What is the full size USB for?

pagantek · Apr 7, 2011

I have used the usb port to power a Dell KB (sk-8125) with 2 usb ports, and one of the ports has a generic optical mouse plugged in. I'm using this setup on VEGAn-Tab 5.1.1 with mouse patch and it all works perfectly.

Radon_22 · Apr 7, 2011

So far, I've managed to use a keyboard, mouse, a thumb drive, and a card reader. All have run flawlessly under Vegan.

iglaze · Apr 7, 2011

Ok, maybe I'm doing something wrong.

I have been able to use a USB keyboard and a wireless (2.4ghz) keyboard and mouse setup. The mouse doesn't really work correctly. I can kinda move it, but I don't think I would really use the mouse anyway, so not really worried about it.

Now the problem:

I've tried two USB drives that I have: Both Kingston Datatravelers. One 16 GB, the other 4GB. Neither one works.

Then I tried with a powered USB hub connected: A Macally USB hub found here: http://www.amazon.com/Macally-TRIHUB7-Mini-Adapter-Black/dp/B001DBF07S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302197723&sr=8-1.

I connected those two flash drives and a couple of hard drives and nothing.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a program or a specific filemanager I need? I tried both Astro and iFileManager that comes with Vegan-Tab Beta 5.1.1. Neither of them worked (I looked under the usbdisk folder. Is there somewhere else I should be looking?)

Anyway, any help would be appreciated. For example, what USB flash drives you are using, what powered hubs worked for you, etc.

usofrob · Apr 7, 2011

I've never used the Vegan ROM, I'm using a CM7 based ROM. I can plug a usb hub in and connect two USB drives. The first drive that gets connected is mounted in /mnt/usbdisk and /usbdisk, but the second drive isn't mounted.

I figured out how to manually mount it, but I have that written up at home (and I'm at work). I hope to start a thread that describes how to do it for other people. Then maybe we can build some scripts/apps to make it easier for us.

The two drives I tried are a USB CF reader and an external USB hard drive.

bebopblues · Apr 7, 2011

Just a note, when you plug in a flash drive, the notification icon doesn't show anything like it does when plugged into a PC. But the drive will show up in the file manager under the "/usbdisk" folder.

stephenbenham · Apr 7, 2011

usofrob said:
I've never used the Vegan ROM, I'm using a CM7 based ROM. I can plug a usb hub in and connect two USB drives. The first drive that gets connected is mounted in /mnt/usbdisk and /usbdisk, but the second drive isn't mounted.

I figured out how to manually mount it, but I have that written up at home (and I'm at work). I hope to start a thread that describes how to do it for other people. Then maybe we can build some scripts/apps to make it easier for us.

The two drives I tried are a USB CF reader and an external USB hard drive.

What USB Hard Drive did you use? I want to buy a hard drive for this, but do not know which to get. Was it powered by an adapter?

dlaciv12 · Apr 7, 2011

TarheelGrad1998 said:
Anybody ever tried a USB TV Receiver? I'm doubting it would work, but would be cool...

Is there android software to tune one? I have a usb receiver on my htpc and I'll give it a try if I had some software for it.

Slightly Askew · Apr 7, 2011

noechelon said:
I have a 32gb thumb drive that works perfect. In fact, I have 5 thumb drives all with different data on them ranging from documents to videos.

Do you know if your thumb drive is NTFS, or FAT32?

iglaze · Apr 8, 2011

Hmm, that could be relevant. In my case, the ones that aren't working for me are all NTFS.

Coyot21 · Apr 8, 2011

I was able to successfully connect my sansa e280 mp3 player as a /usbdisk today and transfer mp3's to the /sdcard2. I also attempted to connect my stock droid X, but was not able to see any of the contents. That may be a DX issue though.

tgruendler · Apr 8, 2011

I am hoping that I can get some sort of Terminal Emulation software working with a USBtoSerial cable so I can work on Cisco equipment from my tablet.

astralplaydohrp · Apr 8, 2011

Anyone try a barcode scanner? We're thinking of using these tablets at work for scanning barcodes on servers quickly into a database.

noechelon · Apr 8, 2011

Slightly Askew said:
Do you know if your thumb drive is NTFS, or FAT32?

Just checked. It's FAT32.

tgruendler · Apr 9, 2011

Essentially, a barcode scanner is a keyboard and most of them use a keyboard driver on windows so chances are pretty good unless it requires too much power.

Sent from my PC36100

someone0 · Apr 9, 2011

I say skip the USB keyboard, I'm using the Think Outside Bluetooth right now on the Nightly build ginger CM. And it works w/o the need for any additional module/app.

apeironer · Apr 9, 2011

I can confirm that the gtab can power a seagate free agent go flex 500gb external hard drive. Out of the box it has to be formatted of course but after that it worked like a charm. Anyone know of a kernal that supports ntfs?

Gendo3 · Apr 9, 2011

does it read/write flash drives faster than it does from the sd cards? I ask because it seems to take forever to load anything to/from either of the two card slots

jhoff33 · Apr 9, 2011

tgruendler said:
I am hoping that I can get some sort of Terminal Emulation software working with a USBtoSerial cable so I can work on Cisco equipment from my tablet.

As am I. I've only had my gtab a week but this is a very serious goal of mine. Have any tips where to start?

usofrob · Apr 10, 2011

stephenbenham said:
What USB Hard Drive did you use? I want to buy a hard drive for this, but do not know which to get. Was it powered by an adapter?

I'm actually using an Archos 605 wifi with a 160GB hard drive built in. So, it has it's own built in power. But I've charged my phone off of my tablet before. It might have enough juice.

I think to be on the safe side for power, I'd get a slim 2.5" drive or one with a separate power adapter, depending on your needs. I hope to get one myself to back up photos while on vacation, but I'll probably need to be near power anyway.

What is the full size USB for?

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