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I have not been able to connect a usb mouse using my adapter to my phone. I understood that android supported this after 3.1. It works just fine on my nexus 7 so i wonder if LG disabled it. Anybody else seeing this? I mainly want to be able to connect a usb drive to my phone so i can watch tv shows on it. Even tried using stickmount (which i had to sideload since it says unsupported in play store)
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jbuggydroid said:
I have not been able to connect a usb mouse using my adapter to my phone. I understood that android supported this after 3.1. It works just fine on my nexus 7 so i wonder if LG disabled it. Anybody else seeing this? I mainly want to be able to connect a usb drive to my phone so i can watch tv shows on it. Even tried using stickmount (which i had to sideload since it says unsupported in play store)
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For some reason USB OTG is not available on the Optimus G... very disappointing, coming from a S3 where i can hook up my PS3 controller to play games, i can no longer do this, or attach expandable storage... Hopefully in the much anticipated Jelly Bean update?
I sure hope so. That is like one of the many reasons android rocks
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did you try the usb otg cable?
the phone is a piece of junk without otg. You see, 32 gb is extremely not enough. And you always can connect a 1tb hdd
what to do here?
Anyone figure this out? It looks like the N4 MHL is also not working.
mhl on Korean is working. cheked
agurzhiy said:
mhl on corean is working. cheked
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Sorry, I should be more specific, how about US Sprint version? How about OTG support with thumbdrive?
i doubt that there is a difference in usb ports. Thats why no usb-otg without external power supply.
with external power supply has to be chacked.
mhl by service manual should work
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i doubt that there is a difference in usb ports. Thats why no usb-otg without external power supply.
with external power supply has to be chacked.
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Does not work with external power supply. Checked.
Thank you
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Because I had the cash to
because I like to carry my tablet alone, not a wire and a usb stick or harddrive so its a ease of convenience factor.
Because I don't want to carry a bunch of extra peripherals and have junk dangling from my tablet.
Because of course no one Will like to have wire hanging out your device and also internal flash is way faster than usb also pendrive sucks huge amount of battery every time you use it
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Basically what every one else said the price difference is so low why not have the extra onboard storage. I really don't carrying around extra stuff as it is. Its sorta why I refuse to buy a laptop with a DVD drive, because I know I'd end up buying an external one because all my media is not in the cloud, especially the things I do for work.
convenience. Do you really want to have a tail hanging out of the bottom of the device everytime you want to watch a movie?
I think a better question would be, why would you want to carry around extra crap?
Because it'd rather not have to rely on having a usb stick/hard drive plugged in every time I want to watch something
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because it was what, 40 dollars more? what a silly question. I have a 16 gig s4 with a 64 gig card. I need space. my old nexus was 32. my HTC dna is only 16 with no card and at every given moment I only have like 700mb free. it's awful.
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I wanted the 32gb, but it was out of stock.
Now knowing that usb otg works i have no regrets though - i think it was a better choice actually!
I'm importing this thing so an extra $40 = more like $60, and i never had any space issues with my old 16gb n7.
Also backed the microsd kickstarter, which is very compact and can store my 64gb sandisk with media on it.
It takes like half a min to copy over a movie to internal and you're done.
Also being able to access and manage files without the need to plug my n7 to a PC (when i want to add a movie) is so much easier, just plug in the portable hard drive and play...
There are some really portable otg cables out there, mine is smaller than an average usb drive.
Unused space = wasted space, so no regrets...
I got the 16GB. My 32GB original N7 was never filled past halfway. All my music is on my phone and when I watch something on it, it's usually via netflix. If I really need that space for some reason (long plane ride or something) I can deal with the OTG cable sticking out.
detonation said:
I got the 16GB. My 32GB original N7 was never filled past halfway. All my music is on my phone and when I watch something on it, it's usually via netflix. If I really need that space for some reason (long plane ride or something) I can deal with the OTG cable sticking out.
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Same thing here
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Nandroid backups will add up, especially since this thing has a 1080p screen. Idk how I'd feel about restoring a backup through USB otg.
because im rich?
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because im rich?
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Personally, since it has no sd card, I played it safe. My music alone would never fill it up, though i have some ~ 3,900 songs.
When I load up game of thrones, it takes some space. I'd use my otg for long trips or if i won't have access for a while.
Also, you can't use otg without an app that will mount it, currently, until its enabled in custom roms.
Indeed, loading up movies & videos for viewing while travelling, it eats up space fast. For an extra $40 seems silly not to opt for the 32gb if one had the availability and choice.
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Because USB OTG requires root in order to mount the flash drive and I'd rather be root free.
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Moral of the thread
Different strokes for different folks
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I am actually a big fan of secure cloud. Netflix and YouTube, Hulu, and other less known sites. I have many devices but I don't think I've gone beyond 8 on any. Just not a prob for me. But I can see where it would be for some. I have like more books on nook than I can readily count, music, games and when it comes to backup's I push to PC, usually wirelessly lol. I find it safer to store on PC plus no room issues. This is a play with device to hold me till the big boys start popping out and I'm frugal. That said I'm coming to like her much more than I thought I would. When this tab gets a few more mods it will really be a beauty.
Like the man said, different strokes.
hi, i i will buy a galaxy tab3, 8 or 10" im not sure, i wana t know if it can mount an external HD so i can copy read files from my hard drive ??
i had a note 10.1" but i coudnt do this. but my actualy lenovo thinkpad tablet can mount my 320gb hard drive hitachi easly..
thks a lotttttttttttt
I was able to mount a 8 GB flashdrive, but I have no idea if it can handle a 350 GB hard drive.
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Hurrycanejohn said:
I was able to mount a 8 GB flashdrive, but I have no idea if it can handle a 350 GB hard drive.
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yes , i know, no problem with flashdrives, but external hard drives, thts the problem, a friend of mine, told me tht GS3 can mount/read HD , even its jsut a phone, so i thought tht galaxy tab 3 can do it even its ony dualcore not a quadcore! in youtube i didnt find such thing about the tab3..
Doesn't depend on how many cores a device has. Depends on how much power it can supply to the externally connected device.
USBs require low power whereas HDDs require a lot more
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Doesn't depend on how many cores a device has. Depends on how much power it can supply to the externally connected device.
USBs require low power whereas HDDs require a lot more
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so, did u try to plug an external HD? does it work? the GS3 can make it. thnks
I think if the external drive has it's own power supply it should work. I have one I'll dig out and try it later.
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tarekboukaf said:
so, did u try to plug an external HD? does it work? the GS3 can make it. thnks
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Yes I did and it did not work. I also tried many different lo wpower devices and it did so I'm assuming what I said is right
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Yes I did and it did not work. I also tried many different lo wpower devices and it did so I'm assuming what I said is right
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ok, thks for yr comment, it helped me a lot.......
I just connected a 10 port, powered, USB 3.0 hub (working in USB 2.0 I guess) connected 5 USB 3.0 harddisks and a pen drive. All drives were detected but the ntfs ones were reported as unknown file system.
You can connect terrabytes via USB on the go.
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Just clarifying, I DID NOT test it with a powered hub. All I used was anormal USB OTG acble. No external power was supplied
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Just clarifying, I DID NOT test it with a powered hub. All I used was anormal USB OTG acble. No external power was supplied
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yes, and this is the aim of wht we r talking! no power supply , the only power tht the HD receives cames from the tablet its self, ...
thnks again a lotttttttttttt
There is often not enough power available for attached USB devices, a reference for USB host power problem: http://www.draisberghof.de/android/pppwidget.html
ketut.kumajaya said:
There is often not enough power available for attached USB devices, a reference for USB host power problem: http://www.draisberghof.de/android/pppwidget.html
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Hee Ketut, kenken
No, my USB Hardisks demand too much power. Pendrives or USB HD's with external power work fine.
Gede said:
Hee Ketut, kenken
No, my USB Hardisks demand too much power. Pendrives or USB HD's with external power work fine.
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Of course your powered USB hub solution will always work, USB devices will never draw to much power from the host.
BTW, Penarukan, Keloncing, Sinabun, Suwug not so far from Singaraja
the thinkpad tablet can supply my hard drive 320 gega hitachi... and as a friend told me, the gs3 can do it too
tarekboukaf said:
hi, i i will buy a galaxy tab3, 8 or 10" im not sure, i wana t know if it can mount an external HD so i can copy read files from my hard drive ??
i had a note 10.1" but i coudnt do this. but my actualy lenovo thinkpad tablet can mount my 320gb hard drive hitachi easly..
thks a lotttttttttttt
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I have just connected my tab 3 with an external 80 gb old laptop hard drive in a caddy,it has to be formatted fat and has to have a power supply.It read and played all my 40 odd films no trouble.
Seagate 2 TB ext powered Go-flex
Yes it works, I have rooted device Tab 3 8.0 T311, with all must have apps topped with 'Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+'
My drive - A 2 TB ext powered Seagate Goflex :silly:
Works smoothly
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FYI if ur not aware u need to be rooted, have busybox (once rooted its a must have, if not for this for other important apps), get a good OTG cable, for drives with no ext power supply better get a Amkette or Transcend USB 3.0 powered USB Hub's, you wouldn't want ur drive sucking ur tab's battery like a vampire
and have fun Yeaa !
I'm interested in getting this tablet to replace my laptop while traveling. I need to somehow download microSD cards full of pictures taken from my DSLR into an external 2.5" USB drive. Can somebody verify that this tablet supports OTG and if so then it has enough juice for a 2.5" hard drive (or SSD)?
Thanks.
I was unable to get OTG to work.
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All my recemt Samsung devices have supported OTG, so no reason why this one shouldn't.
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Yep. Works great for me.
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Yep. Works great for me.
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Interesting, I will have to give it another go.
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You can use Total Commander and the USB plug in for it and it works fine and without root.
Otg working fine for me with mouse, keyboard, ps4 controller.
Stickmount Pro works the best in my opinion and allows you to use your favorite root explorer. Just create a shortcut to your home screen and when Stickmount mounts your micro drive all you have to do then is open the home screen shortcut
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Hi, yes it does, I have used it on my tab s 10.1
I'm about to order a 10.5 LTE version but need confirmation that OTG is working.
Does it give enough power to get a 500GB HDD spinning up and running? Or will I need an external power source?
Many thanks in advance
7amdoun said:
I'm about to order a 10.5 LTE version but need confirmation that OTG is working.
Does it give enough power to get a 500GB HDD spinning up and running? Or will I need an external power source?
Many thanks in advance
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you mean SDD ??
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you mean SDD ??
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No, a regular Western Digital "My Passport" USB HDD.
My Nexus 5 provides enough power without needing a y-cable/external power. But thats probably because it has a snapdragon 800 chipset.
The Tab S uses an Exynos 5 so I'm worried it won't be able to power up the drive.
Anyone tried a USB HDD with the tab S?
Many thanks in advance
Can't get my hdd to work on the t805 weird thought because my g3 can power it.
Galaxy Tab S 10.5 USB OTG works with my 32gb PNY flash drive. I formatted it first in FAT 32 and my drive was recognised instantly. You can double check if it is recognised under the 'storage' option in settings, then in the USB OTG storage tab.
Then i reformatted it in exFAT on my computer and it still works perfectly. It was instantly recognised upon plugging it into the tablet.
The USB OTB cable (micro usb to female usb) I used was a cheap generic ebay one which does the job. So yes, this device does support USB OTG natively (though I haven't tried NTFS format yet).
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Galaxy Tab S 10.5 USB OTG works with my 32gb PNY flash drive. I formatted it first in FAT 32 and my drive was recognised instantly. You can double check if it is recognised under the 'storage' option in settings, then in the USB OTG storage tab.
Then i reformatted it in exFAT on my computer and it still works perfectly. It was instantly recognised upon plugging it into the tablet.
The USB OTB cable (micro usb to female usb) I used was a cheap generic ebay one which does the job. So yes, this device does support USB OTG natively (though I haven't tried NTFS format yet).
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I can also confirm what you are saying is true USB OTG works on my T-800
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All my recemt Samsung devices have supported OTG, so no reason why this one shouldn't.
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Is it Samsung tab 3 SM-t211 support ?
Nope there is no support
Tryptonite said:
You can use Total Commander and the USB plug in for it and it works fine and without root.
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This post was from 2014. Is your OTG still working? Mine was working up until about a year ago and now it doesn't work. I am on version 6.0.1 with the SM-T705, not rooted. I have tried using the Total Commander with USB plug in, but the tablet doesn't recognize the 16 GB USB drive at all. Any other suggestions?
I recently purchased an 8TB WD Portable HD from Best Buy (Cyber Monday special, 33% discount), formatted as exFAT. My Note 10 Plus can access the 8TB HD, read the files, open files, transfer files to and from my computer/HD.
And? exFAT is native for android. You could buy samsung T5 usb-c and transfer files directly to phone and vice versa (with greater speed)
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Connecting my Note 10 Plus to my 8TB HD and transferring files is actually pretty fast !!! I can also have both my 8TB HD and my Note 10 Plus connected to my computer at the same time, and easily and quickly transfer files between all devices with no problem.
you connected phone directly to hdd or via multiport adapter for samsung dex?
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you connected phone directly to hdd or via multiport adapter for samsung dex?
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1) I can connect my WD 8TB HD directly to my Dell laptop, and access from my Note 10 Plus (which is also connected directly to the laptop or to a Hub) ..... 2) I can connect my 8TB HD to a USB Hub, which is connected to the laptop, and also access from my phone .... 3) I can connect the 8TB HD to my Anker USB Hub, which is connected to the DeX Station (the original round dock) .... and 4) I can connect the 8TB HD directly to my Note 10 Plus. All four of these methods allow me to access the 8TB HD from my phone. Amazing technology ... !!!
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1) I can connect my WD 8TB HD directly to my Dell laptop, and access from my Note 10 Plus (which is also connected directly to the laptop or to a Hub) ..... 2) I can connect my 8TB HD to a USB Hub, which is connected to the laptop, and also access from my phone .... 3) I can connect the 8TB HD to my Anker USB Hub, which is connected to the DeX Station (the original round dock) .... and 4) I can connect the 8TB HD directly to my Note 10 Plus. All four of these methods allow me to access the 8TB HD from my phone. Amazing technology ... !!!
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that's good to know because for some reason i couldn't connect via hub to phone
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ex fat makes no sense at all for that big HDD only NTFS do, but that isnt supported by android... except for some older androids with custom kernels..
I remember using an app off the Play Store to let my S4 read my 2TB NTFS drive, those were some fun times.
dzvxo said:
I remember using an app off the Play Store to let my S4 read my 2TB NTFS drive, those were some fun times.
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Microsoft exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software
only two explorers will natively support it.
total commander
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Microsoft exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software
only two explorers will natively support it.
total commander
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Yep, that was it.