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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Is there any way to use the full size USB port to copy files from an android phone or digital camera to the tablet? I've plugged in my G2 with CM7 and put it into mass storage mode but I don't seem to be able to access files on the phone through Astro.
I know the port can charge my phone and if you format a jump drive or external hard drive in FAT32 it will connect to that but its frustrating that the one think I would realistically use it for most often doesn't work.
Buddy of mine plugged his portable external drive to it that was full of movies to watch. And the Media Player found them all. Make great for trips if you wanna watch movies and such on it.
I'd love to eventually plug my HP TV tuner in there...
Is it possible to have videos played directly (in Divx or any other compatible format) from a USB thumb drive connected to the GT10.1 via the addon USB accessory?
Thanks
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thumbs up for this question! Would like to know this, too!
The answer to your question is no... not directly. The only way to do it is to connect your tab to a computer, copy the file over, disconnect the tab, and play it from the local hard drive on the tab.
When I copied movies over, it took an .mp4 file and converted it to wmv on the tab.
I also noticed that when your tab is plugged into the computer, you can't do anything on the tab. If you do, it disconnects the tab from the computer.
Hope this helps.
After doing a bit more research, here's an update:
It looks like Samsung makes a usb adapter. I can't post links, but google "Galaxy Tab Adapter (USB)"
Yes, once the USB adapter is available you will be able to use thumb drives, portable hard drives, etc, to play movies, music...
Will you be able to transfer files back to the Thumb Drive once the USB adapter is available? Or will it only be able to download?
I assume we have no idea when Samsung will make said adapter available.
im.thatoneguy said:
Will you be able to transfer files back to the Thumb Drive once the USB adapter is available? Or will it only be able to download?
I assume we have no idea when Samsung will make said adapter available.
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It is (said to be ) usb host. I have used usb host before. literally it is 100% a usb drive. you can upload, download, read, edit, play, delete, any file that is attached to it.
And you can connect a mouse or keyboard too. Just think of it as a usb slot. If the adaptor is legitimate usb host then it should perform every of the above.
I'm also waiting too.
a usb drive should function the same way it does on your computer. you will be able to play files that are on it, copy files from it and load files onto it. it will act just like sd cards do now in android.
the adapter is available for order now, but I believe it's listed as "back order"
Has anyone else noticed that due to the design of the tab, if you have a usb drive plugged in and are using headphones, you won't be able to prop it up? They're on opposite sides, so one plug would always be blocked!
I decided this wasn't the biggest deal for me, but it's definitely an annoying design decision.
Hey guys, I'm sorry to bring this back up again almost 4 months later, but has anyone tried to use an external cd/dvd drive with the usb adapter? I'm wondering I could play a movie from the external cd/dvd drive and have it play on the tabet. Thanks.
99scooter said:
Hey guys, I'm sorry to bring this back up again almost 4 months later, but has anyone tried to use an external cd/dvd drive with the usb adapter? I'm wondering I could play a movie from the external cd/dvd drive and have it play on the tabet. Thanks.
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I haven't done it, but I think you would need an external power source to power the dvd drive. The USB does not supply enough power for that. Also, I think the USB hub for the Tab can only read FAT32 formatted drives, so I don't think it has the software to read directly from DVD, but I don't know.
Just play the from the USB device. How can this be a portable device if it has everything dangling from it...For that get a thin notebook.
It depends... USB can only provide about 500mA of current tops but with that tablet it probably even less, so your HDD would need external power supply.
Also, out of box, Galaxy Tab support only FAT32 as file system. So, you would need drivers/modules to support anything else.
I am using pershoot kernel with NTFS module, so I tested 16Gbyte jump drive formatted with NTFS. I was being able to mount it and read from it no problem. So, I see no problem to mount and read from HDD (granted you have to have external power supply for it).
If you are talking about CD/DVD drive then you would need driver/module for that and I did not see it available.
Hi all,
I've ordered by N73g and it should be there with me just before I go on a holiday.
I understand that I can use the media importer with otg cable to copy media from a USB to Nexus 7 stock ROM. However is there any way for me to copy files from Nexus 7 to my PC (windows) on a stock version ?
I do plan to root it, but I dont have enough time to do that before I go on holiday - so needed a quick and easy solution for the moment.
Thanks in advance.
USB or Airdroid (Palystore) ?
Install an SSH server on the nexus and SSH client on the PC (or vice versa) and use scp if you want a CLI experience
metal675 said:
Hi all,
I've ordered by N73g and it should be there with me just before I go on a holiday.
I understand that I can use the media importer with otg cable to copy media from a USB to Nexus 7 stock ROM. However is there any way for me to copy files from Nexus 7 to my PC (windows) on a stock version ?
I do plan to root it, but I dont have enough time to do that before I go on holiday - so needed a quick and easy solution for the moment.
Thanks in advance.
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Of course, just plug the included (or any for that matter) USB cable into both N7 and PC. Windows will install drivers automatically and you will be able to access the N7 internal memory from Windows My Computer. You don't need any root for that, never have and never will. :good:
Thanks for your responses.
Never knew that I could plug in Nexus 7 into my PC for windows to recognise...does that really work ?
I have nexus 7 with OTG cable, media importer will copy from external storage to nexus...but was not clear other way round.
Thanks
Of course, just because its bigger than any android phone, doesn't mean that it doesn't behave the same way
You can plug iPad to USB as well, how else are you supposed so copy stuff on it (also considering that read/write to USB storage on N7 requires root, and for read-only there's one app that costs money - if this was really the only way to go, it would've been supported natively by android and you would get a microUSB to USB converter )
Anyhow, I'm glad your issue is solved.
I'm perplex lol
Now seriously, glad you solve your issue.
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Can I play movies on PC from nexus 4 while it's connected with USB cable like it was a regular flash drive?
When I try doing it the file is being downloaded first then plays. If the file is big it takes a lot of time.
I'm using windows 8.
Better copy the film to your pc first. I got the same problem but dont think this is os related. Just a bad read speed, worse than actually usb 2.0.
The speed is onpair with usb 2.0, still copying the whole movie to some unknown place instead of direct play is unnecessary and waste of time.
My previous phone had an sdcard which appeared as hard drive when connected to PC, but N4 appears as portable device. This sucks
That's because the Nexus 4 doesn't support USB On The Go. Search xda for "Nexus 4 OTG" and you'll come across some threads about this, and a couple of workarounds that might, or might not work for you :fingers-crossed:.
Hey there
I wasn't looking for USB OTG, which is a way to connect external drives to the device. I'm looking for a way to use N4 itself as a regular external drive while connected to PC. Currently it's seen by PC as a portable device and it's pretty limited.
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Hey there
I wasn't looking for USB OTG, which is a way to connect external drives to the device. I'm looking for a way to use N4 itself as a regular external drive while connected to PC. Currently it's seen by PC as a portable device and it's pretty limited.
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I would assume increasing the SD read-ahead (if you're on a custom kernel) might help with your issue here. But as someone else previously mentioned, copying to PC is definitely the better option. That, or just enjoy the movie on your Nexus4
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