Lari Power asks:
I’m looking to buy a Samsung Note and want to vacation with it. It needs to interface with a flash drive and iPad2. Possible? Easy?
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System: iPhone/iPod
Tagged: ipad 2, photo, samsung phone, transfer data, usb flash drive
8 Answers -
Dalsan
August 17, 2012You would need an OTG adapter to connect a flash drive and other peripherals. I am not sure if it would connect to the iPad, though. Make sure the OTG cable is from reputable brand with good reviews. They make similar products for iPads.
LivingOn
August 17, 2012Look at the following video on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaChFKDapIM
Achraf52
August 17, 2012You can use OTG which is a cable to plug into your Samsung galaxy note to provide an USB entry and use Bluetooth to transfer with iPad which would work with Samsung galaxy note with problem .
Timothy Liem
August 17, 2012I think you can since it’s come with USB OTG
Anay Chaubal
August 17, 2012Using the USB OTG cable, you can connect it to a flash drive for sure. with your ipad2, i m not so sure, since it uses different drivers for its flash memory controller.
Dalsan
August 17, 2012Just for extra info, the Galaxy Note 2 will make its debut the end of this month and should be available in the U.S. by the end of the year, earlier elsewhere in the world. Not sure if you would like to wait for it because the original Note is a year old now and the Note 2 will have an upgraded processor, memory, and updated software similar to the SIII.
Kannon Y
August 18, 2012It’s extremely easy to do. It’s also ridiculously cheap. As Dalsan mentioned, getting USB devices working on your Note will require an “On the Go” adapter, which can be found over at Amazon.com for about a dollar (US).
On the downside, using an OTG adapter will have quite the impact on your battery life, so it’s important to remove the device after transferring or writing data to/from it. In case you were wondering, an OTG adapter is required because of some design shortcomings of Android devices. Namely, they are designed so that USB devices cannot send data request to the USB host (the computer). Instead, they are “slaved” to the host and can only receive data requests.
I’ve heard that the iPad2 also supports USB host mode, so you should be able to interact with flash drives with an OTG adapter.
According to this forum post, the iPad2 loads the flash drive in this file directory:
/var/mnt/mount1
Alex Perkins
September 13, 2012Yes, you need an micro usb male to usb female adapter. Like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-Female-Micro-USB-B-Male-Adapter-Cable-16-cm-UK-Stock-1st-Class-/300603100523