I have portable hard disk which doesn't get detected on my stock a500 if I format it as ntfs. I was thinking why should I use ntfs if I can use ext3 on my acer a500 and windows 7.
My problem with fat32 is that I can't copy files larger the 8gb.
Can anyone help me get started by answering below quetions.
How do I format my hard drive to ext3?
Will iconia a500 can read the drive natively?
How to enable windows 7 to read and write to ext3?
If you're running 3.2 it should, had no problem on mine...
There are apps out there that will format to ext3, Easius partition manager is a free one, but windows does NOT recognise the linux file structure. There might be apps that allow it to be read but since I don't need I haven't looked....
Just remember that its fairly easy to format to ext3 but might be harder trying to format back to fat32 or ntfs....
thanks for your quick reply. I will search for available software for windows 7.
The software exists for Windows 7 but it isn't the most glamorous. I used an app called ext2explore. My AV on windoze sees it as a virus but it isn't. It works with ext3 and ext4 formatted hard drives too.
If your tab is rooted you can install drivemount from the market. It allows your tab to read NTFS files, as well there are custom ROMS that allow it too. That might actually be easier than getting Windoze to read your ext partitions.
You are rite hardslog. After Googling and finding softwares that would not enable me to work the way I want I finaly came to the conclusion it's best to leave it as is. I think it's bit simpler to root it and get ntfs mount, then trying to get windows 7 to recognize ext3.
Thanks for the reply.
soul_0830 said:
You are rite hardslog. After Googling and finding softwares that would not enable me to work the way I want I finaly came to the conclusion it's best to leave it as is. I think it's bit simpler to root it and get ntfs mount, then trying to get windows 7 to recognize ext3.
Thanks for the reply.
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Anytime! Or you could format your Windoze computer and put something like Ubuntu on it!
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Hey all, question, I dont know if its my setup since I have the drivers that let me read linux formatted drives in WinXP however, after I got the memory card formatted to the fat/ext2, if I try to connect my G1 to the USB and "mount" it doesnt show up in WinXP to work with. Now in Ubuntu (Which is where I worked on the format etc) it shows up fine. Just need to know if there is a solid way to work with the Fat part of it in Windows to add files or If ill need to use Ubuntu now. Also I wanna upgrade my 2GB to a 4GB, can the files just be transfered over to the 4GB and the G1 would still read everything just fine? Or would doing that screw something up? Just making sure before I do. =)
Thanks for any help.
Poke anyone? I know alot of you have your apps installed on the SD. =/
this thread should of been added to ONE of those APP2SD thread.. might as well format the whole SDCard FAT32 and EXT2...
Fat32 - copy everything to ur comp
EXT2 - they are just apps that u can go to market and download it agian.
Well I do have it Fat32, But the question is, can I transfer the Fat32/EXT2 to another memory card formatted the same way? Or do I have to redownload?
Then still is the issue why I cant connect it to WinXP, Wont show up. =/
nope..
i have xp too and it won't show either.. like the new build(haykuro6.0) i wanna try it out, but i have to go to the process to backup my apps on the SD.. and just format the whole SDCARD.. but nah
this might help.. it tells u how to back up ur apps to the FAT32 part of the SDcard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3808858
im clueless on restoring the apps back
Well let me specify, I have the fastboot drivers put in too since one needed that to mod the g1 and push files etc. So unless there is a way to do both? So I think with the drivers for fastboot and so, it wont read as a removeable storage.
Now I can use Ubuntu (Linux) to Move the EXT2 to another EXT2 but not sure if the cache and data will work the same?
I was interested in transfering files from my hone (Nexus s 4g) and my A500. I wanted to know if this is possible by simply plugging the phone into the tablet's usb port. If not, is there any drivers or apps i can download to let me do so? Basically, i want it to be like when i plug it into my computer. I want it to show up like a hard drive.
Also, i have a external harddrive and had a question on how to format it. When i right click hit format is comes up as NTFS being the default file system. The onl y other option is exFat. Is that the same as Fat32? I've heard Fat32 is the only file system that works.
Thanks for the help!
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I was interested in transfering files from my hone (Nexus s 4g) and my A500. I wanted to know if this is possible by simply plugging the phone into the tablet's usb port. If not, is there any drivers or apps i can download to let me do so? Basically, i want it to be like when i plug it into my computer. I want it to show up like a hard drive.
Also, i have a external harddrive and had a question on how to format it. When i right click hit format is comes up as NTFS being the default file system. The onl y other option is exFat. Is that the same as Fat32? I've heard Fat32 is the only file system that works.
Thanks for the help!
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Use gparted partition manager on puppy linux to format it into fat32.....
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Still not working
Ive converted the drive to fat32 but i still cant get it to be recognized by my a500, can someone please explain how i could do so?
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Ive converted the drive to fat32 but i still cant get it to be recognized by my a500, can someone please explain how i could do so?
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Try using a powered usb hub....or try using 'drive mount'.....search it in the market...
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i use nokia e71.
using the datacable ,connect the e71 to a500.
just like an u flash,i can see it in astro .
I CAN DO THIS AFTER UPDATE to 3.1 , and the mount with drive mount
I did do a search under all of A500, which was related to this but did not get an exact answer.( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085361&highlight=FAT32 )
I am considering buying the Iconia Tab A500. Trying to do as much research as possible, as my step #1 with any tablet would be rooting. I have been reading reviews and was very surprised to see this on a http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/acer-iconia-tab-a500/4864-3126_7-34644168-18.html?tag=userReviews;summaryList.
Where the guy says:
The Iconia works great with USB wireless mouse and keyboards, detects all flash drives or drives (formatted as FAT or FAT32 - limitation of Honeycomb)
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This i very surprising to hear on a linux kernel and I would think this is very limiting.
Is this true even on a rooted machine?
Is this just a matter of fact with Honeycomb?
Please teach me of wise one(s)..
Thanks.
Honeycomb unrooted will support keyboards, mice, and FAT/FAT32 flash drives without a problem. You can also gain NTFS support by rooting.
Its a kernel limitation. With that, however, there are several roms and kernels in the development section that add ext4, hfs, ntfs support.
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I guess the two downfalls I see with FAT32
1) File size
2) Will file transfer from my linux box be in only one direction (from the linux box to the tab) because the tab cannot read the file structure of the other machine? (In my case I have a dual boot machine with 2 NTFS partitions, 1 ext4 and 1 swap)
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I guess the two downfalls I see with FAT32
1) File size
2) Will file transfer from my linux box be in only one direction (from the linux box to the tab) because the tab cannot read the file structure of the other machine? (In my case I have a dual boot machine with 2 NTFS partitions, 1 ext4 and 1 swap)
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These guys talk back and forth between their Linux boxes and their tabs I believe.
I think you'll get a quicker response to your question there?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158260
YeeP said:
I guess the two downfalls I see with FAT32
1) File size
2) Will file transfer from my linux box be in only one direction (from the linux box to the tab) because the tab cannot read the file structure of the other machine? (In my case I have a dual boot machine with 2 NTFS partitions, 1 ext4 and 1 swap)
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When you plug the tab to a computer (Linux or Windows, maybe Mac? not sure), your OS will mount what it sees. For me, my Win7 laptop mounts the internal SD card of the tab, and so does my Ubuntu box. When the card is mounted, I just copy files to it or from it by dragging and dropping. This is what I do with large fiels.
This is of course not practical for very large files, but for smaller files (like music albums, etc.) you of course have the option of using samba (SMB) or ftp/scp for moving files back and forth between your Linux box and the tab on your wlan. What I've done is that I mostly just copy stuff from my Linux box through samba, just share a folder, set it to copy. Sometimes I plug in the tab and transfer files over the cable. I have a pretty elaborate home network setup with bunch of stuff shared there, so it's usually easier for me to just copy things straight off of the network shares than to go unplugging usb drives from the server they're normally at and plugging them straight to the tab. So that's why I haven't really missed the option of mounting more other file systems, I just generally tend to use the tools (smb / ftp) that don't require actual mounting, just connecting.
Hello all.
I have a quick question about using an external hard drive with my nexus 10. I bought a Fantom Drives desktop style external (with power adapter) to use with my macbook air, my girlfriends win7 laptop, and my nexus 10. I prepped the tablet by rooting it and installing StickMount because I read that was the only way to write to usb storage.
When I plug up the external with my usbOTG cable, it recognizes it and it shows up in Androzip, but none of the files that I put on it from windows show up, and also it will not let me write to it from the tablet either. When I try to write to it (a very small photo), it says "Could not move folder due to system restrictions". I have tried reading and writing to the drive from the tablet with it formatted in NTFS and also with it formatted in exFAT.
Am I just out of luck and the drive will not work with my nexus, or are there any other troubleshooting options I can try? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Hello all.
I have a quick question about using an external hard drive with my nexus 10. I bought a Fantom Drives desktop style external (with power adapter) to use with my macbook air, my girlfriends win7 laptop, and my nexus 10. I prepped the tablet by rooting it and installing StickMount because I read that was the only way to write to usb storage.
When I plug up the external with my usbOTG cable, it recognizes it and it shows up in Androzip, but none of the files that I put on it from windows show up, and also it will not let me write to it from the tablet either. When I try to write to it (a very small photo), it says "Could not move folder due to system restrictions". I have tried reading and writing to the drive from the tablet with it formatted in NTFS and also with it formatted in exFAT.
Am I just out of luck and the drive will not work with my nexus, or are there any other troubleshooting options I can try? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Try converting the drive to fat32. It should read and write well then!
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Try converting the drive to fat32. It should read and write well then!
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Unfortunately wont FAT32 cap at 4gb? Also, forgive my ignorance but what can I do to format it in FAT32 because my only format options in windows were exFAT and NTFS.
Thanks for the reply!
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Unfortunately wont FAT32 cap at 4gb? Also, forgive my ignorance but what can I do to format it in FAT32 because my only format options in windows were exFAT and NTFS.
Thanks for the reply!
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got it to work!! used the Verbatim fat32 format tool. It recognizes all 2 terabytes of space and reads and writes on the nexus 10. Thanks so much for the help!! Very pleased to be able to use my new external with the tablet. Now I just have to play the waiting game for my new Macbook Air to show up
jonmike13 said:
got it to work!! used the Verbatim fat32 format tool. It recognizes all 2 terabytes of space and reads and writes on the nexus 10. Thanks so much for the help!! Very pleased to be able to use my new external with the tablet. Now I just have to play the waiting game for my new Macbook Air to show up
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Nothing at all! The downside of fat32 is that indeed there is a limit for the size of an individual file. You can't write files bigger than 4gb. Also if you try a custom kernel with ntfs support you will be able to read from ntfs but not surely write..!
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Nothing at all! The downside of fat32 is that indeed there is a limit for the size of an individual file. You can't write files bigger than 4gb. Also if you try a custom kernel with ntfs support you will be able to read from ntfs but not surely write..!
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You can sometimes do NTFS-write. It's not unheard of. The downsides of FAT32 are also a lot worse than what you described: it's significantly more prone to corruption and doesn't handle unexpected ejections nearly as well because it's not journalled, and has no support at all for permissions. But for performance and convenience reasons, it really can't be beat at the moment.
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You can sometimes do NTFS-write. It's not unheard of. The downsides of FAT32 are also a lot worse than what you described: it's significantly more prone to corruption and doesn't handle unexpected ejections nearly as well because it's not journalled, and has no support at all for permissions. But for performance and convenience reasons, it really can't be beat at the moment.
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I can write and read with my note 2. However i tried with stock kernel ntfs and nothing happens. I think that in terms of speed ntfs is also faster.
c1oud said:
I can write and read with my note 2. However i tried with stock kernel ntfs and nothing happens. I think that in terms of speed ntfs is also faster.
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Should have clarified. It's a kernel support thing.
Hi was wondering if it is possible to format my 64gb pen drive to NTFS and get my G2 to recognise it using a USB-OTG?
mimicuk said:
Hi was wondering if it is possible to format my 64gb pen drive to NTFS and get my G2 to recognise it using a USB-OTG?
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It doesn't appear to recognize it on mine. I tried a Sandisk Ultra 32GB that I've used on my Samsung TV, and it couldn't handle it. It could handle FAT32 on a Sandisk Cruzer using the same OTG adapter.
Disappointing if you want to access large files. I'm going to try ext3 next.
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I formated it on my Linux system, and it does read ext2, if you have that available. If you need large files, then that would be one solution. Maybe you can install NTFS-3G support, which is what Linux uses.
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It doesn't appear to recognize it on mine. I tried a Sandisk Ultra 32GB that I've used on my Samsung TV, and it couldn't handle it. It could handle FAT32 on a Sandisk Cruzer using the same OTG adapter.
Disappointing if you want to access large files. I'm going to try ext3 next.
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I formated it on my Linux system, and it does read ext2, if you have that available. If you need large files, then that would be one solution. Maybe you can install NTFS-3G support, which is what Linux uses.
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you can use exfat...and it recognize well
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you can use exfat...and it recognize well
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That's good to know for those that use windows. For Linux, which I use, it would take some work to get it, whereas ext2 is standard, stable, and works.
Perhaps F2FS (Flash Friendly File System, from Samsung) would be another possibility, although I don't know if it's available at all.
Hi guys, if you want NTFS support on your LG G2 all you have to do is install Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+.
Googled for G2 OTG NTFS support, came in here, tried Paragon and came back to tell you it worked flawlesly with my NTFS 1tb 2,5" external hdd.
thanks man .. tested with lg g2 kitkat stock rom .. just mounted onstorage\usb storage 1..2 ..3 .. you can even format your hdd :-o