trying to use a usb flash drive on an ipad 2 and get a power error

The camera kit is designed to move pictures from your camera or sd card from the camera ontomthe pad. The kit is able to read some flash drives, if they are set up like camera cards( dcim directory......). The cck has a very limited amount of power, and will generate the error you describe with most flsh drives.

Some have reported success using a powered usb hub between the drive and the cck.

What are you trying to do?

Using a flash drive with the camera connection kit is not supported. Some people have been able to use specific models of flash drives, but many will not work because they draw too much power. It probably has to be no more than 4GB to work. Also, note that the only thing you'll be able to transfer with a flash drive is photos.

Your not suppose to.

It's a camera connection kit for sd cards or plugging a camera into.

You could try connecting a powered hub.

The iPad will only read a file called DCIM, looking for video or photos with 8 character or less names.

Technically, you don't. The USB part of the CCK is meant to hook up a digital camera to the iPad. There has been some success hooking up USB drives, but the 'too much power' error seems to be triggered by teh drives being too big, or having included software like Sandisk or Kingston does. Also if the drive has a large or bright LED

But even if you do get a flash drive to connect, the only protocol the iPad 'sees' is if the files are images or movies, in a DCIM folder and with an 8 character name. You can't use a flash drive to transfer documents or books or music, only photos or movie files.

No where does Apple make this claim, not on their site or any official documentation.

Whoever told you that was misinformed or lied.

I've successfully used a 4GB flash drive & the camera connection kit.

Plug the USB flash drive into your computer & create a new folder titled DCIM. Then put your movie/photo files into the folder. The files must have a filename with exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension (i.e., my-movie.mov).

Now plug the flash drive into the iPad using the camera connection kit. Open the Photos app, the movie/photo files should appear & you can import.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

What kind?

JerseyDevil8 wrote:

Never said Apple made the claim. It was a salesperson selling Apple products. So they lied to make the sale. Any advise on how you can transfer files from/to ipad 2 short of emailing them to yourself?

Yes. The CCK does work with SD cards or a USB cable (coming from a camera). This is the easiest and best option if it would work for you. Or, you can try a 4GB or smaller flash drive and follow the instructions the other have posted here for renaming those files. Or, finally, you can try a powered USB hub. All of this will work only for photo or videos you've taken. Not for any other kind of file.

The best way to transfer files around is probably Dropbox or a similar service of cloud storage. You can get 2 GB free. www.dropbox.com

You can use dropbox, upload the files up there and then download them onto the iPad.

You can, with some apps, wirelessly sync documents - for example buy documents to go and it has an app to wirelessly sync documents outside of iTunes

Many apps support data transfer via the app panel in iTunes.

Some have had success with wireless harddrives such as the seagate goflex, which is a harddrive that has its own wifi transmitter

If her dragon works in the notes app, then you can sync that back to the computer easily by activating notes syncing under the info tab of iTunes. You'll find them in your outlook notes, then you can c/p those into a word document

(...) Also, note that the only thing you'll be able to transfer with a flash drive is photos. (...)

Sorry, not true. I transfer huge maps up to 30 MB from a 8 Gig memory stick (no led) only when I need them myself or need to show them to others - the only important facts are that their should be a folder called DCIM, the filename should count eight characters and the extension must be jpg (haven't tried png yet, but think the iPad will not have problems with png either).

If I don't need the map soon again I leave it on the memory stick and delete the map.jpg from my 16 Gig iPad just to keep memory free for other activities.

I also had no luck with the CCK. No USB flash drive I had worked (power prob).

Tried my camera via its USB and just its SD card.

Seems it didn't like the way the Canon SD1400 mapped its SD card.

So I bought the 'Photo Manager Pro' app (currently on sale .99).

This worked great. Photos and movies copied over via wifi with full EXIF data and resolution.

For less than a buck, it's worth a try.