Hi there,
I want to know if its possible to connect my Kaiser to a mass storage device (such an external usb hdd) and get access to the files on the device from the kaiser.
(I'm planning to connect the kaiser to an Usb multimedia-player hdd, and connect from my pc to the kaiser via wifi; This way i would transfer files from my pc to a far away usb hdd ... )
Many ways to skin a cat
Not unless that Mass Storage device is a microSDHC card (currently up to 16 GB) which you can put into a USB card reader and then transfer to the phone. The HTC proprietary extUSB jack on the TyTN II will not 'host' a USB drive (aside from the issue of finding a Windows Mobile compatible driver).
Thanks Flying Kiwi
What a pity....
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Hi
I wanted to find out if it is possible to adjust the drivers or to just create drivers of an external device to work on a pocket PC ?
Since the communications port on a Wizard is already a mini USB can a regular xp driver be adjusted so that when you plug for example an external HDD and obviously use the appropriate mini usb to mini usb cable into a Pocket pc that it would detect and install onto the device so that you can use it in the similar manner that you would on a regular XP based system ??
reo
there is no USB host drivers, nor is the mini-B port capable of putting out 5volts.. not possible to do what you are asking of the mini-b
Hi
considering that the power issue is not a problem and that the devic has external battery power, would it be possible then ?
OR
Do you think that there is a way to adpat the device to work as a SDIO, so basically convert from USB to SDIO ?
reo
I am not an expert, but I have read somewhere that there are two kinds of USB chip sets - one that is slave-only, and another that can act as master (also called "host mode"). Devices, such as phones, hard drives, flash drives etc., have the "slave mode" chip, and hence cannot be used to act as a host, which is what you want to do.
I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong!
i researched a bit on USB and SDIO, and it seems that SDIO would be a way to add an external device...
Now would it be possible to create an SDIO device with a host USBB controller in it ? or do i have this all mixed up ?
reo
Yes, that is possible, in theory. However, the SDIO spec does not support Mini-SD afaik; or, even if it does, I have not seen any device maker that makes a mini-SD device (other than the usual flash card). So, I think you are out of luck on that as well.
Hi,
Is there any way to read a memory card from the TD's mini USB port. I have a small device that has a mini USB on one end and a USB on the other, inside this there is a micro sd card (I have pulled this out slightly, to show where it is). I can charge my TD with this device and I can see the memory card via normas USB but can't access the memory card from my TD, any ideas??
Thanks
The diamond does not have any USB host drivers, except in the bootloader, so it won't work.
Hi,
Since our beloved NEXUS S does not have a card reader and I take most of the pictures with our Panasonic Lumix camera, I was wondering , if there is a way (while traveling - not at home) to use a MicroUSB or Bluetooth SDCard reader to copy, crop, edit, share on social sites with the Nexus S, pictures just taken on my camera ?
Or is there a way of doing this that I did not think about ??
Thanks for the help
Max
As I know, Nexus S don't support usb host... so ignore usb readers.
May be you can try Eye-fi's wireless sdcard
OK , thanks for the suggestion !!!!
there's a custom kernel in the works that will support usb host on the nexus s!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459304
I have a Samsung Nexus S (ICS, Kernel 2.0.8) and I followed the instructions of link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450298 in order to have access to the usb reader. Also, Nexus S has problem with usb OTG and I made my own cable as a person did in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23284398 (post #145). The phone works fine with the usb stick (see usb_stick.png) but not with the usb reader. In more details, the phone recognizes the usb reader on the 'Connected USB devices' on the USB Host Controller but it doesn't see the Mobile Security Card (G&D) or a simple MicroSD (see usb_reader.png) on the 'Connected mass storage devices' in order to mount the device. Do you have any idea what could be missing?
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Anargyros
I'm considering to add a powered hub to my Hui because i want to connect a usb flash drive, a dab dongle, a hard disk and maybe a wifi dongle and i want to charge my cellphone.
Right now i have an unpowered USB hub connected to my usb storage port 1. When i connect 2 usb sticks to the hub only one is detected in android, when i also connect my dab dongle, my dongle works. When i remove the USB sitck which is not working and i plug it in my USB 2 storage its also not found ( in root explorer a white icon appears before the name "usb_storage2").
Can some one explain me why the USB storage devices are not mounted / found in android? Is it even possible to add more than 2 storage devices or USB devices to our Hui? Or do i have to mount a third USB storage device manually?? Or is it because o the less of power??
I don't think android currently supports more then one USB data device. I know there are workarounds but I have not tried any. Most of these devices come with at least one sd slot so I think most (myself included) just live with the one usb limit.
Is it possible to connect my External Hard disk to the phone? If yes, then do I need any separate accessories?
Currently I have an ext HDD which has multiple partititons, one of them is 32GB FAT32 partition. When I connect the charging cable's USB end to the HDD, nothing happens. All partitions are detected when I connect it to my laptop.