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I've tried hooking up:
Canon 50D to USB = nothing
Canon 50D video out to USB Capture Dongle to USB = nothing
2 different USB Flash Thumb Drives = nothing
2 different spycams = nothing
iPod = nothing
HTC TyTN (yeah I know it's a dinosaur) = nothing
Or am I missing something here?
I've checked in the /Removable folder and it only shows my inserted MicroSD and SD cards. Anywhere else I should be looking? Because nothing pops up on screen when I hook any of those devices up.
ThaiM said:
I've tried hooking up:
Canon 50D to USB = nothing
Canon 50D video out to USB Capture Dongle to USB = nothing
2 different USB Flash Thumb Drives = nothing
2 different spycams = nothing
iPod = nothing
HTC TyTN (yeah I know it's a dinosaur) = nothing
Or am I missing something here?
I've checked in the /Removable folder and it only shows my inserted MicroSD and SD cards. Anywhere else I should be looking? Because nothing pops up on screen when I hook any of those devices up.
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The thumb drives should have worked... On a side note, it doesn't support NTFS on stock rom.
ThaiM said:
I've tried hooking up:
Canon 50D to USB = nothing
Canon 50D video out to USB Capture Dongle to USB = nothing
2 different USB Flash Thumb Drives = nothing
2 different spycams = nothing
iPod = nothing
HTC TyTN (yeah I know it's a dinosaur) = nothing
Or am I missing something here?
I've checked in the /Removable folder and it only shows my inserted MicroSD and SD cards. Anywhere else I should be looking? Because nothing pops up on screen when I hook any of those devices up.
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The point is you can use USB devices designed to work with Android or for which Android has included drivers. My Nikon DSLRs (D700/0) works fine, my USB stick works fine (Corsair 16GB Flash Voyager), my spycam is built right into the device, in fact there are two of them, and my phone (Touch Pro 2 WiMo 6.5) takes a charge of the USB port just like I would expect it to.
For giggles I plugged in a no name USB mouse and a Transcend 10 in 1 card reader and both just worked right off the bat. That's really all the portable USB devices I have hand or I would have tried more for you.
If you want to use your iPod with the tablet just call Apple up and ask them when they are adding Android support. Same with the Canon camera and anything else that not working really. Best bet though is to just check the forums and see what other people are able to use, lots of threads on the subject and might save you some time.
I would check to make sure you're running the latest firmware available. I'm running the latest US OTA, based on Android 3.1. Nearly everything I've plugged into my USB ports has worked. So far, all of my FAT32 flash drives work, as well as both of my NTFS external hard drives, and a couple of game controllers. Keyboards and mice work as well.
If you're not getting any results from FAT32 or NTFS drives, then you have a problem.
I have my external HITACHI HDD on NTFS working fine but when I've tried to connect my Nexus S in as a drive its just blink on Transformer task bar and thats all
I would love to see my NS connected to Transformer so I can do more work on it.
Any1 know how to make it work ?
ThaiM said:
I've tried hooking up:
Canon 50D to USB = nothing
Canon 50D video out to USB Capture Dongle to USB = nothing
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It recognizes my Pentax K-7 just fine, and automatically mounts the SD Card as a USB Drive.
findmike said:
If you want to use your iPod with the tablet just call Apple up and ask them when they are adding Android support.
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i loled/10char
It mounted a thumbdrive formatted in hfs+ journaled. Kinda dropped my jaw when I realised that.
Also, are you guys sure about ntfs and stock? The manual has a copyright for Tuxera, and they are known for the ntfs module.
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I have my TF rooted and custom ROM loaded but I'm pretty sure my NTFS HDD was working before I flashed it (connected to dock keyboard obviously )
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It mounted a thumbdrive formatted in hfs+ journaled. Kinda dropped my jaw when I realised that.
Also, are you guys sure about ntfs and stock? The manual has a copyright for Tuxera, and they are known for the ntfs module.
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If you want to use your iPod with the tablet just call Apple up and ask them when they are adding Android support. Same with the Canon camera and anything else that not working really. Best bet though is to just check the forums and see what other people are able to use, lots of threads on the subject and might save you some time.
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you know the funny thing about this that I found is than I can plug my ipod in and find my music, like a mass storage device, and I can play the music on my TF from off my ipod. havent tried copying the music over yet but I will remain hopeful.
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rikardo1979 said:
I have my external HITACHI HDD on NTFS working fine but when I've tried to connect my Nexus S in as a drive its just blink on Transformer task bar and thats all
I would love to see my NS connected to Transformer so I can do more work on it.
Any1 know how to make it work ?
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Yep.... i get nothing when i try and connect my HTC Desire in ' mass storage' mode. Apparently, and strangely, Android wont talk to other Android devices over USB...
Youd have thought that might have been the first thing they sorted !?!
AlexTheStampede said:
It mounted a thumbdrive formatted in hfs+ journaled. Kinda dropped my jaw when I realised that.
Also, are you guys sure about ntfs and stock? The manual has a copyright for Tuxera, and they are known for the ntfs module.
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Why would hfs+ support drop your jaw? This has been supported by linux for ages...
maxawesome said:
Why would hfs+ support drop your jaw? This has been supported by linux for ages...
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Linux support doesn't imply that everything Linux will support a certain feature. Considering that compared to ntfs it's a minor feature, I found it amazing
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rikardo1979 said:
I have my TF rooted and custom ROM loaded but I'm pretty sure my NTFS HDD was working before I flashed it (connected to dock keyboard obviously )
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You are correct - external NTFS HDDs do work on stock TF's when connected via the dock. I think some people are confused, because the TF would not read an NTFS microSD inserted directly into the tablet, but I suspect this is more to do with the way it is mounted (i.e. it is explicitly attempting to mount the microSD as FAT32).
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Dave
has anyone tried plugging a printer via a usb? I want to use my transformer to write documents and am hoping there would be a way to connect a printer instead of having to buy a bluetooth one. i know some people have done wifi/cloud printing but i dont want to buy a printer connected to the internet if i don't have to.
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has anyone tried plugging a printer via a usb? I want to use my transformer to write documents and am hoping there would be a way to connect a printer instead of having to buy a bluetooth one. i know some people have done wifi/cloud printing but i dont want to buy a printer connected to the internet if i don't have to.
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You can do Google Cloud Print, it will use any printer attached to your computer, I have an HP Inket on mine and it's not Net enabled.
nbarlam said:
has anyone tried plugging a printer via a usb? I want to use my transformer to write documents and am hoping there would be a way to connect a printer instead of having to buy a bluetooth one. i know some people have done wifi/cloud printing but i dont want to buy a printer connected to the internet if i don't have to.
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i have a fairly cheap wireless printer and ive managed to connect to that nicely
To those of you who managed to get NTFS formatted drives (flash drives or otherwise), I presume you are not on the stock rom?
i just plugged in my HTC Touch Pro 2 (Tilt2/Rhodium) and it is charging, but it does not mount the SD card.
USB thumbdrives have all worked for me.
Man, typing on this dock is complete crap.
evilmerlin said:
To those of you who managed to get NTFS formatted drives (flash drives or otherwise), I presume you are not on the stock rom?
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I've run my external NTFS hard drive before and after root, both on 3.0 and 3.1.
I have not tried to write to the drive but it reads just fine.
View the last 2 pages for good information, ATM USB OTG DOES NOT WORK, but maybe (or propably) it is a software issue, which can be resolved...
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I think the last Nexus devices were able to host USB drives such as usb sticks etc., so do you think that it will be possible with this one?
16gb would be more than enough for me if I only use it for rom, apps, pictures and music but 720p movies won't have enough place (maybe just 1 or 2).
Is USB host mode maybe available for nearly every device (maybe only after another kernel)?
And I read somewhere that it is possible to host usb drives with "Nexus Media Importer", but it is also possible to access them via ES File Explorer for example or maybe even with Play Movies / Play Music?
At the moment I use HTC Desire (smaller movies at ~1gbyte), slowly it's time for an upgrade and this would be a must-have for me otherwise I won't buy it atm...
Maybe with USB OTG I could buy only 8gb, that would be really nice because 50€ (65USD) for 8gb is really expensive :/
Thanks for (hopefully incoming) answers
+1
Planned to ask the same, but you opened a topic already
Also with this if anyone knows. Can you access a OTG source from a recovery like CWM or TWRP? That would make the 16GB meaningless.
Yes the Nexus 4 supports usb OTG (and you probably won't need a custom kernel for this)
Yes you can use ESFile explorer and run everything from your hard drive
I think latest TWRP offer OTG support but I'll probably never use it since you may "brick" your phone if the flash fail and not sure if otg is perfectly stable...
Xmalek said:
Yes the Nexus 4 supports usb OTG (and you probably won't need a custom kernel for this)
Yes you can use ESFile explorer and run everything from your hard drive
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Thanks for the answer :good:
Is the USB drive automatically mounted?
And is the media on it displayed in medi player apps like Music or MX Player or do I have to click on each single file with ES file explorer to play it?
Xmalek said:
Yes the Nexus 4 supports usb OTG (and you probably won't need a custom kernel for this).
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Where have you got this information?? I can say out the box OTG is not working. Anyone have any ideas yet?
Would it be possible to have a Nexus 4 case with a microSD slot that connected via USB OTG?
For me an attached normal USB Flash Drive (8GB) did not work. Even the light of the flash drive did not a single blink.
I am not sure if the Nexus 4 provides Voltage for usb devices.
Just to confirm, the Nexus 4 does not support USB OTG out of the box. Just tested it myself - works fine on the missus' Galaxy S2, but not on my Nexus 4.
I'm fairly certain that you still need to be rooted for it to work properly, as with the Nexus 7.
There's an app called "nexus media importer" on the play store for otg
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There's an app called "nexus media importer" on the play store for otg
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It is listed as "not compatible with the device"
definitely does not work
i've read/heard somewhere that not all usb otg dongles are the same. some work better than others? i ordered a cheap 5 pin on ebay. don't have n4 or the dongle yet to test.
guest_2011 said:
i've read/heard somewhere that not all usb otg dongles are the same. some work better than others? i ordered a cheap 5 pin on ebay. don't have n4 or the dongle yet to test.
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i'm using an OTG cable and usb stick that work with GNex and N7
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i'm using an OTG cable and usb stick that work with GNex and N7
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then it's a deal breaker for me :crying:
guest_2011 said:
then it's a deal breaker for me :crying:
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they'll get it working :fingers-crossed:
Has anyone tried stick mount (needs root)?
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jimmyz said:
Has anyone tried stick mount (needs root)?
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Yup - No luck
There's a shread of light that OTG works with the N4 rooted?
Hope it does cause if not...not buying it.
Phil Nickinson from AndroidCentral has posted that USB storage doesn't show up properly on the Nexus Player:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PhilNickinson/posts/MiyoNJmtGK8
Of course, it looks like he tried to directly plug in a USB key into the micro USB slot instead of using an OTG cable, if I'm not mistaken. If anyone who gets their shipment today could verify one way or the other that'd be very useful for those of us who can still cancel our pre-orders if USB storage is a no go.
Update: it is indeed supported but needs root for better visibility across apps.
The ADT-1 has a full USB port and a USB Key is unreadable in that as well. It doesn't mount.
Mi|enko said:
The ADT-1 has a full USB port and a USB Key is unreadable in that as well. It doesn't mount.
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Thanks for that. On the ADT-1 is their a way to make its USB port a master with a hub attached? Have you tried keys, hard drives, etc using a hub?
Mi|enko said:
The ADT-1 has a full USB port and a USB Key is unreadable in that as well. It doesn't mount.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjuanw_KLTc&feature=youtu.be
this guy is running emulators on an adt1 with all the roms on a flash drive he plugged in, so there must be a way to read it on the dev unit, if not the nexus
jnrbshp said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjuanw_KLTc&feature=youtu.be
this guy is running emulators on an adt1 with all the roms on a flash drive he plugged in, so there must be a way to read it on the dev unit, if not the nexus
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Interesting! I wonder what he's got it formatted as. . . time to start some testing (note: I tested this on the original OOB firmware, but haven't tested it since updating to 13D).
Update: Just used a jump drive and tried Fat32, ExFat, and ext4. . . no dice.
I've just opened a USB stick and installed an APK off it with my Nexus Player. I used OTG Disk Explorer Lite, which I had to sideload. I imagine StickMount will work great once we've got root, and any app could also do the same USB mounting probably.
USB drive was formatted FAT from Windows 7.
Good to hear the OTG cable works. Now I wonder if it'll take a keyboard or ethernet adapter.
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I'll be damned. So, I never bothered to root my ADT-1 (silly me). So, I just spend 2 minutes doing that, pushed the USB OTG apk over, and voila. I now have external storage. Holy hell. Let's see if my 1TB HDD works. . .
reverenddak said:
Good to hear the OTG cable works. Now I wonder if it'll take a keyboard or ethernet adapter.
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Keyboard, mouse, and Ethernet all work. Some new gigabit Ethernet adapters won't work though; you have to get one that was supported as of Linux kernel 3.10.
xBIGREDDx said:
I've just opened a USB stick and installed an APK off it with my Nexus Player. I used OTG Disk Explorer Lite, which I had to sideload. I imagine StickMount will work great once we've got root, and any app could also do the same USB mounting probably.
USB drive was formatted FAT from Windows 7.
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Question for you. Have you tried navigating to the external storage using Root Explorer or anything similar? The only way I can seem to access the content on my drive is through the OTG app, which is kind of a bummer for what I have in mind.
Mi|enko said:
Question for you. Have you tried navigating to the external storage using Root Explorer or anything similar? The only way I can seem to access the content on my drive is through the OTG app, which is kind of a bummer for what I have in mind.
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So far I've only got it working through the OTG app. I think if I got StickMount working, that would enable it to work through other apps.
Interestingly, I installed XBMC (Kodi 14 Beta 1) and then used the OTG app to select an MKV file off the USB stick. It then opened it with XBMC and played. But when I tried to navigate storage with XBMC, it couldn't find the USB stick by itself.
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So far I've only got it working through the OTG app. I think if I got StickMount working, that would enable it to work through other apps.
Interestingly, I installed XBMC (Kodi 14 Beta 1) and then used the OTG app to select an MKV file off the USB stick. It then opened it with XBMC and played. But when I tried to navigate storage with XBMC, it couldn't find the USB stick by itself.
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Problem solved. So, the rooting and installing an OTG app was only half of it. You also need to disable SELinux. This app did the trick. After installing it, setting permissive, and rebooting, I'm in business.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrbimc.selinux
Note: This is on the ADT-1, but I would think the implementation should be nearly identical once the NP gets root.
hi can you please add instructions on how to sideload applications because I'm getting mine shipped next week and would like to sideload xbmc thanks in advance to however helps this site has helped me alot in the past. I don't plan on using my player for games just tv
Mi|enko said:
Problem solved. So, the rooting and installing an OTG app was only half of it. You also need to disable SELinux. This app did the trick. After installing it, setting permissive, and rebooting, I'm in business.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrbimc.selinux
Note: This is on the ADT-1, but I would think the implementation should be nearly identical once the NP gets root.
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so what exactly is solved now?? can you browse the drive using xbmc or any file explorer app?
jnrbshp said:
so what exactly is solved now?? can you browse the drive using xbmc or any file explorer app?
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Yes that's what he meant.
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According to Phil Nickinson over at Android Central, it looks like external storage is possible via a USB OTG cable. I'd post the link...but, the 10 post limit thing is holding a brutha back.
Y2Dre said:
According to Phil Nickinson over at Android Central, it looks like external storage is possible via a USB OTG cable. I'd post the link...but, the 10 post limit thing is holding a brutha back.
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Thanks for the heads up... this is very good news. Here's the link:
The Nexus Player works with external storage and USB ethernet
I have an ADT 1 and my hard drives and all things work after mounting from USB OTG Helper. Needed to root first.
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It's possible for Nexus Player too. Just wait until you get the root
Harkunwar said:
I have an ADT 1 and my hard drives and all things work after mounting from USB OTG Helper. Needed to root first.
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It's possible for Nexus Player too. Just wait until you get the root
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so usb otg is supported for the adt-1 ? everything is working well ?
For me it does
Hi guy, just uploaded a quick video showing OTG usb drive and 1TB hard drive straight out of the boix with a file manager from the play store.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is27WwcOxmE&list=UUOh5vz-UToJa6l38XnVib9g
All working really smooth and quick.
Regards Paul.
Thanks for sharing. Its good to see its easy too add more storage if needed, especially if I'm travelling.
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PaulGG said:
Hi guy, just uploaded a quick video showing OTG usb drive and 1TB hard drive straight out of the boix with a file manager from the play store.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is27WwcOxmE&list=UUOh5vz-UToJa6l38XnVib9g
All working really smooth and quick.
Regards Paul.
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Great video! OT question....is that screen bleed on the right side (camera edge)? Can't tell if that's the video or not but I'm curious as I have bleeding there which makes the status bar have a gradient a tint everything on the edge to white...
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Have you tried writing/copying any files from the tablet to the USB drive?
OP,
link to the 4 port hub you used in this video please?
I have minimum light bleed around the edges. The light spot on the video is on the wallpaper. Sad fact on IPS panels its far more noticeable on black backgrounds than on amoled as the black's are illuminated unlike amoled where the native black of the screen is used. I am so glad that the nexus 6 uses amoled. I really am not a fan of the washed out colours on the Nexus 9 panel.
To be honest the 4 port hub was purchased from a local chinese shop for a couple of euros. You can find similar itens on Amazon. Same with the OTG very cheap on amazon.
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Have you tried writing/copying any files from the tablet to the USB drive?
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Yes transfer work fine both ways large video file transfer from the nexus 9 to either USB stick or Hard drive and from drives to the Nexus 9 no problem
thank you for testing this. awesome.
When I tried plugging in my OTG cable which already had a usb stick in it, the Nexus 9 did not show anything connected. At first I thought there was something wrong with the OTG cable but I tested it out on my N5 and a Samsung Tab S tablet and they recognized it.
Do you think the Nexus 9 is faulty then since 2 other devices recognized the OTG cable?
No, it's not faulty your N9, unfortunately this is by design, OTG is not fully integrated but only using third party apps like ES File Explorer...
fblasot said:
No, it's not faulty your N9, unfortunately this is by design, OTG is not fully integrated but only using third party apps like ES File Explorer...
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Ok, I used ES file explorer and there was an icon for USB. I clicked on it but it indicated that the usb stick was empty. I know that this is not true since it contains a lot of movies and I had just used it on my other tablets to watch a movie.
Any ideas on why the N9 doesn't see the movie files on the usb stick while my other tablets do?
deeznutz206 said:
Ok, I used ES file explorer and there was an icon for USB. I clicked on it but it indicated that the usb stick was empty. I know that this is not true since it contains a lot of movies and I had just used it on my other tablets to watch a movie.
Any ideas on why the N9 doesn't see the movie files on the usb stick while my other tablets do?
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Haven't noticed this problem on mine. Make sure the USB stick is formatted as FAT32 or else the tablet may not see any files.
mkygod said:
Haven't noticed this problem on mine. Make sure the USB stick is formatted as FAT32 or else the tablet may not see any files.
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I'll have to take a look at the usb stick to see what it was formatted to. However, I find it strange that my Nexus 5 and my Samsung Galaxy Tab S are able to see the files on the usb stick but the Nexus 9 can't??? Doesn't sound right at all.
Your N5 and Tab S are stock or mod ?
Maybe your usb is ntfs formatted and they have kernel with NTFS support that N9 doesn't has.
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Your N5 and Tab S are stock or mod ?
Maybe your usb is ntfs formatted and they have kernel with NTFS support that N9 doesn't has.
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The Tab S is completely stock (got it 2 weeks ago). The N5 is rooted + unlocked bootloader on stock rom.
I have a USB otg formatted to NTFS and have no problems seeing it and my files.
mkygod said:
Haven't noticed this problem on mine. Make sure the USB stick is formatted as FAT32 or else the tablet may not see any files.
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underwaterjr said:
I have a USB otg formatted to NTFS and have no problems seeing it and my files.
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Now I'm confused. Should it be formatted to FAT32 or NTFS?
deeznutz206 said:
Now I'm confused. Should it be formatted to FAT32 or NTFS?
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Well the problem with fat32 is the size restrictions and I have movies on my USB otg.
mkygod said:
Haven't noticed this problem on mine. Make sure the USB stick is formatted as FAT32 or else the tablet may not see any files.
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So I checked and the usb stick is formatted as FAT32. What the heck.
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Haven't noticed this problem on mine. Make sure the USB stick is formatted as FAT32 or else the tablet may not see any files.
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Well the problem with fat32 is the size restrictions and I have movies on my USB otg.
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Movies on the usb stick are less than 2gb each.
I just got a Shield Pro (only due to the fact that I was able to get the Pro with the remote and stand for $244) and I'm trying to connect my NFTS 3TB external hard drive, but it won't mount. I read somewhere the Shield can't recognize a hard drive with multiple partitions so I extended the original partition and now there is only one, but it still won't mount no matter what I do.
Any thoughts, tips, tricks or advice on how to get it mounted will be greatly appreciated.
Mines mounted i got it in the first usb port 1.81tb
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icefrog119 said:
Mines mounted i got it in the first usb port 1.81tb
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Thanks for rubbing it in.
Sorry if this sounds partitioning but at 3tb sounds like it must be externally powered. I'm assuming its powered up and you can hear it spinning up? I would also try a different usb cable even if that cable works on the PC. Stranger things have been known to happen.
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Sorry if this sounds partitioning but at 3tb sounds like it must be externally powered. I'm assuming its powered up and you can hear it spinning up? I would also try a different usb cable even if that cable works on the PC. Stranger things have been known to happen.
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Thanks! I'm not sure what you're saying about partitioning, but the external drive drive is externally powered and I can hear it spinning up. I'll try another cable when I get home tonight. That would be great if that was the only issue.
Thanks again.
No probs thats my damn autocorrect, I meant "patronising"
I have tried a 2TB Toshiba, a 2TB WD Passport, and a 4TB Samsung portable hard drive. All of them are 2.5" hard drives and all of them are self-powered (not plugged into an external source for power). All of them work without any trouble. They are formatted in NFTS and have only 1 partition. Maybe it's your brand of hard drive that is not working on your Shield TV.
Where did you get that deal on the pro? EBay?
birkholze said:
Where did you get that deal on the pro? EBay?
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Amazon. I was shocked when I saw the price for a Pro with all those accessories. Plus the seller never registered everything and I got the warranty too.
I haven't had any issues connecting am external HD to my Shield Pro. I have an old Western Digital 500gb drive, a Samsung EVO Pro 250gb SSD and a 1TB Western Digital HD and all of them connect just fine. The 1tb HD requires a external power source but it still works without any issues. I use ES File Explorer to access the HD if that helps at all. I also had no issues with any of my flash drives 8gb-128gb from various manufactures.
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I haven't had any issues connecting am external HD to my Shield Pro. I have an old Western Digital 500gb drive, a Samsung EVO Pro 250gb SSD and a 1TB Western Digital HD and all of them connect just fine. The 1tb HD requires a external power source but it still works without any issues. I use ES File Explorer to access the HD if that helps at all. I also had no issues with any of my flash drives 8gb-128gb from various manufactures.
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Thanks. I tried both ports, but it still doesn't work for me. I'm still waiting for a new cable to see if that works since I don't seem to have any other USB 3.0 cables to try.
jjdavola said:
Thanks. I tried both ports, but it still doesn't work for me. I'm still waiting for a new cable to see if that works since I don't seem to have any other USB 3.0 cables to try.
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It could be the cable but I couldn't tell you for sure. If it still doesn't work after that maybe a factory reset or a reflashing of the images may be in order. Something could be corrupted cashing the issue but that scenario is a more severe remedy to the small issue.
UPDATE: Although I tried to repair the drive on my WIn 8.1 mini-desktop, it wasn't until I connected the external drive to my AIO with Win 10 that the external drive was repaired (which took a maybe a minute) and now I can access my external drive.
Now for my bonus question (that I will create a new thread for as well). Is there anyway to access the external drive or the Pro's 500GB drive from my network? I can see it as SHIELD on my network and I can see the IP address, but I can't seem to access it. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
jjdavola said:
Is there anyway to access the external drive or the Pro's 500GB drive from my network? I can see it as SHIELD on my network and I can see the IP address, but I can't seem to access it. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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If your Shield Device is rooted, you can always give Servers Ultimate Pro (comes up as the Amazon free app of the day quite often) a try & setup a simple SMB server. You would probably need Server Pack B (this is free). I actually have this setup on my Nexus Player with Stickmount.
jjdavola said:
UPDATE: Although I tried to repair the drive on my WIn 8.1 mini-desktop, it wasn't until I connected the external drive to my AIO with Win 10 that the external drive was repaired (which took a maybe a minute) and now I can access my external drive.
Now for my bonus question (that I will create a new thread for as well). Is there anyway to access the external drive or the Pro's 500GB drive from my network? I can see it as SHIELD on my network and I can see the IP address, but I can't seem to access it. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Install ES file manager. Run the remote control section inside and it will run a ftp server on the sheild. You can then ftp in with filezilla or something and access the files. No root needed, but you need to enable the sever each time you want to transfer files etc :good:
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Install ES file manager. Run the remote control section inside and it will run a ftp server on the sheild. You can then ftp in with filezilla or something and access the files. No root needed, but you need to enable the sever each time you want to transfer files etc :good:
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Thanks. I have no idea why, but this doesn't work for some reason. Although I'm new to Filezilla and I'm not sure if I'm using it right.
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Thanks. I have no idea why, but this doesn't work for some reason. Although I'm new to Filezilla and I'm not sure if I'm using it right.
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Put the IP address in the address bar...in the format 192.168.1.?? And make sure you have the right port number in the port box... ES file manager screen will show you the address and port number. I'm guessing you haven't put the port number in
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Put the IP address in the address bar...in the format 192.168.1.?? And make sure you have the right port number in the port box... ES file manager screen will show you the address and port number. I'm guessing you haven't put the port number in
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Thanks. I actually did do that. I guess I have to keep trying.
This is going to sound odd, but if you are on ethernet, try using wireless to transfer files. Most FTP programs won't start a server on ethernet as they are programmed for wireless only. They think phones and if a phone is not wireless it's mobile network, and therefor don't turn on server. Worked for me on both ES and Solid Explorer wireless, but neither wired.
I'm having the same problem as topic creator. Using a self-powered 3 TB WD Passport, and cannot get it to mount on the Shield no matter how I format it (FAT32, EXFAT, NTFS both MBR and GPT). It reads on every other device and PC I have just fine.
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ES File Explorer even recognizes the presence of a USB drive, but gives a "failed to open file" error when attempting to access it. Android's storage manager doesn't see the drive at all.