Hi.
Now and then I use my OTG connnector for things such as a pendrive or my xbox 360 controller.
I'm having a hard time fot the tablet to read them so I found my work around is to reset my device and then connect either one of them and not as intended....kind of annoying of course.
Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong ?
Thanks
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With the latest Galaxy Note 10.1 update in the UK, suddenly I can't run the PS3 controller or USB Memory card reader that I used previous to the update. Fortunately, though, they both still work on my Galaxy Note phone. I would be interested in finding out if there is a workaround to get USB OTG working again on my 10.1
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From everything I've read, OTG is problematic on JB 4.1.2. Some report certain OTG cables work while some report that none work. The bad news is that Google broke Bluetooth on JB 4.2 and still can't resolve that issue with the latest release. Truthfully, I'm happy to sit back and let Nexus device users discover major bugs introduced in the constant stream of updates that Google pushes out. They end up doing the beta testing that Google doesn't seem to do very well in house. I wish Google would take the time to thoroughly beta test in house and only release an annual update. They really have egg on their faces with the Bluetooth fiasco.
Otg is working for me with 4.1.2 stock, rooted N8010XXUCMA8
I tried samsung usb connector, powered usb hub with wireless keyboard/mouse, thumbdrive fat32, and hard drive (one partition ext4).
All worked together. Windows fat formatted partitions on thumbdrive and hard drive mounted automatically, ext4 mounted ok manually.
OTG works for me also... My main issue is that sometimes I have to reboot my tablet in order to get my pen drive or Xbox controller working... A little annoying
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Nexus Media Importer
I tested the Nexus Media Impoter App on my Note 10.1 German Stockrom (ma8)..
And now I can read from my hard drive with external power ,which is formated to NTFS..
The problem is that after I connected the hard drive to my note 10.1 it shows me a notification : Clear Storage or something like that..
please don´t touch on it ! after a few seconds pops up a message from nexus media importer in the middle of the screen to accept media importer as default app.. after that Nexus media importer starts and i can read on my hard drive
The App lets you only read and copy (not tested yet) from the hard drive!!!
To close the app tap on settings in the top right corner and chose disconnect !!
The app will close and the " Clear Storage" notification will show up but that doesn´t matter my hard drive was succesfully disconnected.
I hope I could help someone who want only read from his hard drive
ah and video plays very smooth
last but not least i don´t know if it works for everyone!!
sorry for my bad english
greetz
mantrajt said:
OTG works for me also... My main issue is that sometimes I have to reboot my tablet in order to get my pen drive or Xbox controller working... A little annoying
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At times like these I use USB Host Diagnostics by Chainfire
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493325
just tap on Star diagnostics and it should reset whatever that is stuck, no need for system reboot
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Ok....thanks for that one...gonna try it !
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mantrajt said:
Hi.
Now and then I use my OTG connnector for things such as a pendrive or my xbox 360 controller.
I'm having a hard time fot the tablet to read them so I found my work around is to reset my device and then connect either one of them and not as intended....kind of annoying of course.
Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong ?
Thanks
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Do this.
Unplug your otg cable from you galaxy note 10.1
Download an app called "usb otg helper" (the free version) from the google play store.
Run the app
Plug you usb drive into your otg cable
Plug your otg cable into your galaxy note 10.1
A window will pop up. Check the box that say something along the lines of "let usb otg helper handle all usb devices plugged into this device"
A file manager window should open on top of the usb otg helper app (astro file manager popped up on my screen)
In that file manage window, navigate to your storage folder. Is your storage folder, you should see sdcard01 (this is your internal sd card [16gig or 32 gig, depending on which version of the tablet you bought]), extsdcard (if you have an external sd card loaded in your slot), and UsbDriveA (the usb drive you plugged into your otg cable)
If you checked the box that asked if you want usb otg helper to handle all of your usb devices, the usb otg helper app will always automatically mount your usb drive everytime you plug in your usb drive via the otg cable.
IMPORTANT NOTE
in order for your galaxy note 10.1 to recognize your usb drive, YOU MUST PLUG YOUR USB DRIVE INTO YOUR OTG CABLE before YOU PLUG YOUR OTG CABLE INTO YOUR TABLET.
otherwise your tablet will only recognize the otg cable, and not the usb device.
I need more time to figure out the deal with the ps3 controller.
My HTC One S used to recognize my ps3 controller at one point and now the same ps3 controller is not being recognized by my galaxy note 10.1 or my htc one s.
I think that my problem with my ps3 controller has something to do with me getting the ps3 controller to work with games on my windows pc.
Once I figure out the solution to the ps3 controller issue, I'll post it here.
Ir this helped you, hit the thanks buttom.
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mantrajt said:
Hi.
Now and then I use my OTG connnector for things such as a pendrive or my xbox 360 controller.
I'm having a hard time fot the tablet to read them so I found my work around is to reset my device and then connect either one of them and not as intended....kind of annoying of course.
Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong ?
Thanks
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Do this.
Unplug your otg cable from you galaxy note 10.1
Download an app called "usb otg helper" (the free version) from the google play store.
Run the app
Plug you usb drive into your otg cable
Plug your otg cable inyo uour galaxy note 10.1
A window will pop up. Check the box that say something along the lines of "let usb otg helper handle all usb devices plugged into this device"
A file manager window should open on top of the usb otg helper app (astro file manager popped up on my screen)
In that file manage window, navigate to your storage folder. Is your storage folder, you should see sdcard01 (this is your internal sd card [16gig or 32 gig, depending on which version of the tablet you bought]), extsdcard (if you have an external sd card loaded in your slot), and UsbDriveA (the usb drive you plugged into your otg cable)
If you checked the box that asked if you want usb otg helper to handle all of your usb devices, the usb otg helper app will always automatically mount your usb drive everytime you plug in your usb drive via the otg cable.
IMPORTANT NOTE
in order for your galaxy note 10.1 to recognize your usb drive, YOU MUST PLUG YOUR USB DRIVE INTO YOUR OTG CABLE before YOU PLUG YOUR OTG CABLE INTO YOUR TABLET.
otherwise your tablet will only recognize the otg cable, and not the usb device.n
Inneed mor3 time to figure out the deal with the ps3 controller.
My HTC One S used to recognize my ps3 controller at one point and now the same ps3 conntroller is not being recognized by my galaxy note 10.1 or my htc one s.
Once I figure out the solution to the ps3 controller issue, I'll post it here.
Ir this helped you, hit the thanks buttom.
denialnw10 said:
With the latest Galaxy Note 10.1 update in the UK, suddenly I can't run the PS3 controller or USB Memory card reader that I used previous to the update. Fortunately, though, they both still work on my Galaxy Note phone. I would be interested in finding out if there is a workaround to get USB OTG working again on my 10.1
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it's the reason why i will never upgrade to jellybean on my note 10.1 i play a lot of gta 3 on it and i don't want to use the touch screen for controls, that would be horrible, i'm hoping that with 4.3 hopefully the problem can be resolved but i won't hold my breath on that matter.
Doesn't work for me, unfortunately. USB devices are only recognized immedeately after a reboot. The OTG helper app doesn't change that.
Mine works well on stock rooted. With a usb hub with 2 8gb pen drives, one formated to ntfs.
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hi guys,
does anyone knows how to access a usb external hdd with galaxy tab2 10.1?
ı've bought OTG cable. I tired several things with OTG and Y-usb cable. but i couldnt manage to do it.
the error on tablet is "high power usb device connected"
does anyone connected a usb external hdd to galaxy tab2? what is the method? do i have to root?
thanks in advance.
I use an external hard drive to move files to my AT&T Tab 2. It is not rooted. The error you are getting is most likely the tab cannot power the external hard drive. If your hard drive does not have a separate power connection try connecting it through a powered hub. My drive has the y cable. One is for power and the other is for data connection. It works just fine. At home or work I connect the power to my pc or Tab charger and in my car I have powered USB.
Also the OTG does not support NTFS so you will have to use a 32GB or under drive or find some way to format it Fat32
Agoattamer said:
I use an external hard drive to move files to my AT&T Tab 2. It is not rooted. The error you are getting is most likely the tab cannot power the external hard drive. If your hard drive does not have a separate power connection try connecting it through a powered hub. My drive has the y cable. One is for power and the other is for data connection. It works just fine. At home or work I connect the power to my pc or Tab charger and in my car I have powered USB.
Also the OTG does not support NTFS so you will have to use a 32GB or under drive or find some way to format it Fat32
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Thank you for the answer.
i understand that OTG + Ycable + tab charger is the solution for me.
if i use fat32 500gb usb external hdd, is it ok?
I would assume yes since my drive is a HP 500GB pocket media drive.
Hey,
I yesterday bought a WD My Passport Ultra Portable 1TB External Hard Disc keeping in mind that I be able to connect it to my tab 2. After I got the HD I used my OTG Cable to connect my HD to the Tab ( I Already Formatted the HD to FAT32 ) and after connecting the OTG cable to Tab and HD the LED on my HD glows for a second and then Turns off. After the LED turns off my tab shows a message in the Notification bar Removed SD Card Something like that. Please Note that I am using WD MY PASSPORT ULTRA 2.5inch 1TB External hard drive, As it's says that it doesn't need an External power supply
Please Help me with your Suggestions how can I connect the HD to my tab?
Thanks in advance.. :good:
This happens because the tablet don`t provide enough power to the HDD, if you are on stock ROM, there should be a notification about "high power device" or something like that. I have the same issue with my HDD and 3G Dongle.
You can try with the battery fully charged or with a powered USB hub.
The Loko said:
This happens because the tablet don`t provide enough power to the HDD, if you are on stock ROM, there should be a notification about "high power device" or something like that. I have the same issue with my HDD and 3G Dongle.
You can try with the battery fully charged or with a powered USB hub.
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I am Running CM 11. something like that appeared once when I was on stock rom and tried to connect a USB joystick and it showed me that that message
Anyways now I think I need to spend some more bucks for a power hub
OTG Harddrive
beingawesome said:
Hey,
I yesterday bought a WD My Passport Ultra Portable 1TB External Hard Disc keeping in mind that I be able to connect it to my tab 2. After I got the HD I used my OTG Cable to connect my HD to the Tab ( I Already Formatted the HD to FAT32 ) and after connecting the OTG cable to Tab and HD the LED on my HD glows for a second and then Turns off. After the LED turns off my tab shows a message in the Notification bar Removed SD Card Something like that. Please Note that I am using WD MY PASSPORT ULTRA 2.5inch 1TB External hard drive, As it's says that it doesn't need an External power supply
Please Help me with your Suggestions how can I connect the HD to my tab?
Thanks in advance.. :good:
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I don't think it's as much a power problem as Android doesn't support anything but fat32 natively. If you have an older win98 computer, you could fdisk it to fat32, and read the full 1 TB. but android will only write to a 32gb fat32 disk. An option would be connect the drive to a
windows xp or newer computer and use OBEX Commander on windows with bluetooth to move files to the Tab via bluetooth, but it's slow.
Hi I made this thread to find out how I can get USB OTG to work. I have cm 11 s3 mini and want to control my phone by a remote and plug ? flash drives in but have no idea how this works. Also if you could provide a link for a USB OTG cable it would be greatly appreciated. thank you
AndroidGangster said:
Hi I made this thread to find out how I can get USB OTG to work. I have cm 11 s3 mini and want to control my phone by a remote and plug ? flash drives in but have no idea how this works. Also if you could provide a link for a USB OTG cable it would be greatly appreciated. thank you
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Hi
Its just plug and play. You plug in the USB OTG cable to the phone's micro USB port and on the other end its a female USB port (the same like in your laptop or pc). So you just put in a pen drive and it will get detected on its own. You can open a file manager app and access it, or you can access it directly from any of your other apps (for example if you use MX player for seeing videos then the pen drive videos will automatically load up in the app as well).
To control your phone remotely I am guessing you mean keyboard/mouse?
If you plug in a mouse, a cursor shows up the next second and you have a working mouse. Same with a keyboard, works on its own. If you want to use both together, you need a wireless keyboard and mouse so that you can plug in the dongle to the otg cable, and then both the keyboard and mouse will instantly start working.
If you have a PS3 controller you can even connect that to your phone and use it to play many games - but this does not work via plug and play, you need to follow instructions to set this up and you can search on xda or google for that.
If you search USB OTG on amazon or ebay you will find loads of places to buy it from in your country.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...0.TRC0.H0.Xusb+otg.TRS0&_nkw=usb+otg&_sacat=0
I know they make the SanDisk dual end android otg flash drive that supposed work without proprietary software ,but I also know that particular one is junk.
I got a sandisk extreme pro and ordered the otg cable separate Will this work transferring files once plugged in or does this otg..a tuff only work wirh a certain dedicated type of flash drive and or app that's needed on top of the flash drive .
My theory once I get it was plug in the otg cable that's connected to the sandisk drive and attach the micro usb end to s6 I should see the drive inside a file manager app .But some YouTube videos show the usb otg dual drive not coming up within the phones settings or storage options .
Has anyone used a regular flash drive with otg cable to transfer and what's the method ?
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Hi, i recently get a mi tv stick, it only come will 8GB internal storage and with no spare usb port to connect external drive, so i get myself a Y-splitter to hook up my thumb drive.
however, MI TV Stick cannot detect it, i try to use FS explorer to check, but it shown ' this device does not appear to support the android storage access framework:
anyone know how to fix it?
Hi There i am facing the same problem - USB Stick not recognized by MI TV Stick - furthermore it is not even powered since the blue LED is not on (working with Fire TV Stick)
This is what I tried so far:
1.) use USB OTG Checker apk --> result: Device support USB OTG
2.) Contact Xiammi about this issue - reply:
I would like to inform you that the Xiaomi Mi TV Stick has a micro-USB port which unfortunately is not OTG and is not suitable for connecting other peripherals.
Is there a "workaround" to this issue?
Thanks for your reply
Any updates with getting OTG to work on the Mi stick?