[Q] usb port not detected nor will connect to windows - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
Have a 2012 Nexus 7. Was rooted and had stickmount on it. OTA 4.3 update came and installed. Unit appears to operate ok afterwards, except the usb port. The usb port will charge. It is not detected by windows. It will not connect to windows.
My guess is that the internal driver for the usb is corrupted, either by the update or stickmount.
Is it possible to
download the update
put it on internal storage
re-install it?
Thanks

Yes. Download firmware directly to nexus then install it. For usb use nexus media importer is better than stickmount

I'm not sure why you think NMI is better than Stickmount. Stickmount is free and I can read/write/stream to and from thumbdrives, sd and microsd cards, my wd 750Gb external hd and it supports fat, fat32, ntfs and exfat. Even if NMI has these capabilities, you still have to pay for it.

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[Q] Unable to write to USB OTG mounted ext. HDD

As title says, having trouble copying files from the nexus 7 into an external HDD or a USB stick, only able to read from it. Any way to work around this?
Working on stock ROM, rooted and unlocked. Using stickmount.
Try with custom kernel
darkmatthew said:
Try with custom kernel
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Will try. Thanks!
No custom kernel is needed for storage formatted with fat32. I'm stock, rooted, 4.2.1, with the latest stickmount. I bought the pro to support the dev. I can read/write to external storage using the OTG cable. I can play music and videos from the thumbdrive or sdcard reader. I think the stickmount dev is working on ntfs support, which has previously required kernel support. But if your storage is fat32, there should be no problem accessing it.

[Q] Unable to copy files to 32gb or 64gb microSD card with USB OTG cable

I am having issues with the following setup on my Nexus 7. I have the eForCity Micro USB OTG to USB 2.0 Adapter and the elago Mobile Nano I USB 2.0 microSDHC Flash Memory Card Reader. I have tried two microSD cards, one 32gb and one 64gb and I am unable to copy files to the card using both Root Explorer and ES File Explorer. It says that the copy failed. I have tried formatting the as exFat, NTFS and FAT32 and no luck. Anyone out there experience this?
Thank you in advance,
BD6675
You're missing a piece of the puzzle. If rooted, you should install Stickmount, which mounts external storage using the OTG Usb cable. I use it to read/write and stream media from a 32Gb microsd card using FAT32. Some custom kernels or roms natively support mounting, but I'm just stock, rooted, 4.2.1.
Groid said:
You're missing a piece of the puzzle. If rooted, you should install Stickmount, which mounts external storage using the OTG Usb cable. I use it to read/write and stream media from a 32Gb microsd card using FAT32. Some custom kernels or roms natively support mounting, but I'm just stock, rooted, 4.2.1.
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Thank you for your reply. Sorry, I forgot to mention that I am rooted and I was already using Stickmount. I am able to mount both the 32gb and 64gb cards and see the content on them and access the content on them but I can not copy anything to either card when connected to the Nexus 7. Any other things I can try?
It appears that I need to have the card formatted to FAT32 in order to be able to copy to the card from the Nexus 7. Does this sound correct or is there a way to get the card formatted to NTFS or exFAT?
Some custom kernels and custom roms support NTFS, but I'm just using FAT32 which works perfectly unless you need support for files over 4Gb. Easiest way to get it to work is to just format your storage with FAT32.
Groid said:
Some custom kernels and custom roms support NTFS, but I'm just using FAT32 which works perfectly unless you need support for files over 4Gb. Easiest way to get it to work is to just format your storage with FAT32.
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Yeah, that should suit me just fine. Thank you for your response.
bd6675 said:
It appears that I need to have the card formatted to FAT32 in order to be able to copy to the card from the Nexus 7. Does this sound correct or is there a way to get the card formatted to NTFS or exFAT?
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this is correct. android reads, but doesn't support writing to NTFS or exFAT natively. some kernels add ntfs-g, which does give you write access, but it's buggy at best.

[Q] USB OTG Maximum size of USB Card ?

Hi, I seem to have USB OTG working to access an SD Card through my N7 (2012), but it only works with my 1GB card and not my 32GB card. Both are FAT32. Anyone know if there's a maximum size? Or have any pointers and getting this working? With the 32GB, StickMount says "usb storage is blank or has unsupported filesystem".
Running Kernel M (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2168787) and CyanogenMod 11.0 by koko98 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509905)
Cheers
My first suggestion would be to test the 32 GB card in another device such as a laptop. If it fails to be recognized or requires formatting, that would be the issue. Another possible solution would be to format the card to NTFS as it appears Kernel M supports that file system.
Maybe the first thing to try, however stupid it may sound, is to reboot you Nexus if you haven't already. My own device can be finicky with some of my USB sticks and is often times fixed with a simple reboot for whatever reason. Hopefully one of these suggestions helps you with your problem.
Could the recovery version/type have anything to do with it??
I've been using a USB otg from meenova with a 16gb card, works fine with twrp 2.6.3.1 and 2.7.0.0.
Using gen 1 nexus 7.
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USB 3.0 connection problem?

First of all, is there a way to connect via USB 3.0 to a Mac? There is Android File Transfer which will support MTP but it's USB2.0 only.
Secondly, when I connect it with USB 3.0 onto Windows the connection drops every 2 seconds. I've heard that this is due to me having an SD card and you need to unmount it first? But if you can't use a card USB 3.0 is rather pointless because the internal storage I would assume is FAT32 and won't take files larger than 4GB anyway.

Install a rom to an empty twrp with no access to a computer?

Hello, so I kinda messed up and deleted Internal Storage in TWRP, the only problem is, I'm on Holiday and don't have access to a computer, the only devices I have is an apple device and an old Samsung device... I've completely run out of ideas to how I could get a rom to my phone? I'm desperate so maybe there's something I'm missing?
Thanks
Run to a local electronics / department store and get an SD card, an SD card reader (that plugs into a USB port), a USB to USB-C adapter, plus a USB to micro-USB adapter. Put the SD card into the adapter and plug it into the micro-USB adapter. Plug it into your old samsung phone or Apple device and mount it as external storage (USB-OTG). Download a ROM and put it on the SD card.
Then put the SD card adapter into the USB to USB-C adapter and plug it into your phone. In TWRP, mount external storage and install the ROM from the SD card.
necosino said:
Run to a local electronics / department store and get an SD card, an SD card reader (that plugs into a USB port), a USB to USB-C adapter, plus a USB to micro-USB adapter. Put the SD card into the adapter and plug it into the micro-USB adapter. Plug it into your old samsung phone or Apple device and mount it as external storage (USB-OTG). Download a ROM and put it on the SD card.
Then put the SD card adapter into the USB to USB-C adapter and plug it into your phone. In TWRP, mount external storage and install the ROM from the SD card.
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Does this work? My TWRP doesn't read usb otg for some reason
jameswalker457 said:
Does this work? My TWRP doesn't read usb otg for some reason
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Otg is broken in official twrp. I don't know if one of the unofficial builds support it or not.
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My thoughts exactly. I would love there to be a supported version. I want to decrypt my phone but can't get mtp connectivity on my PC (Windows Vista lol)
jameswalker457 said:
My thoughts exactly. I would love there to be a supported version. I want to decrypt my phone but can't get mtp connectivity on my PC (Windows Vista lol)
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According to changelog the test version (83) has otg support https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=73220260
Edit: and otg fix was merged into twrp source, so next official release should work.
Sent from my OnePlus 5
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Wechy77 said:
Otg is broken in official twrp. I don't know if one of the unofficial builds support it or not.
Sent from my OnePlus 5
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Wechy77 said:
According to changelog the test version (83) has otg support https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=73220260
Edit: and otg fix was merged into twrp source, so next official release should work.
Sent from my OnePlus 5
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May have to flash this and give it a whirl... I'm gasping for decryption so I can try tugapower... Loved it on my 1+1

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