I hope it wasn't asked before... tried search but nothing came up for Droid in HD2.
So is there a way to enable the Host-Mode on HD2 with Android?
Would be great to connect my selfmade external HDD which i use for travel to view some videos or to ahve more music without buying that expensive 16 or 32 GB cards.
Don't know if it works on android, but I read in ubuntu it does. You need a special cable with power supply though. You should try reading this
Android was not made for supporting USB host mode. So, although the HD2 is USB-host capable, you won't find an easy way to enable it on Android
You've got other solutions : if you don't mind using Windows Mobile, you can try Zeno USB host drivers on your HD2, or if you are a Linux fanatic, you can use Ubuntu, just to play your music & videos from you hard disk.
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Hello everyone..
I'm a newbie, i just bought my prophet (xda neo) but havent laid my hands on it yet...(waiting for delivery)
I have a question, what happens if i do connect an external HD via an usb to IDE interface to the mini usb port of the prophet?
(the hd is autonomously powered.. )
Will i be able to read and write to the hd??
Thanks!
A.
Most probably nothing will happen...
Windows XP, or earlier versions, can recognize the hd only because they have preinstalled drivers in their system. PPC's are unlikely to have such support built in, and I have not heard anyone using this.
Why would you need it?
You could always connect your hd to your pc, and connect to it through setting up a network folder over wifi to it. That way you could read/write on it.
Cheers.
'USB Host' is not supported on the Prophet, i.e. it cannot host USB devices such as HDD, card reader, etc.
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 ?!?!?!
PLEASE USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION !
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've been searching but I haven't been able to find an answer...does the hd2 support USB host while running android? I'd like to b able to connect a web cam to it...I've have also found Bluetooth webcams, also wondering if using one of those with the hd2 would b possible....I'd just like to b able to video chat with the hd2 and I wouldn't mind carrying an attachment....
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Hello,
Is there a chance to have USB host on HD2 under android builds ?
If not can we know what is the main problem ?
Android is based on a linux kernel isn't it ?
So, if USB host is supported under linux builds, why is it impossible on android ?
Thanks to teatch me !
I don't think android in general allows USB host on any device... that's the problem. The linux kernel supports it, but android doesn't. If you use ubuntu you can have usb host on the HD2.
Actually, the Notion Ink Adam runs Android and has USB host mode. With a bit of kernel hackery, this could well be possible on the HD2.
Using a USB Y-cable and providing external power, it should be possible to connect all sorts of things. I'm patiently waiting for this capability as I have a USB SSD HDD that I connect to my car's head unit that I'd like to connect to my phone when I'm at work
Major_Sarcasm said:
Actually, the Notion Ink Adam runs Android and has USB host mode. With a bit of kernel hackery, this could well be possible on the HD2.
Using a USB Y-cable and providing external power, it should be possible to connect all sorts of things. I'm patiently waiting for this capability as I have a USB SSD HDD that I connect to my car's head unit that I'd like to connect to my phone when I'm at work
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You're right, I have seen other android tablets with usb host, too. I remember seeing the devs explain somewhere why android on the hd2 doesn't have usb host... I thought I remember it sounding like it wouldn't be able to happen until a later version of android... but I could be wrong or misunderstood. I'll try to find where I read this.
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Hi.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10797562
It's an easy way to use the USB connector in host mode, works under ubuntu.
with some adaptors you can build it also by using an y- cable.
But I think android for HD2 doesn't support anny usb features until now, perhaps someone will activate it in the kernel.
regards
mf_1
Yes, most of us are aware that host mode is usable whilst running Ubuntu. The problem is that Ubuntu is not really convenient as a main phone OS; Android is and some devices seem to have host mode while running Android.
Hopefully one of the devs will see this thread and give some insight.
I have a leo, running win mo 6.5 and a couple of flavors for android, my question is, is it possible to use the usb port to view a camera, I found a usb to rca cable which I could plug into the camera and phone, but I dont know of any software that would allow me to view it or if the phone would even handle it. The purpose of this would be to focus and aim video camera's as I install them, I looked through the forums and I didnt see anything that jumped out at me about this.
thanks again
Freak
highly unlikely
Agreed. Highly unlikely, but not impossible. It has been proven that the USB connector on the HD2 can be used as a USB Host under Ubuntu, but I am unsure if it has been tryed under Android or WinMo.
Hello there, just got myself a new job and this place uses macs.
I want to tranfer som files from my phone to my workstation. But the Mac wont reconize my phone. I dont want to sync it, just transfer-
Anyone who can help with a driver for the mac or a app for the phone to make this possible?
ok, so you want to use a usb cable that connects the HD2 with the Mac? then you want to transfer files? fair enough...
first, you need to tell us which OS you are using. the HD2 "runs it all" so it is sort of understood with most HD2 forum members to specify the OS when asking a question or requesting assistance. other forum members can't really guess which OS you are using now can they?
so if you are running WM6.5, a popup should appear on the phone screen as soon as you hook up both ends of the usb cable. on the popup, choose "disk mode" and the Mac should make the HD2's sd card available as a usb drive.
if you are using Android, i'm not sure but things might get a bit complicated. i'm saying this because i use Android on my HD2 and i use a windows 7 desktop. when connected via usb (in disk mode), my HD2's sd card appears under "Android Phone" on my desktop. this seems to indicate that the usb disk mode in Android MIGHT require some special drivers on the desktop's side...which might not be available for OSX (after all, evil Apple might not want to make such drivers available that allow one to work with a non-Apple product that comes from bitter rival Google). but if you are running Android, you are probably using MAGLDR, so you could try the usb disk mode built in to MAGLDR and see if the Mac likes it. i hear clockworkmod (CWM) also has some sort of usb disk mode option?!?
if all else fails, you can always use a card reader (my favorite method because it is FAST). i have only used a Mac with OSX once for about 30mins in my entire life. and i had my sd card plugged into a card reader plugged into the Mac the whole time...so i know THAT worked 100%.