Nexus 7 OTG USB

[vzwty]

Bought an OTG on amazon for $0.68 and it works perfectly. The micro usb is really long but it ensures it fits into any device. Plugged in my wired xbox 360 remote and it worked immediately without root. Just configured to emulators and games and good to go. Ordered a 32gb thumb drive and waiting to test. From the forums I've gathered that anything above 32gb has caused issues but a post above said that a 100gb stick worked so who knows.

My 64gb didn't work either

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[tntdroid]

Is this the Sanoxy one off Amazon Marketplace?
Some of the reviews mentioned the connector is too long and it's loose as well as facing up because the N7's connector is reversed too...

Yup. The seller wowparts was awesome and refunded me the $2 without issue and didn't want the cable back.

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[blackberrymamba]

Bought an OTG on amazon for $0.68 and it works perfectly. The micro usb is really long but it ensures it fits into any device. Plugged in my wired xbox 360 remote and it worked immediately without root. Just configured to emulators and games and good to go. Ordered a 32gb thumb drive and waiting to test. From the forums I've gathered that anything above 32gb has caused issues but a post above said that a 100gb stick worked so who knows.

Don't you have to root the tablet though for a thumb drive to work?

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[Nychotxxx]

i am still unclear, can you use the usb adaptor WITHOUT rooting to see usd drives etc or do REQUIRE rooting. its not clear to me. i'd like to move over WORD files to my 16gb N7 every so often.

 

[Nychotxxx]

So which one from amazon definitely works with the n7 without rooting?

 

[dpridgen]

i am still unclear, can you use the usb adaptor WITHOUT rooting to see usd drives etc or do REQUIRE rooting. its not clear to me. i'd like to move over WORD files to my 16gb N7 every so often.

Yes, it requires root in order to mount a USB stick or drive. There are, however, many other ways to move a file to the device without mounting a usb drive. WiFi drives, Airdroid, mounting the device to your computer, dropbox, google drive, email, etc, etc.

 

[Nychotxxx]

Yes, it requires root in order to mount a USB stick or drive. There are, however, many other ways to move a file to the device without mounting a usb drive. WiFi drives, Airdroid, mounting the device to your computer, dropbox, google drive, email, etc, etc.

so how come people are saying on here that rooting isnt necessary?

 

[tntdroid]

so how come people are saying on here that rooting isnt necessary?

Member was talking about wi-drive not needing root as its just a WiFi hard drive that you can load stuff to and pull the files off of but costs almost $100.

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[Nychotxxx]

16 gb is actually about $40.

 

[vzwty]

so how come people are saying on here that rooting isnt necessary?

Rooting is also not required for a wired Xbox or ps3 controller.

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[vzwty]

So which one from amazon definitely works with the n7 without rooting?

I bought one from Amazon that was prime eligible. It was closer to 5 bucks

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[crackberrytraitor]

Bought an OTG on amazon for $0.68 and it works perfectly. The micro usb is really long but it ensures it fits into any device. Plugged in my wired xbox 360 remote and it worked immediately without root. Just configured to emulators and games and good to go. Ordered a 32gb thumb drive and waiting to test. From the forums I've gathered that anything above 32gb has caused issues but a post above said that a 100gb stick worked so who knows.

It has nothing to do with the amount of RAM, it matters if the external storage needs significant power from the Nexus. My 128 GB stick works fine.

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[thirstypotato]

I bought an otg cable off amazon for about $3 that was called "OTG Cable compatible with nexus 7" hopefully the title is true it should come in a week

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[jbuggydroid]

Instead of a cable I bought a micro USB male to USB female that I plug a small shape 32gb HP thumb drive. The overall length is that if a regular sized thumb drive. Got both on amazon. The adapter took three weeks since it shipped from Hong Kong. Works great with stickmount.

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[nuchdog]

My external hard drive works fine. my setup;

rooted running Liquids Jelley Bean Rom Beta1
stick mount and efs file explorer
1 Tera Byte WD Passport drive.
USB-OTG cable.

 

[nuchdog]

also check the following for a more complete discussion;
USB-OTG problems! - xda-developers
For those worried about lack of storage (USB-OTG discussion thread) - xda-developers
External Storage Device Compatibility Review - xda-developers

 

[kroman1107]

Instead of a cable I bought a micro USB male to USB female that I plug a small shape 32gb HP thumb drive. The overall length is that if a regular sized thumb drive. Got both on amazon. The adapter took three weeks since it shipped from Hong Kong. Works great with stickmount.

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I'm likening that a bit more then a hanging adapter I think. Wonder which one will put more pressure on the port. I ordered mine 2 weeks ago from some foreign country probably hong Kong. I guess the 7 year old making it isn't done yet but that's a little ridiculous IMO I'll buy in the us next time for sure and not wonder when it will come in. I have no idea no communication or anything.

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[jbuggydroid]

I'm likening that a bit more then a hanging adapter I think. Wonder which one will put more pressure on the port. I ordered mine 2 weeks ago from some foreign country probably hong Kong. I guess the 7 year old making it isn't done yet but that's a little ridiculous IMO I'll buy in the us next time for sure and not wonder when it will come in. I have no idea no communication or anything.

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As far as i can tell nobody in the us makes an adapter like the one i pictured

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[Randyn Johnson]

Can I use a off brand ps3 controller to play games on my tablet

 

[shafferb]

My only real contribution to this thread is that I got the "free" app called Nexus Media Importer, which I use with a great little OTG cable made by BobJGear (on Amazon). Allows me to seamlessly transfer anything on my USB drive (thumbs ,etc work with no fuss), larger devices have to provision their own power. This is a one-way deal,stuff goes into the N7, but things don't go from the N7 to the thumb. All of which is fine for my needs. Really easy to use, and NO ROOT REQUIRED!

Hope this helps some of us folks.

Bob