Can i know does the ultra able to read an external hard drive example like 500gb or 1tb hdd via usb otg....i know that it may not support because of power issues but i have read that some older xperia phone able to read it...i have ask store manager that I'm want to buy it for my ultra but he says that it will not support because the power for it to operate is not enough on a phone...we got 3000mah battery, but are lower capacity hdd like 250gb will use less power..? Just need some expert opinion on this, and if some of you able to use it can i know any brand and capacity for it to work...thanks member...
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martin132014 said:
Can i know does the ultra able to read an external hard drive example like 500gb or 1tb hdd via usb otg....i know that it may not support because of power issues but i have read that some older xperia phone able to read it...i have ask store manager that I'm want to buy it for my ultra but he says that it will not support because the power for it to operate is not enough on a phone...we got 3000mah battery, but are lower capacity hdd like 250gb will use less power..? Just need some expert opinion on this, and if some of you able to use it can i know any brand and capacity for it to work...thanks member...
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yes external HDD will work over OTG. I've not done it myself but @hamdogg has.
It will need to be powered I would think.
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yes external HDD will work over OTG. I've not done it myself but @hamdogg has.
It will need to be powered I would think.
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Oh you mean standalone hdd wont work....do you think lower capacity will work if using it with paragon ntfs app...?
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This gadget may be a workaround, I have one but don't have an hdd to test with. It is supposed to support up to 1tb.
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-MobileLite-Wireless-Smartphones-MLW221/dp/B00CEB5QU2
Out of the subject, does ultra support 128gb sd card...
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Out of the subject, does ultra support 128gb sd card...
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Yes, not officially, though.
NiCk.JaY said:
Yes, not officially, though.
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Do you got one...have any been tested...
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adfurgerson said:
This gadget may be a workaround, I have one but don't have an hdd to test with. It is supposed to support up to 1tb.
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-MobileLite-Wireless-Smartphones-MLW221/dp/B00CEB5QU2
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Never seen this before, is this some kind of a wireless card reader...work as a sub between phone and a hdd if im right....can it connect with usb cable rather than wireless...
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Never seen this before, is this some kind of a wireless card reader...work as a sub between phone and a hdd if im right....can it connect with usb cable rather than wireless...
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I bought this on an impulse and haven't used it recently. I think it only has one full size usb so you probably couldn't connect the hard drive and the phone at same time, although the card reader may work while wired to phone. It creates its own network or Hotspot so more than one device can see it, it can also be connected to wifi and will pass-through that signal.
It seems that if hdd doesnt work i need to search alternative storage expansion...using hdd with an adapter is a hassle cause need to carry more stuff...i need to be able to bring it to me all the time...128gb sd card is a little expensive to me now...but maybe later will switch to it...but now i will use this 64gb flash drive dual otg i found...small capacity but easy to use..it will do for now.....
Thanks for all the expert opinion...
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It seems that if hdd doesnt work i need to search alternative storage expansion...using hdd with an adapter is a hassle cause need to carry more stuff...i need to be able to bring it to me all the time...128gb sd card is a little expensive to me now...but maybe later will switch to it...but now i will use this 64gb flash drive dual otg i found...small capacity but easy to use..it will do for now.....
Thanks for all the expert opinion...
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Do you already have the hard drive? I was assuming you did, if not there are wireless ones with the function of that Kingston device. Seagate has this one for example, comes in three storage sizes, is rechargeable and creates its own wifi network.
http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/wireless/wireless-plus-140213-a/
I'm not sure but a ssd may work (as might some of the very low power laptop ones)
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I'm not sure but a ssd may work (as might some of the very low power laptop ones)
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Does the Z Ultra have pin out power?
I used a "y" usb cable so one end goes to the usb drive and the other one to a power adapter.
Drive it's not power hungry at all but it's needed the y cable for me.
Guys i hav used 1 tb hard disk wid mai tab3 8.0 3g model
But i havan issue dat it was working on my lenovo ultrabook u410 but now it doesn't work ondat but it is working fine on my compac laptop which is quite old now in lenovo u410 in disk management it says online n shows 931gb n healthy which means hard drive is working fine but im unable to acces my fines
can any body help
Thanx in advance?
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My current portable hard drive apparently uses too much power for the galaxy tab.
Are there any 500gig + hard drives that use the same power as a thumb drive or is this just wishful thinking?
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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You will have to use an USB Hub with power supply. All spinning HDD's require much more power than the tablet is supplying.
I know it is not cheap, but you can today buy 128GB USB flash drives - they will work well and store also a lot of HD movies!
i am curious how you are connection your HD to the tab? if you are usign the usb host usb adapter, the little paper that came with it supports up to 32gb fat32 drives. i dont know if thats true or not, but if it is, you wont even be able to use a 128 usb flash drive as previously suggested.
i can confirm that a 32gb fat32 usb flash drive works, used with my sandisk cruiser 32
For portability the Seagate wireless drive would work.
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Satellite-Wireless-Storage-STBF500101-Black/dp/B004Z0S7K6
Using a powered hub will work just fine with portable hard drives. I have a 500GB Seagate that works very well
The USB 2.0 spec can only handle supplying 100mA x 5. So 500mA draw us the max it can supply to any drive. I don't know of any drives that are that low, might as well use a flash drive or SD card.
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The USB 2.0 spec can only handle supplying 100mA x 5. So 500mA draw us the max it can supply to any drive. I don't know of any drives that are that low, might as well use a flash drive or SD card.
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Hosts are actually not required to supply 500 mA even. They are required to supply 100, and may negotiate up to 500 during device enumeration.
PCs that don't support 500 are extremely rare, but mobile devices with OTG are a different story - many are limited to 100. This seems to include our device.
2.5" spinning hard drives that use less than 500 can be found. Less than 100 is not possible.
As to the 32GB limit - I have no idea why that's in the flyer, other than maybe the fact that it's VERY rare to see drives above this size formatted as FAT since Windows refuses to format drives of this size as FAT.
I have a 120GB WD external drive that works fine on my netbook (single USB port cable) I'll have to pick up a USB adapter and try it.
IIRC as the size (GB) of the drive goes up so does it's power draw.
Has anybody tried a 1.8" drive from an MP3 player?
Power consumption
Start 1.8W (max.)
Seek 0.9W (typ.)
Read/Write 0.8W (typ.)
Low power Idle 0.3W (typ.)
Stand-by 0.1W (typ.)
Though I suppose this Thread is kinda dead...I'd still like to know if there is a way to connect harddrives bigger than 32GB (and to format a Fat32 driver bigger than 32GB). Wish to stream media from my tablet to the PS3 and other players via Skifta...but I don't want to buy harddrives randomly, hoping they will work.
Tried with different USB Drives I have at home, but none works (well, NTFS of course).
Has anyone tried a bigger driver via powered USB Hub yet?
Or 64GB Sticks etc?
Cheers,
J.
i use a samsung hd 750 GB via powered hub, works great.
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Sounds awesome! So, I suppose any powered hub works. Did you format the HD in any specific way or by the help of some fancy software (just wondering as I think Fat32 cannot be formatted under Win7 if the harddisk exceeded size x) ?
Thanks
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Though I suppose this Thread is kinda dead...I'd still like to know if there is a way to connect harddrives bigger than 32GB (and to format a Fat32 driver bigger than 32GB). Wish to stream media from my tablet to the PS3 and other players via Skifta...but I don't want to buy harddrives randomly, hoping they will work.
Tried with different USB Drives I have at home, but none works (well, NTFS of course).
Has anyone tried a bigger driver via powered USB Hub yet?
Or 64GB Sticks etc?
Cheers,
J.
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If your tab is rooted you can get "usb mass storage otg" from the market which support your ntfs formatted drives no need for fat 32 crap anymore!
achaayan said:
If your tab is rooted you can get "usb mass storage otg" from the market which support your ntfs formatted drives no need for fat 32 crap anymore!
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Hi,
would you mind to sharing the apk with us ? as i tried to install from market an said that my device not compatible. thank you very much in advance.
almith said:
Hi,
would you mind to sharing the apk with us ? as i tried to install from market an said that my device not compatible. thank you very much in advance.
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I am kindae new to androids. Since i installed the app from the maket where on my phone can i find the apk file?
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I am kindae new to androids. Since i installed the app from the maket where on my phone can i find the apk file?
Edit:think i figured how to go around. Find attaches the. Apk file. I found a few seconds delay while first opening. Also sometimes i had to reopen the app to allow root acces.because it didnt ask for root access on first run. Apart from the first run, its a breeze afterwords
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achaayan said:
achaayan said:
I am kindae new to androids. Since i installed the app from the maket where on my phone can i find the apk file?
Edit:think i figured how to go around. Find attaches the. Apk file. I found a few seconds delay while first opening. Also sometimes i had to reopen the app to allow root acces.because it didnt ask for root access on first run. Apart from the first run, its a breeze afterwords
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very kind of you, thank you very much!
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So it's true, you actually have to format your 500GB drive as FAT32 to get it working?
I guess this means no HD movies (files bigger than 4 GB) right?
i plug in the lod fashioned 3.5hdd externally powered and ntfs formatted,
not able to connect 2.5hdds yet. if anyone was successful,what is powered usb hub used, i was not able to connect using a local brand of powered usb hub.
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i use a samsung hd 750 GB via powered hub, works great.
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did you use a 2.5" hdd. what is the usb hub that you used ?
Hello everyone,
I wanted to get your oppinion on buying a version of the XTZ because I can't decide.
By now I am thinking between the 32GB only version and the 16GB LTE version. I know the price difference so that's precisely why I want to make the best choice.
I still have a question to which I didn't find the answer ...
- does the XTZ read information from external USB 3.0 HDD's or there is a limitation of Android or of the tablet version?
I have two external 1 GB WD that i want to use ...
To surf the internet I don't mind making a hotspot with the smartphone.
Please advise.
pralycd said:
Hello everyone,
I wanted to get your oppinion on buying a version of the XTZ because I can't decide.
By now I am thinking between the 32GB only version and the 16GB LTE version. I know the price difference so that's precisely why I want to make the best choice.
I still have a question to which I didn't find the answer ...
- does the XTZ read information from external USB 3.0 HDD's or there is a limitation of Android or of the tablet version?
I have two external 1 GB WD that i want to use ...
To surf the internet I don't mind making a hotspot with the smartphone.
Please advise.
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It really depends if the XTZ will read external hard drives, USB 3.0 itself shouldn't be a problem.
1) How is the hard drive formatted?
Is it FAT32 or exFAT (Wifi version only) you're good to go. NTFS won't work.
2) Does it have external power support?
If not, it really depends if the XTZ USB port via OTG can provide enough power to run the hard drive. I have tested 2 hard drives so far (without any external power support) and the XTZ couldn't run either of them. But I have heard from several users that they actually made certain external hard drives work via OTG. It is really kind of a gamble if the XTZ can make your hard drives work and I wouldn't rely on it, there is no oother way around it to just test it out but I'd say the odds aren't great.
If it has external power support it should be no problem as long as the format is okay (check 1)).
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It really depends if the XTZ will read external hard drives, USB 3.0 itself shouldn't be a problem.
1) How is the hard drive formatted?
Is it FAT32 or exFAT (Wifi version only) you're good to go. NTFS won't work.
2) Does it have external power support?
If not, it really depends if the XTZ USB port via OTG can provide enough power to run the hard drive. I have tested 2 hard drives so far (without any external power support) and the XTZ couldn't run either of them. But I have heard from several users that they actually made certain external hard drives work via OTG. It is really kind of a gamble if the XTZ can make your hard drives work and I wouldn't rely on it, there is no oother way around it to just test it out but I'd say the odds aren't great.
If it has external power support it should be no problem as long as the format is okay (check 1)).
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Thank you very much. I checked and my two External HDD's can be formated to exFAT in Win8.
The only problem (and quite a big one actually) is represented by the power provided through la USB port on the XTZ.
I saw on the thread that you started that a few users in Germany managed to power a few External HDD's without external power support.
Can you please ask what kind of HDD's thay used? Make and model pls?
Thank you.
pralycd said:
Thank you very much. I checked and my two External HDD's can be formated to exFAT in Win8.
The only problem (and quite a big one actually) is represented by the power provided through la USB port on the XTZ.
I saw on the thread that you started that a few users in Germany managed to power a few External HDD's without external power support.
Can you please ask what kind of HDD's thay used? Make and model pls?
Thank you.
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Sure I will try to contact them, it was in a forum I don't visit that frequently though so I don't know how fast they will reply. I'll get back to you as soon as I know more.
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Can you please ask what kind of HDD's thay used? Make and model pls?
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I've contacted the guy and he told me he was using a 3 year old, 500GB Seagate HDD but hasn't answered my question which exact model it was.
Hi all, I have purchased a 1TB harddrive and an otg cable. I can connect the harddrive with the otg cable into my Galaxy S4 phone and it can read the harddrive flawlessly.
However, when I attempt to connect it to my tablet Z, the hard drive makes clicking sound, sounding like a motor failing to run. And as expected, the tablet z cant detect it.
So I would like to know if the tablet z is not strong enough to power the harddrive and any solutions to work around this problem. Thanks!
My galaxy S4 is rooted, my tablet z is not, if that has to do with helps.
The harddrive is also portable.
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Hi all, I have purchased a 1TB harddrive and an otg cable. I can connect the harddrive with the otg cable into my Galaxy S4 phone and it can read the harddrive flawlessly.
However, when I attempt to connect it to my tablet Z, the hard drive makes clicking sound, sounding like a motor failing to run. And as expected, the tablet z cant detect it.
So I would like to know if the tablet z is not strong enough to power the harddrive and any solutions to work around this problem. Thanks!
My galaxy S4 is rooted, my tablet z is not, if that has to do with helps.
The harddrive is also portable.
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Think this might be the case where S4 support NTFS(my note I does as well ) and XTZ only see Fat32 or ExFat...
zbig0 said:
Think this might be the case where S4 support NTFS(my note I does as well ) and XTZ only see Fat32 or ExFat...
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If it's a power issue you could put a powered usb hub between the otg cable and the disk.
Or you could buy a usb powerpack and plug the usb power cable into that, assumming the drive has a cable with 2 usb connectors.
Pihkal said:
If it's a power issue you could put a powered usb hub between the otg cable and the disk.
Or you could buy a usb powerpack and plug the usb power cable into that, assumming the drive has a cable with 2 usb connectors.
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Correct me if I m wrong...something changed or XTZ still desnt support NTFS... with 4.2 they added exFAT ? so XTZ wont suppot NTFS with SD card/with pendrive(stock rom).
zbig0 said:
Correct me if I m wrong...something changed or XTZ still desnt support NTFS... with 4.2 they added exFAT ? so XTZ wont suppot NTFS with SD card/with pendrive(stock rom).
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I don't know about stock ntfs support but I do know there are apps that enable ntfs support.
The downside is they require root.
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I don't know about stock ntfs support but I do know there are apps that enable ntfs support.
The downside is they require root.
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Please dont feel touched but It would be good if you maybe provide app name or link to forum? Its not too helpfull saying I heard/read somewhere
zbig0 said:
Please dont feel touched but It would be good if you maybe provide app name or link to forum? Its not too helpfull saying I heard/read somewhere
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I was replying from my tablet and I don't like to type on the thing.
I'm on my laptop now...
Any way, here you go:
Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+
[root] Ntfs Mounter
Both available in the play store.
I've never used them, you have to try it yourself.
Hope this helps.
Paragon works flawlessly on the Tablet Z.
help
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Paragon works flawlessly on the Tablet Z.
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please tell me what version of PARAGON use.
also used another program?
thanks
hasenbein1966 said:
Paragon works flawlessly on the Tablet Z.
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Thanks, maybe I buy a otg host on monday
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Thanks, maybe I buy a otg host on monday
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Did you make it work???
This is the SanDisk Ultra Dual USB OTG Drive on the Nexus 6
There are 2 sides, the full usb and micro usb sides. This allows for easy file transfers between it and your computer, and between it and your phone.
It works perfectly. NO ROOT REQUIRED
App used: Nexus USB OTG File Manager
Always been interested in these kind of USB flash drives, another good one to look into is the CORSAIR Voyager GO which is USB 3.0 and has OTG.
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Always been interested in these kind of USB flash drives, another good one to look into is the CORSAIR Voyager GO which is USB 3.0 and has OTG.
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I had the one the OP posted about and my cover for one end broke after a short time. I returned it SBD bought the CORSAIR and I couldn't be happier. Easily the best OTG drive out there.
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I had the one the OP posted about and my cover for one end broke after a short time. I returned it SBD bought the CORSAIR and I couldn't be happier. Easily the best OTG drive out there.
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i actually dont care for the little plastic covers. im probably going to take them off
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i actually dont care for the little plastic covers. im probably going to take them off
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I had it on my keychain so I liked having the ends protected. I live in a rather rainy area so that wouldn't be good if I had it completely exposed.
zephiK said:
Always been interested in these kind of USB flash drives, another good one to look into is the CORSAIR Voyager GO which is USB 3.0 and has OTG.
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Pilz said:
I had the one the OP posted about and my cover for one end broke after a short time. I returned it SBD bought the CORSAIR and I couldn't be happier. Easily the best OTG drive out there.
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I have the Corsair too, but it needs StickMount. Which for those already rooted is no biggie.
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I have the Corsair too, but it needs StickMount. Which for those already rooted is no biggie.
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You don't need stick mount when you use Es File Explorer. I uninstalled stick mount after I realised that Es File Explorer doesn't need it to work. I'm just glad that There are so many OTG drives out there to choose from.
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You don't need stick mount when you use Es File Explorer. I uninstalled stick mount after I realised that Es File Explorer doesn't need it to work. I'm just glad that There are so many OTG drives out there to choose from.
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Here anyway, ES would not R/W without stickmount to the Corsair even with root explore turned on.
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Here anyway, ES would not R/W without stickmount to the Corsair even with root explore turned on.
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That's odd, mine does without any issues. I'll post screen shots if you would like. I'm running L's AND SuperSU v2.42 beta if that makes a difference.
No root is needed at all with the app i showed in the video
I have a Kingston Microduo Usb 3.0 otg pendrive. It's very compact and quite sturdy.
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This is the SanDisk Ultra Dual USB OTG Drive on the Nexus 6
There are 2 sides, the full usb and micro usb sides. This allows for easy file transfers between it and your computer, and between it and your phone.
It works perfectly. NO ROOT REQUIRED
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what app did you have to use to get the device to recognize the drive?
I bought the sandisk ultra dual usb otg drive from best buy but nothing happens when I have connected.
SilentO said:
what app did you have to use to get the device to recognize the drive?
I bought the sandisk ultra dual usb otg drive from best buy but nothing happens when I have connected.
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Nexus USB OTG File Manager
It's free to test to see if your drive works but purchase it necessary to use. I'm sure there may be other free ones out there but as you can see in the video this one is very simple to use.
Link to try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kyuudroid.nexususbotgfilemanagertrial
Link to buy: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kyuudroid.nexususbotgfilemanager
Try chainfire stick mount. Works great!
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I use ES file explorer but while I'm able to watch videos, long movies cause my app to crash randomly. I have to copy it to my device and watch it. Kind of disappointing since I used to use a usb flash stick with OTG cable and it worked fine. I wonder if it's a lollipop issue or maybe it's better if i use stickmount.
What's the largest size this goes up to? This might be the best backup solution I've seen.
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What's the largest size this goes up to? This might be the best backup solution I've seen.
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I have a 64gb card in my Meenova dash and it works flawlessly. It might take the 128gb card but I don't have one to test.
Just grabbed one myself. Used it with the Moto X, GS6 & Nexus 9. 3/3
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I had it on my keychain
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I can't find a keychain opinion on mine....do you have a sleeve or something?
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I used a small lanyard that I had through the loop on the side of it. O have 100+ of these little loops with a hook at the end that u use for everything. I'll post pictures if you would like
Has anyone here used one of these?
I use my tablet for just about everything so I'm always worried about running out of space.
But with this I could add so much storage space with usb drives, and an sd card.
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Has anyone here used one of these?
I use my tablet for just about everything so I'm always worried about running out of space.
But with this I could add so much storage space with usb drives, and an sd card.
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I have been using OTG to transfer files from and to my galaxy devices and it is working very well
But the sad news is that our note pro cannot give enough power to portable HDD ( the ones i used were 1Tb and 2tb, on my note 3 and my note edge they work but not on the note pro)
You can connect flash memories and anything that consumes low voltage like a mouse or a keyboard or a flash memory
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I have been using OTG to transfer files from and to my galaxy devices and it is working very well
But the sad news is that our note pro cannot give enough power to portable HDD ( the ones i used were 1Tb and 2tb, on my note 3 and my note edge they work but not on the note pro)
You can connect flash memories and anything that consumes low voltage like a mouse or a keyboard or a flash memory
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I'm not looking to connect hdd's.
I already have planned what I'm doing.
First of all I'm gonna find some way to strap it to the back of the tablet case, and then, I got 1 for now, ultra fit usb flash drive, which will go in one of the usb ports.
I got a memory stick pro duo adapter which I can slot two of my micro sd cards into, and then stick it in the otg.
And then one micro sd card in an sd card adapter to put in the sd card slot. :3
This thing makes no sense. It's great yeah, but it's weird, it can have three flash drives or usb devices running at once, but when it comes to cards of any kind, you can only use one at a time, even if one is in a usb adapter, it still won't allow two.
It makes no sense, usb all you want, but cards only one. Why?
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This thing makes no sense. It's great yeah, but it's weird, it can have three flash drives or usb devices running at once, but when it comes to cards of any kind, you can only use one at a time, even if one is in a usb adapter, it still won't allow two.
It makes no sense, usb all you want, but cards only one. Why?
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Maybe the adapter requires extra power that the note pro cannot give
Can you send a picture of what you have and how you connected them to the note pro?
I will try it and see if i am having similar issue
Sorry, just came across this post. Here are several methods I use; a 128Gb Sandisk USB 3 thumb drive [http://a.co/9OVzdu5 ] and a USB 3 OTA adapter [http://a.co/jfMs2Yq ] along with the 128gb micro card in the device. If you need terabytes, get a wireless battery powered portable hard drive [http://a.co/fzM9ZPi], it works on mine. I also had a spare 240gb mSATA card from when I replaced my laptop drive. I bought a case for it and use that - the tablet has enough power to use it. Finally, I have connected a self-powered 2 Tb desktop drive with good results via the OTG cable. It just takes a while when opening your file explorer. Last, but not least, you can connect to your NAS via WiFi [ I use QNAP, and have accessed it from everywhere that I've visited that had good inet speeds via the QNAP apps]
Do you have more info on QNAP? Where to get it for instance? Is it in the Play Store?
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Do you have more info on QNAP? Where to get it for instance? Is it in the Play Store?
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QNAP is a hardware vendor for Network Attached Storage units - look on Amazon or NewEgg. I got the empty 2 bay one and loaded some spare drives I had laying around so I have 2 Tbytes mirrored now. Their apps allow remote access for files, music and movies to their devices.
rhricik447 said:
QNAP is a hardware vendor for Network Attached Storage units - look on Amazon or NewEgg. I got the empty 2 bay one and loaded some spare drives I had laying around so I have 2 Tbytes mirrored now. Their apps allow remote access for files, music and movies to their devices.
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Thank you for that info.
I am using a Y-cable that powers device and allow OTG at the same time with usb 3.0.It is sufficient to power my 2.5 HDD
joexda75 said:
I am using a Y-cable that powers device and allow OTG at the same time with usb 3.0.It is sufficient to power my 2.5 HDD
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Could you provide a link for this Y-Cable?
Thanks
elcubano1 said:
Could you provide a link for this Y-Cable?
Thanks
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Sorry i am both 2 months late for my reply and could not find any link either on my usual sites amazon, dx.com, ebay, aliexpress.com..