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Connect external hdd to atrix

Anyway I can connect my external USB hdd to the atrix and play my movies from the hdd to the tv using the atrix?

Lol that's a bit much don't you think. I understand hdd to Atrix but hdd to Atrix to tv lol wouldn't it be easier to connect your pc to the tv or laptop/netbook to tv? But anyways lol I can only assume mini usb to micro usb would work but im not sure if the Atrix has the capability to read something via usb as all if features are for output not input. But I could be wrong guess it wouldn't hurt to look for a male male mini to micro cable
But thats just my 2 cents
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That's the Problem, my pc is to far away from the tv and the netbook I have can't play 1080p and I can only connect it via VGA so I prefer connecting the atrix. I don't think it's so difficult, if the atrix recognizes the hdd then i would just connect the webtop or the hdmi mirror. I wanna use the atrix as a media center. If I could install boxer or xbmc on the atrix it would be perfect.

What you are looking for is usb OTG support. Not sure if the atrix has it or not
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drock212 said:
Lol that's a bit much don't you think. I understand hdd to Atrix but hdd to Atrix to tv lol wouldn't it be easier to connect your pc to the tv or laptop/netbook to tv? But anyways lol I can only assume mini usb to micro usb would work but im not sure if the Atrix has the capability to read something via usb as all if features are for output not input. But I could be wrong guess it wouldn't hurt to look for a male male mini to micro cable
But thats just my 2 cents
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I dont get why its so "bit much"... for me theres no explanation a phone have support for 1080p and can't handle files bigger than 2gb (cause the fat32 support only)....
A external HD could provide the support for those files and you could be using that as a player with the Entertainment Center... unfortunatelly I dont have a HD Multimedia Dock with the USB ports... had anyone tried to plug an external HDD ?

if its possible it'd be kinda hot
spin off question,
can you plug an external hdd to the lapdock ?
if the answer is yes .... then it might be possible

It would be interesting, but you can get a box to play video from a usb drive for under $100 so once you factor in the time and trouble it is probably just cheaper to go buy a roku or wdtv or something like those.
looking it up you can get an external hdd to work with laptop or hd dock so you should be able to in theory too with just the phone, but with the fat32 limits of 4gb max per file, that kinda cuts down on the size of HD video you can play

ale922 said:
Anyway I can connect my external USB hdd to the atrix and play my movies from the hdd to the tv using the atrix?
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Okay deep breath.
Short answer: Yes. Get your wallet ready.
Your asking several different questions.
Can I connect my ext usb?
This is an interesting question, i would like to know the answer as well. There is only one way to find out. Plug it up! You need a female usb to male micro usb to do this I imagine. At Google IO one of the announcements was that Ice Cream Sandwich will have the drivers or whatever needed to connect any usb built in.
Please nobody post or go start a new thread saying "when do we get ICSOMGWTFBBQ?".
Can i play movies from the Atrix to the tv?
Yes. Google TV. I heard Kevin Bacon loves it. Its very simple, whatever app you in: share< Google TV< enjoy
Can i play movies from the hdd to the tv?
Yes. You need a tv that has that feature, many do.
Alternatively, a dlna certified router w hdd capabilities will stream anything to anything else dlna certified. Your atrix is dlna, you have an app for that. Is your tv dlna? If not you can buy one, then use the Atrixs dlna to control the streaming of your hdd routers dlna to your dlna tv.

Putting usb hub inside the TF

If you've ever opened up the TF, you'd very quickly realized that there's a lot of unused room in there. I found a 64gb flash drive from walmart for about $60 a piece. Got 3 of these. That gives me almost 200 GB.
I've been doodling with the idea of putting a usb hub inside the TF and then solder these flash drives onto it. Making room for the whole setup is no problem. Like I said, there's a lot of unused space in there. The problem is I don't know how to connect a usb hub inside there for the tablet to recognize it. Any idea guys?

goodintentions said:
If you've ever opened up the TF, you'd very quickly realized that there's a lot of unused room in there. I found a 64gb flash drive from walmart for about $60 a piece. Got 3 of these. That gives me almost 200 GB.
I've been dooling with the idea of putting a usb hub inside the TF and then solder these flash drives onto it. Making room for the whole setup is no problem. Like I said, there's a lot of unused space in there. The problem is I don't know how to connect a usb hub inside there for the tablet to recognize it. Any idea guys?
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i have a similar project in the works. i just wonder if we have a limit as to what size (storage) usb drive we use i want to try a usb powered 1tb hard drive...the possibilities would be endless.
one other idea i have no clue of how and if possible. but you know the EXT.(as internal) SD mod, what if we could find a way to do that with the usb storage.think of 1tb of storage("internally")!!!!!!

kevhuff said:
i have a similar project in the works. i just wonder if we have a limit as to what size (storage) usb drive we use i want to try a usb powered 1tb hard drive...the possibilities would be endless.
one other idea i have no clue of how and if possible. but you know the EXT.(as internal) SD mod, what if we could find a way to do that with the usb storage.think of 1tb of storage("internally")!!!!!!
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I've already done what you're talking about. I've already put 500gb, 750gb, and 1T HDD into the docking station while keeping the batteries.
What I'm talking about is putting flash drives inside the TF itself, not the dock.

yeh but im taking the dock apart and putting it inside like you are saying inside the tab that would better i think you idea is better.
i think both in conjunction would be insane!

kevhuff said:
yeh but im taking the dock apart and putting it inside like you are saying inside the tab that would better i think you idea is better.
i think both in conjunction would be insane!
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http://www.androidauthority.com/talented-modder-crams-500gb-hard-drive-into-asus-transformer-25981/

Love the dock mod but the images isnt working in the thread
But getting the TF to recognize the usb hub should be that complicated.
You'd probably need the usb host adapter (or make one yourself, if possible, idk).
Then it should just be a matter of soldering the adapter to the correct pins on the docking connector.
You might need a switch of some sort to tell the TF when to be host and when to be slave.
I dont own the usb host adapter myself yet, so Im not sure how the TF acts with the adapter connected.
Maybe its still possible to charge and sync even though the adapter is connected.

Goodintentions your the man you beat me to it ill post some pics when I get myne done

kevhuff said:
Goodintentions your the man you beat me to it ill post some pics when I get myne done
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OMG, you're going to be like apple aren't you? You're going to get a pattent for it and then you're going to sue me...

you couldnt pay me enough to be anything like Crapple not a fan of the mainstream overated Os's/products

kevhuff said:
you couldnt pay me enough to be anything like Crapple not a fan of the mainstream overated Os's/products
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Haha, we'll see.
I've figured out a way to solder in a usb board and connect a hub to it to add those 128gb flash drives. After spending all night going through the plans, I'm abandoning the thought of putting it into the TF itself. I'll be putting those flash drives into the keyboard dock, though. Solid state drives are certainly much better than the spin discs. Let's see, 128gb x 4 = 512gb of flash drive space... won't suck up my battery much and aren't prone to damage due to movement like the HDD.
Stay tuned for the result!

goodintentions said:
Haha, we'll see.
I've figured out a way to solder in a usb board and connect a hub to it to add those 128gb flash drives. After spending all night going through the plans, I'm abandoning the thought of putting it into the TF itself. I'll be putting those flash drives into the keyboard dock, though. Solid state drives are certainly much better than the spin discs. Let's see, 128gb x 4 = 512gb of flash drive space... won't suck up my battery much and aren't prone to damage due to movement like the HDD.
Stay tuned for the result!
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Man, you have balls modding out your dock like that I was impressed with your first dock mod of sticking that 500GB hard drive in it. Did you ever go back to that idea with doubling the battery life in the dock? I recall following that thread reading your updates and you got to a point where you said screw it.

traumbrecher said:
Man, you have balls modding out your dock like that I was impressed with your first dock mod of sticking that 500GB hard drive in it. Did you ever go back to that idea with doubling the battery life in the dock? I recall following that thread reading your updates and you got to a point where you said screw it.
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Without people like me who like to push things to their limits, we'd still be writing with hammer and chisel on stone.

There's 2 questions that come to mind.
1) Will any of the USB ports support a USB hub? I seem to remember there being some issues with this, but I honestly can't remember anymore...
2) Will you lose the use of 1 of the USB ports on the tablet?
I'm inclined to say that most likely 2 will happen, unless you're very VERY good at modifying the boards and don't mind cutting trace, possibly. If I knew I could afford another keyboard dock, I'd be doing this right now. Sadly, I can't. =/
EDIT:Well, in a quick check with my ****ty USB hub, it didn't like any of my USB sticks, then saw 1 of them but none of the files on it, then just kept showing that 1 stick no matter what I put in it. I'm rebooting, but I'm kinda thinking it doesn't like the USB hub I have, or doesnt' support them?
EDIT2: Seems that it only lets me see 1 USB drive at a time. No matter what I did (outside of using the port on the other side). I kinda think either my USB Hub isn't working well (works fine on my PC) with the TF, or it just doesn't support it for some reason. Or more to the point, it seems it only supports 1 USB disk drive per USB port on the dock. If I put 1 drive in each port I get USBdisk1 and USBdisk2. Perhaps it's an OS issue or a TF issue in some way as far as software? One would think you could get more than 1 USB disk on each port though.

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goodintentions said:
Without people like me who like to push things to their limits, we'd still be writing with hammer and chisel on stone.
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So true. And without Android...we would probably be using a single core under 1Ghz. I still remember people saying "why do you need that much power?" Then..."who needs dual cores"...now..."quad core? Forget about it!" Hahahaha

darkhawkff said:
There's 2 questions that come to mind.
1) Will any of the USB ports support a USB hub? I seem to remember there being some issues with this, but I honestly can't remember anymore...
2) Will you lose the use of 1 of the USB ports on the tablet?
I'm inclined to say that most likely 2 will happen, unless you're very VERY good at modifying the boards and don't mind cutting trace, possibly. If I knew I could afford another keyboard dock, I'd be doing this right now. Sadly, I can't. =/
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You really ought to read my hard mod thread. All of this has been discussed very thoroughly there. 2 Will happen. So what? There's 2 usb slots. Lose a usb slot to trade for 500gb storage space.
But that's why I put in a switch to turn on and off the hard drive. When the hard drive is off, the usb is usable.

goodintentions said:
You really ought to read my hard mod thread. All of this has been discussed very thoroughly there. 2 Will happen. So what? There's 2 usb slots. Lose a usb slot to trade for 500gb storage space.
But that's why I put in a switch to turn on and off the hard drive. When the hard drive is off, the usb is usable.
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I did read your thread...you probably don't remember me asking similar questions before
Honestly though, read the few edits I put above....I kinda think this won't work the way you want it to...seems to be some kind of strange software issue in regards to USBdisk's, for some reason.
EDIT:I guess it COULD work, if you could mount them somehow. I'm not sure how the addressing and such works, and honestly my linux knowledge isn't what it used to be. I guess what I'm saying is it could be done, I'm just not personally sure how in software. If you figure it out though, let me know. I'm sure I'd be interested.

Any chance you could reupload the images for your HDD mod?
Shame you abandoned the idea of putting the hub inside the TF, that wouldve been very interesting.

[Q] MicroUSB Flash Drives

Super-n00b question;
Is there any way of knowing at the moment whether something like this would [or wouldn't] work with the Nexus 10?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-44...1_4?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1352379380&sr=1-4
Thanks.

If you get a USB OTG adapter and root the N10 then yes. That's just a normal USB flash drive, like any other.
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Thanks. That has a MicroSD connection of course, so I assume by USB OTG Adapter, you mean something software-wise as opposed to a physical hardware adapter?

Barguast said:
Thanks. That has a MicroSD connection of course, so I assume by USB OTG Adapter, you mean something software-wise as opposed to a physical hardware adapter?
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I think you misunderstand. By "Micro" they mean it's really small. It's still got a standard size USB connector on the end, so you need a USB OTG cable to connect it to the microUSB port on the tablet.
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This is the cable; http://www.amazon.co.uk/T-Flash-Ada...NQXS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352381003&sr=8-1
This is a better picture of your "micro" adapter: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer...PAR5SLVO/B0031YFK5C/ref=cm_ciu_images_pl_link

Sorry to butt in but my Nexus 7 is not rooted and I'm using the OTG adapter with a usb to view/copy photos and more.
There's an app that allows you to use it without root
Free version to test if it woks > Nexus Photo Viewer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t.nexususb.viewer&feature=more_from_developer
and the full version is Nexus Media importer

Rage1ofakind said:
Sorry to butt in but my Nexus 7 is not rooted and I'm using the OTG adapter with a usb to view/copy photos and more.
There's an app that allows you to use it without root
Free version to test if it woks > Nexus Photo Viewer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t.nexususb.viewer&feature=more_from_developer
and the full version is Nexus Media importer
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That's great news, I was under the impression this app used to require rooting. No difference to me, I'd never touch an unrooted Android device, but great for those who don't like to "fiddle".

alias_neo said:
I think you misunderstand. By "Micro" they mean it's really small. It's still got a standard size USB connector on the end, so you need a USB OTG cable to connect it to the microUSB port on the tablet.
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Ah. Yes, you're right. Thanks for pointing that out!
Just realised I've got the title totally wrong too 'MicroSD' > 'Micro USB'. :silly:

It is unfortunate that the marketing department of some storage manufacturers abuse the term "micro usb flash drive" for regular usb flash drives that are small.
I also hope they some day produce flash drives with native Micro-USB connectors, preferably extending needed enclosure to the sides of the connector, not in length like traditional (even small) flash drives. Even with the upcoming crowd funded MicroSD to Micro-USB adapter, it would always live in fear of accidently breaking it. I'd rather have some 16 or 32 GB Micro-USB stick that is half-moon-shaped and only a few tiny millimeters long, but could extend say 2 centimeters alongside the tablet.

PlanetJumble said:
It is unfortunate that the marketing department of some storage manufacturers abuse the term "micro usb flash drive" for regular usb flash drives that are small.
I also hope they some day produce flash drives with native Micro-USB connectors, preferably extending needed enclosure to the sides of the connector, not in length like traditional (even small) flash drives. Even with the upcoming crowd funded MicroSD to Micro-USB adapter, it would always live in fear of accidently breaking it. I'd rather have some 16 or 32 GB Micro-USB stick that is half-moon-shaped and only a few tiny millimeters long, but could extend say 2 centimeters alongside the tablet.
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It is unfortunate, what would be nice, is something that plugs all the way in, and then fits against the body of the device so it's snug and protected with no chance of breaking or getting knocked off, wrapping slightly around the contour. I'm pretty sure now I think about it, that this is what you meant by "half moon", perhaps "crescent moon" would be a better term?

Erm.. yes, I was struggling to find the right words to describe what I had in mind. Whatever has to be outside of the connector due to technical reasons should offer as little added profile with as few edges as possible.

Rage1ofakind said:
Sorry to butt in but my Nexus 7 is not rooted and I'm using the OTG adapter with a usb to view/copy photos and more.
There's an app that allows you to use it without root
Free version to test if it woks > Nexus Photo Viewer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t.nexususb.viewer&feature=more_from_developer
and the full version is Nexus Media importer
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Is this legal? Well, from Google's point of view anyway cause it's up to them to allow or take down such app. I'm not into rooting for warranty concerns, so how sure is that this app will be supported/left untouched? Major buying point unrooted external storage access for me.

As all the app does is mount the external storage and copying or streaming data from it, I can't see anything illegal there.

Rooting isn't illegal, nor are any apps that use it, the app isn't going anywhere, at worst you will lose warranty, but to be fair, it's a nexus device, you're kind of expected to root it.
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"at worst you will lose warranty" - yeah, that's exactly what I don't want with a $500 device.
Does mentioned app enable you to browse storage and play content with whatever player you choose?

BoneXDA said:
"at worst you will lose warranty" - yeah, that's exactly what I don't want with a $500 device.
Does mentioned app enable you to browse storage and play content with whatever player you choose?
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It's easy enough to unroot, nobody need ever know you did it and technically voided it. Like I said, that's worst case.
As for the app, never used it personally so ill let someone else chime in.
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The app he asked about isn't working with root at all (so no write access). Perfectly legit not to root if he can live with the things he can't do then.

BoneXDA said:
Is this legal? Well, from Google's point of view anyway cause it's up to them to allow or take down such app. I'm not into rooting for warranty concerns, so how sure is that this app will be supported/left untouched? Major buying point unrooted external storage access for me.
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Perfectly legal. My brother watches movies and episodes from his external 1tb hard drive (A powered one).

play movie on tv from hard drive

hey guys.. so i just scored on a new 500GB external hard drive for $20:good::laugh:
and i will be storing movies on it to watch on my tv. is there anyway i can watch the movie from the hard drive going through my Note II to my tv?
i have the MHL connector and i always watch movies from my phone to my tv.
i can always just transfer the movie from the hard drive to my phone then watch it on the tv.. but is there any easier and quicker way to watch without moving the file? i dont mind buying an extra cord or adapter
edit: i just noticed i posted this in the wrong forum..can a mod please move this to the galaxy note 2 verizon general...thanks

rozco said:
hey guys.. so i just scored on a new 500GB external hard drive for $20:good::laugh:
and i will be storing movies on it to watch on my tv. is there anyway i can watch the movie from the hard drive going through my Note II to my tv?
i have the MHL connector and i always watch movies from my phone to my tv.
i can always just transfer the movie from the hard drive to my phone then watch it on the tv.. but is there any easier and quicker way to watch without moving the file? i dont mind buying an extra cord or adapter
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Since this is the Note 10.1 I'm just going to assume you CAN use a portable HDD on your Note 2, we can't on the 10.1....
You'd need an adaptor that connects the standard USB plug of the HDD into the Micro USB on the Note 2. You can pick 1 up for a few $$ on ebay, I paid $3 with delivery (I have an S3, soon to own S4).... Here's a link to mine, is a month old though - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/140755195879?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Cheers...

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Since this is the Note 10.1 I'm just going to assume you CAN use a portable HDD on your Note 2, we can't on the 10.1....
You'd need an adaptor that connects the standard USB plug of the HDD into the Micro USB on the Note 2. You can pick 1 up for a few $$ on ebay, I paid $3 with delivery (I have an S3, soon to own S4).... Here's a link to mine, is a month old though - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/140755195879?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Cheers...
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thanks for the reply.
yeah, after i posted that i realized i posted in the wrong forum. but i do have a usb OTG cable and the only problem is that there is only one usb port on my phone..so i cant plug the hard drive to it at the same time as having the MHL cable in it for the hdmi out..do you know what i mean? thats why i was wondering if someone knew a way around this with a good cord or adapter or something

I use my computer to act as a server for PLEX server, the run the PLEX app in android with the original galaxy tab docks. Works really well.
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rozco said:
thanks for the reply.
yeah, after i posted that i realized i posted in the wrong forum. but i do have a usb OTG cable and the only problem is that there is only one usb port on my phone..so i cant plug the hard drive to it at the same time as having the MHL cable in it for the hdmi out..do you know what i mean? thats why i was wondering if someone knew a way around this with a good cord or adapter or something
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Does your TV support DLNA?
My Samsung does and anything I want to play from my tab is done wirelessly from the comfort of my couch.... Much better solution than the MHL adaptor...

ultramag69 said:
Does your TV support DLNA?
My Samsung does and anything I want to play from my tab is done wirelessly from the comfort of my couch.... Much better solutin than the MHL adaptor...
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It does not.. However I did get the wireless hub thing and I just didn't like how it performed. Good concept and aalmost there but the mhl just worked perfect. As where the all cast share hub glitched once in a while for me. Maybe your TV works better tho

- Plug your hard drive into a PC or laptop, share your movies folder on network.
- Install BSPlayer on your Note, open it, switch to LAN mode and you can play files from shared movies folder.

There's probably a solution similar to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26657478
Check it out
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OTG w/ WD My Passport

First off, I am using Resurrection ROM ( latest) with no kernel modifications, just the stock kernel that came with the ROM itself. My question is: Is it possible to hook my phone up to an external hard-drive as another source of storage? How do we use the OTG function. I've never used it before. I got the OTG cable from NewEgg and the product description said you can hook it up to mouses,keyboards,etc.
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I'd be careful - the power requirements for WD MyP's are pretty high - I'm not sure that the phone can output that much power from the USB port.
Your phone, or your HDD, or both could be damaged!

I too use a wd passport, mine is 1tb and it works using otg cable. Depending on what you format the drive you may need stick mount from chainfire to use it.

The biggest issue is going to be power.
A 1TB drive may kill your phone.

I would also agree with tech-head and wiltron. Even though we can power and use the drive, I would use it only as needed and not leave it connected longer than required.

Wiltron said:
I'd be careful - the power requirements for WD MyP's are pretty high - I'm not sure that the phone can output that much power from the USB port.
Your phone, or your HDD, or both could be damaged!
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That's what I read and initially thought..I'll need a powered USB hub...
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jxcorex28 said:
That's what I read and initially thought..I'll need a powered USB hub...
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That would be the best option.

There's this 256gb flash drive for under a hundred bucks.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00YHL1RJG/
Do you really need 1TB?

Not at all...I'll check out that option? I've heard that others have had issues with OTG though...seems to be a hit or miss
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