I have been searching all over and haven't been able to find a solid answer. Now that the htc sensation 4g has ics, does the usb host feature work to plug in flash drives, a mouse or a keyboard?
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I know there is a hack for it to be enabled, and I know that Honeycomb 3.1 has this built-in, but I want to make sure that it comes on the XOOM before I buy it. Meaning, can I get a Micro-USB to USB adapter and use things like USB Mouse and flash drive?
USB host is native to Honeycomb 3.1. You will need a USB host cable or the Motorola camera connection cable. Most adapters do not have all 5 pins wired out to enable host mode recognition from the xoom. But yes, it works out of the box.
It wont work out of the box to read thumb drives. It will read mice cameras keyboards.
You have to root to read external thumb drives and hard drives.
Rooting is on my todo list anyway.
Looking for a way to enable USB Host on the HTC Sensation. Would this require a new kernel?
Has anyone with 2.3.4 installed on tried using usb mouse or keyboard? Even usb flash drives? The 2.3.4 haves USB Host and Accessory Modes that theoretically allows that kind of things. You also need a microUSB to USB adaptor but you can make it if you have two spare cables. I am developing apps with external device connection and I would like to know this works due to the fact that I'm running 2.3.3 stock on my device.
Thank you.
A colleague of mine used a bluetooth mouse on his Samsung Galaxy S, at the time having 2.1-update1. You can try this option.
I don't need bluetooth devices, I need usb connection. Is far more reliable then bluetooth.
Think you need honeycomb or ics to use USB devices
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A colleague of mine used a bluetooth mouse on his Samsung Galaxy S, at the time having 2.1-update1. You can try this option.
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this device cannot support usb device like xperia 2011 and newer.
danuzor said:
Has anyone with 2.3.4 installed on tried using usb mouse or keyboard? Even usb flash drives? The 2.3.4 haves USB Host and Accessory Modes that theoretically allows that kind of things. You also need a microUSB to USB adaptor but you can make it if you have two spare cables. I am developing apps with external device connection and I would like to know this works due to the fact that I'm running 2.3.3 stock on my device.
Thank you.
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This feature just work on devices that support USB On-the-go. don't try to make an app.
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u need a USB Host enabled Hardware and Kernel to be able to use that.. it's not about old or new devices.. if it supports USB Host it will work. i am using USB keyboard on my Samsung i9100 (S II) and a chinese tab and it's working brilliantly. however it doesnt work on chacha for example.. however why would u use a USB keyboard what's the point of buying Chacha if u wont use it's keyboard no offense
Yesterday, I purchased an android 4.1 tablet and a tablet keyboard case for typing. I bought the keyboard because it had 2 usb ports in it. but unfortunately i am not able to use it. My tablet has a mini USB port where i can use a pendrive and even a 3g dongle via USB OTG cable. But when i connect it to the tablet keyboard it is not working. It is not showing anything, not even an error or any other message. PLease help me. How can i use the keyboard.
Any way to make usb otg work in cm11? i've tried a few different kernels and still can't get it to work.
Looks like so far this is the only thread that asks about broken usb OTG. Has anyone found a kernel that allows you to have mouse, keyboard, and USB storage support via OTG? I have never gotten a mouse to work with USB on this ROM, But on stock samsung firmware, you can get a mouse with a cursor and everything. Works with keyboards, and PS3 controllers as well.
But CM11 only has support for USB storage devices. What gives?