Hi guys, I will buy new smartphone, Stuck Between Xperia ZL and Google Nexus 5
Anyway, LG tells that Nexus 5 Have USB OTG, and if you Googled: Nexus 5 USB OTG, you will get apps to run USB OTG On Nexus 5
What does that mean?
should i have an App to use OTG? doesn't it work out of the box? i'm won't root
I Might Use Joysticks, Mouse, Keyboard, Ext HDD,etc. so i want everything to be supported
I've also heared about Nexus 5 Unmount Devices Due to High Power Usage even if the usage is low?
No you can use usb otg out of the box with nexus media importer its an paid app or root it to get full functionality.
Since u don't wannt to root better go with xperia zl.
Xperia zl supports it out of the box, u won't need any app on it
Now its your call.
varuntis1993 said:
No you can use usb otg out of the box with nexus media importer its an paid app or root it to get full functionality.
Since u don't wannt to root better go with xperia zl.
Xperia zl supports it out of the box, u won't need any app on it
Now its your call.
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I Can always get APK's For Paid apps for free, we all know this :laugh:
That's OK But what About Other things like joysticks, mouse, keyboard, etc. Will They Work too? i thought the app was only for Flash Drives!?
Plus, Beside the OTG Thing, Which one do you advice me, I'm not a ROM Developer or those who Install Other ROM's, But i might Use some emulation things or try to Install WinXP as an Example
i Also Might root To use Terminal for Specific Purposes... "Might"...
If you don't want to buy the app I recommend use total commander + USB plugin its free one
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yousefs said:
I Can always get APK's For Paid apps for free, we all know this :laugh:
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And if you keep bragging about this you won't be welcome here
yousefs said:
I Can always get APK's For Paid apps for free, we all know this :laugh:
That's OK But what About Other things like joysticks, mouse, keyboard, etc. Will They Work too? i thought the app was only for Flash Drives!?
Plus, Beside the OTG Thing, Which one do you advice me, I'm not a ROM Developer or those who Install Other ROM's, But i might Use some emulation things or try to Install WinXP as an Example
i Also Might root To use Terminal for Specific Purposes... "Might"...
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Piracy is not tolerated here, u will get ban.
I have tried the wired usb mouse without any app and it worked, don't know about other things. I have heard joystick too work but not all. Maybe someone who has used it can tell you.
got that
EddyOS said:
And if you keep bragging about this you won't be welcome here
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Hmmm... Didn't Know this.. i thought i will be welcome :cyclops:
got it.:good:
yousefs said:
Hmmm... Didn't Know this.. i thought i will be welcome :cyclops:
got it.:good:
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Warez are not to be discussed here, it's against forum rules. We know it's available, but we don't talk about it
varuntis1993 said:
Piracy is not tolerated here, u will get ban.
I have tried the wired usb mouse without any app and it worked, don't know about other things. I have heard joystick too work but not all. Maybe someone who has used it can tell you.
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I have also tried a wireless mouse and keyboard which work fine.
Game controllers are touch and go.
Ones that use the standard hid drivers should be fine but anything else (Xbox controllers etc...) Will not work as they need modules that haven't been built for the n5 yet.
External storage requires 3rd party apps to Mount
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Just root/unlock your phone. You get a Nexus phone and you don't play with it? surely you will eventually. And then , you can do anything to you phone
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Noob with a 6210. Peel sucks and I do want to use the ir to control stuff. Is it possible to get the the apk for Sony s tab remote and try to get it to work on this tab plus?
I searched and found not much but since the Sony finally has root I thought it might be a way to get this done.
frylock017 said:
Noob with a 6210. Peel sucks and I do want to use the ir to control stuff. Is it possible to get the the apk for Sony s tab remote and try to get it to work on this tab plus?
I searched and found not much but since the Sony finally has root I thought it might be a way to get this done.
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U might want to wonder into one of their forums and ask one of the users if they would do you the favor of pulling that specific apk from their tab and have them upload it for u.
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Why would u not just use peel? I've got at least 5 TV'S @lone nit to mention all of my other players. It is sometimes a pain but works. Maybe the Sony one is that much better?
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On the face of it, the sony IR app is much better than peel, it supports sky uk satellite boxes and windows mediacentres, which I'm pretty sure peel doesn't, so I for one would love this app on my tab. I think I'll head over to the sony tab forum.
ksizzle9 said:
Why would u not just use peel? I've got at least 5 TV'S @lone nit to mention all of my other players. It is sometimes a pain but works. Maybe the Sony one is that much better?
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Peel sucks. Here's why:
1) Add an HDTV alone. So far so good as I can change inputs, channels, and volume on the TV.
2) Go to add a reciever. The self test powers the reciever on and switches inputs but when complete it will NOT save it to the room profile.
3) Start over andthis time tell Peel I use a reciever to adjust my volume. I select my TV and then it takes me straight to setting up the audio portion of the reciever. This saves both to my room profile but completely skips over the portion of setting my TV's inputs to make sure it's right for watching television. Kind of stupid that I have to use my TV remote to switch inputs on the TV now when Peel can/should be doing that for me.
4) Contact Peel and listen to them tell you that it's all the fault of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 + drivers and when ICS is released, with the updated driver, it might be fixed.
I've tried with a number of reciever & television brand combos to the extent of what I have in the house (3 TV's LG, JVC, Samsung and 2 AV Recievers Onkyo, Sony) and it does exactly the same with any combination of them.
Yup with the Sony u can control different equipment by choosing it from the main menu. With peel u can't
Thanks to the Sony guys for giving us the software packages now to start trying to get it to work and thanks to Paul for going over and asking for it
frylock017 said:
Thanks to the Sony guys for giving us the software packages now to start trying to get it to work and thanks to Paul for going over and asking for it
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Mind uploading it and attaching the apk? I'd like to take a look at it
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from the sony s tablet guys
below is from the guys over in the sony forum.
if it doesnt show up i think i have to get to 8 posts to post links but if you head over to the sony s tablet forums its in the theme section
so i went over the the AMAZE 4g forum and posted all the thanks for the roms and development that i am currently enjoying on my phone but it also got me to 8 Posts so here goes again from the sony guys
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Here are the links:
http://www.mediafire.com/?f9t24nveu8kcpji
http://www.mediafire.com/?4w43z33g3tu6gxz
One is the software (9mb)
The other is the ir service (20kb)
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i have tried to get this to install but it wont so im gonna rename it and try to install it from the mnt asec folder. thats where most of my propriatary stuff gets installed on my HTC but i am new to the samsung game
also we may want to take this over to the DEV section and see if anyone in there can work some magic on it?
It would be wonderful if you can get this to work. All of my TVs are Windows Media center based.
ok I tried to install with es explorer. Took it over to the system/app . Then fixed permissions and still no luck. Went to the store and put esfile on a demo Sony and found a bunch of bin files in system/bin don't know if I needed them but pulled em with Bluetooth anyway. Will try to mess with it some more tomorrow.
Btw, Sony s is on ICS and its smooth even with the slower CPU.
Hear that Samsung? Get us some 4.0 and a decent remote app!!!!!!!!
Look in Play App store for Touchsquid app. It now works with the Tab 7 plus and Tab 2. The demo version works with both even though it wasn't very clearly stated that it works with the 7 plus. It definitely does work with the t 7 plus and is very promising. There are two paid version with different capabilities.
Hey guys,
I used to stream my iphone screen to my PC and was able to control it using keyboard and mouse. Is there a similar way to do this with the skyrocket? It makes it convenient here at work. Thanks!
lyndone58 said:
Hey guys,
I used to stream my iphone screen to my PC and was able to control it using keyboard and mouse. Is there a similar way to do this with the skyrocket? It makes it convenient here at work. Thanks!
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Try this. It is what I used when my screen was broke. Make sure you have adb running, else it will not launch. Another thing is it is not working anymore on my particular ICS Rom. Should work fine on any GB rom, though. Hope this helps!
Here is the link to the google code page for this project. I take NO credit for this helpful app whatsoever. Devs and further info can be found here- http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
Note- It is a bit slower than your probably use to, but it is the only app I could find for our device.
^^ Thanks. Testing it now.
Our new app, VMLite VNC Server, should fulfill your needs, it does exactly what you need, to control android phones or devices from a PC, so you can use the external keyboard/mouse, etc. We app has fast responses, and works on rooted or non-rooted devices.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver&hl=en
so far our users like it. You can simply click a button to do USB connection:
more info here:
http://www.vmlite.com/vaac/#usb_connection
i use a program called MyPhoneExplorer and the corresponding Android app is in the store.
Jeff
rebel1699 said:
Try this. It is what I used when my screen was broke. Make sure you have adb running, else it will not launch. Another thing is it is not working anymore on my particular ICS Rom. Should work fine on any GB rom, though. Hope this helps!
Here is the link to the google code page for this project. I take NO credit for this helpful app whatsoever. Devs and further info can be found here- http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
Note- It is a bit slower than your probably use to, but it is the only app I could find for our device.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T and I also have a busted screen. I am trying to just pull my pictures off of it before my replacement arrives. I downloaded the SDK package you linked to but lack the knowledge to just get it to link to my phone via USB. To complicate matters I had it pattern locked but since I can't get the screen to work at all I can't unlock the phone. If I could my computer sees the phone as a portable device but won't show me any of it's files. Any pointers would be helpful.
Hmm
Well, I have a HDMI IN port in my rig . And with a MHL adapter, works perfectly fine on Windows 8.
mohan_kr said:
Well, I have a HDMI IN port in my rig . And with a MHL adapter, works perfectly fine on Windows 8.
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I use an MHL adapter as well but will matter if the screen isn't functional? As far as I'm aware you still have to direct it via the touch screen....
yea..my bad..didn't read the question properly..
mohan_kr said:
yea..my bad..didn't read the question properly..
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But it is a cool little accessory lol...have one for my tab too
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Wtf........ why did you post this here? Mod please delete.
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Brain damage
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iphone.....watt................kick ass
Hi,
I broke the screen on my Nexus 5 while on a long holiday. I can still see about three quarters of the screen but the touch screen is basically busted, and as a result, I can't unlock the phone to get the data off. I backed up 90% of the photos via Dropbox but there is one week of photos I couldn't upload and there are also some really nice videos I'd like to get off.
Is there any way to sync to the file system without unlocking via the touchscreen? I don't think I have debugging disabled (I'm not particularly development savvy) so not sure what my options are...
I have a little time before I need to send the phone to LG for repair, so I'm willing to learn whatever I need to to salvage my phone. I think I saw a thread somewhere detailing how it's down for the nexus 4 but not sure if it's applicable to the 5 as well...
Thanks
The important question is your bootloader unlocked? If it is you have options
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jd1639 said:
The important question is your bootloader unlocked? If it is you have options
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I don't think it is as I didn't make any modifications to my phone, just used it with the standard features.
Is it possible to unlock the bootloader now, with the screen being broken?
valueseeker77 said:
I don't think it is as I didn't make any modifications to my phone, just used it with the standard features.
Is it possible to unlock the bootloader now, with the screen being broken?
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Unlocking the bootloader wipes data.
Plug a USB mouse and keyboard in.
rootSU said:
Unlocking the bootloader wipes data.
Plug a USB mouse and keyboard in.
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Thanks, that's a pretty good idea! I'm looking at OTG USB cables now but I do have one question, will I need drivers in order to use the USB mouse, or will it work as soon as I plug it in? I read somewhere that if you have the latest Android software then the USB devices should be recognised without a problem, however, my phone has been out of action for a couple of months now so my software may be out of date...
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Thanks, that's a pretty good idea! I'm looking at OTG USB cables now but I do have one question, will I need drivers in order to use the USB mouse, or will it work as soon as I plug it in? I read somewhere that if you have the latest Android software then the USB devices should be recognised without a problem, however, my phone has been out of action for a couple of months now so my software may be out of date...
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You don't need any drivers.
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valueseeker77 said:
Thanks, that's a pretty good idea! I'm looking at OTG USB cables now but I do have one question, will I need drivers in order to use the USB mouse, or will it work as soon as I plug it in? I read somewhere that if you have the latest Android software then the USB devices should be recognised without a problem, however, my phone has been out of action for a couple of months now so my software may be out of date...
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By latest, I don't think they specifically mean the newest ROM for the nexus 5. Probably just mean 4 or 4.2+
As mentioned, no drivers needed. Just plug and play.
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rootSU said:
By latest, I don't think they specifically mean the newest ROM for the nexus 5. Probably just mean 4 or 4.2+
As mentioned, no drivers needed. Just plug and play.
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Perfect! Micro OTG USB ordered. Just one more question, why do I need a mouse and keyboard? Shouldn't a USB mouse be enough to enter the pin and navigate the menus?
Thanks so much for the help guys
valueseeker77 said:
Perfect! Micro OTG USB ordered. Just one more question, why do I need a mouse and keyboard? Shouldn't a USB mouse be enough to enter the pin and navigate the menus?
Thanks so much for the help guys
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Mouse may be enough.
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It worked! World Cup pics/videos salvaged, thanks everyone!
Post your favorite game controller for the S6.
Please state wired or connected through bluetooth.
And tell us about your experience with emulators.
I personally tried to connect:
A wiimote to the S6 through bluetooth to play snes games without any luck.
A wii U controller through both bluetooth and USB > no success
A xbox controller through USB > no success
I use my ps3 controller via bluetooth. Had to download a key mapping app (available on playstore) to get it to work properly. I'm contemplating whether to buy a cellphone mount for the case so I can attach my phone on the controller (to achieve something similar to nvidia shield).
Rakcoon said:
I use my ps3 controller via bluetooth. Had to download a key mapping app (available on playstore) to get it to work properly. I'm contemplating whether to buy a cellphone mount for the case so I can attach my phone on the controller (to achieve something similar to nvidia shield).
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What's the key mapping app called mate?
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tatoo069sv said:
What's the key mapping app called mate?
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Rakcoon is probably going to tell you a different way (or maybe the same way.. dont know we will see) but this is the way i did it.
Your phone must be rooted for it to be able to work with these apps.
First get Sixaxis Compatibility Checker if you havent. and check if your phone is even compatible at all.
IF yes get the Sixaxis controller app. it costs €1,94 but i'm sure you can get the apk somewhere for free.
Have a good day!
DavidUK01 said:
Rakcoon is probably going to tell you a different way (or maybe the same way.. dont know we will see) but this is the way i did it.
Your phone must be rooted for it to be able to work with these apps.
First get Sixaxis Compatibility Checker if you havent. and check if your phone is even compatible at all.
IF yes get the Sixaxis controller app. it costs €1,94 but i'm sure you can get the apk somewhere for free.
Have a good day!
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Thank you so much. All installed but haven't tried it yet. Can you please confirm it works wireless and not just USB please
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Xiaomi Gamepad works like a charm!
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Hi, I have a Mac and a new Pixel 7 Pro, but have been having problems getting the Mac to access the phone as a USB device via Android File Transfer. I started using Google Drive to transfer music but everything just lands in the Downloads folder. Then I found that the cable you use makes a BIG difference. Suprisingly I have been results using a Kindle cable with an Adapter! Anyone have similar experience or better suggestions for File transfer? Photos I can do Via Google Photos & documents/Ebooks via G. Drive, it's the music files that are troublesome...
Cheers, Greg.
I've read that Mac users were having success using USB hubs. If you have one around might want to try.
Blade22222 said:
I used to have one with my MacBook Pro, but now I have a Mac Studio & don't need one, but it's worth a try, thanks...
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Hi, I have a Mac and a new Pixel 7 Pro, but have been having problems getting the Mac to access the phone as a USB device via Android File Transfer. I started using Google Drive to transfer music but everything just lands in the Downloads folder. Then I found that the cable you use makes a BIG difference. Suprisingly I have been results using a Kindle cable with an Adapter! Anyone have similar experience or better suggestions for File transfer? Photos I can do Via Google Photos & documents/Ebooks via G. Drive, it's the music files that are troublesome...
Cheers, Greg.
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On your Mac, download Macdroid. Works every time now even with a type-C to type-C cable.
Also if you plan on using Android Flash Tool or Pixel Flasher, you will still need a hub for a type-C to USB-A cable.
MacDroid, have not heard of that one, will check it out, thanks...
greg-turnbull said:
MacDroid, have not heard of that one, will check it out, thanks...
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OpenMTP ( https://github.com/ganeshrvel/openmtp ) and MacDroid is the best option
I still lean towards OpenMTP because it's free. Donated to the dev already tho, such a good app deserve appreciation.
otonieru said:
OpenMTP ( https://github.com/ganeshrvel/openmtp ) and MacDroid is the best option
I still lean towards OpenMTP because it's free. Donated to the dev already tho, such a good app deserve appreciation.
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Macdroid looks good so far, but as you say costs over $20/Y.
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Macdroid looks good so far, but as you say costs over $20/Y.
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Exactly. Hahaha. Way too much when main purpose is simply a file transfer.
Google messed up big times with AFT tho. If they want to sway more users from apple ecosystem, they need to make their platform work together better with apple one, but instead, they put halfass*d effort by never updating their app, and let 3rd party dev do the job for them.
otonieru said:
OpenMTP ( https://github.com/ganeshrvel/openmtp ) and MacDroid is the best option
I still lean towards OpenMTP because it's free. Donated to the dev already tho, such a good app deserve appreciation.
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Thanks mate for this recommendation. Was forever stuck in trying to connect my Pixel to my Mac. Strangely Android File Transfer was able to identify every other Android device except for Pixel. Finally, gave OpenMTP a try and it worked in one go directly via a type-C to type-C cable [just had to uninstall AFT as it was always conflicting with OpenMTP].
Been using a chunky USB C to USB C cable to connect mine to my MacBook.....works most of the time. I have always found AFT to be flaky on the Mac.....and temperamental.
I also have an Xperia 1 IV and luckily Sony make Xperia Companion for Macs which works a treat