Hi,
I just got the S9+ (UK model) yesterday, I've activated the OEM Unlock and it's remained on (it did reset the phone when I rebooted).
I'd ideally like to connect a SD card reader and a portable HDD via a USB hub, to transfer photos from the card reader via the phone to the HDD.
I've done this on my Note 4 (rooted and running a custom stock ROM). The portable HDD is exFat formatted.
But the S9+ isn't currently rooted.
Do I just need to root the phone, so I can adjust any read/write privileges or would I also need to install a custom (stock) ROM too, to be able to transfer files?
Thank you
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Hi,
I just got the S9+ (UK model) yesterday, I've activated the OEM Unlock and it's remained on (it did reset the phone when I rebooted).
I'd ideally like to connect a SD card reader and a portable HDD via a USB hub, to transfer photos from the card reader via the phone to the HDD.
I've done this on my Note 4 (rooted and running a custom stock ROM). The portable HDD is exFat formatted.
But the S9+ isn't currently rooted.
Do I just need to root the phone, so I can adjust any read/write privileges or would I also need to install a custom (stock) ROM too, to be able to transfer files?
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Not really sure why you'd need root. I have a SanDisk SSD that I plug in via USB-C and it just shows up as a drive on the S9+.
Averix said:
Not really sure why you'd need root. I have a SanDisk SSD that I plug in via USB-C and it just shows up as a drive on the S9+.
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Thank you for your help
I can get the drive to show up (it's Western Digital Elements), but if I try to copy anything to it, either from the card reader (via the phone) or from the phone itself. I get a "copy failed" type message.
It doesn't make any difference when using the hub, if it's powered or not. In the past I've always used a non powered hub.
*** EDIT ***
I decided to try the inbuilt file manager and I was able to copy and paste photos from the card reader to the portable HDD.
I was using Root Explorer (Pro version) and it always failed to copy across the files. I don't know why.
Problem solved
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I'm using the Samsung Galaxy S T959 2.1 of TMobile
I have installed on my computer samsung drivers for mobile and Kies.
My computer is using Win 7 32-bit
Everyday, I plug the cable into my PC and choose Mount, after that I copy data from PC to Samsung normally
Today, when the cable attached to the PC, then select Mount, also appears that 2 drives H & I but I can't copy data to SamSung. When I copied, the PC alert :
Copying
Discovering items.....
Time remain : Calculating
Data Transfer : Calculating
How then is run from morning to noon without the copy is complete, although I only have a 1MB image file. Reset your computer and the SS, but still the same error.
So my computer is corrupted or SS that you failed? I try to connect your computer with the N95, the copy machine is normal.
please help me how to I can copy data normally ?
i had a problem copying files to my vibrant, I formated my internal 16gb memory and it fixed the problem.
i think its
settings>sd phone storage>format.
I would uninstall kies. I never use it. After you do that plug in the phone and you should then use the top pull down menu and it will have a connect usb icon and button. hit that it will then say connected and it will open 2 folders F and G or something like that one is the internal sd and the other is the external And do what the posting said format the external sd card if it is new or you have not yet. you can do it on the computer it would be fat-32 ONLY
If you have wifi you can use the app Wifi File Explorer. Costs about $1 for the Pro version. I use it all the time for transferring files. Very easy and works great. You access your phones storage using your PC web browser. No cables, no problems.
samnada said:
If you have wifi you can use the app Wifi File Explorer. Costs about $1 for the Pro version. I use it all the time for transferring files. Very easy and works great. You access your phones storage using your PC web browser. No cables, no problems.
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Thanks! I just tried that App. It works great. It doesn't seem to see my MicroSD card though, only the internal memory shows up (on my Vibrant).......unless I am missing something.
GibMcFragger said:
Thanks! I just tried that App. It works great. It doesn't seem to see my MicroSD card though, only the internal memory shows up (on my Vibrant).......unless I am missing something.
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Shows up on mine. Look for the sd folder. If you see "Up To Parent Directory" at the top of the directory list click on it because you're not at the root directory level. From root you should see sd/.
Hello, I am having a problem getting my galaxy tab 10.1 to recognize a usb flash drive I have connected via an adapter. I know it works because it detected a wireless mouse I connected to it, and it shows up when I use dmesg or lsusb in the terminal. The thing is that none of the file explorers I've used (Es, Astro) are able to detect the files I have on it. The usb drive is formatted to fat32; would it be more likely to detect it if I formatted it to ext3 or ext4?
Maybe you need to use this?
RoberGalarga said:
Maybe you need to use this?
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Thanks so much for showing me that! I went through at lest five other apps that didn't work before trying this. :victory:
I have a Galaxy Prime 3 which is basically a cheapo version of the Galaxy S5. On my old S5 I had TWRP installed which was extremely useful for mounting the SD card as a USB drive and then plugging it into a PC to boot from it with install iso or utility iso.
It is not possible to get TWRP on this J320A as far I as have found, and the only app purporting to do boot from sdcard over USB (drivedroid) did not work for me. Is there any way I can use my phone to boot a PC over USB cable? I know its much "simpler" to use a flash drive or burn a CD/DVD but I like hacking things to their fullest. Any suggestions?
Hi.
I couldn't find a specific Nano thread with issues so post it here as I am using with my P30P.
I got a Nano memory card + official Huawei USB reader so I could transfer my music and other things before my phone arrived.
When I connect the reader the laptop is detected and shows 2 drives - nano mem and standard sd - however my laptop just does not detect the nano memory when it is in the reader.
The drive letter stays greyed out.
I do not find anything online about this specific issue, I wondered if I would need to format it in my phone first but that doesn't make a difference.
Anyone have issues?
(in the end I copied my files laptop>usb stick>phone USB C connector > file manager to copy and paste but it was an extra step I could do without).
Try looking at the card in disk management in admin tools
unibomber said:
Try looking at the card in disk management in admin tools
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Yup, I tried this but no luck.
It's odd, the usb stick works with normal SD, the nano works in my phone fine but doesn't get detected in the stick.
I can't try in another laptop as my work one has USB drives blocked
Wonder if the nano card uses an unknown file format. Will probably need to be formatted in the phone. When my note 4 originally came out, that's what I had to do.
unibomber said:
Try looking at the card in disk management in admin tools
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unibomber said:
Wonder if the nano card uses an unknown file format. Will probably need to be formatted in the phone. When my note 4 originally came out, that's what I had to do.
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Yeah I wondered this too, I'll try it again and see if it picks it up.
Will also try my old Teclast dual boot tablet and if it can detect in windows via USB OTG to the reader.
USB OTG works for keyboard, mouse, and some USB memory. It does NOT recognize card readers or some other USB memory.
I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to be able to copy files to and from a card reader on my phone. A friend's S7 (AT&T branded instead of T-Mobile) does recognize card readers, as does another friend's S9.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
My phone:
Samsung SM-G930T
Android 8.0.0 (latest via T-Mobile)
Build #: R16NW.G930TUVSACSG1
Whitebird1 said:
USB OTG works for keyboard, mouse, and some USB memory. It does NOT recognize card readers or some other USB memory.
I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to be able to copy files to and from a card reader on my phone. A friend's S7 (AT&T branded instead of T-Mobile) does recognize card readers, as does another friend's S9.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
My phone:
Samsung SM-G930T
Android 8.0.0 (latest via T-Mobile)
Build #: R16NW.G930TUVSACSG1
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Try to install Ex file explorer(File Explorer EX on google play store)and find out that the usb/otg device is visible there or not and check whether you are using usb drive which matches under the expandable memory size of your phone(External Memory Support
Up to 200GB for Samsung SM-G930T )
if you either cannot find the problem then try to reset your phone because it can be Software issue too..
Thanks.
contact for any help in the future.:good:
Whitebird1 said:
USB OTG works for keyboard, mouse, and some USB memory. It does NOT recognize card readers or some other USB memory.
I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to be able to copy files to and from a card reader on my phone. A friend's S7 (AT&T branded instead of T-Mobile) does recognize card readers, as does another friend's S9.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
My phone:
Samsung SM-G930T
Android 8.0.0 (latest via T-Mobile)
Build #: R16NW.G930TUVSACSG1
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Probably it's the filesystem type of that card.
No, it's Fat32 and 2 other Galaxy S7 phones can read this card
Mohamedkam000 said:
Probably it's the filesystem type of that card.
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That's a good guess, but, no, the card is FAT32 and 2 other Galaxy S7 phones can read it. The difference between the phones is the software (T-Mobile).
Aayush481181 said:
Try to install Ex file explorer(File Explorer EX on google play store)and find out that the usb/otg device is visible there or not and check whether you are using usb drive which matches under the expandable memory size of your phone(External Memory Support
Up to 200GB for Samsung SM-G930T )
if you either cannot find the problem then try to reset your phone because it can be Software issue too..
Thanks.
contact for any help in the future.:good:
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This 8GB card is not visible in any file explorer app. I have cleared the system cache without success.
Moving Thread
I figure I'm in the wrong forum. I'll try in the Galaxy S7 forum instead.