I just bought a 1TB Toshiba Stor.E Canvio. Does anyone have any experience with it along the Tab S? Well it work with a OTG cable?
Posting here for anyone who might have the same question later on - The tablet does not provide enough power to the hard drive.
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Hello Everyone,
As everyone know our beloved Galaxy Tab only have one port, that is used for HDMI, Charging, and USB functions.
I was wondering, is there some kind of adapter(s) that let me connect my tab to my HDMI TV, while accesing some USB memory stick and charging at the same time?
I'm looking forward for this solution because I want to connect an external hard drive to see some videos on my TV while charging the Tab.
In worst case, at least connect my tab to the TV and access the external USB hard drive.
Thanks in advanced.
The closest thing to a multiple accessory solution for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 that I could find is this SD-card and USB adapter. I am also hunting for a something that will do HDMI/USB/SD card in one attachment.
I'm trying to build sleeker external storage by combining the official USB adapter with either a tiny 16GB flash drive or a tiny USB microSD card reader combined with a 16GB microSD card.
Has anyone used this combination, or something similar, with the 10.1?
I saw the Official HDMI adapter for galaxy tab 10.1 8.9 7.7 , it has an extra port for charging (in fact, it only works while charging) , if we could find a USB Hub that can charge the tab at the same time, maybe it could work.
If there's interest in a DIY solution I might be able to cook up a quick PCB that would fit in an Altoids tin to do it. I'd be glad to release it on BatchPCB (http://batchpcb.com) or package it up for a FusionPCB run at SeeedStudios as an open source design with a digikey/mouser/arrow BOM if there's a preference.
I just ordered a Acasis USB Dual External Drive Enclosure w/USB Hub - Supports 5.25" Slim SATA Optical Drive & 2.5" SATA HDD up to 640GB; http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-ODD-SATA-PB&cat=DVD
I have another purpose for it to be used with my laptop, but I am wondering if this might work with the Galaxy SII ?? The hard drive might but don't know and the DVD part will need software, maybe VLC might have a try with it? This could all be moot... might not have a chance to work at all but I thought it might be interesting? What do you think.
This can be used as an external hard drive with an s2?
Depending on your rom/kernel combo you can get a USB otg cable/dongle and plug flash drives, external hard drives, mice and keyboards into your phone and use them just fine.
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Galaxy-Shadow said:
I just ordered a Acasis USB Dual External Drive Enclosure w/USB Hub - Supports 5.25" Slim SATA Optical Drive & 2.5" SATA HDD up to 640GB; http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-ODD-SATA-PB&cat=DVD
I have another purpose for it to be used with my laptop, but I am wondering if this might work with the Galaxy SII ?? The hard drive might but don't know and the DVD part will need software, maybe VLC might have a try with it? This could all be moot... might not have a chance to work at all but I thought it might be interesting? What do you think.
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Well to my surprise The Galaxy S2 will read the 160Gb hard drive and the CD portion of the optical Drive!, it is an LG CDR Sata Drive, it won't read my Sony DVD Sata drive, but at least I can burn CD-R's with my phone! that I was not expecting!, as I get more time I will experiment with other uses for this.:good:
this handset is more powerful then my PC (hardware wise) not so sure of the operating sytems capabilities, but can i access a portable harddrive - so i can edit files names, see whats on it, (basic stuff really) even if i used a splitter cable to run power to the Portable HDD ?
If the HDD has a usb connector then I think yes.
You can do that with a Micro USB OTG cable. I have not tested it, but it works with a pendrive. Not sure if it can support the huge storage size of the HDD.
EDIT: Check this thread out. Might help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1875639
might have a play around and test, just dont have the cables so was hoping someone had managed it and could confirm..
thansk
yes.... pendrives i have been using for quite a while now with ease
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Hi all,
I bought 2 Fire Phones, that I possibly will receive next week, and would like to know if is true that the Fire-Phone does Not Support USB OTG?
If this is true, I do not understand as a phone with high price and also much quality, does not support OTG, that other cheaper phones already have!!!
Which brings me to another question, we then will have to use only bluetooth and WIFI to transfer all our internal files to other devices, like External Drives and Micro USB-Memory Sticks ??
So, the only use of the Fire-Phone Micro-USB port, is for Charging and to Connect the phone to a PC?
If is true that the Fire-Phone doesn't support OTG, then this is one of the worst things that Amazon unfortunately forgot to include in this model, that supposedly would compete with other high-end phones!!
I haven't tested it personally, but OTG checker seems to think that support is there
jondecker76 said:
I haven't tested it personally, but OTG checker seems to think that support is there
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Thanks jondecker76 for the quick reply!
So, OTG checker seems to think that support is there??
Anyone here have an Micro-USB OTG Memory Stick, an OTG Memory Reader or any External Hard Drive to connect to the Fire-Phone External MicroUSB Port and could check if it really works?
I just want to know if the Fire-Phone recognizes an External MicroUSB Device, if is connected to the phone MicroUSB-Port?
Thanks in advance!
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Thanks jondecker76 for the quick reply!
So, OTG checker seems to think that support is there??
Anyone here have an Micro-USB OTG Memory Stick, an OTG Memory Reader or any External Hard Drive to connect to the Fire-Phone External MicroUSB Port and could check if it really works?
I just want to know if the Fire-Phone recognizes an External MicroUSB Device, if is connected to the phone MicroUSB-Port?
Thanks in advance!
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Where would I look for an OTG Drive? I plugged in my OTG cable and USB drive (which works with my N7 2013 for things like keyboards, but not USB storage), but I'm not sure where to check in ES file explorer or otherwise for a USB drive. I don't have an OTG SD reader specifically to test, though.
I couldn't get OTG to work on my Fire phone. Tried ES File Explorer, Stickmount and Nexus Media Importer.
I just tested USB OTG on the fire phone with a keyboard and it was a no go. Right now I'm typing on that keyboard via OTG on a tablet so it's not the keyboard. I wonder if a rooted fire phone could enable OTG though.
Amazon, pls bootloader
I bought the Sony micro/regular one that was a Kindle deal couple months ago. Fire phone didn't see it at all, the Sony app installed but did not launch automatically when I connected the drive.
I can also confirm that it doesn't work, tried it this morning with a Sony OTG cable and my external hard drive while it does work on the Sony Xperia Z1 compact.
I am using fire phone for past two yrs also I have otg. I connected otg to fire phone it is not working... I tried in Many ways but no use. It won't work on Fire phone..
Thanks!
OTG is not supported by the Kernel
otg fire phone - ?
amazon offers an otg adapter for 2,39 EUR within germany for fire phone.
Hello -
I have been looking all over for a cable that will work for what I am trying to do but I just can't find exactly what I need. Maybe I am looking for the wrong cable type?
I am trying to plug my Seagate Portable 4TB SS HDD. into my Rooted Galaxy Tab S3 SM-T820. I dont really understand what cable type
I need when I look at my Tab. I guess it is a Mini USB Type 3.0 - C ?? The only cable that I have that fits it is the one that came with the tab.
Am I looking for a Mini USB C 3.0 ( adapter to a ) Solid State USB 3.0 ? ? ? - Please look at the picture to see what type of connection my HDD has.
It is 2 connections in 1 . I assume part of the cable is for power and the other side of the cable is the transfer side. ?
So I guess my main question is: What cable do I need ?? ALSO ... If I cant hook up to the Portable SS HDD, then how about just hooking up my Tab to my 3.0 USB slot
on my desktop?
Thank you !!
You have three concerns here.
1. Power.
2. Cable.
3. Compatibility.
*If* the tablet can power the external drive, and the external drive is compatible, a usb c to micro usb 3.0 cable will be all you need.
If the tablet and the drive are compatible and the tablet can't provide enough power to he drive, you will need a powered hub...tablet connects to the hub, the hub connects to power and the external drive.
as far as compatibility, you are *probably* fine, as long as the drive is formatted FAT or FAT32. If it's NTFS or something besides EXT, you are most likely hosed.
Good Luck!
Buy Type C adapters that are designed for Mac books. they work great with Tab S3. Just make sure it is USB 3.0 or above.