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[kallt_kaffe]

Please try this build: http://www.mediafire...c7mht854v79l08t

I very seldoms reboot when inserting cable and suspend problems should be gone (as it doesn't enter suspend while in usb host mode).
For me the USB peripheral mode is still working fine when I switch cables.

Let me know how it works for you.

EDIT: With lockscreen enabled the UI still freezes on suspend/resume although it should be possible for it to suspend. It seems it is just the UI that freezes (adb still works) so maybe it has something to do with having a mouse attached. I'l try with just an flash disk to see if it changes it's behaviour.

[kallt_kaffe]

It seems the UI freezes happens only when mouse is attached and only in portrait mode. Doesn't matter if lockscreen is enabled or not but since the lockscreen forces portrait it triggers the bug.
USB Storage and USB Keyboard doesn't cause this. Propably a bug in the input system.

So basicly, it works quite OK right now apart from the mouse-ui-freeze-thing.

[kallt_kaffe]

Here's the latest version (without the not needed wakelock): http://www.mediafire...k5y6l08ynq0rnbh

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kallt_kaffe, on 19 August 2011 - 03:36 PM, said:

Here's the latest version (without the not needed wakelock): http://www.mediafire...k5y6l08ynq0rnbh

WOW, you've been working hard!!

Installed the 2011-08-19 built, works fine.   Peripheral mode works.   However, OTG mode sometimes doesn't come on.   Plug in hub first and then power helps, as you said in the Swedish forum.

Which OTG driver did you use?   If it is the Blade driver, it must be the extra drivers I loaded with my config that cause the peripheral mode problem.

[kallt_kaffe]

forforum, on 19 August 2011 - 11:09 PM, said:

WOW, you've been working hard!!

Installed the 2011-08-19 built, works fine.   Peripheral mode works.   However, OTG mode sometimes doesn't come on.   Plug in hub first and then power helps, as you said in the Swedish forum.

Which OTG driver did you use?   If it is the Blade driver, it must be the extra drivers I loaded with my config that cause the peripheral mode problem.

I used the V9 driver but in the end I removed all the differences so it ended up to be identical to the Blade driver. Not sure why you lost peripheral mode.

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kallt_kaffe, on 20 August 2011 - 05:59 AM, said:

I used the V9 driver but in the end I removed all the differences so it ended up to be identical to the Blade driver. Not sure why you lost peripheral mode.

I did more testing and found that  host mode only starts intermittently with your latest built.   Do you have this problem?

I went back to my Blade driver kernel built and confirmed that I lost peripheral mode.   I rebuilt the kernel with your config file and refreshed.   This time, I got my peripheral mode back, as expected.  And the bonus is that host mode now works all the time.  I am happy with that now.

Do you if the V9 micro USB port hardware allows current to run both directions (charging and supplying power to devices)?  I've started to compare USB related drivers between the V9 and S7 to see if I can spot how the S7 does it.   But, if it is not possible hardware-wise, I am wasting  my time.

[kallt_kaffe]

forforum, on 21 August 2011 - 04:35 AM, said:

I did more testing and found that  host mode only starts intermittently with your latest built.   Do you have this problem?

I went back to my Blade driver kernel built and confirmed that I lost peripheral mode.   I rebuilt the kernel with your config file and refreshed.   This time, I got my peripheral mode back, as expected.  And the bonus is that host mode now works all the time.  I am happy with that now.

Strange. My msm72k_otg.c is identical to the Blade version. However I did actually remove one line /drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig while trying to fix, what I thought was, syspend issues. I'll try to revert that change.

Not sure if host mode stats only intermittent or not but it almost never works unless I removed the power to the HUB first and reinsert it after attaching it to the tablet.

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Do you if the V9 micro USB port hardware allows current to run both directions (charging and supplying power to devices)?  I've started to compare USB related drivers between the V9 and S7 to see if I can spot how the S7 does it.   But, if it is not possible hardware-wise, I am wasting  my time.

I honestly don't know. Where can I find the S7 kernel source? I'd like to investigate this too.

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kallt_kaffe, on 21 August 2011 - 11:32 AM, said:

Strange. My msm72k_otg.c is identical to the Blade version. However I did actually remove one line /drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig while trying to fix, what I thought was, syspend issues. I'll try to revert that change.

Not sure if host mode stats only intermittent or not but it almost never works unless I removed the power to the HUB first and reinsert it after attaching it to the tablet.


I honestly don't know. Where can I find the S7 kernel source? I'd like to investigate this too.

Here is my working kernel, you can try to see if it fixes the power sequence problem.  It work perfectly for me now.

Here is the link to the S7 kernel source.  

Also, just like to confirm that the automount feature you added only works when the USB stick is plugged in prior to power on the V9.

[boutsism]

could u please tell us exactly what we can do with this stuff u upload here? thank you

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boutsism, on 28 August 2011 - 08:23 AM, said:

could u please tell us exactly what we can do with this stuff u upload here? thank you

It allows you to connect supported USB devices to the tab.   Devices tested working are keyboard, mouse, USB flash drive and USB hard disk.  How useful it is depends on how you use the tab.  For me, it the fun to get it working.   But, playing  media from an USB flash drive or disk is convenient too.

[willbeans]

Many thanks to you guys for getting this stuff working, keyboard and flash drive work perfectly, still can't get it to automount a 500gb seagate drive, powers up fine through the hub, tried replacing the system/bin /vold file but no luck, any suggestions or what would need to enter in the terminal to mount it?
Bit new to some of this, any help appreciated. Cheers

[willbeans]

Many thanks to you guys for getting this stuff working, keyboard and flash drive work perfectly, still can't get it to automount a 500gb seagate drive, powers up fine through the hub, tried replacing the system/bin /vold file but no luck, any suggestions or what would need to enter in the terminal to mount it?
Bit new to some of this, any help appreciated. Cheers

[boutsism]

hello guys...i want to ask something...i ahve put hte last update from here...i have bought an adaptor from female usb to female usb...and i connect it to the main cable that zte v9 had...then i put a usb stick or a mouse or keyboard and i dont see any action as i connect my tablet at pc...what do i haev to do for making it work???can u help me please?thank you in advance!!!

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boutsism, on 03 September 2011 - 10:28 AM, said:

hello guys...i want to ask something...i ahve put hte last update from here...i have bought an adaptor from female usb to female usb...and i connect it to the main cable that zte v9 had...then i put a usb stick or a mouse or keyboard and i dont see any action as i connect my tablet at pc...what do i haev to do for making it work???can u help me please?thank you in advance!!!

You need an OTG cable (micro USB male to USB female), which shorts pin 4 and 5 at the micro USB end to tell Android to start host mode.

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willbeans, on 02 September 2011 - 01:25 PM, said:

Many thanks to you guys for getting this stuff working, keyboard and flash drive work perfectly, still can't get it to automount a 500gb seagate drive, powers up fine through the hub, tried replacing the system/bin /vold file but no luck, any suggestions or what would need to enter in the terminal to mount it?
Bit new to some of this, any help appreciated. Cheers

To mount a device manually, you need to first find out what device id is assigned to the disk, "ls /dev/block".   Look for something like "sda", "sda1", "sdb2" etc.  If you have only one disk plugged in, the first partition of the hard drive would most likely be "sda1", but sometimes, if you change drive/device, it may be "sdb1" instead.  To mount a ntfs partition on sda1 to /mnt/usbdisk, "mount -t ntfs -o umask=000 /dev/ block/sda1 /mnt/usbdisk"

[tsynik]

Hi, guys! It's clear now about ZTE V9 with storage devices. I'm looking for integration of the tablet to my car. ZTE v9 have all needed interfaces _except_ quality audio output. Now I have other chineese tab in my dashboard (wits a81g), which uses ALSA on froyo 2.2. It have external USB DAC connected to USB hub, which works fine. The only thing I need to change was /system/etc/asound.conf (card 0 -> card 1), as usb audio support already was built in the kernel.

Is it possible to use the same config (v9 + ext usb audio) with cyanogenmod 7? As I understand, we need usb-audio support in the kernel (and corresponding /dev/snd/device), and some mods to audio libs. 2nd part is unclear for me... or, is it possible to switch to alsa on zte v9 somehow?

Edited by tsynik, 25 September 2011 - 10:35 AM.

[hazard69]

to make a otg cable i only need to short pin 4 and 5? is this just the earth pins? also to run power through the micro usb can you tap a wire from the battery(even though its 3.7v) to the 5v power pin on the usb cable to send power to the usb device?
i havent tried any of this yet but i would be very interested to get this to work and then say run a ubuntu linux desktop environment with usb hosting would be awesome. so basically a touch pad running full working linux with usb host
can either of you two awesome devs make a step by step guide for this as in flashing which kernal exactly and setting it all up? iv only just got the tab n still learning
im already running kk's gingerbread rom plus over clocked kernal.
thanking you in advance if i can get some help

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hazard69, on 30 September 2011 - 11:17 AM, said:

to make a otg cable i only need to short pin 4 and 5? is this just the earth pins? also to run power through the micro usb can you tap a wire from the battery(even though its 3.7v) to the 5v power pin on the usb cable to send power to the usb device?
i havent tried any of this yet but i would be very interested to get this to work and then say run a ubuntu linux desktop environment with usb hosting would be awesome. so basically a touch pad running full working linux with usb host
can either of you two awesome devs make a step by step guide for this as in flashing which kernal exactly and setting it all up? iv only just got the tab n still learning
im already running kk's gingerbread rom plus over clocked kernal.
thanking you in advance if i can get some help

You can get a proper OTG cable for a dollar or two from ebay, I wouldn't border trying to make my own.

I am not an electronic engineer, but I would strongly advice against trying to join the battery to the USB.  As it is, the USB port is the charging port, if you feed the battery to it, it will try to use what ever current to charge the battery, essentially creating a short circuit.

To get USB host mode to work, you need

• KK's 20110819 build (Anything after that may not work as it uses a different kernel).
• OTG cable
• Self powered USB hub - connect this to the TAB via the OTG cable
• To test, plug a mouse into the hub and you should see the cursor on the screen
• If not, try to install this kernel via recovery (Sebastian's Clockwork Recovery is needed)
• USB flash or hard disk should automount to /mnt/usbdisk with KK's 20110819 build, you can go to settings->storage to manually mount of unmount.

[shipoopi]

Many thanks to everyone for their advice - I stumbled across this thread, and it was exactly what I was looking for.  I needed to use OTG to access a USB hard drive while travelling, especially on planes. For that reason, I've done it slightly differently, which some people might find useful...

If you have any powered USB port around (e.g. in-flight entertainment system, travel USB charger), you can use a split USB cable (e.g. http://www.ebay.com....E-/270555945221 ) rather than a powered USB hub. Connect one of the cable's male USB connectors to the powered USB outlet, and connect the other male connector to the ZTE V9 via the micro USB OTG dongle. You then have a female USB port which you can use to access USB drives. I've tested this working with the ROM posted in this thread. For me, that's much less hassle than carrying a powered hub!

Thanks again for the advice!

[DavRU]

forforum, on 07 October 2011 - 08:04 AM, said:

You can get a proper OTG cable for a dollar or two from ebay, I wouldn't border trying to make my own.

I am not an electronic engineer, but I would strongly advice against trying to join the battery to the USB.  As it is, the USB port is the charging port, if you feed the battery to it, it will try to use what ever current to charge the battery, essentially creating a short circuit.

To get USB host mode to work, you need

• KK's 20110819 build (Anything after that may not work as it uses a different kernel).
• OTG cable
• Self powered USB hub - connect this to the TAB via the OTG cable
• To test, plug a mouse into the hub and you should see the cursor on the screen
• If not, try to install this kernel via recovery (Sebastian's Clockwork Recovery is needed)
• USB flash or hard disk should automount to /mnt/usbdisk with KK's 20110819 build, you can go to settings->storage to manually mount of unmount.

Is it possible to use this kernel with rooted by Clockworkmod  V9PLUSV1.0.0B03 ROM?