Tried to copy over a 9gb movie, no go obviously. :\ Given no expansion SD slot, there is no way to work around this is there?
Doubt it. Storage is formatted using FAT file system which has a 4 gig file limit.
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It is not formatted in fat. It is ext3 I believe that's why we don't have usb mass storage.
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xdarkfirex said:
It is not formatted in fat. It is ext3 I believe that's why we don't have Ian mass storage.
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Oops my bad.
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You could attempt zipping files in your computer and then unzip them in the phone. Alternatively, i heard that OTG is possible which will allow USB to be hooked up.
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For those of you that are looking for extra storage, you might consider checking out this project of Kickstarter before it ends. This adapter allows you to use a microsd card with your One and also comes with a Micro USB to USB adapter to connect to your computer for file transfers. The adaptor is small and has been confirmed to work on the One. I've got one on order now. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyfei/mini-microsd-reader-for-android-smartphones-and-ta
just picked one up in case. thanks man
9gb movie... Wow, want to use every pixel on that screen huh?
That kickstarter project is definitely your best bet. Or a similar usb otg cable and a usb drive.
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It is not formatted in fat. It is ext3 I believe that's why we don't have usb mass storage.
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ext3 supports files much larger than 4GB. If the phone won't let you copy a 9GB file to it then it must be another problem. And UMS is discouraged by Google I think as it doesn't allow concurrent storage access to both apps and the computer attached though USB.
When Samsung added JB to the Note 2, the MTP driver blocked copying files >4GB. They seem to have fixed it on the SGS4 as I just finished copying a 4.3GB movie file to it.
split the file up
MTP is pretty awful; if you're at all comfortable with the command line, use adb instead and save yourself some trouble.
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I tried searching the forums for an answer, but haven't been able to locate one. If someone knows of another thread, could you link it please?
My question is, is there a size limit to a USB drive that the Prime dock will recognize? I have a Scandisk 16Gb drive. When I put it in the USB port the Prime flashes "Preparing external storage", but that message disappears, leaving me no access to the drive. Smaller capacity USB drives work fine, albeit from different manufacturers.
Is this a capacity issue, or something else?
I think it is something else. I plugged in a 500gb hard drive via usb and it seemed to work fine.
The USB drive that I have that didn't work was a Chromium image which I'm guessing just can't be read by the Android OS.
My 2 tb external works fine.
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Thanks for the input. What is a chromium image?
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Thanks for the input. What is a chromium image?
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I never heard of that before. Would like to know also.
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2TB USB3.0 works fine here
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I think the question is how is the drive formatted. Not every format is supported. I know that NTFS (windows default for large drives) is hit or miss.
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New to galaxy note accidently formatted usb drive on the phone lost all my photos and videos of my newborn child. what can i do? what options can i explore?please if anyone can help let me know im devistated on what i have done.
I think its a lost cause because you formatted it.Which means all data has been erased.Maybe someone knows more
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i did format the usb thinking it was the sd and i screwed myself
Mount storage to your PC and download a program called Recuva. Might give you a chance at recovering files but no guarantees unfortunately.
i have downloaded recuva but for some reason my pc is not picking up the phone as a drive and the program will not recognize it.
Try another computer.
Does Recuva work on USB mass storage or MTP devices? I thought that was for local drives only.
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External or internal storage? If there were stored on microsd card, google Aeaseus Data Recovery,plug in the sd card to your computer and let the software do the magic
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External or internal storage? If there were stored on microsd card, google Aeaseus Data Recovery,plug in the sd card to your computer and let the software do the magic
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I'm guessing it was the internal, which is why I don't think Recuva would work on it by just plugging the phone into the PC via USB.
MicroSD on the other hand, might have some options.
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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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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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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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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Hello, I'm going to buy OTG cable + USB2.0 card reader + microSD 64gb card (class 4).
Will this be readeble by USB host mode on Xperia P?
No one has tried I think
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It will work only to the maximum extension limit of your handset which is generally 32GB...
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It is said that it actually works... Some have made it
One thing is memory card internal and one thing is memory card mounted via USb host. I'm going the second method and I heard somewhere the phone is able to mount 64gb flash drive. I have tested the otg mount on 1.5tb hd drive and it's identified pretty good. So I assume the mount will work with 64 gb flash as well. The think I don't know is if the power consumption won't exceed allowed value. My old M2 card rmakes this problem.
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I tried a couple of different ways to transfer a movie on to my One, but it seems files larger than 4GB crash explorer on my PC. This is very subjective testing, so the 4GB number may be wrong. All I know is a 7GB file crashes explorer for sure. Now, if storage was FAT, I would get it. But its not, and it supports files larger than 4GB.
Any ideas?
You can split up the files using WinZip and then repackage them on the phone. Also USB otg and an external drive ate options. The drive is fat32 which only supports 4gb.
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You can split up the files using WinZip and then repackage them on the phone. Also USB otg and an external drive ate options. The drive is fat32 which only supports 4gb.
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Im aware of fat32's limit but I thought the One had ext3 format?
Yup, you are correct. My bad.
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