Hello! I've got a 64GB USB C drive I'd like to use with my bone stock Nexus 5x. It's formatted through the phone, and I get the notification to explore the device storage. Unfortunately, just about no other app can see the device storage. No file manager except for ES File Explorer can see it. Most importantly, I'd like an app called LocalCast to see the device storage for casting media from the drive to Chromecast and other DLNA players without copying to device storage first. But like I say, they don't seem to see the drive.
Is there any way to get this to work? I'm open to rooting if it would make it work, but this is my first experience with OTG, so thought I'd ask here first.
64GB Sandisk micro-sd, formatted to FAT32 with the phone. stickmount(pro) installed and the card is recognized by every app on Nexus 5X MM 6.0.1. Poweramp & MX Player both do auto scan of the card when inserted. I also have a 128GB card formatted to exFAT, it doesn't get recognized by anything other than SolidExplorer's USB plug-in.
Just go with FAT32 Format and get Stickmount app should do the trick.
blempka said:
Hello! I've got a 64GB USB C drive I'd like to use with my bone stock Nexus 5x. It's formatted through the phone, and I get the notification to explore the device storage. Unfortunately, just about no other app can see the device storage. No file manager except for ES File Explorer can see it. Most importantly, I'd like an app called LocalCast to see the device storage for casting media from the drive to Chromecast and other DLNA players without copying to device storage first. But like I say, they don't seem to see the drive.
Is there any way to get this to work? I'm open to rooting if it would make it work, but this is my first experience with OTG, so thought I'd ask here first.
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Yip as stated above stickmount is required for nexus's if rooted.
Otherwise try a play store search for "otg" if unrooted
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount&hl=en
I see! I kind of thought it would work out of the box with marshmallow but this is very helpful. I just wanted to make sure it would help before I pulled the trigger on root. Thanks guys!
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I'm using StickMount with a 8GB drive, but I'm wondering if there's a way to get it under External Storage under settings?
Jessical said:
I'm using StickMount with a 8GB drive, but I'm wondering if there's a way to get it under External Storage under settings?
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Its likely it will show up in root explorer or root browser as ext. storage or sdcard something of that nature just a guess tho could even have factory label like scandsk
Thepooch said:
Its likely it will show up in root explorer or root browser as ext. storage or sdcard something of that nature just a guess tho could even have factory label like scandsk
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Yeah, I know it does, but I was hoping I could get it under settings too, to see how much of music, apps, etc are taking it up.
Or maybe a way I can even mount it as a SD card.
Ahh I see then I have no answer
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I'm using StickMount with a 8GB drive, but I'm wondering if there's a way to get it under External Storage under settings?
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dude please post a tutorial here on how to get usb sticks mounted in kindle fire..i dont bother whether it is under internal or external storage..i am fed up of that f***ing ONLY 5GB memory..have to expand it with my iomega external usb hard disk 500gb..if i install modern combat 3 i and put some music, its f***ing over..5gb is finished..please help..i have an OTG adapter(one end microUSB male and standard USB female on other end)..installed stickmount, USB host controller and all such apps from market and none of them have worked..in an app called usb host controller the error message was "USB host mode active. S3c drivers not installed"
I am running latest gedeROM with latest Hashcode's kernel on my kindle fire..
thanks
need to transfer a rom from windows xp but only recognizes device as media player. doesn't allow me to transfer zip files. changed file extension to jpg and was able to transfer, but can change the extension from the phone. only installed the phone driver. anything else I need to install?
Thanks!
Mine recognizes as a media device in Windows 7 also, but I am able to transfer any type of file.
If you have a WiFi connection you can use Airdroid ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid) to transfer it.
aztheroth said:
need to transfer a rom from windows xp but only recognizes device as media player. doesn't allow me to transfer zip files. changed file extension to jpg and was able to transfer, but can change the extension from the phone. only installed the phone driver. anything else I need to install?
Thanks!
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Download Samsung Kies and it should include any missing drivers for your computer. Also, when plugged in, you can sometimes swap between Media Device (MTP) and a Camera (PTP) device, to get it to work properly. Hope this helps.
Somewhat related question...is there any way to play my music fron the internal sd card onto my car radio. Came from an ns4g and was able to do this from the built in 16g memory. Didnt have an external sd card on the ns4g and havent gotten one for the gs3 yet.
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Somewhat related question...is there any way to play my music fron the internal sd card onto my car radio. Came from an ns4g and was able to do this from the built in 16g memory. Didnt have an external sd card on the ns4g and havent gotten one for the gs3 yet.
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No i also have the same problem but either buy an aux cord or best thing buy an iPod.
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My issue is connecting to an usb-c flash drive. My usb-c flash drive is Samsung 128gb. It works half of the time. What I mean is it works when I am home and not at work.
Right now work.
I plug my flash drive in to my pixel 2 xl.
ES file manager comes up
Show my usb drive with capacity then disappear
I got notification bar and pick transfer file
My flashdrive show up and disappear again
I have also tried ptp, midi, charge, and supply power. Same thing happens, show and disappear
I enable developer options.
I tried both enable and disable usb debugger
I tried selecting usb configuration from mtm to ptp.
I have an applocker app. I disable it and enable it.
I disable and enable smart lock
Google tech asked me to use their usb adapter. It works when I am home.
When I am home, I have no issue. my usb flash drive works fine.
I hope this is not similar to that star trek card game that Capt Kirk invented, Fizzbin. It aian't tuesday.
does anyone have any idea I can try?
Maybe I missed something.
maybe I enable something I shouldn't have
I am able to connect to a computer fine.
If I left the usb connected and restart, I get "still rejecting Samsung USB drive. Don't remove."
Hmm... are you saying your PHONE recognizes the OTG drive at home but not at work? Are you rooted and have tried StickMount? Sounds more like a drive going bad or a formatting issue and its just working half the time. How is your drive formatted btw? FAT32? You probably already know Android doesn't support NTFS. Also for the record, ES File Explorer is a serious P.O.S. Do yourself a favor and get Solid Explorer. It goes on sale around Xmas time and is worth every penny.
I do have solid explorer. I need to change the default to Solid. I used my phone to format my flash drive. Everyday at work is the same. Doesn’t work before 4:xx pm and works after that. Today I tried a 256 gb with an adapter and it was working (4:4x). After that i put in my samsung 128gb usb-c and it works. Both doesn’t work in the morning or before 4:xxpm.
My phone is not rooted.
Cyc323 said:
I do have solid explorer. I need to change the default to Solid. I used my phone to format my flash drive. Everyday at work is the same. Doesn’t work before 4:xx pm and works after that. Today I tried a 256 gb with an adapter and it was working (4:4x). After that i put in my samsung 128gb usb-c and it works. Both doesn’t work in the morning or before 4:xxpm.
My phone is not rooted.
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I asked how the drive was formatted, meaning what file system it was formatted to? You said you used your phone to format the drive, but the question still stands... Is it formatted with FAT32, exFAT , Ext3 / Ext 4? Whatever it is, use a PC to reformat it to a different one of these supported file formats. Try exFAT first. The whole "time" thing has no bearing on this whatsoever. It is either a hardware issue with the Samsung or a formatting issue with the drive. Note: please use the "Reply" button so I get notified when you respond.
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I asked how the drive was formatted, meaning what file system it was formatted to? You said you used your phone to format the drive, but the question still stands... Is it formatted with FAT32, exFAT , Ext3 / Ext 4? Whatever it is, use a PC to reformat it to a different one of these supported file formats. Try exFAT first. The whole "time" thing has no bearing on this whatsoever. It is either a hardware issue with the Samsung or a formatting issue with the drive. Note: please use the "Reply" button so I get notified when you respond.
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I am sorry for not responding back sooner.
I tried to format my usb to exfat, but my phone said it doesn't support that and need to reformat it. It reformated my flash drive to fat32
yeah I have a 256GB Sandisk Dual M3.0 OTG drive and my Pixel 2 XL always format the drive to FAT32 and can't support FILES larger than 4GB.
Are there kernels out there that support exFat for the Pixel 2 XL???
I've done some digging and found little about the issue. one not-very-useful thread here, one Magisk module that refuses to run on 9.0, and one kernel that claims to support NTFS, but just keeps crashing my pixel's SystemUI.
Does anyone know a way to add reliable NTFS or exFAT access to the Pixel 3XL? I format a microSD card or thumbdrive on the phone and it formats to FAT32. And worse, when I plug it into the computer I get "this filesystem is corrupted, scan to fix". format FAT32 on the PC, and us it on the phone (or fix the 'corruption' i mentioned), and it says the drive is corrupted when plugged into the phone, instead.
Try formatting to exFAT or NTFS and the best I can get is "this drive needs formatting" when it's plugged into the phone. (Even after installing the one kernel I found that's supposed to support NTFS, ElementX.)
Rooted, Magisk'd, TWRP'd, etc... surely there's some reliable option, someplace? I can't believe a phone this advanced can't even handle exFAT like my ancient LG could.
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I've done some digging and found little about the issue. one not-very-useful thread here, one Magisk module that refuses to run on 9.0, and one kernel that claims to support NTFS, but just keeps crashing my pixel's SystemUI.
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What are you using to read the OTG drive and what are you trying to do with the files? For example, if you want to read and transfer files from a NTFS formatted drive you can use a file explorer that supports NTFS like MiXplorer or SolidExplorer. But... if you are trying to stream some big ass 10 Gb .mkv movie files directly from the drive, it's not gonna happen.
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What are you using to read the OTG drive and what are you trying to do with the files? For example, if you want to read and transfer files from a NTFS formatted drive you can use a file explorer that supports NTFS like MiXplorer or SolidExplorer. But... if you are trying to stream some big ass 10 Gb .mkv movie files directly from the drive, it's not gonna happen.
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I'll give that a try, thank you! currently all I've been using is ES file Explorer Pro, which doesn't see it at all, either.
I love mix explorer, and it sees the sdcard, exFAT or NTFS.... but transferring is 1-2MB/s, which is unusable for anything big enough to need exFAT/NTFS
I can't believe there's no way to add in the capability via magisk module/flashable zip/etc
" But... if you are trying to stream some big ass 10 Gb .mkv movie files directly from the drive, it's not gonna happen. "
For this to happen you need an app called JS USB OTG, it can play big mkv files like it's playing from internal memory.
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" But... if you are trying to stream some big ass 10 Gb .mkv movie files directly from the drive, it's not gonna happen. "
For this to happen you need an app called JS USB OTG, it can play big mkv files like it's playing from internal memory.
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I purchased the "USB Media Explorer" and I can open music/video and copy to internal storage.
You cold use "USB Photo Viewer" for trial, To see if you can read photo on USB disk with ext fat format.
these two Apps both made by Homesoft, LLC.
Apologize if duplicate as I was unable to see any into on this scenario
I have AFTV2, unrooted, working with a 64GB MicroSD inserted.
I plugged in a 64GB USB flashdrive, with the intention of using ES File Explorer to copy the microsd contents to the flash drive.
It did mention the drive needed formatting...so...ok...did that.
BUT, it formatted the MICROSD instead of the flashdrive! UGH!
So, I thought, well, it wasn't formatted anyways, so I removed the micro, and formatted the flashdrive.
I then reinserted the Microsd, but it would only see 1 storage device, NOT BOTH!
Is this 'normal'?
Oh..and NOW, when I manage applications (After having to reinstall them) and want to force close, the app I select is NOT the app that I selected!
AND, any installed apps that are moved to MicroSD, is sllooowww to launch
WTH?
Do I need to reset to factory to fix that anomoly?
Or any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
I just found out my issue.
I still had USB Debugging ON, so it can't see the USB storage device with that on!
Duh!
Just wanted to share in case someone else had same issue.
BUT the issue of the applications.
Say I wanted to force stop an app.
The first Applications (With the squares) are still messed up.
HOWEVER, if I go to device>SD card and manage installed application, they are correct and work.
Is this a know 'glitch'?