Flash drive

[rolorec17]

Haven't trouble here my HTC one m7 won't recognize any flash drive I try use for back up. I seen videos where all they did is plug it in with a micro to usb adapter and it works. Me I'm haven no luck can anybody help me out

 

[SpookDroid]

While the M7 does support OTG USB, you need to make sure that your cable is working and that the flash drive you're using doesn't need external power or too much power (regular USB Hard Drives will NOT work unless you supply power externally). Have you tried the cable in a different device?

Also, if your device recognizes the flash drive but can't read it, remember that it needs to be formatted as FAT32 or ExFAT for your Android device to be able to read/write to it.

 

[rolorec17]

It's a new dual flash drive. And a new otg cable

 

[SpookDroid]

Neither guarantee that it works, especially when it comes to OTG cables. But if you're using the Dual one, doesn't it mean you DON'T need a cable? That's kinda the point of the flash drive being 'dual'...

 

[rolorec17]

Yeah neither work..

 

[SpookDroid]

I'd try it out on another phone first then just to confirm, but it seems your device is one of the 'lucky ones' with issues with OTG