USB OTG doesn't work - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a USB OTG cable but it doesn't work .
I have rooted 2.3.5 rooted phone.
Do I need to enable any settings on the phone to activate it?
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intrancer said:
I have a USB OTG cable but it doesn't work .
I have rooted 2.3.5 rooted phone.
Do I need to enable any settings on the phone to activate it?
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Define "doesn't work". What're you trying to plug into it?
Most things you plug into it will need more power, so you'll need to run them off a hub unless it's a very low-powered device like a usb memory stick.

I think the thread author was pretty clear. "Doesn't work" means that it is not working. How hard is that to understand?
Look here:
http://www.chainfire.eu/articles/103/_SGS2_KI_Samsung_removes_USB_host_support_patches_bootloaders/
It would be great to have it back...
ROM developers, can you do it?

Thanks
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I am having the same problem.
Got my cable today and can´t get it to work.
Nothing shows when i connect pen drives, tried 3.
I am using 2.3.5 XWKJ1, ROOTED
THANKS.

I read from somewhere that 2.3.5 took away OTG support. You have to use a ROM that supports it. Also, if you want to mount a NTFS partition, you need the fuse.ko specifically compiled for your kernel version. For instance, Siyahkernel comes with its own fuse.ko. The regular fuse.ko you find in this forum would work for he CF-root kernel while none is compiled for the TWD kernel yet. FAT32 should mount automatically.
It works for me. Except NTFS files won't show up in gallery automatically. I have to use es file explorer to open.

dikai_yang said:
I read from somewhere that 2.3.5 took away OTG support. You have to use a ROM that supports it. Also, if you want to mount a NTFS partition, you need the fuse.ko specifically compiled for your kernel version. For instance, Siyahkernel comes with its own fuse.ko. The regular fuse.ko you find in this forum would work for he CF-root kernel while none is compiled for the TWD kernel yet. FAT32 should mount automatically.
It works for me. Except NTFS files won't show up in gallery automatically. I have to use es file explorer to open.
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Thanks for helping.
Looking around can´t find a rom that says OTG working or 2.3.5 does not support usb OTG.
I´ll try to install 2.3.3 to see if works or the cable i have got might be faulty.

As far as I know every custom rom except the stock rom will support OTG, at least for FAT32-formated sticks. USB sticks work for me in both NTFS and FAT32. I attempted to mount a solid state drive but failed. The SSD light is lit only for half a second. I guess the phone doesn't have enough juice to power a SSD. I haven't tried putting it in an enclosure that supports external power though.

dikai_yang said:
As far as I know every custom rom except the stock rom will support OTG, at least for FAT32-formated sticks. USB sticks work for me in both NTFS and FAT32. I attempted to mount a solid state drive but failed. The SSD light is lit only for half a second. I guess the phone doesn't have enough juice to power a SSD. I haven't tried putting it in an enclosure that supports external power though.
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Buy a SATA to USB converter, and connect the USB one to your phone.
Then you connect the power connection of your SSD to your PC, start up your PC and it must work
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I tried that. It seems sata to USB converters are not supported by galaxy either.

I have a stock 2.3.4 SGII, rooted.
Sata2USB works, as long as the phone doesn`t have to power the device. If I use one of those USB cables that has 2 connectors on one end (1 is for additional power) and let the PC power the USB device, the phone works perfectly with external HDDs.
I haven`t tested NTFS yet, but it works perfectly withg FAT32, ext 2/3/4, either on usb drives or external HDDs.
The only problem is that non-FAT32 partitions must be manually mounted.

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Portable Harddisk to Tab

i connected a WD Essential SE portable hdd (1TB) to the Tab 10.1 via the usb adaptor and a powered usb hub. The drive is formatted to FAT32.
When powered up, the Tab shows usb storage connected but after awhile it becomes usb device unexpectedly removed. I am not able to access the portable drive at all.
Anyone can advise if there is anything I can do to make it work?
My Tab is 3G version with Android 3.1 with baseband P7500UBKG6.
Thanks.
me too...
any solution guys?
I presume you need to have a seperate power supply since the tab seems to refuse to use high-power usb devices all together.
I tried connecting my disk dock and that worked fine(uses a normal power supply on the side)
got it to work by using Broodcomb ROM and using [email protected] manager to format the harddisk to FAT32, not sure which one cause it to work. The setup is the same as before.
gohkg76 said:
got it to work by using Broodcomb ROM and using [email protected] manager to format the harddisk to FAT32, not sure which one cause it to work. The setup is the same as before.
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I have same issue.
I have 40 GB Dragon drive 2.5 FAT32 format which has separate power cable.
(http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2371952&CatId=2424)
any input will be great.

[Q] OTG Cable

Hi Guys&Gals, I have just got an on the go cable for my S2, but every time I connect to the phone and attach the memory stick the phone say's the stick is broken or needs formatting. I have formatted via PC but still comes up broken ect. Can anybody help?
I'm guessing your memory stick is formatted as ntfs. ntfs isn't natively supported, though you can get it to work using scripts and fuse.ko (search the forum).
Or if that sounds like too much effort reformat the stick as fat32 then it'll work.
yes tried that and it still comes up with the same answer, Broken or reformat.
Well if the stick works in a PC, then that would suggest a faulty cable... Have you tried a different memory stick?

[Q] EXT/3 or NTFS supported ROM's for Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G

Is there any Custom ROM for Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G supports NTFS or EXT3?
[24.09.2011][ROM][3G][P7500][EUR] BroodComb XXKI1 V2 supports NTFS or EXT3/4?
why is there no answer to this?? is it because there's an answer somewhere else??
for which question there is an answer? I searched but I coulnt found.
I know that pershoot's kernel has this support( it says so)
But I could'n get any results. I am using overcome ROM with Pershoot's kernel, there is something to do with cifs for this. But unfortunately I couldnt find my way out with this part. Too complicated, so I asked if there is ROM that supports this file systems without doing something extra.
no external hard drive support
i might be wrong, but as far as i can tell there is no external hard drive support, i am pretty sure there is nowhere near enough power to get the drive going. it will support flash drives up to 32 GB that are formatted as ntfs. you best bet is to simply do a network share, or better still get a wireless hard drive.
Maybe we could use an active USB HUB and an external HDD or with the right external powered HDD. I tried the external drives too, but of course not enough power, and when connected my powered external HDD reader it said the disk is empty (I use Linux and ext4 everywhere, maybe it had problems to read that) - but meanwhile the device started to work strangely, I had to reboot on the end. I am also interested in this question
I've used an externaly powered hub. FAT32 worked (80GB drive). NTSF did not (500GB drive). Pershoot's kernal says NTSF support, but clearly not for external drives.
I'm not trying to connect an external HDD. I have a 32 GB USB flash memory formatted NTFS, I couldnt understand how to use Cifs manager, and I couldnt understand how insmod command works.
RGardner said:
I've used an externaly powered hub. FAT32 worked (80GB drive). NTSF did not (500GB drive). Pershoot's kernal says NTSF support, but clearly not for external drives.
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Thanks, good to know.

[Q] Can't use usb as a storage device using card reader

Hello, I am having a problem getting my galaxy tab 10.1 to recognize a usb flash drive I have connected via an adapter. I know it works because it detected a wireless mouse I connected to it, and it shows up when I use dmesg or lsusb in the terminal. The thing is that none of the file explorers I've used (Es, Astro) are able to detect the files I have on it. The usb drive is formatted to fat32; would it be more likely to detect it if I formatted it to ext3 or ext4?
Maybe you need to use this?
RoberGalarga said:
Maybe you need to use this?
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Thanks so much for showing me that! I went through at lest five other apps that didn't work before trying this. :victory:

[Q] Please Help Ntfs Usb Hdd

Hello to one and all I would like some assistance with regards to a very popular issue with many so called solutions and apps which I believe shouldn't be considering any OS should be able to handle any filesystem.
The device I am using is a Phablet with Android 4.2.2 kernel 3.4.5 and the Hdd is WD My Passport 500GB Portable USB NTFS, I have rooted the device using Framaroot checked with Root checker to make sure and followed the many suggestions using app after app to no avail. When I connect the hdd to the device the light on the hdd is forever blinking making a sound as if it is trying to work but nothing happens and in the upper left corner damaged usb needs reformatting appears.
When I connect a normal Fat32 4gb Usb stick with the cable I use it works perfectly, which is the same cable I got with an older tablet with android 2. something when tablets were fairly new to the general public which worked with my usb hdd then. I have been using a kindlefirehd which has no Usb capabilities ever since so never got the chance or looked into getting the hdd to work with any other device until now. Is there any solution for this device or should I give up trying?
Please Help!
Thank You!

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