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[Q] Internal memory of Nexus

Can ne1 tell me how much internal memory the Nexus has? I've read two conflicting stories, one stating the Nexus has 16GB and the other stating it has 32GB.

The GSM version has 16GB whereas the Verizon exclusive LTE version has 32GB.
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Here's a better question... Anyone with the Nexus able to tell has how much it ACTUALLY has available to us from the get-go? We all know 16GB doesn't really mean 16GB.

Yumunum said:
Here's a better question... Anyone with the Nexus able to tell has how much it ACTUALLY has available to us from the get-go? We all know 16GB doesn't really mean 16GB.
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My phone says: "Total space: 13.33GB"

Bosse! said:
My phone says: "Total space: 13.33GB"
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Craaaaap. Basically 3GB gone... Brutal. Thanks for sharing, though!

solution: buy a USB cable and hook up your flash drives and portable hard drives to the phone. problem solved.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359491

neok44 said:
solution: buy a USB cable and hook up your flash drives and portable hard drives to the phone. problem solved.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359491
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Yeah cause its so easy and stylish to be using a phone with a USB drive dangling from it.... but yes that does happen to be our only option for expanding memory sans cloud storage
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cbutters said:
Yeah cause its so easy and stylish to be using a phone with a USB drive dangling from it.... but yes that does happen to be our only option for expanding memory sans cloud storage
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for me the 13GB is enough for my most listened to music, around 2-3GB. a few TV shows, of which standard dev is only 350MB, HD is 1GB and the rest for apps.
then i'll plug in my 1TB hard drive if i want to watch an HD movie.
but if the 13GB is not enough then you just gotta wait for the 32GB, which will probably be only 28-29G actually.

neok44 said:
solution: buy a USB cable and hook up your flash drives and portable hard drives to the phone. problem solved.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359491
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but now you have a portable hard drive you're carrying around with your phone
that's more like "burden created", not "problem solved".

So far I'm good with the 16 (or 13gb) you get with the phone. I filled up a first gen iPod 32gb with music and random apps but noticed I really don't listen to a lot of the music I have on there, so for this phone I only put the music I really listen to often on it and synced everything else with Google Music. You can choose songs to remain cached and available offline if you really want it to stay on the phone so no worries about low connectivity. I'm never really in a position to have the time to watch multiple movies on my phone and Netflix is more than enough if I am in that position. Podcasts are the only thing that get me because I always forget to delete them. I averaged around 1-2gb of free space on my NS and I've scrapped a lot of unnecessary self inflicted bloat on this phone so I should be good until this time next year when the next nexus comes out.
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I have ZERO music on my phone. I just put all my music on Google Music and have the GM app on my phone so that way I have all my music all the time. Sure it has to stream it but hay that is what a charger it for!!! I do have a few songs on there just to make ring tones with. but its less then 10 song. Just my 2 cents

martonikaj said:
but now you have a portable hard drive you're carrying around with your phone
that's more like "burden created", not "problem solved".
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it depends on how you look at it.
for me 13GB is more than enough for my daily use.
with the adapter i can use one of my 32GB flash drives, which obviously are very small, or i can use my hard drive.
now if i'm on a plane or at school, i'll have the hard drive with me and it's not an issue. It just comes down to how you use your device and what your doing. for me this is an awesome way to get around the 13GB and still be able to watch my bluray rips on the phone.

[Q] How can I connect to PS3?

I'm looking to transfer files to and from my phone. I have all my music on my PS3 along with some movies and pictures. Is there possibly an all share app or something else dlna?

BBlunts456 said:
I'm looking to transfer files to and from my phone. I have all my music on my PS3 along with some movies and pictures. Is there possibly an all share app or something else dlna?
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Just mount it using the usb cable
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ahhlix said:
Just mount it using the usb cable
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When I plug it in it says usb device unknown and does not come up.

ahhlix said:
Just mount it using the usb cable
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You can't "mount" the Galaxy Nexus. It doesn't have UMS.

You might try Bluputdroid

martonikaj said:
You can't "mount" the Galaxy Nexus. It doesn't have UMS.
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Sorry just giving my two cents, good to know though
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What if I reformatted the fs to fat32? Would that screw up anything on the phone?

Transfer to PC and then transfer to console.
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BBlunts456 said:
What if I reformatted the fs to fat32? Would that screw up anything on the phone?
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Yes.
and it still doesn't "solve" the problem that the phone is still all 1 partition and can't be mounted as UMS...

chancy319 said:
Transfer to PC and then transfer to console.
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do this. only way to do it UNLESS your PS3 is hacked and you can load a FTP program on there.

Damn that sucks. Its just a PIA to do all that transferring. It does kind of suck to have 32gb that can't be partitioned. Do you guys think there will ever be a way to partition it?

BBlunts456 said:
Damn that sucks. Its just a PIA to do all that transferring. It does kind of suck to have 32gb that can't be partitioned. Do you guys think there will ever be a way to partition it?
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Why would you ever want that? The whole idea of unpartitioned storage w/ MTP is that its less of a hassle. You're just creating more problems by introducing different formatting and partition tables. Kinda funny how everyone complained on old phones dealing with partitions, "low storage" errors, and Apps2SD... now that they have large internal storage and no partitions they hate it too.
Just leave it be. It works really well (on the aggregate) and its the way that Google wants it. I don't see them ever going back to partitions and UMS. Better get used to it.

I just want to be able to connect to my PS3 because my laptops were stolen when my apt. was burglarized, and the only place I have media is on my PS3. I'm not looking to make things difficult. I just think that Samsung already did that by not making it USB compatible with devices such as PS3, tvs, sound systems, etc. Especially these days. My 5 year old Sansa Clip will connect to any media device, I'd like to think the GNex is more advanced than that. Just my opinion...

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I just want to be able to connect to my PS3 because my laptops were stolen when my apt. was burglarized, and the only place I have media is on my PS3. I'm not looking to make things difficult. I just think that Samsung already did that by not making it USB compatible with devices such as PS3, tvs, sound systems, etc. Especially these days. My 5 year old Sansa Clip will connect to any media device, I'd like to think the GNex is more advanced than that. Just my opinion...
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Well I'm sorry that your laptop was stolen, but that's not Samsung's fault (and btw it was Google's decision on the design and implementation of the storage, not Sammy). Single internal storage and MTP is more advanced and overall a better solution. I think that asking most people, they'd take this solution over the partitions and UMS that allows them to connect to a PS3...

I hear you. I know people didn't just buy this phone to connect to PS3 and to me, it really is a small price to pay for an otherwise great phone. (It's probably gonna make me get a new cpu)lol But its pissin me off that this elite smart-phone can't do something my LG Dare did! I just wanna make sure its not a "pebkac" problem.

martonikaj said:
Well I'm sorry that your laptop was stolen, but that's not Samsung's fault (and btw it was Google's decision on the design and implementation of the storage, not Sammy). Single internal storage and MTP is more advanced and overall a better solution. I think that asking most people, they'd take this solution over the partitions and UMS that allows them to connect to a PS3...
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Mtp blows a new technology should work with old technology the technology that the op is talking about is not even that old.
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bulvine420 said:
Mtp blows a new technology should work with old technology the technology that the op is talking about is not even that old.
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I thought there would be an easy work around this... especially for PS3... Samsung TV remotes are even compatible with PS3 out of the box.lol Im really surprised about the incompatibility. Makes me wonder what else isn't gonna work... MEHHH

Do you want to actually transfer or would streaming be fine? If streaming is okay, I suggest imediashare from the Play Store. You can stream images and videos to your PS3 this way(tried it myself today)
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I tried imediashare and it only seems to let me copy to my PS3, not from. All share from samsung worked on my og epic and actually recognized it as a device. I cant find an apk to it tho. I wonder if that would work? Does someone have an apk of that or samsung apps?

BBlunts456 said:
I hear you. I know people didn't just buy this phone to connect to PS3 and to me, it really is a small price to pay for an otherwise great phone. (It's probably gonna make me get a new cpu)lol But its pissin me off that this elite smart-phone can't do something my LG Dare did! I just wanna make sure its not a "pebkac" problem.
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Could always just go back to your Dare... your choice.
bulvine420 said:
Mtp blows a new technology should work with old technology the technology that the op is talking about is not even that old.
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It works fine with old technology. PC's recognize a GNex (or any camera, for that matter) in MTP/PTP mode and transfer files without issue. I think you're confusing an "issue" on the Galaxy Nexus with an actual issue on the side of the PS3 not recognizing MTP/PTP...
MTP isn't some fancy new technology. It's been around forever (since at least Windows XP). It's not like Google invented MTP for use on the Galaxy Nexus (it was actually invented by Microsoft) just to piss everyone off.
And as I said before... single, non-expandable internal unpartitioned storage and MTP are here to stay and you're just going to have to deal with it. Google isn't going to change this, and I for one am happy they've made this decision. Really wish people would quit *****ing about it. If you don't like MTP, don't buy the Galaxy Nexus. You'll be missing out on a great device for a silly reason.

Small compact OTG micro sd card reader

ill be ordering this http://www.meenova.com/ and just thought id share it with you all, seeing as the nexus 5 doesnt have a sd card slot
whats great about it is that it can attach to a keyring, so that you can always have it with you and not forget it
i mostly use my sd card for rom flashing and backup keeping, and we all know how much space that can take up

TheAtheistOtaku said:
ill be ordering this http://www.meenova.com/ and just thought id share it with you all, seeing as the nexus 5 doesnt have a sd card slot
whats great about it is that it can attach to a keyring, so that you can always have it with you and not forget it
i mostly use my sd card for rom flashing and backup keeping, and we all know how much space that can take up
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Thanks! I think I will buy this too

I bought a Meenova USB OTG adapter/card holder and put a uSD SanDisk 64GB in it (formatted to FAT32). It works well with Nexus Media Importer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer I have read that Stickmount works well if you are rooted. I was able to copy files to and from the uSD card and phone or play media right off the uSD card.

What a good find!!! Thank you so much! Wish it would come in red though.

Look nice, I bought something similiar that double as a usb cable too. It is very useful on the keychain.

This looks awesome, now I just need to decide on color... Black or Orange for my black N5..... hmmmmmm

I ordered one. with 32gb i never really see the need, but i'll use it to hold movies/files when i travel instead of loading them on my nexus.

I read about this a few days ago. I'm 95% sure im going to root my phone because to my understanding I wouldn't be able to load up a microsd without it correct? Getting this if I do not would be a waste of an investment, right?
I have a Rooted Nexus 7, but never tried to load anything via OTG before

I was beginning to regret not getting a 32GB Nexus 5 but this may work. I hope it works with a Spigen Ultra Hybrid.

No root required to use Nexus media importer. See post three in this thread
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I read about this a few days ago. I'm 95% sure im going to root my phone because to my understanding I wouldn't be able to load up a microsd without it correct? Getting this if I do not would be a waste of an investment, right?
I have a Rooted Nexus 7, but never tried to load anything via OTG before
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AceKingNYC said:
I read about this a few days ago. I'm 95% sure im going to root my phone because to my understanding I wouldn't be able to load up a microsd without it correct? Getting this if I do not would be a waste of an investment, right?
I have a Rooted Nexus 7, but never tried to load anything via OTG before
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There are at least two ways to use an USB OTG setup with an unrooted N5.
Use Nexus Media Importer (link in my previous post).
Use Total Commander file explorer with USB Stick Plugin https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander&hl=en and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.hechler.tcplugins.usbstick
Nexus Media Importer is not free, but I found it much more polished and easier to use. USB Stick Plugin for Total Commander is a trial program, but just makes you download the new version every month when it expires. If you are going to root anyway, then you might as well go with Stickmount. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount&hl=en since it is free. If you are thinking about rooting, go ahead and unlock your bootloader now so all the setup you do on your phone between now and then doesn't get wiped when you do root and need to unlock your bootloader.

Thanks for that info! Very helpful.
Yea - I'm almost sure I want to root it. There's a toolkit for Mac in the other section which people have used successfully. I rooted my N7 a while back and have loaded roms and backed up with Titanium. So I'm sort of familiar - I guess it's a slight fear of something unexpected happening. but you're right, the longer I wait, the more of a PITA it's going to be to set everything back up.

vinc3l3 said:
Look nice, I bought something similiar that double as a usb cable too. It is very useful on the keychain.
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link?

Well Thanks for info ! Just ordered one Meenova and will get Media Importer. Coudnt do it for my nexus 4 ! one more reason to buy Nexus 5 :good:
mtucker said:
I bought a Meenova USB OTG adapter/card holder and put a uSD SanDisk 64GB in it (formatted to FAT32). It works well with Nexus Media Importer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer I have read that Stickmount works well if you are rooted. I was able to copy files to and from the uSD card and phone or play media right off the uSD card.
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Looks nice, but it looks like it will not fit when you're using cases.

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Search for "OrientEX Multi function Keychain mobile phone strap Smartcable" on amazon.

Is it only me or do the coolest things emerge from kickstarters nowadays? :good:
Oh by the way, this is also a nice one, since it has USB on the one side and micro USB on the other! Don't know about the quality though.

when you have this thing plugged in can it be seen by recovery?

RayLancer said:
I was beginning to regret not getting a 32GB Nexus 5 but this may work. I hope it works with a Spigen Ultra Hybrid.
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It fits perfectly with both the ultra hybrid and the slim armor!
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slowpok22 said:
when you have this thing plugged in can it be seen by recovery?
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im pretty sure cwm and twrp have otg options, never tried them though. its the main reason im getting one. i like to keep allot of backups and cant do that with the nexus, would run out of internal quickly.
i would love to see a case for the nexus 5 that would use OTG to add a sd card slot. so that we dont have to keep adding and removing it

Mini MicroSD Card Reader for Android by Meenova (Expandable Storage for your N5)

Hey guys, so I thought I might write my opinion on this awesome piece of technology that is called Mini MicroSD Card Reader for Android.
First, for those of you who are not familiar with it:
This thing allows you to have expandble storage for you Nexus (or almost any other Android phone).
I bought it because I like installing a lot of ROMs, watching a lot of movies, etc. So all I have to do is to hook the Micro SDcard reader into my Nexus 5 and just like that, all of my data is there.
This is the link to their website: http://www.meenova.com/st/p/m3r.html
It even comes with a little keychain holder. It so small and compact that you wouldn't even regret spending 12$ on it. And you can even pick a color.
Note: For this to work, you need to install a free app from the Play Store called "StickMount". It's made by Chainfire, and it's free, although you can purchase it to support him.
I attached some photos down below and I also urge you to watch some videos about how simple it is.
Continue watching other videos about this, just so that you would be sure that you want it: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mini+micro+sd+card+reader+meenova
I bought it and Im very happy with it. It works perfectly.

I have and it works normally.

There's Already a thread on this. You could've just posted your thought on it in that thread

Works like a champ!
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Wish they would have put some more thought/design into the USB adapter.
Otherwise, this looks like a great item. On the fence about getting one.

Breakdown of the reader
I used it for several months with no problem at all.
Exfat and NTFS worked with card to 64gb in FAT32...
Recently, it is not any more recognized on telephone or computer.
Tested with various cards : 4gb, 8gb, 32gb and 64gb.
Under different format.
Anybody had this problem?
Thank you

I had the same problem. It was dead. They replaced it for free...all they required were a few pictures of the meenova not functioning.

Do we require root access to use this on our Nexus 5 ?

JohnnyHempseed said:
I had the same problem. It was dead. They replaced it for free...all they required were a few pictures of the meenova not functioning.
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It is for what he asks me...

kashif-khan1919 said:
Do we require root access to use this on our Nexus 5 ?
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Not if you use Nexus Media Importer. For Stickmount,the answer is yes.

Hi guys,
Can I flash a zip or do a nandroid backup into TWRP recovery with this SD Card reader?

MarkDuncan21 said:
Hi guys,
Can I flash a zip or do a nandroid backup into TWRP recovery with this SD Card reader?
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Yeah you can.

JohnnyHempseed said:
I had the same problem. It was dead. They replaced it for free...all they required were a few pictures of the meenova not functioning.
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After sending of photos, he sends back to me another reader...
Great AFTER-SALES SERVICE

Just ordered mine today!

me 2 :]

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free...-Reader-Connection-For-Mobile/1885206545.html
I'm not sure how good it is, but it's 4 times cheaper, so might be worth it? Slightly bigger though, as it also has the usb to pc connection. There were a few other different ones on that site, might be worth a look if you don't mind waiting 20 days for china to ship it to you

Micro USB to Type A Adapter
FWIW, the Meenova comes with a micro USB to type A adapter that allows it to be used with a notebook or PC without removing the SD card. Of course that can be purchased separately and probably doesn't justify the cost differential but I also think the Meenova reader is smaller and lighter which could be a factor if you plan to move the phone while using it.
ramjet73

Just got mine in the mail today, this thing is AWESOME!! The only thing is, at least for me, I can't delete anything through the phone, which, I guess is a good thing in a way.

idbl_fanatic said:
Just got mine in the mail today, this thing is AWESOME!! The only thing is, at least for me, I can't delete anything through the phone, which, I guess is a good thing in a way.
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It might be a problem with your micro SD card. Try checking for errors using "Tools" in properties for the drive on a PC or notebook.
ramjet73

ramjet73 said:
It might be a problem with your micro SD card. Try checking for errors using "Tools" in properties for the drive on a PC or notebook.
ramjet73
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Actually it was the permissions of the files that I was trying to delete

SGS9/+ OTG and HDMI Out Simultaneously?

Hello,
We're in the market for phone upgrades. I currently have a Pixel XL and my spouse still has his Nexus 5x. We're giving some thought to the SGS9+, if we can find a BOGO type deal as TMO did several times last year. While they aren't that exciting, I do like the addition of Samsung Pay that works with any strip reader and some of the other features (though we aren't completely sold on it yet).
We're traveling and typically bring a streaming stick which works in most places. But the internet in our current place is just too show so it doesn't work at all. We happened to have an external hard drive with some media files on it but we're currently having to use a Windows laptop to run the files since the stuck doesn't have a USB in.
I'm wondering if it's possible to use the SGS9+ as an OTG to read the external hard drive while using the HDMI out at the same time? Can I charge too? Would some sort of a USB C dock work for this? Or something else? Thanks so much in advance!

varaonaid said:
Hello,
We're in the market for phone upgrades. I currently have a Pixel XL and my spouse still has his Nexus 5x. We're giving some thought to the SGS9+, if we can find a BOGO type deal as TMO did several times last year. While they aren't that exciting, I do like the addition of Samsung Pay that works with any strip reader and some of the other features (though we aren't completely sold on it yet).
We're traveling and typically bring a streaming stick which works in most places. But the internet in our current place is just too show so it doesn't work at all. We happened to have an external hard drive with some media files on it but we're currently having to use a Windows laptop to run the files since the stuck doesn't have a USB in.
I'm wondering if it's possible to use the SGS9+ as an OTG to read the external hard drive while using the HDMI out at the same time? Can I charge too? Would some sort of a USB C dock work for this? Or something else? Thanks so much in advance!
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Maybe to late of a reply, but i think your refering to the samsung dex pad. It has 2 usb ports, 1 hdmi out, ethernet. Phone connects to dock via usb c. Kind of expensive tho $99. You can also buy a generic version that does the same thing on amazon for $30. It doesnt look as pretty, but functionality is the same.