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I want to buy a external hard drive to use with my SXS with the USB OTG cable that I purchased, I know there is a power drain error if you just connect it directly to your phone, I need one that is USB powered as I have TONS of 720P & 1080P movies and music on my desktop computer that I want to watch/listen to on my phone that are between 4GB - 12GB/5MB - 12MB.
So I wanted to know what External Hard Drives between 500GB - 4TB that you are us [ing] or [ed] or can recommend that do not require AC/DC Chargers that you connect to the wall, I have a USB Y Splitter Cable and a portable USB charger so I can power it when I'm on the go.
Thanks in Advance, look forward to you recommendations
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No one? :'(
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No one? :'(
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I'm interested in this as well, unfortunately I can only advise what doesn't work.
I have a 1TB WD MyPassport which I use with a powered USB hub, the XS sees it but won't mount - If I erase the drive the XS will see it and tries to format but then locks up before completing.
Frustratingly it works fine in my Asus TF300T.
I also have a 120GB SSD which I haven't quite worked out what to do with so I bought a cheap USB caddy, the XS works fine with this but the TF300T can't mount it argh!!
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I'm interested in this as well, unfortunately I can only advise what doesn't work.
I have a 1TB WD MyPassport which I use with a powered USB hub, the XS sees it but won't mount - If I erase the drive the XS will see it and tries to format but then locks up before completing.
Frustratingly it works fine in my Asus TF300T.
I also have a 120GB SSD which I haven't quite worked out what to do with so I bought a cheap USB caddy, the XS works fine with this but the TF300T can't mount it argh!!
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Same problem for me with same 1TB WD mypassport
May be kernel with NTFS support should mount these HDDs
I haven't checked need to try
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I'm sorry if this sounds like a completely nooby and stupid question, but would connecting an external hard drive actually work? Even if you sorted out the power issues, would the phone actually recognise it, and be able to use anything on it? It's not like a mini-SD card, and I've never heard of this being done before.....
~Longeye~
Augustus Longeye said:
I'm sorry if this sounds like a completely nooby and stupid question, but would connecting an external hard drive actually work? Even if you sorted out the power issues, would the phone actually recognise it, and be able to use anything on it? It's not like a mini-SD card, and I've never heard of this being done before.....
~Longeye~
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Could not work out how to get it to "just work" but after installing [root] NTFS Mounter I managed to get a flash drive working, my 750GB WD Passport USB3 however not, I can see the powering it but my guess is not enough, the lights flashing but unlike the flash drive its not mounting.
As for Kernels. I am using the Note 4.0.3 with stock samsung kernel so my guess is it can work on any phone however power may be a problem.
remejuan said:
Could not work out how to get it to "just work" but after installing NTFS Mounter I managed to get a flash drive working, my 750GB WD Passport USB3 however not, I can see the powering it but my guess is not enough, the lights flashing but unlike the flash drive its not mounting.
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Thank you for that! I've never heard of this particular app before, and I have a feeling it could be very useful!
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Thank you for that! I've never heard of this particular app before, and I have a feeling it could be very useful!
~Longeye~
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I only got my cable yesterday, before ordering it I did some reading and also heard that a special kernel will be needed for the NTFS support, but after getting the cable I figured worth a search on the play store before going that route as the last few times I tried custom kernels it was dismal experience and with the emmc bug I would rather not be going for a factory reset as ICS is not yet official in my country.
Getting my older 320GB USB2 drive back in about an hour so will test and see if that yields any better results.
Forgot to come back, tested with my 320GB, even used the pc and a powered usb hub for extra power on the y cable with no luck, even combined the power is insufficient.
Don't see any way of getting an 2.5" drive working on the OTG cable.
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have any of u tried a powered HDD?
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have any of u tried a powered HDD?
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Dont have one to try with, but I could hear on the spin of the 2.5" that power was at least a problem, may not be the only one, but my ability to test has ended. However I see no reason y it would read an ntfs flash drive and not a hard drive, well with the exception of the 3TB maybe, being so new and all.
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I do have a powered HDD (only a 180gb) but I'm wary of rooting my phone this early into the contract for little reason.... If I pluck up the courage to do so I'll test it out, but I'm assuming the link previously posted is the only way of connecting the two? If there's one that doesn't require root I'll test if for you within the hour, but otherwise I'm not going to rush it
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I do have a powered HDD (only a 180gb) but I'm wary of rooting my phone this early into the contract for little reason.... If I pluck up the courage to do so I'll test it out, but I'm assuming the link previously posted is the only way of connecting the two? If there's one that doesn't require root I'll test if for you within the hour, but otherwise I'm not going to rush it
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dude which phone du u have??
OTG is an inbuilt function on phones which are supported.
root is only required to increase power output which is not needed in external powered HDD
P.s. I have a 1TB seagate but my phone is sola(no otg support) but it may be ported in the near future so am here to check
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Forgot to come back, tested with my 320GB, even used the pc and a powered usb hub for extra power on the y cable with no luck, even combined the power is insufficient.
Don't see any way of getting an 2.5" drive working on the OTG cable.
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I even tried with a 1.8" 20GB drive but no luck!
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dude which phone du u have??
OTG is an inbuilt function on phones which are supported.
root is only required to increase power output which is not needed in external powered HDD
P.s. I have a 1TB seagate but my phone is sola(no otg support) but it may be ported in the near future so am here to check
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The app that does the auto mount and enables ntfs support (if needed) requires root.
Personally have no idea how to manually mount.
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Recently got a powered usb hub for my Raspberry Pi, thought I would give that a test.
Connected the 2.5" HDD to the powered hub and then connected the hub directly into the phone. Hard drive works perfectly, even copied some files over to it with no problems.
Power is ultimately the downfall here with the OTG, cannot get enough via the cable, wonder what the battery tax would be if you could get enough power over it.
remejuan said:
The app that does the auto mount and enables ntfs support (if needed) requires root.
Personally have no idea how to manually mount.
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Recently got a powered usb hub for my Raspberry Pi, thought I would give that a test.
Connected the 2.5" HDD to the powered hub and then connected the hub directly into the phone. Hard drive works perfectly, even copied some files over to it with no problems.
Power is ultimately the downfall here with the OTG, cannot get enough via the cable, wonder what the battery tax would be if you could get enough power over it.
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so theoretically OTG can be used with an external power source for the reading media??
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so theoretically OTG can be used with an external power source for the reading media??
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Quite probably wont work, the power end of an OTG cable combined with the phone was still not enough, the power end is meant as booster, it provides at most half of what is needed, the phone at least mine, was not capable of supplying the other half.
You would in most cases need the usb hub to completely power the drive in order to use it on the phone.
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OK with 1TB, but ...
I have got a 1TB transcend 2.5" external HDD. the cable has two usb connector, one for data and one for power. whenever I connect the HDD to my galaxy note, it doesn't show anything, just the LED on the drive turns on. but when I connect the power connector to my laptop, it works and device shows my HDD without any problem. so I think the problem here is the power.
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I have got a 1TB transcend 2.5" external HDD. the cable has two usb connector, one for data and one for power. whenever I connect the HDD to my galaxy note, it doesn't show anything, just the LED on the drive turns on. but when I connect the power connector to my laptop, it works and device shows my HDD without any problem. so I think the problem here is the power.
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Ya thats been said a few times already. Connect it to a powered usb hub and the hub to the phone and ull b fyn
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USB OTG
Hey guy's
I was just looking for a solution but could not find one.
Now i tried the "Pargon NTFS&HSF" and it works without any problem.
Find "Pargon NTFS&HSF" in Playstore.
Just install and open app then connect the HDD ( i have a LaCie 500GB 2,5) and voila.
Note: if you disconnect the hdd please unmount first or will damage your're hdd resulting in reformatting.
Tested on :
Phone : Sony Xperia, Samsung S2 & S3, Nexus's and gooapples V5's.
Tablet: Sony, Toshiba, Samsung, Nexus(+google), Asus, Poloroid and Ramos W30.
(Sorry if this is a repost or in a invalid forum. This is my first post)
Now that JB is out for the One X I want to get a USB OTG cable.
Can anyone who has one tested and working for plugging into an external hard drive (a 1tb externally powered Toshiba drive) post a link in the UK of where to get one? This will enable me to transfer files, photos and videos etc from the hard drive quickly / easily.
Ideally from amazon or someone like that - I don't fancy guessing which ones will work etc, it would be great to only buy one!
Many thanks in advance
i couldn't connect it external hard drive ( i think hard drive needs more Electricity ) but it works with flash memories fine
I think an OTG cable is an OTG cable... I just tried the one that came with my USB keyboard folio case I use with my Nexus 7, which works fine with the HOX now its updated to the new HBoot/kernel.
Azurael said:
I think an OTG cable is an OTG cable... I just tried the one that came with my USB keyboard folio case I use with my Nexus 7, which works fine with the HOX now its updated to the new HBoot/kernel.
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true, any otg cable should work if it's really otg, however you should get a usb powered one for a hard drive if the hard drive does not have a y split cable.
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I'm using a standard usb otg cable from amazon. I have an external powered hdd(2gb)(I believe it must be self powered anyways) and using the app called usb otg helper to make ntfs work with android.
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I use otg cable from my prestigo and it works fine.
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davitox87 said:
I'm using a standard usb otg cable from amazon. I have an external powered hdd(2gb)(I believe it must be self powered anyways) and using the app called usb otg helper to make ntfs work with android.
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Ahh - thank you!!
I have a Bytestor 4gb FAT32 stick that works fine with no extra power etc, but I tried my 1TB external powered hard drive and it failed
I only just realised it is NTFS to avoid the 4gb limit for files for videos etc.
So if I install USB OTG Helper I can use NTFS? Nice - that needs Root though - how can you use NTFS drives if you are not-rooted and stock JB?
oh, and I just got one of the standard USB OTB cables off Amazon for £3 and it worked fine. As others said, just buy any of them they probably work fine!
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oh, and I just got one of the standard USB OTB cables off Amazon for £3 and it worked fine. As others said, just buy any of them they probably work fine!
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i paid 99p for mine, it works fine.
Hi
I have OTG cable but i can not using this cable. What can i do?
SvSGEn said:
Hi
I have OTG cable but i can not using this cable. What can i do?
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Are you updated to JB?
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I just use a regular OTG cable.
bought cable from eBay and seems its working fine, the only problem is that if i connect usb flash with files on it sometimes it deletes most of files. that happened with my cars USB flash, i tried to connect it to manage some music but it deleted about 3GB of 4GB music...
can anybody tell me why is this happening?
I bought an usb otg cable but when i plug a usb flashdisk to phone, nothing happens. I tried other things like PS4 controller or usb headset but they didnt work too. What should I do?
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I bought an usb otg cable but when i plug a usb flashdisk to phone, nothing happens. I tried other things like PS4 controller or usb headset but they didnt work too. What should I do?
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1. format the usb to fat32
2. connect IT
IF it works then fine,
IF it doesn't work then the usb otg isn't the right one. Our local dealer has sold a piece of usb otg cable(adapter) to my friend and it didn't work.
I would advise you return it in case it doesn't work and find one which works at your local dealer's (take some usb with you to test)
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1. format the usb to fat32
2. connect IT
IF it works then fine,
IF it doesn't work then the usb otg isn't the right one. Our local dealer has sold a piece of usb otg cable(adapter) to my friend and it didn't work.
I would advise you return it in case it doesn't work and find one which works at your local dealer's (take some usb with you to test)
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I formatted it to fat32, still not working. But thanks for advice and helping. I will return itt.
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Hello everybody, i just received a usb type-c to female usb adapter (made by Victsing®) from amazon on this link amazon.fr/VicTsing-Adapteur-Convertisseur-Chromebook-appareils/dp/B017I8A40CUnfortunately it is not working on my oneplus 2. I plugged a mouse, xbox 360 controller, usb pen drive and it didn't even turned on. No lights, nothing...
Is there any tweak or app to instal to make it work? My opt is rooted and xposed is installed.
Thanks in advance!
karimfilal said:
Hello everybody, i just received a usb type-c to female usb adapter (made by Victsing®) from amazon on this link amazon.fr/VicTsing-Adapteur-Convertisseur-Chromebook-appareils/dp/B017I8A40CUnfortunately it is not working on my oneplus 2. I plugged a mouse, xbox 360 controller, usb pen drive and it didn't even turned on. No lights, nothing...
Is there any tweak or app to instal to make it work? My opt is rooted and xposed is installed.
Thanks in advance!
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after looking through many forums, it seems that the issue is that OnePlus has used a slightly different setup with a 2.0 usb type-c connector so it doesn't work with anything other than their first party connectors. I have tried to connect a kingston data traveler microduo 3c and it isn't recognised either
So the issue is a hardware problem i guess, only solution is to buy their usb type c to micro usb adapted and then plug OTG cable?
So there will be no software fix...
Where do we find this orignal convertor
karimfilal said:
So the issue is a hardware problem i guess, only solution is to buy their usb type c to micro usb adapted and then plug OTG cable?
So there will be no software fix...
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It may be possible for them to provide an update that creates a workaround to the problem however that does not seem very likely, i guess we just have to wait and see
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izzikiorage said:
Where do we find this orignal convertor
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the original converter would be on the oneplus site or i have heard they are also available on Ali Express
So not in India yet i guess
Hmm... I have the original OTG cable from oneplus, 2 other OTG cable ( 1 is USB 2 and the other works both with USB2 and USB3 with power up mass storage) and none of them work for my OPT.... HOWEVER they work for my OPO.... fking oneplus....
Thank you for your responses.
Hope that android MM or CM will give a solution!
i asked the oneplus official, they said ONLY THEIR OTG adapter can work with OPT...
and what's worse, they are currently out of stock of this stupid adapter! They told me to visit offline shops. oh are you kidding?
well that sucks. I was planning to buy a OPT but decided not to. they decided to leave quick charge/turbo charge alone and made some modifications on their port so only their product would work. what about the countries where it's hard to ship a product. damn this is lame
I bought a third-party USB-C to Micro-USB adaptor from Amazon that works with Micro-USB OTG drives and my old Micro-USB OTG cable with a USB mouse & USB memory sticks.
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com
karimfilal said:
Hello everybody, i just received a usb type-c to female usb adapter (made by Victsing®) from amazon on this link amazon.fr/VicTsing-Adapteur-Convertisseur-Chromebook-appareils/dp/B017I8A40CUnfortunately it is not working on my oneplus 2. I plugged a mouse, xbox 360 controller, usb pen drive and it didn't even turned on. No lights, nothing...
Is there any tweak or app to instal to make it work? My opt is rooted and xposed is installed.
Thanks in advance!
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I have 3 party adapter and it does not work!
@b.age Stick mount by chainfire on play, should work for you. OTG c seems to be okay on booted devices the problem for me is twrp
Archtects said:
@b.age Stick mount by chainfire on play, should work for you. OTG c seems to be okay on booted devices the problem for me is twrp
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Thanks for reply I'll try this method.
Anyway I bought an OTG adapter (uUSB) and an uUSB-TypeC adapter (Xiaomi) and it works! (seems the problem is type C otg are always 3.0 op2 does not support USB 3.0 standard)
Mmm tbh I only use my USB stick and that always seems to work okay. USB C is just future proofing got to wait for rest to catch up now.
I'm trying to find out if one of these OTG flash disks (sandisk.com home mobile-device-storage ultra-dual-usb-type-c) will work with the HTC 10 (I own the unlocked US version).
I tried an older micro-USB version of the OTG flash with a USB-C adapter but that did not show anything mounted when plugged in (the flash disk does work on a Galaxy S5 phone).
I'm probably wrong, but I believe it's a Type C thing. I tried my old OTG cable with adapter on my phone with a couple of USB sticks, nothing. I tried it on my tablet (Type C) also nothing.
Are the adapters OTG-capable? Like this?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B018G6IK7E...UTF8&colid=2KEXJKFPFJXF&coliid=I3G5S0122G03X3
I can mount USB drives formatted in FAT32 fine.
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I can mount USB drives formatted in FAT32 fine.
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Can you let us know if you used an OTG adapter cable or something?
>Are the adapters OTG-capable? Like this?
Nope. I would like to know if those adapters you linked to work with the HTC10.
Also, I'm trying to find out if the Sandisk USB-C OTG drive will work (without any adapter of course).
USB stick I use that works and the usb cable I used to mount my regular usb memory stick and sd card reader
I use this, works great. Dash Micro G3 Type-C: Mini MicroSD Card Reader with USB Type-C Plug, keychain case included, Gray, for Nexus 6P/5X, Macbook 2015, LG G5, and others https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C5JJN2Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_CYIpxbJG7NQ8M
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I use this, works great. Dash Micro G3 Type-C: Mini MicroSD Card Reader with USB Type-C Plug, keychain case included, Gray, for Nexus 6P/5X, Macbook 2015, LG G5, and others https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C5JJN2Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_CYIpxbJG7NQ8M
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Appreciate the links. That really helps.
Look for adapter that says 'OTG' capable. I think these are those non-conforming (wrong or no 56k pull up resistor) that is the Buzz for charging issues. The pullup tells that phone that it is to act as the slave, not host side, and current limit it's charging.
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av911 said:
Are the adapters OTG-capable? Like this?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B018G6IK7E...UTF8&colid=2KEXJKFPFJXF&coliid=I3G5S0122G03X3
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Pretty sure I have one identical this one and it only works for charging Quick Charge works
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I'm using this http://www.tinydeal.com/dtech-metal-shell-usb-31-type-to-usb-30-adapter-for-macbook-p-156237.html it works.
My micro usb to type c adapter doesn't work as well.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B018...0_SR100,75_&psc=1&refRID=NJN4G6HTD267Q2T3015K
Hct10 good to go
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I'm having the same issue here. I bought a Kingstone OTG USB TYPE-C pendrive, 64gb. The system reads the files, but when I want to use those files, such as music, no apk will find them in the folder's directory. Is there any way to get it to work? I tried the same OTG USB TYPE-C on a Samsung Galaxy 5 and it does work automatically.
Thanks in advance.
i have some pro versions, but only two apps found usb stick and/or music on usb stick.
GoneMad MusicPlayer: not found
JetAudio: not found
n7Player: found
PlayerPro: not found
PowerAmp: found
Stelio: not found
CareRaja said:
I'm having the same issue here. I bought a Kingstone OTG USB TYPE-C pendrive, 64gb. The system reads the files, but when I want to use those files, such as music, no apk will find them in the folder's directory. Is there any way to get it to work? I tried the same OTG USB TYPE-C on a Samsung Galaxy 5 and it does work automatically.
Thanks in advance.
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If you're rooted then use stickmount if not then I don't find it to be friendly.
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starbase64 said:
i have some pro versions, but only two apps found usb stick and/or music on usb stick.
GoneMad MusicPlayer: not found
JetAudio: not found
n7Player: found
PlayerPro: not found
PowerAmp: found
Stelio: not found
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I contacted the dev of player pro several times and he told me there wad no way to do it. Complete bs..... I love poweramp, it works very well and I find is the best.
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so htc 10 is supported otg,is it right?
likliknuno said:
so htc 10 is supported otg,is it right?
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Yes