O.K. this one is for all you hardware junkies out there!
I've searched a bit online but couldn't find anything helpful. I'm looking to mod my USB drive so that it plugs directly into the bottom of the phone.
"Why not use your SD card?" you may ask. To which I reply "why take the back cover off?"
If anyone has any idea how to accomplish this or if anyone can direct me to a wiring diagram, it'd be much appreciated.
*side note - would WM identify it?
Found this link, but still dont know the woring diagram of the HTC adapter. http://interface.centraltreasure.com/pc-interface-knowledge/usbwiringdiagram/
The phone does not work that way. To be able to access a flash drive it would need to support usb mass storage from the usb port (which it doesn't) and have drivers for the flash drive (which it does not have either).
I hate to burst your bubble, but just because it has a USB port, does not mean you can plug anything into it and have it work (or re-wire a connector and have it work). If it worked like that, we wouldn't need to buy memory cards for point-and-shoot cameras and instead just plug in a 500 GB external hard drive.
A full discussion is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411905
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i was wondering, what if i got a USB harddrive, and plugged it into my hermes?
would WM6 even notice its there?
this is assuming i've got a externally powered HDD that uses the normal USBHOST.
i searched "usb harddrive" in the hermes forums and not many things turned up..
If you have one lying around, give it a go?!
JamesHolden said:
i searched "usb harddrive" in the hermes forums and not many things turned up..
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that might be the clue to your answer..... the usb port in the phone lacks the capability to host an actual usb device, whether the external device is powered or not... But give it a go anyway... i cant think of any harm in trying... unless there is some kind of major power backflow, but that shouldnt happen unless your external device is faulty
the OS may support it, but hardware-wise - i dont think the Hermes supports USB hosting? or does it?
My brain says no...
But the hope in me says yes...
Wondered about this myself before.
Doesnt the HTC have the ability to act as an external UsB drive through the USB port when connected to a PC using the Advanced USB settings. Maybe its just a question of reversing the settings maybe with an added utility or something i have an external hard drive but not converter to convert the full usb to a mini usb
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Wondered about this myself before.
Doesnt the HTC have the ability to act as an external UsB drive through the USB port when connected to a PC using the Advanced USB settings. Maybe its just a question of reversing the settings maybe with an added utility or something i have an external hard drive but not converter to convert the full usb to a mini usb
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having the device mimmick and external drive and plugging in external storage through USB are 2 completly different things... and it all comes down to the USB host... when you plug your phone into your pc your computer then is able to act as a usb host, as it has the power and the drivers necessary for that... the phone itself lacks the abiltiy to be able to become a usb host...
but hey, at least your thinking
So it may be possible to access a USB HDD if we catered for it using a driver of some sort (written by us guys ofcourse). This may even show up in the file manager as something like /Hard_Drive.?
main procesor (and also OS itself) have support for USB host, but for some reason HTS decide to not enable this feature, it was asked many times, but solution doesnt exist yet... I used this functionallity on my old Fujitsu-Siemens LOOX n500 without necesity to install any drivers, or registry hack, after connection device had available after few second. It was WM5 device.
well think about this:
keep a laptop usb HDD in your car, 160GB of music at your command, with TCPMP who needs a ipod?
i've already modded my stock headset cable to have a 1/8" miniplug AND RCA's on it, so i'm set for the output, but my 4GB of microsd cards just don't cut it
so i'm working on tryin' to find a usb mini b male to usb b male cable right now, might just have to solder one up myself-- i'll post to see how it goes.
I think I've seen them for sale at Radioshack and Compusa - might try peaking in there though if you have a bunch of USB cables kicking around probably cheaper to solder
IF you look around on the net somewhere, someone successfully made a wifi hard drive, and i think it was fairly inexpensive... He loaded tons of mp3's and would access them from his phone via wifi.
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/consumer_electronics/DAVE/
How about this?
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http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/consumer_electronics/DAVE/
How about this?
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Now I got to get me one of these. So many toys, not enough time.
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Now I got to get me one of these. So many toys, not enough time.
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Looks nice!
I just tried this. And nothing happens. Tried a usb memory key (low power), an external HDD (on its own power supply) and a card reader, none of them did anything.
thanks for the go.. after my weekend spent messing with *nix and tryin' to get into locked up wifi, i was spent.
Happy new year everyone
I have question; I have search high and low and have not found the answer, so I thought I would come to the source of all knowledge and information about HTC.
Can you connect a thumb drive to HTC hermes?
not as a thumb drive, but a thumb drive to HTC hermes as external drive
thank you
Jim
USB Thumbdrives
AFAIK, it is not possible as the USB port on Hermes is passive (ie - it can't drive USB hardware and even if it did, it wouldn't have a driver).
If you've got a wireless AP on your desktop tho - you could install the network folder patch on Hermes and connect to a "shared" USB thumbnail drive hosted on your desktop...
only Athena and flame support usb host
thanks for the reply and information; that what I thought, but never hurt to ask the question.
thanks again
Here's a "equivalency" solution.
Buy a microSD card (they are dirt cheap nowadays anyway) and buy the smallest USB card reader you can find.
Use the microSD+cardreader as a thumb drive. Whenever you need to use it on your phone, remove the microSD and put it in your phone.
hey,
my old mp3-player (iriver h340) had a function called "usb otg".
with that i could plug usb-sticks, -harddrives or even my friends
mp3-player to my device and copy files from one device to the
other. without the need of a pc.
now i wonder if this would be possible with a htc (i´m writing in
here, cause blkstn is my favored choice) and wm.
do you know anything about it?
thx
kws
it's a hardware protocol, I think we would have heard if it was built in. I've been wanting htc to put this in their phones since I first got my typhoon. but fortunately the transflash chips are getting dirt cheap, so it's no biggie these days.
You are refering to USB Host mode, where a device can host another USB one. Touch HD does not have this mode, but on the Diamond there was talk about a USB trigger mode. Maybe you want to give it a test drive:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=USB_Trigger_Mode
yeah, usb-host. thats what i ment.
thx for the link...
flash-cards are really cheap. but still i cant put all my media on it. well, thats
not always necessary but it would be handy to have to carry just your 2.5"
250gb drive and have all your stuff with you... and accecible without a laptop.
however. was just curious...
hf
kws
The Xperia doesn't have host capabilities, but is it possible to get such functions with suitable drivers? Such drivers are discussed in this thread:
http://forum.ppcwarez.org/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=58813
As you can see they work with certain winmo devices. I wasn't able to make them work with my Xperia, but maybe one of you guys would be able to do it. Any other solutions?
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Not sure I'd bother really. What do you need to connect? If it's for storage just get yourself devices that take SD cards, then use MicroSD in adapters, then y ou can easily take it out and put it in the Xperia to copy stuff over.
Well, I guess I want my Xperia to have all sorts of capabilities. Imagine connecting an external DVD-RW drive and burning a couple of disks...... How about that !
I don't think linking to warez sites is within the rules..
if you have to it would be better to stick the relevant text in your post
Um.... the site may be for anything, but the drivers are freeware made by a poster on that site. I don't think it is against the rules, but if it is a mod should take the necessary steps.
The only reason that I could reasonably see for having a USB host to to accept USB pendrives for copying data to the microSD card. I can see 3-4 reasons why it wouldn't work, the primary one being that the USB port won't provide 5v/500mA to power the external peripheral.
Just a idea...
i have an idea which i like to share with You ...Imagine one small box with 4 ordinary aa mignon bateries inside and a card reader inside and a mini usb cable going out from that thing. Ok, now what we have here? Alternative charger for Your Xperia if You need it,some extra backup space for Your data and all we need is Usb host drivers on xperia. Advantages of this stuff is that everyone can make it, its a cheap solution,You can buy a batteries in almost every market and its just a basic idea so You can upgrade it as You need it. The fact is that we now have a power (5v/500ma) which we need for usb host. Please let me know what are You think of this and sorry for my bad English
Hm.... So the Xperia doesn't have a powered USB right? Can't this be changed by a software hack or something or is it hardware related? Is there a device that can be put between the Xperia and the external flash and that provides some form of power, like the one "Mrca" suggested above my post?
I would like posibilyty to conect usb stick.
now and then I trawel by ferry it takes abaur 12 h of doing nothing.
and just watching movies on phone.
so stick is perfect for video or music. my mini 8gb sd is full with other crap.
and by hqaving external power to usb it alsoo charges phone.
so anyone ?!?!?!
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This has allready been discussed here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=480899
and here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411905
You should have a look to those other subforums of devices which feature the same chipset / functions.... ( Touch HD , Touch Pro, Touch Diamond etc etc etc )
I am wondering if it would be possible to attach a flash drive to a kin onem using a microUSB to standard female USB adapter. I was thinking of buying one but thought i would ask here before blowing the 3 bucks because i doubt it will work. Would the software somehow support the mass storage device?
DOubtful
I highly doubt this will actually work. The most practical way would just to be to take the files off the phone via computer and and transfer from there. But you can go ahead and try this if you want; it's only three dollars anyway. It could come in handy in some other place, too.