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[Q] USB OTG (on the go) is it possible and what do we need?

Is it possible to use USB OTG on the G3? Do we need some special cable, or it is a kernel, hardware or a software function?

vonuzu said:
Is it possible to use USB OTG on the G3? Do we need some special cable, or it is a kernel, hardware or a software function?
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Well we first of all need a supporting kernel. I remember Dharam and Hillbeast trying to implement it. Don t know what outcome they got though. Ask in thread.

dhirend_6d said:
Well we first of all need a supporting kernel. I remember Dharam and Hillbeast trying to implement it. Don t know what outcome they got though. Ask in thread.
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Thanks.
Can you tell me what thread was that?

G3Mod kernel thread. I remember Hilleast as well as Dharam discussing about it.

dhirend_6d said:
G3Mod kernel thread. I remember Hilleast as well as Dharam discussing about it.
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well, i never got to it, as i didnt have a USB OTG cable...Hillbeast was gonna try it out, maybe he even has...You can contact him regarding that...

dharamg3 said:
well, i never got to it, as i didnt have a USB OTG cable...Hillbeast was gonna try it out, maybe he even has...You can contact him regarding that...
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Yes i contacted him, and he said that he worked on this ages ago, and never sorted out something with the drivers... And now has too much work, so maybe in near future..

maybe this will work easier on ics?

sorry but could anybody explain me what usb otg is??
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EternalFame said:
sorry but could anybody explain me what usb otg is??
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go

EternalFame said:
sorry but could anybody explain me what usb otg is??
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In short: it allows you to connect to usb devices like mice, keyboards and even memory sticks or flash drives!

Humpie said:
In short: it allows you to connect to usb devices like mice, keyboards and even memory sticks or flash drives!
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but what's the use of it on our device? do ya use a mouse with your g3? it seems pointless on my mind
sorry for OT
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EternalFame said:
but what's the use of it on our device? do ya use a mouse with your g3? it seems pointless on my mind
sorry for OT
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Well what about a flash drive? That doesn't seems pointless.. Imagine a flash drive with 8 or 16 gb of movies..

Also a keyboard would be useful to type an email.

vonuzu said:
Well what about a flash drive? That doesn't seems pointless.. Imagine a flash drive with 8 or 16 gb of movies..
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ok i have to apologise this would be great!
but is there an adapter from mini/micro (dont know which one we have yet ) to normal USB?
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EternalFame said:
ok i have to apologise this would be great!
but is there an adapter from mini/micro (dont know which one we have yet ) to normal USB?
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we can use a standard usb otg cable which is used for phones like the n8 and galaxy s2. techincaly its possible but we need to do the software part.
i have already asked some kernel devs like they said 1st priority is cm7, then cm9
and once both have been achieved to a certain degree then we can start thinking of deving other things. also this mod requires more work and deving then most others. so even when it starts it will take time.

unreal3000 said:
we can use a standard usb otg cable which is used for phones like the n8 and galaxy s2. techincaly its possible but we need to do the software part.
i have already asked some kernel devs like they said 1st priority is cm7, then cm9
and once both have been achieved to a certain degree then we can start thinking of deving other things. also this mod requires more work and deving then most others. so even when it starts it will take time.
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but will this not work in 4.0? its after 3.1 when this option was put in

Humpie said:
but will this not work in 4.0? its after 3.1 when this option was put in
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some phones even on 2.3 have usb otg . its must be enabled and the phone must know how to use it for it to work. this is the tough part.

[news] Ubuntu for android

http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android
Looks interesting and I think it can works on our great phones

zogu said:
http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android
Looks interesting and I think it can works on our great phones
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Saw it yesterday as well. Probably not gonna work with O3D cause we don't have USB host function on our phone. LG "forgot" to include it.
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ThiaiZ said:
Probably not gonna work with O3D cause we don't have USB host function on our phone.
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Kernel or hardware issue? It will work with BT keyboard and mouse
But we already have ubuntu on android, only difference is because this will be official way to install it with support from canonical.
I never tried hdmi with ubuntu on my LG, does kernel support loop device support?

zogu said:
Kernel or hardware issue? It will work with BT keyboard and mouse
But we already have ubuntu on android, only difference is because this will be official way to install it with support from canonical.
I never tried hdmi with ubuntu on my LG, does kernel support loop device support?
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No it doesn't support loop device, I have tried and didn't work. So I guess we have one more thing to work with, try to include it in the kernel.
Nahh, Ubuntu we have running on android today is way different than that, this new one will be fully integrated with the phones Android software. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Btw what is the dock function?
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ThiaiZ said:
Btw what is the dock function?
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Just a dock for connecting phone with keyboard and/or monitor/TV.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359625
It is not necessary, but it looks nice, more professional for some managers

Does anyone with kernel experience want to chime in. I'd like to compile my own kernel then add usb loop support.

kyanox said:
Does anyone with kernel experience want to chime in. I'd like to compile my own kernel then add usb loop support.
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Count with me.
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Question For Atrix 2

My question,
the motorola atrix 2 support USB otg?

Not without a powered dock, or a modified USB hub. Host mode is there, but the required power is not.

Hey Thanks for answer my question, now have another,
i connect the phone to pc with the cable usb, but only can see the memory SD but not Internal Memory how do it¡??
How Can See Internal Memory in pc?

AlejoBlack said:
Hey Thanks for answer my question, now have another,
i connect the phone to pc with the cable usb, but only can see the memory SD but not Internal Memory how do it¡??
How Can See Internal Memory in pc?
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The internal storage is for apps only and is not accessible to us, even after rooting.
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HI!!
Now I have several problems to connect my pc Atrix, I choose mass storage, but now it shows me nothing comes sd memory I can have misconfigured??

I solve this, make a hard reset thanks for help
Enviado desde mi Motorola Atrix 2 usando Tapatalk

cainn24 said:
Not without a powered dock, or a modified USB hub. Host mode is there, but the required power is not.
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so can i use a pen drive as external media with a micro usb male to female usb adapter?

Ravikirancg said:
so can i use a pen drive as external media with a micro usb male to female usb adapter?
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you would have to use the adapter to plug in a power usb hub, meaning the hub has a plug in cable to give it power from a wall outlet. Then you could plug the drive into that. The problem is that the phone cannot give power through usb, so nothing would run off it without outside power.

支持otg，但不支持供电，需要外接供电！

what are the advantages of rooting?? I had galaxy spica and i used to root it to get o.s.'s newer to 2.1 working on my device.
so my question is apart from visual differences wud rooting be worth?

found this while using that thing called search...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332630&highlight=benefits+of+rooting
whew! that was tough!

is there any possible mod for USB OTG on Atrix 2 by using Root functionality..
I need to connect my 16gb Sandisk pendrive.. Pls help frnds..

RdxGuru said:
is there any possible mod for USB OTG on Atrix 2 by using Root functionality..
I need to connect my 16gb Sandisk pendrive.. Pls help frnds..
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Sorry, but did you really go through this thread, this question has already been answered, and reg rooting refer the aankhe mentioned link..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19088607
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RdxGuru said:
is there any possible mod for USB OTG on Atrix 2 by using Root functionality..
I need to connect my 16gb Sandisk pendrive.. Pls help frnds..
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Looks like it's native on the ics leak.
Motorola lied and I'm still locked mb865

Maybe this way:
http://www.atrixforums.com/forum/motorola-atrix-help/8004-connecting-physical-keyboard-mouse-atrix-can-done.html#post99900
Plz somebody try it!

siddhesh1609 said:
what are the advantages of rooting?? I had galaxy spica and i used to root it to get o.s.'s newer to 2.1 working on my device.
so my question is apart from visual differences wud rooting be worth?
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If you are asking that you don't need it.

siddhesh1609 said:
what are the advantages of rooting?? I had galaxy spica and i used to root it to get o.s.'s newer to 2.1 working on my device.
so my question is apart from visual differences wud rooting be worth?
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Well...for a common user it might look that way. But to a developer's point of view you can do much more with rooting. Use the search button for christ's sake

ROOTING
siddhesh1609 said:
what are the advantages of rooting?? I had galaxy spica and i used to root it to get o.s.'s newer to 2.1 working on my device.
so my question is apart from visual differences wud rooting be worth?
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rooting is very much helpful. it can let you customize your phone and also make kernel mods and OTG etc

Catoogle25 said:
rooting is very much helpful. it can let you customize your phone and also make kernel mods and OTG etc
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You are answering a doubt I asked around year and a half ago..

siddhesh1609 said:
You are answering a doubt I asked around year and a half ago..
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Lol

[Q] Dead phone - bad flash

Hey guys, a friend tryed to get SCID on his 2.14 hboot evita
Everything went smooth until he tryed flashing the edited mmcblk0p4.
apparently he used a text editor instead of a hex editor which caused the problem.
So my question is, is there a way to flash the partition from windows while its in the EDIT: shows as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008"(COMM11)"? or i have to use linux
thanks ahead

@Vcek So does the phone not turn on at all? If not I'd try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966850 otherwise, you're probably out of luck.

RollTribe said:
@Vcek So does the phone not turn on at all? If not I'd try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966850 otherwise, you're probably out of luck.
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Yes it doesnt turn up at all, im looking for a diagnostics tool(qpst seems old) for qualcomm chip on windows (i have trouble running linux). I'm trying to get linux running on my other pc currently.
Thank you for the feedback.

Vcek said:
Yes it doesnt turn up at all, im looking for a diagnostics tool(qpst seems old) for qualcomm chip on windows (i have trouble running linux). I'm trying to get linux running on my other pc currently.
Thank you for the feedback.
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Generally this error means you have a brick. Some people have had success with the tool I posted, but not a lot. If you don't have a warranty you can send it into mobiletechvideos.com and get them to JTAG it for a reasonable price (I think it's $50)

RollTribe said:
Generally this error means you have a brick. Some people have had success with the tool I posted, but not a lot. If you don't have a warranty you can send it into mobiletechvideos.com and get them to JTAG it for a reasonable price (I think it's $50)
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Thanks for the heads up , do you know if linux running on virtualbox will work ?

Vcek said:
Thanks for the heads up , do you know if linux running on virtualbox will work ?
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It might. I also have troubles get Linux to work on my PC so I can't help you there.

RollTribe said:
It might. I also have troubles get Linux to work on my PC so I can't help you there.
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Now I miss exad....
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31ken31 said:
Now I miss exad....
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I'm doing the best I can here! Lol

Vcek said:
Thanks for the heads up , do you know if linux running on virtualbox will work ?
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The phone is fried. He's corrupted the extended partition table, which means nothing will show up in linux. It's jtag or nothing.

@iElvis that's what I thought I just didn't want to jump to conclusions.

RollTribe said:
@iElvis that's what I thought I just didn't want to jump to conclusions.
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What I don't get: How does someone who knows enough to even attempt something like this make a mistake like that?

iElvis said:
What I don't get: How does someone who knows enough to even attempt something like this make a mistake like that?
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Simply misreading a work I guess? Hex editor may look like text editor at 1:00 am. Idk

iElvis said:
The phone is fried. He's corrupted the extended partition table, which means nothing will show up in linux. It's jtag or nothing.
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Ok aside from jtag doesnt htc have software that can access qualcomm download mode(qpst recognized the phone in download mode)? My question is basically can htc "fix" it without replacing the board, using specialized software?

RollTribe said:
Simply misreading a work I guess? Hex editor may look like text editor at 1:00 am. Idk
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And yea i underestimated the brickablility of the xl after coming from tegra3

Vcek said:
Ok aside from jtag doesnt htc have software that can access qualcomm download mode(qpst recognized the phone in download mode)? My question is basically can htc "fix" it without replacing the board, using specialized software?
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You would think so, but from what I've heard, they replace the motherboard in these situations.

iElvis said:
You would think so, but from what I've heard, they replace the motherboard in these situations.
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I used to work in a place that built pcb's for a manufacturer and the chips were programmed in house then sent out for final software. So that mode may only be supported on the manufacturer end. I'm only guessing but seems feasible.
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I almost fell off my chair when I read text editor.....sorry, not trying to be mean.
JTAG is probably your only option.
The tools you are looking for were never made available or leaked for this SoC yet.
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iElvis said:
You would think so, but from what I've heard, they replace the motherboard in these situations.
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From what I've seen reported on here, its my understanding as well.

[Q] Broken USB, Broken CWM

I've read every thread on XDA about the Infuse. I was able to successfully update from 2.3.6 to cm9. Then of course I got greedy and went to cm10. While in CM10 the android keyboard kept FC'n. I went back into CWM and Factory reset, cache, data, dalvik and so on. Then I tried to perform a restore from a previous cm9 install. I got an error saying the system was unable to mount my system and something about not being able to mount recovery something or another.
I know normally I could just ODIN back to EP4 and work my way back up. Unfortunately my USB port was broken somehow by my teenage son when he was using the device. Because I'm a sucker and gave my daughter my SGH_i957 so this is the only device I have. Is there anyway I can fix this through CWM? Or is this phone a brick and I am without luck?
Thank You all

as usual I get no help, awesome

KFlannigan5 said:
as usual I get no help, awesome
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Only possible way I know is using heimdal and Odin back to GB, due to partitions u can't down grade from JB to anything lower than it. Same with ICS. U have bricked ur phone and even though u can access ur recovery I do not know of a solution to fix ur bricked phone unless u get ur USB port fixed
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bradman117 said:
Only possible way I know is using Heimdall or Odin back to GB, due to partitions u can't down grade from JB to anything lower than it...unless u get ur USB port fixed
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FWIW, sadly, I recently asked an independent repair shop about fixing the micro USB port on a smart phone, as I figure they must wear out fairly frequently due to all the plugging and unplugging for charging. They said that except for in the cases of about 3 to 5 models of phones, it is nearly impossible to fix the micro USB port on a phone because it is micro-soldered to the board. However, this may just be due to the fact that the repair shop doesn't have some of the more sophisticated equipment that a bigger repair shop would have. YMMV.

Thank You
bradman117 said:
Only possible way I know is using heimdal and Odin back to GB, due to partitions u can't down grade from JB to anything lower than it. Same with ICS. U have bricked ur phone and even though u can access ur recovery I do not know of a solution to fix ur bricked phone unless u get ur USB port fixed
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I appreciate your input. I looked online for hardware and the cost didn't suit the needs so I tossed it.
Thank you again for replying though, greatly appreciated.

KFlannigan5 said:
I appreciate your input. I looked online for hardware and the cost didn't suit the needs so I tossed it.
Thank you again for replying though, greatly appreciated.
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Mobile Tech Videos...Infuse USB repair- $35

KFlannigan5 said:
I appreciate your input. I looked online for hardware and the cost didn't suit the needs so I tossed it.
Thank you again for replying though, greatly appreciated.
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Lame sauce! I would have totally taken it off ur hands for u! Too bad I leave in a week though..
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The screen was broken and I'd just grown so frustrated with it. I'll give up my HTC Thunderbolt for an Infuse.....
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