[Q] 1TB USB Hard Drive?

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Anyone know if the USB OTG cable for the Galaxy Note will work with a 1TB USB hard drive? A portable one with is powered by the USB cable?

Thanks!

I don't have a galaxy device, will get the note, but from what i understand, you will need greater voltage for a hd to work than what you need for a generic usb stick.

There is this vid that demonstrates OTG for the GS2. And at the end of the video the guy says that it will not work with an external drive that requires power from the device.

( New user, cannot post links yet, the video title is ''Samsung Galaxy S2 USB OTG demo'')


I believe this will be the case with the Note too.

But a Solid State hd would probably work... Probably.

I doubt the Note can read the NTFS file system. I know the S2 can't.

Brgds... /Tubgirl

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As stated above ~ the Galaxy Note does not provide enough energy to power a hard drive that requires power from it's source.

I have a Galaxy SII, a couple of OTG USB cables and a number of drives and USB peripherals. None of the Portable Hard Drives work.
Memory sticks yes, as do small USB toys.

Thanks everyone!

While not idea (or what I was hoping for), I actually have a Y cable setup to use USB host with the HD2 on WinMo. Essentially this allows you to plug in the hard drive to one end and power into another and then the drive doesn't need/get power from the device.

Will this overcome the power problem?

Then the issue on the HD2 is NTFS. There is no way to mount/read an NTFS volume.

Does Android have this same problem?

Thanks!

Yes, if you use an externally powered hub or other powered connection larger drives will work (I do this on my SGSII).

There may be a fix for NTFS, I recall there being one for the SGSII.

Thanks NZtechfreak! Any link on that fix?

Originally Posted by silkshadow

Thanks NZtechfreak! Any link on that fix?

Not sure which topic NZtechfreak is helping you with but in the meantime have a look at this topic.
Notice Post 2 mentions a file you can download named ntfs.zip

Originally Posted by Beards

Not sure which topic NZtechfreak is helping you with but in the meantime have a look at this topic.
Notice Post 2 mentions a file you can download named ntfs.zip

If everything else fails, you could use multiple partitions formatted to Fat32.
Not ideal, but operational.

If you don't mind the extra cost you can get a portable wifi hdd.



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