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I just got a new 16 gb miro sdhc by sandisk. i also am using it in my htc touch pro form verizon which says it will support up to 16gb chips. but every time i try to put a movie on my card through usb into the phone, i get a i/o error. It also happens when i put music on there some times. What do i need to do to get this to work?
Have you tried it with a card reader already?
ReaperBoy said:
I just got a new 16 gb miro sdhc by sandisk. i also am using it in my htc touch pro form verizon which says it will support up to 16gb chips. but every time i try to put a movie on my card through usb into the phone, i get a i/o error. It also happens when i put music on there some times. What do i need to do to get this to work?
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Hmmm...officially your phone is supposed to support upto 32GB. What does the error message read again? How are you trying to transfer media from your desktop to your phone? What happens if you were to pop your memory card onto your computer and directly put stuff onto it?
I got the same error on my new card today as well. However, if I transfer directly from PC into the phone via activesync, the phone recognizes the card and works ok. It is only when trying to transfer from the PC to the card via a card reader that it does not work and gives the error. I suspect that the adapter I have is for a MicroSD card, not a MicroSDHC, and that might be what is causing the error, or that the card reader built into my computer cannot work with the SDHC format, only the normal low density format. Of course, this is just a guess, since I can transfer via activesync all is OK.
there is a usb hookup.. so the question is raised, in my mind, can you hook up an external hard drive and thus rendering the 13gb a non issue (at least in the area of video/audio files).
anyone had experience with this?
I've been able to use my flash usb thumb drives without any problems, however when I plugged my WD 1Tb storage drive into the GTab, used ES File explorer to open usbdisk folder but did not see any files listed.
If you want to use a external usb hard drive for movies/files it has to be formated fat32 and it will work.
I have connected with 16gb, 32gb, 64gb and a 500gb Western Digital HD (usb powered). All work fine, but best to NOT remove the USB until the G is placed in sleep mode. There appears to be an unmounting issue that also blows up the app index. Apps can vanish and then not appear again until rebooting.
Archos 101 seems to have a similar issue, so maybe Froyo related.
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I have connected with 16gb, 32gb, 64gb and a 500gb Western Digital HD (usb powered). All work fine, but best to NOT remove the USB until the G is placed in sleep mode. There appears to be an unmounting issue that also blows up the app index. Apps can vanish and then not appear again until rebooting.
Archos 101 seems to have a similar issue, so maybe Froyo related.
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Yeah, I try to put mine to sleep before I pull out my thumb drive as well, but sometimes I forget and as soon as I yank it, the tablet reboots. Ugh!
I bought a 500gb Seagate the same night I got my tablet (been needing a portable hd for a while). It wouldn't work on either the tablet or my PS3. Definitely a format thing. As mentioned earlier, it needs to be formatted Fat32.
Just an FYI, formatting a big hd to Fat32 isn't the easiest thing in the world to do. Windows 7 won't do Fat32 and 95 has a size limit (32 gb maybe?). HP has a program you get download from their site. It works on any make, not just their's. If anyone needs it, I still have it on my PC at home.
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I bought a 500gb Seagate the same night I got my tablet (been needing a portable hd for a while). It wouldn't work on either the tablet or my PS3. Definitely a format thing. As mentioned earlier, it needs to be formatted Fat32.
Just an FYI, formatting a big hd to Fat32 isn't the easiest thing in the world to do. Windows 7 won't do Fat32 and 95 has a size limit (32 gb maybe?). HP has a program you get download from their site. It works on any make, not just their's. If anyone needs it, I still have it on my PC at home.
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What is the app called? Work with Vista? I tried formatting a 1gb HD to Fat32 via DOS commands, but failed.
As far as USB, main issue for removing while G is asleep (besides random reboots) is that removing while awake seems to be a main reason apps vanish until a reboot.
If I need to format a big, big hard drive to FAT32, I'll boot up a Linux LiveCD (usually Ubuntu or Knoppix) and use gParted to do it.
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What is the app called? Work with Vista? I tried formatting a 1gb HD to Fat32 via DOS commands, but failed.
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This is a different site but I think it is the same program. One of the comments said it didn't work on Vista business but YMMV. Worth a try.
http://hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool.software.informer.com/
I went and checked my reformatted portable drive a few minutes ago and the tablet doesn't recognize it. It actually says there are no files in that directory. The drive is working on my pc and PS3. I put a small 4 gb stick in the tablet and it read it fine.
Any ideas?
It recognized my Ipod 120GB classic in disk mode. It also appears to be hot swappedable.
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It recognized my Ipod 120GB classic in disk mode. It also appears to be hot swappedable.
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It is hardware wise. Software wise, depending on ROM, it can crash your tablet. I try to put it to sleep before pulling my flash drive out. If not, sometimes it will go black and I'll see the boot animation.
I went to the link above looking for the Fat32 > 32 gig tool and it was not available.
If you need this tool, Google for "HP SP27608" and there are a few places where you can download it. HP didn't even have it on their FTP server -- don't know why they have quit offering it?!
Rev
Hi,
Sorry for the late post, but I just got around to trying a bunch of my USB flash drives, and Gtab doesn't see any of them ...
The LED on the drives flashes for a second, then goes off.
Do I have to mount it or something?
Jim
same problem here too. Is there a way to mount a USB drive without formatting? I do not want to loose my collection.
I've never had an issue with my Flash drives (VEGAn or TnT Lite). Are the drives formatted to FAT32?
I have had an issue with a 32GB USB flash drive not showing up on the gtab. I plugged it into my win7. Machine, moved files off, formatted fat, put files back on and it worked fine in the tab.
Another note, using vegan, I never sleep the device to get the drive out. Just wait a second and Yank it. Never been an issue for me.
I have noticed that my flash drives don't mount 100% of the time and sometimes require dis/reconnecting. Also I have a 1tb wd my passport. I formatted the whole drive fat32 and the gtab wouldn't see it. I then formatted just a partition of 120gb in fat32.....still no dice. I then reduced the partition to 32gb nd the gtab sees/reads/writes no problem.
I'm wondering how that other Guy got his 500gb to mount....
I'd like to know how folks have been able to get their external hard drives recognized as well. I have tried stock and tnt lite roms. Also tried several different hard disks all formated fat32. Even repartioned disks to 8GB and still no joy. Flash drives I own all work OK. Just can't use hard disk as yet. Even tried new rom image that came out today, no luck. Am I missing or not doing something?
The usb port does not supply enough power for external hard drives. I tried several and they did not show up in dmesg. When I used one with external power, the drive was seen and the partitions, but was not mounted.
The usb port does not supply enough power for external hard drives. I tried several and they did not show up in dmesg. When I used one with external power, the drive was seen and the partitions, but was not mounted.
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Thanks, but 2 out of 3 drives I tried use ext power. still no work.
Can anyone who has this working please post what drive they are using?
Well, imagine that i have that card but it seems to be dead or so, when i use an adapter and put it into my laptop's card reader, or i use the USB card adapter i cannot get the card shown in windows explorer of my Win 7 x64.
When i go to Computer Management > Disk Management, the card is not shown on the top window, but on the bottom one, it is shown, but when i right click on it there is nothing i can do except of changing drive letter.
Any ways of reanimating, reformatting the card? I do not care about the data in it, i want the card to be usable. Thanks
Anyone?
you need a update please check your windows update there is ad update for support of sd up 32 GB
Well, the card is 64 GB, not up to 32.
What i mean that this card used to work before, i could transfer files to it, but then after a month i cannot access it
Hello, I'm new to the forums and I just have to say this place is amazing and what with all the dev's and ROM's available and a great community overall.
To get to the problem that I am having currently with the SGS4G. I recently got the device, and I haven't got a SD card so its just the device itself for now. Well I try to connect the device to my laptop which is Win 7 64 bit. It didn't recog. the device but a popup came up saying that it was installing the drivers, I let it finish and tried to go into the device but when i went into My Computer to open up the device which is USB Connected using the Mass Storage option, nothing came up. Just a G drive icon with no name, just the icon thats it.
I then realized I should have installed the drivers for it first, so I installed the drivers found here for the 64-bit option as my laptop is running 64-bit:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
I installed driver, but same thing happened as the above, nothing appeared when going into My Computer, just the icon and a pop up window that said "Please insert a disk into removable drive G".
Then I tried installing from the same source as above, but this time using the 32-bit link and the same thing happened as the above. I have tried to do the both with the USB debugging enable and disabled, then connected with USB to laptop, but no difference. The laptop see's the device when I go to Device and Printers, but the thing is the "My Computer" doesn't recognize the device or can't see it or the G drive doesn't see it.
I have tried unplugging the USB plug to the different USB ports on the laptop, but no good either. I have turned off the phone, plugged USB in and turned it back on but no good the laptop still doesn't recognize it. i have rebooted the laptop also and then tried everything above, but still no good.
If anyone can help out at all this would be greatly appreciated as I am going slightly insane with touching the device so much and trying to figure out a solution. I know it is not the Vibrant but the drivers from the link above is for Galaxy S devices it says. In case I didn't say so before, this device was rooted with Superuser evident in the Applications.
Oh please if anyone can help thank you so very much. Sorry for the first post being so long, but wanted to get as much detail as possible in here so I don't have to congest the thread later on with answering back and forth and wasting precious time.
One last thing, I rooted the device myself before on a Win XP machine, and everything was fine the XP machine recog. the device and everything, if that helps. But now I am on a laptop and received the device from my sister as she has got a new device.
Umm. Have you gone into the options on your phone where it asks you what usb connection type you want? The options it shows should be something like Kies, Mass storage, and two other options. I doub't mass storage would work for you, as you say you don't have an SD card. It might be the reason it's not showing up. Your computer is recognizing it if it's showing it when you click "my computer", but I think you have to have an SD card to actually open it up.
I'm not sure though, so don't take my word for it. Wait for a dev to chime in.
Not sure what you are trying to do but download airdriod from the market. No need for usb and I think it's faster than usb as far as transferring
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Using your phone in mass storage mode basically turns it into an sd card reader. Since you don't have an sd card in the phone windows is telling you to insert a disk (sd card) into the drive (your phone).
You're gonna need an sd card if you're gonna modify your phone in any significant way. Even a 2 gig sd card will be enough to flash new roms, etc.
Thankfully, microSD card prices have fallen significantly over the past year or two.
I've had good luck with the Transcend cards, either the Class 6 or Class 10 ones. Right now, you can buy a 16 GB Class 10 card through Amazon for about $15, delivered. They aren't a lot more than the 8 GB cards.
I haven't found a 32 GB card that performs as well as these, especially for smaller read/write sizes, which I believe to be important for day-to-day responsiveness. The 32 GB cards (Class 6 or Class 10) are still usually more than twice the price of the 16 GB cards.
I find a USB microSD reader useful as well. I've had good luck with the Elago Nano readers (in white or black), as well as the Transcend 9-in-1. I'm sure there are many others that work well. In my opinion, you don't need USB 3.0 for a flash reader as the bottleneck is likely the microSD card, not the USB.
So from general consensus, it seems like I need an SD card first before I can do anything. Well, I just ordered an SD card from Amazon and it will be here by the end of the week. What i was trying to do was try to get files to store into the devices internal memory which has space free. I thought there was a way to transfer some files from my laptop onto the devices internal memory. is there any way to do this besides having to use an actual SD card? Just wondering. If it helps I have Airdroid installed now.
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Is there any way to do this besides having to use an actual SD card?
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You can use adb (part of the Google-supplied Android SDK) to transfer files and execute commands on the device, but it is not a terribly user-friendly process if you aren't a command-line user.
ah. Thanks for all the help, I'm going to wait till the SD card arrives then guys.
Hello,
New to Android and new to this forum. I have my TF700T two weeks now and I'm glad I bought it. My target is to copy the content of my Compact Flash cards (16GB each - from my DSLR) to a portable hard drive. Therefore I tried to connect both a card reader and a portable hard drive via an auto-powered USB-hub to the only usb-connection of my tablet. I even tried with another hub and even with a third hub. The only result was that my tablet only found the first device that was connected (regardless wich one: the CF-card or the HD) with the hub and not both at the same time, so copying from the CF-card to the drive isn't possible in one step. Sure I can copy the CF-card to the internal memory of the tablet and in a second pass move it to the HD, but that is very time-consuming.
Anyone who knows how to connect more then one usb-device at the same time via a powered USB-hub and do a file transfer between them? Your help is greatly appriciated.
You can use wi fi transfer to do it with a file manager, like file expert.
tbtaf said:
You can use wi fi transfer to do it with a file manager, like file expert.
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@tbtaf: When on vacation or on a photo trip I only have that portable hd, my tablet and a powered usb hub. I think a Wifi appraoch is not applicable then. Or am I missing something?
Sounds like you need to setup a second mount point for the additional device - don't know if that can actually be done or not, but I do know that some people who could not even connect the first device were able to manually specify the device by mounting it in a terminal window.
I'm not sure 100% on the code, but let me try to find out.
Or you could copy the 16 Gb CF card onto the pad's internal memory (or external MicroSD card), disconnect it, connect the HD and then copy it out again.
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Or you could copy the 16 Gb CF card onto the pad's internal memory (or external MicroSD card), disconnect it, connect the HD and then copy it out again.
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He already mentioned, he doesn't want to do this, he wants to copy straight.
For now, it's not possible since the powered hub or non power hub unable to recognize 2 devices at the same time.
CF, now there's nostalgia if anything. I thought those became outdated over 3 years ago... Fact is the CF is hardly compatible with mobile devices these days.
No, you can't copy from an external cardreader directly onto an external HDD through your tablet. It can only read 1 storage device in the USB port. Multiple devices works, but multiple storages doesn't. Some people have had some success with USB Flashdrives/Pendrives instead of HDD's though. You could try that.
You can copy from an SD to HDD easily though, so you could consider using an SD with a CF adapter if your camera has no SD slot. (SD's have the added advantage that the pins can't bent.)