WD wireless pro with Android OTG

WD External and Portable SSD My Passport Wireless SSD
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Is there a way to use the WD wireless pro drive with an Android phone using OTG adapter.
I have a Nexus 6p phone running Android 8. When i plug in the drive, it powers on, however the OS reports that the device is not compatible or probably needs to be formatted!
I’m able to attached a flash drive using the OTG adapter and that works fine.

I would think that as the WD pro has a battery built in, it should not need to be powered on via power being supplied from the phone?

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Hi alirz1,

Well, WD My Passport Wireless pro cannot be used by connecting it directly to the phone. However, you can connect your android phone with the device using the My Cloud mobile app.

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I wonder what would be the reason why the wireless pro cannot be connected via OTG to the phone. All other standard external hdds work fine in that manner!!

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You will need the right cable with male connectors on both ends to connect and also the right Android phone/file browser app that can read the file system on the storage. Then the Android phone should be able to mount the drive as a standard external OTG USB storage but this is very device dependant. Keep in mind this is not a supported use case by WD for MPWP.

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I have the right cable and the right file browser etc… well its simply a matter of supporting a properly usb hosted device. Regardless if its Android, widnows or mac. Other standard external drives have no issues with this functionality…

Perhaps WD should add this as a use case!

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Have you tried a different file system on your MPWP?
I just googled a bit and noticed the Nexus 6p doesn’t seem to support ExFAT (default file system on MPWP)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/exfat-support-t3244368

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This drive uses DAS drivers, not DefaultDataStorage drivers. So android can’t connect to this drive.

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@CarryGun That would make more sense. Though i’m not familiar with DAS

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looks like SCSI drivers, not USB
you can see it in device manager