I have been an I.T. support engineer for 15 years or so and love a challenge. Consequently my departement director gave me one to see if I could figure it out before our HQ I.T. could. It is annual review time so I naturally accepted the challenge.
Challenge - Connect an Android Tablet to a wired ethernet connection and run a speed test on the wired connection.
We have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (model GT-P7510 to be exact)
Android version - 3.2
Kernel Version - 2.6.36.3
USB Debugging mode is enabled
Unknown sources (install of non-Market apps) is enabled.
Purchased a Samsung EPL-1PL0BEGXAR USB Connection Kit for the Galaxy Tab 10.1
Purchased a USB RJ45 Ethernet 10/100 Network Lan Card Adapter
(cant post links yet but search for "New USB RJ45 Ethernet 10/100 Network Lan Card Adapter For Apad E11 Haipad")
When you connect the USB RJ45 device it is not recognized.
To ensure the USB was working I verified that a USB thumb drive was recognized and files could be accessed.
The USB RJ45 device came with a CD with drivers for various OS including what appeared to be Android as they had indicated on their website that this particular tablet could work with the device. (DRIVERS ATTACHED AS ZIP)
Apparently it may be a usb2net type device from what I could determine looking through the files.
As I am a complete novice at Linux, Android etc I did not know what to do with these files or how and where to copy them to on the Android Tablet.
I spent free time over the past couple of weeks looking through forums and even downloaded Android SDK Manager and read up on what adb was and was able to use a command prompt to browse the device folder structure.
So, as I have a crazy week and then off for xmas break I and am turning to the experts and asking for your advice.
Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated
usb2net GT-P7510
Hi,
I can see your post is quite old... but I'm in the same case :
"Looking for a way to connect my Galaxy tab 10.1 (GT-P7510) to a wired ethernet"
I have the usb2net cable (usb to RJ45) but this connection is not recognize by the GT-P7510 ... is there a way to update the firmware?
I've seen the the galaxy tab 2 recognize the ethernet connections.
If you or someone founded a way, could you explain please.
Thx a lot.
Janoslavski
janoslavski said:
Hi,
I can see your post is quite old... but I'm in the same case :
"Looking for a way to connect my Galaxy tab 10.1 (GT-P7510) to a wired ethernet"
I have the usb2net cable (usb to RJ45) but this connection is not recognize by the GT-P7510 ... is there a way to update the firmware?
I've seen the the galaxy tab 2 recognize the ethernet connections.
If you or someone founded a way, could you explain please.
Thx a lot.
Janoslavski
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It is not possible on that model. Hardware does not support it so suggest you do not waste more time like I did
HI
I know there must be a lot of this around, but I was unable to find it. So here is my question:
Is it possible to persuade my galaxy tab 10.1 to work like a lot of smartphones when it comes to USB connectivity. With that I mean that when I plug my htc into the computer I get a question how do I want to connect to the PC:
-disc drive
-htc sync
-charge only
-etc.
Because when I plug my Tab into a PC it starts to connect but then fails i.e. it only says it is MTP connected, but the PC does not recognize it. I am not talking about my computer at home, but about a random computer that does not have al the kies and other software installed on (like computer at my work).
I am sorry if this is already explained but i am a really bad newby in all this android stuff.
Hi.
Now and then I use my OTG connnector for things such as a pendrive or my xbox 360 controller.
I'm having a hard time fot the tablet to read them so I found my work around is to reset my device and then connect either one of them and not as intended....kind of annoying of course.
Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong ?
Thanks
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With the latest Galaxy Note 10.1 update in the UK, suddenly I can't run the PS3 controller or USB Memory card reader that I used previous to the update. Fortunately, though, they both still work on my Galaxy Note phone. I would be interested in finding out if there is a workaround to get USB OTG working again on my 10.1
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From everything I've read, OTG is problematic on JB 4.1.2. Some report certain OTG cables work while some report that none work. The bad news is that Google broke Bluetooth on JB 4.2 and still can't resolve that issue with the latest release. Truthfully, I'm happy to sit back and let Nexus device users discover major bugs introduced in the constant stream of updates that Google pushes out. They end up doing the beta testing that Google doesn't seem to do very well in house. I wish Google would take the time to thoroughly beta test in house and only release an annual update. They really have egg on their faces with the Bluetooth fiasco.
Otg is working for me with 4.1.2 stock, rooted N8010XXUCMA8
I tried samsung usb connector, powered usb hub with wireless keyboard/mouse, thumbdrive fat32, and hard drive (one partition ext4).
All worked together. Windows fat formatted partitions on thumbdrive and hard drive mounted automatically, ext4 mounted ok manually.
OTG works for me also... My main issue is that sometimes I have to reboot my tablet in order to get my pen drive or Xbox controller working... A little annoying
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Nexus Media Importer
I tested the Nexus Media Impoter App on my Note 10.1 German Stockrom (ma8)..
And now I can read from my hard drive with external power ,which is formated to NTFS..
The problem is that after I connected the hard drive to my note 10.1 it shows me a notification : Clear Storage or something like that..
please don´t touch on it ! after a few seconds pops up a message from nexus media importer in the middle of the screen to accept media importer as default app.. after that Nexus media importer starts and i can read on my hard drive
The App lets you only read and copy (not tested yet) from the hard drive!!!
To close the app tap on settings in the top right corner and chose disconnect !!
The app will close and the " Clear Storage" notification will show up but that doesn´t matter my hard drive was succesfully disconnected.
I hope I could help someone who want only read from his hard drive
ah and video plays very smooth
last but not least i don´t know if it works for everyone!!
sorry for my bad english
greetz
mantrajt said:
OTG works for me also... My main issue is that sometimes I have to reboot my tablet in order to get my pen drive or Xbox controller working... A little annoying
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At times like these I use USB Host Diagnostics by Chainfire
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493325
just tap on Star diagnostics and it should reset whatever that is stuck, no need for system reboot
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Ok....thanks for that one...gonna try it !
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mantrajt said:
Hi.
Now and then I use my OTG connnector for things such as a pendrive or my xbox 360 controller.
I'm having a hard time fot the tablet to read them so I found my work around is to reset my device and then connect either one of them and not as intended....kind of annoying of course.
Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong ?
Thanks
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Do this.
Unplug your otg cable from you galaxy note 10.1
Download an app called "usb otg helper" (the free version) from the google play store.
Run the app
Plug you usb drive into your otg cable
Plug your otg cable into your galaxy note 10.1
A window will pop up. Check the box that say something along the lines of "let usb otg helper handle all usb devices plugged into this device"
A file manager window should open on top of the usb otg helper app (astro file manager popped up on my screen)
In that file manage window, navigate to your storage folder. Is your storage folder, you should see sdcard01 (this is your internal sd card [16gig or 32 gig, depending on which version of the tablet you bought]), extsdcard (if you have an external sd card loaded in your slot), and UsbDriveA (the usb drive you plugged into your otg cable)
If you checked the box that asked if you want usb otg helper to handle all of your usb devices, the usb otg helper app will always automatically mount your usb drive everytime you plug in your usb drive via the otg cable.
IMPORTANT NOTE
in order for your galaxy note 10.1 to recognize your usb drive, YOU MUST PLUG YOUR USB DRIVE INTO YOUR OTG CABLE before YOU PLUG YOUR OTG CABLE INTO YOUR TABLET.
otherwise your tablet will only recognize the otg cable, and not the usb device.
I need more time to figure out the deal with the ps3 controller.
My HTC One S used to recognize my ps3 controller at one point and now the same ps3 controller is not being recognized by my galaxy note 10.1 or my htc one s.
I think that my problem with my ps3 controller has something to do with me getting the ps3 controller to work with games on my windows pc.
Once I figure out the solution to the ps3 controller issue, I'll post it here.
Ir this helped you, hit the thanks buttom.
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mantrajt said:
Hi.
Now and then I use my OTG connnector for things such as a pendrive or my xbox 360 controller.
I'm having a hard time fot the tablet to read them so I found my work around is to reset my device and then connect either one of them and not as intended....kind of annoying of course.
Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong ?
Thanks
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Do this.
Unplug your otg cable from you galaxy note 10.1
Download an app called "usb otg helper" (the free version) from the google play store.
Run the app
Plug you usb drive into your otg cable
Plug your otg cable inyo uour galaxy note 10.1
A window will pop up. Check the box that say something along the lines of "let usb otg helper handle all usb devices plugged into this device"
A file manager window should open on top of the usb otg helper app (astro file manager popped up on my screen)
In that file manage window, navigate to your storage folder. Is your storage folder, you should see sdcard01 (this is your internal sd card [16gig or 32 gig, depending on which version of the tablet you bought]), extsdcard (if you have an external sd card loaded in your slot), and UsbDriveA (the usb drive you plugged into your otg cable)
If you checked the box that asked if you want usb otg helper to handle all of your usb devices, the usb otg helper app will always automatically mount your usb drive everytime you plug in your usb drive via the otg cable.
IMPORTANT NOTE
in order for your galaxy note 10.1 to recognize your usb drive, YOU MUST PLUG YOUR USB DRIVE INTO YOUR OTG CABLE before YOU PLUG YOUR OTG CABLE INTO YOUR TABLET.
otherwise your tablet will only recognize the otg cable, and not the usb device.n
Inneed mor3 time to figure out the deal with the ps3 controller.
My HTC One S used to recognize my ps3 controller at one point and now the same ps3 conntroller is not being recognized by my galaxy note 10.1 or my htc one s.
Once I figure out the solution to the ps3 controller issue, I'll post it here.
Ir this helped you, hit the thanks buttom.
denialnw10 said:
With the latest Galaxy Note 10.1 update in the UK, suddenly I can't run the PS3 controller or USB Memory card reader that I used previous to the update. Fortunately, though, they both still work on my Galaxy Note phone. I would be interested in finding out if there is a workaround to get USB OTG working again on my 10.1
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it's the reason why i will never upgrade to jellybean on my note 10.1 i play a lot of gta 3 on it and i don't want to use the touch screen for controls, that would be horrible, i'm hoping that with 4.3 hopefully the problem can be resolved but i won't hold my breath on that matter.
Doesn't work for me, unfortunately. USB devices are only recognized immedeately after a reboot. The OTG helper app doesn't change that.
Mine works well on stock rooted. With a usb hub with 2 8gb pen drives, one formated to ntfs.
I have some problems with USB-OTG-Connections (CM11 Nightly).
When I connect a USB-Stick it works as it should. But if I connect my Nikon DSLR (e.g. to do a tethered shooting with DSLRDashboard) the Camera is not detected by Android.
On my Galaxy S4 (rooted Samsung Kitkat) it works perfectly.
Any suggestions how to get it work on my Galaxy Tab2 as well?
Prosumer-GER said:
I have some problems with USB-OTG-Connections (CM11 Nightly).
When I connect a USB-Stick it works as it should. But if I connect my Nikon DSLR (e.g. to do a tethered shooting with DSLRDashboard) the Camera is not detected by Android.
On my Galaxy S4 (rooted Samsung Kitkat) it works perfectly.
Any suggestions how to get it work on my Galaxy Tab2 as well?
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Tab 2 supports only Pendrive,mouse,keyboard via OTG out of the box. If you wanna connect your camera with it,you need a powered USB HUB. S4 is a high end device; that's why it supports it by default.
lokesh.3440 said:
you need a powered USB HUB.
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That would take me a a lot of flexibility/mobility.
I want to mount my Tablet on my camera tripod.
My idea was, to use the y-cable that came with an external hdd and connect the power port to my 10.000 mAh Battery Pack to get the needed extra-power. I've tried that with the external hdd and it worked: The Galaxy Tab detected the hdd as SD-card and mounted it as usbdisk0.
But when i try the same with my Nikon instead of the hdd, neither Adroid nor the "OTG Troubleshooter" detect anything.
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Prosumer-GER said:
That would take me a a lot of flexibility/mobility.
I want to mount my Tablet on my camera tripod.
My idea was, to use the y-cable that came with an external hdd and connect the power port to my 10.000 mAh Battery Pack to get the needed extra-power. I've tried that with the external hdd and it worked: The Galaxy Tab detected the hdd as SD-card and mounted it as usbdisk0.
But when i try the same with my Nikon instead of the hdd, neither Adroid nor the "OTG Troubleshooter" detect anything.
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Try this app from Gplay DSLR
Edit :
Is it working on Touchwiz?
rakeshbro said:
Try this app from Gplay
Edit :
Is it working on Touchwiz?
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As mentioned before, I'm on CM11. Not Samsungs Touchwiz. Should I really flash the crappy Samsung-Software? Not sure how to switch back to the STOCK-ROM easily because I'm on CM for ages.
And how can this software help me with my problem? If Android is not detecting my Nikon Camera, I'm pretty sure DSLR Controller (for Canon) can't handle my Nikon too.
My connectivity-issue is some OSI-Layers below, isn't it?
I have, successfuly, upgraded my Samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 tablet to Marshmallows. BUT it seems that I have lost the communication facilities with the W10 PC. A unit correctly labelled GT-5110 appears (icon looking like a music unit) but the folder is empty (should contain an internal and an sdcard1 reference). Loading Kies which should supply the driver does not help. USB has been set to MTP on the tablet but Samsung MTP driver available in W10 does not work. I have also enabled Android debugging (ADB) in the tablet with no difference. Tablet or PC problems?