Was wondering is there a way to use our galaxy as a universal usb mass storage device, using default windows drivers?
I've tried it but I can't seem to connect my phone to the pc unless I install either the usb drivers (extracted from Kies) or install kies itself.
In ubuntu can just hook this up no problem why in windows doesn't it work? or am I doing something wrong? Any help would be great.
thanks.
Wich part of Android Development Forum you dont understand?
why don't you can suggest me one or point me in the right direction or notify a mod instead of posting something that's not helpful and insulting?
and indicate why this would not go in development? yeah it can be in general but why can't it be in here explain the reason. This can be the initiation of someone developing a hack to allow to use our device in windows without INSTALLING the samsung drivers?
You don't need to install any samsung anything.
Settings -> About Phone -> USB Settings: Ensure "Ask on connection" is selected.
Plug in USB cable, connect to PC.
Select "Mass storage" on the menu. Your device is now connected and charging, but you don't have access to the data yet.
Now drag down the notification bar from the top of the screen. It says "Ongoing: USB connected. Select to copy files to/from your computer". Press that. Press "Mount".
Your Internal SD and external SD now mount on your PC and appear as drives.
gl
Edit: If that doesn't work for you then there's something wrong. I haven't installed Kies on any machine I've connected the SGS to. It may be that you require Admin rights to install the usb drivers that are sent over as the device attempts to mount (not sure).
hmm that's weird. My machine says it doesn't recognize it when I do that. And all the machines I use I have to install the drivers for it to work even though I always use "use as mass storage"
hmmm I better do more investigation then.....
just tried this on a winxp machine without any driver/kies installed and yeah can't get to the sd card. It has an exclaimation mark next to the Usb mass storage device in device manager and there an "unknown" device detected in the "other devices" section of device manager....
Try the always ask option. Sometimes the use mass storage as default choice is a tad cranky.
If not, try on another usb port with another microusb cable. I've tried on 3 pcs/laptops and all 3 times no drivers were needed.
You also have to pull down the notifcation menu of the phone (once connected) and click the usb symbol and then choose "mount" (yeah, kinda sucks)
NeoXTC said:
hmm that's weird. My machine says it doesn't recognize it when I do that. And all the machines I use I have to install the drivers for it to work even though I always use "use as mass storage"
hmmm I better do more investigation then.....
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the drive that it installs when you connect your device to your PC with selecting USB Mass Storage is a normal USB driver, like when you plug in a normal memory stick...
Check your usb port or cable and try other ones
Or install Kies then uninstall it.
It will leave the Samsung USB drivers installed as they are in a seperate folder.
really weird could it be a winxp problem?
At work usb mass storage doesn't work UNTIL I install the samsung drivers. At home tested on a win 7 machine without installing any drivers and it works.
Would front usb port be different to teh back usb port? It's just that front usb port doesn't work if I don't install drivers, after install drivers works fine.
hmm I should test the back usb port. It's pissing me off how I can't use usb mass storage at work until I install the drivers (or would it be a windows update issue how windows don't have latest usb drivers?)
NeoXTC said:
really weird could it be a winxp problem?
At work usb mass storage doesn't work UNTIL I install the samsung drivers. At home tested on a win 7 machine without installing any drivers and it works.
Would front usb port be different to teh back usb port? It's just that front usb port doesn't work if I don't install drivers, after install drivers works fine.
hmm I should test the back usb port. It's pissing me off how I can't use usb mass storage at work until I install the drivers (or would it be a windows update issue how windows don't have latest usb drivers?)
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both win7 and xp require to install that usb driver unless you've plugged it in before... you definitely don't have to install the samsung drivers before you use the Mass storage function as my office computer (XP) is not allowed to install any other driver/software apart from normal USB mass storage driver in which it's pre-installed in your PC when you install the OS...
Guys, i've made a incredible s kernel which with USB host mode (OTG) support
It's based on XSKernel, so this kernel contains 1.8Ghz overclocking support, thanks to l0st.prophet very much !!!
I merged usb host mode patch from here:
http://sven.killig.de/android/N1/2.2/usb_host/
and made some bug fix and improvment for incredible s.
I test this kernel only on Froyo rom, i'm not sure whether this also works fine on gingerbread rom.. ^_^
It's not very perfect, while this is current status in my testing environment:
pros:
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USB keyboard : works fine
USB mouse : works fine
USB printer : works fine
USB ethernet card : works fine
wifi : works ok
GPS : works ok
bluetooth : works ok
FM : works ok
USB charging and AC charging : works ok
cons:
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usb device mode functions are disabled, like adb, usb tether ...
If I use USB flash disk / USB CDROM with usb host mode enabled,
Incredible S hangs (they use the same usb-storage driver)
I have no idea whether it's relative to my Incredible S phone, so it would be appreciated if you would like to try to use usb storage device ^_^
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I've post a usb host mode patch and config file here:
vivo-usb-host.patch.zip
usb-host.config.zip
the patch seems to be a little big, cause i upgrade asix usb ethernet card driver, the original version doesn't works fine, enjoy it ~~~ ^_^
=====================================================
prerequisites:
1. a rooted S-OFF incredible S phone (of course )
2. a self-powered usb 2.0 hub (must always has self-power)
3. A micro USB B male to USB A female adapter/cable
(a USB female to female adapter and a micro USB cable also works ^_^)
steps:
1. use attached PG32IMG.zip to update IS kernel in fastboot
copy PG32IMG.zip to the root directory of sdcard, in fastboot mode,
you can just update it
2. unzip modules.zip, use RootExplorer or other tools to copy all *.ko module
files to:
/system/lib/modules
3. power up IS phone, connect IS phone to USB hub's upstream port,
connect some usb devices, connect usb hub's power, wait for the charging
LED lights
4. wait about 10 seconds, open a terminal emulator, load kernel modules:
Code:
cd /system/lib/modules
insmod usbcore.ko
insmod ehci-hcd.ko
# use USB input device
insmod usbhid.ko
# use USB printer device
insmod usblp.ko
# use USB ethernet card device
insmod mii.ko
insmod usbnet.ko
insmod asix.ko
# use USB mass storage device (flash disk and so on)
# this may cause IS phone hang, it's on your own...
insmod usb-storage.ko
There is a picture shows USB keyboard works fine in my IS phone, lol ~~
If usb mass storage device works fine or any other usb device doesn't works fine in your phone,
you can just post "dmesg" output here, thank you ~~~
That is pretty cool, nicely done! Can't try it out as I'm stuck with S-ON for now but it's a great idea and I hope you find time to develop it further and iron out the bugs.
does the camera and youtube works?
vontdeux said:
does the camera and youtube works?
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Yep, camera works fine, wifi works fine, now adb functions are disabled
usb host mode functions almost works perfect
Are you sure camera and video works, cause the sources are for froyo and that breaks video on gb roms. If you've fixed it I'd love to know how cause its broken in XSKernel until HTC release the gb sources.
BTW, you need to post your sources for a kernel as it OS distributed under GPL, or the mods will have to take it down till you do, just a friendly warning.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using Tapatalk
l0st.prophet said:
Are you sure camera and video works, cause the sources are for froyo and that breaks video on gb roms. If you've fixed it I'd love to know how cause its broken in XSKernel until HTC release the gb sources.
BTW, you need to post your sources for a kernel as it OS distributed under GPL, or the mods will have to take it down till you do, just a friendly warning.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using Tapatalk
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I test this kernel only on Froyo rom, camera and video works, i'm not sure whether this also works fine on gingerbread rom.. ^_^
And as you said, the kernel source is GPL licensed, i will post a patch which based on the HTC's released froyo source code - based on XSKernel may be much easier, lol ~~~
Ah fair enough, yes it works fine on Froyo, break on GB
Damn HTC... releasing 2.2 sources only.
arghh.. i was this close to try and flash it...
zzz HTC...cmon..update this!! release it for GB!! we need it badly...
Please help me with this I am interested not sleep for days I could not do a kind of sorry about my English bad typographical error would translate what I wrote might be.
I can not open kernel hangs after installing the rom does not turn on my phone several times but the recovery mode, open the CM7 I installed the new rom rom installed installed installed the old rom in the same results, please Can you give me a link to a rom that you can run with this kernel is running, or if you have a friend, if possible, upload a backup of full recovery can? Incredible S, but I can not make my phone .. please help I can not sleep anymore I put my head Thank you for your interest in advance.
Great! now how can we turn adb and usb tether back on?
Is there any way we can enable USB host mode on ICS
bhushangahire said:
Is there any way we can enable USB host mode on ICS
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Check this thread by lost prophet. His kernel will include USB OTG and two way call recording in near future. Just check this thread often.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1851121
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda app-developers app
Cyb0rgz said:
Check this thread by lost prophet. His kernel will include USB OTG and two way call recording in near future. Just check this thread often.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1851121
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda app-developers app
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Not working...
Cyb0rgz said:
Check this thread by lost prophet. His kernel will include USB OTG and two way call recording in near future.
Just check this thread often.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1851121
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda app-developers app
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bhushangahire said:
Not working...
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Read carefully. It will be supported in a new version so keep checking the OP for updates.
qexing said:
Guys, i've made a incredible s kernel which with USB host mode (OTG) support
It's based on XSKernel, so this kernel contains 1.8Ghz overclocking support, thanks to l0st.prophet very much !!!
I merged usb host mode patch from here:
http://sven.killig.de/android/N1/2.2/usb_host/
and made some bug fix and improvment for incredible s.
I test this kernel only on Froyo rom, i'm not sure whether this also works fine on gingerbread rom.. ^_^
It's not very perfect, while this is current status in my testing environment:
pros:
--------------------------------------
USB keyboard : works fine
USB mouse : works fine
USB printer : works fine
USB ethernet card : works fine
wifi : works ok
GPS : works ok
bluetooth : works ok
FM : works ok
USB charging and AC charging : works ok
cons:
--------------------------------------
usb device mode functions are disabled, like adb, usb tether ...
If I use USB flash disk / USB CDROM with usb host mode enabled,
Incredible S hangs (they use the same usb-storage driver)
I have no idea whether it's relative to my Incredible S phone, so it would be appreciated if you would like to try to use usb storage device ^_^
--------------------------------------
I've post a usb host mode patch and config file here:
vivo-usb-host.patch.zip
usb-host.config.zip
the patch seems to be a little big, cause i upgrade asix usb ethernet card driver, the original version doesn't works fine, enjoy it ~~~ ^_^
=====================================================
prerequisites:
1. a rooted S-OFF incredible S phone (of course )
2. a self-powered usb 2.0 hub (must always has self-power)
3. A micro USB B male to USB A female adapter/cable
(a USB female to female adapter and a micro USB cable also works ^_^)
steps:
1. use attached PG32IMG.zip to update IS kernel in fastboot
copy PG32IMG.zip to the root directory of sdcard, in fastboot mode,
you can just update it
2. unzip modules.zip, use RootExplorer or other tools to copy all *.ko module
files to:
/system/lib/modules
3. power up IS phone, connect IS phone to USB hub's upstream port,
connect some usb devices, connect usb hub's power, wait for the charging
LED lights
4. wait about 10 seconds, open a terminal emulator, load kernel modules:
Code:
cd /system/lib/modules
insmod usbcore.ko
insmod ehci-hcd.ko
# use USB input device
insmod usbhid.ko
# use USB printer device
insmod usblp.ko
# use USB ethernet card device
insmod mii.ko
insmod usbnet.ko
insmod asix.ko
# use USB mass storage device (flash disk and so on)
# this may cause IS phone hang, it's on your own...
insmod usb-storage.ko
There is a picture shows USB keyboard works fine in my IS phone, lol ~~
If usb mass storage device works fine or any other usb device doesn't works fine in your phone,
you can just post "dmesg" output here, thank you ~~~
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Hi,
As now HTC kernel source code is released can you please make USB host mode working with the latest code.
Or can you please help me out with what changes needs to be done or any pointers to work on it.
I really wanted USB host mode for incredible S.
Thanks
bhushangahire said:
Hi,
As now HTC kernel source code is released can you please make USB host mode working with the latest code.
Or can you please help me out with what changes needs to be done or any pointers to work on it.
I really wanted USB host mode for incredible S.
Thanks
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As said earlier, it will be launched in near future. It takes some time for dev to made it possible. Added to that, It's already listed in future plan by lost prophet in his op. Be patient, surely you will get it
When I update PG32IMG.zip , after reboot my phone stuck on HTC Logo , and I have to re-flash with another boot.img
my rom is nik project x
is there anyway to use OTG USB on incredible s please?
it's very important to me,
thnx
hello to all devs and sorry if my english isn't good, i'm using the latest Nova HD rom (RC30-73) and i need to use adb, but i can't get a working driver.
i tried the wifi adb and it work fine, but i need the usb adb.
i hope that someone can help me
I think there are no USB drivers for ICS from LG
You can get it to work by assigning the Google USB Drivers to the unknown device in the device manager. It works flawlessly then but you have to do this again for every system reboot.
Maybe a driver guy could add the 2x's device ID into the usb driver to increase the compatibility.
hi (sorry for my bad english),
I've been using CM10 without problems (updates via OTA included), MTP & mass storage modes working properly.
Until one day stopped working!
- The mobile charges fine, both USB and wall charger.
- I installed CM10 from scratch, with all the wipes, even I tried with another SD and does not work.
- When connecting the mobile by USB (Windows & Ubuntu) recognizes the device and the modem but no storage.
- From ubuntu console.... "adb devides" command do not recognize it.
- In the mobile shows no notification, no debugging or usb.
but ...
- From the recovery CWM ... I can mount the sd by usb and it works fine! adb also recognize the device!
- Recognizes the phone SmartFlash Mode S / W in windows.
so its not hardware relating? that might be happening?
thank you very much
PD: FIXED! flash official ginger bread with SmartFlash and CM10 again... and now works usb storage.
Hey,
I have the same problem as you, do you have a link to the official ROM, I've been searching for a while and I don't find any >_<
thanks
EDIT:
Finaly I found a link ^_^