Hi,
This may be quite a retarded question but here we go anyway:
The Nokia N8 is capable of hosting a USB stick via the medium of a micro USB adapter. i.e. You can plug a USB stick using a micro USB adapter into the N8 and it will mount it as an extra drive displayed in a file explorer.
Is this possible with the Nexus S/Android platform at all?
Presumably drivers would need to be sourced somewhere, and some form of Linux based hack...
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Andy
i'd love to see that happen in the SNS
but from what we know so far, it's not yet possible
however the guys over at SGS, are already cracking in on the code, to hack it and make it work.
as soon as they get that working it should be simple to port it over to SNS, as the phones are practically the same
Hugely disappointed in the absence of an iPad-like USB plug allowing cameras, drives, etc. to be accessed via the usb port, I thought for a moment and realized something. I know an alright amount when it comes to hardware vs. software questions and know that USB otg is not necessarily a hardware issue...the Motorola Xoom was released with Honeycomb and it supports USB Host. Now that very early versions of Honeycomb have been ported to the Galaxy Tab, theoretically shouldn't that mean it now supports USB Host mode (or at least in the near future)? Any thoughts and comments would be greatly appreciated as I'm aware that there are many others waiting for this awesome capability for their tab!!
With past versions of android already fully supporting USB host, I don't see why they don't other than they want you to buy the version with the largest storage space... Android should in theory already have the support as it is an update to the existing android not a new os completely... I feel mostly its just a dirty marketing scheme... (Note: My Archos 101 has a full sized USB port on it with full functionality...)
Hi,
I was curious if anyone got an ext hd to work with the usb adapter?
Everytime i plug it in, it tells me a "high powered ext hd" is connected but unable to read..i know it was made for usb sticks and keyboards etc but has anyone gotten ext hd to work?
Thanks!
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I found my 1Tb Hitachi Touro was detected to start with but the power was insufficient to leave it on. It was not working after a few seconds of being plugged in. Memory sticks are no problem but the HDD sucked more power than the 10.1 wants to give...
Shame that an awesome tablet that runs rings around just about everything else falls short of my Acer Icona A501 for this...:crying:
I used a 1A externa battery to power an HDD and it worked just fine on the Note. The HDD was NTFS, but I used USB Mass Storage Watcher and mounted the partitions.
To get it ti power on you need a split USB/ power cable.
Yeah, my Acer A700 has this ability but unfortunately the Samsung Note doesn't have the power.
The fix is to buy a self-powered USB hub... Or use high capacity thumb drives.
Or use a hard drive with provisions for external power.
I plugged my ext powered hd but still no luck. Oh wells! Or maybe split line usb and ac like someone recommended
Thanks guys!
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ngocdao said:
I plugged my ext powered hd but still no luck. Oh wells! Or maybe split line usb and ac like someone recommended
Thanks guys!
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Split USB is your best bet. No hub needed, just an external source of power like a portable battery.
Yeah, but it bites my kickass up-to-date sammy tablet is put in its place by my 18 month old Acer Iconia A501 that supports the 1Tb 2.5" HDD with no problem.
I think this bites a bit. Makes life hard If I need more storage than most thumb drives supply...
No how am I supposed to take a veritable video store with me to watch....
If you could run an external hd via USB it would drain the battery pretty quickly.
Nope, get at least 6 hours of watching videos from the 1Tb hdd on the acer Iconia A501... The battery is not as beefy as the SGnote 10.1's either...
Just an oversite by samsung...
Just a pain now having to carry 2 tablets around...
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If you could run an external hd via USB it would drain the battery pretty quickly.
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It won't because the Note will not provide power to the HDD, you have to use external power.
Hey Team
I'm new to XDA and have read the forum rules; I searched for ages before posting this but came up with nothing relevant.
I have flashed VirginRom 4.3 onto my Galaxy S4 GT-i9505 IOT save battery for reasons mentioned below. Unfortunately; I am unable to mount an external hard drive onto my S4 using a USB OTG cable (does not recognise anything is attached). I believe this is because either my ROM or Kernel is not compatible with USB Hosting. My question is:
Is there a way for us to know what custom ROMS and/or kernels are compatible with USB host (which I consider to be a massive feature), and if so, which one is the most streamlined? I ask because:
Background: I'm in the Army and need a phone with good reception, battery life and storage capacity (size is not an issue). I have an external antenna, battery and 1GB hard drive (connected in parallel with ghetto cable) that I intend to hold together with a 1.8mm aluminium bracket coated in plasti-dip. I have Catia renders (CAD images) is there is interest.
Regards
Jess
Update
I have flashed to CryanogenMOD 10.2 which states that it has USB host support. I have tried both stickmount and Paragon but neither recognize any mounts.
I need some advice choosing an android phone.
Intended use is:
-USB host device for an audio class compliant usb 2.0 adc/dac just under 500ma current draw
-sdxc card slot (hopefully for 1tb storage in 1-2 years)
From searching posts it looks like a usb 3.0 phone will have a better chance of supplying higher current to the audio device, someone correct me if I'm wrong please.
I would prefer smaller over larger (any mini would be nice but it looks like no usb 3.0 is available) but also high-ish battery capacity. Top two picks are S5 and Note 3. Don't care about screen resolution/gpu or just about any other feature so long as the basics work.
As far as I am aware, power delivery ability is all up the way the freakin' device is programmed for and 500mA is completely within USB2.0 spec so, why @#$% USB3.0?
Ulefone Power? (Uuuh, brickslab class I know :silly
Cheers