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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!
Spid3rman said:
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?
Spid3rman said:
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
hi, i recently bought this tablet. the usb (full size port) used to mount usb drives, sd cards in cameras etc and the files could be seen on the device. of late, it seems the port does not mount any device, but provides power to it(thumb drive light flashes, phone charges). the file manager( file manager hd) shows "directory empty" when i connect a usb drive and choose it. please provide me with a solution. i tried rooting and un rooting the device but the problem presists. i tried enabling and disabling usb debugging but got no results. please help.
Try grabbing USB Mount All from the market. That should fix your issues.
Chlballi
Try using "USB Mount All v.1.3" available on the Marketplace. However your device will lneed to be rooted to use it.
may i know as to what is a usb mount? the iconia a500 already has a full size usb port.
got it, trying it out now.
thanks a lot. working like a charm
sorry double post.
seems I have the same problem.
My acer wont recognise any of my drives but it will power them.
I've tried usb mount all but it doesn't help.
I'm running the virtuous 1.4rom
Any help appreciated.
I just got my Iconia today and I used the gingerbreak root method and confirmed I had root and then installed CWM recovery via the Acer Recovery Installer but when I boot to recovery and try to run a backup I get the following message:
Kernel does not support usb storage
I am also not able to mount the sd card in either recovery or when the OS is running.
I don't see any other information about this problem. What have I missed?
richdaley said:
I just got my Iconia today and I used the gingerbreak root method and confirmed I had root and then installed CWM recovery via the Acer Recovery Installer but when I boot to recovery and try to run a backup I get the following message:
Kernel does not support usb storage
I am also not able to mount the sd card in either recovery or when the OS is running.
I don't see any other information about this problem. What have I missed?
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I have the same problem, anyone know a solution.
My Iconia not read any USB pendrive or keyboard or mouse connected.
Please help!!!!
It does or at least it seem to if you look in the mnt dir you see directory for both external card and usb storage. It is just that the system does not but up any notices of have a card or usb storage unless you look in those directory or system storage setting.
Common problem, plenty of posts about it on here.
CWM is fussy about which SD cards it will work with. Either try formatting your card from the tablet or an Android phone, or try another card.
Smaller cards seem to work best.
Yes, FloatingFatMan rights. I do have problem with external sdcard with CWM before, try to update ROM. Just give it a clean fat32 format. Reboot the system until you are able to access external sdcard and back again to the cwm.
put the card before power on...
or the usb drive before power on...
CWM does not like you change sdcard when it's running
once the device is started on CWM , do not remove sdcard or else.
sanaell said:
put the card before power on...
or the usb drive before power on...
CWM does not like you change sdcard when it's running
once the device is started on CWM , do not remove sdcard or else.
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My SDCard (4Gb) is always in slot and in Android OS with File Manager HD i see it and i can use it normally.
Only in CWM i have this error, and i have problems with USB external storage: USB pendrives, mouse or keyboard connected to Iconia not work.
The Pendrive's led is on but not work in system, all USB pen drive(1Gb, 2Gb or 32Gb) i test are formatted in FAT32 and after Update to 3.1 Stock not work again.
I go to a shop with Iconia to test in it and my Pendrives work correctly in these devices with 3.0.1 HC.
I use a lot of different File Manager (Root Explorer, File Manager HD, Astro) with same result, if i go in /mnt/usb_storage i dont see anything.
Any solution?
My iconia is damaged or it's a software problem????
ssj5trunks said:
My SDCard (4Gb) is always in slot and in Android OS with File Manager HD i see it and i can use it normally.
Only in CWM i have this error, and i have problems with USB external storage: USB pendrives, mouse or keyboard connected to Iconia not work.
The Pendrive's led is on but not work in system, all USB pen drive(1Gb, 2Gb or 32Gb) i test are formatted in FAT32 and after Update to 3.1 Stock not work again.
I go to a shop with Iconia to test in it and my Pendrives work correctly in these devices with 3.0.1 HC.
I use a lot of different File Manager (Root Explorer, File Manager HD, Astro) with same result, if i go in /mnt/usb_storage i dont see anything.
Any solution?
My iconia is damaged or it's a software problem????
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if you can t plug anything mouse pendrive etc... then... why you are looking too far...
I might say HARDWARE problem.
change your iconia asap
sanaell said:
if you can t plug anything mouse pendrive etc... then... why you are looking too far...
I might say HARDWARE problem.
change your iconia asap
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Today i sent my Iconia to Acer support.
I hope it'll come back quickly.
Bye
never send rooted/jailbreaked stuff to support or they unroot and hard reset n blame it on root/jailbreak happened with my friends ipad 2 and his android phone after the stopped responding to external storage and the transfer cables
I use this USB host cable and it works great. Have tested it with my 750gb Oyen and 320gb WD Passport external HDD's, several usb flash drives (8-16gb), San disk USB memory card reader, and a USB keyboard.
For those having issues getting their Xoom to recognize USB storage devices here's what I've got and did to get it to work: I flashed my XOOM (3.1) to the 2.6.36.4 Tiamat_Xoom-v1.4.4-Full_Throttle Kernel and was unable to get the USBMount to recognize drives or storage at first. I installed USB Mass Storage Watcher from the market (it's free) and it works awesome! Can mount any storage I want (NTFS, FAT16/32, HFS, HFS+, EXT2, ETX3, EXT4) with any capacity. I think this app will work with any rooted Xoom (or other devices). Under my Kernel my USB host is located under/usbOTG.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for your post, im having trouble getting my Wifi Xoom usb host to work, i have tried making a cable from the tutorials around here and i have also bought an OTG cable but didn't get any luck having it working, im on HC 3.2 Tiamat 2.1.0 Tachi stock GPU , i tried installing busybox - OTG watcher - Drive Mount etc. and followed all kind of guides in the forum and on google with no luck, i tried usb mice , more than 6 flash drives, usb 3g dongles and other devices without any indication of any kind of connection or powering up, so most probably the problem would be from the cable...as i ordered xoom usb otg cables from ebay and until i receive them i was wondering if there might be anything i was missing?
hunix said:
Thanks for your post, im having trouble getting my Wifi Xoom usb host to work, i have tried making a cable from the tutorials around here and i have also bought an OTG cable but didn't get any luck having it working, im on HC 3.2 Tiamat 2.1.0 Tachi stock GPU , i tried installing busybox - OTG watcher - Drive Mount etc. and followed all kind of guides in the forum and on google with no luck, i tried usb mice , more than 6 flash drives, usb 3g dongles and other devices without any indication of any kind of connection or powering up, so most probably the problem would be from the cable...as i ordered xoom usb otg cables from ebay and until i receive them i was wondering if there might be anything i was missing?
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Sounds like your cable is not OTG. A lot of them are not. Try it again with your Moto cable when it comes. Also, try rebooting with the cable and drive plugged in, with OTG Watcher running. That has worked for me in the past.
Xoom 3G, stock FW 3.2, non rooted and ot cable
So - just installed USB Mass Storage Watcher OTG - https://market.android.com/details?i...tcherotg&hl=pl
Pendrive is recognized by the program immediately and displays the mount point /dev/block/sda - but unfortunately the next value is 0MB. And this is like that on every pendrive. Do I need root to mount it, or do you have any other idea to mount my pendrive without root?
sdsi said:
Xoom 3G, stock FW 3.2, non rooted and ot cable
So - just installed USB Mass Storage Watcher OTG - https://market.android.com/details?i...tcherotg&hl=pl
Pendrive is recognized by the program immediately and displays the mount point /dev/block/sda - but unfortunately the next value is 0MB. And this is like that on every pendrive. Do I need root to mount it, or do you have any other idea to mount my pendrive without root?
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You do need root to mount the drive-to use Xoom in USB Host Mode.
Only root? Is that all that needs to be done?
spinstartshere said:
Only root? Is that all that needs to be done?
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You need a kernel or rom that supports OTG. Tiamat Odachi kernel, Moray rom, the 4G rom, and the Rogue Rana kernel should all support usb host mode. You will also need a real otg cable and probably an app that helps you mount the drive, such as USB Mount All or Drive Mount.
okantomi said:
You need a kernel or rom that supports OTG. Tiamat Odachi kernel, Moray rom, the 4G rom, and the Rogue Rana kernel should all support usb host mode. You will also need a real otg cable and probably an app that helps you mount the drive, such as USB Mount All or Drive Mount.
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it works great on rooted stock kernel 3.2 with "Drive Mount" but from the market you can not install "Drive Mount" it says not supported.
If the program is free could someone post the apk?
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3devious said:
If the program is free could someone post the apk?
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busybox also needed
it is free and here is it
I have xoom wifi usa version with 4.0 version that is recently released.
my xoom is NOT ROOTED.
with new version of andriod os, am i able to read/write to USB drive Or still need rooted?
thanks in advance.
uhs74 said:
I have xoom wifi usa version with 4.0 version that is recently released.
my xoom is NOT ROOTED.
with new version of andriod os, am i able to read/write to USB drive Or still need rooted?
thanks in advance.
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Just tried with a genuine motorola OTG cable, which works with the same stick because I used it for upgrading my UK one to US ICS 4.0.3, and it doesn't work without rooting. I still can't root mine yet because my micro SD card for backup hasn't come!
hello
i have wifi xoom android 4.0 rooted with timat kernal
the usb host mount fine but i coudln't found the files in the file explorer
when i mount hard drive fat 32
also when i mounted the ntfs hard drive it shows me 0mb in the usb mount app !
what is the problem
read usb drive from rooted xoom
i have rooted my xoom (wifi usa)based on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446469
I installed stickmount app (https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount&hl=en) from market.
i used Micro USB Male to USB A Female Adapter (http://www.amazon.com/Micro-USB-Mal...YMU6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329151612&sr=8-2)
once connected to xoom the usb drive ,StickMount app recognize and mount it on specific drive (folder) which display on screen for some duration.
then goto "ES file explorer" or "Astro file explorer" and select that folder and you can see the contents of usb drive.
usb drive should be in format Fat32 mode.I have not tried with NTFS or other format.
Hope this helps somebody.
uhs74 said:
i have rooted my xoom (wifi usa)based on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446469
I installed stickmount app (https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount&hl=en) from market.
i used Micro USB Male to USB A Female Adapter (http://www.amazon.com/Micro-USB-Mal...YMU6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329151612&sr=8-2)
once connected to xoom the usb drive ,StickMount app recognize and mount it on specific drive (folder) which display on screen for some duration.
then goto "ES file explorer" or "Astro file explorer" and select that folder and you can see the contents of usb drive.
usb drive should be in format Fat32 mode.I have not tried with NTFS or other format.
Hope this helps somebody.
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You got it to work using that USB adapter? That's not a USB OTG adapter. It really shouldnt work using that one.
derek4484 said:
You got it to work using that USB adapter? That's not a USB OTG adapter. It really shouldnt work using that one.
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Oh i got it wrong link but i used OTG adapter.
derek4484 said:
You got it to work using that USB adapter? That's not a USB OTG adapter. It really shouldnt work using that one.
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How's that digger from a USB ORG adapter? Just curious.
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Everything works only if its Fat32. NTFS needs new kernal loaded. I am Rooted but Stock. 4.0.4.
Reboot loop after trying to get external USB to work
My Xoom WiFi running Team EOS build 102 would not see my USB drives. I installed 'USB Mass Storage Watcher' from the market. This app then prompted me to install the OTG version. I followed instruction and removed original version before install the OTG version. The OTG version also prompted me to down load another version of Busy Box, which I did.
I could then see one of my USB (see size and space used), but could not see files or folders in the mount location. I restarted my Xoom (I live in a windows world and reboot fixes a lot of issues LOL), Xoom got stuck in reboot loop. I went into recovery mode and clear my Dalvik, but this had no effect on reboot loop.
Luck for me I had a Nandroid backup from 2 days earlier (pheew). Restored this and back to normal.
Not sure if anyone has had this problem, but I strongly recommended making nandroid backup before doing any device driver updates.
No Prob...
im on the same software version as u, i connected usb drives, mouse and keyboard without any problems, just wanted to let u kno
Hello,
I have an acer a500.
And i would like to connect my portable hdd with the device.
But the problem is that the device cant find the hdd.
Could someone help me with this?
Flexxzion said:
Hello,
I have an acer a500.
And i would like to connect my portable hdd with the device.
But the problem is that the device cant find the hdd.
Could someone help me with this?
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Which version of HC are you running, 3.1 or 3.2?
3.2 will automatically detect external USB HDDs, and allow you to use them.
If it isnt rooted than yiur hard drive must be formatted to fat32...... alternatively you can root it and use drive mount for ntfs support
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hatefuel19 said:
If it isnt rooted than yiur hard drive must be formatted to fat32...... alternatively you can root it and use drive mount for ntfs support
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Not true!
Once again, HC 3.2 will read NTFS drives without root.
Ugh!
kjy2010 said:
Which version of HC are you running, 3.1 or 3.2?
3.2 will automatically detect external USB HDDs, and allow you to use them.
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I stand corrected......... never tried it without root and drive mount and honestly didnt know 3.2 supports ntfs out of the box......good to know
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