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Using USB hub without PC

Hi,
Using a self-powered USB hub, is there a way to make the XDA to read/write to a USB flash-disk ? (without using a PC).
Thx in advance

Dont think so, usb uses a master/slave type of protocol, both the hub and the xda are seen as slaves and cannot talk to one another as far as I know.

yep thats true when it comes to usb
there is 1 master and all other devices is seen as
peripheral devices and cant access anybody but the master
which is pretty much always the pc
suppose that the xda could be changed so it could act as master
but it would require mayor changed to it's usb interface
and would require that it only tried to be master when no other master was present on the chain
more about usb read here
http://www.usb.org/home

Thx mates,
the idea came to my mind after seeing how easy to use flash disks and the silly need to get a PC or laptop to move its data to the XDA. May be in future some one will come up with a "22pin-female USB" cable to access flash disks .... I understand of course there will be special s/w on the XDA side to manage this operation
or even better ... a USB port in XDA III

yes sooner or later it's bound to become std that the pda can be master i seem to recall that some brand of pda's can but i forget which ones it is
also a possible way to do it would be a backpack
or even a odd SDIO card (odd because it would have to be a bit thick if it had to have a std usb connector )

Milestone + USB host + debian + aircrack-ng

1st I found that Motorola Droid/Milestone is capable of USB host mode
tombom.co.uk/blog/?p=124
2nd root is possible on Milestone
knowyourmobile.com/motorola/motorolamilestone/milestoneuserguides/381918/how_to_root_the_motorola_milestone.html
3rd Android can chroot debian
android-hilfe.de/anleitungen-fuer-motorola-milestone/26870-how-debian-chroot-mit-lxde-auf-dem-milestone.html
So can I run aircrack-ng on debian and use connected USB wifi adapter with it?
or is there any other device which can do that?

i believe you need to be able to put your wifi adapter (the wifi chip in the phone) to a certain mode, i forget what. it varies from phone to phone as different phones use different components.

yes it could work, you would just have to get airmon-ng working to run the card in monitor mode (think thats what you were thinking of x1infusion).. let me know if you have any luck as I am trying the same with my x10..

I know Im a little late in replying, however just stumbled across the topic. But there is a new app in the market place called shark(ethereal/wireshark), this is def. right along those lines. Furthermore, I believe it could def. be beneficial to check out the possibility of dropping a symbian or debian OS on the device. These have full linux potential as well as I have seen instances when both of these have been flashed to the A855(traditional droid). However Im not sure if they can be used on the milestone
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Also, it the card(wifi) would have to be put in active/promiscous mode as its traditionally called. I know that depending on the chip it does vary but I am not too sure about mobile Wi-Fi chips
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[Q] USB Host

Hi!
I've been wondering if our device could act as an USB host. It would be good to experiment with that feature, adding new drivers to the kernel, and using external devices like a printer, or an usb drive. Is it possible?
I've read some forums, I've seen that on Motorola Droid and ZTE Blade, that they have attached an usb keyboard, or a usb flash drive. These devices did not have a power supply on the port, they solved it externally.
So, the big question is can we enable the host mode on the USB somehow?

I've heard this has to be supported by the processor, and as far as I know the MSM7227 does not support the USB-host function. :/

nutterbg said:
I've heard this has to be supported by the processor, and as far as I know the MSM7227 does not support the USB-host function. :/
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I did some research on this, and found something interesting:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sEQxpLaNfqmYjQ0clvLM2Q?feat=directlink
I found this in the service manual of our phone So it's not impossible - the MSM7227 supports the host mode by hardware - the question is how do we get use of this?

zte blade has MSM7227 -> so if they got it workin ... maybe we can use their drivers?
that would be a great feature

smg72523889 said:
zte blade has MSM7227 -> so if they got it workin ... maybe we can use their drivers?
that would be a great feature
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I've googled a little more on this, here's what I found :
USB keyboard+ZTE Blade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1ydScM0sXU
The guy's webpage, who made the custom kernel for USB Host mode to ZTE Blade and Nexus One - could be useful http://sven.killig.de/android/N1/2.2/usb_host/
And his kernel: https://github.com/sonic74/kernel_msm - the only problem is that this kernel is .35, i don't know if we could port the host drivers from that
If any devs are here, please help us
(I'd love the next SwiftDroid with usb host support)

Before I try looking into this, wtf is USB hosts. I'm gessing its different to Adb and mass storage by the looks of this conversation :/

lukemovement1 said:
Before I try looking into this, wtf is USB hosts. I'm gessing its different to Adb and mass storage by the looks of this conversation :/
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USB host is the 'boss' device so to speak. It gives commands to its connected devices (USB Slaves) So, when your phone is connected to computer, the PC is Host where the phone is a slave. So using USB host on a phone/tablet, means you can connect a manner of devices such as keyboards, mice, flash drives and such. Hope that answers your question

any progress?

http://rumah-android.com/read-your-flashdisk-into-android-deviceusb-on-the-go.html any one try this and give us result.........

USB Host will come with platform 3.0+ ( for tablet )
So, you connect USB device to it.
If you want to control other device with Android platform below 3.0.
May use IOIO Board.
more detail
http://androidcontrol.blogspot.com/2011/10/ioio-board-for-android-control-io.html

[Q] Wifi-Direct, USB-OTG

hey guys! does anyone tried this functions on razr i?

theres no wifi direct option...
havent tried otg

No USB-OTG @stock. If I plug and USB stock, nothing appends
Maybe with something like Stickmount
About Wi-Di, as it's an Intel Device, maybe can we hope some support on day. I don't know if the Medfield SoC is WiDi compliant.
The Lenovo K800 is WiDi, no reason that the Razr i will no be..

I am so longing for USB OTG.... can't wait to use DSLR Controller with this cell phone.
:/
Maybe Motorola will release a ROM that includes USB Host functionality?

chrxss said:
I am so longing for USB OTG.... can't wait to use DSLR Controller with this cell phone.
:/
Maybe Motorola will release a ROM that includes USB Host functionality?
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Mmmh, still no USB OTG with JB.... dammit

I've heard OTG doesn't work because the razr I as it doesn't output any power and usb devices need power, I have ordered a lead which has a separate lead to supply power to the usb device and I'll update when I receive it and have tested.
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So the lead came and to my sadness doesn't work for my razr I :'(
I was looking forward to that too
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I'm currently using an powered OTG cable to connect my mouse and keyboard on my xt890.
the pen drive is not working im gonna test some mods on that,

OTG is working but only devices like mouse, keyboard, pad etc. USB drives doesn't work cause kernel has no option for that. To use OTG You need to connect devices through powered USB hub.
Wysłane z Motorola RAZR i.

For WifFi Direct you can use this app : SuperBeam
Cheers

I tried it but failed to connect with Galaxy Mini II.

Did you switch on your WiFi ? Even for me it works only on certain devices but most of the time I forget to turn on the WiFi.

Yes I did. :/ It fails starting to transfer file.

Hmm. That's weird. Maybe you could try their IP Address method. I'll have to get back to you later because I don't a spare android smartphone. If it works I'll give you a description of what to do. Maybe its the new upate that's causing it. You could also try an older version of the app.

USB Ethernet adapter and driver for Note

Hi,
i would really need a USB Ethernet adapter for my Galaxy Note. I searched forums and all i found was for tablets. I also noticed several times that people were talking that you can build the driver for specific device from official driver. If i understand right i could buy some USB Ethernet adapter and then build it's driver for galaxy note? Or not? Or is there maybe some "universal" driver already made?
I would be really thankful if someone explained this a little more.
Tnx

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alyosha said:
Hi,
i would really need a USB Ethernet adapter for my Galaxy Note. I searched forums and all i found was for tablets. I also noticed several times that people were talking that you can build the driver for specific device from official driver. If i understand right i could buy some USB Ethernet adapter and then build it's driver for galaxy note? Or not? Or is there maybe some "universal" driver already made?
I would be really thankful if someone explained this a little more.
Tnx
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The drivers are included in the linux kernel of android, so the driver support is directly linked to the version of the kernel used on your device.
A small search gave me a result: look for USB to RJ45 Ethernet Adapter on amazon (you'll need a USB - micro usb adaptater tho.

shoutr said:
The drivers are included in the linux kernel of android, so the driver support is directly linked to the version of the kernel used on your device.
A small search gave me a result: look for USB to RJ45 Ethernet Adapter on amazon (you'll need a USB - micro usb adaptater tho.
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So if i understand there are drivers already in kernel? Because i'm almost sure i red before that there are no drivers in kernel so this doesn't work out of the box.
I have OTG adapter so this is not problem. I'll try and buy some adapter and we will see if this will work. I have hydra-core kernel on stock rom.

alyosha said:
So if i understand there are drivers already in kernel? Because i'm almost sure i red before that there are no drivers in kernel so this doesn't work out of the box.
I have OTG adapter so this is not problem. I'll try and buy some adapter and we will see if this will work. I have hydra-core kernel on stock rom.
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Sadly you'll have to try by yourself, but apparently, the one i found on amazon (around 16£) works on android 3.1+ devices.

shoutr said:
Sadly you'll have to try by yourself, but apparently, the one i found on amazon (around 16£) works on android 3.1+ devices.
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Aham Do you maybe have Name and model of that device?

How about this? MicroUSB to RJ45..no need of a OTG in between I havent try it though..just found it on ebay & amazon..
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-Etherne...&sr=8-6&keywords=USB+to+RJ45+Ethernet+Adapter
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tablet-5PIN...ablet_A_V_Cables_Adapters&hash=item4abdf06875

Ebay Adapter
Hi,
here is my unhelpful comment:
I have one of the little buggers (see attached image) boght on eBay:
Search for "USB to LAN RJ45 Network"
It works under Linux and identifies itself as:
"Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet" and uses the Linux-Kernel-Module dm9601 (as it seems).
(NOTE: One strange thing: The newly bought device uses a MAC address, that was registered to an colleague on our network here. So it spoofs the address?!?!)
Combined with the Host-USB-Adater (OTG) it can be connected to the N7000 - BUT:
A) The LED lights up and blinks to show the trafic on the line
B) Nothing happens on the screen
C) In Elixir it shows up as
Name: /dev/bus/usb/002/002
ID: 2002
Product-ID: 38656
Vendor-ID: 4070
I Get no Menu to configure the wired connection.
So I guess there is no Driver.
I Used Hydracore v7 and Thor Kernel 0.26. (which is WAAAY slower then hydracore)
are there other things I could try?

This looks an interesting idea, wonder is its possible to to have PoE as well, disconnecting network access just to charge would be pretty annoying otherwise.