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OTG Cables "What Works, What Doesn't"

As the thread title states, this thread is about OTG Cables. I made this thread to help save people from spending a couple dollars on OTG Cables that don't work.
If you have tested an OTG Cable that doesn't work, or does work, please post a comment and I'll put it on this thread. Thanks!
Below is a list of OTG Cables on Amazon. These should work, but haven't been tested.
OTG Cable
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$2.99- http://goo.gl/KW4Um
OTG Cables X 5 ( 5 of them )
$5.99 (Free Shipping) - http://goo.gl/1C4nE
OTG Cables X 2 ( 2 of them )
$0.99- http://goo.gl/G539X
For more on OTG Cables and GNote 2 Accessories check out www.GNote2.weebly.com

The 5 pack one works on my Nexus. Just got them today. Took a while to get them though, little over a week.

barry99705 said:
The 5 pack one works on my Nexus. Just got them today. Took a while to get them though, little over a week.
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Will it work on the GNote 2 is the question though.

I have one from the 5 pack and it works perfectly fine on my Galaxy Note 2. That being said, they should all work fine.

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I have one from the 5 pack and it works perfectly fine on my Galaxy Note 2. That being said, they should all work fine.
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Thanks.
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Will it work on the GNote 2 is the question though.
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Why wouldn't it? Micro-usb is micro-usb.

I brought the official samsung HDMI adaptar for my s3, can anyone confirm if it works with note2? I know there were pin differences with s2 and s3 adaptors.

I have the new adaptor here. Will check shortly and let you know.
I'm pretty sure it uses the same one as the galaxy s3 as I saw a video.of.someone using.it.
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as these USB-OTG cables allow you to connect USB devices to you're phone. the standard things will be a flash drive, keyboard, mouse. now about drivers in android. what else can you do with this? connect an USB-IR receiver? USB IO box?(serial) USB to RJ45? DVB-T receiver?
This would make a nice addition to the list of working cables, the functions of USB-OTG on the NOTE II!

Samsung USB-OTG cables for Galaxy Note works on Galaxy Note2 too. It doesn't seem to do the same the Samsung MHL/HDMI cable for Galaxy Note. Can someone confirm it?

I heard that Samsung MHL/HDMI cable for SGS3 works with Note2, don´t know about the one with original Note.
Dirt-cheap ebay usb-microusb cables never worked for me on SGS1, only good for charging.
Good idea this thread

so I got a otg usb cable for an external hdd. and obviously it doesn't work because the hdd format is ntfs. anyone know how to make your note 2 device read ntfs external hdds?

kernel support is needed to read NTFS partitions natively. if you have root you could try the NTFS mounters for OTG available in the play store.

What HD formats does it actually read natively? Just FAT32?

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What HD formats does it actually read natively? Just FAT32?
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not to sure about this, but i believe exfat, fat32, and it would seem likely to support ext3/ext4.
my Note II will arrive by friday if i'm lucky. so can't verify what i'm saying.

Hi
I got the cable from Hama and i have connected it to my ipad and it works!!
I can look at the pictures that are on my ipad.
Going to try to connect it to other stuff later on.
Ximonus
I think i have to explain myself better.
I got a cable for my note II from the brand HAMA.
Iconnected it with my I..D and it worked.

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Hi
I got the cable from Hama and i have connected it to my ipad and it works!!
I can look at the pictures that are on my ipad.
Going to try to connect it to other stuff later on.
Ximonus
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You are SOOOOO in the wrong forum, my friend.

FloatingFatMan said:
You are SOOOOO in the wrong forum, my friend.
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why? Because im talking about the ipad??
I just want to use it as a HDD :laugh:
Ximonus

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why? Because im talking about the ipad??
I just want to use it as a HDD :laugh:
Ximonus
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Oh okay lol. I'm not the other guy, but still.
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Ximonus said:
why? Because im talking about the ipad??
I just want to use it as a HDD :laugh:
Ximonus
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I apologise for you not making it clear what you were talking about.

[VIDEO] Galaxy Note Smart Dock Review - first actual hands-on & demo

So I was lucky enough to borrow one of these from Samsung over the last few days, made a video. If you have questions I don't answer in the video ask quickly, as I have to return the dock to them very soon.

Is there a cheaper device that does the same?
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Is there a cheaper device that does the same?
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This is the only device that can do simultaneous USB OTG and HDMI output, so if that is what you are after specifically, then no, there isn't a cheaper option.

Have you found any programs that restrict playback via HDMI? Like NetFlix or HBOGo?

What power output does it charge at?
I have the S3 desktop dock and even if I pug the 2A Note 2 charger and cable in, it charges real slow.
On the bottom of the unit it says it is only rated at 1A.

richlum said:
What power output does it charge at?
I have the S3 desktop dock and even if I pug the 2A Note 2 charger and cable in, it charges real slow.
On the bottom of the unit it says it is only rated at 1A.
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5V/2A, but even so charging is very slow. Just found out there are some Root-required apps that can turn the phone screen off but keep it running, so will try that with the dock shortly, should help out the charging situation a lot.

Just tested the Root-required app Screen Standby - successfully lets you turn off the phone screen but keep using it on the external monitor

Lucky guy NZ! is there any way you can test your version with an S3 attached to it? I have both phones and am very curious to see the compatibility despite some of the mixed reviews online...
...on another note, I'm not sure you can cleanly open the unit and snap some detailed photos of the boards or measure resistances put on the micro-usb line but if you can...
thanks for the review!!

AWE. SOME. RE. VIEW.
Thank you very much for sharing!
Couple of quick, stupid questions...
Did you try just laying the fock on the side to get landscape? and
I'd just like to re-ask the question above re: Netflix and the like.
Thanks again, I had been salivating about the dock.... of course my phone doesn't get here til tomorrow! haahaha
+4 thanks!

ohRonaldo said:
AWE. SOME. RE. VIEW.
Thank you very much for sharing!
Couple of quick, stupid questions...
Did you try just laying the fock on the side to get landscape? and
I'd just like to re-ask the question above re: Netflix and the like.
Thanks again, I had been salivating about the dock.... of course my phone doesn't get here til tomorrow! haahaha
+4 thanks!
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I haven't tried Netflix, will try it via Tunnelbear and see how it goes. Nothing has failed to work yet.
I presume you could lie the dock on its side and it would rotate to landscape, providing your launcher supported that orientation. Balancing it would be very tricky though, I think the phone would tend to slide of the USB connection.

Lying it sideways maybe with a stoopid rubber band might be an option for me rather than a rotation app. Just an option, I guess!
Thanks again!

NZtechfreak said:
I haven't tried Netflix, will try it via Tunnelbear and see how it goes. Nothing has failed to work yet.
I presume you could lie the dock on its side and it would rotate to landscape, providing your launcher supported that orientation. Balancing it would be very tricky though, I think the phone would tend to slide of the USB connection.
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The reason I asked about NetFlix and HBO-Go was my old Galaxy Tab HDMI dock you couldn't watch HBO to Go via HDMI as the program blocked it. I can't recall if NetFlix did or not but I don't think it did.
Also with the old Galaxy Tab dock you could lay it sideways and it held the tab in the dock in landscape and acted as a kickstand. But the Tab had a tighter more secure looking fit than what this dock offers.

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I bought this for using Netflix to TV. I too want to make sure Netflix works with HDMI

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The reason I asked about NetFlix and HBO-Go was my old Galaxy Tab HDMI dock you couldn't watch HBO to Go via HDMI as the program blocked it. I can't recall if NetFlix did or not but I don't think it did.
Also with the old Galaxy Tab dock you could lay it sideways and it held the tab in the dock in landscape and acted as a kickstand. But the Tab had a tighter more secure looking fit than what this dock offers.
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I bought this for using Netflix to TV. I too want to make sure Netflix works with HDMI
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Waiting for my son to finally drift off to sleep and then hopefully get a chance to try this for you guys.

Could you do use otg cable to powered hub with (link below) plugged into the hub and mhl adapter to it to do what the smart dock does on the cheap? I know it would be a mess of wires but 100 is alot of money.
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=270798436083
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jamesd86 said:
Could you do use otg cable to powered hub with (link below) plugged into the hub and mhl adapter to it to do what the smart dock does on the cheap? I know it would be a mess of wires but 100 is alot of money.
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=270798436083
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I don't think so, lots of us tried to get USB OTG and MHL working simultaneously when using an MHL cable and nobody managed it as far as I'm aware.

Can you post the apps that turn the screen off?
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Just read the answer to my question.
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Has anyone tried with the powered hub? Just out of curiosity... It could have drawing too much.
It's also a lot of cable changes so I'm not surprised it wouldn't work. Would love to see one of these opened up.
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NZtechfreak said:
Just tested the Root-required app Screen Standby - successfully lets you turn off the phone screen but keep using it on the external monitor
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Cafeboy said:
Can you post the apps that turn the screen off?
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Just read the answer to my question.
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What he said. It'd be really useful on both this, and my Note 10.1! Was something that I found rather annoying when I was trying to watch a movie with the tablet on my tv.

zaslamel42 said:
What he said. It'd be really useful on both this, and my Note 10.1! Was something that I found rather annoying when I was trying to watch a movie with the tablet on my tv.
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Ah, I did say which app. It's called Screen Standby.

Aftermarket Dock (using POGO). Would you Kickstart?

So I am usually a lurker on XDA, but I thought I'd get the community's thoughts. I'm a fellow Nexus 7 owner and I want a dock that uses the pogo pins. I'm tired of waiting for ASUS and I also happen to be a mechanical engineer that works in the consumer electronics industry. So, I've mocked up my own design. It's similar to the ASUS design and will have USB charging and audio out. The only way I could bring it to market is Kickstarter.
Before I go through that much effort (Kickstarter has revised its approval process) I want to gauge demand. The sale price would be $30. I've made a poll below to streamline things, but feel free to add comments. Rendered concept below. I am also considering adding stereo RCA outputs as well. Would you want that?
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I am also considering adding stereo RCA outputs as well. Would you want that?
|UPDATE 1|
Thanks everyone for the feedback! I'm still in the early design phase so feedback helps. To address the request for speakers: at this point it's not something I'm looking to add. It adds cost, development time and complexity. Depending on how well things go if I put it on Kickstarter, a speaker option may be considered. Also, now that I've seen there is some interest, I refined the design slightly to slim it up. See below:

Would adding some sort of HDMI out be too complicated or difficult?

adamhlj said:
Would adding some sort of HDMI out be too complicated or difficult?
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Unfortunately, the Nexus 7 doesn't have any method of outputting an HDMI signal. In fact, the pogo pins do not allow for data, just audio and charging.

Hi!
Is it easy to put a charging light on the front?
I would be interested!
Ofiaich

fierrogt said:
Unfortunately, the Nexus 7 doesn't have any method of outputting an HDMI signal. In fact, the pogo pins do not allow for data, just audio and charging.
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Oh ok. I don't really know much about electronics. I barely passed my circuits class in college, lol.
At any rate, I have never used kickstarter, so as long as I can pledge without using paypal (we had a falling out back in 2005), I would be happy to help out with this!

Add a holo blue charging light and I'm in for one..
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I would kickstart for sure, i'd love to get my hands on one.
Nice idea, keep us updated :good:

I was close to support it but since Asus is finaly realeasing their dock, i'm unsure there is still a large market for it
jc
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3d_jc said:
I was close to support it but since Asus is finaly realeasing their dock, i'm unsure there is still a large market for it
jc
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Source???? It's WAY too late for the Xmas market. It should have been onsales 6 weeks ago to catch that....

I would kickstart it.

If you could figure out a way to make it with external speakers instead of an audio jack or (maybe I am getting ambitious here) if possible external speakers AND audio jack and I would pay the 30 dollars

jonnyg1097 said:
If you could figure out a way to make it with external speakers instead of an audio jack or (maybe I am getting ambitious here) if possible external speakers AND audio jack and I would pay the 30 dollars
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I'd personally rather not pay to have a below-par amplifier included.

well, if you WANT to people buy your dock, putt 2 USB's. i would buy a dock, but a dock like this needs a USB ports. so everybody could use mouses, keyboards or harddrives.

robox45 said:
well, if you WANT to people buy your dock, putt 2 USB's. i would buy a dock, but a dock like this needs a USB ports. so everybody could use mouses, keyboards or harddrives.
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I would love to, but the pogo pins do not support USB OTG (needed for keyboards, usb drives, etc.) That would require connecting to the micro-USB port. Also, as of now, charging while using OTG is almost non-functional. It may be possible with the Nexus 10 (6 pin pogo) but not the 7.

I'd buy it if available on Europe
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fierrogt said:
I would love to, but the pogo pins do not support USB OTG (needed for keyboards, usb drives, etc.) That would require connecting to the micro-USB port. Also, as of now, charging while using OTG is almost non-functional. It may be possible with the Nexus 10 (6 pin pogo) but not the 7.
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oh sad

I'm in for one
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Make it black though.

I'm in make like the Motorola Xoom with built in speakers as an option
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ddlooping said:
I'd personally rather not pay to have a below-par amplifier included.
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Fine then, maybe I will make one myself!.....maybe.
I just can't think of a good reliable material that doesn't require big machining tools to work with it.

European head for the power adapter

Hello,
does anyone know if it is possible and where to get the european (french/german/czech aka C-Type) head for the power adapter?
I mean the thing on the left:
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The simplest way I think would be to buy other cheap charger from Ebay and use EU adapter head from it. I think it should fit.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EU-Wall-USB...ader_Chargers_Sync_Cables&hash=item3a74a00480

Did it work?
Hey, did you try buying the other charger? Did the plug fit into the original Nexus 10 charger?

You can always get something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/EU-2-Prong-...=Laptop_Adapters_Chargers&hash=item20c3edd0b3

Unfortunately I'm still waiting. The first one did not arrive so I applied for refund and received it. I ordered a new one now, so I'm waiting. Again.

frauhottelmann said:
You can always get something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/EU-2-Prong-...=Laptop_Adapters_Chargers&hash=item20c3edd0b3
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God bless eBay lol

Im looking for the exact same thing. But i dont want a cable instead of the plug, then id rather use the flat-to-round plug converter i am now. I found out that theres a company in Taiwan called Well Shin that makes the exact plug. I have emailed them last night from my company email but havnt heard back yet.

I found on eBay something which might fit:
www DOT ebay DOT com/itm/US-EU-UK-AC-100V-220V-Plug-For-Apple-iBook-MacBook-Pro-iphone-ipod-Power-Adapter-/330751018142?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&var=&hash=item4d024c049e
(Sorry about the link, new user...)
It says it's for Apple products, but it looks pretty standard to me. Does anybody know if it'll work for our nexus?
EDIT: On second thought, the base does look bigger than what would fit into the nexus adaptor. It's a shame.

I have bought those cheap original complete chargers off eBay. They arrived on the second try and work well. Recommended.

Aleq said:
I have bought those cheap original complete chargers off eBay. They arrived on the second try and work well. Recommended.
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Thanks for the follow up. However I've found this one
ebay dot com/itm/USB-Wall-Travel-AC-Power-Charger-Adapter-EU-Plug-for-Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-P1000-/190851850289?pt=US_Cell_Phone_PDA_Chargers&hash=item2c6fa82031
It costs only US $3.15 with free shipping. Since I only need a head I'm not interested in the quality...

I bought that one too. Thanks for the heads up!
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Croontje said:
I bought that one too. Thanks for the heads up!
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I received it today. Works like a charm! Thanks a lot!
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Aleq said:
I have bought those cheap original complete chargers off eBay. They arrived on the second try and work well. Recommended.
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They are not original, they are just cheap copies with Samsung logo.
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I received it today. Works like a charm! Thanks a lot!
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Strange, because they are not exactly the same charger. The copies are made from ETA-P10X while the Nexus 10 charger is the ETA-P11JBE. For me the Euro plug doesn't really fit, it gets stuck a bit down. Maybe it will go in all the way if I push hard but I don't want to do that.

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They are not original, they are just cheap copies with Samsung logo.
Strange, because they are not exactly the same charger. The copies are made from ETA-P10X while the Nexus 10 charger is the ETA-P11JBE. For me the Euro plug doesn't really fit, it gets stuck a bit down. Maybe it will go in all the way if I push hard but I don't want to do that.
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I pushed
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home made dock

Hello just got myself a nexus 7 and knocked myself a dock up.
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Nice craftsmanship! What material is it made of, I can't really tell from the pics.

This uses the pogo pins? If so, awesome,
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Hello,
It is made out of MDF and it does make use of the pogo pins, just charging not audio.
I have done a little more work on it to improve the shape.
After a couple of days use I have noted that if I were to do it again I would put some sort of socket for the power lead. Having it permanently attached is not so great when not charging.
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joesnose said:
Hello,
After a couple of days use I have noted that if I were to do it again I would put some sort of socket for the power lead. Having it permanently attached is not so great when not charging.
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also maybe some felt to line the inside of the slot ? so you get a nice slide in and out and know your safe from and pressures from the mdf on certain areas?

Wow, very impressive. I will never be able to make a dock myself.
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That's nice work! Would you mind posting a view of the pins + purchase info / pinout ? I think I'd try to do something similar but out of teflon (easier to work with where I'm at with a dremel)
great job!

teshgnex said:
That's nice work! Would you mind posting a view of the pins + purchase info / pinout ? I think I'd try to do something similar but out of teflon (easier to work with where I'm at with a dremel)
great job!
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Its actually a bit of a hack job, I just used two pieces of stiff copper wire and glued them while it was in a charging state!. However it works perfectly. The pin closest to the bottom is + and the one nearest the top is ground and the two in the middle are audio. Worth checking on google for pinout though.
Also I built this for purposes of charging while using otg adapter only to find it doesn't work, now that is a real pain! I have read up about timurs USB kernel, which allows this although not through the pogo pins. What a design flaw on google/asus part.
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cool beans. I'm looking for a dock. Not sure if I have the patience to do what you did but, it looks great regardless.

joesnose said:
Its actually a bit of a hack job, I just used two pieces of stiff copper wire and glued them while it was in a charging state!. However it works perfectly. The pin closest to the bottom is + and the one nearest the top is ground and the two in the middle are audio. Worth checking on google for pinout though.
Also I built this for purposes of charging while using otg adapter only to find it doesn't work, now that is a real pain! I have read up about timurs USB kernel, which allows this although not through the pogo pins. What a design flaw on google/asus part.
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I too was searching for charging through doc port and otg through the usb. Were you able to achieve this.

As far as i am aware its not possible
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Lego is great to construct with as well.
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rexman99 said:
Lego is great to construct with as well.
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I made a Lego dock a few weeks ago too... I got given a Nexus 7 that had a broken USB connector. Lego stand, BluTack to hold some wires, and I could charge reliably for the 3 weeks it took for a replacement USB "board" to arrive.