Thread: No rooting needed for Nexus 7 USB access ?
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Old 08-24-2012, 09:09 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by geekmaster View Post
Perhaps different drives have different power consumption? My 1TB USB drive works great when powered from my N7, even after the battery was discharged awhile. I watched a 2.5 hour moving on mine non-stop, while it played from the attached USB HDD.

The difference MIGHT be that I uses StickMount on a rooted N7. Or perhaps my USB HDD draws less power than the one(s) had have intermittent dropouts.

Does StickMount do something special that this non-root app does not do, which could prevent the HDD dropouts?
If you done mind asking, which drive do you have?
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