I'm gonna be selling my laptop and just using my Nexus 7, before i do i will be buying an external HD to copy all the music,etc,etc onto my laptop, question is, can i use the external HD to copy music,etc onto my Galaxy S3 as i said i won't have the laptop?
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jonny68 said:
I'm gonna be selling my laptop and just using my Nexus 7, before i do i will be buying an external HD to copy all the music,etc,etc onto, my question is, can i use the external HD to copy music,etc onto my Galaxy S3 as i said i won't have the laptop?
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It depends what the external sd is and how big it is in memory size, some work and some don't.
I have a 1 tb external and it doesn't register on my phone not even if I repartition it.
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Samsungnooby said:
It depends what the external sd is and how big it is in memory size, some work and some don't.
I have a 1 tb external and it doesn't register on my phone not even if I repartition it.
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sh^t im planning on getting a 1TB external HD this one in fact
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Sli...UTF8&colid=12HPR9PFUES4B&coliid=IYZBBEJ1LZLS4
i suppose i could go through the process of using OTG Cable with my Nexus 7 and then onto my phone but it's too much hard work to be honest, all i wanna do is to get music onto my phone from the external HD, this isn't good, ill have to reconsider my options unless anyone knows a better way?
jonny68 said:
sh^t im planning on getting a 1TB external HD this one in fact
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Sli...UTF8&colid=12HPR9PFUES4B&coliid=IYZBBEJ1LZLS4
i suppose i could go through the process of using OTG Cable with my Nexus 7 and then onto my phone but it's too much hard work to be honest, all i wanna do is to get music onto my phone from the external HD, this isn't good, ill have to reconsider my options unless anyone knows a better way?
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As it's made by samsung it could work, mine is Seagrave which doesn't work
You could always send it back if it doesn't
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Ah figured out how to use my hdd by installing an app called paragon ntfs then plugging my wired hub into my otg cable then plugging my wired extended hdd into that.
It's a very annoying process just to plug a hard drive in but it worked :thumbup:
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Samsungnooby said:
Ah figured out how to use my hdd by installing an app called paragon ntfs then plugging my wired hub into my otg cable then plugging my wired extended hdd into that.
It's a very annoying process just to plug a hard drive in but it worked :thumbup:
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Thanks mate any chance of a breakdown of what you done here and ill save this for future reference, have a buyer for my laptop so just need to order the external HD and copy my music and then sell the laptop.
jonny68 said:
Thanks mate any chance of a breakdown of what you done here and ill save this for future reference, have a buyer for my laptop so just need to order the external HD and copy my music and then sell the laptop.
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Okay what I did was have my hub connected to the mains which is also connected to my otg cable of my note 10.1
Installed the paragon app that reads ntfc data on a hard drive (some are fat32 so don't need this app)
Then connected my external 1tb hard drive which is connected to the mains to the hub and all my files showed up on my note 10.1
Hope that's easier to understand
Oops sorry exactly the same process with a galaxy s3, get confused between forums
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Hi all! I have mediapad, latest ics and rooted, been trying to connect my ext hard drive but the device wont read it. Im using an otg cable too.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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mine has no trouble reading my usb memory stick maybe something bigger needs its own external power supply
I'll give that a try, maybe i'm just being greedy and wanting too much storage!
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pinglis said:
mine has no trouble reading my usb memory stick maybe something bigger needs its own external power supply
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Tried it with a double ended usb cable with one end plugged into a usb mains adapter. Worked perfectly!
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From my experience so far:
A) Does need external power supply
B) Mac formatted drives don't stay connected
Hi
I read on a review that someone managed to get usb host on a 2.5 hard disk without the need for a y power cable. I can't get it to work - has anyone else had an opportunity to play with it and get it working?
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That was me, still works with my WD 500GB portable drive on the release firmware. Yours may require more power than mine though?
Ok thanks for the reply . My drive fires up but no usb storage listed in the file manager unfortunately. Am I missing something? Will dig out my y cable when I get back from camping!
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manks said:
Ok thanks for the reply . My drive fires up but no usb storage listed in the file manager unfortunately. Am I missing something? Will dig out my y cable when I get back from camping!
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Yeah, your HDD seemingly powering up isn't always enough, had the same issue on an older machine where i had to use a Y-cable despite that the hdd's led powered up as well as i could hear the disk spinning.
That's a shame, I got mildly excited when I read your review! Oh well!
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I found this great item.
Nowbu don't need to buy the keyboard if u want to use a USB 2.0
URL: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=330762519335
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Raul69.atl said:
I found this great item.
Nowbu don't need to buy the keyboard if u want to use a USB 2.0
URL: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=330762519335
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it's on amazon too.
but why would we use usb instead lf microsd card, is there something usb has better that i don't know?
also this is for you if you want to use SD card without dock
nooktablet said:
it's on amazon too.
but why would we use usb instead lf microsd card, is there something usb has better that i don't know?
also this is for you if you want to use SD card without dock
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Maybe u could put a mouse or connect a ps3 controller to play...idk if it would work....I got the dock.
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If you get the dongle with the card reader slots you can do 1 thing: read memory cards. If you get the USB port version you can: use a memory card reader, plug in an external hard drive or flash drive, plug in a keyboard, mouse or joystick just to name a few things. If all you really will be doing is reading memory cards then the reader version is better since you won't need 2 devices (USB dongle + USB memory card reader) but if you ever plan on anything else the USB port version is way more versatile.
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I have a roadcam in my car that records onto an sd card and I was wondering if there is a way to take out the sd card and connect it to my note 2 maybe using the usb plug so that I could backup the video recordings using an app called dropspace to my dropbox. Thanks.
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If I understand your question correctly what you're wanting to do is pull the files off the Sd card and upload them with your phone.
If thats what you want to do you could just get a USB OTG cable and a SD card reader that is made to be plugged in to a USB port. That should be all you need to get this working. You can get both of those from Amazon, just dont go with an uber cheap OTG cable. There have been reports, on Amazon and XDA, about some of the cheap OTG cables hard bricking/burning up. Last I checked they didnt know exactly what it did, they said that the devide reacted like the battery had been pulled and the phone, or Nexus 7 and a bunch of other tablets, went off and no matter what they were unable to get it to come back on. The OTG cable I have was about $10 and it works perfectly, theres no reason to pay the exorbitant fee Samsung wants for their official cables seeing how the only difference would be the name on the cable.
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If I understand your question correctly what you're wanting to do is pull the files off the Sd card and upload them with your phone.
If thats what you want to do you could just get a USB OTG cable and a SD card reader that is made to be plugged in to a USB port. That should be all you need to get this working. You can get both of those from Amazon, just dont go with an uber cheap OTG cable. There have been reports, on Amazon and XDA, about some of the cheap OTG cables hard bricking/burning up. Last I checked they didnt know exactly what it did, they said that the devide reacted like the battery had been pulled and the phone, or Nexus 7 and a bunch of other tablets, went off and no matter what they were unable to get it to come back on. The OTG cable I have was about $10 and it works perfectly, theres no reason to pay the exorbitant fee Samsung wants for their official cables seeing how the only difference would be the name on the cable.
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Damn, what kind of cable did get because I ordered one of the .80 cent ones and now I'm afraid to use it. Maybe I'll use it on one of my old phones to test it.
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I got an otg cable for $1 and it works perfect. I've hooked up a computer mouse and a 360 controller so far but I haven't tried an SD reader yet.
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So I purchased this sweet piece off of Amazon for only 30$ in hopes I could expand upon my limited 32gb internal on my N6. When I plug it in and go to Sandisk's website it definitely says the N6 is compatible yet it doesn't recognize as a USB as it should automatically or at all, any suggestions? Its supposed to be ' plug and play ' but isn't ..
Did you try stick mount from the Playstore, as a work around?
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No I haven't I'll definitely check that out right now and report back thanks!
KB112 it worked! Thank u so much!
ES explorer have USB OTG drive support natively.
no need any other softwares.
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So I purchased this sweet piece off of Amazon for only 30$ in hopes I could expand upon my limited 32gb internal on my N6. When I plug it in and go to Sandisk's website it definitely says the N6 is compatible yet it doesn't recognize as a USB as it should automatically or at all, any suggestions? Its supposed to be ' plug and play ' but isn't ..
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I have one of those too and you need something like chainfires stick mount for it to pop up. In returning mine because you can't use it while my phone is in a case. I have a smaller one that's works with a case but it's only 16gb
bradputt said:
ES explorer have USB OTG drive support natively.
no need any other softwares.
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Only if hour ROM has OTG drivers baked in...which it appears the stock ROM does not.
Skripka said:
Only if hour ROM has OTG drivers baked in...which it appears the stock ROM does not.
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i just tried on my stock but rooted rom, it does detect my OTG drive.
maybe stock rom does have the drivers baked in???
bradputt said:
i just tried on my stock but rooted rom, it does detect my OTG drive.
maybe stock rom does have the drivers baked in???
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It might detect it, but can you do any R/W operations with it? IIRC on my rooted/decrypted 64GB N6 (Hynix memory, Samsung DRAM), stock detected my OTG but refused to R/W to the drive without Stick Mount and its drivers.
If you don't have or want root, you can use the app Nexus Media Importer to read from an OTG drive (i.e. you only want to watch movies or listen to songs from it).
If you want full R/W, i believe you still need root to do this. I purchased Stickmount Pro, because it has helped me on my Nexus phones and tablets for a few years now.
Good to hear it works I have one of these on my Christmas list! Haha. Already have stick mount and an OTG cable so I was confident it would be fine.
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I found the 16GB version at WalMart about 2 months ago, worth checking there if someone wants one right away. It was in with the cell phone stuff and not by the other USB drives. I'm too impatient. Works on my 100% stock HTC One M8 (verizon) using ES file Explorer if that helps anyone.
I've been using this micro-sd adaptor for over a year.......no cable needed. Just plug directly into the phone. I have a 128gb micro-sd card in it. Works great with Stickmount. This is the smallest I have yet to find. Easily keep with me at all times.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-O..._USB_Cables_Hubs_Adapters&hash=item4adec4ed7d
no cable needed for sandisk drive
dont need a cable to use the sandisk otg drive. it comes with an app you get from the playstore or you can use (what i recommend) nexus media importer , also avail from the store.
kkl0wn said:
Good to hear it works I have one of these on my Christmas list! Haha. Already have stick mount and an OTG cable so I was confident it would be fine.
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I was aware. Didn't clarify. I have already used stick mount and my OTG cable and it worked. That's why I was confident this setup would work.
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I was looking into getting one of these but was wondering if anyone had any experience with using it while their Nexus 6 was in a case. The reviews on Amazon show a lot of negative feedback in regard to this. I use a Spigen Nexus 6 Case Ultra Hybrid.
aviola7x7 said:
I was looking into getting one of these but was wondering if anyone had any experience with using it while their Nexus 6 was in a case. The reviews on Amazon show a lot of negative feedback in regard to this. I use a Spigen Nexus 6 Case Ultra Hybrid.
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The sandisk won't work with a case.
Pilz said:
The sandisk won't work with a case.
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Why not?
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Pilz said:
The sandisk won't work with a case.
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Why not?
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Some of these drives ave bulk around the connector ports on cases. My Corsair 64gb works fine with the cases I have, and is USB3 as well so is faster.
Skripka said:
Some of these drives ave bulk around the connector ports on cases. My Corsair 64gb works fine with the cases I have, and is USB3 as well so is faster.
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I love my corsair! I have 2 of them actually and its far better than my transcend drive or my sandisk that I sent back.