Hi, can someone share the way of setting up the Tab S, I would like to plug-in my Micro USB flash drive as an external storage on the Tablet S. Thanks.
tumbler1 said:
Hi, can someone share the way of setting up the Tab S, I would like to plug-in my Micro USB flash drive as an external storage on the Tablet S. Thanks.
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Insert your microsd. In settings go to storage and have the tab format it then you are done. Use your file manager app of choice to transfer files to the extsd. In your file manager, your extsd may be labeled sd1 where internal is sd0.
Sent from my rooted Galaxy S5.
Setting up for using a external Micro USB flash drive.
johnnytraveler said:
Insert your microsd. In settings go to storage and have the tab format it then you are done. Use your file manager app of choice to transfer files to the extsd. In your file manager, your extsd may be labeled sd1 where internal is sd0.
Sent from my rooted Galaxy S.
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Thanks, Johnny, I went to "Setting-Storage" and didn't see any external storage sd but the inserted SD cd, I don't want to format my inserted SD CD, I then tried the APP (File Command) but it only showing the inserted SD CD again with no sd0 or sd1 to choose from.
I think may be I am using a non-OTG compatible flash drive, I am using a regular USB flash drive + a USB to Micro USB adapter to simulate the micro usb flash drive. Thanks again.
tumbler1 said:
Thanks, Johnny, I went to "Setting-Storage" and didn't see any external storage sd but the inserted SD cd, I don't want to format my inserted SD CD, I then tried the APP (File Command) but it only showing the inserted SD CD again with no sd0 or sd1 to choose from.
I think may be I am using a non-OTG compatible flash drive, I am using a regular USB flash drive + a USB to Micro USB adapter to simulate the micro usb flash drive. Thanks again.
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Is your adapter a samsung product or rated for samsung? I ask cause sammy has a slightly different pin configuration for data. I didn't think generic micro usb adapters work. I'm not a 100% sure if this is the case with our tab, but it was in the old days with the s3 (I had to use their usb to hdmi adapter or one made for samsung products)
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ET-R205UBEGSTA or get something similar.
Sent from my rooted Galaxy S5.
What is the file format of your flash drive?
tumbler1 said:
Thanks, Johnny, I went to "Setting-Storage" and didn't see any external storage sd but the inserted SD cd, I don't want to format my inserted SD CD, I then tried the APP (File Command) but it only showing the inserted SD CD again with no sd0 or sd1 to choose from.
I think may be I am using a non-OTG compatible flash drive, I am using a regular USB flash drive + a USB to Micro USB adapter to simulate the micro usb flash drive. Thanks again.
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I'm not exactly sure, what you are trying to do. What is a "SD CD"? I just use a generic micro-USB OTG and attach a USB flash drive. I then get a notification that USB mass storage is attached and the USB Drive then shows up as UsbDriveA in the file manager.
How to use a external flash drive on the tab S
GeorgeP said:
I'm not exactly sure, what you are trying to do. What is a "SD CD"? I just use a generic micro-USB OTG and attach a USB flash drive. I then get a notification that USB mass storage is attached and the USB Drive then shows up as UsbDriveA in the file manager.
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Thanks for the reply. The "SD CD" means a Micro SD memory card that you insert into the Micro SD card slot on the side of the tab. If you are using a Micro-USB OTG flash drive then that's the answer what I need, I went ahead ordered a Micro-USB OTG flash drive yesterday to use with my Tab S. Thanks.
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Confused on External SD card, Internal SD card etc etc. I have a 32GB Patriot Class 10 card. I formatted this card in Clockwork recovery on the phone with a 1024MB Partition. Don't think it even asked me about ext 3, or 4 etc. OK. Now, If I use settings, then under wireless and Network settings Usb Utilities, Click on connect the storage to PC. I connect my USB cable then I have the familiar Android and it says USB is connected. OK, now I have a drive I will call Drive Q. This drive has all the TMobile stuff such as QIK , Photo editor, etc. It also has a folder called External_SD as well as another Folder called usbStorage. This drive Q is roughly 12GB. OK...Now, my SD card which is 32GB is seen as drive U on my desktop. This drive has my clockwork folder with my backups and my Music folder.
I guess I am trying to figure out the best use of drives and there intended purposes. The External_SD folder is only 580Kb or so. The usbStorage folder is a zero byte folder. And finally, when I did run a backup using Clockwork recovery, it basically said it was skipping External SD card since folder was empty.
Now that I am confused on all of this, maybe someone here can actually follow my post and make sense of how the storage is working on our phones
Just got mine Sandisk SDXC 64GB card and it come with exFat. I can transfer large file over 4GB with SDCard adapter plugged in computer, but can't with phone connected to computer and why is it that way?
Anyone have same problem and transfer larger file then 4GB doesn't work while connect with the phone?
Have not got a note 2 yet, but I believe it has got to do with the file format of your SDCARD. FAT32 only accepts max 4GB per file.
Silvina said:
Have not got a note 2 yet, but I believe it has got to do with the file format of your SDCARD. FAT32 only accepts max 4GB per file.
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Wish its that simple.
Read again what i wrote: "I can transfer large file over 4GB with SDCard adapter plugged in computer, but can't with phone connected to computer "
If the card is in fat32 and it wont transfer files larger then 4GB with the SD Card adapter, right?
Im not alone with this problem, alot others have same problem and no one know the reason. Why it cant larger files when plug in the phone with USB cable, but it works over Wifi and some apps. But with much slower speed if using wifi.
Format the card in a Win 7 pc as exfat, i believe the note will read exfat and that handles files of over 4gb. Other than that you need to root and use an NTFS mount app.
dt33 said:
Wish its that simple.
Read again what i wrote: "I can transfer large file over 4GB with SDCard adapter plugged in computer, but can't with phone connected to computer "
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Perhaps it's some sort of MTP limitation then.
Wouldn't the fastest way be to use a card reader?
- Frank
I can confirm exactly same observation on my new Note 2. I am using SanDisk UHS-1 64GB and Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. The card is formatted to exFAT (confirmed in Windows) and I can copy 8GB file to it, using cheap SD card <--> USB adapter. When I put the card into Note 2 and connect the phone to Windows, it will pop up as GT-7100 with "Card" (external SD card) and "Phone" (internal storage).
Once I try to copy the same file to "Card" (using Windows Explorer), the system first asks if I am sure (because the format may not be supported by phone) and then quits with error message saying the file size is not supported (and nothing is written to the "Card" filesystem).
It seems like some limitation on MTP (or whatever it is), but I am confused, because from other threads I understood, there should not be any limitation on MTP regarding the file size.
It seems the solution could be direct access to the card via USB mass storage protocol, but it is unfortunately not available too.
Anyone knows if it is just a glitch, or new "feature" in JB?
Good Afternoon
Ive recently been given the Samsung Tab 3 7 inch and im having major issues with the 32GB Micro SD Card.
I can add folders and files to the SD card through a SD Card Adapter plugged into the card reader of my desktop PC and I can view these files once put back into tablet.
Once in the tablet I cant move anything around in the ‘My Files’ App I cant delete anything or add anything either.
Its like its just readable. I cant save photos from the camera to the SD card and I cant create any folders on it using the tablet.
It works perfectly in my friends Samsung phone…. I put his 8GB sd card into my tablet and it worked for a while and I was able to create folders and move files in ‘My file’ app. I removed it and tried it again and it became ‘Read Only’ like my 32GB
Also if I plug my tablet into the desktop PC using the usb adapter I cant change detele or add files to the card!
Very confused.
Im new to android so if anyone needs anyother info to help me out I will try my best to answer.
Thanks guys.
Andrewcollins603 said:
Also if I plug my tablet into the desktop PC using the usb adapter I cant change detele or add files to the card!
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Have you tried formatting the card in Windows Explorer when connected to the PC via SD card adapter (not while still in the tablet)?
You will need to format the SD card to FAT32
Hey everyone,
I know we all have our opinions on MTP, some like and some others don't.
As a Windows and Mac user, I think it is horribly implemented on our HTC One M8s. Large MKV and Flac files do not copy correctly (completely) to my phone's external micro sd card that is formatted with exFAT, and it's terribly slow. The problem also occurs with normal micro sd cards.
Is there any way to use a mod/application or system setting that removes all aspects of HTC Sync and allows me to mount my external SD card as just normal USB storage? I have 64 GB on my micro SD Card but cannot use it because I cannot copy over large files correctly because of this issue, and it's extremely frustrating.
Does anyone have any ideas?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52116577&postcount=4
v-b-n said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52116577&postcount=4
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Unfortunately, that's not really a solution. Android File Transfer is just an app that provides a connection between the phone and the computer. Additionally, it cannot transfer files over 4GB in size, which is absolutely ridiculous. I want a way to directly mount my SD card on the computer, so it is seen directly as an SD card in Finder. I don't care about accessing the internal memory.
What is the point of having an external SD card slot if you can't really use it properly? I'd rather not have to boot into windows to make this work.
captainreynolds said:
Unfortunately, that's not really a solution. Android File Transfer is just an app that provides a connection between the phone and the computer. Additionally, it cannot transfer files over 4GB in size, which is absolutely ridiculous. I want a way to directly mount my SD card on the computer, so it is seen directly as an SD card in Finder. I don't care about accessing the internal memory.
What is the point of having an external SD card slot if you can't really use it properly? I'd rather not have to boot into windows to make this work.
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And unfortunately, that is the only way wired to OSX ... Google changed the way storage is accessed (around ICS I believe) ... so MTP is the only protocol available ... even in Windows, the drives connect via MTP and not like a USB drive .... Try doing multiple actions like copy/paste simultaneously on Windows and you wont be able to
captainreynolds said:
What is the point of having an external SD card slot if you can't really use it properly? I'd rather not have to boot into windows to make this work.
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Remove SD card from phone. Put SD card into USB SD card reader plugged into PC. Profit.
BenPope said:
Remove SD card from phone. Put SD card into USB SD card reader plugged into PC. Profit.
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Look, that makes sense, but it's ridiculous I need to buy a peripheral to use the external SD card on my phone. USB devices have been able to easily and quickly interface with computers since the 90s, it's absurd that I have to do that in order to do what I want.
And how reliable is that tray? How long before it doesn't go in properly because I have taken it out and put it in so many times?
I'm in the same boat. I use OSX as my primary OS and I'm just having to use AirDroid to transfer over files for now.
In http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54035979 I may provide a partial solution; depending on your exact need. Look for the post I sent a few minutes ago. More to come in the next days; I will test other apps, and report.
I need to back up my phones internal sd to be returned for replacement...the problem is that my USB doesn't work on my pc or any other pc no matter what usb cord or pc port used. So what is the easiest way to back up my internal sd?
whojohnjones said:
I need to back up my phones internal sd to be returned for replacement...the problem is that my USB doesn't work on my pc or any other pc no matter what usb cord or pc port used. So what is the easiest way to back up my internal sd?
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Do you have an external sd card? If you do you could just use a file explorer like esfile or astro and copy all the stuff you would want to keep that way. Good luck!