Why I use OTG after you connect the USB flash drive, USB disk could not be found in the phone directory?
USB Host (or USB OTG, On The GO) is a documented feature in the manual but it does not appear to work. Someone figured out how to eneable it if you are rooted but I can't find the thread.
USB Host is working with stock 4.0.2. However, this is only for things such as mice and keyboards. If you want to access USB storage, root your device and install Stickmount from the market.
I can confirm that my GN GSM with the stock 4.0.1 rom doesn't recognize my keyboard and mouse using an OTG USB cable. A bluetooth keyboard does work however.
you need a true OTG cable, root and stickroot from the market. Also sometimes a custom rom, but usually not.
This is my setup and i've tested a usb microsd reader, 4 and 8gb flash drives, 2 mice and a usb keyboard.
Like I said, USB host was enabled by Google in 4.0.2. If you have an earlier firmware version, it won't work without a custom kernel.
Google did not however provide the ability to access USB mass storage. To do this you'll have to root your Nexus and install Stickmount.
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I'm using this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/15065901735...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_1342wt_1396
to plugin usb flash drive to my galaxy nexus. When i plug it, nothing happens. I read that it's supported but how to get to the contents of the flash drive?
The USB host feature is enabled in the stock ROM, however it will not automatically mount a filesystem. You need to use an app like StickMount (requires a rooted device), which will automatically mount the filesystem on the flash drive so you can access the files. Hope this helps!
thanks, i'll have root my phone now
Bought an USB OTG cable few weeks ago and it just arrived today.
When connected to the GS3 I have (T999V), it says "security policy use of external SD card".
When I go into MYfile app and search for USB OTG, nothing appeared (a flash drive is attached with text documents and other various files)
The question, isn't the Galaxy S3 suppose to recognize this USB OTG? and there's no need to install any app to help it recognize it.
Running Team Sonic R3 Custom ROM right now.
Can anyone help me on this problem?
Because the USB OTG is one the the features that intrigued me buying the GS3!
My usb otg cable is on the way from China, so don't have hands on experience. But in ES file manager, if you navigate to /mnt/ folder you can see provision to support upto 6 usb drives as you can see in the screenshot. So try navigating to /mnt and see if you can access your usb drives from there.
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Well, it is not completely unusable for me.
After I install the "USB Mass storage watcher" from the play store and mount the OTG it became usuable.
But sometimes it crashes. Also, isn't the device itself already compatible with the OTG itself? Why should I need to install the app in order from me to use the OTG? (these are the two main question here).
Also, the app isn't fully stable, it crashes sometimes and it is very hard to use. (everytime you unplug your USB device you have to mount it again)
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p.s: I have tried to look in the ES file Manager and I did see 6 USB dirve and 1 usbOTG option. But before I use the app to mount the OTG device on my phone none of the options works. When I mount the device through the program, I can browse the files on my USB drive in the "usbOTG" option.
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Mine works fine I bought a $3 otg cable from Amazon i have the t-mobile S3 stock rooted
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william90130 said:
Bought an USB OTG cable few weeks ago and it just arrived today.
When connected to the GS3 I have (T999V), it says "security policy use of external SD card".
When I go into MYfile app and search for USB OTG, nothing appeared (a flash drive is attached with text documents and other various files)
The question, isn't the Galaxy S3 suppose to recognize this USB OTG? and there's no need to install any app to help it recognize it.
Running Team Sonic R3 Custom ROM right now.
Can anyone help me on this problem?
Because the USB OTG is one the the features that intrigued me buying the GS3!
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maybe try this app and see if it works? https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDMsImV1LmNoYWluZmlyZS5zdGlja21vdW50Il0.
i dont have this adapter but i will be getting one soon.
Hi,
I recently bought a USB OTG cable and an "Integral USB 2.0 Single Slot SD Reader " so that I could use my Nexus 7 to view photos from my camera.
At first I tried using Nexus Media Importer to view files on the device, but this did not work. I have successfully been able to use this application to mount a USB thumb drive via the USB OTG cable.
I then rooted the device and installed stickmount. This did not seem to work either and there were no signs that the device was recognised by the tablet (the red light did not come on). I configured stickmount in SuperSU so that it has root access. I did not copy any data or apps back onto the device after unlocking it, and I am using the stock android 4.4.2 ROM.
I tried mounting the SD card using the card reader and USB OTG cable with my Galaxy S2 running Cyanogenmod. This mounted as soon as I plugged it in so I doubt there is a problem with any of the components.
I have tried mounting the drive both with USB debugging enabled and disabled. Is there anything else that I can try?
Thanks,
Ciaran
Reboot your device while keeping the OTG cable connected.
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gnotelover97 said:
Reboot your device while keeping the OTG cable connected.
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Thanks, this does allow the drive to mount successfully; however, if I remove the drive then re-insert it it does not remount, nor does it show up in Stickmount. Is there a way to remount the drive on-demand - just like my Galaxy S2?
You can press the 'thanks' button if it helped. Till now, I have not come across any such method to mount the OTG cable on demand. It's a cheap ploy by Google and Asus that they do not allow native OTG support on the Nexus 7 2013. Just to promote the cloud services. Mounting OTG cable is so easy on the Moto G and Samsung devices. It's a given these days.
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ciaranhearne said:
Hi,
I recently bought a USB OTG cable and an "Integral USB 2.0 Single Slot SD Reader " so that I could use my Nexus 7 to view photos from my camera.
At first I tried using Nexus Media Importer to view files on the device, but this did not work. I have successfully been able to use this application to mount a USB thumb drive via the USB OTG cable.
I then rooted the device and installed stickmount. This did not seem to work either and there were no signs that the device was recognised by the tablet (the red light did not come on). I configured stickmount in SuperSU so that it has root access. I did not copy any data or apps back onto the device after unlocking it, and I am using the stock android 4.4.2 ROM.
I tried mounting the SD card using the card reader and USB OTG cable with my Galaxy S2 running Cyanogenmod. This mounted as soon as I plugged it in so I doubt there is a problem with any of the components.
I have tried mounting the drive both with USB debugging enabled and disabled. Is there anything else that I can try?
Thanks,
Ciaran
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It's gotta be the connections your using. Either the Integral SD Card Reader, or the OTG cable you are using. I never have any issues using stickmount with my Meenova MicroSD card reader. Have you tried other adapters?
charesa39 said:
It's gotta be the connections your using. Either the Integral SD Card Reader, or the OTG cable you are using. I never have any issues using stickmount with my Meenova MicroSD card reader. Have you tried other adapters?
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^This, stickmount mounts my meenova as well as my OTG+USB thumbdrives on demand, no issues whatsoever, no need to reboot or anything, it just automounts and it's ready to go.
I plugged in an OTG cable and USB stick. The tab said USB storage was found but in fact it did not see the USB stick nor what was on it. So, no OTG support for the stock ROM?
OTG works!
Seemingly your stick uses unsupported format.
Thanks
Per HTC support, the HTC One M9 has USB OTG features "suppressed". Is there any relatively easy way to get this phone to recognize and support a USB connected device via OTG cable (external hard drive, Flash Drive, Card Reader, etc.).
I have the Developer Options turned on and have also changed the USB setting in those options to MTP (it does seem to revert back to Charge Only periodically). I have also tried turning USB debugging on and off. Every device i've tried works just fine on other Android 6.0 devices (Samsung Tablet, friend's Samsung phone, etc.) and even on my wife's 3 yr old HTC phone, all without issues.
For the record, I'm just a newbie. I simply want to be able to move files to USB connected external storage and use a card reader to view pictures, etc.
I have ES File Explorer loaded. When I plug in a USB card reader or flashdrive it pops up ES File Explorer but then fails to open the USB drive. Also, under Storage - the USB device is never listed when plugged in.
Any guidance would be appreciated. It ticks me off that something so simple is not easily plug and play on this phone.
Thanks,
Scott
That's weird. I'm on 6.0 but I've got otg working fine with my SanDisk USB 3.0 otg drive and my portable hdd with a otg cable and I can transfer files just fine.