Help Iconia A500 cant browse through USB flash drive

[headshok]

Hi guys,

i just got myself an iconia a500.

I installed Astro and File manager HD.

but when i plug in my thumb drive, it cannot detect the thumb drive and this is driving me crazy.

I have formatted my thumb drive to fat32 and it still wont detect it

what is the problem.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers

 

[mplevy]

IIRC, with the stock kernel you can only use the flash drive for media transport right now. You would use the Clear.fi app to access the media on the flash drive.

 

[Myronbg]

IIRC, with the stock kernel you can only use the flash drive for media transport right now. You would use the Clear.fi app to access the media on the flash drive.

Did you install the USB driver from Acer? If not you need to download from their site.

 

[mplevy]

USB driver for what? We're not talking about connecting to a PC, we're talking about plugging a USB drive into the tablet.

 

[weirdo12]

File manager HD.

On the panel at the left tap Storage.

On the panel at the top right press the Up arrow until the first directory entry is asec. Now scroll down through the directory and you should see usb_storage. Tap usb_storage and you should see your data.

 

[weirdo12]

Did you install the USB driver from Acer?

Just to be very clear - the driver is to allow the A500 to been seen as a storage device for a Windows PC.

 

[Myronbg]

Just to be very clear - the driver is to allow the A500 to been seen as a storage device for a Windows PC.

He wanted to hook up a thumb drive to a USB port not to a PC. Different port.

 

[weirdo12]

He wanted to hook up a thumb drive to a USB port not to a PC.

On this point we agree. No additional drivers are required on the A500 for that to work.

Different port.

Yes indeed the micro USB port would be used to connect the A500 to a host device. If that host device is a Windows PC then you will (may) need the driver.

Maybe that's more clear.

 

[Alex.Frenkel]

Comments from weirdo12 WORKS!!!!!!
So, you need file manager HD, and follow the instructions.
THANK YOU!!!!!!

 

[Alex.Frenkel]

Actually! You can use any file manager! Astro, etc.....

 

[dbldipp]

If you have ES File manager it's easy to access all your drives. Open it and you see the folders on your machine. In the tool bar at the top on the left side is an icon of a house. Click on it and you'll see your main files, click on the MNT folder and it gives you access you all your drives. Internal, external MSD and USB.

 

[Alex.Frenkel]

I actually found that some USB flash drives are not supported by Iconia...

 

[jerofld]

Those flash drives are probably formatted with NTFS format. Android does not recognize that format. You can root and install Drive Mount. Or reformat the USB drives to FAT32. I already rooted my device, so I won't be reformatting my USB drives. But those that choose not to root will need to back up the data on the USB drive and format as FAT32.

 

[LJD]

Aparently the problem with reading NTFS thumb drives was resolved with the update to 3.1. I bought a 32 gig thumb drive online and loaded files on it and it worked great on the A500 without reformatting.
Now I'm just waiting for my 32 gig SD card to come in and I'll be in Acer heaven!!!

 

[kristalsoldier]

If you have ES File manager it's easy to access all your drives. Open it and you see the folders on your machine. In the tool bar at the top on the left side is an icon of a house. Click on it and you'll see your main files, click on the MNT folder and it gives you access you all your drives. Internal, external MSD and USB.

What does MNT stand for? Is it an acronym for something?

 

[Dennis_Jock]

USB drive support is available. Using Astro or another file management app visit /mnt/usb_storage

 

[SouthofOttawa]

What does MNT stand for? Is it an acronym for something?

MNT = Mount

 

[kristalsoldier]

MNT = Mount

Thanks. I should have worked that out....

 

[teambrez]

I can't seem to get the USB port to recognize my thumb drive it works in my friends a500 though I have looked for the files as mentioned above any suggestions?

 

[splatoid]

Did you get a file manager?

 

[ShellyDamo]

thankyou for this thread. I had the same problem with accessing USB as well. All your advice is great!

 

[Muckr47]

Had the same problem here thanks for the help

 

[grootmokum]

Similar problem: 8gb Sandidk usb stick (fat32) is not recognized by my Acer Iconia.
Camera's, a Verbatim 1gb stick and even a 32gb micro-sd in an adapter (all fat 32 as well): those all work fine. But not that Sandisk-stick. And this same stick is recognized by my desktop-win7(64) as well as laptop-xp. But on the Iconia... nothing, even with the help of ES-fileeplorer and/or Astro. So: are there incompatible usb-sticks?


Update: the stick is recognized when I bootup th Iconia with the stick inserted.
Remove the stick and put it back again and the thing is not recognized anymore.
Weird?

 

[goodwindc]

have you tried remounting it by going to the storage tab in settings?

 

[grootmokum]

have you tried remounting it by going to the storage tab in settings?

Hey, that 's a good idea! Works. Thanks.