cable to connect external HDD to tablet

utajoker · 8 Apr 2017 at 23:34

Hi

I have looked into how to connect an external HDD to my tablet to watch videos away from home and have seen someone use a LAVA SimulCharge USB.

The Lava cable seems to be a US thing.

My external HDD does not have a power port and only has one micro usb port on it.

So i need micro usb to micro usb with power in the middle.

Does this exist?

Thanks,

utajoker · 8 Apr 2017 at 23:45

double post

PhoenixUK · 9 Apr 2017 at 00:14

Do you really need that much storage? Just load some onto USB stick and use that?

That lava thing looks pretty much like this: "
USB OTG cable for Samsung Galaxy Tab" (put into rainforest search)

Rroff · 9 Apr 2017 at 00:24

Depending on the drive you might get away with just a USB OTG cable or you might also need an external power source as well and a USB data/power splitter cable.

Does the tablet have an SD card slot? might be worth using instead.

Big Elf · 9 Apr 2017 at 00:43

I use the G2 version of the Kingston MobileLite G3. Basically it acts like a wireless pass through router with attached storage and will power a portable (2.5") hard drive from the internal battery. I don't know about the G3 but the G2 allows you to power it via a Powerbank while simultaneously streaming a movie to your phone/tablet