Hi,
I am using stickmount to read off my USB stick, I was wanting to free up some space on my nexus and copy some files and videos across but I always get a failed message, my stick is formatted to NTFS to fit my HD movies on.
Is it possible to write to my stick or will I have to do it through my PC?
Cheers.
jpopgt said:
Hi,
I am using stickmount to read off my USB stick, I was wanting to free up some space on my nexus and copy some files and videos across but I always get a failed message, my stick is formatted to NTFS to fit my HD movies on.
Is it possible to write to my stick or will I have to do it through my PC?
Cheers.
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I've been writing to my 64gb USB 3.0 stick and 1tb udder just fine with apps like stick root and USB otg helper.what is your current setup?
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I'm not sure if stick mount is able to write to NTFS partitions, or is only able to read it.
I'm pretty sure it'll work if your USB stick is formatted to FAT32.
Thanks for the replies.
I will buy another USB stick and format to fat32, I need this one formatted to NTFS to fit my HD movies over 4gb.
Cheers.
jpopgt said:
Thanks for the replies.
I will buy another USB stick and format to fat32, I need this one formatted to NTFS to fit my HD movies over 4gb.
Cheers.
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From Stickmount's description in the Play Store:
----- Filesystem support -----
The filesystems supported depends on your device firmware. On most devices, at least vfat/fat/fat32 and ext2/3/4 are supported. On the latest Android versions, ntfs is also supported in read-only mode. Some devices also support exfat out the box, but most do not.
StickMount can utilize the "ntfs-3g" and "mount.exfat-fuse" binaries to add support for ntfs (untested) and exfat, but these are not included. If you place the "ntfs-3g" or "mount.exfat-fuse" files in the root of your internal storage ( /sdcard ), StickMount will automatically use them.
You can find the needed files here:
ntfs-3g: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1145436&stc=1&d=1340293802
mount.exfat-fuse: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=806200&d=1323109372
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Stick mount didn't work at all for many of my USB drives. USB otg helper works much better IMO, but the features are not as nice.
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PJ's suggestion did it for me.
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Does the Galaxy Nexus Support exFAT file format / system?
I did a search but ppl only vaguely mentioned exFAT.
If exFAT is not supported, has anyone tried making ext4 drives using this?
http://shuffleos.com/1847/ext2fsd-read-write-ext4-ext3-ext2-partitions-windows/
I dunno about xfat but I'bee unable to get ext2fsd on Win&64 bit to work properly with my ext4 partitions (64 bit Ubuntu). Sometimes it can read it, mostly it hangs while I'm waiting for it to open.
That's lame. Android needs to add exFAT support or create ext4 drivers for Windows.
Or else, Windows Tablet 8 is going to kill the Android tablet market!
The Galaxy Nexus doesn't function as a USB storage device when attached to a computer. It communicates via MTP instead. This renders the underlying filesystem of the partitions on the phone itself somewhat irrelevant. No, no one has hacked in a way to force the phone to act as a USB drive yet.
Sooo, in light of that, what are you talking about?
DivinityCycle said:
The Galaxy Nexus doesn't function as a USB storage device when attached to a computer. It communicates via MTP instead. This renders the underlying filesystem of the partitions on the phone itself somewhat irrelevant. No, no one has hacked in a way to force the phone to act as a USB drive yet.
Sooo, in light of that, what are you talking about?
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The ability to read USB Flash drives attached to the device. It won't read exFAT and getting Windows to read/write ext4 is a big PITA.
I just ordered a Samsung OTG cable so I can use my 64gb USB Flash drive as extended storage for the phone. But I have a lot of video files larger than 4GB that won't work with FAT32.
Neo3D said:
The ability to read USB Flash drives attached to the device.
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Reported to work with 4.0.2 using stickmount, dunno what filesystems they had on the sticks. I'd be inclined to try ntfs after fat32.
Clancy_s said:
Reported to work with 4.0.2 using stickmount, dunno what filesystems they had on the sticks. I'd be inclined to try ntfs after fat32.
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My cousin says that his Transformer Prime can read NTFS out of the box. Would love to see that kind of support in our phones.
I recently started experimenting with usb otg and I'm checking every device if they are identified and how they are identified.
I also tried a an Exfat formatted usb memory. The device is identified but the file system is not. Then I thought if the performance of sdcard partition may be positively affected if it's formatted as Exfat. Copy speeds are still a problem even in ICS.
When I made some research, I found out that there are hardware level solutions for Exfat compatibility. However, some people claim Exfat support with custom roms for other devices.
Do you think this can be achieved with the kernel for KF and can we use it for the sdcard partition?
hmmm not sure, but it sounds cool.
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From what I've seen so far this would be a FUSE module if ever so it need ROM support. From a purely kernel build, a read only version is feasible but then that would be useless in my opinion.
I've only got fat32 to mount. exfat and ntfs definitely dont work out of the box
altitude909 said:
I've only got fat32 to mount. exfat and ntfs definitely dont work out of the box
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wait, does a fat32 flash drive allready mount to an ICS rom?
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Works here on a 8 gig sandisk
i found a deal this morning on a 64GB USB stick...i have an OTG cable and using StickMount accessing USB storage works, but the largest stick i had to try it on was 16GB
does anyone know if a 64GB stick will work?
also - on LiquidSmooth 1.4, when i unmount the usb storage it also unmounts internal storage and i need to restart the phone...if you use a ROM which does not require a restart and using StickMount, please let me know which one it is
It probably will, but if it doesn't, just format the USB stick to have two 32 GB FAT32 partitions.
Don't know about the second part tho.
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theking_13 said:
It probably will, but if it doesn't, just format the USB stick to have two 32 GB FAT32 partitions.
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holy smokes batman, that's INGENIOUS!!
Stickmount working with 64GB flash drive
Just went through all this, and found that if I used a 3rd party disk formatter (in my case Easus) I could format a 64gb flash drive as one 64gb partition, and read it on my Nexus 10 with StickMount.
That 32GB limit is just Microsoft BS. And both exFAT32 and NTFS did not work; even though they mounted, the drives appeared empty on the Nexus.
I've been using a 64GB USB flash drive with my Galaxy Nexus for quite a while and it works very well. StickMount was having trouble with UTF-8 characters when the drive was formatted as exFAT, so I re-formatted it as NTFS using a Windows 7 computer and now all is well. It's formatted with a single partition. Note that I'm still running under Android version 4.1.2. I haven't wanted to deal with the Bluetooth issues I've heard about when using 4.2.1. As far as I know, StickMount is working with 4.2.1, though it may still have some quirks that people are working around.
I´m trying to figure out why the pendrive I'm connecting to my One X via OTG is showing the error Damaged USB Storage.
It is formatted to FAT32, and is 64GB. Is there a problem with pendrives this big? I have a 2GB which works fine.
I'm not rooted, I have the latest JB update.
Thanks.
colinmc8 said:
I´m trying to figure out why the pendrive I'm connecting to my One X via OTG is showing the error Damaged USB Storage.
It is formatted to FAT32, and is 64GB. Is there a problem with pendrives this big? I have a 2GB which works fine.
I'm not rooted, I have the latest JB update.
Thanks.
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try to format to only fat...not fat32 and try again...if it doesn't work then it's a too big usb stick ...but i can't imagine because someone had copied files from a 1tb storage to the one x with otg cable
One-X-master said:
try to format to only fat...not fat32 and try again...if it doesn't work then it's a too big usb stick ...but i can't imagine because someone had copied files from a 1tb storage to the one x with otg cable
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Thanks, ill give it a go.
One more thing, if I root and format the pendrive to NTFS will it work? I read there is some apps on the market that work.
I hooked up my 2tb external he'd and it worked just fine. It was ntfs format and I used usb otg helper to mount it.
Everyday I use my 8gb fat32 format without issues.
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davitox87 said:
I hooked up my 2tb external he'd and it worked just fine. It was ntfs format and I used usb otg helper to mount it.
Everyday I use my 8gb fat32 format without issues.
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Are you rooted?
I`ve just found out 4GB is the max for FAT! or is that the max it can hold?
Any way I cant find a way to format it to FAT.
Sorry, yea I'm rooted. Running viper 3.2.2 jb
Format it via device manager in windows.
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just try the usb storage as ntfs and it have to work fine...because ntfs is unlimited and yes...try that and you will be happy
Yeh I suppose I'll have to root sooner or later, just don't like the hassle of saving and restoring stuff.
Thanks guys!
I found the same thing, damaged usb. But that's only 8gb. More like a formatting issue then I should think.
My 2,5" HDD 250 (FAT32) works great but pendrive 4GB (FAT32) does not :/ Strange.
How to force NTFS HDD to work via OTG?
SeBoLeX said:
My 2,5" HDD 250 (FAT32) works great but pendrive 4GB (FAT32) does not :/ Strange.
How to force NTFS HDD to work via OTG?
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If you are rooted there is a few apps on the market.
colinmc8 said:
If you are rooted there is a few apps on the market.
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USB OTG Helper is great, now everything is working like it should
I need the easiest way to enable my firestick 4k to read files higher than 4gb.
Advice?
Thanks
stefss said:
I need the easiest way to enable my firestick 4k to read files higher than 4gb.
Advice?
Thanks
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To enable NTFS and ExFAT by using Magisk (follow the steps carefully)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/development/magisk-amazon-firetv4k-ntfs-f2fs-ext4-t3991981
stefss said:
I need the easiest way to enable my firestick 4k to read files higher than 4gb.
Advice?
Thanks
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It can easily read more than 32GB, without doing anything. (In Fat32 of course)
Or if you want to use NTFS but without Root, check this out
https://youtu.be/qoQkGQiylBM
If i am not wrong, maximum for fat32 is 4gb filesize?
stefss said:
If i am not wrong, maximum for fat32 is 4gb filesize?
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Its not
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/154997/description-of-the-fat32-file-system
Check this out
SweenWolf said:
Its not
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/154997/description-of-the-fat32-file-system
Check this out
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Anyone any ideas how I can get this storage module working? flashed with twrp Pretorians add on. Using format fat32 and filemanager + but it's not showing up the 32gb SanDisk USB storage. Dunno what I'm doing wrong man [emoji106]
Any help appreciated
Cheers
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Bertonumber1 said:
Anyone any ideas how I can get this storage module working? flashed with twrp Pretorians add on. Using format fat32 and filemanager + but it's not showing up the 32gb SanDisk USB storage. Dunno what I'm doing wrong man [emoji106]
Any help appreciated
Cheers
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You don't need to install any module to be abke to access fat32 formatted device, hell you don't need to have root at all. Fat32 is recognized by the system as is.
You just need a working OTG cable and use MiXplorer (download it from XDA official page). You will see your thumb drive in the hamburger menu (first or second one).
I have non rooted firestick 4k and it works.
I have no experience with fos5 devices and i cannot say anything about that because most NORMAL commands don't work there
stefss said:
If i am not wrong, maximum for fat32 is 4gb filesize?
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NTFS and ExFAT file systems are developed by Microsoft.
Amazon is not paying to Microsoft for the license to use NTFS and ExFAT.
The maximum file size for NTFS and ExFAT are 16EB (exabytes) or 16 million GB (gigabytes).
SweenWolf said:
You don't need to install any module to be abke to access fat32 formatted device, hell you don't need to have root at all. Fat32 is recognized by the system as is.
You just need a working OTG cable and use MiXplorer (download it from XDA official page). You will see your thumb drive in the hamburger menu (first or second one).
I have non rooted firestick 4k and it works.
I have no experience with fos5 devices and i cannot say anything about that because most NORMAL commands don't work there
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Hey my device is the way I want it now sween wolf, rooted with all apps installed, I can't be assed unrooting it now.
but anyway I flashed the magisk module with the general thought being if I was using a pre-rooted rom I would lose the ability to use the USB drive through OTG?
So I flashed Pretorians module but I can't get the USB drive to show up, it's a sabrent 32 gb formated to fat32
I'm using a similar app to xplore called filemanager plus but with no joy... The USB storage just isn't playing ball and showing up you know?
So I don't need the module at all? , should I perhaps try reformatting the USB?
Bertonumber1 said:
Hey my device is the way I want it now sween wolf, rooted with all apps installed, I can't be assed unrooting it now.
but anyway I flashed the magisk module with the general thought being if I was using a pre-rooted rom I would lose the ability to use the USB drive through OTG?
So I flashed Pretorians module but I can't get the USB drive to show up, it's a sabrent 32 gb formated to fat32
I'm using a similar app to xplore called filemanager plus but with no joy... The USB storage just isn't playing ball and showing up you know?
So I don't need the module at all? , should I perhaps try reformatting the USB?
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I am not telling you to unroot, this is not something rooting a device kills, but yeah with or without root, usb works.
Try changing your explorer, use mix or es file explorer to see if the usb is getting recognized but isn't showing up
My english is not perfect so i still not try this before i will be sure.
What is easiest way to enable ntfs or exfat usb drives?
I need this for Kodi, so i cant use es file manager.
stefss said:
If i am not wrong, maximum for fat32 is 4gb filesize?
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File System Functionality Comparison - Win32 apps
Tables that list functionality and feature support comparisons for the four main Windows file systems, NTFS, exFAT, UDF, and FAT32.
docs.microsoft.com
so fat32 max filesize is 4gb, you are right
and that is the reason users need for higher resolution movies bigger than 4gb ntfs or exfat mass or some NAS to circumvent the limitation for local mass storage filesize of fat32
SweenWolf said:
Its not
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/154997/description-of-the-fat32-file-system
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It absolutely is. The maximum file size for FAT32 is 4GB. What you linked to is exFAT, which is NOT FAT32. exFAT also cannot be read by the firestick.