Now that the HDX has been rooted, I was wondering if there is a way of using a USB flash drive hooked up to the micro USB port to transfer files onto when I'm not using my computer?
R1Mike said:
Now that the HDX has been rooted, I was wondering if there is a way of using a USB flash drive hooked up to the micro USB port to transfer files onto when I'm not using my computer?
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It seems the default amazon Rom does not include USB host support. I have tried to usb otg cables, multiple usb drives, and a mouse and keyboard. None of them act like they get power like on my nexus devices and none of the USB mounting apps detect the drives.
You will probably have top wait for a custom kernel.
For some reason Amazon blocked this in their kernels. Once we get a bootloader unlock, the chains are broken and all hell breaks loose.
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r3pwn said:
For some reason Amazon blocked this in their kernels. Once we get a bootloader unlock, the chains are broken and all hell breaks loose.
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looking foward to that.hope to see the cm rom.
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Thanks, good to know. I was hoping that side loading an app would work.
I will personally be grabbing one of these in the next couple of months myself http://geekbeat.tv/editors-choice-ravpower-rp-wd01-mobile-streamer/
Amazon link http://amzn.to/1cYYuay
Montisaquadeis said:
I will personally be grabbing one of these in the next couple of months myself http://geekbeat.tv/editors-choice-ravpower-rp-wd01-mobile-streamer/
Amazon link http://amzn.to/1cYYuay
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Hmm... I might have to look at one of these down the road also.
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R1Mike said:
Hmm... I might have to look at one of these down the road also.
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Black Fri netted me a $39 Kingston MobileLite and a couple of $45 128GB flash drives - works great with the KFHD8.9 and KFHDX7 - glad I didn't pay for more than the 16GB minimum in either device now!
The RavPower sounds similar in features - maybe better in some ways? I'm not sure if the Kingston can handle portable HD's but with flash so cheap I'm not sure the extra power drain would be a good tradeoff anyway...
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the rav media server can also charge your devices with it's built I 3000mamp battery.
Card reader
Montisaquadeis said:
the rav media server can also charge your devices with it's built I 3000mamp battery.
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Kingston says it can charge also, though I haven't tried it. I think the battery may only be ~1800 mah. They only claim use with flash drives and SD cards, but I was able to open an Excel file from a 1TB portable drive. Probably not enough battery life for practical use with those though. OTOH it has a separate micro-usb for charging so maybe you could use a portable drive while powered.
I wish it had a retractable power cable - it's hard to keep track of separate cables - and a SD card pocket or two.
In any case these devices are great for tablets without SD, especially considering that internal storage can't be upgraded, the ridiculous gouging for another 16GB, and the fact that discounts are much less common on 32GB+ products.
Now if someone wanted to make a killing, they would design a tablet case with built-in battery, wireless storage and a reader...
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So I had a USB OTG cable from Motorola, it works on my Xoom, but when I try to use it on my (Sprint) SGSIII, nothing happens. I don't get any "USB Connected" messages, I don't get any prompts to mount anything, and My Files doesn't show any new devices. I've tried the cable with two different flash drives, a camera, a camcorder, and a hard drive. All of them work on the Xoom, but none work on the SGSIII. I am rooted and have a custom recovery, but everything else is stock. I downloaded USB Host Diagnostics, and it says that the phone claims it should work (Kernel, Android API, Rooted API all claim support, but no device detected). I don't know if its that the Motorola cable is unique to the Xoom, or if it is just slightly different on the Xoom such that it doesn't work with Samsung's new connector. I don't have any other OTG hosts to test the cable with. Is there any way, without flashing a new kernel (just got my phone up and running, OTG would be nice but not worth the trouble of reinstalling everything, esp if it isn't going to work), to get the OTG working?
Thanks!
You must use a samsung otg cable duh
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You must use a samsung otg cable duh
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That's not true. I have a cable that works with my Sprint SGS3 and I'm sure it's not a samsung cable.
@OP: This is also with the stock kernel so the support is there.
Hmmm, yeah I've been looking everywhere to see what's wrong, but all I get is that it should just work. My guess is either my phone is broken, or the OTG cable I have is just slightly different and the phone doesn't recognize it, but the Xoom does cuz it was made with the Xoom in mind. Can someone suggest a cheap OTG cable that you know works on the SGSIII? Thanks!
i got mine from buy.com for like 4 dollars shipped came from Cali got here in 2 days :highfive:
Had that problem but then I pushed it all the way in until it clicked, thought it was in before but it wasn't it should click when it's in.
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Ashunte said:
Had that problem but then I pushed it all the way in until it clicked, thought it was in before but it wasn't it should click when it's in.
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Its definitely all the way in, the plastic casing of the cable is flush with the bottom of the phone. No luck =(
Just bought a cheap one from Amazon that qualified for prime 2 day shipping that I ordered along with my SanDisk 64GB card. Worked fine on the thumbdrive drive I tested. It fits in real tight though, I'm going to file down the two tings so it's easier to unplug.
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Hmmm, yeah I've been looking everywhere to see what's wrong, but all I get is that it should just work. My guess is either my phone is broken, or the OTG cable I have is just slightly different and the phone doesn't recognize it, but the Xoom does cuz it was made with the Xoom in mind. Can someone suggest a cheap OTG cable that you know works on the SGSIII? Thanks!
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I have a home made one that works on my coworkers xoom and my s3.
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the Ebay one I bought!
This:http://www.ebay.com/itm/160770945683?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
There is no "samsung" or "moto" OTG cable, Its either wired right or not. Micro USB has 5 pins, not 4 like normal USB. The extra pin is what determines if its an OTG cable, a "factory" cable, and so forth and with OTG, that pin is wired to ground. I have a handful of $3 OTG cheapo adapters that work with everything I have thrown at them with my S3 and that includes class complaint, bus powered 5 in 5 out midi interfaces so unless the sprint device is horribly crippled in this regard, I'd say OTG works like a champ on the S3
personally, i bought a few of these: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B005QX7KYU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
just tested them with a whole range of devices (mouse, keyboard, usb drives, an ipod, another s3, a ps3 remote, a dslr) and works flawlessly
It was the Moto cable
So I had to go exchange my S3, there was dust on the camera sensor, and the Moto OTG cable didn't work on the replacement. I got one of the cheap amazon OTG cables, and lo and behold it works now. The Moto one works on the Xoom with no issue, as does the generic one I bought, but only the generic works on the S3. My guess is Moto did something slightly different with their cable, maybe used a pull-down resistor on the sense pin instead of shorting it to ground or just something that causes the S3 not to recognize it.
I got my GS3 and was rather pleased until I went to root it--I realized the charger that I received with it was not the stock charger that comes with most phones. I can't connect it to my computer to drag stuff onto the SD card, etc (like the Rezound charging cable allowed). Could I find one of these cables at Walmart? If so, what would it be called?
Micro USB Cable
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I got my GS3 and was rather pleased until I went to root it--I realized the charger that I received with it was not the stock charger that comes with most phones. I can't connect it to my computer to drag stuff onto the SD card, etc (like the Rezound charging cable allowed). Could I find one of these cables at Walmart? If so, what would it be called?
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I'm pretty sure their micro usb cables. And yes, you could probably find them at walmart, but you can also get them online cheap at amazon or ebay.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Repla...87283&sr=8-1&keywords=micro+usb+cable+samsung
Just make sure it is a "data" charging cable. You can also just buy a charging cable which won't access your phone data.
I definitely need it to access my data. I can't root my phone other wise. Thanks everyone
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I definitely need it to access my data. I can't root my phone other wise. Thanks everyone
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Yeap it's definitely Micro USB, the plug is multifunction and shaped like the HDMI/USB cable but it's also regular micro USB friendly, just use quality cables to keep from wearing out the input over time.
Hello everyone, Im not sure if this topic has been discuss in detail or not, but I have managed to connect a spare 500gb hard drive to my note 3. Here is everything I used.
I upgraded my laptop to a Samsung 250gb SSD, which provided me with a spare HDD:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MZ-7T...=1387366438&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+250gb+ssd
It comes with a cable already in it (USB 2.0) so this next item is optional, A Apricorn USB 3.0 Transger cable:
http://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Note...qid=1387366498&sr=8-1&keywords=apricorn+clone
And lastly, it needs to connect to the phone, so I picked up this USB 3.0 OTG cable:
http://www.amazon.com/White-Color-M...7366411&sr=8-3&keywords=galaxy+note+3+usb+otg
Now here is the steps I took.
Since my HDD still had stuff on it, and it was partitioned, I had to wipe it clean. I formatted the HDD on my computer first. I formatted it to exfat. Maybe another way will work but I'm not testing it. I then hooked up all the wires accordingly and plugged it into my phone. The N3 did not recognize the file format of the HDD so I re-formatted it to the N3 standard. After that, it is as simple as plug and play. I was even able to use the stock My Files app.
Note*** obviously the SSD is not a requirement, unfortunately, I am unable to test it as it has been in my computer for several months and I dont want to risk corrupting anything. It may work with the SSD as well, although I doubt it will reach the speeds it can on a computer.
I am not rooted and did not have to download anything extra for it.
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Cool. But curious as to why you would need a 500G HDD attached to the N3
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Cool. But curious as to why you would need a 500G HDD attached to the N3
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You can use this powerful phone for other things like use it as a media center and connect the phone to your TV
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You can use this powerful phone for other things like use it as a media center and connect the phone to your TV
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Hmm..Never thought of that :good:
Transfer movies and stuff back and forth. Also pictures, downloaded documents. Mostly my school work is backed up to it now so if Google drive fails. I'll still be safe :beer:
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Can never have too much space
tyvar1 said:
You can use this powerful phone for other things like use it as a media center and connect the phone to your TV
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This. We were using a variant setup, pushing the content via DLNA to our Xbox 360 (connected to a good ole 'dumb' tube TV). Quite enjoyable.
Damn I didnt even know you could do this
Has anyone found a way to pass through power with a splitter or something so while connecting the USB OTG cable you could still run the phone off of power without depleting the battery? I asked this same question in the Note 8 forum but no one found a way.
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Damn I didnt even know you could do this
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I'm sure it can be done. That would be ideal. I have the 10,000mah zero Lemmon battery set to notify me when it's available again. I'll look around for a spilter
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what format was the hdd in exFAT or NTFS ?
I use the OTG dongle to hook up my 1TB drive and play movies and TV shows directly from the drive.
(Also works with the tablet)
I formatted it to exfat. I have a 1tb external also. But it's already formatted to ntfs. And it's full so I'm not going to risk losing a thing on it.
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Hello everyone, Im not sure if this topic has been discuss in detail or not, but I have managed to connect a spare 500gb hard drive to my note 3. Here is everything I used.
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This is awesome! I have an otg on order from Amazon. I was hoping to use a Logitech wireless receiver for my mouse, and a large 3.0 usb when needed.
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Do not remember where, maybe mono price, but have seen micro USB 2.0 to USB 'A' female splitters.
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Has anyone found a way to pass through power with a splitter or something so while connecting the USB OTG cable you could still run the phone off of power without depleting the battery? I asked this same question in the Note 8 forum but no one found a way.
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Because it's not supposed to work that way... The OTG cable puts your device in "host" mode... so it will use the phones power to run your HDD and kill the ability to charge... there are ways to get power to the HDD so you don't drain your device battery as much but the charging thing is a native function of OTG switching.
This is what i've been using... it has HDMI out ... microUSB 5v input to run the HDD... USB port for HDD or any other USB device... (using a wireless keyboard on it right now)... and card reader ports...
You can fake this thing into trying to charge the phone by plugging in the micro USB connection first and THEN plugging the hub into the phone with the microUSB power already on... then you see the charge notification in the status bar but it still doesn't charge the device... even with the samsung 2amp charger as a power supply... the battery still drains
What about wireless charging? I Don't have a wireless charger or battery cover to test this. But this may work
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What about wireless charging? I Don't have a wireless charger or battery cover to test this. But this may work
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That actually is a good idea to try. I'm less optimistic about that as my previous experience with wireless charging has shown that it is less efficient t getting current to the phone as a wired connection and there are some things done on your phone that even when plugged to a 2A wired connection will still drain the battery.
What about the Smart dock? With 2 USB ports an HDMI and power in?
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there are some things done on your phone that even when plugged to a 2A wired connection will still drain the battery.
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That's the problem I'm running into... I'm running the HDMI/MHL/OTG hub... I got the HDMI out to my flat screen... OTG to a wireless keyboard... bluetooth mouse... When it all hooks up properly (you have to plug everything in the right order) the Note 3 screen shuts off and it runs as a proper CPU with output to the flat screen...but even with the samsung 2 amp charger plugged in I still lose about 1% battery every 5 minutes... better than running without the charger but that s$#t can't be good for the battery running that hard and charging at the same time AND losing the battle.
Hey guys just came across this site. Basically its like a sd card but plugs into the usb port on the phone. So if you have the 32gb and need more storage this is your answer, what ard your thoughts.
http://www.leefco.com/mobile-products
EDIT: the leaf access micro sd reader is what I was looking at.
I got a Meenova Dash Micro which has a little keychain carrying case, it's pretty nice
http://www.meenova.com/st/p/mrg2.html
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I got a Meenova Dash Micro which has a little keychain carrying case, it's pretty nice
http://www.meenova.com/st/p/mrg2.html
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Yep, these are great. I plan on picking one up soon.
Yea, I think the Meenova is even a tiny bit smaller, but it's great for me because I don't like to spend much extra for more storage so this is a good trade-off.
Meenova is bomb
you could also just use a 2 dollar otg cable and a thumbdrive....thats where i store all my backups and such
It'd be awesome if someone could come up with a case that essentially accomplished this same thing but you could keep it on all the time without having to plug in a dongle.
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you could also just use a 2 dollar otg cable and a thumbdrive....thats where i store all my backups and such
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Well I think people want the style like the one in this thread so that they don't have to have any cables or anything. It's a little more portable.
Meenova is the best
spend 50 bucks, get this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KU2E9IW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtck6Pfo274
Just purchased from Meenova~!
I got one of these on Woot a few months ago. Works great, and is easy to use on PC and phone/tablet.
It has a MicroUSB on one end, and the actual body of it is also a regular USB plug for use on the PC. I have a 32gb in gray, this is just the best picture I could find that showed the regular sized USB plug.
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spend 50 bucks, get this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KU2E9IW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtck6Pfo274
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i'm sure its a fine product, but who's going to lug that thing around and then wait to rely on wifi transfer speeds? have you seen the meenova? there's nothing better at that size or price
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I got a Meenova Dash Micro which has a little keychain carrying case, it's pretty nice
http://www.meenova.com/st/p/mrg2.html
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Thanks so much fro this! I can't believe I've never seen them before. Ordered 1. I got a 32 g which is plenty but i do a lot of reports on my computer that i need to access on my phone and this took 2 separate cords and devices and put them into 1 with easy access to phone and computer.
Not sure if any of that made sense but all in all, thanks!
Already have sdcard. Took it out of GS4.
Meenova now access the card on my Nexus 7. Got to put it back, though. Some GS4 apps & Tibu backups on there.
Meenova FTW!
Best buy has micro usb flash drives, I got one there a while ago.
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i'm sure its a fine product, but who's going to lug that thing around and then wait to rely on wifi transfer speeds? have you seen the meenova? there's nothing better at that size or price
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yeah its really heavy to lug around.. :silly:
it is a superb product. lots of options out there, this is one. may work for some but not all.:good:
So i decided i need a otg device for the nexus 6. I have the 32gb nexus 6 so i decided i need to manage my space with photos and videos. I picked up this handy little device on ebay for around 8$ free shipping from cali to nyc shipping was fast about 5 days. So recieved the package opened it up plugged it right in. It didnt really work right out the box i have to download stick mount pro from the playstore. Got it set up and i was able to work with it right away with es file explore. Also i was able to back up from twrp directly to my memorycard that i had connected to it. So my guess you can use otg with nexus twrp i would highly recommend one of these for anyone who takes lots of photos and videos and want to back up roms or anything else on here.
I bought a 32GB DT MicroDuo USB 3.0 micro USB OTG because is tiny!
Check it out! It's so compact! but it isn't a reader!
Very cool. Outstanding add for functionality.
Now all we need is one of these to incorporate a full sized USB 3.0 slot and you have everything you need for OTG in one very portable unit.
Yuuki Mikan said:
I bought a 32GB DT MicroDuo USB 3.0 micro USB OTG because is tiny!
Check it out! It's so compact! but it isn't a reader!
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I had something similar to it but ended up losing it when doing laundry