Hi guys!
Is there anyone who got USB OTG (Host) working with the latest ICS kernel (3.0) on Kindle Fire? I am mostly interested in connecting a flash drive.
If yes, can you please tell me how you did it? What ROM do you use? Does it require a powered USB hub?
Thank you!
Hey dude! Yes, I got an OTG adapter working on my kindle fire. Powered USB hubs aren't required unless you are going to use multiple devices or a USB 2.0 device. The main use for mine is to use a keyboard (which is freaking awesome). To use flash drive you must have an app called stickmount which is free on the play store. I have attempted to use two flash drives on mine: a 2gb atache and a 2gb lexar. The 2gb atache wasn't even detected but the lexar was detected but I couldn't figure out how to use it. I got all this to work on AOKP KF Edition Milestone 5 with Hashcode's 3.0 Kernel #8. Hope this helped.
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virgilp said:
Hi guys!
Is there anyone who got USB OTG (Host) working with the latest ICS kernel (3.0) on Kindle Fire? I am mostly interested in connecting a flash drive.
If yes, can you please tell me how you did it? What ROM do you use? Does it require a powered USB hub?
Thank you!
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Flash drives will work fine. My 16gig worked first try with Hashcodes ICS build3/kernel 8. Most drives will require a hub, the kindle fire does not put out enough power without one. Several threads extend the possibility that future kernel changes might affect the power output, and several point out some iphone/pod type adapters that also might work (update 5/7-the adapters did not work). Without any of those, only the smaller drives have any chance of working. Stickmount, or equivalent software, along with a USB micro-otg cable, are also required.
I followed this guy's post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25443308&postcount=1
Keyboard?
jkhayworth said:
Hey dude! Yes, I got an OTG adapter working on my kindle fire. Powered USB hubs aren't required unless you are going to use multiple devices or a USB 2.0 device. The main use for mine is to use a keyboard (which is freaking awesome). To use flash drive you must have an app called stickmount which is free on the play store. I have attempted to use two flash drives on mine: a 2gb atache and a 2gb lexar. The 2gb atache wasn't even detected but the lexar was detected but I couldn't figure out how to use it. I got all this to work on AOKP KF Edition Milestone 5 with Hashcode's 3.0 Kernel #8. Hope this helped.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using XDA
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Will any USB keyboard work!?
So could I just buy this(http://www.amazon.com/Micro-USB-OTG-2-0-Adapter/dp/tech-data/B005QX7KYU) and it will work with any flash drive? What about bluetooth adapter? USB Keyboard?
Hi guys is there any way to make an external usb drive work on kindle as external storage, like a secondary partition with USB OTG. I'm willing to add an external pendrive to install apps there when I run out of space. Thanks . A friend of mine did install CM but he said kindle fire it's only outputting around 2.7 volts instead of 5 volts on usb .. so dunno.
I'm willing to buy a tablet and thinking on adding external storage but without a usb hub. Any advice
i get a no active mounts when i use stickmount to mount a 32gb flash drive
help please!
imtoocool23 said:
i get a no active mounts when i use stickmount to mount a 32gb flash drive
help please!
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i assume you are rooted... gotta be to do this
imtoocool23 said:
i get a no active mounts when i use stickmount to mount a 32gb flash drive
help please!
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You need more info.
Are you rooted? What pen drive? Are you plugging directly into the FireTV, are you using a USB Hub, is the hub powered by an AC adapter?
My 32gb flash drive works fine,even through my Targus USB Hub alongside my Logitech K400r Keyboard's stick.
What brand is your flash drive?
Mine is a SanDisk Cruzer Glide.
i figured it out
i formatted to ntfs...works
also using a hub
stickmount is an app just to read flash drives or external drives?
Thanks
I know this has been discussed before but I can't find anything recent on the topic...I am rooted with rbox latest pre-rooted rom and have a 500 gig usb drive attached to my Fire TV 1. the drive is working great and I have moved Kodi to it and everything. I can even move apps to it through the Fire TV Manage Apps setting, but is there a recent way to install and or move all game data to an external usb drive? I'm on rbox 5.2.1.1
thanks
*I brought a 32 GB USB and I formatted it by (Fat32) I attached the formatted USB to a OTG Adapter and my fire stick and the Fire Stick (software version is 77/3027) the (Serial Version G070VM1190450T03. ) The Fire Stick doesn't recognize the USB Drive in the EZ File exploder. Is there anything that I can do to fix this problem? Do I have the right Firestick for this method?* Thank You
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*I brought a 32 GB USB and I formatted it by (Fat32) I attached the formatted USB to a OTG Adapter and my fire stick and the Fire Stick (software version is 77/3027) the (Serial Version G070VM1190450T03. ) The Fire Stick doesn't recognize the USB Drive in the EZ File exploder. Is there anything that I can do to fix this problem? Do I have the right Firestick for this method?* Thank You
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Hey check here for a good guide :
How to Expand Internal Storage on Firestick & Fire TV Cube (2022)
This in-depth guide shows how to Expand Internal Storage on the Firestick and Fire TV Cube, The biggest complaint regarding the Amazon Fire TV Stick is
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Bertonumber1 said:
Hey check here for a good guide :
How to Expand Internal Storage on Firestick & Fire TV Cube (2022)
This in-depth guide shows how to Expand Internal Storage on the Firestick and Fire TV Cube, The biggest complaint regarding the Amazon Fire TV Stick is
troypoint.com
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I have tried that option 1 errors out with
Error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Thread Binder:614_15 gave up waiting for partitionMixed after 180000ms
Option 2 worked but when doing pm move- command it never works
I managed to get further but keep getting error -6 when trying to move to usb device
Edit. I got it working as far as storage and moving apps over on a 32gb usb drive from 2010. It does not auto put to usb drive though
Dragon Kumera said:
I have tried that option 1 errors out with
Error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Thread Binder:614_15 gave up waiting for partitionMixed after 180000ms
Option 2 worked but when doing pm move- command it never works
I managed to get further but keep getting error -6 when trying to move to usb device
Edit. I got it working as far as storage and moving apps over on a 32gb usb drive from 2010. It does not auto put to usb drive though
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What model are you using 4k mantis? Is it to run kodi on externak drive/USB?
Try using advanced download manager and using that to access automatically
Regards
Bertonumber1 said:
What model are you using 4k mantis? Is it to run kodi on externak drive/USB?
Try using advanced download manager and using that to access automatically
Regards
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Not sure but all my firesticks have a bug it seems amazon refuses to fix that when fresh formatted and leaving it on the storage goes to very low space quickly. So far with the same apps installed I got bit more on 1 stick that been unplugged longer. Both are 4k firesticks. Not sure what version. I think gen 1 since i dont think gen 2 4k firestick ever came out.
One of my usb drives might just not work for firestick as playing downloaded videos from it lag.
I have 2 firesticks with USB adapters. Recently both firesticks refused to recognize any USB flash drive (I'm using VLC media player). The same flash drive I have been using for a long time. I tried reformatting the drive (FAT32) but no luck. I suspect that a software update has caused the problem. Is there a known way to roll back the software and prevent updates?
MikeInMexico said:
I have 2 firesticks with USB adapters. Recently both firesticks refused to recognize any USB flash drive (I'm using VLC media player). The same flash drive I have been using for a long time. I tried reformatting the drive (FAT32) but no luck. I suspect that a software update has caused the problem. Is there a known way to roll back the software and prevent updates?
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I am having the same issue. USB storage was working fine but after update system is not recognising the storage. I can see the usb stick and copy files using adb so it is not a hardware issue.
Hi everyone. I have 2 firesticks (lite and 3rd gen). I tried to expand storage on both with remote ADB shell. I used the same method and succeeded on one of them (lite). Remote ADB shell in the 3rd gen stick refused to recognize usb flash drive. Does anybody know why, please?
I have the same problem firestick 4k 3rd gen fully updated, tried two otg cables, many different drives and will not recognise it through xplorer, adb console or system settings. Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks for the reply but I have tried all of the above suggestions and nothing works.
I have read every thread online and carried out every instruction and now I am at a dead end, very frustrating.
The stick is on fireOs 6.2.9.4
Thank you for taking the time to reply carolljeny223 much appreciated, I've contacted customer support and waiting reply.
I think you have to cut the power to the firestick , say for about 30 seconds.
I found this out with my firestick running on sofware 7.
When I put the USB memory stick in the port the firestick recognised it. A message prompt came up with an option to format the usb stick either for (a) Apps, or (b) Storage e.g., movies, documents, etc.
Only when the firestick recognises the memory stick will it then show USB storage in the My Firestick settings.
Ensure your USB memory is formated to fat32 on your computer if your memery stick is 32gb or below. Anything about format it to exfat32.