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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This is a very much work in progress. And is on hold until a breakthrough happens or DerArtem responds to my PM with some info.
First off, credits:
ejhart - All of the development is basically from him. He compiled the sierra.ko for Android which was the big step. Took me through all the steps and has been the main force behind this.
Pershoot - Thank you so much for your kernel and your hard work. Your inclusion of pppd and usbserial helped so much.
Sierra Wireless - Your USB dongle started this? No, but seriously, the Linux support of their modems helped get the device accessible from terminal and may get it to work fully eventually.
DerArtem - Your Folio work on this same thing helped. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914350 (UMTS/3G Support on Toshiba Folio)
(Random thanks)
Cyanogen - For CM and all he's done for ROMs in general.
Speed Software - Root Explorer is the most useful app.
Jack Palevich - Terminal Emulator makes this work.
PinkVenture - GScript Lite makes my boot easier.
Current Status
Dongle can be accessed from Android.
pppd functions do not throw errors.
lsmod reveals Sierra device as live.
dmesg shows it loading from ttyUSB0, ttyUSB1, ttyUSB2, and ttyUSB3.
All work is using CM7.
How to get your tablet here
1. Download and install Pershoot's kernel from here.
2. Download the attached files: sierra.ko.zip and ppp.zip
3. Extract sierra.ko and the ppp folder and then copy them to sdcard or internal storage.
4. Download Root Explorer (paid app), Terminal Emulator (free), and GScript Lite (free).
5. Use Root Explorer to copy sierra.ko to /system/lib/modules/ (needs to be mounted R/W). Then copy all the files within ppp (ip-up.local, ip-down.local, and peers folder) to /etc/ppp/
6. Open Terminal Emulator, execute "su" (allow it to use Super User), execute "insmod /system/lib/modules/sierra.ko" (no quotes on any command)
7. If no error is thrown you are where you should be. In Teminal Emulator, execute "lsmod" (no quotes). It should display something like "sierra 11378 0 - Live 0xbf000000"
8. This step is optional: Open GScript Lite, press Menu, Add Script, in the Name field put whatever you want, in the Script field type the same command as above, "insmod /system/lib/modules/sierra.ko" (no quotes)
9. In Terminal Emulator, (as su) execute "pppd call cdma". If no errors, it should be at the same point I am. Congratulations!
Current Issues
1. Modem doesn't act as data connection.
2. No software support for modem.
3. Needs device specific ril library to work (may be possible to build, has been done for Huawei modems).
4. No idea if this works for non-Sierra modems, obviously has to be adapted for other manufacturers. If you build the .ko for other devices, feel free to post it and I will add it to this post, it will help other people.
5. Probably tons of other issues that are lower level stuff.
Feel free to ask questions or give suggestions, we are in need of all the help with the Android part of this as we can get! You can also join us on #tegratab, I am Winnah9000 and ejhart is on there as well.
Updates:
Tried to use the parts from the Folio Update.zip, but they didn't fix anything.
You guys never cease to amaze me. Excellent work and great news for us to wake up to. As far as working, do I need to purchase an air card from Verizon(my phone carrier) or can I get one of the pay-as-you-go 3G air cards from Walmart to work with this? Also, I see you're using CM7, but what other roms does this work on? I'm using the GAdam alpha5 rom, do I need to switch back to TNT OEM rom to test this out? Thanks again for your feedback and your work.
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You guys never cease to amaze me. Excellent work and great news for us to wake up to. As far as working, do I need to purchase an air card from Verizon(my phone carrier) or can I get one of the pay-as-you-go 3G air cards from Walmart to work with this? Also, I see you're using CM7, but what other roms does this work on? I'm using the GAdam alpha5 rom, do I need to switch back to TNT OEM rom to test this out? Thanks again for your feedback and your work.
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Glad someone else was excited about this
I wouldn't purchase the air card as of yet since we aren't fully sure this will ever work. However, you do present an interesting idea. If we could use the pay-as-you-go cards and find a way around the data throttling like they did on the G2 this would be an extremely cheap way for a 3G Tegra 2 tablet.
To your ROM question. I'm using CM7 because the other ROMs (TnT Lite, VEGAn-Tab, etc.) lack the necessary telephony and communication apks that we would need for calling the data. Also, not sure which ROMs the pershoot kernel doesn't work on (I think it works on TnT Lite, CM7, and VEGAn when compiled correctly). You are welcome to test it on those when we get further along
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Glad someone else was excited about this
I wouldn't purchase the air card as of yet since we aren't fully sure this will ever work. However, you do present an interesting idea. If we could use the pay-as-you-go cards and find a way around the data throttling like they did on the G2 this would be an extremely cheap way for a 3G Tegra 2 tablet.
To your ROM question. I'm using CM7 because the other ROMs (TnT Lite, VEGAn-Tab, etc.) lack the necessary telephony and communication apks that we would need for calling the data. Also, not sure which ROMs the pershoot kernel doesn't work on (I think it works on TnT Lite, CM7, and VEGAn when compiled correctly). You are welcome to test it on those when we get further along
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Hi
This is great news, i definately would like to help/test this.
Keep up the good work
Ian
Ianmrr said:
Hi
This is great news, i definately would like to help/test this.
Keep up the good work
Ian
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If you have a Sierra Wireless modem you are welcome to try your own ideas. If its something else, then wait until ejhart explains to me how to compile a .ko against Android for whichever dongle it is.
Thanks for your support!
Is this a particularmodel and chipset? I'm not familiar with Sierra Wireless. Can you post the source code for the driver?
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Is this a particularmodel and chipset? I'm not familiar with Sierra Wireless. Can you post the source code for the driver?
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Yeah, its the AirCard 250U sold by Sprint. Its 3G/4G, but the driver Sierra developed only does 3G cause they're lazy asses.
Here's the driver source and pppd dialing scripts: http://sierrawireless.custhelp.com/...-on-a-linux-operating-system-(-ac-850/860,-ac
Also, all development on this has stopped until further notice. We are hoping DerArtem releases the ril source and that the ril library will help it to work. Thanks for all your support!
Hi
as the Advent Vega has similar hardware (same oem part number i think?) then this might be of some help. Look at post 12 onwards. I have succesfully got this working with a Huawei E169 usb dongle.
http://android.modaco.com/content/advent-vega-vega-modaco-com/329229/mobile-broadband-dongles/
You have this working on the Viewsonic G tablet? Because I have tried to load the rom through Clockwork and the screen goes black. I need to know the secret.
OK, I discovered the ROM is loaded through ADB after extracting the files. Get a permission issue towards the end of the installation. Did you have that same issue? If so how did you overcome it?
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Look here android.modaco.com/content/advent-vega-vega-modaco-com/329229/mobile-broadband-dongles/#
Owners Advent Vega can already use a 3G-dongls. Why we can't do it? We have a firmware which is based on the firmware for Advent Vega. Why till now isn't present?
Good luck!
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I can't speak for all the devs / modders, but for me it's very simple. I don't have a 3G modem to even test with. My suggestion, in all seriousness, is to contact Viewsonic and ask them to add support into their firmware. And maybe ask for USB mouse support as well if you call them, I've already put in a ticket for that myself. The more people who call, the more likely that they might add it.
I have a aircard that the day job supplies, but the darn thing won't even work in MacOS or Linux, let along Android. I'm actually considering a MiFi device as it seems to be a fairly easy way to get around these issues.
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Perhaps you could talk to Roebeet
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884103&page=134
huwwatkins said:
Hi
as the Advent Vega has similar hardware (same oem part number i think?) then this might be of some help. Look at post 12 onwards. I have succesfully got this working with a Huawei E169 usb dongle.
http://android.modaco.com/content/advent-vega-vega-modaco-com/329229/mobile-broadband-dongles/
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I've reviewed this with ejhart but we didn't see much that they did which we didn't. The main issue is that most of the people who have it working are using Huawei brand 3G dongles which aren't used by carriers here, so they have different software pieces to make it work.
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You have this working on the Viewsonic G tablet? Because I have tried to load the rom through Clockwork and the screen goes black. I need to know the secret.
OK, I discovered the ROM is loaded through ADB after extracting the files. Get a permission issue towards the end of the installation. Did you have that same issue? If so how did you overcome it?
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I'm not sure what you're asking... If its about CM7, don't use bittrix's build. Use GoJimi's build (Beta 2 I think).
coffecup said:
Perhaps you could talk to Roebeet
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884103&page=134
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Roebeet has been in the IRC while we worked on it but he didn't have anything to contribute. The main issue is that none of them have a 3G dongle to work on it with, which also means its not a big deal for them to get it working (don't get me wrong, they still would like it to work, but they have more important things to work on).
Here are the sources for ril:
https://github.com/DerArtem/huaweigeneric-ril
Regards, Artem
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Here are the sources for ril:
https://github.com/DerArtem/huaweigeneric-ril
Regards, Artem
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Thank you for this
However, we still have an issue. The RIL is pretty much coded for GSM only, there are some CDMA bits, but they look incomplete. I personally don't know enough programming to get it to work and ejhart already has other projects, so if someone wants to take it on, go for it!
That being said, this should probably work for GSM companies like T-Mobile, AT&T, etc. Feel free to try it if you know what you're doing
O please work.
I have been trying to get a 3G usb working since i got this thing. Im not computer programing savy enough to figure any of this out. I mean i know what your talking about, i understand it all, just cant program, so I hope you guys can work this out, would be in debt to you guys forever.
I will be calling viewsonic everyday as a differnet person say I want 3G mondem support and hopefully they will just build it in for us all.
Thanks again for all your work guys.
KushyMansbridge said:
I have been trying to get a 3G usb working since i got this thing. Im not computer programing savy enough to figure any of this out. I mean i know what your talking about, i understand it all, just cant program, so I hope you guys can work this out, would be in debt to you guys forever.
I will be calling viewsonic everyday as a differnet person say I want 3G mondem support and hopefully they will just build it in for us all.
Thanks again for all your work guys.
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It almost seems to me that is why they gave it a standard USB port, as well as a mini port. It could be for stick drives, but then why was there a spot for a micro SD? Perhaps, the TNT people at VS were in such a rush to get the product to market, that they simply skipped this feature?
Frrrrrrunkis said:
It almost seems to me that is why they gave it a standard USB port, as well as a mini port. It could be for stick drives, but then why was there a spot for a micro SD? Perhaps, the TNT people at VS were in such a rush to get the product to market, that they simply skipped this feature?
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Because Micro SD cards are limited to 32GB, while USB thumb drives are at 256GB or you can use an external hard drive with power for 2 or 3 TB. They didn't put in the 3G support because they could've just sold the zPad (or w/e its called) with a 3G module slot. They sold this because its cheap and they didn't have to write extra drivers for 3G modem support.
EDIT: Also, the reference board for Tegra 2 has the USB port, so they probably threw it in for kicks.
this a workable solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991342
Just saw this on Newegg for sale...I was wondering if anyone has ever used this model and whether or not it's decent quality? At $15 shipped I'm kinda wanting to buy it, lol...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-Index-_-CellPhoneAccessories-_-75994452-L06C
flipovich said:
Just saw this on Newegg for sale...I was wondering if anyone has ever used this model and whether or not it's decent quality? At $15 shipped I'm kinda wanting to buy it, lol...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-Index-_-CellPhoneAccessories-_-75994452-L06C
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Never seen it, but for $15, I don't expect much. If you are hoping for support on the G Tab, you should pick up a Huawei modem.
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.
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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 ?
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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
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