Connect Hard Drive to Android Smartphone

In this video I show you how to connect external hard drive or SSD to your android smartphone through USB otg interface.
Learn more about exFAT:
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Have questions about how connect hard drive? Feel free leave them in a comment section below.

[@jcubarsi1]

At last I found a video that explains the solution to this problem in a clear way. THANK YOU, buddy!

[@Frankie-Bleddyn]

Well, had similar problems in 2024 trying to connect my 4TB hard drive to my Galaxy S9, now since cross compatibility has improved I was able to power up the drive and I was able to read the contents of the drive within a few seconds, and even start the playback of a movie, but...the move would never play for very long and it would shut off and then I would have to wait for the phone to again pick up the drive, rinse and repeat. I did try externally powered 4 hub USB port but for some reason it the phone never picked up the drive. I may, go ahead and pick up a large capacity SSD and see if I can get the phone to pick it up and play without interruption. The whole plan was to be able to put my phone on a landscape wireless charger and achieve unity with charging and consumption, meaning that I can power the hard drive and charge the phone at the same time and hopefully break even with the battery level or even charge it fully over time. Kind of a portable road trip entertainment system, also using a small blue tooth speaker. Wish me luck folks.

[@hrz8115]

Damn Man Your video quality was ahead of its time .

[@philipmervin6967]

Yes watching in 2024!!

[@vk912399]

I think this is only one video That can prove how much amp need hdd for OTG, Thankyou sir 🙏

[@Rickyelriko]

I can barely understand your English? Are you from India?

[@Bluewhale123456]

If I donate to you $100 USD can you test in video how to connect SSD and charge your android type C phone in the same time through USB hub or any similar option today? I tried many USB hub from PNY all in one 9 ports but it's not working and I want to use the SSD and charge my phone in the same time because the SSD use too much ..

[@ShortjobNews]

Please giving link this USB Contector

[@basm201091]

My fucken mobile samsung j3 . Is not sapport htfs.exfat . Hpfs .I tryed to much to install microsoft ex fat . But it tell me not install . And also try to rott . But i can' Why like this ?

[@stevenrivett2915]

Hi can I use hard drive to store footage from my security cameras live kind regards.

[@lanjiojilake8442]

Nice video bro, very helpful.. Great 👍

[@sumitghoshal1792]

Is 'Microsoft exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software" safe to install and use in android phone in order to connect Seagate external hard drive of 3TB or is it better to buy Samsung external SSD to connect the external hard drive without any software?

[@BarelyPainted]

SSD doesn't have moving parts and don't require external power, which makes it better choice for mobile phone. A lot of Samsung phones support exFAT, straight from the box, this is mean, you can still use external hard drive. Third party app developers, not always guaranty long term support for their apps and correct functionality after update for specific phone model.

[@nick-kj6vg]

Thanks for making captions available on this video. And exFat don't work on my Android one device.

[@BarelyPainted]

You're welcome! Android One does not support exFat.

[@nick-kj6vg]

@@BarelyPainted - thanks for the information.

[@sumitghoshal1792]

Can I backup & restore Samsung smartphone C7 pro on Seagate backup plus slim external hard disk if I format it in ExFat?

[@BarelyPainted]

My Samsung Galaxy s10 support this function, but Samsung Galaxy s4 doesn't support. If phone allows to use USB devices for backup it is possible to use an external hard drive for this.

[@m_5373]

1:04 That answer why my already exfat 1tb seagate won't read on my smartphone via otg, Thanks !!

[@dionerawanusman1969]

how to save photo and video files on cellphone to Eternal HDD?

[@GaJaDreams]

Can you share the drive within your WiFi as SMB?

[@BarelyPainted]

Didn't try it, but in theory it should work

[@Allenfactsandinsider]

Oh video was uploaded 6 years ago

[@indica77]

Instead of using a PowerBank, can I connect it to an Ac wall outlet?

[@BarelyPainted]

Yes, AC Adapter also will work.

[@indica77]

Barely Painted OK thank you👍👍👍

[@rupomahmedmoin]

I could not connect my Transcend hard drive directly using cable with my smartphone, also could not connect using transcend e-llite app.

[@mangreat71]

I'm trying to burn cds with a Android so I took a hard drive out of a laptop and connected it with a sata cable to the Android ? I need to find a way to open the cd drive like the cd drive on the PC but I'm trying to open it on a Android ? I'm thinking computers has cd/dvd drive in the hard drive so I thought about connecting the hard drive to the android so I can burn cds with a android ??

[@quanjaime]

bro, thanks this give me the solucion, i was trying to back up my phone, but it wasnt working, the cable that support high capcity did work

[@fpsfreak4079]

Wth the phone will power hdd from power PORT? I seen two hdds😮

[@rzkyagusm]

What is the root solution? My HDD is only 100 GB, so it doesn't need external power. I tried that Paragon app but it's not free, I need another app that is free. Do you have any?

[@товарищОГилви-х9й]

in russian pliz

[@sayaotonashi7784]

where can i buy like that hard drive sir???please reply to me sir

[@ahmeddridi5713]

And another m'y hard Drive IS 2.5 500 gigabyte don you thing power of m'y phone IS enough

[@bananaman22]

Please help me. Do you have email. I bought a otg. I connect my phone powerbank and external hd. The phone does pick up there is a connection and asks if I want to use connection to transfer photo, transfer file, only charge, or cancel. Regardless of what selection I pick, paragon does not identify there is an external hd. I have tried two externals. They both light up when connected to the system. They both are ntfs and working when connected to computer. Please help me.

[@vk912399]

Finely I got this information Thankyou sir 🙏

[@nassim99345]

Hello, please help me whats the root solution? I'm rooted. I used the paragon app and it always worked last week (the hdd didnt need more power) but now the hdd rarely starts and i discovered that it needs extra power which is weird (i have galaxy s7)

[@BarelyPainted]

Root allows to use NTFS but not remove power limits and I don't recommend this solution. There are a lot of reasons why HDD no longer work without additional power (battery degradation, hdd damage etc.). But more likely the reason is bad cable or connector. Will be good to try shortest possible otg/usb(for hdd) cables with high wire cross section.

[@familyunboxnyherapy2022]

hi, we already formatted our external HDD and was able to transfer video files, but we tried to do it again, it say we need to format. Would you know a solution for this?

[@BarelyPainted]

If HDD not displayed (can't be opened) on PC and says that "formatting" is needed, this more likely damaged partition. There are few different ways how to restore damaged partition, they all well described all over the internet. This happens when HDD disconnected improperly.

[@davidjonathanvillareyes9961]

I have a problem connecting my Nokia 7.2. When i connect my External it always says corrupted file need to reformat but whenever i connect my External to My PC and Samsung Galaxy Note 4, it has no problem. Both of my PC and my Samsung read my External except my Nokia 7.2. Is there anything i can do without reformatting my External? Thank you.

[@BarelyPainted]

Android One does not support NTFS and exFat file systems. Some third party solutions exist, witch partially can bring support for those file systems, but I don't tried them, yet.

[@devarajpdeva-zo5tq]

@@BarelyPainted thanks pa

[@kimdahyun2893]

thank you but i hope your hdd is okay lol

[@lisa2948]

Thank you

[@rajaunitedstates3855]

Sir please provide external power supply adapter Amazon link or any online website link 🙂

[@ahmeddridi5713]

Did WE must format thé hard disk cause i need some media to bé readed by Android

[@alethephobe7586]

This is an awesome video! Thank you!

[@BarelyPainted]

I'm glad that you enjoyed the video

[@jetplane10]

Good video. Thank you 🙂

[@luisvicente8720]

Hi! Nice video! What if your hard drive is protected with password? I could find anything that mounts the harddrive and allows it to unlock... Thanks for a quick response!

[@BarelyPainted]

I don't tried to set up password for any of my hdd's, which i use with android, because there are a lot of different ways to protect HDD with password, which adds restrictions, when device will be used between different platforms. If hdd protected with specific software or encrypted for example on windows machine, same application, also should be available for android and vice versa. Hdd with keypad may work directly, without any issues.

[@rtpictures9213]

very useful.....................................Thanks

[@Mirsab]

Great video, why have you removed the option to like it

[@abidscontacts679]

I have a 3.5" hdd connected to my smartphone. I was able to explore and transfer files with the paragon plugin. But, Recently the hdd doesn't detected through paragon although it starts up and if detected I can no longer copy files to the hdd. When i try copying the hdd just disconnect and connect again! What the problem here? Please help!

[@BarelyPainted]

All third party apps is not granted to work stable with different devices. My guess, software developer or phone manufacturer, rolled out some updates, which caused that.

[@pbates11]

Is there a micro usb-c version of this product?

[@BarelyPainted]

In theory all USB Type C hubs with power delivery "PD" should work. But it's always a good idea to check the description and find if the desired phone is listed as compatible.

[@brunolucio7217]

it works on tablet windows?

[@AppelmoesArtandPhotography]

Thank you

[@NunukRagangSabah]

wow.. i like this

[@vk912399]

👌😇🤞

[@suspectby1]

Guys help me. I lost my data on my hard disk when I connected it to my android phone using file manager

[@BarelyPainted]

There are a lot of different things which can cause data loss, this makes dificult to investigate, what actually caused data loss. If hard drive can be recognised by PC under Windows OS, and any data was not writened on the hard drive (after data loss) there are big chance to recover all data by using special utilites, such as "Recuva" or similar.

[@_-_-_-TRESPASSER]

Thank you

[@BarelyPainted]

Always glad to help

[@stevenellsworth7614]

Nice video.

[@dilansener273]

Thank you

[@redzone8914]

This method works only on laptop hard drive. Do not work for desktop hard drives.. Please reply..

[@BarelyPainted]

Enclosures for 3.5 inch hard drives, already comes with external power supplies, others steps is the same, as for 2.5 inch hard drives.

[@pdoubleyou7801]

That's because 3.5" drives that are used in some desktop machines require 5v AND 12V supply. 2.5" drive only requires 5v supply

[@arjuntamil5639]

How to copy files from Android phone to hard disk

[@rickybarbosa8909]

exfat support huawei 2i lite?

[@BarelyPainted]

Can't find any official information about exFat support for that phone. But, if it supports USB OTG and SDXC memory cards it may support exFat.

[@matheusmelo1642]

Will the smartphone charge?

[@BarelyPainted]

No, not at the same time. Adapter has sliding switch, between Charge and OTG modes.

[@matheusmelo1642]

@@BarelyPainted thank u so much. You see any way of doing both things at the same time? I want to use an old Android device as media center with a HDD connected while the smartphone receive power to mantain the device turned on 24/7. Do you see any way of making it happen?

[@ifraz6]

Where can I get that USB OTG with Power Support And How do I format the HDD to exfat format. Can I format using mobile phone. After formatting to exfat. Can I use it again in Windows OS. Kindly help

[@amysojjajithisha]

I have a 320 GB HDD.. can I just directly connect it?

[@BarelyPainted]

Yes, it is possible directly connect to a phone, sometimes, external HDDs may work without additional power.

[@amysojjajithisha]

@@BarelyPainted thanks

[@monabil0]

@@BarelyPainted if it is 2tb can I connect it directly?

[@BarelyPainted]

@@monabil0 2.5" (2Tb) HDD, probable will not work, but it's highly depends from hdd startup current, majority of phones limited only to 500mAh, if hdd startup current less then 500mAh, it should work fine. Most 2Tb HDD's, have sturtup current, greater than 1000mAh.

[@monabil0]

@@BarelyPainted ok thanks

[@Brownfamily111]

From where you got otg power Connector

[@BarelyPainted]

They available almost everywhere (Amazon, eBay, Aliexpress) just type "4 in 1 Micro USB Hub OTG"

[@MohamadHanifAzrai]

Thanks. do more video please

[@BarelyPainted]

I appreciate your support.

[@naufalwicaksono777]

There is no capacity limit on phone? To read the hdd. Ex my phone is support up to 64gb of sdcard. When use hdd more than 64, is it still can read?

[@BarelyPainted]

Yes. Android smartphones can read hard drives or SSDs higher than 64GB. Hard drive in video is 500GB. Not tested, but even 2Tb storage devices: SSD, HDD, Flash memory cards also should work .

[@dominicxavier9021]

What if I complete all the process but didn't used the app. Will it still read the hard drive using the file manager?

[@BarelyPainted]

Yes, if hard drive formatted into FAT32 or exFAT.

[@dominicxavier9021]

Barely Painted Thanks Bro

[@ravigupta7535]

Ur English is so horrible...but I understood bro

[@BarelyPainted]

I'm quite happy that you understood, my English far from perfect.

[@climate-moneymakingcampaig305]

Bro please talk understandable , i just tell it to give u the motivation to TRY to correct that tiny simple Z ! Dont be like stobburn germans , its not apollo mission

[@darksepheroth4627]

Maybe you should make videos.

[@tonyfranklin8306]

don't be an arsehole, a non native English speaker who is perfectly understandable, I have more problems as a Yorkshireman understanding some of my cousins who have a very thick accent from South Yorkshire and even worse from other parts of just England. There's nothing wrong with the guys accent!

[@botgismo]

Great video. Very informative. Using this set up is it possible to transfer files from one external hard drive to another? Or from an SD card reader to portable external hard drive? If possible, and you know, what kind of data transfer could be expected? Would the smart phone screen need to be on and the phone unlocked for this to work?

[@BarelyPainted]

Yes it's possible to transfer from an USB flash drive or SD card reader (single slot card readers should work flawlessly) to portable hard drive and vice versa, two portable hard drives not tested.

[@amaebuilders996]

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[@EvenStarLoveAnanda]

You need to learn how to pronounce properly the "TH" in the English language.