Develop Bugs

How to transfer pictures from camera to phone

I have a problem, that I hope someone here can help me with.
I have 2 devices, a digital camera and a phone:
- Canon Powershot G10
- HTC Touch Diamond
The Diamond is capable enough that I don't always need to take a laptop with me when I am travelling. But I still need to transfer pictures from the camera to the internet. The phone can upload to the internet if only I could get the pictures onto the phone! So I want to find a way to transfer selected pictures from the camera to the phone *without* using a computer.
As I can see it, there are several different ways to go about this, but I haven't found a solution yet:
1) Find a device similar to the iPod Camera Connector that would let me connect the camera to the phone via USB. Note that it is not enough to have a device that copies all photos. I need to select which photos will be copied. Copying 16GB of pictures onto the 4GB phone is not an option.
2) Find an SD card reader that can connect to the HTC Touch diamond directly.
3) Find a bluetooth adapter for the camera that will allow file transfers.
4) Find some way (hardware and/or software) to make the phone work like a PictBridge-compatible printer, so that I can "print" selected photos from the camera to the phone.
5) Find some software and/or hardware that will make the phone work as a USB host. If that was possible, reading SD cards is trivial.
I have searched and searched for solutions to this problem but so far without a result.
Needless to say, the solution needs to be both cheaper than a laptop and especially smaller and lighter than a laptop. Otherwise I could just bring a laptop.
I hope someone here can help me realize the full potential of my HTC Touch Diamond!
Best regards,
Mikkel

without usbHost nothing can make the usb connector in the diamond be
and activeparty
it can interduce itself to the camera as usbMasstorage but can connect itself to anything
so your camera would have to be the activepart no matter if you PictBridge, sdcardreader or iPod Camera Connector
the extUSB on your device is miniUSB input only when usbHost is not supported
plus audio out

Thank you for your reply.
As far as I know, neither the camera nor the Diamond has the capability to act as a USB host. Connecting them directly is therefore probably not an option. That is why I listed the various things that I have thought could go inbetween.
The iPod camera connector is such a device: a device that can connect 2 USB clients to each other. Unfortunately it only works on an iPod (as far as I know). I believe it may be using the USB OTG standard.
I know that a standard USB SD card reader requires a USB host to connect to. That is why I was hoping to find a non-standard SD card reader specialized for use with Windows Mobile phones or HTC phones. There is no doubt that it is possible to make such a device - I just don't know if anyone has done it. It would be useful for many purposes.
Here are some devices that come close to what I want to achieve, but not quite:
http://www.usbgo.com/
http://www.cooldrives.com/usb-otg-adapter.html
The main problem with these is that I don't see any option to select only a few photos to transfer.
So I was hoping that one of the knowledgeable people in here knew of a solution.

doubt any cable it do it as the cable it would have to init the usb connections to both devices and handle which files where to be transfered from to where
that would prob require the cable to have a screen and input option which would
pretty much make it a compuer or a pda with usbHost
my bet is that ipod have usbHost otherwise it would never work
unfortunaly the many posts in the forum about usbHost include as many hits about
usbToGo
and as much or little success

Connect a Usb host device with the camera
Hi.
Do you know how I can connect a digital camera with a device that has usb host. I own a X7501 with WM6.1. I was looking for a solution to transfer my digital photos taken in my 7 MP Sony Digital Camera to my HTC, in order to send it by mail.
Thanks for any suggestion
Regards

yes Athena is one of the few htc devices which support usbHost
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334024
it should work just fine if the camera support usbmass stroage
otherwise it require a driver for the camera
also you may have to use a cable which get power from somewhere else
then the Athena as it may not able to provide enough power

Searching for a solution!!!
Rudegar said:
yes Athena is one of the few htc devices which support usbHost
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334024
it should work just fine if the camera support usbmass stroage
otherwise it require a driver for the camera
also you may have to use a cable which get power from somewhere else
then the Athena as it may not able to provide enough power
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hello.
I try to connect my camera to the Athena, using the 4 in 1 cable adapter, It ask me for a driver name. I couldn't get anything.
Also I try to connect it via the docking station that has two usb ports for the USB HOST, in these I can connect a mouse and a keyboard. Also it has an external power, but the camera did nothing at all. I try to use all the connection mode that the camara has.
Also I try that some other recomend in this thread: USB Driver for Digital Camara.
I made a lot of search. Did you know somebody that can help me.
Regards.

you sugest you ask in the Athena forum
or pm some of the people who wrote in the
thread i linked to
as I don't have any first hand exp with Athena's or using usbHost

You can actually buy SD to Micro sd adaptors. I have one, they work really well.

Greenturtle said:
You can actually buy SD to Micro sd adaptors. I have one, they work really well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks a lot for your tip.
I'm trying a USB card Reader, but I'm looking for a solution that let me use the 4 in 1 cable, in order to carry the less of thinks with the me.
Right now I'm using a little bag with all that I use.
Regards.

its really interesting and great fun to play games in this forum.best wishes!!
thanx
catus
RPG

simple answer
Get a micro sd card that has an SD adapter. Plug the micro sd card into the sd adapter and plug the sd adapter into the camera. Take your pictures. When you are ready to email pictures, pull the adapter out of the camera, remove the micro sd card, and plug it into your phone. You are ready to email pictures. Keep things simple and just carry the micro sd adapter and forget all the cables and stuff. A spare card is always handy, too.

OTG Cable Answers

Ok guy so I finally got my OTG cable:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-USB-Host-...od=260766327039&ps=63&clkid=63440061151806986
There seems to be alot of questions regarding which peripherals work
List of everything I have tried so far:
Logitec LX3 Optical Mouse: Works Perfectly with no set up
PSX to USB adapter: Seems to only output mouse commands (Left joystick and Dpad works but nothing else)
Wireless USB Adapter - Works perfectly with mouse and keyboard - no set up
USB Flash Drives - Works perfectly , mounts in mnt/usbOTG
USB Card reader(microSD and SD): Works Perfectly, mounts in mnt/usbOTG
Powered USB Hub (7 Port)
Card Reader: Did not mount
Flash drive: Did not mount
Optical Mouse : Works perfectly
When I start trying more things I will post on here and give you an update.

bilago said:
Ok guy so I finally got my OTG cable:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-USB-Host-...od=260766327039&ps=63&clkid=63440061151806986
There seems to be alot of questions regarding which peripherals work
List of everything I have tried so far:
Logitec LX3 Optical Mouse: Works Perfectly with no set up
PSX to USB adapter: Seems to only output mouse commands (Left joystick and Dpad works but nothing else)
Wireless USB Adapter - Works perfectly with mouse and keyboard - no set up
USB Flash Drives - Works perfectly , mounts in mnt/usbOTG
USB Card reader(microSD and SD): Works Perfectly, mounts in mnt/usbOTG
Powered USB Hub (7 Port)
Card Reader: Did not mount
Flash drive: Did not mount
Optical Mouse : Works perfectly
When I start trying more things I will post on here and give you an update.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you have to be rooted to get usb thumb drives to work? I am not rooted and a wireless mouse will work but I cannot get thumb drive to work.

texasez said:
Do you have to be rooted to get usb thumb drives to work? I am not rooted and a wireless mouse will work but I cannot get thumb drive to work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, you have to be unlocked, rooted and flash a different kernel before this will work. The OP kind of forgot to mention that.
Eventually this won't be the case as I expect this functionality to be enabled shortly by the official SD card update WHEN it finally comes. Haven't rooted yet, trying to keep my unit as stock as possible for development purposes. Being able to do things the general public may not be able to do just makes things harder ATM.

Do you think that they Are going to send me the cable to Argentina?

epakrat75 said:
Yes, you have to be unlocked, rooted and flash a different kernel before this will work. The OP kind of forgot to mention that.
Eventually this won't be the case as I expect this functionality to be enabled shortly by the official SD card update WHEN it finally comes. Haven't rooted yet, trying to keep my unit as stock as possible for development purposes. Being able to do things the general public may not be able to do just makes things harder ATM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think you're mistaking the OP for a discussion of SD cards in the Xoom. This thread is about OTG cables, which were enabled in the 3.1 update. Or do I have that wrong?
BTW- Just ordered one. Got one suggested in another post from meritline and *suprise* it doesn't work... Waiting again...

Sorry guys, I keep forgetting that not everyone who reads these forums have rooted their Xooms. I am rooted running the latest installment of Tiamat Kernels.
Just an update my testing has stopped since the cable is a POS and broke the first day.

I ordered the Motorola Cam Connection Kit from Amazon and it said it would get here in a month! I wish they would have told me that before I placed the order. I'll probably end up buying one and just selling that one to someone on this forum.
I don't know how much this would help but I found a thread on some .apks for mounting hard drives and other things. Check this out and hopefully it helps you guys mount some things.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13337600&postcount=6

USB Adapter with a USB hub

Hello all,
I received my USB adapter from Samsung today and am pleased to inform you that it works wonderfully with a USB hub. My hub has 4 slots on it and the tab was playing well with multiple USB devices being plugged in.

Really? I guess usb hub is needed to make things work? i had all kinds of issues. Mainly, not reading some usb drives, and memory reader. I just plugged the usb drive, directly into the usb adapter. The memory card reader was connected by standard usb to mini usb cable. That didn't work.
I got to try this.
Thanks.

No problem. I actually have not tried storage devices yet, only input devices. I posted on your other thread as well.
I have a feeling thumb drives may be having a problem if they are formatted in the FAT32 file system. I am going to try an NTFS drive and external hard drive and will let you know my results.
UPDATE: It appears I had it the other way around. I plugged in an NTFS drive to no avail, then formatted it to FAT32 and it worked.

FAT32 works great. NTFS is completely missing from stock kernels, it's in pershoot's "lib" extra modules archive on his kernels. However, I tried an NTFS drive using the extra module and it failed. (might require some manual mount magic???) It would take a lot more work to get FUSE working properly, and that's needed for the (vastly superior) ntfs-3g driver.

So does it work with external usb hard drives (both self powered and plug powered) of the sizes of 500GB and more?

what brand/type
what brand/type of usb hub do you have

Invisman said:
So does it work with external usb hard drives (both self powered and plug powered) of the sizes of 500GB and more?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If the hub is powered then the drive should work fine. You just can't use a usb powered drive without a power source
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

Ican't get mine to read my game controllers. Says something about high powered device. It won't let me read the message. When I tap it to make it bigger it just goes away. I am very frustrated. Can you get a fame controller to work? I used ps3.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App

Shadee1394 said:
Ican't get mine to read my game controllers. Says something about high powered device. It won't let me read the message. When I tap it to make it bigger it just goes away. I am very frustrated. Can you get a fame controller to work? I used ps3.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
PS3 controllers require a special driver. It may also require too much current since it tries to charge via USB. You'll need a powered hub if that is the case.
Gonna try my PS3 controller in a few minutes.
Edit: So far:
No excessive current errors from my PS3 controller - however mine has a fully charged battery because it's been plugged into a PS3 that has only been playing movies/videos for weeks. However button presses aren't recognized by anything. My guess is that if I dmesg I'll get an unrecognized device error. PS3 controllers are nonstandard.
However a Nyko AirFlo controller worked fine in SNES9x EX. It was semi-recognized by SNESoid - the keymap screen recognized something was being pressed, but games themselves wouldn't register presses.
Edit 2: PS3 controllers require the hid-sony kernel module to be loaded. This is included in pershoot's optional "lib" archive with his kernels. I had to hit the PS button to get it to turn on and start sending presses to the tab. No excessive current errors, but my controller was fully charged.

Thanks. But for some reason the ps3 and the x box controller worked for the xoom. I called samsung and they don't have any help for this issue yet. Can you get any external device to work for at least over fifty percent of what the adapter is meant to do? Did you get any error messages. I get high powered device connected. Then it say underneath that out could not connect. Device needs............. I cant read the rest. When I tap it to enlarge and read it disappears. Samsung can't figure out why that is happening either. Plz help.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App

Shadee1394 said:
Thanks. But for some reason the ps3 and the x box controller worked for the xoom. I called samsung and they don't have any help for this issue yet. Can you get any external device to work for at least over fifty percent of what the adapter is meant to do? Did you get any error messages. I get high powered device connected. Then it say underneath that out could not connect. Device needs............. I cant read the rest. When I tap it to enlarge and read it disappears. Samsung can't figure out why that is happening either. Plz help.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Make sure the PS3 controller is fully charged before you connect it. If it isn't, it'll try to charge the battery and that's probably what sets off the overcurrent protection.
As to it working with the Xoom - I'd be VERY surprised if it worked with the Xoom when stock. Not so surprised about custom kernels, adding those modules is one of the first things people add, and the Xoom guys may have figured out module autoloading.

Thanks going to try now
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App

nothing over 32GB for now

Kevin Gossett said:
If the hub is powered then the drive should work fine. You just can't use a usb powered drive without a power source
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
wish i'd have read this before i bought it. i assumed it would since every other android tablet i have/had can power my external hds. pretty much makes it useless for me now as i was hoping to use it as external storage and for easy, quick file transfers. tf, xoom, and archos all work fine.

Entropy512 said:
As to it working with the Xoom - I'd be VERY surprised if it worked with the Xoom when stock. Not so surprised about custom kernels, adding those modules is one of the first things people add, and the Xoom guys may have figured out module autoloading.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It works on a stock 3.1 build, it was one of those new features hyped at google i/o. I have both the European XOom and the Galaxy tab. The xoom copes fine with the ps3 and my other usb only non brand gamepad. The galaxy tab give me the hipower usb device error.

Entropy512 said:
...
However a Nyko AirFlo controller worked fine in SNES9x EX. It was semi-recognized by SNESoid - the keymap screen recognized something was being pressed, but games themselves wouldn't register presses.
...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For SNESoid, you probably forgot to go into the other settings menu and turn on external input. The names may be off, but in addition to setting the key mappings, you have to turn on another option for it to see additional input devices, and then your gamepad will work

poorlilpoop said:
Really? I guess usb hub is needed to make things work? i had all kinds of issues. Mainly, not reading some usb drives, and memory reader. I just plugged the usb drive, directly into the usb adapter. The memory card reader was connected by standard usb to mini usb cable. That didn't work.
I got to try this.
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had troubles reading an SD card with an old USB reader I had lying around. It was hit and miss.
Then I bought this SD card reader at Fry's for $4.99 and it works perfectly.

So, just to be clear, you are using a male A-A USB cable with one end plugged into the USB adapter on the GTab and the other end into one of the available USB ports in the hub, right?

usb host problems

Hello, I have really odd problems with connecting devices to my sgs2. When I connect the cable my phone recognizes it and sometimes recognises also wireless mouse when I connect it. Problems starts when I want to connect pendrive or hard drive (with addictional power cable). The phone doesn't recognise it (already found that i need program to mount from market (doesn't work)) and hard drive shuts itself down after few moments.
Also when I take out cable from micro usb port my phone immidiatelly reboots sometimes it even does it when I just connect and disconnect cable without mouse etc on the second end. I am using rooted 4.0.3 XXLPW. Does anyone has similar problems or just my phone has something wrong with usb port? Looking forward for any helpful responses and sorry for my eng. Thanks.

problem with USB HOST
feaden said:
hello, i have really odd problems with connecting devices to my sgs2. When i connect the cable my phone recognizes it and sometimes recognises also wireless mouse when i connect it. Problems starts when i want to connect pendrive or hard drive (with addictional power cable). The phone doesn't recognise it (already found that i need program to mount from market (doesn't work)) and hard drive shuts itself down after few moments.
Also when i take out cable from micro usb port my phone immidiatelly reboots sometimes it even does it when i just connect and disconnect cable without mouse etc on the second end. I am using rooted 4.0.3 xxlpw. Does anyone has similar problems or just my phone has something wrong with usb port? Looking forward for any helpful responses and sorry for my eng. Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
from donnyfer
yes man,i have had the same problem ,try to check the quality of your cable ,check wether its damaged because if there is shortcut among the wires,this might be the cause of the problem,

OTG not working

So Ive run into a strange problem. I was watching a movie last night on my nexus, the file was on my usb drive connected via otg to the nexus. Today I try to do the same and I get no reaction from Stickmount when plugging in the drive. I have no problems charging or connecting the tablet to my PC, and the drive works fine both connecting to the PC and to my smartphone with stickmount as well. I also tried DLing an app called OTG Troubleshooter to see if that would help me. When connecting the drive it tells me that OTG is detected, but that "Mass storage USB device is not detected in linux/android". Does anyone know what the problem is?
Thanks in advance

Nexus Media Importer
I had a similar problem with the device not recognizing the OTG cable, it went away after I installed the Nexus Media Importer.

Cazteclo said:
I had a similar problem with the device not recognizing the OTG cable, it went away after I installed the Nexus Media Importer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried with Nexus Media Importer as well, no success there either, it doesnt detect the drive. Thanks for the tip anyway

mine does the same thing with both stickmount and nexus media importer, I even tried 3 different OTG cables and flashdrives and get the same results

gmfirebird said:
mine does the same thing with both stickmount and nexus media importer, I even tried 3 different OTG cables and flashdrives and get the same results
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same here, maybe somethings wrong with the nexus' usb port?

paeminem said:
Same here, maybe somethings wrong with the nexus' usb port?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
mine usually recognizes the cable, it is the thumb drive attached to it that it usually dosent see

im no expert but i was having issues with a physical keyboard through otg
on stock rom it times out
im on cm12 may 30 2015 with elementalx kernel
after flashing i plugged in the otg with the wireless keyboard reciever
nothing. worse than stock.
i downloaded all the usb otg helpers etc what not
in conclusion
i somehow managed to get
s3c usb host drivers for android
installed them from some site that i cant remember anymore -- really dumb --. seemed sketchy but had nothing to lose
altought now i can type still getting the same crap problmes i had with stock but not as bad. time s out

gmfirebird said:
mine usually recognizes the cable, it is the thumb drive attached to it that it usually dosent see
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same problem and have just tested that connecting a mouse or keyboard to the otg works without problems, what doesnt work is a flash drive. ( I have tried different flash drives to no success)
Does anyone know what the problem might be?

paeminem said:
I have the same problem and have just tested that connecting a mouse or keyboard to the otg works without problems, what doesnt work is a flash drive. ( I have tried different flash drives to no success)
Does anyone know what the problem might be?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I uninstalled and then reinstalled it again and now it is working again. I think it might have been slow to update

Maybe you guys are using a Kernel with OTG+Charge option? if yes the problem maybe that you have to connect the AC charger and USB device together. If you don't need the OTG+charge you should deactivate that function.