Hi all, our poco deserve to have a solution to simultaneously charge while USB-C port is also used for otg purpose like connecting an USB DAC. All hubs I tried so far do not do that job, so has any one got a solution please, thanks, Cheers.
Zero comment, my conclusion so far will be: it cannot be done.
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Hi All,
I'm trying to get a USB device connected to my phone (specifically an OBDII reader with Torque Pro). No matter what I do, I can't get it to recognize on my Nexus S 4g. When I run USB Host Diagnostics, it basically says it can't find anything.
I'm running a flavor of Cyanogen 10 with its stock kernal.
My questions are:
Do I need to go through a powered USB hub to get the proper power?
Do I need a specific kernel with the correct host modules enabled? (if so, can someone point me to one)
Thanks,
Torque Pro worked fine with my NS4G with a cheap ebay bluetooth adapter with no hassle. That adapter had no batteries at all, it was powered through the ALDL port on the car. I couldn't imagine needing power since no scanner I know of needs power at the ALDL port, it pulls it from the port itself. I would bet it is USB driver problems, or problems reading the USB adapter through Jellybean because of this new MTP protocol that sucks
Good to know.
Should I try a HoneyComb ROM? I guess it COULD be the OTG cable I got from amazon. Maybe it's not plugging in all the way.
thx
DizturbedOne said:
Torque Pro worked fine with my NS4G with a cheap ebay bluetooth adapter with no hassle. That adapter had no batteries at all, it was powered through the ALDL port on the car. I couldn't imagine needing power since no scanner I know of needs power at the ALDL port, it pulls it from the port itself. I would bet it is USB driver problems, or problems reading the USB adapter through Jellybean because of this new MTP protocol that sucks
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shelbydz said:
Good to know.
Should I try a HoneyComb ROM? I guess it COULD be the OTG cable I got from amazon. Maybe it's not plugging in all the way.
thx
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No Honeycomb roms for Nexus S...
I highly suggest a OBDII bluetooth adapter. They're 15$ on the net and will spare you the trouble. Make sure you find one that has good reviews, some cheap ones have problem connecting to some cars because of broken J1850 PWM (i think it's PWM, might be VPW) protocol.
Hello guys
First of all I will excuse me for my bad English.
I've a question about the use of the USB OTG system. I'd like to use a general 3xUSB (female) to MicroUSB (male) cable in this way: 1 numpad/key arrows, 1 mouse and 1 port for charging the Android phone itself at a power point. Is this possible with the general cables in the stores? So not, does it exists and where must I pay attention(I don't really mean the OTG Y cables, because I can't find one with 2 USB (female) ports and I don't know where the energy gain from the Micro USB (female) port and charger is good for (Recharging phone or powering the USB port)
The reason I'll ask this is becuz I like to play Oldschool Runescape play easier on my mobile phone with XDSL Wheezy than I do now. I hope the mouse and numpad/key artows work already with it.
Greetings Delelith and thanks in advance!
Hi there,
Please give us more details about your device/firmware.
Thanks
HI all. First post from a long time lurker. I'd like to thank all of you who have provided so much information in these forums.
With USB C on a Pixel C, is it possible to charge while benefitting from USB Audio. I know this was not possible with the old otg standard, but I can not find a satisfying answer or or hardware,
Any information you can proovide to answer the question to simply point my search in the correct direction would be greatly appreciated.
M
MBugeyes said:
HI all. First post from a long time lurker. I'd like to thank all of you who have provided so much information in these forums.
With USB C on a Pixel C, is it possible to charge while benefitting from USB Audio. I know this was not possible with the old otg standard, but I can not find a satisfying answer or or hardware,
Any information you can proovide to answer the question to simply point my search in the correct direction would be greatly appreciated.
M
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I will test this myself this afternoon
regime2008 said:
I will test this myself this afternoon
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Thanks regime2008! Any news on USB host mode for audio? Best, nbpf
nbpf said:
Thanks regime2008! Any news on USB host mode for audio? Best, nbpf
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I'm not saying it doesn't work, but I haven't been successful getting USB audio to work with my portable Teac DAC/HA. In fact, connecting to Pixel C via USB type C-to-A cable (included with my N6P) pretty immediately forces reboot. Same DAC works perfectly with N6P and 2015 CB Pixel, although only when connected to the latter's USB 2.0 type A ports. Could be a USB 3.0/3.1 thing? I haven't bothered digging out my old Fiio test that, but considering my luck with the Teac, I'm not hopeful.
Anyone care to chime in? I'm not engineer or much of an audiophile. The lack of information on this subject --specifically as relating to the Pixel C-- is kind of frustrating. I suppose that's the downside to Pixel hardware.... the community's only as good as the number of people who actually buy the da**** things, which unfortunately is most likely going to be rather... limited.
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I'm not saying it doesn't work, but I haven't been successful getting USB audio to work with my portable Teac DAC/HA. In fact, connecting to Pixel C via USB type C-to-A cable (included with my N6P) pretty immediately forces reboot. Same DAC works perfectly with N6P and 2015 CB Pixel, although only when connected to the latter's USB 2.0 type A ports. Could be a USB 3.0/3.1 thing? I haven't bothered digging out my old Fiio test that, but considering my luck with the Teac, I'm not hopeful.
Anyone care to chime in? I'm not engineer or much of an audiophile. The lack of information on this subject --specifically as relating to the Pixel C-- is kind of frustrating. I suppose that's the downside to Pixel hardware.... the community's only as good as the number of people who actually buy the da**** things, which unfortunately is most likely going to be rather... limited.
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I am so sorry I am beyond late. But during my testing, my DAC will not work as well. I have the TEAC HA-P50 and no luck here. The pixel C is a tricky piece of hardware, and I hope the devs get the functionality out of it.
Hi, I have a Z5 Compact, but assume this answer would be the same, has anyone had experience using an OTG connection that also charges the phone? And if so, do they know what pin configuration works with that? I've heard that different OEMs use different pin layouts for cables that will provide OTG and power at the same time and am curious what the Z5 family uses so I can get the right cable with my Kickstarted Superbook
Thanks for any help!
Hey guys, I'm fixing to refunction an original Pixel as a 3D printer server (Octoprint), and OTG works a treat, however I cannot keep the phone charged while using OTG.
Is there a working solution for this? I don't mind getting my hands dirty.
Thanks y'all.
It's a bit finicky, you just have to find the right usb-c hub that supports charging and OTG.
one thing I noticed was the usb-c hub I am using supports passthrough PD charging (your pixel stock charger is a PD charger). if your usb-c pd charger power output is too high, i think it might run into issues with the hub.
by chance, my usb-c hub that supports passthrough PD charging is paired with a generic charger.... both the charging and OTG function may sometimes take a few connection attempts to get it working.... trying different combination of plugging in the charger to the hub, OTG device (i use a microsdxc card reader) and plugging into the pixel.
all i can say is good luck!
WhereCoffeeFlowsLikeMud said:
Hey guys, I'm fixing to refunction an original Pixel as a 3D printer server (Octoprint), and OTG works a treat, however I cannot keep the phone charged while using OTG.
Is there a working solution for this? I don't mind getting my hands dirty.
Thanks y'all.
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hey just wanted to say, funny I should find this thread because I'm trying to achieve the exact same thing (Octoprint server) with an old Galaxy Note 4, and can't for the life of me figure out why OTG charging/data would be disabled. Did you manage to figure out a fix?
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peanutismint said:
hey just wanted to say, funny I should find this thread because I'm trying to achieve the exact same thing (Octoprint server) with an old Galaxy Note 4, and can't for the life of me figure out why OTG charging/data would be disabled. Did you manage to figure out a fix?
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Alas, nope - not without soldering directly to the main board. I just gave AliExpress $15 instead and they gave me a Rockchip-based MXQ Pro Android TV box in return (that sits under my printer). I parked Armbian Linux on it, then plugged in a webcam. Working like a dream. Thinking of switching to Klipper at some point, so going the TV box route was probably for the best (on account of the 4 CPU cores, loadsa RAM and internal storage, and the four or five USB ports).
Ps, sorry about the formatting - my phone flipped out cos of some annoying ad.
Thanks for the response; it's unfortunate that a solution like Octoprint 4 Android would be rendered almost pointless by something as assumedly simple as 'device can't charge via USB'.
I have a Raspberry Pi that I can probably get Octoprint running on with a cheap webcam, but I'm going to google that Android TV box you mentioned too because a few other people have mentioned that these are somehow even better/more future-proof than a RPi.