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hey all 2011 model xperia users....
its a good news for u all....
those u have bought sony xperia mobile released in 2011 this year have many more advantage over last year models...
New u can use usb mouse and keyboard directly on our mobile...
just u need a usb otg cable...
with only usb otg cable u can connect only one device at a time... but if u want to connect keyboard and mouse simultaneously u need another device called usb hub...
just connect one end of otg cable (micor usb socket) to ur mobile and and another end to the main male usb socket of usb hub... then u can connect keyboard and mouse to female socket of usb hub....
now enjoy the power of android....
tell us something we dont know
PS cant you use normal font colour like the rest of us mortals
indycar said:
tell us something we dont know
PS cant you use normal font colour like the rest of us mortals
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Mortals lol
And what about the usb memory?
grochu92 said:
And what about the usb memory?
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Yep, there is an app in market called "Xperia Arc USB-OTG storage manager"
this allows you to mount USB thumb drives too.
Its a paid app but I bought it and it works well..
Really nice to be able to plug the phone up to a LCD screen (through HDMI) and access movies off a thumb drive.
Kiwi
oh , yeah!
i am new user android, where i buy usb to go ?
thejackgroup said:
i am new user android, where i buy usb to go ?
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Ebay ?
[email protected] said:
hey all 2011 model xperia users....
its a good news for u all....
those u have bought sony xperia mobile released in 2011 this year have many more advantage over last year models...
New u can use usb mouse and keyboard directly on our mobile...
just u need a usb otg cable...
with only usb otg cable u can connect only one device at a time... but if u want to connect keyboard and mouse simultaneously u need another device called usb hub...
just connect one end of otg cable (micor usb socket) to ur mobile and and another end to the main male usb socket of usb hub... then u can connect keyboard and mouse to female socket of usb hub....
now enjoy the power of android....
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I tried to plug a mouse and keyboard into my phone via a usb hub, the phone didn't detect anything and they don't work. But the keyboard and phone had power cuz the red light on my mouse came on... They worked when I plugged it in separately skipping the usb hub... any clue why this happens?
You need a usb otg cable, look on eBay, I got one for about 2euro from Hongkong.
Or you could buy the livedock (these are about 30euro) but let you charge the phone at the same time as using otg.
Kiwi
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Can some one help wit making a usb otg cable + charging the phone at same time
oxwewe said:
Can some one help wit making a usb otg cable + charging the phone at same time
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Buy a livedock, its the only way I've found so far.. I spent weeks searching for a DIY option and came up with nothing.. Sorry
Kiwi
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do not get it to work I downloaded the application from the arc not more he recognized
gleimeson said:
do not get it to work I downloaded the application from the arc not more he recognized
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Are you using an OTG cable? Do mice and keyboards work? And what firmware version are you on? On the neo otg support was added from .42 onwards.
Kiwi
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kiwiBratwurst said:
Are you using an OTG cable? Do mice and keyboards work? And what firmware version are you on? On the neo otg support was added from .42 onwards.
Kiwi
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I have a NEO, mice and keyboards work on. In the .42 and .62 version.
If you put an OTG usb cable have only 1 port, but i bought an usb hub with 4 ports and all of them are working. But only works with low consumption devices.
(mice, keyboards) Works with wireless and wired.
thanks
thanks
but please how can i change the language while i plugged the usb keyboard
thanks again
does this device ( ATRIX ) supports usb on-the-go?
what is USB on the go?
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marko! said:
what is USB on the go?
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Wiki made it sound like the USB host feature that is available in ICS, flash drives, keyboards, mouse and such..
its a cool feature that allows a usb-phone connectivity. in simple we may plug and use pendrive, ext hdd with our phone, and access the files in those drives.....
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Short answer.. Yes
Lapdock and hd hubs have usb ports already configured.
You can also make your own adapter by purchasing a usb otg cable and modifying a generic usb hub. The otg protocol needs to have 5v returned from the hub to the phone.
There are a couple of forum posts related to that.
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ycavan said:
Short answer.. Yes
Lapdock and hd hubs have usb ports already configured.
You can also make your own adapter by purchasing a usb otg cable and modifying a generic usb hub. The otg protocol needs to have 5v returned from the hub to the phone.
There are a couple of forum posts related to that.
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it will be great if you could point to some forums......i need to connect a 1tb ext hdd to atrix. is it possible? thanks in advance.....
(hell lot searched and found nothing)
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ycavan said:
Short answer.. Yes
Lapdock and hd hubs have usb ports already configured.
You can also make your own adapter by purchasing a usb otg cable and modifying a generic usb hub. The otg protocol needs to have 5v returned from the hub to the phone.
There are a couple of forum posts related to that.
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it will be great if you could point to some forums......i need to connect a 1tb ext hdd to atrix. is it possible? thanks in advance.....
(hell lot searched and found nothing)
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that's of course possible ; atrix is a great gadget and capable of many things .
here we go:
1. first get a USB OTG adaptor cable.
2. make your 5v electric-powered USB hub ready.
3. make your USB cable ready (usually USB hub is good for mini USB cable; therefore, you need to obtain also micro to mini USB adaptor too.)
everything is ready now.
4. connect USB hub to power.
5. connect your USB cable to USB hub.
6. connect your USB OTG to your atrix.
you are all set-up.
here we continue...
connect your keyborad, mouse, usb flash, etc. to the USB hub. Voilaaaaaa mouse cursor and the keyboard as well as the usb flash are all visible on Atrix.
Have fun and enjoy it...
In case you wish, search for youtube for "Atrix OTG support"; you will come across many vidoes that verify what I just briefed above..
on top of all, get a neptop.apk and connect to the HD TV via HDMI cable and taste the ultimate pleasure of WEBTOP
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that's of course possible ; atrix is a great gadget and capable of many things .
here we go:
1. first get a USB OTG adaptor cable.
2. make your 5v electric-powered USB hub ready.
3. make your USB cable ready (usually USB hub is good for mini USB cable; therefore, you need to obtain also micro to mini USB adaptor too.)
everything is ready now.
4. connect USB hub to power.
5. connect your USB cable to USB hub.
6. connect your USB OTG to your atrix.
you are all set-up.
here we continue...
connect your keyborad, mouse, usb flash, etc. to the USB hub. Voilaaaaaa mouse cursor and the keyboard as well as the usb flash are all visible on Atrix.
Have fun and enjoy it...
In case you wish, search for youtube for "Atrix OTG support"; you will come across many vidoes that verify what I just briefed above..
on top of all, get a neptop.apk and connect to the HD TV via HDMI cable and taste the ultimate pleasure of WEBTOP
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great. believe the left mouse click is select and right one is back. can u tell me where can i find the usb folder in the root??
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great. believe the left mouse click is select and right one is back. can u tell me where can i find the usb folder in the root??
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Yeppppp, u r right about the clicks.
I am not sure at the moment nor can I verify where I see the USB as I am not at my home desk now, but if I am not mistaken it presents itself or you may find it under "files". Should you have not stock "files" app, then refer to "usbdisk..." folders under "mnt".
My regards,
Till yesterday there was a schematic, where did it go? :S
beefytr said:
that's of course possible ; atrix is a great gadget and capable of many things .
here we go:
1. first get a USB OTG adaptor cable.
2. make your 5v electric-powered USB hub ready.
3. make your USB cable ready (usually USB hub is good for mini USB cable; therefore, you need to obtain also micro to mini USB adaptor too.)
everything is ready now.
4. connect USB hub to power.
5. connect your USB cable to USB hub.
6. connect your USB OTG to your atrix.
you are all set-up.
here we continue...
connect your keyborad, mouse, usb flash, etc. to the USB hub. Voilaaaaaa mouse cursor and the keyboard as well as the usb flash are all visible on Atrix.
Have fun and enjoy it...
In case you wish, search for youtube for "Atrix OTG support"; you will come across many vidoes that verify what I just briefed above..
on top of all, get a neptop.apk and connect to the HD TV via HDMI cable and taste the ultimate pleasure of WEBTOP
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is this necessary to use usb hub cant we directly connect 1 tb hd via otg cable?? I searched the whole internet but cant find any guide reagarding atrix otg... Is otg working on atrix cm7??
WOW!
I just got it working in a Custom Blur-based Rom ([ROM][GB] NOTTACHTRIX 4G (v1.9.0) Updated Mar 11 2013).
I used a Power charger connected to a Innobo (average quality) USB hub. Then I connected a mouse and a USB memory to the hub plus the Atrix (via OTG cable).
The phone recognized the USB memory without any problem and the mouse works really fine.
I have´n´t tried a keyboard yet, but I guess It will work as well.
Regards. :good:
Rasec2002 said:
WOW!
I just got it working in a Custom Blur-based Rom ([ROM][GB] NOTTACHTRIX 4G (v1.9.0) Updated Mar 11 2013).
I used a Power charger connected to a Innobo (average quality) USB hub. Then I connected a mouse and a USB memory to the hub plus the Atrix (via OTG cable).
The phone recognized the USB memory without any problem and the mouse works really fine.
I have´n´t tried a keyboard yet, but I guess It will work as well.
Regards. :good:
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usb otg isnt suppose to work this way. right? its not portable. i hope there would be any hack for this.
I don't get what you're trying to say
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Hi i brought an otg cable for my phone however when i plug it in the cable is not showing up as usb host on notification bar like some youtube videos that show that. I just want to plug in a small usb flash drive that does not need power to boot up. I can't find a way to make the phone recognize the cable. I running ics by SHOstock v2.2.6. thank you for any help. Also did numerous searches on google and here with no results on getting this thing to work.
Have you tried toggling on/off usb debugging?
My OTG cable works fine. The odds are either your cable is not true USB OTG cable (it must short out one of the PIN at the microUSB connector side) or the custom ROM you are runing does not have USB OTG support. I'm running leaked UCLD3 ROM.
What??? There is an OTG cable? For real?
I got the regular male-microUSB to female-standardUSB cable and it works just fine with AOKP
votinh said:
What??? There is an OTG cable? For real?
I got the regular male-microUSB to female-standardUSB cable and it works just fine with AOKP
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Yes there is. IIRC, the PIN5 must be shorted to ground on the microUSB port on the cable to trigger the phone into USB host mode. AOKP ROM might be created to ignore suck requirement but that's not how USB OTG works.
Well I brought the cable 2 days ago off eBay and I send an email to the vendor and he's sending me another one I hope it works for me. If not I was planning to buy the official brand name Samsung one on Amazon and I hope it works with that.
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I just tried my hopes went I the roof and down I again I toggle USB on and off as u said and nothing. I just wait the new cable.
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http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...ro+usb+a,aps,127&rh=i:aps,k:micro+usb+adapter
Everyone of those should work
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http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...ro+usb+a,aps,127&rh=i:aps,k:micro+usb+adapter
Everyone of those should work
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Nope. Generic adapters usually don't work. You need a specially made cable with proper PINs shorted.
This is the one I bought http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QX7KYU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
Thank you so much I'm going to try the second because after noticing the Motorola one on the list didn't work I think fox is right thank you all for all your help.
Do you now of an HDMI adapter that would work
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I don't own any MHL adapter (HDMI adapter). But it should be standard as long as you properly supply power to the adapter externally.
I've had the official Samsung MHL adapter since the phone came out and it still works flawlessly. There pretty cheap now you can find one for about 22$. Or you could try a generic but some people love em some people throw em in the garbage
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Some of them are made pretty badly which causes some odd issues.
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*This is only a reference/information thread for those who want to use OTG feature on our 2011 xperia phones, for your convenience.
(For that Sony Ericsson didn't tell you how to use that feature.)
Information for xperia mini, mini pro, LWW and Active.(since they share similar chipsets)
TESTED ON GB 2.3 Stock rom with wt19i.
1. USB OTG support is native on stock roms.
2. Almost every USB keyboard and mouse can be used with OTG.
3. Some special keys on the keyboard may NOT work(such as volume up/down buttons).
4. Key bindings may NOT work. e.g. Ctrl + C won't work in terminal apps such as connectbot or terminal emulator. Consider twice if you want to use keyboard for terminal.
5. To use USB flash drives, you have to use OTG helper from shardul_seth from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1588979
6. (with OTG helper) USB drives will be mounted @ /sdcard/usb_stick_1/ (or something similar)
7. USB hubs CAN be used.
8. Portable hard-drives can be used although it needs external power source.
9. Using these USB devices with your phone can DEPLETE YOUR BATTERY rather quickly.
10. Pen tablets won't work. (Tested device: Wacom Banboo)
11. USB card readers might NOT work. (Some do, some don't. I tested a card reader with multiple slots(MS Pro, microSD, SD) and my wt19i failed to recognize it.)
12. USB flash drives larger than 16GB might NOT work. (As reported from Taiwanese forums.)
13. Some USB joysticks will work, some won't. (No drivers for Android
I will keep testing USB devices though. Thread will be updated in the future.
Attachment is my own wt19i with an USB keyboard.
Preserved for future use.
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USB joystick work like a charm, I've tested a thurstmaster 8 button on my mini pro!
@paacoo Thank you. Information corrected now.
p.s. Tested that Playstation 3 controller wouldn't work
Other devices
Hello all
I have tried WD self powered 1Tb HDD the trick was to connect a hub with double USB cable, one to the phone and the other to a battery or usb charger, worked correctly, I think I can browse all the drive content.
Recently I bought a multi card reader branded as Manhattan that support SD, micro SD, MMC, etc.., plus 3 usbs and worked. I can read my SD/microsd and read/write files.
Also I tried wireless (RF) mouse/keyboard branded acktec and worked great.
If you are interested I can tell you the product number.
@edgar0204 Thanks for your reply. I think I'll start a list for unsupported devices then
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@aznrogerazn: I"m sure in that Android compatible only with HID devices. I"m unsure in that PS3 controller is HID-based, but take a look here:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/23634/Wired-PS3-Six-Axis-Controller-Using-USB-HID-as-Inp
@x.x.x.Peria The reason why Playstation 3 controller fails to work is that the phone cannot provide sufficient power supply. With proper programming and enough power, it is supposed to work. It can be used on the phone with bluetooth, however.
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There are no hidden features on our phone.
USB OTG feature is known already on Live with Walkman, announced aswell on official white paper.
By default(and officially), OTG support exists only on LWW, but with certain workarounds, it is possible on other devices aswell.
Need UTG Cable
Hi guys, I'm from Indian where can i get utg cable over internet ?
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TESTED ON GB 2.3 Stock rom with wt19i.
1. USB OTG support is native on stock roms.
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All right, you've said it's native on stock, but is there any way to get in on custom rom? Or we couldn't use this feature?
Hey i'm news and i'm not the best in english but
Can i make my own otg cable ! It's can work ?
It's for my lww.
Ofc. Well you can make even atom bomb if you have knowledge and mats.
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Hey i'm news and i'm not the best in english but
Can i make my own otg cable ! It's can work ?
It's for my lww.
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madhouses said:
Ofc. Well you can make even atom bomb if you have knowledge and mats.
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Knowledge for homemade USB OTG cable http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092493
I don't found posts about atom bomb yet
I made a homemade USB OTG with the help of this tutorial, and works like a charm.
:highfive:
If I use an USB HUB with external power, it will work? My target is use an USB HUB with external power to supply energy for a mouse, a keyboard, a pen drive and my phone. Or just to reduce the battery consumption. I know HUB powered by USB works fine.
PS: with OTG cable, my homemade one: kingston pendrive 8GB works, lenovo mouse and keyboard works, leadership mouse and keyboard (with a nice number of special keys) works, Bright wireless mouse with usb adapter works, bluetooth usb dongle don't works (needs driver), and with a USB OTG cable you can recharge another phone haha. * I'm using ICS at St15i.
USB hubs with external power source is working as reported from Taiwanese forums. You can only use one flash drive on the hub at the moment though.
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aznrogerazn said:
USB hubs with external power source is working as reported from Taiwanese forums. You can only use one flash drive on the hub at the moment though.
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Interesting.
With powered hub, I connected a PS3 controller and reading the kernel log with dmesg, seems to be recognized and installed but don't works and starts to charge, without my phone at hub the controller don't charge. Other devices work normal, and the phone is not in charge mode :silly:.
If anyone have idea to tests, I think I can do for help.
Thanks for the thread aznrogerazn.
Can anyone confirm if this works on MiniCMSandwich Lite? I don't have an OTG cable but I'm gonna buy one if and only if, it's working. Gonna be a waste if it doesn't.
@GregyrioAxiaMagno PS3 controllers can be used on bluetooth mode. You can google the method if you like.
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@GregyrioAxiaMagno PS3 controllers can be used on bluetooth mode. You can google the method if you like.
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Thanks aznrogerazn, I have the Sixaxis app working good, is a nice app is it?
But, check this out, I have a nice news hahaha. I managed to work the PS3 controller by USB. So: I have a 7 ports powered hub, and it can be powered by usb also. I plugged my otg cable in Android and the cable at the HUB, then I plugged the power cable, after this, I connected the PS3 controller at HUB, the lights at the controller will blink if in charge mode or blink only once if the battery is full, and unintentionally, I hit the button with the PlayStation logo, and voilà: the controller works! I noticed what the touchscreen gets a strange behavior... I saw this same behavior when a friend used an non oficial usb cable to charge the xperia x8, an ordinary cable... like if the touchscreen got messy. But the controller and the rest works. So give a try, with a powered HUB and plug all, then hit the PS logo. I noticed also what the usb host mode can be disabled sometimes, is just restart the phone or plug a mouse or something to get work again.
I will make a video maybe or take some photos in another thread.
EDIT: The strange behavior of the touchscreen is caused by the power, I mean, when I connect the power cable. I think this happens because there is no filter of energy in the circuit. Maybe a high quality HUB solve the issue. The touch screen become normal again when the ordinary power cable got disconnected.
EDIT 2: About the crazy touch see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10206146&postcount=8. The power cable of the USB HUB is an ordinary 5V 1000mA, thats is the problem.
EDIT 3: I made a video but I won't open a new thread xP
http://youtu.be/l63AisPJBw8
I connected ipod to sola via OTG cable after that i am facing strange issues,phone gets stuck and then screen becomes unresponsive and phone turns off,what might be the cause?I want to add that i restore apps from titanium backup and phone heats up than usual tried every rom,running stock rom still same issue.Please help
Try to change otg cable
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am using CallMate USB OTG
Xperia000sola said:
Try to change otg cable
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Hai friend,
am using Call Mate USB OTG from flipkart, whenever i inserted the USB OTG cable with or without pendrive. my mobile gets restarted.
Please help me .
Thanks in advance...
otg for sola sucks
Only my freaking mouse works. I lost all my hope I'm using otg cables I suggest you do the same. Of somebody figured out a way to use otg then I will praise you forever