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2012 Nexus 7 Discussion Forums (1st Generation) => Nexus 7 Connect (MicroUSB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, Pogo Pin) => Topic started by: sarhound on March 16, 2013, 03:50:55 PM

Title: Writing to USB...
Post by: sarhound on March 16, 2013, 03:50:55 PM
I'm rooted and stock; I'm able to read my USB in Astro and play videos from it without a problem. However, I couldn't create a new folder on the USB or write a test file from Kingsoft Office. I'm missing something, but I'm stuck on how to get write access.

Do I have to set permissions somewhere?

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Title: Re: Writing to USB...
Post by: S.Prime on March 16, 2013, 04:09:00 PM
You will need Stickmount from Google Play Store to write to the usb device by the OTG cable.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount

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Title: Re: Writing to USB...
Post by: sarhound on March 16, 2013, 04:22:34 PM
I'm using Stickmount, it shows it has superuser access.

I just looked around in Root Explorer; storage/sdcard0 was read-only. I set it to read/write access. Now I can save a document from Kingsoft to the device, then copy/paste to the USB. Doesn't seem to want to write from Kingsoft directly to the USB.

Its a workaround, but I can live with it...

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Title: Re: Writing to USB...
Post by: bjs229 on March 16, 2013, 04:27:44 PM
Dustin the developer of Nexus Media Importer is going to be releasing the N5 version soon. It will provide the ability to write to FaT. I am waiting for him to send me a beta version to test.

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