hi
i have acer a500 and i have 4.0.3 stock without root and i try to connect my hdd wd NTFS and i see nothing on root explorer or es file explorer or..oi file manager..
what i'm wrong with?
thanks
I7210I said:
hi
i have acer a500 and i have 4.0.3 stock without root and i try to connect my hdd wd NTFS and i see nothing on root explorer or es file explorer or..oi file manager..
what i'm wrong with?
thanks
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It could be a number of things.
First of all, what is the hd you are connecting?
Is it a portable?
Some work and some don't.
A portable HD that does work will draw power from the A500.
When you plug it in you will hear it spin up and the light will flash on it, indication it is being read.
If the light comes on and then immediately goes off then the drive wont work because it probably requires more power.
Also in your file manage it will come up as usb.
And if it does work you nedd to let the A500 read it before opening your file manager.
It will be ready to see in the file manager when the light stops blinking.
Some have found the following to work on some tablets.
Freecom Mobile Drive Classic II 500gb
Seagate GoFlex 1TB
500 gb Freeagent Go
Samsung S2 Portable 640 GB
LaCie's 500GB Rikiki
WD 500G Passport Elite
WD myBook 500GB
WD Elements Portable SE 500GB
Seagate FreeAgent Go Flex 1TB
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500 GB
freeagent go 250gb
maxtor basics portable storage 500GB
Transcend 320gb Storejet external HDD
Iomega 500GB Select Portable
Toshiba Canvio USB 2.0 500 GB
To keep a master list I added from other posts below:
Toshiba Canvio USB 2.0 1TB
Add Transcend 320gb to the list. (NTFS SATA)
Also WD Elements 1Tb (ext power required)
Also add Samsung s2 1Tb and Hitachi Touro 1Tb too, both NTFS sata...
i connect wd essential se 750GB
http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=430
it sounds that it works also it shows the light but i can;t see anything
now i'm with 4.0.3 but before i was with 3.2.1 and it works well
so i think the problem maybe with the 4.0.3
someone can help please?
I7210I said:
someone can help please?
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I will hook my hdd later and see if it works and where it shows up, and get back with you.
mine worked fine, and shows up under mnt/usb_storage
I7210I said:
someone can help please?
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I can advise, that sometimes, on HC, I would have to plug and unplug the USB connector several times before it would work. You might try that.
Also, I use File MAnager HD, and just select External Storage.
Add 2tb wd
still no success with it...what else i can do?it can be problem with version?
I7210I said:
still no success with it...what else i can do?it can be problem with version?
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No answer for you mate. Try getting DriveMount from the market, and see if that gets it going. Really shouldn't need it, but in the past, some tablets had to use it for NTFS.
I7210I said:
still no success with it...what else i can do?it can be problem with version?
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At this point try another drive.
i tried another hdd and it works ..the other one is also NTFS -WD Elements
I7210I said:
i tried another hdd and it works ..the other one is also NTFS -WD Elements
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Glad you got it working, if possible I would reformat the one that did not work and give it a try again.
Anyone having a Seagate goflex free agent 1TB can access it through USB on a500?
EDIT: Ok, can access it. Had some problems with the cable earlier..
NTFS is related to Microsoft licensing and Android doesnt have the neccessary license to work , most fat 32 drive will work with no problems , if you have root there are ways around the licensing issues , you might try something like this :
NTFSMount.apk
To use the NTFSMount app,you need root you should follow the instructions below;
- Install APK
- Connect HDD
- Launch app
- Select device
- Click Mount
http://*******/282572/get-ntfsmount-apk
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Moving to Q&A
can you upload again the
NTFSMount
?
and maybe it will help for you that what i did for the version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646042
someone can help me please??
if ther's need to re format the tab again i will do it i need that option for the hdd
Hi,
Bit of a coincidence, but after the 7.02 update, my shield died. After investigation I found that the Hdd had fried. I have bought from Amazon an exact replica of the 500gb hdd that was installed in the shield.
My problem now is trying to get any firmware onto the brand new HDD. When plugged into the PC (win 10) all i get in device manager, is an unrecognized APX device, with the yellow warning triangle. I have downloaded and tried to update the drivers to this device from the Nvidia developers site, these are not recognized. I have adb and fastboot installed, this also does not recognize the device. obviously, i cannot
get the device into fastboot via the power button, due to the hdd being blank, and unable to get any bootloader or image transferred onto the HDD. I have searched the internet for fixes, but as yet no avail. So to summarize, Brand new HDD of original specs in the 500GB 2015 shield, not recognized by windows, and cannot get adb fastboot to see it, or put the shield itself in fastboot mode. Any ideas much appreciated.
Fried Hard Drive
chromedome21 said:
Hi,
Bit of a coincidence, but after the 7.02 update, my shield died. After investigation I found that the Hdd had fried. I have bought from Amazon an exact replica of the 500gb hdd that was installed in the shield.
My problem now is trying to get any firmware onto the brand new HDD. When plugged into the PC (win 10) all i get in device manager, is an unrecognized APX device, with the yellow warning triangle. I have downloaded and tried to update the drivers to this device from the Nvidia developers site, these are not recognized. I have adb and fastboot installed, this also does not recognize the device. obviously, i cannot
get the device into fastboot via the power button, due to the hdd being blank, and unable to get any bootloader or image transferred onto the HDD. I have searched the internet for fixes, but as yet no avail. So to summarize, Brand new HDD of original specs in the 500GB 2015 shield, not recognized by windows, and cannot get adb fastboot to see it, or put the shield itself in fastboot mode. Any ideas much appreciated.
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Sorry to hear your HD died, mine died last month. First you can not see anything on the HD, because it has special encryption. Just using a firmware will not work. You need to have a new SSHD drive, or as i did replace with 500 gig SSD. Now here is the problem you need to make a bit by bit image of the drive, if it is fried, you will not be able to do it. I was lucky, my son has the same drive so i was able to make my image, There are many steps to getting a new drive up and running. First you need to find a Friend or someone who would let you use there Shield Tv Pro, you need to ope the Shield tv and take the HD out of the borrowed one, then you need a USB SATA connector for the HD from the Borrowed HD and you need to have 500 gig of space on a PC or Laptop HD to store the Image to, it takes about 4 hours to make image, then you hook up the New HD Drive to the SATA Connection and then copy the image From PC to the new drive, that takes about 3 hours, then carefully put drives back in there Shield Tv boxes. there is a small image software to do the image making, i don't remember the name of it. so as you see it is a long process
Hello.
i have a problem with nvidia sheld 500gb
I lost all data on the SSHD. Because I connected it to
computer and formatted. The device starts but you cannot enter fastboot mode.
How to upload a new system and fastboot?
Congratulations, you just made yourself your very own brick.
Why would you ever take out the internal drive and format it in your pc???
Only thing I can think of is looking at a thread like this https://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tv/general/guide-migrate-to-ssd-hdd-size-satv-pro-t3440195 and see if someone has dumped the data from their sshd and then follow the steps, as if you were to install a new harddrive.
My shield with a ssd that has been working for years suddenly wont boot. I pulled the ssd drive and i cant access it. I bought a new 500gb ssd but since I cant clone it cause the first drive is dead. Is there an OS image and any other files that might be needed to set up the new ssd? I have a pc which i used to clone the original drive to the ssd years ago. Wish i could find that original hd to just clone again. But, no joy. Any help with instruction would be helpful. Thanks
Hello, I know this is an old topic but I need help.
My mothers HDD died so she/we cannot copy the drive image and put it onto a SSD. What I am looking for is a way to restore this device. I have a Samsung 870 Evo 500GB SSD.
Apparently image files for the device is real hard to come by, because that would be the a easy way to solve this issue. It seems that I will have to do this from scratch so I need help solving this problem.
Please send me and guides and videos!!
I would really appreciate it!