Is there a rom or app so I can get my phone to read and external hard drive
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Well you would have to get your hands on a cable first. I have lapsed on terminology for usb(or even if the connector allows it...read up on micro usb on wikipedia), but what comes with your phone is micro usb type B to "standard USB male", which will not plug into a USB hard drive. (some ext. hard drives do have "USB male" inputs, but those are for adding extended storage)
However, some of the file explorers do have options for browsing files on your wireless network, so you could plug your hard drive into an NAS or other file server. Then you could access your drive from your phone over the WI-FI.
Also, you can copy files directly to and from your phone if you set mass storage under USB settings and allow it in the pulldown when you plug your phone into a computer.
Thats not what I was hoping to hear. Besides the wire what else stops the phone from reading it directly? Im hoping to figure this out so I can organize everything on one hard and use it thru all my computers, ps3, and phone.
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Why not just use an NAS?
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The USB port on the phone would have to work as a host in order to connect an external hdd (client) to it. There was some talk of Galaxy S devices having that feature and in that case we would still require drivers for it.
There is some discussion here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709135
Agreed. I know I saw some discussion of usb otg support, which I believe would be equivalent... Google "fascinate usb otg".
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Can we copy files from an external hard drive to XDA II from within XDAII using the USB cradle connected to the USB port on an external hard drive.
i.e Can I browse and external hard drive from with XDA II with some special software.
It is that old holy grail of connecting a large external hard drive to the XDA II
Drinks are on me for this one.
sorry usb devices are masters and slaves or hosts and peripherals
and the xda1 and 2 and 3 (as far as i know) cant play the host
so it can be access'd by hosts like the pc but cant access anything itself
You need the backpack and a CF USB Host card:
http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/subpages/cfu1u.html
http://www.twin-paradox.com/SEPDA.html
You will also have to deal with the issue whether the USB device or the USB hub needs mains power which makes it less portable
I haven't tried the above - anybody out there who has got it working?
Hey,
Does anyone here have the USB adapter for their Samsung Tab 10.1? Can you connect a USB hub to it (maybe a powered USB hub)?
I take lots of full resolution photos, and would like to use the Tab to transfer data from SD card to portable USB hard drive.
What I want to avoid is having to first copy the SD card contents to the Tablet, then connect the tablet to the portable HD to unload the photos. That seems like unnecessary wear/tear on the flash memory.
If the USB host on the Tab 10.1 can handle a hub, then I can connect both the SD card and portable HD at the same time...hopefully the Tab would make use of it's RAM (the 1GB spec) to transfer chunks of data at a time, without resorting to using the internal Flash memory.
Am I right about that? The Android OS doesn't use the flash memory as a page file for working memory the way desktop computers do with drives?
bump - hoping someone can answer. Thanks.
There is a thread in development about a homemade usb adapter, and it works successfully with a hub. The samsung adapter isn't available yet, but should work the same
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pokey9000 figured out how to force the unit in host mode. All you need to do is put 20ohms of resistance (easiest way with two 10Ohm resisters in series) between pins 13 and 15.
He also tested using a powered hub and was able to connect to multiple items at once. A regular hub might work for a few thing that are low powered but if you plan to have two hard drives, it better be powered.
has anyone found a usb to sd card adapter for multiple sd cards?
Did you ever figure this out? I want to do the same thing.
I just got the usb adapter and it work fine with a mouse or keyboard. The problem is I didn’t get it for that. I got it to plug in an external usb drive and for that it is useless. I have tried no less than five different usb drives and the tab sees them as a usb drive but I can’t read or write to them. They are all Fat 32 and under 32gb. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? Or is there something wrong with the adapter?
Thanks.
I'm able to transfer files with no issues at the moment.
I had success by using a file manager app I got from the market, then navigate to /usbStorage/sda
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Make sure to be working in sd card usb area because if you look in the regular usb area it does not show up
If the drive is a spinning harddrive you need to use a powered hub. Plug the external drive into the powered hub, then plug the hub into the usb adapter. Then plug the adapter into the tablet. I hope this helps you.
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Make sure to be working in sd card usb area because if you look in the regular usb area it does not show up
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You rock man. That was what i was doing. Looked under sd/usb and there were my files!
Thank you.
Hi all,
I'll tell you first what started this whole exercise.
I ran out of room on my Nexus 7!
I discovered it was because I try to be backup crazy.
I ended up mainly having too many Clockwork mod backups. I think the proper term is Nandroid Backup (let me know if that is correct).
Plus, I had too many Podcasts stored. BeyondPod settings needed to be adjusted.
OK, so just deleting the Nandroid backups would be stupid, I wanted to copy them to an SD card I have installed on my Asus TF300T.
I have Samba (filesharing) installed on all my devices so I can copy wirelessly from Android device to basically any device.
But it turned out, those files are just too big and would take forever.
I had purchased a long time ago, the cable for my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G, which allows you to attach a USB device to the micro USB port on the phone. Now I can't find the cable, so I will have to order a new one. And I even forgot what the name of the cable is? Can you refresh me on what I should order?
But I have an Asus TF300T tablet with the keyboard dock.
The keyboard dock has a standard USB port on it.
So I figured that it might be possible using the Nexus 7's included USB cable and plug into the dock's USB port.
If it is possible, what do I need to do? I don't want to cause any damage to either device. What settings or software would I need?
And, yes I know I could copy the files to a PC then recopy them back to the SD memory card.
But I'm trying to do a direct copy which will be faster. Essentially, only copying the data once not twice.
Thanks!
Now if I could only find that stupid cable!
Rob
PS OK, this is the only downside to the Nexus 7, I guess this is a good reason to always have a memory expansion slot.
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If you have a USB On-The-Go cable - you should be able to just plug it into your device and then directly into the keyboard and it should be all set.
For the memory expansion issue - you can plug a flash drive into the USB Female adapter from your OTG cable. Based on the fact that you have nandroid backups I'm guessing you're unlocked/rooter, so just install the app "StickMount" from the play store and you should be all set to access media/files from your external flash drive.
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If you have a USB On-The-Go cable - you should be able to just plug it into your device and then directly into the keyboard and it should be all set.
For the memory expansion issue - you can plug a flash drive into the USB Female adapter from your OTG cable. Based on the fact that you have nandroid backups I'm guessing you're unlocked/rooter, so just install the app "StickMount" from the play store and you should be all set to access media/files from your external flash drive.
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Thanks.
Since I posted the message only 10 minutes ago, I found the adapter.
Funny, the only name of the adapter on the Samsung box is 'USB Adapter'. Real descriptive!
Yes, sorry, left that part out of the original story. I'm rooted and have CWM installed on the Nexus 7.
And I already have Stickmount installed on the Nexus 7, I guess I must have read the name of the app in one of the forums and thought it would come in handy.
What is a 'USB on the Go' cable?
Isn't the cable that came with the Nexus 7 (it is usually plugged into the charger base, but you can use it to plug into your PC as well). I used that cable to attach to the PC so I could root the Nexus. Is there a difference, mind you the USB port on the dock is the same kind of USB port on your PC?
Thanks again!
Rob
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I have 2 otg cables one for my nexus 7 one for my S3 both cables work in both devices and i have a male to male usb cable, question is how can i get them to see each other so i can do direct transfer instead of using a usb drive or computer?? Can it be done??
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First, have you tried to transfer content wirelessly between the two devices? That would bypass the need to use cables. You can use app's like ES File Explorer on the Nexus 7 to access other devices on the local network. Not familiar with the S3, but if it can access the wireless network its possible there may be settings to allow one to access the S3 from other wireless devices.
Second, to connect the two devices together via their respective USB-OTG cables you would most likely need to have a male type A to male type A USB adapter. Here is one example. The next problem is going to be how each device see's the other once connected. With some cell phones one has to put them into USB mode so other devices will see and mount the cell phone's storage.
Wireless works fine, just wanted to see if it could be done via cable also ive got the right cables they just dont see each other, unplug it n connect a flash drive and see's it so im guessing its not going to be simple.
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On my non smart phone I have to put the phone into USB Mass Storage mode for the PC or my Nexus 7 to view and mount the storage space.
If your using a Samsung Galaxy S3, it may not support mass storage mode. But there is an app called USB Mass Storage APK, creates by a XDA Developed that may work. See this link for more info...
http://tutznet.com/enable-mass-storage-mode-samsung-galaxy-s3.html
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Now that looks like the kind of app i need on my S3 thank you very much.... I best go and root my S3 again lol.
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I'm thinking you would only want to use one OTG adapter when doing this. You want one of the devices to be the flash drive for the other. The one that will be controlling the session gets an OTG adapter and you connect the second device using a normal USB-to-MicroUSB cable. From the second device's perspective, it is being attached to a PC.
I use stickmount on my rooted N7 and put my HTC Sensation into USB storage mode. Then the N7 sees the HTC as a mounted folder.
I use a OTG lead in the N7 and a standard A to micro-B lead from that to the HTC.
I haven't used it the other way around, as the N7 doesn't have a Mass Storage mode.