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[Q] 2.5" HDD

Hello,
I have a USB otg connection adapter and thumb drives and sd cards work fine. Higher power devices (external 2.5" HDD) don't work as they need more power. I have a Y usb cable for my external hard drive (one usb plug for data and one for extra power). Can I connect the data plug to my otg adapter and the other usb connector to a wall charger in order to make my Note work with my hard drive? Or am i going to break something in my Note as there are no diodes in the y-cable blocking current going from the wall charger into my Note?
edit: and if this works: any suggestions for the file structure? FAT is not ideal due to file size limitations and NTFS is not ideal due to licensing. Does the Note supports exFAT up to 1 TB?

Yes, you can. You can use a wall adapter, a powered USB hub or like me, a portable battery with USB output that lets you use that HDD on the go.

Szadzik said:
Yes, you can. You can use a wall adapter, a powered USB hub or like me, a portable battery with USB output that lets you use that HDD on the go.
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I've noticed that the 10.1 won't power some things like a 2.5" portable drive that my Note 2 can power just fine. Not sure if there is a reason for this and it's working as intended or just a bug?

gmkelly001 said:
I've noticed that the 10.1 won't power some things like a 2.5" portable drive that my Note 2 can power just fine. Not sure if there is a reason for this and it's working as intended or just a bug?
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It is only by a fluke that the Note 1 powers an HDD. These devices are not designed to power anything but USB sticks. Not sure if there is enough juice to power a USB3 stick so do not look for bugs or solutions as this is not a bug but that how the device is designed.

[Q] S4 & external hard drive

Is it possible to connect external hard drive? (I have 1TB 2.5" external drive)
So I can watch all movies from hard drive on S4..

I'm pretty sure the S4 supports USB OTG, so I would think it would work. What I don't know is how well it would work via that method...

smashcz said:
Is it possible to connect external hard drive? (I have 1TB 2.5" external drive)
So I can watch all movies from hard drive on S4..
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Probably would work, but make sure you use an external power hdd. I doubt the phone can source enough current for that.

Biggest Flash drive?

I have the Samsung galaxy tab s 10.5 and I would like to know if a 256g flash drive will work? I watch movies and TV shows on the go, 64g is not enough (the Simpsons season 1 - 25 needs about 100g) I don't have a computer anymore just my tablet. I bought the seagate wireless plus 1tb and I couldn't get it to work, don't want to order a 256g flash drive and have same trouble. Any help would be great
Sorry no I am not rooted and due to the fact that I use my Samsung allshare cast hub daily and root items can't use the hub

Anyone?

Don't you mean SD card.? Some people say the highest you can go is 64 or 128gb

128 GB is the highest you can go
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He probably means OTG cable with a hard drive. Simple drives tend to work the larger drives need more power to work via USB.
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There is an available of cable that's a "y".....one leg is the USB and the other is another female micro USB for your charging cable. Can't remember where on ebay I got mine but it does work for my external hard drives with my GS5

128gb sd card is not big enough so I thought k would try a 256gb OTG flash drive. Has anyone tested?

Guntert said:
128gb sd card is not big enough so I thought k would try a 256gb OTG flash drive. Has anyone tested?
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This question left me extremely curious, so I have just purchased an OTG cable which will arrive in a few days. I will test out a few different EXT HDD sizes and post what the maximum my OTG will allow.
I do however forsee an increase in the discharge of the battery for larger storage devices, but we shall see.

Can't wait to see what u find

I'm gonna buy a sandisk ultra 64gb microUSB otg and I was looking for a bigger one but this must be the biggest one they have, can't wait to test it out. What I'll do is if my shows or movies won't fit I'm gonna have to erase the ones I've seen then try to make them fit. I suggest you get a 128gb micro SD card plus a big sized flash drive then you should be okay.
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So I bought an OTG cable off ebay, and it arrived. I didn't change the format of any of my external drives as I don't have the space to store anything currently anywhere else. The tablet registers there is a drive connected however it can't mount the storage device due to an unknown format. The externals I tried were 2 portables (1x 500Gb usb2.0 and 1x 1Tb usb 3.0) and 2 desktops (1x 1.5Tb and 1x 1Tb both usb 2.0). Over the next few days I will attempt to reformat the 500 Gb and 1Tb portables, and the 1Tb desktop and see if that produces any results. Due to work constraints this may take a few days, so thank you for patience. Results will be posted as soon as possible. Current format of all the externals is default NTFS.

Another Option
There's another option in which would require multiple devices unfortunately due to the limited storage. Its a product I currently use myself called "Toshiba Duo 2 in 1.
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/...flash-drive-toduo64grd?searchTerm=Toshina Duo
Unfortunately I am still working on my other drives. There's is a lot of moving data around (limited to USB 2.0 speeds), so please keep posted on my other externals.

Exteneral USB M2 Sata Supported but not MSata?

I was able to get an M2 Sata Adapter to work and a new WD 1TB external drive but an Msata and an older 500gb WD will not... Ideas? - Drives are able to be seen on PC.

XE-Cherokee said:
I was able to get an M2 Sata Adapter to work and a new WD 1TB external drive but an Msata and an older 500gb WD will not... Ideas? - Drives are able to be seen on PC.
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It's the power requirements of those adapters. Powered USB hub should work. Same reason my stock work dell kb works but not my Logitech g910. But with a powered hub it works fine.

Okay, that's what I was leaning towards. Older devices having higher power requirements. Any knowledge or recommendations of portable powered usb hubs?

XE-Cherokee said:
Okay, that's what I was leaning towards. Older devices having higher power requirements. Any knowledge or recommendations of portable powered usb hubs?
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Not really. Anything with a quality name behind it.

bignazpwns said:
Not really. Anything with a quality name behind it.
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Okay so far I have been able to get the M2sata drive, 500gb WD USB Drive, and the 1 TB WD USB Drive to work on my Z2 Force just not he USB Msata Drive.
However the Msata Drive works on a Galaxy S7 and My PC just fine. Thoughts?

[Q] looking for a OTG cable for my S3

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.