Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but here I am anyway
I bought a secondhand ereader without wifi (boox c67ml). It runs android 4.2.2.
I was wondering if there is a way to add wifi to this device. Maybe an unused usb connection on the inside or through the usb port on the bottom in some way.
- Is it common for these cheap Chinese devices to have extra internal usb ports?
- Would connecting a dongle to the usb port internally screw up charging and data transfer? How could I avoid this?
- Would android recognize a simple usb dongle and enable wifi in settings? If not, I assume I can fix this if I build a custom rom?
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Hi all,
I'm wondering if the USB port of TF101 would work with any form of networking device ? I'm referring to devices like RJ45 to USB or 3G USB modem or even P2P USB cables... Anyone had tried and came back with any form of success ?
can i use Wireless USB Adapter on my acer A500?
a500 already has wifi, if you want to find out just plug one in. Probably not though, unless drivers are available for it. Almost every tablet has wifi capability so not too sure if anyone's bothered with USB wifi adapter drivers.
I would like to use other wifi the adapter, for more best communication quality
Greetings all-
I am an IT professional and was thinking how handy it would be if I could just plug my phone into our wired ethernet network to test if a port, cable, switch, etc is working properly.
Goal: To plug my G2 into an ethernet cable and use one of the IP info apps (or packet sniffer apps) to do some network troubleshooting. Basically, I would want to know if DHCP is working on a port and what IP info the phone is getting.
I know they make ethernet testers that can be plugged into a wire for testing/troubleshooting purposes but these are expensive and can't do what an sniffer app can. Plus I always have my phone and can easily carry a few extra cables with me to make this happen.
Experiment: I bought thingy one and thingy two.
I plugged both of these into my phone and then connected the ethernet cable. I saw the link light come on, so I know there is at least some connectivity. However, I am not able to get any data to pass through to the phone. I set the phone to airplane mode (so it won't use any wireless networks) and try to access the internet and I get nothing. The G2 doesn't know how to use the ethernet connection.
Does anyone know how to make this work????
Thanks for any help you can provide!!
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Does anyone know how to make this work????
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Nope, but thinking it through should be possible. In short you just have to configure Android/Linux to use the 802.11 adapter on the USB port. Would be interested to know what the log files have when you plugged in to the G2. Suspect
1) You will need to be rooted
2) Would try get the LAN adapter working on a Linux desktop first then go back to the G2. If there are Win, Mac & Linux drivers should be possible why Android is 'limited' to ASIX AX88772 chipset needs to be understood though.
Good luck
You will have to write specific drivers for it. It isn't just convincing the kernel that your microusb port is your 802.11 port, because the technology is different. Ethernet doesn't have to worry about maintaining a connection over the air, but it does have to remember which wire is used for what. So it would need an actual driver written for it.
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Hi everyone,
I was developing a tablet application for controlling a circuit but now i stuck here somewhere.. there are a few options that i think about what to do after this stage. I need 2 usb ports , one for a usb serial converter (namely pl-2303) and other one is a standart flash drive. I tried to use a hub connected to an OTG cable with no luck. When i plug only one of my devices to OTG port they all work but when i plug 2 of them to hub system freeze or doesn't mount my flash drive. I tried 3 different hubs they are not working. Sometimes i made this setup running with an sd card reader instead of flash and a digitus converter instead of pl-2303. Then i though this can be an issue with the USB 1.1 - 2.0 specifications because pl-2303 is a USB 1.1 device and the rest is 2.0.
After i realize the realtek wifi module in the tablet is also mounted to a USB port i removed the module to check if i can connect one of my devices to that port. But as usual the wifi driver of the system is controlling this port , so when i try to power up the port, system checks if it can find the realtek module and when it cant detect realtek wireless module just shuts down the port back. While this happens i can see my device is connected to system for a few seconds before the driver shut it down.
So this is the all story. I just need this 2 device to work together. I am waiting for your opinions
The tablet is a ATM 7021 processor based cheap tablet.
Thanks in advance.
HI
I can not use the digitizer and want to save the compelet device.
It is NOT rooted with android is 5.1.
I can use the pad with external mouse/Keyboard via OTG cable
Debugging is generaly on, but never used before.
When i plug in the pc via cable on that only usb port, i'm asked to allow the security certificate .........
But at that moment I have no mouse connected, when i switch cable, the dialog disapears.. Catch 42
Tried it with usb hub... no way
Anybody any idea how to solve that deadlock ?
THX
Mike