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Hi, a few days ago I sold my galaxy nexus and got my nexus 4, I never got to use in full the OTG option and probably never will since my nexus 4 lacks of OTG support. I spend a lot of time trying to find the simplest of adapters out there and finally got one that fitted my needs, I wanted something small that could pass as a single adapter.
Just upload your setup for everyone to see, and help decide whats best for them.

Here is my setup. Got the USB adapter on ebay and the sd card adapter on ebay also..

Could you give the links to those? I have the wired one for my n7 and that looks better. Thanks
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thephantom said:
Could you give the links to those? I have the wired one for my n7 and that looks better. Thanks
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Here's the item number on ebay for the adapter 250967461003
Here's the item number for the SD card adapter from ebay 271097712973
Just type those numbers in the search bar on ebay.
Glad to help out!!!

zcucurullo said:
Here's the item number on ebay for the adapter 250967461003
Here's the item number for the SD card adapter from ebay 271097712973
Just type those numbers in the search bar on ebay.
Glad to help out!!!
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Thanks
Flowed and Tapped from my Nexus

so with those adapters OTG works on N4 ?

I went with this one

zcucurullo said:
Here is my setup. Got the USB adapter on ebay and the sd card adapter on ebay also..
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It's working great on my Nexus 7. looks small, and it's a lot better than a cable.

vacki said:
so with those adapters OTG works on N4 ?
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Nope, for the nexus 4 you'll need to provide 5V to the port (you need a Y cable, search for OTG on the forums and you'll see). And you'll need a custom kernel for it.

Bubble-be said:
I went with this one
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Very cool!!!

[Q] otg flash drive

I'm considering this setup. The price seems very reasonable. I think it should work with the One. Any thoughts?

tbvnz said:
I'm considering this setup. The price seems very reasonable. I think it should work with the One. Any thoughts?
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I believe the micro usb storage/flash drives are just starting to come out. You can skip the OTG all together. Think I saw one posted here not too long ago. Maybe dig a little deeper.
And another option http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...not-discriminate-between-pcs-and-smartphones/

naturecannon said:
I believe the micro usb storage/flash drives are just starting to come out. You can skip the OTG all together. Think I saw one posted here not too long ago. Maybe dig a little deeper.
And another option http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...not-discriminate-between-pcs-and-smartphones/
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Yeah I did do some digging and initially looked at the micro flash drives. The option you mentioned is $30 for 32gb whereas my option for 64gb only $10 more and would be about the same size dimensionally. Thanks for the insight though.

I found these on eBay earlier today:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MicroSD-Card-Reader-with-Mini-USB-Sync-Cable-/220584799910
I haven't ordered yet but I like them better than the other micro USB microSD card readers I've found because they are really small and have a lanyard. You can attach it to your keys or add it to a dust plug like a cell phone charm. The listing has other HTC models, so I assume it works with the One.

Hesster said:
I found these on eBay earlier today:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MicroSD-Card-Reader-with-Mini-USB-Sync-Cable-/220584799910
I haven't ordered yet but I like them better than the other micro USB microSD card readers I've found because they are really small and have a lanyard. You can attach it to your keys or add it to a dust plug like a cell phone charm. The listing has other HTC models, so I assume it works with the One.
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Nice find. But 64gb setup would be $60, I want cheapest/functional (I'm at $40).

tbvnz said:
Nice find. But 64gb setup would be $60, I want cheapest/functional (I'm at $40).
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You can buy a 64 GB microSD card for about $15 - $20. Add $10 for the adapter and you'd still come out ahead. Plus it apparently works as a sync/charging cable (though a very, very short one).
The listing says 8GB max, but that might have been the largest size available when they were made. I went ahead and made an offer to the seller, so if anyone is interested I'll report back whether it works with higher-capacity cards.

Doh, I just realized the reader has a MINI USB connector. Won't work for the One. However, I did find something similar with the correct port (and cheaper) for anyone else who may be interested in pursuing this route.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-C...Reader-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-S3-/350810830993

Hesster said:
Doh, I just realized the reader has a MINI USB connector. Won't work for the One. However, I did find something similar with the correct port (and cheaper) for anyone else who may be interested in pursuing this route.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-C...Reader-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-S3-/350810830993
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Nice device. But, ugh, the colors! Can't have anything that "cute" dangling from my military, stealth black monster!

ordered this: https://shopmeenova.appspot.com/st/p/m3r.html
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millicent said:
ordered this: https://shopmeenova.appspot.com/st/p/m3r.html
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Just got an email from them today for preorders. Been waiting for this. Gonna be ordering one too
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millicent said:
ordered this: https://shopmeenova.appspot.com/st/p/m3r.html
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$12, I'm sold!

Ordered one myself! Can't beat the price, we'll find out how the quality is when it gets here.

Thy have sent pictures to the backers that would indicate they are very concerned about quality. They have delayed the project a few months, but it's getting close to completion.

Finally came in today. Looks and works well.

I assume it works fine as well?
Need too order this
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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
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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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

Review of Sandisk Ultra 128GB microSDXC UHS-I Card w/lots of pics!!!

removed.

Excellent post @vectron. Trust me your are the only one guy I look forward to for all the newest accessories for out Note 2. Somewhere I knew that this post was coming. Perfect coverage, as always.
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vasishta.sushant said:
Excellent post @vectron. Trust me your are the only one guy I look forward to for all the newest accessories for out Note 2. Somewhere I knew that this post was coming. Perfect coverage, as always.
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Thank you for your kind words! Just please keep in mind, unless it's a Note 2 specific accessory review, all of my other reviews are posted in XDA common Accessories section where I have a sticky with an index of all of my reviews: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192333

mate you should test for speeds by ATTO or at least CDM to call it full revew...

eddddddy said:
mate you should test for speeds by ATTO or at least CDM to call it full revew...
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But these test are relevant to benchmark read/write speed of PC accessing microSD card? It's a good idea, but smartphone controller will not access this card at the same speed as your computer. I wonder if they have mobile version of CDM. Will search for it.

yes computer readers is usually faster but you could try in-phone connected by usb.

eddddddy said:
yes computer readers is usually faster but you could try in-phone connected by usb.
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But in-phone connected doesn't appear as a logical drive. In order to use CDM, you need to have a mounted logical drive. Note 2 connects as MTP or PTP, not usb mass storage. There is no way around it, unless you have some ideas?

didn't know, pretty uncomfortable.

I just received mine today. Did you happen to format to fat32 orrrr what did you do?
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ganggreen777 said:
I just received mine today. Did you happen to format to fat32 orrrr what did you do?
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I didn't format it; just used it as is. Sorry, I know you mentioned in your PM that it can make a difference with a rooted N2. Since mine is stock, perhaps someone else can chime in with format recommendation?

I was wondering about this too as I went ahead and purchased the Amazon one. It says it is being delivered today. If it didn't work out the box, I was going to format it to Fat32 and just deal with the file size limitation but I'm glad the exFat works with this card. Can't wait to load it all up with HD pics / vids of my new baby daughter being born any day now. Thanks for the review

Could someone remind me of what exFat is.
Btw. ...When I got my 64g. ...Two different recoveries didn't recognize my 64g (right out of the box) I formatted to fat32 and it "found" it. Anyone else wanna chime in on this....
Other than reminding me of what exFat is
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el_chiefo said:
I was wondering about this too as I went ahead and purchased the Amazon one. It says it is being delivered today. If it didn't work out the box, I was going to format it to Fat32 and just deal with the file size limitation but I'm glad the exFat works with this card. Can't wait to load it all up with HD pics / vids of my new baby daughter being born any day now. Thanks for the review
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Congrats in advance on upcoming addition to your family!!!
Btw, stay tuned for Sandisk Wireless Media Drive and Flash Drive reviews

Just read it in another post. As you guys/gals might be aware, Best Buy does a full price match of Amazon products. So, never mind BB price tag of $200, you can show them at the checkout a price on Amazon and they should match $119. Of course, can't guarantee they might have it in stock (considering on Amazon its already 4-6 wk waiting), but hopefully you can pay and pick it up later or make them send it to your home.

Great review .. Hope to be able to buy this one day

and it's a microSDXC, not microSDHC. microSDHC maximum is 32gb (be aware 64gb microSDHC fakes).

For anybody who is interested, I just posted a review of Sandisk Connect Wireless Flash and Media drivers. Equally great product for external storage with wireless connection: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681713

eddddddy said:
and it's a microSDXC, not microSDHC. microSDHC maximum is 32gb (be aware 64gb microSDHC fakes).
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Good point! Just corrected the title

You should format in extfat.
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Good review, wonder if the Note 3 is compatible as well. Was considering buying it once it released but I hesitated.

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.
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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