any apps out there for android phones that allow you to attach storage device to your phone to access files?
example
plug a external harddrive into the usb port of my android phone and access the files on the hd
yes i know this will need an adaptor
This would require host-mode for the USB port. I understand that someone got it (sorta) working on Nexus One. There was a discussion about whether G1 can even do it as it requires some HW support as well. No one knows for sure and no one with the skills has chosen to invest the time finding out.
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This would require host-mode for the USB port. I understand that someone got it (sorta) working on Nexus One. There was a discussion about whether G1 can even do it as it requires some HW support as well. No one knows for sure and no one with the skills has chosen to invest the time finding out.
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Necro-bump, wanted to know if there was anything new on this front. I know that tablets with Android OS and such will keep coming to compete with the iPad with its USB connectivity kit, so it makes sense that sooner or later, Android OS seems like it will want to consider heading in this route.
Here is the older hack that shows it is pretty simple for anyone with basic soldering skills to enable USB OTG host mode on certain android devices and could be adapted I'm sure for other android devices:
http://hackaday.com/2010/02/10/usb-host-mode-for-droid/
The main problem is that Android does not have much support for USB hosting (yet, I bet that its surely coming). The TI OMAP platform (hmm, Droid X?) already has linux host USB drivers made. A talented programmer could use these to write a Kernal mode support to insert into a custom ROM or let root users install an app from the market to interface with USB devices. This way users could connect USB to SPDIF DACs and adapters to use mass storage devices like external usb keys or hard drives. Even possibly a normal keyboard/game controller/screen printer/webcam if your crazy enough. Too good to be true?
Here is a start on the project which has gotten some impressive progress: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel/browse_thread/thread/c8471573d7553331/0b0887947678ff87
Someone may actually be making progress on this. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794643
Amazing! Thanks.
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Hi All,
I was wondering what the status of OTG support on the Nexus S is? I know that there was a port of an OTG driver done for the Nexus one sven.killig.de/android[/url], but I was hoping that this release would have gotten it in without having to develop a series of custom drivers.
Thanks to anyone who has any insight on this subject.
Cheers,
Nobody knows anything about that topic?
I know this is ancient question but hope is on the horizon! Help Ezekeel test his otg kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19926148&postcount=748
I resumed this thread because I try co connect an otg cable. I noticed that to connect this cable, we can use landscape mode in nexus s. So it found something but nothing is show on my tv
ref: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20693956
Hey peeps,i saw that the Desire HD has USB-OTG mod,so it might be possible to apply that patch over here.
Anybody willing to test?It requires the specific cable for testing!
NOTE-It might burn your motherboard due to excessive voltage/power!
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Hey peeps,i saw that the Desire HD has USB-OTG mod,so it might be possible to apply that patch over here.
Anybody willing to test?It requires the specific cable for testing!
NOTE-It might burn your motherboard due to excessive voltage/power!
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Why we dont look at ICS porting, many other phones are doing it and succeded...Do you plan or thinking of porting to I9001?.
Check this out
negative ........it's impossible to port w/o a phone!
and the attachehed build.prop,from which phone?aosp build......
sakindia123 said:
negative ........it's impossible to port w/o a phone!
and the attachehed build.prop,from which phone?aosp build......
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samsung Vibrant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xAokQUcE5k
rayiskon said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xAokQUcE5k
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it works for i9001?
Nice. In my opinion, working USB devices on I9001 it's only little time period
hurmmm.... i dont think so...
Hello
I have usb otg cable and i could test
Kalemucu said:
Hello
I have usb otg cable and i could test
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sure......i will make kernel with USB-Host after Christams
I could test it too.
szpon said:
I could test it too.
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i might make the kernel one of these days
Stay tuned
Hi, this idea sounds great! Unfortunately I am (still) too big a noob to try this (as you can see, I just joined this forum).
I was wondering if there is a way to connect a usb peripheral (especially a USB-keyboard) and make the Galaxy S Plus i9001 function as a USB-host.
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Hi, this idea sounds great! Unfortunately I am (still) too big a noob to try this (as you can see, I just joined this forum).
I was wondering if there is a way to connect a usb peripheral (especially a USB-keyboard) and make the Galaxy S Plus i9001 function as a USB-host.
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Well,u cud burn your motherboard
I was also thinking abt TV-OUT,has any device with MSM8255 got TV-OUT?
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Well,u cud burn your motherboard
I was also thinking abt TV-OUT,has any device with MSM8255 got TV-OUT?
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You mean hdmi out?
Sgs+ has MSM8255T same as xperia arc s, which has an hdmi out.
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You mean hdmi out?
Sgs+ has MSM8255T same as xperia arc s, which has an hdmi out.
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any phones which didnt have tv-out by company,and devs did it?
If the arc s has (mini) hdmi out, this port is directly connected with the chipboard. You'll see that every msm8255-related board has hdmi connection possibilities when you look on the specification plan / roadmap of qualcomm about this board. It's impossible to use the mini usb port -> usb -> hdmi, by any usb to hdmi converter. There's windows, mac or linux based software needed for output in hdmi.
The sgs, sgs + (and possibly the i9003 as well) got a tv out trough the 3.5 mm jack. There was a thread about it a couple of months ago, since samsung made it impossible to connect it with a universal cable. Samsung changed the connector slightly to force people to buy the official samsung cables for this.
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If the arc s has (mini) hdmi out, this port is directly connected with the chipboard. You'll see that every msm8255-related board has hdmi connection possibilities when you look on the specification plan / roadmap of qualcomm about this board. It's impossible to use the mini usb port -> usb -> hdmi, by any usb to hdmi converter. There's windows, mac or linux based software needed for output in hdmi.
The sgs, sgs + (and possibly the i9003 as well) got a tv out trough the 3.5 mm jack. There was a thread about it a couple of months ago, since samsung made it impossible to connect it with a universal cable. Samsung changed the connector slightly to force people to buy the official samsung cables for this.
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Tnx for the info
Does such a cable exist?or one has to be shaped for the i9001?
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Tnx for the info
Does such a cable exist?or one has to be shaped for the i9001?
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You mean the 3.5 mm to video connectors (3 colors analog connector, I forgot how they're called...)? Samsung should be selling those cables, but I havent searched for them. Camcorders of about ten years back often use them, however they wont work with galaxy s phones, since they made the connection proprietaire...
Getting the mini hdmi output connector on the msm8255 board is impossible of course (or someone should be willing to be soldering a mini hdmi connector on its phone )
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if it is possible to build a kernel with usbotg support it should also be possible to make the sgs+ compatible with the car/deskdock
since chrismas i have a original samsung car dock, but as many others i have problems with charging/connecting.
i know the trick with "connecting slowly/half". it works, but this is not very comfortable.
isnt it possible to have a lock in the i9000 files to get the sgs+ compatible.
as far as i know samsung used the ID-Pin (no.4) in the micro usb connector to identify car or desk dock, as it is discribed in the official usb battery charging spec 1.2 ***.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/BCv1.2.zip
the identification is a simple resistance messuament
and the 3 nominal values are 124k, 68k, 36.5k as discribed on page 56.
so maybe somebody can have a lock in the i9000 files and search for so called AccessoryChargerAdaptor detection (ACA dock).
or maybe someone knows an other way to get the sgs+ charging correctly in the car dock. (audio out isnt important)
maybe there is something about this on forum that i can't find so i need to ask, how to make usb hosting - OTG to work?
i am using CM7.1 with stock kernel. can i make it work if i put Tiamat-Saga kernel? is there something else that i have to do?
Hope you get an answer, but please try to post in the correct places, this it's for development hence the name not general questions, I've asked that it's moved
Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium
does someone know answer to my question?
I'm not sure if its a kernel thing but from what I've read cyanogenmod 7 supports it. I don't know how it works though
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I'm interested in this too.
I've bought Nokia CA-157 OTG Cable. After little sawing it's compatible with phones other than Nokia. It's confirmed, that it's working with Samsung Galaxy SII. But I'm worried, because it's doesn't seems to work properly. After i plug cable in, Car Home app is opening. On Sense-based ROM-s it's Location. Tell me, this is normal? When I plug in pendrive, his diode does not light. I'm worried about this, too.
Look at this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702742
They can do it for desire. So I think there are no problems for desire S.
But we need an external power because I've never seen any HTC devices support power for usb otg.
With sony xperia 2011 or samsung galaxy S2, we don't need an external power. These devices support output power for micro usb port.
Please help me out.....?!
This feature was one of the big questions to implement at code.google.com ?
And they did in Jelly Bean....but is it already in the Transformers TF300/TF700....?
(code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=24614)
I hope you can help me out....?
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This is about the best that I've been able to find:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.extreamsd.usbaudiorecorderpro
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This is about the best that I've been able to find:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.extreamsd.usbaudiorecorderpro
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There are several tools,but most are for midi-devices like soundcards or DACdevices.What i mean is is just enable audio-out on the usb 2.0,thats what they discuss on Google.Code.....The reason i ask this question is that i like to hook my TF300t up to my Bose Companion 5 ,wich is digital if connected to the usb 2.0 port like on a desktop.Several other brands support this already and in JB it should be one of the new features.My friend who develops kernels for the TF101 said to me its a kernel thing.Maybe this App should do the trick......
Plug In Launcher
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.launcher.plugin&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sYXVuY2hlci5wbHVnaW4iXQ..
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