Anyone reckong we'll see some hardware mods? I thought there'd be some by now tbh. I'd like to see an [android] compatible 3G modem and a way to fit an internal 32GB micro sd card (should be doable with usb host and stealing a 5v feed from somewhere inside).
For the modem, there already is a thread about it, but it doesn't look good atm.
Video out would be sick... I'm definitely not a hardware guy ... yet
No idea if it's even possible though
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Does anyone have specs of the Evo 3D processor to determine whether or not this might be possible in the future? My friend has stated that Android 2.3.4 has USB host built into the operating system. However, the hardware has to have that capability.
So does our processor have the capability for USB host mode, and was our micro USB wired to allow it? Anyone know for sure either way?
I'm sorry if this was brought up before, I've actually done an extensive (unsuccessful) search on the topic.
I know you can do this with honeycomb. Wouldnt see why we couldnt do it with the evo. Any devs have any idea
No one know for sure if the hardware is capable? To be honest, I consider that the only definite advantage the SGS2 has right now.
Hey,
I purchased a USB OTG cable for my Archos G9 I'm getting for Christmas (two days!)
I tried a mouse, 4 flash drives and a keyboard, knowing that the Ace most likely doesn't include Host mode.. It didn't work at all, So I was wondering if any kernels support it or roms?
I know it can be hacked through like kernel modules, Just wondering how much work it would be to create modules and drivers for it? I'm not that experienced with creating kernel modules and what not, I've created and ported roms and fixed kernels before for the GT540 and to be honest, I'm really not that good at it haha.
Does anyone know anything we could do to make it work?
Thanks in advance,
Jamie.
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Just saw this for the Blade, Based on the 600mhz 7227, http://sven.killig.de/android/Blade/usb_host/
Maybe this could be edited for our Ace?
I think that we can have USB Host, but i don't know why nobody tried to give us that feature... maybe cpu arch?
However, i want it too
daredj said:
I think that we can have USB Host, but i don't know why nobody tried to give us that feature... maybe cpu arch?However, i want it too
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It would be pretty cool Probably drain the battery alot though haha.
Its supported by the CPU as Qualcomm have said before, so its up to Samsung or a pretty cool and nice dev All the drivers and Kernel Modules are on the page I linked to so it'd be a case of making it all relative to the Ace and its kernel
Swyped from my GT-S5830 using XDA App
Hope I'm not bringing up too old a thread, but I searched in correct forum and this is what came up.
Any news of anyone building the correct Kernel for the Ace II in order to support USB Host ?
II have a Samsung engineer getting back to me about if Ace II Android 4.1.2 can mount external USB devices, but unless Samsung supports this II'll have to replace Android with something that can.
Needing this for photo transfer from camera SD card. I could use a mini SD card but just paid out for a highest speed SDHC card. Anyway those llittle SD mini SD cards are too easy to lose on mountaintops and that kind of thing
USB host wiht libusb
I also am still looking for usb host mode support.
Does anyone have any information?
Now as the Nook tablet does not have a camera, I was wondering if there was any thought of the possibility of somehow getting an external camera to work with it. Whether this be some sort of webcam or what I have no idea. I just thought I'd throw the idea out there and maybe someone has some brainstorming thoughts that could help.
So, any thoughts on rigging up some sort of camera setup or how we could approach this?
It's not possible atm with the stock B&N os. USB hosting has to be activated with custom ROMs in order for you to connect the digital camera via the micro USB port.
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It's not possible atm with the stock B&N os. USB hosting has to be activated with custom ROMs in order for you to connect the digital camera via the micro USB port.
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on that note then, are there cameras that can be used with the android os that we could take advantage of when cm9 is made public?
Any digital camera should be able to connect to the Nook Tablet once the USB hosting mode is enabled in the custom ROM. The Nook Color with CM7 allows users to review digital camera pics when connected to the micro USB in host mode. Fattire and other devs are working on CM9 for Nook Color to allow USB host. Now that the bootloader is cracked, custom roms and CM9 are sure to follow. Patience.
I'm perfectly patient thanks. My question was simply to do with if its possible at all and if theres any precedence in the matter. After doing some research (some of which was I found similar to what you stated) it seems that it is, it'll just take a bit of work, as with any of this tinkering.
Apparently the hardware has Bluetooth, so it CM9 can harness that power, there will be another potential connection point for an imaging device.
Looks like no antenna though, so range will be <1m.
That wouldn't be so bad for such peripherals like a camera or keyboard.
In fact, the only bluetooth devices I use with my Xoom are my keyboard and mouse.
tinycam sure works well and is visible in the market so no need to do the tb/db shuffle. I haven't tried it for a dedicated cam but if it works with all the others I don't see whay it shouldn't.
probably a bad idea
How about using a wifi based camera? We know wifi works reliably.
Does anyone know if the Atrix supports SDXC? I know they don't officially support it but I have read online of people getting it to work on non-compatible phones before. And when I was reading the wiki article on SD format I came across this: "SDHC host devices will accept SDXC cards that follow Version 3.0, since the interface is identical". Does anyone know what interface version our Atrix's have or a way to find this out? I am always out of room since I have a lot of music I like to keep on my phone.
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I would like to know as well
Dang i didn't know they had micro sdxc already.Up to 2 tb already too! crazy...
So I take it no one has tried then?
Doesn't look like it... I think its still too new and too expensive for now...
I've read the of phones worked fine.
Evo4g galaxy g2, aswell as some of the newer phones ie galaxy s2 transformer, etc. Its a goood possibility it would work fine.
Hi,
I've just acquired a 16GB WiFi only TPT, and my first thought was I'd stick a 3G modem in it, but I understand from the model number that its lacking the various antenna connectors to make this possible.
I'd still like to put the slot to use though. I've been looking at storage options, and I've seen a few different devices. One was an SSD (I gather that if anything was going to work it would ahve to be PATA, not mSATA, which is the same physical connector).
I've found various examples on eBay (sorry, can't post links, but a search for " ebay mini pcie PATA SSD " will give you a clue.
Another option I'd considered was a SD-card adapter, (again, can't link to it, but " ebay mini pcie sd card " should get you there).
There are 2 possible issues
1) physical space, I don't know what thickness of the 3g modules are, and whether either of the above would fit
2) drivers - although the SSDs in particular, should be pretty plain vanilla devices, whether there is support in the kernel for them remains to be seen.
Has anyone tried / considered something like this? Plan B is hunt around for a 3rd party 3G antenna set, but I haven't investigated this yet.
cheers,
Hugh
hughtc said:
Hi,
There are 2 possible issues
1) physical space, I don't know what thickness of the 3g modules are, and whether either of the above would fit
2) drivers - although the SSDs in particular, should be pretty plain vanilla devices, whether there is support in the kernel for them remains to be seen.
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I think the first one wount be an issue. the second should not be an issue, because most of these drivers should be in android. but i cant promise!
in any case you could create your own kernel with the driver inside.
i would give it a try, as long as its not too expensive.