A Guide to or learn how to use your iPad with your External Desk/Portable Hard Drives, SD Card with CCK/ USB with CCK/ & Hard Drive w/o Jailbreaking







Being Tested

01 Aug 2012

Desk

JB

Portable

JB

SD Cards

Portable

No JB

Wireless

No JB

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Terms / Acronyms:



I. External Desk Hard Drive with CCK for iPad





Bypass all those complications with USB Toggle!





USB Mount SBSettings Toggle

(that comes with sbsettings) by donating some money for activation code. You can get this through CYDIA with your jailbroken iPad. Sbsettings might bog you down on speed but the ease of it will eliminate. It only supports HFS & Fat formatted drives. And best part it's much more user friendly than using mobile terminal and all those click clanks steps.



or using it through mobile terminal down below



Requirements:

Jailbroken iPad ((tested on iPad2 iOS version 5.01)(Unjailbroken guide will be added later if availble))

((tested on iPad2 iOS version 5.01)(Unjailbroken guide will be added later if availble)) iFile (from cydia w/ a jailbroken ipad)

(from cydia w/ a jailbroken ipad) Camera Connection Kit (c.c.k.)

(c.c.k.) OpenSSH (from cydia download)

(from cydia download) Mobile Terminal (on your iPad with bluetooth keyboard OR mobile terminal on your mac/pc)

(on your iPad with bluetooth keyboard OR mobile terminal on your mac/pc) Nano (a file from cydia, has to be in DEVELOPER MODE (Cydia home screen top left corner change user settings)

(a file from cydia, has to be in DEVELOPER MODE (Cydia home screen top left corner change user settings) External Hard Drive (with power cord & formatted in FAT32(read and writable for both mac and pc) (or I used HFS or Extended Journaled on mac disk utility))

(with power cord & formatted in FAT32(read and writable for both mac and pc) (or I used HFS or Extended Journaled on mac disk utility)) Internet or no Internet

With internet:



Without Internet

mac ready compatible

2

usually all windows harddrives

1

hfs

2

fat32

1





Important!

unmount properly

Shortcuts

:

II.

Using Portable External Hard Drive with CCK for iPad





Bypass all those complications with USB Toggle!





USB Mount SBSettings Toggle

(that comes with sbsettings) by donating some money for activation code. You can get this through CYDIA with your jailbroken iPad. Sbsettings might bog you down on speed but the ease of it will eliminate. It only supports HFS & Fat formatted drives. And best part it's much more user friendly than using mobile terminal and all those click clanks steps.



or using it through mobile terminal down below



Requirements:



Jailbroken iPad ((tested on iPad2 iOS version 5.01)(Unjailbroken guide will be added later if availble))

((tested on iPad2 iOS version 5.01)(Unjailbroken guide will be added later if availble)) iFile (from cydia w/ a jailbroken ipad)

(from cydia w/ a jailbroken ipad) Camera Connection Kit (c.c.k.)

(c.c.k.) OpenSSH (from cydia download)

(from cydia download) Mobile Terminal (on your iPad with bluetooth keyboard OR mobile terminal on your mac/pc)

(on your iPad with bluetooth keyboard OR mobile terminal on your mac/pc) Nano (a file from cydia, has to be in DEVELOPER MODE (Cydia home screen top left corner change user settings)

(a file from cydia, has to be in DEVELOPER MODE (Cydia home screen top left corner change user settings) External Hard Drive (with power cord & formatted in FAT32(read and writable for both mac and pc) (or I used HFS or Extended Journaled on mac disk utility))

(with power cord & formatted in FAT32(read and writable for both mac and pc) (or I used HFS or Extended Journaled on mac disk utility)) Internet or No Internet

or Y- Usb Powered Cable (found through google https://www.google.com/#hl=en&pwst=....,cf.osb&fp=b10f389bad4889f0&biw=1366&bih=659 )

mac ready compatible

usually all windows harddrives

hfs

2

fat32

1





Important!

unmount properly

Shortcuts

:

III.

Using SDHC Card with CCK for iPad





SDXC cards will not work because apple's CCK does not support it.

Airstash

Requirements:



Doesn't need to be Jailbroken but recommended

iFile from Cydia recommended or Good Reader from App Store or any app that goes in directory of folder. Other apps Readdledocs, Zen Viewer.

from Cydia recommended or from App Store or any app that goes in directory of folder. Other apps Readdledocs, Zen Viewer. C.C.K.

IV.

USB Drive with CCK on iPad

Requirements:



Recommended buying USB or using USB that does not light up * when plugged in.

iFile from Cydia recommended or Good Reader from App Store or any app that goes in directory of folder. Other apps Readdledocs, Zen Viewer.

from Cydia recommended or from App Store or any app that goes in directory of folder. Other apps Readdledocs, Zen Viewer. CCK

Be advised

Here is a list of USBs that works with the CCK on iPad:

Compatibility

External Portable Hard Drive with CCK iPad (No Jailbreaking required)

Buy Hyperdrive external portable hard drive from HyperShop - Shop for HyperJuice, HyperDrive, HyperShield, HyperThin. They offer 500GB, 750GB, 1TB. It is very expensive, but it is very simple with no jailbreaking required. It gives a hassle free, stress free work around jailbreak-free solution.

CCK

Y-Cord Usb Powered (OPTIONAL, will help you charge and use it the same time).

iFlashDrive by HyperShop

External Wireless Portable Hard Drive with iPad (No Jailbreaking required)







Airstash A01

Airstash A02

con is the battery replacement is not available

up to 2TB

formatted to fat32 or fat (for sdxc)

does not support ExFat

Works without using your current internet connection

but requires seperate connection to work.

5hours worth battery alone

.

Can be accessible while charging

.







Seagate GoFlex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage (500GB)

7 hours worth of battery

not very reliable and horrible reviews on Amazon

GoFlex App

great idea, poor execution

Does not have to be connected to internet to use

Can stream while charging

Does not support WebDav. Formatting it to HFS will lose wifi capabilities.

HDD type drive.

If applicable 4G Hotspotable.









Kingston Wi-Drive (16GB or 32GB or 64GB

4 hours of battery life

Flash Memory (SSD)

KennX or Kenn Crook

"So I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents as there seems to be some debate over this issue. As stated elsewhere as long as you turn on the device and let the blue wifi lights come on PRIOR to plugging it in to the USB charger it will transmit while charging. Just got back from a family vacation and being able to make additional movies available to the iPad was really nice. No glitches or stuttering on playback. Seems like an excellent product! " from Amazon

.

Issues about heating up

Very good reviews from Amazon

Does not support WebDav.

Ease of use compared to other choices





PQI Air Drive (Max 32GB Removable SDHC)

5 Hours worth battery

Can be used without internet

S-Flash





G-Connect (500 GB) Ability to turn into a router with a ethernet jack plugged in

.

Has b/g/n & WPA-2

.

Does not have built in battery

. It has to be

connected to power source

. It

works with power coming from car

for road trips!

Does not overheat. Great Reviews!

USB 2.0.

DLNA support

.

Very Quiet.

Storage is half the size you would get for the price

.

"G-Connect supports unprotected videos in MP4, H.264 + M-JPEG formats, but not protected iTunes purchases, and may stumble when trying to play content in other formats..."- ilounge.com.

HDD type drive.











WD MLB (My Live Book) (1TB/2TB/3TB) WD MLB (My Live Book) (1TB/2TB/3TB)

This drive has NAS (Use without internet) capability

.

Also supports DLNA (for viewing/streaming purposes) for PS3 and other devices

.

Has to be connected to a power source

.

Does not have great reviews by users on Amazon.

"Always On" option for streaming. HDD type drive.





CloudFTP



6 hours

can also be accessible while charging

Distance of more than 10 feet away might affect its performance

The Patriot Gauntlet Node!





Looking forward into the future:

NAS

SSD

802.11ac

Playing Videos on External Hard Drive on iPad



Physical (cable) connection to iPad

The iPad 1 & 2 is restricted from 1080p

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Wireless connection to iPad

The pros are no hassle of cords and no risk of improperly unmounting due to the shaky CCK hook up

and

The con with WebDAV is that it uses your current internet connection

The pro with NAS allows you to create its' own connection not disrupting your internet connection

Other related information:



Change your SSH password



protect you

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Mounting Issues



Unmounting Issues



Playing Movies/Music directly from external hard drive connection source?



CCK can't store files or won't pop up when inserted with SD Card or USB.



CCK on a non jailbroken device will only give its' ability to import photos onto the iPad if pictures are correct format. With jailbreaking it can go both ways.

Future Projects :

Credits :

TylerThomas for testing with the iHustler kit which did not work to regulate power so it would work under power voltage/current limitations Apple has applied in 4.3.3? & Additional Gaming information.

*Please post your results (what usb/ hard drive / etc) and your iDevice iOS Version jb/ or not jb for further future optimization of this guide,



