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On my current Galaxy Nexus I can connect a USB memory stick through an OTG (On The Go) cable and read and write from and to it (root required for write).
How about the Nexus 5? I would not buy it if it could not do that.
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On my current Galaxy Nexus I can connect a USB memory stick through an OTG (On The Go) cable and read and write from and to it (root required for write).
How about the Nexus 5? I would not buy it if it could not do that.
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Confirmed working OTG. I used OTG disk Explorer lite to mount without root.
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Confirmed working OTG. I used OTG disk Explorer lite to mount without root.
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Great! Thanks.
Can anybody else confirm this just to make it entirely certain? Has anybody tried to write to USB mass storage?
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Great! Thanks.
Can anybody else confirm this just to make it entirely certain? Has anybody tried to write to USB mass storage?
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I've just used Stickmount to mount a USB device and successfully written 2 files to it, so I can confirm USB OTG is working just fine.
But you have to use a 3rd party app in order to write to a usb OTG flash drive or a simple file explorer is sufficient??
Also, you guys mention that no root is required, does this differ from 4.3 ??
On my Nexus 7 II with 4.3 I have to root it in order to use one of those 3rd party apps in order to write files on the usb disk. Is this correct?
The device does not have any mounting capability by default, so you must use apps (or a custom kernel) to do it. That means root.
Wow great to hear this. I have to return my N5 due to a faulty speaker, when i get a new one might drop down to the 16GB now if it has OTG.
Well this is great to know. I didn't want to open my nexus 5 until this was confirmed. I hate that the nexus 4 didn't have this functionality and its the only major gripe I had with that handset. Has anyone tried it nexus 5 with dualshock controllers or keyboards and mice??
OK so I tried it with USB keyboard mouse AND dualshock 3 working great!
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The device does not have any mounting capability by default, so you must use apps (or a custom kernel) to do it. That means root.
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root? but this user on this thread said this:
"Confirmed working OTG. I used OTG disk Explorer lite to mount without root. "
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root? but this user on this thread said this:
"Confirmed working OTG. I used OTG disk Explorer lite to mount without root. "
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To my knowledge you can read from USB memory without root rights, but to write you need root. Example app: StickMount.
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To my knowledge you can read from USB memory without root rights, but to write you need root. Example app: StickMount.
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as he didn't mention if it was read or write...
Too bad this isn't inbuilt on google's roms...
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Too bad this isn't inbuilt on google's roms...
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Perhaps it is planned obsolescense. They don't want us to be able to expand the memory. They want us to buy a new phone sooner, rather than later.
At least I can find no other explanation.
Can somebody confirm if this is working with 4.4.4 without root? if yes which app?
CyanogenMod 11 M7 has OTG capability built-in
Just a remark on the sidelines. There was the wish that Google include OTG capability in their stock ROM.
They have not done it, but Cyanogen has. CyanogenMod 11 has OTG USB memory capability. Since version M7 it even includes exFAT in addition to FAT32.
So if you really want this capability, there is a way.
How do enable this so I can transfer some files on my computer? I only get mtp or some other camera option. I just want it to show up as a normal drive. Is there a different driver to be installed?
google removed mass storage mode from android (jellybean(?) and later)
(i think it was b/c mass storage mode does not allow the phone to mount /sdcard while connected to PC.... so apps using /sdcard for storage may become unstable... MTP allows both phone and computer to access /sdcard together, with the phone controlling access)
custom kernels/roms may still include this feature
It can't be done on a FUSE file system
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abmone said:
How do enable this so I can transfer some files on my computer? I only get mtp or some other camera option. I just want it to show up as a normal drive. Is there a different driver to be installed?
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Via Developer Options and enabling USB Debugging, mine shows up as you say "like a normal drive". To see everything, you'll want to make sure "Media Device (MTP)" is selected. Also make sure you have the drivers for your device installed on your computer.
If that still doesnt work, try using: SG USB Mass Storage Enabler, available for free on the app store (play.google.com)
That worked for me on my Galaxy S4 on the GPE Rom.
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google removed mass storage mode from android (jellybean(?) and later)
(i think it was b/c mass storage mode does not allow the phone to mount /sdcard while connected to PC.... so apps using /sdcard for storage may become unstable... MTP allows both phone and computer to access /sdcard together, with the phone controlling access)
custom kernels/roms may still include this feature
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this is just all kinds of wrong.
google didnt remove it, there's just no sdcard slot so there is no mass storage mode. end of discussion.
This is also wrong. The one x had no sdcard slot but still had mass storage mode.
The reason it's gone is because of the fused sdcard partition. It is actually an ext4 partition which cannot be read by windows in mass storage mode.
The reason they did this was firstly better performance and less limitations than fat in android. And that the partition can be dynamically changed so no risk of /data becoming full and not being able to install anymore apps etc..
There are several other reasons but I'm not going into the boring stuff
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The reason it's gone is because of the fused sdcard partition. It is actually an ext4 partition which cannot be read by windows in mass storage mode.
The reason they did this was firstly better performance and less limitations than fat in android.
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Exactly. Windows blows, we all know that.
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There are several other reasons but I'm not going into the boring stuff
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I think I pretty much covered the reasons in my n5 data thread in general if anyone wants to read it
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I'm no stranger to mounting obb to external sdcard on devices that have them but I am unable to get it to work using OTG.
Has ANYONE managed to get this working so they can mount obb games from OTG? If so, please can you share the following info:
- what method of mounting OTG do you use?
- please give example of source / destination of obb based game you have successfully moved and mounted
- was OTG mounted when you created the pair?
- must OTG be mounted before or after foldermount mounts?
- must you reboot before you can mount?
Any other info gratefully received. My issue is that foldermount fails to mount the pair after boot. I was assuming the otg must be mounted first.
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You tried a custom kernel or rom? Everything works perfectly for me
Juansegovia20 said:
You tried a custom kernel or rom? Everything works perfectly for me
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Always. Please can you answer the questions in post 1 if you have it working? I don't really need if its working (I know it should). I need to know how it is working
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You tried a custom kernel or rom? Everything works perfectly for me
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That's great... Now can you please share how you did it like the op asked
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rootSU said:
I'm no stranger to mounting obb to external sdcard on devices that have them but I am unable to get it to work using OTG.
Has ANYONE managed to get this working so they can mount obb games from OTG? If so, please can you share the following info:
- what method of mounting OTG do you use?
- please give example of source / destination of obb based game you have successfully moved and mounted
- was OTG mounted when you created the pair?
- must OTG be mounted before or after foldermount mounts?
- must you reboot before you can mount?
Any other info gratefully received. My issue is that foldermount fails to mount the pair after boot. I was assuming the otg must be mounted first.
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1i got an otg cable and connect a usb storage to it
2 Data and Obb folders mounted successfully and both working when mounted
3 source: android.. Destination: android/data or android/obb on usb storage that i created manually
4 OTG was mounted when i created the pair
5 must be mounted before creating the pair
6 no reboot (for me )
7 using mahdi rom and tried with a few others as well
8 one thing i created the pair manually in storage/usb disk/android
Juansegovia20 said:
1i got an otg cable and connect a usb storage to it
2 Data and Obb folders mounted successfully and both working when mounted
3 source: android.. Destination: android/data or android/obb on usb storage that i created manually
4 OTG was mounted when i created the pair
5 must be mounted before creating the pair
6 no reboot (for me )
7 using mahdi rom and tried with a few others as well
8 one thing i created the pair manually in storage/usb disk/android
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What app to mount otg?
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Sorry i was working, no app, it's in the kernel that comes with the rom, after you connect the otg if you go to storage in your setting, you will see there is a external storage
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I believe you can also use chaos kernel to mount your otg
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What app to mount otg?
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Here
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Sorry i was working, no app, it's in the kernel that comes with the rom, after you connect the otg if you go to storage in your setting, you will see there is a external storage
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I believe you can also use chaos kernel to mount your otg
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Ah that makes sense. Nothing mounts on my kernel without an app....
I'll check out chaos
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K please do let us know if you get it working? if the kernel itself doesn't work for you please try mahdi rom and i promise you will see the results, and one last thing, i bet you were using stick mount and that app mount my otg as one more folder in my internal storage and not as a external storage, well that's what i think.
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Can't wait to get my meenova thing. Thanks for sharing how to use it. I'll have to check out those custom kernels. I've just been using the one that came with omnirom because I didn't feel like messing with any extra features but I'll try those other ones unless OmniROM has it which I don't think it does.
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and that app mount my otg as one more folder in my internal storage and not as a external storage
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Yes, this is exactly the problem.
Thanks
OK It sort of works with Chaos. By sort of, I mean it works "enough" for me.
Here are my notes...
When the phone boots and foldermount does it's mounting, the message will say "none" in the folder mount Toast message (if the USB stick is not connected)
When I plug the USB stick in, the mounts don't change. I have to manually go into foldermount and press the little "pin" icon in the bottom left corner to turn all the pin icons green, which signifies the mounts are then active. Games work as expected.
If I unplug the USB, the /sdcard/Android/obb folders for each mounted game appear as empty. When I reinsert the stick, this remains the case, so I must manually go into folder mount and press the "un pin" icon in the bottom right corner, then press the "pin" icon again in the bottom left corner.
It's not quite plug and play, however, given I was manually copying folders back and forth previously, this is definitely an acceptable manual step for me.
FYI, USB storage still doesn't show in settings > Storage, however it IS at least mounted to the correct location. A much better solution to stick mount.
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OK It sort of works with Chaos. By sort of, I mean it works "enough" for me.
Here are my notes...
When the phone boots and foldermount does it's mounting, the message will say "none" in the folder mount Toast message (if the USB stick is not connected)
When I plug the USB stick in, the mounts don't change. I have to manually go into foldermount and press the little "pin" icon in the bottom left corner to turn all the pin icons green, which signifies the mounts are then active. Games work as expected.
If I unplug the USB, the /sdcard/Android/obb folders for each mounted game appear as empty. When I reinsert the stick, this remains the case, so I must manually go into folder mount and press the "un pin" icon in the bottom right corner, then press the "pin" icon again in the bottom left corner.
It's not quite plug and play, however, given I was manually copying folders back and forth previously, this is definitely an acceptable manual step for me.
FYI, USB storage still doesn't show in settings > Storage, however it IS at least mounted to the correct location. A much better solution to stick mount.
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OK so before you play you gotta click on the pin then when your done and want to unplug you press the un pin before unplugging and everything works?
Just want to make sure I understand right. Also is it possible to view the external storage like an SD card on other devices so you can see what's on it and move stuff to it? Or did you just use the pair option on folder mount to move your obb files to the otg?
Sorry for all the questions just want to make sure I know how to set it up
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OK so before you play you gotta click on the pin then when your done and want to unplug you press the un pin before unplugging and everything works?
Just want to make sure I understand right. Also is it possible to view the external storage like an SD card on other devices so you can see what's on it and move stuff to it? Or did you just use the pair option on folder mount to move your obb files to the otg?
Sorry for all the questions just want to make sure I know how to set it up
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You dont HAVE to unpin before unmounting. You can simply unplug the OTG stick. However, next time you plug it in (if no reboot between) you will need to unpin then repin. If you unpin and remove, you only have to reping when you plug it back in. You will always need to unpin as a step (using this kernel) however, its just a case of whether you do it as you unplug or when you insert.
You can browse it, yes. I use Solid Explorer myself so I just set my second panel to default to /storage/USBdisk
Jaja sorry guys, the folder mount developer should update folder mount to be more compatible with the nexus 5
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Jaja sorry guys, the folder mount developer should update folder mount to be more compatible with the nexus 5
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It would be good if a mount could be triggered by tasker...
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OK I've ordered a meenova but it seems like it's gonna take forever...
While I wait I'd like to know if I moved all my titanium backups and twrp backups to the external storage would I be able to restore them from it? Like can twrp mount it? So if I got in a boot loop and needed to restore would plugging it in allow me to mount with twrp and restore?
I hope that makes sense because I know folder mount won't work since the phone will be off.
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A mount is basically a redirect. It works by moving the folderA content into folderB and then it basically "points" folderA to folderB, a bit like a shortcut. So when an app looks inside folderA, it will see folderB's content.
Since foldermount runs in android, yes titanium backup will work but no, TWRP will not.
However, you could use philz recovery (see signature) and backup directly to otg
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A mount is basically a redirect. It works by moving the folderA content into folderB and then it basically "points" folderA to folderB, a bit like a shortcut. So when an app looks inside folderA, it will see folderB's content.
Since foldermount runs in android, yes titanium backup will work but no, TWRP will not.
However, you could use philz recovery (see signature) and backup directly to otg
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Alright thanks I've used philz recovery on my nexus 10 and it's really reliable so I won't mind using it here as well
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I install stick mount to able otg, when i put the otg cable with a pen drive inside the device stickmount mount the pen drive but I'm unable to read it. what can I do?
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I install stick mount to able otg, when i put the otg cable with a pen drive inside the device stickmount mount the pen drive but I'm unable to read it. what can I do?
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You need to mount manually in the app and go to the designated folder indicated by the app to access your pendrive.
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You need to mount manually in the app and go to the designated folder indicated by the app to access your pendrive.
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I try, but don't work
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I try, but don't work
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"Stickmount, download from market, grant supersu access let it download necessary drivers wait till complete, restart if needed, put your usb, open stickmount >mount it'll toast notifications and tell you where the usb positions, use cm manager"
The exact answer replied by others when I asked.
Please help. Thank you so much. :laugh:
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Please help. Thank you so much. :laugh:
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And you don't have to enable usb otg manually just connect otg cable and then device that you want to connect.
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And you don't have to enable usb otg manually just connect otg cable and then device that you want to connect.
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But every time i connect the otg cable and a flash drive, it pops up in the notification saying that USB storage is safe to remove. And i cant find device in the folders i'm using root explorer. I check it on sdcard and on the internal and i cant find it, so it means that my phone cant read it. Am i right? Thanks.
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But every time i connect the otg cable and a flash drive, it pops up in the notification saying that USB storage is safe to remove. And i cant find device in the folders i'm using root explorer. I check it on sdcard and on the internal and i cant find it, so it means that my phone cant read it. Am i right? Thanks.
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Usb storage is mounted at
/Storage/usbdisk
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I had an issue with this on my phone. When I tried to get to the bottom of it in this thread below no one replied.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-e3/help/usb-otg-mass-storage-class-issues-t3074589
I can only assume not many users are actually using mass storage devices. Which is a supprise given the storage limitations.
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But every time i connect the otg cable and a flash drive, it pops up in the notification saying that USB storage is safe to remove. And i cant find device in the folders i'm using root explorer. I check it on sdcard and on the internal and i cant find it, so it means that my phone cant read it. Am i right? Thanks.
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I am facing the same problem in my E3 Dual
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I had an issue with this on my phone. When I tried to get to the bottom of it in this thread below no one replied.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-e3/help/usb-otg-mass-storage-class-issues-t3074589
I can only assume not many users are actually using mass storage devices. Which is a supprise given the storage limitations.
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I am facing the same problem in my E3 Dual
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i have used usb i don,t have this issue. i recommend using repair my phone option in sony pc compnion.
if you have unlocked bootloader then flash full ftf file.