Hello everyone, I am very happy to be a part of this forum. I love my NT 16GB with CM7. It is awesome.
I have an old HP Mini 1000 netbook with a bad hard drive and no screen. My thought is to mount the tablet in the area where the screen was and use the keyboard/mouse/camera/speakers and periferals. I suppose I would have to cause the tablet to function as motherboard/screen and attach all devices through usb. It is probably more work than it is worth, but would be neat to see. Let me know what all you smart folks think.
mikeslagle47 said:
Hello everyone, I am very happy to be a part of this forum. I love my NT 16GB with CM7. It is awesome.
I have an old HP Mini 1000 netbook with a bad hard drive and no screen. My thought is to mount the tablet in the area where the screen was and use the keyboard/mouse/camera/speakers and periferals. I suppose I would have to cause the tablet to function as motherboard/screen and attach all devices through usb. It is probably more work than it is worth, but would be neat to see. Let me know what all you smart folks think.
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with a fully functioning ( ota ? ) usb port, then YES.
Totally out of my knowledge base here, but I think I remember reading something about "USB hosting" needing to be enabled in order to use USB peripherals. The NC has this cracked, but I don't think anyone has figured this out for the NT yet.
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Totally out of my knowledge base here, but I think I remember reading something about "USB hosting" needing to be enabled in order to use USB peripherals. The NC has this cracked, but I don't think anyone has figured this out for the NT yet.
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Tell me what you know about the NC's usb port please. . And I remember too that the development person toiling away on the new kernel @Kurma30, said the port's got no power ( oh no ! ) and so you need a powered hub -or- custom wiring ( ? ? ? ) to get usb to first base. Hmm.
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Tell me what you know about the NC's usb port please. . And I remember too that the development person toiling away on the new kernel @Kurma30, said the port's got no power ( oh no ! ) and so you need a powered hub -or- custom wiring ( ? ? ? ) to get usb to first base. Hmm.
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I'm behind a draconian firewall here at work, so I can't check to see if this is the exact page I found this on, but look here: (link)
Or it might have been here: (link)
I want to say it was the 2nd one...
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I have bought a micro usb to normal usb hub.
I know that the hd2 doesn't provide power to the usb device, and that it needs extenal power, however, I bought a hard drive that has external power.
But when I connect the hard drive to my phone in Ubuntu, it just doesn't see it.
Thank you, Roosen5
Anyone knows the answer?
Sounds like a driver issue in Ubuntu... Not much you can do without writing one yourself or waiting until someone who can finds they need one and publish it.
Airborne Aircrew said:
Sounds like a driver issue in Ubuntu... Not much you can do without writing one yourself or waiting until someone who can finds they need one and publish it.
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but there are plenty of people allready using ubuntu with mouse and keyboard right now on the hd2.
Edit: work is in progress on this, as soon as there are updates, u'll know about it.
The patches that were released were for getting nook in the main linux kernel.
Turns out cm7 team might have a few more goddies for you
best reserve this just in case
now for a real post...
Great! keep up the good work
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Thanks for reserving the post, as u can see am a total noob here
rigy73 said:
Thanks for reserving the post, as u can see am a total noob here
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hahah, not as bad as some others....
anyway, can we get a mod to change the maker of my first post to rigy?
Try looking at the Archos gen8 kernel sources. They use OMAP36XX and a similar PMIC if not the same one. I don't think the NC has a charge pump and don't think you can rely on ID to detect an otg cable.
Good luck!
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A while back i started looking into enabling usb host support, I have come across a lot of resources while trying to figure out how.
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Great Idea... I had questioned whether we just picked up this functionality in CM7 build of our drivers at least... so I plugged my Lexar flash drive formated FAT32 into a USB to micro USB adapter and plugged it into the Nook and rebooted to see if the the nook flashed the pwr to the drive as usually happens during init on other devices but unfortunately no luck... it doesn't pwr the conn during init...
But I've got plenty of devices I can test with if you get to a point that would help...
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Great Idea... I had questioned whether we just picked up this functionality in CM7 build of our drivers at least... so I plugged my Lexar flash drive formated FAT32 into a USB to micro USB adapter and plugged it into the Nook and rebooted to see if the the nook flashed the pwr to the drive as usually happens during init on other devices but unfortunately no luck... it doesn't pwr the conn during init...
But I've got plenty of devices I can test with if you get to a point that would help...
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Okay thanks for that info, can you try something like a keyboard with both standard mirco usb cable and B&N cable, try restarting and then send me the dev logs.
You can send logs with aLogCat
Evergreen has done a good bit of work on this already. He will be back next week.
I've also been actively working on this.
I have gotten the musb into a_idle in the past and also just echoing host into mode seems to start some of the transition. I'd pin seems to be a lost cause and I gave up on. It already.
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Evergreen has done a good bit of work on this already. He will be back next week.
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Good to know other people too have been working on it.
I've also been actively working on this.
I have gotten the musb into a_idle in the past and also just echoing host into mode seems to start some of the transition. I'd pin seems to be a lost cause and I gave up on. It already.
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can u also share your progress here, so that we can increases the resources.
TPS65921
It looks like rigy73 has already uncovered most all of what i've been able to pull together as well as some extra testing information. So glad everyone who has been looking at / working on this is coming together to share.
Here is a link (if needed) to more documents regarding TPS65921:
http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tps65921.html
It contains the datasheet, and under technical documents has register manual.
This. I mean with this no more worrying about bluetooth keyboards! And hopefully we could even get crazy things like ddr pads working ;p. Talk about the ultimate game system on the go.
Two kernel patches added.
Have you contacted anyone on our CM7 team to include it in the kernels (fattire, dalingrin, etc)?
I haven't tested it personally, nor do i have any proof that it is actually working, it can be included once we know that there are no problems in the code.
Really interested in seeing this happen =D.
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Have you contacted anyone on our CM7 team to include it in the kernels (fattire, dalingrin, etc)?
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The patches are from the CM7 team
The patches are from the CM7 team
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That's what i figured too, who else would want to make nook more awesome.
And has anyone been able to get this working?
THANK YOU!
Sorry for the screaming, but this is amazing. I was just looking into this this morning because, RcketScientist is working on a camera raw patch. This is the last thing my Nook needs. I am not great at compiling, but I will help when things get a bit more stable. Is this going to be able to patch the stock kernel? Will it be flashable? or incorporated into a new build? Sorry if I am jumping the gun.
Leko
P.S. Check out the app...
http://www.anthonymandra.com/RawDroid/?author=2
Hey im running backtrack5 on the galaxy sII. Trying to attach a exernal us..?b wifi card. The phone recognizes the decice and is powered correctly. All i need to do is install the driver on the chroot session. How can you forward the usb?
I can run desmg and i can see its connected
Any ideas?
Maybe better to ask this question on the BackTrack thread on the SGS II Android Development forum
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The phone recognizes the device and is powered correctly.
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Very interesting information ... post it HERE please and don't forget to tell us, which card you use!
wifi card
Yeah i know, i totally would post on in the Dev section but i have under 10 posts with XDA and unfortunately i cant post there.( dumb )
the card i used is a "alfa network 802.11g high power usb" (AWUS036H)
the only reason why it powers up is because I modified the cable to feed power in, same thing could be acheived by plugging the cable into a powered USB hub, except i wanted to eventually run this on a rechargeable battery.
it seems like i have the old version of busy box in the chroot session, any ideas on forwarding the new one onto it, i have ver 1.9 on android and 1.3 on the chroot session.
thx
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... but i have under 10 posts ...
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same thing could be acheived by plugging the cable into a powered USB hub
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I always wondered, if a Y-cable usually used for USB HDDs might work ... one end for data, the other plugged into a USB hub for power.
except i wanted to eventually run this on a rechargeable battery.
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Would be a nice solution for the SGS2. On the Asus Transformer the dock should have enough power, I think.
i have ver 1.9 on android and 1.3 on the chroot session.
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Sorry, my Android/Linux knowledge is too limited to help here ... but in the other thread you'll find enough experts
I presume the usb port of the NT is unusable until a kernel level root is developed. If someone would confirm for the hell of it, please do! (I grabbed a couple usb to micro-usb converters - but, no luck...)
I didn't research the usability until after I tried using the usb port! I figured it would be enabled... why not allow a keyboard, etc.? Anyway, that explains why I couldn't find out the 'port type' in the official specs (micro usb).
Read some stuff on the Nook Color - and I believe the usb is available for it when rooted.
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I presume the usb port of the NT is unusable until a kernel level root is developed. If someone would confirm for the hell of it, please do! (I grabbed a couple usb to micro-usb converters - but, no luck...)
I didn't research the usability until after I tried using the usb port! I figured it would be enabled... why not allow a keyboard, etc.? Anyway, that explains why I couldn't find out the 'port type' in the official specs (micro usb).
Read some stuff on the Nook Color - and I believe the usb is available for it when rooted.
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USB host mode is part of the android kernel since gingerbread but the ROM has to support it.
Cheers!
-M
XDA member since 2007
by unusable do you mean like not working or can't be connected to the computer
to root and debugging?
if you are... what the hell are you smoking?
please elaborate a little more as to unusable
424aca said:
please elaborate a little more as to unusable
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I think he means, it can't be used to plug a keyboard in?
USB host mode is not supported in the stock B&N os.
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by unusable do you mean like not working or can't be connected to the computer
to root and debugging?
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Yeah - I guess as a USB host is the terminology I needed. I'm rooted - so, the Nook works fine as a device on my PC!
I just want to run devices from the Nook itself - particularly keyboard and game controllers (ps3).
It never occurred to me that it wouldn't function 'out of the box.' The only reason I can see to deny it is either battery drain or to guard against hack attempt. Pretty lame really!
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USB host mode is part of the android kernel since gingerbread but the ROM has to support it.
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-M
XDA member since 2007
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Do you think it might be possible to replace elements using root to enable it?
Barring that, in one dev thread or another, I vaguely remember reference to a particular way of bypassing the bootloader lock, that if it worked would allow us to use custom ROMs but we'd be stuck with the B&N kernel. Does that sound familiar? What I'm really asking to anyone who might feel they know, is what are the odds the devs might crack USB host even if they can't get past the bootloader lockout?
Thanks to anyone with information.
Once this is enabled we wont just be able to use a keyboard, but also use it to browse your camera pictures, hard drives, etc
fortunz said:
Do you think it might be possible to replace elements using root to enable it?
Barring that, in one dev thread or another, I vaguely remember reference to a particular way of bypassing the bootloader lock, that if it worked would allow us to use custom ROMs but we'd be stuck with the B&N kernel. Does that sound familiar? What I'm really asking to anyone who might feel they know, is what are the odds the devs might crack USB host even if they can't get past the bootloader lockout?
Thanks to anyone with information.
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Cyanogenmod has USB host enabled. You could ask a cm dev how it is done. Dalingrin works on the Nook Color port, he may be able to tell you.
Cheers!
-M
XDA member since 2007
albertwertz said:
Once this is enabled we wont just be able to use a keyboard, but also use it to browse your camera pictures, hard drives, etc
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Yes. Once host mode is enabled you will have access to HID and mass storage. I have both on these on my ATRIX.
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-M
XDA member since 2007
My father-in-law just got his Prime and he`s wondering if there is a way to make his USB internet stick work with the Prime by plugging it directly into the USB on the keyboard dock. The internet stick is made by ZTE and the model is ZTE MF668. I don`t think that it would work but I`m pretty new to Android so I wanted to make sure that I was right. Any ideas?
Thanks
Jeff
Jeff1192 said:
My father-in-law just got his Prime and he`s wondering if there is a way to make his USB internet stick work with the Prime by plugging it directly into the USB on the keyboard dock. The internet stick is made by ZTE and the model is ZTE MF668. I don`t think that it would work but I`m pretty new to Android so I wanted to make sure that I was right. Any ideas?
Thanks
Jeff
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I think its more like to work than not. USB host support is pretty ubiquitous
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I doubt it due to the lack of driver support. It'd be similar to not being able to connect a printer to the USB port.
I think it might. But if he has both why doesn't he just try it.
He has tried it and didn`t seem to get anything coming in. But I guess he was wondering if there was a setting that could be changed or an app that could be downloaded I guess.
Jeff
The ZTE MF668 requires OS-specific drivers to work, so unless the company that made it (ZTE? Huawei?) has made some Android drivers (don't look, cuz they haven't) it is unlikely that you will be able to get it to work.
Ok thanks for letting me know for sure. It`s pretty much what i thought but being so new to Android I wanted to make sure.