Can the Nexus 7 export to a USB OTG?

[arburnley]

I have a Nexus 7 and am trying to export to a USB flash drive via a OTG cable. I am using Nexus Media Importer app. Not sure if I can export. My Nexus is stock not rooted.

 

[Rukbat]

If the app you're using allows you to choose the output path, yes. Otherwise, export to your SD card (the internal one in a Nexus), then move the file to the USB drive with a file manager app. No need for root either way.

 

[itic]

If your connecting to a computer using the Media Transfer Protocol/USB feature in 5.0.2 you should be able too. You might run into problems if youre using windows 8.1 though..

 

[arburnley]

Not connecting to a computer. I want to transfer from my Nexus to a flash drive via the OTG cable. I dont think nexus importer app allows. Maybe i need to try a different app. Which one should I try?

 

[sparksd]

NMI does support writing to a flash drive. The author recently provided support for writing to NTFS-formatted HDDs:

Nexus Media Importer

I used NMI on a trip to transfer photos from my camera's SD card (using a card reader) to a flash drive (had to copy to the Nexus then to the flash drive).

 

[toa1614]

As sparksd says, you can't. NMI is only an importer so you can't use it to export

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[sparksd]

As sparksd says, you can't. NMI is only an importer so you can't use it to export

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Sorry, I wasn't clear. NMI can write to a flash drive - that's how I transferred from the N7 to the flash drive. I just tried it again to make sure it works. In NMI you have to go into preferences and check the "Enable Write" box.

 

[arburnley]

NMI does support writing to a flash drive. The author recently provided support for writing to NTFS-formatted HDDs:

Nexus Media Importer
This is exactly what I am attempting to do but with video from a Gopro. Which eats up memory cards quick.

I used NMI on a trip to transfer photos from my camera's SD card (using a card reader) to a flash drive (had to copy to the Nexus then to the flash drive).

 

[sparksd]

I copied from an SD card in a card reader attached via the OTG cable to my N7; from there I copied to a flash drive. This works with files of any type - video, JPG, etc. Like I said, I first had to copy the files to my N7 and then from there to a flash drive, all using NMI.

 

[Steven Hong]

Ofcource if you have an OTG-USB Gender. u could export files to USB Memory Chips.