Hello,
Would just like to know if any of you have tried to OTG Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB to your Nexus 5.
Or any portable external drive >= 1TB. Any external drive which do not have separate power adaptor.
Is it possible?
It's definitely not possible just with stock.
You need things.. And it's possible.
Stickmount App
Custom Kernel - For example, franco.
Now a month back with this setup, I was able to use "portable" HDD. Now, I am not able to, I don't know why. Anyways, I tried "power" portable HDD and it worked. I searched the net and found, I need a http://www.amazon.com/eForCity-dual-Micro-B-Cable-Black/dp/B005M0ICG2 this. And it's totally possible.
Great! I'm on PA4.2+Franco right now and also using Stick Mount.
Already tried to OTG my 1TB but it just lit the LED.
I have not thought of using a Dual USB, that means Nexus 5 cannot power a 1TB HD alone.
I hope it can handle 500GB
Maybe I'll try it again once I have the Dual USB already. Thank you.
You'll need a power source. Not sure it can power mechanical drives at all.
rootSU said:
You'll need a power source. Not sure it can power mechanical drives at all.
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im pretty sure it cannot power mechanical drives. they require too much power.
Zepius said:
im pretty sure it cannot power mechanical drives. they require too much power.
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I thought that too. I know the S3 I used to have could power up to 500 GB Mechanical drive through USB Host mode, but that was a technical first. I doubt many OEMs are looking at that as a valid feature request.
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Is there a way of plugging in my 1TB ext drive into my HTC Desire directly? I would assume sort of USB adapter is required.
Thanks.
It should be possible though I highly doubt it would work by default
USB flash drives don't usually work because they require power
but more external HDD's have their own power source
I could be wrong, but I would think that a hard drive could be treated roughly the same as a flash drive. I know that it is entirely possible to get flash drives to work with android if the hardware supports it, so an external hdd should be possible. I would not know how to go about implementing that functionality though.
Thanks for the reply. Yeah I'm not getting much luck in finding out how to use my HDD directly with my desire.
Whilst waiting for my transformer to arrive I'm wondering what other toys I could get to go alongside it. I believe that android now has USB host but could I get one of those small USB drives to work with it? I'm looking at a small drive that would require power from the USB ..... can the Asus power such an item???
is there really nobody who can tell me if i can power an external mini HD from the USB ports ?
The thing is, I doubt many people actually have the keyboard dock yet - so until they are more freely available your guess is as good as anybody's
wilbur-force said:
is there really nobody who can tell me if i can power an external mini HD from the USB ports ?
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I'm sure there are just give them more than 20 minutes
I would say it it has external power source or runs on its own battery it should work. I would assume your tablet couldn't power it for long
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killermojo said:
I'm sure there are just give them more than 20 minutes
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lol... nice try but i gave them 24 hours and 20 minutes
I understand that the keyboard is rare/unavailable but its more of an android principle thing ... is there any reason why android wouldnt support a USB HD ?
I believe that USB host is now available but does Android allow power out via USB ?
The battery in the dock could help sustain power draining USB devices.
I think this is what your looking for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDCAM-qYB40&feature=player_embedded
So seems like yes it can.
BongoBong said:
I think this is what your looking for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDCAM-qYB40&feature=player_embedded
So seems like yes it can.
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You, sir, are a gentleman ..... looks like I can start shopping again while I await delivery
wilbur-force said:
lol... nice try but i gave them 24 hours and 20 minutes
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Oh whoops! Well in that case- took long enough, XDA!
NTFS HDD supported?
Anybody knows if NTFS formatted HDD will work out of the box?
NTFS support
Someone in this forum just mentioned that in the Tranformer user manual page 35, it mentioned Tuxera software that provides NTFS interoperability.
Now, with that info from the Transformer user manual, it gives a big hope that it does support NTFS.
Anyone with a Transformer, can you guys confirm that it will read NTFS formatted HDD?
I've just tried that with an external 750Gb hard drive formatted to NTFS - it has mounted successfully and can browse files just fine! Whee!
WD passport works fine on mine.. 250g ntfs
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WD External HDD NTFS works well.
Some brandless Fat32 thumbdrive is working as well.
However, i cant get my sandisk cruzer fat32 to work
when i plug it in, the notification bar will show 'preparing to connect' for like 1 second and gone. The thumbdrive is then not mounted. Initially ive tot that it was due to U3 launchpad on the cruzer, so ive tried to reformat it and removed the launchpad. However, it is still not working. Anyone with similar experience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfkZeIT9qmY&feature=feedlik
Video showing user running an external 2.5 hardrive. Although it's connected to the dock there's no reason why you couldn't buy a USB female to female cable and plug the slate into the adapter/power cable > USB female to female > external dard drive
Does anyone know what the requirements/limits are for using a hard disk drive with the dock USB port ?
I am thinking about getting one of these for general purpose external storage, and it would be nice to get one that works with my transformer too.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hard-Driv...0000003142050&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=15222929
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Toshiba-C...ve-Black-with-White/15529168?findingMethod=rr
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expan...1000102/dp/tech-data/B0056YNA2U/ref=de_a_smtd
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Elements-Portable-External/dp/B003B8PPEY
well there is no usb 3.0 support so those are out unless you get a backwards compatible one. And you also have to check the power consumption i think it hase to be bellow 15volts but im not sure
As far as I know all USB 3.0 drives are backward compatible.
from what i have read most are compatible with highspeed usb 2.0 but allot less are compatible with regular 2.0 hubs
mrevankyle said:
from what i have read most are compatible with highspeed usb 2.0 but allot less are compatible with regular 2.0 hubs
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What. There are 4 kinds of USB (not counting on the go, wireless and eventually others) : USB 1.0, USB 1.1, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0
Hi-Speed USB means just USB 2.0, Super Speed is USB 3.0 and the older ones are plain and simply USB.
The theorical top speeds are: 1.5mbps, 12mbps, 480mbps and finally 4000mbps
High speed was briefly and not standardized with USB 1.1 so some device makers had that nonsense on their hubs.
Maybe you misunderstood? Some drives don't like some hubs, but that's a power requirement... If the drive needs x volts and the hub can't offer them because it's already sharing the power with other devices and has no wall plug to get extra power, the drive will just spin up and down without ever starting. 3.5" drives always need their own power adapter, so those always work, 2.5" ones usually draw the power from the USB and as such might be a little hit and miss with hubs, however the Transformer powers them up quite well.
Western Digital makes awesome, reliable, fast and quiet drives, I do have an USB 2.0 My Passport... And several others in various devices
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shaneledford said:
Does anyone know what the requirements/limits are for using a hard disk drive with the dock USB port ?
I am thinking about getting one of these for general purpose external storage, and it would be nice to get one that works with my transformer too.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hard-Driv...0000003142050&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=15222929
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Toshiba-C...ve-Black-with-White/15529168?findingMethod=rr
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expan...1000102/dp/tech-data/B0056YNA2U/ref=de_a_smtd
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Elements-Portable-External/dp/B003B8PPEY
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I wouldn't recommend any of those drives. I would instead go with something like THIS HDD, THIS external enclosure and THIS retractable USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini 5-Pin. I have this setup and I also have one with an 120gb SSD. Incidentally, if you go with a SSD there is no motor that has to spin the platters because there's no moving parts so it uses less battery power than the first HDD I showed you. Also I know on the Vantec enclosure it says capable for up to 160gb drives but if you look at the details it says up to 750gb HDD's. I can confirm this because mine is a 750gb HDD.
Got a Buffalostation that works well. If it's the best or not, I wouldn't know.
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I wouldn't recommend any of those drives. I would instead go with something like THIS HDD, THIS external enclosure and THIS retractable USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini 5-Pin. I have this setup and I also have one with an 120gb SSD. Incidentally, if you go with a SSD there is no motor that has to spin the platters because there's no moving parts so it uses less battery power than the first HDD I showed you. Also I know on the Vantec enclosure it says capable for up to 160gb drives but if you look at the details it says up to 750gb HDD's. I can confirm this because mine is a 750gb HDD.
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So far that's the most expensive and less bang for the buck option XD
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droidjens said:
Got a Buffalostation that works well. If it's the best or not, I wouldn't know.
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Thanks everyone. So far It looks like this one is a pretty good choice. It has good reviews and if its confirmed working on the Transformer I might go ahead and grab it.
Hope it'll serve you well.
I just remembered that I had to re-format it to NTFS before the Transformer would recognize it. Just thought I'd let you know.
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So far that's the most expensive and less bang for the buck option XD
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...but extremely dependable, very effective and lower power consuming than any of those Buffalo drives. I have a Buffalo NAS drive and they're good for that but as for using one for a portable drive I would not. If you're going to use a regular HDD I would at least go with a Seagate or Western Digital drive as they tend to be better drives and are far quieter than any other brand on the market today. Yeah it may be a little more expensive but it's worth it. At least it was for me that is.
i have a 350g western digital that ive had forever.
This drive arrived in the mail the other day. So far, so good; it was easily recognized by the TF. Not sure how fast it drains power as I haven't used it for too long yet, but it's silent. I also have an old 320GB Western Digital drive in an enclosure from five years ago that my TF sees, too. So, I have backups of backups. And that's not including the (2) 32gb cards I'll have once the second one shows up next week.
r_nt said:
This drive arrived in the mail the other day. So far, so good; it was easily recognized by the TF. Not sure how fast it drains power as I haven't used it for too long yet, but it's silent. I also have an old 320GB Western Digital drive in an enclosure from five years ago that my TF sees, too. So, I have backups of backups. And that's not including the (2) 32gb cards I'll have once the second one shows up next week.
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why 2 32g micro sd cards? i find the one 32g in the tab and a 128g in the dock work just fine, and i have my 320g external if i need more. i dont think i coud stand switching out sd cards all the time...
sonami said:
why 2 32g micro sd cards? i find the one 32g in the tab and a 128g in the dock work just fine, and i have my 320g external if i need more. i dont think i coud stand switching out sd cards all the time...
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Only one of the cards is micro; the other is full-sized. No switching necessary.
I've been searching all over and I cant find a definitive answer on this.
I have a Toshiba portable USB hard drive that gets its power from the USB connector (it does not have a separate power supply).
Can I hook this up to my Xoom and watch movies/tv shows from it? Does the Xoom support USB hard drives or thumb drives at all?
Sorry in advance if this has already been answered.
Thanks
Yes but you need a USB OTG cable. Not sure if the Xoom will power an external hard drive that runs off of USB only though, you might need to get one if those cables that splits off for power.
I can't get anything to work, even with a USB OTG cable, and I have 3.2 installed.
When I bought the cable it said this ...
This adapter allows you to plug a USB memory stick pen drive so you can play music, videos, backup & transfer files and view photos.
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The Motorola forum says it can't be done, yet.
Others say you need to root the phone.
I'm sure you need to unlock and install tiamat rom I think?
I'm new to these forums as of today,
But i've read around the forums, and it seems to me that 3.2 doesn't support USBhost, and therefore PENdrives/USBHDD's cannot be used.
As Kippui stated, you will need to use a custom ROM with USBhost support, before you will be able to use the HDD at the very least
oRAirwolf said:
I've been searching all over and I cant find a definitive answer on this.
I have a Toshiba portable USB hard drive that gets its power from the USB connector (it does not have a separate power supply).
Can I hook this up to my Xoom and watch movies/tv shows from it? Does the Xoom support USB hard drives or thumb drives at all?
Sorry in advance if this has already been answered.
Thanks
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If it has no separate power supply then no, the xoom doesn't put out enough power
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my wd passport works fine.
I use a motorla host cable(cheap one ship from china a no go)
I'm rooted
use usb mass storage watcher app
I'm on moray rom
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If it has no separate power supply then no, the xoom doesn't put out enough power
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Not true about the newer Passports, for example. I have a 1st generation 250GB Passport that can only work if I use a powered hub, but my brand new USB3 650GB Passport works fine and is fully powered by the Xoom.
Please note, I am unlocked, rooted, and running a custom Rom/kernel that supports USB Host Mode.
Stock Honeycomb does not support USBOTG/host mode.
xoom 2 support usb otg with stock firmware
I would go on eBay and buy an Angled USB OTG cable. I got two of them on their for around $7-$8. It's better because you don't have a wire sticking out of your tablet.
I'm paranoid on breaking my ports.
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xoom 2 support usb otg with stock firmware
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Well that's something in it's favor, anyway.
Hi guys
I was just wondering if i will need extra power if I want to connect my nexus 5 to a portable hard drive via OTG? If there are any that don't need extra power, what are they? I'm in the UK thanks.
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A portable hard drive will need external power. Don't know any that don't. The power draw is too high for the device to handle it.
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I have a 250GB Western Digital Passport, 1TB Samsung M3 and a 500GB DIY portable HDD I made with an old laptop drive and USB 3.0 enclosure from eBay... and none of them require an external power supply as they're all USB powered.
Also, when I had a Note 2 I could connect these drives to it... so whilst I can't say for sure they will work with the N5, I don't think it should be ruled out.
I'm at work right now and have no idea where my USB OTG cable is, but if I can find it when I get home I'll test them out.
Since the S3, all flagship Samsung have been able to power OTG Mechanical HDD's.
On the N5, many will not power however recently a few people have said they have managed to do so, but whatever. Generally the advice with the N5 is you need a powered USB hub. Some may work without but we dont have a catalogue of what works.
I'd really appreciate that CitizenLee. The Samsung M3 was the portable hard drive I was thinking of buying and I would be great to know first hand.
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