Hello everybody!
There are some people talking about using external USB dongle on non-3G version of NEXUS-7 or -10 through PPP protocol. but until now, It seems that nobody is talking about using CDC-ACM to connect an old phone to the internet.
I am simply curious of Howto, because according to the experience I got from openwrt platform, old phone like Nokia E series, acting as ACM device under Linux, is even easier to use to get internet occasionally. it needs no PPP dialing part. I think a lot of people still keep a old Nokia phone(it is not so easy to break them right?), for those Pads without 3G module, I believe using CDC-ACM class driver is quite handy.
I would really appreciate any information you give!
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any apps out there for android phones that allow you to attach storage device to your phone to access files?
example
plug a external harddrive into the usb port of my android phone and access the files on the hd
yes i know this will need an adaptor
This would require host-mode for the USB port. I understand that someone got it (sorta) working on Nexus One. There was a discussion about whether G1 can even do it as it requires some HW support as well. No one knows for sure and no one with the skills has chosen to invest the time finding out.
GinoAMelone said:
This would require host-mode for the USB port. I understand that someone got it (sorta) working on Nexus One. There was a discussion about whether G1 can even do it as it requires some HW support as well. No one knows for sure and no one with the skills has chosen to invest the time finding out.
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Necro-bump, wanted to know if there was anything new on this front. I know that tablets with Android OS and such will keep coming to compete with the iPad with its USB connectivity kit, so it makes sense that sooner or later, Android OS seems like it will want to consider heading in this route.
Here is the older hack that shows it is pretty simple for anyone with basic soldering skills to enable USB OTG host mode on certain android devices and could be adapted I'm sure for other android devices:
http://hackaday.com/2010/02/10/usb-host-mode-for-droid/
The main problem is that Android does not have much support for USB hosting (yet, I bet that its surely coming). The TI OMAP platform (hmm, Droid X?) already has linux host USB drivers made. A talented programmer could use these to write a Kernal mode support to insert into a custom ROM or let root users install an app from the market to interface with USB devices. This way users could connect USB to SPDIF DACs and adapters to use mass storage devices like external usb keys or hard drives. Even possibly a normal keyboard/game controller/screen printer/webcam if your crazy enough. Too good to be true?
Here is a start on the project which has gotten some impressive progress: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel/browse_thread/thread/c8471573d7553331/0b0887947678ff87
Someone may actually be making progress on this. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794643
Amazing! Thanks.
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I have a Tmobile G2 and may be getting an Android tablet soon, a Toshiba Thrive is at the top of my list.
Is it possible to tether an Android tablet to an Android phone, by USB cable for internet access? The goal is to avoid being charged for tethering, and I think it should work the same way for Tmobile & AT&T - USA. I assume WIFI tethering is more of a problem - avoiding the tethering charge.
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I don't know if you can use the USB tethering, but I do the following:
I've got an Creative ZiiO 7" which doesn't support 3G. So when I'm in a area without WiFi but with network coverage, I connect my ZiiO with my Desire Z via the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
I don't know if it's a useful data point, but I just got a ASUS SL 101 running Android 3. So far it is refusing to work with USB tethering, though the WiFi tethering is working most of the time. Both of these are with an HTC Aria (which is a different sad story, but my contract still has a year on it). I don't yet know what is the problem with the USB tethering. I checked with salesmen in several stores and they thought that USB tethering would work with Android tablets, but they might be wrong, or there might be something wrong with the ASUS device. I regularly tether the phone to Windows 7 and XP and also to several versions of Ubuntu Linux. The phone has problems, but the tethering usually works okay.
P.S. By the way, overall I am not that favorably impressed with the ASUS SL 101. I hope I'll grow into it, but...
P.P.S. I looked at the Toshiba Thrive you mentioned. It seemed to have some nice points, but I just didn't like it that much. The store where I made the purchase had about 10 different tablets, and as of today, I rather think the Sony might have been the one I should have gone with.
found this
Android phone to Android Tablet using USB cable to save battery power.
www shadowsplace .net/923/android/tether-android-phone-desire-to-android-tablet-iconia-a500-via-usb-cable
sorry for the space... i havent reach my 8 post quota.
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have anybody tested this modem in the hp touchpad?
ebay.de/itm/Ericsson-F5521GW-HP-TouchPad-MobileBroadband-HSPA-21Mbps-for-HP-TouchPad-/250903976024?pt=AU_Modems&hash=item3a6b0ad858
Are there any driver for Android oder WebOS?
foxhd said:
Hi
have anybody tested this modem in the hp touchpad?
ebay.de/itm/Ericsson-F5521GW-HP-TouchPad-MobileBroadband-HSPA-21Mbps-for-HP-TouchPad-/250903976024?pt=AU_Modems&hash=item3a6b0ad858
Are there any driver for Android oder WebOS?
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I don't know if there are going to bemany people who are willing to crack open their TPs to test this. I would also doubt that there are going to be any android drivers since that would require that the developers have a TP with this installed. Very unlikely.
Thanks for this fox!! I was always wanting to see about adding a radio card to the TP. I knew the difference between the cell version and regular version of the TP had to be a simple module connected either via ribbon, coaxial, or both. Some simple empty space ready for a radio card to be plugged into it. I guess I was partially right. :3
I really will consider doing this. Although I am loyal to T-Mobile USA and it doesn't seem to support this Going to check out some disassembly videos and see what I'm up against. But it would be nice to have a cell-capable TP.
Bookmark saved, thanks again!
What about this one?
Ericsson F3307
Seems to be the same one used in epad, so I'm guess there are drivers for it; so I'm guessing it can be used on android, but for webos it'd need porting - maybe from the android version or the linux version (don't know what the dependencies are).
Or maybe others too.
teardown with good pics:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it...-like-a-pc-and-straightforward-to-repair/2707
I just want to save someone from damaging their TouchPad doing this mod. The modem will not work on a WiFi model since their boards are different. The 4G model has the connection for the AT&T modem whereas the WiFi model doesn't have the connection present. I've learnt this through swapping parts out for servicing my TouchPad 4G on a mule TouchPad WiFi.
Hello, I'm really new to Android devices. In fact, this is my first Android-based device ever. But I do have a lot of experience with Linux and Windows, and it's weird how locked down ARM-based hardware actually is. Android isn't as bad as Apple, but it's still a lot less freedom than I'm used to having. I'm getting the impression that installing custom ROM would be almost as much of a pain as installing the Homebrew Channel on a Wii.
Anyway, one thing that I should point out about my device is that it has no touchscreen at all. It has a touchpad and a keyboard in a laptop form factor, but it runs Android. It has SD card slots, USB ports, and an Ethernet port. It's a netbook with smartphone hardware. I'm curious what I can do with it, and I wouldn't be losing much if I bricked it.
If it were possible, I'd be interested in figuring out how to compile a custom version of Linux for it and flash it to ROM. I really think X with a light Window manager would work well on that hardware. If I can't, though, I would be content with a newer version of Android. It's currently running Jelly Bean and I'm wondering what the new versions are like.
The only thing I've been able to find out about the device is that it's based on a WonderMedia Prizm WM8880, has 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and a 1.5GHz Cortex A9 processor. Mali-400 Graphics. In Google Play, the device is listed as No Carrier WonderMedia GA-1311F. I did a search for GA-1311F, and I found no results.
Note that I don't have an actual Manufacturer or model number, everything I can find digging around leads back to the chipset manufacturer, WonderMedia or some company called WMT. It seems like WonderMedia has ties to VIA technologies, and that they definitely don't make the device I'm using. So that means I have no idea who the manufacturer is.
Is any of this information helpful, or is my device unable to be hacked simply because the manufacturer is too obscure?
Sorry to bump my own thread, but I thought I would mention that I've managed to find out about a method called KingRoot that often works on Android 4.2. I managed to install the APK, but the program got to around 60% and then said my device couldn't be rooted.
I'm not crazy about most of the other methods because they require a USB cable that I don't have. Most Android phones or tablets would presumably have a mini-USB port with a small end for the phone and a large end for the computer, like my Windows Phone does. This machine only has regular-sized USB ports, however, and thus I would need to buy a USB male A to USB male A cord that's capable of performing the same function. I hate to waste the money on it not knowing if it will even work, though. I'm also wondering if I need to worry about crossover vs. patch cables like I would with Ethernet, etc. It's starting to seem like more trouble than it's worth.
There was another method I tried called OneClickRoot, but they told me that I needed to have that same dreaded cable hooked up to my PC, AND pay them $20 on top of it. I'm pretty sure that's ridiculous.
I'm probably going to figure this out eventually, but I'm really frustrated that this is tougher than hacking my Wii was. Embedded systems with non-standard hardware are an amazing pain to deal with.
EDIT: Even thoughc it said it failed, all of a sudden BusyBox installed successfully after I restarted the computer. I think I may have done it, although I'm not sure. Apparently I have a Linux kernel on here already somehow... is that the part of Android that's based on Linux?
imgur.com/HiRyqW2
Still, there's not much I'm finding that tells me how to set up anything much better than using a terminal and a VNC viewer within Android to view a Linux system running on top of it. I guess that could be useful if I had a beefier Android device, but with this it's only useful for a command line.
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Good afternoon, all!
As the title sums up, I am looking at the Kangaroo PC, which is a $99 battery-powered pocket PC, about the size of a cell-phone, with a tablet processor and a full Windows 10 OS, and I'm asking myself one question. Why is this not a cell phone yet?!
Basically, I want to install an LCD touchscreen, a 4G LTE module, and some software. This project is similar to Raspberry Pi cell phones, in the sense that it will be DIY, and the new Microsoft Lumia, in the sense that it hooks up to a monitor for desktop.
Does anybody have any advice, or know what direction to point me in? I am specifically asking for help with the 4G LTE module and maybe the LCD Touchscreen. I'm not sure what to get, where to get them, or how to install them. (I've searched and found miniPCIe and m.2 modules, so far.)
Thank you!!
are there any 4G LTE modules ?
Interesting. Any progress?
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