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[Q] Otg cable with Kitkat 4.4

I'm am pondering upon the purchase of an OTG cable for my moto g. I have heard from other forums that an OTG cable does not work with this new update. I would like to connect a memory stick or a PS3 controller. They also note that you need a programme to fix this problem. Answers would be appreciated :good:

OTG does work - provided you se a 3rd party app like total commander + usb plugin or Nexus Media Importer
I use the Meenova usb otg device - no cable.

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liverpool5847 said:
I'm am pondering upon the purchase of an OTG cable for my moto g. I have heard from other forums that an OTG cable does not work with this new update. I would like to connect a memory stick or a PS3 controller. They also note that you need a programme to fix this problem. Answers would be appreciated :good:
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Nonsense!
OTG works like a charm on 4.4.2.
Just use Total Commander + OTG plugin (both available from GP market).

CANADOS said:
Nonsense!
OTG works like a charm on 4.4.2.
Just use Total Commander + OTG plugin (both available from GP market).
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Great, but can you copy a movie (bigger than internal memory) on the USB stick and play it from there? I mean, can you press open from Total Commander and have your video player run this USB file just fine?

rioachim said:
Great, but can you copy a movie (bigger than internal memory) on the USB stick and play it from there? I mean, can you press open from Total Commander and have your video player run this USB file just fine?
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The Total Commander plugin can stream video through localhost, so yes.

3rd App needed on KitKat
liverpool5847 said:
I'm am pondering upon the purchase of an OTG cable for my moto g. I have heard from other forums that an OTG cable does not work with this new update. I would like to connect a memory stick or a PS3 controller. They also note that you need a programme to fix this problem. Answers would be appreciated :good:
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As others said you need total commander and usb stick plug-in to work. And it will be fine if you are with unblocked bootloader and unrooted. You can only pass up 30mb files on the free version. So, think on purchasing it. Is very cheap!
If you are rooted you can also try Stick Mount + Astro, It works and are free of limit and prices or Directory Bind
For fully working Ps3 controller you must me rooted
Greetings

That's what I like to know. If I root can I use Otg like link2sd? Would like to download games from store and install it on stick. Would that work?
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Does PS3 Controller works via Bluetooth or OTG-Cable on Android 4.3?
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H-KaN said:
That's what I like to know. If I root can I use Otg like link2sd? Would like to download games from store and install it on stick. Would that work?
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I think this is not possible, but you could have a try and share results.
Greetings
Edit:
It's possible if you are Root with Directory Bind
Bye

Is there a way of backing up the phone using otg? I have a back up programme that writes the back up to otg usb by providing the path to write to. This works fine on my Samsung S3 running android 4.3. I can't get it to work on my wifes Moto G using stickmount and total commander with kit kat installed. Anybody managed to do this?

I've connected a keyboard and a mouse via USB OTG to my Moto G 4.4.2 and it works as it should.

Thunbergii said:
I've connected a keyboard and a mouse via USB OTG to my Moto G 4.4.2 and it works as it should.
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Yes, I can get those to work as well but nothing from a memory stick, is there a free app to enable OTG memory stick use? I want to transfer files from my old phone memory stick and use as a carry round storage.

i use the following otg adapter with a 32gb micro sim
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00GT8QZKQ/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
i have installed stickmount which works ver very well and gives me access in all applications .. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount&hl=de

Anyone to test ps3 controller on 4.3 and/or 4.4? Plz!
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phreephiber said:
i use the following otg adapter with a 32gb micro sim
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00GT8QZKQ/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
i have installed stickmount which works ver very well and gives me access in all applications .. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount&hl=de
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Just remember you need root for this.
With no root, try Total Commander & the usb plugin. (search on google play)

phreephiber said:
i use the following otg adapter with a 32gb micro sim
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00GT8QZKQ/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
i have installed stickmount which works ver very well and gives me access in all applications .. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount&hl=de
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And you can move all app data to the USB? Let's say fifa 14. I wanna move the data on the USB and whenever I want to play I plug the USB in and play the game. Can you try it for me? I tried but didn't get it to work. Maybe my otg is not working well. Thanks for any help.
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Yes, you can move your Fifa's data folder to the sd card and from the sd to the internal memory. But you cannot play with the 'data' folder on ur sd card.
I've tested this with 3 different games. I keep the apk installed and move 'data' and 'obb' files from internal to external. Then, when I want to play a game, i just move its data back to the internal memory.
Worked pretty well with Total Commander + USB Stick Plugin.
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If you wan to have data (or obb) files from your game on SD, you need root, and e.g. FolderMount

Fedroid said:
I think this is not possible, but you could have a try and share results.
Greetings
Edit:
It's possible if you are Root with Directory Bind
Bye
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You are sure of that? a few people tried but have not gotten it work.

FolderMount works for this...
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Moto G otg support

So when I connect the otg cable and my pendrive, in the notification bar the external storage notification comes, but when I click on that it says empty disc or unsupported content. But I have still checked with just one video file and its still not opening. nor es file explorer can detect my pendrive. And even after I remove the pendrive the notification is still there and it doesn't go until I reboot my phone. Please help.
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Debanka said:
So when I connect the otg cable and my pendrive, in the notification bar the external storage notification comes, but when I click on that it says empty disc or unsupported content. But I have still checked with just one video file and its still not opening. nor es file explorer can detect my pendrive. And even after I remove the pendrive the notification is still there and it doesn't go until I reboot my phone. Please help.
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What format is the pendrive? I'm don't think the Moto G supports anything other than FAT32.

When I plug in my USBkey with an OTG cable nothing happen on my Moto G, no notification at all, nothing more in storage
This was working great on my Ascend P6 and on my LG GPAD8.3
I'm on stock GPE firmware, any help ? I don't want to use third party apps, just want the stock otg support

What FS does your flashdrive has?As you've been told above, make sure it's in FAT32 and not NTFS, exFAT or something else.

liveroy said:
What FS does your flashdrive has?As you've been told above, make sure it's in FAT32 and not NTFS, exFAT or something else.
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It is FAT32
ES file explorer show me a dozen of "usbdisk_1.0" "usbdick_1.1" ... "usbdisk_1.7"
Tried with multiples files explorer
Tried Stickmount OTG, no sucess

Try with another flash drive then, see if that works.
btw. which model if Moto G you've got and is it on KK 176.44.1?

moto g has OTG support ? : O

angellgtz said:
moto g has OTG support ? : O
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All Moto G's have OTG support, not all have OTG USB storage support....
GPE Moto G - Don't know - possibly not as Nexus devices don't without 3rd party app (Nexus Media Importer)
Single Sim Moto G variants (maybe not all) - on original Jelly Bean Roms yes, the initial OTA to KitKat removed support without third party app, recent OTA to 176.44.1 (174.44.1 for US models) added it back again.
Dual Sim Moto G variants (maybe not all) - as far as I can tell from forum posts have always had OTG USB support.

Yeah I have just checked.it is ntfs. is there a way to determine the file system of a pendrive before buying?or can I change this to fat32??
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Debanka said:
Yeah I have just checked.it is ntfs. is there a way to determine the file system of a pendrive before buying?or can I change this to fat32??
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you can reformat it to FAT32 file system using with a PC

Hey thanks..I have formatted my pen drive in fat32 and now its working.btw,is there a way to remove this persistant notification when I remove the usb?
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Debanka said:
Hey thanks..I have formatted my pen drive in fat32 and now its working.btw,is there a way to remove this persistant notification when I remove the usb?
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long press on notification. app settings>> force close
no more annoying notification display
alternatively you can reboot to get rid if that notification

Sorry for open old thread.
I have motot G 4G (UK retail, 4.4.4) - when i connect USB pen drive trought OTG cable; no notification in notifications bar, but in config -> storage is visible & filemanager (Solid Explorer) can see it like USB disc 1 and i can work with it - but all apps installed on SD card are not aviatible and their icons are changed to green robot (screenshot) and i must restart phone.
How i can "fix" this problem?
Thanks, T.

[Q] micromax canvas a117 otg issue

otg issues
Hei,
OTG cable is working fine however whenever I plugged the usb,
it detects "safe to remove external USB".
The pendrive was working fine with the phone. Problems started soon after I pull out the cable unexpectedly
Hope this helps: otg cable working with other phones , samsung s3 tested
pendrive works 8 gb
I recently used the pendrive for booting windows .??
Please help

Have you tried to do a fomat of the pen drive or some other pen drives?

Thanks for the hint.
This is how it works!
I formatted the pendrive on fat32 format. Previously i was using ntfs.(might be the windows installation change the format)
Now otg works with no issues.
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Ya ntfs will not work on any portable device...
Hit thanks if helped...
Rohit

[Q] USB 3.0 -OTG failing with moto G

Hi,
This is my first post so bear with me ...
I have recently purchased Moto G and was trying out OTG functionality. I have brought a USB 3.0 16gb pen drive and formatted it in FAT32 File system and trying to connect to Moto G using a OTG cable (USB 2.0) but it is giving an error "USB storage is blank or has unsupported filesystem"
I recently tried out with 8gb USB 2.0 pen drive an it was working fine.
Can you please advice what could be the issue here and how to fix this?
Thanks,
Mukund

I want the moderator to ban me.

Mukund_pb said:
Hi,
This is my first post so bear with me ...
I have recently purchased Moto G and was trying out OTG functionality. I have brought a USB 3.0 16gb pen drive and formatted it in FAT32 File system and trying to connect to Moto G using a OTG cable (USB 2.0) but it is giving an error "USB storage is blank or has unsupported filesystem"
I recently tried out with 8gb USB 2.0 pen drive an it was working fine.
Can you please advice what could be the issue here and how to fix this?
Thanks,
Mukund
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I believe the 16gb USB3.0 pen drive you have is backwards compatible I.e, it also supports USB2.0
Then the problem is with the file system of the pendrive ... Stock moto g ROMs doesn't detect NTFS USB devices... You should change it to fat32 and try
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reversegear said:
I believe the 16gb USB3.0 pen drive you have is backwards compatible I.e, it also supports USB2.0
Then the problem is with the file system of the pendrive ... Stock moto g ROMs doesn't detect NTFS USB devices... You should change it to fat32 and try
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Thanks, But I already have FAT32 as the file system for my pen drive. Is there is a posibility that Moto g / OTG cable doesn't have capability to transfer date as 3.0 speeds or backward compatibility should take care of it ?
Will it help if I have a OTG-USB 3.0 cable, or it will also have the same issue may be due to Moto G limitation?
Thanks,
Mukund

alikpronoy said:
As your phone supports USB 2.0, I think that's why you are facing problem with USB 3. pen drive.
As far I know, USB port is related to hardware. So, probably you won't be able to upgrade your USB 2.0 to USB 3.0, but I am not sure.
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hmm..It is possible, But I am not sure what is the phone capability. I thought moto G may have support for connecting to USB 3.0 using OTG-USB 3.0 cable, which is recently introduced in market. I did some google research on the same but could not find out if there is some intrinsic limitation of Moto G with USB 3.0..

Someone help me with my problem with custom ROMs

Hey guys
I've installed RR ROM on my LG G2(D802) and I have also tried cyanogenmods , I had the same problem with both.
My problem is with otg USB connection which I hope someone will help me to fix it.when I connect otg memory to my phone,I can't manage it with any file manager,there is only one way to access memory's data and that's the low performanced file manager of ROM,I can't copy anything from internal storage to USB otg or delete anything from otg memory.
I mean when I connect the USB storage I can't access its data with es file explorer or other good file managers.
Please help me solve this problem if u know how to.

Have you tried any otg apps on play store, otg disk explorer lite ?
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