Ok...so I have ordered 3 different adapters for my samsung galaxy note 10.1, ive tried it when it was rooted and on stock, nothing works, basically i get the usb adapter, plug it in, and the ps3 controller works for like 2 hours...then doesn't work on any of the adapters, it stops reading the ps3 controller and says its a high power device and that's it, , it think it stopped after the controller conected to the ps3 again? can someone please tell me what to do? ! im just fed up!
I use a USB OTG cable and find it only works with devices that don't require power from the USB to work. Maybe a ps3 controller needs an external power supply.
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I use a USB OTG cable and find it only works with devices that don't require power from the USB to work. Maybe a ps3 controller needs an external power supply.
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maybe, but it's so frustrating because i saw youtube tutorials and tutorials on here about what to do even with xbox controllers, im just having no luck with it at all, doesn't even allow me to do it wirelessly, but usb memory sticks work fine just the controllers...
I'm not sure if this would work but since you have got 3 cables experimenting with one wouldn't be a great loss...
Usb cables have 4 connections. 2 are data 1 is +5v and one ground -
If you cut about half way into one of your USB OTG cables and found the +5v and ground - cables and cut them so your tablet can't see a load then with another USB cable (male plug side only) connected the +5v and Ground - only to the female side of your USB OTG only so it could power the ps3 controller.
Then you would plug the extra USB plug into another USB socket like a PC or laptop or similar to power the ps3 controller.
Just an idea.
Edit: Or just find the red cable in one of your USB OTG cables and cut it. You will have to charge the usb controller another way though.
Your PS3 controller is attempting to charge its battery from the USB port/OTG connector. The port can only supply amperage for so long before protection circuitry kicks in and keeps itself from melting down. Atleast that's the way I would do it if I were an electrical engineer
Yes even data cards do not work
I find I can use memory sticks OK but anything that draws a lot of current gets the (in)famous "high power USB device" notification...
It's a pain in the bum as I would like my $600 Note to use the 1Tb NTFS drive my $400 A501 uses with no problem whatsoever...
Today there are whole host of usb powered devices some are good and some are cheap may be the concept Samsung had was to make sure some device does not pull power more then the tablet can provide and in turn does not overcook some of the components so that have built in a failsafe may be because the single port does multiple functions this has been provisioned
Yeah but when I used a powered HDD it fried not only my Note10.1 but also the portable HDD too... Not happy...
I think it killed the battery to be honest as it got REALLY hot and the battery dropped from almost fully charged to depleted in about 15 minutes... Also killed the digitiser but the pen still worked. Turned off and left overnight and tab was completely dead next morning....
Very expensive paper weight...:crying:
So I had to go out and get another one, this time 32gb 3g instead of 16gb (eating rice and tuna for the next month or 2)...
Won't be connecting another drive any time soon...
thanks
I'm just posting for brief warning/general info for you guys. When I got to work tonight I plugged in my USB OTG cable which I have been using w/ no issues on both my N7 and S3 since July and then plugged in a 64gb flash drive that I have also been using since launch. When I plugged in the flash drive, I heard a pop, the screen went blank and the phone is totally dead. A quick search showed while this isn't incredibly common, it has happened to several people. Most blamed the OTG cable, but I disceted mine and it had no broken wires and no shorts. I turned up a thread on root wikiz that basically said that it is the power management IC self destructing and there is nothing that can be done to repair it. So, just a heads up if you use OTG-- I am not sure I will use it again on this phone as it seems it is just a matter of time...
Later,
Jason
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I'm just posting for brief warning/general info for you guys. When I got to work tonight I plugged in my USB OTG cable which I have been using w/ no issues on both my N7 and S3 since July and then plugged in a 64gb flash drive that I have also been using since launch. When I plugged in the flash drive, I heard a pop, the screen went blank and the phone is totally dead. A quick search showed while this isn't incredibly common, it has happened to several people. Most blamed the OTG cable, but I disceted mine and it had no broken wires and no shorts. I turned up a thread on root wikiz that basically said that it is the power management IC self destructing and there is nothing that can be done to repair it. So, just a heads up if you use OTG-- I am not sure I will use it again on this phone as it seems it is just a matter of time...
Later,
Jason
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From another forum...but saw your thread. Does this mean your phones is screwed or just the charger?
Jarmezrocks said:
From another forum...but saw your thread. Does this mean your phones is screwed or just the charger?
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Which USB cable did u use?
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jacampb2 said:
I'm just posting for brief warning/general info for you guys. When I got to work tonight I plugged in my USB OTG cable which I have been using w/ no issues on both my N7 and S3 since July and then plugged in a 64gb flash drive that I have also been using since launch. When I plugged in the flash drive, I heard a pop, the screen went blank and the phone is totally dead. A quick search showed while this isn't incredibly common, it has happened to several people. Most blamed the OTG cable, but I disceted mine and it had no broken wires and no shorts. I turned up a thread on root wikiz that basically said that it is the power management IC self destructing and there is nothing that can be done to repair it. So, just a heads up if you use OTG-- I am not sure I will use it again on this phone as it seems it is just a matter of time...
Later,
Jason
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This happened to me. Verizon will warranty the phone. I wondered what actually blew up in the hardware. I am surprised it hasn't happen to more people, seeing how you really don't have any control over whether it blows up or not.
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Which USB cable did u use?
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This. I just ordered one lol.
jacampb2 said:
I'm just posting for brief warning/general info for you guys. When I got to work tonight I plugged in my USB OTG cable which I have been using w/ no issues on both my N7 and S3 since July and then plugged in a 64gb flash drive that I have also been using since launch. When I plugged in the flash drive, I heard a pop, the screen went blank and the phone is totally dead. A quick search showed while this isn't incredibly common, it has happened to several people. Most blamed the OTG cable, but I disceted mine and it had no broken wires and no shorts. I turned up a thread on root wikiz that basically said that it is the power management IC self destructing and there is nothing that can be done to repair it. So, just a heads up if you use OTG-- I am not sure I will use it again on this phone as it seems it is just a matter of time...
Later,
Jason
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Sorry to here about your phone. I was jut about to go buy one of these cables.
This same thing happened to my phone a few weeks ago. It went totally dead out of nowhere, I was taking photos at the time.
You shouldn't have a problem getting a replacement even if you don't have insurance.
Good Luck
I have heard stories about that happening, though its not common, it is surprising that its so low considering its random and no one knows exactly what causes it
at least you don't have to factory restore before returning
Sorry guys, I just woke up. Was on graveyard shift last night. Anyhow, the cable was a generic ebay right angle otg cable, about 5" or so in length. I am 99% certain it had nothing to do with the cable though, just a hardware problem. As mentioned above I dissected the cable and it had no problems. I could still use it on my Nexus 7 with no issues. I had the cable plugged in before inserting the flash drive and it was fine until the flash drive was plugged it.
The Root Wikiz thread I mentioned said that someone had sent theirs in to be Jtag'ed thinking it was just hard bricked. The response from the people where he sent it was that they had seen a number of them with the PMIC damaged and that there was nothing that their services could do for them.
My guess is there are some marginal PMIC's out there and that when they switch the port from charge to host mode they just cant take the current and pop. The fact that I made it nearly 5 months using the same OTG cable on a regular basis kind of lends credence to this theory, but who knows. All I know is that it was totally dead, absolutely no signs of life regardless of what I tried.
FWIW I was rooted and running paranoid android, but I have found reports of this happening to bone stock phones as well as any variation of ROM. Verizon did warranty the device. Oddly, the tech told me "I have never heard of this happening" but didn't even ask me to try anything with the phone, he just said that they would ship me a new one for warranty replacement.
New device is here, I'm off to root and unlock! Good luck guys.
Later,
Jason
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Sorry guys, I just woke up. Was on graveyard shift last night. Anyhow, the cable was a generic ebay right angle otg cable, about 5" or so in length. I am 99% certain it had nothing to do with the cable though, just a hardware problem. As mentioned above I dissected the cable and it had no problems. I could still use it on my Nexus 7 with no issues. I had the cable plugged in before inserting the flash drive and it was fine until the flash drive was plugged it.
The Root Wikiz thread I mentioned said that someone had sent theirs in to be Jtag'ed thinking it was just hard bricked. The response from the people where he sent it was that they had seen a number of them with the PMIC damaged and that there was nothing that their services could do for them.
My guess is there are some marginal PMIC's out there and that when they switch the port from charge to host mode they just cant take the current and pop. The fact that I made it nearly 5 months using the same OTG cable on a regular basis kind of lends credence to this theory, but who knows. All I know is that it was totally dead, absolutely no signs of life regardless of what I tried.
FWIW I was rooted and running paranoid android, but I have found reports of this happening to bone stock phones as well as any variation of ROM. Verizon did warranty the device. Oddly, the tech told me "I have never heard of this happening" but didn't even ask me to try anything with the phone, he just said that they would ship me a new one for warranty replacement.
New device is here, I'm off to root and unlock! Good luck guys.
Later,
Jason
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Wow, that sucks, but I am glad you got another S3. I have been using this one that I got from Amazon. It has a couple of usb ports and 2 card readers. I have been very happy with it. It is extremely useful when I am at family functions, and everyone has taken a lot of pictures and video. I can grab their cards and pull the pics and video onto my 64 Gig SD card on my phone. People are amazed I can do this with my phone! However, now I am a little worried about using it. I will keep this in mind, and only use it on the occasions that I really need it. Thanks for the heads up!
Rob
my s3 discharging immediately
hi everybody....
i have an issue with my s3....i make an OTG cable and plug it into my s3...and i just can get power from it,no data.
but i think the s3 is already wasting power and i must charging it after a day.
can anybody help me!!!!!
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hi everybody....
i have an issue with my s3....i make an OTG cable and plug it into my s3...and i just can get power from it,no data.
but i think the s3 is already wasting power and i must charging it after a day.
can anybody help me!!!!!
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One day charge is normal if using phone. If gonna use OTG you are overusing and can expect 1/2 day. Buy good cable if want data.
I had something similar happen except, my usb sent a static spark from my oc to my phone. Didn't fry it completely, but messed up something that would no longer dock to pc, dock to car our go into deep sleep.
Wonder if the two issues are related.
Be sure to discharge any static in you usb called before plugging them into your phone.
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One day charge is normal if using phone. If gonna use OTG you are overusing and can expect 1/2 day. Buy good cable if want data.
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your right..but its used for 3 days....i bought an otg cable and use it...thats amazing...i can use mouse,keyboard and other devices in my s3.
but i still have my problem...
my s3 is in flight mode and and doesnt do anything...but its discharging..and i dont know the problem is sent from my os or my hardware..
idont kno that the os is screwed up or is something wrong with battery.
is there any command that tell os to dont discharging???
i love my s3 so much
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your right..but its used for 3 days....i bought an otg cable and use it...thats amazing...i can use mouse,keyboard and other devices in my s3.
but i still have my problem...
my s3 is in flight mode and and doesnt do anything...but its discharging..and i dont know the problem is sent from my os or my hardware..
idont kno that the os is screwed up or is something wrong with battery.
is there any command that tell os to dont discharging???
i love my s3 so much
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Discharging is what the battery always does when not plugged into A/C power and turned on, and even sometimes when it is plugged into A/C power (when you get in the top 10% of full it starts going through discharge/charge cycles to keep it within the top 10% of power but never totally full. This prevents overcharging and explosions)
That said:
A sudden reduction in the runtime for the battery under the same average load is almost always the battery going bad.
If you mean the battery doesn't last as long because you now use OTG - those things you plug into the phone need to get their power somewhere. The phone battery is it.
So now you are powering the phone + whatever other things you attach to it. Some of them can drain a lot more power then you might think. You just never noticed much (if at all before) because your total reserves weren't such a tiny amount.
If you stop using OTG devices and your battery capacity bounces right back up to where it was before, then you can reasonably infer the extra gadgets are the culprit.
(if you stop OTG stuff for a few days and the battery still sucks when before it didn't, probably need to buy a new battery because yours is most likely shot.)
Assuming it seems to work fine...
So two choices, right? No accessories and lots of battery life, or lots of accessories and no power to run them with.
well...not really:
It's probably not always possible - but how often do you use OTG near A/C power?
Whenever you are near somewhere you can plug in, the first thing you should plug into your OTG cable (besides the phone) is a USB hub with a power cord.
...and really, if you want to use those power hungry USB hard drives and things like that, then you really can't without taking the stress off of the phone of supplying that power - that hard drive just half spins up like a car that cranks but won't start.
Every crank in that car wears the battery down and beats up the starter when it doesn't fire up the engine. Just like every spin up but not quite read of the hard drive puts incredible load on the S3 to try to throw enough current at it fast enough to keep it happy. Just beating it up for nothing.
Which brought me to what I wanted to bring up for some consideration:
Think about trying to use a powered hub whenever you can as the first thing off the OTG cable, should take an immense amount of stress off of the S3 in making it all work.
Bet at the least you reduce the risk of popping since the power spikes will be much less - that powered hub is a pretty solid buffer for that kind of stuff when you are constantly popping flash drives in and out.
I remember way back when for the Nook Color when some really sharp people made OTG happen out of the thin air - no way Barnes & Noble had that on even a remote list of possibilities when they were ready to throw the device to the masses and see what happened.
If you wanted to use more then the smallest of thumb drives you needed a powered hub. The device wasn't designed for it, and simply wasn't able to squeeze more then a paltry amount of power out in reverse. (but it was just enough to talk to a powered hub...)
Anywhere that you can plug in your powered buffer should contribute to avoiding the problem the OP posted about. The thought experiment (hopefully) growing from this post? How much truth does this theory exhibit?
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hi everybody....
i have an issue with my s3....i make an OTG cable and plug it into my s3...and i just can get power from it,no data.
but i think the s3 is already wasting power and i must charging it after a day.
can anybody help me!!!!!
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Here you say you made an OTG cable, the first post I quoted you in you said you bought one. If you made it, i'd say that is your problem.
The quality of the cable you use absolutely matters. Higher quality parts = higher quality results.
I have a bunch of micro USB cables (as i'm sure many of you do also - ) ... and from some of them I get an absolute night/day result in charging.
Some cables (mostly the ones from the dollar store or older cables) just plain suck. They can't bring enough power from the same A/C adapter as my OEM HTC/Samsung cables. (I have some motorolla OEM cables from around the time of the droid X launch - they are closer to the dollar store cables in quality - haven't tried recent motorolla OEm cables, hopefully they got better or I got a bad batch over a six month period)
Using the low quality cables I can absolutely lose power plugged in just being a wifi hotspot with the screen on, until it eventually goes critical and dies. (this I tend to notice when my pc banished to the corner of nowhere loses all network connectivity) - whereas with the HTC/Samsung cables from within the last two years keep me near full with that being the only difference.
I'd rather have a few good cables then a bag full of POS dollar store ones. That little bit better material, little bit tighter QC adds up to a big difference in the final outcome.
This same thing happened to me when I plugged the same type of cheap right elbow OTG cable from ebay into my brand new S3 (2 days old with about one hour of usage). The cable worked fine with USB drives, a mouse, or a keyboard used alone on the S3. The cable was plugged into a USB 4 port hub with multi-card reader. The screen was off when I plugged it in so it appeared to just be off. Any attempts to power it on were fruitless. I smelt the phone right afterward and there wasn't any burnt smell. Plugging in the phone resulted in it getting pretty warm but not to an extreme yet the battery remained cool. It appears to have burnt something between the battery and lines but leaving the components intact thus causing the excess of heat. BTW the hub/reader is fine. I won't be using that again on my new one but I will be attempting to use a different hub that has been working fine on my wife's RAZR MAXX HD. Just hope this is a very isolated incident and not a bad batch from the retailer.
Edit: The S3 is a blue 16G Verizon model. The S3 was on stock ROM when this happened (not like that would prevent death from inferior circuit protection components).
Were you using a powered hub, or passive hub?
Anyone tried a DAC off the OTG cable?
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Were you using a powered hub, or passive hub?
Anyone tried a DAC off the OTG cable?
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Don't do it. I've fried 2 GS3s with a UCA-220 DAC over otg.
First time with a regular OTG cable, the second time with a OTG/phone charging cable, the power came unplugged and zap. I'm lucky Verizon has replaced the phone two times.
I think the best solution is to completely isolate the DAC power from the phone power. A circuit to charge the phone with the otg/charge cable and a separate circuit to power the DAC.
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Don't do it. I've fried 2 GS3s with a UCA-220 DAC over otg.
First time with a regular OTG cable, the second time with a OTG/phone charging cable, the power came unplugged and zap. I'm lucky Verizon has replaced the phone two times.
I think the best solution is to completely isolate the DAC power from the phone power. A circuit to charge the phone with the otg/charge cable and a separate circuit to power the DAC.
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Wouldn't use of a powered usb hub remove any power issues? I purchased a OTG cable today.. I had planned to connect it to a powered hub, and run the DAC off that?
Hello, yesterday I bought a USB OTG cable from Radioshack and today morning I was playing around with two flashdrives, my phone, and the cable. It all worked fine until my phone suddenly turned off and would not turn back on. The phone is completely dead, nothing happens when I plug it into my wall charger or computer and nothing happens when I press the power, home, or volume buttons. Is there any possible way to recover the device, if not is there any way to recover the data from the internal sdcard?
Thank you.
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Hello, yesterday I bought a USB OTG cable from Radioshack and today morning I was playing around with two flashdrives, my phone, and the cable. It all worked fine until my phone suddenly turned off and would not turn back on. The phone is completely dead, nothing happens when I plug it into my wall charger or computer and nothing happens when I press the power, home, or volume buttons. Is there any possible way to recover the device, if not is there any way to recover the data from the internal sdcard?
Thank you.
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Its physically dead. Same thing happened to me and some others on that same device. Something got physically fried....
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Its physically dead. Same thing happened to me and some others on that same device. Something got physically fried....
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Wow, interesting. What would cause that from the OTG cable?
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Hello. I found my old Lumia 1020 and I decided to try and turn it on. However when I connected it to the charger all it does is flashing the middle button (windows logo) as what it normally does at the first few second of charging. So I tried connecting it to the laptop and same thing. Any ideas?
Hi, SavoTS
I guess the chances are that battery-juice might have dried up, possibility.
Have you tried Soft-Reset-ing your Lumia?
1. Press and hold the volume keys and power button together for 3-5 seconds.
2. The phone should soft-reset.
Please tell me what you've tried?
Also, The USB Port on your phone or the USB cable might be in bad-shape. This can cause the phone to not charge much and being stuck at the blinking Home button (Windows logo).
I have had bad USB port causing charging issues and giving me trouble while transferring data - I simply replaced it with a spare.
What have you tried so far?
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Hi, SavoTS
I guess the chances are that battery-juice might have dried up, possibility.
Have you tried Soft-Reset-ing your Lumia?
1. Press and hold the volume keys and power button together for 3-5 seconds.
2. The phone should soft-reset.
Please tell me what you've tried?
Also, The USB Port on your phone or the USB cable might be in bad-shape. This can cause the phone to not charge much and being stuck at the blinking Home button (Windows logo).
I have had bad USB port causing charging issues and giving me trouble while transferring data - I simply replaced it with a spare.
What have you tried so far?
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The cable is totally fine because I use it to charge my other phone and it works fine. Tried the soft reset button combo and it didn't work. When I connected it to the pc it wasn't recognized. I haven't taken it apart but even if I do I don't have spare phones to take anything and use it.
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The cable is totally fine because I use it to charge my other phone and it works fine. Tried the soft reset button combo and it didn't work. When I connected it to the pc it wasn't recognized. I haven't taken it apart but even if I do I don't have spare phones to take anything and use it.
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i have this pc problem just charging not recognize. I gone changed replace new charging port and pc problem is solved it's working perfectly
If the battery is totally drained you should try a charging device, be patient and have the Lumia for hours on the loader. Also check the USB port, there may be tons of dust inside. Yes, it took me about ten minutes to clean a micro USB port, so just try it.
Best regards,
Joachim
Newbie here, sorry if this is in the wrong place.
I recently purchased a Samsung T7 SSD specifically to use as extra storage for my Note 20 Ultra. Upon unboxing, I noticed that when connecting drive to phone with supplied USB-C to USB-C cable, the drive will not power on (no lights on drive). My phone will not recognize anything is connected at all. I then connected the drive to to my computer and it instantly powers on, I quickly unplugged it and connected it to my phone and the drive lit up and connected as it should. After unplugging and waiting 10 seconds or so, and reconnecting, nothing happens, no lights, nothing. I can even connect it to the usb-c input on the media center of my vehicle to power it on and then quickly plug it up to my phone and it will work fine.
I did do a restart of my phone with the drive plugged in and upon phone reboot the device was powered up, but it still will not get any power from port upon cold connection.
Any help or tips are greatly appreciated.
Did you try to check the cable, because something similar happened to me with a pny external ssd disk and the cable was the problem
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Did you try to check the cable, because something similar happened to me with a pny external ssd disk and the cable was the problem
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Yes, I tried several other cables with no luck. They all do the same. The cable that came with the drive works fine in with every other device I plug it into. Is there a setting that toggles power output from the phones USB-c port? It seems like the phone is not supplying enough power to the drive to start it up.