hi,
i was wondering how to customize LED colors for different applications and how to enable USB OTG support? currently i have to use OTG Disk Explorer to copy stuff from the usb stick to the download folder, and then i can use the stuff.
thanks
kroff
kroff said:
how to enable USB OTG support? currently i have to use OTG Disk Explorer to copy stuff from the usb stick to the download folder, and then i can use the stuff.
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The Nexus 5 supports USB OTG, but automatically mounting of attached mass storage devices is not supported.
This is only possible if you root your device and use an app like StickMount.
But there is a possiblity to access your streaming-files (like videos) without copying them to the download folder.
You can use the filemanager "Total Commander" with the "USB-Stick Plugin".
From the Total Commander you can access all files on your stick, read/write and direct streaming is supported.
I was wondering about the LED myself, also I don't get any LED notifications if I use Handcent for as the default SMS app.
kroff said:
hi,
i was wondering how to customize LED colors for different applications and how to enable USB OTG support? currently i have to use OTG Disk Explorer to copy stuff from the usb stick to the download folder, and then i can use the stuff.
thanks
kroff
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tekmad said:
I was wondering about the LED myself, also I don't get any LED notifications if I use Handcent for as the default SMS app.
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my notifications work fine, hangouts, facebook, email, gmail, ...with different colours, but it seems random. On the nexus one, you had profiles to aasign led colors to apps, but maybe that was cyanogen mod, not the stock rom.
ferenc.hechler said:
The Nexus 5 supports USB OTG, but automatically mounting of attached mass storage devices is not supported.
This is only possible if you root your device and use an app like StickMount.
But there is a possiblity to access your streaming-files (like videos) without copying them to the download folder.
You can use the filemanager "Total Commander" with the "USB-Stick Plugin".
From the Total Commander you can access all files on your stick, read/write and direct streaming is supported.
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thanks, i bought stick mount and using it with antek explorer, works great
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im stumped.
All i want to do is move over a video and some music files from my pc to my Transformer tablet using the USB charging cable. My pc is running XP.
I dont have dock/keyboard or an sd card. Just my tablet. I figure i could do this with the usb charging cable. My tablet should show up as a mass storage drive on the pc right?
went to the site to install drivers. Asus sync works, so does my Splashtop remote. I also downloaded a zip file called "ASUS Android USB drivers for windows" and a RAR file called "pc suite_v1_0_18".
asus usb driver i got some MTP error
pc suite i got error "application failed to initalize properly (0xc0000135)
I figure this would be simple. I figure "Pc Suite" should help me move files? I dont know what it is since it wont install. or maybe i could use splashtop? I really dont know.lol All i want to do is move over some files through the usb cable. 15+ experience with computers and I'm embarresed asking all this.
You rebooted both devices?
Wifi explorer also works.
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rbaucom said:
You rebooted both devices?
Wifi explorer also works.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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guess i'll give wifi explorer a try. who uses usb anyway right? lol
but I should be able to use usb though right? isn't it supposed to show on my pc as a drive along with the other drives under 'my computer'?
it should also show up as a drive in my computer. like you mentioned. all the other android builds show device as a drive. I would say driver issue
I don't know the size of your video but on smaller files I'll just use dropbox.
Now if someone can tell me how to do it on a mac I'll be happy. I have 4 other android devices and all mount fine.
It just gets mounted as a standard USB drive when I plug my TF into PC, just copy files as you would with any thumb drive
Go market install ES File Explorer, its Free
Create a share folder or setup a share on existing folder on your PC
Go to the LAN mode of ES File Explorer on your tab and scan for new server, select the server or IP address on the same network
there you go, can copy file from PC to tab...no root needed
CHeers
Adb push? Mounting doesn't work with Honeycomb, because they doesn't use FAT32 anymore. All data is in ext4 now.
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blackjack5 said:
I dont have dock/keyboard or an sd card. Just my tablet. I figure i could do this with the usb charging cable. My tablet should show up as a mass storage drive on the pc right?(
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No - Honeycomb doesn't use USB mass storage, it uses MTP. If you are using XP, you should install Windows Media Player 10 at a minimum to gain MTP support.
Regards,
Dave
sharpfork said:
Now if someone can tell me how to do it on a mac I'll be happy. I have 4 other android devices and all mount fine.
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The Mac doesn't natively support MTP. You need this.
Regards,
Dave
THANKS for all the responses so far!
I've only had a droid phone (Optimus V) for 3 months. Its my first smartphone and now i've stepped it up to this tablet. Not rooted.
To clarify my original post I'm trying to move a large movie file to my tablet and give Vital player a try. The info provided by the responses so far have been a big help.
THANKS again for helping a noob out.
Very simple, but not least expensive.
I use a Tonido plug ( ubuntu based server) on my network ( always on) to store any files I want to share. I can have access and stream from it on my local wifi network or remotely via direct IP connect. Using ES file Explorer, it looks like just another drive on my network, Store my music there then just stream to TF over network no TF storage needed,.
Hi,
I was hoping to use the tab plus as an ebook reader among other things. I noticed that I can't sync it with Calibre. I'm fine with the ebook app on here but how do I side load epub files?
I tried emailing them to myself and seeing if I could download but Gmail says there is no app on the device that can read this file. I know this is not true though.
just copy the files to your tab and import the book from reader
how do I do that? It doesn't seem like I can mount the tab as a mass storage device. All it allows for is MTP mode. This doesn't seem to mount on Mac OSX.
you can use airdroid or any wifi explorer in market to transfer via wifi.... since 7+ used honeycomb it cant be mount as mass storage device.
Great, I'll give that a try thank you!
Um, guys, you know that Calibre has a mini-webserver capability now for the library right?
So... server + wifi + browser = no problem, I even use it with my kobo touch and it's browser and haven't hooked up to my computer for book syncing pretty much since that capability was added.
The only real drawback about the calibre server is that there's no builtin multiple select to download all at once, but I'd never really considered that until just now as I'm usually just pulling one title/document at a time.
Also you can email them to yourself, that's what I do when my cable is not present. Then go into astro (or any file manager would likely work) and move them to the ebook/import folder on the onboard storage. That part might not be necessarily but even if it isn't I just like have my books in the ebook folder.
I have both the ASUS Extension Kits - one for USB and the other as an SD Card Reader.
I've tried moving photos from my PC with both kits and the File Manager App with no success. The File Manager somehow corrupts JPG files when using the SD Card Reader and it does not recognize my USB stick.
I can move the photos one or two at a time as an email attachment, but I have several hundred that I'd like to put on the Infinity.
Suggestions? TIA!
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I have both the ASUS Extension Kits - one for USB and the other as an SD Card Reader.
I've tried moving photos from my PC with both kits and the File Manager App with no success. The File Manager somehow corrupts JPG files when using the SD Card Reader and it does not recognize my USB stick.
I can move the photos one or two at a time as an email attachment, but I have several hundred that I'd like to put on the Infinity.
Suggestions? TIA!
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A little looking, and I answered my own question. Photo Transfer App works very well wirelessly. I used it on my iPad, and it works well here, too.
Also, there is the wireless option via FTP. I use an old app called SwiFTP. It's no longer developed, but Im sure you can find the apk somewhere. It gives full access to your device and it's FREE! There are other apps like it on the Market as well. I use it whenever I don't feel like grabbing my USB cable.
Alitheia said:
Also, there is the wireless option via FTP. I use an old app called SwiFTP. It's no longer developed, but Im sure you can find the apk somewhere. It gives full access to your device and it's FREE! There are other apps like it on the Market as well. I use it whenever I don't feel like grabbing my USB cable.
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I'd recommend File Expert. It works through HTTP, so on any computer on the same wifi network with a web browser can get into it provided the user has the correct password. The web page UI for managing files is pretty nice, if a little buggy. Only flaw is that its UI is slow (at least on my Atrix) and not tablet optimized.
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I'd recommend File Expert. It works through HTTP, so on any computer on the same wifi network with a web browser can get into it provided the user has the correct password. The web page UI for managing files is pretty nice, if a little buggy. Only flaw is that its UI is slow (at least on my Atrix) and not tablet optimized.
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Photo Transfer App is also http and works A-OK with no bugs. It will transfer photos or videos in either direction at very good speed. Photos can be batched up to 100 photos, abd videos are done singly. There are both Android and iOS Apps so I can take photos/videos off of my iPad and move them to my TF700.
Even though probably adding a 'solution' to a problem no longer in existence might I add that Total Commander supports both internal and external memory (with root access), (S)FTP, WEBDAV, LAN shares and more, and is still in active development? Also, you would not be limited to transfer of grahical files. (I haven't used specific photo transfer apps yet, so I do not know if they'd provide (a) definite advantage(s). If you think I'm missing out on something, please chime in and release me from my blissful ignorance. )
I've used MyPhoneExplorer for all file transfers. Works over my WIFI network although it will also work over cable.
AirDroid is fantastic...
Airdroid is the best app to move anything between android and windows
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Airdroid +1
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Hello.
I've been looking recently for one, good camera app, For shooting videos. And Im posting this thread here to ask for an advice /suggestions.
What I am looking for :
-I want to record videos directly to the specified directory. I want to store all videos on my mounted USB drive to my Nexus (most apps dont support it) MOST IMPORTANT!
-I want to record 1080p with the Best quality and framerate possible
-Good focus and manual adjustments, such as white balance.
-App can be either paid or free.
I am running newest CyanogenMod updated every day. If an app will require some custom system mods, thats not a big deal.
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Hello.
I've been looking recently for one, good camera app, For shooting videos. And Im posting this thread here to ask for an advice /suggestions.
What I am looking for :
-I want to record videos directly to the specified directory. I want to store all videos on my mounted USB drive to my Nexus (most apps dont support it) MOST IMPORTANT!
-I want to record 1080p with the Best quality and framerate possible
-Good focus and manual adjustments, such as white balance.
-App can be either paid or free.
I am running newest CyanogenMod updated every day. If an app will require some custom system mods, thats not a big deal.
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Maybe Snap Camera HDR or L Camera can do the job
Omg, I really love the L camera, but wish I could change the save directory... Maybe there is a possibility to change it in the source and the compile it? Idk how to do it
Snap Camera is also awesome, plenty of options there, but I cant make it to work with my USB drive, It says that it is not connected...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.opencam
Allright, as I noticed, many great apps have some issues with saving to custom directories in Android L, I tried using many apps that allowed me to change the save location, but still, even If I choose any other location that the default one, it shows a message saying something like "save directory change is not avilable in Android 5" or something like this, or it just wont save where I want.
Any fix for that?
BTW I tried some camera apps, and Cinema FV-5 wins so far
then maybe you can try mount your OTG hdd to DCIM folder ?
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then maybe you can try mount your OTG hdd to DCIM folder ?
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How can I do so? I tried using Stickmount, but It kept saying, that mounting services are currently busy.
maybe you can try symbolic links in stickmount :
Code:
(Pro) Create symbolic links
Create symbolic links in /mnt and /storage to the actual mounts in /sdcard/usbStorage/, handy with some file managers and some apps that auto-detect storage locations.
The problem is that stickmount does not want to work. Whenever I try to mount, it says that mounting services are busy, so I cant even use it.
So your hdd isn't mounted at all ? Then of course you can't write to it
Is is mounted, but it works just without the app, I can browse all my files on my OTG, delete, create, rename, read without any problems, and the OTG is mounted by system by itself, as it works in Lolipop without any 3rd party apps, but its in the directory root/storage/usbdisk.
And this directory is visible to all camera apps, but I cant make it to write files there. It says that this location is unwritable, or something other, as I said in one of my older posts there. My OTG cable is also fine, the OTG is fine aswell, so the problem imo is that camera apps dosent have permissions to access this directory.
So your disk is mounted as read only. NTFS file system maybe ?
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So your disk is mounted as read only. NTFS file system maybe ?
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Nope, its FAT32.
Also, I can write things there via Root Explorer.
And the permissions are rwxrwx--x
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anyone?
I'm trying to find a file manager which would support a few things like root mode, USB OTG (to read/write thumb drives), but also device-to-device file transfers (I think this uses MTP mode?)
So far, Google's Files is the only app that seems to support the latter, are there any other options?