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Is it possible to mount it as an external storage just as an android phone does? On Windows you have to install the driver and it shows up. On my Mac it doesn't and just charges. Also can I mount the sdcard along with internal storage?
Also is there a way to mount my x10 as storage on the Transformer? When I plug into the USB port on the dock, I press mount on my phone but it does nothing while regular USB flash drives work just fine.
For Mac just download this http://www.android.com/filetransfer/. Works perfectly, allowing you to access your storage.
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For Mac just download this http://www.android.com/filetransfer/. Works perfectly, allowing you to access your storage.
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Awesome, thank you
OK, I just downloaded and installed the 3.1 update, running stock OS.
CONFIG
I have a 32GB A500 which I assume is main memory / SSD. I also added a 32GB micro SDHC chip in it, and for testing, an 8GB thumb drive in the large USB port. They all show up in system Settings,
When I have had the A500 connected via the mini-USB port, the memory / SSD shows up, but not the sdhc card, and not a thumb drive if i plug that in (when I look at it as an extended drive)
Some applications can see memory / SSD, and the micro SDHC chip. For example, ES File Explorer has a tab which cycles between the memory / SSD file system, and that on the SHDC chip. It doesn't include USB storage.
QUESTION
First, I'd like to confirm that something (anything) can read the USB file system.
Next, I am looking for a utility that would allow me to see all three file systems: main/SSD, SDHC, and USB, and move things back and forth between them, and to/from my PC as well. Recommendations?
As far as I know there is nothing that will allow you to read the 'external' drives from PC. This was supposed to be fixed in 3.1 (just another thing borked..), so go figure when or IF it'll ever be available.
Incidentally, my 2.2 Archos 101 did all that perfectly, but the new android versions won't, funny eh?
Assuming he has the proper drivers installed, what if he went micro usb connected to pc and thumb drive in tablet. He could read/transfer files from thumb to tablet and have the pc read/transfer to/from the tablet. If that makes sense or helps.
Get a file explorer and go to the mnt directory. the internal, external and usb storage are all there.
I guess I'd be happy with an answer to the first question below, happier with an answer to the second:
1. Is there any app, running on the tablet, which will allow me to see the file system on a USB thumbdrive? Which one. It's odd to me that I can see the drive, apparently properly formed, in the tablet "system settings" app, but (so far) haven't seen how to get at it myself, and haven't found an app which access it either.
2. Is there an application, running on the PC, or an app running on the tablet, which let's me see the file systems on tablet, tablet's sdhc chip, thumb drive and PC storage in a unified way, so I can move things around without unplugging stuff? That is harder, but one of those networked file access utilities might do it.
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I guess I'd be happy with an answer to the first question below, happier with an answer to the second:
1. Is there any app, running on the tablet, which will allow me to see the file system on a USB thumbdrive? Which one. It's odd to me that I can see the drive, apparently properly formed, in the tablet "system settings" app, but (so far) haven't seen how to get at it myself, and haven't found an app which access it either.
2. Is there an application, running on the PC, or an app running on the tablet, which let's me see the file systems on tablet, tablet's sdhc chip, thumb drive and PC storage in a unified way, so I can move things around without unplugging stuff? That is harder, but one of those networked file access utilities might do it.
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1) I use Root Explorer and I can see the USB Storage in the MNT directory in the root of the device.
2) from the PC, adb i assume, but i've never done this. For network, try Samba server - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.funkyfresh.samba&feature=search_result.
GCurry said:
I guess I'd be happy with an answer to the first question below, happier with an answer to the second:
1. Is there any app, running on the tablet, which will allow me to see the file system on a USB thumbdrive? Which one. It's odd to me that I can see the drive, apparently properly formed, in the tablet "system settings" app, but (so far) haven't seen how to get at it myself, and haven't found an app which access it either.
2. Is there an application, running on the PC, or an app running on the tablet, which let's me see the file systems on tablet, tablet's sdhc chip, thumb drive and PC storage in a unified way, so I can move things around without unplugging stuff? That is harder, but one of those networked file access utilities might do it.
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To answer the first one, no, there is no application to read the external data drives.
As for the second, to transfer files between these, you need to get a file explorer like Root Explorer. The multimedia apps have the ability to access the external data drives so if you want to store music and/or movies on them, you do not have to use up your internal memory.
Hope that answered your question.
Does 3.1 add ntfs support??....if not can I make it support without rooting my tab??
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Root explorer works great, so does File Manager HD
GCurry said:
OK, I just downloaded and installed the 3.1 update, running stock OS.
QUESTION
First, I'd like to confirm that something (anything) can read the USB file system.
Next, I am looking for a utility that would allow me to see all three file systems: main/SSD, SDHC, and USB, and move things back and forth between them, and to/from my PC as well. Recommendations?
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I use Astro, in Astro I see them all. Home, Up and you'll see all the storage areas.
Astro will allow you to move things back and forth between SD, USB and Internal storage.
Nothing that I know of, will allow you to directly view your USB or MicroSD using your PC, by directly I mean through the microusb connection.
There's an app called Wifi File Explorer Pro which may allow you to see them on the PC however I'm not certain as I never used it extensively and may be more trouble than it's worth as you'll have to open a port in your router for it to work properly.
Hope this helps.
Any file manager can access /mnt/external_sd and /mnt/usb_storage.
Drive mount or USB mount all can mount ntfs drives. Must be rooted.
Can only access internal memory front PC. End of story until google/Acer fixes it.
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Euclid's Brother said:
Any file manager can access /mnt/external_sd and /mnt/usb_storage.
Drive mount or USB mount all can mount ntfs drives. Must be rooted.
Can only access internal memory front PC. End of story until google/Acer fixes it.
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I am on 3.1 ota and I wanted to root it for ntfs support.....but don't want to void my warranty.....(weather here is too humid so generally all electronic devices don't work or something or the other happens to them)...so I will unroot later to claim my warranty.....what else can I do with root.....(no custom roms..).......
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1. Is there any app, running on the tablet, which will allow me to see the file system on a USB thumbdrive? Which one. It's odd to me that I can see the drive, apparently properly formed, in the tablet "system settings" app, but (so far) haven't seen how to get at it myself, and haven't found an app which access it either.
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Any file system application (ASTRO, Root Explorer) can access all storage devices in your system. The location for the storage devices is /mnt.
Note that the /mnt/sdcard directory is actually a FUSE mount of /data/local
The directories related to storage are:
/mnt/sdcard - a FUSE image of /data/local. This is internal storage.
/mnt/external_sd - The microSD card. Must be FAT32.
/mnt/usb_drive - A USB drive of some sorts...can be a thumb drive or a hard drive. Not sure about 3.1, but 3.0.1 needed this drive to be FAT32.
2. Is there an application, running on the PC, or an app running on the tablet, which let's me see the file systems on tablet, tablet's sdhc chip, thumb drive and PC storage in a unified way, so I can move things around without unplugging stuff? That is harder, but one of those networked file access utilities might do it.
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Answer...other than ADB, no (until Acer fixes that). When you mount your tablet to your PC, you are connecting to a FUSE partition, which is an image of /data/local. You can transfer files between /data/local (via FUSE partition) and your PC. Unfortunately, because you are accessing a FUSE partition, you are restricted to only /data/local (so you can't get to /mnt). ADB is a known exception (as it uses USB Debugging to access the tablet), but that isn't graphical at all (all command line, which means it is a lot of typing).
op mentioned ES file explorer
Use it myself - as I really like the interface and the LAN access works great for me.
You can see all your storage devices from es explorer
/mnt/sdcard = internal memory
/mnt/external_sd = microsd card
/mnt/USB_drive = USB based storage device
If you want to mount ntfs you need to root.
So, OTG works out the box with the cable.
Mouse plugged in, cursor appears.
Rooted device.
Installed stick mount.
Inserted 64GB USB (ntfs formatted) drive/stick in.
I get stickmount - chainfire 1.5 searching...then nothing.
Going into Stick mount itself, select mount
Active Mounts - none.
Any suggestions? I'm new to android, so not sure what the next trouble shooting steps are.
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Inserted 64GB USB (ntfs formatted) drive/stick in.
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Pretty sure the thumb drive needs to be FAT32 to work. Also, not all USB thumb drives work. try another one.
**UPDATE** Apparently NTFS can work, but again, not all USB devices are supported.
On this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800473
Member Badgered had problems with the cables. They even worked on his S3 but not the nexus 7 turned out it was the cables. He got a 4th one to work.
Paragon
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Any suggestions? I'm new to android, so not sure what the next trouble shooting steps are.
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Install the Paragon NTFS & HFS+ Beta app. I have no idea if the app is helping me, but I can read files off my 64GB flash drive just fine. One thing I noticed though, you sometimes need to unplug the whole adapter along with the USB flash drive. Simply unplugging the flash drive won't work, you might have to restart the Nex7 if it doesn't mount/unmount properly.
Just don't forget to un-mount from StickMount when you're about to unplug your flash drive, and when you're removing it, remove it with the whole thing (flash drive and adapter together).
Thanks for the updates.
Cable works with a mouse, is that a good enough test?
Hmm, I'll try with 3 or 4 other drives, see if it's that. FAT32 will be a problem though, as it's 4gb + movie files I want to watch
Works OK for me with a 32Gb Transcend stick this morning..
I have a SAN disk 16 GB usb drive. stick mount sees it, attempts to mount, says its mounted and creates a folder in /sdcard/usbmount/sda1/ but the drive is not mounted.....Im using ext4 and had to use busybox to manually mount using a terminal emulator.
You can try busybox mount, but its a bit of a pain to have to do every time, not too sure where to put an automount using the blkid value, but it could be done. typically in *nix its done in a simple line in /etc/fstab
what is the equivallent for android?
More of a "this combo works" than anything else...
Using this cable:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004TJC1IM/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00
and this stick
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005KJJ50C/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00 formatted as NTFS I have had no issues, simply rooted and installed Stickmount, and it "just works".
r0zj0k3r: What was the commandline use to manually mount your usb storage?
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Found it block device is at /dev/block/sda1 now need to add it to vold.fstab
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r0zj0k3r: What was the commandline use to manually mount your usb storage?
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Found it block device is at /dev/block/sda1 now need to add it to vold.fstab
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I'd didn't see your first question.. I just used a basic *nix mount command with busybox
busybox mount /dev/block/sda1 /sdcard/usb
it's not fun to type in every time (without a real keyboard) but it does work, with ext4/3/2. And since in a pinch it gets the job done I can use it. I just know there is a way, to set this up to auto mount. In any *nix flavor it too easy, and but since this is a bastardized Linux I don't know how/where everything works.
I found some stuff about vold.fstab but the syntax was a little confusing for me. Will these auto mount or do hdd's only mount on boot from that file?
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Mount problem
Used to work well except for being unable to unmount, but a restart would fix that and anyway I would get a usb stick mounted as sdb do it still worked.
Now, I don't know if it started after upgrading to 4.1.2 but I've noticed it since. Not even a restart would unmount it, I found a file probably left open on sda (only one file, left behind after plugging out the stick), and I deleted it, as well as the folder it was in. From then on I always had sda mounted and plugging the stick in again had no effect, I can't get it as sdb anymore.
I tried reinstalling stickmount, then I saw somewhere here that I should delete the usbStorage folder manually. From that moment my active mounts says none, it appears again when I plug the stick in but still none. Tried my mp3 player too, it was recognized but wouldn't mount either. i also tried another usb mounting app, it also recognized my stick, but pressing mount had no effect.
Any ideas please, I'm desperate?
Plugging in stick+OTG sees the stick flash before 'None' lets me down.
'Busybox mount' needs 'su' ISO Nexus7 being rooted.
It then doesn't see the stick anyway
Uninstalling Stickmount and then 'su busybox mount'-ing mounts nothing, too.
All the above with 2 OTGs and 3 sticks.
Bummer.
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Used to work well except for being unable to unmount, but a restart would fix that and anyway I would get a usb stick mounted as sdb do it still worked.
Now, I don't know if it started after upgrading to 4.1.2 but I've noticed it since. Not even a restart would unmount it, I found a file probably left open on sda (only one file, left behind after plugging out the stick), and I deleted it, as well as the folder it was in. From then on I always had sda mounted and plugging the stick in again had no effect, I can't get it as sdb anymore.
I tried reinstalling stickmount, then I saw somewhere here that I should delete the usbStorage folder manually. From that moment my active mounts says none, it appears again when I plug the stick in but still none. Tried my mp3 player too, it was recognized but wouldn't mount either. i also tried another usb mounting app, it also recognized my stick, but pressing mount had no effect.
Any ideas please, I'm desperate?
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You must be rooted to use Stickmount. Did you break root when you updated?
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will stickmount work with any rooted phone with otg cable
You could uninstall stick mount and reinstalling it to remove that issue. It worked out for my nexus 7.
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will stickmount work with any rooted phone with otg cable
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It depends on the phone if it has otg support and if the rom is able to create a mount in the system.
Stickmount stopped recognizing sdcard after the recent JB 4.2.1 OTA updade.
It worked before, but quite often ES File explorer reported directory empty when card was mounted.
Root restored with Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper after OTA update.
Checked root with Got Root, root OK
Not a cable problem, as Media Importer finds the card immediately every time.
Stickmount Pro uninstalled and reinstalled, no change.
Any suggestion?
I can't seem to get rid of two movie files that's on the Movie app. It's also visible on ES Explorer. It all started from using Stickmount. I've removed Stickmount app, and the files still shows up. The files can't be deleted. I can choose to delete it, but nothing will happen. Tried reinstalling Stickmount, and it keep stating the drive is mounted even when nothing is connected.
My N7 is rooted running 4.2.2 on CMD Roms. Had also tried restarting my N7.
Anyone got any idea cuz I really don't want to complete wipe and start from scratch again. Thanks
android phone restarts when pen drive mounted using usb otg.
my wt19i reboot when i pressed the mount button, the connected pen's light blink and the phone reboots.
but this happens in some times only, i think the problem may be in loaded modules.
please help me............:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
Using StickMount with my N10 (stock OTA), And I've had no issues when using a flash drive with an OTG cable. However, I just got an Elago micro SD USB adapter (which is awesome!), used with the same OTG cable, but I'm having problems writing to USB storage. I've been using Solid Explorer to move / copy (neither works).
Yes, I'm rooted, and I already tried fixing permissions using RomManager. Any ideas, guys? Error screen attached.
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Using StickMount with my N10 (stock OTA), And I've had no issues when using a flash drive with an OTG cable. However, I just got an Elago micro SD USB adapter (which is awesome!), used with the same OTG cable, but I'm having problems writing to USB storage. I've been using Solid Explorer to move / copy (neither works).
Yes, I'm rooted, and I already tried fixing permissions using RomManager. Any ideas, guys? Error screen attached.
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I had a similar problem (saying permission denied even though I was rooted) with only one external harddrive I have. My others work, my sd cards in usb readers work, my stand alone flash drives work, but that one drive won't mount correctly for whatever reason. I tried formatting it with no luck.
My theory is it's some driver issue with the way that perticular drive is communicating (or not communicating, in this case) with the device.
You may be expereincing the same issue... I don't think it's a permissions issue, I think it's a hardware driver issue.
I've had some problems mounting an external HD. The problems might be different from what you're having but I've found a workaround that works for me. Hook it up to a computer and click safely remove hardware. Try again. It usually solves my problem.
Using my OTG cable, along with StickMount, I've been able to view files on my USB stick. However, after formatting (exFAT) my USB device, and trying to view files off it once again (using ES file explorer), the folder for the USB Storage now shows up empty. Even when files are present on the USB stick.
I have tried different files on the device, to see if my Nexus 7 will read, but to no avail, it just shows an empty folder.
Anyone got any ideas?
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Using my OTG cable, along with StickMount, I've been able to view files on my USB stick. However, after formatting (exFAT) my USB device, and trying to view files off it once again (using ES file explorer), the folder for the USB Storage now shows up empty. Even when files are present on the USB stick.
I have tried different files on the device, to see if my Nexus 7 will read, but to no avail, it just shows an empty folder.
Anyone got any ideas?
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so I probably won't be able to help, but just out of curiosity, does StickMount launch when you plug in your usb stick?
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so I probably won't be able to help, but just out of curiosity, does StickMount launch when you plug in your usb stick?
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It does, yes
Got it fixed!
When formatting my USB drive through windows I only had exFAT & NTFS file system options. What I did was download "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - v2.1.8" - and it gave me the option to use FAT32.
Problem solved, USB device seems to be working now.