Hi all! I have mediapad, latest ics and rooted, been trying to connect my ext hard drive but the device wont read it. Im using an otg cable too.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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mine has no trouble reading my usb memory stick maybe something bigger needs its own external power supply
I'll give that a try, maybe i'm just being greedy and wanting too much storage!
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pinglis said:
mine has no trouble reading my usb memory stick maybe something bigger needs its own external power supply
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Tried it with a double ended usb cable with one end plugged into a usb mains adapter. Worked perfectly!
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From my experience so far:
A) Does need external power supply
B) Mac formatted drives don't stay connected
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Doesnt read my thumb drive any suggestions ? Does it then connect to a powered hub and then ur able to access the devices?
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Try formatting the drive to fat 32
I did but i did read up on it though and you do need something to power the device that ur using I.E powered hub thanks for response though
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if its a flash drive, you don't need external power
Rockwell22 said:
I did but i did read up on it though and you do need something to power the device that ur using I.E powered hub thanks for response though
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Are you rooted? If so, what Rom and what kernel?
I had the same issue with the bonsai .1.5 with their 2.0 kernel. Once I flashed over Pershoot's latest, I was good again and usb key could be read/seen.
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Doesnt read my thumb drive any suggestions ? Does it then connect to a powered hub and then ur able to access the devices?
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Powered hub is only needed for high-current bus-powered devices, right now the known list is:
1) 2.5" portable hard drives (of the spinning type)
2) PS3 controllers that are not fully charged
Things that do not need a powered hub:
1) Flash drives and flash card readers (Must be FAT32)
2) Fully charged PS3 controllers
3) 3.5" externally-powered hard drives (however most of these are NTFS, which presents its own challenge).
Apparently the kernel in Bonsai ROMs is severely broken with regards to USB host support.
Powered usb hub
HI has anyone got a UK link for a Powered usb hub as trying to connect a 2.5 device to my tab 10.1
Thanks
JB
Hi
I read on a review that someone managed to get usb host on a 2.5 hard disk without the need for a y power cable. I can't get it to work - has anyone else had an opportunity to play with it and get it working?
Cheers
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That was me, still works with my WD 500GB portable drive on the release firmware. Yours may require more power than mine though?
Ok thanks for the reply . My drive fires up but no usb storage listed in the file manager unfortunately. Am I missing something? Will dig out my y cable when I get back from camping!
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manks said:
Ok thanks for the reply . My drive fires up but no usb storage listed in the file manager unfortunately. Am I missing something? Will dig out my y cable when I get back from camping!
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Yeah, your HDD seemingly powering up isn't always enough, had the same issue on an older machine where i had to use a Y-cable despite that the hdd's led powered up as well as i could hear the disk spinning.
That's a shame, I got mildly excited when I read your review! Oh well!
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I'm gonna be selling my laptop and just using my Nexus 7, before i do i will be buying an external HD to copy all the music,etc,etc onto my laptop, question is, can i use the external HD to copy music,etc onto my Galaxy S3 as i said i won't have the laptop?
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jonny68 said:
I'm gonna be selling my laptop and just using my Nexus 7, before i do i will be buying an external HD to copy all the music,etc,etc onto, my question is, can i use the external HD to copy music,etc onto my Galaxy S3 as i said i won't have the laptop?
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It depends what the external sd is and how big it is in memory size, some work and some don't.
I have a 1 tb external and it doesn't register on my phone not even if I repartition it.
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Samsungnooby said:
It depends what the external sd is and how big it is in memory size, some work and some don't.
I have a 1 tb external and it doesn't register on my phone not even if I repartition it.
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sh^t im planning on getting a 1TB external HD this one in fact
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Sli...UTF8&colid=12HPR9PFUES4B&coliid=IYZBBEJ1LZLS4
i suppose i could go through the process of using OTG Cable with my Nexus 7 and then onto my phone but it's too much hard work to be honest, all i wanna do is to get music onto my phone from the external HD, this isn't good, ill have to reconsider my options unless anyone knows a better way?
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sh^t im planning on getting a 1TB external HD this one in fact
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Sli...UTF8&colid=12HPR9PFUES4B&coliid=IYZBBEJ1LZLS4
i suppose i could go through the process of using OTG Cable with my Nexus 7 and then onto my phone but it's too much hard work to be honest, all i wanna do is to get music onto my phone from the external HD, this isn't good, ill have to reconsider my options unless anyone knows a better way?
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As it's made by samsung it could work, mine is Seagrave which doesn't work
You could always send it back if it doesn't
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Ah figured out how to use my hdd by installing an app called paragon ntfs then plugging my wired hub into my otg cable then plugging my wired extended hdd into that.
It's a very annoying process just to plug a hard drive in but it worked :thumbup:
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Samsungnooby said:
Ah figured out how to use my hdd by installing an app called paragon ntfs then plugging my wired hub into my otg cable then plugging my wired extended hdd into that.
It's a very annoying process just to plug a hard drive in but it worked :thumbup:
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Thanks mate any chance of a breakdown of what you done here and ill save this for future reference, have a buyer for my laptop so just need to order the external HD and copy my music and then sell the laptop.
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Thanks mate any chance of a breakdown of what you done here and ill save this for future reference, have a buyer for my laptop so just need to order the external HD and copy my music and then sell the laptop.
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Okay what I did was have my hub connected to the mains which is also connected to my otg cable of my note 10.1
Installed the paragon app that reads ntfc data on a hard drive (some are fat32 so don't need this app)
Then connected my external 1tb hard drive which is connected to the mains to the hub and all my files showed up on my note 10.1
Hope that's easier to understand
Oops sorry exactly the same process with a galaxy s3, get confused between forums
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I have a roadcam in my car that records onto an sd card and I was wondering if there is a way to take out the sd card and connect it to my note 2 maybe using the usb plug so that I could backup the video recordings using an app called dropspace to my dropbox. Thanks.
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If I understand your question correctly what you're wanting to do is pull the files off the Sd card and upload them with your phone.
If thats what you want to do you could just get a USB OTG cable and a SD card reader that is made to be plugged in to a USB port. That should be all you need to get this working. You can get both of those from Amazon, just dont go with an uber cheap OTG cable. There have been reports, on Amazon and XDA, about some of the cheap OTG cables hard bricking/burning up. Last I checked they didnt know exactly what it did, they said that the devide reacted like the battery had been pulled and the phone, or Nexus 7 and a bunch of other tablets, went off and no matter what they were unable to get it to come back on. The OTG cable I have was about $10 and it works perfectly, theres no reason to pay the exorbitant fee Samsung wants for their official cables seeing how the only difference would be the name on the cable.
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shangrila500 said:
If I understand your question correctly what you're wanting to do is pull the files off the Sd card and upload them with your phone.
If thats what you want to do you could just get a USB OTG cable and a SD card reader that is made to be plugged in to a USB port. That should be all you need to get this working. You can get both of those from Amazon, just dont go with an uber cheap OTG cable. There have been reports, on Amazon and XDA, about some of the cheap OTG cables hard bricking/burning up. Last I checked they didnt know exactly what it did, they said that the devide reacted like the battery had been pulled and the phone, or Nexus 7 and a bunch of other tablets, went off and no matter what they were unable to get it to come back on. The OTG cable I have was about $10 and it works perfectly, theres no reason to pay the exorbitant fee Samsung wants for their official cables seeing how the only difference would be the name on the cable.
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Damn, what kind of cable did get because I ordered one of the .80 cent ones and now I'm afraid to use it. Maybe I'll use it on one of my old phones to test it.
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I got an otg cable for $1 and it works perfect. I've hooked up a computer mouse and a 360 controller so far but I haven't tried an SD reader yet.
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hello guys.
i have Amaze for months and had no problems, but for now, i'm pissed off.
my phone doesn't mount Disk drive.
i mean, when i plug it on usb, there is an error pop-up saying "Usb Device Isn't Recognized" and it starts to charge.
i tried 3 different cables, did a full wipe, changed rom, kernel, but still no luck.
i'm running latest Energy rom w/ faux's kernel, S-OFF-ed, rooted, 4Ext recovery.
any ideas?
Might try a card reader. If it reads ok, backup all the contents then format the card. ( fat 32 I think) better check.
Just an idea.
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i took out my sd-ext and put in another phone and it works.
i discovered another thing, when i insert usb in my phone, it says that usb isn't recognized, but when phone is plugged about 1.5-2h, than Disk Drive mounting appears and i can mount my phone as usb storage.
i'm confused
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i took out my sd-ext and put in another phone and it works.
i discovered another thing, when i insert usb in my phone, it says that usb isn't recognized, but when phone is plugged about 1.5-2h, than Disk Drive mounting appears and i can mount my phone as usb storage.
i'm confused
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Usb device not recognised error comes in your phone or pc?
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ravike14 said:
Usb device not recognised error comes in your phone or pc?
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thanks for the reply
it comes in my PC. Phone just doesnt display USB icon in status bar. But if i leave phone plugged about 1-2h, than unplug and plug again phone, here come mounting option, charge only or disk drive.
any ideas?
Demsee said:
thanks for the reply
it comes in my PC. Phone just doesnt display USB icon in status bar. But if i leave phone plugged about 1-2h, than unplug and plug again phone, here come mounting option, charge only or disk drive.
any ideas?
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Lol it's a problem with your pc usb ports try a different usb port from the back directly
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i tried all usb ports and another PC as well
Demsee said:
i tried all usb ports and another PC as well
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You have the right drivers installed??
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ravike14 said:
You have the right drivers installed??
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of course
might it be hardware issue?
Demsee said:
of course
might it be hardware issue?
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Hardly unlikely :/ something is definitely wrong tho change the rom and try again
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ravike14 said:
Hardly unlikely :/ something is definitely wrong tho change the rom and try again
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tried on Energy, Speed, Cm9 and CM10
still the same issue.
Help Needed
guys, it drives me crazy
sometimes it mounts without problem, but mainly, it suck my blood from veins.
i tried 4 different cable, 5 different rom and many PC's, but same result.
what should i do? how can i discover, if that's hardware issue?
I can't be only one -_-