Has anyone tried burning the images to the uSD while it is inside the Nook Color and connected to your computer via usb? I don't have an external reader with me and I was wondering if doing things this way is even possible. Would it mess anything up in the Nook?
No and yes. If you know what you are doing you could use adb or terminal to dd exsisting images to the microsd. But it is just better to buy a cheap reader and don't deal with the hassle of commands. Just buy a reader and keep your sanity. Since you are asking this question I am assuming that you aren't yet familiar with such things. Neither am I. Please do yourself a favor and read before you try or ask anything. Good luck
Nooking with Encore
Does anyone know if using your Android phone would work? I could put it into CWR and enable USB mount. I can't imagine anything being wrong with that, but has anyone tried it?
Found the answer to my own question. Can't post links but in the nookdevs faq.
nookdevs.com/Nookie_FroYo:_Burning_a_bootable_SD_card
There is a note that says:
"Devices with integrated card readers (cameras, smartphones, the Nook itself) will often not be able to rewrite the partition table and won't make bootable cards. Dedicated USB card readers are ideal."
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hi folks
this is my first post and any help would be appreciated...
i have a mda vario 3 and am trying to install software on the sdhc card 8gb by sandisak.
my computer sees this as an external drive but still says insert disk in drive d? some colleagfues say the pc cannot read that size of the card and requires a bios update????? any ideas what they are talking about and how i fix this problem
Thanks in advance
Hi tubzy,
I'm new to this topic, but I think you'll need a SDHC compatible card reader.
In the linked thread is a solution I think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=348995
Bye
EDA-One
no solution still
hi eda-one
sorry this still is no soluton - i do hae the latest sandisk with the card reader and once all this gear is connected to the pc it says...please insert a disk in drive f??
even though the disk is in the usb card reader
did you try format it?
If you have used the card on an 'oldish' PC without the latest BIOS or Windows updates installed it may not be SDHC compatible even using a card reader.
You can also get a situation where formatting using the standard Windows formatter or even just writing files to it from your PC will corrupt its filing system.
There are various utilities available on SD manfacturers sites for formatting and recovery.
Check out the 'Formatting and Read/Write check util in the OEM section here and download the latest drivers for your reader whilst there.
http://sandisk.com/Retail/DriverDownloads.aspx
Hope this helps.
Hi and thank you
HI
Even after trying this it still doe s not work,
I have downloaded the utility and attempted to run it but it says no usb found even though it can vonnect to a usb pen drive?? any ideas ??
thank you
I had that same problem when I first got my 4 Gb SDHC card and it was because I didn't connect the card reader directly to a USB port, instead I was using an external USB port. When I put it in to an onboard one, even though all of mine are on the back of my computer, it started working.
8gb card
Hi and thanks for your response.
i am sorry but can you please clarify what you mean to be onboard usb port. Is this the sockets where you normally connect any usb device eg a mouse to a computer or do you mean i have to take the computer apart and do it a motherboard level?
I am not very technical and apologise in advance if it sounds a silly question.
I bought the damn thing and was hoping it would and should work from out of the cardboard package. I can see this on the my computer as an external drive but when clcikcing on it it says insert disk
if the disk was faulty it would not work on the phone but on the phone it says 7.5 gb available and have stored some data there. So i think it it is a case of the pc not being able to read the card and from there i dont know what the problem is.
Any further light on this subject would really be appreciated
tubzy100 said:
Hi and thanks for your response.
i am sorry but can you please clarify what you mean to be onboard usb port. Is this the sockets where you normally connect any usb device eg a mouse to a computer or do you mean i have to take the computer apart and do it a motherboard level?
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You have it right about what I meant. I did mean the sockets where you connect any USB device. You don't need to take your computer apart or anything. If that's what you are already doing then it's possible that the reader that you got with the card may just be faulty.
Not knowing what adapter you are using is a problem. I had similar problems with my first SDHC card and finally went to a local office supply store (Staples) and bought a "Sandisk MobileMate+ USB Memory Card Reader" for $15. It is a memory stick sized device and it accepts the SDHC MicroSD cards directly in it's slot. This works great on any PC so far.
It just may be the reader.
thanks!
This is a nightmare on elm street scenario.
I have finally tracked it to a faulty card reader, so i purchased another one. This one works and we have another problem - cannot copy data file path is too deep???????????
I am openeing another thread for that
Thanks to every1 for trying various solutions
I'm guessing you got a bad card..which is going to happen a lot with these high-cap cards, at least for a while. I am assuming you are using the small, plastic USB reader that came with the 8 gb card....that plugs directly into a USB socket? If not...I can tell you right now..the "older" adapters will NOT work with 4/6/8 gb cards. By this, i mean the adapter/reader that usually comes with the cards in the package. Also, it may sound silly..but make SURE you didnt, or are not, forcing the card into the phone/reader backwards...i know it's silly, but it's damn easy to do..and it usually trashes the card. My 8 gb just got in tonight...and it's working like a champ. I'm guessing you got a bad card. best of luck.
This is crazy. My phone reads the card just fine, but the card readers I have do not work period. 8G SDHC
This adapter can be used as an alternative for the USB-Host functionality but I was afraid the microSD part wouldn't be long enough to fit the HD2 MicroSD slot.
So I managed to get its microSD part length according to expansys' product image:
The length is only 17mm but the minimum length to get it work with HD2 must be 20.5mm. I used a calliper to measure that.
So, I was hopping anyone would come up with an idea to use this adapter with HTC HD2.
Please notice that the adapter price is £29 excluding the shipping cost so I prefer not take the risk to disassemble it for extending the microSD length if it isn't possible.
Thanks in advance,
that's a very interesting product..
What is it for, are you trying to use a USB stick instead of your micro SD card?
If so, why?
a portable HDD caddy LOL
shame though, the MicroSD port wont put out 5v 500mah
although its probably enough to power a CF/MSproDUO/XD type of reader for example to clear some space on your digital camera card without deleting images (or simply to view them on a bigger screen )
grayme said:
What is it for, are you trying to use a USB stick instead of your micro SD card?
If so, why?
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Sometimes you really need work on a USB stick but you don't have access to PC.
Or as quasi_mojo said you can connect a card reader to your device...
Will I be able to play some mp3's directly from a pendrive with this device? Because I have about 25GB of music and I can't afford a 32GB microSD card.
i THINK (i could be wrong...) a pendrive would require more nearer 5volts to work...
opened up my SDcard reader a few days ago, plugged into usb with a 2gb sdcard...it was pulling 3.4-3.6volts while accessing the card, which is damn close to the MicroSD maximum voltage...
Anyone knows where to buy?
There is a shop in the USA, but who knows a shop in europe?
Greetings Ottschke from germany
PS Why not attache a harddrive to my Tab
Nook Color option
It would be cool if someone could make a Micro SD socket adaptor (with a usb converter cable) that would allow the ability to connect to and drive a scanner and a printer. One would need the appropriate app designed for it too. A nice option for the Nook Color.
Hi there,
I had the mobydapter here, but it didn't function with my galaxy 7 inch tab. Pity I had to send it back. No function beside beeing very unstable by nearly dropping out of my tab. Oh I forgot it was blinking. ;-)
***MOD EDIT*** shows a Mobiadapter attached to a Galaxt Tab 7 tablet.. Somebody said that this doesn´t work on that Tab... What kinda of marketing.. Argh!
The Mobiadapter no loger exist.
Someone know something like that?
Thanks for support
I need this product for a security research. If you happen to have one, even as used, please message me.
So I'm brand new to the world of tablets and Android and whatnot (and, subsequently, this forum, so sorry if this is a dumb question). I'm trying to decide between buying a nook Color (with the intention of rooting) and the Archos 101. I prefer almost everything about the nook, but the 101 can connect to an external hard drive, and that's a big deal, as I'd like to be able to access my documents and video on the fly.
So, with the proper USB adaptor, will the nook support external storage? Thanks!
The hardware should allow it, but AFAIK it doesn't support it out of the box. It shouldn't be TOO much trouble to allow it to. shrug.
others will know much more about this.
10equals2 said:
The hardware should allow it, but AFAIK it doesn't support it out of the box. It shouldn't be TOO much trouble to allow it to. shrug.
others will know much more about this.
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Yeah, I'm not expecting it to work pre-rooting. I'm just trying to figure out if I'll be able to access the external using a file manager.
Thanks!
Ok, don't quote me on this, but I (think) i remember someone somewhere (not very convincing...) stating that the usb hardware was capable of host and OTG modes.
Android is most definitely capable of dealing with host mode, which is necessary for usb hard drives. So there should be some way of enabling it....
Sorry I'm not much help... I'll do some research and see if its a hidden toggle somewhere, otherwise I'm no help. lol
Any update on this? I'd really like to buy a tablet... but I need to make sure that the hardware can support it.. even if rooting is necessary to make USB port into Host.
If it can't does anyone know of a tablet within the $200-300 range that has USB host capabilities? Would like it to have a separate port for power while USB being used specifically for my 1TB Western Digital My Passport external USB HDD.
Do you actually have 1TB worth of info that has to be accessible on the fly or could you just load what you regularly use onto a larger sd card? I know this isn't an answer to your question but I just wondered how many gigs of documents you have to have access to during the day because the NC can use up to a 32 gig mSD if I remember correctly.
Hi everyone, new member here. Just wanted to say thanks to the devs on this forum as I was able to root my nook color with honeycomb and was quite successful on the first try! I really enjoy it and it works exceptionally!
However I have a couple questions, that I'm not sure I could understand the answers to.
1. So I guess you can't use SD cards in the version we have loaded to the NC correct? I ask because I tried to mount mine, it seemed to lock up, so stupidly I popped it out. That basically cooked my SD card as now nothing will read it and it won't format in my PC, my digital camera, or anything else. Yes I know I am an idiot, just want to make sure I have the right understanding of how I screwed up.
2. When I plug my NC into my PC with the USB cable aside from charging the NC does not acknowledge its connected. On my PC it adds two "USB drives" of which if i try to access either it says "please insert a disk". So does rooted Honeycomb not work over the USB cable as well, or did I screw something up on my PC?
this is the Honeycomb I installed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947071
Thanks for any help you guys can provide.
Anyone know about this?
Hi newb here ... did search but could not find the answer. Please forgive me if I missed the obvious.
I have an HD+ running cm10.1 emmc by verygreen (THANKS!). I am trying to read from an SD card via usb host. I have confirmed that usb host function is working by plugging in usb thumb drives. But when I plug in a card reader with the card inserted -- no matter a single slot reader or a multi-format reader -- it is not mounted.
What is more, I installed "USB Host Viewer", and it is able to see the readers. It is showing a device .../usb/001/0xx where xx is an increasing number if I keep it running while unplugging/replugging the card reader. But if I try to mount .../usb/001/0xx or ../usb/001 or .../usb mount would not be able to find the device. Also I tried several usb host controller/mount apps (e.g. stickmount and many others) none would be able to do the job.
Since the viewer can see the reader, I suppose what is missing is the actual device path that I should give to mount. But how do I find it out?
Advice is greatly appreciated. This is the only thing that is missing in my usage model -- I want to be able to read camera cards into the HD+.
Thanks,
Sean
No takers? It is hard to believe no one wanted/needed this... IMHO this is a very relevant use of a portable device with great screen.
Are you using a USB hub? It may fix your problem. It will mask the card reader's energy requirements and the Nook might then recognize it correctly.
alexb54 said:
Are you using a USB hub? It may fix your problem. It will mask the card reader's energy requirements and the Nook might then recognize it correctly.
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I don't think it is a power issue. Apparently the nook sees the reader (see my original post), but from what I read it only auto mount the "first" volume.