OTG adapter enables transfer of files using smartphone between two USB 3.0 devices connected to USB port but at 2.0 speeds, not 3.0?
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In that case, the speed will be 2.0. All of the data will pass through the phone, which forces it to be the slower speed.
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It's a USB 3.0 hub; if you have two 3.0 devices, it will transfer data at 3.0 speed. If one of the devices is 2.0, then that will slow everything down to 2.0 speed.
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USB devices are generally backward compatible. The transfer will be slower, though.
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My similar drive (5TB) is also equipped for USB 3, but it works great on my 2.0 ports. I assume it could transfer faster on 3.0, but there's no incompatibility.
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An adapter is not supplied. I have no problem with the 3.0 USB connection. External power adapter port is available. Very happy with this drive.
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To my knowledge they work as USB 3.0 regardless of whether the device connected can use 3.0 or 2.0
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Yes, it works fine in USB 2.0 ports, usually faster than a 2.0 flash drive in the same port. You won't get the screaming speeds of a 3.0 flash drive in a 3.0 port, but it's definitely an improvement over the 2.0 flash drive.
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No, it's not a charge cable. and will not work with another adapter. it's a OTG cable, with this OTG cable, connect USB flash drives, U-disk, keyboards, mice and more to your phone. The transfer rate of USB 3.0 hard drive up to 40-60M/s Smays
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my PC has 2 USB ports that are 3.0 if that's the question you're referring to
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This adapter will function in a USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port, but it will only perform at USB 2.0 speeds.
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Yes for you to get the USB 3 speed out of the 2 USB 3 ports, as it has already been mentioned maybe you could find a cable to convert 3 to 2 but you won't get the 3 speed, which is nice.
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it does transfer with 3.0 speed. however, I have found that attaching a USB straight to my 3.0 port transfers faster than connecting it to this particular hub. that being said, I have had no problems with this hub, and I recommend it to others. It has completely met my expectations.
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All USB3 devices are backwards compatible to USB 1, or USB 2. On USB 1 or USB 2 you will see reduced performance due to them being slower standards than USB 3.0
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Karla has the correct answer. Your S5 supports the new micro USB 3.0 standard. However that standard was designed in such a way that you can still plug in the older standard micro USB 2.0. (however you cannot do the reverse, that is if you have an older phone that uses a micro-USB 2.0 port, you cannot plug a micro-USB 3.0 wire). The benefits of using a USB 3.0 plug are faster charging and faster data transfers.As for the name, they're both "micro B", just this one uses USB 2.0 so it's called "USB 2.0 micro-b" and the new one uses USB 3.0 so it's called "USB 3.0 micro-b." Images can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Host_and_Device_interface_receptacles Karla has the correct answer. Your S5 supports the new micro USB 3.0 standard. However that standard was designed in such a way that you can still plug in the older standard micro USB 2.0. (however you cannot do the reverse, that is if you have an older phone that uses a micro-USB 2.0 port, you cannot plug a micro-USB 3.0 wire). The benefits of using a USB 3.0 plug are faster charging and faster data transfers.As for the name, they're both "micro B", just this one uses USB 2.0 so it's called "USB 2.0 micro-b" and the new one uses USB 3.0 so it's called... » Read More Karla has the correct answer. Your S5 supports the new micro USB 3.0 standard. However that standard was designed in such a way that you can still plug in the older standard micro USB 2.0. (however you cannot do the reverse, that is if you have an older phone that uses a micro-USB 2.0 port, you cannot plug a micro-USB 3.0 wire). The benefits of using a USB 3.0 plug are faster charging and faster data transfers.As for the name, they're both "micro B", just this one uses USB 2.0 so it's called "USB 2.0 micro-b" and the new one uses USB 3.0 so it's called "USB 3.0 micro-b." Images can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Host_and_Device_interface_receptacles « Show Less
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I'm using both USB 2.0 and 3.0 devices without an issue. iPad 2, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 5G, Samsung Galaxy, WD My Passport, Avid MBox, all working fine.
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The transfer speeds are only as fast as the weakest link(s). For most cases this weak link will be the maximum speed of USB 2.0 itself or anywhere from 30mb/sec - 50mb/sec. This is not the fast speeds that this usb 3.0 manufacturer boasts, but it can only transfer at the usb 2.0 speeds if that is what it is plugged into. However a Usb 2.0 older tech thumb drive I have only transferred speeds at 7mb/sec - 15mb/sec, so this is still a significant improvement. Other factors of speed transfers are determined by formatted allocation sizes, ssd vs. non ssd, etc. I have learned recently to format drives of the same capacities to match the allocation sizes or maximum 2x and 4x. For example a 64gb thumb drive format to 64kb, (2x)128kb or (4x)256kb. The more kb = more speed and performance, but this will cause the drive to take up more space with written data blocks. So, a 2gb file transferred to a 256kb formatted thumb drive may take up 2.1gb of space, because the 256kb block sizes will hold a smaller size of data and occupy the entire 256kb block size.
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Sorry, I never hear of a OTG until I received your comment. Your question is interesting. I'll check myself whether this or any thumb drive will work with a cell phone via an OTG.
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You can use USB to USB. Since one of your items uses a regular USB connection, that will be the speed of the data transfer, regardless of how fast the other item is. That being said, I believe this product is regular (or 1.1 / 2.0) USB. This will limit your data transfer to a maximum of around 60MB/s, regardless of how fast your other connection is. That being said, this product DOES have a USB to USB connector. It should work for what you're trying to do. Bear in mind that maximum data transfer speed is equal to the lowest speed connector you use, so your 3.0 or 3.1 is useless in your situation. I'd strongly suggest switching to 3.0 on all your gear if you actually want to take advantage of the high speed capability.