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When i connect phone to PC, external sdcard is not seen. What are you guys doing to see ext sdcard from PC.

I can't get mine to show up either.
There is a USB app in the marketplace that doesn't seem to work too well.
I've resigned myself to rebooting the phone with the USB cable in, in disk mode. When the phone comes back up it always seems to show up mounted as a drive on my mac.

[Q] micro usb to usb adapter

Here's a cross post from the Mesmerize thread where I'm not having any luck:
I have a 2.2.1 (rooted) Mesmerize and I can't get it to recognize anything plugged into the Samsung Micro USB to USB Adapter I just bought.
The phone is set to "Mass Storage" for USB and I've tried both USB Debugging on and off.
I can't get it to recognize any of 5 thumb drives that I've tried connecting to it. So either it's a bad cable, or something else in the phone is preventing the connection. Help, please!
EDIT: I'm possibly naive in assuming that this (reading a USB thumb drive from the phone) will work at all, but since they (Samsung) sell the cable and tout it as being capable of it, I must just be missing something such as a setting or the necessary version of Android or a wonderful hack from this group.

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What you are asking for is a USB host function on your phone. As far as I know there is none for the Mesmerize or android. The cable is to connect your device with a pc or other that does have usb host drivers.
there are probably other, better ways of getting extended storage. what exactly are your trying to accomplish?

I just figured it would be cool to read off a thumb drive (or usb card reader set up as a thumb drive with an sd card or micro sd card attached) from my phone. For instance, if I'm out somewhere and I take a picture with my camera and I immediately want to get that picture from the camera to the phone (without using a pc as a bridge)... I could just remove the sd card from the camera, plug it into my card reader, plug my card reader into the micro usb to usb adapter and then plug that into the phone. Whereupon the phone would recognize a thumb drive is attached and let me navigate it the way I navigate the internal micro sd card.

yeah I don't think usb hosting was available until 3.1
I don't even know how easy it is with newer devices.

What about with a custom mod/ROM?

mad towner,
i would like to know how did u root ur phone. i have a tab with same os as yours. but i find it very difficult to root.
thanks in advance.

[Q] connecting external hard drive to an android phone?

i wanted to know if it was possible to connect an external hard drive to an android phone with usb on the go support using a female to female usb adapter something like this > http://www.amazon.com/SANOXY-USB-Gender-Changer-Female/dp/B000BSN4UY/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_y
connceting the phone usb cable on one end and connect the external hard drive usb cable on another???
and if not why ? and how exactly can you connect a external hard drive to an android phone?
thank you

connecting external hard drive (transcend 25M3) to android phone ( micromax a116) ( )
Good news for everyone who want use external hard drive with android phone. I connected my Micromax A116 with transcend store jet 25M3 1TB external hard drive without rooting of phone. You have to possession of OTG cable only. Transcend hard drive one benefit that its having connecting cable with two USB male point . One for specifically power supply and other for data transfer. I used my Micromax phone charger having out put - DC 5V 1A with USB connected. first I have given power supply by connecting USB end of hard drive to the Micromax phone charger then I connected data transfer USB of hard drive to OTG cable then its micro USB end to my Micromax a 116. And its successfully access all the file and folder in hard drive. Plz Keep in mind that hard drive formatted in FAT32. Your phone should be supporting USB storage devices. And biggest thing is you don't require any rooting or additional apps for connecting. I think it will be very helpful for Micromax A 116 users . I can easily play HD video from my hard drive.

otg connecting a hard drive
Dharmender Nagill said:
Good news for everyone who want use external hard drive with android phone. I connected my Micromax A116 with transcend store jet 25M3 1TB external hard drive without rooting of phone. You have to possession of OTG cable only. Transcend hard drive one benefit that its having connecting cable with two USB male point . One for specifically power supply and other for data transfer. I used my Micromax phone charger having out put - DC 5V 1A with USB connected. first I have given power supply by connecting USB end of hard drive to the Micromax phone charger then I connected data transfer USB of hard drive to OTG cable then its micro USB end to my Micromax a 116. And its successfully access all the file and folder in hard drive. Plz Keep in mind that hard drive formatted in FAT32. Your phone should be supporting USB storage devices. And biggest thing is you don't require any rooting or additional apps for connecting. I think it will be very helpful for Micromax A 116 users . I can easily play HD video from my hard drive.
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i have a noir A10 and i have connected an 80 gb hard drive via otg cable and an app installed on my phone i.e Stickmount.

So what am I doing wrong???
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 and I wish to connect it to a USB hard drive. The one I'm using at the moment is an old 40gb drive but, if I can get bit to work, I intend to get a bigger one.
Sooo...
I've got a USB OTG lead.
I've connected the drive using a 'Y' lead to ensure that there is enough power for the hard drive.
I'm using ES3 File explorer.
I've connected USB sticks and cards also used USB hubs and Card readers with perfect results.
ES3 recognises the drive and asks for permission to access it but when I give permission it says "Sorry the operation failed". Trying again gives a different message "Failed to open the file".
I've tried reformatting the drive as NTFS, exFAT and even FAT32 but it makes no difference.
The drive works perfectly when connected to a number of other devices.
Any ideas?

Hey frndz i am also trying to connect my desire 820 dual sim with wd my element 1 tb but whenever i connet it the ext hdd, the hdd stopping and starting again and again and my mobile also shows a msg Usb storage removed , usb attached and detached again and again. Can u please help

Monu Gujjar said:
Hey frndz i am also trying to connect my desire 820 dual sim with wd my element 1 tb but whenever i connet it the ext hdd, the hdd stopping and starting again and again and my mobile also shows a msg Usb storage removed , usb attached and detached again and again. Can u please help
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U need to Format/fat32

[Q] usb hdd access with tab2 10.1

hi guys,
does anyone knows how to access a usb external hdd with galaxy tab2 10.1?
ı've bought OTG cable. I tired several things with OTG and Y-usb cable. but i couldnt manage to do it.
the error on tablet is "high power usb device connected"
does anyone connected a usb external hdd to galaxy tab2? what is the method? do i have to root?
thanks in advance.

I use an external hard drive to move files to my AT&T Tab 2. It is not rooted. The error you are getting is most likely the tab cannot power the external hard drive. If your hard drive does not have a separate power connection try connecting it through a powered hub. My drive has the y cable. One is for power and the other is for data connection. It works just fine. At home or work I connect the power to my pc or Tab charger and in my car I have powered USB.
Also the OTG does not support NTFS so you will have to use a 32GB or under drive or find some way to format it Fat32

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I use an external hard drive to move files to my AT&T Tab 2. It is not rooted. The error you are getting is most likely the tab cannot power the external hard drive. If your hard drive does not have a separate power connection try connecting it through a powered hub. My drive has the y cable. One is for power and the other is for data connection. It works just fine. At home or work I connect the power to my pc or Tab charger and in my car I have powered USB.
Also the OTG does not support NTFS so you will have to use a 32GB or under drive or find some way to format it Fat32
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Thank you for the answer.
i understand that OTG + Ycable + tab charger is the solution for me.
if i use fat32 500gb usb external hdd, is it ok?

I would assume yes since my drive is a HP 500GB pocket media drive.

[Q] Connecting an external hard drive via the usb port

Hi guys. Is there an app out there that makes it possible to connect an external USB flash drive or 2.5" drive to the shield tab via its USB port?

I'm pretty sure you just do, and you'll be good. Strangely I've never had any problems using an OTG USB drive with the Shield. That's what you'd be looking for, by the way... Am OTG cable.

One quick thing to note is, be prepared to need to power the hard drive. The tablet may not have enough juice to power a full hard drive. So if you plug it in and it isn't recognized, try a powered USB hub.
Secondly, make sure you have ES file explorer.

I use a WD ultra passport portable 1tb drive and a otg cable.
I just plug in, open ES file explorer an get what I need an unmount an disconnect.
You'll lose a few percent of battery potential as expected.
WR

Thanks guys. I'm honestly shocked this actually works. I tried it with my WD passport laptop drive and low and behold it works flawlessly. With the research I did in the past with my HTC EVDO 3D, and reading all the comments on various messageboards, I really thought connecting USB HDDs to any Android device would not work. Does it work in this instance mainly because the device is a Shield Tablet? Or is it only because I'm rooted, and as a result any rooted Android device will allow USB HDDs to be used?

OTG and enough power
It just works if your (android) device has an On the Go (OTG) USB connector AND if it gives enough power to your (hard) drive. If there isn't enough power, you need a Y OTG cable and external power source. Many smartphones do not provide the 500mA at 5V they should provide, but tablets usually give enough from my experience.