Hi,
Got a stock UK D802 16GB on Kit Kat 4.4.2 (Software version D80220d-EUR-XX).
What is compatibility like with OTG USB DACs such as the Fiio E18 on stock 4.4.2?
Do any of the custom Kit Kat firmwares work better with OTG USB DACs?
Do I need to use USB Audio Player PRO?
Thanks,
J
My Fiio E18 just got delivered tested with Shure SE435 and Sennheiser HD650 playing Apple Lossless.
Native Music player, Poweramp, Google Music... no sound via USB.
USB Audio Player PRO works perfectly via USB.
Using E18 via analogue from G2 headphone socket in is an improvement, but the left channel noise bug is clearer and as annoying as ever.
As a comparison tested with my portable options listed here in order of sound quality with Shure SE435 IEMs.
Best - LG G2 USB OTG to USB in on Fiio E18 with USB Player Pro
2nd - 4th Gen iPod Classic via Fiio LOD (line out cable) to analogue in on E18
3rd - 4th Gen iPod Nano via Fiio LOD (line out cable) to analogue in on E18
4th - 4th Gen iPod Classic headphone jack
5th - 4th Gen iPod Nano headphone jack
6th - LG G2 via 3.5mm headphone to analogue in on E18.
7th - LG G2 headphone jack direct.
Apart from the left channel noise bug the G2 is fine for casual listening but LG need to fix that bug and get OTG USB DACs working again for native android.
J
Update, the free trial version of USB Audio Player PRO caused some issues with normal audio, started to get USB error when inserting headphone jack and no sound on headphones.
Fix was to uninstall free trial version of USB Audio Player PRO.
Fixed!
Delivered today was the cheapest (GBP 2.49) Micro USB OTG adapter I could find on Ebay UK.
Listed as: LG Optimus G2 D802 E960 Google Nexus 4 OTG Adapter Host Cable USB to Micro USB
Seller: good-seller-uk
Using the OTG adapter with the Fiio E18 works in both PC and Phone modes with Power Amp, Amazon MP3, Google Music, Tune In RadioPro and the LG Music player all working perfectly.
Incoming calls play the ringtone over USB audio but on accepting the call audio goes to handset only.
In addition my old Hotaudio Bitperfect DAC also works fine as well.
J
hd1080ts said:
My Fiio E18 just got delivered tested with Shure SE435 and Sennheiser HD650 playing Apple Lossless.
Native Music player, Poweramp, Google Music... no sound via USB.
USB Audio Player PRO works perfectly via USB.
Using E18 via analogue from G2 headphone socket in is an improvement, but the left channel noise bug is clearer and as annoying as ever.
As a comparison tested with my portable options listed here in order of sound quality with Shure SE435 IEMs.
Best - LG G2 USB OTG to USB in on Fiio E18 with USB Player Pro
2nd - 4th Gen iPod Classic via Fiio LOD (line out cable) to analogue in on E18
3rd - 4th Gen iPod Nano via Fiio LOD (line out cable) to analogue in on E18
4th - 4th Gen iPod Classic headphone jack
5th - 4th Gen iPod Nano headphone jack
6th - LG G2 via 3.5mm headphone to analogue in on E18.
7th - LG G2 headphone jack direct.
Apart from the left channel noise bug the G2 is fine for casual listening but LG need to fix that bug and get OTG USB DACs working again for native android.
J
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I wanted to take advantage that you have the same rig as me and wanted to ask you a question.
Does it worth the investment on a Fiio E18 for the LG G2? Can you stream out from Spotify app through USB OTG?
Lots of thanks!
DanHidalgo said:
Does it worth the investment on a Fiio E18 for the LG G2?
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Yes, In the office it works great via the OTG, but unwieldy for travel, so I am using the E18 with iPod 4G with Line Out Dock (LOD) when travelling.
DanHidalgo said:
Can you stream out from Spotify app through USB OTG?
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Did not try Spotify but should work with the generic OTG cable, I can try it this weekend and post an update.
hd1080ts said:
Yes, In the office it works great via the OTG, but unwieldy for travel, so I am using the E18 with iPod 4G with Line Out Dock (LOD) when travelling.
Did not try Spotify but should work with the generic OTG cable, I can try it this weekend and post an update.
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Would be great (Y)
Tested - Spotify works fine with the generic OTG adaptor with E18.
My e18 works with poweramp and other cable that came with the amp.
Good to know that I didn't need to buy the uapp app.
The Nexus 5X's USB Type-C port can both input and output audio, however mine needed some setting up before it would work.
I plugged in a Blue Yeti microphone into the Nexus 5X using both the USB Mini-B to USB Type A cable (comes with the Yeti), and the USB-A female to USB-C male adapter from Google. The Yeti powered on instantly, it's red light turned on, and I could hear myself through its no latency monitoring via headphones (Blue Yeti has a 3.5mm headphone output), however the 5X would not recognize the Yeti as either an audio input nor as an audio output device.
I went into Developer Options, scrolled down to "Select USB Configuration" and changed the radio button selection to "Audio Source". I scrolled down even farther to the Media section, and there I disabled "Disable USB Audio Routing" (you might say that I enabled USB audio routing). There was no immediate effect, so I unplugged the Yeti, plugged it back in, et voila! The phone recognized the Yeti as both a microphone AND an audio playback device simultaneously.
I don't know for sure which of those two settings truly made a difference, as now that I've got USB audio to work, neither of those settings seems to make a difference anymore -- it seems as though my Yeti is permanently approved for USB audio in my 5X!
The USB audio works for listening to Google Music, and even for regular voice phone calls.
Do you have a USB microhone/headset/headphones/DAC? Get a good USB-A female to USB-C male adapter and you'll be quite pleased! And hopefully you'll be luckier than I was and it'll just work when you plug it in, but if not then toggle those USB audio Developer Options as described above.
Finally someone has posted on audio out and in via USB c! Thanks!
Just plugged the 5X into a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20. The phone recognizes the first two input channels and can record in mono or stereo (input 1 as left track and input 2 as right track).
Also it does seem as though you must keep the "Disable USB audio routing" off for it to work.
Sweet, guess I won't need the SoundAbout app anymore.
This is really nice. Able to route usb audio to a Cambridge Audio DacMagic. Much better than the on-board dac, and no longer tied to a specific app.
decided to add this on my index
[INDEX] LG NEXUS 5X Resources Compilation Roll-Up
Isn't this just a USB sound card over OTG? I plugged in a Logitech sound card with line out and mic in and it worked without any tweaks.
My 6th gen iPod nano plays usb audio perfectly fine on my crappy pioneer deh-3300ub headunit, but no matter what settings or cables I try the stereo says "N/A USB" with my N5X plugged in.
Anyone get the audio-in-via-usb to work with the built-in Google camera/camcorder app?
I am using Nexus 6P
The audio-in DOES work with this video app: https://goo.gl/Dtu14
But with the built-in camcorder, it only records audio from the phone's mic, not the usb mic.
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Anyone get the audio-in-via-usb to work with the built-in Google camera/camcorder app?
I am using Nexus 6P
The audio-in DOES work with this video app: https://goo.gl/Dtu14
But with the built-in camcorder, it only records audio from the phone's mic, not the usb mic.
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I would think google designed it to only use built in microphone. It would take some mods or tinkering to get it to do otherwise.
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makogaleos said:
The Nexus 5X's USB Type-C port can both input and output audio, however mine needed some setting up before it would work.
I plugged in a Blue Yeti microphone into the Nexus 5X using both the USB Mini-B to USB Type A cable (comes with the Yeti), and the USB-A female to USB-C male adapter from Google. The Yeti powered on instantly, it's red light turned on, and I could hear myself through its no latency monitoring via headphones (Blue Yeti has a 3.5mm headphone output), however the 5X would not recognize the Yeti as either an audio input nor as an audio output device.
I went into Developer Options, scrolled down to "Select USB Configuration" and changed the radio button selection to "Audio Source". I scrolled down even farther to the Media section, and there I disabled "Disable USB Audio Routing" (you might say that I enabled USB audio routing). There was no immediate effect, so I unplugged the Yeti, plugged it back in, et voila! The phone recognized the Yeti as both a microphone AND an audio playback device simultaneously.
I don't know for sure which of those two settings truly made a difference, as now that I've got USB audio to work, neither of those settings seems to make a difference anymore -- it seems as though my Yeti is permanently approved for USB audio in my 5X!
The USB audio works for listening to Google Music, and even for regular voice phone calls.
Do you have a USB microhone/headset/headphones/DAC? Get a good USB-A female to USB-C male adapter and you'll be quite pleased! And hopefully you'll be luckier than I was and it'll just work when you plug it in, but if not then toggle those USB audio Developer Options as described above.
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Can you test and report which apps can record audio with the blue yeti? free and/or paid, if you have the time to test of course.
hi! I buy one of this adapter usb-c to 3.5 jack, beacuse my 3.5 jack has broken. I dont find how enable the output audio to work with my headphones. someone can help me? thanks!
chavook said:
hi! I buy one of this adapter usb-c to 3.5 jack, beacuse my 3.5 jack has broken. I dont find how enable the output audio to work with my headphones. someone can help me? thanks!
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That's because you most likely did just get a basic 3.5mm to USB-C adapter with no active circuit. I'm fairly certain that Nexus 5X do not support analog passthrough over USB-C, which means you will need something with active circuitry.
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chavook said:
hi! I buy one of this adapter usb-c to 3.5 jack, beacuse my 3.5 jack has broken. I dont find how enable the output audio to work with my headphones. someone can help me? thanks!
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GethPrime said:
That's because you most likely did just get a basic 3.5mm to USB-C adapter with no active circuit. I'm fairly certain that Nexus 5X do not support analog passthrough over USB-C, which means you will need something with active circuitry.
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You need a portable DAC (get a cheap one like Fiio A1 for 25usd). Nexus 5X USB-C is not USB3/3.1 interface, so it won't work.
Because this phone will be using the usb c connection to transfer audio with, will it be able to use external dac's such as the audioquest dragonfly or the chord mojo with out the need for an app like usb audio player pro?
The whole idea with usb audio is to remove DAC from the phone, enabling best audio earphones can produce. Which DACs are supported, I don't know.
With my Pro3 i just needed one of these: goo.gl/uGYUH4
My Oppo HA2 works perfectly with it.
Does the ordinary headsets with controls on wire like answer button or volume keys work with usb 3 adapter?
I have a simple question does USB audio on the lg v20 support headset mic input when plugged in or does that depend on the adapter?
I recently bought a usb type c headphone to use with a Galaxy tab s6 lite. Headphone works perfectly when playing media (through media channel-like music player, youtube, and spotify), but when answering a call or attending a zoom meeting, I get the audio via in built speaker, not via plugged in usb c headphones. I have enabled usb audio routing in developer options, but the problem is persisting.
What could be the reason for it? How do I overcome this? TIA