External Hard Drive on Nexus 4

[nigerianmahogany]

Is there any way to connect an external hard drive to a Nexus 4? I just want to have some music and movies stored which can be transferred to the Nexus 4 on the go. I've heard you can do this through otg but I heard that otg is not compatible with the nexus 4. Is there any other way to connect some sort of storage medium to the nexus 4?

 

[someguy01234]

You better of buying a Samsung with MicroSD or a Nexus 5 instead and use an app like this to mount the drive: https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ps/details?id=com.anda.otgdisk&token=wKHFZvOq

To get OTG on the N4 you need a custom kernel, and it doesn't output power so you need a specific Y cable to provide external power to your connected device. This is essentially what you'll have to lug around: http://i3.minus.com/jgwzuwuHC5e5o.jpg

 

[gone down south]

WiFi/Networked hard drive should work.

 

[DAVID ARGENTIERI]

Why not just keep your media files in dropbox or drive then use a file manager to move them to internal storage?

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[someguy01234]

Why not just keep your media files in dropbox or drive then use a file manager to move them to internal storage?

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I was assuming he's going to take a trek to the Amazon jungles where there isn't internet.

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Is there any way to connect an external hard drive to a Nexus 4? I just want to have some music and movies stored which can be transferred to the Nexus 4 on the go. I've heard you can do this through otg but I heard that otg is not compatible with the nexus 4. Is there any other way to connect some sort of storage medium to the nexus 4?

You can use a split/Y OTG cable with an external battery, or check out the WiDrive from Kingston, expensive but cool.

If data isn't an issue though I'd use cloud services.

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