I am attempting to develop applications for tablets. I have developed several apps for phones before but not tablets and I figured it would be straightforward. I have a cheap chinese tablet called a MID M709 that does work for USB hosting but it will NOT connect to a PC using USB. What I mean is that my Windows 7 PC does not detect anything when I connect the tablet; the tablet uses a somewhat ridiculous "adapter" with two USB and one Ethernet connector instead of a simple USB cable. I've tried multiple PCs and have tested my cable with another Android device so I know the problem exists with the tablet. The adapter appears to work fine with a keyboard and memory stick. The tablet is running 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) but it does NOT have the "USB Utilities" menu so I believe the manufacturer did not include the correct package, or modified the google framework to delete the USB functionality. That is really stupid in my opinion. I really want to use ADB like I have in the past for my development. I just don't know where to look for the files or package that might be missing. Searching the Google Android websites didn't help since all I could find specifically dealt with the USB Hosting functions which are obviously working. I hope it is simply a missing apk that I can add using a memory stick but nothing has ever been that easy in Android... Any information you could provide would be much appreciated. The tablet was a gift from my daughter and I don't want to hurt her feelings otherwise I would just go buy a decent one that works as Android intended. I've never seen an Android device that didn't support USB to PC mass storage; even my old HTC Dream did that. Besides, the geek in me wants to be able to fix this. Thanks, Michael
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