Hello
I'm currently using a sony tablet, and considering to replace it with the Prime ... My main concerned is about USB support. I cannot find any clear answer to the following question : Is the prime supporting USB self powered external drives ? directly on the tablet or through the dock?
I'm owning a Iomega 1To external portable drive, formated into NTFS, and I really want to use it when I'm travelling.
Thanks in advance for your feedback
Yup, I use a USB powered 1TB external drive with mine and all works fine!
i have plugged several NTFS formatted usb harddrives into my prime dock and was able to browse the files.
Cant guarantee it will work with yours but it did with mine.
Thanks for your replies !
Were the disks 2.5 self powered or with an external power supply ?
I tried it successfully with a selfpowered 2.5" disk.
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I have looked around on here and cant find an answer....
My friend just bought a A101. He used a external hard drive once (Seagate Portable Drive, 500GB) After he connected it the first time, it has never worked since....
Does anyone know what would cause this, or how to fix it? He even has already reformatted both and did a factory reset on the A101...
Thanks for any help
Hi,
that happened some of us when we upgraded to FM 2.071.
I called Archos and advised me to send it for repair.
Regards.
Javier-
Did they say they would charge you for it? Have you sent it in yet or received it back? Just ordered a Seagate 500gb HD and now I'm a little worried.
Javierinnn said:
Hi,
that happened some of us when we upgraded to FM 2.071.
I called Archos and advised me to send it for repair.
Regards.
Javier-
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hi all
I've got the same problem here after i had upgrade to 2.018
is that anyone can solve the problem now?
I've tried format, reset, and downgrade, nothing help
thx
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I don think it working if your connect your External HDD with seperate power it ok b ut if like 2.5 Notebook HDD not working anyway
lursak said:
I don think it working if your connect your External HDD with seperate power it ok b ut if like 2.5 Notebook HDD not working anyway
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I had the same issue, sent it in for repair, came back faster then ever, but now looking at same problem
This sounds more like an underpowered usb port, rather than a failed usb port.
The usb port only supplies 200ma power, most hdd require 500ma, especially if you are powering said hdd off the port.
I suggest installing SDE, then installing UrukDroid 1.0, then look in the UrukDriod dev forum for Sibere's V10 kernel - it raises the ma from 200 to 500, but even then, it's not a 'complete' fix - the port seems to share power with the display.
Good luck!
Question:
Has the Seagate 500GB external portable HDD worked properly before it was connected to the A101IT.... like were there any problems whatsoever with it being connected to a laptop/desktop at all??
If the portable HDD HAS worked then you have a guaranteed FUBAR USB port, period! I actually had the same problem and I thought the problem lied with my Western Digital 500GB external portable USB-powered HDD because it was working with my A101IT for a long time then one day my A101IT couldn't find my WD HDD when it was connected. I then disconnected it from my A101IT and found that when I reconnected my WD HDD back to my laptop that there really was no problem with my WD HDD at all, it was the USB port on the A101IT! Also you can plug a thumb drive/usb stick with like 1 GB+ that has stuff like documents, movies, music, etcetera on it and if the information on the thumb drive still doesn't come up after you have connected it to your A101IT the problem is a definite A101IT USB Port problem.
P.S. - By the way, reformatting the entire A101IT AND upgrading/downgrading to a newer/older firmware will also not work.
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Hi all i faund solution for hd and usb stick not working on archos101.
I got problem with my hd 360gb archos dont read this disc but like i unplug hd from archos show on scren ..now you can unplug divace safly.
I dig in google and i faund if you format your hd "fat" or usb stick you need call partition on hd primary not logical "somthing like that" and archos will reconais hd whitout problems.
This work for me and i dont heve any problem any more whit usb conection to hd i test orso micro sd samsung 8gb class6 in usb conector with same problem what my hd and this method solved my problem.
I hope this will hellp some one.
Sorry for poor english.
Best program to do this operation is partition menager or somthing like that
I was thinking of getting a 1tb external hard drive to connect to the usb dock. Does the prime support portable ones like:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1333767009&sr=1-1
because I know the USB port doesn't output much power.
I don't see any reason why it won't. The Prime has handled any external hard drives I have thrown at it so far.
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I just plugged in an External Drive in my Prime's USB Dock port and the Prime reads it fine.
jdeoxys said:
I was thinking of getting a 1tb external hard drive to connect to the usb dock. Does the prime support portable ones like:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1333767009&sr=1-1
because I know the USB port doesn't output much power.
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I have used that exact hard drive with my Prime, and works fine.
Hi, i wanted to know if it was possible to connect my internal laptop hard drive via usb otg and read the files from it.
I believe i will need a usb host to power the hard drive via mains and an external caddy to hook up the HD. Could anyone confirm if this set up will work and whether it will be at all possible to read the files of the hard drive.
Thank you for any help.
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First of all, you need a SATA-to-USB or IDE-to-USB adapter to connect the internal HDD via USB.
It depends on yout HDD if the S2 can serve enough power. Try it out. If it does not work, you need a self-powered USB-Hub between S2 and HDD.
Hi, thanks for the reply. I went to a computer shop where they used an external caddy and i tried to connect it to the usb otg cable but it didn't recognise the hdd.
Do you have a recommended self powered host? Or will any (cheapest option) on ebay suffice?
Thanks again
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Hi,
I'm looking to get either the Tab or Note 10.1, but need to know whether its possible to transfer images from the micro SD card to an external USb powered HDD. I know I can get hold of a micro usb male/ mini usb male adapter to link the Tab/Note to the HDD, but don't know if the Tab/Note will power the drive, or if it's possible to transfer pics in this way.
I'm planning a roadtrip in the USA later this year and would not have regular access to wifi to upload images to 'dropbox' etc so would rather back them up to a HDD.
I know there are several similar postings, but no suitable/applicable answers.
Suggestions/answers ?
Cheers
Rivendell63 said:
Hi,
I'm looking to get either the Tab or Note 10.1, but need to know whether its possible to transfer images from the micro SD card to an external USb powered HDD. I know I can get hold of a micro usb male/ mini usb male adapter to link the Tab/Note to the HDD, but don't know if the Tab/Note will power the drive, or if it's possible to transfer pics in this way.
I'm planning a roadtrip in the USA later this year and would not have regular access to wifi to upload images to 'dropbox' etc so would rather back them up to a HDD.
I know there are several similar postings, but no suitable/applicable answers.
Suggestions/answers ?
Cheers
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The Tab 10.1 doesn't have a micro SD card slot - the Tab 2 does. On the Tab 10.1 there's a chunk of the internal memory mounted as /sdcard that you can store your photos on.
As far as moving files to an external drive goes, you can do that with most file managers so that's no problem.
One issue you may have is that the external drive will need to be formatted as FAT 32, not NTFS. That means that you can't copy files larger than 4GB to the external drive. That's probably not going to be a problem for you if you're moving images (not movies).
To connect the drive, you'll need an OTG cable, which are fairly inexpensive. However, there's no guarantee that the tablet will be able to power the drive. External thumb drives work fine for me. I haven't tried any portable hard drives, but as long as the current demand is fairly low it may work. Some people have had success with portable drives, so it's worth giving it a try, especially if you're talking about a notebook size drive as those tend to be less power hungry.
I have successfully mounted an external HDD via a externally powered USB-Hub. The FAT32 partition can be mounted without additional software, the NTFS partition can be mounted with the free app "NTFS mount". USB-Sticks will be powered by the tablet without problem. The problem is, that the combined card reader / USB adaptor can only be used with one function at a time. So I had to copy the SD-card to the internal storage of the tab and then move it from there to the external HDD.
You might want to think about buying an Intenso Memory 2 Move HDD. It's an external 2.5" HDD with a battery (6 hours) and a wifi hotspot. You can access the drive via wifi, ethernet RJ45 and USB 3.0. Works like a charm with Android.
Regards
Achim
Sorry, it was the Tab 2 (10.1 screen, stylus thing etc) I was meaning but couldn't find a heading for it. Is it likely to power an external 2.5 drive ?
Most certainly it will not power HDD. The easiest solution is an external miniature USB hub with power supply.
Regards
Achim
I would like to mention that HDD must be partitioned as GPT to work otherwise it shows as corrupt.
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I was wondering whether I could connect an external HDD (powered) to XTZ. Do I need an OTG cable or just a plain microUSB to USB adapter will do the job?
OTG cable, like on all other Android devices with Micro USB.
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OTG cable, like on all other Android devices with Micro USB.
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Thank you. Well bought me an OTG cable. Seems to recognise keyboard, mouse and usb flashdisks but whenever I connect an HDD, either selfpowered or powered through the usb port, it is always recognised as damaged USB storage… then asks me to format it. In case I choose to format it nothing happens. I should mention that this happens with FAT32 HDDs too. Isn't XTZ capable connecting to external HDD?
Did you solve the problem? I going to buy XTZ but for me is essensial chance to connect external HD
It is possible and works, but it only if the HDD has an own power supply.
No I didn't manage to access ANY type of HDD self-powered or not and any kind of format i.e. Fat32, exFat, Ntfs etc. I only managed to access usb sticks and input devices (mouse, keyboard).
I am rather disappointed from this issue…
Can I charge my cellphone if I connect it to the tablet with the usb host Cable ?
Using the tablet as an external battery for emergencies. Thanks
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Very unlikely.
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Thank you. Well bought me an OTG cable. Seems to recognise keyboard, mouse and usb flashdisks but whenever I connect an HDD, either selfpowered or powered through the usb port, it is always recognised as damaged USB storage… then asks me to format it. In case I choose to format it nothing happens. I should mention that this happens with FAT32 HDDs too. Isn't XTZ capable connecting to external HDD?
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Which one did you buy? I bought a pack from amazon but none (of the 4) worked. I only tried using it to sync a ps3 controller though.
oopsgr said:
No I didn't manage to access ANY type of HDD self-powered or not and any kind of format i.e. Fat32, exFat, Ntfs etc. I only managed to access usb sticks and input devices (mouse, keyboard).
I am rather disappointed from this issue…
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I have the 16GB WiFi version and I have no problems at all reading external media. Here is what I did:
Before starting I reformatted the HDD with "exFAT" file system using a regular Windows PC. I did a full format, not the "Quick Format" option. This took a looooong time to complete with the big drives. In the XTZ I installed "ASTRO" File Explorer from Google Play to perform the file operation. After that I was ready to go. I already tested with copying a 20GB file and it worked fine.
The same procedure worked for:
- 32GB micro SanDisk
- 64GB micro SanDisk
- 128Gb USB pendrive (OTG cable needed to connect)
- 300GB USB external HDD (OTG cable + powered USB-hub needed to connect)
I hope this helps