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Is there a way to be able to connect the tab directly to an external drive? I have a bunch of videos on a 1tb drive that I can't all fit on a 16gb SD card. I want to be able to connect the hdd right to the tab and access it. Is this possible?
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not yet. You have to wait until that USB connector will be released (saw on one of the UK sites).
For now, what you could do is set up DLNA or even Windows media share. Your tab will be able to see the external drive if it is connected to a pc that is shared and/or DLNA friendly. You will need wireless access of course.
You could also set up rygel on Ubuntu. It will broadcast your Music/Picture/Video directories from your home partition to Galaxy Tab. See attached.

quattr0 said:
not yet. You have to wait until that USB connector will be released (saw on one of the UK sites).
For now, what you could do is set up DLNA or even Windows media share. Your tab will be able to see the external drive if it is connected to a pc that is shared and/or DLNA friendly. You will need wireless access of course.
You could also set up rygel on Ubuntu. It will broadcast your Music/Picture/Video directories from your home partition to Galaxy Tab. See attached.
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Actually I just bought a usb to micro usb adaptor so I should be good now. Got it on eBay for $4
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dubie76 said:
Actually I just bought a usb to micro usb adaptor so I should be good now. Got it on eBay for $4
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Which one did you get. I searched ebay and did not find a micro to usb adapter.

texasreb said:
Which one did you get. I searched ebay and did not find a micro to usb adapter.
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Ebay item #180609071976

dubie76 said:
Actually I just bought a usb to micro usb adaptor so I should be good now. Got it on eBay for $4
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But that can't be connected to the tab, considering it dosen't have a micro usb connector but a pdmi one.
Or i'm misunderstanding how it works, and the usb side is to be plugged into the pdmi-isb cable and the micro usb into the hard drive?

AlexTheStampede said:
But that can't be connected to the tab, considering it dosen't have a micro usb connector but a pdmi one.
Or i'm misunderstanding how it works, and the usb side is to be plugged into the pdmi-isb cable and the micro usb into the hard drive?
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It will pug into the end of the tab cable on the usb side then into the tab. Its a usb to micro usb converter

Well, i could see what it was XD point is, i still don't understand why micro usb.
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AlexTheStampede said:
Well, i could see what it was XD point is, i still don't understand why micro usb.
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Ah, sorry, my external HDD has a micro USB connector on it.

What are you using your USB adapter for?

I just ordered one of these from vzw for $20. So, what are some of the things these forum readers are doing with their's?
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shaneneff said:
I just ordered one of these from vzw for $20. So, what are some of the things these forum readers are doing with their's?
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I am using mine for reading memory cards and USB drives, works great!
Also plug my Sony camera into it and it instantly uploads my pics.

I use mine to avoid Kies and the inability to just access my 16gig as a USB drive. I drag what I need to my internal storage and be done with it. Nice.

I use it to drag files to the Tab when I'm not using File Share FTP sharing.

Using it with this so I don't have to get a SD/micro-SD adapter.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HGFKR8

Mine Tab doesnt work with the USB adapter at all, it doesn't see anything I put into USB connection. ( 4 GB flash thumb stick, external hard drive etc...) Do you have to set up something in the settings? On my Asus Transformer the keypad dock read even 750 GB external hard drive via USB. Is my connector faulty?

nitemask said:
Using it with this so I don't have to get a SD/micro-SD adapter.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HGFKR8
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I don't get it... How does this relate to the Tab? Doesn't the Sammy dongle thingy just accept USB? I have one of those small USB readers that accepts full SD cards, but with an SD card adapter which you slip your Micro SD card into, it works just fine. Not sure what this device you mention here does for you.
EDIT: OK, I get it. The reader in your link takes just the microSD card and not a regular SD card where you would need an adapter. Personally, I have this little oval USB SD reader that has caps on both ends. Very small. I just leave an SD to microSD adapter in it, and just plug it in and slide in my microSD. No little cable. I could also just leave an adapter in my laptop, as it has a built in SD card slot... But, yeah, for the Sammy side of things, my little reader should be just fine.

I just received my USB adapter (ordered from Amazon for ~$17) and use it exclusively to plug in a microSD USB adapter.

carlitos66 said:
Mine Tab doesnt work with the USB adapter at all, it doesn't see anything I put into USB connection. ( 4 GB flash thumb stick, external hard drive etc...) Do you have to set up something in the settings? On my Asus Transformer the keypad dock read even 750 GB external hard drive via USB. Is my connector faulty?
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Which ROM are you running? At least as of 2-3 weeks ago, Bonsai completely broke USB adapter functionality.

Has anyone tried a usb female to female adapter/gender changer. This way we could just use the usb cable thats included and the $3-4 adapter rather than using the $20 adapter?

Along with SD readers and thumb drives and cameras, I also use it for my YubiKey.

mespo365 said:
Has anyone tried a usb female to female adapter/gender changer. This way we could just use the usb cable thats included and the $3-4 adapter rather than using the $20 adapter?
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I was thinking about the exact same thing

there ist an small and cheap female adapter with tab 10.1 connection? non the stock one...

mkhalil06 said:
I was thinking about the exact same thing
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I wonder if anyone here has an adapter to test. Would save some of us a few bucks

That won't work!
Data Connector Pinout
You have to have the 20k ohm between pins 13 and 15. This tells the Tab to go into OTG host mode.
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Oh and I am using my adapter for this: DSLR Controller

I've been using mine to access my Western Digital "My Passport Elite" 320GB hard drive via a powered USB hub. I also use it to access a couple of thumb drives.

I use it to play SNES and Playstation games via emulators, using my xbox 360 controller.

I've read a lot that you have to order the USB adapter. Mine was included?
But the original Samsung seals was broken 2 times and the third was not. So I guess they included it afterwards?

Mistwalker said:
I've read a lot that you have to order the USB adapter. Mine was included?
But the original Samsung seals was broken 2 times and the third was not. So I guess they included it afterwards?
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From where you bought it and which model?

mespo365 said:
Has anyone tried a usb female to female adapter/gender changer. This way we could just use the usb cable thats included and the $3-4 adapter rather than using the $20 adapter?
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No, it won't work. It requires specific resistors to be present on dock connector pins not brough out to the USB side of the data/charging cable.

external hard drive?

Hi people,
I read in a review that you can connect an external hard drive to the nexus 7 (the usb powered ones) via a USB Host Cable.
Could any of you tell me if this is correct or not? As i have an Archos 80 g9 and i know it cant do it off the micro usb only the USB 2.0 slot it has.
Thanks a lot for the help
Regards
Kurpter

Yes, it is possible but you may need to provide external power to the drive. Use a powered usb hub or something like that. The Nexus 7 most likely won't be able to output enough current to power a spinning drive.

Ah ok, so you are saying that you plug the usb host connection from the nexus to the usb hub and plug the hard drive in to another port on the hub?
I just want to know if this works as 16GB isnt much space when you want to take it on a trap to watch films.
cheers

you need to be rooted. my understanding is flash drives or micro sdcards are good to go, not sure an external hd will work unless powered as previous poster alluded
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Since N7's have been out for a few days, has anyone tried hooking up a portable hdd using a micro otg cable? I could plug my portable Toshiba hdd into my Acer A500 tablet without rooting and it would read the contents of the drive just fine. I would watch movies and view pictures as if it were an sd card. Wondered if the N7 unrooted could do the same?

ezzkmo said:
Since N7's have been out for a few days, has anyone tried hooking up a portable hdd using a micro otg cable? I could plug my portable Toshiba hdd into my Acer A500 tablet without rooting and it would read the contents of the drive just fine. I would watch movies and view pictures as if it were an sd card. Wondered if the N7 unrooted could do the same?
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No it does not mount the external storage nor does it have an option to do so. You need to root and install chainfire's stickmount app for this to work.

clockcycle said:
No it does not mount the external storage nor does it have an option to do so. You need to root and install chainfire's stickmount app for this to work.
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Yes, root and stickmount. Does anyone need me to test an external hard drive? I can if you guys want.
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I use a Seagate Wireless Drive
kurpter said:
Hi people,
I read in a review that you can connect an external hard drive to the nexus 7 (the usb powered ones) via a USB Host Cable.
Could any of you tell me if this is correct or not? As i have an Archos 80 g9 and i know it cant do it off the micro usb only the USB 2.0 slot it has.
Thanks a lot for the help
Regards
Kurpter
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Hi. I decided to use a wireless drive to store all of my music, movies and documents. So, I purchased the Seagate GoFlex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage. You can use with Android or IOS devices. I love it.

Yes, its a no-go out-of-the box connecting to a USB thumb drive or a powered HD with a microUSB OTG cable. This doesn't really surprise me, though, because they would need to dynamically detect the device type and mount it on the system. What I haven't tried is a USB keyboard. Anybody do that?

wiithepeng said:
Yes, root and stickmount. Does anyone need me to test an external hard drive? I can if you guys want.
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yes could u test it out? i was thinking of buying a portable hard drive but not sure if it will have enough power to use it
does usb 3.0 work? or do i need to buy a usb 2.0

I've tested mine with an old 60GB WD Passport and a new 500GB Freecom XXS. Both are 2.5" USB powered external HDDs, and both worked fine.

chris100575 said:
I've tested mine with an old 60GB WD Passport and a new 500GB Freecom XXS. Both are 2.5" USB powered external HDDs, and both worked fine.
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great thanks for the info. btw is the new one using usb 3.0 or 2.0? do u know if usb 3.0 will work?

I just plugged in a full-sized USB keyboard using my OTG cable and it works fine. I can touch type, use the cursor keys including ctrl+arrows to skip words, bring up menus with the context menu key just to the left of the right-hand ctrl key, etc, etc. I'm sure it must be using up my battery at a faster rate, though.
Edit: It's just occurred to me that there's a problem with using a USB keyboard to type when the N7 is in portrait mode: finding a stand to hold the tablet upright at the right angle when the USB-OTG cable is sticking out of the USB port at the bottom of the tablet.
Mind you, it's great being able to type at full speed without a soft keyboard hiding a large chunk of the screen.
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garryknight said:
Edit: It's just occurred to me that there's a problem with using a USB keyboard to type when the N7 is in portrait mode: finding a stand to hold the tablet upright at the right angle when the USB-OTG cable is sticking out of the USB port at the bottom of the tablet.
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You can get OTG cables with a right angled micro-USB plug on them, which might help your stand problem. I have one on its way as I was concerned about knocking/bending/snapping the straight plug when its sat on my lap in portrait mode.

Edit: It's just occurred to me that there's a problem with using a USB keyboard to type when the N7 is in portrait mode: finding a stand to hold the tablet upright at the right angle when the USB-OTG cable is sticking out of the USB port at the bottom of the tablet.
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Or, just turn the tablet upside down so the cable is pointing up. The display will rotate appropriately.

I think but not sure that you'll want cm10 for the rotate from any angle thing...

chris100575 said:
I've tested mine with an old 60GB WD Passport and a new 500GB Freecom XXS. Both are 2.5" USB powered external HDDs, and both worked fine.
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how did you manage it ??did you use nexus media importer

Without a custom kernel, the external hdd won't work with Stickmount or NMI if it is formatted NTFS. I haven't actually used NMI, but others have posted about the NTFS issue.

[Q] usb otg gamepad question

I have an otg cable, yet none of my accessories work with it and my RAZR MAXX. My question is whether or not I need a powered hub when using the OTG cable. I have seen set ups of other android models using a SIXAXIS controller and otg cable, yet no hub. In this case, it the powered hub not needed since the controller itself is supplying its own power?
Thanks,
Neverused

USB controllers don't work?? I'm interested in this as well
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Download USB Device Info:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aws.apps.usbDeviceEnumerator
When you open the app you should see 0 devices under Android and Linux tabs. Now connect just your OTG cable nothing plugged into it and hit refresh, something should show up, usually under the Linux tab that identifies the USB host. Even if the USB host doesn't supply power this will still work as I have tested it on my Touchpad which has no OTG power.
If you saw something appear when you connected the OTG cable, than OTG is in the Razr M. Now try connecting your gamepad and refresh the device list. If its not showing up then there is either something wrong with OTG or you need external power. This program will ID any USB device connected, even those which Android doesn't support since its just matching the device against a list it has. Try getting a USB keyboard/mouse working ad those are universally supported on Android and would confirm if USB host works.

Questions go in the question forum too...

Here's a dumb question. I just ordered a female USB to male micro USB. I wanted to be able to yank pics off my camera and drop them on my phone. Would I need an OTG adapter or does that plane adapter work?
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agent888 said:
Here's a dumb question. I just ordered a female USB to male micro USB. I wanted to be able to yank pics off my camera and drop them on my phone. Would I need an OTG adapter or does that plane adapter work?
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An OTG cable has a extra pin in it that is tied to ground in a OTG cable which tells the hardware to switch to OTG mode. A regular USB cable will leave this pin open.

If I'm able to peel open this adapter that I got, and jump pin 4 to 5 should it work as an OTG cable?
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agent888 said:
If I'm able to peel open this adapter that I got, and jump pin 4 to 5 should it work as an OTG cable?
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Its possible, as shown here:
http://tech2.in.com/how-to/accessor...sb-otg-cable-for-an-android-smartphone/319982
For me I'd rather just buy an OTG cable, but if you have regular microUSB cables laying around, go for it.

Bought an OTG cable
Bought a simple OTG adapter from newegg. So far....plugged in a mouse and my camera. Both work flawlessly, my camera gives me the choice of either either MTP (?) that goes straight to gallery and image import, or Storage which prompts to a new usb mount. Have not tried a gamepad yet, I have 2 floating around somewhere but not sure what game to try.

Whats the Usb for?

I have not seen or heard what the micro usb will be used for on the NP....

The ADT-1 has a USB port and all it can be used for is a keyboard/mouse currently. I'd kill for OTG support. That said though, the ADT-1 also comes with a splitter for the power that adds an additional USB port to connect to your computer to access it via the SDK. So, it could be very much the same setup, or something completely different.

Interesting... You would think they would list the use for it.. maybe these OTG cables i have will come in handy..

It's been said that usb to ethernet adapters will work.
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jestexman said:
I have not seen or heard what the micro usb will be used for on the NP....
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You can connect an OTG cable to it. I connected a USB 3.0 HUB + Ethernet adapter to the OTG cable and connected my keyboard & mouse to the hub and a 64 GB micro SD card for extra storage. I also used the the ethernet port so now I don't need to connect through WiFi

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You can connect an OTG cable to it. I connected a USB 3.0 HUB + Ethernet adapter to the OTG cable and connected my keyboard & mouse to the hub and a 64 GB micro SD card for extra storage. I also used the the ethernet port so now I don't need to connect through WiFi
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What OTG cable and USB 3.0 HUB+Ethernet adapter are you using?

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What OTG cable and USB 3.0 HUB+Ethernet adapter are you using?
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I'm using a Ugreen OTG cable. I bought the 2 pack. The usb 3.0 hub is from Inateck. Links are below.
http://www.amazon.com/Ugreen®-Adapter-Samusung-Android-Function/dp/B00LN3LQKQ
http://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Gigab...id=1446168331&sr=1-2&keywords=inateck+usb+3.0