I have xoom mz 601 everest. i have rooted it, with latest rom 153.
there is no problem in my usb otg, I am using it to view files from my normal usb drive.
but there is this one thing. I can't make my external hard disk to work.
After i connect it to the usb otg, it looks fine and i can see that the power is not an issue, because it runs just like plugging it in a laptop.
but then, the xoom, notifies me saying, "SD card is damage. Try reformatting it",
the external hard disk works well in my laptop, i know there is no real damage in it.
How can I make it work in my xoom?
makwell24 said:
I have xoom mz 601 everest. i have rooted it, with latest rom 153.
there is no problem in my usb otg, I am using it to view files from my normal usb drive.
but there is this one thing. I can't make my external hard disk to work.
After i connect it to the usb otg, it looks fine and i can see that the power is not an issue, because it runs just like plugging it in a laptop.
but then, the xoom, notifies me saying, "SD card is damage. Try reformatting it",
the external hard disk works well in my laptop, i know there is no real damage in it.
How can I make it work in my xoom?
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This has happened to me as well - as a precaution, copy your needed files from your sdcard to your pc for safe keeping. Take the sdcard out of the xoom, place it in a card reader on your pc, bring up the command prompt for that drive.
You can run Check Disk from the command prompt. At a command prompt, you can test the integrity of the "E" drive (whatever your sdcard drive is)" we will use "E" in this example. Typing the following command:
Code:
chkdsk E
To find and repair errors that are found in the "E drive" (your sdcard drive), use the following command:
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chkdsk /f E
That should fix it.
thanks... What i did is just use an app that will mount it, and it mounted as is there is no damage it was said...
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Has anyone tried setting up their sdcard to be a bootable USB Drive that oyu can boot a PC from?
Idea being:
1) Install bootable systemrescuecd or memtest on your sdcard
2) Plug your phone into the pc via usb, mount your sdcard as usb mass storage
3) Turn the computer on and have it boot systemrescuecd or memtest from the phone's sdcard.
I've tried it, but my desktop, eeepc or laptop do not see the Captivate's USB mass storage as a boot device. It has been done on a G1 (since I can't post links, google "g1 pc boot" and click the first link) and I'm trying to do the same on Captivate.
Any ideas?
I dont know, but it seems to me that you would have to make the internal sd card in it bootable. I'd try using the HP USB formatting tool. I use it all the time to make usb thumbdrives bootable. After doing that I'd think you might be able to boot from it.
I did. I didn't use the HP one, but I used multibootisos, which worked fine on my physical thumbdrive. The same process didn't work on the captivate.
Possibly a partition of the drive might work. Then you could format iit to work for your needs.
Nice idea btw
Sent from my captivate
I'm thinking there is an issue (atleast with my phone) showing up as 2 drives. I dunno, I'm fussing with it and getting nowhere.
You get two drives because you have the internal memory and external memory mounted.
When you boot you computer, you need to be able to select the specific usb device to boot off of in bios. Usually you can hit F12 during boot to select it.
Right.. as I said, it worked fine with the physical thumbdrive.
I get why the captivate shows up as 2 devices.
I know how to select the boot device and all that. I'm saying neither of the captivate drives show up as a bootable device despite being setup exactly like the physical thumbdrive that does work as a boot device.
Hi!
I can't seem the usb drive to work with vegan beta4. Is this suppost to work or is it something i must install for it to recognize my usb thumb ?
DaMan said:
Hi!
I can't seem the usb drive to work with vegan beta4. Is this suppost to work or is it something i must install for it to recognize my usb thumb ?
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Not 100 percent sure but i beleive someone said that you need to boot the device with the usb plugged in for it to recognize some drives?
dragonfly1113 said:
Not 100 percent sure but i beleive someone said that you need to boot the device with the usb plugged in for it to recognize some drives?
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I tried that but no result.
thx
It should be listed as usbdrive using your favorite file manager. Usually under
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sdcard
sdcard2
usbdrive
Its not like windows. It doesn't pop up with a window when you plug it in. Flash drive must be formatted fat32. Android doesn't like ntfs
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It should be listed as usbdrive using your favorite file manager. Usually under
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sdcard
sdcard2
usbdrive
Its not like windows. It doesn't pop up with a window when you plug it in. Flash drive must be formatted fat32. Android doesn't like ntfs
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I do see the USB drive bit it's always empty. USB drive is fat32 formatted.
Using a USB mouse works great. I don't get a popup which notifies me about a connected usb drive like my archos 101 did.
Did a little discovery:
When connecting the tab to pc with a usb cable only then a "mount usb" message pops up.
Then a usb drive will work.
Now how do i get the gtab to mount the usb drive ?
I don't think any of these roms are gonna give you a popup when you load a usb drive. I just plugged one in on tnt 3.1 and it reads it thru file manager. I was on vegan beta4 and did the same thing yesterday
Edit: usb disk not usb drive
When you connect a cable from your pc to the tablet the pop up is to allow the tab to unmount the internal sdcard so your pc can read it.
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I don't think any of these roms are gonna give you a popup when you load a usb drive. I just plugged one in on tnt 3.1 and it reads it thru file manager. I was on vegan beta4 and did the same thing yesterday
Edit: usb disk not usb drive
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I do not understand...what is location of the usb files then ?
Open iFileManager and hit the icon that looks like a house. Scroll down and you will find a folder named usbdisk. That is your usb drive. Open the folder. I'm assuming the usb drive is plugged in
thebadfrog said:
Open iFileManager and hit the icon that looks like an icon. Scroll down and you will find a folder named usbdisk. That is your usb drive. Open the folder. I'm assuming the usb drive is plugged in
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/usbdrive is empty.
It becomes populates when i insert a mini usb cable and connect it to the pc.
This give me the mount option and only then i see files under /usbdrive.
idk then, I never had a problem reading the usb drive on vegan beta4. Sorry I can't help
OK, found it.
I have to unmount the sdcard first. Then the usb drive shows with files.
Thanks.
Cool....You may wanna drop a note in the vegan thread on what you did. Maybe others have had the same issue.
DaMan said:
OK, found it.
I have to unmount the sdcard first. Then the usb drive shows with files.
Thanks.
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Hey. I just got a USB Flash Drive and tried connecting it to my GTab but no dice. I am running Vegan 5.1 and using ES File Explore. I navigate to the root directory and see sdcard, sdcard2, and usbdisk. Sdcard and sdcard2 has my internal storage and my micro usb storage files respectively. But nothing pops us in usbdisk. I tried removing the microsd, rebooting with the USB inserted, and unmounting the microSD but no dice.
Any hints?
Thanks,
Scott
Update: So I tried going to settings and unmounting the sdcard and now I can see the USBdisk. Odd. If I want to transfer data from one drive to another, I cant accomplish that because the SDcard is unmounted. Also all my appdata and stuff are not present. Any way to have both of these drives mounted at the same time?
Thanks
I cannot access my external sd card that's in my gTab from windows via the USB cable. I seem to remember that when I first bought it , I could see both the internal and external storage when I connected the gTab to Windows via USB (when it still had stock ROM). Now I am running rooted VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0b5.1.1 and when I connect it via USB to windows I can only see the internal storage (I couldn't see it when I tried cyanogenmod either). I can access both brom the gTab just fine and if I take out the ext. sd card, windows reads it just fine.
Any idea why and/or how to access both internal and external storage from windows when gTab is plugged in via USB to windows?
As far as I know you could never access the external sdcard from the computer by usb
I load things from my external SD to internal SD and visa versa using ghost commander. Not a super big deal just one extra step. At this point I almost forgot I had to do that to move files between them and my PC.
i use a app that mounts them both
The way I found to access my external sd card from my computer is to ftp into my gTab using filezilla on my computer and SwiFTP FTP Server (available free from Market) on my gTab. Here is another post that talks about how to access the ext. sd card remotely: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869844
roguey said:
i use a app that mounts them both
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You could share the NAME of the app.
Multi Mount SD-Card Free
I didnt have my tab with me
roguey said:
Multi Mount SD-Card Free
I didnt have my tab with me
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Thanks, I know some other people will want to try this app.
Not a great fit for me as I dislike the delays built into a lot of free apps.
I just plug a USB thumb drive into my PC, download the files onto that then plug it into my tablet and download from the USB drive onto the SDCARD. Easy like pie.
Works the other direction too!!!
Hi forum!
So I'm very pleased with my Infuse. I love everything about it, but I am having some issues when mounting the memory cards via USB.
I am on Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard). After plugging in the USB cable and selecting "Connect to USB" or whatever the prompt is, the drives (internal and external memory) will mount onto my Mac, but shortly after, they'll disappear, which messes up file transfers, especially when I'm copying something like a new ROM. Does anyone have any advice on what I should do? I'm not using the original cable, but it's just standard Micro USB, so the cable shouldn't be the problem. Thanks!
I would first try another cable. reboot the phone and the Mac. if it persists, you may want to wipe. are you on a custom rom or stock? if on stock and you tried everything else, you can do a factory reset under privacy in settings. make sure that you transfer important data to your external card using myfiles or astro. when you factory reset, it kills everything. take the SD card out before reseting
Hi to all!
Here's the problem that I have.
After upgrading my Xoom (US 3G) to Tiamat 2.1 Hammerhead USBOTG stopped to work. When I try to connect flashdrive via this cable it blinks only once and that's all. The folder USBOtg is empty -> nothing is shown (but I know that there are files). I tried to format flashdrive to various filesystems (NTFS, FAT32) -> no result.
Another strange thing after upgrade is with MicroSD folder. It shows me only old data. All new one that I copied to it via PC it doesn't show at all. AND!!! PC doesn't see the content of folder with name "external" on Xoom but when I copy there files from PC then Xoom can see them.
May anyone advice any steps to return usbotg and microsd in normal working state?
I tried to re-flash Xoom with previous various versions of firmwares (mods) -> the same situation.
BR, akadimka
akadimka said:
Hi to all!
Here's the problem that I have.
After upgrading my Xoom (US 3G) to Tiamat 2.1 Hammerhead USBOTG stopped to work. When I try to connect flashdrive via this cable it blinks only once and that's all. The folder USBOtg is empty -> nothing is shown (but I know that there are files). I tried to format flashdrive to various filesystems (NTFS, FAT32) -> no result.
Another strange thing after upgrade is with MicroSD folder. It shows me only old data. All new one that I copied to it via PC it doesn't show at all. AND!!! PC doesn't see the content of folder with name "external" on Xoom but when I copy there files from PC then Xoom can see them.
May anyone advice any steps to return usbotg and microsd in normal working state?
I tried to re-flash Xoom with previous various versions of firmwares (mods) -> the same situation.
BR, akadimka
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Two different issues--if you read the release notes with the Hammerhead Rom, Team Tiamat removed the USB Mass Storage enabling that had been in earlier Rom, due to various difficulties. So that means you can no longer use your PC to copy files into the micro sd card in the Xoom, but you can cop files directly to the sdcard using an adapter or card reader. Your Xoom should still have access to the files on your micro sd card at mnt/external1.
The usbOTG works fine for me but it needs the help of an app like USB Mass Storage Watcher OTG or Drive Mount. Both will work. It also helps to reboot with the drive plugged in the first time if you are having a hard time getting the Xoom to recognize it.
Thanx! Drive Mount helped me with recognizing and mounting flash drive (but only after Xoom reboot with drive plugged in). USB Storage Watcher OTG crashes everytime when I start it with drive connected -> with disconnected it starts normally but won't see any after-connected drives. Ssems that I'll use Drive Mount program
As for MicroSD -> even connected directly to PC and copied some files to it Xoom still sees only old data. Any ideas?
BR, Dmitry
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akadimka said:
Thanx! Drive Mount helped me with recognizing and mounting flash drive (but only after Xoom reboot with drive plugged in). USB Storage Watcher OTG crashes everytime when I start it with drive connected -> with disconnected it starts normally but won't see any after-connected drives. Ssems that I'll use Drive Mount program
As for MicroSD -> even connected directly to PC and copied some files to it Xoom still sees only old data. Any ideas?
BR, Dmitry
Sent from my Xoom using XDA Premium App
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Actually, try checking the folder mnt/external1 (1) as this is HC3.2's official mount point. The Microsd mount point is an artifact of an older Rom.
i am using hammerhead rom with tachi kernel.
yup the usb otg not working.
tried both usb watcher and drive mount.
rohit3192 said:
i am using hammerhead rom with tachi kernel.
yup the usb otg not working.
tried both usb watcher and drive mount.
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Make sure that you are using a REAL usbOTG cable.
A real USB otg cable? What needs to be special about the cable in order for it to work?
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msavic6 said:
A real USB otg cable? What needs to be special about the cable in order for it to work?
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This is where I will suggest that you do some research. Start with this forum and then search elsewhere. Just today I have answered this question 3 times. Search on my name and you will see my posts with your answer.
i am using micro usb male to normal usb female.
cable is gold plated and branded.
but others have also mentioned that usbotg not working after they updated to 3.2
though i never tested on 3.1
rohit3192 said:
i am using micro usb male to normal usb female.
cable is gold plated and branded.
but others have also mentioned that usbotg not working after they updated to 3.2
though i never tested on 3.1
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Your cable will never work because it is not OTG. OTG has a different pin configuration to allow the Xoom to function in usb host mode. If you are handy with a soldering iron you could make one, but why not buy one, they are availble. Here is my Google search for USBOTG Xoom to get you started: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=usb+otg+xoom&aq=2s&aqi=g1g-s9&aql=&oq=usbOTG