external hdd?
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yes, as long as you can power the drive separately.
Declan79 said:
So, this 8'9 can work with external hdd?
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The drive must also be formated with FAT32. The GT Tab won't read NTFS.
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yes, as long as you can power the drive separately.
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Well, im thinking to change my 7gtab to 8'9 or 7'7 and it would be awesome to had an hdd running with it
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crazycranky said:
The drive must also be formated with FAT32. The GT Tab won't read NTFS.
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So The file on the hdd must be fat32?
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Declan79 said:
So The file on the hdd must be fat32?
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Unless you install CM9 which supports NTFS (read-only) on the 8.9 tab.
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Unless you install CM9 which supports NTFS (read-only) on the 8.9 tab.
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Ok, dan now I'm running on cm9(rc1) but it still on my gt p1000, is it the same way?
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I would like to use USB Thumb-Flash Drives like they are doing with the Nexus 7 with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. It is the GT-P3113 using recent CM10 - Android 4.1.1. I have tried the USB connector as noted below to connect the tablet and with its OEM cord to a USB drive and does not work or recognize it. I have used other drives and have tried using Stickmount app. I have tried to search for specific info, found some post that the idea is possible but can't find any details how. I have seen a possible connector USB OTG but don't know the difference. Any details as to how would be much appreciated thanks.
SANOXY USB A Female / A Female Adaptor / Coupler
http://www.amazon.com/SANOXY-USB-Fe...OXY+USB+A+Female+/+A+Female+Adaptor+/+Coupler
You need a USB OTG cable (the gender changer may work, but im not sure it will enable host mode, the otg cable definitely does). You can get them for two pounds / dollars on ebay. I am using mine with a 32gb usb stick.
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Search for 5in1 tab otg in google and buy it you may also need paragon app (free) from google play
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I picked up a one point five terabyte Seagate drive for 90 bucks from Costco last week mainly for my lappy but I was wondering is there a way to physically hook it to my tab?FTP is of course what I've been using but what about when there's no wifi?
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This is what you want: http://dx.com/p/usb-otg-adapter-cab...10-1-gt-n8000-galaxy-tab-2-p5100-black-154407
Thanks a million!
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This is what you want: http://dx.com/p/usb-otg-adapter-cab...10-1-gt-n8000-galaxy-tab-2-p5100-black-154407
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Are all 30-pin USB connectors created equally, or is an OTG cable different?
They are different. OTG has ground and sense shortened.
If your drive is powered from USB beware that this will not work. Drive must be externally powered.
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They are different. OTG has ground and sense shortened.
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Thanks. Sorry - what do you mean "sense"?
Maybe a USB splitter?
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Micro USB has a pin called sense.
Swyped on my Galaxy Note 10.1
Im using an powered USB-4port Hub over the OTG with my Note 10.1.. I'm able to use my 2TB USB HD without any issues
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Micro USB has a pin called sense.
Swyped on my Galaxy Note 10.1
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Thanks.
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Im using an powered USB-4port Hub over the OTG with my Note 10.1.. I'm able to use my 2TB USB HD without any issues
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Where to get powered one, and is it powered by a charger or a battery
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Powered USB charger
hoss_n2 said:
Where to get powered one, and is it powered by a charger or a battery
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I got a cheap powered USB hub from Amazon (like http://www.amazon.co.uk/BG-Network-...35?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1354711206&sr=1-35) and it works fine ... just ensure you are taking a charger with sufficiant power to support your HD!
Hi Guys,
I try to connect my external hard disk in my phone using stick mount and my mobile hangs. Is it possible to connect my phone to a external hard disk? Is there any other app i can use to connect to the hard disk. I am using OTG connect kit.
Hard disk available in 3.0 and 5.0 and above .. its not allow to connect with mobile or any other low device that cant hold .. pendrives are 2.0 data transferable so thats the reason u cant connect more den 2.0 data transfer device .. try another hard disk .. there are so many hard disk are available in the market which is data transferable amount of 2.0 hit thanks if i helped
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Hi,
What is 2.0? is it usb 2.0 or 2mbps data transfer speed? tell me any hard disk names, so that i can try.
actually 3.0 and 5.0 is a series of hard disks . yeah So many hard disk are available in market but i dont really know about that which one is better for u .. try trancend or seagate ( it has very low memory rather then other heavy hard disk drives .. hope it will work in your case
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You need a y-cable to power the hard drive externally. The phone itself will never be able to power the harddrive. I use it on the road sometimes to transfer movies to and from my phone.
This has nothing to do with the hard drive being 2.0 or 3.0. The drive needs power to work. The phone can't provide enough power.
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U need a cable that can power the hard disk....
I have made one for myself and use it with my WD hardisk
If u want i can explain how i hav made it...
Or u can just get it from market,
bt i like my own creations so i made it on my own
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Hi,
Please explain to me i would like to try it.
hi vevryone, i would like 2 know if there is a way to mirror my pc on galaxy s3 with MHL (that way i'll able 2 c my windows on my phone, like splashtop app, etc.)
Thanks in advance
Im not sure but it might work with a laptop, just connect it using hdmi to hdmi cable.
I would try this my self but i dont have the mhl adapter and i've got an s4 mini so i wouldn't be sure it'd work with the s3. GL :thumbup::thumbup:
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I didn't get it
y Just a laptop and not a desktop computer? (thnx 4 reply)