I think this question has been asked before, but I still want to see if someone can answer me. I tried to hook up my 500gb external hard drive to my TP, with OTG cable and a isound portable charger. My hard drive turns on but have no sign say it's connected and can't find under folder explorer. Is it not possible for a hard drive? Also if I buy a Y-cable for usb thumb drive, can I watch movie directly from it? Thank you.
Have you tried StickMount?
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Are you on cm7, cm9, or webos?
Also, are you sure the power source is outputting enough juice to fully power the drive?
im using usb host controller (found it somewhere here on xda) and root explorer, works perfectly!
but your hdd must be formated in FAT32, NTFS is not working correct me if im wrong or anything has released wich provides this feature
A bit related these software/methods can work with a camera too?
codehunter13 said:
im using usb host controller (found it somewhere here on xda) and root explorer, works perfectly!
but your hdd must be formated in FAT32, NTFS is not working correct me if im wrong or anything has released wich provides this feature
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USB host controller for Touchpad? What the.... where?
here^^
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468531
works without problems just plug your hdd in mount it with this app to some path(some are already given in the app)
open root explorer navigate to the path and enjoy a movie or something
ive tested some other things like mouse it worked
ipod is regognised but nothing you than to, at least i didnt found anything
so you can test around and look for more possibilities
great!!
does this really work with touchpad.. where can i buy such a usb cord?
I used the chainfire app USB host diagnostics and it allowed me to use the solar powered usb hub and the otg cabled...I asked about this a while back and got that app as an answer works great.
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does this really work with touchpad.. where can i buy such a usb cord?
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just ordered one on ebay (only an adapter from normal usb to micro-usb) for 1$.
Along with the otg cable u also need a usb Wye cable...the need is to provide power (plugged into the wall) for the usb hub (which u will also need ). Not Neuf power and the drives will not mount. Getting a solar powered usb hub cuts away the cables and detached u from the wall...I got mine on Amazon for bout 20 $. Totally worth it.
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So I am looking for and adapter to fit the micro/mini slot on my tablet. The reason being that when my tablet is in the keyboard folio case, I lose access to the one full sized USB port this device offers. I know that when I connect the OEM cable to my Pc I can transfer files Willy nilly and plug in my flash drive. However what I would really like is to have a full sized port available to me on the road when I have the tablet in the keyboard folio case. I did of course check Lenovo.com to see what accessories they had available, they don't have what I am looking for.
I do have a cable that goes to the I want and will allow me to plug in a flash drive. But it is 6 feet long. Hardly portable.
So if anyone has any ideas or recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.
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$5 shipped - http://www.amazon.com/USB-Micro-Female-Male-Adaptor/dp/B0023FTRUO
Many Options here
be gentle with that port...
Thanks. Not sure if I like the idea of a dongle like that adding weight + flash drive to the port. I did find this one though:
http://www.amazon.com/Female-Micro-Male-Adapter-Cable/dp/B005FUNYSA/ref=pd_sim_pc_4
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Hey Temetka, you told about the Adapter here. I bought one from ebay, but my TPT does not recognize any device on that micro USB Port, I'm a little bit frustrated, is it that cable defective or TPT really does not support USB Host on micro USB Port?
Have you got Folio and a Hard Drive working simultaniously at the same time?
don't think micro usb port is host...
Thanks to a recent video by reverendkjr on Youtube, we now have a confirmed USB OTG method for CM9.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7tlPwFQpg
This has lots of potential and since I did not see much talk about it here, I decided to create a thread with what you need to buy listed in reverendkjr's video and what works. I would recommend only buying from Amazon Fulfilled sellers as they are backed by Amazon's return policy. All 3 items only cost a little over $10.
OTG Cable:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QX7KYU
USB Y Cable:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041CFFBM
2AA Battery Powered Portable USB Power Supply:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003M9Z5F6
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OTG Cable With Female MicroUSB (Allows you to use any microUSB charger as the power supply)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130740524313?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
OTG Cable With Male Full Size USB (Allows you to use any power supply with regular USB port)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-H...i9100-S3-i9300-i9220-i9250-XOOM-/140825132367
You can use whatever source of USB power you want including a wall charger, but I bought the 2AA battery powered supply above and can confirm it works.
Compatibility List:
-Multiple USB devices will work if you use a USB hub. A non-powered one works fine for me since you will already have a separate power source.
-USB keyboards and mice work fine including all basic functions like scroll wheel on the mouse, num and caps lock on the keyboard.
-FAT32 formatted flash drives will mount by default under "/mnt/usbdisk".
(Added September 7th)
-If you want to mount NTFS drives or multiple flash drives, download Drive Mount. This software will mount drives under "/mnt/sda1", "/mnt/sdb1", etc. I can confirm it works for multiple drives and NTFS/FAT32. It was removed from Google Play so the apk has been posted. If anybody has had success with other NTFS mounting software please post your results.
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-I tried a Rosewill USB SATA/IDE externally powered hard drive reader and was able to mount a 400GB SATA 3.5" HDD using Drive Mount. Just to see what would happen I tried a SATA DVD drive but Android doesn't recognize it and probably doesn't even support the CD/DVD file system.
(Added April 7th)
-USB card readers will work, but I've had mixed results.
USB Device Info:
If you want to diagnose items and see some info about what the Touchpad is detecting, download USB Device Info free from Google Play. Everything shows up under the Linux tab. This shows some useful info about devices including current draw, device identification, etc. I tested it with a USB hub and a few flash drives and it successfully showed entries for the hub and the flash drives. It wont tell you if Android has drivers for the device, but merely IDs the device(s) confirming the connection if working.
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A plugged in USB OTG adapter will show up as "Qualcomm On-Chip EHCI Host Controller" under the Linux tab regardless of whether or not power is present. This is a good way to see if you have a working OTG adapter.
Flash Drive Unmounting Issues:
Flash drives are called an SD Card when mounted. There is no option to unmount a flash drive unless you use Drive Mount, so if you notice SD card removal error messages they are referring to your flash drive and not the Touchpad's internal memory partition that is mounted as /sdcard.
When a flash drive is removed or powered off without being unmounted, its common to get a "android.process.media" force close, just tap OK.
Charging:
You will not be able to charge via micro USB while using OTG even if your power source has enough current. You can charge via the Touchstone just fine. Knowing this, you can set up a really nice docking station by using the Touchstone as a stand/charger and then using the microUSB slot for peripherals like a USB keyboard and mouse connected to a hub with spare ports for flash drives, etc.
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Insufficient Available Bus Power Fix:
If you get this error, I haven't yet, some users have had success using this app posted on Rootzwiki.
I didn't feel like buying anything and already had some things laying around so I modified an Adafruit MintyBoost to accept a device via usb, add power, and continue on down the line...
Really all I did was solder a usb cable onto the female USB port on the MintyBoost, drill a hole on the other side of the tin and feed it out. The card reader conveniently fits inside of the mint tin so it's a pretty compact package.
The only down side I've noticed is that it also charges the TouchPad (the batteries will die quicker) and continues to send power to the card reader after the OTG cable has been unplugged from the TouchPad.
Excuse the crappy pic. I really don't feel like taking a better one.
I could never get the OTG cable to charge the Touchpad, I always thought when the Touchpad sensed OTG (grounding on pin 4) it refused to take power. You can disconnect the +5v Vcc to the Touchpad (red wire) on your OTG cable and OTG devices will still work.
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I could never get the OTG cable to charge the Touchpad, I always thought when the Touchpad sensed OTG (grounding on pin 4) it refused to take power. You can disconnect the +5v Vcc to the Touchpad (red wire) on your OTG cable and OTG devices will still work.
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I came to the same conclusion some days ago ,touch pad can't be charged using org cable,needs a regular micro USB cable and the barrel AC charger.I did many tests but having otg devices working and really charge at the same time its not possible,it seems like charging but its not.
Today I accidentally found this http://direct.sanwa.co.jp/ItemPage/400-GADR002W that by first look it could be awesome...
Edit:a mini review in english http://www.gadget.pdamu.com/2012/03...r-dock-station-for-android-smartphone-tablet/
says that it can be also powered be micro usb charger....
Bummer. Tried linking my phone evo3d, but no luck.
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wolfgr said:
Today I accidentally found this http://direct.sanwa.co.jp/ItemPage/400-GADR002W that by first look it could be awesome...
Edit:a mini review in english http://www.gadget.pdamu.com/2012/03...r-dock-station-for-android-smartphone-tablet/
says that it can be also powered be micro usb charger....
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If its provides its own 5v power it would likely work, but I don't really see anywhere for an external power connection and it looks too small to house a battery.
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You can disconnect the +5v Vcc to the Touchpad (red wire) on your OTG cable and OTG devices will still work.
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For whatever reason, when I tried that the card reader wouldn't initialize. Once I connected the +5v from the OTG it'd light right up...
After it lit up I could disconnect the +5v and it'd stop the "charging" notification on the touchpad and keep working.
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If its provides its own 5v power it would likely work, but I don't really see anywhere for an external power connection and it looks too small to house a battery.
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it has the regular usb port to connect otg device plus a micro usb female to connect. our ac charger
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it has the regular usb port to connect otg device plus a micro usb female to connect. our ac charger
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Then it should work fine as the Touchpad uses a standard OTG pinout, it just doesn't provide power so if it has a way to provide power to devices than I see no reason why it wouldn't work.
quick question that i didn't see answered above :S can i use the otg cable adapter without another power source (like can touchpad power it?)? Saw it asked above but didn't see anyone saying that the power source is required :S
kind of want to plug a usb flash drive into touchpad so I can type documents when I'm on the go and switch to computer. don't want to carry another power source either :S
eyeb said:
quick question that i didn't see answered above :S can i use the otg cable adapter without another power source (like can touchpad power it?)? Saw it asked above but didn't see anyone saying that the power source is required :S
kind of want to plug a usb flash drive into touchpad so I can type documents when I'm on the go and switch to computer. don't want to carry another power source either :S
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No, the Touchpad doesn't provide any power for OTG devices which is why you need to supply it power. The cheap USB charger I linked to in the original post will work fine for a portable power supply if you don't want to build something yourself.
And it also appears you can't just plug the other USB into the wall?
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can someone get a group buy going for these???
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If its provides its own 5v power it would likely work, but I don't really see anywhere for an external power connection and it looks too small to house a battery.
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This would be fantastic... but i dont speak Japanese!!
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And it also appears you can't just plug the other USB into the wall?
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So, we can't just plug it into a wall for power? I have to buy a battery powered unit or use a powered hub?
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Nice and cheap and the best part it works.
USB Hub works...sort of.
I tried this with a cheap USB hub I bought. I had bought it for my laptop and made sure it had it's own power supply to keep the load off my laptop, so I thought it would be perfect for this. Nice try though.
Turns out it needs 5V from the host to activate as well as the additional external power supply. Just fired it up with my TouchPad connected via a Y-Cable and my Laptop providing the 5V to fire it up. Works like a charm.
As yet to find out if it works with my travel charger providing the 5V and no external power supply plugged in, and how many devices I can hook up. It's got 7 ports so I suppose the supply might be useful then, but do I really need to hook up that many devices? Otherwise...pointless. Back to the drawing board I go.
wolfgr said:
Today I accidentally found this http://direct.sanwa.co.jp/ItemPage/400-GADR002W that by first look it could be awesome...
Edit:a mini review in english http://www.gadget.pdamu.com/2012/03...r-dock-station-for-android-smartphone-tablet/
says that it can be also powered be micro usb charger....
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This would be really handy and it's a much more elegant solution than a y cable and external power source.
Too bad it seems like we won't be able to get one easily.
Am i missing something here or can i use my 3.5" external HDD (with a power supply) to provide power to my External so i dont have to plug the cable into a USB hub?
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Am i missing something here or can i use my 3.5" external HDD (with a power supply) to provide power to my External so i dont have to plug the cable into a USB hub?
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You should, I did this on my Touchpad running CM7. Haven't tried since going to CM9.
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I was thinking of getting a 1tb external hard drive to connect to the usb dock. Does the prime support portable ones like:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1333767009&sr=1-1
because I know the USB port doesn't output much power.
I don't see any reason why it won't. The Prime has handled any external hard drives I have thrown at it so far.
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I just plugged in an External Drive in my Prime's USB Dock port and the Prime reads it fine.
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I was thinking of getting a 1tb external hard drive to connect to the usb dock. Does the prime support portable ones like:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1333767009&sr=1-1
because I know the USB port doesn't output much power.
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I have used that exact hard drive with my Prime, and works fine.
I have ordered a 3rd party USB OTG adapter from ebay. When I plug into the TF nothing happens. Anyone got at an idea whats the problem? Stock Jellybean Tf201
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I have ordered a 3rd party USB OTG adapter from ebay. When I plug into the TF nothing happens. Anyone got at an idea whats the problem? Stock Jellybean Tf201
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Did you plug anything into the OTG adapter, eg. USB stick?
I tried usb stick, keyboard, mouse... but doesn't work.
See if USB Host Diagnostics by Chainfire gives any clues. Chainfire says that if you plug in a memory stick with an led and it fails to light then 99% sure its a faulty cable
Here's a screenshot. So.. it says the usb function works on tablet but the adapter is a.....:thumbdown: ?
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This may sound stupid, but in what order do you insert the devices into the tablet? From what I understand, for OTG to work you need to first insert your usb device into the adapter, and then that into the tablet. That's the way it works for me also on my s2.