Is there a way to add external memory to the nexus7 with USB? For example external HD.
gordo80 said:
Is there a way to add external memory to the nexus7 with USB? For example external HD.
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To clarify, you are asking to add external storage memory, not random-access memory.
yes, you can easily attach an external USB Mass Storage device using a USB-OTG adapter. You will need root access to "mount" the filesystem.
This is the cable I have. It works with my Galaxy Nexus as well: http://www.amazon.com/Micro-USB-OTG...e=UTF8&qid=1343663346&sr=8-1&keywords=USB+OTG
This is the app that makes it SUPER simple to mount/unmount USB devices. It requires root access: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount&hl=en
That is the exact answer that I was looking for.
another option other than rooting and using OTB adaptors
you can also access WiFi storage devices, like the Seagate Goflex wifi storage, which has 500gb of storage
you can also get the Kingstone Wi-Drive, which comes in 16-64gb in size
these you can access with multiple devices at the same time, fast enough to stream movies, and no root needed.
You could also use external memory as swap, which is effectively a low-speed RAM. Not recommended though.
Can you run games or apps with otg stickmount???
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Just wondering if this is possible? I have my otg cable and Usb drive but can't find a way to properly save apps to the usb. I have the 8gb and really just use it for games and with some games needing a gb or more of space this thing filled up quick. Thanks for anyone who can help.
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Apps and game shave to be installed on internal storage. I dont think it is possible what you want..
If this phone has no SD card slot, how will I transfer all my stuff from my other phone to the N4?
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Titanium Back Up upload it to Drop Box maybe ?
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If this phone has no SD card slot, how will I transfer all my stuff from my other phone to the N4?
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Transfer to computer, computer transfer to phone via MTP (data transfer protocol that works out of the box on Windows).
deltatux
Google Drive? Thats what i use or airdroid.
Serious question?
Use a computer, bluetooth, cloud service, etc. There are many ways to do this as people have been transferring files since long before SD cards were around.
...a USB cord?
Tapatalk² from my Optimus V
AirDroid (via any browser on mac\linux\windows\other)
via microusb (MTP)
google drive, dropbox, box, skydrive and so on
bluetooth?
Common sense? General understanding of technology?
I wouldn't even buy this phone if I didn't know how to transfer my files onto it..
Airdroid is the easiest option
Part of taking the market share away from Apple, means doing a bit of hand holding along the way. Especially since they aren't used to having options like USB file transfer...or any options in general.
Not referring to OP in particular.
Will I be able to transfer stuff from PC to phone or vise versa without a SD card
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YYEEESSSSS!!! An sd card is not required. If you are using android now. take your SD card from your phone you are using right now. Put it in your computer (sd card slot or use usb sd adapter). Plug your N4 into the computer with the charging cable. Drag and drop everything you want to transfer to the N4. or just install airdroid on both phones. It is real easy
it is really sad that this phone has no
usb mass storage (UMS)...
feels like a step backwards to me,
and i like the xperia solution of having
an internal storage, plus an "internal sd card",
plus the actual (external) sdcard.
this made UMS possible and easy,
and this is what LG should have done.
it is ok, that LG ditched the external sd card,
but killing UMS makes my life much harder.
all the wifi based solutions (like using an
ftp server, or the built in "wireless storage",
which is samba based, meh) need a router
and often being often on the road i need
to access the files "offline".
being on bsd, i cannot use PTP, MTP or the
LG provided software, any other methods
of getting/putting files without using wifi,
not needing a router?
ps. my notebook does not have bluetooth either...
I don't have a link for you, but San Disk Connect wireless storage might be the best option. IIRC the 16 GB is $49 (USD) on Amazon. Uses micro SD cards. They have other versions too.
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Otg cable
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I've been trying to transfer files to my external sd card with es explorer over wifi and also with usb from my pc. Every time the screen goes off I lose the connection and the transfer stalls and won't resume.
The card was formatted on the tablet, and is exfat. Windows doesn't recognize it and says it can't format it.
Any ideas?
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distracto said:
I've been trying to transfer files to my external sd card with es explorer over wifi and also with usb from my pc. Every time the screen goes off I lose the connection and the transfer stalls and won't resume.
The card was formatted on the tablet, and is exfat. Windows doesn't recognize it and says it can't format it.
Any ideas?
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More info would help us to help you.
What kind of pc, what OS, what adapter are you using for computer, what brand sd card, how big are the files, are you doing other tasks on the computer when transfering the files and have you tried reformatting on your tablet.
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Try airdroid
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Except for small files, I don't use ESFile Manager to transfer them, and for me it's just as easy to pop the MicroSD card out of the tablet and put it in a fast USB 3.0 card reader than connecting the tablet to my PC with its data cable at USB 2.0 speeds. I don't do this for my Note phone because I'd have to take my multi-layer Seidio case and and back cover off to access the MicroSD card, but with the tablet the card is more easily accessible.
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Except for small files, I don't use ESFile Manager to transfer them, and for me it's just as easy to pop the MicroSD card out of the tablet and put it in a fast USB 3.0 card reader than connecting the tablet to my PC with its data cable at USB 2.0 speeds. I don't do this for my Note phone because I'd have to take my multi-layer Seidio case and and back cover off to access the MicroSD card, but with the tablet the card is more easily accessible.
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How is your microSD formatted? NTFS or exFAT?
I am using windows XP, standard USB cables (that came with the device), large files (movies, tv shows) of over 10gigs some of them.
it may be something as simple as my usb port on the laptop, just wondering more about transfers stopping when the tablet goes to sleep?
air droid seems pretty neat, but 100mb limit per month?
You guys should check out Samsung Link. It allows you to access/transfer/stream content from any device it's running on from any Wi-Fi network. It also works over 3/4G.
Oh yeah, it's a 64gb adata micro sd
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distracto said:
How is your microSD formatted? NTFS or exFAT?
I am using windows XP, standard USB cables (that came with the device), large files (movies, tv shows) of over 10gigs some of them.
it may be something as simple as my usb port on the laptop, just wondering more about transfers stopping when the tablet goes to sleep?
air droid seems pretty neat, but 100mb limit per month?
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Windows XP will not support EX-FAT unless you have update (WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-ENU.exe) found here. 3.2 mb download http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19364 For 32 bit.
distracto said:
How is your microSD formatted? NTFS or exFAT?
I am using windows XP, standard USB cables (that came with the device), large files (movies, tv shows) of over 10gigs some of them.
it may be something as simple as my usb port on the laptop, just wondering more about transfers stopping when the tablet goes to sleep?
air droid seems pretty neat, but 100mb limit per month?
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It's a Samsung 64GB SDXC card formatted exFAT. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit on a i7 based PC I just custom built, so it's USB 3.0 and very fast. I came from an old dual core Windows XP desktop PC (that I also built), so I know what you're feeling. Previously I would just sync or copy stuff over WiFi all the time without really noticing much of a speed difference over directly connecting my tablet/phone to my PC via a cable. But now whenever I can use my USB 3.0 card reader I do it because it's night and day different in terms of speed.
i reformatted it with windows, files are tranferring at ~13MB/s over USB2.0. Painful yes, but at lerast they are copying
i have yet to see if it works in the tablet after things are copied over. definitely easy to manage from within windows with teracopy pro, but would be nice if i could use es explorer over wifi on my home network and let the copies go overnight without waking up to failed transfers because the device went to sleep during the transfer....
.... Aaand now the tablet won't recognize the card. Should have formatted with the device, not the computer
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kkretch said:
Windows XP will not support EX-FAT unless you have update (WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-ENU.exe) found here. 3.2 mb download http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19364 For 32 bit.
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thank you for the link.....XP recognized the card after installing the driver
i then formatted it exFAT and then i went ahead and copied over a couple 8 or 10gb files and a bunch of 1.5gb files. suddenly windows said the write delay failed and now i cant see the card in windows or the tablet.
this is getting off topic, but how do i now get anything to recognize the card? this is frustrating!
distracto said:
thank you for the link.....XP recognized the card after installing the driver
i then formatted it exFAT and then i went ahead and copied over a couple 8 or 10gb files and a bunch of 1.5gb files. suddenly windows said the write delay failed and now i cant see the card in windows or the tablet.
this is getting off topic, but how do i now get anything to recognize the card? this is frustrating!
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XP can return that error when moving large files esp. when you have write caching enabled. You could turn that off but it slows down you file cache.
I have also had errors in Windows 7 when moving to many large files at one time. I think the chip over heats as mine does get hot some times when I transfer large files in computer with adapter.
Can you see it in in windows - control panel/administrative tools/computer management/storage/
disk management.
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Can you see it in in windows - control panel/administrative tools/computer management/storage/
disk management.
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It shows up as disk 1 no media.
No partitions are visible and I cannot format or anything. Perhaps i wrecked the card?
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distracto said:
It shows up as disk 1 no media.
No partitions are visible and I cannot format or anything. Perhaps i wrecked the card?
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HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - Format USB drives is my goto tool for a problem like this, but be very careful and make sure you selected the correct drive when and if you format. I have enclosed the tool, you can research it on the web if you like, search youtube.
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HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - Format USB drives is my goto tool for a problem like this, but be very careful and make sure you selected the correct drive when and if you format. I have enclosed the tool, you can research it on the web if you like, search youtube.
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Thanks for all your help today. I'll give it a go. If nothing else I'll just buy a new card. I'm off to Hawaii on Friday and I was hoping to have the card loaded up with media and ready to go by then.
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