Hi Guys, Thanks for all of your help. I received my adapters today and confirmed a bunch of phones work (and don't work). I've created a wiki page here:
https://github.com/ytai/ioio/wiki/Devices-With-USB-OTG-Host-Mode-Support Feel free to add to it! Thanks, Mark. On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Ytai Ben-Tsvi <[email protected]> wrote: > The important thing is that on the side of the cable that goes into the > Android, the USBID pin is shorted to the GND pin, which is what tells the > Android "you should be host". To my understanding of the USB specification, > only "A" plugs are *supposed *to have this feature and devices that > support host mode are *supposed *to have a micro-AB connector (which can > fit either micro-A or micro-B plugs). In *practice*, however, I've > definitely encountered Android devices which support host mode but have a > micro-B connector as well as corresponding adapter cables which have the > host mode short on their pins despite being "B". > The cables you linked to do not say whether they have the USBID shorted. > However, the one you've linked to that has a micro-A connector is not good > in this case, since you're Android won't fit it. It is, however, a useful > cable in case you want the IOIO to be host. > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Mark Melvin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> OK, a little more research and I have purchased a couple adapters off of >> Amazon. It looks like the Xoom might even work too. I report back in a >> few days. >> >> Cheers, >> Mark. >> >> >> On Tuesday, 18 November 2014 10:21:18 UTC-5, Mark Melvin wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I just found out about this: >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CYsGg9q-Y4&feature=share >>> >>> And it looks like this is now in the main code base. But I can't get >>> this to work with my old Motorola Xoom. I have a couple questions: >>> >>> 1) Is there wiki page documenting how to make this work (do I need a >>> special cable)? I could not find one. >>> 2) I am assuming not all devices support this. That's fine, I am >>> willing to buy a Nexus 7 or whatever I need to buy to get this feature. Is >>> there a list of devices somwhere that do support this? Would the Nexus 5, >>> for instance? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Mark. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ioio-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ioio-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ioio-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
