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So, I purchases a USB OTG cable in an attempt to try and expand the functionality of Webtop while using Nebtop. I've been unable to get any response from the phone when I plug in this cable. I've tried my wireless Logitech mouse and keyboard that worked off the bat with my TF101 using the Unifying remote they came with as well as an external TB drive.
Has anyone else had any experience with this? It seems logical that the phone supports host mode since the actual dock has 3 full sized USB ports.
All the information pertaining to this sort of thing I've come up with seems extremely phone specific but if there's a simple solution I'm missing thanks all the more.
ri4naire said:
So, I purchases a USB OTG cable in an attempt to try and expand the functionality of Webtop while using Nebtop. I've been unable to get any response from the phone when I plug in this cable. I've tried my wireless Logitech mouse and keyboard that worked off the bat with my TF101 using the Unifying remote they came with as well as an external TB drive.
Has anyone else had any experience with this? It seems logical that the phone supports host mode since the actual dock has 3 full sized USB ports.
All the information pertaining to this sort of thing I've come up with seems extremely phone specific but if there's a simple solution I'm missing thanks all the more.
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The problem actually lies in the usb port of the phone itself. The dock was designed for this purpose, and the dock app handles most that for you, the one thing that the dock is able to do that a straight USB cable can't do, is provide enough "bus" power to use a mouse or even a USB stick directly from the phone. If you want to use a Mouse you will need to get a dock. I got mine directly from wireless.att.com, and it was only $49.00 back in Nov. when I got it. It works VERY well with webtop.
P.S. Motorola is very famous for doing things like this to force you into a dock, or to lock out certain features that everyone really wants to use.
I made my own dock by using a powered usb hub I had sitting around (it was actually the one that came with Rock Band for my Xbox 360). I did have to modify it slightly so that the 1 pin was powered from the 5V (a simple shunt from the 5V inner pin of the power supply solder joint to the solder joint of the 1 pin worked fine--although it might be wise to insert an inline fuse since it also charges your phone while plugged in).
Otherwise, the only other thing needed is coming in the form of your otg adapter that should short the 5 pin (common) with your 4 pin (ID). I did this by cracking open an extra micro usb cable and soldering a wire between the two.
So, my setup was like this:
1. Modified usb cable to short the 4 & 5 pins to let the phone know to go into host
2. Use a female A-female A usb coupler to join the usb cable to the powered hub (I got mine here from Monoprice
3. Get 5V to the 1 pin in the usb hub to provide power to your phone and for whatever is plugged into the hub.
With this, I was easily able to run a usb mouse and a wireless keyboard that had a usb dongle. Paired with a micro hdmi cable to hdmi-dvi adapter, I am able to use my office monitor and the webtop linux. I honestly haven't really used it much yet (if I found it really useful, I probably would have just paid for the dock).
The obvious easy way is to just get the dock. However, I really like being able to do this on my own and since I had this stuff already laying around. Also, the cheap prices from monoprice (I actually made $4 off of the purchase from a PayPal bill-me-later promotion).
So, you should be able to get it to work if you get power to the bus on your usb (but again, it might be safe to pass an appropriate fast-acting fuse, ferrite core, or something to protect from surges). I haven't had issue yet, but I also don't use it often...yet .
It sounds like a bit of yes and a bit of no. The OTG cable I got is microUSB to female full USB, am I going to need to modify this cable as you've described by crossing the 4th and 5th pins?
I'm thinking about ordering this "7 Port USB Squid Hub" since it has the 5v power adapter, do you think it might work?
Just one more question and thanks for all the help but should I not see any response from the phone when I plug in the cable? I read through some of the reviews for cheap cables on Amazon and apparently sometimes they're just useless.
ri4naire said:
It sounds like a bit of yes and a bit of no. The OTG cable I got is microUSB to female full USB, am I going to need to modify this cable as you've described by crossing the 4th and 5th pins?
I'm thinking about ordering this "7 Port USB Squid Hub" since it has the 5v power adapter, do you think it might work?
Just one more question and thanks for all the help but should I not see any response from the phone when I plug in the cable? I read through some of the reviews for cheap cables on Amazon and apparently sometimes they're just useless.
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The OTG cable have should work. The OTG cable, to my knowledge, should already have pins 4 & 5 shorted together. I'm not completely certain, but if it's designed as an OTG, it would probably already have that done. If you have an ohmmeter/multimeter, you could try to check (it's hard to isolate the small pins, but you can try). If it's already going to the USB female (type A), you will then be able to directly attach your hub when you get it (without the need of the coupler I had to get).
When I used mine, there was no notification that said "Hey, I'm in USB Host Mode!". However, if you successfully have a mouse attached, you'll see a mouse cursor arrow on your screen.
Have fun with it and if you can't get it to work, let me know and I'll try to explain with even more detail (perhaps with some pretty pictures) of what I did. I more or less went off of what I could glean from reading what others did.
It works great! Also, it is weird to see the mouse on this little a screen, it seems oversized.
I just plugged everything in and it worked off the bat. I'm using just two items from Amazon I got for under 12 bucks (plus, of course, the keyboard and mouse I already had for my computer). I don' think I can post links to the forums yet but the ASINs for the items if people want to do this on the super cheap are as follows:
B0043TBCDS 7 Port USB Squid Hub, a whopping $5.19
B005N55WHI Micro-B USB OTG Cable... $5.99
I chose these because of their Prime eligibility and also for their form factor so as not to cover the HDMI port, I bet it's not impossible to get these even cheaper.
While this isn't technically a replacement for the dock since I had to root the device and I have to press "Load" in Nebtop if I want to go to Webtop I'm extremely pleased with the results.
I also love that all the soft keys are available. The ones I've discovered are that right button on the mouse as well as Esc are Back, the Home key is Home, clicking the wheel as well as Ctrl, Cmd, Alt and a whole slew of others bring up the Menu, but all I can find is F5 for Search.
On another note, while the phone does charge when hooked up, a practical boon, the screen still times out despite having the "Stay awake" feature checked. This is annonying when the phone is on it's side accross the room and I have to squint to see the cursor and swipe it unlocked sideways as well as click back into Mirror Display.
Hello i own several portable HDD, these are 2'5 HDD drive with 1TB memory.
I own the classic WD usb2 but also two Verbatim, these one
http://www.verbatim-europe.co.uk/en...rtable-hard-drive-1tb_5276_0_28934__1534.html
These are usb2 or eSata, you have 3 ways to plug these : 1xusb2, 1xpoweredesata or Esata+SpecialUSbPowercable (that's because not all eSata plugs are powered)
I ran test with my A500 and my A700, the WD drives never had problems, but those special vertabim ones aren't working on A700 but are working on A500
Now i ran more tests, i discovered that A700 accept these with the help of the second usb2 cable (and of course another device) so clearly this is a power issue, because these drives aren't made to be used with the two USB2 cables
However, I was also a early owner of the A500 and first firmware didn't accept these drive too, so maybe ...
The A510 powered and worked with whatever I tried as far as USB portable drives. The A700 may require more power for the display, so you might be on a threshold for some slightly higher drives.
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The A510 powered and worked with whatever I tried as far as USB portable drives. The A700 may require more power for the display, so you might be on a threshold for some slightly higher drives.
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Yeah ? still the same speech since early a500, ppl like you claiming, it will accept anything, but it is absolutly not.
I admit the a700 accept on the first firmware, cameras, and ntfs, but i guess this was an issue back then with honeycomb, not usb.
But it refuses my two joypads, as A500 always did too, and i own two very common joypads: our national FreePad, and wireless xbox360, they both refuse to turn on when plugin, strange thing, they are both working perfectly using USB/BT center app. That include sending power for the leds, only when the app is on.
Also back then it rejected numberous sdcard usb adapters, i won't test them all again with a700.
As i said back then A500 refused my verbatim too, they added whatever support later, i'm disapointed to hear that you think they'll never fix it.
Does it always require 2nd usb cable to be plugged in or power adapter plugged in to the drive?
it a tablet so if doesn't have enough power to power external devices, wouldn't it be fairly normal?
fool2x said:
Does it always require 2nd usb cable to be plugged in or power adapter plugged in to the drive?
it a tablet so if doesn't have enough power to power external devices, wouldn't it be fairly normal?
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it does not, of course, as it's a portable drive (that means self powered), and it works on a500.
The extra power feature is only there for old esata plugs.
Maybe a simple picture would be clearer (and proof)
As you can see the A700 turn on the verbatim led, but that's all
ninjaw said:
Yeah ? still the same speech since early a500, ppl like you claiming, it will accept anything, but it is absolutly not.
I admit the a700 accept on the first firmware, cameras, and ntfs, but i guess this was an issue back then with honeycomb, not usb.
But it refuses my two joypads, as A500 always did too, and i own two very common joypads: our national FreePad, and wireless xbox360, they both refuse to turn on when plugin, strange thing, they are both working perfectly using USB/BT center app. That include sending power for the leds, only when the app is on.
Also back then it rejected numberous sdcard usb adapters, i won't test them all again with a700.
As i said back then A500 refused my verbatim too, they added whatever support later, i'm disapointed to hear that you think they'll never fix it.
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The A510 is not the same. I found the A500 as bad for portable drives (only kept a few weeks) as it was for wifi reception. Not the same comparison at all. The A510 is a good tablet, but the right side getting hot started to annoy me and I returned it.
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The A510 is not the same. I found the A500 as bad for portable drives (only kept a few weeks) as it was for wifi reception. Not the same comparison at all. The A510 is a good tablet, but the right side getting hot started to annoy me and I returned it.
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Yeah but later firmware changed it a lot (more compatibilty, cameras, ntfs, pads, mouse support added), and now as i say: actually A500 accept more devices than A510 !
ninjaw said:
it does not, of course, as it's a portable drive (that means self powered), and it works on a500.
The extra power feature is only there for old esata plugs.
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This could mean, that power is not distributed to the usb port in order to save power or it means the drive itself is "A power source" for example you'd charge the A700 through the usb port.
IF this is true then it is the drive itself having such a "Feature" therefore the tablet's behavior in this manner is indeed normal.
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This could mean, that power is not distributed to the usb port in order to save power or it means the drive itself is "A power source" for example you'd charge the A700 through the usb port.
IF this is true then it is the drive itself having such a "Feature" therefore the tablet's behavior in this manner is indeed normal.
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led is lit-> power is distributed
no, a portable drive isn't a power source
tablet's behavior over old model cannot in any way be normal
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led is lit-> power is distributed
no, a portable drive isn't a power source
tablet's behavior over old model cannot in any way be normal
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Yeah, A700 gets confused and thinks the drive is a power source.
Do you have any other problem using the drive with any other devices or pc?
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Yeah, A700 gets confused and thinks the drive is a power source.
Do you have any other problem using the drive with any other devices or pc?
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again, it works on A500, and at least 5 other players, pc or mac in both modes, and OF COURSE without the power cable, that's why i bought them.
ninjaw said:
again, it works on A500, and at least 5 other players, pc or mac in both modes, and OF COURSE without the power cable, that's why i bought them.
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Try plugging the charger to the tablet and then connect the drive see if that helps.
In an example, sometimes in the scenario where a usb hub doesn't get enough current the devices plugged on the hub won't work.
So, maybe A700 can't output enough current to the usb for the particular usb device that you're trying to connect.
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If that doesn't work you can still call them for support or return it under warranty.
https://customercare.acer-euro.com/CustomerCare/
It's also possible that the harddrive needs to much current. The USB 2.0 spec specifies a maximum of 500 mA, but some harddrives use more, especially at spinup. That's different between brands and versions.
Hi every1! I have a similar issue on my A510 using Samsung Spinpoint M8 1TB external hard drive. It works, but not for long What I'm experiencing really starts to annoy me. When, for example, I'm transferring my videos from a tablet, hard drive just "disconnects". A second after I get a new notification message that USB device has been plugged in, like I myself disconnected the cable and connected it again. That wouldn't be a big problem if my whole ntfs file system isn't f....d up and previous data lost! After that I need at least 15 minutes to correct the problem in my Windows environment, not saying I have a couple of gigabytes more free space after fixing that (lost data). Hard drive is almost new, doesn't behave like that when connected to a laptop or a desktop, so according to what all of you are saying, my tablet doesn't distribute (constant) 500mA, or hard drive doesn't meet USB 2.0 specification and requires more than 500mA, right? I first thought it's about Android's ntfs compatibility, but now after I've read this thread, I'm with you. However, my ntfs formated sd card and ntfs usb stick don't behave like that, so it's not about ntfs afterall. Hard drive indeed comes with 2 usb connectors merged into a microusb, but that's not helpful since I have a single usb port on my tablet. Also, I can't have my hard drive connected while recharging in order to give my tablet more "juice". Should I maybe lock the screen to conserve the power and have a more stable current flow when copying data to my hard drive? I might try just that. What do you guys think?
A workaround I was using when I really had to access a harddrive was to use a Y-USB-cable and a wall charger. The first USB plug of the Y cable went into the tablet, as this one usually has the data connection, the second one went into the wall charger. The wall charger supplies the extra current that is required by some hard disks for the spin-up phase.
Of course this is neither comfortable nor portable, but does the job...
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A workaround I was using when I really had to access a harddrive was to use a Y-USB-cable and a wall charger. The first USB plug of the Y cable went into the tablet, as this one usually has the data connection, the second one went into the wall charger. The wall charger supplies the extra current that is required by some hard disks for the spin-up phase.
Of course this is neither comfortable nor portable, but does the job...
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Good ol' thread I'm trying to forget
Just wanted to say that problem sorted itself out after changing the motherboard lol (tablet was dead soon after post).
After that it didn't happend a single time. It's also possible that Android was more stable after updating from ics to jb, hard to tell.
Anyways, I got rid of the tablet. Not that is was bad or something, just time to move on...
Yeah, sorry for necro-posting, but maybe some other person with a similar problem finds the thread or so.
Also I am trying to get to 10 posts to be able to post my A701 port of CM10.2 in the dev boards, and it's hard to add some stuff with at least some value to other threads, as they all are pretty old =D
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Yeah, sorry for necro-posting, but maybe some other person with a similar problem finds the thread or so.
Also I am trying to get to 10 posts to be able to post my A701 port of CM10.2 in the dev boards, and it's hard to add some stuff with at least some value to other threads, as they all are pretty old =D
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No problem mate...
One up for me too
Or two, that is...
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Yeah, sorry for necro-posting, but maybe some other person with a similar problem finds the thread or so.
Also I am trying to get to 10 posts to be able to post my A701 port of CM10.2 in the dev boards, and it's hard to add some stuff with at least some value to other threads, as they all are pretty old =D
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I had never problem with portable HDD with my A700
PS: also trying to have 10 posts to give feedback on CM11
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No problem mate...
One up for me too
Or two, that is...
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and for me too
Hi, looking to upgrade to a better tablet, currently between the Note 10.1 and an Asus TF300.
I really want to get the note but need to be able to use a hard drive for taking my movie collection with me when I'm travelling.
For Asus TF line, this is as easy as hooking up drive via the docks USB port. In my case I have a Seagate GoFlex drive, which is also powered via the same USB connection.
What I'm wondering is if anyone who has a Note 10.1 and a USB adapter has had any success in connecting up a drive and whether or not it works, powers up, mounts, etc?
I know NTFS is not supported by the Note so willing to root and use an NTFS mounting app from Google Play or format to FAT32 if necessary.
I'm going to be getting new tablet mid next week so need to know as soon as I can. Can't find any info on this anywhere, just general comments on thumb drives.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
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Has anyone been able to try this?
Had a quick play with the Note 10.1 yesterday in Carphone Warehouse, really like it. Spoke to a Samsung rep who was there but she didn't know either.
If not I'd have to get a Seagate Satellite Wireless drive to stream movies to tablet. As that's around £140 - £180 extra (for 500GB) that increases the total price dramatically as I could just use existing portable drive on the TF300 (which is currently having Jelly Bean rolled out in the US, so UK won't be far behind).
Overall I prefer the note but this is really making it difficult to choose.
sadly I've not seen a USBOTG connector for the Note 10.1 yet. I do this on my S3 with no trouble at all, so as soon as I find an OTG cable for the Note I'll test this. Anyone out there know if the adapters for the Tabs are supposed to work? Rumor is that the HDMI connectors do.
RikF said:
sadly I've not seen a USBOTG connector for the Note 10.1 yet. I do this on my S3 with no trouble at all, so as soon as I find an OTG cable for the Note I'll test this. Anyone out there know if the adapters for the Tabs are supposed to work? Rumor is that the HDMI connectors do.
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I've read in a few different places that the Tab OTG cable still works fine as it's supposed to be the same 30 pin connector. I was going to get one this I saw on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Connection-...VZ70/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1345401137&sr=8-6
Less bulky and shouldn't get in the way when putting tablet on a stand.
Thanks for testing it if/when you get a cable. It's definitely appreciated.
Ordered one (slightly different as I'm in the US), should be here in a day or two. Will report back!
I haven't tried my OTG adapter yet, but I think the original Tab 10.1 adapter should work. You may need a hard drive that is externally powered - the tab may not be able to bus-power a drive.
Entropy512 said:
I haven't tried my OTG adapter yet, but I think the original Tab 10.1 adapter should work. You may need a hard drive that is externally powered - the tab may not be able to bus-power a drive.
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Would an externally powered USB hub do the job instead?
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Would an externally powered USB hub do the job instead?
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Yes, same results as an externally-powered hard drive. NTFS might require some sort of hacks.
it doesn't support the small external hard desk, i personally tried the WD my passport 1 TB and another one with 500gb, it doesn't power it up, however i have a usb otg with a power supply input and it did power up my passport but its useless this way, where the T700 asus keyboard dock powers up any external small hard drive why samsung ! the note is not yet a replacement of a laptop unless it supports hard drives
RikF said:
Ordered one (slightly different as I'm in the US), should be here in a day or two. Will report back!
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Would you post a link, please. I'll be needing one. Thanks.
kloodee said:
it doesn't support the small external hard desk, i personally tried the WD my passport 1 TB and another one with 500gb, it doesn't power it up, however i have a usb otg with a power supply input and it did power up my passport but its useless this way, where the T700 asus keyboard dock powers up any external small hard drive why samsung ! the note is not yet a replacement of a laptop unless it supports hard drives
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Thought this might be the case
If I get this tablet, looks like I may need to get a powered hub if using tablet near a power supply.
Not ideal though, may have to get a Seagate Satellite 500GB drive which can stream to the tablet via it's own wifi hotspot. Extra cost I'd have liked to avoided (£130+ in the UK).
Thanks for letting me know though, helps my decision making process (a little at least) on which tablet to get.
st0nec01d said:
Thought this might be the case
If I get this tablet, looks like I may need to get a powered hub if using tablet near a power supply.
Not ideal though, may have to get a Seagate Satellite 500GB drive which can stream to the tablet via it's own wifi hotspot. Extra cost I'd have liked to avoided (£130+ in the UK).
Thanks for letting me know though, helps my decision making process (a little at least) on which tablet to get.
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What I don't like about the seagate satellite type drives is the fact that you can only use them with pictures, music & stuff like that no file transfer.
That does suck, but my main concern is being able to access my media.
Shame about the extra cost tho.
In the mean time think I'll get a powered usb hub for an existing drive, which will have to do as a short term solution as this will be connected to tv via hdmi adapter at some point.
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I just tried this to confirm...
It wont power my 500gb WD drive on its own with both the generic otg cable and official samsung usb attachment.
Although my 16gb thumb drive had no issues with either connector.. Just watched some of The Raid Redemption in 720p fine.
Worse case pick up a couple of 64gb thumbs on sale for traveling.
Lol, oddly enough I did just get a 64gb flash drive now also.
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Just got my USB OTG adapter. It connects the Samsung connector port to a USB femail port. When I try to plug in a portable hard drive there is a message that "High power USB device connected" but the drive doesn't spin and isn't mounted. Tried an Ethernet adapter and same thing. I have a powered USB hub and I connected to that and though the hard drive spins it isn't recognized/mounted. Tried connecting a USB flash drive and that isn't mounted.
Ideas?
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sadly I've not seen a USBOTG connector for the Note 10.1 yet. I do this on my S3 with no trouble at all, so as soon as I find an OTG cable for the Note I'll test this. Anyone out there know if the adapters for the Tabs are supposed to work? Rumor is that the HDMI connectors do.
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The original adapters should work with the Note. Unfortunately I lost mine or I'd test to confirm but the HDMI adapter works so I assume USB should too.
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portable dvd drive
Using otg adaptor I bought off amazon able to use USB 7 port hub optical mouse and 64gb USB drive.
to work using USB host controller app from play store portable dvd drive no work so rooted my 10.1 32gb note 2014 tried the different otg mount apps to many to name still no work have proper codecs what i need is a generic Linux driver for portable usb dvd burner. I don't have a Linux system up and running yet and virtual Linux on windows just doest cut it so if anyone has drivers to send me would be happy to test them out on my note 3 10.1 2014 30th wifi only have Verizon and my plan let's me use my phone as hot spot no charge. Also can connect log tech optical mouse and keyboard combo through hub no problems. Thanks in advance
P.S. usb stick mount for usb flash drives seems to be the most stable app for my 64gb flash drive
P.S.S. I've tested 5 mini hubs with my note the one that works best is designed for Linux OS it's generic and bought it at Fry's electronics for 8.99
HI all,
I've been realizing lately that my Nexus 5 does just about everything I need anymore. I hardly ever need a PC for anything except for the full size monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Now, I think I can use USB OTG and connect a Mouse and keyboard. But, is there a way to connect an external monitor as well?
I see that there is a Docking station for Samsung Galaxy phones that seem to do what I'm asking, here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EDD-S20JWEGSTA
I've googled but cannot figure out if there is anything out there that would work for my Nexus 5. Does anyone have any suggestions?
externally powered USB hub. I used my friends once, had a hdmi output also and it worked flawlessly. (and by externally powered, i mean one that draws power from an outlet, not the phone itself)
The Lepricon said:
HI all,
I've been realizing lately that my Nexus 5 does just about everything I need anymore. I hardly ever need a PC for anything except for the full size monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Now, I think I can use USB OTG and connect a Mouse and keyboard. But, is there a way to connect an external monitor as well?
I see that there is a Docking station for Samsung Galaxy phones that seem to do what I'm asking, here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EDD-S20JWEGSTA
I've googled but cannot figure out if there is anything out there that would work for my Nexus 5. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Best bet is Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and use a HDMI out dongle and plug the phone into a wall outlet.
METDeath said:
Best bet is Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and use a HDMI out dongle and plug the phone into a wall outlet.
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Now that sounds like a good idea.
Are you sure I can connect a keyboard and mouse over Bluetooth at the same time?
The Lepricon said:
Now that sounds like a good idea.
Are you sure I can connect a keyboard and mouse over Bluetooth at the same time?
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One way to find out... could also just get a keyboard with built in mouse like this or find one of these.
For android 4.4.2 and up use Chromecast for video& audio with HDMI monitor with speakers and Bluetooth for keyboard and mouse. Need sw app Andromium OS and/or Kodi too.
I found a keyboard on eBay that connects via micro USB, and it is meant to be used with a generic 7inches tablet. Before buying it I would like to be sure that the fire tablet has no limitations on the micro USB port, can anyone help me? I couldn't find a sure answer on google
this tablet supports USB OTG which means you CAN connect a pen drive, mouse, keyboard.. and I am almost 100% sure you can connect this keyboard BUT you may have problems with recognizing all keys on the keyboard or problems with different typing languages.. I guess you need to try it to know for sure.. and please let us know if you do..
regulusirius said:
I found a keyboard on eBay that connects via micro USB, and it is meant to be used with a generic 7inches tablet. Before buying it I would like to be sure that the fire tablet has no limitations on the micro USB port, can anyone help me? I couldn't find a sure answer on google
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This thread on usb otg says a keyboard was found to work, amongst other items.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/otg-2015-fire-kffowi-ford-t3245644
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This thread on usb otg says a keyboard was found to work, amongst other items.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/otg-2015-fire-kffowi-ford-t3245644
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Two success stories:
- Connected an inexpensive wired USB keyboard via cheap OTG adapter (here). Keyboard instantly/silently recognized. No soft keyboard on input fields. Disconnect the physical keyboard and soft keyboard immediately pops up. Elegant and effortless.
- Grabbed a wireless Logitech K360 attaching receiver to same OTG adapter. Worked perfectly! Instant wireless keyboard. No messing around with Bluetooth. Woohoo!!
I realize this is old news to anyone with a 'normal' tablet that natively supports OTG. First time I got it to work with a Fire (my daily driver is a HDX with lacks hardware support for OTG).
I've been using a Samsung BKB-10 bluetooth keyboard, which I grabbed for $10 on at&t's website a few weeks ago, and it works great!! Every button works.
I am running CM 12.1, so I can't vouch for the stock firmware, but it does work excellent on the CM rom posted here!!
Yes, I use a USB Hub and various devices at the same time on my Fire 7. All of them work - at the same time.
You can hook up a Keyboard and a mouse and a usb stick and a printer, that all of them will work just fine.
USB-OTG is beautiful.
Can you give more detail on the usb hub? I guess you need it to provide power and data pass through, but I can only find one or the other online
jfinch91 said:
Can you give more detail on the usb hub? I guess you need it to provide power and data pass through, but I can only find one or the other online
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Can not power (charge) and use OTG devices simultaneously. It's one or the other.