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[General Questions and Answers] WzeroMN:
Installed bew 1.2. Now cannot boot to recovery mode so no way to flash etc. What is the solution? BN I hate yout arrigance.
[General Questions and Answers] shhbz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1038338 hope this helps
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
I bought a USB female to female adapter to plug on the end of the charging cord, some things work, some things don't.

List of devices that work:

HTC Hero - Mass Storage mode (works 2 out of 5 tries aprox.)

Logitech G9 - Works, although only default buttons (left, right, scroll, middle) seem to work

SanDisk Cruzer 4GB USB Stick - Works

Generic Logitech wired keyboard - Works, although not all keys do.

List of devices that DON'T work:

Logitech Wireless Keyboard K250

USB external DAC

Generic Logitech USB mouse
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gokusay99:
I hope it can read usb flash drive too !!! already bought my female-to-female adapter too :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
I just tried hooking up my HTC hero with mass storage enabled and it seems to be hit and miss? It recognizes it 2 out of 5 times or so.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cloud9ine:
How about finding and wiring USB from the 40 pin connector

It is a given the 40 pin connector has USB. Does anyone have pinout / mating connector info?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] buri73:
Sweet, can you check external HDD? Powered 3.5 and portable 2.5in if possible?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
Don't have any on hand at the moment, I will possibly have access to an ext HDD tomorrow though and will check it then if I can.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Prof-KOS:
That's great news. I did like having USB host on my GTab.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] madsquabbles:
i'm assuming it's all fat32. it would be nice if ntfs worked out the box.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
NTFS SHOULD be supported, but yes mine are all FAT32/FATex/ext4
[Eee Pad Transformer General] T3rry1:
i will have to try again, i built a gender changer, tried it with one mouse, and it did not work so i assumed it would not work for anything, i'll have to try some thumb drives or something.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
it seems really picky, it recognized my G9 mouse but not a generic logitech one.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ZaelFaroe:
Just speculating, but I would guess that it isn't up to spec. So devices that have looser requirements will work (say it can take 4V instead of requiring 5V), but devices with stricter requirements fail.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cyberguest:
did you try a all-in-one type card reader?

or connect digital camera to it?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] FrayAdjacent:
Isn't that because USB mouse support is not in Honeycomb yet?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Prof-KOS:
No, Usb mouse is supported by HC. You can use one with the dock. This is more likely a power thing. The port's main use is power in and data, not power out. It may have strange limits.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
don't have any of those, sorry.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rmclardy:
Picked up a USB female to female plug today, and proceeded to plug in various drives, mice, Phoness etc, but no sign of anything happening at all. Is there something else I'm missing here? Cheers.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Merlin_AZ:
Can anyone with an SD/card reader see if it's recognized?

I'm going on vacation soon and would love to back up my photos to the TF.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gordec:
Thought about this 2 days ago and bought one yesterday. Tried to plug in my Inspire 4G, external USB HDD and USB jumpdrive. None of them worked.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bitbitbit:
I tried a multi card reader and it didn't work. I didn't try a card reader that reads only SD (don't have one) but I doubt that it's gonna work given everything else I tried didn't (usb mouse, usb flash drives, Nikon DSLR)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Merlin_AZ:
Thanks. Disappointing.

Who knows when the USB accessory will be released and how much it'll cost.

I still have some time before I leave.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bitbitbit:
If you are desperate enough, buy a microSD with a SD adaptor for your camera. microSDs are cheap enough nowadays.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Merlin_AZ:
I know technically, it should work, but I wouldn't trust it.

Data has a way of corrupting itself with more connections to travel through.

I'd rather try to keep it simple.

My brother has an Archos that he watches movies on, that I can use to back up the pics to if the USB adapter isn't released before we leave, or they price it too high.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DevCake:
So glad this thresd is here and getting some coverage

Some of you that are having different outcomes, maybe it has to do with the Firmware update that was pulled, is everyone on the same version?

Guys throw your firmware and other specs in your signature.

My TF is days away and I'm all over the USB, need portable drives to work on the tablet without the dock.

~DC
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
I'm running 423 rooted with prime v1.1, although I've had other odd things occur (my bluetooth isn't broken with the 423 ROM like it is for the others).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
Anyone tried using a powered USB hub for other devices

But i have a female to female and couldnt get any of my flash drives to work

Or just get one of these badboys when they come out
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
Just curious where you got your female to female adapter

Because i cannot get anything to be recognized by the Transformer

Also was wondering if you have the keyboard dock
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
I do not have the dock, and I have a generic one from amazon, I'll try and find the link again.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ahmadshawki:
just a quick question. Do you use a normal usb 2.0 female to female adapter? Do you think is it possible to achieve some progress with usb 3.0 female to female adapter?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
2.0 female to female

Also I can't find the product on amazon again sorry ):
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
Its okay, i am still trying to figure out why nothing is working for me

What build number do you have in the about tablet section of settings
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
PRIME! v1.1 (HRI66.WW_epad-8.2.3.9-20110423)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
Thanks!

That might explain it, i'm using stock firmware

HRI66.US_epad-8.2.3.9-20110423
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DevCake:
Hey where did you find those readers?

~DC
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DevCake:
Has anyone conencted a USB hard drive yet?

~DC
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DevCake:
USB Female adapter

I see no reason why it matters which adapter you get or brand. It should be a pin to pin pass through connection.

~DC
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Enectic:
A few people in this post have, none of them worked.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lionclaw:
I'm betting it sucks too much juice. Has anyone tried a usb power injector? If you have a hard drive with a "Y" usb cable, you can plug the data part into the tablet and the other usb cable into a PC or other usb power source.

My TF comes tomorrow, but it may be a week or two before my female/female adapter shows up so I can try it. I'm planning on using my New Trent 11000mAh external battery as the power source.

For anyone trying this, be mindful that it isn't without risk. Also, you may have to format your drive as FAT32. That isn't such a big deal, but it will limit you to a max file size of 4gb. So, no huge disk images or large movie files.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DevCake:
You beat me to it lion, This is what I plan to try when mine comes in.

Try all formatting options, Fat,Fat16,Fat32,NTFS,XFS,EXT2 and anything else that is out there.

Power the drive externaly and force it by modifiying the cable.

Try a combination of different media using Usb converters, Sata, IDE (traditional and SSD), Ziff and anythign else I can get my hands on.

I've got a big investment in figuring this out so if anyone wants to work with me I will be supplying some equipment for beta testing.

I really want to see a 40 pin to usb adapter but all I have read is hearsay, nothing directly from Asus.

~DC
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13388617&postcount=7
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DevCake:
Thanks and nice find!

Now let's see if we can find some part numbers for those adapters.

~DC
[Eee Pad Transformer General] pasta1234:
Anyone else try this ?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lithiasalesjs:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-SD-Adapte...C_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item5d2e8384d8

Maybe on of those for external HD
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ahmadshawki:
Thanks a lot. I just bought it and the estimated delivery is about 3 weeks. So, I'll report back if it works and with what and to which extent. 'coz I think it will only read up to the maximum capacity allowed for the tablet, which is 32 GB.

In the meanwhile, I bought a USB 3.0 female to female and tried it with everything I have. It didn't read anything. Two mice, Microsoft and Logitech. Two external hard drives, 320 GB and 2 TB with power cord. One flash memory 8GB. My HTC Hero CDMA. I even tried a bluetooth dongle but no way. That's all I got.

I run the stock 8.2.3.9 unrooted. May be our beloved developers will come up with something in their roms one day. But I will never pay $70 for a USB connector, I'd rather pay $150 for the whole keyboard.

Anyone has any other suggestions that I would try?!!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dvst8_:
Monoprice has a USB 3.0 A Female to A Female Coupler Adapter.

Not sure if anyone else tried USB 3.0, I've only seen people say USB 2.0 so far.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=1042607&p_id=7836&seq=1&format=2#description
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DevCake:
The female USB 3.0 port is built to allow a 1.0,2.0 and 3.0 cable to connect. The pins are the difference so using a 3.0 female to female is no different that a 2.0 adapter.

~DC
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dvst8_:
Good to know thanks, So I guess I can use the cheaper\smaller USB 2.0 one then.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...id=1031401&p_id=362&seq=1&format=1#largeimage
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
I'd suggest waiting for the official asus adapter which is being released soon since female to female usb hasn't worked for everyone apparently.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DevCake:
First report on my test using the female to female adapter

No 5V power from the tablet to devices

2 Devices that worked on the dock do not work using this method.

1. Helmet cam

2. Thumb drive

3. 2.5" Sata USB drive enclosure

Going to wait for the USB adapter so I can see what the pinouts are from the 40 pin. I bet the charge cable is not pinned for host function.

~DC
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gibla:
Hello folks,

Anyone tried a 3G dongle? Is not supported on kernel right?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Eire_1:
There is a thread in the Iconia A500 forum http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1058846

Maybe someone can try this. I am still waiting for my Transformer so I can't try it... :-(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Gibla:
I know I'm waiting my TF aswell....can't wait to try it!!! So please, if anybody out there....give a response on 3G dongle :D

Huawei MiFi could be a solution....but battery lasts just for 3 hrs!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lionclaw:
I gave this a try yesterday and it's a no-go. The 750GB seagate drive was hooked up to a Y USB cable, with the power part of the Y going to a USB power brick. When I plug it in to the brick the drive spins up and the leds flash, but the TF doesn't recognize it when I plug it into the gender change/asus cable.

Formatting it as FAT32 may fix the problem, but I have too much stuff on my drive to try it now. The drive is recognized when I plug it into the keyboard dock.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Senheiser:
Can someone please try if you may plug any USB wireless card to the tablet or to the docking station?

Thank you.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sanelss:
Report on power injected adapter

I have been trying to get my tablet to read a usb device with on success.

I took some measurements of the usb cable and it does not provide any power, so I made a cable to inject power from a usb wall charger.

<I tried posting images here but I can't link to outside source since I'm new>

The people reporting that anything at all works, what android version,kernel version, and build are you running?

I could not get any device at all to work. The polarity on the power is correct as indicator lights do come on. I plugged a male to male adapter to verify that the data lines were also correct. After that did not work I also tried crossing the data lines to see if that has any effect but it made no difference.

Fortunately in this little adventure nothing got fried and everything still works. Do not blame me if you try the same and you blow something up.

Device list:

logitech mouse

creative keyboard

buffelo external hdd

droid(would not even recognize a device on the other end)

several flash drives

micro sd/sd card reader
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Wolf_vx:
I was just about to go to sleep and this stuff was on my mind. I read previous posts that were suggesting that if device doesn't require anything special it will work or that they might need extra power.

This is what I have come up with. Since someone already tried giving it extra juice and failed here is what you are missing. That port on the tablet is mainly used for charging. Meaning it will be draining any juice that is going in to Y connector. For a computer to recognise a USB device they only need to talk to each other. Simple solution: place one diode facing away from the tablet on the V+ wire. This way the juice will only be flowing into USB device. Those that can't give extra juice to their needed USB devices using wall plugs, they can buy those batteries with USB connection used for charging phones, etc.

In anycase, I haven't tested this so don't come crying if it doesn't work or something caught fire. But placing a diode to restrict the flow of voltage is an absolutely safe task. Keep in mind, diode needs to be able to handle those voltages.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SlimDan22:
So how many people have confirmed that usb host works OTB besides the OP?

Once the Official USB host adapter comes out, we can figure out which pins on the 40 Pin connector provide the host function (if it is even needed)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] akhobbes:
Has anyone tried a USB 3.0 female to female adapter since the 3.1 update?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] INHUMANITY:
I can't believe I didn't think about using a female coupler to do what you're doing! Doh! :)

I'm curious to see if it'll "read" a SDHD USB card reader with a memory card. I just purchaed a coupler from Amazon (after seeing your thread). It'll be here in less than 2 days. I can't wait to try! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] pasta1234:
Some stuff here isn't adding up or maybe i am just confused...

If someone here measured the power bus lines on the USB female adapter and there is no power then i cant imagine anything working at all. That is unless it was measured incorrectly ?

Secondly has anyone tried a USB3.0 Adapter ?

If i had the adapters myself i would try it..

Pete
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Wolf_vx:
I suppose it was measured incorrectly. But I also suppose that if a person owns a voltmeter must also know how to use it. What it could be is that the hardware is smart enough not to power the bus lines until the data lines receive the response. But in this case how does the USB device respond with no power? Seems like a mystery to me.

Actually an idea has popped into my head while writing this. Could it be that for those people that this work have "USB debug mode" ON? In other words, "USB debug mode" powers the bus lines and enables the communication with other USb devices. To me this certainly seems like the case.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Magnesus:
I have USB debug mode on al the time and nothing works with the adapter.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] akhobbes:
Were you using a USB 3.0 coupler?

I ordered one off ebay, hopefully I can get some drives with ac adapters to work.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Hellnation:
Has anyone tried to connect a PS3 controller? I really want to use the controller app to play emulators.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Csokis:
Same here. :(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] magicdave26:
I made a DIY USB 2.0 Female to Female lead today by cutting the ends off two other cables

I joined them up wire for wire, red to red, black to black, etc etc

Plugged it into the TF USB lead and plugged in a 3G Dongle, No power

Plugged in a 4GB FAT32 Flash drive, No power

Pulled apart the DIY lead, and a distinct burning smell was coming from the end that the TF USB 3.0 lead was plugged into.

I wondered if I should have connected them in reverse when making the lead but can't seem to find any wiring schematics for Female to Female.

No damage was done to the dongle or the flash drive, and the TF is fine and still connects to the PC without any issues

I do however think that the USB 3.0 power pins were shorting on something inside the Female USB 2.0 lead.

Not going to mess around anymore, I don't like that burning smell coming from any electrical item, especially not a £500 one
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CalvinH:
Thanks for the info.

Regards.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] magicdave26:
Update on my previous post:

Burning smell is indeed on the USB 3.0 jack, but not because of the lead I built, the smell is coming from the charger which in turn is leaving a burning smell on the leads jack

So the wiring of my lead may infact be correct, but have no way of testing it atm.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bradputt:
just curious, don't you need a program or sorts to mount the external drive so that it supply power to it??
[Eee Pad Transformer General] fantasticlord:
First sorry for my poor english, hope you'll understand me.

Why don't you all try this: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/dual-u...-mini-usb-ports-charging-data-hub-black-73221(There're different kinds too)

It's cheap (of coz, made in China) and it's free shipping wherever you are, though it'll be a bit (lot) late.

With something like this http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-universal-600ma-charger-37, you'll be able to provide more power.

I bought something there several times and I received the items after about 1 month.

You can find USB to RJ45 adapter that can was confirmed working by a member of xda (sorry I don't remember his name and the thread);

the IR remote that work like a mouse and keyboard if you want to sit far away from TF, connect it to your BIG LCD and watching movies

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/multimedia-ir-remote-controller-with-usb-receiver-for-pc-1-cr2025-26368

There're many kind but this was confirmed working);

the miniHDMI to HDMI adapter that you don't need to buy one more miniHDMI cable...

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/hdmi-female-to-mini-hdmi-male-adapter-converter-58158

You can also find USB 3.0 cable there to make the charger cable longer.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-3-0-superspeed-male-to-female-extension-cable-180cm-length-48893

There's also cheap PU leather case for TF (red color available)

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/protec...or-asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf101-black-73620

... and many many more things.

It wont hurt to try right :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] msticninja:
Nice try. Troll the forums to push people to your shop? :) Anyways, the USB dongles won't work without an Asus KB dock or the Asus USB Adapter.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] fantasticlord:
No, this is not my shop. As I said above: I bought there (and some similar sites) several times.

Read my first lines, I suggested you try the females-males blah blah hub to DIY something for TF, not all the thing underneath.
[Nook Color General] colorado_al:
Overheard on the twitter:

Sweet!!!
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
If its true, WOOOO!! I have been sending official requests to them, using the GPL licence for the basis of my request (pointing out that not publishing the source code for the already shipping compiled code, was a GPL violation, and violation of the Legal contract on their page...).. i would love to think all of our prodding would make it happen faster... ;)

I checked, and the code listed here IS the new source code. I dont know if i helped, but i am glad it did not take the weeks predicted...

http://images.barnesandnoble.com/PResources/download/Nook/source-code/nookcolor-source-code.zip
[Nook Color General] akarol:
Time for phire to fix the CM7 sleep bug baby!
[Nook Color General] funcrusher:
Looking forward to this.
[Nook Color General] gudism:
dalingrin apparantly has finished finals and is on the case!
[Nook Color General] RasputinAXP:
WOO! Awesome!
[Nook Color General] fattire:
If by "fix" you mean use the fix after it's added to CM7, then yeah.
[Nook Color General] furius:
which kind of improvements and/or new functionalities could we expect from this source? I saw on development thread that dalingrin starded working on this, but at the moment the ROM is really unusable... how will this merged into CM7?

Thanks to all :eek:s here at xda!
[Desire General] Phsycholic:
Hi!

I'm using MIUI XJ A2SD/A2SD+ 1.4.29 - 2.3 FINAL

my problem is that a2sd isn't working any more after flashing the new rom.. I used connectbot for making a2sd ready. the usual thing: su, a2sd zipaign and a2sd cachesd

but when i type in: a2sd zipalign 2 errors appear:

[X] No a2sd.swap environment variable found.

[X] Problem detected: Darktremor Apps2SD may not have ran during boot. Cannot read a2sd.mountpoint.

how can i solve it?
[Desire General] Fraize1:
Instead of a2sd zipalign you can type:

Your Desire will restart. Then to move the dalvik-cache to ext type:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidnoble:
I haven't seen this question anywhere else, so forgive me if it's a noob question.

I was messing around with the MIUI rom, and it talks about flashing a different kernel.

I'm currently on Midnight Rom. If I were to nandroid backup that, flash MIUI, and flash a new kernel, when I nand back to Midnight, does it restore the old kernel too? Or do I need to do something different?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] running_the_dream:
It should restore the old kernel.

Example:

Rom A has Kernel DEF

Rom B has Kernel XYZ

Flash Rom A, you have Kernel DEF. Nandroid backup. Data wipe, cache wipe, dalvik wipe, flash Rom B. You now have Kernel XYZ. Data wipe, cache wipe, dalvik wipe, nandroid restore Rom A. You are back to Kernel DEF.

Notice I mentioned wiping before each flash. It keeps things clean.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidnoble:
Thank you!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
No it wont. Nand backups does not restore the kernel.

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidnoble:
O...k which is it?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epic4GEE:
Its this one.:D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
NAND backups do NOT restore kernels, you're going to have to copy the kernel to your SD card.

Texted while driving
[About XDA developers] skuum:
How come one of the largest phone-related sites for android users and more, doesn't have their own Mobile site?

It's no fun viewing xda-developers.com on the phone atm. It gets to big and have to zoom all the time..

And I know about the XDA app. But you only get 'boring' text there..

No images/videos etc.

I know alot of people would appreciate a more simple site to view the news on our phones...

So, how come?

Can it be fixed?

Im not talking about the forum now, only news page- and other pages.
[About XDA developers] mtmerrick:
Yes! that'd be great!
[About XDA developers] TheDeadCPU:
We have XDA app and Taptalk for the Forum.

And there are Wordpress readers.

I do want a mobile version layout for the portal though.
[About XDA developers] madnish30:
If you are a member on XDA, it's likely that you have android or WP7 - they both have apps which make the XDA layout suitable for mobile browsing.