Question 1

Does the hub support data transfer on the charging port or will it only charge the device and not actually connect it to the PC?

Accepted Answer

It only charges the device. My phone charges at about 20% /hour on this hub on any of the ports.

Question 2

Is the Power Adapter 4A, as in the listing heading, or 2A, as in the description that follows, AND is the adapter 110-240 V or simply 110 V?

Accepted Answer

The adaptor that came with the product shipped to me is listed as:

Huoniu AC Adapter
Model: HNO050400X
Input: 100-240 V~
50/60 Hz

Output: 5.0 V DC @ 4.0 A

read directly off the power adapter

Question 3

Can the included power supply support 2 fully
loaded (900mA) USB3 ports, 4 fully loaded (500 mA)
USB2 ports while still using the charging port at 2.0A.
If you add all those up it's 29 Watts @ 5V required. The
supply adds 20 Watts (5v / 4A) to the upstream USB3
power ( another 4.5Watts).  Thats only 24.5 Watts - 
Watts (sic) wrong with this picture? lol  - am I missing 
something obvious here?

Accepted Answer

One review for the hub indicated with an iPad connected to the charging port along with another device connected and charging from a USB 2.0 port the iPad charging rate was half of what it would be with the charger shipped with the iPad. That would indicate to me the power suppy shipped with the USB 3.0 hub is under powered to handle 6 fully loaded ports. The manufacturer probably did not expect all ports to be fully loaded at the same time and thus did not supply a beefier (and more expensive power supply) that would increase to cost of the USB 3.0 hub.

Question 4

Is there something that would allow me to connect a USB 3.0 external hard drive to my esata connection on my computer? I understand I could connect it to a USB 2.0 connection but I would like to move pictures faster (300 gb of px)?

Accepted Answer

Unless you have a USB 3 port on your computer, I don't know of any way to do this.  If you so desired, you could remove the hard drive from its enclosure and move it to an enclosure that has an esata interface, then you could connect it to your computer directly.  I don't think this USB hub here will work at USB 3 speeds if it does not have a USB 3 port on your computer.  A quick solution would e to purchase a USB 3 add-in card for your PC.  I put one in an older computer and it works fine.  I do not remember the brand, but it had 2xUSB3 ports and plugged into the MB as X1.

There may be a hub/adapter that will serve as the go-between your ext HDD and your computer, but I have not looked for such an aniumal, so don't know if they exist.

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