I'm leaving for a trip in a few days. I will not have internet access where I'm going. I listen to a ****load of music and am usually the one responsible to providing music.
Up until I left it out in the sun, I was happily using an 80GB Zune with a Zune pass which let me download all the music I ever wanted.
A new hard drive is like 70 bucks.
I've got my Nexus 7 rooted and the basic version of stickmount installed.
I need to know from you guys (and/or gals) if buying the pro version of StickMount will enable Google Music to read an OTG connected stick drive so that I may download my collection plus stuff I added from an all access google music pass to my Nexus 7 via a stick drive.
Thank you all for your time!
No, as in I haven't figured out a way. But I do believe RocketPlayer can be pointed to read off of OTG drives
i may be late
but yes you can
just downloade a file manager
then go where the otg is mounted at
then you know the rest
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I have a Nexus 7 16G and right now I have attached a flash drive to the unit. From reading everything, it says I can use Es FileExplorer and get to /sdcard/usbStorage/sda1 - however, I cannot get to this folder. When I click on the /sdcard/ - I get clear history.
I tried using my Bluetooth keyboard to type, but that did not work.
Everything I have read speaking about rooting the device, which I do not want to do. How can I get to this folder?
I did get the Media Importer but that did not seem to work. I think it was because of too many connections. I found an article PSA: Amazon Has A USB OTG Cable For Less Than A Dollar With Free Shipping, So You Should Probably Buy It, which is a lot better that what I have.
But will the Nexus 7 support 64GB or 32GB? I called support and they said they did not know of a memory limitation.
Thank you!
Corey Bryant said:
I have a Nexus 7 16G and right now I have attached a flash drive to the unit. From reading everything, it says I can use Es FileExplorer and get to /sdcard/usbStorage/sda1 - however, I cannot get to this folder. When I click on the /sdcard/ - I get clear history.
I tried using my Bluetooth keyboard to type, but that did not work.
Everything I have read speaking about rooting the device, which I do not want to do. How can I get to this folder?
I did get the Media Importer but that did not seem to work. I think it was because of too many connections. I found an article PSA: Amazon Has A USB OTG Cable For Less Than A Dollar With Free Shipping, So You Should Probably Buy It, which is a lot better that what I have.
But will the Nexus 7 support 64GB or 32GB? I called support and they said they did not know of a memory limitation.
Thank you!
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N7 supports even hub (with external power source if you connect power-hungry devices)!
you can connect keyboards and mouses with no root but you have to root and install stickmount (from the play store) to manage external drives (hdd, flash drives, etc.). With stock kernel fat32 is supported as r/w, ntfs only read. You need to flash a custom kernel to get ntfs r/w support.
With no root, there's no way. Sorry.
Hm, I get different answers.
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N7 supports even hub (with external power source if you connect power-hungry devices)!
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When you say hub, can you let me know exactly what you might mean? I think I know, but I would like to be sure. I would like to stop buying things and have them not work.
Example - I connected a non-powered, 4-port Belkin USB hub to the Nexus using the OTG cable. I plugged a thumb drive and a wireless mouse receiver into the hub and was able to simultaneously use both the mouse and the thumb drive (using Nexus Media Importer).
Dave
edit - I am not rooted.
OK, that is what I thought. So I do need that OTG cable and no need to root it.
Some say the OTG cables work with downloading media importer, others say you need to root to play large files.
I will know in a couple days.
Least I didn't waste money as Google play gave me 25 free bucks.
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sorry, I didn't know about Nexus Media Importer.
Anyway the root access allow you to mount the drive as internal memory so you can play with ALL files in the thumb. Through Nexus Media Importer you play via MTP which doesn't allow some kind of files (eg. mkv) which with proper players (eg. mx player) the Nexus can handle. Read the description of that app for further details.
About usb powered hub
basically sth like this. It's needed just if you attach many things or an HDD. it would be good to use it always with more than one peripheral not to load the battery as it's not designed to discharge heavily this way.
About not working things
what did you buy which doesn't work?
Hello, my wife is getting me a Nexus 7 for Christmas. I know it has no SD slot but I know you can use USB OTG. My main question is I am wanting to use FPse on the Nexus 7 and I was wondering if you can play a ISO file from the USB OTG without rooting it ? Thank you P.S, Sorry if I posted in the wrong section
you do need root for the otg cable to work properly
metalwraith said:
you do need root for the otg cable to work properly
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Damn
metalwraith said:
you do need root for the otg cable to work properly
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Mine works perfectly fine using an OTG cable. If you want to put files on it and back on the PC it may be a problem and believe you need root for that, but putting files off a PC and plugging in the N7 works fine, just need Nexus Media Importer off the play store. Its 4.99 IIRC, but well worth it.
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Mine works perfectly fine using an OTG cable. If you want to put files on it and back on the PC it may be a problem and believe you need root for that, but putting files off a PC and plugging in the N7 works fine, just need Nexus Media Importer off the play store. Its 4.99 IIRC, but well worth it.
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I have had a play around on the one she got me, just to spend the £15 Google Play credit that it came with. But what I'm asking is, can I play a direct file from the USB rather than using the internal memory?
Hodge92 said:
I have had a play around on the one she got me, just to spend the £15 Google Play credit that it came with. But what I'm asking is, can I play a direct file from the USB rather than using the internal memory?
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Yes you can play media (view pics, video, play music) directly from an attached usb device (sdcard, thumbdrive, etc.) without being rooted by using the Nexus Media Importer as stated above. If rooted and using the free Stickmount, you can do all that plus copy files to the attached usb device.
yes it is possible
Groid said:
Yes you can play media (view pics, video, play music) directly from an attached usb device (sdcard, thumbdrive, etc.) without being rooted by using the Nexus Media Importer as stated above. If rooted and using the free Stickmount, you can do all that plus copy files to the attached usb device.
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I'm playing with mame and my set of roms Is on my USB flashdisk. When rooted with stickmount installed, USB is mounted as a sdcard then it's possible to install datas the same way.
Sorry for my english.
Dear N10 Community,
I have been looking around for a good 10 inch Android tablet and have more or less decided on the N10 over the Pipo M8 Pro and the 10 inch offers from Samsung.
However, the lack of microsd expansion bothers me and I wonder if you gentlemen and gentleladies might be able to help.
I intend to use the N10 for work as well as pleasure. At the moment, I carry all my files with me on a USB hub with 4 x 32Gb Sandisk Cruzer Fits attached.
I would like to access the files, both reading and writing, on these Cruzer Fits via OTG. For example I receive a file from my boss and I download it to edit. I would like to be able to save the file directly onto one of the Cruzer Fits and edit the file directly from there. Basically I want to bypass the N10 storage altogether (reserving that space for personal entertainment).
Would any of you be able to shed light on whether that is possible? And what I would need to do to make it happen? E. G. Root the N10, buy a particular app or something?
Best regards and merry Christmas
Jake.
You need a OTG adaptor, only a few quid off E-Bay, then an app to let you read/write to the USB. I bought this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer&hl=en and it does the job fine (doesn't require root)
Of course if you know you'll have access to wi-fi you can use Dropbox, Google Drive or Box which all have apps and it negates the need for the USB.
I use the same paid app too, and Stickmount which is free.
Thanks guys! I'll give it a shot!
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quojake said:
Dear N10 Community,
I intend to use the N10 for work as well as pleasure. At the moment, I carry all my files with me on a USB hub with 4 x 32Gb Sandisk Cruzer Fits attached.
I would like to access the files, both reading and writing, on these Cruzer Fits via OTG. For example I receive a file from my boss and I download it to edit. I would like to be able to save the file directly onto one of the Cruzer Fits and edit the file directly from there. Basically I want to bypass the N10 storage altogether (reserving that space for personal entertainment).
Would any of you be able to shed light on whether that is possible? And what I would need to do to make it happen? E. G. Root the N10, buy a particular app or something?
Best regards and merry Christmas
Jake.
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You need to root the N10. Most corporate use policies ban rooting meaning you're going to get frowned at, or must keep the fact you rooted it a secret (noone can really tell unless they look). Then install Stickmount (it needs root). The USB sticks are probably FAT32 formatted so will work, but if they happen to be formatted say NTFS then you'll need to follow the instructions for the app to copy ntfs-3g to /sdcard.
You sound like you want read-only which the above will do, if you want to copy files TO the USB stick from the N10 if its NTFS then you need SELinux Mode Changer app.
You said you want to watch films on the USB and NOT copy to the N10 but that means you are powering the stick from the N10 and accelerating battery drain. Even if you got the Pogo cable, it won't actually be taking in any charge when the USB is being used for Stickmount. Also, on my N10, I use a USB NTFS harddrive, and it doesn't stay working long enough to watch stuff, so I copy files off and watch locally, it needs only then work for a couple of minutes which is does perfectly ok. So I'd encourage you to think of temporarily connecting and copying files and deleting rather than watching it off the stick.
If there is another device able to share the same Wifi then you can also connect storage to that other device and stream via CIFS mount share or http, e.g. connect USB storage to a Rasberry PI and run Apache on it and link /var/www/something to the usb mount (/mnt/something). I guess that sounds scary if you're not a geek. I have such and 1TB drive connected to it as my primary datastore for media when at home.
Speed, I get about 2MB/s Wifi CIFS copy, 4MB/s Wifi FTP copy and 7MB Wifi http copy and about 21MB/s copying off USB harddrive so a typical HD film is about 1GB/hour, so 1.5GB copy off USB is say 71 seconds to copy or over http copy is 214s.
Best media play is MX Player, having tried them all. Oh and if you root you can install Adaway to block MX Player's ads when you pause.
I'm sure there is a easy answer to this and I wasnt sure where else to ask. I use a western digital media player to play all my media at home. Normally I have a my hard drive connected to it and use my PC for downloading. My PC has kinda crapped out so I've been using my Note 3 for all my downloading. I'm just wondering if there is a way for me to plug my phone into the media player as a thumb drive to playnmovies off of. I'm sure there is a easy way to do so, also is there a cable I can purchase to transfer files from my smartphone to my hardrive without a PC ? I'm currently running cm12 nighlties if that helps at all. Sorry if this isn't the right place to post this question. Thanks for any help I can get. Cheers.
You need to enable USB Mass Storage, which was removed from Android in 4.1.2.
Not sure if it can be enabled in CM; someone else might know.
As for transferring files between your phone and a drive, you need an USB OTG (On The Go) cable.
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Hello everyone, I recently bought a Nexus 6p, 32gb because I didn't feel like spending extra money for more memory when I only need it for listening to music. Long story short, I bought an SP 64gb Dual USB A/C thumb drive and when I plug it in, I can't open music files from the stick to play directly from there. I've downloaded "FX file manager" and was finally able to figure out how to copy & paste things to/from my usb drive (which I wasn't even able to do using the factory file manager). Has anyone tried this and/or figured out a workaround? I'm assuming it's the same with video, but I haven't tried playing one. Thanks in advance.
Thats weird. My lexar usb a/c drive lets me play whatever i want from it, videos, music. I just cant write to it.
Really? What program do you use to play the music? Are you using the latest Android 7.1 update?
I think there may be more than one reason this isn't working for me...