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USB Adapter Review

I went to Best Buy and happened to pick up the very last USB adapter. I got it with a ShopKick $5 discount so it came out to about $16 with tax. My first impression was that the box was much smaller than I expected. It was about the size of my Droid.
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I preceded to open it up and noticed how much smaller it was than I expected.
The first thing I plugged in was my usb wireless mouse.
My Tab recognized it right away and gave me a nice message saying it worked and now I had a cursor on the screen. Everything worked on the mouse except for the right mouse button, but I kind of expected that.
The next thing I tried was my Droid. It gave me an error saying that it was too high powered to work, which is a bummer, but I can still transfer between the two with bluetooth even if it takes a little while to set up.
Finally I tried a usb drive with a track by Deadmau5 because I knew that that song was not in my library or my Google Music library. Sure enough it showed up in my Music app, but I couldn't find it in Astro File Manager. There was a folder for "usbdrive", but when I opened it, it was empty.
Overall Opinion
I was expecting the adapter to be about twice the size, but was quite happy to find that it was smaller. It seems to work with many devices, but it is maddening when you get the "too high powered device" error. It was also a very tight fit to fit a USB device into the end and you had to use quite a bit of force to plug stuff in. I feel like the overall plug itself fits very loose though in the Tab and that bothers me. It's just too bad Samsung couldn't have fit it inside the tab
7/10
Pros:
Small
Allows many usb devices
Adds more functionality
Cons:
It fits into the Tab loosely
Expensive at $19.99 for what it is
Doesn't work with high powered devices

Thanks for the review... was planning on buying it, but maybe I'll hold off for a bit.

jdavet said:
Thanks for the review... was planning on buying it, but maybe I'll hold off for a bit.
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I would recommend it, it's just kind of expensive for what it is.

We need a version of this that allows a USB power. I know it's another thing to plug in but it would save from needing to carry/plug in a powered USB hub just to use an external HD.

I got mine for 10 dollars after a 10 dollar RZ coupon from Best Buy. Everything I've plugged into it works so far (Mouse, Keyboard, Logitech USB Controller, different thumb drives). I have no complaints.
Of interest is that the Engrish directions state that you need to plug whatever USB device into the adapter first, and then plug the adapter into the Tab, or else risk damaging the Tab. Not too sure why.

do NTFS flash drives work or just fat32?

rodrigos122 said:
do NTFS flash drives work or just fat32?
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The GT did not recognize the format on my NTFS formatted Lexar 16GB usb drive. The instructions that accompany the GT USB adapter state compatibility with FAT32 (Max 32GB), PTP/UMS Camera, and Sammy Laser Printer (after 2008).

rodrigos122 said:
do NTFS flash drives work or just fat32?
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In theory they should work with pershoot's kernel and modules. Not with stock.
I haven't tried it yet though.

So does this work with Logitech's all in one usb adapter for mouse and keyboard at the same time?
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Entropy512 said:
In theory they should work with pershoot's kernel and modules. Not with stock.
I haven't tried it yet though.
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Ill try it in a little bit because I am currently running pershoots 1.4ghz kernel.

Pancake345 said:
So does this work with Logitech's all in one usb adapter for mouse and keyboard at the same time?
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I don't have a Logitech wireless keyboard, but I've used my Anywhere MX mouse's micro receiver with it successfully. It's one of the "unifying" ones that's supposed to work with their current gen keyboards.

question?
can you connect to it a 2 into one usb adapter? That way you can charge the tablet and have any type of usb device connected?
Will that work?
Ed

Can someone with the USB adapter help a few of us out and answer the question I posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208402 ? Greatly appreciated

cifs?
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Ill try it in a little bit because I am currently running pershoots 1.4ghz kernel.
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would you need to push the cifs/ntfs module in for it to work with pershoot kernal?

Pancake345 said:
So does this work with Logitech's all in one usb adapter for mouse and keyboard at the same time?
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My Logitech MK320 keyboard and mouse works fine with the Samsung USB adapter and my GT-P7510. I just wish I could find a smaller keyboard and mouse package.
Frank

notfaded1 said:
would you need to push the cifs/ntfs module in for it to work with pershoot kernal?
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Sorry it took me so long to respond. As it looks right now, I'd say yes. When I inserted an NTFS formatted flash drive in said "usb storage black or unsupported filesystem" on pershoots kernel with no cifs.

Micro to USB Adaptor is Awesome!

So the day I bought My SGS2 I seen a Video on YouTube about this guy using a Micro USB to Female USB adapter, and all the cool things it could do.
I looked on eBay and from good old China (where everything is made! Probably the sun and God where made there too...) it was only $4.
So I though well I might never use it, but for $4 I'll buy it for the hell of it.
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Well it came today! I though hum... I'm going to see if my wireless mouse works and it dose! a little mouse comes on the screen and it works just like a computer
even in games Played some "Dragon Fly" ("Tiny Wings" for Iphone) worked good. I even booted up the old DOS emulator and played Ultima 8!
Going to try some Ultima Underworld but need to charge my battery!
I think I'm going to make some videos of playing some old dos games on YouTube. I'll post a link here when I do.

In for the videos

Looks good, I'm gonna get me one

A bluetooth mouse works great too, no need for adapters.
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killall said:
Looks good, I'm gonna get me one
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i am using another one with my android card reader. good

is this the same with usb to go? kinda confused with it and is it possible to connect and read external hdd?
thanks

Declan79 said:
is this the same with usb to go? kinda confused with it and is it possible to connect and read external hdd?
thanks
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Yes, you can read a external HD but the phone might not power it, depending on the HD. But if that is the case then you just need a powered usb splitter and your good.
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Just to let people know they don't work with NTFS formatted drives. I thought my cable was broke until i reformatted the flashdrive using FAT32 and it was recognized no problem.

Joey2o11 said:
Just to let people know they don't work with NTFS formatted drives. I thought my cable was broke until i reformatted the flashdrive using FAT32 and it was recognized no problem.
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Ya, witch kinda sucks.. But I'm sure there will be a patch out...
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I got my USB-OTG cable today, and was quite disappointed. It was annoying to see that NTFS wasn't compatible. Also every external bus powered HD I tried complained about it being a high powered USB device, as did my iPod.
I also tried a USB Optical Mouse, and a cursor popped up on the screen, but it wasn't moving I will try a cheaper one at work tomorrow. USB Pen drives/Flash disks seem to work, as long as it is only Fat32.
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Tried a different (Dell) optical mouse at work today and it seems to work fine, also tried my 16gb USB flash disk and that worked great and quite fast, tried some films and documents through it and it was flawless.
A couple of people have mentioned that a 'bigger cable' or 'powered cable' is needed to get bigger USB drives working. What exactly does that mean??

Yet i tried mine las night, its fast respond for flash disk reading but need a bigger cable to read external hdd. But i think it necessary for those who often worked woth flash disk
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this indeed is very cool and the price is just cool
i intend to make a jig last weekend and bought the stuff at almost the same price...i could have just bought from him too..

That really is awesome..
Most definitely gonna pick myself up one of those! Thanks! C:

NTFS is required for a small modification
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131924

The HiGadget USB adapter works perfect - thanks for the tip!
I went for the straight version (not angled) as it is smaller when not in use. Just perfect and what a price!

I got this one: http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Micro-USB-H..._MobilePhoneDataCables_JN&hash=item3a693cc044
Works great!

[Q] Help with an IOGear SD card reader and the Fire

I am sure this has been answered before but for the life of me I have been searching for a couple of days and I cannot find the answer. Long story short, I have a rooted Kindle Fire that is running the newer kernel that supports USB OTG. I have confirmed that it is working via the app USB Host Controller and I have been able to plug in a USB mouse and use it. However, I am trying to use an IOGear stick SD/Micro SD card reader to quickly view photos taken with my cameras in the field. For whatever reason, USB Host Controller sees the IOGear but as a USB device but the SD cards never show up as mass storage. I have also tried Stickmount but it never sees anything to mount.
What am I missing? Thanks in advance.
Link to the card reader:
http://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-MicroSD-Reader-Writer-GFR204SD/dp/B0046TJG1U

I think Targus sd/msd reader is better. They use less volts. Or you could use a powered Usb hub.
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You're missing an external power source. Your SD card won't mount without one, either a wired hub plugged into an outlet, or a Y cable with battery charger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFEMh...ature=youtu.be
Good luck, USB OTG helper seems like the best app for mounting external storage at the moment.

Vlasp said:
I think Targus sd/msd reader is better. They use less volts. Or you could use a powered Usb hub.
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Thanks for both of the replies. I did not realize that the reader needed power. Are you saying that the Targus would work without a power source? Ideally I want to keep this as simple as possible. As I mentioned, it is for checking photos while out in the field hiking and such.
Also, doing a quick search I see a lot of Targus products. Is there a specific one?

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this one.
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So you've mounted an SD card on the fire with no external power? interesting, given the voltage requirement of the card itself I'm happily surprised.
A word of caution. File operations with insufficient power is a known way to damage an SD card, with possible irretrievable data loss. Just a reminder to back up your data so you don't entrust your priceless pics or whatever to a hardware hack on a device with hacked firmware,

Lotek said:
So you've mounted an SD card on the fire with no external power? interesting, given the voltage requirement of the card itself I'm happily surprised.
A word of caution. File operations with insufficient power is a known way to damage an SD card, with possible irretrievable data loss. Just a reminder to back up your data so you don't entrust your priceless pics or whatever to a hardware hack on a device with hacked firmware,
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well, it advertises that it uses the minimum power. ihavent tested it yet. i need to persuade my parents to buy an otg.
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Thanks again. I am thinking I might try to find a rechargable usb hub. I came across one but it looks kinda sketchy.
http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/12/17/detech-solar-powered-battery-4-port-usb-hub-and-charger/

Fun fact: SD Cards run at 3.3 volts, just like what the Kindle puts out the USB.
That isn't the problem though, the issue is that some USB devices conform to the USB standards more than others, like voltages.
Some devices will run just fine at 3.3 volts, like all 3 of my USB flash drives are fine, my keyboard, my mouse, and at least one of my bluetooth adapters... But my camera doesn't like it, my XBOX controller doesn't, none of my phones do, etc.
A powered USB hub fixes all that though, since it doesn't rely on host power at all.

Any one used the amazing item? Is it a cellphone micro usb disk?

I want an extenal memory for my S4,Tab3 and Nexus7. Any one know about it?
www.amazon.com/dp/B00E1ZVJ0K

cresmonni said:
I want an extenal memory for my S4,Tab3 and Nexus7. Any one know about it?
www.amazon.com/dp/B00E1ZVJ0K
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I wish it had more storage, but it beats carrying around an OTG cable and flash drive. It looks like a new product since it's not in stock yet and has no reviews. Onite generally has good reviews.

Check www.meenova.com
I think that's what you really want.
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That Meenova is exactly what I want. I have a spare microsd 64gb laying around and I really hate the idea of something two inches long sticking out the bottom of a tablet while I'm holding it. Seems like a recipe for disaster.
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jiggyb21 said:
That Meenova is exactly what I want. I have a spare microsd 64gb laying around and I really hate the idea of something two inches long sticking out the bottom of a tablet while I'm holding it. Seems like a recipe for disaster.
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Here's what I use, works perfectly and is available now.

Knolly said:
Here's what I use, works perfectly and is available now.
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Features are nice but why did they put that curve at the bottom instead of rounding it off. It just makes the thing look unbalanced and adds extra footprint for no apparent purpose, other than style, which is questionable.

I have had good luck with this type -
http://dx.com/p/2-in-1-usb-male-to-...-cable-tf-card-reader-cell-phone-strap-100402
You can charge the device or use it as a TF card reader/writer.
Scott

Do you have to be rooted to use this?

Yes. You need to install stick mount app which requires root.
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Ordered one of these:
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Link to buy here: http://dx.com/p/otg-usb-micro-sd-tf-card-reader-w-3-5mm-dustproof-plug-white-silver-215617
Doubles as a Microsd card reader. No reviews yet, but I'm hoping it works.

Rengoku said:
Doubles as a Microsd card reader. No reviews yet, but I'm hoping it works.
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Does the end where you insert the microsd card actually double as a regular USB reader? There seems to be a lot of exposed contacts there and I'm wondering what they are for.

sfhub said:
Does the end where you insert the microsd card actually double as a regular USB reader? There seems to be a lot of exposed contacts there and I'm wondering what they are for.
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Yes, that end acts as a regular full size usb connector.

Rengoku said:
Yes, that end acts as a regular full size usb connector.
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That's really convenient.
Please update on how it works out.
I think the meenova is better for someone wanting to extend storage but this device is more useful for people wanting to transfer large files fast between PC and tablet. MTP mode is just slower on many PCs and wireless takes some setup which is ok on your own machine but more of a pain when you want to grab some files from someone else quickly.

Keep us posted on these and let us know how they are. I'm very interested
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Oh,I have got the blue guy
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Keep us posted on these and let us know how they are. I'm very interested
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wonderful. It almost compatible with all my device, such as tablet, cellphone, computer.......
I will upload my pictures some days later.
Some regret is that it is not 16G or more. I hope to keep some movie in it.

Couldn't you just get a USB OTG cable and then use whatever flash drive/card reader/etc you want? The micro usb end of the stick in the OP probably is just that anyways, hard wired to the flash chip.

Sure you could, but products like these are about convenience.
I think I may either go with this
http://dx.com/p/otg-usb-micro-sd-tf-card-reader-w-3-5mm-dustproof-plug-white-silver-215617
or meenova.com
Since they support adding your own card rather than being limited to what they manfucturer includes.

All of these do not work. I purchased the meenova, the i link, and that one other micro SD card reader, and they are junk. Not even worth the $5 I spent on each of them.
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spicydicy said:
All of these do not work. I purchased the meenova, the i link, and that one other micro SD card reader, and they are junk. Not even worth the $5 I spent on each of them.
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Are you sure it isn't something you are doing different? What are you doing to test?
meenova specifically tested on Nexus 7 2013 and I think even made a video.

Wow, what app are you using to access the card?
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[Q] OTG Transfer

so i have micro sd card from " Transcend " with MicroSD Card Reader from " Meenova "
my problem is why i not get full speed read and write ? the high speed i got only 4MB/s !!!
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DinarQ8 said:
so i have micro sd card from " Transcend " with MicroSD Card Reader from " Meenova "
my problem is why i not get full speed read and write ? the high speed i got only 4MB/s !!!
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SD cards are inherently slow. The UHS 3 speed rating that you see are for 4k video recording. The read write speeds are still just class 10 meaning minimum 10mb/s. Speeds will vary though. The adapter itself could limit the speed. You may have been better off using the supplied OTG adapter with a microSD to USB adapter.

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SD cards are inherently slow. The UHS 3 speed rating that you see are for 4k video recording. The read write speeds are still just class 10 meaning minimum 10mb/s. Speeds will vary though. The adapter itself could limit the speed. You may have been better off using the supplied OTG adapter with a microSD to USB adapter.
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Thanks for reply but the same sd I used with htc 10 the read and write speed do very well it give me over 20-30MB/s
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DinarQ8 said:
Thanks for reply but the same sd I used with htc 10 the read and write speed do very well it give me over 20-30MB/s
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As I was also saying the dongle itself could be slowing it down. I'm using the one that came with the Pixel hooked to a USB flash drive and it transfers very fast. Maybe if you use a setup involving the supplied dongle instead if an aftermarket one you will see better performance.

Gizmoe said:
As I was also saying the dongle itself could be slowing it down. I'm using the one that came with the Pixel hooked to a USB flash drive and it transfers very fast. Maybe if you use a setup involving the supplied dongle instead if an aftermarket one you will see better performance.
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I don't believe that this is the case. I tested several USB3 drives.... one with built in type-c and the other using the dongle. The files all transferred twice as fast to my Nexus 6P than to my Pixel XL. Different Android builds made no difference either. Not cool.
pp

me also try everything USB flash and micro sd i tested with Note 5 i got full speed 20MB/s but in Pixel i got only 4MB/s
what best format file for the sd Compatible with pixel is FAT32 or exFAT or what recommends
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DinarQ8 said:
what best format file for the sd Compatible with pixel is FAT32 or exFAT or what recommends
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Sadly, it seems that Pixel will only read FAT32 natively.
exFAT and NTFS require paid apps but none of these make a significant improvement in terms of performance.
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