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[USB PORT] Would this be possible?

I am considering getting a Xoom when they become available in the UK, to replace my laptop when travelling, however my music collection on my portable hard drive is 41Gb, and I would like to play some of this via Xoom.
I know I probably would not use all of the 41Gb of music all the time, but sometimes I get an urge to listen to an obscure song, so would there be anyway I could connect my External Hard Drive to the USB port on the Xoom? Or would this be totally impossible?
Stew

I do not have the wiring/cords in my office for this but do at home, I will give it a try this evening. Seems certain they would have to build the capability into the OS, so who knows.

Almost certainly no. Even if the port can be a USB host, android is not setup to deal with external non SD storage.
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Not yet, but it should be when the sd card update goes live. You should check the motorola support forums where this has been directly covered by the moto dev responsible for said usb port.

So what are the USB Ports for on the Speaker Dock for?
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https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/329075

Not entirely true. The Gtab port can be used as a USB host and I have no problem plugging in a flash drive. The atrix (with the lapdock) can also use USB host ports with external storage. There are hit and miss results with external drives, but that has more to do with power than anything else.
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Almost certainly no. Even if the port can be a USB host, android is not setup to deal with external non SD storage.
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familiarstranger said:
Not entirely true. The Gtab port can be used as a USB host and I have no problem plugging in a flash drive. The atrix (with the lapdock) can also use USB host ports with external storage. There are hit and miss results with external drives, but that has more to do with power than anything else.
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Motorol...1218305636450&skuId=1946179&st=xoom&cp=1&lp=1
Note: Optical drive not included
Compatible with optional external recordable CD/DVD drives (not included).

familiarstranger said:
Bauxite said:
Almost certainly no. Even if the port can be a USB host, android is not setup to deal with external non SD storage.
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Not entirely true. The Gtab port can be used as a USB host and I have no problem plugging in a flash drive.
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Completely agree. I definitely used USB drives on my G-Tablet. Haven't tried on my Adam yet, but I assume it's the same.

I would love to see Android burning DVDs. Take a quick video with your digital camera. Plus the camera into the zoom, edit it with the movie editor app, burn to disk.
Torrent a Linux bootable CD IMG burn to disk and fix a friends broken computer.
With the Tegra 3 quadcores on the horizon, bluetooth keyboard compatibility and this I see less and less reason for most people to need a laptop.
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Motorol...1218305636450&skuId=1946179&st=xoom&cp=1&lp=1
Note: Optical drive not included
Compatible with optional external recordable CD/DVD drives (not included).
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I was told that it will support portable blue ray players through the USB. If its available at this time is another question, the only way to know is for someone to try.
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I was told that it will support portable blue ray players through the USB. If its available at this time is another question, the only way to know is for someone to try.
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Whoever told you that was trying to make a sale.

can't upload files in dropbox

guys, does someone have problems with dropbox upload?
i can't make this work properly... it always starts to upload, but stops at 32kb (or 4kbs when using titanium media sync).
weird thing is i can download just fine.

Same issue here on stock 1.72. 32Kb gets sent and no more.
I don't know a fix but it's not just you, if that helps.
John
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Perhaps you could share a little more detail.
Are the transfers via WiFi/3G?
What network/carrier if 3G?

andyharney said:
Perhaps you could share a little more detail.
Are the transfers via WiFi/3G?
What network/carrier if 3G?
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it's that simple...
several apps has "share" button, and when you have dropbox installed it is a option in menu, if i choose that option it starts sending but stops in 32kb.... as a matter of fact, i need to uninstall the app to get it back normal, cause it staying sending "ad eternum" even after a reboot...
the app "titanium media sync" that supposed to sync with dropbox, can't work to, same problem but it stops at 4kb (basicaly, it creates a couple folders in dropbox and stops)...
i was thinking that it is cm7 releated, but now that japester36 said he get same problem with stock, i don't have a clue
i'm using cm7, last nightly, and with everything off, i tried via wi-fi (home and work) and 3g network too, my carrier is that above my name, it's a brazilian one, really big here, but unknown in the rest of the world! =oP
i have attached a img, it stays that way forever...
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Mine is just the same as thiagodark.
I get the problem on WiFi and have noticed it on 3G before. I am however trying it again now.
I'm with T-Mobile in the UK and my phone is unbranded and not rooted. My ISP is BT with Infinity.
Right, I have tried a file over WiFi, less than 32Kb, that doesn't upload either. Dropbox reports 0 of 1 Files Successfully Uploaded". When I turn off WiFi then the same Dropbox upload is now successful!
I've now tried a 293Kb file over 3G and it does upload. Switch back to WiFi and no go.
Guess I need to look into my router (Draytek) or try it at another WiFi access point.
Does Dropbox on Android need specific access through my firewall to the Internet? I'm not overly locked down.
John

japester36 said:
Mine is just the same as thiagodark.
I get the problem on WiFi and have noticed it on 3G before. I am however trying it again now.
I'm with T-Mobile in the UK and my phone is unbranded and not rooted. My ISP is BT with Infinity.
Right, I have tried a file over WiFi, less than 32Kb, that doesn't upload either. Dropbox reports 0 of 1 Files Successfully Uploaded". When I turn off WiFi then the same Dropbox upload is now successful!
I've now tried a 293Kb file over 3G and it does upload. Switch back to WiFi and no go.
Guess I need to look into my router (Draytek) or try it at another WiFi access point.
Does Dropbox on Android need specific access through my firewall to the Internet? I'm not overly locked down.
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Don't think it needs any specific firewall permissions, it's always just worked for me. However, while I don't have the "freeze at 32kb" issue I do seem to have acquired an occasional issue when uploading (over WiFi) where the progress bar fills completely but then reports "0 of 1 files successfully uploaded". Tried the same file again later (still on WiFi) and it worked fine. My failed upload has been retrying all day (on 3G) and the same thing happens, until I clear failed uploads in the Dropbox app.
I know that's no help to you at all, but it does seem like there are intermittent issues. I'm on CM7 RC4, never had any issues with it before reading this thread last night.

well, just notice that via 3g it is working.... weird!

I keep getting unkown errorin downloading... On my galaxy tab... does anyone know how to get it to work?

I'm thinking it's buggy on a lot of devices right now. On my Atrix, files disappear constantly, then [email protected] 1 gig of videos it kills me. Filed reports with DropBox, but haven't heard back a solution...just they are aware of the problem. I think it's a dropbox issue, not your firewall settings...

Can people please list what app they are using to send (share) to dropbox and what type of file. Also their isp.
So far every app and every file type has uploaded ok.
Also, are you having issues downloading? Again, no problems for me.
If you can provide these details we can look for any pattern.
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Well, the response from Dropbox was that the Android app isn't yet a fully usable version as is the desktop. You can't put files directly into folders, like with a file explorer. Having 3rd party applications save files directly to your dropbox folder also will not work. As of now the only way to use dropbox is through the app itself. You need to manually add the files to the dropbox app for it to recognize them. It will not recognize them if you just move them to the folder in any other fashion.
I know for me this sort of makes it pointless. It is quicker to just email whatever files I want on my computer, or just transfer them over wifi or USB. Compared to constantly opening up the app, checking the status of the files, uploading them, never being sure what's synced or not.
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Well, the response from Dropbox was that the Android app isn't yet a fully usable version as is the desktop. You can't put files directly into folders, like with a file explorer. Having 3rd party applications save files directly to your dropbox folder also will not work. As of now the only way to use dropbox is through the app itself. You need to manually add the files to the dropbox app for it to recognize them. It will not recognize them if you just move them to the folder in any other fashion.
I know for me this sort of makes it pointless. It is quicker to just email whatever files I want on my computer, or just transfer them over wifi or USB. Compared to constantly opening up the app, checking the status of the files, uploading them, never being sure what's synced or not.
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Thanks for that information. With the above I managed to figure out how to upload a simple 50K image!
Needless to say the app is totally unusable for me at the moment in time, which is a disappointment. I know loads of people who have upload issues, which begs the question as to why it has such a high rating in the Google Market

Why does Android clutter up your SD card?

Why does Android clutter up my SD card with so many folders and crap. I have a class 10 16 GB card so space isn't an issue. I'm just a bit OCD and when I connect my phone to my computer I see 20+ folders from different apps and what not.
Basically, why doesn't Android better organize all this stuff into one folder? Sure I could make them hidden but I don't see why there needs to be so many folders for so many different things. Where does it all go if you don't have an SD card?
Hopefully someone can offer some insight into this madness.

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Why does Android clutter up my SD card with so many folders and crap. I have a class 10 16 GB card so space isn't an issue. I'm just a bit OCD and when I connect my phone to my computer I see 20+ folders from different apps and what not.
Basically, why doesn't Android better organize all this stuff into one folder? Sure I could make them hidden but I don't see why there needs to be so many folders for so many different things. Where does it all go if you don't have an SD card?
Hopefully someone can offer some insight into this madness.
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Lol
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Agree with OP. I spend a lot of my time on my phone in the SD via root explorer. And the amount of folders NOT created by me is dizzying. And I've wondered the same about what if no sd'. Maybe that's why the the android devices before froyo performed sooo poorly. Froyo was the first iteration of android that supported move to SD. Maybe before froyo, all of that crap went to the /data partition of the painfully memory-limited devices of the time. Thus the poor performance.
Just a stab at it. Dunno. Thinking out loud - but that's what General is FOR.
But yeah, I wondered about the no SD thing before, too. And I came from winmo, where I kept a really organized SD.
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It would be nice if it wasn't so bad. But for the most part it is not androids fault, its the apps you have used, I have had to get rid of so many, but now im built back up over time and trying new apps out.

Agree here also..hell ICS adds a bunch of folders I don't use..
Alarms,pictures,podcasts,music,notifications,ringtones to name a few..

It's not Android, it's dip**** developers.
All app data is supposed to be stored in [sd_card]\Android\data\[name_of_the_app]. To make it really easy they provide developers a method that gets the directory for their app called getExternalFilesDir().
Email the dip**** devs and tell them to start using getExternalFilesDir. I can tell you that TitaniumBackup and a few others have point blank refused to use that directory, as I have already emailed them.
NewsRob and a few others indicated they would look into moving to that directory during the next major release.

Thanks for the info.
@skylar
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I have become so accustomed to reinstalling OS's after dealing with annual re installation of Microshaft OS's it doesnt bother me anymore.
Hell they are closed source, I pay big $$$ and have just as many issues just like another unmentioned OS.
I will take open source (Linux, Android, FreeBSD.. others) and the ability to create, not to mention share at no cost, unlike those others who charge $$$ any day of the week.

Lol, couldn't agree with this any more. Files and folders are about the only thing I'm OCD about and it bugs me to no end.

Yup, android and android developers ought to do something about folders cluttering mem cards, I also came from windows mobile before I started out with android, windows had a dedicated folder for application's data called program files, android or atleast developers should stick to the default android folder on sd cards to minimize the clutter

[Q] [i9505] S4 Corrupting Music Library!

Hey everybody,
So, I recently bought a Samsung 64gb SD card for my i9505 to put music on, but I'm running into some troubles with it.
Basically, all the music copies over fine, but it corrupts once I try to play it.
I have tried copying it from my iTunes library via iSyncr, via Easy Tunes Sync, as well as just drag and drop. I have converted them when the phone asks me to (I have tried both, converted and non-converted).
I have tried both in the regular Samsung Music player, as well as PlayerPro (the player I use normally). To give you an idea, here is what the files look like before I try to play the music:
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And here's what it looks like AFTER I play:
Another weird thing, is SOME songs work (only artists who start with D through to I - it's not random, JUST that chunk of music plays). If I try to play in Music app, it just skips the track. If I try in PlayerPro, I get 'Sorry, this audio file could not be played in the player'. Weird thing is, they're all mp3s, no DRM.
I've done some searching around and some people have suggested clearing data in the Media Storage app, but I've tried that and it doesn't work for me.
Has anyone got any ideas that might help?
PS. I'm rooted and running Goldeneye 16.2.
Before anyone suggests that it might be the ROM, I doubt it. I came from CyanogenMod 4.3 and the issue was happening there as well (I thought maybe switching back to a Sammy ROM might help)
The only other option I really have left is to get rid of root and go back to pure stock I don't really want to do that but I can't keep streaming all my music, it's wrecking my data usage =\

What format ? (the card)

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It's FAT32 - when formatting the drive I've been using the 'default' option for formatting in CWM Recovery.
I also have the option to use exFat or NTFS.

OK. Does the custom kernel you're running support NTFS ? (stock doesn't). If it does, try formatting the card NTFS, put your music on & see what happens. If you're not running one that does support it, try one that does. And yeah, you could try exFAT as well I guess.
In saying all that, you're right though. All DRM free mp3's doing that is not normal. Next step after that is trying another card.

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OK. Does the custom kernel you're running support NTFS ? (stock doesn't). If it does, try formatting the card NTFS, put your music on & see what happens. If you're not running one that does support it, try one that does. And yeah, you could try exFAT as well I guess.
In saying all that, you're right though. All DRM free mp3's doing that is not normal. Next step after that is trying another card.
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I'm running Talexop kernel which is built off stock, and it doesn't say anything about NTFS so I'm guessing its a no go.
Do you have any recommendations for a solid NTFS kernel?

Don't use it personally, first page of kernel threads/XDA search is your best bet.

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Don't use it personally, first page of kernel threads/XDA search is your best bet.
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Tried ExFat, no luck. Though on ExFat it does something different. MORE of the songs play, but some artists are missing completely. There is no consistency with the problems I'm experiencing.
EDIT: Tried a SanDisk card instead of the Samsung one - worked fine. Guess Samsung hardware doesn't play nice with Samsung hardware?

Really ?? Yeah, that's a real case of WTF !? (two bits of manufacturer's kit not playing nice with each other). At least you got it sorted eventually

Ways of Getting Outside Files Directly to External Storage in 4.4

I posted this in another thread but thought it might be generally helpful as the "unrooted" deal with the external storage limitations of 4.4...
Geordie Affy said:
@BarryH_GEG could I tranfer lets say a film from Internal Storage to SDCard on KitKat??
Thanks in advance.
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The work-around to getting pretty much anything to external SD is Samsung's My Files. The challenge is moving huge files, that or moving a lot of files simultaneously that are collectively huge. There might not be enough free space on your internal storage to get the files on to your device. Here's a couple of ways of getting files directly to external storage. Like everyone else I'm not thrilled with the new external SD card restrictions but there are ways to accomplish pretty much anything. The only thing I haven't found a work around for is syncing. I ended up moving a bunch of apps and files to external storage so I could move my sync folders to internal storage.
You can setup a two-window instance of My Files and drag-and-drop content directly from Dropbox to External SD.
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You can also use Samsung Link to transfer files from another Samsung device, a PC, or a cloud service (Dropbox, OneDrive, Box) directly to external storage. IMHO, Samsung Link is one of the most overlooked features Samsung provides. It's fantastic for managing and viewing files across devices. For example, I can take a picture with my Gear which transfers it to my N3. I can view, edit, and share the pic from my N10.1-14 or PC seconds later. Anyway, here's a screen shot of it.
One of the great features of Samsung Link is that all registered devices are available to all other registered devices whether or not they're on the same Wi-Fi network. It even works over 3/4G. When devices are on the same network they have root access to each other. When they're not they have access to up to 10 user-specified folders or directories.

Another Possible Workaround for SD Card Files
This might be a work around for some users that have different files on your sd card. If you hook up your tablet to a computer (I used Windows 7) with the provided usb cable, Windows will see your device both the internal and external card. You can create folders through your pc and simply put your different files in the folders, for example for pdf's you could make a folder pdf then put all your pdf's into the folder, you can even drag and drop on the computer. I did that with a bunch of mp3's I had. I then used ES File Explorer to navigate to the folder on my tablet and all the files were available and worked properly. Might not be for everyone but I hope it helps for some users with the Kit Kat limitations.

It might be useful to note that the stock browser can also download files directly to the SD card in any folder you want.
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