This is a pretty neat idea, and is compatible with the new Droid line. For $12 you get a coin-sized micro SD adapter that attaches to your key chain. Supports up to 64Gb micro SD cards.
I have 3 of these, I'm an original Kickstarter backer & love this little thing
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I got a pair of them, too. I use them mainly for movie storage for my Nexus 7. You can use a 64GB card, but you (usually) have to reformat it as FAT32. The 64GB cards come formatted with exFAT, which isn't widely supported by Android devices.
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I got a pair of them, too.
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Sounds good)
What about battery drain with this adapter?
I've got one, but it hasn't worked since I upgraded to KitKat. Stickmount doesn't seem to work for me, either. Does anyone have this working with KitKat? What's the trick?
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What about battery drain with this adapter?
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No idea. I haven't noticed much of a difference. What are you trying to do? The main reason to use an adapter like this seems to be to play videos stored on a microSD card. I would strongly expect that the screen and CPU/GPU would be dominating the power usage in that case.
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I've got one, but it hasn't worked since I upgraded to KitKat. Stickmount doesn't seem to work for me, either. Does anyone have this working with KitKat? What's the trick?
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Unfortunately, the 4.4 update removed USB-OTG support. You can't mount USB sticks anymore (unless you root and install StickMount). However, you could use a third party application like Total Commander with the USB Stick plugin. You still can't mount the card, but you can access files through the Total Commander app.
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What are you trying to do?
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you asked right question))
it will be not all time-plugged storage, but on demand to watch videos or show photos e.t.c.
Gonna buy! )
I use this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...20821&ef_id=UgAJZwAAAFmLfDUC:20140411193344:s
It's a flash drive with a USB 2.0 connector on one side, and a micro USB OTG connector on the other. It's awesome. I do TWRP backups to this drive and it works like a charm.
Also handy for storing tons of videos.
FYI. I got USB OTG support working on my Droid Maxx. I'm rooted, but otherwise haven't done anything out of the ordinary to the phone. I don't think you have to be rooted to get it to work, but I have no way to verify that myself.
Anyway, the instructions are over in the Moto-X forum, and they work fine for the Maxx.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/otg-supported-4-4-2-unrooted-via-t2709553
The trick is to create a shortcut to the "Qualcomm Settings" app, run it, and enable USB OTG support there.
An interesting idea. Thanks for sharing.
BTW-OTG works as is on 444.
I am from India and using this Sandisk 2in1 USB Disk to transfer files to and fro (b/w DroidMAXX and any computer)... It costs 599Rs when I have bought... Working fine on OnePlus ONE also...
LINK HERE
Just received my Kingston off USB it works fine. I use fx to view the drive and transfer files
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zerogun said:
I use this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...20821&ef_id=UgAJZwAAAFmLfDUC:20140411193344:s
It's a flash drive with a USB 2.0 connector on one side, and a micro USB OTG connector on the other. It's awesome. I do TWRP backups to this drive and it works like a charm.
Also handy for storing tons of videos.
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Are you doing twrp backups in recover? If you did how did you get twrp to read ext SD?
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Are you doing twrp backups in recover? If you did how did you get twrp to read ext SD?
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TWRP would not recognize the external SD. I had to offer use CWM.
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TWRP would not recognize the external SD. I had to offer use CWM.
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What version are you using?
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The Newest version of twrp supports ext sd . helps out a ton when you want to back up your current setup just incase you do something stupid.
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I've been thinking abit during christmas and searching ebay after the ultimate product for theese new devices that has micro USB with OTG capabilities.
I wish for a small OTG cable with built in micro SD card reader. Now I use an OTG cable and a small reader which ofcourse gets a bit lumpy.
With todays micro SD card readers integrated into a USB shell it shoud be easy to make it as a msall unit that goeas straight into the micro usb port, eiterh as a mall dongle with all integrated or as a coonnector with up to 2 inches of cable.
Or has someone already made this and I ca't find it ?
Thats the set up I'm using. There is no 'integrated' version I can think of but I'm trying to strip mine down and integrate them into a case.
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A case with integrated microSD a great idea. Would be perfect for a GN, especially my GSM version haha.
Maybe Radio shack has some small case for projects and we can put the innards in a small form factor.
okay this isn't exactly what your looking for, but it's my setup and it works perfectly.
i'm using this cable. there are cheaper ones available but i wanted one that had comments saying it worked. (the cheaper one also goes the other direction.)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GGBYJ4/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
and this reader:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HGFKR8/ref=oh_o02_s00_i00_details
with this setup i used a class 10 16GB patriot memory microsd and it worked perfectly and incredibly fast. also i played standard def WMV and AVI files with no issues, in addition to a 720p episode of transformers prime and a 1080p movie trailer with no lag at all.
i'm looking into buying a 32GB, but i'm sure it will work considering microSD cards to not require a lot of power.
I was hoping that the phone would read my 1TB hard drive, but unfortunately it doesn't, so this is now my backup.
I have the same otg and reader...
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Interesting. Pretty slick. This would be great for those that want extra files on the go.
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neok44 said:
okay this isn't exactly what your looking for, but it's my setup and it works perfectly.
i'm using this cable. there are cheaper ones available but i wanted one that had comments saying it worked. (the cheaper one also goes the other direction.)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GGBYJ4/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
and this reader:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HGFKR8/ref=oh_o02_s00_i00_details
with this setup i used a class 10 16GB patriot memory microsd and it worked perfectly and incredibly fast. also i played standard def WMV and AVI files with no issues, in addition to a 720p episode of transformers prime and a 1080p movie trailer with no lag at all.
i'm looking into buying a 32GB, but i'm sure it will work considering microSD cards to not require a lot of power.
I was hoping that the phone would read my 1TB hard drive, but unfortunately it doesn't, so this is now my backup.
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does work on widows 7 and does it support 32gb hc sd???
It's not too big of a deal for me since mine is an adapter vs a cord.
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Kryptonian_Knight said:
does work on widows 7 and does it support 32gb hc sd???
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mine do
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Kryptonian_Knight said:
does work on widows 7 and does it support 32gb hc sd???
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works perfect on windows 7. just shows up like a flash drive would. as far as 32GB. can't say since my max card i own is a 16.
*edit* ah just saw the other post lol. Good to know a 32gig works. i'll be picking one up eventually now.
Do you think your sdcard reader draws less energy from the phone than a USB stick?
It's not handy for me using my old big USB stick and your solution seems better.
calubren said:
Do you think your sdcard reader draws less energy from the phone than a USB stick?
It's not handy for me using my old big USB stick and your solution seems better.
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That's a good question... never thought of that! My thought is its probably the same or more than a usb
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i can pretty much guarantee you that the microsd reader and card use less power than a USB stick.
i've confirmed a 16GB card, and another user has confirmed a 32GB card.
But in my flash drive tests, NOTHING over 8GB would work. i tried 3 different brand 16Gb and 2 different brand 32Gb and none worked. Additionally no portable hard drives worked either.
pretty much confirms that the cards use a lot less power than the flash drives.
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i can pretty much guarantee you that the microsd reader and card use less power than a USB stick.
i've confirmed a 16GB card, and another user has confirmed a 32GB card.
But in my flash drive tests, NOTHING over 8GB would work. i tried 3 different brand 16Gb and 2 different brand 32Gb and none worked. Additionally no portable hard drives worked either.
pretty much confirms that the cards use a lot less power than the flash drives.
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I suppose your right.. good deduction
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neok44 said:
i can pretty much guarantee you that the microsd reader and card use less power than a USB stick.
i've confirmed a 16GB card, and another user has confirmed a 32GB card.
But in my flash drive tests, NOTHING over 8GB would work. i tried 3 different brand 16Gb and 2 different brand 32Gb and none worked. Additionally no portable hard drives worked either.
pretty much confirms that the cards use a lot less power than the flash drives.
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What about formatting? If I recall correctly, the phone won't read anything that is NTFS formatted, as its not in the kernel.
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External hard drives require a startup power, that's why some of them have 2 USB connections. Even though they should only require one connection to work, depending on the computer you are connecting to, you may need to connect 2 USB ports to supply enough power for the hdd to spin up. After that it works fine.
I doubt the GN will ever supply the necessary power for an external HDD to work though. Best to stick to FAT32 flash drives and SD cards.
I have successfully connected a fat32 16Gb flash drive to my GN with a USB OTG adapter without any problems. Just make sure it's formatted as fat32 and not NTFS.
@esoomenona: i tried both fat32 and NTFS, on 16GB neither worked. my 32gb are all NTFS. did not know about the formatting kernel though. hope my kernel supports it since i plan on formatting my incoming 32gb microsd to ntfs.
@flakz0r: figured as much about the hard drives. my transformer can run it, so now it just needs to get ICS so it can play 720p videos without lag.
interesting that you got a fat32 16gb flash drive to work. guess the phone just doesn't like mine.
and since were on the subject of formatting, does anyone know any specific kernel that supports NTFS. i know stickmount just added support but it says you still need a kernel that supports it.
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What about formatting? If I recall correctly, the phone won't read anything that is NTFS formatted, as its not in the kernel.
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My micro SD cards came in FAT32 format and it works fine
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and since were on the subject of formatting, does anyone know any specific kernel that supports NTFS. i know stickmount just added support but it says you still need a kernel that supports it.
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You can bug the kernel developers to try to add it for you?
Some 720P movie files are more than 4G. I`d like to watch them on my note2. Is it possible that note2 can accept external SD card that its format is NTFS? If the answer is not, is there a possible way to watch HD movies(>4G) on note2?
Many thanks
Not with a stock ROM, no; I've tried it. You'll need a custom ROM that has NTFS support.
note2 support exFAT...
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You can mount if you install Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+ from Play Store. Just search in Play Store for NTFS, and you'll find it.
Of course, you need root access..
Just got a 1 terabyte Seagate hard drive which was formatted to NTFS.
Formatted it to ExFat.
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Just got a 1 terabyte Seagate hard drive which was formatted to NTFS.
Formatted it to ExFat.
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Hey is it a portable hard drive with USB 3.0? Is it working with our note 2 through OTG? I am also thinking to buy 1TB Seagate Backup Plus hard drive. Can you conform whether it is working with OTG or not? I read that 1TB portable Hard disks work if they have usb 3.0
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Hey is it a portable hard drive with USB 3.0? Is it working with our note 2 through OTG? I am also thinking to buy 1TB Seagate Backup Plus hard drive. Can you conform whether it is working with OTG or not? I read that 1TB portable Hard disks work if they have usb 3.0
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Yep, got it to work with USB OTG. Sometimes strange it says out of memory and unmounts but works most of the time.
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Yep, got it to work with USB OTG. Sometimes strange it says out of memory and unmounts but works most of the time.
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Its nice to hear. What is the model of that Seagate hard disk?
Now I will buy 1TB seagate backup plus without worrying about USB OTG functionality. My NTFS pendrive working nice on my Note 2 with Paragon NTFS software( I am on Stock ROM). So I think, I don't have to format that to exFat.
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Its nice to hear. What is the model of that Seagate hard disk?
Now I will buy 1TB seagate backup plus without worrying about USB OTG functionality. My NTFS pendrive working nice on my Note 2 with Paragon NTFS software( I am on Stock ROM). So I think, I don't have to format that to exFat.
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Oh by the way, I'm using the Smart Dock. Not a USB OTG only. You might have problems giving the portable hard drive power.
But I did try it with USB OTG only, what happens is when I transfer big files, it unmounts. And remounts back.
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note2 support exFAT...
Send from my note2.
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THANKS，is default format of internal SD storage exFAT?
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xpress7 said:
You can mount if you install Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+ from Play Store. Just search in Play Store for NTFS, and you'll find it.
Of course, you need root access..
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Thanks, but I don't want to gain root access due to my concerns of system safety.
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I just found a familier question on a other forum :
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...-cant-transfer-large-files-exfat-microsd.html
Basically it is the phone that blocks files larger than 4GB. Use a card-reader on your PC, you will be able to copy larger files than 4GB then!.
Other option is indeed, gain root and format the card in NTFS. But it is not needed. Only annoying thing is that you have to remove the MicroSD from the phone and plug-it with a adapter in the computer. I bought myself a Trust USB 3.0 Adapter for it.
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Trust/Superspeed_SD_Cardreader_USB_3.0/1053235/?event=search
Well here are my suggestion u could root ur device as u said in ur earlier posts you don't want to
Now the cons of using a card reader if you very often watching movies ur and you keep removing ur card often you will very soon notice you phone back cover becoming loose which will worry you more
An alternative is otg transfer ur movies in flash five and you can watch it from there.
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Alexsandra said:
Thanks, but I don't want to gain root access due to my concerns of system safety.
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On 4.1.2 it won't be a problem. On for 4.1.1 I observed that some apps gain root access in front of my eyes without asking me but I didn't observed similar behavior on 4.1.2
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I have got a couple of 2.5" HDDs, which i expected to work via OTG, but no avail(not recognized anywhere, even with tools like stickmount).If at all any of you have been succesful, please post the brand,capacity,filesystem etc.
Have you tried regular micro SD cards or just external?
I've only tried it on one of my usbs this is just a normal 32 gig SD
Idk if this helps or not
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fredy915 said:
Have you tried regular micro SD cards or just external?
I've only tried it on one of my usbs this is just a normal 32 gig SD
Idk if this helps or not
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hes talking about HDD as in 2.5 or 3.5" platter based spinning HDs. pretty much everything being pulled in storage wise for OTG is flash based as it requires WAY less energy to power as opposed to external spinning based ones. i probably just throw it out there thats theres not enough juice to run the spinning HD.
Has anyone been able to get your M7 to charge via a "Y" USB OTG cable? I have tested the one that I have other devices and they the power from the input. IE i plug up the "Y" cable to to Nokia 6350 and it charges fine.
Any suggestions?
I have been trying OTG with an external SSD to no avail. I have plenty of thumb drives. Its more of a see if i can get it to work mission
I believe the issue is kernel related. Haven't found that special custom kernel
A conventional hard drive will not work. I don't believe an SSD will work either. These simply use too much power. Just buy a 64-128 gig flash drive, which should be plenty.
Or, buy cloud storage (which can actually get expensive).
The y cable idea sounds REALLY interesting. DIY anyone?
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Yeah I tried a 2.5" drive and no go. Drive kept trying to spin up. Flash dongles work fine. But I have had not success reading NTSF formatted drives. FAT32 and ExFAT no problemo.
thanks for the replies..a mouse i plugged in worked perfectly, flash drives work. FYI the NTFS issue can be overcome by rooting and using something similar to stickmount.Seems to be a power issue, maybe limited by the kernel..hopefully there is a way around this
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hes talking about HDD as in 2.5 or 3.5" platter based spinning HDs. pretty much everything being pulled in storage wise for OTG is flash based as it requires WAY less energy to power as opposed to external spinning based ones. i probably just throw it out there thats theres not enough juice to run the spinning HD.
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Thanks I wasn't so sure I'll try one out I have at home and post back with the results
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You need a USB Y-cable and an external battery to make it work. But with that, it works fine.
Ive managed to get my M8 to read my external drive. one of them it can power the other it cant
HTC One support 64 gb usb otg not more than that
Not tested 128 gb flash drive
So recently I have been reading in forum due to low space on nexus 7 ppl were speaking about this things.
I gave no idea what was that so I Google it but the only thing I understood war OTG (ON THE GO)
If any 1 would be so kind in detail explain me how that thing is working I would be really happy
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Hook up the otg cable to your nexus micro USB port, connect a memory stick on the other end of your otg and BAAAAM, you've got more storage
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USB-OTG might not work out-of-the-box on custom ROMs.
If its not working you can try these apps to torubleshoot:
- OTG Troubleshooter
- USB Host Diagnostics
If the USB drive is not mounting then try these:
- USB OTG Helper
- StickMount
Both mounting apps and the stock mounting method mount the USB drive at different paths.
Try for the replies can you give me some link to buy one from amazon stable since I don't have idea
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i use Nexus Media Importer on my Nexus 2013 and it works great and no need for root
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Try for the replies can you give me some link to buy one from amazon stable since I don't have idea
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GGBYJ4/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
puma99dk| said:
i use Nexus Media Importer on my Nexus 2013 and it works great and no need for root
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sparksd said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GGBYJ4/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Ty so much wanted to order 1 from Amazon. De but delivery cost 10 euro when cable 5 will go to local stores hope they have 1 ty again (living in Greece)
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I use these, and their international shipping might cover Greece. Pair them with a small flash drive like the Sandisk Cruzer Fit, and it's like a standard-size thumb drive.
http://dx.com/p/micro-usb-on-the-go-host-otg-adapter-pair-50774
http://www.meritline.com/usb-micro-male-to-usb-female-adapter-for-samsung-i9100---p-95863.aspx
i bought this one. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Right-Angle-...DA_Cables_Adapters&hash=item43c1e89af7&_uhb=1
Pandae said:
I use these, and their international shipping might cover Greece. Pair them with a small flash drive like the Sandisk Cruzer Fit, and it's like a standard-size thumb drive.
http://dx.com/p/micro-usb-on-the-go-host-otg-adapter-pair-50774
http://www.meritline.com/usb-micro-male-to-usb-female-adapter-for-samsung-i9100---p-95863.aspx
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OMG they are amazing so small must be uber comfortable just plug in hard disk full of movies and go on watching yuppiii did not know they have 1 like this
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USB-OTG might not work out-of-the-box on custom ROMs.
If its not working you can try these apps to torubleshoot:
- OTG Troubleshooter
- USB Host Diagnostics
If the USB drive is not mounting then try these:
- USB OTG Helper
- StickMount
Both mounting apps and the stock mounting method mount the USB drive at different paths.
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I tried all the recommended apps, nothing seems to detect the USB stick mounted. I know the USB stick and cable works, because when I reboot into recovery I can back up and restore from otg USB.
What else can I do to figure out why I can't mount the otg USB?
-Wizzle
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Try for the replies can you give me some link to buy one from amazon stable since I don't have idea
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Hey dude, you're a little lazy today.
I am on Kitkat in the moment.
Can i also connect other devices like mouse or similar to mini-usb ?
I heard it is working on 4.3 but there USB OTG works out of the box,
Regards
Joachim
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I tried all the recommended apps, nothing seems to detect the USB stick mounted. I know the USB stick and cable works, because when I reboot into recovery I can back up and restore from otg USB.
What else can I do to figure out why I can't mount the otg USB?
-Wizzle
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Fixed!!! I finally got otg working!!!
So here's what I did. I'm running cm11. I flashed elementalx kernel but one thing I did different was I did NOT enable usb fast charge.
So from what it seems if you have USB fast charge otg doesn't work!
I hope this helps others...
-Wizzle
If you have problems with otg and a custom rom you can flash the Bulletproof kernel.
Since there has been no mention of drives I'll add some info.
I can use otg with 2.5 inch drives without external power. (both fat32 and ntfs formats). 3.5 inch drives require external power.
I use stickmount pro (requires root).
I'm running stock firmware and kernel. - KOT49H
tobdaryl said:
If you have problems with otg and a custom rom you can flash the Bulletproof kernel.
Since there has been no mention of drives I'll add some info.
I can use otg with 2.5 inch drives without external power. (both fat32 and ntfs formats). 3.5 inch drives require external power.
I use stickmount pro (requires root).
I'm running stock firmware and kernel. - KOT49H
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Not working for me on Nexus 7(2013)...having 4.4.2/KOT49H with Bulletproof kernel and fastcharge disabled.
OTG trouble shooter shows all good, but EZ Explorer do not show my USB disk, and keyboard/mouse also do not work.
Same cable and keyboard/mouse works on SGS3
ASUS support replied that my device do not support OTG ...its Nexus 7 2013 WiFi 16 GB model
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Not working for me on Nexus 7(2013)...having 4.4.2/KOT49H with Bulletproof kernel and fastcharge disabled.
OTG trouble shooter shows all good, but EZ Explorer do not show my USB disk, and keyboard/mouse also do not work.
Same cable and keyboard/mouse works on SGS3
ASUS support replied that my device do not support OTG ...its Nexus 7 2013 WiFi 16 GB model
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To get drives to work I had to install stickmount pro but mice and keyboards do not need any extras. *Here is the cable I use. *I retested my setup and everything works as previously described. - Nexus 7 (2013) 32gig. *I'm running the stock kernel but with custom roms I use Bulletproof kernel.
I'm guessing you mean ES Explorer as I can't find EZ Explorer. *It works for me mounted as usbStorage/sda1 using ES Explorer, etc.
Note: stickmount requires some extras placed in your sdcard root.
dumpexfat
exfatfsck
exfatlabel
mkexfatfs
mount.exfat-fuse
ntfs-3g
I have a 64 gb micro sd card and i have a lot of stuff on my sd card to the point that it is almost full. I've been interested in the oneplus 3 for quite a while, mainly cuz of the community support and is more powerful than my phone that I'm currently using (Alcatel onetouch idol 3). I really want to get this phone soon but the only main gripe about this phone is that it doesn't have expandable storage. I was wondering if there is an alternative solution for the micro sd card for the oneplus 3? Ik that there is otg but it would be a hassle to carry it all the time so i would like to know if there is a better alternative? Thx for reading my post
P.S this is my first time on XDA xD
Not sure what you mean, USB OTG and cloud storage are gonna be your only options besides using the internal storage.
I'd recommend putting most of your stuff on the internal storage and carrying a USB-C flash drive for the rest if need be
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Not sure what you mean, USB OTG and cloud storage are gonna be your only options besides using the internal storage.
I'd recommend putting most of your stuff on the internal storage and carrying a USB-C flash drive for the rest if need be
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It's a bummer that the oneplus 3 doesn't have expandable storage but I'm still buying this phone for christmas ????????. Btw which cloud storage service do u recommend me that is free? It can have paying options but mostly free.
I've got an USB C microSD Card Adapter, it's really small and works flawless. Using a 128GB card with it to watch 3D films. And yes it's possible even with a 1080p Amoled screen
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I have a 64 gb micro sd card and i have a lot of stuff on my sd card to the point that it is almost full. I've been interested in the oneplus 3 for quite a while, mainly cuz of the community support and is more powerful than my phone that I'm currently using (Alcatel onetouch idol 3). I really want to get this phone soon but the only main gripe about this phone is that it doesn't have expandable storage. I was wondering if there is an alternative solution for the micro sd card for the oneplus 3? Ik that there is otg but it would be a hassle to carry it all the time so i would like to know if there is a better alternative? Thx for reading my post
P.S this is my first time on XDA xD
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I wish they had given a hybrid slot. I dont use two sims and having the option to expand memory would have been so awesome.
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williefromthedark said:
It's a bummer that the oneplus 3 doesn't have expandable storage but I'm still buying this phone for christmas ????????. Btw which cloud storage service do u recommend me that is free? It can have paying options but mostly free.
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There are some pretty decent options out there; there's a fairly new one I have yet to really try out called Degoo - 100GB free. https://degoo.com/g/f6Xw9M9
Some other large free options:
Mega - 50GB
hubiC - 25GB
Personally my main cloud goto is Dropbox - only cause it was my first and is easily accessible from any platform. Also, I have 55GB ( was able to get 50gb from some sort of promotion a while back) - if it was the standard 2GB or whatever it is, I would probably have moved on.
You could also look into getting something like a SanDisk Wireless Stick, while it would be something you would have to carry around, it could be a bit more convenient.
bonham1988 said:
I wish they had given a hybrid slot. I dont use two sims and having the option to expand memory would have been so awesome.
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I agree with you, but it's 400 dollars with flashship specs so they had to cut corners somewhere. But then again the zte axon 7 is also 400 dollars with same specs (except the ram) and they have expandable storage. So idk why oneplus remove expandable storage in favor of dual sim. But i digress xD
Blubber120 said:
I've got an USB C microSD Card Adapter, it's really small and works flawless. Using a 128GB card with it to watch 3D films. And yes it's possible even with a 1080p Amoled screen
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Can u link me to the adapter that u are using?
khaos64 said:
There are some pretty decent options out there; there's a fairly new one I have yet to really try out called Degoo - 100GB free. https://degoo.com/g/f6Xw9M9
Some other large free options:
Mega - 50GB
hubiC - 25GB
Personally my main cloud goto is Dropbox - only cause it was my first and is easily accessible from any platform. Also, I have 55GB ( was able to get 50gb from some sort of promotion a while back) - if it was the standard 2GB or whatever it is, I would probably have moved on.
You could also look into getting something like a SanDisk Wireless Stick, while it would be something you would have to carry around, it could be a bit more convenient.
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I kinda knew you were going to recommend dropbox xD but I'll give it a shot. I'll look further into the wireless stick as well
Google Drive offers 15GB, Box offer 50GB.
I prefer to use more mainstream cloud storage solutions since less well-known ones with more storage tend to have worse performance and/or randomly go out of business (see Copy.com)
I've been using an OTG card reader and thumb drive and find it more convenient than having an internal sd card since you don't have to worry about removing the back cover or anything like that.
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EP2008 said:
I've been using an OTG card reader and thumb drive and find it more convenient than having an internal sd card since you don't have to worry about removing the back cover or anything like that.
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I think that is the route I'm going to. Can you provide me a link of all the otg card reader that u recommend?
williefromthedark said:
Can u link me to the adapter that u are using?
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The wireless stick: https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Wire...uters-SDWS4-128G-G46/dp/B00ZCFYF2W?th=1&psc=1
williefromthedark said:
I kinda knew you were going to recommend dropbox xD but I'll give it a shot. I'll look further into the wireless stick as well
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Yea, but the free option is most likely not large enough for the purpose you wish to use it for - so you will need to go with a paid option or find some promotion that'll get you more space.
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The wireless stick: https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Wire...uters-SDWS4-128G-G46/dp/B00ZCFYF2W?th=1&psc=1
Yea, but the free option is most likely not large enough for the purpose you wish to use it for - so you will need to go with a paid option or find some promotion that'll get you more space.
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I'll check out the wireless stick, looks pretty cool and I'll wait for another promotion for dropbox or other cloud service.
williefromthedark said:
Can u link me to the adapter that u are using?
I kinda knew you were going to recommend dropbox xD but I'll give it a shot. I'll look further into the wireless stick as well
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Hi,
just that simple like on the picture, got it from eBay and it was no more than 3€ included shipping costs. Just a no name adapter
Blubber120 said:
Hi,
just that simple like on the picture, got it from eBay and it was no more than 3â?¬ included shipping costs. Just a no name adapter
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Ah k. I'm about to go to ebay as well
I have 1TB of OneDrive with my Office subscription, so it's my go-to cloud option.
For OTG, I picked up an Aukey set of two microUSB to Type C adapters and an OTG adapter - no cable, just a solid little adapter - and I've had 64GB USB sticks on it with no issues, even the Logitech USB headset from my computer at work that we use for Skype connected to my OP3 just fine - even the inline volume controls worked! https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01EWD939O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 is the link to the set I bought. Very happy with it.
Henaway said:
I have 1TB of OneDrive with my Office subscription, so it's my go-to cloud option.
For OTG, I picked up an Aukey set of two microUSB to Type C adapters and an OTG adapter - no cable, just a solid little adapter - and I've had 64GB USB sticks on it with no issues, even the Logitech USB headset from my computer at work that we use for Skype connected to my OP3 just fine - even the inline volume controls worked! https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01EWD939O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 is the link to the set I bought. Very happy with it.
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I think i am going more towards a usb c to micro sd card adapter cuz it's less clutter and i don't have to move my files into another sd card, but your otg adapter might be useful as well.
I also have a very very tiny microSD/USB adapter that works very well. I'm all about having adapters for everything! But yeah, a dedicated Type C microSD reader would work well for what you want here.
Wait for some company to make a case with external sd card
Memory stick like this is more useful, has usb-c and usb-a on either side for both phone and computer.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...rd_wg=WE6xW&psc=1&refRID=TJ87HMZZWDNY0H0Z8JK2