Hey guys, for ages now I've been looking at ways to wirelessly, or at least cleanly upgrading storage on the DNA, considering it has no SD card port, and I've been trying to stay away from Wi-Fi SD card readers considering that I know that if I'm on the road, I wouldn't be able to use internet considering that if I'm connected to the Wi-Fi SD card reader's hotspot, then I'd lose connectivity from LTE.
But, this product here interests me, http://www.kingston.com/us/wireless/wireless_readers#mlwg2 I saw some videos of it on Youtube playing back 4K videos instantaneously on an HTC One M7 with no lag, quality degrading, or anything(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGSKHQvtyU#t=332), it seems like a really nice product for storing music, hotswapping roms and what not, but, problem is, would there be any way for someone to actually download stuff to it like an actual means of storage?
I know about OTG cables and flash drives, I already have one of those, but I don't want to have this cable just dangling out of my phone as I'm gaming(assuming you can install apps to OTG storage) or listening to music. My question is, is there anyway to get these types of products to show up as ACTUAL SD Card storage in Settings? Or maybe there's some type of bluetooth SD card reader or so that could do so?
If not..my last resort is to actually use one of these things, but another problem is being away from Wi-Fi again. Is there any type of Xposed Module or anything of that nature that I can use to be connected to WiFi, but to use LTE connection instead? Thanks for reading and responses.
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Hey All:
I was on the pdaPhone Home forum
( http://pdaphonehome.com/forums ) and I found this reply to a post I had made about the SD slot. It sounds like a challenge to the XDA developers to me! If anyone can do anything, it is you guys!!!
Here it is:
[The SD slot is]
more than you think it is. [I am]
new to this board, but I can tell you two things I know for certain.
One, the SD slot is not SD/IO directly, however.....
Viewtake does offer a camera than plugs into the SD slot of these phones and works very well. Takes decent pictures, with several options of picture size and type, will take 8fps video, and comes with a nice software suite. I know because I have one. Anyone who would like pics of or from it just need to ask.
Two, I happen to be a security systems installer (actual Security systems, not software or computer based) and one of the places I installed a system, I happen to get the chance to speak with someone who is part of the top eschelon of the windows mobile solutions development team. This person seemed to enjoy chatting with me about the OS and the products. In talking about the PPC PE I was told that, although nothing could be confirmed (non-disclosure agreements), that I would be VERY surprised what the SD slot on the PPC PE was capable of. I do believe that more can be done with it than is thought. Has ANYONE actually tried the install of any SD/IO devices like a Bluetooth or 802.11b SD Card?
if i were you i'd try to do a search on the subject
and you'll get plenty of useful posts
also there are many posts about cams which works for xda in the Accessories forum
of cause it's possible to make many many things which today needs sdio using just a normal sd connector
a sd connector works for ram
if a sd card have some flash apart from the stuff which take care of it's function
and both the device and the sd's non mem part have access to that mem
they can communicate writing in some files in the mem part of the sdcard
but since pretty much all new devices today come with SD IO
i doubt there is a big market for those devices which is also more complex to make then a normal SDIO which is a descriped std
we have seen bluetooth headsets which works for xda
but it's a bit of a cheat since it goes into the headset connector
and just make the analog signal bluetooth to the headset
this mean you cant use anything else then the headset
pretty much everything is possible but when there is lots of work involved and not a pile of coins in the end people dont really line up to get involved
Easily done withour SD/IO
A camera for xda could easily be developed without requiring anything special from the SD slot.
If the camera were fully self contained with the ability to write to flash mem that is also addressible from the device as a standard SD card would be... all the camera is doing is saving to sd, and the xda is reading from sd the files that the camera saved.
Pretty simple... the tricks are on the camera, not the xda.
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I have watched the noob video and looked through every similar post I could find with no success so here is my situation.
I have been an android user for all of a week. I gave my iphone 4 up for an atrix because I wanted the freedom. I have it rooted and unlocked thanks to you wonderful people on XDA and now I'm running the cm7 beta.
I have a pioneer 3200bt in my car and I have always plugged my iphone into the usb port and played music that way. I can't get it to work with my atrix. I have tried no external sd card, external sd card, mounting it for memory card use, usb debugging mode, no usb debugging, un/checking the "use internal memory" in cm7. With every try I get the same "Unplayable File" on my head unit. I thought it would just mount the sd card as mass storage and I would be on my way but its not that easy.
If I take the sd card out an plug it into my stereo it works fine I can play all the music on it. Using that way is fine but my phone won't be charging. The headphone jack would work too but analog sounds blah. I'm prepared to blame it on my head unit if I have to.
Does anyone have any ideas? Apps, mods, hardware? I greatly appreciate your thoughts and responses.
Besides the obvius answer of saving a little battery, why not get rid of the cords and use the bluetooth? The audio qaulity on my Pioneer xxxbt sounded great over bt (I clunkered my old car and bought a new one that I dont want a custom deck in). And I had two 12s, the quality was >= a 3.5mm.
Thanks for the response. I'd like to be able to do that too. I didn't realize the 3200bt was ghetto and only supported phone calls over bluetooth and not that A2DP.
Watch out if you are planning on streaming music or pod casts while using Bluetooth for audio. I was just served a notice about my Illegal tethering from ATT. I do not use tethering but they told me if I am streaming music through a Bluetooth device, it is considered tethering and they will add the plan automatically. I had been on the phone with them for over an hour about this and they have concluded that streaming anything ( music, pod cast or video) using your phones built in Bluetooth is considered tethering. I too have been listening to my music through my car stereo via Bluetooth and have recently received the notice because of my use of Pandora while doing so. Just trying to help.
I would love to be able to use the USB that my car stereo has also, so if anyone finds out how that would be awsome
sdp07a said:
I have watched the noob video and looked through every similar post I could find with no success so here is my situation.
I have been an android user for all of a week. I gave my iphone 4 up for an atrix because I wanted the freedom. I have it rooted and unlocked thanks to you wonderful people on XDA and now I'm running the cm7 beta.
I have a pioneer 3200bt in my car and I have always plugged my iphone into the usb port and played music that way. I can't get it to work with my atrix. I have tried no external sd card, external sd card, mounting it for memory card use, usb debugging mode, no usb debugging, un/checking the "use internal memory" in cm7. With every try I get the same "Unplayable File" on my head unit. I thought it would just mount the sd card as mass storage and I would be on my way but its not that easy.
If I take the sd card out an plug it into my stereo it works fine I can play all the music on it. Using that way is fine but my phone won't be charging. The headphone jack would work too but analog sounds blah. I'm prepared to blame it on my head unit if I have to.
Does anyone have any ideas? Apps, mods, hardware? I greatly appreciate your thoughts and responses.
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Hopefully I'm not too late to the party on this thread... First things first... I am running CM7 Ba2TF and am having a similar issue. Thanks for mentioning the various options you've tried, will save me from messing with it in my car.
There may be hope, though. When I mount the drive, I actually do get access to mp3s, yet they are on the ones on my internal memory card and not my external card like I am used to. I didn't see this particular quirk mentioned in your post so if you haven't tried that, it's certainly better than nothing.
If it's super duper important, I haven't had any issues with external SD card mounting in my car whenever I had a stock based rom, namely darkside and alien.
I have been googling around a bit on this and it looks like it might just be a rom issue. They can't all be perfect, I suppose, but try putting them on your internal card and see how that mounts.
Hi, anyone know how to make USB OTG work on stock ROM ? Thanks
anyone know ?
I don't know if it's possible even if rooted. If you want to connect a flash drive, have you considered a wireless reader? The Kingston MobileLite works great with both my HD8.9 and HDX7. The RavPower reader sounds good too...
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This is also useful if you need additional storage: http://www.sandisk.com/products/wireless/flash-drive/
Oh, and I think Amazon disabled USB OTG in the kernel, for whatever reason.
I just got a Kindle hdx 7 and very disappointed that no usb host ability. Is possibly anyone working on a kernel that will support it? I am rooted.
Very interested to know if any progress has been made. Anyone? Is it possible to create some sort of work-around?
You guys are looking for something that is a long way out at best. Device is going to need a custom kernel to have any hope of usb OTG. The problem with that is, nobody is going to even look at custom kernels till maybe when we can adb in fastboot or the bootloader gets unlocked.
I use a backup battery / wireless router / wifi SD reader / travel router device for extra storage. Turn it on, browse to it from ES Explorer. Voila, just move the files over.
There's also WiFi Explorer Pro, if you want to do it to a PC.
kschang said:
I use a backup battery / wireless router / wifi SD reader / travel router device for extra storage. Turn it on, browse to it from ES Explorer. Voila, just move the files over.
There's also WiFi Explorer Pro, if you want to do it to a PC.
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i was interested in something similar to this, but everything i could find shows fairly pricey options.
shabbypenguin said:
i was interested in something similar to this, but everything i could find shows fairly pricey options.
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How about... $23?
http://www.amazon.com/Arrival-HooToo%C2%AE-TripMate-Wireless-Powered/dp/B00HZWOQZ6/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1398562517&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=easyacc+travel+router
This is the one I got, also a backup battery for $43
http://www.amazon.com/EasyAcc%C2%AE-Wireless-External-Portable-Smartphone/dp/B00CSFCYFY/ref=pd_sim_pc_10?ie=UTF8&refRID=01FZE2C5DANB755E0VV9
I keep a 32 GB MicroSD (class 6, my old card for my phone) with an SD adapter in this device semi-permanently for quick transfers.
Thanks, im going on a long trip so extra storage would be cool, but as it would be the only time i would use it i dont think i can justify 20 bucks on it. shame about otg cuz a big jumpdrive filled with content would be awesome .
http://www.intomobile.com/2014/02/13/easiest-way-transfer-media-files-smartphonetablet-computer
The SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive comes with a regular USB port on one hand, and a microUSB one – on the other. So when you want to move some files from your mobile device, simply connect the SanDisk’s device to a microUSB port and copy all the photos and videos you want. Then, connect the same device using a regular USB port to a computer and make a local copy of those files.
I disagree. I don't think it's purpose is to move files between PC and phone. I think it's about having a pendrive that's also accessible via phone. Plus connecting the phone to YOUR computer is easy enough, but it's not that simple in libraries, airports, other people's houses etc. If I was using a pendrive I'd buy it. But I don't.
sanjsrik said:
http://www.intomobile.com/2014/02/13/easiest-way-transfer-media-files-smartphonetablet-computer
The SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive comes with a regular USB port on one hand, and a microUSB one – on the other. So when you want to move some files from your mobile device, simply connect the SanDisk’s device to a microUSB port and copy all the photos and videos you want. Then, connect the same device using a regular USB port to a computer and make a local copy of those files.
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I would its like the same as using a USB OTG cable but not having to have the cable
for the price, I'd rather just get a normal flash drive thats cheaper and use the otg cable. I already have one, and it's not really inconvenient.
If you have proper cables and don't mind carrying them, then this is kind of redundant, if you don't have cables, then this is as simple as it gets, albeit little more expensive. But frankly, I would never use it just to copy files to computer, the cable comes with phone for free and nothing beats dragging files with mouse from one drive to another on the computer. But if you want to backup your files or make room for new on the go, then I could see this as being useful.
I ask because you could use something like airdroid or something.
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Yeah, but that will only work if you have:
1. good signal
2. really unlimited data plan.
Personally I don't see reason to backup few small files, since you can get SD card for cheap and store it on the phone memory and SD card as backup. I'm talking for example about being on vacation and actually running out of memory due to picture and video taking, where you need to offload gigabytes of data, where good signal and unlimited data could be completely out of question. Actually I may be taking trip to China this summer and could be facing this particular issue for real and any cloud type solution is not going to work at all. On my home turf I have access to computers daily, so again cloud services are pretty much useless, even if I had unlimited data, which I don't. I know Google and others are trying to sell us on cloud storage solutions, instead of physical storage, but in certain situations above limitations can not be overcome.
pete4k said:
Yeah, but that will only work if you have:
1. good signal
2. really unlimited data plan.
Personally I don't see reason to backup few small files, since you can get SD card for cheap and store it on the phone memory and SD card as backup. I'm talking for example about being on vacation and actually running out of memory due to picture and video taking, where you need to offload gigabytes of data, where good signal and unlimited data could be completely out of question. Actually I may be taking trip to China this summer and could be facing this particular issue for real and any cloud type solution is not going to work at all. On my home turf I have access to computers daily, so again cloud services are pretty much useless, even if I had unlimited data, which I don't. I know Google and others are trying to sell us on cloud storage solutions, instead of physical storage, but in certain situations above limitations can not be overcome.
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I use airdroid about 4-5 times/day. I log in using the web interface and transfer files from my laptop to my device. If the device is sitting next to my laptop, how bad can the signal be?
Hey guys, for ages now I've been looking at ways to wirelessly, or at least cleanly upgrading storage on the DNA, considering it has no SD card port, and I've been trying to stay away from Wi-Fi SD card readers considering that I know that if I'm on the road, I wouldn't be able to use internet considering that if I'm connected to the Wi-Fi SD card reader's hotspot, then I'd lose connectivity from LTE.
But, this product here interests me, http://www.kingston.com/us/wireless/..._readers#mlwg2 I saw some videos of it on Youtube playing back 4K videos instantaneously on an HTC One M7 with no lag, quality degrading, or anything(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGSKHQvtyU#t=332), it seems like a really nice product for storing music, hotswapping roms and what not, but, problem is, would there be any way for someone to actually download stuff to it like an actual means of storage?
I know about OTG cables and flash drives, I already have one of those, but I don't want to have this cable just dangling out of my phone as I'm gaming(assuming you can install apps to OTG storage) or listening to music. My question is, is there anyway to get these types of products to show up as ACTUAL SD Card storage in Settings? Or maybe there's some type of bluetooth SD card reader or so that could do so?
If not..my last resort is to actually use one of these things, but another problem is being away from Wi-Fi again. Is there any type of Xposed Module or anything of that nature that I can use to be connected to WiFi, but to use LTE connection instead? Thanks for reading and responses.