External Harddrives

MPJ88 · Nov 21, 2012

matt11601 said:
Hopefully simultaneous charging + OTG w/ external HD will be a possibility.

Basically you want all three of these together!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/female-Micro-male-Cable-Adapter/dp/B005GI2VMG

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Griffin-Sma...desktop/dp/B00264FS5K/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url

http://www.focalprice.com/CA0352B/U...tm_medium=GM_UK&utm_campaign=CS_GM_UK_CA0352B x 2

Which doesnt seem to exist!

matt11601 · Nov 21, 2012

MPJ88 said:
Basically you want all three of these together!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/female-Micro-male-Cable-Adapter/dp/B005GI2VMG

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Griffin-Sma...desktop/dp/B00264FS5K/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url

http://www.focalprice.com/CA0352B/U...tm_medium=GM_UK&utm_campaign=CS_GM_UK_CA0352B x 2

Which doesnt seem to exist!

That would be ideal. I remember people in the Nexus 7 forums trying this, but not sure if they were successful (haven't been keeping up). The alternative, which is my personal preference, would be continuous charging via the pogo pins (if something like this is ever released) and OTG/external HD.

Lumsdoni · Nov 21, 2012

I'm sure I should know the answer to this....

Am I rgiht in thinking that THE ONLY WAY to copy files to the Nexus via OTG is via Nexus Media Importer?

I have a rooted N10 32gb, with an OTG cable that works well on NMI, but USB sticks / SD cards don't show on file explorers.

It's not a big deal as dropbox does pretty well on it's own - I just wanted to make sure.

BoneXDA · Nov 21, 2012

Lumsdoni said:
I'm sure I should know the answer to this....

Am I rgiht in thinking that THE ONLY WAY to copy files to the Nexus via OTG is via Nexus Media Importer?

I have a rooted N10 32gb, with an OTG cable that works well on NMI, but USB sticks / SD cards don't show on file explorers.

It's not a big deal as dropbox does pretty well on it's own - I just wanted to make sure.

But moving files regularly, connecting the device to a PC as storage works, right?

matt11601 · Nov 22, 2012

Lumsdoni said:
I have a rooted N10 32gb, with an OTG cable that works well on NMI, but USB sticks / SD cards don't show on file explorers.

I think you need an app called Stick Mount to recognize USB HD & thumb drives. You may want to try that.

NLPUNITED · Nov 22, 2012

This should be great for video streaming right ? Everything is on network at home so i can basically either plug this in my computer and stream from my wireless devices or just plug it right into the Nexus 10 when im not home !

Anyone own's this drive ? Has good reviews on Amazon

http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/seagate...leName=&startSearch=&fromSearchBox=&addFacet=

groaner · Nov 23, 2012

I've tried 2 different hard drives to be recognized by the media importer with no luck. I am trying a full format (ntfs) on a 250gb drive.
My first question is will NTFS work?
2nd, has anyone actually gotten a hd to work with this or just thumb drives?

The only thing in common with these drives are that they are laptop drives in adapters. They aren't packaged deals. I don't know if that will make a difference. My thumb drives work so I know the OTG cable works.

Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk 2

groaner · Nov 23, 2012

groaner said:
I've tried 2 different hard drives to be recognized by the media importer with no luck. I am trying a full format (ntfs) on a 250gb drive.
My first question is will NTFS work?
2nd, has anyone actually gotten a hd to work with this or just thumb drives?

The only thing in common with these drives are that they are laptop drives in adapters. They aren't packaged deals. I don't know if that will make a difference. My thumb drives work so I know the OTG cable works.

Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk 2

As it turns out, these cheap cases with a hard drive you put in them are not compatible. I tried two of them and as I said, they did not work. I then tried a WD one i have and it worked.

so there you have it, dont go cheap.

:silly:

johno86 · Nov 23, 2012

You gotta pay to play :good:

anderswede · Nov 23, 2012

Does this mean we're in 1080p heaven?

OK, so with a portabel harddrive (powered through the USB-port), all the movies in .rar-format (only small files) and BSplayer (which has no trouble with .rar-playback, just like XBMC), I've suddenly got all my 1080p-movies available when I travel?

Is that correct? Has anyone tried this?

slight22 · Nov 23, 2012

Rage1ofakind said:
Get Nexus media app. No root required and you can use hard drives

Sent from my HTC EVO 3D X515m using xda app-developers app

Works like a charm, thx. Stickmount actually don't work on the 4.2 yet.

But my N10 is unlocked and rooted so it's possible that had an effect, but so far my 720p tv shows (mkv) play without issue. Though i do have to run on S/W sounds on some. I could only wish we had a cccp style codec that would play everything.

Croak · Nov 23, 2012

slight22 said:
Works like a charm, thx. Stickmount actually don't work on the 4.2 yet.

But my N10 is unlocked and rooted so it's possible that had an effect, but so far my 720p tv shows (mkv) play without issue. Though i do have to run on S/W sounds on some. I could only wish we had a cccp style codec that would play everything.

Stickmount works fine with the USB2Go cable I bought for my N7, with a SD card reader and 4 different USB thumb drives of varying sizes. I have my entire music collection on a 64 gig thumb drive, and was able to play them from PowerAmp.

It doesn't work with a 750gb 2.5" HDD (my old laptop drive) in a USB 3.0/SATA enclosure, it lights up but there's not enough power to spin it up.

NLPUNITED · Nov 23, 2012

Bought a 1tb drive today on blackfriday. Cant wait to get the Tab and start watching movies/shows from it! Done with Movie streaming on my phone in bed

jmcharles · Nov 24, 2012

I tried our 500gb external, and was hopeful for a moment when it powered up and started showing files, but it was short lived. It just kept disconnecting like there wasn't enough power.

Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk HD

Jonathanh88 · Nov 25, 2012

works

awesome.. i was really hoping i could hook my external to mine and it works.. I have a WD 2TB My Passport(no external power source) and it worked with my nex10.. no rooting or anything. i used this ****ty ass usb OTG cable that barely works. if i barely move the cable it disconnects.. i need to hunt down a better USB to Micro usb adapter that will ship here to hawaii..cus nobody seems to ship otg cables to hawaii on amazon for some reason. at least i can confirm that it works

slight22 · Nov 25, 2012

Croak said:
Stickmount works fine with the USB2Go cable I bought for my N7, with a SD card reader and 4 different USB thumb drives of varying sizes. I have my entire music collection on a 64 gig thumb drive, and was able to play them from PowerAmp.

I'm sorry to disagree with you, but i'm running 4.2 on both my N7 and my N10 and stickmount (on the n7) won't work, and stickmount pro (on the n10) will not work either.

So there is deffinetly something in 4.2 that prevents OTG from working with SM. However OTG and Nexus Media Importer seem to be working perfectly with both 32 and 64 gig mem sticks. (or thumb drives if you prefer)... wish i had a 128 or 256 stick lol

king conan · Nov 25, 2012

slight22 said:
I'm sorry to disagree with you, but i'm running 4.2 on both my N7 and my N10 and stickmount (on the n7) won't work, and stickmount pro (on the n10) will not work either.

So there is deffinetly something in 4.2 that prevents OTG from working with SM. However OTG and Nexus Media Importer seem to be working perfectly with both 32 and 64 gig mem sticks. (or thumb drives if you prefer)... wish i had a 128 or 256 stick lol

Well, Stickmount with 4.2 in Nexus 10 indeed works. The behaviour is not great though. Most of the times to see the files in a pendrive you have to unplug and plug it again. So it seems a little bit unstable but at least in my case in my rooted N10, stickmount works.

Niggo372 · Dec 15, 2012

I'm using a WD MyPassport 500GB and it works, but only if the battery is above about 50%. If its lower it seems that there is not enough power on the USB port. Is that normal or should i return the drive?

3473 · Dec 17, 2012

jmcharles said:
I tried our 500gb external, and was hopeful for a moment when it powered up and started showing files, but it was short lived. It just kept disconnecting like there wasn't enough power.

Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk HD

Exact same thing happened with my and my 2.5inch WD 500gb drive

Maybe these HDD's require too much power to be powered off the port itself... would an SSD work? Currently I'm carrying multiple usb sticks which isn't ideal...

groaner · Dec 17, 2012

See now this is th eproblem, you cant power your tablet at the same time as playing a movie, like if I were to play a movie to a tv while having my tab plugged in to keep it charged (worked like a charm when I was up at a cottage with my Iconia that is charged from a separate plug).

Has anyone tried the dual USB adapters? if you plug the drive in one and power to the other one, I wonder if that works.

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