Has anyone found a way to connect their captivate or other android devices to their car through the usb port. I tried all the usb modes, including debugging. I thought mass storage would work, since it can index other mass storage devices, but all I get are error messages. I could just connect it trough the 3.5 aux cord but it doesn't sound is good (limited to stereo) and cant control it trough steering wheel.
Mass storage mode requires a second step to manually mount the drives. If you don't do that, the drives won't be found.
You can also use Media Player mode (which doesn't require manually mount the drives). But this mode is very buggy in stock firmware. I often have to reboot the phone after use it.
The reason you have to mount/unmount the drive is to allow media scanning to run everytime the drives unmounted. The built-in Music and Video player has no other way to refresh its media library.
Yeah i'm having trouble with the USB port also. I use the AUX in for the TV screen in the truck and plug in my phone that way, it sounds much better then the 3.5mm jack.
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I'm hoping someone here can shine a little light on this. My car's receiver is a Pioneer DEH-3100UB, which includes a USB port and is designed specifically to connect an iPod via special cable or any Class 1 USB storage device. The Pioneer will not detect the G1, as other people have discussed on a bunch of car audio and other forums. The interesting part is this: If I take the Micro SD card out of my G1 and connect it to the Pioneer via a USB SD card reader, the card is fully readable. I've tried all sorts of suggestions from enabling/disabling USB debugging, to creating a shortcut to the SD Card via AnyCut and checking off the use as mass storage device option. People are not having this difficulty with other receivers including a usb port.
Obviously I'm not looking for help with the Pioneer, but I am very curious what the heck happens when you tell the G1 to mount. What does it do that makes it differ in any way from a 'Class 1 USB device?' Is there a way to alter what the hell happens when you connect the G1?? Is the G1 not really a Class 1 USB device?
Why was rooting/JF so much easier than hooking up to my car stereo
Sounds like a driver problem. Just about any card reader you install has to have drivers of some kind. Maybe the OS on the car stereo doesn't have drivers that support the card reader built into the G1? Just a thought.
by class 1, do you mean USB 1.0 ?
coz the G1 has a USB 2.0 port. and as any usb 2.0 device, it is supposed to be backward compatible. The only issue is the speed as it will connect at the lower speed.
Just wanted you to know its not just pioneer. I have a Clarion VRX785BT, and it too cannot connect to it It makes me sad. HOPEFULLY I can get BT audio streaming working as it does support bluetooth audio...
What happens ON THE PHONE when you plug the USB cable into the Pioneer? When I connect mine, it comes up with a notification (USB Connected) and I can choose Mount which switches over to the Mass Storage driver. Have you done that? Just a suggestion, because I can't think what else it could be,
Tommy
Valicore said:
What happens ON THE PHONE when you plug the USB cable into the Pioneer? When I connect mine, it comes up with a notification (USB Connected) and I can choose Mount which switches over to the Mass Storage driver. Have you done that? Just a suggestion, because I can't think what else it could be,
Tommy
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Correct. It's not always the phone. Realize that some of the world has not caught up to the fact that the G1 exists.
The G1 is a usb 2.0 device !!!
Please note: USB 1.0 or 2.0 (speed ratings) have nothing to do with the OP's issue.
Class 1 is a certain type of connection, not the speed.
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Hummeroid said:
HOPEFULLY I can get BT audio streaming working as it does support bluetooth audio...
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The G1 only support Headset and Hands free BT profiles - neither are what you need for streaming (quality) audio over BT. We'll have to wait for a BT update with A2DP profile - The Cupcake update (if it exists) is rumored to include A2DP
/Mats
This isnt going to fix this problem, but just buy a cheap auxiliary cable and mini usb to 3.5mm converter, and plug it in through the aux jack on your head unit. Thats how i play the music on my G1.
Is there a way to alter what happens on the phone when it detects a USB connection, modify the usb driver, or something else totally ridiculous to get the damn thing to work?
Im trying to get my radio to read the mp3's from my phone but its simply not reading it, even after mounting it... nothing. I stuck an external sd card into the phone, copied the mp3's to it and also nothing, any ideas? The radio reads the usb stick just fine.
Radio reading mp3s???
what exactly do you mean radio not reading usb do you mean like when you plug in the connection in your car through the car charger?
The radio in the car has a usb port, you can attach usb drives to it and it would play every mp3 thats on it. Now when i plug in my captivate to it and mount it it simply says device not recognized.
Try going into Settings - Applications - USB Settings - and trying Mass Storage.
I have not been able to get Android to play over my USB car radio (Stock GM Bose system) Crapple products, Thumb drives and Zune work, but Android is a no go for me.
Might need to try USB Debugging too..When I had Android on my Tilt (no external audio) it had to be enabled or the USB to 3.5mm wouldn't work.
I've tried USB Debugging mode also.
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I've tried USB Debugging mode also.
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Ya me too, the radio just doesn't recognize it, radio says "invalid usb information aquired". I rather use the usb cable than the usb>3.5m cable since it'll charge the phone too.
turn on mass storage or try media player mode with USB Debugging on as well
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turn on mass storage or try media player mode with USB Debugging on as well
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Doesn't work, tried every possible setting.
Hi!
I know it is possible to connect my Samsung Galaxy SII to a PC and mount the file system of the SD card (either in debug mode as two removable Windows volumes or, without debug mode, as a phone device). However, I would like to have the phone more as a USB stick, i.e. having only one partition (so that Windows can see it properly) and, more important: being a USB stick even when not yet plugged into the host, i.e. the host never seeing anything else than a USB stick.
Why do I want that?
Because I tried to connect the phone to a DVD player that has a USB port, so that I can watch photos directly on TV (via DVD player). The player would offer to display media from USB stick.
However, nothing I tried worked. When I plug in the phone, the player sees the USB device plugged in but does not see a file system, saying that the media is not formatted or supported. When the phone itself offers to go into USB connection mode, it is too late and the player refuses to see it still. The phone simply offers USB connection mode too late.
So the question is: is there an app capable of doing this? That would be an app that I start and which puts the phone into USB connection mode *before* I plug it into the host. If I could define a directory that will be seen as the root file system of the stick from outside, this would be great. If I could put that file system into read-only mode, it would be perfect.
I found many posts about the phone being a portable drive, connecting USB sticks to the phone and so on. But nothing fits that use case I described.
Any hints?
Hm, today I thought about it
But my DVD Player as yours, say USB Device Unsupported.
I'd really like the possibility to connect to DVD Player as normal pendrive, and play movies.
And still no reply. That's... sad
skr68 said:
Hi!
I know it is possible to connect my Samsung Galaxy SII to a PC and mount the file system of the SD card (either in debug mode as two removable Windows volumes or, without debug mode, as a phone device). However, I would like to have the phone more as a USB stick, i.e. having only one partition (so that Windows can see it properly) and, more important: being a USB stick even when not yet plugged into the host, i.e. the host never seeing anything else than a USB stick.
Why do I want that?
Because I tried to connect the phone to a DVD player that has a USB port, so that I can watch photos directly on TV (via DVD player). The player would offer to display media from USB stick.
However, nothing I tried worked. When I plug in the phone, the player sees the USB device plugged in but does not see a file system, saying that the media is not formatted or supported. When the phone itself offers to go into USB connection mode, it is too late and the player refuses to see it still. The phone simply offers USB connection mode too late.
So the question is: is there an app capable of doing this? That would be an app that I start and which puts the phone into USB connection mode *before* I plug it into the host. If I could define a directory that will be seen as the root file system of the stick from outside, this would be great. If I could put that file system into read-only mode, it would be perfect.
I found many posts about the phone being a portable drive, connecting USB sticks to the phone and so on. But nothing fits that use case I described.
Any hints?
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Try this app it seems that work with many devices...
Yeah, might work... If I somehow can install Windows Phone 7 on my Galaxy
On that thread i've read about people that doesn't have win7 phone but that program working on their phone , you could try it doesn't cost anything...
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You can try the following:
Open ‘Menu’ on your Android and tap on settings. You can find ‘Wireless and Network’ option in settings, just open it and it will now show you various options. Select ‘USB Utilities’ and you will get the option ‘Connect storage to PC’ as shown below.
Now it will ask you to connect your phone to PC using USB Cable. When you done with that you will get an Android symbol and message ‘USB connected’.
Everything is done now and your Android has turned into USB storage device. Transfer and manage files as you want.
Not fully sure, try putting the videos in root(in no folder) of sd card.
Reboot to recovery and under mounts and storage try mount usb mass storage
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Hi!
The hints from mikedavis120 and pcbilski actually look like they could work. Unfortunately it is not my DVD player but my father's and he is on vacation now. Will take two weeks until I can try
I have tried both methods on two DVD players, and both failed
pcbilski's - 1st player when in standby, gives power to USB so when I connected a phone it popup a message to mount sdcard. Mounted SD, and started up a player and... nothing, it doesn't load, doesn't say anything.
2nd player doesn't give power to USB so when I turned it on, my phone found a connection. So before phone mounted SD, there was error - Unsupported USB. When it was mounted, choose other source, and back to USB and nothing, like on 1st player
mikedavis120's method - both players didn't saw any USB Device
Sorry for my english, but I think it's readable
Yeah, figured as much today. Problem is that before the phone accepts to becomes a USB drive, you have to plug in the cable, wait a second, and confirm the popup. But until then the DVD player already sees the phone and thinks it is not a USB stick, refusing to accept it later. A hen and egg problem.
Any news on this? My USB-stick just broke and I need to update my TVs firmware...
Hopefully this will work for future readers.
It is actually for installing OSes(I think, atleast that was my use.), but I think it will work. Create a blank image, and copy the files to the blank new drive from a computer.
I just got a 2010 Infiniti G37. It has a USB port, but no aux input and no Bluetooth audio streaming (wtf Infiniti?). It reads and plays iPods and iPhones just fine. I can not get it to recognize my android phone at all (Motorola triumph running stock 2.2 rooted). It will recognize flash drives though. I think the problem with the phone is it takes a few seconds to click 'connect USB storage' and then 'ok' before it reports itself as a mass storage device. By that time the car is already reporting an error. I have tried with debugging on and off... Makes no difference. So, is there any tweak, app, or hack I can do to force my phone into USB mode (without the prompts) every time I connect it?
This is actually a pretty important feature to me and I'm disappointed I can't get my phone and new car to play nice. Might even consider switching to an iPhone if there is no other option. Please help.
Thanks.
the MIUI rom im running has an option to auto mount when plugged in to a usb port. hope that helps
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Does anyone know of a way to enable usb mass storage device mode on the S8+. I want to connect it to my car via usb but it doesn't let me. I have read that I need to connect it as a mass storage device however all the apps that say they can do this say that they can't find my 'lun' file. I can connect it via aux but then I can't control the music with the pause buttons etc. Bluetooth isn't an option as my car doesn't have it.
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MTP all the way
Maybe the issue is not with your S8, but with your car's USB. Try both these steps to isolate the issue:
1. Connect your S8 to a laptop to check if you can enable mass storage.
2. Connect another phone to your car's USB to see if it allows and recognized the mass storage setting.
3. Try to connect your S8 to another car and see if the mass storage can be used.
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Maybe the issue is not with your S8, but with your car's USB. Try both these steps to isolate the issue:
1. Connect your S8 to a laptop to check if you can enable mass storage.
2. Connect another phone to your car's USB to see if it allows and recognized the mass storage setting.
3. Try to connect your S8 to another car and see if the mass storage can be used.
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That is not a issue with the car USB... That kind of radio only support universal mass storage devices, the old andorid devices, android 5 and below, could be mounted as a UMS device, so the radio would be able to play it's audio files. Now android devices can only be mounted as MTP, so it doesnt works. One thing that you can do is root your phone and use some UMS enabler app.
Guys, can I access my storage from recovery mode?
I cant unlock my phone and need to get data from storage.
Is there a mass storage option, like old times?
Thx