Can this be used to add additional memory(scandsk) as is, or will I have to down load additional apps for my nexus 7, 2012? What apps do I need?
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Hello Sterling, based on personal usage with my Nexus 7 2013, I use Nexus Media Importer to read files from my USB flash drive. I believe if your device is rooted (mine is not), there is no need to use a third-party application though.
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You have to put the Nexus Media Importer app on your Nexus. I also use the ES Explorer app. I then download avi or mkv video to the ES Explorer download folder and play them with the BS player. You can also stream video and stuff directly but I prefer downloading. I have a 32 GIG nexus and I put 2 or 3 of my home movies at a time on it. You can put music, photos or whatever on the Nexus. I use 32 GIG Flash Drives loaded with media. Play stuff directly from the flash drive or put it on the Nexus. The usual video size for me is from 800 MB to 1.5 GIGs. You can use other movie and music apps....there are a ton of them. The ones I use are all free. For small files I find Dropbox is handier. You have to put the Nexus Media Importer app on your Nexus. I also use the ES Explorer app. I then download avi or mkv video to the ES Explorer download folder and play them with the BS player. You can also stream video and stuff directly but I prefer downloading. I have a 32 GIG nexus and I put 2 or 3 of my home movies at a time on it. You can put music, photos or whatever on the Nexus. I use 32 GIG Flash Drives loaded with media. Play stuff directly from the flash drive or put it on the Nexus. The usual video size for me is from 800 MB to 1.5 GIGs. You can use other movie and music... » Read More You have to put the Nexus Media Importer app on your Nexus. I also use the ES Explorer app. I then download avi or mkv video to the ES Explorer download folder and play them with the BS player. You can also stream video and stuff directly but I prefer downloading. I have a 32 GIG nexus and I put 2 or 3 of my home movies at a time on it. You can put music, photos or whatever on the Nexus. I use 32 GIG Flash Drives loaded with media. Play stuff directly from the flash drive or put it on the Nexus. The usual video size for me is from 800 MB to 1.5 GIGs. You can use other movie and music apps....there are a ton of them. The ones I use are all free. For small files I find Dropbox is handier. « Show Less
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I've used this to connect a flash drive to my Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet and my Samsung Galaxy S2 phone in order to transfer files. I didn't need any apps or drivers for it.
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My Google Nexus table is rooted and I downloaded Stickmount from the App Store. I can plug in an external USB hard drive, (USB "stick" drive) and view or copy files to my tablet. Here is a link to explain the rooting. http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-root-your-google-nexus-7/ I also use the OTG cable to plug in a USB keyboard for my Office app.
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No, there's no microSD slot on the Nexus 7. I haven't found that external storage exists on any of the tablets that I've researched.
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Found a thread on forums.xda-developer.com that mentions only 5GB of the internal 8GB Sandisk memory is accessible to user. Just blows my mind that 3GB (38%) of internal memory is for system use... and most functions are still a bit sluggish.
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Sorry, I will not be much use to you. I went to AndroidforNook.com and bought a card from them. It installed easily but I was not impressed with the additional flexibility which it gave me and I figured that you cannot do things on the cheap. Use it as a reader and save your pennies to get a different machine if you want to do perform more sophisticated functions. Apologies for inadequacy of my response
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You cannot add more memory (RAM). You can add more storage Micro SD card. There is a slot on the side of the tablet where you would insert card. http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=dp_brw_link?ie=UTF8&node;=3015433011
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All Nexus "7" are the same size and fit this. It doesn't matter what memory size or what data plan you have.
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You would need to root and use Stickmount or not root and use Nexus Media Importer. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer
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depends on how you are going to use, when you disconnect from keyboard you do not have whats on the 500GB drive available. I quickly used the up the 64GB and added 64GB SD card so in tablet mode I have what I need, use 500GB drive to store data only
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Yes, you can use a 32Gb external card. 16Gb was the largest card at the time the device was released, so that's why the 16Gb size was noted as the maximum size.(In other words, Hagon is NOT correct... a 32Gb card works fine, I have one in my n900, etc...)
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No...the memory is what it is. You can transfer files by uploading them to a website from a regular computer (laptop or desktop) and then download them to the nexus using chrome or another browser.
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Although android applications are very small and take very little space in memory, I think that you should get the 32 GB version and also use one SD-Card (16 or 32 GB) for storage your files (Movies, Music and Photos), Because there is no way to add the SD-Card Memory, to the Sony Tablet Internal Memory... Therefore, you can only use the external SD-Card for storing your files and then can read from it! I think that other Android Tablets (like the Samsung Tab), are able to add the SD-Card Memory to internal memory of the system, but with the Sony S Tablet this is not possible yet... Sony has said that this is a limitation of Android OS, but then why on other Android tablets, the SD memory can be added to the system and not the Sony S? I Hope to see some APP in the future, which allows to add this additional SD-Card memory to the internal memory of the Sony S Tablet!! I hope this information can help you make a correct decision!
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judging from the images on the asus website, the location of the micro usb port, top of memo pad, bottom on the nexus 7, would indicate that it does not work, but i don't own the memo pad, so i can only judge from those images and compare to the nexus 7. personally, i wouldn't take the chance ordering one if i wasn't 100% sure it works. but if it does work, please feel free to post here
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I have had no problems with installing apps on this device. As long as there is a strong signal and decent internet you should have no problems. Unfortunately, I would not recommend this tablet as the prices of the Nexus 7 (even the older models) have been coming down to be competitive and they contain the Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset which is vastly superior to this one...
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Yes...however I don't think the nexus 7 supports storage mounting at least my nexus 10 didn't so you have to get an app for that in the play store or root it.
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Yes, that is exactly what I am using it on..well, it is a nexus 7, and I bought it a couple of weeks ago when they were on sale because the new nexus 7 is being rolled out.. But it should work with the new one as well.. I had to download the nexus media importer of Google play..but I can transfer files off a thumb drive cleanly. I have had no problems using it for my purposes. Hope that answers your question. I don't have to root it..and it makes up for not having a micro SD card..mostly.
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Yes it will. But keep in mind that to use a USB drive as external storage you will have to unlock and root your nexus 7. Google: unlock nexus 7. Download the necessary programs and follow any of the hundreds of video tutorials in youtube. Then google: root nexus 7 android 4.3 ( or the version of android that comes with your nexus) and follow any of the tutorials. This can all be done for free. There are also paid apps on google play store which im told will accomplish the same result without doing all of the above. I unlocked and rooted my nexus 7 and I can use any USB drive as external storage and to play any sort of media file. Good Luck!
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Yes. The memory is partitioned weird and there is only 788 mb for apps. Matricom is working on a "fix". Check the forums at matricom.net There was an update released recently but there are problems with it at the moment.