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OTG cable question

This seemed like an accessories question, so i decided to put it here. Has anyone with an OTG cable tried to use a 360 controller with an emulator? That would be awesome. If someone could try, or if someone HAS tried and know if it works or not could let me know that would be awesome.

I doubt VERY highly that it will work, but I have all the stuff to try it so I will report back in around 10 minutes haha.

aaron1006 said:
I doubt VERY highly that it will work, but I have all the stuff to try it so I will report back in around 10 minutes haha.
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Well in theory it should work because anything thats HID Usb should be supported by otg. Here hopin! haha

For some reason I can't even get my mouse/keyboard to work right now (it has worked before) and unfortunately I'm down to about 5% battery. I'll do further investigation tomorrow.

While you're right that theoretically any USB device can work, you still need the right drivers. The problem is that Android uses a monolithic kernel instead of the standard Linux microkernel. That means you can't simple load the right module when you need it. If you want to use the wireless receiver you'll have to compile your own kernel with the xboxdrv module built in.

nathris said:
While you're right that theoretically any USB device can work, you still need the right drivers. The problem is that Android uses a monolithic kernel instead of the standard Linux microkernel. That means you can't simple load the right module when you need it. If you want to use the wireless receiver you'll have to compile your own kernel with the xboxdrv module built in.
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Nope no wireless reciver. Just the plain old xbox 360 controller, with the usb. Why would I go a round about way of using the wireless receiver instead of just the controller?

HaiKaiDo said:
Nope no wireless reciver. Just the plain old xbox 360 controller, with the usb. Why would I go a round about way of using the wireless receiver instead of just the controller?
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I haven't tried it on my kindle fire, but I have tried it on my xoom. Works fine. I will give it a shot in a few hours when work slows down, but I dont' see why it wouldn't work, so long as the emulator supports gamepads, and the rom/kernel does the usb host stuff.
update: Nope. controller never lights up, looks like it isn't even there. this was using the motorola OTG cable, aokp rom with the 3.0 kernel.

ffttgghh said:
I haven't tried it on my kindle fire, but I have tried it on my xoom. Works fine. I will give it a shot in a few hours when work slows down, but I dont' see why it wouldn't work, so long as the emulator supports gamepads, and the rom/kernel does the usb host stuff.
update: Nope. controller never lights up, looks like it isn't even there. this was using the motorola OTG cable, aokp rom with the 3.0 kernel.
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You do have to use a powered usb hub with it. you did that right?

HaiKaiDo said:
You do have to use a powered usb hub with it. you did that right?
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I didn't on my xoom, and it recognized it, so I didn't think to use one with the fire. I don't have a powered usb hub, so I can't be of any more help.

ffttgghh said:
I didn't on my xoom, and it recognized it, so I didn't think to use one with the fire. I don't have a powered usb hub, so I can't be of any more help.
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yeah the xoom can supply power. the KF cant. Thanks for trying tho

can someone recommend powered usb hub? i have 2 and neither one work. i have tested usb keyboard and mouse w/o hub and all seems good. just need a hub for thumb drive\BT\game controller test.

HaiKaiDo said:
Nope no wireless reciver. Just the plain old xbox 360 controller, with the usb. Why would I go a round about way of using the wireless receiver instead of just the controller?
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Its the same driver...

leroy641 said:
can someone recommend powered usb hub? i have 2 and neither one work. i have tested usb keyboard and mouse w/o hub and all seems good. just need a hub for thumb drive\BT\game controller test.
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005P2BY5I/ref=pe_175190_21431760_M2C_SC_dp_1
Is what I just got and it works well.

Any rom that can enable KF using OTG?

Mouse on Arc

I bought this usb adapter with have on one side micro USB and on other standard USB and I tried to connect PC mouse with my phone but the phone didnt reconize that i connect mouse with it.
Can you tell me what to do?

Let me get this right maybe I read wrong are you trying to connect phone to your pc to either transfer files flash roms etc or are you trying to connect a computers mouse to your phone? If its the second one as far as I know you can't connect a mouse to a phone with a usb, phones don't have the software or drivers to do this and to be honest why would you want to.You can on the other hand use your phone over wifi as a mouse to control your pc or even Xbox with the right software many apps in the market for this.

i want to connect pc mouse with my phone and it IS possible. if u dont belive check youtube or google it. Its possible to connect keyboard and controller too.

tallman43 said:
Let me get this right maybe I read wrong are you trying to connect phone to your pc to either transfer files flash roms etc or are you trying to connect a computers mouse to your phone? If its the second one as far as I know you can't connect a mouse to a phone with a usb, phones don't have the software or drivers to do this and to be honest why would you want to.You can on the other hand use your phone over wifi as a mouse to control your pc or even Xbox with the right software many apps in the market for this.
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It is possible. It is called USB On-The-Go.
OP: Does mouse appear on the screen? What firmware and kernel are you using?

im using stock. i dont see and mouse cursor cuz it dont detect that mouse is connected. For USB OTG u need rooted phone and i didnt root it yet. And i noticed that you can burn phones motherboard if u using this for i dont know how long.

hyper200 said:
i want to connect pc mouse with my phone and it IS possible. if u dont belive check youtube or google it. Its possible to connect keyboard and controller too.
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Someguyfromhell said:
It is possible. It is called USB On-The-Go.
Sorry guys! Well thats why I love XDA learn something new everyday:good:
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hyper200 said:
im using stock. i dont see and mouse cursor cuz it dont detect that mouse is connected. For USB OTG u need rooted phone and i didnt root it yet. And i noticed that you can burn phones motherboard if u using this for i dont know how long.
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Incorrect, incorrect.
USB OTG does not require rooted phone. USB OTG is a fully implemented script for SE devices, as it has official support from Sony aswell (*cough* LiveDock *cough*).
Also, mouse only requires minimum amount of power, so there is very small chance of burning your SoC (system-on-chip). If you want to use external HDD, then it would be whole other story, but mouse shouldn't be a problem at all.

AW: Mouse on Arc
My HP Mouse is working without problems with my arc.
Gesendet von meinem Xperia Arc S mit Tapatalk 2

so do i have to unlock bootloader or somthing like that?

hyper200 said:
so do i have to unlock bootloader or somthing like that?
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No. I have two devices, arc s and Neo. Every mouse I tested work, including apple, dell, HP etc. It DOES NOT matter if it is rooted or bootloader unlocked. Sounds like a faulty USB otg cable to me. Or use a different mouse.
If all is working well, you should end up with a mouse+keyboard combo like mine. Thumbdrives require root.
Sent from my soon-to-be bricked Neo V

than i think my usb otg is broken...

[Q] otg cable

hello, is there an otg with 2 female outs?
is it possible to connect both mouse and keyboard on xperia?

Mouse and keyboard at the same time? Hmm, probably possible with a USB Hub, about the first question, no idea.

this for example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dual-Micro-...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3ce0f670f0
just im not sure will it work both at same time..

gens2rasta said:
this for example:
just im not sure will it work both at same time..
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So, I tried the Valarm cable and it didn't work. XDA have their silly URL restriction, so go to shop dot valarm dot net and search.
It worked on a Nexus 9, so it's not just a bad cable.
I'm going to try their Samsung version and see if it works on the Xperia M.

gens2rasta said:
hello, is there an otg with 2 female outs?
is it possible to connect both mouse and keyboard on xperia?
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yah......
have u tried with a external powered USB multi hub ?? but for that, u need another USB power source......matter of lot wired cables!!!
(sry for my english)

OTG hardware in the fire stick?

Does anyone know if the Amazon fire TV stick has the OTG compatible hardware. I bought a Y OTG cable and it doesn't work . I was going to do a hardware root and see if I could get it working. But if doesn't even have the compatible hardware i'm not going to bother.

No one has been able to get anything working. I don't know whether it has the hardware or not, but I'm kind of doubting it, or it's not enabled at all in the OS.

I have looked at the PCB and it looks like only power is hooked up to the port the rest look grounded so there won't be any USB stuff for it

pbanj said:
I have looked at the PCB and it looks like only power is hooked up to the port the rest look grounded so there won't be any USB stuff for it
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That is very sneaky of them. I don't understand why they are intentionally crippling their hardware...

pbanj said:
I have looked at the PCB and it looks like only power is hooked up to the port the rest look grounded so there won't be any USB stuff for it
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So how is this possible? http://www.aftvnews.com/fire-tv-stick-usb-port-not-for-power-only-adb-over-usb-confirmed/

binary01 said:
So how is this possible? http://www.aftvnews.com/fire-tv-stick-usb-port-not-for-power-only-adb-over-usb-confirmed/
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thats why i said it looks like. i was going off the pics on gtv. i just looked again and the traces u can see are ground and a data line, pin 2 and pin 5. the fact they where able to get adb to work makes me think the rest are hooked up but u cant see them
http://www.gtvhacker.com/images/7/74/Amazon_Fire_TV_Stick_Board_Top_Bare.JPG
http://www.gtvhacker.com/images/8/89/Amazon_Fire_TV_Stick_Board_Bottom_Pads_Removed.JPG

any updates on using otg cables with the stick?
if the hardware is ready (data has to be wired, i think?), the host mode would be only software dependent?

nikolaus2007 said:
any updates on using otg cables with the stick?
if the hardware is ready (data has to be wired, i think?), the host mode would be only software dependent?
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Has there been a new post in the past 4 months?

ldeveraux said:
Has there been a new post in the past 4 months?
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nope thats why i was asking. i think if someone has found a way, it must not be in this thread?
and i was asking because europe got the stick now

binary01 said:
So how is this possible?
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It's possible, but it's also pointless.
Connecting to your Fire TV stick is possible without using the cable, just by using adb.
ie: adb connect 192.168.0.103 (ip address of your Fire Stick)

Mikira said:
It's possible, but it's also pointless.
Connecting to your Fire TV stick is possible without using the cable, just by using adb.
ie: adb connect 192.168.0.103 (ip address of your Fire Stick)
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Then you didn't get the point. We are talking about using USB-OTG in this thread.
What should be pointless in thinking about that?!
I think everybody would like to connect a USB key to the AFTVS to watch some movies from that USB key :good:

Hi, i was able to get otg working.....now I'm using a USB wired keyboard and mouse connected to a USB hub.......and was able to use a ps3 controller connected by USB working with a app called liquidsky.....but I need help, does anyone know how to get a wired Xbox 360 controller working with fire stick.........it plugs in and gets power but the middle guide button just keeps blinking and its not recognized by liquidsky........any help would be appreciated.........

Confirmed.... OTG cable with flirc usb. I now can control my Amazon Firestick with my logitech harmony remote. Finally one remote!

OTG Issues
Firestick is detecting my 1 TB HD but ES Explorer showing only Lost.directory. Kodi also unable to detect video files.
HD is formatted in FAT 32 partition

Does this phone support OTG memory?

Flash drives and SD-usb adapters, if I connect one will it recognize it?

MGREX said:
Flash drives and SD-usb adapters, if I connect one will it recognize it?
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Yes but first u need to enable OTG connection option in settings>additional settings>OTG connection

I don't know why, but I couldn't get it to work on my Realme X for some reason (even after turning on OTG connection option on settings). It works fine on my friend's Galaxy A7.