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[Q] Does the One X have USB host mode?

I haven't ordered my One X yet, but I was wondering if it's possible to plug in a USB keyboard (with an adapter obviously)?
Thanks!
Billy

Ive tried to do this with an adapter but it doesnt pick up anything, maybe im doing it wrong or else HTC doesnt have it in the ROM

Hardware is capable but it's not coded into the kernel. Expect this feature to appear fairly quickly once kernel source is available and people start work on custom roms.
M.

mattman83 said:
Hardware is capable but it's not coded into the kernel. Expect this feature to appear fairly quickly once kernel source is available and people start work on custom roms.
M.
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As much as I want to believe that, I'm curious what makes you so sure it'll get added to the custom features list? I ask because somebody wrote drivers for the Nexus One two years ago and it's yet to be baked into any kernals (that I know of). Honestly, I've always been surprised that more people didn't see the value in the feature.
Thanks for the reply!
Billy

Have you tried it with a powered USB hub out of curiosity (i.e. connect One X as source device to a powered USB hub, plug device you want to use like keyboard/mouse/hard drive/etc. to hub)? The One X may not supply enough power from its USB port to power all devices.

phobos512 said:
Have you tried it with a powered USB hub out of curiosity (i.e. connect One X as source device to a powered USB hub, plug device you want to use like keyboard/mouse/hard drive/etc. to hub)? The One X may not supply enough power from its USB port to power all devices.
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Just tried.. Doesn't seems to work (with a USB keyboard). But the one X started to recharge

There is a custom rom already with USB host:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640532

According to the comments in that thread it still doesn't work. I've tried it myself with no success using powered USB hub.

USB-OTG is still in development phase from what I've read. Give it awhile and devs would get it fixed

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HTC released JB 4.1 kernel sources recently..
so will it be possible to connect USB keyboard?

Sure, and mouse too.

Odp: [Q] Does the One X have USB host mode?
Thanks!
Sorry for a little OT, but is it possible to make an USB keyboard with battery than will charge my tablet/smartphone?
Send from my One XL CM10.1

Don't know. I guess you can if you know how to solder. See post below.

Won't work. Though you could charge over the pogo pins.

Connecting USB Key or USB HDD to One X

Hi Guys.
Loving the ability to hook the HTC one x via MHL > HDMI to the bigscreen.
Does anyone know any news on the ability to hook either a USB key or a USB HDD to the one x.
I understand that the one x hardware supports host mode, but no softare does at this point. From reading a few other posts around the web, there was some scepticism as to whether it ever would.
I personally would love to be able to take the one X and hook up extra storage for movies etc
Any change cyanogen or miui will support this ??

Doesn't work, tried it with mine (also others confirm it doesn't presently work). Even if HTC never enable it I'm sure custom ROMs will eventually.

NZtechfreak said:
Doesn't work, tried it with mine (also others confirm it doesn't presently work). Even if HTC never enable it I'm sure custom ROMs will eventually.
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I could Be Wrong But Does Leedroid's One X Rom Support it in his latest update?
Might be worth a look?
Thanks
Team Hex

I'll get my USB OTG cable tomorrow if I'm lucky. Will report back
Try something like USB Mass Storage Watcher (market: OTG version or non-OTG (I use this on my Toshiba Thrive, which has a full size USB port ).
It does have this warning:
USB Mass Storage Watcher OTG Market Page said:
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This will only work on rooted devices and requires a kernel that has the ums enabled. An OTG cable is required for using usb keys. It also requires a kernel with ums enabled and modules for ntfs/hfs/hfs+ etc.
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pitty
Really? It doesn't works on the unrooted stock ROM? I saw Note 2 doing it in stock ROM even with a cheap cable...

dusturn said:
Really? It doesn't works on the unrooted stock ROM? I saw Note 2 doing it in stock ROM even with a cheap cable...
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You are replying to a thread 7 months old... It works on stock JB now.

what about use usb device + mhl (hdmi) output?
is it possible in official JB rom, use mouse+keyboard and hdmi output simultaneously?

Which cable do I need to do this? I have now stock JB... A cheep one, please!
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dusturn said:
Which cable do I need to do this? I have now stock JB... A cheep one, please!
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you need a usb otg cable like this one
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Micro-US...ader_Chargers_Sync_Cables&hash=item4605b07aea

Confirmed that HOX with stock JB Rom directly connect with USB storage perfectly by any OTG USB cable.

and no one can't check it?
what about use usb device + mhl (hdmi) output?
is it possible in official JB rom, use mouse+keyboard and hdmi output simultaneously?
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anyone?

Probably not possible. I've never seen an MHL cable that also has usb slot.
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MHL to HDMI cable has USB for external power supply.

[Q] Micro USB to Ethernet Port Adapter for Galaxy note 2

Just wondering if there anything out there that would work? Is there drivers within Jelly bean that would allow me to do this? Any help would be appreciated.

Could you use a otg cable and a normal usb to ethernet adapter? Don't know if something like this is supported though.

But why u want something like that while u have wifi and kies air? What thinga u canot do through wifi?
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eng.rego said:
But why u want something like that while u have wifi and kies air? What thinga u canot do through wifi?
↖(^▽^)↗ Sent from Rego Galaxy Note ↖(^▽^)↗
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I don't want to use WiFi because i don't. Simple as that.
Have anyone found something to solve this problem?

Yeah,
That would be a welcome feature if possible. Can't get wifi everywhere.
Cheers

Yea, I just tried it right now as I just received my usb-on-the-go and did not work. Its the same usb to ethernet dongle that I've used on my Transformer. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VSTDFG)
I am hopefully getting the dock for this thing and wanted to use this as a full blown computer with ethernet. Hopefully someone can get it to work.

It might work but might have to be built right in the kernel...hmmm...looks interesting though.
John

My Note 2 will actually light up the USB Ethernet adapter and show a link to the network switch, but there doesn't seem to be any 'Ethernet' connection usage option with the Note 2 as of yet. I was under the impression by default Ethernet functionality was part of ice cream sandwich and jelly bean, but it appears Samsung has removed it.

Renthal said:
I was under the impression by default Ethernet functionality was part of ice cream sandwich and jelly bean, but it appears Samsung has removed it.
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My experience has been exactly the opposite. Most Android kernels (and almost all stock ones) do not come with drivers that support most Ethernet chipsets, even kernels that support OTG. While these drivers are usually easy to find in Linux source code, very few flashable kernels compile them in (It's not hard if the kernel builder chooses to include them in the build tree).
I have two inexpensive USB Ethernet dongles and have had a very hard time making either work. While waiting, I have resorted to getting a small traveller's portable Ethernet hotspot/router such as the TP-Link WR3020. That works fine and has the benefit of supporting multiple devices off one Ethernet drop without needing a switch.
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eng.rego said:
But why u want something like that while u have wifi and kies air? What thinga u canot do through wifi?
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There are still many hotels and offices that use wired Ethernet and don't have wifi. So if you want to replace a laptop with an N2, sometimes you need to be places where there is an Ethernet drop, but no wifi (and either your SIM card doesn't work where you are, or roaming is horrendously expensive).
If you travel frequently, it can happen often enough that you need either an Ethernet network adaptor, or a small wifi router.
Also: even if not travelling, you can't break into a wired connection quite as easily as a wireless one. Wired is often faster and certainly more secure.

el56 said:
My experience has been exactly the opposite. Most Android kernels (and almost all stock ones) do not come with drivers that support most Ethernet chipsets, even kernels that support OTG. While these drivers are usually easy to find in Linux source code, very few flashable kernels compile them in (It's not hard if the kernel builder chooses to include them in the build tree).
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I need this Ethernet-over-USB functionality. I believe it is called CDC-ECM. When I have built a Linux kernel in the past it was included with option "Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework"
Does anyone know of a kernel for Note2 (N7100) that supports this?

paral said:
I need this Ethernet-over-USB functionality. I believe it is called CDC-ECM. When I have built a Linux kernel in the past it was included with option "Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework"
Does anyone know of a kernel for Note2 (N7100) that supports this?
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I asked the same question. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115186&highlight=ethernet
And no one answered. I need this functionality too. It seems nobody can help.
It`s only way to ask ROM builder to add these features to their products, i think.

up for this thread.. i need this functionality also

To confirm the above:
Yearsterday I received USB to RJ45 LAN Ethernet HUB internet Adapter (ebay.com/itm/USB-to-RJ45-LAN-Ethernet-HUB-internet-Adapter-for-google-Android-Tablet-pad-Tab-/250894821624)
It does not work with my Note 2 (GT-N7100, Omega v12 - XXDMB2), although it works great with ASUS PadFone2 and with desktop (windows7 64).

I don't understand peoples who make things more complicated that can be...when u can find so many small wifi router even with mobile battery.in a wire LESS world u want to use meters of wires for what?it's a mobile phone not a desktop pc with so many wires.
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Micro USB to Ethernet Port Adapter for Galaxy note 2
Hi folks
usb to ethernet seems to work on Android for some, I guess hardware and operating system (embedded drivers?) have to match this device
For my Asus Transformer I can use their ethernet adapter by simply plug it in.
On my Samsung Note 2 JB 4.1 nothing happens...
Would rooting help?
Anyone managed to have it work?
I know that wifi is a much easier method but it's good to know it doesn't work on this device :laugh:
Sorry for my bad english, I'll try to improve
these items works on the Transformer with JB 4.1
Code:
img716.imageshack.us/img716/7829/dsc0891800.jpg
Oops, no external links for noobs
thanks

lucian75 said:
I don't understand peoples who make things more complicated that can be...when u can find so many small wifi router even with mobile battery.in a wire LESS world u want to use meters of wires for what?it's a mobile phone not a desktop pc with so many wires.
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I don't understand people, who think: if i don't need it, nobody need it.
I bought note to use it on work. Ideally it should be used instead of a laptop.
The problem is that I am not allowed, for safety reasons, to use wireless link.
And actually it interesting to make it work.
But thanks for the tip, in other way it can be useful.

Compfucius said:
Hi folks
usb to ethernet seems to work on Android for some, I guess hardware and operating system (embedded drivers?) have to match this device
For my Asus Transformer I can use their ethernet adapter by simply plug it in.
On my Samsung Note 2 JB 4.1 nothing happens...
Would rooting help?
Anyone managed to have it work?
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As discussed above it did not work with N2.
I think Renthal (message #8) and el56 (message #9) are right.
We need kernel for Note2 (N7100) that supports this feature.
But still nobody has found the ROM or Kernel for GT-N7100, which correctly work with USB Ethernet adapter.
Only root will not help.

I have a second device, a Nexus 7, which (unlike my N2) is rooted. The stock kernel in the Nexus 7 does not support Ethernet-over-USB, and many third-party kernels also do not. However, I did find one kernel -- "Bricked" -- that did. Since installing that kernel, that device now works very well over wired using a $2 OTG cable and a $4 USB Ethernet adaptor (both bought on eBay)
(That setup actually worked in a real-world situation - a hotel in Beijing, that has only wired Internet - in which a Wifi Ethernet router didn't work because of post-connection login requirements.)
This experiences confirms the contention that the drivers for Ethernet-over USB are *available* for Android kernels, but that stock kernels (and most auxilliary ones) have chosen not to implement them. The answer for Note 2 users is to convince Samsung (or, more likely, custom kernel builders) to enable Ethernet drivers that already exist.
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I remember seeing patches for Honeycomb stock kernels for numerous devices that add alot of drivers. It maybe feasible to compile the kernel modules and insmod them, if we have kernel sources. Do we have them? Hellllllooooo?!
And I'd like to have this functionality. To all people wondering why one would need to use such *cough* ancient *cough* technology as wires:
At my workplace there is no 3G coverage (hell, it struggles to connect to EDGE, falling back to GPRS, voice calls also suck), and we're not allowed to use any kind of WiFi or Bluetooth or any other radio, including wireless mouse/keyboards (corporate industrial network sucks all the channels, anyway), but we're supplied with wired, unfiltered network going straight to internet, just for sake of having internet on our devices (my work consists of cycles 1-2 hours of intense coding, and 1-2 hours of empty waiting for tests), so we won't get bored to death. So.... I want my ethernet dongle working! http://freeware.info.pl/software.html

Yeah, I really need that feature too.
I have 2 young daugthers and my wife doesn't want to hear about wifi or 3G at home, cause of health concerns.
And in addition, I work in a company where wireless connections are not allowed for security reasons.
So Ethernet connection through USB adaptateur is almost the only option for me.
But isn't it possible to install drivers on an androids smartphone, as we usually do on PC ?
(Sorry for the newb question)

Ethernet adapter

Hi
I was wondering if anyone has seen or heard of any way to hook up a Ethernet adapter to the note ( either 10.1 or note 3)
And before you point out that one could connect to portable mini wifi routers , my job involves a lot of testing of TCP points and there for it would be nice to be able to test it via a tablet or similar instead of lobbing around a laptop next to everything else
I used to have the Asus transformer prime and there it worked fine, but I've seen some issues with samsung units
Anyone?

DeBoX said:
Hi
I was wondering if anyone has seen or heard of any way to hook up a Ethernet adapter to the note ( either 10.1 or note 3)
And before you point out that one could connect to portable mini wifi routers , my job involves a lot of testing of TCP points and there for it would be nice to be able to test it via a tablet or similar instead of lobbing around a laptop next to everything else
I used to have the Asus transformer prime and there it worked fine, but I've seen some issues with samsung units
Anyone?
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Loads of Android compatible ones on Amazon.

Szadzik said:
Loads of Android compatible ones on Amazon.
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Yeah but I've heard that people have had issues with the other samsung products.... something about samsung taking out drivers or removing Ethernet support etc?

A small bump, anyone heard anything or know anything about this issue?

DeBoX said:
A small bump, anyone heard anything or know anything about this issue?
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Don't know why something like this wouldn't work with an OTG cable
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?se...&cagpspn=pla&gclid=CJShjvSv3boCFUNBQgodulcAMw
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Just tested a few I had long since forgotten about ( connected via a usb otg adapter from DX.com) and non worked. even tested one that mace with my macbook air. No joy.
3 of them worked fine with my old transformer prime ...

Delete

Did you find any that worked?

rayoden said:
Did you find any that worked?
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Still looking, been testing a few back and fourth but no joy so far, not really a programer / developer so my tweaking skills are limited. tested 5 units so far , still no go. Reached out to a few people on the Note 3 forums to see if they have ideas... but nothing so far.
Anyone got ideas?

DeBoX said:
Still looking, been testing a few back and fourth but no joy so far, not really a programer / developer so my tweaking skills are limited. tested 5 units so far , still no go. Reached out to a few people on the Note 3 forums to see if they have ideas... but nothing so far.
Anyone got ideas?
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Hope you found one already. If not - http://www.samsung.com/us/business/computing/pc-accessories/AA-AE2N12B/US

N1M1TZ said:
Hope you found one already. If not - http://www.samsung.com/us/business/computing/pc-accessories/AA-AE2N12B/US
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Anyone tested this one?
40 is a bit steep to just experiment.

The only adapters that are going to work out of the box are the ones currently supported by Samsung Android 3.4 kernel and ones specifically made for this device. (Ones that work with GS4 and other Flagship models may work) You may have to write a few scripts to redirect traffic over usb0 (or whatever device name it comes up as)
http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Giga...679&sr=8-2&keywords=pluggable+gigabit+adapter
I currently have a version of this. In order to connect it to the Note I would have to have the following setup:
Hardware:
Powered MicroUSB OTG Cable - USB Ethernet Adapter - Network
Software:
Grab source for the chipset of the ethernet adapter (ARM compatible)
Build kernel modules against samsung source kernel
Flash new kernel modules or flash new kernel
This is of course assuming we get the proper ct-toolchain and all that.

dasmoover said:
The only adapters that are going to work out of the box are the ones currently supported by Samsung Android 3.4 kernel and ones specifically made for this device. (Ones that work with GS4 and other Flagship models may work) You may have to write a few scripts to redirect traffic over usb0 (or whatever device name it comes up as)
http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Giga...679&sr=8-2&keywords=pluggable+gigabit+adapter
I currently have a version of this. In order to connect it to the Note I would have to have the following setup:
Hardware:
Powered MicroUSB OTG Cable - USB Ethernet Adapter - Network
Software:
Grab source for the chipset of the ethernet adapter (ARM compatible)
Build kernel modules against samsung source kernel
Flash new kernel modules or flash new kernel
This is of course assuming we get the proper ct-toolchain and all that.
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Hehe , thanks for the reply, though the explanation is a tad above and beyond my technical expertise and understanding. Requires a lot more dev knowledge, then this poor wretch posses .
Anyone out there have any other suggestions, or better yet superior skills and time to donate to a project as mentioned above... ?

DeBoX said:
Hehe , thanks for the reply, though the explanation is a tad above and beyond my technical expertise and understanding. Requires a lot more dev knowledge, then this poor wretch posses .
Anyone out there have any other suggestions, or better yet superior skills and time to donate to a project as mentioned above... ?
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Have you tried the plugable fast ethernet 10/100?
Works out of box for Nexus 7

Link?
Tested total of 5 thus far, of which 3 worked on my old transfomer 201

The post above is pluggable but USB 3.0 gigabit...I just purchased this plugable but I am waiting for my OTG adapter.
http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Ethe...-Specific/dp/B00484IEJS/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_text_z
EDIT:I have not tried it yet, i will let you know once I receive my adapter
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the anticipation is killing me... fingers and toes crossed!

The usb 2.0 10/100 should work.

Didn't work for me... Any apps that you recommend to get this thing going?
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Thumb drives work
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Straight from plugable website :
Android and Linux
Android versions 4.0 and later have driver built-in to builds from Google- although individual Android device manufacturers sometimes disable this support. Whether driver is left enabled is left up to each device maker. For example, we’ve found that all ASUS Android tablets (TF200, TF300, TF700, etc) tested to date have support for the driver, however none of the Samsung (Note, Note2, Tab, Tab2) devices we’ve tested had driver support. Advanced users running rooted devices or custom ROMS like Cyanogen mod aren’t supported by Plugable, however may be able to obtain community support from sites like XDA developers.
Drivers built into Linux kernel 2.6.35 and higher.
Source code for advanced users familiar with compiling and installing drivers using kernel 2.6.14-2.6.34 and early 3.0/4.0 kernel versions is available at the download link below:
AX88772 Linux driver 4.11 source code
For older Linux kernels 2.6.9-2.6.13, instead use:
AX88772 Linux driver 1.2.2 source code
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I've been testing this , with so far no luck :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49098781#post49098781
Anyone else give it a go??

charge via USB port but also use OTG ?

Can the 2nd gen Nexus be charged/powered via the microusb while being in OTG host mode?
If not natively, is there a software hack?
If no software hack, I am willing to do a hardware mod but not sure where to start.
Thanks for any ideas.
added: found this old thread for the 1st gen 2012
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943110
Can newer roms like CM11 or CM12 maybe do OTG + charge natively?
AHA! found the answer after much more googling
timur.mobi/timurs-kernel-n7-2013
Oh wait, it's commercial only and $25 at that.
Any free solutions?

_ck_ said:
Can the 2nd gen Nexus be charged/powered via the microusb while being in OTG host mode?
If not natively, is there a software hack?
If no software hack, I am willing to do a hardware mod but not sure where to start.
Thanks for any ideas.
added: found this old thread for the 1st gen 2012
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943110
Can newer roms like CM11 or CM12 maybe do OTG + charge natively?
AHA! found the answer after much more googling
timur.mobi/timurs-kernel-n7-2013
Oh wait, it's commercial only and $25 at that.
Any free solutions?
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I think Timur has been the only one to work on that. And you won't find much more info about it on xda because he charges money for his kernel.

How about a hardware mod?
Can I maybe add a dedicated charging port that doesn't rely on the microusb connector?
I don't like how timur's kernel has to be used with stock, I'd rather use CM11/CM12
Maybe it is possible to fake the Qi receiving pins to take a hardwired charge.

aha! I found an open solution
ElementalX supports 2013 2nd gen with OTG+Charging for flo and has Cyanogenmod build in both 4.4.4 and 5.0.2 flavors
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389022
http://elementalx.org/devices/nexus-7-2013/
hope that helps other people too

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aha! I found an open solution
ElementalX supports 2013 2nd gen with OTG+Charging for flo and has Cyanogenmod build in both 4.4.4 and 5.0.2 flavors
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389022
http://elementalx.org/devices/nexus-7-2013/
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But it does not full support USB hub - got issue once power lost.