iPad Pro 12,9” A1652 doesn’t read USB Device

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oakland979 Author

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iPad Pro 12,9” A1652 doesn’t read USB Device

Hello to everyone,

i have a problem with my 12,9” iPad Pro Model A1652.

I bought Lightning to USB adapter to connect a USB Device to my iPad with iPadOS 13.1.1

So, when i connect a USB pen with my adapter it doesen’t work. It show this error:

Cannot Use Accessory

USB DISK: This accessory requires too much power

I tried with a USB Pen and a Hard Disk USB too but it show always this error.

I tried also to connect simultaneous Power Cable and USB Device but it doesn’t work.

How can i resolve it?

Thanks

iPad Pro 12.9-inch Wi-Fi, Cellular

Posted on Oct 1, 2019 10:31 AM

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Answer 1

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MichelPM

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Oct 1, 2019 1:04 PM in response to oakland979

Yeah,

You need to purchase the genuine Apple Lightning to USB-C adapter from Apple and plug that adapter into power using your iPad charge cable and Apple power/charging block!

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK0W2/lightning-to-usb-3-camera-adapter?fnode=37

You need to purchase this exact Apple adapter.

Cheaper ( cheap in price and quality ) third party adapters WILL NOT WORK!!!!

With older Lightning connector iPads, you need this adapter as it has a power connection to power both the iPad and to connect a commonplace USB flash memory drive or portable SSD drive.

Without the additional power to thr iPad, USB flash drives and portable SSD drives will NOT work with older iPads with the Lightning connector.

The Lightning connector alone cannot convey the necessary power requirements needed for normal USB style flash memory drives.

There are lots of YouTube videos that discuss and demonstrate this.

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QuickPost

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Oct 1, 2019 12:34 PM in response to oakland979

Hello,

Most likely your drive is formatted in a way that is not compatible with iPad.

iPadOS 13 supports the following disk formats with a GUID partition scheme:

macOS Extended journaled — YES read and write
FAT32 — YES read and write
XFAT — YES read and write
NTFS — NO
APFS — YES

Which adapter are you using with your iPad?

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MichelPM

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Oct 1, 2019 1:22 PM in response to oakland979

Read my reply to you, again.

This adapter and power are needed for any iPad that uses a Lightning port that can run iPadOS of which there are quite a few iPad models that STILL use the Lightning port/connector.

iPad Air 2 and 3

iPad Mini 4 and 5.

iPad Pro models from 2015-2017

9.7 inch screen 5th, 6th and 7th gen iPads.

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oakland979 Author

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Oct 1, 2019 1:04 PM in response to QuickPost

Hi, thanks for answer.

I’m using a USB PEN with eXFAT format and Hard Drive Usb with FAT format.

The adapter is original Apple adapter bought on Apple store.

Thanks for help.

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oakland979 Author

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Oct 1, 2019 1:18 PM in response to MichelPM

Very very thanks, with iPad power charging it works!!!!

This is a issue for only oldest iPad Pro??

The new one doesn’t need extra power charge to works with external device??

Thanks a lot

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iPad Pro 12,9” A1652 doesn’t read USB Device

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