External hard drives not working

[Jackbax]

Hi

FWIW, the drive format that works (for me) is exfat.

If you format a portable hard drive as exFat it works with Android, Windows and Mac. Great for file transfer between these devices.

One of the BEST things about the Galaxy Note 3 is its USB 3 connector. I don't know why they changed it back to the micro USB???

The USB 3 connector allows DIRECT connection and POWER TO USB 3 portable hard drives. (This does require the OTG cable). I started with a 1tb Toshiba drive. This worked exceptionally well until the drive died. At this point I changed to a Seagate 2TB drive.

The drive was formatted as exFat and is fully functional and accessible as a 2TB drive directly from the Galaxy Note 3.

This means I can read and write up to 2TB of data directly to and from the drive that is POWERED by the Galaxy Note 3 battery!! I do not know how long this would last as I have never timed it, but the drive "powers down" after a period of inactivity. Accessing the drive causes it to spin back up and work as normal. This is "the best thing since sliced bread"

I do have a 250gb SSD that came out of my PC when I upgrade the PC to a 500gb SSD. This also works and probably draws less power than the normal (Seagate) hard drive.

I was very disappointed to find that the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 with a much lager battery capacity, DOES NOT power the Seagate drive.

kind regards

Peter

I guess the Tab S isn't compatible with Seagate hard drives. I've got a 1TB that I can't get to work. I'm trying to connect with a powered OTC. I guess they want you to buy Samsung drives. I might as well just get a 256GB flash drive. RIDICULOUS!!!

 

[MRBTOY]

Try "MLUSB mounter" from Play Store.
After I downloaded it to my Android device and plugged it into MyPassport external drive, MLUSB mounter read the external drive and I could move files back and forth between the Android device and MYPassport. It's free and no special permissions are needed.

 

[Spootypatooty]

There are two things at fault here the Android version and Samsung Android is Linux partitions and the ext4 format it can't handle reading such high volume filing systems (Sure I read that somewhere) and it's Samsung fault because they did purposely remove certain drivers for USB host capabilities originally the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was not only able to use USB mouse keyboard flash drive and hard drive but it was also able to use a USB to ethernet converter plugged into the OTG cable allowing you to plug your phone directly into your modem or router for lightning fast data after a while Samsung found it non profitable for them and remove the drivers and capability

 

[cerabago]

Hi guys... Somebody can help me get through with this issue

Yup I also have to raise this compatibility issues of Android to different file formats. Just recently, I acquired a SATA SEAGATE 250G. I formatted it to FAT32. At first I've successfully made a back up to my overloaded files from my phone, that's why I decided to place those bulk files at the external drive. Time come that it just prompt mgs, YOUR EXTERNAL DRIVE IS DAMAGE, TRY TO REFORMAT IT". What happen?

I think Google should resolve this compatibility issue. I was commanded to shift back to Microsoft mobile if this issues won't be given a solution.

Anybody can help?

 

[Phoenix2000]

I have successfully used a 1.5 and 2TB Seagate Backup Plus formatted with exFat on a Samsung Galaxy S3, S5, S7 and Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.1 no issues. Power consumption on a Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.1 doubles watching a local file vs a file on external USB drive, just as an FYI. I decided to upgrade to 5TB Seagate external 2.5" portables and for some reason my Tab Pro nor my S7 seem to be able to access them. I tried to format the drives using the S7's drive format feature to no avail. Has anyone else come up against this limitation and found a solution. I am thinking perhaps I need to get a self powered NAS access point to resolve the issue.