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VGA/USB cable

Hi,
On the left side of the Athena, there is a mini-USB for power and a VGA. I read in the documentation that it is possible to connect a USB cable to the VGA port. Can someone point me to the kind of VGA to USB cable that works?
Thanks, John

it is a usb host port, what do you actualy want to do ?

Hi Ice,
I would like to connect my Athena to a USB switch for sharing peripherals. I thought about having the mini-USB connected to power, and this VGA/USB Host port connected to an USB switch. Is this possible?
Thanks! John

johnbcutton said:
Hi,
On the left side of the Athena, there is a mini-USB for power and a VGA. I read in the documentation that it is possible to connect a USB cable to the VGA port. Can someone point me to the kind of VGA to USB cable that works?
Thanks, John
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You want the HTC 4 in 1 Cable available at Expansys:
http://www.mobileplanet.com/zoompic.aspx?type=item&i=145166
If you are not in the USA just access their other locations with the Change link in the upper right-hand corner of the webpage.
Brad Miter

Brad,
This cable has a VGA out connection on the outside and this is not what I want. I will ask the question differently: is it possible to connect the Athena to a USB switch in order that it shares peripherals?
Thanks! John

But in addition to the VGA output it has a USB socket on the side, if you want to connect anything to the Athena via USB you need the cable - Mike

Now I got it!
The 4 in 1 cable that Brad pointed here: http://www.mobileplanet.com/zoompic.aspx?type=item&i=145166
is not the one shipped in standard with the HTC that doesn't have a USB port on the side. This is why I got confused.
Problem solved. Thanks, John

HTC kaiser USB, Host or only Client?

hey, anyone knows if the kaiser's usb is host or only client? and if it is client, any way to make it host??

Isaygarcia said:
hey, anyone knows if the kaiser's usb is host or only client? and if it is client, any way to make it host??
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testing with otg adapter and flash drive...
change the title to kaiser otg host or something

hum?
tyeo098 said:
testing with otg adapter and flash drive...
change the title to kaiser otg host or something
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any results for it??

OTG adapter fits, but the jump drive doesnt light up, indicating its not being powered, no recognition. but I am sure that there is an OTG chip on the device though. otherwise they would have a standard mini-a usb port.

where can i find an OTG adaptr??

Mine came with a set of usb adapters, for 20$ I can hook anything TO anything!!!
Although google is your best bet.

I also read that the chipset used in this PDA should have support for OTG USB, and that OTG is controlled by 1 pin on the USB connector, and that HTC might
have left it unconnected..
would be possible to connect it and have OTG functionalities?
Otherwise does it exist something like bluetooth hubs which transform usb devices into bluetooth?

USB Port

Does the USB port have any other function other than power?

Don't think so, only power AFAIK.

I plugged it into my computer and even tried pressing and pressing/holding the button on the Chromecast but my computer didn't indicate any hardware plugged in.
I wonder if the data pins are even wired to anything internally.
UPDATE: The USB cable that comes with it may not work for data transfer, tried it with my phone and it didn't work. So I tried a normal microUSB cable but still nothing.

spunker88 said:
I plugged it into my computer and even tried pressing and pressing/holding the button on the Chromecast but my computer didn't indicate any hardware plugged in.
I wonder if the data pins are even wired to anything internally.
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If we could plug a mouse or keyboard into it would be great!!

comatose1978 said:
If we could plug a mouse or keyboard into it would be great!!
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It has bluetooth... so in theory that could be a simple alternative... we just need to figure out how to access hidden menus.

comatose1978 said:
If we could plug a mouse or keyboard into it would be great!!
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I tried this with a self powered USB OTG cable, just to see if the Chromecast would blink, bing, or do anything to show recognition, no dice. Also tried booting with a USB drive in, no difference.

Universal Charger
Universal Charger:victory:

Examining board
Based on examining the photos of the motherboard on ifixit.com...
Component EM1 appears to be a USB Common Mode Choke. That goes on the D+/D- pair which you can see routed from the USB port, so it wouldn't be present if there wasn't some use for data communication over the USB port. (Cost sensitive equipment.) The flip side of the PCBA shows TP1-TP20 (Where TP19 and TP20 appear to be GND). My guess is in that mix you have a JTAG port for programming/testing the unit initially with a pogo pin rig (evidenced by the dimples observed in each of those locations), and there might be more high/low GPIO pins where one might allow the unit to enter its USB data mode.
-Jon

ften said:
I tried this with a self powered USB OTG cable, just to see if the Chromecast would blink, bing, or do anything to show recognition, no dice. Also tried booting with a USB drive in, no difference.
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Is there any special kind of powered otg cable to work with this? I looked on Amazon but not sure. I want to grab one incase they make any progress on rooting this.
Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk 4 Beta

mustang_52 said:
Is there any special kind of powered otg cable to work with this? I looked on Amazon but not sure. I want to grab one incase they make any progress on rooting this.
Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Looks like its already been rooted. With what looks like a dual usb otg. They don't go deep into what specific cable but, I would guess it is a generic dual usb one off ebay, or amazon, heres a quick one i pulled from amazon http://www.amazon.com/Micro-Cable-P...8&qid=1375052489&sr=8-3&keywords=Dual+Usb+otg
But if you read into it, they say you can root, but unless your a developer you probably wont get any benefit of rooting....yet, if at all.
Obtaining root Link: http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-newest-device-by-google/

OneAn9ryN00b said:
Looks like its already been rooted. With what looks like a dual usb otg. They don't go deep into what specific cable but, I would guess it is a generic dual usb one off ebay, or amazon, heres a quick one i pulled from amazon http://www.amazon.com/Micro-Cable-P...8&qid=1375052489&sr=8-3&keywords=Dual+Usb+otg
But if you read into it, they say you can root, but unless your a developer you probably wont get any benefit of rooting....yet, if at all.
Obtaining root Link: http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-newest-device-by-google/
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Please correct me if Im wrong, but the cable you linked only charges the thumbdrive/keyboard/mice/etc NOT the Chromecast so how would one root it since it does need power from usb plug? I've been searching for correct cable and cant find it; link to correct cable would be greatly appreciated!!!
This cable wouldnt work, right? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Usb-type-A-..._USB_Cables_Hubs_Adapters&hash=item4857e3608e

eurominican said:
Please correct me if Im wrong, but the cable you linked only charges the thumbdrive/keyboard/mice/etc NOT the Chromecast so how would one root it since it does need power from usb plug? I've been searching for correct cable and cant find it; link to correct cable would be greatly appreciated!!!
This cable wouldnt work, right? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Usb-type-A-..._USB_Cables_Hubs_Adapters&hash=item4857e3608e
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I own that cable from Amazon and it should work. It brings in +5v from a charger connected to the female microUSB port and then splits it to the female full size USB port and the the male microUSB port so both the USB host device and the USB peripheral device are getting power.

spunker88 said:
I own that cable from Amazon and it should work. It brings in +5v from a charger connected to the female microUSB port and then splits it to the female full size USB port and the the male microUSB port so both the USB host device and the USB peripheral device are getting power.
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I ordered this cable http://r.ebay.com/QgwBIW Will report back if it works when I get it.

eurominican said:
Please correct me if Im wrong, but the cable you linked only charges the thumbdrive/keyboard/mice/etc NOT the Chromecast so how would one root it since it does need power from usb plug? I've been searching for correct cable and cant find it; link to correct cable would be greatly appreciated!!!
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I also bought that powered OTG cable off Amazon and it will power the Chromecast as well as provide the means to flash the Chromecast via a USB thumbdrive. When you apply power to the Chromecast, it automatically flashed the bin from the USB drive. There was no interaction required (or even possible). Of course this was on the original firmware - if your Chromecast updated itself, you have lost the ability to root the device at this time.
Clearly the Chromecast does sense the USB drive and pulls data from it during the initial boot sequence. However I'm not sure if it would ever work for other devices such as keyboards or storage devices, etc.
I'm not sure why anyone would want to hook those types of devices up to the Chromecast however. Once you have root, you can telnet into the device, so adding a keyboard doesn't seem that important. The whole idea of the device is that you send it media from other devices and control it via that other device. Adding storage for example doesn't seem important since it can pull media off the network already (ie a NAS or another computer).
Anyway. That has been my experience with it so far. It's a long winded answer to more than just your question about the OTG plug.

I would personally love the ability to send audio out without having an hdmi TV be on through the usb somehow...
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

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[Q] USB Audio (car usb connector)

I've been searching for a while to solve this.
I'd like to connect my HTC one to my car usb connector.
I've seen several repoirts claiming usb audio works, connecting dac's etcetra.
I know I can connect usb drives with a micro-usb to usb connector, tried it and this works.
But I have also seen people saying you need an USB OTG cable for this, so what is it?
I've already connected my One via the micros-usb to usb cable to my car but I do net get audio via the usb on my car equipment.
So again the question, is audio out available on the htc one (and on other android phones) with the stock rom.
Some of the report where talking about CM roms, I do use the elegancia one but I have no intent of switching to CM.

deboopi2 said:
I've been searching for a while to solve this.
I'd like to connect my HTC one to my car usb connector.
I've seen several repoirts claiming usb audio works, connecting dac's etcetra.
I know I can connect usb drives with a micro-usb to usb connector, tried it and this works.
But I have also seen people saying you need an USB OTG cable for this, so what is it?
I've already connected my One via the micros-usb to usb cable to my car but I do net get audio via the usb on my car equipment.
So again the question, is audio out available on the htc one (and on other android phones) with the stock rom.
Some of the report where talking about CM roms, I do use the elegancia one but I have no intent of switching to CM.
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since the HTC One does not automaticly plug as mass storage i guess that the car radio simply does not recognize the phone as a mass storage with music.. an USB OTG cable would "fix" it since it will force the phone to be shown as mass storage.. (its a guessing anyway)

And you have guessed correctly. The USB otg cable works fine.....except it added ringtones et al when you select root folder. Worked ok if I navigated to the music folder (assuming your vehicle has that option).
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4

jmitr said:
And you have guessed correctly. The USB otg cable works fine.....except it added ringtones et al when you select root folder. Worked ok if I navigated to the music folder (assuming your vehicle has that option).
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4
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Well, for me it does not work.
As I said before I can attach a USB drive to my phone and I can accomplish this by using a micro-usb to usb adapter.
When attaching the drive my phone complains it cannot charge and that I need the standard charger.
But when using a file explorer I can see (read and write) the contents of my usb drive in the storage/usb folder.
I thought this was enough to decide that the converter was OTG but now I'm not so certain about this anymore.
Is every usb to micro usb an OTG or what are the extra requirements?
Anyway I tried again to connect to my car audio and the message I got on the car was
that he could not charge the phone but the phone was as well not recognized as media input.
Because OTG adapters are very cheap I ordered one which explicitly says it is OTG,
I'll see what happens when I can try that one out but in the meantime all comments are welcome.

deboopi2 said:
Well, for me it does not work.
As I said before I can attach a USB drive to my phone and I can accomplish this by using a micro-usb to usb adapter.
When attaching the drive my phone complains it cannot charge and that I need the standard charger.
But when using a file explorer I can see (read and write) the contents of my usb drive in the storage/usb folder.
I thought this was enough to decide that the converter was OTG but now I'm not so certain about this anymore.
Is every usb to micro usb an OTG or what are the extra requirements?
Anyway I tried again to connect to my car audio and the message I got on the car was
that he could not charge the phone but the phone was as well not recognized as media input.
Because OTG adapters are very cheap I ordered one which explicitly says it is OTG,
I'll see what happens when I can try that one out but in the meantime all comments are welcome.
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Yes, the cable I had explicitly said "OTG".
I only experimented with this for fun, my Elantra also supports built in bluetooth (phone controls are on the steering wheel, mic in the roof) so I mainly put my One in my car kit, launch car mode and away I go.
The OTG cable worked well for me when I tried it though. It did NOT work with my Son's Nexus 4 so these things can be finicky.

Connecting USB keyboard problems

Hi,
I ordered a case for a Nexus 7 that has a buit-in USB keyboard. I thought that connecting it would be a simple thing, but I'm having troubles. I bought a 2-sided female USB adapter to link the keyboard and the Nexus' charging cable. That doesn't work.
With some troubleshooting, I came to the conclusion that the keyboard does work, and that the trouble lies with the connection. A little research led to find that the Nexus doesn't have a micro-USB port like I thought it did, but a OTG port.
I'd like to know if something like this (female USB - OTG dongle):
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/EEEKit-for-Google-Nexus-7-2-x-Micro-USB-Host-OTG-Adapter-Converter-Cable-USB-2-0-/400367750285?pt=US_Tablet_eReader_Chargers_Sync_Cables&hash=item5d37c70c8d
would do the trick before ordering it? Or if there is another proper way to set up the USB keyboard?
Thanks!

System92 said:
Hi,
I ordered a case for a Nexus 7 that has a buit-in USB keyboard. I thought that connecting it would be a simple thing, but I'm having troubles. I bought a 2-sided female USB adapter to link the keyboard and the Nexus' charging cable. That doesn't work.
With some troubleshooting, I came to the conclusion that the keyboard does work, and that the trouble lies with the connection. A little research led to find that the Nexus doesn't have a micro-USB port like I thought it did, but a OTG port.
I'd like to know if something like this (female USB - OTG dongle):
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/EEEKit-for-Google-Nexus-7-2-x-Micro-USB-Host-OTG-Adapter-Converter-Cable-USB-2-0-/400367750285?pt=US_Tablet_eReader_Chargers_Sync_Cables&hash=item5d37c70c8d
would do the trick before ordering it? Or if there is another proper way to set up the USB keyboard?
Thanks!
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This cable will fix the connection issue and you should be good to go!
I am using one of this but for my xbox controller with Nexus and not for Keyboard!