[Q] USB Thumb drive or card reader? - Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am trying to get my 101 G9 (8 gig classic) running ICS Stock to recognise a USB thumb drive or a usb card reader. I've tried the USB cable to the micro USB port and the 3g USB port on the back but to no avail. I've see various threads that say that others have gotten it to work, but I can't figure out how.
Is it possible to use a thumb drive on the 101?

gregwa said:
I am trying to get my 101 G9 (8 gig classic) running ICS Stock to recognise a USB thumb drive or a usb card reader. I've tried the USB cable to the micro USB port and the 3g USB port on the back but to no avail. I've see various threads that say that others have gotten it to work, but I can't figure out how.
Is it possible to use a thumb drive on the 101?
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yes stick it in the 3g port and turn 3g on in the settings, then browse with a file browser

I've tried that. Turn on 3g stick. wait a few minutes. plug in thumb drive. Not recognised. I've tried this with mine and a brand new (on HC) that belongs to a friend.

gregwa said:
I've tried that. Turn on 3g stick. wait a few minutes. plug in thumb drive. Not recognised. I've tried this with mine and a brand new (on HC) that belongs to a friend.
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try putting in the thumb drive then turning it on

I've had a similar problem like this as well. looking through the logs it looks like the USB bus does goto sleep to conserve power and does not seem to wake up properly in my opinion.
What I've done to 'wake' it up before does require that you have rooted your device.
1) Open up Terminal Emulator or your choice of terminal.
2) Naviagate to /dev/bus/usb/001 (ie: type: cd /dev/bus/usb/001 )
3) type: cat 001
A few lines of garbage might show up but for me it has woke up the USB bus and read the usb drive I had inserted then I can unmount it normally through android.

Thanks to all the offers of information.
I'll give them a try.

hi!
I use usb adapter for sd card which in turn is inserted into USB OTG adapter. It gives me hot swap for sd card by the way. Try this approch in your case.

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Archos 70 can not detect USB Stroage

Hi guys,
Just found my A70 can't connect to the USB Storage via OTG cable. Seems not detect. Have you meet this kinds of issue?
The obvious question is - are you sure you've got the right cable, I have cables that physically fit and work for some other devices - just not this archos
Even you've got the right USB host cable, e.g. the Nokia CA-157, you may still face compatibility problem. Many digital cameras will be detected automatically if connected. However for other USB mass storage devices, e.g. flash drives or card readers, only a few will work. We all hope that Archos fix this in its next firmware update.
haha71 said:
Hi guys,
Just found my A70 can't connect to the USB Storage via OTG cable. Seems not detect. Have you meet this kinds of issue?
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try to connect an usb-hub and plug your usb-storage into it...that helped me
a problem exist on this firmware with Archos 7.0
Archos knows this problem
see that with the beta firmware
http://www.jbmm.fr/2010/12/07/le-cable-usb-host-sur-larchos-7-0-fonctionnera-bien/
My bet is on power usage. If cable is working than probably device it self drains more than declared 100mA when plugged in. Even if device is rated under 100mA it might more than that when starting.
Just test it, I upgrade to 2.0.71 today, but the A70 still can't detect the USB Storage device...but it really very smoothly right now
Keep in mind that the USB drive needs to have an external power source in the case of an HDD, a flash drive should be fine running off the power of the device tho

USB OTG broken ?

hi XDA
I am having some strange behaviour with my USB OTG...
- charges OK
- connect USB OTG cable: phone says "USB host cable connected"
- connect a memory card reader: nothing (used to work previously though)
- connect a mouse: nothing (used to work previously though)
- plug into official Samsung car dock: car dock enabled, but only one stereo channel working (right channel)
- plug into PC: Windows says "unrecognized device"
..... SO
I was thinking: something wrong with my hardware
so I ordered a new USB hardware module on ebay
and I successfully fitted it
...however
...still no change ???
looks like it wasnt a hardware problem after all
USB debugging on or off: no difference
Anyone got the same or similar issues? OTG is a really useful feature for me so I hope I can fix this
Try plugging the card reader or whatever into the OTG cable, then plugging the other end of the OTG cable into the SGS2. That seems to give a much more reliable connection in my experience.
3waygeek said:
Try plugging the card reader or whatever into the OTG cable, then plugging the other end of the OTG cable into the SGS2. That seems to give a much more reliable connection in my experience.
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It is not the first time I am trying OTG. This summer I was travelling and posted >100 pictures to my blog. The correct order was: cable first, then memory card reader WITH memory card already inserted... in desperate attempts I tried several other combinations but without luck.

When running on Android, is it possible to connect a SD card reader via USB port?

When running on Android, is it possible to connect a
SD card reader via Touchpad's USB port?
(16GB or 32GB SDHC card containing music and video files)
THanks!
Unfortunately, couldn't get it to work myself.
I tried the same setup I use on my SGII, OTG usb cable + USB key.
It might work with a power source. The USB otg cable alone doesn't work. If you get a USB splitter cable, and plug the extra end into a power source it should work. But ... if you have a power source like a computer you can just plug the TouchPad and card reader both into the computer, and transfer the files that way.
The only way to make it work on the go would be with a battery powered USB power supply and have both the otg cable and the splitter ... not very convenient.
In a pinch I have used the otg cable on my phone, then transferred the file over Bluetooth to the TouchPad while in Android. Again, not very convenient, but it worked.
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this is setup that is cleanest that the other forum uses..
http://www.amazon.com/Solar-Powered-Battery-Charger-Adapter/dp/B006DVMW92
plus the otg cable..
no messy cable tangles..
besides solar charging, the TP's charger will charge hub
then mount it..
unmount when done..
As far as I know connecting a card reader needs the USB host mode and this is not available in Android 2 (http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/host.html). Also the hardware has to be capable of that (maybe TP is). We have to wait until ICS is available on the touchpad.
I'd like to know if there can be more done w/ the TouchPad... i.e. more USB host support for other things (external hdd, controller etc)

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Today, a friend asked if I had an extra laptop. He needed one for his 10 year old son.
While rummaging through my closet (you know, the one with all the old computers, shotguns, and half empty Jack Daniels bottles) when I found one of these.
Two Pics … http://db.tt/GY4wfof6 and http://db.tt/rzkodoMi
Now, I have no idea as to how, where or when I got this. I had to search the net to even know what it was.
Ebay link … http://www.ebay.com/itm/230328510631?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2648
Continuing my search of the closet I also found a 2.5 inch 160 gig IDE hard drive. Assembled the two and I now have a portable battery powered drive that works great with my Flyer.
That looks kinda old school. =)
So you connect to the flyer via bluetooth or microUSB?
It connects with microUSB.
Now that I’ve had a chance to use it a while I’ve found I can set its switch to PC or DC.
When set to PC I just plug it in to my Flyer and can copy files both ways.
When set to DC it will function as a standalone unit (because it has its own battery power). I can plug thumb drives and USB sdcard adaptors into it to move files both ways.
It will even plug into my camera and copy the pictures.
Kind of handy as the Flyer doesn’t supply power at its microUSB port to spin a hard drive.
It’s not what I call well built but seems to work.
At least it does the job! I didn't know we could use OTG harddrive for the flyer...
That's very cool. Vastly increases the number of movies I could take with me on a long trip!
ARRR
Ok so spent about £40 on one of these and it doesn't work with my Flyer(32GB WiFi 3G). Flyer is not rooted and running the latest official version of HC. I have tried both DC and PC but device still does not detect the OTG drive. My samsung mobile finds the device fine.
Are you using a standard micro usb cable ??
simtech1976 said:
Ok so spent about £40 on one of these and it doesn't work with my Flyer(32GB WiFi 3G). Flyer is not rooted and running the latest official version of HC. I have tried both DC and PC but device still does not detect the OTG drive. My samsung mobile finds the device fine.
Are you using a standard micro usb cable ??
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Yes using a standard micro usb cable
Try this ... Shut down your Flyer (make sure Fast Boot is unchecked in settings) then turn on your drive in DC mode and restart your Flyer.
Your Flyer should find it then and will work from then on.
Using your file explorer of choice you should see a new folder called USB
Hi, tried this but still no go. Ran a USB host and USB OGB diganostics app which still fail to detect the device. The drive works with my camera/Samsung phone and brothers PSP. May have to fork out for WIFI drive.
Still no go with the OTG device. Tried with a friends Flyer and same results. I am going to try this device, is fairly cheap.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-2-5-For-OTG-LCD-Partner-Storage-Backup-HDD-/260990399369?pt=UK_Computing_HardDrives_RL&hash=item3cc43d7389
simtech1976 said:
Hi, tried this but still no go. Ran a USB host and USB OGB diganostics app which still fail to detect the device. The drive works with my camera/Samsung phone and brothers PSP. May have to fork out for WIFI drive.
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Strange … My Flyer is the 16 Gig Best Buy wifi model and is rooted I wonder if that makes a difference
I use an OTG USB cable on my US BB Wifi Flyer , the standard usb cable doesn't work for me.
DigitalMD said:
I use an OTG USB cable on my US BB Wifi Flyer , the standard usb cable doesn't work for me.
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I have an OTG cable from my samsung but this did not work. what OTG cable are you using? I gather you are connecting the USB device into the OTG cable via a powered hub?
Got it working but it's a hackjob, was going to root but having to downgrade then upgrade again was a pain and was not guaranteed to work. Tried running the OTG cable into a powered hub but for what ever reason would always come up USB device not recognised when plugging in any memory device. Tried 3 USB hubs with the same result. Ended up cutting up an OTG cable and a few other USB cables so I could provide power to the device and then power to the tablet as well. For whatever reason i need to provide power to he memory stick before plugging into tablet. I have tested 4 different memory pens and 1 external harddrive and they all work.
I just bought a generic OTG cable, its about 6 inches long. I think it may have come from HP. I have used both a powered hub and a y-usb hard drive cable and both worked for me.
You have to have power on the device before you plug it onto the FLyer so that on connect the Flyer software knows what type of device it is and can load the driver. Otherwise the Flyer will label it unknown and disable the device.
Managed to get USB on the go to work on my Jetstream. See the following post. as the flyer very similar, should work for flyer too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24814701
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Supported USB Devices in Webtop (Cameras, thumb drives, externals, etc)

Is webtop capable of recognizing various USB devices as external storage? I would like to use it on a trip to download photos off my digital camera, but right now it does not seem to recognize the camera when I plug in the usb cord to the back of the lapdock. Same for my USB thumb drive and my 500gb external drive.
This was one of the main reasons for getting the lapdock up and running by this weekend, so I am hoping either I am doing something wrong or there is a workaround to get it to recognize my camera so I can download the photos to my phones 32gb SD card and/or a thumb drive.
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I have a similar goal of running usb to serial port if I can
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