[Q] USB OTG on Nook HD+? - Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I have reading the forum and i was not able to find a right answer, so i decided to ask.
Is it possible to have USB OTG (USB HOST) on the Nook HD + without any special hardware.
I mean, do i need to make a cable myself or can i buy the cable on amazon to make this work?
What kind of USB devices can be used on the Nook HD+ with 10.1?
Thanks

With CM10.1, hardware-wise you just need a USB female-female gender bender and the standard charge lead.
I wish I knew what devices can be used though. It works with USB memory sticks I tried, plus a microsd USB adaptor and various microsd cards, but it doesn't work with my cheap old 7-in-1 multi-format memory card adaptor, or my new super fast PixelFlash CF card adaptor.
I haven't found an way to access my SLR CF cards, which is what I want to use USB host for.

Color Me Impressed (CM10.1 07/19)
darkpollo said:
Hi,
I have reading the forum and i was not able to find a right answer, so i decided to ask.
Is it possible to have USB OTG (USB HOST) on the Nook HD + without any special hardware.
I mean, do i need to make a cable myself or can i buy the cable on amazon to make this work?
What kind of USB devices can be used on the Nook HD+ with 10.1?
Thanks
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I bought a Female/Female Adapter at Frys. Ask where they are if you go there because they have USB crap all over the store. They're a dollar or two. Easy to find online.
I run a Nook HD+ with CyanogenMod 10.1 from 07/19. Here's what I've used...
Plugable USB 2.0 Hub (power optional)
Logitech Keyboard (direct and through hub)
NoName USB Keyboard -- looks like Apple Bluetooth Keyboard (direct and through hub)
Logitech Basic Laser Mouse (through hub)
Logitech G9 Laser Gaming Mouse (through hub, powered only)
Mediasonic USB 3.0 Enclosure for 2.5'' SATA w/500GB HDD installed (through hub,powered).
The Keyboard(s) and basic Mouse work with the Hub powered or unpowered. Probably burns less battery if you have it powered.
The Gaming Mouse required the Hub to be powered in order to work.
The Mediasonic USB 3.0 required the Hub to be powered, and worked when the keyboard and mouse were plugged in at the same time.
I formatted a Hitachi 500GB SATA drive as exFAT, and the Nook had no problems both reading and writing to it (/storage/usb0).
I was really impressed with the HDD working, and with a 500GB drive at that! The enclosure cost $14.99.
-Pie

Does the Nook charge while functioning as a USB host and plugged into the powered hub? If not, is there another way to make it charge and host at the same time?

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HTC Advantage 4 - 1 Cable, Not Working??

Hiya,
I just got my cable from expansys, the vga and s-video out is working fine, but i haven't got any thing usb to work yet. I've tried flash Drives and a card reader, just no response, no light or any thing... is there a trick to it or is it not very compatable or is there a chance mine is faulty?
cheers
My guess is that although it is a Host, it does not supply any power, I say this because the battery is only 3.7 V DC and USB devices are 5 V DC, this means that there is not enough Volts in the advantage to power a USB device to start with, never mind powering a USB device and an Advantage at the same time.
You will probably need to plug it into a USB hub that supplies it's own power, like this one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-4-Por...106823769QQcategoryZ96866QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I had the same problem but it was because the TV out was still on. Once I turned this off in the settings menu it worked fine.
I too had no trouble hooking up a flash drive. No other peripherals were attached to the cable. Alas, no go on a hard-drive MP3 player, but trying a powered hub is a good idea.
Have you tried connecting your USB device, and then soft resetting?
Works for me.
I have no detection of USB devices by my Advantage.
I tried with and withour Soft Reset before and after the cable connection, before and after the cable and flash drive connection, with or without the VGA or Video Output disabled or enabled, but my Advantage does not recognize any USB device (I tried with 2 flash drive, a keyborad and an optical mouse. Nothing to do. These devices do not work with my Advantage).
It seems that the relative drivers are missing.
Someone has a sure fix or solution to this problem ??
Thanks
Battery Powered USB Hub...
This device should work well with the x7500/Advantage. It doesn't require you to carry around a bulky power plug. It runs off of 4 AAA batteries and provides power for up to 4 USB devices. Since the x7500/Advantage has limited power and can't power external drives itself, this is a nice addition and cheap. Hope someone finds it useful.
http://www.radioshack.com/sm-cyberpower-4-port-battery-powered-hub--pi-2259675.html
I have the Dopod U1000. I have connected a thumb drive and a USB mouse without issue. The mouse is useless as far as I can tell as there is no pointer though the buttons work.
I have no problems with a T-Mobile Ameo and a 1Gb Corsair USB Flashdrive - don't even need a soft reset. It's listed as 'Hard Disk' on the Ameo.
Question though: can I just unplug it when done? I'm used to 'safely removing hardware' on the PC, and it just feels wrong unplugging it from the Ameo, but I can't see any similar 'safely remove' method.
Hi.
It depends of the usb device. My 1GB pen drive is recognized but my 4GB isnt recognized (my 160 GB isnt). So I suppose If the usb device isnt powered then only "very low powered" devices are recognized...
If I connect my 160 GB and I plug it to AC then It is recognized correctly...
Does mini usb-usb host cable exist? Where to buy it?
THX!
Look this one http://www.pixmania-pro.it/it/it/255677/art/cowon-iaudio/cavo-usb-host.html#
seems to be what I'm looking for...don't you?
spmc said:
I have the Dopod U1000. I have connected a thumb drive and a USB mouse without issue. The mouse is useless as far as I can tell as there is no pointer though the buttons work.
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Search the forum for the Modaco Mouse driver. It has a mouse pointer and works flawlessly with a USB Mouse!
4 in 1 Cable
I found te following description of this cable:
http://www.expansys.com/htc/p_htc_item.aspx?i=145166
The HTC SC V100 4-in-1 cable can split the HTC proprietary 16-pin interface on the Advantage into these 4 functions:
- USB 1.1 host (supports USB low power): Plug USB accessories into the USB standard A female port. The host can support these accessories:
1. Thumbdrive
2. Card reader
3. USB keyboard
4. USB mouse
- VGA output: Connect the Advantage to output the screen contents to a projector or PC monitor
- TV output – S-video: Connect the Advantage to output the screen contents to a TV through the S-video interface
- TV output – Composite Video: Connect the Advantage to output the screen contents to a TV through the composite video interface (AV cable)
Technical Details:
Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels, 262K colours
Cable length: 100mm ± 10mm
Connectors support:
- HTC specific 16-pin male for connecting to the Advantage
- USB standard A (Female)
- VGA D-sub (Female)
- S-video (4-pin) out (Female)
- Composite video out (Female)
4
Hi,
I have the HTC 4 in 1 cable for the T-Mobile Ameo (HTC Advantage 7500) and the ability to access a USB thumbdrive or stick appears to depend on the device.
The following devices worked without a hitch:
- Kingston DataTraveler 1GB
- Q motion 1 GB
- SanDisk MobileMate SD+ (This a SD card reader in a USB stick format, very handy to copy data from a SD/miniSD/microSD card to your 7500 without going through Activesync)
Another noname USB stick that I had did not work.
So the trick is to find a low powered USB stick.
Cheers,
Tim
Please can someone give me some exaples about how could I use
Video/S-Video/ option in 4 in 1 cable, considering that I can image how to properly use VGA out and USB host?
THX so much!
Hi,
before I buy it, could it work?
USB 2.0 (compatible 1.x)
Adapter USB from Type A (female) to mini USB 5pin (male)
THX so much!
asci said:
Hi,
before I buy it, could it work?
USB 2.0 (compatible 1.x)
Adapter USB from Type A (female) to mini USB 5pin (male)
THX so much!
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Yes, that should work for you. I'm sure it's not more than $5.00 USD. ;-)
asci said:
Hi,
before I buy it, could it work?
USB 2.0 (compatible 1.x)
Adapter USB from Type A (female) to mini USB 5pin (male)
THX so much!
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Are you hoping to connect USB accessories to your Athena with this?
If so, it will not work.
Only the 4 in 1 Host cable connected to the ext USB socket will do that.
This adaptor will only connect to the Sync & Charge socket, and will not provide USB Host capabilities.
Pantaloonie said:
Are you hoping to connect USB accessories to your Athena with this?
If so, it will not work.
Only the 4 in 1 Host cable connected to the ext USB socket will do that.
This adaptor will only connect to the Sync & Charge socket, and will not provide USB Host capabilities.
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So it will not provide me host function...?
Than the HTC cable should have something like a "chip" in it to provide host, is it right?
Yes, the USB Host chip must be either in the addon cable, or linked to the extUSB socket in the Athena. But definitely not the sync & charge socket.

USB Mode Question

I have a question concerning USB host mode.
I want to take my NOOK color and hook it to my powered harddrive and move over a video file to the nook memory card without the use of a computer.
I bought a micro usb to usb female adapter.
Is that all i need?
Ive seen talk that you need a powered usb hub too which kind of defeats my purpose.
Thanks
You shouldn't need a powered hub with a powered hard drive... the reason some require a powered hub is the devices require more power than the nook provides... so the hub provides the power.

Cannot get Nook Color to charge while in USB host

Alright so i bought a usb powered hub, a usb OTG cable, and a usb DAC. I can get the usb DAC working fine by hooking everything up but i cannot get the Nook to charge while in USB host mode. Is this a problem with the settings on the Nook or the USB hub i bought? Also is there any way to charge the nook at 2A while in USB host? I assume this would require a custom cable but i have found very limited information on the internet.
desitdt said:
Alright so i bought a usb powered hub, a usb OTG cable, and a usb DAC. I can get the usb DAC working fine by hooking everything up but i cannot get the Nook to charge while in USB host mode. Is this a problem with the settings on the Nook or the USB hub i bought? Also is there any way to charge the nook at 2A while in USB host? I assume this would require a custom cable but i have found very limited information on the internet.
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I could be wrong or downright delusional, but I didn't think you could (or worse yet, could cause damage if you tried).
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

OTA ICS: USB Disk mount?

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

USB device support,

anyone played around with usb device support?
e.g. running a mouse and keyboard and external drive from a usb hub?
Ive been messing about and seeing what works, £1.99 adapter from ebay, awesome.
my keyboard works great, as do usb memory sticks, usb micro sd card reader, usb hard drive works with a usb hub for power oh usb hub worked great too. I just tried an old apple usb mouse and thats working lovely.
Also my usb midi adapter appears to work.
Thats all Ive tried so far, but for such a cheap price Im really happy with it
very nice. thanks.
fwiw, what I'm seeking to do is to simultaneously:
- charge the phone
- drive a mouse/keyboard/external hard drive
- drive a monitor (or tv) (just starting to research this one)
essentially turn the phone into my "tower" for some desktop type computing
all this may require some creative cable splicing and fab.
incidentally I'll share this one that I've stumbled across in my travels:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806589

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