Hey guys!.
So i recently bought s6 lite and i was hoping to connect by hardrive through OTG but it only says charging connected device through usb, seems that the tab is not recognizing the hdd or vice versa so i tried connecting the hdd to my phone (Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 ) and it works, i domt know why my phone can read the hdd but not my tab.I use third party app on both devices(NTFS Reader by Paragon Software). Hope some could help, thank you and have a goodday.
btw i use transcend storejet 25h3 1tb
jvillain01 said:
Hey guys!.
So i recently bought s6 lite and i was hoping to connect by hardrive through OTG but it only says charging connected device through usb, seems that the tab is not recognizing the hdd or vice versa so i tried connecting the hdd to my phone (Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 ) and it works, i domt know why my phone can read the hdd but not my tab.I use third party app on both devices(NTFS Reader by Paragon Software). Hope some could help, thank you and have a goodday.
btw i use transcend storejet 25h3 1tb
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Should work. Have you tried another cable?
Can you click on the usb notification and check if the tablet recognizes the hdd or not?
If not, maybe you have to format the hdd with the tablet (fat not ntfs).
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Hi,
This is kind of a basic question, but since I don't have a Transformer, I have no way to testing it. I've tested it on a Samsung before.
What do you see on the typical Windows XP machine when you plug your Transformer into it? Does it show up as a USB storage device? Can you move stuff directly from PC to Transformer?
I tried a Samsung Tab 10.1. I couldn't move anything into the Samsung, and it has no micro-SD card to use as alternate.
I'm using win 7 but it does what you describe when you plug it in...it's seen as a drive. (the MicroSD card that is.)
If you're running Windows XP with Media Player 11 installed (the easiest way to make it work in my experience), the Transformer shows up as a portable device in My Computer. You can move files to and from the device, but it's not assigned a drive letter (I think the SD card is if you have one). It's also not recognized as USB Mass Storage - Honeycomb doesn't connect that way.
The drawback is if you want to use utilities or apps that reference a drive letter (like iTunes Agent), it won't work. Also, because it's not USB Mass Storage, the tablet won't be recognized by simpler devices like the PS3 - therefore you cannot share data. I move data between my Galaxy S Captivate (2.2) and my PS3 all the time via USB cable, but I can't do it with my Transformer - though I've yet to try with an SD card installed.
rpavich said:
I'm using win 7 but it does what you describe when you plug it in...it's seen as a drive. (the MicroSD card that is.)
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Are you sure? Mine doesn't show as usb drive but as a mobile device. I can access both internal storage and microSD but with really bad transfer speed. How do you access the microSD as a drive?
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qwer23 said:
Are you sure? Mine doesn't show as usb drive but as a mobile device. I can access both internal storage and microSD but with really bad transfer speed. How do you access the microSD as a drive?
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Oh...maybe it does...I assumed that since it showed up as storage that it was a drive...I assumed that it was the same thing.
Thanks for the quick responses.
Interesting that both Samsung Tab and Transformer are running basically the same OS, but for some reason the Samsung Tab 10.1 won't let me put files in it via USB. It doesn't have a micro-SD slot, so it's a big problem.
Why, wonder why the big difference between the two if they're the same Android 3.1.
Hi everyone. I am very new to Android and this forum as well.
Just a week ago I got my Nexus 7 - my first android device! <3
I read online that I can root my device and install stickmount to get USB OTG support
I have done that successfully
I am able to use the SanDisk 4GB USB now - great
So I tried to mount a hard drive......but failed
I guess my Nexus has not enough power to use the hard drive.
But the thing is that my drive actually did power on (although with a strange sound continued in background)
Still stickmount failed to mount/detect the drive
The hard drive I used is not a popular one - is manufactured by a company named EIGHT
The model no is UH320
The drive is 320GB
As I read more information, I know that self-powered hard drive should work flawlessly.
I want to ask what is the problem? Any suggestions to get it work?
Or any hard drive that is tested and work with the Nexus 7?
Thanks a lot. Any help or advice would be appreciated
You can try a shorter cable. I have a drive that works on a 2 foot cable but only makes a clicking sound and never reads the drive on a 4 foot cable. External powered drives work OK.
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You can try a shorter cable. I have a drive that works on a 2 foot cable but only makes a clicking sound and never reads the drive on a 4 foot cable. External powered drives work OK.
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Thanks for your advice. I wish to know if you can show a pic of the workable cable?
for mine, it is the "SANOXY Micro USB Host Mode OTG Cable Flash Drive SD T-Flash Card Adapter"
do you know what filesystem your external drive is formatted in? FAT32? NTFS? HFS+? something else? it might not be showing up because you don't have support for the filesystem the drive is in. small flash drives are usually formatted in FAT16 or FAT32, which is natively supported in android, so those will typically work. larger hard drives may not, since they might be NTFS or some other filesystem that isn't natively supported.
I have checked that my hdd is formatted in NTFS. It is 320gb.
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It's also very possible that you have a bad cable. You may want to get your hands on another one to verify.
I have tried to use the same cable connecting to the laptop and it works fine. Anyway, I am going to buy another HDD and see if the problem can be solved. Any suggestion which HDD to buy?
I am looking for a 320gb or a 500gb HDD. Thanks!
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neowills said:
I have tried to use the same cable connecting to the laptop and it works fine. Anyway, I am going to buy another HDD and see if the problem can be solved. Any suggestion which HDD to buy?
I am looking for a 320gb or a 500gb HDD. Thanks!
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Curious about the first sentence... you don't mean that you used the cable to connect the laptop to the hdd, do you? If so, that does not verify that you have a good otg cable.
Hi guys,
I've searched and cannot find anything,
I have recently become the owner of the LG G2 (Great machine) And I purchased an external USB OTG device that allows
me to plug in external USB drives.
The 8Gb that came with it works fine (Small thumb-drive style)
The 16Gb (same small style, Kingston DT Micro).
The 16Gb Kingston reads fine in PC but does nothing in the OTG.
Both are formatted to FAT32....
Have I done something stupid or missed something obvious.
any help would be most appreciated.
Regards,
JW
Johnny_w said:
Hi guys,
I've searched and cannot find anything,
I have recently become the owner of the LG G2 (Great machine) And I purchased an external USB OTG device that allows
me to plug in external USB drives.
The 8Gb that came with it works fine (Small thumb-drive style)
The 16Gb (same small style, Kingston DT Micro).
The 16Gb Kingston reads fine in PC but does nothing in the OTG.
Both are formatted to FAT32....
Have I done something stupid or missed something obvious.
any help would be most appreciated.
Regards,
JW
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I have the 16GB type exactly this one, works fine. No problems whatsoever. Well its incredibly slow in this age... I like my meenova with 32GB SD better .
Either you have done something wrong in the FS. Try again to format it to FAT32 then. Not sure what stock supports, try also exFAT or NTFS. Also try to jiggle it? More times inside outside, inside outside.
Or the drive is bugged. Does it work normally everywhere? Try to copy data on it.
EDIT: Also remembered I do have 2 OTG cables, and with one of those, the drive needed some persuasion.
Thanks Pagot.
The 16Gb USB works in everything *except* the G2.
Other 16Gb larger usb drives work in the G2.
So I have no idea!!!!
I've formatted the original 16Gb card to everything and it's mum and nothing. Oh well - I'll just get another one as I'm out of ideas.
Thanks for your help
JW
heya...
Not sure if this is the right place to list this, but....
I found a tool that formats any drive larger than 32gb to fat32.
With it I formatted a 1TB hdd in an external, self powered enclosure and connected it to the tablet.
Holy crap it worked like a charm
The tool is called FAT32 Format...google it its free
Yeah. I was pleased to see the USB 3.0 hard drive charger cable port.
Nice find......that really opens up the possibilities.....with a hard drive that stores the stuff on my mac....I can actually use the pro as my main device. I have a 500GB laying on the shelf to play with.
Can you confirm that any pics would show in the gallery?
You can do this from diskpart too (built in Windows tool). Use the FS=FAT32 option.
http://blog.powerbiz.net.au/fixes/using-diskpart-to-create-a-bootable-usb-of-windows-8/
I seem to remember some of the later Samsung devices have exFAT support. It does not have the max 4GB size per file limitation associated with FAT32.
Not sure about the Note Pro though
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Can you give some more details. I want to connect a powered 3.0 hub to my 12.2 with an osg to 3.0 usb adapter so that I can use an external (non powered) hdd. I'd also like to try an external dvd drive.
Thanks
I used an OTG cable and plugged in my 500 MB external to it, no problem, no formatting. Do some need to be formatted to work?
So I have inserted the 3.0 usb mini drive and get message usb is running slow should try 3.0 or drive needs to be formatted. I format the drive and it fails then everything gets messed up at that point. es file explorer sees it but says can not open file. In the geforce forums many people are having the same issue. I plug in a usb 2.0 thumb drive and it detects and es file explorer sees it fine. Me thinks an update is needed. Any ideas?
thx
What type are you using?
I have a 128gb sandisk usb stick as adopoted storage in slot 1, in slot 2 I now have usb 3 Verbatim 1gb external drive.
Tried several others as I tweaked my setup and all worked (sandisk, verbatim , samsung)
Having the same problem. I've tried two different USB sticks. Both 128gb up to 400mbps read and 270mbps write. Shield claims both are too slow and fails to format either. Once it fails, the sticks are rendered useless and even after formatting, the shield will not mount either stick.. Nvidia support was not helpful at all. They're going to email me back when they find a solution.
Are they all USB 3? I read it doesn't support less than this so in case you have USB 2 sticks this may be the issue.
If they are USB 3 then I am not sure.
USB 2.0 drive work fine. I have already tested a couple. I got a 64GB 3.0 SanDisk to work. I did not bother formatting when aked. It came formatted in Fat 32.
I have used both USB 2 and 3; most USB 2.0 flash drives has given me a slow warning error, but the USB 3.0 one rocked and adopted just fine.
Same issue here. Just got my 2017, plugged in a sandisk fit 128, and it doesn't detect it. Plugged in some crappy 8gb lexar drive I had and it detects it. Tried formatting the sandisk multiple times, ntfs and exfat and still nothing.
That's very strange, I have the same as you and it worked in both usb slots on the Shield when I was testing what I would like my setup to be before eventually using it as adopted storage in slot 1.
How are you guys formatting your drives, maybe this is the issue? Having said that my 1tb HD in 2nd USB slot is NTFS.
I tried both exFat and NTFS.
Here's what i tried.
Sandisk Ultra Fit 128 USB 3.0 (both NTFS & exFat) - didn't recognize under either format
Lexar 8GB crappy old drive USB 2.0 (FAT32) - recognized
PNY 64GB (not sure of model) USB 2.0 (both NTFS & exFAT) - Didn't recognize as exFAT, but did recognize it as NTFS
Seagate 250GB 2.5" portable drive USB 2.0 (NTFS) - recognized
I've ordered the samsung bar drive (plastic) 128GB to try that now. I can't use the USB 2.0 drives, it's noticeably slower.
Same issue here with 2nd gen shield TV and USB 3.0 Samsung FIT 128 GB USB drive.
After formatting the drive as extended storage it is showing "Samsung drive is ejected" message.
tried formatting using Fat32, NTFS and exFat with no success, also changed the the drive policy to optimize performance then formatted, no success either.
This is becoming a frustrating issue.
Any solution please?
There is an update in the works that corrects most of these issues with USB drives. If you check this thread https://forums.geforce.com/default/...the-next-shield-experience-software-upgrade-/ then you will figure out what I am reffering too.
Bump? I just gave up on my Samsung Bar 128GB (USB 3.0) drive. It seems to work in other devices without any issues. It would occasionally be detected after while in USB port 2, but the format never succeeded. I tried formatting it myself using exFAT and NTFS, and then tried deleting all partitions and still had no luck. Stuck a SanDisk 32GB drive in there and it worked right away for adopted storage.
I just got my Nvidia shield tv 2017 16gb and discovered that the usb port closest to the ethernet port does not recognize usb flash drives. First I tried to use a 128gb sandisk flash drive on that port and it took forever to format so I canceled the process. Then tried over the other port and it took seconds to finish.
I think the problem is related to the OP has there been any breakthrough?
In actuality the port works for connecting a dongle for a keyboard or mouse, but flash drives are a no go. Additionally, the drives connected to that port get blazing hot.
Plug in your hard drive then unplug the Nvidia system plug it back and let it power on
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Having the same problem. I've tried two different USB sticks. Both 128gb up to 400mbps read and 270mbps write. Shield claims both are too slow and fails to format either. Once it fails, the sticks are rendered useless and even after formatting, the shield will not mount either stick.. Nvidia support was not helpful at all. They're going to email me back when they find a solution.
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Any new?
I have the same issue.
Thanks
sicilianom said:
Any new?
I have the same issue.
Thanks
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I ended up purchasing a 2TB Western Digital My Passport external drive and it worked right away and haven't had an issue with it since. It's been great, but unfortunately, the original issue was never fixed as far as I know. I've taken a couple updates since, but haven't tried any other sticks since the WD Drive is working so well. If you're on the latest update and still having an issue, then I recommend an external drive.
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Thank you for the info.
How did you setup the heater all drive?
How did you managed to install all apps and games and not filling up the Internal 16GB memory?
Thanks
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Froid said:
I ended up purchasing a 2TB Western Digital My Passport external drive and it worked right away and haven't had an issue with it since. It's been great, but unfortunately, the original issue was never fixed as far as I know. I've taken a couple updates since, but haven't tried any other sticks since the WD Drive is working so well. If you're on the latest update and still having an issue, then I recommend an external drive.
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Thank you for the info.
How did you setup the heater all drive?
How did you managed to install all apps and games and not filling up the Internal 16GB memory?
Thanks