Develop Bugs

Micro USB to USB Converter for Samsung Galaxy S2

Turn your Samsung Galaxy S2's micro USB port into a full sized USB input, and use memory sticks, card readers, keyboards and more on your phone.
Why Buy?
*Gives your Samsung Galaxy S2 a standard USB port so you can access data stored on memory sticks or memory cards
*Compatible with USB keyboards for improved typing experience
*Small size lets you take it with you anywhere
Description
Gives your Samsung Galaxy S2 a standard USB port so you can access data stored on memory sticks or memory cards
Android is the most versatile mobile phone operating system around, demonstrated to great effect by this micro USB converter. Instead of having to wait until you get home to transfer photos and videos to and from a memory stick or memory card (with a suitable reader), you can plug them into this adapter and access them straight on your phone. This gives you practically unlimited storage for your media without having to turn the phone off to swap out the phone's memory card. It is also perfect for transferring photos taken with a dedicated camera to your phone for uploading to the internet while out and about.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Compatible with USB keyboards for improved typing experience
Another possible use for the Micro USB converter is to plug in a standard USB keyboard to make tying emails and documents on your phone even easier. Simply go to any text field in any app on your Samsung Galaxy S2, and start typing. Or you can just start typing from the home screen to enter Google search. In addition, you can use the arrow keys to select any interactive item on screen, and then press enter to select it - perfect for if you need to switch apps but don't want to have to take your hands off the keyboard.
Small size lets you take it with you anywhere
This cable is small and compact, so you can take it with you anywhere you take your phone. So whether you want to type up a document with your flexible keyboard on the train, or upload photos to your Flickr account while on holiday, with the Micro USB converter you can.
Video
Order it right away

Would it be possible to plug in a Garmin Oregon series GPS to transfer files to it ?

Wonderful!!!
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App

Rayan McFly said:
Wonderful!!!
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Really? Out of stock as always. Old news too. They are selling expensive air.
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=usb+otg+samsung
Half price...

Indeed a wonderful solution and I'm seriously wondering whether anyone has already tried connecting it to a standard usb keyboard?
I'm contemplating buying one (not for connecting it to a USB device but rather for using it with a usb keyboard).

USB OTG Cable arrived today, video description for eBay link:

how can i use this converter my motorola photon?Do i need to install any software?

mutara said:
how can i use this converter my motorola photon?Do i need to install any software?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
uuuppppppp

Samsung Galaxy S2 forum. We don't care about your Motorola Photon.
mutara said:
uuuppppppp
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

You can simultaneously use both USB host and the hdmi out? There is an adapter? Thank you.

talipo said:
You can simultaneously use both USB host and the hdmi out? There is an adapter? Thank you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not possible, no.

android_master said:
Turn your Samsung Galaxy S2's micro USB port into a full sized USB input, and use memory sticks, card readers, keyboards and more on your phone.]
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have this cable for SGS2, is this a normal converter you can buy everywhere or a specific one? Just curious.

USB Adapter Review

I went to Best Buy and happened to pick up the very last USB adapter. I got it with a ShopKick $5 discount so it came out to about $16 with tax. My first impression was that the box was much smaller than I expected. It was about the size of my Droid.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I preceded to open it up and noticed how much smaller it was than I expected.
The first thing I plugged in was my usb wireless mouse.
My Tab recognized it right away and gave me a nice message saying it worked and now I had a cursor on the screen. Everything worked on the mouse except for the right mouse button, but I kind of expected that.
The next thing I tried was my Droid. It gave me an error saying that it was too high powered to work, which is a bummer, but I can still transfer between the two with bluetooth even if it takes a little while to set up.
Finally I tried a usb drive with a track by Deadmau5 because I knew that that song was not in my library or my Google Music library. Sure enough it showed up in my Music app, but I couldn't find it in Astro File Manager. There was a folder for "usbdrive", but when I opened it, it was empty.
Overall Opinion
I was expecting the adapter to be about twice the size, but was quite happy to find that it was smaller. It seems to work with many devices, but it is maddening when you get the "too high powered device" error. It was also a very tight fit to fit a USB device into the end and you had to use quite a bit of force to plug stuff in. I feel like the overall plug itself fits very loose though in the Tab and that bothers me. It's just too bad Samsung couldn't have fit it inside the tab
7/10
Pros:
Small
Allows many usb devices
Adds more functionality
Cons:
It fits into the Tab loosely
Expensive at $19.99 for what it is
Doesn't work with high powered devices

Thanks for the review... was planning on buying it, but maybe I'll hold off for a bit.

jdavet said:
Thanks for the review... was planning on buying it, but maybe I'll hold off for a bit.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would recommend it, it's just kind of expensive for what it is.

We need a version of this that allows a USB power. I know it's another thing to plug in but it would save from needing to carry/plug in a powered USB hub just to use an external HD.

I got mine for 10 dollars after a 10 dollar RZ coupon from Best Buy. Everything I've plugged into it works so far (Mouse, Keyboard, Logitech USB Controller, different thumb drives). I have no complaints.
Of interest is that the Engrish directions state that you need to plug whatever USB device into the adapter first, and then plug the adapter into the Tab, or else risk damaging the Tab. Not too sure why.

do NTFS flash drives work or just fat32?

rodrigos122 said:
do NTFS flash drives work or just fat32?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The GT did not recognize the format on my NTFS formatted Lexar 16GB usb drive. The instructions that accompany the GT USB adapter state compatibility with FAT32 (Max 32GB), PTP/UMS Camera, and Sammy Laser Printer (after 2008).

rodrigos122 said:
do NTFS flash drives work or just fat32?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In theory they should work with pershoot's kernel and modules. Not with stock.
I haven't tried it yet though.

So does this work with Logitech's all in one usb adapter for mouse and keyboard at the same time?
Sent from my GT-P7510 using XDA Premium App

Entropy512 said:
In theory they should work with pershoot's kernel and modules. Not with stock.
I haven't tried it yet though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ill try it in a little bit because I am currently running pershoots 1.4ghz kernel.

Pancake345 said:
So does this work with Logitech's all in one usb adapter for mouse and keyboard at the same time?
Sent from my GT-P7510 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't have a Logitech wireless keyboard, but I've used my Anywhere MX mouse's micro receiver with it successfully. It's one of the "unifying" ones that's supposed to work with their current gen keyboards.

question?
can you connect to it a 2 into one usb adapter? That way you can charge the tablet and have any type of usb device connected?
Will that work?
Ed

Can someone with the USB adapter help a few of us out and answer the question I posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208402 ? Greatly appreciated

cifs?
tghockey07 said:
Ill try it in a little bit because I am currently running pershoots 1.4ghz kernel.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
would you need to push the cifs/ntfs module in for it to work with pershoot kernal?

Pancake345 said:
So does this work with Logitech's all in one usb adapter for mouse and keyboard at the same time?
Sent from my GT-P7510 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My Logitech MK320 keyboard and mouse works fine with the Samsung USB adapter and my GT-P7510. I just wish I could find a smaller keyboard and mouse package.
Frank

notfaded1 said:
would you need to push the cifs/ntfs module in for it to work with pershoot kernal?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry it took me so long to respond. As it looks right now, I'd say yes. When I inserted an NTFS formatted flash drive in said "usb storage black or unsupported filesystem" on pershoots kernel with no cifs.

Micro to USB Adaptor is Awesome!

So the day I bought My SGS2 I seen a Video on YouTube about this guy using a Micro USB to Female USB adapter, and all the cool things it could do.
I looked on eBay and from good old China (where everything is made! Probably the sun and God where made there too...) it was only $4.
So I though well I might never use it, but for $4 I'll buy it for the hell of it.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Well it came today! I though hum... I'm going to see if my wireless mouse works and it dose! a little mouse comes on the screen and it works just like a computer
even in games Played some "Dragon Fly" ("Tiny Wings" for Iphone) worked good. I even booted up the old DOS emulator and played Ultima 8!
Going to try some Ultima Underworld but need to charge my battery!
I think I'm going to make some videos of playing some old dos games on YouTube. I'll post a link here when I do.

In for the videos

Looks good, I'm gonna get me one

A bluetooth mouse works great too, no need for adapters.
Sent from my GT-I9100

killall said:
Looks good, I'm gonna get me one
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i am using another one with my android card reader. good

is this the same with usb to go? kinda confused with it and is it possible to connect and read external hdd?
thanks

Declan79 said:
is this the same with usb to go? kinda confused with it and is it possible to connect and read external hdd?
thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, you can read a external HD but the phone might not power it, depending on the HD. But if that is the case then you just need a powered usb splitter and your good.
Sent from my GT-I9100M using XDA Premium App

Just to let people know they don't work with NTFS formatted drives. I thought my cable was broke until i reformatted the flashdrive using FAT32 and it was recognized no problem.

Joey2o11 said:
Just to let people know they don't work with NTFS formatted drives. I thought my cable was broke until i reformatted the flashdrive using FAT32 and it was recognized no problem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ya, witch kinda sucks.. But I'm sure there will be a patch out...
Sent from my GT-I9100M using XDA Premium App

I got my USB-OTG cable today, and was quite disappointed. It was annoying to see that NTFS wasn't compatible. Also every external bus powered HD I tried complained about it being a high powered USB device, as did my iPod.
I also tried a USB Optical Mouse, and a cursor popped up on the screen, but it wasn't moving I will try a cheaper one at work tomorrow. USB Pen drives/Flash disks seem to work, as long as it is only Fat32.
- Edit -
Tried a different (Dell) optical mouse at work today and it seems to work fine, also tried my 16gb USB flash disk and that worked great and quite fast, tried some films and documents through it and it was flawless.
A couple of people have mentioned that a 'bigger cable' or 'powered cable' is needed to get bigger USB drives working. What exactly does that mean??

Yet i tried mine las night, its fast respond for flash disk reading but need a bigger cable to read external hdd. But i think it necessary for those who often worked woth flash disk
sent from my 2.3.3|dxjpe DJGTabs7

this indeed is very cool and the price is just cool
i intend to make a jig last weekend and bought the stuff at almost the same price...i could have just bought from him too..

That really is awesome..
Most definitely gonna pick myself up one of those! Thanks! C:

NTFS is required for a small modification
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131924

The HiGadget USB adapter works perfect - thanks for the tip!
I went for the straight version (not angled) as it is smaller when not in use. Just perfect and what a price!

I got this one: http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Micro-USB-H..._MobilePhoneDataCables_JN&hash=item3a693cc044
Works great!

How large of a flash drive/ ext hdd can be used with GN?

I got in my Micro USB host OTG cable. Currently I only have a 1GB flash drive and using StickMount it works perfectly for transferring files and playing music. But 1GB is obviously not large enough. I have done a search on this and the largest flash drive I could find confirmed working is 8GB. I would like to purchase the largest GB flash drive confirmed working on the GN. Can anybody confirm a larger size working!? If so can you state the brand? And model numbers/links would also be very helpful if you have them available. Thanks ahead of time, and I will "thank" any posts with confirmations.
Side note: When I upgraded my hdd in my PS3 I bought an enclosure for my old hdd (60GB I think), plugging it in the light on the enclosure turns on but when trying to mount StickMount says "no drive to mount". Do I need to find a way to format it before it can be read or "mounted" or is it just too large to be read by GN or StickMount.
Again thank you for any answers, and I did search this issue out to the best of my ability.

I know plenty of you are using flash drives! PLEASE confirm what size and brand.

I have successfully mounted my HP 32GB flash drive multiple times without any issues. I don't recall where I got it at the moment, but I will pass along a screen grab for you when I get a chance.
The HDD won't mount because it simply draws too much power - if you can hook up an external power source to it, you may be able to mount the drive.
Also, FAT32 is probably the best format to have on the drive to increase your success rate.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

I am using a Standard Black San Disk 16GB flash drive and a ADATA S102 USB 3.0 16GB flash drive. They both work flawlessly with the cable, and plenty of smaller 1GB - 2GB flash drives they give away at conferences. I have not had any problem to date.

Working:
64GB Hip Street Flash Drive
16GB Maxell Flash Drive
1TB Verbatum HDD External has power cable - Mounts but can't write to it? (Permissions are correct too)
NOT working:
160GB External HDD (Seagate)
1TB External w/no power cable (same one as above with no powercable plugged in)
Looks like the limitation is the amount of power the HDD needs. If I plug in an external HDD it won't work unless it uses an external power supply. Both of the external HDD's worked in my xoom.
Also not sure why I can't write to the 1TB it's an EXT4 partition and FAT32 partition.

{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Here is a screen grab of the 32 GB HP thumb drive mounted on my Nexus.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Hi all,
Just got the cable but can not mount the flash drive to my GN. 4.04 stock rom. do i need to have some kind of app to make the flash drive mount to GN?
Thx

says888says said:
Hi all,
Just got the cable but can not mount the flash drive to my GN. 4.04 stock rom. do i need to have some kind of app to make the flash drive mount to GN?
Thx
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Stick mount. I think its by chainfire. Needs root.
bow chicka wow wow.

[Q] External HDD

Hi,
Has anyone got an external hdd working on there gpads?
I have a 1tb WD passport, connected to my nexus 5 via the OTG cable it works fine. Just refuses to work on the gpad. usb sticks (tried up to a 32gig) work fine.
My gpad is stock

fungu said:
Hi,
Has anyone got an external hdd working on there gpads?
I have a 1tb WD passport, connected to my nexus 5 via the OTG cable it works fine. Just refuses to work on the gpad. usb sticks (tried up to a 32gig) work fine.
My gpad is stock
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Also happens to me, does not work with my external drive 320gb.
Sent from my LG-V500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

I'm waiting on my powered OTG to turn up and test (another member in a different forum had suggested they had an external working with the cable). Otherwise i might look at getting something different as i am going away for a while and want to use an external to store my movies.

fungu said:
I'm waiting on my powered OTG to turn up and test (another member in a different forum had suggested they had an external working with the cable). Otherwise i might look at getting something different as i am going away for a while and want to use an external to store my movies.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I also have an powered OTG cable, but did not help.
I think that the cause is lack of voltage. With a pen or sd card with adapter, works without problems. Even my camera gives to connect. Always with the OTG cable, of course!
Sent from my LG-V500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

That's a shame. Might need to pick myself up a cheap laptop (maybe one of these lenovo flexs') or a wireless hard drive, now in theory the wireless hard drives are powered so, if it is a voltage problem it might work without activating the wireless function.
Just weird that it would work fine on my nexus 5 but not on the tablet. No solid hdd light when plugged into the gpad.

What file system are you using on the HDD?

aicjofs said:
What file system are you using on the HDD?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In my case, the formats are FAT32, I know that android does not support NTFS.

fungu said:
I'm waiting on my powered OTG to turn up and test (another member in a different forum had suggested they had an external working with the cable). Otherwise i might look at getting something different as i am going away for a while and want to use an external to store my movies.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As I said over at the OC forum mine worked ok....
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
as long as it is formatted to FAT32 (using stock ROM). Also using the powered OTG cable.
Toshiba 1TB e store USB 3 2.5" drive shown above.

Ah cool, i'll hold on a few more days for this powered one to turn up.

I think it would work if you used USB 2.0 A Male plug to 2 dual USB A Female jack Y splitter Hub adapter Cable, the W male in charger, the two one on the hdd and the other in the Pad, i will try it very soon as soon as i get back to my house...
i also going to use usb extension cable coz the charger is way too long...

Have you tried it with a powered USB hub? Seems like that would address the power issue.

613
Hi,
Got my cable today (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00B5T4A60/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Works a treat. The cable doesn't charge the tablet unfortunately whilst its reading from the drive, but at least i can see my hdd now.
I also tested it using an anker Astro3 and it works fine.

Good result, enjoy your movies .
Sent from my LG-V500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Gents.
Use this program and you are able to go for 1TB disks and NTFS support on the fly.
Could play MKV movies >4Gig and scroll pictures.
Everything works fine for me.
G Pad 8.3 Korea 5.02 Rom, root
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount