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Enable USB Host Mode

Roebeet at slatedroid has a step by step for using the Xoom usb port for host mode: http://www.slatedroid.com/index.php...le-usb-host-mode-ie-thumb-drives-on-the-xoom/

and it is on days like today that I love my Xoom that much more. By the time the devs are done designing things for this tablet, it is going to be a whole new experience. I feel sorry for people that returned theirs after not even giving it real time to grow.

so this enables host mode, but can you switch back and forth between host and client?

I guess his new boot.img that enables the USB host will be a moot point with regard to the new update coming from Moto tonight. This sucks.

an update is coming?

joeski27 said:
I guess his new boot.img that enables the USB host will be a moot point with regard to the new update coming from Moto tonight. This sucks.
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Regardless of the update, we will still be able to run this great mod. There has been little work done on the kernel as seen on aosp. so all the kernels floating around will still work just fine. In fact, the only kernel work committed from upstream has primarily been bcm4329 work for the wifi only models.

Will this allow me to plug in my external hard drive?
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After I update I am going to run this bad boy

mattkeane88 said:
Will this allow me to plug in my external hard drive?
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Yes, if your drive is AC powered. And u get the cable. I will release this in my next kernel release with due credits given in my OP.

how hard would it be
To have the OC and USB host lines in the boot/root img?
I would love to have this and OC at the same time!

bigrushdog said:
Yes, if your drive is AC powered. And u get the cable. I will release this in my next kernel release with due credits given in my OP.
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how about portable external HD's that draw power through the usb cable. theese will also be supported too, correct?

The actual change is very minor from stock - a few extra lines in the init.rc and then the /etc/vold.fstab change.
10roller said:
how about portable external HD's that draw power through the usb cable. theese will also be supported too, correct?
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Going on my GTAB experience, it should work. But, there might be a size restriction -- 128GB, I believe (?) and of course FAT32. Again, going on memory here from the GTAB forums.
My external HDD's are all EXT3/4 so I usually don't test them against an OTG cable.

roebeet said:
Going on my GTAB experience, it should work. But, there might be a size restriction -- 128GB, I believe (?) and of course FAT32. Again, going on memory here from the GTAB forums.
My external HDD's are all EXT3/4 so I usually don't test them against an OTG cable.
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FAT32!!!! who uses that anymore?!?!

Anyone got a good link for the right cables. The last one I bought to add storage to my jailbroke apple tv failed miserably.

qw3r7yju4n said:
To have the OC and USB host lines in the boot/root img?
I would love to have this and OC at the same time!
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Yeah I think this might be needed, since it seems that the boot.img for USB host conflicts with the boot.img for OC, rendering your tablet wifi-less. Hope we can get a workaround for this

mattkeane88 said:
FAT32!!!! who uses that anymore?!?!
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(gets on soapbox)
Most of the vendors, unfortunately, because they can't hammer out a long-term solution they all can agree on. FAT32 is still used on flash-based devices because of this problem. And it is a problem.
MS, in its infinite wisdom, created exFAT to replace FAT32. But of course its proprietary and has to be licensed. Why couldn't they just open source it and allow it to used for free? That would be too easy, so they can't do that. NTFS is also proprietary, so getting OS's like Android and iOS requires reverse engineering. And HFS+ is, again, proprietary.
What would be best for consumers is that all the major vendors agree on an open-source standard (like EXT4?), and create drivers for their various OS's to support that standard. Then, we could migrate all new devices to that new standard and be done with this problem. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
(gets off soapbox)

Non zoom owner here, potiential in the future. I guess this mean flash drives not camera and phone etc or is it all the same? Wont different drivers b required?
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I think in the link the person has a link to eBay
strifejester said:
Anyone got a good link for the right cables. The last one I bought to add storage to my jailbroke apple tv failed miserably.
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xlGmanlx said:
I think in the link the person has a link to eBay
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Sold out and all the other ones on ebay will take weeks to arrive.
Anyone find a US site that we can buy one of these cables on?

Did anyone have the problem with WiFi breaking after flashing the boot.img? The only way I could get WiFi back was to boot a previous image.
Andy

No Movies for Rooted XOOMs?? Devs unite!

Being that this dev community is the absolute best, I have to bring this to light.
Google Movie Support has just informed me that Google Movies will not work for rooted XOOMs. This just won't fly.
Is there anyone out there working on a fix or workaround for this?
I'd love root. I love movies. We shouldn't have to choose between the two.

gdogmcstyles said:
Being that this dev community is the absolute best, I have to bring this to light.
Google Movie Support has just informed me that Google Movies will not work for rooted XOOMs. This just won't fly.
Is there anyone out there working on a fix or workaround for this?
I'd love root. I love movies. We shouldn't have to choose between the two.
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I feel ya bro, and I'm pretty sure the devs are already looking into it. Since it is a DRM authorization issue, it is probably going to be a pretty good hack to get around it.

I'm confused by 2 things on this topic:
1) why does it matter if its rooted or not?
I would assume the answers is because root would allow us some magical privledge of copying a cache and possibly extracting video and then redistributing.
2) how the frig can it tell?
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that is why i cannot watch green hornet. i rented it to see how it would look on the xoom and it will not play

Kcarpenter said:
2) how the frig can it tell?
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My guess is either one of: (1) checking for the ro.secure property being set, or (2) doing something "rootable", like being able to read a certain file/directory, etc.
If in the former case, I don't have an idea of what to do that wouldn't require the HC source, but in the case of the latter, it'd be relatively easy to ... wait- don't let me help El Goog out. It's not rocket science (think rootkit, but in reverse).

Well instead of listening I tried it as well with The Green Hornet and couldn't download it. Kept getting error but these developers will come up with the answers they have been nothing short of amazing when it comes to the Moto Xoom
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kcrudup said:
My guess is either one of: (1) checking for the ro.secure property being set, or (2) doing something "rootable", like being able to read a certain file/directory, etc.
If in the former case, I don't have an idea of what to do that wouldn't require the HC source, but in the case of the latter, it'd be relatively easy to ... wait- don't let me help El Goog out. It's not rocket science (think rootkit, but in reverse).
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Assuming scenario 2, wouldn't Super User prompt for permissions? I would think its likely.
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This is the same with the blockbuster app on the Atrix. I can set SU to block requests from the app, but as long as I'm running rooted, it refuses to play (and tells you when you launch the app).
I don't understand the difference between this and running Itunes or Netflix on a "rooted" (admin capable) PC. Why is the phone different?

This is not development. Moved to general.

theimpaler747 said:
This is not development. Moved to general.
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Your forum, you run it your way, just a question.
With all due respect, couldn't OP remain if modified to [REQUEST] since it's a dev request? General is so filled with crap I think this may get lost. :/

bishop72 said:
that is why i cannot watch green hornet. i rented it to see how it would look on the xoom and it will not play
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So did you still get charged for it? The wifi version won't even get the movies for awhile. I don't know why Google doesn't have it ready for both.

It isn't very surprising to hear. None of the major studios will allow media to be downloaded without some form of restrictive DRM and root access probably violates their policies.

rebill said:
So did you still get charged for it? The wifi version won't even get the movies for awhile. I don't know why Google doesn't have it ready for both.
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? I saw the movie link in Web version of Market.

Yeah, you can order/get charged for it but it won't work. Need to contact customer service to get a refund. They told me they'll consider putting in a warning in the future before you buy it.

cur8or said:
Yeah, you can order/get charged for it but it won't work. Need to contact customer service to get a refund. They told me they'll consider putting in a warning in the future before you buy it.
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Would make more sense for it to check if you're rooted before the transaction goes through.

Nice Google, what a great way to pit the development community against you, even though Android would be nothing without us. Sellout.

Strange, I have unlocked and rooted Nexus One and could play any Netflix video in official Netflix app, so DRM works on rooted system. So may be it's problem with something else?

If you order thru your web browser by going to the web based android market and play it thru your web browser it works.

Thanks for the tip on the browser market thing it works
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nbajwill55 said:
Nice Google, what a great way to pit the development community against you, even though Android would be nothing without us. Sellout.
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Lol you're an idiot. It isn't googles fault they had to do this. If you were selling movies and wanted to make some money, would you want them to be distributed for free without your permission? I think not...

[Q] best word and excel editing app?

Hello guys.
Wich would you consider to be the best office document editing app (especially for excell files) out there on the market, regardless of price?

Best MS compatibility for ME!!
QuickOffice HD- best compatibility I've found - about £9 in the market.
Only downside is that the app only accesses the internal memory (SDCard) not any external memory.
Hope someone can show me how soon.....

I use docs to go.there are several none out there that is great at everything
Another options get a Hotmail account. Windows live.they have a cloud service you store documents with them and can edit and create Ms documents but it requires data services

I found Polaris Office to be the best. You can even have it using all your favorite fonts if you put them in system/fonts.
Quickoffice HD is second best since it does miss proper size/alignments in ppt.
The rest can't even get page margins right, no use wasting your time for now.

I am currently on my quest to fin the perfect office app as well. I mainly bought my Iconia for college so I need an app to be able to write papers with. I bought QuickOffice HD and yeah you can change the font, align text and font size, but you can't really do much else. You can't resize margins, can't edit or insert headers, can't even I out bullets! All of these crucial features for writting your MLA paper. I even tried importing a document that already had a header in it and you can see the header but you can't edit it.
I gave DocsToGo a shot and it seemed more featured packed with the paragraph edit and bullet input options, but I didn't go too far I depth with it since it was only the trial.
Bec07 said:
I found Polaris Office to be the best. You can even have it using all your favorite fonts if you put them in system/fonts.
Quickoffice HD is second best since it does miss proper size/alignments in ppt.
The rest can't even get page margins right, no use wasting your time for now.
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I'll have to give this one a try will report back!

polaris office is the very best IMO

You guys can apply for the beta for softmaker. I won't give more details, it's nothing to be curious about unless you really want to help. It is laggy and unusable on tablets and the UI is not yet optimized, but it can display the page perfectly, paragraphs columns, everything and won't break the compatibility with MSoffice.

Polaris!

I have Polaris office but since I upgraded to android 3.1 I keep getting force close issues.

lafatlife said:
I have Polaris office but since I upgraded to android 3.1 I keep getting force close issues.
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Me too. Had to uninstall it because of that.
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OutaDaDark said:
QuickOffice HD- best compatibility I've found - about £9 in the market.
Only downside is that the app only accesses the internal memory (SDCard) not any external memory.
Hope someone can show me how soon.....
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If you're rooted you can get USB Mount All, which can mount your external_sd under the internal one so any other app can access it. Works for me on QuickOffice HD and Docs to Go.
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Ive been using Google docs without problems... works great on the phone and on the computer using LibreOffice. Can't stand MSOffice and the ribbonface.

Are they the one who broke up from open office after oracle bought it?

Bec07 said:
Are they the one who broke up from open office after oracle bought it?
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Yes, that's libre office. But Oracle has now donated OpenOffice back to the open source world (APACHE) and IBM has donated millions of lines of code to OpenOffice from its Symphony product, so I think this'll breathe new life into OpenOffice now. See
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/ibm-donates-lotus-symphony-code-to-openoffice-34287
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Got Motoprint to Work!

I have a rooted wifi xoom U.S. and I could not get motoprint to work from the xoom family dump or the zone rom. I found a droid3 (edit not droidx sorry) dump (don't remember where sorry) and pulled the motoprint apk and it installed by regular install, I did not have to copy to system directory. The program now shows in my apps and is available as a print choice.
I am not by a printer and have not actually printed. If someone actually tries to use please post back.
All credit goes to the person who did the dump, I am just posting the apk.
I am not responsible if something happens to your device.
edit let me know if this link does not work I have never shared a dropbox file before.
http://db.tt/Ewlo9dR1
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Been looking for this. I tried it from the Doom Family system dump also with no luck. Will be trying it tonight and let you know if it works. Awesome!!!!
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Major props. Installed flawlessly on my HTC Thunderbolt and my Xoom. Can't wait to get home and test it.
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Installed and used
I just installed this on my non-rooted Xoom, printed out my resume, and it works perfectly!
Thanks for grabbing this.

You are welcome. I have been trying and trying to get it to work. Was very excited to see this one install.
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I thought I saw this in the android market the other day.. could be a rip off of course
https://market.android.com/search?q=motoprint&so=1&c=apps
ah I see that it says it isnt compatible with my xoom 3.2.1 us

There is this one but it is $3.99.
Lothaen said:
I thought I saw this in the android market the other day.. could be a rip off of course
https://market.android.com/search?q=motoprint&so=1&c=apps
ah I see that it says it isnt compatible with my xoom 3.2.1 us
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My printer isn't supported, so I will have to use the motoprint host file on my pc.
The one in the market if the dev is Motorola Mobility, its the legitimate one. Won't work on all printers so you might have to use the host file.

does anyone still have this that they can pls send me or re-upload. thanks. i am running ics4bionic and it isnt there. thanks

Cloud print works for me.

The link no longer works... Would someone be kind enough to upload it again?

Yeah Please Can Anyone Provide Me with The Link And it would be nice if you get the official file manager to work to, i have the apks but i am unable to install them any suggestions?

If anybody has this apk, please be so kind as to repost or email me. I feel a clean FREE printing solution would be of great value to EOS and the community as a whole.

bigrushdog said:
If anybody has this apk, please be so kind as to repost or email me. I feel a clean FREE printing solution would be of great value to EOS and the community as a whole.
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this one?
http://minus.com/mv2d7nyM6/6f

Lothaen said:
this one?
http://minus.com/mv2d7nyM6/6f
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Sweet! That was fast bro! I'm gonna check this guy out and see what potential there is.

bigrushdog said:
Sweet! That was fast bro! I'm gonna check this guy out and see what potential there is.
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been on my phone for ages. not got around to installing yet

Lothaen said:
been on my phone for ages. not got around to installing yet
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Ok it looks like it works with printers with PostScript, or in windows workgroup or domain, or running motoprint PC software. I have to check my printer settings but it looks like real solid software.

bigrushdog said:
If anybody has this apk, please be so kind as to repost or email me. I feel a clean FREE printing solution would be of great value to EOS and the community as a whole.
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Nevermind ;^ )

pc host software
Cann u pls share the pc host software because mototrola website doesnt have it anymore thank you.
scramer said:
I have a rooted wifi xoom U.S. and I could not get motoprint to work from the xoom family dump or the zone rom. I f[B
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][/B]ound a droid3 (edit not droidx sorry) dump (don't remember where sorry) and pulled the motoprint apk and it installed by regular install, I did not have to copy to system directory. The program now shows in my apps and is available as a print choice.
I am not by a printer and have not actually printed. If someone actually tries to use please post back.
All credit goes to the person who did the dump, I am just posting the apk.
I am not responsible if something happens to your device.
edit let me know if this link does not work I have never shared a dropbox file before.
http://db.tt/Ewlo9dR1
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comptia book?

ok i have a few qestions
does anyone know how i can get a free comptia a+ certification all-in-one exam guide 8th edition epub?
also anyway i can transfure epub,azw3 ect file formats to the google playbook so i can read it on there instead of kindel ect..

What you are asking for is a free copy of a published book that is sold, so the answer is a no from a "Legal" stand point. There are ways to illegally download the book, but xda highly does not promote anything or will not answer anything that is deemed illegal. Sorry!

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What you are asking for is a free copy of a published book that is sold, so the answer is a no from a "Legal" stand point. There are ways to illegally download the book, but xda highly does not promote anything or will not answer anything that is deemed illegal. Sorry!
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ok what about my 2nd qestion

DayDaysTech said:
ok what about my 2nd qestion
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I suppose you mean transfer.
Yeah. Download to computer, plug in tablet, copy to tablet.... Open in a reader app
Or use any number of ways to wirelessly transfer.
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Pirateghost said:
I suppose you mean transfer.
Yeah. Download to computer, plug in tablet, copy to tablet.... Open in a reader app
Or use any number of ways to wirelessly transfer.
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no i ment how can i copy a file to my nexus 7 and read it off google play book app

DayDaysTech said:
no i ment how can i copy a file to my nexus 7 and read it off google play book app
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You probably won't be able to use the Google book app. But why are you asking how to transfer a file? There are a number of ways to transfer... Dropbox, box, airdroid, USB cable, email, WiFi file explorer.
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sorry i ment how to use play book to open files i transfer

I think all books in the book app are tied to your play account.
Just use any of the multiple reader apps. I like moon+reader. Or aldiko
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