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sync music is slooooow

Anyone know of a way to speed up the sync of music to dash? Sure, if I take card out and put it directly into computer -then that works - but that screws up the playlist i.e. "storage card" is not put on playlist directory path. So, transferring 2.5 gigs (4gigs SDHC) takes about 4 hours using the phone and about 3 minutes directly in computer.

davewaave said:
Anyone know of a way to speed up the sync of music to dash? Sure, if I take card out and put it directly into computer -then that works - but that screws up the playlist i.e. "storage card" is not put on playlist directory path. So, transferring 2.5 gigs (4gigs SDHC) takes about 4 hours using the phone and about 3 minutes directly in computer.
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Copy files over with the card in the PC, then just update the library to 'import' all the music and make available. easy.

jes, tis a good way to do it....whenever you have to transfer data through a cable rather than through a direct bus connection, its ALWAYS slow as hell. Plus the Excalibur is only USB 1.1 which doesnt help out alot either.

Thanks
Thanks for the help.
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jes, tis a good way to do it....whenever you have to transfer data through a cable rather than through a direct bus connection, its ALWAYS slow as hell. Plus the Excalibur is only USB 1.1 which doesnt help out alot either.
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mini usb and micro sd card slot problem...need help plz

First time poster here. I've owned my htc excalibur for a 1.5 years now running WM6 Kavana (got instructions off of youtube). for about 6 months now, my micro sd card slot hasn't been working. I tried using other micro sd cards and still nothing. My card works perfectly fine when I put it into my laptop too.
The second problem is that when I connect my excalibur to my computer, I don't get access to it like another drive so I can't get my pictures off of it or load on new music or docs. I have windows vista on my computer (unfortunately).
Thanks for any and all help!!

Wow this is weird. I have none of the problems you face.. I don't get how the Micro SD card isn't working. I actually bought a new 2GB card on thursday, and it works just fine. Don't know if this helps, but I'm running the Rose rom, and I'm also using Windows 7 beta. Do you think your problem is related to your computer's/phone's settings? I think you have to enable Advanced network functionality. Again, I have no issues..

i used to get both of those screen's too but for some reason now it wont recognize the phone is attached. i can still charge it by attaching it to my computer but no drive recognition. can you explain the advanced network functionality please?

djkidd said:
i used to get both of those screen's too but for some reason now it wont recognize the phone is attached. i can still charge it by attaching it to my computer but no drive recognition. can you explain the advanced network functionality please?
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On your phone, head off to Start>Settings>Connections>USB to PC>Check enable advanced network functionality. If that doesn't work, I don't know what will.

[Q] Samsung 64Gb Micro SD help

I have recently purchased an ADATA and a Samsung 64gb micro SD cards for use with my note 2. Both of these do not allow me to store more than 4gbs of data. All I am trying to do is fill up the cards with mp3 files, organized into folders. If I transfer more than 4gbs all the folders show once the card is inserted in the phone but a majority of the folders are empty even though I know 100% the mps files are in the folders before transfer. I assumed this was due to the cheaper brand ADATA's quality but its the same with the Samsung.
Anyone know whats going on here or what Ill need to do to take advantage of the full 64gb?
Thanks,

Is it formated to exfat?
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melvinchng said:
Is it formated to exfat?
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The adata was, I have seen that FAT32 is best but it was not an option when formatting in windows.
The samsung I have formatted in the phone, then used an SD adapter in my laptop to transfer the files, im not sure what format it is and cannot check right now unless it is possible for me to view this on the device?

cheeseymofodude said:
The adata was, I have seen that FAT32 is best but it was not an option when formatting in windows.
The samsung I have formatted in the phone, then used an SD adapter in my laptop to transfer the files, im not sure what format it is and cannot check right now unless it is possible for me to view this on the device?
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Are you rooted?
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melvinchng said:
Are you rooted?
Accidentally sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 2
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Yes, with stock ROM

You need a format tool on windows or just format on you phone: exFat

Zanr Zij said:
You need a format tool on windows or just format on you phone: exFat
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The ADATA was in exFAT and only allowed up to 4gb out of the 64gb it should have been
The samsung I am using now was formatted in the phone but i used an adapter in my laptop to transfer. Will it be worth trying to transfer via the usb cable and the device?
Iv spent at least 6 hours transferring and formatting now, just want an answer!

cheeseymofodude said:
The ADATA was in exFAT and only allowed up to 4gb out of the 64gb it should have been
The samsung I am using now was formatted in the phone but i used an adapter in my laptop to transfer. Will it be worth trying to transfer via the usb cable and the device?
Iv spent at least 6 hours transferring and formatting now, just want an answer!
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Try this.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002081 mount it as card in stead of media storage
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cheeseymofodude said:
The ADATA was in exFAT and only allowed up to 4gb out of the 64gb it should have been
The samsung I am using now was formatted in the phone but i used an adapter in my laptop to transfer. Will it be worth trying to transfer via the usb cable and the device?
Iv spent at least 6 hours transferring and formatting now, just want an answer!
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You probably have an adapter for your pc that can't handle xD cards - older adapters can only handle cards up to 32gb in size. Go down to Radio Shack and buy an adapter that specifically handles xD (I.e. >32 gb) cards. Using older non-xD adapters with xD cards will almost surely lead to what you're seeing. Don't worry - your new adapter will also handle "lesser" cards.
Mudge

iCurmudgeon said:
You probably have an adapter for your pc that can't handle xD cards - older adapters can only handle cards up to 32gb in size. Go down to Radio Shack and buy an adapter that specifically handles xD (I.e. >32 gb) cards. Using older non-xD adapters with xD cards will almost surely lead to what you're seeing. Don't worry - your new adapter will also handle "lesser" cards.
Mudge
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I just tried formatting in the device, and transferred over 14gbs of music over. After a scan the music player only finde 4.1gb of data meaning around 10gbs has been lost for some reason. I didnt use an adaptor this time, I transferred via USB but still the same thing has happened.
Is there a way round this that does not require me to partition my SD card? I only ask as I have done no research on this and would like a simple resolution.
Thanks,

Your card might be fake. People on ebay and other sites offer cards and usb sticks that look like large capacity cards whereas they actually modified low capacity cheap cards. I don't know the name of the tool anymore, but there are test tools around that can tell you whether your card is a fake or not. I was screwed with a USB stick once...
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This is starting to put me of the device altogether now! Searched high and low, not just on XDA but all over the place, lots of people having the same issue. no one able to offer a clear resolution, either they have a 64Gb card that works, or one that don't. I'm trying to use a Samsung branded card as I assumed this would be the safest bet.
I've read stuff about partitions, turning the card into mass storage rather than media storage, and plenty of other suggestions, nothing works or is simply irrelevant. Has anyone that has experienced the same issue managed to get it working?
I'm not even looking to have use of the full 64Gb but I want allot more than the 4Gb maximum the card is currently providing!!!

Look the 4gb you are talking is when the FILE is 4GB NOT the FOLDER. Check your mp3 folder maybe you find a movie in it has 4GB and you didnt notice.
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When you format too leave the partition it to default
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mezo91 said:
Look the 4gb you are talking is when the FILE is 4GB NOT the FOLDER. Check your mp3 folder maybe you find a movie in it has 4GB and you didnt notice.
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When you format too leave the partition it to default
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There is no individual file on the card that is anywhere near 4gb in size, but I do try to transfer well over 4gb at once but each FILe s no more than 6 to 8mb.
I do not understand much about partitioning, any chance of linking me to a basic explanation or guide? Everything Iv found so far has been a little complex.
Most of the folders I try to put on the memory card still show but under weird names, please see attachment for examples. Also now there seem to be some protection on the micro sd card I am unable to remove, I attempt to delete folders with the file browser app and I am told the folder has been deleted but it is not removed at all and when I try via my computer connecting the phone to my laptop via USB I am told there is write protection which I cannot remove. What's all that about??

cheeseymofodude said:
There is no individual file on the card that is anywhere near 4gb in size, but I do try to transfer well over 4gb at once but each FILe s no more than 6 to 8mb.
I do not understand much about partitioning, any chance of linking me to a basic explanation or guide? Everything Iv found so far has been a little complex.
Most of the folders I try to put on the memory card still show but under weird names, please see attachment for examples. Also now there seem to be some protection on the micro sd card I am unable to remove, I attempt to delete folders with the file browser app and I am told the folder has been deleted but it is not removed at all and when I try via my computer connecting the phone to my laptop via USB I am told there is write protection which I cannot remove. What's all that about??
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From my experience.
1. Partitioning is like when you partition your hard disk drive on desktop or laptop, say you got 500gb hdd u partition it to 100gb drive c and 400gb drive d for example. Now you dont want that on your sd card.
2. About the lock thing if you insert your microsd card to pc through microsd card adapter you will find a work Lock and a button that goes up and down. There is an arrow next to lock word that points down for lock so u need the lock button to be up so u can edit your files easily.
3. Try to double check again that folder thoroughly there must be a 4gb file u didnt notice becuz when my external hdd was format to fat32 had the same problem then I knew fat32 doesnt support 4gb files not folders.
4. Look some 64gb cards say there are bugs when not formatting to exfat so give exfat a try.
5. I think you might have virus that makes wierd folder names.
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I still think it is a fake card. Had exactly the same behaviour with a fake usb stick once. If you can, get your money back from the seller. Up to the actual size all goes fine, but when putting more data on it, it starts to overwrite existing data on the card, leading to corruption. I have an official Sandisk 64Gb in my NoteII without any problems, both on fat32 as well as exfat.
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It may be the memory card, I purchased it quite cheap for a 64gb from ebay. Could it potentially have anything to do with the firmware I use? Iv contacted Samsung technical about this and they advised looking for a firmware update...

It's not quiet clear to me if you get any error messages while transferring, or if it successfully transferred all files but they are not longer there..
1) Can you see the files on the card from computer? (when phone connected via USB or using adapter)
2) Can you see the files on the card from the phone? (via any file manager, not music players or galleries)
3) How much used/free space on the card showed in phone and computer? (on the phone Settings -> Storage, on computer, right click on the card in my computer -> properties)
Odds that both cards are fake are quiet slim, I'd assume.
There is no such thing as incompatible adapter with xD cards, simply because MicroSD to SD adapters contain no electronics inside, they are all mechanical and the same. However, card reader is another story, it could be incompatible with xD cards, in which case the result would be unpredictable, to the point that it could corrupt other files already on the card.
But that would not affect transferring files directly to the phone via USB.

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It's not quiet clear to me if you get any error messages while transferring, or if it successfully transferred all files but they are not longer there..
1) Can you see the files on the card from computer? (when phone connected via USB or using adapter)
2) Can you see the files on the card from the phone? (via any file manager, not music players or galleries)
3) How much used/free space on the card showed in phone and computer? (on the phone Settings -> Storage, on computer, right click on the card in my computer -> properties)
Odds that both cards are fake are quiet slim, I'd assume.
There is no such thing as incompatible adapter with xD cards, simply because MicroSD to SD adapters contain no electronics inside, they are all mechanical and the same. However, card reader is another story, it could be incompatible with xD cards, in which case the result would be unpredictable, to the point that it could corrupt other files already on the card.
But that would not affect transferring files directly to the phone via USB.
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I don't receive any error messages at all, the files seem to transfer fine but once I try to play some of the MP3s with power amp I am shown 'Failed to play file! "name of track".mp3'. It seems to be only the first 4gb of tracks I transfer are playable once on the device.
Going to start again...
-I have connected my note 2 via usb, using windows 7. Right clicked 'card' under 'GT-N7105' and selected format.
-I have copied 16.4gb (minus the odd playlist, jpeg or text file in some of the folders) of MP3 organised into folders by album and pasted onto 'card'...
-9.99Gb show on the card via the laptop before I disconnect
-Settings on phone show 62.50Gb total space, 45.94Gb available, so 16.56Gb should be used.
-Using the stock file browser most of the folders the MP3s are organised in are empty
- I select several random tracks to play in PowerAmp but get the 'cannot play file' message
- restart device
-try playing random tracks with poweramp but having the same issue, that most cannot be played
-storage settings now show 62.50gb total, 58.51gb available. so only 3.99gb of the mp3s are on the card now.
-connect via USB again and properties shows only 3.92gb on the card are used
Again no more than 4Gb can be used!!

no matter what ive tried nothing seems to have worked. Even the guys at Samsung support couldnt help! They suggested a sandisc card so Iv purchased a 32gb sandisc card which works perfect. Oh well....

Couple of Key questions before purchasing tomorrow

I'm new here and looking to get the Tab S 10.5 to replace my laptop.
1. Am i able to torrent a movie on the Tab S and then move it to a micro sd card I put in the tablet? I'm looking to buy the Tab S to replace my laptop as I'm getting a work laptop (which I cannot torrent on for obvious reasons). This would be a deal breaker as I'm trying to substitute the Tab S for my failing laptop but I thought I read somewhere that you cannot write/transfer files to the Micro SD on KitKat without rooting as I'd prefer not to root. Can I also move it to a usb flash drive connected through OTG.
2. Can I take photos from my camera's micro sd, connect to the Tab S through OTG cable and then transfer to the Tab S's micro SD? I'm doing some traveling soon and this is key. Also is there any good photo organizer app to sort the photos on the micro sd?
Thanks in advance.

yes you can do heavy torrent. you'll not save/seed torrents directly on SD unless rooted but you can save/seed it in the internal storage and move the finished files wherever you want just using the native file manager.
typical concerns are charge, storage, heating, cpu usage. it depends of your needs. use external hds if needed.
I wouldn't recommend any organizer by this time. the stock is ok for my needs.
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shustedm said:
I'm new here and looking to get the Tab S 10.5 to replace my laptop.
1. Am i able to torrent a movie on the Tab S and then move it to a micro sd card I put in the tablet? I'm looking to buy the Tab S to replace my laptop as I'm getting a work laptop (which I cannot torrent on for obvious reasons). This would be a deal breaker as I'm trying to substitute the Tab S for my failing laptop but I thought I read somewhere that you cannot write/transfer files to the Micro SD on KitKat without rooting as I'd prefer not to root. Can I also move it to a usb flash drive connected through OTG.
2. Can I take photos from my camera's micro sd, connect to the Tab S through OTG cable and then transfer to the Tab S's micro SD? I'm doing some traveling soon and this is key. Also is there any good photo organizer app to sort the photos on the micro sd?
Thanks in advance.
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1- YES u can torrent as much as like. its rather more of a joy to do this on a tablet than say, Laptop or even desktop. cause of low power usage. i personally have a Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 i got very cheap, used, and i download all the movies on that. including some of the BR Rips, over and above 20+Gb as i have a 64Gb SD card installed on the tab. and its NOT rooted! u just need to change the download location for torrents. i use uTorrent app. i start it at night, and by morning, if its too big of a file. wifi speeds are also excellent for the tap.
transferring files to the PC are as easy as it gets. just connect to pc and transfer the files. THATS IT!
2- yes u can do that no problem! personally i would recommend u, to get ur sd card, and format it FROM UR TAB, BEFORE installing into any camera of yours, DSLR or whatever u got. that way, ur tab would have read the card before and u would have no problems after that. just take as many pictures as u want and then take out the card from ur camera and install in tab and watch those images on dat EXCELLENT display of ur Tab S
u know the best thing about ANdorid is how easy it is to transfer data. i personally had AIR 2 in my mind, but i hate the GRANDMA SIMPLE and BORING UI and above all, iTUNES! i hate that!
hope i helped a bit.

Thanks everyone for the advice. I definitely like android more but those were two crucial points that I needed clarification on

Pixel and USB OTG - FAT32 vs exFAT

Has anyone else tried using the included USB-C to A adapter to mount a flash drive? The phone recognizes it fine, but seems to only be able to read FAT32 formatting. I have other Android devices that can read exFAT just fine via an OTG cable. One of the reasons I was ok with getting the Pixel XL which doesn't have a MicroSD slot is that I assumed I would be able to hook up a flash drive if I wanted to watch some larger video files. I often have video files that exceed the file size limit of FAT32, so that format is not really an option.

I didn't realize the USB-C to USB-A connector was USB OTG. Thanks.
I tried a thumb drive first formatted to FAT32. It worked fine and I could access the files on it. Then I reformatted the thumb drive to exFAT, copied some files over to it, and then tried it. Nope. I remembered that I bought a file explorer for my N5 (it wouldn't mount the thumb drive) to allow USB OTG without root. So searched through my apps and found it....... USB Media Explorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer&hl=en It is a paid app. It advertises FAT/FAT32, NTFS or Ext2/3/4, but it did work with exFAT. The interface wasn't the most intuitive. I went to folders and saw the music there. It was easy to play the music on the thumb drive. It took a little bit to figure out how to copy a song to the Pixel memory (have to select the song and then a copy looking icon pops up). I haven't figured out how to copy a complete folder yet although it must be possible. There were a few other apps on the Play Store that looked similar. I only tried this one since I had previously purchased it.

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I didn't realize the USB-C to USB-A connector was USB OTG. Thanks.
I tried a thumb drive first formatted to FAT32. It worked fine and I could access the files on it. Then I reformatted the thumb drive to exFAT, copied some files over to it, and then tried it. Nope. I remembered that I bought a file explorer for my N5 (it wouldn't mount the thumb drive) to allow USB OTG without root. So searched through my apps and found it....... USB Media Explorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer&hl=en It is a paid app. It advertises FAT/FAT32, NTFS or Ext2/3/4, but it did work with exFAT. The interface wasn't the most intuitive. I went to folders and saw the music there. It was easy to play the music on the thumb drive. It took a little bit to figure out how to copy a song to the Pixel memory (have to select the song and then a copy looking icon pops up). I haven't figured out how to copy a complete folder yet although it must be possible. There were a few other apps on the Play Store that looked similar. I only tried this one since I had previously purchased it.
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Thanks, that app did work to be able to view the files on exfat formatted USB drive. For some reason playback of a video file is really slow (buffers a LOT) if playing directly from the drive. A bit odd, since copying a file to the phones internal storage didn't take too long, about a minute for a 500 Mb file. Not anywhere near USB 3 "normal" speeds, but not terrible. I found one other app on the play store that was also able to read the USB drive, but had the same performance. I will test formatted as FAT32 later and see if there is a difference.

This non-supporting of exFAT clearly shows Google is tying to push us to store everything about us on the Google Drive so that they can monitor everything about us... Is your thumb drive usb3 compatible? If so and you're not getting the 'normal' speeds, that's another sign. We better watch out. They will eventually force us to use their proprietary app like iTunes to transfer files between Pixels and PCs.
Seriously, though, I need a way to quickly sync my photos and videos from my DLSR.

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Thanks, that app did work to be able to view the files on exfat formatted USB drive. For some reason playback of a video file is really slow (buffers a LOT) if playing directly from the drive. A bit odd, since copying a file to the phones internal storage didn't take too long, about a minute for a 500 Mb file. Not anywhere near USB 3 "normal" speeds, but not terrible. I found one other app on the play store that was also able to read the USB drive, but had the same performance. I will test formatted as FAT32 later and see if there is a difference.
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Actually a minute for a 500MB file IS a lot.
Which USB pen drive is it?

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Actually a minute for a 500MB file IS a lot.
Which USB pen drive is it?
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Agreed.
My tests showed a similar result with Kingston 64GB Data Traveler Micro Duo as well as Sandisk Ultra 64GB using FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS. For comparison, my Nexus 6P transferred the same file approximately twice as fast.
I was a little disappointed by the lack of native support for formats other than FAT32 and this issue makes the file-size workaround less than desirable. Otherwise, my pixel xl seems to perform as expected.
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Struggling with this as well, I foolishly bought the 32GB Pixel XL and constantly run out of space so for large file storage I bought a 64GB Sandisk usb drive (3.0, one of those tiny thumbnail sized dongles) and it works but the transfer speed is maxing out at 2mb/s! It takes around 30 minutes to transfer a 2GB file; I manage but it's pretty unacceptable for a 3.0 device (using the Google provided C to A) and it drains the battery like mad!
Any more thoughts on this? I'm struggling to find an answer (read: fix).
Thanks friends,

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Struggling with this as well, I foolishly bought the 32GB Pixel XL and constantly run out of space so for large file storage I bought a 64GB Sandisk usb drive (3.0, one of those tiny thumbnail sized dongles) and it works but the transfer speed is maxing out at 2mb/s! It takes around 30 minutes to transfer a 2GB file; I manage but it's pretty unacceptable for a 3.0 device (using the Google provided C to A) and it drains the battery like mad!
Any more thoughts on this? I'm struggling to find an answer (read: fix).
Thanks friends,
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I did some more testing now that Google has had a year of software updates. Unfortunately, even on 8.1 December update, it seems FAT32 is still the only supported format, and the speeds are just as slow. I could only get about 15 Mb/sec. Thats using a high end aftermarket USB-C -> A adapter, and a 128 GB Sandisk USB 3 memory stick. This same adapter and memory stick can transfer well above 150 Mb/sec on a PC.

exFAT is a proprietary file system created and owned by Microsoft. Google did not pay Microsoft for the use of it on Pixel phones.

So exFAT can technically work if you Install Solid Explorer (free trial then $2 lifetime fee InApp Purchase, in my opinion well worth it as it's Solid) and their Solid Explorer USB OTG Plugin. Full Read/Write access for Fat32 and exFAT, NTFS Read only support. I actually loaded up my 64 GB Sandisk Extreme Flash Drive (exFAT formatted from Windows 10 pc), and took it on a trip with me to Disney World, so I could load movies and unload pictures of the family. I do have a 128GB Pixel XL, however I have a huge music collection I prefer offline, and ironically a lot of DayDream VR Experiences (it is space-consuming for offline copies such as Discovery VR etc, so those add up a Lot, but it does make for best experience as it is very heavy bandwidth dependent over wifi).
The USB 3.0 in my opinion doesn't exist for OTG, or at least with this adapter, I do have another adapter I think I'll try in a moment. However what I want to say is this flash Reads up to 245 MB/s and Writes at up to 190 MB/s, I usually average 100 - 200 on my pc. On this flash drive, just copying a file to phone from flash drive over exFAT apparently is limited to 0.5 MB/s. In other words it's going to take nearly 2 hours to copy over a 2.5 Gb file. It can still copy over with screen off, but I was thought it was ridiculous how much battery would be consumed and kept thinking if issue was UFS storage or drivers. I am on Android 8.0 November, will update to 8.1 clean install this week when February 2018 comes out. This actually did cause an issue for me using the original usb c to a cable on my pc, where it doesn't work and I have to use a specific usb c to a (2.0 version), which is still much faster than this. That issue though is because I 'dirty flashed' 8.0 over 7.1.2 without wiping. Only bug so far from that.

Not sure if the app was updated to support it or if Android 8.1 now supports it natively, but I'm able to access a flash drive via my phone using the adapter and File Manager by "Flashlight + Clock".
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alphainventor.filemanager
Cheers!

Are you sure? I just tried it and it told me it doesn't support exFAT

Hi could anyone give a clear answer about use of OTG with Google Pixel XL: I read all about Google not supporting the exFAT format (someone said because they wouldn't pay Microsoft to license the tech), and that Pixel users are stuck with super slow transfer speeds, and file limitation sizes of FAT32. Someone else mentioned somewhere about Host Mode, and I'm finding it way harder than seems logical to get some definitive answer: If I can't get fast OTG transfer speeds with the Pixel, then I have to pass on its high quality camera and go with an inferior phone that has microUSB.
Can someone help me out with this please? Thank you much.

mrhds said:
Has anyone else tried using the included USB-C to A adapter to mount a flash drive? The phone recognizes it fine, but seems to only be able to read FAT32 formatting. I have other Android devices that can read exFAT just fine via an OTG cable. One of the reasons I was ok with getting the Pixel XL which doesn't have a MicroSD slot is that I assumed I would be able to hook up a flash drive if I wanted to watch some larger video files. I often have video files that exceed the file size limit of FAT32, so that format is not really an option.
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Try JS USB OTG app. I use this to play big video files with MxPlayer in SW mode, without rooting and the app doesn't seem to stream video like other apps, you can go back or forward without any problems.

it always seems when there is any issue and someone ""tried"" an app and blah blah .. its always an app that needs to be PAID TO USE !!!! crack me up just makes me want to find the paid ""free"" version through a google search