Anyone try to connect a flash drive with an OTG cable? I am s-off, perm root with TWRP recovery on stock rom. I ordered a 64gb SD card because my 32gb was getting full. I pulled out the 32gb and put it in a thumb drive type USB adapter and connected it via an OTG cable to transfer everything over but it seemed to be constantly bouncing between being connected and disconnecting. Is this a KitKat issue it something HTC has done?
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animez said:
Anyone try to connect a flash drive with an OTG cable? I am s-off, perm root with TWRP recovery on stock rom. I ordered a 64gb SD card because my 32gb was getting full. I pulled out the 32gb and put it in a thumb drive type USB adapter and connected it via an OTG cable to transfer everything over but it seemed to be constantly bouncing between being connected and disconnecting. Is this a KitKat issue it something HTC has done?
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Is it one of the SanDisk Mobile Mate adapters? I have had those corrupt cards often; more often than not actually, and had issues with it dropping out like you said. Not just on Android either. Have you tried an actual thumbdrive? I am not positive, but there may be constraints on what file system you use as well. To be safe, try formatting a thumbdrive as fat32 or ext3 and see what happens. If that's stable, try a different adapter.
The adapter is by IOGear and has worked with this setup on other phones. I did a little more experimenting this morning. I tried another 32gb card that behaved the same way, but I was able to mount both a 1gb card and a 16gb thumb drive. Just to see what happened I also plugged in a 320gb USB powered external drive, it powered up and the phone saw it but told me it was blank or used an unrecognized file format. It may be NTFS, I'm not sure.
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animez said:
The adapter is by IOGear and has worked with this setup on other phones. I did a little more experimenting this morning. I tried another 32gb card that behaved the same way, but I was able to mount both a 1gb card and a 16gb thumb drive. Just to see what happened I also plugged in a 320gb USB powered external drive, it powered up and the phone saw it but told me it was blank or used an unrecognized file format. It may be NTFS, I'm not sure.
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For ntfs drives I use stickmount and also ntfs mounter. Both free versions and must be used together. Works great
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kwull.ntfsmounter
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount
My Meenova does *not* work with the M8, although it works with all of my other Android devices. However, an OTG cable does work, and I have accessed USB flash drives on my M8.
I have one of these with an extra 64gb card and it works well.
sorcerer86 said:
For ntfs drives I use stickmount and also ntfs mounter. Both free versions and must be used together. Works great
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kwull.ntfsmounter
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount
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I tried the stickmount/NTFS mounter combo but it didn't work. I reformatted the drive as exFAT under Windows 7 and it works perfectly now. Transfer speeds are crazy too. I copied 9.8gb of music from the external SD to the drive in about 17 minutes.
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animez said:
I tried the stickmount/NTFS mounter combo but it didn't work. I reformatted the drive as exFAT under Windows 7 and it works perfectly now. Transfer speeds are crazy too. I copied 9.8gb of music from the external SD to the drive in about 17 minutes.
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Hmm. I use my 64gb transcend USB stick ntfs formatted all the time with no problems.
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I received my 16gb MicroSD card today, and happily slapped it into my GTab. Question, and it appears fine on the Tablet itself, however when I then plug my Gtab into my Mac, only the built-in 16Gb are showing up to copy files. Is there a solution for this?
Scott
scottder said:
I received my 16gb MicroSD card today, and happily slapped it into my GTab. Question, and it appears fine on the Tablet itself, however when I then plug my Gtab into my Mac, only the built-in 16Gb are showing up to copy files. Is there a solution for this?
Scott
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This is normal, the USB port mounting paradigm for the GTAB is only set to read the internal SDCard. With the CM7 Experimental ROM, I think the mounting paradigm is set to only read the external MicroSD with the USB connected, I may be wrong about that though.
is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
daniel9522 said:
is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
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Goto youtube and search Asus Transformer - USB, Wireless Mouse, SD Card, External HD
I'm using the Logitech M570 wireless trackball. As far as external HD, I was able to insert a usb flash drive and it recognized it right away.
I tested my TF with a 500 GB portable HD (Western Digital) today, and it worked flawlessly. I was initially unsure if the tablet would be able to power the HD, but no probs on that count.
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daniel9522 said:
is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
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Yes, just plug it in and it should be detected without any problem. I have a 500GB 2 1/2 inch external drive with a single usb lead which provides power and data and it worked first time and works great for viewing larger hd movies that would be impractical to store on microsd.
Im assuming you mean an external Hard Drive or do you just have an internal drive you want to connect?
Mark.
it recognized for like half a second
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it recognized for like half a second
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What type of external HardDrive are you trying to connect (2.5inch or 3.5inch)?
Which file system is it formatted with?
Mark.
daniel9522 said:
it recognized for like half a second
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If your form factor is 2.5 inch then you power it by the USB
If it's a 3.5 you'll have to power it externally via it's supplied power cable
I use a Seagate 1tb 2.5 and it doesn't matter if i format to HTFS or FAT32 it all works good
My micro SD cards are only recognised if formated to FAT32
daniel9522 said:
is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
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Lots of posts on success doing this. search>
unable to format HTFS or FAT32
only ntfs
daniel9522 said:
unable to format HTFS or FAT32
only ntfs
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Why are you unable to format to Fat32?
Mark.
i tried something else and now i can format ntfs and exfat
but ex fat also wont read on the tf
thanks for all the help
i install] Netformer...eating all the pies, Testing: 1.5
and formatted my hdd to ntfs
and it is opening up on my TF
Hello, Is it possible to connect the WD external HD( external power source) to the usb on the screen part of the tablet. Thank you
braudia said:
Hello, Is it possible to connect the WD external HD( external power source) to the usb on the screen part of the tablet. Thank you
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Try it and see
Mark.
Im just hoping to get a usb adapto an be able to connect a hd directly to my tablet...
For movies in the road
I can get my dog to walk on his hind legs. It's amusing but has no practical purpose, such as you are suggesting.
Paper that comes with USB adapter states 'flash memory up to 32gb formatted fat32' not tried anything else yet...
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Dash Micro.
My question, has anyone ever used one of these (on a phone that does NOT have an EXT SD Card slot) and successfully booted into recovery and flashed a file that was stored on the Dash Micro?! Just wondering bc this could truly be my saving grace! Thanks!
I haven't used a dash micro specifically, but have used an OTG cable + USB memory stick and saved a nandroid and also restored from it. Obviously, your device and recovery has to have OTG support but I think all the major recoveries have it now. Specifically I was using a Nexus 5 and TWRP recovery.
se1000 said:
I haven't used a dash micro specifically, but have used an OTG cable + USB memory stick and saved a nandroid and also restored from it. Obviously, your device and recovery has to have OTG support but I think all the major recoveries have it now. Specifically I was using a Nexus 5 and TWRP recovery.
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So how do we know if the S6 supports it or not??
JoeFCaputo113 said:
So how do we know if the S6 supports it or not??
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Pretty sure it'll be supported
Why are you so worried about?
The Samsung Galaxy S6 has been reported many times (Google it) that it supports USB OTG so yes the Dash Micro will work with it imho.
I personally ordered a competitor (read cheap Chinese) reader to be used with my next coming S6 Edge.
Doesn't it seem though that on this page that the connecting part would not fit into the S6??
There is the dash micro and an adapter to connect it to usb (on this page you cant see the micro usb connector from dash micro as its hidden in the thing to put it with keys.
Hi folks! Has anyone tried to connect a 128GB memory stick to the S6? I have a 128GB micro SD card and I was thinking of getting a meenova micro SD otg card reader.. Just wondering if the phone would recognize/read it..
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jorgenask said:
Hi folks! Has anyone tried to connect a 128GB memory stick to the S6? I have a 128GB micro SD card and I was thinking of getting a meenova micro SD otg card reader.. Just wondering if the phone would recognize/read it..
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Taken off the Meenova website:
Due to hardware and software limitations of many Android devices -- especially older ones, compatibility with devices not listed here can't be guaranteed.
Samsung: Galaxy S5, S4, S3, S2, S4 Active, Note 3, Note 2, Note, Mega; Galaxy Tab S
Judging from that I would say you'd be perfectly fine, and common sense was telling me before looking it up that you'd be fine.
I can't think of a single modern device that doesn't support OTG, and all OTG devices pretty much work the same.
The only question is whether it supports NTFS or not, but hey... Just format the MicroSD card with FAT32 and you won't have any worries at all.
My recommendation: Go for it :highfive:
jorgenask said:
Hi folks! Has anyone tried to connect a 128GB memory stick to the S6? I have a 128GB micro SD card and I was thinking of getting a meenova micro SD otg card reader.. Just wondering if the phone would recognize/read it..
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Works!!!!! Tried it, thats how I transfer data from my Note 4 to S6 Edge....
My Note 4 has in a 128GB MicroSD I used OTG and MicroSD to USB Adapter
antiguangenius said:
Works!!!!! Tried it, thats how I transfer data from my Note 4 to S6 Edge....
My Note 4 has in a 128GB MicroSD I used OTG and MicroSD to USB Adapter
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Or you could just use a computer.
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Or you could just use a computer.
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It should work for storage sizes up to 2TB. If the S6 can't power a HD over OTG cable, you can get a special OTG cable that lets you add the necessary power from another source.
Hi,
Just a suggestion here, instead of doing it manually by using card and card reader you can do it on the fly you can use sidesync app or smart switch or any other app.
Just install on both phones fire it up on both phones and choose send. It will show you a list of all the content by type and category! Choose whatever you want move and hit send and now on the receiving phone click receive and it'll either create or ask you to join a network u can connect it on send phone by choosing the receiving phone in the "found connection within the app. You will see it start sending files and on the other they'll start coming in. I it is pretty fast too. I have about 40 gigs on my extra and around 20 in internal loads of mp3 which didn't take long. you can check it out. there's even an app by Jio called Jio Switch which does the same. No more downtime and no attachments needed?.
Works!!! I use mine through a SANDISK Wireless USB Flashdrive-(it has a micro-SD slot) out through an OTG & it has been performing flawlessly! You should have no problems with it, but I would make sure it's formated to ExFat or ExFat32 just to make sure it reads....
The Samsung T3 external SSD is USB type C and is extremely fast. Using the stock cord that came with my phone I can make a twrp backup faster than to the internal storage.
Anyone else use one?
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The Samsung T3 external SSD is USB type C and is extremely fast. Using the stock cord that came with my phone I can make a twrp backup faster than to the internal storage.
Anyone else use one?
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That's because your phone has to read and write from flash at the same time. My OTG cable and USB 3.0 drive i've had for 2 years os still faster than backing up internally also. But I agree, the T3 would probably super tots.
The T3 is also very fast with the computer. Transfers 5gb in seconds
Link
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This is the one I have (250GB) they have up to a 2TB.
http://smile.amazon.com/Samsung-Por...TF8&qid=1457975173&sr=1-3&keywords=samsung+t3
Gytole said:
That's because your phone has to read and write from flash at the same time. My OTG cable and USB 3.0 drive i've had for 2 years os still faster than backing up internally also. But I agree, the T3 would probably super tots.
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I've tried hooking up my otg micro USB cable with flash drive. But 6p isn't reading. I figured it can't transmit data micro USB style. Is that why its not reading it? Have you tried that @Gytole?
dontbeweakvato said:
I've tried hooking up my otg micro USB cable with flash drive. But 6p isn't reading. I figured it can't transmit data micro USB style. Is that why its not reading it? Have you tried that @Gytole?
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Can't day I have trird it but i'm surprised it doesnt work! I have a coyple old otg cables laying around i'll see if I can conjur up something with my 6P anf see what happens. I just use my USB C to USB otg with my Silicon Power fladh drives. Works fantastatiddies
Gytole said:
Can't day I have trird it but i'm surprised it doesnt work! I have a coyple old otg cables laying around i'll see if I can conjur up something with my 6P anf see what happens. I just use my USB C to USB otg with my Silicon Power fladh drives. Works fantastatiddies
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I used micro usb otg cable, then micro USB to type c adapter, into 6p. Im saying I used a type c adapter and I think that's why it wasn't connecting to the flash drive but either way whatever happened it was not connecting and I tried numerous times I even tried apps like stickmount
Whether the nexus 6p works with exfat or NTFS formatted drive
Please confirm
3rd party app will mount exFAT-formatted T3
dontbeweakvato said:
I used micro usb otg cable, then micro USB to type c adapter, into 6p. Im saying I used a type c adapter and I think that's why it wasn't connecting to the flash drive but either way whatever happened it was not connecting and I tried numerous times I even tried apps like stickmount
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I just took another pass at getting my 6P to work with my exFAT-formatted T3, and this time around (Android 7.1.2) saw multiple paths to success.
Firstly, this time, when I plugged in my device, the system presented a notification, which led to a dialog asking if I wanted to "format the device for mobile data storage" – which would have meant reformatting to FAT32. Not what I wanted, but pretty cool that it was an option and I didn't have to go digging.
Secondly, a quick googling turned up a third-party app that will mount exFAT volumes. It's called Paragon exFAT/NTSF (I don't have permission to post urls here yet). I had to pay $5 for exFAT support, and it wanted Total Commander (free) to browse and operate on the files.