Has anyone actually got this to work? I'd love to try it out with the blackstone.
The phone isn't recognized when connected to the PC. Currently I'm running Froyo and I tried connecting it to 64-bit windows 7 and 32 bit vista, also using various cables just to be sure.
It is charging though. Does anyone have any idea why it isn't recognized?
It alwasy work.u just need to use driver from xdandroid git
Just figured out that the USB connection only works when you start android with the USB cable connected. Connecting it after booting doesn't work.
It also helps to have the coorect drivers form Android SDK kit and droif explorer. With droid explorer you are abel to copy files to and from your device
Hello, I was wandering if it would be possible to port the USB drivers from Android 3.1 to use on Android 2.2 for use on the A7. I love this tablet, but hate the lack of USB device support. If it is at all possible how hard would it be to do so? Thanks for any help at all. Sorry if this has been asked before.
why don't you try loading dexter A7comb 3.0.1 rom, you can run it as HC or GB..
Does it have USB mouse support? And doesn't it have a fair share of bugs?
i think i included the USB_OTG app in HC3.0 release, which can enable your usb port, if you get a MALE-A to MALE-A cable (OTG cable i think its called)
then you get full usb connection support, and mapping to windows works too.
Its disabled for use in regular mod i think.
technically, the trick is in a terminal program,
to do this one line,
DEVICE MODE
echo 0 >/proc/test_program/usb
HOST MODE
echo 1 >/proc/test_program/usb
Hello,
I have do a usb cable with external power alimentation, can we use it on android?
It works on Windows and on ubuntu!
I have put the kernel with a driver for the usb host. If we search the program used in samsung s2?
Bumping, as I am looking too for a way to run this. There is no clear info about USB host support on this forum.
And USB Host IS POSSIBLE in HD2 as hardware supports it, probably with OTG mode. We need a working kernel, or just some info how to run it.
I'm running OTA 4.0.3 (Acer_AV041_A500_1.033.00_PA_CUS1) rooted with I don't know what tool, but rooted after upgrading to 4.0.3, and using one of the tools found here which was the latest (at the time of rooting). The tablet has an "A500 Root Tools" app which has options to enter APX mode amongst other things.
I'm unable to get my Acer to connect to my PC via USB. I tried using both a mini(?)-usb cable and an A-A cable. My acer makes no notification, and there's no visible, or audible, evidence that anything was connected. USB Debugging enabled and disabled makes no difference. The tablet shows absolutely no sign that anything was plugged in. Nothing in notifications, nothing in any file managers.
Likewise on both a Windows 7 PC, and a Windows Vista machine. No little sound saying I plugged something in. Nothing listed in device manager. Nothing anywhere. The Win7 machine has the Acer drivers installed, as it is the machine I used to root it a few months ago.
Is there some weird ICS toggle that I need to perform to get this working? I know my USB ports are working as I've plugged in USB sticks and it mounts them without issue.
At the end of the day, I'm just wanting to flash my bootloader so that I can install CWM and a custom ROM. If there's a way to do that without needing my PC connected, that would make me equally happy.
Drivers
Anthony820 said:
I'm running OTA 4.0.3 (Acer_AV041_A500_1.033.00_PA_CUS1) rooted with I don't know what tool, but rooted after upgrading to 4.0.3, and using one of the tools found here which was the latest (at the time of rooting). The tablet has an "A500 Root Tools" app which has options to enter APX mode amongst other things.
I'm unable to get my Acer to connect to my PC via USB. I tried using both a mini(?)-usb cable and an A-A cable. My acer makes no notification, and there's no visible, or audible, evidence that anything was connected. USB Debugging enabled and disabled makes no difference. The tablet shows absolutely no sign that anything was plugged in. Nothing in notifications, nothing in any file managers.
Likewise on both a Windows 7 PC, and a Windows Vista machine. No little sound saying I plugged something in. Nothing listed in device manager. Nothing anywhere. The Win7 machine has the Acer drivers installed, as it is the machine I used to root it a few months ago.
Is there some weird ICS toggle that I need to perform to get this working? I know my USB ports are working as I've plugged in USB sticks and it mounts them without issue.
At the end of the day, I'm just wanting to flash my bootloader so that I can install CWM and a custom ROM. If there's a way to do that without needing my PC connected, that would make me equally happy.
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Reinstall the Acer Drivers and also the Google drivers from the android sdk if u have that installed, if not use the adb_fast.zip attached. For you to successfully flash the BL do not underestimate the importance of having the drivers correctly installed - its the cause of 90% of the problems folks have had - my advice is to keep Device Manager open the whole time so you can see what is or isn't installing - dont proceed with the flash until you are sure they are - else you'll be looking at a downgrade to HC to fix things
you can also use Acer Recovery Installer from the market to install a custom recovery
While I appreciate your help, my issue is not drivers - Windows isn't loading the wrong drivers, or no drivers at all. Windows is showing no sign at all, at all, in device manger, any where, that a tablet has been plugged in. Like wise, the tablet gives ZERO notifications on being plugged in to a PC. Nothing. No sounds. No notification. Nothing.
I was originally using the micro(?) usb slot, and it was not working. I assumed that USB slot was dead. So I went and bought a USB A-A cable - after testing the normal USB slot and established it works - and it, too, does absolutely nothing when plugging the device into a PC.
I've since tested with an Ubuntu 12.04 machine as well. dmesg lists nothing.
Anthony820 said:
While I appreciate your help, my issue is not drivers - Windows isn't loading the wrong drivers, or no drivers at all. Windows is showing no sign at all, at all, in device manger, any where, that a tablet has been plugged in. Like wise, the tablet gives ZERO notifications on being plugged in to a PC. Nothing. No sounds. No notification. Nothing.
I was originally using the micro(?) usb slot, and it was not working. I assumed that USB slot was dead. So I went and bought a USB A-A cable - after testing the normal USB slot and established it works - and it, too, does absolutely nothing when plugging the device into a PC.
I've since tested with an Ubuntu 12.04 machine as well. dmesg lists nothing.
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open a command prompt on yr adb folder and run "adb devices" what do u see?
List of devices attached.. then nothing but my prompt.
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List of devices attached.. then nothing but my prompt.
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and the adb interface driver thats not showing in device manager?? and you have the acer drivers installed??
All the signs are pointing to no drivers, failing that its sounding like a hardware issue either yr tab or cable - can u try on another pc/laptop?
Tested it on a Win 7 Dell, on a Vista Dell, and on an Ubuntu 12.04 Compaq. None show any sign of the device being connected.
I know my *two* micro USB cords work as my Nooks (color and tablet) have no problem with them. I know the large USB slot works as I've plugged in a keyboard and a USB memory stick and both are immediately detected by android.
I've also done a factory reset on the tab. Problem persists, obviously.
I'm actually setting up stock Win7 on another laptop right now. When it's complete I'll install acer drivers and plug in the tablet. It will be the only USB device, let alone android, to ever be plugged in to it.
Anthony820 said:
Tested it on a Win 7 Dell, on a Vista Dell, and on an Ubuntu 12.04 Compaq. None show any sign of the device being connected.
I know my *two* micro USB cords work as my Nooks (color and tablet) have no problem with them. I know the large USB slot works as I've plugged in a keyboard and a USB memory stick and both are immediately detected by android.
I've also done a factory reset on the tab. Problem persists, obviously.
I'm actually setting up stock Win7 on another laptop right now. When it's complete I'll install acer drivers and plug in the tablet. It will be the only USB device, let alone android, to ever be plugged in to it.
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cool let us know how u go....oh dont forget the adb drivers too
Same. I feel like it's something on the tablet rather than the PCs. But I don't know how to get 100% stock again without being able to have a PC connection.
Anthony820 said:
Same. I feel like it's something on the tablet rather than the PCs. But I don't know how to get 100% stock again without being able to have a PC connection.
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The tool you used to root it (icsRoot) also has an unroot tool, which you could have used...I have tried to unroot manually which wasnt easy as I had a pre-rooted rom and I had real trouble getting rid of superuser, but in your case it may be a bit different....Sorry can't give you much help in the unrooting ics dept. Maybe try flashing acer stock rom??? or starting a new thread??
Did you ever solve this problem, I'm pulling my hair out with the same thing.
irishmoe said:
Did you ever solve this problem, I'm pulling my hair out with the same thing.
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are you trying to flash something or do you mean when you connect yr tab
windowz explorer doesnt show your int/ext storage??
more info needed, what rom and bootloader, what OS on yr pc can u try on a different one, try a different cable and usb port..
have you run the acer drivers setup.exe
did u install the android usb ones
have u opened a command prompt from the folder where adb.exe is and run "adb devices"...does a number show??
when u have device manager open and connect yr cable do you see the drivers install. If they are there then uninstall them, disconnect yr cable and clean boot and reconnect.
If they do not install then manually install by pointing them to the folder you extracted the zip to...for the acer ones, just point it to your c: drive
If windows trys to install them, stop the hardware wizard from searching windows update and manually install them yourself.
If you've tried to flash the bootloader and it hasnt completed for what ever reason - you can strike issues such as yours - again, uninstall, clean boot, reconnect, manual install
I have my own thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776448
but came across this one and thought I'd ask if there was any solution found.
irishmoe said:
I have my own thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776448
but came across this one and thought I'd ask if there was any solution found.
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ok m8, i havng a look at it now....when u connect to yr pc does win explorer show u yr internal/external storage ok??
Have you tried an app like USB host controller to check the connection on the tablets side?
a.child said:
Have you tried an app like USB host controller to check the connection on the tablets side?
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I regularly use a memory stick in the usb port so I reckon it's fine
what about the micro-usb port?
a.child said:
what about the micro-usb port?
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Lost the cable so using the regular port
irishmoe said:
Lost the cable so using the regular port
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I replied earlier in the other thread m8
U must use the micro USB
irishmoe said:
Lost the cable so using the regular port
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I replied earlier in the other thread m8
U must use the micro USB
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That's correct, a straight USB "A to A" won't work. Further, I discovered something else; not all micro-usb cables are created equally! I was using a cable that worked fine on my Thunderbolt phone, would not work at all on my A500. Turned out there's some enhancements to the pinouts on the newer micro-usb devices. So the lesson here is go with the cable that came with the device if at all possible.
Seriously though, give a different micro-usb cable a shot; they're pretty cheap around the interwebz.
Hi all,
Can anyone with a USB to Ethernet adapter please test if this works with the Galaxy S4 using an OTG USB cable? I have read it works with the Nexus 7 but would love to know if it works with the Galaxy S4. Would be quite handy to hook up the galaxy directly to my 100mb internet.
Thank you.
S4 tested with two USB Ethernet modules. unsuccessfully
delucz said:
Hi all,
Can anyone with a USB to Ethernet adapter please test if this works with the Galaxy S4 using an OTG USB cable? I have read it works with the Nexus 7 but would love to know if it works with the Galaxy S4. Would be quite handy to hook up the galaxy directly to my 100mb internet.
Thank you.
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I tried with some generic USB - 10/100 Ethernet (its working with Android 4.0.1 in Point of View TV Stick) and Delock Gigabit USB (not testetd with Android previously) but not working with S4. I check OTG cable connecting USB flash drive and it works with S4, same with USB mouse and USB keyboard. This Ethernet 10/100 USB module after connecting to S4 lights up so its powered but S4 does not looks like recognize it. i have to small knowledge or S4 hasn.t some drivers.
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I tried with some generic USB - 10/100 Ethernet (its working with Android 4.0.1 in Point of View TV Stick) and Delock Gigabit USB (not testetd with Android previously) but not working with S4. I check OTG cable connecting USB flash drive and it works with S4, same with USB mouse and USB keyboard. This Ethernet 10/100 USB module after connecting to S4 lights up so its powered but S4 does not looks like recognize it. i have to small knowledge or S4 hasn.t some drivers.
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Thanks for trying! A few people have tried with no luck unfortunately. Hopefully someone can create a loadable module that contains ethernet drivers for the S4!
Cheers
RMPL said:
I tried with some generic USB - 10/100 Ethernet (its working with Android 4.0.1 in Point of View TV Stick) and Delock Gigabit USB (not testetd with Android previously) but not working with S4. I check OTG cable connecting USB flash drive and it works with S4, same with USB mouse and USB keyboard. This Ethernet 10/100 USB module after connecting to S4 lights up so its powered but S4 does not looks like recognize it. i have to small knowledge or S4 hasn.t some drivers.
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Have you tried this with a powered USB hub?
Just tested - negative result.
NZtechfreak said:
Have you tried this with a powered USB hub?
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S4 connected via OTG to extrenally powered USB HUB. Ethernet USB adapter connected to Hub. Nothing happens on S4.
To verify connect USB Flash drive to USB hub and its sucessfully detected and browsed on S4 (so hub itself working).
Tested USB Ethernets:
USB Ethernet 10/100 "JP1081B"
USB Ethernet 10/100/1000 "Delock 61730"
RMPL said:
S4 connected via OTG to extrenally powered USB HUB. Ethernet USB adapter connected to Hub. Nothing happens on S4.
To verify connect USB Flash drive to USB hub and its sucessfully detected and browsed on S4 (so hub itself working).
Tested USB Ethernets:
USB Ethernet 10/100 "JP1081B"
USB Ethernet 10/100/1000 "Delock 61730"
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I thought that would likely be the result, but always worth checking non-working USB OTG stuff with a powered hub.
I have a couple of different ethernet adapters, driverless ones that are confirmed working with the few Android devices (tablets) that have been reported to work with ethernet connections, will post results when I get them (I expect them not to work).
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I thought that would likely be the result, but always worth checking non-working USB OTG stuff with a powered hub.
I have a couple of different ethernet adapters, driverless ones that are confirmed working with the few Android devices (tablets) that have been reported to work with ethernet connections, will post results when I get them (I expect them not to work).
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Fingers crossed but I have my doubts too unfortunately.
Any updates to this interesting thread?
I too would like to get this going with my new Samsung S4, mine is via Sprint, if that matters.
I have tried to OTG cable w/ a USB and StickMount Pro, that works.
BTW, my S4 is rooted via the CF Auto Root method.
has anyone actually found a driver for this?
Possible???
Is this in any way possible?? I am planning to buy one adapter for my s4. Is it worth buying??
I would be interested. The device recognizes it but does not work with this program Ethernet Google Play.
Forgive my language I'm using Google Translator Spanish to English.
I saw a post to introduce myself.
Thank you
Thank you All. Following is how I got LAN Ethernet to work on my Galaxy S4. Some of these steps are very risky and may wipe out all your phone data or make your phone unusable. So I am not recommending you to try it. I am only sharing what I did in my phone to make it work with OTG Ethernet. Also the procedures are very device and version specific. Even same model phones with different Build version and Android version may give different results.
My Devices:
Samsung Galaxy S4 Model Number: SGH-I337M
Android version: 5.0.1 (Lollipop) SDK 21
CPU Architecture: ARMv7
Build Fingerprint: jfltevl/jfltecan
BobJGear OTG Ethernet
ASIX AX88772A Chipset
Following is the Summary of the key steps and troubleshooting. You can search online to find the APKs and Installers or to know more details.
Install Droid Info App to get details of the phone CPU
Install Kingo ROOT App on the Phone and Root the Galaxy S4
Install Odin3 v3.13.1 on Windows 10 PC
Use Odin3 to install “Team Win Recovery Project” (TWRP) on the phone. TWRP was necessary to install XPOSED Framework. The specific version of TWRK that I could install is TWRP 3.1.1.0. I installed it using the file with following file name:
“twrp-3.1.1-0-jfltecan.img.tar”.
The other newer version of TWRP did not work. It kept going back to default recovery menu. Also uncheck “Auto Reboot” in the Odin Options and manually reboot phone to Recovery mode after installing TWRP from Odin.
If you get following message when trying to start TWRP in Recovery mode, Just wait few minutes and TWRP will start.
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORING
SET WARRANT BIT RECOVERY
During TWRP initial setup Swipe to “allow modification” to System partition
Install XPOSED Installer using apk with following file name. This is an App used to install XPOSED Framework.
"Xposed-Installer-3.0-Alpha-4-2016.10.16.apk"
After installing it, it showed warning that it is not compatible with my phone and android version. Leave the XPOSED Installer installed. Use alternate method to install XPOSED Framework using TWRP.
Install XPOSED Framework using TWRP. I installed the XPOSED Framework version 87.1. That is the only version that worked. I used zip file with following file name
“xposed-v87.1-samsung-5.0.x-sdk21-by-dkcldark-arm.zip”
The other versions of XPOSED Framework was giving following errors.
The installed firmware is not deodexed!
This version of Xposed requires deodexed firmware!
After installing XPOSED Framework, open XPOSED Installer and install Hack Connectivity Service
Install Terminal Emulator.
Sometimes after reboot, the Terminal Emulator shows blank screen. Wait for a minute or so and it should show the usual prompt where you can enter the commands.
Install SuperSU Free v2.79
I installed Ethernet Droid apk, but it did not work.
I installed Busybox but it was not necessary to be used
Usual Steps
Once everything is installed, following are the usual steps to connect to Ethernet.
Connect the Ethernet OTG to Smartphone.
Disable Wifi
Enable Wifi Hack in “Hack Connectivity Service”
Start Terminal Emulator and run following commands. This needs to be done every time we switch from Wifi to Ethernet.
Code:
su
netcfg eth0 dhcp
ip rule add from all lookup main pref 99
ndc resolver setnetdns eth0 "" 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
exit
If I don't use the above "ip rule" command, I can only ping to router using Superuser and Internet does not work.
Also previously it was not recognizing website names while pinging. the "ndc resolver" command resolved that issue.
Once above commands are executed, I can use LAN Internet on my Galaxy S4.
Update on Nov 19, 2019:
For the Usual Steps, the Terminal Emulator Commands after "su" line can be saved in a file in the local storage of the phone with name such as "lan.sh" then following commands can be used to execute the file.
su
cd sdcard
sh lan.sh
Video Demonstration
The demonstration of my final results is in my following video. It also has an example of Simultaneous Charging while using OTG Adapter.
https://youtu.be/RtLV6qpMm6o