I've been trying to get my 16GB thumb drive recognized on my DNA, but had no luck. Using microUSB-to-USB adapter.
Formated it first to exFAT so I can fit massive 1080p Blu-Ray rips, but that wouldn't get recognized in Astro.
I would see "Unable to charge your USB device" or "It's safe to unplug your USB device" in the notification bar, but that's about it. Then tried NTFS, no dice.
Finally tried FAT32, which limits your files to 4GB, again, no dice.
Any suggestion is very appreciated!
Figured it out. Had to mount it first ... duh.... NTFS works.
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I tried to mount my galaxy s as a usb hdd yesturday but the g tablet didn't seem to recognize it.
So I guess this is a 2 part question;
1) what format would the sd card in my phone be I assume it's ext
2) does vegan gingerbread support it?
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If an android device can read your sdcard then your all good. Unfortunately I don't think this is an available feature, yet at least. Gotta mount the card after u remove it from the phone. No USB support for mounting SD in other Droid devices. And most commonly microsds formatted as fat32.
darn. i was hoping that when i plug my phone in to the tablet, it would just recognize it as a normal usb flash drive. guess that isn't the case.
my 2gb card wont work anymore, i can format it countless times through my tp2 but when i plug it into my pc as disk drive it shows up as a removable drive like it should, but i click on the drive and it says it needs to be formatted, but before i can finish formatting, it says windows was unable to format it, i can access it on my pc through windows mobile device center, but i need to be able to access it through "my computer" any suggestions on how to fix this? i tried using a card reader but it wont show up at all, and i always lose my card readers anyways so i prefer to stick to usb cables
jon_ecton said:
my 2gb card wont work anymore, i can format it countless times through my tp2 but when i plug it into my pc as disk drive it shows up as a removable drive like it should, but i click on the drive and it says it needs to be formatted, but before i can finish formatting, it says windows was unable to format it, i can access it on my pc through windows mobile device center, but i need to be able to access it through "my computer" any suggestions on how to fix this? i tried using a card reader but it wont show up at all, and i always lose my card readers anyways so i prefer to stick to usb cables
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Maybe it's just time to get a new card. They're awfully cheap. You can replace a 2GB microSD card for about a dollar. I'd suggest getting a higher capacity, though.
So I formatted my 64gb sd card to ntfs and using paragon android can use the ntfs sd card. My issue is why doesn't it auto-mount when turning off mass storage? I have to mount it manually to "automatic" mode to /mnt/sdcard. So it's a pain getting mass storage to show the 64gb drive and when it does show up within 5 minutes of copying files the drive disappears from windows and fails to work. I have to set the phone to charge only, then mount paragon. Then go mass storage and it will then show up again only to fail shortly during writing.
On top of all that when I browse to view the files, they don't exist in the sdcard like the files and folders I clearly copied aren't showing up. However some folders and files show up. I don't get why mx video player doesn't see any video files in /mnt/sdcard/media/movies when I clearly copied 2 files into it and they don't show up at all...
It's a Sandisk class 10 uhs 1 64gb stick
format it as fat32
problem solved.
you should need a reason to have it as ntfs what files are you trying to put on that are over 4gb because that would be the only reason why you would.
squee666 said:
format it as fat32
problem solved.
you should need a reason to have it as ntfs what files are you trying to put on that are over 4gb because that would be the only reason why you would.
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Yeah my Galaxy note 2 can handle all hd formats like .mkv so I wanna put my 8gb .mkv's on there to watch in flawless uncompressed quality.
What's up with Paragon? Or what u know... Like it stops working after 5 minutes of transferring files
No idea but android doesn't play nicely with ntfs. Use exfat.
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No idea but android doesn't play nicely with ntfs. Use exfat.
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Does exfat work with windows? I need to be able use usb mass storage but I guess i could just use wifi transfer it's slow but better than nothing...
exfat support 4GB+ file limit right?
What's up with paragon? ppl have said it works good but it's clear to me that's it's extremely problematic.
Exfat came with windows 7 and supports 4gb plus.
I haven't tried paragon, it also could be a kernel issue.
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Not sure Android supports exFAT. FAT32 is your best and safest bet, even though it has limitations.
new kernel didn't fix the issue so i guess i have to use fat32... i dont see why paragon is messing up
what about usb otg?
*UPDATE*
I fixed the problem by plugging the usb cable directly into the usb port rather than through the 6' usb extension.
So NTFS is working flawlessly and I already copied over a 4.5GB .mp4 in 1080p and it works perfectly
Hey guys !
Whenever i plug in my 4GB usb stick into the phone (using usb otg cable) i get an error Usb storage damaged, please format. A month ago it worked perfectly now all of sudden i've got this error. It does work on the pc and i already formatted it countless times, even used different formats (ntsf, fat, fat 32, exfat ...).
Thanks for the help in advance.
How to mount an USB stick formatted ext2/3/4?
When I connect a FAT formatted stick, it works, NTFS too using the Paragon_NTFS TC plugin.
I thought ext2/3/4 is supported, when the system and internal storage is on an ext4 partition.
Has the tablet to be rooted?
Tried also an ext3 formatted SDCard in the tablet, the result is the same - it says the card is empty or an unsupported filesystem..
The format it is told to read the sd card is different from the format it's told to read the system as. I'd say you'd have to be rooted if making any changes to what's readable versus what's not. The only thing is I'm not too sure on how exactly you'd do that other than using a cwm recovery and adding an extension partition on your card.
I'm afraid I need to do something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/dell-venue/general/guide-ext4-microsd-card-dell-venue-8-t3042906
The main problem is, I can't root my Venue because I've encrypted the filesystem.
I'm afraid I have to reformat my USB sticks to FAT32/NTFS ...
Decrypt then? Root and recrypt?
Edit: did you buy a large as card?
My 32 is in but have only had issues with higher cards like 64 and 128. There's an application I once used to format the card on board but when I plugged it into PC whether Linux or win, they'd get corrupted. So now the 128 lives in my laptop and the 64 in phone. 32 for the tablet for me is plenty. Onboard formatted to exFat I believe. Backup your goods. [emoji12]
Edit 2: I'm sure there's an app for that. No? Sorry, I was talking micro SD like a MF, lol! Stuff like that is not cool but I throw everything on my biggest USB 128 and it's formatted to NTFS but my others are just fat and don't read either.
According the instructions when encrypting, there is no decrypting, only factory reset.
I have a 64GB card, formatted to FAT32, no issues so far.
The idea was to use an EXT3 formatted USB thumb drive for big files (movies), so far I'm bypassing the problem with a NTFS formatted USB thumb drive and the Paragon_NTFS TC plugin but I have to copy the big file to the internal storage because the plugin doesn't make the NTFS drive visible for other apps than TC (Total Commander).
Edit: There are apps for mounting USB EXT2/3/4 (USB OTG Helper, USB Mount All, StickMount) but they all require root.
Then follow the crowd and. ..
Root it, root it, root it.... lol
Those were the apps I've used before and I root every device I own before I even get comfy with it.