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[Q] external storage on rooted NC

Curious if there is a way to hook up either a flash drive or an external hard drive through the usb port on a rooted nook color?

Since the underlying OS is Linux I don't know why. Don't you just need to know what mount point to use?
Homer

I guess I am just curious about power, like if it will power a flash drive or an external hard drive with/without a power supply. The mount point would be great too

jonahstepro said:
I guess I am just curious about power, like if it will power a flash drive or an external hard drive with/without a power supply. The mount point would be great too
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Do you have a flash drive or external hard drive with a microSD connector? I've not encountered these on anything but mobile media.

jonahstepro said:
I guess I am just curious about power, like if it will power a flash drive or an external hard drive with/without a power supply. The mount point would be great too
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Internal power for an external drive might be a bit much to ask, considering that to charge the nook in the first place takes a special cord with extra power. Should be enough for say a standard USB flash drive with the right adapter though. No idea if that is the right one, but you get the idea.
Homer

I was thinking about this today. I was wondering if I could use a SD card with say pictures or video and one of those usb card readers like the one included with this SD card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...208516&cm_re=transcend-_-20-208-516-_-Product

Anyone out there have a powered USB hub, they used to be common as dirt. I suspect if you connected tablet to hub and drive to hub you could create a way to do this with some creative thinking. Assuming the ful usb driver stack is in android/book rom it should work with the right mount commands. It all depends on the drivers though, usually usb stacks use different drivers for being targets like the book is in usb mode, rather than for mounting other devices as targets.. it's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure there would be much of a benefit, it might prove to be slower than USB mode since the book CPU would be doing all the work.

[Q] Can I connect my 1TB Western Digital Ext HDD (USB powered) to my Note?

Can I connect my 1TB Western Digital Ext HDD (USB powered) to my Note (GT-N7000, Stock 4.0.4 with Hydracore 5.4 Std)
I tried formatting one partition to FAT32 as well, but no luck..is it bcz of lack of power to the HDD to run?

Of course you can connect. Only your external hard drive in addition to using the USB connection must have a second source of electricity. USB connector on the phone is too inefficient.

Gregs5 said:
Of course you can connect. Only your external hard drive in addition to using the USB connection must have a second source of electricity. USB connector on the phone is too inefficient.
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Ok..but how can I do that? My Ext HDD is USB powered..is there any way I can provide the HDD with power supply, using some kind of cables/adapters or something?

If your external drive has no additional power outlet, then connect it to your phone is not possible. Attempts to various modifications may damage the phone.

You need a Y split USB cable, something similar to this:
http://compare.ebay.com.au/like/280750493818?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes
NOTE: that was just first USB cable I found using google, I'm not suggesting/related to that ebay seller in any way! Do your own research, you may be able to buy locally for cheaper.

cheddarchi said:
You need a Y split USB cable, something similar to this:
http://compare.ebay.com.au/like/280750493818?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes
NOTE: that was just first USB cable I found using google, I'm not suggesting/related to that ebay seller in any way! Do your own research, you may be able to buy locally for cheaper.
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Hmmm...so, it cannot be used as "portable" as a pendrive..as it needs external power (PC/Laptop OR some external battery)..so better option would be 64GB or higher pendrive (if needed desperately)

USB Hub & OTG

I am trying to find a USB hub that will work well with my Nexus 7, via an OTG cable, for a semi fixed car installation. I picked up one of these USB hubs a week or two ago, but I am not sure its going to be reliable enough.
I tested out with my iPod, plugged directly into the OTG cable, the Nexus picks it up and allows me to use it as external storage. I then plugged the hub into the OTG cable (Nexus also plugged into charger), plugged the iPod into the hub, and the Nexus tries to connect to the iPod. But, for some reason fails to do so. In the process I can see it mount/unmount to the point that the iPod freezes. When I have all of this set up in my car I want to be able to reliably run the following:
USB Flash Drive 128GB/256GB (in place of the iPod)
USB-DAC
Joycon board (steering wheel controls)
Easycap (reverse camera)
Are there any recommended USB hubs that will work? Since tihs will be installed behind the dash, I want to put something in there, and then essentially forget about it.
Thanks.

Try this, unplug the usb hub, plug all your devices into the hub then connect it back to the otg. You might need a powered hub but try the method I just listed first. Also, are you rooted and have stick mount installed?

r00t4rd3d said:
Try this, unplug the usb hub, plug all your devices into the hub then connect it back to the otg.
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I think I already tried this, but will give it another go. I also tried plugging the USB hub into my laptop, still a no-go on the iPod. Everything else I plugged in worked though, but none of it was pulling much power (headset, mouse, cell phone). I could not find a flash drive anywhere at home, so am waiting to pick one up before I try again with a flash drive.
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Also, are you rooted and have stick mount installed?
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Yes rooted, but do not have stick mount installed as using Timur's ROM, so no need for stick mount.

Concerning USB OTG storage

Hello all, I just got this device free from my operator, SIM free, and I would like to share this particular aspect.
First of all make shure your X SP is fully charged and you are using a working USB OTG cable adapter (preferably tested on other devices).
1. USB pendrives, SD and microSD adapters. Xperia SP supports out of the box USB storage meaning pendrives and SD adapters like Sandisk Cruzer (some old 4GBmodel) and some Sandisk 32 GB microSD car in Sony Ericsson's IM 920 adapter. All of them formatted as FAT32.
Yes I've encountered fails but related exclusively to voltage (both pendrives and SD adapters). Dunno which will work for you, better try before you buy.
2. Yes it supports exFAT. FWs prior to ...2.254 do not. I've tested them all. I am specific to the aforementioned. exFAt meaning you can mount microSD cards 64+ gigs and virtually any filesizes, think of 8 GB .mkv files.
3. It hurts when it comes to HDDs. Before anything make sure your external HDD has also an external power supply. It means you have to see a wire leading to a wall socket which is being actually connected. Otherwise your phone or tablet will never be able to power by itself a HDD, be it 2.5 or 3.5 inch. Moving on, I found plugging in any externally powered HDD does nothing by itself.
In comes the trick. I own a Xperia LiveDock DK10 for the 2011 range. It's externally powered and also has an USB OTG input. It helped me before with each pendrive which didn't work by itself when plugged in the USB OTG cable alone. Powering the dock supplied the energy the setup was lacking.
Since the most of you will find the dock redundant or missing from stocks I am glad to inform you all that some USB hub that was lying around, branded Manhattan, with external power supply, did exactly that job.
Here are some examples:
Toshiba 500 GB HDD FAT32 file format, 2.5" form factor, IcyBox enclosure, separate power supply, plugged in the 1st port of a Manhattan USB Hub, power supply powered in, mini USB output plugged in USB OTG adapter in Sony Xperia SP, fully charged. Played 1080p mkvs smoothly.
1500 GB Seagate/Samsung, 2000 GB Hitachi NTFS formatted 3.5 HDDs in powered racks, externally powered Manhattan USB hub, USB OTG cable, Xperia SP rooted, installed Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+ and Paragon USB plugin for Total Commander, full size drive fully accesible.
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Also Sony Nex camera, 64GB exFAT SD card inside, connected only with USB OTG cable on Xperia SP - working.

Thanks, u have photos?
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Good info! :thumbup:

[Q] how to connect usb hdd 500gb to z1

hi i have external sata hdd i want to connect this to my z1 is it possible if yes please tell me how can i do this ?

Do you have a SATA HDD or an HDD with an eSATA Port?
If you have a SATA HDD you could try using an external USB Case and connect it over USB-OTG. If you have the latter it won't work without additional hardware (e.g. a Notebook with eSATA Port)

xXFlippyXx said:
Do you have a SATA HDD or an HDD with an eSATA Port?
If you have a SATA HDD you could try using an external USB Case and connect it over USB-OTG. If you have the latter it won't work without additional hardware (e.g. a Notebook with eSATA Port)
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i have sata hdd with external usb case which i try to connect with my data cable but nothing happen any suggestions or any way to do that ?

It should work...
One questions first:
What Filesystem is present on that HDD? Preferable would be ExFAT. NTFS _could_ work, but i don't know that for sure.
Second:
After you've connected the HDD to your device via USB-OTG cable you should go to Settings --> Storage. Down at the bottom should be a point wich let's you mount your external USB device. After that, it should be available for r/w.

xXFlippyXx said:
It should work...
One questions first:
What Filesystem is present on that HDD? Preferable would be ExFAT. NTFS _could_ work, but i don't know that for sure.
Second:
After you've connected the HDD to your device via USB-OTG cable you should go to Settings --> Storage. Down at the bottom should be a point wich let's you mount your external USB device. After that, it should be available for r/w.
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actually i tried with our data cable which we use for connect mobile to lappy not usb otg if it must usb otg i will buy new and try :good:

how'd you manage to do that? should'nt be possible through different genders on the connectors...
The only way i can imagine to connect those two devices without messing with the connector is a NAS-Storage. Those are Harddisks available from IP Networks (e.g. Western Digital MyBook).
Those devices have the proper port to connect your smartphone with itself. Well atleast physically.
Those ports on NASes are for output only (mainly). You can connect a printer to make the printer capable of networking. But connecting a smartphone on that port won't work since it isn't designed for such things. All you could do is mount your internal Storage as Mass Storage over USB (not MTP) and use your smartphone as network share. But browsing through the files on the HDD will still not work because of a lack of connection between the real harddisk and the usb port.

You must also connect an external.power source, the USB otg doesn't give enough cureemt to power ir up.
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shteren said:
You must also connect an external.power source, the USB otg doesn't give enough cureemt to power ir up.
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how to do that any idea ? please help

There are splitted USB cables one you can connect to power line like a computer or adaquate USB charger andthe other to the phone...
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Free option is flashing doom kernel with boosted power output of the USB port. That COULD work, but it doesn't have to. Make sure you're using passive USB connectors that you're using. Ergo - it's just a regular USB cable and no additional software needs to be installed.
Try the USB otg helper from Google play too. It might also fix it.
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shteren said:
You must also connect an external.power source, the USB otg doesn't give enough cureemt to power ir up.
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Does not work... tried with pc usb and usb charger... hdd makes a ticking sound and it means not enough power.