I've been toying with the idea of getting a micro USB cable with the other end being an HDMI to connect to my computer monitor or TV for easy plug and play. I see there are several versions of cables. Some have 2 ends (Micro/HDMI), while others have 3 ends (Micro/USB/HDMI). I presume the 3 end with the USB is for charging.
Does anyone currently use one for the Nexus 6 that is working that they recommend ? Does it matter if I buy one without the USB end ? Thanks
Sadly, the Nexus 6 does not support HDMI out. Those cables you've come across are for other devices.
To answer your question: often, the ones with three ends need to be plugged into a USB charger to work because there is circuitry requiring power inside the cable - in my experience, these cables do not charge the phone despite requiring the power brick.
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Sadly, the Nexus 6 does not support HDMI out. Those cables you've come across are for other devices.
To answer your question: often, the ones with three ends need to be plugged into a USB charger to work because there is circuitry requiring power inside the cable - in my experience, these cables do not charge the phone despite requiring the power brick.
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Thanks for the info. I noticed they worked for other phones, but I didn't see any on the Nexus 6 so that's why I was curious
mikeprius said:
Thanks for the info. I noticed they worked for other phones, but I didn't see any on the Nexus 6 so that's why I was curious
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The way people get around it is using a chromecast. If you feel it's worth the investment you could do that.
TriguyRN said:
The way people get around it is using a chromecast. If you feel it's worth the investment you could do that.
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Or if your rooted any miracast device. there are a couple threads around about just that and the different devices.
TriguyRN said:
The way people get around it is using a chromecast. If you feel it's worth the investment you could do that.
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Can Chromecase be used without an internet connection ? I can wifi hotspot my cellphone. My big thing is I don't always have access to internet,
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Can Chromecase be used without an internet connection ? I can wifi hotspot my cellphone. My big thing is I don't always have access to internet,
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I'm really not completely clear on that. From my understanding it needs to at least be connected to a hotspot off your phone but, I am unsure if it requires internet. I don't personally own one so I'm not sure, sorry man.
You can hotspot from your cell but it eats up data pretty good and you can't hotspot and stream at the same time so you'd have to have 2 devices one to hotspot an one to stream but it works keeping in mind it won't be the fastest most reliable.... But in my opinion a chromecast is a pretty good investment....
vysors my personal favorite
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vysor-beta/gidgenkbbabolejbgbpnhbimgjbffefm?hl=en-US
works great on xubuntu all u need is a usb cable
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You can hotspot from your cell but it eats up data pretty good and you can't hotspot and stream at the same time so you'd have to have 2 devices one to hotspot an one to stream but it works keeping in mind it won't be the fastest most reliable.... But in my opinion a chromecast is a pretty good investment....
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This doesn't sound right...
If he has no access to internet, and wants to stream from his phone to his chromecast he is likely wanting to stream local data to it, and that shouldn't use any data from his cell plan as it would basically be local connection just using the phones access point instead of having a router in between.
You can definitely run a hot spot and network with devices connected to it locally. You can run hotspot and turn off your data to just create a local network.
Not sure why you are saying he would need two devices? Not sure why you would say it would eat any more data, it wouldn't use any more data to cast netflix to his monitor then it would to stream netflix in the first place on his phone?
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This doesn't sound right...
If he has no access to internet, and wants to stream from his phone to his chromecast he is likely wanting to stream local data to it, and that shouldn't use any data from his cell plan as it would basically be local connection just using the phones access point instead of having a router in between.
You can definitely run a hot spot and network with devices connected to it locally. You can run hotspot and turn off your data to just create a local network.
Not sure why you are saying he would need two devices? Not sure why you would say it would eat any more data, it wouldn't use any more data to cast netflix to his monitor then it would to stream netflix in the first place on his phone?
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Pretty sure he means if you want to use primary phone as hotspot, you need a second device to do the casting. As far as data connection, I'm reasonably certain that chromecast uses desktop style data, not mobile data. Meaning, it uses more data then directly on the phone, as the phone becomes a remote, not the actual device that does the streaming.
Hope that makes sense.
Thanks for the info everyone. I'm going to pick up a chromecast however I will just have to make sure when I use it I have a WiFi connection as well. I wasn't sure if you could only use the phone as a Hotspot and that's it
I'm pretty sure you can... The cromecast stuff just looks for a Chromecast on your local network, I'm not sure why people think your phone wouldn't be on its own network.
Never tried it with a Chromecast, but I have ran other local network stuff by attaching to my phones hotspot.
Give it a try when you get it and post back here to let us know, because I don't think any of us ACTUALLY know, but I am almost positive it will work.
I have a chromecast but I've never gotten it working without connecting to a seperate wifi source (not my phone's hotspot) but it could very well be possible.
I do want to comment that with the chromecast being wireless, some people might experience some lag. My solution this was to buy a wired adapter for the chromecast in addition to a micro usb to ethernet that worked with my phone. Both ethernet cables hook into my router and I can effectively mirror my device wired. Obviously there is probably still some lag, but is now below the threshold that I can perceive.
I have tried this you either need two devices or WiFi.
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I have tried this you either need two devices or WiFi.
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For some reason it will not recognize the phone as a local network or router
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Im giving my wife my laptop now that I have a transformer and dock for it. Unfortunately occasionally with work, I am going to need to connect to a wired network connection. I was thinking about getting a USB wired (you know, RJ45) network dongle, but I doubt its going to work purely on the basis of driver support. Thoughts?
There is no support for USB network devices at this time. Your only option for network access is wifi.
Why is physical network access a necessity? Is it a security issue, or do you just not have a wifi access point nearby? If the latter, you can always purchase a mini wifi access point to connect to your ethernet cable, and then just use it in bridged mode.
Sometimes i need test a particular wired connection or maybe i need to configure a network device that doesnt have wireless access, etc.
As long as you configure it properly, you should be able to reliably test network connections and configure devices from a mini wifi access point, since it will basically pretend like your Transformer is physically connected on the same segment. It's a bit of a roundabout way to do it, but it's your only solution until USB network adapters are supported.
Edit: I forgot to mention a suggestion for a mini wifi access point. My favorite is the D-Link DAP-1350.
I'm pretty sure you can get miniature 'bridge' devices that plug into ethernet and present themselves as a mini access point via WiFi (The original xbox wireless adapter is basically this)
That way you can use the on board WiFi to connect to an ethernet network.
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I'm pretty sure you can get miniature 'bridge' devices that plug into ethernet and present themselves as a mini access point via WiFi (The original xbox wireless adapter is basically this)
That way you can use the on board WiFi to connect to an ethernet network.
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I have recently bought a device like you suggest here. Sapido RB-1602. It is quite small, and even better it can be powered by the Transformer usb port.
bridges can be a pain to work with, especially when the entire point of connecting to the wired connection was to troubleshoot it. Also, if I have to carry around something that large, i might as well have a laptop.
I'd be interested in this also. We can't have wireless at work, and I'd like to get internet on it.
This is on my list of to-dos, I have the same needs as the OP.
Kwjake said:
I'd be interested in this also. We can't have wireless at work, and I'd like to get internet on it.
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How is the network setup at the office? If there are no mac addy filtering or domain login requirement to obtain or use an IP you can setup your own wifi just don't broadcast the SSID. But if your admin has alerts setup for unknow devices using IP's they will shut it down or block it.
There are other android devices that use ethernet adapters so it can be done
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...blets/942-usb-enthernet-cable-connection.html
How about bluetooth to ethernet?
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=1773
Here you go. Now is there support in Honeycomb for it?
http://www.euogo.com/usb-lan-adapte...to-rj45-adapter-for-android-tablets_p420.html
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This looks like the same thing as above but on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/AGILER-RJ45-ADAPTER-NETWORK-COMPUTER/dp/B000BL3M3U
Ordered one, for less than $5 worth a try.
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This looks like the same thing as above but on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/AGILER-RJ45-ADAPTER-NETWORK-COMPUTER/dp/B000BL3M3U
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The important comment from the Amazon thread on that item is:
dm9601 chipset. Supported on Linux, but only very recent versions (2.6.21 or later).
Unfortunately not supported by the version of Linux included in latest Debian GNU/Linux release.
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So if you take the Linux kernel being used by the Honeycomb branch of Android, and recompile it to include this driver from the Linux trunk, maybe you could get it to recognize the device and "just work".
Maybe.
jmbneaf said:
Ordered one, for less than $5 worth a try.
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bump...did u give it a try?
DevCake said:
How is the network setup at the office? If there are no mac addy filtering or domain login requirement to obtain or use an IP you can setup your own wifi just don't broadcast the SSID. But if your admin has alerts setup for unknow devices using IP's they will shut it down or block it.
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I am the admin . We have an outside agency that scans for wireless (ssid or not).
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bump...did u give it a try?
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yup - not recognized. If someone knew the kernel (updated it) & could get it to me, I would gladly try it.
~J
me too. similar situation.
Wondering if anyone here has been able to use a 3g dongle using otg cable and y-cable? Does ICS have any drivers built in?
Thanks
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What is an otg cable and y cable?
Otg. Cable is basically micro USB to USB cable and y cable is required in order to provide power to the device you'really using.
I'm pretty good at figuring out bad lingo but I'm not quite sure what you're trying to accomplish. Are you trying to get 3g on your touch pad or power the 3g dongle like a hotspot? I'm assuming the micro USB to USB plugs into the touchpad and part of the USB "Y" cable and the dongle into another part of the "Y" but what does the y cable plug into? Being detailed and descriptive goes a long way to getting answers on the interwebs.
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Figured the people that would know if it works/how to get it to work would already know what the cables are seeing as its the same equipment required to hookup any USB device, be it a keyboard, USB flash drive or external hdd to the touchpad.
Basically I want to use the 3g dongle to get internet on the TP. To do this would require external power to the dongle as the TP doesn't have a powered USB host. Most likely require drivers as well.
wouldnt tethering to a cell phone that already has a nice data plan be much better than a franken-dongle setup?
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wouldnt tethering to a cell phone that already has a nice data plan be much better than a franken-dongle setup?
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At least in the US, tablet device plans tend to be cheaper than tethering plans and carriers are starting to crack down on such practices. Its a valid request.
Not really sure if its possible on the touchpad, but I know some other devices are capable of it like the Archos G9 series and some Chinese tablets so I would not be surprised if it were.
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At least in the US, tablet device plans tend to be cheaper than tethering plans and carriers are starting to crack down on such practices. Its a valid request.
Not really sure if its possible on the touchpad, but I know some other devices are capable of it like the Archos G9 series and some Chinese tablets so I would not be surprised if it were.
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I think most US carriers would be unhappy if you used a 3G USB Modem with a tablet plan since the modem could be used with a laptop too. Pretty sure it would be against ToS to do so.
In any case, if that's the route someone wants to go, then wouldn't some sort of 3G Wifi hotspot still be better than a "franken-dongle"?
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I think most US carriers would be unhappy if you used a 3G USB Modem with a tablet plan since the modem could be used with a laptop too. Pretty sure it would be against ToS to do so.
In any case, if that's the route someone wants to go, then wouldn't some sort of 3G Wifi hotspot still be better than a "franken-dongle"?
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Good point on both accounts. A mifi type device would probably be the way to go, less cables, more universal usage, etc. Only downsides being that its pricier than a 3G dongle and the battery life would not be as good, but it would be guaranteed to work.
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Good point on both accounts. A mifi type device would probably be the way to go, less cables, more universal usage, etc. Only downsides being that its pricier than a 3G dongle and the battery life would not be as good, but it would be guaranteed to work.
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Yeah, i tether via wifi to my android phone all the time, i also use it as an external gps receiver for my touchpad. It just seems much easier, i'm already paying for the data plan why the hell should i pay some ripoff carrier another 30 bucks a month for data on my tablet. This would however be nice to see if an external dongle will work.
all valid points. I currently tether to my phone as required, however work has issued me with a 3g/4g(LTE) usb dongle that i would like to be able to use (in addition to all the other 3g dongles i have lying around).
I've seen the wifi adapters on ebay that you can just plug the usb dongles into, but to avoid shelling out extra $$ i thought i'd see if there was any in-built or easily implemented support for usb dongles.
Having seen the cheap chinese/ebay tablets running GB with usb dongle support i figured surely there must be drivers out there that could be adapted to work with ICS.
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all valid points. I currently tether to my phone as required, however work has issued me with a 3g/4g(LTE) usb dongle that i would like to be able to use (in addition to all the other 3g dongles i have lying around).
I've seen the wifi adapters on ebay that you can just plug the usb dongles into, but to avoid shelling out extra $$ i thought i'd see if there was any in-built or easily implemented support for usb dongles.
Having seen the cheap chinese/ebay tablets running GB with usb dongle support i figured surely there must be drivers out there that could be adapted to work with ICS.
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Looks like someone did it with a wired dongle for the Touchpad...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552102
So maybe someone could do the same for a 3G dongle?
And it also looks like there's a way to a 3G dongle working with an Asus Transformer on Honeycomb...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151097
although it takes quite a few steps and doesn't work on ICS yet.
I also found this...
http://it-depot.net/pages/3G_Setup
But the guide doesn't mention what tablet or version of ICS this should work on. On my Touchpad running CM9 nightlies I don't have a Mobile Networks options. Between the vagueness of the guide and CM9 being an alpha, it's kinda hard to figure out what the issue might be.
I guess your original question was, has someone made this possible for a Touchpad already? And it seems to me that the answer is no, but it eventually might be done. It looks like you're not alone in wanting to get a 3G USB modem to work on an android tablet, if that gives any hope.
Thanks gmkelly.
I'd seen those links before and tried to find that mobile networks option. From what i can tell, it looks like ICS might actually have some drivers built it, but whether they are in CM9 is a different question.
I also kept a close eye on the wired lan adapter thread posted yesterday (?). If a wired adapter can be implemented, maybe it wouldnt be too much effort on getting the wireless 3g implemented...
Forget US carrier restrictions. This feature would be an absolute godsend in a country like Nigeria where a 3G dongle is pretty much the best way to get online in most places.
The only issue I see with this is that a lot of 3G dongles are only Windows / Mac compliant. Meaning that they hate linux or anything that isn't Winbl0wz XP (or 7) or Mac OS X 10.5+. And Android definitely doesn't fall under that category. Just like consoles (which I have seen people try and use the dongles for, too).
However, if you CAN get them to work, you'll be a hero in the tablet community.
3g dongle works with hp touchpad now. Check Josh's PPPWidget forum. I am using a ZTE MF110 with it on CM9 and get better performance than on a win7 machine.
How hard would it be to get something like this to work with the Rezound?
I know with the Galaxy Nexus you can plug a microUSB to USB adapter in and use flash drives and external hard drives if you're using the right kernel.
I'm wanting something like this because it would be nice to plug into the network at work and ping printers and stuff like that with my phone instead of finding a computer and logging in.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812196235
Not in Gingerbread
USB host mode is only supported in Honeycomb or above, so this won't be possible without ICS on this phone.
I'm not sure if anyone has made an ICS kernel that supports USB host mode.
Also, in addition to compatible software, the phone also needs compatible hardware, which the Rezound might not have.
If you don't have wireless access buy an airport express.
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USB host mode is only supported in Honeycomb or above, so this won't be possible without ICS on this phone.
I'm not sure if anyone has made an ICS kernel that supports USB host mode.
Also, in addition to compatible software, the phone also needs compatible hardware, which the Rezound might not have.
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Thanks for your input
GrayTheWolf said:
If you don't have wireless access buy an airport express.
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And this would defeat the purpose completely.
circa881 said:
Thanks for your input
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Apparently Chainfire tested a bunch of devices and listed the Rezound as incompatible.
http://usbhost.chainfire.eu/
He tested both Gingerbread and ICS, and none of them worked.
(Although those are all probably stock or modified Sense kernels, so maybe there's hope for AOSP? )
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And this would defeat the purpose completely.
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How?
He said USB to Ethernet. Apparently he only has a hard wire connection. So, buy an airport express to make that hardwire wireless.
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How?
He said USB to Ethernet. Apparently he only has a hard wire connection. So, buy an airport express to make that hardwire wireless.
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It doesn't totally defeat the purpose, but considerably complicates things. I'd sooner carry a laptop than break out a wireless router, fire it up, make sure it won't interfere with anything on the wired or wireless side (could be tough to do if you have to log in wireless), then ping/ssh/<your-protocol-here> through that device to get to the device I'm looking for.
With a USB dongle, plug it into the phone, into the wall, and do what you need to do.
Yeah the USB thing would be nice.
You are over complicating the router. Most routers are plug and play nowadays so Ethernet into existing network, and power is all you need with wireless freedom.
It would be even more to carry with me and more money than I'm willing to spend. I was just curious to know how hard it would be to plug my phone straight into the network so I can ping printers or telnet into stuff at work
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It would be even more to carry with me and more money than I'm willing to spend. I was just curious to know how hard it would be to plug my phone straight into the network so I can ping printers or telnet into stuff at work
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Ethernet word be nice, but it doesn't exist. I was just providing an alternative.
I would be careful about plugging things into the work network. Some IT managers are rather...protective of their domains and set up extensive security, to the point where the particular port you plug into may shut down if it recognizes an unauthorized device. I work for the Marine Corps, and aside from the fact it's a punishable offense to connect an unauthorized device to the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (and attached information systems), the switches will immediately disable a port with an unrecognized device connected.
Hi fellow owners,
I am considering to buy, but I'd prefer to be a cheap and get the 16GB WiFi version. However, it would be nice to be able to use a USB dongle for 3G from time to time. Anybody tried?
Thanks!
gfdsaorg said:
Hi fellow owners,
I am considering to buy, but I'd prefer to be a cheap and get the 16GB WiFi version. However, it would be nice to be able to use a USB dongle for 3G from time to time. Anybody tried?
Thanks!
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Its micro usb port, will have to use adapter, my advice, use your phone as host spot
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Its micro usb port, will have to use adapter, my advice, use your phone as host spot
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good advice. I can certainly do this as well as use a 3g wifi router i have. but using the phone's hot spot drains phone's battery and using a router adds to the bulk. that is why I'd like to try a dongle.
Thanks!
Xperia Link
gfdsaorg said:
good advice. I can certainly do this as well as use a 3g wifi router i have. but using the phone's hot spot drains phone's battery and using a router adds to the bulk. that is why I'd like to try a dongle.
Thanks!
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I read in the GSMArena review that the XTZ can be tethered to a phone using Bluetooth:
Even if you get a Tablet Z without 3G, you can still use mobile Internet, provided you have a data plan on your droid phone and the Xperia Link installed. The app simplifies the tethering process. It puts a widget on the homescreen that lets you turn tethering on and off.
You might be thinking that you can just use your droid's Wi-Fi hotspot feature to do the same (and you could). The difference here is that Xperia Link uses Bluetooth to share the Internet connection and not Wi-Fi. This should be more power efficient than a Wi-Fi hotspot especially considering you can keep Bluetooth on all the time, which will let tablet and phone hook up automatically once they are close enough (you can't do that with a hotspot as your battery will be dead in a couple of hours).
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I haven't been able to try that yet -- my pre-ordered XTZ has yet to ship -- with my Nexus 4 but it could be a solution to Wifi Hotspot battery drain issue.
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Well, found the official Sony Xperia Link in the Google Play Store and it's incompatible with non-Xperia phones apparently. Although, the Bluetooth-tether idea still sounds promising. Is there a way to get around the Sony lock-in?
Works!
So I've got the tablet this week and tried just now to stick the USB modem into it.
Naturally you have to be rooted, then you need a dialer :
PPP Widget
from the author of usb_modeswitch (ubiquitous linux tool to change the usb modems from CD to serial mode)
then you need the usb drivers unsurprisingly missing from the stock rom:
On author's forum
then insmod the modules in the zip file:
cdc-acm.ko
usb_wwan.ko
option.ko
(option requires usb_wwan to be loaded first), drop the widget on the home, it should do its magic and ask you for the APN. Then it works.
what a joy.
p.s. apparently the dongle I have needs more power than there is on the tablet port, so you need a powered hub (clumsy) or an external battery and a Y cable to power it.
Have we gotten to the point where the Android tools in general use are available for a capable android computer, like say a Z2 tablet or one of several Galaxy phones just to name a few?
My Z2 has 23.0.1.A.4.44 which I understand is not rootable. At the same time the Lollipop update is supposed to be just any time now. Should I root it now or wait and see what happens after the update, which I'll assume will be nothing to make it easier to root. Any suggestions as what to do? Root now and see if it will update and keep root or just wait? I can hardly stand the idea of this not being rooted.
Has anyone had any luck making a Z2 connect to adhoc wifi? I've studied the OLSRD patch and a few other methods and I'm a bit unsure about which method would be best and easiest. In fact, I have several devices I'd like to be able to connect to a simple adhoc wifi.
If anyone can point me to a ground level and upwards networking tutorial that doesn't carry a person too fast that is slow in that department, I'd appreciate it. I know the WLAN on most all of my androids tested will see adhoc wifi but the wpa supplicant thing seems to be the problem that google has ignored to the point they say it's now moot. I wish I could say I agreed.
Going further, if I make a usb micro to micro cable to connect these various devices, would it even be possible to hard wire tether the Z2 (and/or) other various android devices that way?
The only cables similar I can find are micro a to micro b and they are mostly called OTG. My understanding is that the Z2 will accept a or b and so will some of my samsung handhelds. I don't guess I know for sure.
Have we gotten to the point that hard wiring androids to each other would ever be of benefit? The wifi direct, near devices and NFC beam things on my devices equipped seem hit or miss at best if not inexplicably inoperative. Can you wirelessly one click root an android or flash a rom?
Please pardon my ignorance and thank you for your tolerance. I'd like my android world to be easier and more logical when it comes to simple things and it would be nice not to need a windows PC to tinker with my androids.
DroidinAndStuff said:
Has anyone had any luck making a Z2 connect to adhoc wifi? I've studied the OLSRD patch and a few other methods and I'm a bit unsure about which method would be best and easiest. In fact, I have several devices I'd like to be able to connect to a simple adhoc wifi.
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Ad-hoc WIFI is supported via WIFI DIRECT, look under Settings > WIFI > Advanced > WIFI DIRECT
Advanced is the 3-dot menu in the top-right corner of the screen.
DroidinAndStuff said:
Have we gotten to the point that hard wiring androids to each other would ever be of benefit? The wifi direct, near devices and NFC beam things on my devices equipped seem hit or miss at best if not inexplicably inoperative. Can you wirelessly one click root an android or flash a rom?
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Yeah support seem to be a hit and miss thing.
And as far as I you can not root a phone wirelessly.
I don't see that wifi direct is the same as actual adhoc. I have no less than 5 wifi direct devices, not all activated, and in the case of my spg512 cannot be activated, and it doesn't seem to work on any of them.
However, my pc's have zero problem seeing and connecting to the wpa supplicant skipped broadcasted wifi from my rooted s4 via barnacle.
Turning that off and trying the wifi direct with the same s4 and any other of my devices, gets nothing. None of these devices have any problem hooking up to starbucks or hotel wifi.
I have to wonder also if the infrared on the devices so equipped could be made to transfer data like a nearly 10 year old windows mobile phone can.
I must be doing something wrong or have many broken devices because the ones I can get to pair, all fail to transfer files to each other.
Of course the wifi direct sure isn't going to tether any of them to the internet.