I have a 10 inch touchscreen monitor with a composite input and usb touchscreen. Can the Archos 32 utilize the touchscreen through usb host mode? After I heard the Gen 8 devices support usb host, I started brainstorming an in-car system. My plan was to use my 10 inch touchscreen for the main interface, Archos 32 for the brains, bt or usb gps dongle (do usb gps dongles work?) and maybe some external storage. I would run the audio through my existing stereo.
So, is this at all possible, or am I just pipe-dreaming? I can't seem to find any info on anyone trying an external touchscreen or usb gps dongles.
Nice idea! I think it's all just a matter of time, will and coding power
If you have the time, the will and the coding power you should be able to hack and compile some drivers (if they're not already existing) to support the touchscreen.
check if your touch screen does work with a normal linux computer and verify if the driver is available, open source and included in kernel 2.6.29 or even may be backmergeable from a newer kernel.
The touch drivers will not be the hardest part (Archos do it, so maybe nothin' to do) but for the screen i'm not sure ... the graphics over USB will be hard (i think)
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the graphics over USB will be hard (i think)
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graphics goes over composite! A32IT has a composite output instead of miniHDMI like A101IT. so graphics shouldn't be the problem either
It just so turns out I'm running Ubuntu right now. So you're saying if my touchscreen works normally on my computer, it should be trivial to get working on the A32, maybe even function out of the box?
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So you're saying if my touchscreen works normally on my computer, it should be trivial to get working on the A32, maybe even function out of the box?
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Depending on the kernel version in which the driver for your touch screen was initially included. Archos uses kernel version 2.6.29 (AFAIK, released in march 2009). if it's already included work will be trivial and it may even work out of the box.
Yes, it's possible, maybe not with Android but wit Ubuntu or Debian (modules aren't the same, so if they are in Ubuntu maybe they aren't in Android, the only thing to do is trying ^^)
well, I did a quick test with Ubuntu 11.04. The touchscreen does work (kinda) out of the box. The only problem is that the x and y axis appear to be backwards (left=right, up=down) and the overall calibration seems to be off. It is detected as an eGalax touchscreen, usbtouchscreen module appears to be loaded.
great! ok, documentation of kernel sources which archos made public says:
USB Touchscreen driver for:
- eGalax Touchkit USB (also includes eTurboTouch CT-410/510/700)
- PanJit TouchSet USB
- 3M MicroTouch USB (EX II series)
- ITM
- some other eTurboTouch
- Gunze AHL61
- DMC TSC-10/25
- IRTOUCHSYSTEMS/UNITOP
- IdealTEK URTC1000
- GoTop Super_Q2/GogoPen/PenPower tablets
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I've compiled the module for you: download (not tested, I don't have my tablet with me )
This module will only work with the newest Archos firmware! (2.3.26)
1) root your device (see my root thread)
2) unzip the file to your internal storage
3) load the module by terminal:
Code:
$ su
# insmod /mnt/storage/usbtouchscreen.ko
4) connect your touchscreen by usb
5) wait some seconds and then check if it's getting recognized:
Code:
$ dmesg
And for the X/Y problem, i think it's just a Xorg configuration problem ^^
Thanks Chulri! I don't actually own an A32 yet, as I was gaging the likelihood of this working before spending the money. Now with what I've found with Ubuntu and your module, I think I'm gonna try to pick one up this weekend and if I have time, see what happens.
Great! I'm looking forward to your further reports welcome to the archos community
And post pictures of your instalation
Picked up a '32 yesterday. I haven't had much time to play around with it yet, but I must say the touchscreen is impressive for being resistive. Not quite the same as capacitive, but a close approximation.
Anyway, couldn't find a USB host cable or a proper A/V cable. Tried making a USB host cable out of extra cables lying around, no luck. Can't get it to work. Don't know what I'm doing wrong... (ground pin 4 according to what I have read) I bought a cheap A/V cable for an Ipod, since it was the only 3.5mm to RCA A/V cable I could find. Hacked apart an old VCR for it's RCA ports and used it to cobble together an adapter to make this cable work.
I now have functioning video out. The image fit the screen best in PAL Widescreen format, although the cursor turns all blocky in this mode when moved. It also seems a bit flickery. Is this normal? Hopefully it's because of the cobbled adapter situation.
That's about all I had time to do. I'm gonna have to order a proper A/V and USB host cable before I go any further, so that's probably about a 2 week wait.
Update
Good news! I finally got my usb host cable today. A quick test confirmed usb host now working. I used chulri's guide to gain root access, and installed his supplied module. I plugged in the screen. Video is working decent, touchscreen is working... kinda. Similar to when I tried it in Ubuntu, the axis seem to be all messed up (Left = Up, Right = Down, Up = Right, Down = Left). I have no idea how to fix this, so any help is appreciated. Thanks to chulri and everyone else for the help already.
so if you touch the screen in the upper right corner it will recognize the push event in the bottom right corner?
in the end: 90° rotated?
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so if you touch the screen in the upper right corner it will recognize the push event in the bottom right corner?
in the end: 90° rotated?
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Yes, exactly. Also, when I touch the upper portion of the screen, it activates the volume + and -. I guess those buttons are mapped as part of the touchscreen area.
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Good news! I finally got my usb host cable today. A quick test confirmed usb host now working. I used chulri's guide to gain root access, and installed his supplied module. I plugged in the screen. Video is working decent, touchscreen is working... kinda. Similar to when I tried it in Ubuntu, the axis seem to be all messed up (Left = Up, Right = Down, Up = Right, Down = Left). I have no idea how to fix this, so any help is appreciated. Thanks to chulri and everyone else for the help already.
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Bump on this thread. Any progress since? Could you take a video of it working, if you still have the setup. Thanks!
I have firmware 2.4.81 and not 2.3.26. So the module does not work...
what can i do ???
Thanks
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USB support and usb audio support were recently picked up by mainstream, so starting from nightly 135 you get all of the below (except for the webcam support). I am leaving the old information for history preservation purposes. The usb mode utility is replaced by Nook Tweaks
IMPORTANT! READ TO THE VERY END FIRST!
Ok, so I know some people want to try the usbhost mode and I am releasing this trial package to gather feedback and see how it works in the wild.
I am not responsible if you fry your nook (see below).
First, you need some hardware, namely microUSB to USB Female adapter. Something like this one. (There are cheaper ones on ebay, but delivery time is about 3 weeks, I got mine for $1.43).
Also an USB gender changer will work.
Then you need a kernel with usbhost enabled. I made a package that you can install onto emmc with CWM, or the same package could be installed on SD card if you use my installer. This package is only for CM7 users that already converted to .32 kernel. If you still run 2.6.29 kernel (ie CM7.0.3) - you need to upgrade to a fresh nightly like -87 or wait longer.
You can get the kernel here: http://nook.handhelds.ru/usbhost/update-CM7-green-usbhost-2-emmc.zip
As you probably know, the Nook Color comes a little bit crippled in a sense that id pin on the OTG controller is not connected and so we cannot rely on it to properly choose mode. Instead I wrote an app to achieve the switching.
The app is ugly as hell, sorry, it's my first attempt at writing an Android app, bear with me, it would become better (I accept free Android programming lessons too! ).
You can get the app here: http://nook.handhelds.ru/usbhost/NookUsbHostSwitcher.apk
The app requires root, so make sure to allow it once asked and make it to remember the setting.
Install the kernel, install the app.
Reboot into the new kernel.
Run the app and you'll see a big "ToggleButton". When it's in Off mode, that means your nook is in usb client mode.
When you press it for the first time it will change to On, that means usb host.
(you can connect your external accessory before or after you enable the host mode).
When you press it again, it will change to Off and switch back to the client mode.
I recommend that before switching the host mode off you first disconnect your accessory, otherwise the internal hub cannot switch off.
(note that in some configurations the host mode enabling did not work for me on the first try and I needed to turn it off and on several times before the device registered. I believe there is no such problem with this kernel, but keep in mind such a possibility)
Addition in v2:
A second button is now added that lets you to force "external" vbus source. When you make it to ON, the battery charger pump is opened and connected to vbus terminals. In this state it is safe to connect nook to a power source, usb host will work and the battery should be charging at the same time.
Even without external power if your battery has high enough voltage (usually when it's full for me), it still somewhat works.
Additionally if you try to enable HostMode and an external power source is connected already, the "external" power mode is enabled (not shown in the app, though). This is to avert a potential disaster from below and to save battery.
Now the important part: When the Nook is in host mode, it drives 5V vbus off the connector at all times. If you connect the nook to a PC in this state, the PC will try to drive it's own vbus. Last time I tried to do this, my usb port in the nook fried! You've been warned! But that was before I had the host mode working and it might have been caused by a number of other things I was doing at the time too. Anyway I am not very keen on repeating this experiment again. If you are curious and decide to try it anyway regardless of the warning, make a comment and tell me what happened
Supported devices (this is important, right?)
Note that only low power devices will work if you don't have an externally powered hub. Don't expect to be able to drive a cdrom or a hard drive out of just nook. 100mA is the current limit. (Current testing shows that if you use ISB hub, even unpowered, it hides this issue).
All keyboards should be supported. (the keymap in CM7 is a bit strange, though, you'll see it).
All mice should be supported too, though I have not tried.
I enabled Xbox and PS3 controllers support, but have not tried.
Usb camera support - I only enabled UVC-compliant cameras (Microsoft Live cameras are compliant for example, probably many others). You also need specially built nigthtly with videocam support (try Camera app).
USB storage - generic support enabled, so should work for you.
Serial port support - only generic support enabled (I guess GPS devices mostly work as serial ports)
USB audio support enabled - not sure if the Android has any idea how to support it.
The kernel is basically normal dalingrin's kernel with USB host support enabled and ipv6 disabled (to keep kernel size below 3M threshold).
Kernel source (for the curious and if you want to build your own kernel with some mode devices support): git://github.com/dalingrin/nook_kernel.git branch usbhost
Enjoy and share your experience.
Just ordered the adapter for this. Thanks so much for your efforts!
So if anything goes wrong, we can revert by just flashing Dalingrin's kernel again, right?
Going to order an adapter now
Quick (and possibly stupid) question: Would gender changer plugs work in combination with a regular micro USB->USB cable?
this is incredible, thanks for all your hard work !!!
Awesome news
Thanks for all your work on this. It just amazes me how much talent is here on XDA.
It also amazes me that Android tablets/phones struggle with something a 10+ year old Windows 98SE laptop can do with ease.
Ordered my cable and can't wait to try transferring pictures from my camera to the Nook!
Has anyone seen a netbook-style keyboard/case combo that would work with the nook? (Bluetooth and/or USB)
Great work man, can't wait to try this out!!
Just built cm7 from source as of 6AM and flashed your kernel, turned usb host on and attached my usb gender changer to my phone's micro usb cord and plugged in a mass storage device. dmesg in Terminal Emulator showed the device properly but apparently android has no idea what to do with it, the light didn't even come on. Encouraged by this minor sign of life, I plugged in a keyboard and it works (though of course the android keymap is close to full retard).
Good job! I think nullghost's idea of adding this to the CM7 pulldown menu is a good idea. Maybe also the power control?
You will need to mount the USB storage yourself.
Glad I though ahead and got an adapter
Working well so far. Will try more accessories at school!
Any advice on what adapter to buy? I was looking at this one:
http://www.amazon.com/USB-Micro-Ada...YMU6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306940268&sr=8-1
but not sure if it is what we are looking for since one review said it does not work for USB OTG.
Actually, thinking about it, is the USB host mode that is enabled here, different from the USB OTG that i am thinking of?
And since i dont mind being the first to ask a dumb question..
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You will need to mount the USB storage yourself.
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Would this be something done in the terminal, or through the settings UI (aka, it will show up on the same place that the SD card shows up)?
Using my mouse with my Nook at the moment
I went out and bought a gender changer, which seems to work. Thank you a LOT!
No luck with my Xbox 360 controller. It lights up and then keeps on blinking. I tried to assign hardware keys in FPse but it didn't respond to any keypresses.
Also, my Nook froze when plugging my mouse back in.
Dangit! How am I suppose to get any work done when you release something like this. Gonna have to run out and get a gender changer during lunch so I can play around with this!
Thank you verygreen!
-Racks
Yep, keyboard and mouse work!
THIS IS AWESOME!
holo and vg, you guys rock!
Youtube video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxuhCS50-e0
I know...it sucks and it's rotated. I'll get a better one up.
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Yep, keyboard and mouse work!
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Both at the same time? Using a hub?
Sorry, haven't tried that yet. But in theory it should (with a powered hub).
ace7196 said:
Sorry, haven't tried that yet. But in theory it should (with a powered hub).
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Even unpowered hub should be fine. I use unpowered hub and it works with keyboard and mass storage.
Divine_Madcat said:
Any advice on what adapter to buy? I was looking at this one:
http://www.amazon.com/USB-Micro-Ada...YMU6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306940268&sr=8-1
but not sure if it is what we are looking for since one review said it does not work for USB OTG.
Actually, thinking about it, is the USB host mode that is enabled here, different from the USB OTG that i am thinking of?
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OTG cable is only needed when hardware is supporting OTG mode natively.
All it does is has an extra connected pin. Nook ignores this signal unfortunately.
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Would this be something done in the terminal, or through the settings UI (aka, it will show up on the same place that the SD card shows up)?
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Nook cannot have fully automatic otg mode where you just plug an accessory and it works, then unplug, lug a host and it works.
Instead you need to manually control the mode from the provided app.
This is so awesome, if the nook can support a usb Ethernet adapter i'd be in heaven, I wouldn't have to lug around my Sony UX. Who has the best development community in the world? Nook does!
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OTG cable is only needed when hardware is supporting OTG mode natively.
All it does is has an extra connected pin. Nook ignores this signal unfortunately.
Nook cannot have fully automatic otg mode where you just plug an accessory and it works, then unplug, lug a host and it works.
Instead you need to manually control the mode from the provided app.
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Thanks for the cable info - adapter is ordered.
As for the mass storage, i guess what i was asking in a round about way; what IS the proceedure to mount a USB flash stick (for instance) so that something like Root Explorer could see the files?
Personally, i am REALLY interested in this for my photography. I would love to be able to connect my nook in the field, and get a sneak peak at what my shots are looking like, without having to haul out a full on laptop. My camera connects as a mass storage device, so assuming that Android could read a mass storage volume, i would be in business.
I hate you guys! =( Always making me spend more money that I don't have! Now I need to go find a good solid case with a usb keyboard!
Hi, im looking at the posibility of installing one of these into the dash of my Jaguar XK8 to use for GPS, media playback, OBD etc. Most of it shound be relatively straightforward looking around the forums.
Sound wise I can link to my head units auxilary input.
GPS looks possible using a bluetooth GPS.
OBD again using a bluetooth device in conjuction with Torque in android.
Possible link up for reversing camera if i use a USB tv tuner maybe?
Power wise i can use a car charger hidden away inside the dash. Question though, will the unit automatically power on if it receives an AC charge in the case where the battery has run flat and the device has turned off beyond being in a suspend mode?
Is pretty much everything controllable on screen? My current plan would leave no access to hard buttons.
USB host - can I connect to a laptop hard drive using a usb to ide adapter? Just thinking for my 100gb media hard disc.
Think that is most of the stuff covered really.
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Possible link up for reversing camera if i use a USB tv tuner maybe?
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Yes, root your tablet, use any by linux kernel supported device and some development skills and you're ready to go. idk a out-of-the-box solution.
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Power wise i can use a car charger hidden away inside the dash. Question though, will the unit automatically power on if it receives an AC charge in the case where the battery has run flat and the device has turned off beyond being in a suspend mode?
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I got my A101 just for development stuff and put the charger in a power strip with a switch. when I turn the power strip on, the A101 just starts up
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Is pretty much everything controllable on screen? My current plan would leave no access to hard buttons.
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the only button would be the power button for shutdown or reboot or the volume control. you would have to have a widget or an app for volume control.
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USB host - can I connect to a laptop hard drive using a usb to ide adapter? Just thinking for my 100gb media hard disc.
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yesno, depends on how much power the harddisc draws. but if you like to attach a camera or livetv adapter as well you have to use an powered usb hub anyway
Wow, thanks for your response... looks like it will do anything that i originally wanted really, which is good news!
Im looking at maybe getting a 7 inch archos - what has prompted this is that I just made the move to android from a windows mobile and so far im dead impressed with it. I also previously had a full windows PC in a car that was unfortunately damaged. Im just looking at fitting something into my replacement car and i thought that a full windows PC is less ideal than an android machine.
I still have my old USB GPS device, which I believe has linux drivers - am I right in saying that if it has linux drivers then it may be possible to get it working under android?
For the most part i cant see the lack of hard keys being a problem. Volume up / volume down will be taken care of by my head unit - so i can set and forget the volume (should be able to set it on screen initially yeah?). Reboot can be handled on screen as well - so far I havent experienced android crashing or freezing, but is this something that tends to happen? If so i guess that will be my biggest problem point.
Also - this is a real long shot - does anyone know if the Archos 70 IT's that are brought as 8gb still have internal laptop hard drive connectors - if so i can just drop in an internal hard drive rather than use usb host.
After having a look at units in store I decided to go with the G9 Archos 80. So far im liking it a lot, its speedy, has a full size usb port on the back which allows me to access my laptop hard drive via a USB -> ide adapter and turns on as soon as it gets power - and has working sat nav. 90% of my goals are already met - just needs some soft finessing and installation in car. Just hoping someone roots the thing soon so I can get her to shutdown / reboot via an app.
Jaguar......xD
I recently purchased a dell 20 inch touch screen. One of the major selling points was that it supported an MHL-HDMI, meaning 1 simple cable would supply both an HDMI and USB connection from my phone to the monitor... which it does. The issue however is that the touch screen does not respond correctly to input. Anywhere I touch on the screen it simply hits the same spot near the top left over and over. USB devices plugged into the monitor (it's also a hub) work just fine.
I thought it might have been the cable so I tried an external MHL adapter and ended up with the same result. Then I hooked up some other android devices(tronsmart prometheus, and an ouya (running CM11)) through hdmi with USB attached and again received the same response. It does however work normally with every variety of x86 computer I've tried; even android x86.
This seems very similar to a configuration issue I fixed on an a touchscreen Ubuntu laptop years ago. Some googling helped me solve that one quickly and easily, but the problem is that I have no idea where to start on this one. Searching is almost impossible as any combination of "android" and "touch screen" tends to take me off in the wrong direction. Even here 4 out of the 5 threads I've found are at least 5 years old and quite hypothetical.
Of course it could always be a deeper issue involving a lack of kernel support, in which case I'm probably screwed.
Any suggestions on where/how to start? If nothing else this can at least act as a warning for people not to buy MHL HDMI touchscreens and expect them to work with android phones out of the box. At least not yet.
Thanks for any ideas in advance
i`am exactly in the same position right now, beside not having bought a touchscreen yet.
my thoughts were also to buy a dockingstation for the htc one x (m8), to have
hdmi and usb , then just connect both to a touchscreen monitor and make use of mhl
to make it work, meaning having proper touch functionallity on the monitor.
and you`re right, i`am searching this topic for some time now, seems like this idea diyed out in 2011,
at least according to the internet
so, not much of help from my side, but def. interested to see how this thread goes !
Hi, is anybody using wireless keyboard on nst? Wired one works fine for me. But when I'm connecting wi-fi mouse, it doesn't seem to work correctly, there is no control over the pointer. I am asking because that could give me bigger choice of keyboards, and maybe also would help to reduce the battery drain. Thanks
Mouses are not currently supported correctly.
Movement gets translated into KEYCODE_DPAD KeyEvents.
thank you... So does that mean that wi-fi keyboard should work normally?... Sorry, I just don't have any to check myself. I don't wanna buy before someone will tell that it is possible. thanks
Well, there's wireless, Bluetooth and WiFi, all very different.
You could use a regular wireless keyboard with a USB dongle on the Nook side.
That will work fine as to the Nook it looks exactly like a wired keyboard.
USB mode as it is now uses a lot of current.
You time between charging will drop to once a day.
Bluetooth would have been a good one, if only B&N had spent the extra $0.50 for the WiFi module with Bluetooth.
Bluetooth on a USB dongle would have all the drawbacks of the above wireless keyboard but would also require a driver.
Keyboard over WiFi using a PC or another Android device would work.
You'd just need software on both ends.
Many keyboards that say "WiFi" are simply wireless keyboards that use the ISM spectrum the same as WiFi does.
The easy way to check is if the package includes a USB dongle.
Thanks for very detailed answer. Yes, I was thinking only about keyboard with wi-fi dongle. I've already noticed that unfortunately bluetooth will not work. There is a rather small range of portable USB keyboards that are specially dedicated to android devices. I was looking for one with a stand for comfortable typing anywhere I will be... a train, park bench etc.... Or well, you can find many usb keyboards with stands on ebay for example , but they all looks almost the same just with different logos, cheap, poor quality ones. Market is concentrated on bluetooth keyboards, then a lot of them are quite decent. So I'm just going to find a good usb compact keyboard, and then mount some kind of stand to it myself. Anyway, that is not very important for others, this post might be already to long.
ok, my question is: will it help to reduce battery usage in usb host mode, if I'll use keyboard powered by batteries?
Excuse my English. Thanks
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ok, my question is: will it help to reduce battery usage in usb host mode, if I'll use keyboard powered by batteries?
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A good question. And I have a related one - won't using a USB dongle and wireless keyboard take a good bit less current than a plain USB keyboard, because the port isn't supplying power to the keyboard itself? I know to expect things like "It takes more battery life from the WiFi than the current" but I'd just like to know exactly.
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Mouses…
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*Mice
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Sorry to bump this old thread (and hope someone might still read this).
I was wondering about Renate's bluetooth suggestion above. I realise it would still not be ideal, but I've got a pretty good bluetooth keyboard for my other android devices and it would be great if I could try it with my nook as well (in particular I'd also be curious to test NOOK!E's question about power demand).
I'm running pinguy1982's tweaked ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2651053) and have been able to connect a micro-USB keyboard (the cheap ones built-in in some cases) using Renate's USBmode app. Now I was wondering if/how I would be able to use a USB bluetooth dongle to connect my bluetooth keyboard. Using the USB app, it seems to be recognised - it says something about a wireless device under View USB when I connect the bluetooth dongle. Exact output is:
1d6b:0002:01 MUSB HDRC host driver
0a12:0001:01 CSR8510 A10
#1 - e0:01:01 Wireless
#2 - e0:01:01 Wireless
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I don't know how to proceed from here though, as there's obviously no menu point for pairing a bluetooth device. I've had a look around for standalone apps for this, but not successful so far (devices that have bluetooth usually have a regular menu for that of course).
Any help about how to proceed would be much appreciated!
PS:
Just found BlueInput, but it just tells me that Bluetooth is not available. I guess that means something else is missing (if this is at all feasible to work).
Oops, sorry, I didn't see this.
The Nook has remnants in the build for Bluetooth support.
That's mostly in permissions and groups.
The WiFi adapter module on the circuit board does not support Bluetooth.
For an extra $0.25 they could have speced the version of the module that supported it.
I guess that it's not a priority for B&N, even the new Nook Glow Plus has the same problem.
Your Bluetooth dongle gets enumerated on the USB host, but there are no drivers to handle it.
This is indicated by the lack of black dots to the right.
A wired keyboard would show you dots.
Renate NST said:
Oops, sorry, I didn't see this.
The Nook has remnants in the build for Bluetooth support.
That's mostly in permissions and groups.
The WiFi adapter module on the circuit board does not support Bluetooth.
For an extra $0.25 they could have speced the version of the module that supported it.
I guess that it's not a priority for B&N, even the new Nook Glow Plus has the same problem.
Your Bluetooth dongle gets enumerated on the USB host, but there are no drivers to handle it.
This is indicated by the lack of black dots to the right.
A wired keyboard would show you dots.
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Thanks for your reply! So I guess there's no hope to get this to work (except for possibly somehow adding drivers, which I'm afraid is probably beyond my capabilities)...
hello,
my screen is broken (half lower part of screen is no sensitive responding)
I have tried a full restore but this don't work,
so now I have a full clean phone with the first install screen and no usb debug. (and screen don't want to rotate at this time)
I have acces to adb only under TWRP.
I would like to use this phone as 4G router.
I have done this https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395
but still not managed adb working on booted phone.
any idea ?
If it's only the touchscreen which is no longer functioning on the lower half of your screen (and the full display is still functioning) then the easy solution is to connect a mouse or a USB touchpad to your phone. I have done this several times when I have dropped phones and damaged the touch screen. If you are going to use a regular mouse, then you will only need an adaptor to allow your mouse's USB socket to plug into a 'micro USB to USB' cable. I didn't need this, as I already had a USB touchpad which uses a micro-USB socket.
Geoff2 said:
If it's only the touchscreen which is no longer functioning on the lower half of your screen (and the full display is still functioning) then the easy solution is to connect a mouse or a USB touchpad to your phone. I have done this several times when I have dropped phones and damaged the touch screen. If you are going to use a regular mouse, then you will only need an adaptor to allow your mouse's USB socket to plug into a 'micro USB to USB' cable. I didn't need this, as I already had a USB touchpad which uses a micro-USB socket.
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yeha I have tried, but I never managed to get OTG working on my Z5c, I have tried many mouse.
May I must do something to get OTG working ?
hazote said:
yeha I have tried, but I never managed to get OTG working on my Z5c, I have tried many mouse.
May I must do something to get OTG working ?
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I have just tried to connect my USB keyboard and touchpad for the first time with my Z5 compact. Unlike with my Z3 compact, they didn't work straight away. However, you can get them working like this: (1) Settings>Device connection>USB Connectivity (2) plug in your device (3) Click on 'detect USB device.' This will take up to a minute. You will get a message saying 'USB Connected.' Then you can use your mouse/keyboard/whatever. Hopefully, your broken touchscreen will not prevent you from doing the above!
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I have just tried to connect my USB keyboard and touchpad for the first time with my Z5 compact. Unlike with my Z3 compact, they didn't work straight away. However, you can get them working like this: (1) Settings>Device connection>USB Connectivity (2) plug in your device (3) Click on 'detect USB device.' This will take up to a minute. You will get a message saying 'USB Connected.' Then you can use your mouse/keyboard/whatever. Hopefully, your broken touchscreen will not prevent you from doing the above!
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I can't because I'm on the first install screen and don't even have the rolling menu.
I put a old usb connect and boot with usb bluetooth mouth plug in (so plug in it before boot)
and I get a cursor !
so I had put usb debug, instal some air droid apk, and a tethering apk on the upper on my screen !
thanks all