Can we use otg adapter with nexus s, to directly connect pen drive to nexus and then use it as external mass storage?
no, must be additional power supply
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You need a Y cable using either the charger or a battery pack to provide power.
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when looking at the storage control panel, it lists internal, sdcard-ext, and then "/mnt/usbdisk_1.1.1" and says "insert an [sic] USB disk for mounting".
so if i were to come up with some sort of adapter, could i plug a thumb drive into my phone's micro usb port to move files between the phone and the thumb drive? i can think of plenty of times that would be useful!
Tried. OTG cable works with Samsung galaxy S2 devices (Skyrocket using either SKY ICS or rooted OTA) but haven't got it to work on our Droids...(Bionic ICS leak, RAZR ICS OTA, Droid 4 ICS OTA...all rooted).
But if someone can prove me wrong I'd be happy to "eat my words" ...
Be strong and very Koragus, my ninja...
OTG works, BUT only in a very cumbersome way, since external power is needed.
A powered USB hub does not suffice, since it only powers the slave devices, not the host (= phone). The phone must be in charge-mode, which requires a Y-cable.
You need:
- an OTG adapter
- a USB hub with mini-USB in
- a USB Y cable with 2 normal USB plugs and one mini-USB out
Then
1. Connect the OTG adapter to your phone's micro-USB input
2. Connect the 'middle' USB plug of the USB Y cable into the OTG adapter
3. Connect the 'outer' USB plug of the USB Y cable to a charger (can be a portable battery as well)
4. Connect the mini-USB plug of the USB Y cable to the hub output
5. Connect any device you want to use to the USB hub
It looks like this (found this picture for Razr):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teppan_hakushaku/6817735705/
Edit: I verified it for Droid 4 last week, but didn't take my own picture yet. Works with ICS .215 leak, no 3rd party apps (like 'StickMount') seem to be needed.
Edit2: According to some other posts in this forums (search for 'OTG') it will only work for FAT32 formatted drives. Didn't check this in detail but my drive was already FAT32. Also I found it did not work for my cheap wireless keyboard's USB dongle, but connecting a wired keyboard worked fine.
...reminded again why I love this community...
...no possible links to a purchase of this "y" cable?
Be strong and very Koragus, my ninja...
Glad I could help!
They come with some portable harddisks, so that's where I got mine. Not sure about the linking policy on XDA, please remove if not allowed. Here's an example:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-2-0-mini-5-pin-to-a-male-power-y-cable-62-cm-65630?item=10
Can I connect my 1TB Western Digital Ext HDD (USB powered) to my Note (GT-N7000, Stock 4.0.4 with Hydracore 5.4 Std)
I tried formatting one partition to FAT32 as well, but no luck..is it bcz of lack of power to the HDD to run?
Of course you can connect. Only your external hard drive in addition to using the USB connection must have a second source of electricity. USB connector on the phone is too inefficient.
Gregs5 said:
Of course you can connect. Only your external hard drive in addition to using the USB connection must have a second source of electricity. USB connector on the phone is too inefficient.
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Ok..but how can I do that? My Ext HDD is USB powered..is there any way I can provide the HDD with power supply, using some kind of cables/adapters or something?
If your external drive has no additional power outlet, then connect it to your phone is not possible. Attempts to various modifications may damage the phone.
You need a Y split USB cable, something similar to this:
http://compare.ebay.com.au/like/280750493818?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes
NOTE: that was just first USB cable I found using google, I'm not suggesting/related to that ebay seller in any way! Do your own research, you may be able to buy locally for cheaper.
cheddarchi said:
You need a Y split USB cable, something similar to this:
http://compare.ebay.com.au/like/280750493818?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes
NOTE: that was just first USB cable I found using google, I'm not suggesting/related to that ebay seller in any way! Do your own research, you may be able to buy locally for cheaper.
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Hmmm...so, it cannot be used as "portable" as a pendrive..as it needs external power (PC/Laptop OR some external battery)..so better option would be 64GB or higher pendrive (if needed desperately)
Found this cable on Amazon. This seller is in US and can ship faster I believe...
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-Cable-Power-Samsung-AtomicMarket/dp/B009YPYORM/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1357870142&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=otg+y+cable
Will this cable allow for powering a USB device while using the device? Also, will it permit charging the tablet while using the USB device?
Dale M said:
Will this cable allow for powering a USB device while using the device? Also, will it permit charging the tablet while using the USB device?
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I believe you can power the secondary device, but without a custom kernel, you cannot power the tablet while OTG device is connected. I know someone made a kernel or two for the N7 but it will not work with our devices. Plus, with a pogo cable, you can just charge and OTG at the same time.
With the last kernels, our tab is able to recognise usb pen/hd in addiction to a 5 volt power sourge.
My idea (but it si possible that it is a your "old" idea :silly: is to use one of these 3 different solutions:
1) an otg 5in1 adapter conntect with the USB female port to a +5volt charger (no pc in order to don't have problem with data); in this case is it possible to use SD and micro SD ports?
2) modify this other otg 5in1 adapter creating an Y cable in order to have +5volt power; in this case USB/SD/microSD ports ok?
3) no modify with this adapter because it already has a +5volts entry....
Any suggestions or feedback?
Thank you for your attention and sossy for my poor english.
I have type C hub which have micro sd , sd , usb(for storage OTG) and micro usb slot for charging. It dont charge phone via micro usb cable if I use any storage device with it. but if i only put micro usb cable it charges. is there any mode which can tweak phone to do both ? my device is rooted and with RR os.
up anyone here xda member have tried ?
Everything seems to be pointing to the fact that charging and OTG doesn't work at the same time on Oneplus 3/3t and 5/5t. There's powered OTG cables, but these only power the external device and not the phone.