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Newb with USB issues

Hello all. I'm TK, newb who has been lurking for a while. The forum has led me to some awesome changes with my Evo, but that may be catching up with me. I'm still rooted and running CM 7 with SZ 1.01, and none of my computers are able to recognize the USB drive on my phone, regardless of which cable I use.
I can't get ADB to work on my PC, so I'm not able to perform any commands for the phone.
Can anyone help me with this issue? It would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Do you have debugging(in application settings) on when trying to use adb? What about allow mock locations? Try turning debugging off and then turn it back on(while plugged in USB). If that doesn't work you could always go to recovery mode and enable USB toggle and get it connected that way. Also make sure you're actually pulling down the notification bar and selecting "mount".
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CrucialTK said:
Hello all. I'm TK, newb who has been lurking for a while. The forum has led me to some awesome changes with my Evo, but that may be catching up with me. I'm still rooted and running CM 7 with SZ 1.01, and none of my computers are able to recognize the USB drive on my phone, regardless of which cable I use.
I can't get ADB to work on my PC, so I'm not able to perform any commands for the phone.
Can anyone help me with this issue? It would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Does your phone get recognized at all on your computer when you plug it in? If not you may have a hardware problem -> usb port is loose.

On my original cord that came with the phone I had to trim off about 2 centimeters off of the plastic to go in far enough to have my Toshiba laptop to read it. I have had to do the same thing to several cords since. Maybe your usb?

alexisprz said:
Does your phone get recognized at all on your computer when you plug it in? If not you may have a hardware problem -> usb port is loose.
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Yes, my computer just says that it doesn't recognize the hardware. it charges just fine by the computer.
I'm running ClockworkMod for my recovery, I'll check for USB Toggle there.

No joy on finding USB Toggle.

It's called something different. Can't remember but it's there, I believe. I've only been in Clockwork recovery like once.

[Q] Keyboard

Hi guys,
Just received my GN and an usb otg cable and have one single question. Should it just work with an ordinary Dell usb keyboard out of the box? When I insert the camera it tells me that a keyboard is connected, but nothing happens wheb I press the buttons.... Could be the cable that's broken (even though it recognizes the keyboard on the note) or do I need a driver for the specific keyboard? The same goes for my usb mouse.

You should try a USB stick with fat32. If this don't work you don't have a working otg cable.
If you connect your mouse you should get "USB connector connected" and then "Mouse connected".
If its optical you should see the led for the optical sensor working.
And it should show a moving mouse cursor instantly.
My first OTG cable from eBay did not work. It does not had the connecting between two pins that is needed to make the note knows there is a org.

Thanks for your reply!
But I have now tried 3 different usb mice and usb keyboard and none of them works. BUT for all of them I get "keyboard connected" or "Mouse connected" in the status line at the top of screen. I therefore guess that the cable actually work - or could it be possible to have a connection but the cable won't support it? I also saw yesterday that not all usb devices are supported and my devices could be among here. It was a logitech, dell and hp usb keyboard....
Any ideas where to get a cheap working cable?

Weird. If it tells you it detects it, it have to work. I don't think it is the cable, because if it would not detect anything.
I tried with a simple logitech optical and a microsoft mouse. No problems for me.
Does the lights on the keyboard (num lock) and optical mouse are working?
You should try the cable on another device where you or someone you know is shure it should work...

Yes, it is very weird...but I hope that it was just something in the cable.... I bought a new (cheap) one on eby. Where did you get your cable?
Anyway, thanks for your help.

drelle said:
Yes, it is very weird...but I hope that it was just something in the cable.... I bought a new (cheap) one on eby. Where did you get your cable?
Anyway, thanks for your help.
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I have this: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Micro-USB-Ho...972693?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3368b43555

Okay, now it's getting a bit strange. I tried my usb mouse and keyboard with my OTG cable on a SGS2, and everything worked, but it still not work on my Note.
Are you using stock rom? I am, and even though it says mouse/keyboard connected, there is not coming any input. So could ot be that the current stock rom does not contain the right drivers??

My lenovo optic mouse and sandisk thumb drive work great with stock KKA (kernel 2.3.6).
What firmware are you on?

Thanks dor your answer.
I am also on stock 2.3.6.
The strange thing is also that I have an external usb flashdrive which I can connenct without problems. I can't figure out what's triggering this behaviour with keyboard and mouse.... I guess i am going to wait for a update to the rom which could solve it then...

Is It Possible To Use USB Devices with the Kindle Fire?

I got a little micro usb to usb adapter for a buck and I've tried connected a few flash drives and a keyboard to it but nothing seems to happen.
Is there anyway to get usb devices to work with the kindle or no?

portezbie said:
I got a little micro usb to usb adapter for a buck and I've tried connected a few flash drives and a keyboard to it but nothing seems to happen.
Is there anyway to get usb devices to work with the kindle or no?
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Yes, there are certain USB devices that work great with the Kindle Fire. First thing is, the device must be rooted and running a custom ROM. A recent JB ROM will do just nicely and CM7 on the Kindle DOES NOT SUPPORT OTG.
I successfully use a Logitech k120 keyboard without any problems. Usually as soon as I plug it in, the Kindle will recognize it and then it's useable. The keyboard DOES NOT require a powered USB hub. I also can use a USB optical mouse but a powered USB hub IS REQUIRED for that as the Kindle does not have enough power output from its micro-USB port.
I haven't really tried to mount a flash drive yet but some do require a powered hub and others do not.
Are you using an actual OTG adapter? I bought one off an online auction site for $2 and it was labeled for "Samsung" devices but that doesn't matter.

Thanks for your reply.
This is the adapter I bought:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QX7KYU/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Did I get the wrong one?
Is there a notification to let you know it recognized a device? Anything in the settings I have to change?

portezbie said:
Thanks for your reply.
This is the adapter I bought:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QX7KYU/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Did I get the wrong one?
Is there a notification to let you know it recognized a device? Anything in the settings I have to change?
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That's the same one I bought. On the 4.2.2 ROM I run, as soon as I plug in the keyboard to the adapter some notification DOES come up but I can't remember what it says lol. If I try to plug in the USB optical mouse WITHOUT a powered hub, the mouse lights up indeed but that's all it does. It does not function other than lighting up.
I'm currently typing this on CM7 as my Kindle is set up to dual boot. Some keyboards are not compatible at all, I couldn't tell you which ones exactely but I remember seeing that stated somewhere down the line.
In reference to the Settings, there is nothing I had to change keyboard wise to get it to function. There are simple options for the mouse cursor like speed. The flash drive is a different story and many people have had to use apps like Stickmount and such to get them to work. Unfortunately flash drives are hit or miss and a couple different approaches have been used to mount them.
Hope that helps

Guitarman2010 said:
That's the same one I bought. On the 4.2.2 ROM I run, as soon as I plug in the keyboard to the adapter some notification DOES come up but I can't remember what it says lol. If I try to plug in the USB optical mouse WITHOUT a powered hub, the mouse lights up indeed but that's all it does. It does not function other than lighting up.
I'm currently typing this on CM7 as my Kindle is set up to dual boot. Some keyboards are not compatible at all, I couldn't tell you which ones exactely but I remember seeing that stated somewhere down the line.
In reference to the Settings, there is nothing I had to change keyboard wise to get it to function. There are simple options for the mouse cursor like speed. The flash drive is a different story and many people have had to use apps like Stickmount and such to get them to work. Unfortunately flash drives are hit or miss and a couple different approaches have been used to mount them.
Hope that helps
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Thanks, I'll keep tinkering with it.

ion dk20 dock vs jelly bean

I was wondering if any of you have the same problem as me.
Just bought the dk20 ion dock and pluged my ion jelly bean to it and:
- first nothing happens wen pluging it in, if mouse and power cord connected it charges and cursor appears.
- doesnt autodetect dock
- hdmi (for me most important) does not work..
- pendrives and/or flashdrives are detected ok
so the dock is as for now a nice charger and that is about it!
let me know if any of you are having the same issues, and lets see if wll together we can do something about it.

I have had zero issues with mine. USB capability seems to be hit and miss. My cheap mouse and old Logitech keyboard work fine. I could not get a Logitech k400 to work though. As for getting hdmi to work make sure the cord is plugged in and tv on. Device screen should be off while plugging it in. Once in turn on, unlock, and it should show up. Then you can pull the notifications down and hit tv launcher. You can also set it with smart connect to auto launch.

zackspeed said:
I have had zero issues with mine. USB capability seems to be hit and miss. My cheap mouse and old Logitech keyboard work fine. I could not get a Logitech k400 to work though. As for getting hdmi to work make sure the cord is plugged in and tv on. Device screen should be off while plugging it in. Once in turn on, unlock, and it should show up. Then you can pull the notifications down and hit tv launcher. You can also set it with smart connect to auto launch.
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Are you using Jelly Bean on your Ion as me?
I have followed your steps and nothing, pluged the HDMI cable into the dock and turned the TV on with the HDMI 1 channel on, with phone screen off connected it (with only the HDMI cable plugged in) and nothing happens. If I use Smart Connect App, when choosing dock it does detect the dock, but the TV mode does absolutely nothing.
Im beggining to think it could be the HDMI port on my Dock that doesn't work properly, I did buy it on ebay.. so you never know!
Let me know what you think, the whole idea was using my Ion as an additional basic PC, but without hdmi it's not going to be to useful..

Yes I am running the Rogers jelly Bean. It is very easy to disturb the hdmi connection when you mess with the dock. I am using a hdmi to micro hdmi adapter. I plug my phone in then hit the power button and unlock it. It then recognizes and shows on the tv. If you pull down the notifications you have options for tv launcher and also hdmi settings.
One thing you can try is connect the hdmi to your device directly and see if it works.

zackspeed said:
Yes I am running the Rogers jelly Bean. It is very easy to disturb the hdmi connection when you mess with the dock. I am using a hdmi to micro hdmi adapter. I plug my phone in then hit the power button and unlock it. It then recognizes and shows on the tv. If you pull down the notifications you have options for tv launcher and also hdmi settings.
One thing you can try is connect the hdmi to your device directly and see if it works.
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I think it's the HDMI port on my dock then, because it just doesn't even notice the HDMI connection, I'm using the cable that came with the phone, I have a factory unlocked lt28h Ion that came with all the extras, hdmi micro to hdmi cable and smart tags..
I may try doing a downgrade to see if it works ok on the ICS, I have read it had less problems with that version of Android.
Once again thanks ever so much for your help and interested, ill keep the post updated just in case other people are having the same problem as me.
Pd: The HDMI port on my device works fine directly to TV, the only thing is I have to adjust the screen dimensions to 95% now I'm on Jelly Bean so the picture is ok on the TV.
Regards, judgefargo

Finally the new Dock arrived yesterday and guess what.. It works like a charm!!!
So in the end the problem was a faulty HDMI port, the seller was kind enough to send a new one for free.
Thank you all for your help, as compensation ill leave a few discoveries I have made so you can use your ion as a spare PC.
For ROOTED devices i strongly recommend Screen Standby App, that lets you turn the screen of whilst the phone is docket and uses 1/3 of the battery, as well as not bothering you whilst watching a film or other tasks.. it has many other functions to.
Another great app is Paragon, which lets you connect external usb and hard drives in any format, specially NTFS, please note that for usb and hard drives to work the power cord has to be connected, due to the drain of power, as device warns.
That's it for now, hope this info is useful for other Dock owners and users!

Awesome I will try this out. Glad you got a good dock to work with. If you come up with other interesting stuff let us know.

judgefargo said:
Finally the new Dock arrived yesterday and guess what.. It works like a charm!!!
So in the end the problem was a faulty HDMI port, the seller was kind enough to send a new one for free.
Thank you all for your help, as compensation ill leave a few discoveries I have made so you can use your ion as a spare PC.
For ROOTED devices i strongly recommend Screen Standby App, that lets you turn the screen of whilst the phone is docket and uses 1/3 of the battery, as well as not bothering you whilst watching a film or other tasks.. it has many other functions to.
Another great app is Paragon, which lets you connect external usb and hard drives in any format, specially NTFS, please note that for usb and hard drives to work the power cord has to be connected, due to the drain of power, as device warns.
That's it for now, hope this info is useful for other Dock owners and users!
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I also got the Sony Xperia ion SmartDock DK20,no problem here connecting to tv while charging and connect mouse and keyboard...well,it can connect with an external hard disk?I didn't know that
Can give me more deep tutorial?My External HDD is WD version
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UchihaDareNial said:
I also got the Sony Xperia ion SmartDock DK20,no problem here connecting to tv while charging and connect mouse and keyboard...well,it can connect with an external hard disk?I didn't know that
Can give me more deep tutorial?My External HDD is WD version
Sent from my LT28h using xda premium
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I have not tried a drive yet but it will work. Think it has to be formatted in fat and not ntfs.

zackspeed said:
I have not tried a drive yet but it will work. Think it has to be formatted in fat and not ntfs.
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Any different between fat and ntfs?
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UchihaDareNial said:
Any different between fat and ntfs?
XDAプレミアムを使用 して私のLT28hから送ら れてきた
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NTFS is standard format for Windows and for it to work in Android it needs to be fat32 format. Don't think there is much of a difference other than just the type of format. So you would right click your drive you want to use and format it as fat32. Then put what you want to on it and plug it into the dock. The phone should be able to see it at that point but you will need a file browser to access the drive. I will try it in a bit to confirm it works but from what I have read on the Z forum it should work fine.

zackspeed said:
NTFS is standard format for Windows and for it to work in Android it needs to be fat32 format. Don't think there is much of a difference other than just the type of format. So you would right click your drive you want to use and format it as fat32. Then put what you want to on it and plug it into the dock. The phone should be able to see it at that point but you will need a file browser to access the drive. I will try it in a bit to confirm it works but from what I have read on the Z forum it should work fine.
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Can I change the format without literally format my ext HDD?
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No. You will have to backup or move what is on the drive and do a format. Formatting wipes the drive and no way around that I know of.

The problem is Android is not programmed to read NTFS format which is a windows format.
But if you install PARAGON app it makes the OS able to read NTFS drives without having to format your hard drive to fat32.
I also have a WD 500GB Hard Drive and faced the same problem, there is other programs but paragon seems to be the one that works best.
Hope that helps, regards and good fortune!

RK3188 JY 3g problem

My rk3188 jy unit has a weird 3g problem.If i drive 10km or 300km my 3g conection works as it should(perfect).If it looses the signal it automaticly reconects when the signal becomes availible. But if i park in a garage where i dont have a signal and i wake up the unit from sleep i dont get any signal until i do a full reboot.
Has anyone have the same problem and knows how to solve this?

Instead of doing af full reboot try turning Wifi off and then on in the settings menu. That works for me if the 3G connection is lost. Disconnecting af reconnecting the 3G Dongle also does the trick but can be impossible if the dongle is behind the dash board

HenrikH29 said:
Instead of doing af full reboot try turning Wifi off and then on in the settings menu. That works for me if the 3G connection is lost. Disconnecting af reconnecting the 3G Dongle also does the trick but can be impossible if the dongle is behind the dash board
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I have similar problem but on boot. Sometimes the dongle is there and connects and sometimes not.
If i reboot immediately then it connects ok.
(once connected its rock solid and is always there but its hit and miss whether android sees its at boot up time)
Anyone else?
Is there a script to prolong checking for the dongle or something?

pants001 said:
I have similar problem but on boot. Sometimes the dongle is there and connects and sometimes not.
If i reboot immediately then it connects ok.
(once connected its rock solid and is always there but its hit and miss whether android sees its at boot up time)
Anyone else?
Is there a script to prolong checking for the dongle or something?
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I have the same problem

andi1203 said:
I have the same problem
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Good to know its not just me then.
Its driving me batty.....Is there an App or widget to reboot just USB port?
Even that would be more helpful than a full android reboot

pants001 said:
Good to know its not just me then.
Its driving me batty.....Is there an App or widget to reboot just USB port?
Even that would be more helpful than a full android reboot
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I believe that the problem is a USB power problem. It should help WiFi off and on again, I can not just test only. Sorry for my google-englisch [emoji1]
There is a USB cable y for external hard drives. Take the power from two USB ports. Maybe that helps even ...

andi1203 said:
I believe that the problem is a USB power problem. It should help WiFi off and on again, I can not just test only. Sorry for my google-englisch [emoji1]
There is a USB cable y for external hard drives. Take the power from two USB ports. Maybe that helps even ...
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Ive got it plugged into a Y cable now and using both rear ports. (No difference)...I dont think its a power issue since ones its running it never drops out.
Only seems an issue on initial boot.
Ill try front USB port and let you know if any difference
(Not really a solution though since who wants **** hanging out the front)

pants001 said:
Ive got it plugged into a Y cable now and using both rear ports. (No difference)...I dont think its a power issue since ones its running it never drops out.
Only seems an issue on initial boot.
Ill try front USB port and let you know if any difference
(Not really a solution though since who wants **** hanging out the front)
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Could you try connecting the Y-cable to an external USB power supply and se if that helps. I dont think using 2 USB ports on the unit would make any difference if its the USB Power from the unit thats not strong enough.

HenrikH29 said:
Could you try connecting the Y-cable to an external USB power supply and se if that helps. I dont think using 2 USB ports on the unit would make any difference if its the USB Power from the unit thats not strong enough.
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the problem has to have to be solved somehow. me it has also excited. so I bought a 3G WiFi router with battery. but I have to reboot from time to time. it needs to go with the 3G stick anyway.

andi1203 said:
the problem has to have to be solved somehow. me it has also excited. so I bought a 3G WiFi router with battery. but I have to reboot from time to time. it needs to go with the 3G stick anyway.
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Ok front USB port makes no difference.
Apps to turn off 3g data and back on make no difference.
Its seems to be, if the dongle isnt seen at start up then its not usable until you reboot or physically disconnect dongle and re-insert.
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pants001 said:
Ok front USB port makes no difference.
Apps to turn off 3g data and back on make no difference.
Its seems to be, if the dongle isnt seen at start up then its not usable until you reboot or physically disconnect dongle and re-insert.
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This URL is for raspberry PI fix for exactly the same issue so im thinking we need same for android.
How to slow android looking for Dongle until its ready.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=74042

Have you found a solution?

andi1203 said:
Have you found a solution?
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Not yet, havent had the time to play around but over weekend ill look into the init files during boot up and work out where to implement a delay.
Shouldnt be hard?

???

andi1203 said:
???
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Sorry Andi, havent forgotten, just never found a correct placement for delay.
I still have the issue