External HDD problem

[Akshat Sharma]

I have an external hdd which has some movies and I am travelling right now, so I wanted to watch them on my phone. Using an otg cable I connected the hdd to my phone and it started spinning. But, my phone was showing it as corrupt although as soon as I checked it using a laptop, everything was intact and I was able to write and read data easily. What caused this problem?

[DrMacintosh]

I doubt your phone can power a physical HDD

[G27Racer_188]

12 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

I doubt your phone can power a physical HDD

Exactly this ^^

 

That HDD probably uses more power than rest of your phone.

[Akshat Sharma]

11 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

I doubt your phone can power a physical HDD

The HDD actually powered up and I could feel the hard drive spinning

[rheyL]

5 hours ago, Akshat Sharma said:

The HDD actually powered up and I could feel the hard drive spinning

your external hdd format? ntfs or fat32? and your phone model? 

 

i am using a Samsung Note 3 and it can run external hdd but using  a fat32 format, and if i want it to run on ntfs, needs to be rooted. 

[Akshat Sharma]

6 hours ago, rheyL said:

your external hdd format? ntfs or fat32? and your phone model? 

 

i am using a Samsung Note 3 and it can run external hdd but using  a fat32 format, and if i want it to run on ntfs, needs to be rooted. 

Its NTFS, that's why I think it was showing as corrupt. After rooting do I have to do additional stuff or it will detect the HDD automatically? My phone model is Xiaomi Redmi Note 4(mido)

[rheyL]

17 hours ago, Akshat Sharma said:

Its NTFS, that's why I think it was showing as corrupt. After rooting do I have to do additional stuff or it will detect the HDD automatically? My phone model is Xiaomi Redmi Note 4(mido)

i have no idea about xiaomi phones, sorry ?