I am experimenting with the USB OTG capability on my passport.
While it works with USB memory sticks, it doesn't work with a USB drive in NTFS format. I know it works with FAT32, but NTFS is a common format. Since it's a Microsoft technology, I wonder if BlackBerry 10 will support it one day?
Otherwise, is there any other common file system for both Windows and BlackBerry 10 for a USB drive besides FAT32?
NTFS is a common format, but it also requires licensing from Microsoft. There are a few workarounds for this, like Linux's NTFS implementation, but BlackBerry hasn't implemented this yet. Your best bet would be to submit the idea to the icanmakeitbetter website.
I am experimenting with the USB OTG capability on my passport.
While it works with USB memory sticks, it doesn't work with a USB drive in NTFS format. I know it works with FAT32, but NTFS is a common format. Since it's a Microsoft technology, I wonder if BlackBerry 10 will support it one day?
Otherwise, is there any other common file system for both Windows and BlackBerry 10 for a USB drive besides FAT32?
Thanks.
Tried exFAT? Should work with the official OS or newer.
Tried exFAT? Should work with the official OS or newer.
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Thanks. I think you are right, I could use exFAT on USB drive. Then both Windows and BlackBerry 10 could read them. However, I still think NTFS is a better and more robust (with journaling) file system for external UBS drive.
I might give it a try, because it looks really cool to use a huge external USB drive for BlackBerry 10.
But I still wish BlackBerry 10 could support NTFS, it's kinda an enterprise feature, too.
NTFS is a common format, but it also requires licensing from Microsoft. There are a few workarounds for this, like Linux's NTFS implementation, but BlackBerry hasn't implemented this yet. Your best bet would be to submit the idea to the icanmakeitbetter website.