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Forgive me if a stupid question but the new rage going on is the new USB support for our NCs, what exactly can I do with that functionality now? Examples would be nice. Is it just simple stuff like keyboards, etc?
All of this is unconfirmed, but what I've seen mentioned includes webcams and game controllers in addition to keyboards/mice.
mass storage devices will work as well if you have an external power source
Another stupid question from my side:
How WILL this USB connectivity work? Meaning we connect any USB enabled device to the micro-USB port of the nook from which the charger connects?
That would be cool since that would enable USB keyboards to work with the nook..
obsidianblackhawk said:
mass storage devices will work as well if you have an external power source
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And many USB thumb drives work without any external power at all. Not all of them, but an older 2GB of mine works perfectly (especially with the vold file modified so that mass storage devices auto mount)
Divine_Madcat said:
And many USB thumb drives work without any external power at all. Not all of them, but an older 2GB of mine works perfectly (especially with the vold file modified so that mass storage devices auto mount)
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Would you mind sharing your vold line? Does it work regardless of the sdx partition actually mounted? (In other word, is it wildcarded for any type of flash, or just for your particular drive)
skwalas said:
Would you mind sharing your vold line? Does it work regardless of the sdx partition actually mounted? (In other word, is it wildcarded for any type of flash, or just for your particular drive)
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This is all i used (the example line): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14548442&postcount=159
all of my micro usb cards work with a reader.
perhaps they need lesser power to run
So basically, I can plug up a webcam and video chat with a market app? Or am I being too wishful?
Still rocking the Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
flu13 said:
All of this is unconfirmed, but what I've seen mentioned includes webcams and game controllers in addition to keyboards/mice.
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Is there a Keyboard/Mouse that will work with the Nook that anyone is using today? Of course, I don't understand how a mouse would work because there is no pointer/cursor in Android is there?
I'd love to be able to have a mouse/keyboard and not have to lug my laptop around on business trips but just use the Nook instead. May be wishful thinking I suppose.
As soon as you connect a mouse, a pointer appears.
flu13 said:
As soon as you connect a mouse, a pointer appears.
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Cool, I'll have to monkey with this I suppose. Sounds promising.
flu13 said:
As soon as you connect a mouse, a pointer appears.
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Cool, thanks. I have a few micro USB cables and a couple of female to female adapters on the way so I can hook a USB mouse and keyboard up to the cables.
flu13 said:
As soon as you connect a mouse, a pointer appears.
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Did you need a powered USB hub for this, or does the nook power the mouse?
Requia said:
Did you need a powered USB hub for this, or does the nook power the mouse?
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Depends on the mouse. If the mouse can run on 100mA, it will work with no hub (personally tested with a Logitech wireless).
Just wondering if anyone knows whether they've gotten the usb headphones with mic to work. I've been following that usb thread in development pretty closely (although I can't post there; not enough general posts, so I guess I'll have to start spamming), and it appears as though they are close, but I haven't seen a post definitely stating that it works. Seems as though they were getting some noise through the mic, but the rate was off. Too fast or too slow or something. Maybe someone knows?
Which Female to Female adapter to get?
I found some Female to Female adapters on Amazon, but they had mixed reviews. If you are using one successfully , I would appreciate more information about where to get it.
-Mo
Moritzio said:
I found some Female to Female adapters on Amazon, but they had mixed reviews. If you are using one successfully , I would appreciate more information about where to get it.
-Mo
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Same here. I bought one from ebay for $1.98 but what they sent did not match the description or picture so I killed the charge with AmEx.
As for webcam support, not working as far as I have been able to test. I can get the nook to recognize the cam but the apps do not see it. Have tried yahoo msgr,tango, ooVoo,fring, ect...
As for uses, mouse,keyboard,sd card reader,direct connection to DSLR's for photo transfer, flash drives.
As for flash drives, I have about 20 here from various mfr and only 1 will worrk without a powered hub but using a powered hub, everything works.
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like most MHL cables that include the charging port (where you just plug in from wall), is there anything like this for OTG??
tried finding and searching but nothing.....
If you're looking for power going to the USB device, then you can use this.
If you want to charge your Note while using the OTG feature, then I've not yet come across anything like that.
Just wondering if it is possible to charge the Note 2 while using the OTG yet? I'm in my car all the time and use an external SD card. My 64gig internal card is already full.
cajunflavoredbob said:
If you're looking for power going to the USB device, then you can use this.
If you want to charge your Note while using the OTG feature, then I've not yet come across anything like that.
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How about a scenario where I have External Battery charger and OTG adapter with usb stick. I want to watch the movie on usb stick while also have External battery connected charging the phone. I guess it's the same problem as not being able to charge up phone from any external source while using another device connected to OTG?
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How about a scenario where I have External Battery charger and OTG adapter with usb stick. I want to watch the movie on usb stick while also have External battery connected charging the phone. I guess it's the same problem as not being able to charge up phone from any external source while using another device connected to OTG?
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You could make your own micro USB OTG cable. I still haven't seen one for sale anywhere.
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You could make your own micro USB OTG cable. I still haven't seen one for sale anywhere.
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Oh, I don't have issues with OTG cables. I have adapter and cables, and modified cables before: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107985
I just want to figure out how I can watch movie from usb-stick while charging my phone at the same time. There seems to be no solution for that yet? Or are you suggesting there is a way to make a custom cable to do that? I think once you attach OTG cable to connect a peripheral device, you turn Note 2 into host and it will not accept charging from micro-usb port. No way around it
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Oh, I don't have issues with OTG cables. I have adapter and cables, and modified cables before: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107985
I just want to figure out how I can watch movie from usb-stick while charging my phone at the same time. There seems to be no solution for that yet? Or are you suggesting there is a way to make a custom cable to do that? I think once you attach OTG cable to connect a peripheral device, you turn Note 2 into host and it will not accept charging from micro-usb port. No way around it
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Oh, I understand what you mean now. In that case, you are correct. You cannot charge your phone and use an external thumb drive at the same time through the usb port. When you plug in an external drive, your phone switches the USB power cables to send the juice instead of receive it.
The only ways I know around that are to use a wireless charge stand or the desk dock.
cajunflavoredbob said:
Oh, I understand what you mean now. In that case, you are correct. You cannot charge your phone and use an external thumb drive at the same time through the usb port. When you plug in an external drive, your phone switches the USB power cables to send the juice instead of receive it.
The only ways I know around that are to use a wireless charge stand or the desk dock.
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Isn't this exactly what sammys smartdock does? Charge and otg simultaneously?
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Isn't this exactly what sammys smartdock does? Charge and otg simultaneously?
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Yep. Not possible with just a cable. It needs a microprocessor to regulate the current in and out. Devices plugged into the dock are powered by the dock's power, not the phone's.
cajunflavoredbob said:
Yep. Not possible with just a cable. It needs a microprocessor to regulate the current in and out. Devices plugged into the dock are powered by the dock's power, not the phone's.
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I hear what your saying, but looking at threads in the S3 section like this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953061 got me thinking... I'm just trying to make an audio cable for my car that charges and has 3.5mm out to my radio. And I need it to work with every 4.1.X kernel and above, especially stock.
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I hear what your saying, but looking at threads in the S3 section like this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953061 got me thinking... I'm just trying to make an audio cable for my car that charges and has 3.5mm out to my radio. And I need it to work with every 4.1.X kernel and above, especially stock.
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If you get a pinout for the s3, might be able to modify a cable to do both.
Does anyone know of a way to have OTG and charging at the same time? I know you can use wireless charging and otg at the same time, I'd like to know if it can all be done through usb.
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-Cable-P...1453677269&sr=8-1&keywords=otg+charging+cable
I have that exact cable. It only Powers the peripheral device. From what I can gather it's a software thing with the gs6, but I have such a small understanding of this kind of stuff.
It should be possible, I believe they had a docking station with a USB port that worked the way you're thinking
se1000 said:
It should be possible, I believe they had a docking station with a USB port that worked the way you're thinking
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For the galaxy s6?
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For the galaxy s6?
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It was for the S4, but the reason it shouldn't work for the S6 is that the S6 no longer uses the micro-usb/MDL plug. Just saying that it should be possible to power the phone and do OTG
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...words=samsung+galaxy+smart+multimedia+docking
anyone knows if Marshmallow Android 6 new kernel supports charge phone over OTG cable for Galaxy S6 Edge?
Lava OTG charger, 40 bucks and works a couple times. Lol I'm seriously about ready to throw all my devices.
I bought this cable: http://www.amazon.com/Micro-Cable-Player-Samsung-Galaxy/dp/B00CXAC1ZW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453677269&sr=8-1&keywords=otg+charging+cable and it works fine with my friends Windows Phone, i.e harddrive connects and the phone charges, but on my S6 it doesn't charge at all. Is this a wiring issue with the S6 or some software restriction?
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I bought this cable: xxx and it works fine with my friends Windows Phone, i.e harddrive connects and the phone charges, but on my S6 it doesn't charge at all. Is this a wiring issue with the S6 or some software restriction?
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did you ever find a solution - having same problem OTG cable working on other android devices but not my T-mobile S6 with broken touch screen
I know I'm late on this, but I have an S6 around and I'm trying to make other uses out of it, however I have struggled with this with everything I've done.
I haven't solved this, but today I came with an idea that may help some people, at least it seems it will work for me.
Ok, we cannot charge through the usb while using OTG, but we can charge through wireless and use OTG at the same time.
I have tested this with a cheap wireless base and I have plugged to the OTG first a powered usb hub and of course the phone was charging without problems. Then removed the hub and plugged a USB micro SD reader with a card directly to the OTG cable, it also continued to charge, it has charged to 100% with that plugged on.
Hope it helps.
Regards.
Hi,
I just rooted my blu r1 hd and confirmed it by opening my #supersu app. I have root access. But I still am unable to make my phone detect my otg usb. I tried usb otg helper - but that doesnt seem to help. I tried stickmount and it doesnt work.
Can someone please help?
Thanks so much
ravishankar_sitar said:
Hi,
I just rooted my blu r1 hd and confirmed it by opening my #supersu app. I have root access. But I still am unable to make my phone detect my otg usb. I tried usb otg helper - but that doesnt seem to help. I tried stickmount and it doesnt work.
Can someone please help?
Thanks so much
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Out of Box the R1 doesn't support OTG, there was a report of someone making it work with a powered hub. But BLU states no OTG.
Used other checker
Hi,
Mi used otg checker and it confirms that my rooted device supports otg. It did not say that before rooting. But still my device does not recognize otg.
Please help.
Thanks
ravishankar_sitar said:
Hi,
Mi used otg checker and it confirms that my rooted device supports otg. It did not say that before rooting. But still my device does not recognize otg.
Please help.
Thanks
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As stated, the R1 does not support OTG. You can try a powered OTG hub, but your not going to get enough power from the USB port alone on the R1.
Hi Kal250,
Thanks for your reply. Please excuse my ignorance. What is a powered otg hub?
Can you please give an amazon link as a product example?
Your help is much appreciated. I understand that you are saying that it may/may not work. But I want to give it a try.
Thanks so much
ravishankar_sitar said:
Hi Kal250,
Thanks for your reply. Please excuse my ignorance. What is a powered otg hub?
Can you please give an amazon link as a product example?
Your help is much appreciated. I understand that you are saying that it may/may not work. But I want to give it a try.
Thanks so much
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I can't verify that this will work, there was only one user who reported success using an adapter, though I can no longer find the post, anyhow you can give this a try, you will have to supply power with a charger cable, but I make no guarantee as to if it will work. BLUs official statement is no support for OTG. I'm not responsible if you damage your device(s)!!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1059...ed+adapter&dpPl=1&dpID=41e4lIWfNlL&ref=plSrch
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I can't verify that this will work, there was only one user who reported success using an adapter, though I can no longer find the post, anyhow you can give this a try, you will have to supply power with a charger cable, but I make no guarantee as to if it will work. BLUs official statement is no support for OTG. I'm not responsible if you damage your device(s)!!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1059...ed+adapter&dpPl=1&dpID=41e4lIWfNlL&ref=plSrch
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Thanks a lot kal250! I am going to give it a try!
ravishankar_sitar said:
Thanks a lot kal250! I am going to give it a try!
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Did you try the powered usb hub?
wfandreas said:
Did you try the powered usb hub?
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I dont think it will work, i believe only one user reported that, and nobody has verified....
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I dont think it will work, i believe only one user reported that, and nobody has verified....
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I'll try it this weekend.
Holy crap, can confirm.
I first tried using this powered hub, as well as a powered usb otg cord (similar to this one), it read my generic usb stick, as well as a 500gb HD (well, sorta, it saw it but can't read ext4).. Then I tried just the otg cord, powered, and it worked. As long as it was getting external power, it seemed to work just fine.
Bare in mind, it "NEEDS" the powered OTG cord, running it without having a micro usb hooked up to power in and it didn't work at all, at least for me. Though you can run the hub without power, don't know why this is, but it was how it was acting.
Non drive testing:
It also sorta saw my Logitech F310. In that it pops up that it is disconnecting, but never shows up while connected (with gba.emu). A 360 controller did nothing.
Mouse and Keyboard worked just fine.
USB Audio seemed to not work, at least with my crappy Griffin iMic (think it is an apple device, I got it at goodwil). I also tried a Logitech usb speaker (not sure what model). No audio came though, thought the buttons worked (play/stop/volume/skip). All this with "Disable USB audio routing" not on (as well as on, just in case i was misreading it).
I also have a Pinnacle Systems AV to USB2 (old school rca video cables to usb) adapter I "could" check, however I know of no android app that can take that in. I do know it works with linux by default, ala V4L2, but android is a mystery. It does light up, but other then that no idea, looking through dmesg was a bust for me at least. Eh, nitch item anyways, doubt much here would use it.
Can't think of anything else to test at the moment, but I hope this helps you guys out a bit.
Tried the powered OTG cable and was able to mount a USB flash drive. I did not have to root my R1 HD to get this to work. The mounted drive did not show in ES Explorer or in Solid Explorer. But I can go to Settings -> Storage & USB and click on the mounted drive. That puts me in the system file explorer and I can copy files. (Do choose "Show SD Card" in the menu. Otherwise there are not many places to copy to.)
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Following up: of course you have supply power to the microUSB port of the powered OTG cable. I tried supplying power from an AC adapter and from an external battery both worked.
Another note: to copy files from the USB flash drive to internal SD or external SD, click on the USB Drive (in Settings->Storage & USB) first, select some files. Then, navigate to the place where you want the copy. If you want to copy to the USB drive, then click on the internal or external SD card (in Settings->Storage & USB) and do the same thing.
I got OTG to work with a powered OTG cable but I couldn't get UVC to work
Has anybody else tried using a USB camera?
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I bought a Blu R1 specifically to use in a pair of Gear-like VR goggles, as an FPV headset for quadcopter flight. I was hoping to wire (solder) a wireless receiver to a USB UVC stick, run Go FPV (split-screen Cardboard-like vid player), and power all with a 10k mAh power bank battery.
I'm hoping the UVC not working is just a case of a missing driver. Can you (moshiach101) load a webcam app from PlayStore and see if that installs drivers?
zx2gsxr said:
I bought a Blu R1 specifically to use in a pair of Gear-like VR goggles, as an FPV headset for quadcopter flight. I was hoping to wire (solder) a wireless receiver to a USB UVC stick, run Go FPV (split-screen Cardboard-like vid player), and power all with a 10k mAh power bank battery.
I'm hoping the UVC not working is just a case of a missing driver. Can you (moshiach101) load a webcam app from PlayStore and see if that installs drivers?
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OK. I tried it with a USB wall-mount charger, USB-C micro in a brand new power OTG cable, with a Logitech V-U0007 webcam which was shown to work on a PC.
No dice. I conclude the Blu R1 HD does not support UVC via the USB port.
(and the phone is completely useless to me as I have a good phone and Sprint plan for the family already...)
Is there a way to add the UVC driver to the phone?
Is it part of the ROM, kernel?
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moshiach101 said:
Is there a way to add the UVC driver to the phone?
Is it part of the ROM, kernel?
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It should be added by adding an app which needs it.
The UVC setup works with my HTC One M7. Not with the Blu, so I think this is a HW/FW limitation.
Try OTG Patch or similar from playstore
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Try OTG Patch or similar from playstore
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No dice (I just tried). Pretty sure it's an MTK processor, which doesn't do OTG, and probably why it's cheap enough to sell at this pricepoint.
ravishankar_sitar said:
Hi,
I just rooted my blu r1 hd and confirmed it by opening my #supersu app. I have root access. But I still am unable to make my phone detect my otg usb. I tried usb otg helper - but that doesnt seem to help. I tried stickmount and it doesnt work.
Can someone please help?
Thanks so much
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Use a powered hub I have tried and it works for most devices (keyboards, mice, and USB drives), but for other devices such as an arduino, which is what I needed, use USB Host Diagnostics to install a patch.
I have just started using the DeX as my daily driver. However the problem that I'm facing is when connecting my NTFS 2TB Portable HDD.
My DeX setup is connecting to 24" monitor using this UGREEN dongle, I use a wired Logitech Keyboard and MX Anywhere Mouse.
I have installed this app to help with NTFS. And when I connect the HDD directly to the phone via the OTG dongle it works fine, take time to show in the app but it does. But when I connect it to the UGREEN dongle, the app opens up and notifies me and asks for permission, the minute I click on allow, my monitor will go black and the HDD will make a clicking sound. I have to disconnect the HDD and the dongle, reconnect the dongle to make DeX work again.
I thought maybe my third party dongle didn't have enough juice to support the 2TB HDD so I went to my local Samsung store and tried on their DeX Station, same thing only difference was that the screen did not go black but the HDD made the clicking noise. The sales rep at the Samsung store told me that DeX only supports 512GB because their phone supports max of 512gb SD card.
What am I doing wrong? Or is 2TB just too much?
UserNameComesHere said:
The sales rep at the Samsung store told me that DeX only supports 512GB because their phone supports max of 512gb SD card.
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lol that dosent make sense to me.
what does is probably the power draw from the usb ports might be too much. let me test with different adapters i have that provide power to the HDD.
also the file system might be the issue even if you have the correct libs. try formating to extfat.
heres the proof that the phone can do at least 2tb.
i used a 3.5 regular hdd and sata to usb 3 powered adapter plugged into a usb c multireader adapter that was also powered externally.
i bought and installed paragon software because my 1tb drive appeared right away but not my 2tb. first was gpt extfat and the other gpt ntfs .
i have the latest dex station with me also and can test but i expect it to work since it did on a crappy usb c multi reader.
and here is the proof than an official dex station can also read it.
i have 8 tb and 16tb drives but im lazy. so 2 tb will have to do.
bober10113 said:
and here is the proof than an official dex station can also read it.
i have 8 tb and 16tb drives but im lazy. so 2 tb will have to do.
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Yes but all those are powered HDDs. For me a powered 3tb and 5tb works perfectly well.
The issue is with the 2tb. Like I said when I connect it to my phone via the OTG adapter it works fine but not with the dongle.
I thought it was an issue with my dongle since it's not powered. So I headed to the Samsung store and tried on their Dex Station but it didn't work. Which is strange because the Dex Station is powered.
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also the file system might be the issue even if you have the correct libs. try formating to extfat.
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I have a 500gb portable HDD as well which also didn't work. I formatted it to exFAT. What are the chances that the same drive will work on exFAT?
Wouldn't it still require the same amount of power?
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what does is probably the power draw from the usb ports might be too much.
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so then my original comment still rings true.
maybe you can find a Y cable that has 2 x usb male plugs to draw more power. you can try plugging a phone charger to one of them.
Toshiba 4TB is working on my end.
But I formatted to ext4 ...
hinnn said:
Toshiba 4TB is working on my end.
But I formatted to ext4 ...
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Is it powered or portable?
UserNameComesHere said:
Is it powered or portable?
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Portable, just plug to phone via samsung OTG connector
not sure what connector is on your ext hdd but i was suggesting something like this:
https://www.amazon.ca/Exinoz-Ultra-Fast-USB-Cable/dp/B01M1D96NW
hinnn said:
Portable, just plug to phone via samsung OTG connector
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Yes, if you connect it to the phone it works....it, however, doesn't work on DeX...