Does this thing accept USB OTG?

drexvil · Jul 4, 2014

I'm interested in getting this tablet to replace my laptop while traveling. I need to somehow download microSD cards full of pictures taken from my DSLR into an external 2.5" USB drive. Can somebody verify that this tablet supports OTG and if so then it has enough juice for a 2.5" hard drive (or SSD)?

Thanks.

murmur70 · Jul 4, 2014

I was unable to get OTG to work.

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simacca · Jul 4, 2014

All my recemt Samsung devices have supported OTG, so no reason why this one shouldn't.

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dwd3885 · Jul 4, 2014

Yep. Works great for me.

murmur70 · Jul 4, 2014

dwd3885 said:
Yep. Works great for me.

Interesting, I will have to give it another go.

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Tryptonite · Jul 4, 2014

You can use Total Commander and the USB plug in for it and it works fine and without root.

HughesNet · Jul 5, 2014

Otg working fine for me with mouse, keyboard, ps4 controller.

jball · Jul 5, 2014

Stickmount Pro works the best in my opinion and allows you to use your favorite root explorer. Just create a shortcut to your home screen and when Stickmount mounts your micro drive all you have to do then is open the home screen shortcut

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sleeco · Jul 9, 2014

Hi, yes it does, I have used it on my tab s 10.1

Dr. Hurt · Aug 7, 2014

I'm about to order a 10.5 LTE version but need confirmation that OTG is working.

Does it give enough power to get a 500GB HDD spinning up and running? Or will I need an external power source?

Many thanks in advance

sku|| · Aug 7, 2014

7amdoun said:
I'm about to order a 10.5 LTE version but need confirmation that OTG is working.

Does it give enough power to get a 500GB HDD spinning up and running? Or will I need an external power source?

Many thanks in advance

you mean SDD ??

Dr. Hurt · Aug 7, 2014

sku|| said:
you mean SDD ??

No, a regular Western Digital "My Passport" USB HDD.

My Nexus 5 provides enough power without needing a y-cable/external power. But thats probably because it has a snapdragon 800 chipset.

The Tab S uses an Exynos 5 so I'm worried it won't be able to power up the drive.

Anyone tried a USB HDD with the tab S?

Many thanks in advance

nathanwragg96 · Dec 24, 2014

Can't get my hdd to work on the t805 weird thought because my g3 can power it.

eastpac · Apr 1, 2015

Galaxy Tab S 10.5 USB OTG works with my 32gb PNY flash drive. I formatted it first in FAT 32 and my drive was recognised instantly. You can double check if it is recognised under the 'storage' option in settings, then in the USB OTG storage tab.

Then i reformatted it in exFAT on my computer and it still works perfectly. It was instantly recognised upon plugging it into the tablet.

The USB OTB cable (micro usb to female usb) I used was a cheap generic ebay one which does the job. So yes, this device does support USB OTG natively (though I haven't tried NTFS format yet).

maxal · Apr 1, 2015

eastpac said:
Galaxy Tab S 10.5 USB OTG works with my 32gb PNY flash drive. I formatted it first in FAT 32 and my drive was recognised instantly. You can double check if it is recognised under the 'storage' option in settings, then in the USB OTG storage tab.

Then i reformatted it in exFAT on my computer and it still works perfectly. It was instantly recognised upon plugging it into the tablet.

The USB OTB cable (micro usb to female usb) I used was a cheap generic ebay one which does the job. So yes, this device does support USB OTG natively (though I haven't tried NTFS format yet).

I can also confirm what you are saying is true USB OTG works on my T-800

ayiemedia89 · Jul 13, 2017

simacca said:
All my recemt Samsung devices have supported OTG, so no reason why this one shouldn't.

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Is it Samsung tab 3 SM-t211 support ?

andynroid · Jul 14, 2017

Nope there is no support

clemson.agr · Jul 14, 2017

Tryptonite said:
You can use Total Commander and the USB plug in for it and it works fine and without root.

This post was from 2014. Is your OTG still working? Mine was working up until about a year ago and now it doesn't work. I am on version 6.0.1 with the SM-T705, not rooted. I have tried using the Total Commander with USB plug in, but the tablet doesn't recognize the 16 GB USB drive at all. Any other suggestions?

Does this thing accept USB OTG?

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