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Great article! The OTG cable was one of the first things I purchased with the tablet. It eneables me to plug in a wired game controller so I can enjoy playing past arcade games via Mame4Droid! The Nexus 7 Tablet in my eyes is the best tablet ever to be made…
Thank you. 🙂
Now, you may install the free “OTG Disk explorer lite” from Google play which can also read files in flash disk with OTG cable WITHOUT root. The demo video is in youtube.
You may take a look before installing it.
Thanks for the information about the new app.
I have updated it in the article. 🙂
VERY glad 2 find this page. OTG Disk explorer lite let’s me copy jpgs from usb stick to N7 2013, & ES File explorer locates. Question can I Write to USB w/ this app? Thanks
Its not possible to write files to USB. You can only read files from USB. Thanks.
More details good & bad:
1. See URL for pix of SD card, USB card reader, OTG adapter. While OTG Disk explorer lite WILL read files off a USB stick, it CAN’T read any of several SD cards with this setup (see Nexus screenshot).
2. If instead I leave SD card in my Canon camera and connect USB cable from camera to OTG adapter, “Gallery” app launches spontaneously and will let me Import pix from the camera’s SD card. BUT…OTG Disk explorer lite still cannot read the card.
Hi,
Thanks for the information. FYI, in the app page, it says that
If the SD card that you’re trying to read is using FAT32 format, then I have no idea why the app will not read it. Maybe you should contact the app developer regarding this issue. Thanks. 🙂
The suggested OTG Disk Explorer lite is a good one although it expires on a certain date, and a $3 purchase to get the full version. I’ve found this one that is a plugin of my favorite file explorer Total Commander, now in Android. The plugin is called “USB Stick Plugin – TC” for $1. The app Total Commander (free) must be installed to use the plugin. Works great on my Nexus 7 without being rooted and it works on my fave file explorer.
Thanks for sharing the info. about another app. 🙂
Hi all,
where can we buy a reliable, good quality OTG Cable in Bangalore. I use a Nexus 7 from Google. Details would be appreciated.
It should be available in most of the shops that sell electronic stuff. Or you can order it from the leading online shops. 🙂
Its available on flipkart.com. Search ‘OTG Cable”.
Thank you for the info. 🙂
Can I transfer photos from my sony dsc-h50 with 4 gb memory stick to my nexus 7 through this app…i want to know whether it will support this. N I have a 16gb transcend usb3.0 pen drive…is that fat32 format?
Yes it should support that. To make sure, just try the free version of that app and test it before you buy the paid version.
And I’m extremely sorry for the very late reply.
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helpful data to us, keep it up.
Thank you!
Can we play video without copying by using otg?
And which android app supports that?
Sorry, I have no idea about that.
Question.. For example, if you download GTA San Andreas from the Mac book pro and transfer It to the flash drive and then connect the flash drive to the nexus 7, can I play the game on nexus 7 or no.. If I can’t any suggestions for some other app that I can.. (Without root) please answer ASAP
Sorry I have no idea about that.
Can i connect data card for internet through OTG cable in google nexus 7 2012.
I think these apps allow only to transfer data (i.e. files) from the USB drive to nexus 7. So I don’t think you can connect data card using this app.
Can we read document and edit ms office files via otg cable?
I have no idea on that. Why don’t you try that using the free version of the app. 🙂
This does not work with the Nexus 7 2013 version running 4.4.1 kitkat
Maybe the app has to be updated to support kitkat. You should contact the developer about this issue. Thanks.
A letter from Google themselves told me that the new version of the Nexus 7 DOES NOT support the attachment of an external flash drive (powered or not) and streaming was not possible either…they even had the nerve to tell me that rooting was the only way to go…but that would be up to the owner….My question to Google was met with a really stupid answer as far as I was concerned and their best answer was to use Google Digital back up…idiots…..they have gone backwards not forwards with this new Nexus in my opinion.
I can understand what you mean and thanks for sharing this information. 🙂
how do you unmount the usb otg from nexus? Just unplug?
Yes, close the app and then unplug the device.
I bought the app after reading this article not too long ago for my Nexus 7 just thought id say that it works brilliantly though at 1st it wasn’t reading my WD passport which is 1tb also have a 500gb as well…at 1st i thought it was the otg cable but when I troubleshooted it did detect the otg cable and then it worked it detected it….it detects both FAT32 & NTFS formats….Ive tried WD my passport essential 500 GB…1TB & 2TB hard drives which are both western digital ultra passport…the WD passport essential 1TB also worked…also tried a friends 500GB Seagate external hdd and it worked :D….it did not pick up my 16 gb usb however but the external HDD is all I need 😀 and streams perfectly – make sure u use MX player for the videos though no better video player out there…VLC on android sucks!
Thank you very much for the information. 🙂
http://www.dailylinuxnews.com/blog/2014/09/android-nexus-usb-otg-without-root/
My network reporting a DNS failure on that address…….
Sorry, that website is not online anymore. Please check this link, https://linuxpanda.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/android-nexus-usb-otg-without-root/. Thanks.