Okay, I tried to connect the mouse & keyboard and finally it works
but it doesn't support usb thumbdrive
do you all mates have any method for support usb thumbdrive to extend storage???
Try looking for "USB Host controller" app. It is in market, or here, at XDA. Also, you might need to install custom kernel, which has support of USB-OTG drives. But first, try app only.
Yes, you need another app for external USB devices.
But use only those external hard drives, which use other power source, phone is too weak to give out enough power and will heat up very quickly.
USB HOST mode for sony ericsson live with walkman(wt19i)
simple, for sony wt19i. for this your phone must be rooted.
*download 1. View attachment Xperia-2011-ICS-USB-OTG-modules.zip
2. View attachment ModuleLoader-release.apk
to sdcard in your droid.
*now load all these modules in sd card using View attachment ModuleLoader-release.apk app.
thats all,
connect a pen drive using USB OTG Helper app.
your phone may be restart 2 or 3 times when you connect a pen.
but it will fix after restart.
REMBER; DO NOT REMOVE MODULE LOADER APP FROM YOUR DEVICE,
IF IT REMOVED, DO THE SAME PROCESS TO RELOAD MODULES.
sorry for bad English, hope you helped.
which 1 is for printing?
Pen drive, mouse , key board working. Usb connection on connecting printer is not shown. What is the module for printer connection? I do a lot of job from my walkman. Please help.
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Figured I would ask this since I can not find anything anywhere for the X2 and the usb host mode. I found a really cool app in the market to control my canon t3i from the phone but I have to be able to turn on USB Host Mode. I can't find anything about it on the phone at all.
I am rooted using - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315711 - that thread but I am still using the stock ROM.
Do I need to put a different ROM on in order to do the USB Host Mode?
Is it even possible to turn it on?
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Figured I would ask this since I can not find anything anywhere for the X2 and the usb host mode. I found a really cool app in the market to control my canon t3i from the phone but I have to be able to turn on USB Host Mode. I can't find anything about it on the phone at all.
I am rooted using - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315711 - that thread but I am still using the stock ROM.
Do I need to put a different ROM on in order to do the USB Host Mode?
Is it even possible to turn it on?
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PC mode possibly? could be debugginf mode? try all the modes we have if one works then there you go. I have never heard of USB host mode
Here is the link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202082 to the DSLR program I am talking about. Something about some phones can enable the USB host for communication between the phone and external devices while others cant.
I'm assuming you aren't sure how to enable USB Host mode? If that is correct, here is how to ensure it's enabled. This will work if you are on stock or a custom ROM (unless the custom ROM removed it which I doubt):
Click the Menu button and select Settings
Scroll down until you see Applications and select it
Select the Developer menu item in the Application settings menu you are currently in.
Ensure USB Debugging is checked. This is necessary and important.
After that, you can pull down the notification bar and you should see a "USB connection" option. You can select that and you'll get a new window with radio button choices. Mine has the following (running Eclipse 1.3):
PC Mode
USB Mass Storage
Phone as Modem
Charge Only
PC Mode allows you to access the SD Care from Windows and within ADB shell. In this mode, it allows access to what is on your internal and external SD card in the same window.
USB Mass Storage mode means that it will mount the internal and external SD cards as separate drives on your windows machine and your phone won't have access to them until you either disconnect the phone from the PC or else, go to a different USB mode.
Phone as Modem - I never use this but it allows you to use your phone as a modem for your PC. Ahh, the old days of modems. I remember running 300 baud. When I went to 1200 baud, I thought I was styling!
Charge Only - In this mode, it's only using the USB connection as a charger. You won't have access to the sd cards from within Windows, but they will be accessible from your phone.
It sounds like you want the "USB Mass Storage" mode from what you've stated.
Hopefully this helps.
KnightRid said:
Figured I would ask this since I can not find anything anywhere for the X2 and the usb host mode. I found a really cool app in the market to control my canon t3i from the phone but I have to be able to turn on USB Host Mode. I can't find anything about it on the phone at all.
I am rooted using - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315711 - that thread but I am still using the stock ROM.
Do I need to put a different ROM on in order to do the USB Host Mode?
Is it even possible to turn it on?
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First of all you need a kernel which has usb host mode enabled and a terminal.
You can check out this for information on USB OTG cables:http://tech2.in.com/how-to/accessor...sb-otg-cable-for-an-android-smartphone/319982
As, Levprez has pointed out you will need a kernel (not a ROM!) with USB OTG support.
Once, you have USB OTG support (and it is enabled) you can plug a device into the normal usb connector on the USB OTG cable...if it works at all...it should detect and setup the device like normal.
I recently test OTG support on my DX2, and it appears to be working. (firmware is 4.5.1A-DTN-150-30, kernel is 2.6.32.9-00005-g2440aba)
To verify status of USB OTG support, check if /proc/config.gz (compessed configuration file used for building kernel that currently installed in device) has 'CONFIG_USB_TEGRA_OTG=y' in it. If so, your kernel supports otg mode.
However, in order to connect usb device to phone you need a special otg cable with support of external +5V power. Phone itself doesn't provide required power for connected devices, which may be bad - you need additional power source for usb devices - or good - while connecting other devices you can also charge phone from external source.
Initially supported various HIDs (keyboards, mice and some gamepads) and mass storage devices (flash drives, external hdds and such), though flash drives require manual mounting within scripts or terminal emulator and, obviously, require root. Alternatively, you can add other drivers (because it's linux and source code of kernel available) to support any device you need, for example drivers for other android device xD
Droid x2 to control camera
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First of all you need a kernel which has usb host mode enabled and a terminal.
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hi please let me know if you figure this out? because i also have a droid x2 and a rebel t3i and have the same idea in mind! it works on my transformer prime, but that is too big to be useful on the go. I don't think too many devices support the usb host mode except very new ones?
Hi...
xperia ray not supported USB OTG.
how to support flash in xperia ray like xperia Arc
kernel needs?
how?
Thanks
dude, please use the right thread to ask. the sticky one. pls dont spam your questions by create new thread. its a simple rules!
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Btw, OTG does work on the stock Ray kernel - A Nokia CA-157 cable works perfectly if you want to connect a mouse or keyboard. If you want to connect a USB memory stick or card reader, you'll also need a rooted phone, a kernel module, and a helper app to load everything. (You'll also need a compatible USB memory stick - if it draws too much power, it won't work as the phone can only provide 200ma on its USB port)
I documented this all on my blog: http://blog.grapefruitopia.com/post/17548799734/using-usb-storage-devices-on-a-rooted-xperia
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Btw, OTG does work on the stock Ray kernel - A Nokia CA-157 cable works perfectly if you want to connect a mouse or keyboard. If you want to connect a USB memory stick or card reader, you'll also need a rooted phone, a kernel module, and a helper app to load everything. (You'll also need a compatible USB memory stick - if it draws too much power, it won't work as the phone can only provide 200ma on its USB port)
I documented this all on my blog: http://blog.grapefruitopia.com/post/17548799734/using-usb-storage-devices-on-a-rooted-xperia
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A little addition to this:
- Xperia Ray users ofcourse have to use a little converter piece before we can use a mini USB OTG cable. I got this with my TomTom car charger.
- The module loader app couldn't keep the usb-storage.ko module loaded. The Q5 app could see my USB stick, then I mounted it, but I could never see it with root explorer. When I checked back, the device wasn't mounted anymore and the module wasn't loaded anymore. I found this package that flashes the module and lets the Q5 app load it. So no need anymore for the module loader app. Now I can acces my USB stick, card reader, externally powered HDD etc flawlessly :d
- Glad to find that USB mouses and keboards works from stock with no extra apps. I can even use my wireless ones.
Hah - got this working on on my rooted stock ICS .562:
go grab doomlords modules here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224676
and load them using doomlords module loader here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224676
Then use the Q5 USB Memory Stick Manager from here:
http://android.gval.biz/
Thanks to Richard Munn the author of this brilliant blog entry here:
http://blog.grapefruitopia.com/post/17548799734/using-usb-storage-devices-on-a-rooted-xperia
When you plug a USB thumbdrive to the phone, it first recognises the drive name but doesn't show any options to use it (even in file manager).
Maybe it's due to the connection type (MTP only)...
Any ideas?
Can you access your files in your USB thumbdrive using the file manager?
I'm using Astro Manager to access, and play my video files directly from the USB thumbdrive.
In fact, I just realised I can access if I keep pushing the cable to the phone... Maybe the cable connection isn't that good. I'll buy a new one.
New mission will be to enable wake using volume key which might be more difficult...
Thank you for your answer!
On my tablet , I use USB host ( full usb connection ) , which means I can plug in a pen drive , keyboard , mouse etc...
Can I do this on the Xperia S ???
With a micro usb adaptor I assume ??
Just found a Vid : The answer to my question is yes !
http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/03/09/xperia-s-usb-otg-demonstrated-video/
This will enable you to use USB on the go (OTG) feature that comes with Android 3.1 on our Jetstream. However, I for one don't think its truly on the go because you do need an external power source for it to work. But it allows me to connect my hard disk and work with it without the intervention of a computer which is more than great for me. But would surely like it if you could directly plug in a pen drive (not yet possible I think as far as I could search).
I have note made any of these, have just researched, tried a lot and managed to get it to work on my Jetstream and am just compiling the steps and methods I followed here.
Thanks to sztupy for his thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450298 for giving the basic idea.
Thanks to hellcat82 for his software NTFS Mount found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13337600
Pre-requisites:
1. Must be rooted with Superuser and Busybox loaded
2. NTFS Mount software (use version 1.2 as 1.3 has some issues with Busybox as per the above mentioned thread and personal experience) - alternate is USB Mount by the same developer available on the Play store at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.dach.drivemount (however I have not had success with it)
Hardware Requirements:
1. USB OTG Cable. Can be found at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-H...370670?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a731ccdae
Just a sample, costs around $ 2. I got mine from a local hardware store for Rs. 300 ($6)
2. USB Y cable. Can be found at http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-Min...552?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e624b8dd0
Just a sample, costs around $ 2. I had one lying around at home.
3. USB Charger. Can be found at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Plug-...er_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item1c254df23a
Just a sample, cousts again around $ 2. I got mine from a local hardware store for Rs. 170 ($3)
4. USB Hub (OPTIONAL) - this will enable you to connect more than 1 device at a time. If plan on using this, then you can get one with an external power source and skip the USB Charger.
Procedure:
1. 1st, after obtaining root, confirm that USB Host more is enabled on the Jetstream by checking the build.prop under /system using Root Explorer found towards the end of the screen. It should read as:
# support USB Host
rp.usb_host = 1
If not, then you must enable it by allowing R/W mode.
2. Next step would be to set up the hardware in the right manner. Note this must be done before connecting anything to the tablet.
The USB Y cable comes with 2 male USB ports and a single female USB port. The USB device to be connected must be attached to female port. The USB power charger must be attached to the side Male port and the USB OTG (micro USB to USB female) goes to the main Male port. With this all necessary connections are made. Refer to the attached picture (thanks to sztupy again) for details on other ways of connecting and using including with USB Hub (I personally have not tried the hub).
3. Put on the power source that is connected to the entire system and in case the external hard disk also uses one, that needs to be put on as well.
4. Lastly, connect the Micro USB cable with all the above connected to it to the tablet.
5. In order for the device to read/write or access the USB storage, next step depends on if the device is FAT32/NTFS
a) for FAT32 - you can go to the settings, storage and scroll down to USB storage. You will be able to see the details of the connected hardware and can click on Mount to mount and use. Unmount later to disconnet.
b) for NTFS - you must open NTFS Mount software. From the drop down list of devices, select a device (mine always shows sda1) and click on mount. Unmount from here itself later when done.
By following this, you would be able to access your USB external storage (pen drive/hard disk) with ease from your tablet directly.
Note: in order to access the files, you must use Root Explorer/Astro File Manager.
FAT32 device appear under USB folder of sdcard (i.e inbuilt memory)
NTFS devices appear under /mnt/sda1
Attachments:
1. usbhost_2.jpg - a diagram with the detailed setup (thanks to sztupy)
2. NTFSMount1_2.apk - NTFS Mount (thanks to hellcat82)
Hope this helps.
Is it truly necessary to have the OTG usb cable? I currently have a powered hub. Shouldn't I be able to use the provided JetStream usb cable and tie the devices together through the hub?
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aka.karasawa said:
Is it truly necessary to have the OTG usb cable? I currently have a powered hub. Shouldn't I be able to use the provided JetStream usb cable and tie the devices together through the hub?
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Hi, sorry for delay, was out for an exam.
I don't know if or not it will work. As I said I have just researched and seen what others have implemented and put it together.
Perhaps you could try and let us all know because I don't have a USB Hub (powered or otherwise) and hence have not tried it out.
This all seems a little much for OTG support considering it was just plug and play with my SGS2 and also my SGS4G. I am hoping to see some more development in this area as this type of support is nice to have on a tablet of this caliber.
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Is it truly necessary to have the OTG usb cable? I currently have a powered hub. Shouldn't I be able to use the provided JetStream usb cable and tie the devices together through the hub?
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Tried this... it didn't work
Hello,
I've used my tablet with flash drives etc. with the OTG cable. Before few days the OTG stopped working.
I though it's from ES File Manager because I use this app very often and I have clicked somewhere and disabled the OTG function.
So, I made decision to pre-install my android firmware and clear everything. > I did this.
And then I put the OTG cable with the flash drive connected and then a USB mouse - the flash drive does not connect, the optic ot the mouse only lights up and then it goes off and the mouse does not work too. I tried the OTG cable on my phone (SGS 2) and it's working perfectly.
Can you guys help me to solve this problem?