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Galaxy Nexus OTG support?

how to get Galaxy Nexus (GSM in particular) to work with Samsung USB connector?

Root
Stick Mount App
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You need to root your device if you want to mount external memory thru USB. Officially galaxy nexus will not have this function, unlike GS2 which supports it out of the box. The reasoning is that gnex does not allow expansion memory.
But you can plug in a keyboard on USB OTG for unrooted galaxy nexus. Or else you need to root it and install stickmount to allow external memory
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Also have to be on 4.0.2 or better. If you haven't received the OTA update yet, you'll either have to wait, flash the yakju rom, or flash a custom rom.

Does anyone know how it works with CM9 experimental yet? Since CM has root you would think it works. Is it also going to require the stick mount app? Assume the Y cable with external power is needed in all cases?

NCguy said:
Does anyone know how it works with CM9 experimental yet? Since CM has root you would think it works. Is it also going to require the stick mount app? Assume the Y cable with external power is needed in all cases?
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I can see absolutely no reason it won't work with any ROM, unless CM9 has some kind of stick mount built in, you will need Stick Mount, yes. You obviously don't need a Y cable for SD cards and adapters and USB sticks. However the phone can't power a 3.5" hard drive, no. So you would of course need an external power supply for the HDD.

Kalavere said:
You obviously don't need a Y cable for SD cards and adapters and USB sticks. However the phone can't power a 3.5" hard drive, no. So you would of course need an external power supply for the HDD.
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I hope you're right but I know I read somewhere that it needed power even for the usb stick? Have you had a chance to personally try it yet?

NCguy said:
I hope you're right but I know I read somewhere that it needed power even for the usb stick? Have you had a chance to personally try it yet?
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It does not need power for memory cards or USB flash memory. Yes, I have tried it. Did you read the StickMount thread?
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efrant said:
It does not need power for memory cards or USB flash memory. Yes, I have tried it. Did you read the StickMount thread?
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Yes I read it. But I read it needed power somewhere else. Hey, if you've actually done it that's good enough for me.

NCguy said:
Yes I read it. But I read it needed power somewhere else. Hey, if you've actually done it that's good enough for me.
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Yup, yup. It definitely works just plugging a USB pen drive directly into an OTG, it's mounted in root/SdCard/usbstorage or something to that effect.

Any rumors that this might be added to 4.04/4.05 when it drops? I have an aversion to rooting and this sounds simply spectacular.

bmstrong said:
Any rumors that this might be added to 4.04/4.05 when it drops? I have an aversion to rooting and this sounds simply spectacular.
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Maybe you should lose your aversion... It works fine on 4.0.2 with Chainfire's StickMount app (root required of course).

I use the samsung usb connector together with an Elago nano2 microsd reader and stickmount for my samsung 32 gb class 10 microsd. Bought it all on Amazon and it works great! My recommendation is to not cheap out on the memory card, because the first one I bought (KOMPUTERBAY 32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC) was dead on arrival.
Will soon create a thread on my project of retrofitting the elago nano2 with a microusb connector, so that you no longer need to carry around the usb connector cable..

internot said:
I use the samsung usb connector together with an Elago nano2 microsd reader and stickmount for my samsung 32 gb class 10 microsd. Bought it all on Amazon and it works great! My recommendation is to not cheap out on the memory card, because the first one I bought (KOMPUTERBAY 32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC) was dead on arrival.
Will soon create a thread on my project of retrofitting the elago nano2 with a microusb connector, so that you no longer need to carry around the usb connector cable..
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What would really be neat would be an all in one cable. USB 3.0 for flash drives, socket to plug into USB 3.0 and a card reader. It would be chunky but everything you need is right there...

Pardon me for droppingin on an ended discussion, but after purchasing a dead OTG cable, a month later a new one arived and I had some problems mounting a thumb drive util I found this thread
I've heard of StickMount befire, but I guess I just forgot that I need it on GNE.
Now another problem arose. I properly unmount the USB drive, StickMount reports that there are no more mounted points, and my USB drive LED starts pulsating steadily, bu t after I unplug the cable/USB the system reports
"Removed USB storage.
USB storage removed. Insert new media."
My system continues working normally, but Instagram, for example cannot capture photos, as it complains about missing storage, or even worse, my gallery is full ofdead links/photos left after I ejected the USB drive.
Anyone had the same problems? How did you solve it? Reboting every time is the last resort.

internot said:
I use the samsung usb connector together with an Elago nano2 microsd reader and stickmount for my samsung 32 gb class 10 microsd. Bought it all on Amazon and it works great! My recommendation is to not cheap out on the memory card, because the first one I bought (KOMPUTERBAY 32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC) was dead on arrival.
Will soon create a thread on my project of retrofitting the elago nano2 with a microusb connector, so that you no longer need to carry around the usb connector cable..
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Interested on this
Galaxy Nexus AOKP m5 Franco kernel m3

Samsung Galaxy Nexus OTG <-> Canon S95
Can I connect a Canon S95 by OTG cable to the Galaxy Nexus?
Or does this only with a card reader?
[Galaxy Nexus with CM9 (Paranoid Android 0.9b) Franco kernel M3]

lord_pom said:
Can I connect a Canon S95 by OTG cable to the Galaxy Nexus?
Or does this only with a card reader?
[Galaxy Nexus with CM9 (Paranoid Android 0.9b) Franco kernel M3]
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Give it a go and let us know.

Anyone tried using a powered hub that sends power up stream (or using a Y connector to send power to the phone) while also mounting a drive or using a keyboard or something?
Curious if someone has tried this yet. I am presuming it SHOULD work and charge the phone while in host mode but who knows until its tried out I suppose.

Today, finally, the OTG cable has arrived. With StickMount 1.3 I was able to connect my Canon S95. It automatically starts the gallery, but does not import. "Import Failed". Unfortunately, I do not find out where the camera is mounted, otherwise I could copy the images using the File Manager.

Samsung galaxy S3 OTG for USB 3. hard drives

Hi there,
I have a samsung galaxy S3 (rooted) and have recently purchased OTG cable. The problem is that when I connect s3 with Hitachi Touro (mobile USB 3.0) through OTG cable hard drive does appear in files. I have installed paragon NTFS and stickmount apps but it doesn't seem to connect even though a message keeps appearing "usb connector is connected". Hard drive gives a clicking sound when it is connected with S3 but works perfectly with the computer.
Does anyone know solution to this?
Thanks and regards

I've heard of some people having problems when connected to a usb 3.0 port on their computer and have to connect to a 2.0 port instead. Maybe related?
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DocHoliday77 said:
I've heard of some people having problems when connected to a usb 3.0 port on their computer and have to connect to a 2.0 port instead. Maybe related?
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USB 3.0 I don't think is supported. What I've seen people do is use a 2.0 cable extension with their 3.0 device. As this downgrades it to 2.0 because they should be compatible with 2.0 just won't have the insane speeds as 3.0. Or you can get a USB hub and plug it in that way.
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Sounds like the Hard Drive is not getting enough power (The clicking), do you have it plugged into an external power supply?
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splatdotsplat said:
Sounds like the Hard Drive is not getting enough power (The clicking), do you have it plugged into an external power supply?
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Thanks for all the replies. Hard drive is not connected to power supply as it is portable.

Maazyazdani said:
Thanks for all the replies. Hard drive is not connected to power supply as it is portable.
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Splatdotsplat is correct. That clicking sound are the heads resetting to the park position. This usually happens when drives are not getting enough power. When the drive spins up it peaks its power consumption and cuts out because there is not enough so the heads reset. Portable or not that is the issue. I have seen this happen with some portable drives on computers (especially larger capacity). A lot of times the solution can be as simple as using a shorter cable. Sometimes it doesn't work.

as stated above, the only way to run external hdd's of any kind is to be sure they're powered, even some thumbdrives will draw more power than the phone can provide and you'll notice your batt life take a steep dive (as did my Galaxy Nexus w/otg on an HP 16gb thumbdrive)
power the drive through a powered hub and you're good to go!

splatdotsplat said:
Sounds like the Hard Drive is not getting enough power (The clicking), do you have it plugged into an external power supply?
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This is why i recommended using a USB powered HUB as the HUB will give enough power to the external hard drive.

elesbb said:
This is why i recommended using a USB powered HUB as the HUB will give enough power to the external hard drive.
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Having the same issue myself, otg cable with Samsung portable 500GB external HDD and stickmount pro works fine with my Nexus 7,but won't work with my Galaxy even though it recognises the HDD, so do you think a USB hub would be the solution, and can anyone recommend one
Thanks

Anyone?
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i wish there are people who are willing to investigate/try this thing out, it would be awesome to make a portable hard drive works on our S3..

kemaro30 said:
i wish there are people who are willing to investigate/try this thing out, it would be awesome to make a portable hard drive works on our S3..
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Just to throw in some info. I do agree about the hdd not getting enough power as the cause for the clicking. I have a 500gb hitachi drive that does that if a long usb cable is used. The drive didn't come with a power adapter but instead came with a short usb cable that had two heads. allowing it to draw power from two ports. It also had a port for an adaptor though.
When testing with my Samsung Galaxy sIII It doesn't work unless I have the hd running via external power or have the second usb connector on the cable connected to a charging usb cable. Both options charge the phone while the hd is connected to the phone.
The usb cable with the double ports actually works well for me. I have the first port connected to the otg cable that I made and the second connection connected to a usb extender that is connected to my 2A tablet charger. That way I can charge at the same time.

esqueue said:
Just to throw in some info. I do agree about the hdd not getting enough power as the cause for the clicking. I have a 500gb hitachi drive that does that if a long usb cable is used. The drive didn't come with a power adapter but instead came with a short usb cable that had two heads. allowing it to draw power from two ports. It also had a port for an adaptor though.
When testing with my Samsung Galaxy sIII It doesn't work unless I have the hd running via external power or have the second usb connector on the cable connected to a charging usb cable. Both options charge the phone while the hd is connected to the phone.
The usb cable with the double ports actually works well for me. I have the first port connected to the otg cable that I made and the second connection connected to a usb extender that is connected to my 2A tablet charger. That way I can charge at the same time.
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Hi the problem i basically power as in the amount of current your device requires, i know that the standard specifications of the original 2.0 interface is about max 500mA and 5Vdc per port, in some cases the maximum output current is even smaller due to hardware restrictions, this can lead to difficulties when trying to power something like an external hard drive. Therefore a long cable will also give a problem due to the resistance of the material, because the required voltage level is not high enough.
I do not know if there is a spec sheet containing information about the output capabilities of the usb port, if there is one i recommend using that to match an external hard drives, if you do not want to use an external power supply.
Edit: you could also use an external power bank/battery pack but i seems a bit bulky

kemaro30 said:
i wish there are people who are willing to investigate/try this thing out, it would be awesome to make a portable hard drive works on our S3..
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Sure go out and buy me one and i'll test all day..
USB OTG works out of the box for low power devices. I havent seen/read anything stating USB 3.0 works on the S3. I have a 1TB hard drive my brother gave me, its not the newer ones that are ssd so it has a power adapter with it and it works perfectly with my S3. Going to be using it in a few minutes to back up my internal SD.

So guys I have the GT-I9300 ( Galaxy S3 ) and I have 1 TB WD My Passport
I'm plannig to buy the OTG piece ! so as of now is possible to connect the hardrive to the phone or not yet !?

Is there even a driver and an app to do such a thing? As I see it the USB port is configured as an external storage device to connect to a computer not the other way around. What you are doing is connecting two storage devices together. There's no way I would ever connect anything to my phones USB port that requires power. If I were to, it would be through a powered hub.

Hi Eles
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USB 3.0 I don't think is supported. What I've seen people do is use a 2.0 cable extension with their 3.0 device. As this downgrades it to 2.0 because they should be compatible with 2.0 just won't have the insane speeds as 3.0. Or you can get a USB hub and plug it in that way.
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I have read that you connected your S3 with external powered HDD. I bought yesterday the genuine samsung OTG cable and it is working only with memory stick and joystick controller. Don't know why it is not working with my external powered HDD - 500 GB WD. Any ideea ? My S3 is not rooted.
Thanks,
M.

No, nobody is going to have a recommendation for a powered USB hub.
It's a trivial, generic, piece of kit you buy nearly anywhere for under US$10 (unless you're a complete sucker.) Just make sure whatever you get *includes* a power supply.
Get one in the shape of a person, or a kitty cat, or a Tardis, whatever thrills you.

KurrentUser said:
Is there even a driver and an app to do such a thing? As I see it the USB port is configured as an external storage device to connect to a computer not the other way around. What you are doing is connecting two storage devices together. There's no way I would ever connect anything to my phones USB port that requires power. If I were to, it would be through a powered hub.
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that's not quite accurate. when you plug your phone into your PC, the drivers that you installed will see your phone as a usb device (or media device) and allow you to use your phone as such
an OTG (on-the-go) cable allows you to connect a storage device to your phone, such as a thumb drive or external hard drive (powered or not) and then your phone acts like your PC and uses that device as storage

elesbb said:
USB 3.0 I don't think is supported. What I've seen people do is use a 2.0 cable extension with their 3.0 device. As this downgrades it to 2.0 because they should be compatible with 2.0 just won't have the insane speeds as 3.0. Or you can get a USB hub and plug it in that way.
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I can confirm that in my case forcing my ADATA HV610 1 TB disk to USB 2.0 mode worked. The trick is to use a standard micro-USB cable (e.g. the one that comes with your charger) instead of the standard cable that comes with the HDD.
More detail:
The common USB 3 cable which comes with most new HDDs uses USB 3.0 Micro-B plug which, in practice, is a micro-USB with a "half-micro-USB" next to it. The part most people don't know is that you can use a common micro-USB cable (as the one from your charger) to connect your HDD to your PC (or other device) with the cost of loss of USB 3.0 compatibility. Which, in our case, is what we need, as this switch makes the HDD less power-hungry.
Post a comment if it works for other hard drives too (I think WD also use Micro-B connectors for their USB 3.0 Passports)

how to use usb flash drive through otg cable?

Hey guys
i just got a usb otg cable but i can't get the kindle to tead my flash drive.
any help pls?

vess_csm said:
Hey guys
i just got a usb otg cable but i can't get the kindle to tead my flash drive.
any help pls?
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Many OTG peripherals require the use of a powered USB hub as the Kindle needs power assistance in the USB department. The app "Stick Mount" has rendered success with accessing some flash drives. Unfortunately not ALL flash drives are compatible.

guitarman2010 said:
Many OTG peripherals require the use of a powered USB hub as the Kindle needs power assistance in the USB department. The app "Stick Mount" has rendered success with accessing some flash drives. Unfortunately not ALL flash drives are compatible.
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i tried that app and nothing happens. it has a diagnostic tool also and it recognizes the flash drive.. but with no success.
if i need external power for a hub, then this entire thing is pointless.

vess_csm said:
i tried that app and nothing happens. it has a diagnostic tool also and it recognizes the flash drive.. but with no success.
if i need external power for a hub, then this entire thing is pointless.
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If that app picks it up than a powered USB hub will probably make it work. For example....I tried using an optical USB mouse that was plugged straight into the OTG cable plugged straight into the Kindle. The mouse actually lite up BUT nothing happened besides that. When I obtained a powered hub it worked great using the same OTG cable with hub. What ROM are you using just out of curiousity?

I am using the 4.2.1_r1 AOSP ROM.
the thing is that I don't want to be dependant on elecricity. there isn't a plug every where. thank you for the time spent on my question
maybe should a nexus 7 and forget about it.
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vess_csm said:
I am using the 4.2.1_r1 AOSP ROM.
the thing is that I don't want to be dependant on elecricity. there isn't a plug every where. thank you for the time spent on my question
maybe should a nexus 7 and forget about it.
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Well if you don't want to be dependent on electricity there is a different method people have used for a USB power supply. Here is a Youtube link that should explain it, or you could just get a Nexus 7 lol http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=BFEMh0ZYT5M&desktop_uri=/watch?v=BFEMh0ZYT5M
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thanks for all the help
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The sandisk cruzer sdcz36-004g
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007JR531I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&keywords=sdcz36-004g&qid=1357184937&sr=8-2
Only 4gb but I'd prefer to carry around a few on a ring than a powered hub, or that arrangement with the Y cable and the phone charger.
Plug it directly into the otg cable and off you go, I've played 720p video from the flashdrive with several ROMs recently, paranoid android worked great, TWA_priv's 4.2 also works but with some mounting wackiness sometimes.
USB mass storage watcher seems better than stickmount right now IMO.

Would the 8gb cruzer switch work? I am planning on buying an OTG Cable and need to specify.

Vlasp said:
Would the 8gb cruzer switch work? I am planning on buying an OTG Cable and need to specify.
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Sure it will work, but you'll need a wired hub of some sort to mount it, either connected to an outlet or using a Y cable and a battery powered phone charger, which is hassle to carry, finicky to mount and not really OTG. I've never found a drive over 4 gb which was usable just by sticking it into the end of the otg cable, and most drives 4 gb or under don't work either.
The cruzer 4gb is my one and only recommendation I'm afraid.

I know this thread is a little old but just wanted to list the mini attache 16gig flash works with no powered hub.
Downside is that it only works till about 70% of battery. After that its not enough voltage

Plug it into the kindle, then plug in the flash drive.

nunook said:
I know this thread is a little old but just wanted to list the mini attache 16gig flash works with no powered hub.
Downside is that it only works till about 70% of battery. After that its not enough voltage
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Can you detail which app you used to mount it? I've tried quite a few of them but stick with USB otg helper and USB mass storage watcher.

[Q] What Portable HDD works with your Note II?

Hey Guys,
Ive been meaning to purchase a portable HDD for my Note II ever since i got myself a USB OTG cable. Ive tried working my Imation Apollo 2.5" to my phone but with no luck, its been formatted to FAT32 and its only 120GB with a single partition, the LED lights up and i can hear a spinning sound but its short and runs in loops. Not sure what that means but ive tried hooking up a USB thumb drive and the wireless mouse and they both worked so the issue cant be from the OTG connector and it also works on the PC.
Anyways, im planning on heading out to the IT store in a few days to get my hands on a 500GB portable HDD. I would love to hear from you guys what brands/model/capacity works on your Note 2 so I dont end up with the wrong choice. Any input on this is most welcome.

bushako said:
Hey Guys,
Ive been meaning to purchase a portable HDD for my Note II ever since i got myself a USB OTG cable. Ive tried working my Imation Apollo 2.5" to my phone but with no luck, its been formatted to FAT32 and its only 120GB with a single partition, the LED lights up and i can hear a spinning sound but its short and runs in loops. Not sure what that means but ive tried hooking up a USB thumb drive and the wireless mouse and they both worked so the issue cant be from the OTG connector and it also works on the PC.
Anyways, im planning on heading out to the IT store in a few days to get my hands on a 500GB portable HDD. I would love to hear from you guys what brands/model/capacity works on your Note 2 so I dont end up with the wrong choice. Any input on this is most welcome.
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Doesn't the hdd need power supplied to it?
Note 2 cannot output electricity through thr micro usb port
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Not really. There are a lot of people who have manage to work portable hard drives on their note 2 provided its formatted to Fat32 even upto 1TB or more... But not sure why it's not working with mine.
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Also not sure but I think I read somewhere before that there's an app to increase power output for rooted device. Would appreciate it if someone can confirm.
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I've got the same problem with my 300GB portable HDD and I don't have a powered USB hub.
Has anyone got a non-powered drive to work with their phone?
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bump^

I use an wifi HDD ...it's the best choice..u can stream movies to 7 wifi devices..have 500 GB...
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I'm curious about this too.

The note 2's power should not be enough for a hd, people that get it worked may be using hd with ac power.
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desirer said:
The note 2's power should not be enough for a hd, people that get it worked may be using hd with ac power.
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As you can see this guy over here managed to get it to work. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...WSMxzfITSbwdeA8lA&sig2=s3JeMjeHdrfqK4aYfEv7nA
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Hi I am using western digital 500gb portable hdd. Paragon ntfs works for me. Without external power source
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desirer said:
The note 2's power should not be enough for a hd, people that get it worked may be using hd with ac power.
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Take a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9MSX10RZRE : The note 2 is literally a BEAST! lol
and i've been using a western digital 500gb portable HDD with mine. takes a while for it to index everything, but thats only because my hdd's nearly full.

so are these new 500gb and 1tb devices usable with the note 2?? do you need a usb splitter as these hdds have two usb connecters??

soljakid said:
Take a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9MSX10RZRE : The note 2 is literally a BEAST! lol
and i've been using a western digital 500gb portable HDD with mine. takes a while for it to index everything, but thats only because my hdd's nearly full.
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Could you please specify the exact model of your HDD?
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bushako said:
Could you please specify the exact model of your HDD?
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i an guessing that it is the normal WD 3.0 passport or something... a model which requires the least power should be the best i suppose

hammer of thor said:
i an guessing that it is the normal WD 3.0 passport or something... a model which requires the least power should be the best i suppose
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Yes but to be honest I rather be 100percent sure before getting one since I'm only getting it for the Note2, I've got plenty of hard drives that don't work. With this device..Although I was wondering what if I just get a portable casing that supports USB 3.0 and fit in my old hard drive in it. Will that do.?
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bushako said:
Yes but to be honest I rather be 100percent sure before getting one since I'm only getting it for the Note2, I've got plenty of hard drives that don't work. With this device..Although I was wondering what if I just get a portable casing that supports USB 3.0 and fit in my old hard drive in it. Will that do.?
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i guess the only way to be sure is to test it before buying... maybe someone you know has one...

It seems portable HDD with USB 3.0 capability seems to work with us otg on the note 2 since it uses less power, as I tried one from a friend today. It was a 1TB western digital USB3.0. Also I think by default Sammy rom doesn't support NTFS file system so I had to download a 3rd party app called Paragon NTFS to mount the hard drive with NTFS file system. It worked perfectly.
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bushako said:
It seems portable HDD with USB 3.0 capability seems to work with us otg on the note 2 since it uses less power, as I tried one from a friend today. It was a 1TB western digital USB3.0. Also I think by default Sammy rom doesn't support NTFS file system so I had to download a 3rd party app called Paragon NTFS to mount the hard drive with NTFS file system. It worked perfectly.
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that is actually really good news... just i need to confirm one more thing though... they say that using an hdd with the otg a lot will damage the phone due to the over drain of voltage etc.... i don't know if that is true...

Hey guys, does a usb 3.0 hdd work with otg? I have a seagate 500gb and its not working ...
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a way to access from your note 2 to your external hard disk?

Hey guys..is there a way or a cable and an application that you connect your note 2 with a "x" cable to have acces to your external hard disk? Or even flash memory?
I mean note 2 -cable- external hard disk?
Direcrly without using a pc or else.
Like an usb host controller.?
Thx in advanve

OTG cable
you can connect Note 2 and drive, no application needed
( i think will support upto 64GB size)

i use the OTG n it is ok when connecting a flash drive with 32 GB...but couldn't recognize a 120 GB hard disk...is there any other way rather than OTG to connect a hard drive ???

thank you
dr.ketan said:
OTG cable
you can connect Note 2 and drive, no application needed
( i think will support upto 64GB size)
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thank you bro...i will buy it and reply if it works for external hard disk

majdmas said:
i use the OTG n it is ok when connecting a flash drive with 32 GB...but couldn't recognize a 120 GB hard disk...is there any other way rather than OTG to connect a hard drive ???
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The Note II can't output enough power for larger hard drives, so if yours has an external power supply then use it or if it's only powered through USB try using a powered USB Hub. Capacity itself shouldn't be a problem.

It does work!!!
Androssama said:
The Note II can't output enough power for larger hard drives, so if yours has an external power supply then use it or if it's only powered through USB try using a powered USB Hub. Capacity itself shouldn't be a problem.
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I beg to differ your opinion sir,
I have a Note 2 GT-N7100 i purchased the cable mentioned here, got it very cheap at only 2 $ from a local store.
Anyway I tried and connected everything i could imagine that has a usb plug into my Note 2 and they all worked
The devices I tried are : A mouse, A keyboard, A USB flash-memory and last but not least, my 500 GB external HD and they all worked like a charm!!
The Note 2 is an amazing device!!
attached are the proof of some of the devices mentioned above
NB: the mouse picture is taken from the Galaxy S2 , but it is almost the same for the Note 2

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/v72jneevhm3dplw/wXOaO1b_rc
my device 7105 no rooted ..I was connect via "y" cable but can't mount HDD 500GB ...I tried apps like nexus media importer app this also couldn't help..
help me guy..
Thanks u advance.

Lucky. Same issue with me, Usb is detected easily but Portable hardrive cant connect.
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sohebq said:
Lucky. Same issue with me, Usb is detected easily but Portable hardrive cant connect.
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nexus photo viewer app is working but read 1ly pictures....

You guys never used the smart dock. ?
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Would you kindly provide the mount path?