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am i being stupid ??
im sat here with my HTC Desire (running GingerVillain) connected via USB to my transformer dock. Ive enabled USB mass storage on my phone.
Can i find it using File Manager ? No ... nor ES file explorer ..... am i going mad ? im sure when i was at home i was able to find a USB drive through file explorer ... is this a quirk of Android mass storage or am i just being thick ??
It doesn't work for me either. Would be nice if they got this to work soon. I thought maybe it was because I din't have 3.1 but even after the update it won't work. Kinda sucks.
this is similar as connect together two windows pc, It never worked like that . why should work here then?
qq67 said:
this is similar as connect together two windows pc, It never worked like that . why should work here then?
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hmmmm. but isnt the whole point of the Android USB Mass storage 'mode' that it works like a USB Flash drive ? ... and the Transformer copes with USB Flash Drives !!!
im not suggesting that its like plugging two windows pcs together ????
i had a thread about this last week.
it does the same thing for me (i have an HTC desire). very annoying!!!!
the only way i found to easily transfer files was using a bluetooth transfer app called:
"Bluetooth file transfer" free in the android market.
its not that fast (bluetooth limitation) but allows transfer of smaller files etc.
i wanted to transfer all my music (like 4gb) but over BT that would take days lol
so i have to wait to copy paste it all to a computer, copy paste to a USB stick, copy paste onto the transformer
OR, upload on my wifi to Dropbox and then download onto my transformer. uploading 4gb would also take days....
hopefully it will come soon...!!!
connected my san francisco (CM7) to the TF, it's mounted as 'removable' correctly...
I have my external HITACHI HDD on NTFS working fine but when I've tried to connect my Nexus S in as a drive its just blink on Transformer task bar and thats all
I would love to see my NS connected to Transformer so I can do more work on it.
Any1 know how to make it work ?
I have the same problem. I am on 3.1, but my X10 mini is not seen by the Transformer. No problems with thumb drives - or even a Microsoft wireless mouse (with own dongle) works perfectly.
It's a little surprising that an Android device is the only thing that is giving me problems!
I've tried hooking up:
Canon 50D to USB = nothing
Canon 50D video out to USB Capture Dongle to USB = nothing
2 different USB Flash Thumb Drives = nothing
2 different spycams = nothing
iPod = nothing
HTC TyTN (yeah I know it's a dinosaur) = nothing
Or am I missing something here?
I've checked in the /Removable folder and it only shows my inserted MicroSD and SD cards. Anywhere else I should be looking? Because nothing pops up on screen when I hook any of those devices up.
ThaiM said:
I've tried hooking up:
Canon 50D to USB = nothing
Canon 50D video out to USB Capture Dongle to USB = nothing
2 different USB Flash Thumb Drives = nothing
2 different spycams = nothing
iPod = nothing
HTC TyTN (yeah I know it's a dinosaur) = nothing
Or am I missing something here?
I've checked in the /Removable folder and it only shows my inserted MicroSD and SD cards. Anywhere else I should be looking? Because nothing pops up on screen when I hook any of those devices up.
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The thumb drives should have worked... On a side note, it doesn't support NTFS on stock rom.
ThaiM said:
I've tried hooking up:
Canon 50D to USB = nothing
Canon 50D video out to USB Capture Dongle to USB = nothing
2 different USB Flash Thumb Drives = nothing
2 different spycams = nothing
iPod = nothing
HTC TyTN (yeah I know it's a dinosaur) = nothing
Or am I missing something here?
I've checked in the /Removable folder and it only shows my inserted MicroSD and SD cards. Anywhere else I should be looking? Because nothing pops up on screen when I hook any of those devices up.
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The point is you can use USB devices designed to work with Android or for which Android has included drivers. My Nikon DSLRs (D700/0) works fine, my USB stick works fine (Corsair 16GB Flash Voyager), my spycam is built right into the device, in fact there are two of them, and my phone (Touch Pro 2 WiMo 6.5) takes a charge of the USB port just like I would expect it to.
For giggles I plugged in a no name USB mouse and a Transcend 10 in 1 card reader and both just worked right off the bat. That's really all the portable USB devices I have hand or I would have tried more for you.
If you want to use your iPod with the tablet just call Apple up and ask them when they are adding Android support. Same with the Canon camera and anything else that not working really. Best bet though is to just check the forums and see what other people are able to use, lots of threads on the subject and might save you some time.
I would check to make sure you're running the latest firmware available. I'm running the latest US OTA, based on Android 3.1. Nearly everything I've plugged into my USB ports has worked. So far, all of my FAT32 flash drives work, as well as both of my NTFS external hard drives, and a couple of game controllers. Keyboards and mice work as well.
If you're not getting any results from FAT32 or NTFS drives, then you have a problem.
I have my external HITACHI HDD on NTFS working fine but when I've tried to connect my Nexus S in as a drive its just blink on Transformer task bar and thats all
I would love to see my NS connected to Transformer so I can do more work on it.
Any1 know how to make it work ?
ThaiM said:
I've tried hooking up:
Canon 50D to USB = nothing
Canon 50D video out to USB Capture Dongle to USB = nothing
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It recognizes my Pentax K-7 just fine, and automatically mounts the SD Card as a USB Drive.
findmike said:
If you want to use your iPod with the tablet just call Apple up and ask them when they are adding Android support.
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i loled/10char
It mounted a thumbdrive formatted in hfs+ journaled. Kinda dropped my jaw when I realised that.
Also, are you guys sure about ntfs and stock? The manual has a copyright for Tuxera, and they are known for the ntfs module.
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I have my TF rooted and custom ROM loaded but I'm pretty sure my NTFS HDD was working before I flashed it (connected to dock keyboard obviously )
AlexTheStampede said:
It mounted a thumbdrive formatted in hfs+ journaled. Kinda dropped my jaw when I realised that.
Also, are you guys sure about ntfs and stock? The manual has a copyright for Tuxera, and they are known for the ntfs module.
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findmike said:
If you want to use your iPod with the tablet just call Apple up and ask them when they are adding Android support. Same with the Canon camera and anything else that not working really. Best bet though is to just check the forums and see what other people are able to use, lots of threads on the subject and might save you some time.
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you know the funny thing about this that I found is than I can plug my ipod in and find my music, like a mass storage device, and I can play the music on my TF from off my ipod. havent tried copying the music over yet but I will remain hopeful.
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rikardo1979 said:
I have my external HITACHI HDD on NTFS working fine but when I've tried to connect my Nexus S in as a drive its just blink on Transformer task bar and thats all
I would love to see my NS connected to Transformer so I can do more work on it.
Any1 know how to make it work ?
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Yep.... i get nothing when i try and connect my HTC Desire in ' mass storage' mode. Apparently, and strangely, Android wont talk to other Android devices over USB...
Youd have thought that might have been the first thing they sorted !?!
AlexTheStampede said:
It mounted a thumbdrive formatted in hfs+ journaled. Kinda dropped my jaw when I realised that.
Also, are you guys sure about ntfs and stock? The manual has a copyright for Tuxera, and they are known for the ntfs module.
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Why would hfs+ support drop your jaw? This has been supported by linux for ages...
maxawesome said:
Why would hfs+ support drop your jaw? This has been supported by linux for ages...
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Linux support doesn't imply that everything Linux will support a certain feature. Considering that compared to ntfs it's a minor feature, I found it amazing
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rikardo1979 said:
I have my TF rooted and custom ROM loaded but I'm pretty sure my NTFS HDD was working before I flashed it (connected to dock keyboard obviously )
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You are correct - external NTFS HDDs do work on stock TF's when connected via the dock. I think some people are confused, because the TF would not read an NTFS microSD inserted directly into the tablet, but I suspect this is more to do with the way it is mounted (i.e. it is explicitly attempting to mount the microSD as FAT32).
Regards,
Dave
has anyone tried plugging a printer via a usb? I want to use my transformer to write documents and am hoping there would be a way to connect a printer instead of having to buy a bluetooth one. i know some people have done wifi/cloud printing but i dont want to buy a printer connected to the internet if i don't have to.
nbarlam said:
has anyone tried plugging a printer via a usb? I want to use my transformer to write documents and am hoping there would be a way to connect a printer instead of having to buy a bluetooth one. i know some people have done wifi/cloud printing but i dont want to buy a printer connected to the internet if i don't have to.
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You can do Google Cloud Print, it will use any printer attached to your computer, I have an HP Inket on mine and it's not Net enabled.
nbarlam said:
has anyone tried plugging a printer via a usb? I want to use my transformer to write documents and am hoping there would be a way to connect a printer instead of having to buy a bluetooth one. i know some people have done wifi/cloud printing but i dont want to buy a printer connected to the internet if i don't have to.
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i have a fairly cheap wireless printer and ive managed to connect to that nicely
To those of you who managed to get NTFS formatted drives (flash drives or otherwise), I presume you are not on the stock rom?
i just plugged in my HTC Touch Pro 2 (Tilt2/Rhodium) and it is charging, but it does not mount the SD card.
USB thumbdrives have all worked for me.
Man, typing on this dock is complete crap.
evilmerlin said:
To those of you who managed to get NTFS formatted drives (flash drives or otherwise), I presume you are not on the stock rom?
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I've run my external NTFS hard drive before and after root, both on 3.0 and 3.1.
I have not tried to write to the drive but it reads just fine.
Hi,
I wish to view my Canon SLR camera photo in Transformer display via HDMI cable.
Is it possible to use the TF HDMI as an input?
zuzzurro said:
Hi,
Is it possible to use the TF HDMI as an input?
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No, the mini HDMI port of the transformer is an output only. You cant use it as a monitor. Same way you can't use the HDMI output of a laptop as an input.
sorry but is simply impossible.
cesarramsan said:
sorry but is simply impossible.
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Ah such closed-mindedness.........NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!!! LEARN THAT!!
It is just that we do not know HOW yet. That does NOT make it impossible.
Many thanks...
this tablet have too limitations!
I wish to use it to display photo from my camera Canon EOS 7D which use CF card, but it has only SD card reader, so I should use a CF USB reader, but it hasn't a USB port, so I hoped it could show my photo via HDMI... but it cannot!!!
zuzzurro said:
Many thanks...
this tablet have too limitations!
I wish to use it to display photo from my camera Canon EOS 7D which use CF card, but it has only SD card reader, so I should use a CF USB reader, but it hasn't a USB port, so I hoped it could show my photo via HDMI... but it cannot!!!
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If my memory is correct, there is an adapter for this (kind of). Where the loading slot will be used for this purpose. But still, im not sure how it is...
There are SD to CF adapters on amazon and other sites. But if I were you I would just get the dock. Honestly, there are better tablets if you do not want the dock.
Digiguest said:
Ah such closed-mindedness.........NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!!! LEARN THAT!!
It is just that we do not know HOW yet. That does NOT make it impossible.
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Unless you swap the chipset and data bus beside the min-hdmi port and modify the kernel it is impossible.
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There are SD to compact flash adapter, since CF card are bigger tha SD card, but do not exist any CF to SD adapter.
Do you know any tablet with USB port better than TF at 349 eur?
Why does this thread remind me of this? http://xkcd.com/644/
Either way, sometimes hardware is limited to in or out only. HDMI is one of those ports that is commonly unidirectional only and it is a limitation of the hardware itself, not just software.
Digiguest said:
Ah such closed-mindedness.........NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!!! LEARN THAT!!
It is just that we do not know HOW yet. That does NOT make it impossible.
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Cool, let us know when you've got it working
Here's some options:
1. Get the dock
2. Get the dock
3. Get an Eye-Fi CF to SD adapter on ebay and use the official Eye-Fi android app to transfer wirelessly.
4. Get the dock
I know that 3.1 added support for a broader spectrum of USB devices, and I thought it would be interesting to compile a list of what works and doesn't work!
So far, I've tried:
ACER LIQUID E - Basically just charges the phone and allows for tethering (wish I could mount it) **UPDATE** After rooting and installing busybox and drive mount, Liquid E is able to mount! (Thanks, entropy)
HP WIRELESS MINI KEYBOARD (Model #U10G) - Works flawlessly! Prior to the update, only the keyboard worked, but now the mouse works too, as expected!
SONY CYBERSHOT (Model #DSC-W55) - At first the Iconia didn't detect it, but after I went into the camera menu and changed USB connect mode from "auto" to "mass storage" and plugged it back into the tablet, the Gallery app opened automatically and the pics from the camera magically appeared! Woohoo!
LOGITECH ATTACK 3 JOYSTICK - Not too useful, but it works! Basically it works as a glorified mouse, scrolling up/down/left/right. Pretty basic for now, but perhaps a good flight simulator will come out in the future?
SAMSUNG STORY STATION 1 TB HARD DRIVE - My biggest disappointment... I know there are workarounds to get external drives to work, but I was hoping 3.1 would provide a fix for this. It is formatted FAT32, so I'm not sure what the problem is, but my Iconia isn't picking it up **UPDATE** After rooting and installing busybox and drive mount, Story Station is able to mount! (Thanks, entropy)
I can confirm the iphone 3gs will charge and you can import photos/movies taken on the camera.
I have a cannon camera at home. I know they have a strange interface which always requires me to load a separate driver in windows. I will test it later and let you know.
vanisleguy1976 said:
SAMSUNG STORY STATION 1 TB HARD DRIVE - My biggest disappointment... I know there are workarounds to get external drives to work, but I was hoping 3.1 would provide a fix for this. It is formatted FAT32, so I'm not sure what the problem is, but my Iconia isn't picking it up
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Assuming you are rooted - try "drive mount" (free from market) - solved all my USB storage device problems.
entropy.of.avarice said:
Assuming you are rooted - try "drive mount" (free from market) - solved all my USB storage device problems.
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Thanks! I'll keep that in mind. I'm not currently rooted, but I'll likely take that plunge soon. I was hoping 3.1 would cure that in the stock software, but we can't always get what we want
pacificwing said:
I can confirm the iphone 3gs will charge and you can import photos/movies taken on the camera.
I have a cannon camera at home. I know they have a strange interface which always requires me to load a separate driver in windows. I will test it later and let you know.
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How ironic that an iProduct will work as a peripheral, but not another Acer product!
*edit* Just tested my old BLACKBERRY CURVE 8310 and it mounts no problem! Wtf?
Thanks for the info!
vanisleguy1976 said:
Thanks! I'll keep that in mind. I'm not currently rooted, but I'll likely take that plunge soon. I was hoping 3.1 would cure that in the stock software, but we can't always get what we want
Thanks for the info!
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Rooting stock 3.1 takes about ten seconds - i have successfully ran a Logitech laser mouse, a Saitek Eclipse 2 keyboard, a old crappy external 60gb USB hdd, and a 16gb flash stick all at once
Does a non powered usb hub work??
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vari9 said:
Does a non powered usb hub work??
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Using a non powered hub as I type - 4 devices connected, including a sweet keyboard with led back lighting (saitek eclipse 2) - all 4 devices work even if I am not connected to power.
Is there an * easy * way to make this tab use huwaei dongle for internet...???
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vari9 said:
Is there an easy way to make this tab use huwaei dongle for internet...???
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No idea - would probably involve a rooted device and a custom rom - head to the dev section.
Logitech mx510 and mx518 mice confirmed.
Xbox 360 wired controller works but found no games that use it and it is very clunky for nav'ing the UI in general.
Wacom Bamboo powers but nothing functions.
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Is there a safe way of removing these usb devices without having to power down?
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Is there a safe way of removing these usb devices without having to power down?
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A "safe" way? I'm pretty sure it won't explode if you just unplug them.
In all seriousness, you should be able to just unplug them without losing data. At least I always have.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the reason you have to "eject" removable media from windows is because windows has some sort of drive caching to speed things up. This means that just because you have copied a file to your usb drive, doesn't mean the data has actually been written right away.
Furthermore, Windows also locks out files that are in use by an active application. As such, windows makes you "eject" the media in order to give the OS a chance to check to see if any of the files are still in use, to avoid the application having a brain fart and crashing. Also, if an application is in the process of writing to a file and you yank out the drive, the file could become corrupt.
I think both scenarios are not likely to occur on an Android tablet, mainly because its based on a real operating system not designed to treat you like an idiot. Just make sure none of the data is being used by any open apps and you should be fine.
That being said, always make sure to keep backups.
Cheers,
-PW
Anyone able to use an Xbox 360 controller. I have a wireless with PC USB dongle, would like to use it if I possible.
Just want to say i can see my files in my x10 mounting it with drive mount and view it with file expert
entropy.of.avarice said:
Rooting stock 3.1 takes about ten seconds - i have successfully ran a Logitech laser mouse, a Saitek Eclipse 2 keyboard, a old crappy external 60gb USB hdd, and a 16gb flash stick all at once
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Thanks! After rooting, installing busybox, and Drive mount, I now am able to mount my phone and external hard drive!
vanisleguy1976 said:
Thanks! After rooting, installing busybox, and Drive mount, I now am able to mount my phone and external hard drive!
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Yay! Glad it worked for you. Enjoy!
I can't seem to transfer any mp4 files from my pc to the thrive through the mini usb cable. It starts to copy and the bar gets full, indicating it's almost done, and then there's an error saying the thrive stopped responding. I can succesfully transfer the file via a usb flash drive, but it's annoying to take the extra step.
I read somewhere else that turning on USB Debugging would solve this, but when I do that the thrive is not recognized by the pc. Anyone have any info on this?
Search for WiFi File Explorer Pro in the market. Works great! Look at the most recent reviews and you will see someone with the same problem that it worked for. Maybe it was you?
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pdaddy said:
Search for WiFi File Explorer Pro in the market. Works great! Look at the most recent reviews and you will see someone with the same problem that it worked for. Maybe it was you?
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Wasn't me but thanks for recommending it. Works great and not much loss of speed, if any.