I've been thinking abit during christmas and searching ebay after the ultimate product for theese new devices that has micro USB with OTG capabilities.
I wish for a small OTG cable with built in micro SD card reader. Now I use an OTG cable and a small reader which ofcourse gets a bit lumpy.
With todays micro SD card readers integrated into a USB shell it shoud be easy to make it as a msall unit that goeas straight into the micro usb port, eiterh as a mall dongle with all integrated or as a coonnector with up to 2 inches of cable.
Or has someone already made this and I ca't find it ?
Thats the set up I'm using. There is no 'integrated' version I can think of but I'm trying to strip mine down and integrate them into a case.
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A case with integrated microSD a great idea. Would be perfect for a GN, especially my GSM version haha.
Maybe Radio shack has some small case for projects and we can put the innards in a small form factor.
okay this isn't exactly what your looking for, but it's my setup and it works perfectly.
i'm using this cable. there are cheaper ones available but i wanted one that had comments saying it worked. (the cheaper one also goes the other direction.)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GGBYJ4/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
and this reader:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HGFKR8/ref=oh_o02_s00_i00_details
with this setup i used a class 10 16GB patriot memory microsd and it worked perfectly and incredibly fast. also i played standard def WMV and AVI files with no issues, in addition to a 720p episode of transformers prime and a 1080p movie trailer with no lag at all.
i'm looking into buying a 32GB, but i'm sure it will work considering microSD cards to not require a lot of power.
I was hoping that the phone would read my 1TB hard drive, but unfortunately it doesn't, so this is now my backup.
I have the same otg and reader...
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Interesting. Pretty slick. This would be great for those that want extra files on the go.
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neok44 said:
okay this isn't exactly what your looking for, but it's my setup and it works perfectly.
i'm using this cable. there are cheaper ones available but i wanted one that had comments saying it worked. (the cheaper one also goes the other direction.)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GGBYJ4/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
and this reader:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HGFKR8/ref=oh_o02_s00_i00_details
with this setup i used a class 10 16GB patriot memory microsd and it worked perfectly and incredibly fast. also i played standard def WMV and AVI files with no issues, in addition to a 720p episode of transformers prime and a 1080p movie trailer with no lag at all.
i'm looking into buying a 32GB, but i'm sure it will work considering microSD cards to not require a lot of power.
I was hoping that the phone would read my 1TB hard drive, but unfortunately it doesn't, so this is now my backup.
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does work on widows 7 and does it support 32gb hc sd???
It's not too big of a deal for me since mine is an adapter vs a cord.
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Kryptonian_Knight said:
does work on widows 7 and does it support 32gb hc sd???
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mine do
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does work on widows 7 and does it support 32gb hc sd???
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works perfect on windows 7. just shows up like a flash drive would. as far as 32GB. can't say since my max card i own is a 16.
*edit* ah just saw the other post lol. Good to know a 32gig works. i'll be picking one up eventually now.
Do you think your sdcard reader draws less energy from the phone than a USB stick?
It's not handy for me using my old big USB stick and your solution seems better.
calubren said:
Do you think your sdcard reader draws less energy from the phone than a USB stick?
It's not handy for me using my old big USB stick and your solution seems better.
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That's a good question... never thought of that! My thought is its probably the same or more than a usb
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i can pretty much guarantee you that the microsd reader and card use less power than a USB stick.
i've confirmed a 16GB card, and another user has confirmed a 32GB card.
But in my flash drive tests, NOTHING over 8GB would work. i tried 3 different brand 16Gb and 2 different brand 32Gb and none worked. Additionally no portable hard drives worked either.
pretty much confirms that the cards use a lot less power than the flash drives.
neok44 said:
i can pretty much guarantee you that the microsd reader and card use less power than a USB stick.
i've confirmed a 16GB card, and another user has confirmed a 32GB card.
But in my flash drive tests, NOTHING over 8GB would work. i tried 3 different brand 16Gb and 2 different brand 32Gb and none worked. Additionally no portable hard drives worked either.
pretty much confirms that the cards use a lot less power than the flash drives.
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I suppose your right.. good deduction
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neok44 said:
i can pretty much guarantee you that the microsd reader and card use less power than a USB stick.
i've confirmed a 16GB card, and another user has confirmed a 32GB card.
But in my flash drive tests, NOTHING over 8GB would work. i tried 3 different brand 16Gb and 2 different brand 32Gb and none worked. Additionally no portable hard drives worked either.
pretty much confirms that the cards use a lot less power than the flash drives.
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What about formatting? If I recall correctly, the phone won't read anything that is NTFS formatted, as its not in the kernel.
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External hard drives require a startup power, that's why some of them have 2 USB connections. Even though they should only require one connection to work, depending on the computer you are connecting to, you may need to connect 2 USB ports to supply enough power for the hdd to spin up. After that it works fine.
I doubt the GN will ever supply the necessary power for an external HDD to work though. Best to stick to FAT32 flash drives and SD cards.
I have successfully connected a fat32 16Gb flash drive to my GN with a USB OTG adapter without any problems. Just make sure it's formatted as fat32 and not NTFS.
@esoomenona: i tried both fat32 and NTFS, on 16GB neither worked. my 32gb are all NTFS. did not know about the formatting kernel though. hope my kernel supports it since i plan on formatting my incoming 32gb microsd to ntfs.
@flakz0r: figured as much about the hard drives. my transformer can run it, so now it just needs to get ICS so it can play 720p videos without lag.
interesting that you got a fat32 16gb flash drive to work. guess the phone just doesn't like mine.
and since were on the subject of formatting, does anyone know any specific kernel that supports NTFS. i know stickmount just added support but it says you still need a kernel that supports it.
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What about formatting? If I recall correctly, the phone won't read anything that is NTFS formatted, as its not in the kernel.
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My micro SD cards came in FAT32 format and it works fine
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and since were on the subject of formatting, does anyone know any specific kernel that supports NTFS. i know stickmount just added support but it says you still need a kernel that supports it.
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You can bug the kernel developers to try to add it for you?
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Does anyone know if the new 128GB SanDisk Extreme SDXC Class 10 works with the Galaxy S3?
They're selling them at Amazon and I was wondering if it worked with the S3 before I bought it.
holy crap man, what do u need that much memory for ?! i only have the 32gb , i think the max tested was 64 but im not sure.
skwon said:
holy crap man, what do u need that much memory for ?! i only have the 32gb , i think the max tested was 64 but im not sure.
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I have 8gb of music on my phone currently, and about 250gb of movies on my external HDD with 400gb of TV series on top of that. Of course I don't watch all of these, they're mostly there just for collection, but there are some series that I do like watching in my spare time and the more options the better, right? I also want some spare memory space just in case I want to record video on my phone too. I was thinking about getting the 64GB SDXC but if the 128GB version works I will definitely be buying that.
now don't quote me on this, though it should work - I don't see why it wouldn't, since the S3 supports SDXC (and the 128GB is SDXC).
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Where do u see it? How much?
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waiters said:
Where do u see it? How much?
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I can't post links yet because the forums does not permit me to.
Just search on google : "128GB SDXC SanDisk Class 10 Amazon". Should be the first link.
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I can't post links yet because the forums does not permit me to.
Just search on google : "128GB SDXC SanDisk Class 10 Amazon". Should be the first link.
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thats not a micro sd card
Oy thing I see from my phone is sd cards not microsd.
I'll look from my computer tonight
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Oh wow I feel like a dumbass XD
I didn't realize it didn't say microSDXC. But if a 128GB microSDXC is to be released, would it work with the S3?
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Oh wow I feel like a dumbass XD
I didn't realize it didn't say microSDXC. But if a 128GB microSDXC is to be released, would it work with the S3?
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Most likely.. But we won't see a card that big this year.. And when it is released you are probably looking at close to 100 price tag.
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Most likely.. But we won't see a card that big this year.. And when it is released you are probably looking at close to 100 price tag.
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From my understanding, the galaxy s 3 only supports the micro sd sdxc up to 64gb.
But you never know it might just work.
Though, than again, there might be a reason why samsung capped it at 64. Maybe above that, it's
easier for data to be lost and or corrupt? (Just speculation and not a fact)
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From my understanding, the galaxy s 3 only supports the micro sd sdxc up to 64gb.
But you never know it might just work.
Though, than again, there might be a reason why samsung capped it at 64. Maybe above that, it's
easier for data to be lost and or corrupt? (Just speculation and not a fact)
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or it could just be that at this point in time, 128GB micro-SDXC cards don't exist.
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And when it is released you are probably looking at close to 100 price tag.
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Yea.... i'd assume it'll probably be quite a bit over $100....
blazin419 said:
Does anyone know if the new 128GB SanDisk Extreme SDXC Class 10 works with the Galaxy S3?
They're selling them at Amazon and I was wondering if it worked with the S3 before I bought it.
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Is sdxd same as mini sd?Does it fit in our phone or hooked up through usb?
lviv73 said:
Is sdxd same as mini sd?Does it fit in our phone or hooked up through usb?
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The term sdxc means extended capacity and has nothing to do with the physical size of the card itself.
Sdxc can be in sd size (think cameras), micro sd(our phones) and mini sd (not really used anymore)
I think the xc would start at 32gb and up. So anything 32gb or higher would be sdxc
For your phone you want a microsd.. Weather a sd, sdhc or sdxc.
As long as it's a microsd....
Google images for it so you can see what the card should look like.
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elementaldragon said:
or it could just be that at this point in time, 128GB micro-SDXC cards don't exist.
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Not sure if that was a hidden dart of sarcasim, but I was obviously refering to when the 128gb micro sd card becomes available as I know they aren't yet.
My guess is the phone manufactures do set limits on paper but actually have their devices capable and ready to accept (such as in this case) bigger sd cards.
I've seen this before, for example, the GALAXY SII micro sd memory acceptance was capped at a max of 32gb, but in reality was and is able to accept a 64gb micro sd card!
Well, I hope that when the 128gb micro sd card is finally released (which is just around the corner) it'll work with the GS3.
A guy can dream-----eh (*_*)
Android itself supports up to 2tb, the limitation is the sd card hardware, on cheap phones they only work with max. 16 for example.
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most limits (in the same hardware/tech class) are limits of TESTING not limits of COMPATIBILITY
a long time ago they designed for specific sizes but now a days they design for "class" of tech.
ie Fat16 is limited to fat 16 fat 32 is limited to fat 32 etc.. etc..
SO as long as its SDXC in theory it "should" work unless they for some reason Coded in a limit (not likely)
they say 64gb because that is what they could "test" at the time that they made the unit.
sorry
blazin419 said:
Does anyone know if the new 128GB SanDisk Extreme SDXC Class 10 works with the Galaxy S3?
They're selling them at Amazon and I was wondering if it worked with the S3 before I bought it.
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it wont work bro...the sgs3 can only read up to a 64gb..well that is on the micro sd...
but if you buy a otg cable .it can can plug in a portable hdd.....the phone can run up to a 500 gb..if im not mistaken..
i tried with my 1tb..and it was too much for it...hope i helped
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it wont work bro...the sgs3 can only read up to a 64gb..well that is on the micro sd...
but if you buy a otg cable .it can can plug in a portable hdd.....the phone can run up to a 500 gb..if im not mistaken..
i tried with my 1tb..and it was too much for it...hope i helped
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Please.... read what has been said, it will be working just fine
blazin419 said:
I have 8gb of music on my phone currently, and about 250gb of movies on my external HDD with 400gb of TV series on top of that. Of course I don't watch all of these, they're mostly there just for collection, but there are some series that I do like watching in my spare time and the more options the better, right? I also want some spare memory space just in case I want to record video on my phone too. I was thinking about getting the 64GB SDXC but if the 128GB version works I will definitely be buying that.
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Omg 250 gb of movies??
Are you going to open pirates bay again
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I have got a couple of 2.5" HDDs, which i expected to work via OTG, but no avail(not recognized anywhere, even with tools like stickmount).If at all any of you have been succesful, please post the brand,capacity,filesystem etc.
Have you tried regular micro SD cards or just external?
I've only tried it on one of my usbs this is just a normal 32 gig SD
Idk if this helps or not
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fredy915 said:
Have you tried regular micro SD cards or just external?
I've only tried it on one of my usbs this is just a normal 32 gig SD
Idk if this helps or not
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hes talking about HDD as in 2.5 or 3.5" platter based spinning HDs. pretty much everything being pulled in storage wise for OTG is flash based as it requires WAY less energy to power as opposed to external spinning based ones. i probably just throw it out there thats theres not enough juice to run the spinning HD.
Has anyone been able to get your M7 to charge via a "Y" USB OTG cable? I have tested the one that I have other devices and they the power from the input. IE i plug up the "Y" cable to to Nokia 6350 and it charges fine.
Any suggestions?
I have been trying OTG with an external SSD to no avail. I have plenty of thumb drives. Its more of a see if i can get it to work mission
I believe the issue is kernel related. Haven't found that special custom kernel
A conventional hard drive will not work. I don't believe an SSD will work either. These simply use too much power. Just buy a 64-128 gig flash drive, which should be plenty.
Or, buy cloud storage (which can actually get expensive).
The y cable idea sounds REALLY interesting. DIY anyone?
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Yeah I tried a 2.5" drive and no go. Drive kept trying to spin up. Flash dongles work fine. But I have had not success reading NTSF formatted drives. FAT32 and ExFAT no problemo.
thanks for the replies..a mouse i plugged in worked perfectly, flash drives work. FYI the NTFS issue can be overcome by rooting and using something similar to stickmount.Seems to be a power issue, maybe limited by the kernel..hopefully there is a way around this
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hes talking about HDD as in 2.5 or 3.5" platter based spinning HDs. pretty much everything being pulled in storage wise for OTG is flash based as it requires WAY less energy to power as opposed to external spinning based ones. i probably just throw it out there thats theres not enough juice to run the spinning HD.
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Thanks I wasn't so sure I'll try one out I have at home and post back with the results
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You need a USB Y-cable and an external battery to make it work. But with that, it works fine.
Ive managed to get my M8 to read my external drive. one of them it can power the other it cant
HTC One support 64 gb usb otg not more than that
Not tested 128 gb flash drive
How do i use a usb otg cable with a flash drive to listen to music or watch movies? Can you do this?
OTG storage was confirmed to work on another thread. I haven't tested it out with my cable, but you may need Stickmount or similar (if so, you will need root). You will also need a third party player to play other media.
Another possibility is to create a "file bridge" or similar to make the stock player see the media on the external storage. This was a little difficult to do at first on 4.2 with the introduction of multi-user, but someone may have found a way around it. Something to research.
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Root your device and download rootmount by chainfire. Works flawlessly.
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Awesome thanks that works great!
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so no external power is needed??? And My cheap lexar 16gb flash stick will work with an otg cable. Or is a Y-cable need with external power like my N4?
I realize an app and root are needed.
Cuzz1369 said:
so no external power is needed??? And My cheap lexar 16gb flash stick will work with an otg cable. Or is a Y-cable need with external power like my N4?
I realize an app and root are needed.
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A regular USB flash drive should need no additional power, I have yet to find one that can't be used with the OTG cable due to power requirements.
diahdra which
Cuzz1369 said:
so no external power is needed??? And My cheap lexar 16gb flash stick will work with an otg cable. Or is a Y-cable need with external power like my N4?
I realize an app and root are needed.
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I used a OTG and the app Nexus Media Importer and it works perfect.
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How do i use a usb otg cable with a flash drive to listen to music or watch movies? Can you do this?
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Hi:
I've been using Nexus Media Importer on my stock, non-rooted, Nexus 7 2012 for almost a year. It also works flawlessly on my stock, non-rooted, Nexus 7 2013. I wish people would STOP saying OTG use requires root.
Tom
thenrik said:
Hi:
I've been using Nexus Media Importer on my stock, non-rooted, Nexus 7 2012 for almost a year. It also works flawlessly on my stock, non-rooted, Nexus 7 2013. I wish people would STOP saying OTG use requires root.
Tom
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Well, I tried Nexus Media Importer without root and it didn't work for me. If you follow NMI troubleshooting links you will find that the author has found that it is very problematic with Android 4.3. He claims he has found a macarena-like workaround but I couldn't get it to work for me.
I will try rooting and stickmount tonight.
Cuzz1369 said:
so no external power is needed??? And My cheap lexar 16gb flash stick will work with an otg cable. Or is a Y-cable need with external power like my N4?
I realize an app and root are needed.
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I use a 16 GB Lexar Echo flash drive with Chainfire's stickmount and a regular USB OTG cable and everything works okay with me.
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I'm using 32 GB USB drive to backup my twrp backup and movies...using chainfire
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mmarquis said:
Well, I tried Nexus Media Importer without root and it didn't work for me. If you follow NMI troubleshooting links you will find that the author has found that it is very problematic with Android 4.3. He claims he has found a macarena-like workaround but I couldn't get it to work for me.
I will try rooting and stickmount tonight.
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Hi:
I am sorry that you are having problems with Nexus Media Importer. The author did not say that NMI was very problematic with 4.3. He said that a few people were having random problems with 4.3. Aside from you, looking at reviews on the play store, there were no reviews that couldn't be straightened out with the work around. I support six other Nexus 7 owners and none of us ever had any problems nor had to use any work arounds on 4.22 nor 4.3. Again, you may have been one of the few with a problem but looking at play store reviews and the many, many reports on this forum with 4.3, Nexus Media Importer works with OTG on stock Nexus 7 tablets.
It streams and copies with NTFS and does the same and writes with Fat32. It does not support exfat.
I have an extensive section on Nexus Media Importer in my Nexus 7 guide:
http://goo.gl/iaOek
Hope that rooting works out for you.
Tom
thenrik said:
Hi:
I am sorry that you are having problems with Nexus Media Importer. The author did not say that NMI was very problematic with 4.3. He said that a few people were having random problems with 4.3. Aside from you, looking at reviews on the play store, there were no reviews that couldn't be straightened out with the work around. I support six other Nexus 7 owners and none of us ever had any problems nor had to use any work arounds on 4.22 nor 4.3. Again, you may have been one of the few with a problem but looking at play store reviews and the many, many reports on this forum with 4.3, Nexus Media Importer works with OTG on stock Nexus 7 tablets.
It streams and copies with NTFS and does the same and writes with Fat32. It does not support exfat.
I have an extensive section on Nexus Media Importer in my Nexus 7 guide:
http://goo.gl/iaOek
Hope that rooting works out for you.
Tom
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Apparently I am not the only one to have this difficulty. It's great that you have had a different experience, I wish mine was that way.
This issue was with the 2013 Nexus 7. I had no problems with the 2012 version. Based on your comments about version 4.2.2 (which the 2013 version never shipped with) I wonder if your experiences are based on 2012 hardware?
Here is a quote from the developer's site "It appears that the Android 4.3 update broke the USB Host on some Nexus 10 and Nexus 7 2nd gen. devices. In Nexus Media Importer and Nexus Photo Viewer, these appear in the Connect screen as "Protected". It does not appear to affect a particular model, but devices at random. The issue has been reported to Google via the link below:"
You can find this at: http://nexususb.blogspot.com/2013/07/android-4.html along with his workaround (which requires multiple reboots so I view the workaround as macarena-like, certainly not a straightforward method)
mmarquis said:
Apparently I am not the only one to have this difficulty. It's great that you have had a different experience, I wish mine was that way.
This issue was with the 2013 Nexus 7. I had no problems with the 2012 version. Based on your comments about version 4.2.2 (which the 2013 version never shipped with) I wonder if your experiences are based on 2012 hardware?
Here is a quote from the developer's site "It appears that the Android 4.3 update broke the USB Host on some Nexus 10 and Nexus 7 2nd gen. devices. In Nexus Media Importer and Nexus Photo Viewer, these appear in the Connect screen as "Protected". It does not appear to affect a particular model, but devices at random. The issue has been reported to Google via the link below:"
You can find this at: http://nexususb.blogspot.com/2013/07/android-4.html along with his workaround (which requires multiple reboots so I view the workaround as macarena-like, certainly not a straightforward method)
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Hi:
You are indeed not the only one having the problem but I still say the majority of users are not having any problems. Nonetheless, it's not very useful for me to say, "It works for me and not for you--nyah, nyah, nyah." So, let me say what works for me instead. All testing was done on a Nexus 7 2013, today. All flash drives were formatted with Fat32.
First of all, make sure you have write enabled in advanced preferences. If not, all flash drives will show up as Protected.
There are four variables, the OTG cable, adapters, the flash drive/sd card and the tablet.
We know that Asus production is uneven. As an owner of the TF101, 201, Nexus 7 2012 and Nexus 7 2013. I've been lucky to receive tablets without production defects but there are many folks who have been unlucky.
My OTG cables all come from the following vendor:
SANOXY Micro USB Host Mode OTG Cable $1.50
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FUNYSA/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I use this Microsd Adaptor:
C2662 Black Micro SD SDHC TF USB card Reader Adapter Support 32GB Mini Hi-Speed $4.98
http://www.ebay.com/itm/C2662-Black...pter-Support-32GB-Mini-Hi-Speed-/200731336666
I use this flash drive as it's small and doesn't weigh down the OTG cable:
SanDisk Cruzer Fit CZ33 32GB USB Flash Drive (SDCZ33-032G-B35) $21.49
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00812F7O8/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have a couple of Sandisk 64gb Microsd Class 6 cards formatted to NTFS, not useful as they are no longer for sale.
I tested my friend's SanDisk Class 10 Ultra 64gb MicroSD XC I, formatted with great difficulty to Fat32. Sandisk Class 10 cards have a hidden partition, only come formatted with exfat, are difficult to format to fat32--designed incompatibility. I am done with Sandisk MicroSd cards. Instead I recommend
Kingston Digital 64GB MicroSDXC Class 10 Flash Card (SDCX10/64GB) $59.99
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-64GB-MicroSDXC-SDCX10/dp/B009X0G304/ref=sr_1_1
In addition to the above, I tested it with several SanDisk cruzer usb drives, 16 and 32, a four gig PNY flash drive and even an odd fish-shaped flash drive that my friend had trouble reading on some laptops.
All of the Microsd cards worked, the NTFS cards worked with copying streaming, not write. All of the flash drives worked with write. None showed up as protected.
I have an extensive section on Nexus Media Importer in my Nexus 7 guide:
http://goo.gl/iaOek
I have seen no difference between Nexus Media Importer on my Nexus 7 2012 or on my Nexus 7 2013.
That being said, it doesn't mean you aren't having problems. I can only report on what's working for me.
Best,
Tom Henriksen
thenrik said:
Hi:
You are indeed not the only one having the problem but I still say the majority of users are not having any problems. Nonetheless, it's not very useful for me to say, "It works for me and not for you--nyah, nyah, nyah." So, let me say what works for me instead. All testing was done on a Nexus 7 2013, today. All flash drives were formatted with Fat32.
First of all, make sure you have write enabled in advanced preferences. If not, all flash drives will show up as Protected.
There are four variables, the OTG cable, adapters, the flash drive/sd card and the tablet.
We know that Asus production is uneven. As an owner of the TF101, 201, Nexus 7 2012 and Nexus 7 2013. I've been lucky to receive tablets without production defects but there are many folks who have been unlucky.
My OTG cables all come from the following vendor:
SANOXY Micro USB Host Mode OTG Cable $1.50
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FUNYSA/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I use this Microsd Adaptor:
C2662 Black Micro SD SDHC TF USB card Reader Adapter Support 32GB Mini Hi-Speed $4.98
http://www.ebay.com/itm/C2662-Black...pter-Support-32GB-Mini-Hi-Speed-/200731336666
I use this flash drive as it's small and doesn't weigh down the OTG cable:
SanDisk Cruzer Fit CZ33 32GB USB Flash Drive (SDCZ33-032G-B35) $21.49
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00812F7O8/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have a couple of Sandisk 64gb Microsd Class 6 cards formatted to NTFS, not useful as they are no longer for sale.
I tested my friend's SanDisk Class 10 Ultra 64gb MicroSD XC I, formatted with great difficulty to Fat32. Sandisk Class 10 cards have a hidden partition, only come formatted with exfat, are difficult to format to fat32--designed incompatibility. I am done with Sandisk MicroSd cards. Instead I recommend
Kingston Digital 64GB MicroSDXC Class 10 Flash Card (SDCX10/64GB) $59.99
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-64GB-MicroSDXC-SDCX10/dp/B009X0G304/ref=sr_1_1
In addition to the above, I tested it with several SanDisk cruzer usb drives, 16 and 32, a four gig PNY flash drive and even an odd fish-shaped flash drive that my friend had trouble reading on some laptops.
All of the Microsd cards worked, the NTFS cards worked with copying streaming, not write. All of the flash drives worked with write. None showed up as protected.
I have an extensive section on Nexus Media Importer in my Nexus 7 guide:
http://goo.gl/iaOek
I have seen no difference between Nexus Media Importer on my Nexus 7 2012 or on my Nexus 7 2013.
That being said, it doesn't mean you aren't having problems. I can only report on what's working for me.
Best,
Tom Henriksen
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Glad we are not engaging in a tit-for-a-tat exchange. The OTB cable I had worked with my 2012 N7. I will order the one you used and see if that is any different.
Mike
UPDATE: I ordered one but it looks just like the one I have.
I noticed one problem with stickmount and videos: Apparently something gets a little too sleepy when the tablet sleeps. I was using a nightly build of VLC, and paused the video playback for about 10 minutes, when I woke up the tablet and it tried to resume, it couldn't do it. I tried the same video and pause after copying the file to the /sdcard, and the resume from pause worked fine. Definitely an obscure case, but there was a difference with OTG.
mmarquis said:
Glad we are not engaging in a tit-for-a-tat exchange. The OTB cable I had worked with my 2012 N7. I will order the one you used and see if that is any different.
Mike
UPDATE: I ordered one but it looks just like the one I have.
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Hi:
The cables take a little while from Hong Kpng. If there's anything I can test for you in the meantime, quote me in a post or send me a pm and we can continue via email.
Best,
Tom
Thanks, Artood2s and blitzz3434 for this. I was unaware of Stickmount but it sure ended my floudering around trying to mount my book-loaded SD card.
I'm rooted using Otg helper and confirm my WD 1tb passport is working and can watch movies and listen to music
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shortyboy said:
I'm rooted using Otg helper and confirm my WD 1tb passport is working and can watch movies and listen to music
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Same, 1tb WD and otg helper
This is a pretty neat idea, and is compatible with the new Droid line. For $12 you get a coin-sized micro SD adapter that attaches to your key chain. Supports up to 64Gb micro SD cards.
I have 3 of these, I'm an original Kickstarter backer & love this little thing
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I got a pair of them, too. I use them mainly for movie storage for my Nexus 7. You can use a 64GB card, but you (usually) have to reformat it as FAT32. The 64GB cards come formatted with exFAT, which isn't widely supported by Android devices.
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I got a pair of them, too.
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Sounds good)
What about battery drain with this adapter?
I've got one, but it hasn't worked since I upgraded to KitKat. Stickmount doesn't seem to work for me, either. Does anyone have this working with KitKat? What's the trick?
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Sounds good)
What about battery drain with this adapter?
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No idea. I haven't noticed much of a difference. What are you trying to do? The main reason to use an adapter like this seems to be to play videos stored on a microSD card. I would strongly expect that the screen and CPU/GPU would be dominating the power usage in that case.
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I've got one, but it hasn't worked since I upgraded to KitKat. Stickmount doesn't seem to work for me, either. Does anyone have this working with KitKat? What's the trick?
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Unfortunately, the 4.4 update removed USB-OTG support. You can't mount USB sticks anymore (unless you root and install StickMount). However, you could use a third party application like Total Commander with the USB Stick plugin. You still can't mount the card, but you can access files through the Total Commander app.
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What are you trying to do?
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you asked right question))
it will be not all time-plugged storage, but on demand to watch videos or show photos e.t.c.
Gonna buy! )
I use this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...20821&ef_id=UgAJZwAAAFmLfDUC:20140411193344:s
It's a flash drive with a USB 2.0 connector on one side, and a micro USB OTG connector on the other. It's awesome. I do TWRP backups to this drive and it works like a charm.
Also handy for storing tons of videos.
FYI. I got USB OTG support working on my Droid Maxx. I'm rooted, but otherwise haven't done anything out of the ordinary to the phone. I don't think you have to be rooted to get it to work, but I have no way to verify that myself.
Anyway, the instructions are over in the Moto-X forum, and they work fine for the Maxx.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/otg-supported-4-4-2-unrooted-via-t2709553
The trick is to create a shortcut to the "Qualcomm Settings" app, run it, and enable USB OTG support there.
An interesting idea. Thanks for sharing.
BTW-OTG works as is on 444.
I am from India and using this Sandisk 2in1 USB Disk to transfer files to and fro (b/w DroidMAXX and any computer)... It costs 599Rs when I have bought... Working fine on OnePlus ONE also...
LINK HERE
Just received my Kingston off USB it works fine. I use fx to view the drive and transfer files
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I use this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...20821&ef_id=UgAJZwAAAFmLfDUC:20140411193344:s
It's a flash drive with a USB 2.0 connector on one side, and a micro USB OTG connector on the other. It's awesome. I do TWRP backups to this drive and it works like a charm.
Also handy for storing tons of videos.
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Are you doing twrp backups in recover? If you did how did you get twrp to read ext SD?
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Are you doing twrp backups in recover? If you did how did you get twrp to read ext SD?
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TWRP would not recognize the external SD. I had to offer use CWM.
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TWRP would not recognize the external SD. I had to offer use CWM.
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What version are you using?
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The Newest version of twrp supports ext sd . helps out a ton when you want to back up your current setup just incase you do something stupid.
Hi!
Just wanted to report that this cheap drive works on my XT1032, CM11, M6.
32GB DT MicroDuo USB 2.0 micro USB OTG
http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/search/?partid=dtduo/32gb
Furthermore, CWM also sees it and backup to usbstorage (~1,5GB) lasted about 10 minutes.
I'm looking now for a solution to partition it into 2 separate partitions, one should be 1GB hidden and a TrueCrypt container (for personal files), 2nd should be movies music FAT32.
I think it should work...
not a big deal, any microusb flash drive should work.
one of the smallest usb+microusb ones I found is the SP Mobile X10 drive.
OK, sorry for posting then...
Saem persun said:
not a big deal, any microusb flash drive should work.
one of the smallest usb+microusb ones I found is the SP Mobile X10 drive.
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I got something smaller - depending on your view angle
http://www.meenova.com/st/p/m3r.html
cosminnn said:
I got something smaller - depending on your view angle
http://www.meenova.com/st/p/m3r.html
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I saw it. You have to carry a USB adapter to connect meenova to PC, i'm not happy with it. That's why i prefer to have microusb+usb device.
And the SP drive is available at local store, while for meenova i have to wait for about 2-4 weeks or even more to be delivered.
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I just recently got a PQI Connect 203 off Ebay because I was finding it annoying to carry around a USB adapter with my Meenova. This thing is amazing. IT is very small, works perfectly with cases on my Moto G and is much cheaper than the Meenova. It also uses microSD cards, which is what I was looking for.
How does the Kingston 32GB USB OTG (DT MicroDuo) fare in practice?
I might get one of those or SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive or Transcend JetFlash 380S. Are there any differences between them except perhaps the price and personal taste?
zurpher said:
How does the Kingston 32GB USB OTG (DT MicroDuo) fare in practice?
I might get one of those or SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive or Transcend JetFlash 380S. Are there any differences between them except perhaps the price and personal taste?
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I'm using Sandisk Dual (16gb) drive right now, bought it because they use and manufacture their own flash chip. Plus the textured body and black and red color looks wicked. Tried using my friend's Transcend OTG drive which is larger by a small margin, and it's write speed is almost the same as the sandisk.
If you don't mind getting a bigger OTG drive, you might want to look at Corsair GO drive. It's usb 3.0 when plugged in a PC.
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How does the Kingston 32GB USB OTG (DT MicroDuo) fare in practice?
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Performance is poor for long operations, when it gets hot, for reading and writing too. Everything else, fine...
Plus one vote for the Sandisk one.
jazzh said:
Hi!
Just wanted to report that this cheap drive works on my XT1032, CM11, M6.
32GB DT MicroDuo USB 2.0 micro USB OTG
http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/search/?partid=dtduo/32gb
Furthermore, CWM also sees it and backup to usbstorage (~1,5GB) lasted about 10 minutes.
I'm looking now for a solution to partition it into 2 separate partitions, one should be 1GB hidden and a TrueCrypt container (for personal files), 2nd should be movies music FAT32.
I think it should work...
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did you menage to create 2 partitions ?
C01D4X said:
did you menage to create 2 partitions ?
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Off course, but I didn't employ truecrypt since it's EOL...
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Off course, but I didn't employ truecrypt since it's EOL...
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how did you do it, my win isn't recognizing the second partition
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how did you do it, my win isn't recognizing the second partition
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Yes, win won't see it, I'm using linux, sorry.
On the other hand Moto g sees only 1st partition, so I created 30gb fat 32 public as 1st partition and the rest is 2nd partition ext4 encfs'd.
jazzh said:
Yes, win won't see it, I'm using linux, sorry.
On the other hand Moto g sees only 1st partition, so I created 30gb fat 32 public as 1st partition and the rest is 2nd partition ext4 encfs'd.
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it's a headache. supposedly there is a flip removable/fixed bit (RMB), but not on every drive, or you can modify your win driver so it recognizes all removable media as fixed drives. i'll look for a simpler solution