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FUJIM0

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Is there any way to access an external usb harddrive using the motorola photon?

Model : MB855. Android version : 2.3.4. Kernel : 2.6.32.9. dnt648ef@fl366ld22 #2

Phone is rooted.

Thanks

P.S - i am not talking about a flash drive. I enquire about external usb connected harddrive. Again, thank you.
 
FUJIM0 said:
Is there any way to access an external usb harddrive using the motorola photon?

Model : MB855. Android version : 2.3.4. Kernel : 2.6.32.9. dnt648ef@fl366ld22 #2

Phone is rooted.

Thanks

P.S - i am not talking about a flash drive. I enquire about external usb connected harddrive. Again, thank you.
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How would you go about connecting the USB harddrive to the photon?

Only way I can think of that you can connect to it would be if the harddrive is connected to a cpu that is networked and accessible through the network. Even then, I'm not sure if it would show up on the photon (although, I'm figuring there's an app that can see the network drives that are available).
 
drexappeal said:
How would you go about connecting the USB harddrive to the photon?

Only way I can think of that you can connect to it would be if the harddrive is connected to a cpu that is networked and accessible through the network. Even then, I'm not sure if it would show up on the photon (although, I'm figuring there's an app that can see the network drives that are available).
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I would use my usb to mini usb that came with my phone. Drive has normal usb plug. Seems to me the android platform would be able to mount it somehow, but then I'm new to android.
 
FUJIM0 said:
I would use my usb to mini usb that came with my phone. Drive has normal usb plug. Seems to me the android platform would be able to mount it somehow, but then I'm new to android.
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Photon has a microUSB, not mini, so first thing you'd need to do is get an adaptor. They have mini>micro usb adaptors available for cheap on amazon.

The other thought I had is the phone doesn't actually identify any of the PC drives, when you connect it via USB, so I'd imagine it'd be the same concept with connecting a drive to the phone, where it wouldn't be able to recognize the drive when connected via USB. I could be completely wrong, but I've never attempted.

If you want, I really don't see any harm in actually trying it to see if it'll work. You'd be the first that I'm aware of!
 
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First hurdle is the Photon doesn't support NTFS. There a way to get it to work with custom kernels and pulling drivers (lib) from another device. You can however get NTFS dives to work in Ubuntop. If the goal is to simply grab a drive, hook it up to a stock Photon and have it work, then no.

I would work on this for you guys but I'm already buried.


The OP has posted this exact question across multiple sites only minutes apart.
 
Lokifish said:
First hurdle is the Photon doesn't support NTFS. There a way to get it to work with custom kernels and pulling drivers (lib) from another device. You can however get NTFS dives to work in Ubuntop. If the goal is to simply grab a drive, hook it up to a stock Photon and have it work, then no.

I would work on this for you guys but I'm already buried.
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Thanks for the info, could it be made to work being formatted as a linux partition?
 
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