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Transfer files to a thumb drive???

Quick question on the Color Nook. I'm a field tech and want to start carrying my service manuals and firmware for the copiers. I plan on loading everything onto a 16gb micro sd card and read the PDFs from that.
Now my biggest thing is it possible to take files from the Nook and load them directly onto a USB thumb drive? Our machines take thumb drives to load firmware and all we do is move the files over to the drive.

gottria said:
Quick question on the Color Nook. I'm a field tech and want to start carrying my service manuals and firmware for the copiers. I plan on loading everything onto a 16gb micro sd card and read the PDFs from that.
Now my biggest thing is it possible to take files from the Nook and load them directly onto a USB thumb drive? Our machines take thumb drives to load firmware and all we do is move the files over to the drive.
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There are thumb drives which actually use a MicroSD.. Although apparently not that easy to find, I didn't have a lot of luck in a few minutes of googling.
The Kingston FCR-MRG2 is one, but I couldn't verify if it behaved just like a thumb drive (ie: bootable etc.. if that's necessary?).

Any MicroSD card USB reader should work, I would think. I have one of these, as it's the smallest I could find: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0R84DH47SVBVJ7KHBYPQ
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The card actually loads into the connector-side of the reader!

I got the impression that he meant that he wanted to attach a usb drive to the micro usb port and use the NC to move the files to the usb drive.
Now just moving a firmware file to the sdcard root and using a micro usb reader could be the same result.
On a side note, does anyone know if the usb port on the NC is capable of being a host?

RoboRay, that is nice. It would work but require putting the firmware files on the 8gb of the Nook so I can have my card slot free. I have about 12gb of manuals and files that will fit on a 16gb chip.

Yeah, it's not an ideal solution because you'd have to load whatever files you need onto the SD card then eject it to put it into the card reader. I don't believe that the NC's USB port is able to operate as a host device, so that's probably the best you're going to be able to do.

gottria said:
Quick question on the Color Nook. I'm a field tech and want to start carrying my service manuals and firmware for the copiers. I plan on loading everything onto a 16gb micro sd card and read the PDFs from that.
Now my biggest thing is it possible to take files from the Nook and load them directly onto a USB thumb drive? Our machines take thumb drives to load firmware and all we do is move the files over to the drive.
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I believe this is the type of adapter you are looking for?
http://cgi.ebay.com/short-Usb-2-0-A-F-female-micro-microusb-B-cable-/390273319728?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item5ade1a4330
Not sure if we are allowed to post this kind of link, sorry in advance if thats the case..
I actually have something similar that came with a 7" Viore tv...You plug your standard thumb drive in the adapter, then the other end into the unit..Works fine on the tv...No idea if it works on the Nook.

Well, at that price, you really don't have much to lose by ordering one to give it a try.

spikey911 said:
I believe this is the type of adapter you are looking for?
Not sure if we are allowed to post this kind of link, sorry in advance if thats the case..
I actually have something similar that came with a 7" Viore tv...You plug your standard thumb drive in the adapter, then the other end into the unit..Works fine on the tv...No idea if it works on the Nook.
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I'll have to keep an eye on this thread, I'm curious if that works too...

Can you just plug the Nook directly into the PC via USB and pull the files off the SD that way?

USB writer that can write bootable uSDs

OK, so I've tried both my notebook's builting 5-in-1 card reader/writer and a generic USB uSD reader/writer of which neither seem to be able to properly create bootable uSDs for the NC. (or at least w/class 4 4GB PNY uSDs and a generic 128MB OLD uSD)
So, I'm wondering if some kind people who have managed to create them using a USB writer could tell me the chipset/brand of that/those writers? Preferably ones that might be available from a local b&m retailer(e.g. Wallymart, Target, RatShack, WorstBuy, etc.) as I'd REALLY like to get a bootable froyo SD going...
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my USB reader is:
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idVendor 0x058f Alcor Micro Corp.
idProduct 0x6335 SD/MMC Card Reader
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I used a Maxell micro-sd to sd adapter and a sandisk usb adapter. Both came with cards.
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Did you try different apps to write the image to the card? I've read that some utilities are causing issues for people.

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I used a Maxell micro-sd to sd adapter and a sandisk usb adapter. Both came with cards.
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Did you try different apps to write the image to the card? I've read that some utilities are causing issues for people.
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Thanks.
well, the first time that I tried it the autonooter page on nookdevs just mentioned not trying to use the nook(or other device) to attempt to write the image. Yesterday I tried writing the froyo .6.8 image to a new 4GB uSD and came up with an unbootable disk, but the nook AND notebook were able to see the various partitions(NC complained, nb mounted them). i.e. NC wouldn't boot from it...
So, I went back to check the autonooter page on nookdevs to see if any other ideas had popped up and noted that the warning message now suggested that many readers were NOT able to PROPERLY create the partitions on uSDs and only some(unspecified) USB readers would likely work(i.e. go buy a bunch until one works maybe), so I tried my current USB writer(freaking took 1h 20m!) and same thing as what happened with my builtin reader on the nb. No boot.
I check with gparted and the card image written with the internal reader still was showing as a FAT32 3.69GB partition(!) even though the nb was mounting 4 partitions... The card made with the USB reader was showing an "unknown" 3.69GB partition but was also mounting all the partitions... apparently something screwy about getting the partitions properly created on uSDs and certain readers(probably the reader chipset related).
So the above was why I was interested in particular brands/models that worked.
Software: just using dd on Ubuntu 10.04. It's known. It works, and it would be pretty much bug free by now. (I actually use it a fair amount and never had a problem before so I'm certain that it's not dd at fault, but the readers.)
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ROFLMAO!! This is HILARIOUS:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/SanDisk...11&skuId=8917531&st=usb card reader&cp=1&lp=8
$20 for a $2 card reader wtf?! (hence worstbuy)
hmmm... my USB reader either came with my CycloDS card or my Supercard DS 1... don't remember which now... but I suspect that it may be old enough that it has problems with SDHC cards possibly... maybe also the chipset isn't really capable of partitioning as I surmised above...
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Picked up this one from RS:
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idVendor 0x1976 Chipsbrand Microelectronics (HK) Co., Ltd.
idProduct 0x1307
Same deal as my nb's internal reader and my other USB reader... no boot...
...it's driving me nuts now... have to try it under windows... this USB write was MUCH quicker than the other abot 3x the xfer rate...
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Just for completeness this:
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01:04.3 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
is the integrated card reader...
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Double post, but days between and an update: (reboot to 32b Vista)
Oddly enough using the builtin O2 Micro reader and windisk32imager (or whatever it's called) worked, although I did run into problem with the app in subsequent image write attempts ending up in a "Not Responding" state before completing the write and not recovering...
Which leads to oddly enough that GorillaPimp was correct about checking sw. Ubuntu managed to bork dd of all things, or possibly at least for the 64b version. (Next plan to try adding various sizing options to dd just to check if defaults/detection are messed up seeing as I have no error from dd or the write process. Next will be to build a new copy of dd from the repos...)
(I'm sure that the win32diskimage thing is just a Qt wrapper around dd for windows...)

Assuming you are under Windows, not sure about Linux. For some reason, the uSD to SD card adapters do not seem to work well. I don't know if this is by design or something with the Windows drivers. The uSD to USB do seem to work well. I have both the one shown and this one and both work file.
Homer

Homer_S_xda said:
Assuming you are under Windows, not sure about Linux. For some reason, the uSD to SD card adapters do not seem to work well. I don't know if this is by design or something with the Windows drivers. The uSD to USB do seem to work well. I have both the one shown and this one and both work file.
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Yep, I know even though they SHOULD be a straight pass through and work as well as a specific for uSD reader.
I've got two of those now, one must be USB 1.1 even though it claims the hispeed 2.0 logo, while the second actually seems to be 2.0 just unable to achieve max throughput... My builtin reader is the fastest by far and I got it to successfully write the image one time, but hung two other times but my point was just to check the hw as the nookdevs page claims that some adapter are unable to properly create partitions which is what initially appeared to be happening under Ubuntu 10.04 x86-64.
So, since hw work -> sw somewhere is screwing up image writes under Ubuntu which I'd prefer to use as it's just plainly more flexible... worry about what's going on in Vista later as I don't use it much for anything other than games and a few apps that just plainly work better in an actual windows environment(v. wine).

cutterjohn said:
Double post, but days between and an update: (reboot to 32b Vista)
Oddly enough using the builtin O2 Micro reader and windisk32imager (or whatever it's called) worked, although I did run into problem with the app in subsequent image write attempts ending up in a "Not Responding" state before completing the write and not recovering...
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My computer has an O2 reader built in that works just fine for writing bootable uSDs.
Amazon has cheap class 6+ Transcend cards, which has been just about the best brand I've ever used. Also try WinImage, I have a lot better luck with that.

Here is the one I use. Works great and is cheap. You need an SD to uSD adapter though.
USB Reader/Writer

I used a generic uSD to USB2.0 adapter I got from Meritline for something like .50 shipped. I get 10MB/s both r/w on my Patriot 16gb class 4 card and it has made both that and another generic brand uSD class 2 4gb card I bought on DealExtreme a few years ago into functional boot drives. I can't find the exact one, but it looks like the linked one here...
img.diytrade.com/cdimg/1038482/12752000/0/1273412236/microSD_to_USB_adapter.jpg

ouldsmobile said:
Here is the one I use. Works great and is cheap. You need an SD to uSD adapter though.
USB Reader/Writer
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That's what I have, and it works fine on the few things I've tried with it.

I have this multi reader/writer and it works great in Win7 (x64) and Ubuntu 10
$1.97 shipped, usually arrives in 2-3 weeks.
Both microsd and sdhc ports are present.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-2-...-ms-card-reader-16gb-max-color-assorted-25113

Works like a champ. Cheap, fits in most Micro SD plastic cases along with the card. Never leave home without it.
$4.23 Shipped from B&H

I've been able to write fine with all my built-in SD readers (all 3 of my laptops worked fine).
I did have to run the disk imager as administrator for my 2 laptops with windows 7

I can write an image to the cards with the slot in my laptop. I cannot, however, use EASEUS to read or manage the card (ie resize the last partition) with that slot. I have to use an external USB card reader.

Reverse Tethering on Atrix HD

Use your PC's internet connection on your phone. No more pain of wasting your precious mobile data!
you need to have a PC with working internet connection and a rooted android device.
Making it happen:
1)Connect your Android to your desktop/laptop via USB cable (dont forget to turn on USB debugging )
2)Download, extract the attachment and Open android tool application file present in the extracted folder
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3)click “Connect”. this will install the latest android package and the dependencies (busybox and redsocks) and SuperUser will ask you to allow “Usb tunnel”
make sure you allow it.
now you phone has an internet connection and you can use it just by minimising the USB Tunnel app...
to stop the service, just click on disconnect on your pc (android tool app) or stop service on USB Tunnel in your phone..

play store doesn't work
actually all google apps do not work

Aingaran said:
Use your PC's internet connection on your phone. No more pain of wasting your precious mobile data!
you need to have a PC with working internet connection and a rooted android device.
Making it happen:
1)Connect your Android to your desktop/laptop via USB cable (dont forget to turn on USB debugging )
2)Download, extract the attachment and Open android tool application file present in the extracted folder
3)click “Connect”. this will install the latest android package and the dependencies (busybox and redsocks) and SuperUser will ask you to allow “Usb tunnel”
make sure you allow it.
now you phone has an internet connection and you can use it just by minimising the USB Tunnel app...
to stop the service, just click on disconnect on your pc (android tool app) or stop service on USB Tunnel in your phone..
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No Linux support I suppose?
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Pretty cool. I remember similar to this back in WM days! Thanks man...
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@Youngunn2008 I was thinking the same thing lol
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@Youngunn2008 I was thinking the same thing lol
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No Linux support I suppose?
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for linux, try this thread, it may help you...

Isn't it easier to just create a WiFi hotspot on your PC and connect wirelessly with your phone?

Mister_Simon said:
Isn't it easier to just create a WiFi hotspot on your PC and connect wirelessly with your phone?
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Not all PC's have that ability. Doubly so if your PC uses Wifi to connect to the internet since most Wifi cards can only either connect or be connected to and not both at once . Or like in my case where my PC's wifi card severely sucks and is barely usable to connect to the internet to begin with...I use my old Defy as my PC's Wifi now because my internal card is that bad (plus I can use a really long usb cord and get the phone closer to the router )
Defy runs CM10.1 -- its faster and more stable than ours with much better battery life (double cool). F Popeye's Chicken, Quarx is the shiznit....and Blechd0se and Maniac103 and Epsylon3...I'm sure there's more, but those are the main Defy devs I was exposed to.
/Defy has 3+ years of development behind it on a platform our devs would rather be working on (TI OMAP), that's why its better . I just had to clarify that so no one thinks I'm downing our devs. A few months on a new platform doesn't compete with a few years on a known platform.
//If anyone needs a cheap replacement phone, buy a Motorola Defy or Bravo. They're both built well and have a great dev supporting them, Quarx.

skeevydude said:
Not all PC's have that ability. Doubly so if your PC uses Wifi to connect to the internet since most Wifi cards can only either connect or be connected to and not both at once . Or like in my case where my PC's wifi card severely sucks and is barely usable to connect to the internet to begin with...I use my old Defy as my PC's Wifi now because my internal card is that bad (plus I can use a really long usb cord and get the phone closer to the router )
Defy runs CM10.1 -- its faster and more stable than ours with much better battery life (double cool). F Popeye's Chicken, Quarx is the shiznit....and Blechd0se and Maniac103 and Epsylon3...I'm sure there's more, but those are the main Defy devs I was exposed to.
/Defy has 3+ years of development behind it on a platform our devs would rather be working on (TI OMAP), that's why its better . I just had to clarify that so no one thinks I'm downing our devs. A few months on a new platform doesn't compete with a few years on a known platform.
//If anyone needs a cheap replacement phone, buy a Motorola Defy or Bravo. They're both built well and have a great dev supporting them, Quarx.
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Cool, thanks for the info

Following the link from within the app I saw this comes from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371345
The download in this thread corresponds to version 3.3; it is up to version 3.7 now. I tried v. 3.7 and it also works. To make sure i disabled WiFi and wireless data. There is a hack for Google apps, I haven't tried it.

Hey Thanks for the app mate but I couldn't make it work it only connects when I choose USB Tethering I'm on Custom 4.4 Rom Rooted / Allowed Superuser permission it only shows upload spped but not download speed and there's no browsing ...... I'm on windows 8 and have a dial able broadband connection .. Also tried sharing the connection but no luck. please help.

[Q] USB not connecting via ROM, Recovery, Fastboot, Bootloader

SO basically a day ago my mac and pc both cannot recognize my Nexus 6 through USB. i tried using adb and fastboot but the phone itself is not able to make it self available to either computer. I know its on the Phone side of things b/c it does not connect on any computer. Ive used multiple usb cables and computers. As of rn i can live with it since my ROM is running fine and im not having any problems with my internal storage. But soon i wont be wont be able to live with it, it is a necessary feature for me to be able to drag and drop files from my computer to my Nexus 6. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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SO basically a day ago my mac and pc both cannot recognize my Nexus 6 through USB. i tried using adb and fastboot but the phone itself is not able to make it self available to either computer. I know its on the Phone side of things b/c it does not connect on any computer. Ive used multiple usb cables and computers. As of rn i can live with it since my ROM is running fine and im not having any problems with my internal storage. But soon i wont be wont be able to live with it, it is a necessary feature for me to be able to drag and drop files from my computer to my Nexus 6. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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So boot into fastboot and connect it to your windows PC with a known working usb cable. What is the result of "fastboot devices"? Also does the device show up in device manager?

rootSU said:
So boot into fastboot and connect it to your windows PC with a known working usb cable. What is the result of "fastboot devices"? Also does the device show up in device manager?
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in the bootloader it sais "Conect USB Data Cable"
and in CMD fastboot doesnt reply.
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Also the device does not show up in device manager

I dont know if this will help but when I click USB to computer connections no new screen loads up, also I messed with the partitions a little bit a couple weeks ago but I never had a problem until now

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Also the device does not show up in device manager
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Well if you have ruled out cables, computers and USB ports, like it sounds that you have - it is most likely a USB port issue on your device (or something motherboard related.)

rootSU said:
Well if you have ruled out cables, computers and USB ports, like it sounds that you have - it is most likely a USB port issue on your device (or something motherboard related.)
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Are ther any steps i can take to be 100% sure i cant fix this on my end

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Are ther any steps i can take to be 100% sure i cant fix this on my end
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Check there is no obstruction on the port. Loose pins etc. But I would send it for repair to be honest.

rootSU said:
Check there is no obstruction on the port. Loose pins etc. But I would send it for repair to be honest.
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Damn its such a hassle my screen cracked on my first nexus 6 s i just got this one 5 days ago

aaasey786 said:
Damn its such a hassle my screen cracked on my first nexus 6 s i just got this one 5 days ago
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Well I got a new nexus and T-Mobile worked a good deal out,I just had to pay for shipping

USB OTG with the MI Mix

Hey all!
Just got the phone and I'm loving it so far.
Recently I tried to transfer files over to the MI mix using a otg cable and a USB 3.0 thumbdrive. The miui did not respond to the otg plug in. However the file management app `esfile` detects the otg (pop up to ask for permission to be the default app to handle the drive), but upon opening the app, the otg drive was not shown...
Tried the otg setup on a nexus 6p and it works without problem.
Any pointers? Thanks!
Edit: I'm on the EU ROM

Thank God someone else has noticed this, i have been unable to get this feature working, however the MiMix does recognise peripherals such as USB mice but haven't been able to get it to work with any USB external storage options, would appreciate some steer from senior members.

ruffnexx_uk said:
Thank God someone else has noticed this, i have been unable to get this feature working, however the MiMix does recognise peripherals such as USB mice but haven't been able to get it to work with any USB external storage options, would appreciate some steer from senior members.
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Thanks for confirming the issue. May I know what ROM you are using? I think I jump straight to EU rom without ever testing the Chinese Stable ROM. I may flash it back just to see if it works.

cboonh said:
Thanks for confirming the issue. May I know what ROM you are using? I think I jump straight to EU rom without ever testing the Chinese Stable ROM. I may flash it back just to see if it works.
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Im on the eu multi rom.....6.12.29 which at the moment seems to be relatively bug free

ruffnexx_uk said:
Thank God someone else has noticed this, i have been unable to get this feature working, however the MiMix does recognise peripherals such as USB mice but haven't been able to get it to work with any USB external storage options, would appreciate some steer from senior members.
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Hi, I have the same problem, and I really need to copy files from my MIX to a USB drive for my clients. Any solution or workaround?
I am in the latest CH stable ROM, no unlocks or flashes. I've tried several USB drives ranging from 256MB to 32GB, all formatted with every available file system, but no result.

I would like to be able to utilize OTG as well, I'm on EPIC ROM 7.1.19 hope some one can figure it out.

I have used OTG Dtech with Mi Mix that is working fine, no problem.

I hadn't known there was an issue I was able to move data between the usb flash drive and the phone on mine.

okay, this is Xiaomi messing about and its so frustrating
I am one of the people using a non rooted phone with over the air updates
HOWEVER, I am part of the pre release group that gets roms early
Now, when I got my phone initially with Miui 6, USB otg didn't work
The pre release beta solved this, without issues, happy days
NOW THE WARNING
just upgraded to
Android 6.0.1 MXB48T
MIUI 8.7.3.9 Beta
Kernel 3.18.20-perf-g459b3d5-336479-gc53fe55
And they've killed it again
I am PRESUMING this is ( as I am fully aware, I am using Beta software ) that this is a bug
However, if this is on purpose, I am very frustrated with the reasoning ( or lack of it ) behind it

My previous pendrive was ExFat which is unsupported format for Es file explorer(as is pop up showing), once formatted it on Mix, now works on latest Epic rom 7.3.9.
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Still trying to get xiaomi to agree boot unlock before I get the epic rom
Hopeful though, it sounds far better

I found if the drive isn't fat32 you will need a 3rd party app to interact with the files [I use exFat/NTFS for total commander - as it works on non-rooted devices].

Has anyone used a USB ethernet adapter with the mi mix?

a_rocklobster said:
Has anyone used a USB ethernet adapter with the mi mix?
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Trying to do IT work on an internal network or something? Other than that or try to break into a hard wired network I wouldn't see a reason to even try to use a usb network dongle. There are MUCH better devices to do the other two things with than ANY android device.

Nicolfa said:
Trying to do IT work on an internal network or something? Other than that or try to break into a hard wired network I wouldn't see a reason to even try to use a usb network dongle. There are MUCH better devices to do the other two things with than ANY android device.
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Ha, yes I do IT work. I normally have so many cat5 cables around me it's better than wifi calling (most places don't have great wifi in their server closets) or att service for that matter
I used to use hangouts dialer to make calls over the network, never had reception issues with that method
What much better devices were you talking about? I'm curious now

For mobile IT I got a Viliv N5 a long time ago, loaded Debian on it [got everything working properly after awhile of fiddling] and now use it as my mobile trouble shooter [Kit of extra's in a bag with it].
http://www.umpcportal.com/2010/07/viliv-n5-umpc-full-review/

I have the verbatim USB SD card adapter, and a 128gb Samsung Microsd card.
I can open and read files in the Microsd card using the mix. However, when I try to transfer files using Explorer copy and paste in USB, transfer progress gets to 80-100%, then the UsB status goes to ejecting and checking for errors.
I have enabled developer options and install via USB. I have also enabled documents under installed apps.
I'm using official global stable rom and locked bootloader.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

I am assuming my USB external DAC issue falls along with this bug.
My Google Pixel works fine with any USB OTG device (DAC/USB Stick/ etc...)
But the Mix will not detect it even if I go into the developer settings and change the options like Xiaomi themselves recommend doing! This is so frustrating.

I got USB OTG to work with another adapter (Meenova). In my case my issue was adapter hardware related.........hope this information may help!

Hi there!
Well i cannot make otg wotk on my mix any way. I've just the one adapter and I do not know which type is it but I use it on my Nexus 5 no problem with a Sandisk Ultra USB 3.0 32gb stick... I've tried with all apps you mentioned in this thread and some more... It is not detected on twrp either.
Any ideas?
Thanks!