phone storage

[Mick Taylor1]

hi can some one help, i have a samsung s3, and i have also a 500gb extenal storage i can not show my music and films on it on my phone , its said on my phone it is disconnected when i take the lead out of my phone , it does not show the storage is been coneted to my phone , can some help me mick

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! So you're trying to connect a 500 GB external hard drive to the phone? Are you using an OTG cable? You can't connect hard drives directly to Android devices.

Check out this article: How to connect USB drive, HDD to android phone or tablet like Nexus 7, Nexus 5, Galaxy S3, S4 via OTG