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Connect Universal directly to 80GB Mobile Hard Drive?

Is there any way to connect the Universal Directly to a mobile hard drive?.
to be more precise, to this one:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10669

Not Directly NO. The Universal does not have the USB Host hardware required to attach this kind of thing.

Take a look at this...
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2002_10/pr0902.htm
Forget wires
Regards
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interesting...
but anyways there could be a kind of "piece of hardware" bewtween HD and Universal that makes the USB host function.. or maybe I am a bit lost..

gooroo said:
Take a look at this...
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2002_10/pr0902.htm
Forget wires
Regards
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Universal has WIFI so youd be better off just mapping a network drive or something rather than using bluetooth which is very slow.
jimcl said:
interesting...
but anyways there could be a kind of "piece of hardware" bewtween HD and Universal that makes the USB host function.. or maybe I am a bit lost..
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That would be a PC Its certainly possible that somebody could make a card for the SDIO slot that would support USB Hosting but I am not aware of one.

Better wait for cheaper 4 gigabytes sd cards

Hi jimcl,
You have the same idea as me! I was thinking of hooking up my external 60GB HDD to my Exec using just a normal camera USB cable. As you have thought, it didn't work. Wouldn't it be great if things just works the way we wanna them to be?
I assume that if it works, the battery on your Exec will dry up very quickly as the HDD draws its power from it.
Anyway, if you find anything that allows you to do that, please post it out here and share it with everyone!
Cheers!
Regards,
Johnnie

Wifi would be much better, and is already available, but they are not designed for mobile use, mains supply required.
SDIO to USB is, I think is in the pipeline, but prehaps a better solution would be SDIO to Wired Ethernet, more likely to find this for PDA's with no Wifi, and USB/Ethernet hard drives are available now. Although ethernet drives still require mains supply but USB ones would suck power to quick from the host
I think we will see host controllers as standard in future PDAs.
I know the 5Gb is not particulary good on the Toshiba device, but I doubt it will be long before the capacity increases.
I must admit, SD/MMC cards are a better way to go and I think 8gb is in the pipeline now and prices will drop over time.

of course I'll share the solution... in case I find it!
I more or less agree with all your comments... but sometimes we just want to work with the things we have, ... I already have a mobile hard drive. That's all.
Apart from 4GB SD cards - and future 8GB - maybe we could find a solution in the WIFI way, but anyways 8GB SD card sounds great - maybe not its price..

If your looking for a solution for home or car try the asus WL-HDD wireless access point / hard drive
I picked one up off ebay for 50ukp with a 60 gig drive in it,
Also lets you copy stuff from other usb devices to the hard drive (without a pc) or share other usb devices over the wireless (with new firmware from asus).
http://reviews.cnet.com/Asus_WL_HDD_2_5/4505-3382_7-31080278-2.html?tag=nav
Power wise it needs 5v @ 2 amps
Being linux based there is also some hacked firmware that will let you use other usb devices or turn it into a webserver and other things..
http://wl500g.info/
currently selling in the uk without drive for around 36ukp (scan)

RE
Yes, you can connect the Universal to the hard disk directly WITHOUT going through a router/access point using Wi-Drive, here:-
http://www.edslab.com/products.htm
Spoken to the developer 2 days back and was told that it'll be ready this coming August. It'll be released with a 30GB hard disk as this will be more affordable to the public. If you need higher capacity hard disk you'll need to install it yourself.

Is this the successor to the Universal ?

http://www.europe.htc.com/products/htcadvantage.html
this article suggests it is:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/02/13/htc_rolls_out_h1_07_lineup/

http://www.seehtc.com/
Looks promising.
Note the VGA Out?
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MiniSD and BT2 prolongs battery life but there must be some draw for only 8 hours.

Overview
The HTC Advantage X7500 is a powerful mobile office device that lets you work wherever and whenever you want. Powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 with Direct Push Technology, you have the office tools you need while on the road. Attach the QWERTY keyboard and easily type up documents, e-mails, and messages. The huge 5-inch VGA display provides you more than enough room for surfing the Web and viewing documents. With its 3G, Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 2.0 capabilities, you stay connected to the world.
The built-in 8GB hard drive gives you plenty of room to store your work and media files on the phone, and if that’s not enough, insert a miniSD™ card to add even more storage space. Use the TV Out feature to output contents on the screen onto an external display such as a Projector or TV when doing presentations or sharing photos. You can also print out documents by connecting to a Bluetooth® or network printer. Have your office with you wherever you are with the HTC Advantage X7500.
Highlights
Manage your documents and emails with Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0 Pocket PC phone edition including Direct Push technology.
Connect anywhere with 3G/HSDPA and Wi-Fi®; and stereo Bluetooth® 2.0 which is excellent for wireless audio.
Take advantage of a laptop-style experience with the huge 5 inch touch screen display and full detachable keyboard.
<<< FIVE INCH !!!!!!!! At Best the Universal is 3.75" diagonally... >>>>>
Always “on”, be connected to your office, watch video or listen to music anywhere.
Go anywhere with inbuilt GPS plus TomTom NAVIGATOR 6.
HTC Advantage Specification
Mobile Power Pad with detachable thin full keyboard - Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition
133.5mm (L) x 98mm(W) x 16mm(T)
Thickness with keyboard: 20 mm
359g with battery pack
Intel® PXA270 624 MHz with ATI Graphic Chip W2284
ROM: 256MB
RAM: 128MB
SDRAM - HDD: 8GB
5” transmissive colour TFT-LCD, 640x480 dot pixel VGA resolution
Backlight LEDs
Touch screen
HSDPA/UMTS (2100 MHz for Europe, 850/1900 MHz for USA) GSM/GPRS/EDGE (quad-band, 850/900/1800/1900MHz)
Main Camera -3 mega-pixel
CMOS imaging sensor with autofocus
2nd Camera VGA CMOS imaging sensor
High power LED for camera flash
Built-in microphone
Dual speakers
Loud speaker for Hands-Free operation
Bluetooth® v2.0 Platform
Wi-Fi® 802.11b/g
Internal GPS antenna
20 parallel channel GPS receiver
3V USIM/SIM card slot
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
HTC proprietary 16-pin combined port (USB 1.1 host/VGA and TV Out)
HTC VueFLO™ motion sensor assisted browsing experience.
miniSD™ card slot
Removable and rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, 2200mAh
AC adaptor -Voltage range/frequency: 100~240V, 50/60Hz Power
MMS and Java™ applications
Smart Dialling and Voice Speed Dial
Comm Manager - AMR/AAC/WAV/WMA/MP3 codec
Adobe Reader LE for PDF
ZIP software and more
<<<< NOTICE THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE USA AND IT HAS EDGE !!!!!
I WANT I WANT I WANT !!!
Now how much this gonna cost me?

I'm in love or lust or something!!!
I'd kill to get my hands on one of these...

Hopefully it will be available on Vodafone so we can take advantage of HSDPA/UMTS (1.4MB Download speed).

i need this!

Well it's a cool device, but I sure hope it's not the successor to the Universal.

Stick on Universal for me, that is huge phone if in my palm. Anyway if someone give it to me as gift, I won't disappoint him/her, I'll use it...

From what I read, this has a detachable keyboard, thus I can't consider as a Universal successor.

cornelius said:
Stick on Universal for me, that is huge phone if in my palm. Anyway if someone give it to me as gift, I won't disappoint him/her, I'll use it...
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To fast to talk? But if I read more and see the pict that uploaded that compare Athena to Universal... I think i'm start to fall in love with athena???

its really great device but for me I am still thinking I have same usability with my old universal. Sure, I would like 8Gb hdd and 5'' LCD but except of this I find nothing more usefull in everyday life.
I am fully aware of usb-host and ext. VGA -these are really great extensions but I am asking myself how many time I use VGA out except of those first time shows-off to my friends. Same for USB - How many time I attach external harddrive.
My point is - I would consider spending around 1K$ for a device with similar specs like my old uni.
But of course If I dindt have Uni I would definitely consider buying it.
And I would buy it right now if it would have 800x480 display or something with better resolution - this is the most important feature for me.
just my 2c
best,

Whoa...awesome . I'd have thought VGA res would look a tad pixelated on a 5" display, considering that all other VGA's are 3.7". But this one manages to pull it off...Is it an 18-bit (262K color) TFT, or the regular 16-bit?

Shift vs. Archos 9 for school use. Advice Please!

Hey guys, I'm a medical school student, and I'm looking for a device to pretty much just run MS OneNote. I'd like a decent battery life running Windows 7, and good performance running OneNote and reponding to the occasional email. I currently have a very powerful Sony Vaio Z as my main laptop, but I really wish I had a touch screen to take advantage of OneNote. I don't necessarily need a keyboard since I don't do much notetaking/typing in class, moreso I try to listen and annotate the professor's pre-printed slides using OneNote to highlight, draw, and write an additional sentence here or there.
So Archos 9 or HTC Shift? Tell me what you think about speed, screen, portability, the hardware keyboard, ect. (P.S I'm not looking at traditional convertible tablets b/c of the fact that I have a Sony Vaio Z that I'm happy with and would trade for a lower performing, bulkier, traditional tablet... I just want something light and touchscreen for OneNote only).
For those of you unfamiliar with the Archos 9:
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DISPLAY 8.9” LED backlight
1024x600 pixels
Resistive touch screen
Video chipset: Intel Poulsbo US15W
OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft® Windows® 7 Starter Edition
SYSTEM MEMORY 1GB onboard (DDR2 SDRAM 400)
HARD DRIVE HDD 60GB (1.8”)
COMMUNICATION WiFi: PCI-E interface, 1 antenna, support IEEE 802.11b/g
Ethernet: 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet Controller (via port replicator)
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR compliant)
AUDIO Audio card : Realtek ALC269
2 built-in stereo speakers
Built-in microphone
PORTS USB 2.0 port (2 additional ports via port replicator)
DC-IN jack
3.5” audio output (1 additional output via port replicator)
Microphone input (via port replicator)
Ethernet port (via port replicator)
MOUSE NAVIGATION Optical finger navigation system (trackpoint)
Left and right mouse buttons
POWER SOURCE Internal: removable Lithium Polymer battery
External: Power adapter/charger
BATTERY LIFE Approx. 5h
MISCELLANEOUS Integrated 1.3MP webcam
Built-in leg stand (2 positions)
DIMENSIONS 256 x 134 x 17 mm
WEIGHT 800 grams
PACKAGE INCLUDES ARCHOS 9, removable battery, stylus, AC adapter with power cord, user guide, legal and safety notice

Shift for OneNote
I bought my Shift for nearly the exact same reason...as a OneNote client w/ handwriting instead of a full blown tablet. Once i found a comfortable position to write without my palm touching the screen, I haven't looked back. My only complaint is the battery. There's nice looking portable external battery that I haven't broken down and gotten yet...just google htc shift external battery. I put a 60GB SSD in and I can get about two hours on the Win7 side. Keyboard is decent enough for me to do other typing on too, but it is no replacement for a full size kb. I also like having the WinMo side in the event the battery is getting critical. I can shut down Win7 and then use the OneNote for Windows Mobile app and sync up later.

Why i purchased p3110.

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took me:
5 minutes to root.
5 minutes to install CM10.
3 hours to mount it to the dashboard cause i had to cut a lot of holes in my car
But the project isn't over yet. I still need to fine tune the position of the tablet to it's sits against the frame.
Make a USB(OTG) y-cable so i can charge while mounting external storage.
Fine some more awesome applications for the car
But now to some question
Will it even be possible to charge while using USB host through a y-cable without hacking the kernel?

Sweeeeeet! Keep us posted, also would love to know how your best connectivity is. WiFi, 3 g, Bluetooth, etc.
Thank you!

I cant answer your question... but try it, it may already work. What car is that btw, was thinking on later putting my tab in my mustang, but tthe shaker audio system is wayy too good to screw up if i messed it up somehow, ill stick to that aux for now lol.
Sent either from my p113 (gtab 2 7.0) or i997 (Infuse)

P3110 does not have 3G. Just Wifi.
Sent from my GT-P3110 using xda premium

Sorry, I wasn't clear I meant 3g from teather (or 4g) Thank you anyway. keeping these numbers straight
P 3113

Hey Guys, thanks for the feedback.
Status is i got 3 things left to do now.
1: wait for my OTG cable to arrive and then install that, and hopefully i will be able to charge while using usb as host.
2: lift tablet 2 millimeters in the left side.
3: give my tablet black bezel, think solution will be electricity tape (i know it's kind of crazy to tape my brand new tablet). But after i placed the tablet where it's ought to be, the white bezel isn't as visible as on the picture above.
wowmail said:
Sweeeeeet! Keep us posted, also would love to know how your best connectivity is. WiFi, 3 g, Bluetooth, etc.
Thank you!
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I live i Thailand where the 3g kind of suck, but i made speed and ping test on both tablet and mobile while using tethering, and there wasn't any notable difference between the tablet and the mobile. The GPS in Galaxy tab 2 is very good when comparing with other mobiles and tablets i tried, it connects to a lot of satellites right away. Bluetooth and microphone also works fine, so seems like i havent blocked for any connectivity
Ryanscool said:
I cant answer your question... but try it, it may already work. What car is that btw, was thinking on later putting my tab in my mustang, but tthe shaker audio system is wayy too good to screw up if i messed it up somehow, ill stick to that aux for now lol.
Sent either from my p113 (gtab 2 7.0) or i997 (Infuse)
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It's a Mitsubishi Triton GLS 2011 (aka L200), nothing special but a damn good truck for it's engine class (won the award for best high-lifted pickup).
One of the reasons i went for Tab 2 instead of Nexus beside the hassle i would have to order it from abroad, and all the problems i read people have with the tablet, is the DAC in this tablet (Wolfson). I might look into a digital audio solution later on, but for now it's analog audio transferred to the stereo. I love good audio, but not quite audiophile, but being in a vehicle i don't find it that important for now
I'll let people know if i find a solution for the charging while using USB as host!

Just a little image update after i taped the bezel black
Next up, OTG, USB hub and sd-card reader!

OMG this is really awesome. I want also want it in my car .
Really great, fantastic idea! :good:

Any news on this project ?
some pictures ?
and did you manege to made Y cable to charge TAB and have storage at sime time ?
If, is it posibile to have external USB DAC and charging at the sime time ?
(I heard thet there will be option to conect external USB dac to TAB 2 (3100,3110...)

nu!me! said:
Any news on this project ?
some pictures ?
and did you manege to made Y cable to charge TAB and have storage at sime time ?
If, is it posibile to have external USB DAC and charging at the sime time ?
(I heard thet there will be option to conect external USB dac to TAB 2 (3100,3110...)
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Sorry about my late reply, i changed the Galaxy tab 2 out with a Nexus 7 instead which didn't solve the problem though, even with Timur kernel that doesn't really charge enough using OTG/charge.
With Nexus 7 it is possible to have USB DAC, but i think it is a little overkill to be audiophile when it comes to car sound unless you have a disco on wheels.
Anyway, my solution ended up being wireless storage and i can highly recommend this: http://www.amazon.com/RAVPower®-Wireless-External-Streaming-RP-WD01/dp/B00AQUMZRA which will also work fine with the Galaxy tab 2.
To make it a better experience then make sure you have a kernel that support cifs, or at least the module and then use app like CifsManager from play store to mount the storage as local storage, that way you can access the files within any application you wish.
Will take some new photos of the setup again soon, since the old ones have been removed.

Is it possible to have both reverse cam AND a dash cam hooked up at same time?

I'm planning on buying a Joying Android unit. I currently have a front-facing dash cam that has an AV port out that supports RCA in. I also have a reverse cam with RCA jacks. The Joying head unit only has 1x RCA Video-IN port ...is there anyway I can make it work so that both the reverse cam and front-facing dash cam will work with the unit?
For reference, here is the back of the Joying unit...
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Dash cam on an Android unit needs to be usb I think
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Dashcam does need to be USB indeed. What you can try is to use an "RCA to USB" converter cable. They are not that expensive. Search on Amazon, Aliexpress, eBay, etc.
Note though that AV/RCA outputs are low-res up to max 720x480 or 720x576. Any modern USB Dash cam has minimally 1280X720 or 1920x1080.
Also: You need to have a dash cam that does the recording/storage itself. USB saturarion on USB-2 happens quite often, although these low resolutions of 720x480/576 might have a way lower bandwidth usage.
Next to that: USB-2 is "half-duplex". Only one signal can travel the line, be it back or forth (like a walky-talky: "blahblahblah, over"). These units have only one USB-hub. PCs often have 2 or 3 usb hubs. In that case, if you evenly distribute your devices, the half-duplex occurs per hub, or only one hub has the saturation. Any other device using USB will break your video signal and thereby a correct video recording if you want to do that on the unit instead of on the dashcam itself.
It's a bit of a pity that the old carjoying forum no longer exists. There was a user who had 4(!) cams connected and who had nicely explained how he did that. (but of course: who needs 4 cams?).
Next to that it contained a wealth of info about dash cams and other solutions, like using a raspberry-pi 3 or pi-zero with Pi cams in combination with an apk on the unit. I have used that also for quite some time and that certainly allows for multiple high-res, high-bandwidth dash cams (pi cams) connected.

surfer63 said:
Dashcam does need to be USB indeed. What you can try is to use an "RCA to USB" converter cable. They are not that expensive. Search on Amazon, Aliexpress, eBay, etc.
Note though that AV/RCA outputs are low-res up to max 720x480 or 720x576. Any modern USB Dash cam has minimally 1280X720 or 1920x1080.
Also: You need to have a dash cam that does the recording/storage itself. USB saturarion on USB-2 happens quite often, although these low resolutions of 720x480/576 might have a way lower bandwidth usage.
Next to that: USB-2 is "half-duplex". Only one signal can travel the line, be it back or forth (like a walky-talky: "blahblahblah, over"). These units have only one USB-hub. PCs often have 2 or 3 usb hubs. In that case, if you evenly distribute your devices, the half-duplex occurs per hub, or only one hub has the saturation. Any other device using USB will break your video signal and thereby a correct video recording if you want to do that on the unit instead of on the dashcam itself.
It's a bit of a pity that the old carjoying forum no longer exists. There was a user who had 4(!) cams connected and who had nicely explained how he did that. (but of course: who needs 4 cams?).
Next to that it contained a wealth of info about dash cams and other solutions, like using a raspberry-pi 3 or pi-zero with Pi cams in combination with an apk on the unit. I have used that also for quite some time and that certainly allows for multiple high-res, high-bandwidth dash cams (pi cams) connected.
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What are the chances you know what the carjoying forum site was called? It might have been archived. I would LOVE to know how that guy used PI's for dashcams with an APK.

kouklo said:
What are the chances you know what the carjoying forum site was called? It might have been archived. I would LOVE to know how that guy used PI's for dashcams with an APK.
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I have already searched via the wayback machine, but it is really limited. You can find a few "broken" topics but not one complete thread.
the site was forum.carjoying.com.
This a a broken topic about dashcams from the wayback archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20170719201932/http://forum.carjoying.com/thread-1085-lastpost.html

surfer63 said:
Dashcam does need to be USB indeed. What you can try is to use an "RCA to USB" converter cable. They are not that expensive. Search on Amazon, Aliexpress, eBay, etc.
Note though that AV/RCA outputs are low-res up to max 720x480 or 720x576. Any modern USB Dash cam has minimally 1280X720 or 1920x1080.
Also: You need to have a dash cam that does the recording/storage itself. USB saturarion on USB-2 happens quite often, although these low resolutions of 720x480/576 might have a way lower bandwidth usage.
Next to that: USB-2 is "half-duplex". Only one signal can travel the line, be it back or forth (like a walky-talky: "blahblahblah, over"). These units have only one USB-hub. PCs often have 2 or 3 usb hubs. In that case, if you evenly distribute your devices, the half-duplex occurs per hub, or only one hub has the saturation. Any other device using USB will break your video signal and thereby a correct video recording if you want to do that on the unit instead of on the dashcam itself.
It's a bit of a pity that the old carjoying forum no longer exists. There was a user who had 4(!) cams connected and who had nicely explained how he did that. (but of course: who needs 4 cams?).
Next to that it contained a wealth of info about dash cams and other solutions, like using a raspberry-pi 3 or pi-zero with Pi cams in combination with an apk on the unit. I have used that also for quite some time and that certainly allows for multiple high-res, high-bandwidth dash cams (pi cams) connected.
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Excellent info, thanks so much!
Quick question regarding the USB-hub comment. If I use an external USB-hub to enable two USB-inputs (the dash cam via usb-RCA and the TPMS System) from a single USB plug, will they both work without interference or will I have problems too?

aerobahn said:
Excellent info, thanks so much!
Quick question regarding the USB-hub comment. If I use an external USB-hub to enable two USB-inputs (the dash cam via usb-RCA and the TPMS System) from a single USB plug, will they both work without interference or will I have problems too?
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It will have the same half-duplex problem, even if you connect 10 hubs. All hubs need to go through the single hub in the unit.
We need to wait for USB-3. It is full-duplex and so much faster. But in that case the CPU might become the bottle-neck in encoding the video.

You weren't joking about broken. LOL
I have been doing some research and found a few projects that use the PI for a dashcam or even some kind of Black Box. The issue is viewing the feed on an Android device/HU.
I'll do more research and see what I can find.