Can I connect a 1Terabyte or 500gb external disk to a nexus using this cable? Does the battery of the nexus can power the disk?
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I do not think so, but it might work if the 500gb drive had its own power supply. I am only guessing.
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I have powered a small usb drive. I think the key is that you might have to use a drive that is only usb powered, but I don't know entirely for sure. You could always get the cable and try it.
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If the disk is powered by USB only, then it should work (the max disk capacity that I've connected was a 250gb seagate external hdd). If the hard drive has a separate plug for power like an AC adapter, you should be fine because all the nexus would be doing is accessing the files intead of powering the drive. According to research, USB devices connected via OTG cables like this one should be plug-and-play so it should work because nothing I've read so far addressed anything about power limitations.
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If your USB drive doesn't have its own power adapter, you need a powered USB hub to use a fixed disk drive with your Nexus tablet. Without a separate power supply, the disk would drain the tablet's battery quickly.
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I have a 1TB portable Seagate Backup Plus. It works fine plugged directly into the OTG.
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One of my friend has a Nexus 7, he bought the slimport (micro usb to micro hdmi adapter) and used this micro hdmi cord. It would quite nicely and the slimport has an extra slot for charging as well so it is quite convenient.
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Question for all - does anyone know if the micro USB supports reading/copying of files from a thumb drive? If appears from the other responses that there are a number of ways to move files onto the Nexus 10. However, I have an application that would require me to copy files from physical media. This is supported from the Samsung Galaxy tab through their micro-USB. If anyone has an answer, would appreciate your input.
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I have a Nexus 7 and Samsung Galaxy. This cable works fine with both. I have used it with mouse, keyboard, external HD, smart card reader, and thumb drive.
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The big size external hard disks work batter and stable with power charge，long life external hard disk because the power supplication by charger is batter than usb。
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Absolutely. That's the exact reason I bought this cable and I use it with an "old" portable hard drive that is micro USB powered (My Passport 500GB from 2010). I've had it connected for at least a year and it works like a charm. I hope this helps!
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This cable is for use to transfer pictures, movies, etc.....from a Flash Drive to your Tablet.You will need the Nexus MEdia Importer app on goole Play.
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Yes indeed. Great little drive -- been using it with my Nexus 7 and I'm really impressed.
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To my knowledge, the larger ones (1TB +) seem to have external power. The smaller ones (less than 1TB) are just powered by USB. Those are the ones I have anyway.
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No, Nexus 7 doesn't support MHL or full USB On-The-Go, but that's partly Google's callhttp://www.theverge.com/2012/6/29/3127278/nexus-7-mhl-usb-otg
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I don't have much experience with the nexus but I can tell you that I can fit my 2 Terabyte external hard drive in the grid with no issue. The elastic bands will stretch to fit most anything.
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purpose is to connect a USB device to the nexus tablet or phone. I use it to allow access to additional content stored on a small flash drive, such as movies, music or documents. to make this work, you will need to add a file explorer and a utility to access the external information.
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I was forwarded this question through Amazon 1st off so you know. Now there is a difference they may or may not matter.I use the OTG cable with my S3 for starters. I'm assuming that since you purchased this cable you made sure your Nexus is OTG (on the go) cable compatible. You'll need to download a USB mount app to make this ez.I use OTG Helper from the play store. Another good one would be "Stick Mount". With either one of these it should make it quite simple & self explanatory. It's just a matter of moving & viewing files like you would with any file explore. If you run into any bumps feel free to contact me through Amazon again. Hope this helps.
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It doesn't transfer data in my case: my car audio has only 30-pin connector for iPod and I've bought this cord to plug in my Nexus instead. No data, no power - nothing...
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You would need to root and use Stickmount or not root and use Nexus Media Importer. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer
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Google it and find out. Last time I checked only nexus devices and LGs were supporting slim port
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This is a standard USB to microUSB cable. There should be no problem charging your Nexus 5. I use it with a Samsung Galaxy II. I don't know why the StaTech cable wouldn't work for you.