Hii everybody i have an s3 and am running 4.1.1 .recently i got an otg cable.but when i connect it the mobile recognizes it and there is a notification" usb connector connected" but i cant access the connected drive from file manager..and also i dont want to root the device..so is there any way to acces the connected drive on the mobile phone without rooting.
p.s. am a noob .so plzzz try to make it noobfriendly..thank you
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I thought the GS3 already supports otg without needing root. Are you hooking up to a portable harddrive or a usb flash drive (aka jump drive)? Also be sure the usb storage is mounted in Settings > Storage.
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Im trying to connect my phone to my computer but when I connect the usb it doesnt allow me to mount the sd card. It just charges but nothing appears in the naotification bar. It used to work fine but now it doesnt let me connect my sd card.
Same problem here, it used to work... but not now. I tryed to uninstall and install again companion but did not solve it
I know that this ain't the solution but you could look into Wifi Syncr as a means to transfer files to your phone.
I can not mount my sd-card with Ubuntu, do I need some drivers and stuff?
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Edit: He he he, I fixed it myself by changing to MSC USB-connection.
Go to setting>sonyericsson>connecntivity>usb connection mode change it to mass storage mode.then ur phone will prompt u usb connect to memory card,just select connect.
Happy try.
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Bought an USB OTG cable few weeks ago and it just arrived today.
When connected to the GS3 I have (T999V), it says "security policy use of external SD card".
When I go into MYfile app and search for USB OTG, nothing appeared (a flash drive is attached with text documents and other various files)
The question, isn't the Galaxy S3 suppose to recognize this USB OTG? and there's no need to install any app to help it recognize it.
Running Team Sonic R3 Custom ROM right now.
Can anyone help me on this problem?
Because the USB OTG is one the the features that intrigued me buying the GS3!
My usb otg cable is on the way from China, so don't have hands on experience. But in ES file manager, if you navigate to /mnt/ folder you can see provision to support upto 6 usb drives as you can see in the screenshot. So try navigating to /mnt and see if you can access your usb drives from there.
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Well, it is not completely unusable for me.
After I install the "USB Mass storage watcher" from the play store and mount the OTG it became usuable.
But sometimes it crashes. Also, isn't the device itself already compatible with the OTG itself? Why should I need to install the app in order from me to use the OTG? (these are the two main question here).
Also, the app isn't fully stable, it crashes sometimes and it is very hard to use. (everytime you unplug your USB device you have to mount it again)
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p.s: I have tried to look in the ES file Manager and I did see 6 USB dirve and 1 usbOTG option. But before I use the app to mount the OTG device on my phone none of the options works. When I mount the device through the program, I can browse the files on my USB drive in the "usbOTG" option.
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Mine works fine I bought a $3 otg cable from Amazon i have the t-mobile S3 stock rooted
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william90130 said:
Bought an USB OTG cable few weeks ago and it just arrived today.
When connected to the GS3 I have (T999V), it says "security policy use of external SD card".
When I go into MYfile app and search for USB OTG, nothing appeared (a flash drive is attached with text documents and other various files)
The question, isn't the Galaxy S3 suppose to recognize this USB OTG? and there's no need to install any app to help it recognize it.
Running Team Sonic R3 Custom ROM right now.
Can anyone help me on this problem?
Because the USB OTG is one the the features that intrigued me buying the GS3!
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maybe try this app and see if it works? https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDMsImV1LmNoYWluZmlyZS5zdGlja21vdW50Il0.
i dont have this adapter but i will be getting one soon.
got my Galaxy s3 yesterday, load all apps, then usb drivers from samsung, rooted w/ gs3 qcom toolkit and still cant open my ext micro sd card in windose for transfer of files. windose doesnt see it in explorer, any ideas. card worked fine on gs2 and still can reads good in thumb adapter thxs
When you plug it in, do you get a notification on the phone about USB connection? You need to select mass storage mode. If not you need to update the drivers on your computer.
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Connect thru Kies Wifi, after 5 days of trying to make the drivers work , i gave up.... Use Kies or remove the card and read it with a card reader.
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When you plug it in, do you get a notification on the phone about USB connection? You need to select mass storage mode. If not you need to update the drivers on your computer.
no notification comes up on the s3 when i plug usb cable in...
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Driver issue. Follow these instructions, just change the kindle stuff to yours. It will work. Make sure to update the USB driver in SDK, and check it a second time in the SDK to be sure it updated. And remember to reboot after installing the new driver, it won't work otherwise.
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/13/how-to-install-kindle-fire-adb-usb-driver/
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You should also have a setting that says connect to pc on your phone, make sure it is set to prompt.
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Earlier today I tried to access my files on my phone connected to my pc via usb and my computer doesn't seem to recognize that a usb device is connected. All it does is just charge the phone. I've tried every port on my PC and still no luck. I have to remove my microsd card from my phone and insert it to my Pc using an adapter in order to transfer files.
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stylz3 said:
Earlier today I tried to access my files on my phone connected to my pc via usb and my computer doesn't seem to recognize that a usb device is connected. All it does is just charge the phone. I've tried every port on my PC and still no luck. I have to remove my microsd card from my phone and insert it to my Pc using an adapter in order to transfer files.
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Do you have USB debugging disabled?
Also, what OS is your friend using? Unfortunately it seems Samsung has switched the GS3 and GNII to Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) instead of USB Mass Storage (UMS), which is way faster and more compatible than MTP. Some people have issues with their PC not installing drivers for MTP devices, and that may be why you're not able to access your phone from your computer.
Im using usb otg helper app to connect to usb hdd using usb otg .i can read and copy from hdd to phone but cannot copy from phone to hdd ..when i try to copy it says permission denied ...plz help on this.
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Stock file browser!
If you did not root your device, you cannot do file operations by using other file browsers except stock one! Instead of using otg connection, which I prefer, connect both to a computer then do your operations! Since kk android does not allow 3rd party file browsers to operate over the files in the secondary memory drives, you need to root your phone to use 3rd party file browsers; otherwise you have to use stock file browser!
Thanks brother ..but my phone is already root ...problem is i can copy from hdd to mobile using otg cable ...but cannot copy from phone to hdd ..im not using pc ..its through otg cable
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aakib3 said:
Im using usb otg helper app to connect to usb hdd using usb otg .i can read and copy from hdd to phone but cannot copy from phone to hdd ..when i try to copy it says permission denied ...plz help on this.
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Try Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.mounter&hl=en