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It won't find my flash drive #10

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ghost opened this issue Aug 23, 2016 · 6 comments
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It won't find my flash drive #10

ghost opened this issue Aug 23, 2016 · 6 comments

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@ghost
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ghost commented Aug 23, 2016

The drive is connected and the tablet sees it. Its a Kingston Datatraveler G4 32GB. Keeps telling me to give a preconfigured flash drive. I do and it doesn't recognize.

@nwalters512
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That's probably due to the way in which Android mounts flash drives. In particular, the fact that there's not a consistent mount point for all versions/manufacturers. See the "Important note" section of the readme.

The mount directory should really be selectable at first launch instead of being hardcoded at compile time.

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ghost commented Aug 23, 2016

I cannot find my Nexus 7 mount directory. Also I don't get the mount directory.

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What do you mean by "I don't get the mount directory"? As for the Nexus 7, it looks like you need root for a USB drive to work properly: http://m.androidcentral.com/how-use-your-usb-flash-drives-nexus-7-root. Are you rooted?

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ghost commented Aug 23, 2016

The newer Android versions have proper support for USB OTG. You tell me mount directory should be selectable at launch but it isn't.

@nwalters512
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The info in the readme still holds: it's still hardcoded. By "should really be", I meant that's an enhancement I'd like to add in the future. It isn't currently implemented.

@Goofybud16
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@MrSkeletal123 If you are still trying this, and are on a device running Android 5 Lollipop or newer, try the latest master. Now that Lollipop and newer use the newer storage framework, it should properly detect your flashdrive.

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