Is the USB port on the ViewPad 7 limited to charging?
I inserted a USB memory (using a converter plug) but the VP7 did not recognize it. Has anyone successfully connected something to the port?
Kumabjorn said:
Is the USB port on the ViewPad 7 limited to charging?
I inserted a USB memory (using a converter plug) but the VP7 did not recognize it. Has anyone successfully connected something to the port?
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Thats's a limitation. USB port on Viewpad 7 is passive, so it can not read external sources.
Kumabjorn said:
Is the USB port on the ViewPad 7 limited to charging?
I inserted a USB memory (using a converter plug) but the VP7 did not recognize it. Has anyone successfully connected something to the port?
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I do recall someone talking about using a "USB OGO" cable to do something like what you are talking about... Look into it on "android.modaco.com" looks like a modified USB cable and a custom rom will let you attach a flashdrive to your USB port...
hope that helps...
I have one of these When You fist connect USB to PC it installs a virtual cd drive . You can either ignore it or let it install after that Plug in USB while tablet is on ,it will ask you to turn on USB storage tap turn on and SD card shows up on PC as a removable disk you can read and write to with Windows Explorer
Sorry for the Stupid Noob post I misread it.Thought you meant internal storage
poppa5c said:
Sorry for the Stupid Noob post I misread it.Thought you meant internal storage
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No worries mate, I have been able to move files (mainly music) between my PC and the ViewPad, I just found it odd that since it will obviously act as a receiver through the USB port from a PC why wouldn't it receive directly from a USB memory? Obviously I don't know enough about how these things work.
According to some users the viewpad 7 kernel supports usb OTG where the devices acts as the host.
Check out these links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8819448&postcount=163
http://android.modaco.com/topic/334757-usb-otg/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex-Pro-Cable-Adapter--plug--Socket/dp/B003MB4YXI
I played this morning with some USB cables and my Viewpad 7 and I found as follows:
1) You need USB OTG cable or USB OTG adapter with USB A female connector at one end and with USB Mini B male connector at second end - that end you should put in Viewpad 7 USB socket. With such a combination Viewpad 7 can read USB flash memories. I will try later other USB devices.
2) it worked fine on tj_style ROM and on Viewsonic stock ROM with Android 2.2.2.
3) Mouse works, but there is no cursor and the selection "jumps" from icon to icon.
4) Wireless keyboard, USB DVD player and USB hard disk do not work.
sorry for the maybe noob Q, but do I have to mount the usb memory or do i directly see the files in a folder...
I use ghost commander and cannot find the containing files...;-/
Thx in advance
--> Problem solved: It was the NTFS-Prob....With fat32 everything works like a charm...(no extra mounting...)
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I played this morning with some USB cables and my Viewpad 7 and I found as follows:
1) You need USB OTG cable or USB OTG adapter with USB A female connector at one end and with USB Mini B male connector at second end - that end you should put in Viewpad 7 USB socket. With such a combination Viewpad 7 can read USB flash memories. I will try later other USB devices.
2) it worked fine on tj_style ROM and on Viewsonic stock ROM with Android 2.2.2.
3) Mouse works, but there is no cursor and the selection "jumps" from icon to icon.
4) Wireless keyboard, USB DVD player and USB hard disk do not work.
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hi
i got the cable as mentioned above but nothing happens im on amalgations rom any suggestions on the same
I use the Q5 USB Memory Manager app to mount a memory stick or a usb hdd. This works even on custom roms. Try google to find out more about this app.
When I am trying to connect my usb flash stick to my tab using the original Samsung USB adapter I am getting this message: "USB Storage Damaged, you may have to reformat it" . So I reformatted my USB to FAT32 and I am still getting this message. It happens with 3 of 4 USB flash drives.. and some of them actualy worked before. I dont have any problems with those drives when I connect them to my PC.
P.S :
I am getting mouses to work so I dont think its a problem of the port.
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I am on clean rom 4.5 and am unable to get an otg cable to work using a thumb drive. The phone never seems to recognize the thumb drive. It does not show up on astro or es file managers.
Are there settings you have to change to get the otg cable to work and if so where are the settings.
I can read the thumb drive on my computer so there is nothing wrong with it.
What file format is the usb drive? NTFS is not automatically supported. I don't know about clean rom, but if it is stock touchwiz based then plug in just the OTG cable, you should get a status bar message saying USB connector detected or something similar. If it doesn't then my bet is the OTG cable is not compatible. If it does, and it just doesnt detect your drive, then my money is on wrong file format or the drive requires more current than the OTG can supply.
Good Luck,
Jason
Anyone got usb otg on their z5 compact?
I get the message saying that it's detected the usb HDD but it's not showing up in any file manager apps
I was using a powered usb cable,when I used normal unpowered usb otg cable I was able to see files on usb hdd
I asume you dit check the "usb detection" setting in settings\device connections\usb (translated from dutch so might be different names )
When i connect an USB stick it is recognized.
Yeah I assumed it would get recognised when the hdd was connected but with the exposed usb port the voltage is turned off, so I put the shortcut for ' detect usb device' in my shortcuts as I connect usb devices often
Hello guys.
I was trying to boot Windows from my mobile phone. First I tried to create a bootable USB drive but failed since my phone does not support USB OTG.
Now I want to boot Windows with DriveDroid, but before unrooting the phone I wonder if USB OTG is required too because I saw some labels like USB Host in DriveDroid or what is that refered to?
Another thing I see is my cellphone should support USB Mass Storage capability. Is there some app to check that? I could not find it.
Any help will be appreciated.