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On Dec 22, 2012 8:55 AM, "Rob Beard" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 22/12/12 08:21, tom wrote:
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>> Just wondering about portable drives for devices with no sockets -
>> thinking about a Nexus when they come on sale again
>> Could one not make a bluetooth or USB connected drive that would be
>> accessible to the device or are they just too slow?
>> Tom te tom te tom
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> http://www.howtogeek.com/129800/how-to-use-usb-drives-with-the-nexus-7-and-other-android-devices/
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> You need an OTG cable, MicroUSB one one end and a USB type A socket on the other end. Looking at the link though it appears the device has to be rooted, I don't know if that's the case with other Android tables.
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> Other than that, I've seen Wifi storage devices, although if you're going to get something like that and just use it at home maybe you could just get an app to copy stuff over the network.
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> Rob
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Stickmount needs root as others have said butNexus media importer will read files from a USB drive, flash, memory cards with an adapter and otg cable.
I've used it for some time now. As well as being able to read or stream files it can also copy them over to the nexus. I only thing you can't do without being rooted is write from the nexus to the external drive.
Ray
sent from my Nexus 7
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