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Connect a usb flashdrive to HOX??

I just came to this phone from the E4GT and I love it. Dont love the 12 gb hard drive though. I have heard on the E4GT that you can get a adapter that alows to to connect usb devices into your phone including a flash drive. Does anyone know if that would work on our phones and what its called? +1 for any help. Thanks
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brekec88 said:
I just came to this phone from the E4GT and I love it. Dont love the 12 gb hard drive though. I have heard on the E4GT that you can get a adapter that alows to to connect usb devices into your phone including a flash drive. Does anyone know if that would work on our phones and what its called? +1 for any help. Thanks
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I could be wrong, but this is what I've read:
I don't think anyone's tried it yet. You could be the first to try it and report back!
I bought an OTG cable (this is the adapter you'll need, it's a pretty easy google search) for my HTC Jetstream, but that's still running HC 3.1, and doesn't support this feature yet. Hence, the cable has wound up in an unknown box/drawer/under my bed. If I can find it, I'll test this out with the One X and give'er a shot.

craig0r said:
I could be wrong, but this is what I've read:
I don't think anyone's tried it yet. You could be the first to try it and report back!
I bought an OTG cable (this is the adapter you'll need, it's a pretty easy google search) for my HTC Jetstream, but that's still running HC 3.1, and doesn't support this feature yet. Hence, the cable has wound up in an unknown box/drawer/under my bed. If I can find it, I'll test this out with the One X and give'er a shot.
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Ya it would be awsome if it did. This is the best phone ive ever had but i hate the low storage space. How can they even call it 16 when you can only use 12 lol.
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brekec88 said:
Ya it would be awsome if it did. This is the best phone ive ever had but i hate the low storage space. How can they even call it 16 when you can only use 12 lol.
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Yeah, that really pisses me off. Everyone does it though. It's the same on the HP Touchpad. 32GB my a**, only 25 is usable. On the One X actually, even 12GB is misleading. 2 of that is dedicated to apps, bringing your "sdcard" down to 10. (9.93 to be more precise.)

brekec88 said:
Ya it would be awsome if it did. This is the best phone ive ever had but i hate the low storage space. How can they even call it 16 when you can only use 12 lol.
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not against you or anything...
but what do you store on ur phone...
with my musics...and 6 g data plan and wifi at home... and 26gb dropbox...
I feel very comfortable...with 12gb...
however back to the old complain.. The battery!!!!

niceppl said:
not against you or anything...
but what do you store on ur phone...
with my musics...and 6 g data plan and wifi at home... and 26gb dropbox...
I feel very comfortable...with 12gb...
however back to the old complain.. The battery!!!!
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Uhh playstation anf snes roms. Couple videos. And like 25 gb of music (only like half of my collection lol). Different roms (when i was using old phone). Howd you get 6gb data? Thats tight.
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It doesnt work. Tried it last week when i got the phone with 3 different usb keys and even a USB 360gig drive on a powered hub A custom rom will be needed.

The international One X just got a custom kernel with USB OTG enabled. Who knows when they'll release the source code for the S4 1X kernel so we can get the same though.
Billy
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Phone charging but not showing USB storage on OSX

Yesterday after rooting my phone, I accidentally rebooted my phone before unmounting it. Now when I plug it to Mac it only charges. I get no notification on my phone. USB debugging is checked. Also tried different ports on my mac and USB hub. Anyone know what I can do to fix it?
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yungskeeme said:
Yesterday after rooting my phone, I accidentally rebooted my phone before unmounting it. Now when I plug it to Mac it only charges. I get no notification on my phone. USB debugging is checked. Also tried different ports on my mac and USB hub. Anyone know what I can do to fix it?
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I've never been able to get my One X to reliably show up on my Mac.

iElvis said:
I've never been able to get my One X to reliably show up on my Mac.
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Really? It has always worked for me. How do you transfer? Wireless? Drop box?
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yungskeeme said:
How do you transfer? Wireless? Drop box?
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Both. I use Dropsync mainly, which is pretty simple.

Does adb see it? You could use adb push/pull to move files.

iElvis said:
Both. I use Dropsync mainly, which is pretty simple.
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I use drop box. I heard you could access the storage wirelessly on mac though.
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lauterm said:
Does adb see it? You could use adb push/pull to move files.
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Guess that's an option to
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yungskeeme said:
I use drop box. I heard you could access the storage wirelessly on mac though.
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You can. You just need a root app that makes your phone show up on your network via samba or something similar.
I just find Dropbox simpler and easier to use. I don't want my phone advertising itself for sharing all the time, so I have to active the app, wait for the phone to show up in Finder, then connect to it with my Mac. Takes less time to just move the files and then run Dropsync.
If I've got big files to move, I just do it via OTG.

Mine works flawlessly on windows and os x...
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So I tried on a PC and it doesnt connect to that either. Really think its the phone. Want to use the RUU but once in fastboot it doesnt recognize the USB

Hdmi issues

Hey guys, long time lurker, first time poster haha!
Well recently I don't know what happened but for some reason my photon (stock rom + root) is not supporting hdmi anymore. Before I could plug it into my appradio or flat screen with a micro hdmi cable and the display would be mirrored. Now, when I plug it in, the screen will rotate horizontally, but that's it, no mirror display, or even a signal on the other displays. I checked the cable by plugging in my tablet and it showed up just fine.
Anyone have any thoughts on a possible fix for this?
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So no new app installs? Anything else change on the phone?
Can you do a backup and hard reset, just to rule it out?

I'm not too sure as to how to do that with this phone. I did the one click root method to get my SU fix. Number one use of hdmi is my main source of entertainment from my appradio
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J-Jeezy said:
I'm not too sure as to how to do that with this phone. I did the one click root method to get my SU fix. Number one use of hdmi is my main source of entertainment from my appradio
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So after you rooted it stopped working...?
I'm confused. Please provide more detail.
Either way, I would be curious if a hard reset fixes it.

I've been rooted for a few months now, just earlier this week I plugged the phone in and nothing happenned. So I tried it on my big screen ans same thing, the screen just rotates horizontally and doesn't send video out. However I plugged in my tablet on both the radio and the head unit with that same hdmi cable and everything showed up clear. Seems strange that this happens all of a sudden. I use a air blower at 50 psi to blow out the port and the plug to see if it was just dirty, but nope.
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What was the result of a hard reset? That would rule out any software issues.

That's my issue, I don't know how to do a hard reset on the photon :/
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So i figured it out, did a hard reset and nothing. Just noticed now that for some reason my bluetooth headset wont stream the phone call? Wierd.
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Well, in TWRP it's really stupid simple...
I assume you don't have TWRP, so I guess FXZ is your only option to hard reset? Maybe there's some way to do it with the stock recovery, but I have no clue how.
Are you sure you hard reset it? The phone was wiped, started fresh like it was day 1 with none of your info on it?
Maybe you should just take the device to your provider's store and see if there is something actually wrong with it... since I can't see the device or what you're doing to it, all I can do is speculate.

I took it to my local radioshack and they gave me a pamphlet with a number to call :/
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J-Jeezy said:
I took it to my local radioshack and they gave me a pamphlet with a number to call :/
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Since when is Radio Shack your provider?
(For example) If you have insurance through Sprint, take it to a Sprint store - which is a repair store - look on their site to find one. Not all stores are repair facilities.

Well you see.......long story short, I used to be an assistant manager for one back in january, that's when I got my photon q and their insurance for free. I've gone to all the corporate sprint stores and all of them want a $35 down payment since I don't have sprints insurance.
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J-Jeezy said:
Well you see.......long story short, I used to be an assistant manager for one back in january, that's when I got my photon q and their insurance for free. I've gone to all the corporate sprint stores and all of them want a $35 down payment since I don't have sprints insurance.
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They offer their own insurance...? I guess it's not very useful tho? That's unfortunate, but I guess that's why it's free....

Its $10 a month for customers but for employees we got it free with phone activation
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Went to the corporate store and they were nice enough to just swap out the device since they had a large inventory of it. Brought it home, did the ota update, unlocked it, and installed twrp recovery and super user. Plus got my hdmi back! I asked about the jb 4.2 update and the rep just said he hadn't heard of anything......so now I'm just looking around for a good stable rom
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HDMI out with usb

Is it possible to use the hdmi out and connect a usb peripheral? I have a bunch of lapdocks laying around and it would be cool to be able to use them with this phone with a couple adapters.

Lack of replies make me think this isnt possible.

Yes. With the right mhl adaptor it is entirely possible.
As far as controlling them with the lapdocks.... No. We dont have the software needed. You should still be able to display to them though.
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justin94 said:
Yes. With the right mhl adaptor it is entirely possible.
As far as controlling them with the lapdocks.... No. We dont have the software needed. You should still be able to display to them though.
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I think the mouse and keyboard on the lapdock is just usb. So as long as i can get it all wired right I think it should work. Any idea what the right MHL adapter is?

I wouldn't risk it tbh. You would have to splice and dice. If i remember correctly, the laptops are made for a dual connection, ie. HDMI and USB at the same time. I'm not sure that this phone is capable of that, seeing as the USB and mhl have to go into the same place.
I think I remember seeing someone trying this before and it failed.
Just about and HDMI adapter on amazon should work. The one I got years ago cost me maybe $8 with shipping.
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justin94 said:
Yes. With the right mhl adaptor it is entirely possible.
As far as controlling them with the lapdocks.... No. We dont have the software needed. You should still be able to display to them though.
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Expect the d802 doesn't use mhl it uses slimport.
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treebill said:
Expect the d802 doesn't use mhl it uses slimport.
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Why is that relevant? This thread is in a Verizon HTC One M8 forum . . . And the M8 uses MHL.

Dodge DeBoulet said:
Why is that relevant? This thread is in a Verizon HTC One M8 forum . . . And the M8 uses MHL.
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sorry thought this was on the g2 q&a my bad

Using a Samsung micro USB - HDMI worked fine for me using the GPE rom. I was able to have my screen display on my TV with no issues. I was hoping to use this to stream FIOS Mobile to a Hotel TV. Unfortunately, when FIOS Mobile sees an HDMI connection, it won't stream
You do need to power this connection. If not, you'll get nothing. This is the cable I used...

So maybe my original post wasnt clear? I know we can get hdmi out of the usb port. What i wanted to know is if there is an adapter that allows you do hdmi out AND connect a usb mouse or keyboard at the same time. On the samsung s4 or s5 or one of them, there was a media dock that allowed this. Not sure if the hardware is here on the m8 to do something similar.
EDIT: This thing: http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EDD-S20JWEGSTA

I think samsung uses a proprietary 11pin mhl to do what im talking about. Pretty sure the m8 just has the normal mhl, 5 pin or whatever so this isnt possible. If anyone knows different let me know. I sure wish this phone had a dedicated micro hdmi port.

Control Phone Through Computer? Broken Screen

Hi,
I broke my OPO's digitizer about a week ago and I need to access an app. Is there a way that I can unlock and control my phone through my computer?... I do not have an app already installed to handle this task.
Thank you
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Use an USB-OTG cable and connect a Mouse directly with your phone.
I've read this a couple times and it should work.

AcmE85 said:
Use an USB-OTG cable and connect a Mouse directly with your phone.
I've read this a couple times and it should work.
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Interesting advice, I never knew that was possible. [emoji1]
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