Has anyone tried to pull a hard drive from a PogoPlug and reading with a usb adapter? I have been having issues accessing my PP and wanted to get some files from the drive. I pulled the drive and hooked it up to my laptop via usb. Windows 7 shows me six partitions on the drive can't read any of them it just says drive not formatted. Does PP use some kind of encryption or special formatting?
There's a Windows program that lets you read a Linux drive, forget the name but it let me copy everything over.
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I purchased the G-Tablet because I wanted a way to download photos from my camera's memory, view them, and write them to an external hard drive. The problem I've run into is that I can't get my tablet (running TnT-Lite) to recognize my 1TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex drive to mount. I've done a lot of searching for answers, and my first thought was that the drive wasn't receiving enough power, but I've tried it through the docking station and a powered USB hub without any luck. I also reformatted it to Fat32 just to be sure it wasn't the drive format. Sniffer never even notices it's connected.
I'm using TnT-Lite, but am perfectly willing to try other ROMs if they have better external drive support. I'm not super familiar with linux so I haven't tried seeing if I could manually mount the drive, but if someone would be interested in telling me how to see if it's recognized and manually mount it I'm all ears.
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Kind of a repost...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912212
Two things:
Make sure your harddrive format is supported by your kernel. Some kernels like clemsin support ntfs and other formats. I am not really sure what formats does the kernel that comes with tnt lite supports, but i recomend to check or install another kernel.
Second; make sure you connects your HDD to a power source before using it. I have not tried it myself, but i heard that the low power source of the usb port of the g tablet is not enough to supply power to the HDD.
Good luck with that, hope you find a solution to the problem.
Another thought, have you tried rebooting the tab after you've plugged the HDD in. I have a 500 gb WD elements, and if I'm having issues, usually rebooting with the drive plugged up takes care of it.
Pazzu510 said:
Kind of a repost...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912212
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Yes, others have posted similar issues, albeit with different drives/ROMs and little or no followup to troubleshoot the problem and no real solution.
I believe I was very specific in mentioning during the opening post that I tried using external power (via the dock and powered USB hub) and different drive formats.
lordgodgeneral said:
Another thought, have you tried rebooting the tab after you've plugged the HDD in. I have a 500 gb WD elements, and if I'm having issues, usually rebooting with the drive plugged up takes care of it.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried having it plugged in via the dock and powered hub before boot, but still no dice.
The best case scenario for me is that someone here has the same drive, overcame this issue and is willing to share their solution. I'm hoping that I can at least find someone who knows enough about linux/ROMs to help me troubleshoot and figure out if this is a hardware, driver or software issue. Maybe the drive is being recognized but the partition isn't getting mounted for some reason? *shrug*
Try partitioning your drive to 2 500gb sections. I don't think android os recognizes 1tb drive sizes. Just a thought.
Mantara said:
Try partitioning your drive to 2 500gb sections. I don't think android os recognizes 1tb drive sizes. Just a thought.
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Excellent suggestion. Just repartitioned it as (2) 465GB fat32 drives and copied over some test files, plugged the drive into the powered USB hub, plugged that into the G-tablet, booted...and at first I thought it didn't work. Then an hour later I look at my tablet and realize it's mounted! I can see the image file I was using to test it...except the image (png) doesn't open. I try moving it to the SDCard using iFileManager and it errors.
...so on the up side, the drive mounted. On the down side, there may still be some issues.
You didn't say what model drive. I got a 1TB drive to use on my Tonido plug server and server would not recognize it. apparently some of the new drives need non standard drivers. For bulk storage, the tonido works great and accessible from the web.
Rumbleweed said:
You didn't say what model drive. I got a 1TB drive to use on my Tonido plug server and server would not recognize it. apparently some of the new drives need non standard drivers. For bulk storage, the tonido works great and accessible from the web.
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Is my opening post that difficult to read? Pretty sure I said it's a 1TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex.
not only is this not developement but snapping at the people trying to help you is just gonna not get you any help
Moved to general.
I have the exact same hard drive and the exact same problem as well. Running Cal's 1.1 with Clem's latest kernal ver. 6. No luck in seeing it.
Also, even with a thumb drive it cannot recognize it if it's formatted as NTFS. I know it's supposed to work but there must be something I'm doing wrong. Any ideas?
Thanks
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not only is this not developement but snapping at the people trying to help you is just gonna not get you any help
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It seemed to me that troubleshooting problems with ROMs not correctly mounting drives fell under development along with the ROM being used.
As for snapping at people, maybe I wasn't as appreciative of their effort as I should have been, but I felt like people were replying without even reading the opening post where I had tried hard to explain the situation in detail. It's like taking your car to a mechanic and telling him it's making a clunking sound, then receiving a call from them later saying, "Yeah, we took a look and there seems to be a clunking sound."
you try using a file explorer like root explorer?? or only sniffer?
rover442 said:
I have the exact same hard drive and the exact same problem as well. Running Cal's 1.1 with Clem's latest kernal ver. 6. No luck in seeing it.
Also, even with a thumb drive it cannot recognize it if it's formatted as NTFS. I know it's supposed to work but there must be something I'm doing wrong. Any ideas?
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Hey rover442. I'm thrilled to have gotten it to mount and, hopefully if we work together, we can figure out how to get everything working properly. To recap, here's what I did to get it to mount:
Delete the existing partition using Windows Disk Management
Create two new partitions (under 500GB)
Format those partitions using fat32format
Plug the drive into the tablet via a powered usb hub
Reboot
Wait an undefined amount of time for it to magically mount
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you try using a file explorer like root explorer?? or only sniffer?
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I've tried all of them, but when it finally mounted I noticed it in Sniffer then was able to access it using iFileManager.
Ok gaines. I'll reformat the drive and partition it and see what happens. Thanks!
Gaines, I made two partitions. I put an mp3 in each partition. Loaded it into G Tab and it sees one of the partitions and the mp3. It does not see the other partition. FTR, I am not using a powered USB, just plugging straight into the G. (formatted fat 32 on the external hard drive).
Success
Ok here's what I did to make things work in FAT 32
I downloaded a partition software called EASEUS Partition master Home. It was free. I fromatted again the whole 1TB hard drive (931GB available). here are the following tests I did:
Partition 431GB successfully seen in G Tab
Partition 531GB successfully seen in G Tab
So since I broke the 500GB threshold I tried to partition 631GB and it was good. So then I just repartitioned for the whole 931GB available and it is now being seen in Sniffer and Root Explorer. So it's fine.
However, the G Tab still cannot recognize NTFS.
You need a kernel that supports ntfs. Android does not recognise ntfs natively
Does the XOOM pair well with a portable hard drive? Im noticing I am traveling more, and need my laptop less and less in the process. The XOOM seems to take care of a majority of my needs, but I was wondering if I am able to plug in an external portable hard drive, and have the XOOM pull data, and add data to the hard drive. I'm sure I would need an app to do this (if possible) as well?
Your help is greatly appreciated
anyone know this?
If you use a USB Drive enable kernel (like Tiamet) and the drive is powered and does not contain a USB hub (like the one I tried), it might work.
I actually tried this yesterday. My XOOM is rooted and configured to use a USB Host adapter to accept USB storage. I've tested with several thumb drives, all seem to work. Yesterday I hooked up a 320GB self powered USB HDD and unfortunately it did not work. It could be just this drive, so only way to find out is test with others =)
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I actually tried this yesterday. My XOOM is rooted and configured to use a USB Host adapter to accept USB storage. I've tested with several thumb drives, all seem to work. Yesterday I hooked up a 320GB self powered USB HDD and unfortunately it did not work. It could be just this drive, so only way to find out is test with others =)
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Your problem is most likely that you don't have the drive formatted as FAT32. I tried a 250GB drive and it worked nicely. In this thread I have a link to a site that offers you a free simple solution (Windows itself does not allow formatting of such large drives with FAT32).
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Your problem is most likely that you don't have the drive formatted as FAT32. I tried a 250GB drive and it worked nicely. In this thread I have a link to a site that offers you a free simple solution (Windows itself does not allow formatting of such large drives with FAT32).
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You know what, you are 100% correct. I forgot I had this drive formatted at NTFS for something else I was toying with. I just tried a FAT32 self powered USB drive (120GB) and it worked just fine.
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You know what, you are 100% correct. I forgot I had this drive formatted at NTFS for something else I was toying with. I just tried a FAT32 self powered USB drive (120GB) and it worked just fine.
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I LOVE easy solutions! Enjoy your HDD and don't forget to thank the guys that enabled the USB hosting!!!
so I should pick up a hard drive (portable), and then format it to fat32? Ill use the link from your post and I'm good?
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so I should pick up a hard drive (portable), and then format it to fat32? Ill use the link from your post and I'm good?
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If you read the thread carefully people mention issues with certain thumb drives that have indicator lights because they might require too much power. However, when I connect my iPhone all it does is charge So my interpretation is that the HDD needs to have its own power source
Sadly the problem with fat32 and Android in general at the moment is that you can't use files >2 gigs. You could on Androids internal storage which is usually a file system that supports large files(RFS,EXT3/4...) if your device has that much internal storage available.
Does anyone know what our internal file system is? I haven't messed with it enough to know yet - but assuming because the thing mounts in Windows. - its FAT(at least the part we can mount and write to from windows).
And all of this boils down to Windows and their lack of reality in that we don't all run NTFS, and that maybe, possibly, someone MIGHT WANT TO HOOK UP A GOD BLESSED EXT DRIVE!
But i guess I could just format all of my stuff as NTFS, because the open source community is actually smart and Linux can read it. But then again maybe I would need to work on someones stupid ass Mac and need to write a file to said NTFS drive - OH WAIT CAN'T EF'IN DO THAT!
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You could probably use ext2 on the hard drive - it can be configured to be readable and writable in Windows. It's similar to FAT32 but doesn't have the limit on file size.
Hey guys
All you with Macs out there how do mount your tf to the Mac I've plugged it in but there is no mount button only the Asus sync thing but that is PC only.
Do I have to take the memory card out and mount that on its own? Seems like a pain in the arse if you do.
Anyway if you know a way around this please let me know
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Use wifi explorer to transfer files.
Browser based.
how about you read the info thread, you'll actually learn something.
Honeycomb uses the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) to connect to computers which is support by Windows by default but not by OSX, but there are 3rd party programs like Android File Transfer http://www.android.com/filetransfer/ that allow you to connect.
When you do get the transformer connected if you want to access the contents of the MicroSD card, be aware that the MicroSD card DOESN'T appear as a seperate drive when connected by MTP, but the drive's contents appear in the MicroSD folder of the main memory.
Figured you guys are all tech-savvy maybe you can hep me with this peculiar issue. (BTW Mods move to proper area if not correct)
My computer is an older build from late 2009 (Core i5, MSI P55-GD65 Mobo, 4GB RAM)
I just took my Hitachi Touro 3TB external enclosure apart to place the drive inside the computer (win 7 x64). When I plug it into the computer it is an "unreadable disk". When I go under administrative tools and look at the drives available on the computer the 3TB drive shows 10% of the drive's capacity as "Healthy" and in RAW format requesting I format the disk. It then shows two other partitions that are unallocated (all 3 partitions totally the 3TB). This is incorrect.
To rectify...
1.) I tried a different SATA port
2.) I updated my mobo to the newest firmware
3.) I tried a different SATA cable
Now, funny part is when I wire it back up to the external enclosure and plug it back into the computer via USB...VOILA it works.
So, my problem is getting the drive working internally what's the problem? I did this with other drives no problem but the >2TB drive now seems to be a problem. I have a 4TB Touro coming in the mail and worst case (don't want to do this) I'll just dump everything off the 3TB onto the new 4TB and then format the 3TB internally.
I might be wrong but here I think is the issue.
I once had a chance to open the outer casing of the external drive. Internally it is exactly like any other HDD u see in the market but with an additional chip that enables you a Plug n Play feature + others which windows will look for.
So when you connect it like any usual HDD, bios goes looking for certain sectors / addresses which normal HDD contains. like partition tables, MFT and all and provides details to windows till the extent it understands. So you are either going wrong at the chip or the sector stuff. Later can be resolved by re formatting.
I don't know more than this.
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Sorta solved
Somehow when the disc was in the external enclosure it wasn't a GPT format drive because when I finally formatted the damn drive internally I couldn't make a partition larger than 2TB. Once I converted the drive to GPT I got a full 3TB readable partition.
At least it's much quicker transferring data back to it being installed internally
I just picked up a WD Passport 1TB drive, and I thought I would try connecting it to my S4 (I337M) VIA USB OTG. The GS4 recognizes that it is connected, and seems to power it just fine. But the phone is saying "blank or unsupported flie system". with no option to format. Is there a chance I can get this going? I've done some searching and have not seen much. I would like to be able to not take my PC with me for 2 months of training in Arizona in the new year. Survive on my S4 and Nexus Tablet, backing them up nightly on a portable would be perfect as its commercial flight training! Weight is an issue Hauling my laptop around seems SO 2010!
S4 or android for that matter do not support ntfs file format natively. If you are not rooted, there is an app called NEXUS MEDIA IMPORTER and it's a paid app, but it will enable you to read and copy files off from the hard drive. The only thing is that you wont be able to write to the drive.
Now if you are rooted, all you need is to search "ntfs" from the Play store and you'll find lots of apps that will enable you read and write to ntfs file format hard drives.
The other option would be to format the drive to FAT32. There are tools out there for Windows that can do this. Big drawback is that the drive does not support files larger than 4GB's. If your device is rooted installing NTFS support would be the better option.
pilatus34 said:
The other option would be to format the drive to FAT32. There are tools out there for Windows that can do this. Big drawback is that the drive does not support files larger than 4GB's. If your device is rooted installing NTFS support would be the better option.
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OR you could format it to EXT3 or 4, and use applications in windows to mount it. I used to do this all the time to share files across my windows and linux installations.
Thanks! I'll give all that a shot. Thanks for the replies! Very appreciated!
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