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[Galaxy S II Accessories] Edd1234:
To sum up which cables work or not,

Do not buy any official Nokia cable (ca-157 or others); Nokia have modified the port on their phones slightly, so that they will accept standard the standard micro usb (a or b, depending on the phone) as well as the special, slightly slimmer nokia ones. So all nokia phones support the "special" nokia cables, then either usb - a or usb - b. So the only hope we have, is an non - nokia cable, for usb micro-b nokia phones:

However, unofficial cables for the N810, N900 and C6-01 do work as they are micro usb-b. All other modern nokia phones apparently use Micro USB-A (the square one).

Cables for Archos Tablet DO work.

A list of working cables:

cgi.ebay**co**uk/Micro-USB-Host-Cable-Nokia-N900-OTG-go-N-900-/260787648505?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3cb827b7f9

amazon**co**uk/Host-Cable-ARCHOS-Internet-Tablet/dp/B004TJC1IM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8

cgi.ebay**co**uk/140494876025

Sorry if this rambled on :/, but all I can find online are the cheap nokia cables, which many people mistakenly ordered. and if anyone can find a cheap cable selling in the UK (UK seller, not from China...) please post.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] JJEgan:
As posted before .

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ef=oss_product

yes A type not B type but a file to the correct edges makes a working connection .

Tested works plays MP3 off usb stick .

jje
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rileal:
Does USB OTG works with kindle?

Hi all!

I read in the first post:

"Only enough power to supply pendrives, but drives with their own power supplies, or drives connected to the phone via an externally powered HUB, will work. "

Then I would like to ask if anyone could test the kindle DX! Does it need a powered usb hub?

Kindle doens't allow me to download files from internet. Then I want to buy a usb otg phone to download stuffs and use the kindle to read. Its battery last a lot longer!

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] snowblind2142:
my question is...

So as we can now pair devices, surely this must mean with a new set of drivers we should b able to get any number of ps3 controllers working, am I right?

Comon devs! Would love to to be using my move controller or rumble pad with this! :D

Also, another idea, would say a o2 internet dongle work? Haven't figured why it would be usefully, just curious..

Also, my input on the power issue, why not try a USB splitter? On mine anymore than splitting to 2, has a power adapter. Can't test as not got my sg s 2 yet :(
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ziggazee:
I can but that's not going to happen, I'd lose all the movies, I have hundreds of bluray movies on it the hard drive is more our less full. Plus I wouldn't be able to store them on the hard drive if it was formatted in fat32 each file is around 8/10gb. I'd still recommend the cable its a bargain for the price, just waiting till someone adds support for controllers.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] LawAce:
Thanks man, ordered!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Beards:
.... Tick Tock, Tick Tock...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jackleung:
I purchased the one from the OP posted and it works with my card reader, both logitech wired and wireless mouse.

and here are the fail one I tested so far:

Not working (detected but no response):

Logitech wireless keyboard

Gateway wired keyboard

PS3 controller (was once complaint high power consumption but not anymore after fully charged) .....

Logitech gamepad

Not working (complaint high power consumption, so they "may" work if we can find some USB cable with 5V Y connector):

USB Hub

Plantronics DSP 500 USB headphone
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
Can you post links to the mice that worked for you? I'm sure several others will appreciate it!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jackleung:
As a prove, here are the pics with the mouse cursor on the screen.

This wired one is been me for more than 10 yrs and I don't think anyone can purchase it anymore. :p

This is the link for the wireless one: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/639/4900?WT.z_sp=Image

And this is the card reader (CF card is just removed to post the pic here)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Mikulec:
What do u guys think of this combo: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-HDMI-USB-..._MobilePhoneDataCables_JN&hash=item53e776af70
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
No need for proof, I believed you, just thought people would be interested to know. Surprising that card reader can run without an external supply, the one I tested was much smaller than that! Thanks for the info!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] redgreenlaser:
I succesfully moded the not working micro usb-to usb adapter to working OTG converter.

Soon i post it in a new thread.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] hostet:
Did anyone tried connecting a portable harddisk to it. Wonder will it work.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Edd1234:
"Mikulec", they shouldn't work I am afraid :(

Reason being Nokia phones support two types of cable as their port has been tinkered with. They support a nokia cable, and either one of micro usb type a or micro usb type b.

All official nokia cables will be the special nokia type, as they can be used with all their phones, so no I'm afraid. Any other cables for a type-b nokia phone may work, provided they are not from nokia themselves.

Read my post on page 8
[Galaxy S II Accessories] artesea:
mine finally arrived from HK. flash stick fine, usb mouse connects, no luck with wireless keyboard but guessing that's a power issue.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Beards:
Great news you have received it.

Tomorrow I shall email the seller and ask when he intends to let me know he has my order.

Yes, apart from Paypal I haven't heard a peep.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] skipjack:
Would this cable work for serial comms?

i want to run a old DOS app that uses RS232 fixed on Com1

is it possible to get a USB to serial DB9 convertor cable working, thus allowing for a DB9 RS-232 port
[Galaxy S II Accessories] tamas970:
If it's formatted to NTFS won't work for sure, FAT32 works if the power is given. Maybe even EXT2, take a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=799054

and:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1090961
[Galaxy S II Accessories] hostet:
Hi,

Thanks for the link.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rileal:
Anyone could help me with this?!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Mikulec:
In the product description, there was mentioned Samsung, and I know Nokia is also part of the MHL group so I thougt that they use the same standart. And its not big amount of money, so I will probably buy it and find out the hard way if it works or not.

Thanks for the info anyway.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jackleung:
At least my belkin f5u409 is not working (complaint high power consumption).

OP, can you update the first post since mice is actually working?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] tamas970:
The question is the power consumption of a USB stick and an external HDD. Maybe an economic 2.5" hard drive can be powered by the phone? No idea, one should try...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] artesea:
Not all mice work, fine at home, however the 6 I've tried in the office, 4 bring up the cursor but I can't move it, whilst the other 2 don't indicate that they have even been connected (although power is being drawn as the laser lights up red underneath).
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 3waygeek:
Bought a couple of these off eBay; they work OK for mice, but I can't seem to get thumb drives to work with them. At least I can't get My Files to recognize the drive.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jsomby:
Got this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-USB-OTG-C...&ps=63&clkid=227304128724508688#ht_4534wt_798

And it doesnt work. Phone says that it's high-power device and need external power :(

And no, i dont have anything else plugged in than this adapter. It doesnt do anything if i connect memory stick or powered usb hub on it.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] playflash:
Hello,

Really sorry.

I am the seller of this cable. I seldom visit here.

One of my buyers showed me your comment.

Maybe there is something wrong with the cable you received.

A new cable will be sent to you today.

And any buyer can contact us for replacement or refund if there is similar problem.

(Don't need to send the cable back).

Thank you all.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Beards:
Now that is what I call customer service.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jsomby:
Thank you sir :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bwets:
Well, I got this one and it actually works perfect (I mean this one)

What you have to do is first connect the usb device on the cable and then connect the cable to the phone. At least that solved it for me.

I managed to connect: A 1gb stick, an 8gb stick, a 250gb hard-drive (FAT32 formated, from wich I watched a m4v and a divx movie :) ), a mouse (an old logitech mx500). No success with any keyboard (except the diNovo, via bluetooth)

No success either with an Archo 5 IT (although it is "self powered")

Anyway, this cable works fine, thanks to the seller, outstanding ebay transaction! very good "customer service" :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Beards:
I got fed up waiting for the seller in China to tell me my cable is on it's way so have now ordered this cable from a UK seller ~ http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/micro-usb-to-usb-converter-for-samsung-galaxy-s2-p29842.htm
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Major_Sarcasm:
I've got the same cable, same seller, arrived today. An old Genius laser mouse connects and works perfectly, an 8GB Micro SD (in USB adaptor) works fine too but I can't get my 64GB Kingspec SSD to work for some reason. It connects briefly and then states that it's high-powered and can't be read. I wonder if the host-cable's blue LED indicator is drawing some current or enough to stop the 64GB SSD from working.

Gonna try it with a USB Y-cable and a mains adaptor later on when I get my car back (the Y-cable is in the car and my car is having an MOT, d'oh)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] lugi93:
Glad that the cable on the link is working since mine is on its way :cool:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Beards:
Well........ Now I am really annoyed!

Cable 1 ~ Ordered from Amazon UK ~ It never arrived and I'm still trying to sort out with Amazon in getting my money back.

Cable 2 ~ Ordered from the link Murray kindly let us have at the beginning opening post.

I ordered three cables from the seller. I never received a reply from him that the cable was on it's way and am still waiting.......

Cable 3 ~ Ordered from NewMP3Technology ~ They actually sent me a cable but despite my email messages to them to ask for the correct cable and that it MUST be a Type B MicroUSB they sent me a Type A.

Sent them a reply and....... no reply.

Cable 4 ~ Ordered from MobileFun on Monday just gone.

At the time of placing the order it said "In Stock, Ready for Immediate Delivery".

Also, "We do not debit your credit card until the item is dispatched".

Guess what!..... Today I received an email from them informing me they have been told they will not be receiving stock of this cable until the 15th June and if I would like to change my order for something else they will send that out instead????

Err...

1. Why on earth would I want to change the cable for something else?

2. They sent an email Invoice informing me "Thank you for your Order, your item will be dispatched soon".... But as I now know, that is not the case.

3. They debited my card despite the online assurances cards are not debited until items are dispatched.

I am starting to give up on this cable....:(
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
OMG, that is the worst run you are having there Beards! I feel like I should order one and then send it you!

You will be able to buy the Samsung one anytime now from somewhere like Clove, by then you will probably be happy to pay the premium in order to know that you will actually get it!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Beards:
Thanks Murray. So far it's cost me around £40 so I'm a little hesitant in wasting any further money, especially when that £40 could have gone to better use with the charity I support.

Ah well.... Win some, loose some. :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bwets:
And to clarifiy a few things, yes I actually used a Y cable to power the 250GB hard drive. But not the other devices like usb keys or mouse, those work just fine. I think also that the more LEDS are on the device, the more power it uses. usb sticks with LEDS tend to not always work the first time they are connected...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Xera1:
LEDs draw such a tiny amount of current I would be very surprised if they were putting you over the limit.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] hostet:
Can you check if your thumb drive is being formatted as FAT32. You may want to try with another thumb drive. Logically speaking, thumb drive will work if your mice work.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] marvi0:
hie guys the cable on the link on the first page is now finished, is this the same cable though please.http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-USB-Host-...d=250817547531&ps=63&clkid=365113513412259885
[Galaxy S II Accessories] lasersocks:
being able to plug in a game controller would be killer
[Galaxy S II Accessories] wayneywoo:
EXTREMELY IMPRESSED!!!

Managed to format a 1TB drive to FAT32 and the device sees the whole amount. Strange that the device can't see more than one partition or perhaps I'm not doing something right. Within sdcard, USB Storage, I see sda and that's it regardless of how many partitions.

Also, a Logitech 220 mouse works via the wireless usb receiver as well. Get the mouse come up on the display.

Chuffed!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jsomby:
Most OS's cant see more than one partition on usb-drive, like windows for example. Linux in the other hand can see, at least in pc world.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Medulla_Oblongata:
Wow this is awesome. I'm tempted to buy an OTG cable even thought I'll probably never use it! :P
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 3waygeek:
First thing I checked; the drive is readable on a Windows PC. It's a 6GB microSDHC in a USB reader; it contains only one 5MB text file. As far as I can tell, the SGS2 never sees it as storage; I get the "USB device connected" notification, then nothing.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
...and you've checked in the Samsung My Files app?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 3waygeek:
Finally got it working; the USB connectors in my OTG adapter & thumb drive were just flaky enough to not work with each other, but each worked with every other thing I'd connected them to. Using another thumb drive, it worked.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] surfdev:
totally! we'll probably need an android IME keyboard to read the input...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] hostet:
Glad that it is working now. I reason why I ask you to test is another forumer has the same adapter and the thumb drive work flawlessly.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] foxdie:
Based on the fact you put this much effort into support, I just bought 4 :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] marvinhemstock:
hi i found this, http://www.dealextreme.com/p/gold-p...ale-shielded-connection-cable-1m-length-37396 would this work on sg2 :) :D

edit : not the same i think after checking lol never mind
[Galaxy S II Accessories] deezle:
People are having no luck with 360 controllers and the like, is there any chance that a 'dumber' controller mighht work, i.e. no vibrate etc?. In much the same way that some mice work and some don't...

I've got a USB adaptor for a SNES controller that would be amazing to hook up for emulators..
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sleeco:
Hi, I got an OTG adaptor off e-bay from hong kong, £3.50 it took 9 days to get here, and like others in this thread all my various thumb drives work as does my wi-fi mouse.

This phone gets better, pity it will not work on my wifes sgs i9000 gt.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] iced_tea:
I'm having an odd problem with my cable (I bought the one tested in the video). I plugged my usb stick in and at first it said "high powered device". So I pulled it out and tried again later. This time the same usb stick worked and I could access it's files. I re-plugged it to make sure and again it said "high powered device".

Same thing happened with the USB OTG I bought from dealextreme.

Anyone know what's wrong with it?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
Sounds like an issue with either the phone or the drive in that case...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] noospam:
I have a Logitech mouse and keyboard at home. The mouse only produces a cursor on the SGSII's screen, but it can't move, unfortunately.

But I have luck with my Logitech USB keyboard! It is working great, except the keypad. All the standard keys are working, I can write SMS, E-mail, etc. I will post its exact type tonight as I arrive to home.

(My phone is unrooted with stock KE2 firmware.)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Major_Sarcasm:
I would suggest that the usb stick is on the cusp of acceptability for current draw. I have a 64GB SSD that won't work unless I use a USB Y-cable to provide external power but an 8GB MicroSD in a USB adaptor works fine without.

As an aside, I'm gonna try slaving an Android-powered HD2 to my SGS2 later with the Y-cable and see if I can share the memory cards :) Tried it yesterday without the USB Y-cable and it didn't work (high powered device).
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Dannyboyni:
I connected my logitech cordless rumblepad 2 wireless adapter in. And it works it seems. I guess I need drivers however for the joypad to work?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] iced_tea:
i tried another USB stick and experience the exact same problem :(

i really hope it isn't my phone. i don't want to send it in for a replacement because i have no other phone to use.

unfortunately i have only 2 working USB sticks at home. i'll test out my friends' and cousins' and see how it goes.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] noospam:
So, as I wrote, my Logitech USB keyboard is working perfect with my SGSII. Its model number is Y-US76A.

(I still have no luck with any USB (cable) mouse. I have pointer at the center of the screen, but I cannot move it or click with it.)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Paddiii:
My Logitech G5 works perfect ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] blue265:
Just got my cable today and works perfect with the thumb drives I have.

Question, is there a way to properly dismount a device using the cable? I can't find a way so just pull the cable out and each time it warns me that USB was unexpectedly removed.

Edit: Sorry, I found it from the notification bar. Damn, I am running on lack of sleep and feel dumb
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jackleung:
Check my post in this thread. Both wired and wireless mouse works for me
[Galaxy S II Accessories] iced_tea:
I tried more thumb drives and the results are that thumb drives bigger than 2GB do not work with the cable for me. Same problem with the USB OTG I bought from Deal Extreme. Does anyone else experience the same thing?

However my wireless Microsoft mouse works perfectly fine with the cable.

My problem is so weird, especially since so many of you guys say that your thumb drives work fine.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] azazin:
if anyone was interested in buying this adapter from a UK seller heres a link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200618926267#ht_1999wt_1139

I am just trying to help people as most people dont want to wait 2 weeks for an item to arrive from China/HK :D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jeandujardin01:
ordered ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Beards:
I appreciate you are trying to help but advertising or direct linking to a seller is against the forum rules.

AllGamer our forum Moderator posted a recent reminder message here.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jackleung:
Works with 250G powered SATA HD.

I have a USB Y splitter usb cable to supply extra power (comes with my external western digital HD long time ago). And OTG works as well. And I compiled a NTFS module to have SII support and mounted the NTFS partition.

The cable:

No more complaint to high power requirement but don't recognized the NTFS by default:

dmesg:

Then mount it manually. And it works within the CLI environment ONLY(can cp file out). Root Explorer can see the files and directories but can't open the files directly. Probably some mounting option need to be set to let non root apps open the files. Need some more digging on that later.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Budske:
http://www.expansys.com/samsung-usb-gender-adapter-for-galaxy-s-ii-217884/
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mrdo:
does anyone know of an affordable way to add > 128gb storage to my sgs2 this way ?

ideally i'd like a 256gb memory stick but they cost an absolute fortune at the moment. any other suggestions ? i'm looking for something that i don't need to plug in seperately so a portable hard drive is not suitable.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] alx5962:
Hi!

I just bought my galaxy S2 yesterday and read this topic today !

I already had the otg cable so I tried this few minutes ago and my usb pendrive and my apple keyboard work flawlessly !

I haven't rooted it yet, as it's branded and a bit scared to brick it.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] foxdie:
Credit where credit due! I placed an order for 4 USB OTG cables with playflash, he sent me 8 :D

They work perfectly too :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mrdo:
can anyone tell me whether it's possible to charge the phone and use usb host functionality at the same time ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] legolee:
I bought an OTG cable from ebay.

That seller owns a S II and tested a logitech keyboard and habu mouse, they are working with the S II!

P.S. you can find that seller by searching "micro usb host cable", the thumbnail picture shows a S II.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Sleepycat3:
If you have a dual head USB adapter, maybe.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Sleepycat3:
I got the adapter from dealextreme and it works fine on my 16GB thumbdrive. It needs to be in FAT32. The phone does not support NTFS.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mrdo:
anyone with one care to try while i wait for my cable to be delivered ?

thanks in advance ...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] iced_tea:
Thanks for the tip. I always assumed my thumbdrives were in FAT32 format but I'll doublecheck.

I sent a PM to Major_Sarcasm regarding the Y splitter cable. I'm going to post his reply, like he suggested, as it might help other people.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jackleung:
Why don't you look at my post just 1 page before???

BTW, NTFS works if you load the ntfs kernel module (same post as well).
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Beards:
I think a lot of 'non-technical' members won't understand CLI and non-rooter's will have problems.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mrdo:
sorry, i wasn't sure from your post that you were confirming that using the Y cable actually powers the external drive and allows the phone to be charged from the same cable at the same time. sorry if i misunderstood - can you confirm this ?

thanks !
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jackleung:
Opps. My bad. I thought you were asking if Y cable can power external drive for use in GSII. For your question, it WON'T charge the GSII at the same time. The phone status still show "battery use"....
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mrdo:
thanks for the update - very much appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] da13:
nice work.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] asheg:
recieved mine several days ago...

successfully worked with a-data 2 gb usb flash drive, but attempt to connect a silicon 4 gb failed :((. it types too powerfull device has been connected

can someone confirm: it is because of my usb flash drive or that usb-host doesn't support cards more then 2gb???
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bluemint:
I bought the otg cable and works great. Working on 3/4 usb flash pens. Supertalent 16Gb pens no problem. Bought an adaptor micro usb >usb2 female adaptor and this works as well. Samsung G2 is by far the best phone out there right now!!!

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/micro-usb-on-the-go-host-otg-adapter-pair-50774
[Galaxy S II Accessories] asheg:
i just got what was the problem... it works only if the usb-flash is in fat32, doesnt work for ntfs ones :((((. why???? how make it work for ntfs ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Venomqld:
SGS2 is not compatible to read NTFS, only FAT32 will work
[Galaxy S II Accessories] darkodin14:
Or you could get the black version of the same cable rather than the ugly clear one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...342405&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_1884wt_905
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Beards:
Linking you both to this post.