I am struggling to get my Nikon dSLR camera to connect to my Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935F) using a USB OTG connection. My S7 is running stock Oreo.
I used to own a Galaxy S5 Neo (SM-G903F) running Marshmallow. When I connected my dSLSR camera using a USB OTG adapter the handset would establish a MTP connection and the Google Photos Camera Importer would start allowing me to view and transfer photos. I never had a problem with this method on the Galaxy S5 and found it a very useful tool.
Unfortunetely with my new Galaxy S7 Edge this connection method is very unreliable. When I connect the camera the handset always responds in some way but never in a way that permits me to succesfully download the photos. Most of the time the Importer app says "No MTP device connected". Sometimes the importer app displays an incomplete list of photos on the camera SD card. Sometimes the handset displays the complete list of photos but hangs whenever you attempt to download any of them. When I go to the folder that the handset has attemted to download the photos to I always find corrupted files whereby the image is distorted, most often with a horizontal stitching error and almost as if the communication has become corrupted during the transfer. In all situations it seems as if the MTP connection is unreliable. I have changed the USB OTG adapter with no success. I have also attempted to use the third party "Camera Importer" app by Syfer which uses the same MTP connection method but with the same lack of success. I therefore seems that this is an Android issue, not an app issue.
For extra info, USB OTG works for standard pen drives and SD card readers etc using a Mass storage connection, just not for MTP connections. Diagnostics using the "USB host diagnostics" app by Chainfire shows that my S7 edge has a fully functional USB OTG capability. Also, my friend has a standard S7 (SM-G930F) running Oreo and it also has the same issue! I have contacted Google but they have not responded to my bug report.
Please help, this is really annoying! Without a solution I am tempted to try downgrade the firmware to Marshmallow or Nougat to see if that works
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I am trying to connect a Head Mounted Display to my Galaxy SII and am able to connect it using a Micro USB to VGA MHL Adapter. I can look at the screen output ,gallery and other apps but I cannot use the Camera app.
I was wondering if there is ANY possible way (custom Rom,override some kernel file etc ) by which I can use the Camera app while showing the HDMI output ? .I was thinking of using 3rd Party Bluetooth cameras like Looxcie but it seems they dont provide any API . Another option would be to connect and external usb webcam through the adapter,But i am not sure whether I would be able to compile/find the appropriate drivers and whether i could access the camera from the Android SDK.
ANY pointers/tips/suggestions would be really appreciated
Thanks !
Try with 3rd party camera app, like lgCamera.
Hi all!
Excuse my english please, is not my native language.
I'm a Galaxy S3 (android 4.1.1) user and i'm having problems (not only my device, also other S3 i tried and also one S2 of a friend of mine) to connect and read through a OTG cable, an USB device with 30MB of memory. It's a Navi2coach gps navigator for bike training from the o-synce company. This devce has a internal memory of 30 MB to save routes, workouts, tracks, trainings, etc. The S3 can't find the file system. I've tried with a low range AIRIS one pad 970,(android 4.0) and It CAN read it without problems. Do you know if there is any limitation of file system reading with the Samsung's?
Thank you all.
JVC GC XA1 Adixxion sport camera and wivideo problem
Hi!
Excuse my english please it's not my native language.
I have search across web and didn't find anything about this problem. Let me explain.
I have a new (and firmware updated) JVC GC XA1 sport camera. It has wifi connectivity. I have connected to the laptop succesfully (through wifi), and also to my Galaxy S3 trough my router (the jvc can connect with the S3 through a router or with a direct connection. In this mode, the S3 has to be a hotspot). The problem: I connect succesfully to the S3 hotspot mode. I open the wivideo application. The application finds the device, but in the image preview appears "loading" and that's all. I can't connect and says "Without cannection to the wifi camera" I thought i could have a faulty device or software problems, but i tried to another S3 with the same result...
Tried with an old Airis onepad970 (android 4.0), and works pretty well (preview image works and can connect to the camera). I tried with direct connection mode of the camera, (only works with Iphone WTF?!!?) and also works fine (with an iphone).
Anyone with problems at wivideo that could give some light?
Thank you all.
Is there way to conncet an external USB on the Z3? I recently bought the Z3 and I also own tha Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4. On the Tab as soon as i connect the USB via the connector, it recognizes it. The Sony doen't. Any ideas?
I don't know why, but my tablet also seems to have issues, but with connecting with cameras via MTP (which is something inherent in the Nexus, so Android). Connecting my DSLR to the tablet causes nothing. Connecting a Sony camera that is set to open as a USB mass storage works, but again, nothing happens if the camera is set to be opened as an MTP device.
I use Nexus Media Importer to read USB's and external hard drives.
Not sure if I'm the only one with the problem since no one has said anything in the thread I opened.
Hey guys, I am connecting my normal uvc webcam to my Galaxy s5 via USB OTG, and using the app called camerafi to display the stream.
Works great. But now I'm arresting to better understand the actual connection and how data is being transfered to the phone from the webcam.
I'm sure it's not via any network protocol, but I'm really not sure what interface connection is being used. And also how to check the connection, like using adb in some way.
Any help is super appreciated!
Travis
Hi just wondering has anyone got a usb camera to work with their j3? I've tried an "endoscope" usb camera and a regular usb webcam with an otg cable but neither work. With any app i've tried the camera is detected when I plug it in but either the app then crashes or just displays a blank screen. This is with stock firmware.
noelyz said:
Hi just wondering has anyone got a usb camera to work with their j3? I've tried an "endoscope" usb camera and a regular usb webcam with an otg cable but neither work. With any app i've tried the camera is detected when I plug it in but either the app then crashes or just displays a blank screen. This is with stock firmware.
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Old thread, but for others nowadays, my answer is that you must make sure the app supports the camera.
For years I've been using this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=infinitegra.app.usbcamera&hl=sv
and it supports at least Logitech C270.
Recently I discovered that the app also supports a cheap videograbber usb stick, meaning I can get my old Olympus OM-D E-M5 connected to a big tablet and see the live screen there.
Haven't tried the app with an endoscope.
The app + C270 have worked on a Galaxy Tab 2 with stock firmware 4.1.2, but also some higher custom ROMs.
And a stock Galaxy Tab A (2016) running Oreo.
and just now I tested it on 2 devices, my stock J4+ with Pie and my stock J5 (2015) Marshmallow.
Edit:
I got curious and dug out an old long silvergray SuperEyes endoscope, only tried it on the J5, but above app supports it.
At the same time I found a small black cylindrical inspection camera with 2 meter cord. Above app supports that too