Just got the new G2 and its a bit disappointing that it doesn't have a front facing camera on it. Now I am looking for a way to do video calling with the use of a Web Camera. It would involve connecting the two devices with a USB Female-Female Adapter and designing an app to use the camera. Does anyone have an idea where to start on something like that?
i guess you have to look into usb host driver, there was one guy doing this with a nexus one i think, just search on youtube there was a video
Once you make the special adapter to trigger your phone into USB host mode (if possible) you will still run into a problem of no driver support for your webcam and no applications capable of using a usb camera.
basically you're SOL for a good while
I'm working to develop an application to use a rooted Nook STR as a handheld data input platform, which then sends the data to another Android device (tablet or phone; TBD) acting as a hub. From what I've been able to determine, the options for communications between the devices are:
Bluetooth
-Possibly available using a dongle, USB OTG cable, and enabling USB host mode as described here. This doesn't seem practical within the time/budget/scale of our application.
Wi-Fi
-Wi-Fi Direct would be ideal, but requires either Android 4.x or a patch/hack to enable it, which I haven't seen anyone working on (correct me if I'm wrong about this)
-Separate Wi-Fi hub to manage communications between the devices
Is there an alternative, implementable within reasonable time and cost, to facilitate device-to-device communications wirelessly and without additional separate hardware? My research hasn't turned up any solutions that aren't extremely awkward, but I'm relatively new to this, so hopefully someone has a better idea or knows of an obvious possibility that I'm missing.
Good day everyone.
I've searched the site for any posts made about this subject but couldn't find any...so here it goes.
I've been using my Tab 2 for a while as a way to 'stream' the pictures I make with my Canon-camera to the display. Tethering as you may call it. I use a USB cable...not WiFi
The app I use is RYC Lite on a official Android 4.0.3 rom.
Since I upgraded the Tab to the official Android 4.1.2 rom it doesn't work anymore. I tried other apps but they won't recognize my camera.
When I connect the camera to the tablet it does say USB Connector Connected but that's all.
With 4.0.3 it used to say that it found a 450D, 50D or other DSLR that I connected before I would get a pop up with the question which app I would like to open.
I really don't know what's wrong...don't know if there are any missing or special camera detecting drivers which need to be installed first.
I hope someone can help me solve this problem cause it was a real handy feature.
Kind regard
LJ
Hello everyone,
I am attempting to set up a Tronsmart MK908II TV dongle as a portable sandbox and web development environment. For my first attempt I'm using the stock ROM and apps from the app store such as Bit Web Server and Terminal IDE. I've had a fair amount of success, though very tempted to install Pi****u (Ubuntu) for a more powerful environment.
One of my main objectives have a miniature HD monitor so I can have direct access to the device if necessary even when I'm on the go. Before I go out and buy a suitable device for this, I'm trying to get my Nexus 7 to act as the display, since I will always have it with me and it's the perfect size. I believe I may have all the necessary cables and converters to make something like this possible... I'm just a bit stuck at the moment on getting it all to work as I want and I suspect its a software/config/capabilities limitation more than a physical one. I have already attempted this a couple of different ways, including using a USB cable from the dongle and an OTG converter for my Nexus 7, but could not get the Android USB Serial Monitor Lite app to recognize input from the dongle.
Does anyone know of any tools or knowledge that might help me achieve this? I can probably find an app that will allow me to remote control my dongle from my Nexus, which is plan B, but it's far less desirable since there are some circumstances that a purely software solution might not work from the dongle end.
Thank you for your time!
Tennyson Hull
Hello,
Like in subject, I can't find answers on the Internet, maybe some owner could help me out?
1) Is there a way to listen to music while charging the phone? Or watch a movie with normal Jack headset while charging the phone?
2) Are call recording applications, like i.e. 'Call Recorder ACR' (name taken from Google Play) working correctly? I remember I had some problems with recording on some models, currently I have Xperia Z which records calls flawlessly. This is one of the most important things for me and I would appreciate if someone could answer.
3) Does it have an application which allows to do manual focusing during shooting of a photo? It doesn't need to be the official camera app that has this capability, can be some alternative camera app.
4) Can you save movies from camera application to location on dynamic USB stick? I.e. you plug in an USB stick to your phone, can you record movies to this pendrive directly?
Thanks for any answers
mmm very specific questions, to be honest I can only answer you on the first one and it is a no, as of today there is no adapter to do that with a 3.5mm headphones, you can use bluetooth to do it. The other questions you may use apps from the play store or any other source I think
3,yes . never tried 4. but should be yes, it's standard feature for android.
I just tried acr. It does record both sides of the call. However, the volume of the other side is significantly louder than your own voice. You can still hear both sides, but not comfortably.
Thanks guys, very much appreciated!
By the way, @qingcai, what "should be" and what "is" are often different things , I know about the possibility to write videos/photos directly to SD card, but I've never actually seen possibility to write directly to external USB drive. Since I haven't seen it in at least 5 different phones, it seems for me that it's not a standard Android feature
reijoslav said:
Thanks guys, very much appreciated!
By the way, @qingcai, what "should be" and what "is" are often different things , I know about the possibility to write videos/photos directly to SD card, but I've never actually seen possibility to write directly to external USB drive. Since I haven't seen it in at least 5 different phones, it seems for me that it's not a standard Android feature
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I just tried, and I don't see any option in the camera app to change the storage. Tried google camera too.
find a otg cable, and plug in a pen drive and see.
reijoslav said:
Thanks guys, very much appreciated!
By the way, @qingcai, what "should be" and what "is" are often different things , I know about the possibility to write videos/photos directly to SD card, but I've never actually seen possibility to write directly to external USB drive. Since I haven't seen it in at least 5 different phones, it seems for me that it's not a standard Android feature
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