My Canadian S6 is currently making a Nandroid using TWRP and an OTG cable with my microSD plugged in. It's been taking forever to back up the last 10%. I suddenly really miss having a microSD slot. Any thoughts or tips?
Change your SD card
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Don't root and backup and restore with a nandroid. Use normal everyday backup procedures for photo's etc and let google restore all your apps and settings for you. Much quicker than messing around with old school and old hat methods
I was actually surprised when I connected my 2.5inch external hard drive case with a 256GB SSD inside to the S6 using an OTG cable. It not only powered it, but also mounted it. The file manager transfer was showing speeds at over 40MB/S. I haven't done any actual speed test, but it transferred over 1Gig of files from the S6 to it in just about 20 seconds. I'd now have a solution for baking up pictures off the S6 when I'm on vacation.
You are probably using a cheap cable. Not all cables are created equally.
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Hello, I was wondering how I could root/rom my friend's Galaxy Tab 2 without plugging it up to the computer. His cable will only charge/work from the wall outlet and I don't have time to order a new one. Can I do this through SD (IE making a bootable sd with clockworkmod or w/e)?
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Hi all, I have had a Tab 7.7 for 12 months and have been using an OTG adaptor to copy jpegs from my camera's SD card to the external SD card in my Tab. All of a sudden the whole process has stopped working. My Tab 7.7 has ICS 4.0.4. and is NOT rooted. Previously when I plug in the OTG adaptor the File Manager appears showing the folders on the SD card in the adaptor. When I plug it in now I get the message "USB mas storage removed safely" and that's it. I was thinking I might re-flash the rom but since I can't even get Odin to load on my windows 8 PC (it flashes on the pc monitor then goes off) I really can't be bothered. I went to the trouble of running Odin on a windows 7 PC at least it loaded on 7 but wouldn't acknowledge the Tab being connected. I thought I might have a driver problem, but has anyone on this site tried downloading a driver for samsung tab 7.7, it's a bloody nightmare. You get all sorts of crap from checking what drivers are missing or outdated on your PC then having to by a copy for $29.95. I'm really over it. When I rooted my Mororola xoom 12 months ago and flashed ICS I had no problems at all, there wasn't a link like we have now that sends you to a site that takes 5 hours to download a tar file or you could buy a subscription and do it in 9 mins. Can anyone please offer any assistance with my problem before I toss it in the bin. Many thanks
Yeah maybe try a few different things connected to see what exactley is the problem.do you have any other usb things you could connect?
MRBR7 said:
Yeah maybe try a few different things connected to see what exactley is the problem.do you have any other usb things you could connect?
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Thanks, I tried a laser mouse and the led under the mouse dosent light so I suspect the 5volt rail has gone somewhere. I'll pull the back off and check connector. I will post outcome.
Have you tried a different sd card?
murmur70 said:
Have you tried a different sd card?
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Yes sure have, 3 to be exact. I've changed my mind about looking for 5 volts on the usb connector. I'm just not going to bother trying to connect a SD card through the USB port. Life is too short to stuff around
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.
geoff5093 said:
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....
Figured I'd share a neat little USB drive that I've been using for past devices and seems to work swell for the S6. This here is the product:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-conne...446218&sr=1-1&keywords=sandisk+dual+usb+drive
Super light weight, transfer speeds are swift, and this drive even "locks" into your phone-port so the connection is super secure. I can upload some pictures to a gallery if anyone is interested as well. I use it over an OTG+USB any day.
This is off-topic, but I had just plugged in my spare PC HDD via OTG and it did in fact properly mount. WIth 500GB I don't think missing an SD card is a problem at all...
FiniteDGk said:
Figured I'd share a neat little USB drive that I've been using for past devices and seems to work swell for the S6. This here is the product:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-conne...446218&sr=1-1&keywords=sandisk+dual+usb+drive
Super light weight, transfer speeds are swift, and this drive even "locks" into your phone-port so the connection is super secure. I can upload some pictures to a gallery if anyone is interested as well. I use it over an OTG+USB any day.
This is off-topic, but I had just plugged in my spare PC HDD via OTG and it did in fact properly mount. WIth 500GB I don't think missing an SD card is a problem at all...
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Does it work to do nandroid recovery?
It is a good tip to use these little drives as they have gotten very cheap. I store quite a bit of music on one that I have and it works great. I do use BSPlayer because it will recognize an OTG drive.
Regarding @sachs question, yes you can use one for Nandroids. Just be sure that you can mount it in TWRP.
or you could just buy an otg to usb cable and use nearly everything (also a usb hub for more devices)
https://www.amazon.com/Rankie-3-Pack-Female-Converter-Adapter/dp/B00YOX4JU6
i even used mymouse, keyboard and external hdds on my phone, but it would be better if it's formatted in fat32 or exfat and not ntfs.
OTG to USB is better.
This flash drive might not fir properly if you have a case on your phone
Just a trick, don't buy this.
The little plastic thing that let you move the port between USB-A and µUSB-B breaks easily and you must use a knife to force the thing to move
I've got one of these and I keep it handy for flashing, file transfers, all sorts.
The pictures don't do it justice. The micro USB side sticks out further than it looks. Fits all my phone's in cases with ease.
Currently have a UAG on my S6...
I have one of these. Nandroid backup works. Only problem is, the metal clip can break off. I got this to replace it:
PNY 64GB DUO-LINK USB 3.0 OTG Flash Drive for Android - (P-FDI64GOTGTO30-GE) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01INV1Z4M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_lk7Jw5Qn3FbBv