Hi Folks
I have an Asus Transformer arriving in the next few days and in anticipation I bought a Telstra Ultimate Mobile USB modem.
Now I am hoping like hell I can use in on the tablet when it arrives .... can it be done ?
Thanks for reading and Mods can move this to somewhere else if I posted in the wrong area
Cheers
Android has no support for USB network devices.
That said some rom builders for some devices have got some USB 3g dongles working on devices that have USB host mode ports (The TF doesn't have a USB host port without the keyboard dock)
Overall I'd say there is vanishingly small likelihood it would work out of the box and it's unlikely it will ever work.
Honeycomb 3.1 is supposed to include support for a much wider range of devices and I've seen reports that USB modems may be among these devices.
I'm planning to try my old Huawei E220 modem (if any device is supported it's going to be the E220) as soon as I get the update applied and see how I get on.
SilentMobius said:
Android has no support for USB network devices.
That said some rom builders for some devices have got some USB 3g dongles working on devices that have USB host mode ports (The TF doesn't have a USB host port without the keyboard dock)
Overall I'd say there is vanishingly small likelihood it would work out of the box and it's unlikely it will ever work.
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I am getting the dock as well so are you saying it may work on the USB off the dock ?
Matchstick said:
Honeycomb 3.1 is supposed to include support for a much wider range of devices and I've seen reports that USB modems may be among these devices.
I'm planning to try my old Huawei E220 modem (if any device is supported it's going to be the E220) as soon as I get the update applied and see how I get on.
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Please let us know how you get on mate
Sadly I've tried both a Huawei E220 and E160G without any success.
I haven't tried checking logcat etc when I plug in the device but at the moment the transformer doesn't recognise them as modems (or seem to show the micro-sd card reader on the E160G either but that may be down to a dodgy micro-sd card)
I can't say I'm exactly surprised as USB modem support wouldn't exactly help Asus to sell the 3G version of the Transformer (when it's finally released), but maybe the extra device support in 3.1 will make it easier for the dev community to add this functionality.
EEE use with Telstra Ultimate USB modem
Thanks for this thread.
Unfortunately, I have been caught on this too and have been searching for some answers. This site was the closest I found to something that applies.
I have tried it on the docking station host port and it does not even see it.
I tried fooling it by putting a copy of the installation software on a thumb-drive using another port, it saw the folder but would not execute any of the auto run files.
Looks to me like either Telstra or Android need a firmware version put into the hardware before we get any joy. It's too bad because it is a great tablet and the docking station is great.
Cheers
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I got curious about USB Host mode for our Hero after seeing it on a G1. Found some interesting stuff that pertains primarily to the .27 kernel and 1.5, but with a possible starting place for anyone interested in working on a .29/2.1 driver.
Did some searching and found someone porting a driver to GSM Hero. that had figured out he could easily take a driver from u-boot for a freescale processor because the processor used the same licensed usb controller design as what was used in the MSM72XX in his GSM Hero. And the freescale had widely available documentation where the MSMs definitely do not. So he was able to use the freescale docs to come up an EHCI/MSM7201 USB host support driver. He could hook up a keyboard to his GSM hero and it just worked. Though he had to use a custom hub adaptation to address the lack of power on the USB port supplied by the phone. He later got USB External Storage working for his GSM hero.
WELLL the MSM7600 in our CDMA Heros are pretty much just CDMA versions of MSM720X. Surely they too share the same usb controller design. I compared the USB Device Mode Driver the GSM Hero with the one for our CDMA Hero and they are identical. So surely this confirms our MSM7600 too has the same usb controller design.
Apparently someone else with a CDMA Hero was already barking up this tree because I realized someone managed to compile the GSM guy's patch with HTC's source for the Sprint Hero yet got some errors and no help from the GSM guy.
Meanwhile, GSM guy implements switching between device and host mode via new driver (and its still kind of wonky). Then he spies a another source on codeaurora.com for his GSM hero that implements proper USB OnTheGo switching and tries to port it to his hero. He got it built but one of his reasons for coming off the .27 kernel (usb bus powered from the phone) turned out to be unworkable on his GSM Hero. He also wasn't ready to sort through the changes between .27 and .29 and making sure his patch worked with .29 on his phone. He went back to work on the his .27 driver patch and his latest incarnation is here. He is pretty much done with .27 driver now and awaiting HTC source for their 2.1/.29 kernel.
The codeaurora 2.6.29 msm kernel tree's USB host driver is here
I'm definitely not a developer, just technical enough to follow what was going on. Why did I type all that? So anyone who might know what to do would have all the information to get started. Thanks for reading!
Just for clarification, what exactly is USB Host Mode?
abcdfv said:
Just for clarification, what exactly is USB Host Mode?
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This would allow you to hook a USB device to your hero.. You could mount sdcards.. Camera's.. Printers.. This would also allow you to mount USB wireless cards.. Packet injection with aircrack-ng on our hero's anyone?
-Keo
think of it as a usb port on your computer. plug it in and it loads what it needs to make it work. it is hosting the software to make your device that it needs
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This would allow you to hook a USB device to your hero.. You could mount sdcards.. Camera's.. Printers.. This would also allow you to mount USB wireless cards.. Packet injection with aircrack-ng on our hero's anyone?
-Keo
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I am sooo down with aircrack.... keep us posted!
ive looked at this before. i may again once im finished with all the other stuff im looking into but yah good find and nice reminder. also doesnt usb gadget support do the same thing or no? im just asking cuz i never understood the whole usb gadget thing for a mobile device and was wondering if this could possibly be one of the uses for it.
really would love to be able to control an emulator with a gamepad instead of onscreen stuffs. I found a WiiMote app but it won't work if the phone comes with SenseUI.
toastcfh said:
also doesnt usb gadget support do the same thing or no? im just asking cuz i never understood the whole usb gadget thing for a mobile device and was wondering if this could possibly be one of the uses for it.
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as far as I could tell, usb gadget driver is what makes debugging mode and adb work.
sorry if this has been posted before but is it possible in anyway to connect a usb flash drive to my desire using an adaptor or something :? saying that is there an app available to browse and external USB
No. It is impossible.
possible, yes...worth the hassle, nope.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702742
my frined has a galaxy 2 and he has a cable for it, we tired a lot of things, but nothing works.
its a shame really
xoom usb host works pretty well - keyboards, mice, ps3 controller - out the box too
but for the desire - everything was picked up as an in-car device (without flashing new kernels)
I saw somebody last week connecting a usb flash drive to on his mobile but I didn´t had the time to see and ask which phone it was.
Have been thinking about it ever since. Would be so handy to push your date to a flash drive on the go.
I been to the same bar in the hope I would see that person again but I haven´t saw him again. I´m afraid it was a tourist.
mercianary said:
possible, yes...worth the hassle, nope.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702742
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It looks a big hassle indeed if you have to switch kernels to get to slave mode again.
it's nokia i believe
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Anyone know if this is possible with the USB OTG cable?
I would imagine that if you flash a kernel with USB tethering built in you could. I remever someone had success with a Novatel USB stick. I think I read it in a thread about OTG. It was like a all in one breakdown of how it works.
Check this out it may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040366
Any updates on this? I was about to make a new thread when I noticed this one. I just got a Videotron mobile internet stick for 6$ a month, no commitment (500mb/month) and wanted to see if it'll work on the 'ol XOOM.
it's a HUAWEI Mobile Broadband E1831
would be epic if it worked on the XOOM !
Hello
I know this has been asked before, but no conclusion was presented.
I have an Huawei E173 3G usb modem i primarily use for my car stereo(Parrot Asteroid, this runs Android 1.5/1.6 this has support for a lot of usb dongles)
I want to to use this with my Wifi Xoom via an usb OTG cable.
As of now i doesn't work.
This because the lack of drivers and APN settings on the Xoom.
I have read the thread over at the XDA acer iconica tab forum about this, and they got it to work. ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14603952 )
The android drivers for a lot of usb dongles exist, but how to get them to work on the xoom?
Tiamat kernel has the needed modules (usb_wwan.ko), so, you need just the script to set up connection. You can try with this one, maybe you need to change something...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058846
I dont have, the otg cable, but as soon as i can get one i'm trying to get this work...
I'll check it out.
For the moment i don't have an OTG cable either. Waiting for a new one from ebay.
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Tiamat kernel has the needed modules (usb_wwan.ko), so, you need just the script to set up connection. You can try with this one, maybe you need to change something...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058846
I dont have, the otg cable, but as soon as i can get one i'm trying to get this work...
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Hi, I have got a Tiamat 2.1 rom, and I have a uk wifi only version XOOM. However, I can not find any setting about APN. How can I make a 3G USB model work on my wifi only XOOM?
Thank you
I'm totally curious too. I have a WIFI XOOM and I just got a nice USB HSPA+ stick from Videotron and I wanna see if I can get it to work via OTG - I checked OS Monitor (Tiamat ROM) and it seems the stick is detected, with a dead IP 169.254 etc...
so I just need a dialer! Any news at all?
Thanks in advance!
any solution yet?i have tried everything possible, bricked my device couple of time, its teasing me :'(
I also wanna to try. But two problems here:
(1)"/etc/ppp/peers" is Read Only file system, so it is impossible to put dialing scripts there.
(2)I don't have proper drivers.
Can anyone help?
About the question (1) above, I've got done with it from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341585.
Any solution with dialers yet? Really need this to work
Is it possible to make working 3G USB-modem on Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 by USB OTG cable.
What we needed? Custom ROM or something? Some terminal tricks?
I saw it possible on many of cheap chinese tabs, so what about Galaxy Tab 2?
I have USB OTG cable that works flawlessly with USB hub(active) and usb memory sticks, have ZTE MF622+ and HUAWEI E219 modems in "modem only" mode, but they doesn't work.
Any suggestions?
I'm sure, I'm not the only one who need this.
Thanks!
Poll has been started in this thread.
Please? feel free with oppinions.
I think the biggest issue here is there is no software on the device to support the connection to the 3g modem. I worked in the cell phone industry for 10 years and 5 of those where when mobile broadband became popular. EVERY usb dongle modem has software that has to be installed on the device you want to use it on. So I would think for someone to make this work they would have to rewrite an access manager for the different companies for the device to work like that.
Many of the cheap chineese tabs works fine with various usb-modem dongles, right off the box. You just need to switch a 3g usb dongle to "modem only" mode with special AT commands.
Up this thread please!
barmalei7 said:
Many of the cheap chineese tabs works fine with various usb-modem dongles, right off the box. You just need to switch a 3g usb dongle to "modem only" mode with special AT commands.
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Could you please elaborate on how to accomplish this. SOme of us are less versed in the subject - but we are good in following instructions.
Thanks