[Q] HP Touchpad OTG support works great but..

[amkaos]

Hi:

i bought a solar powered 4 port hub + otg cable..

using chainfires stickmount , this setup works perfect but

i search high and low :: why hasnt the hacker gurus replaced the F usb end
w/ a male micro end to eliminate one cable?

if i was smart, i wouldda ordered an extra otg cable and tried it..

the hub and cable took almost a month to get here so i cant just hackup the only cable i have

thanx

 

[eduardoroeder]

because otg cables are not designed to work only with the TP, but several devices, and since some of them send power thru otg, there is no need of powered hub.

 

[amkaos]

accidental dbl post please delete

 

[amkaos]

HPTP does require power to a hub , which i have.

i dont have any questions why.
my question is how.

i dont know what youre trying to say really.

 

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I've been thinking of making just such a cable myself, if I'm right the TP end would need to have pins 4 and 5 shorted while the other end would be wired normally. I have a ZTE MF60 mobile wifi hotspot which also has a micro sd card slot and can be used as external storage but only wired, not wireless.

 

[amkaos]

I've been thinking of making just such a cable myself, if I'm right the TP end would need to have pins 4 and 5 shorted while the other end would be wired normally. I have a ZTE MF60 mobile wifi hotspot which also has a micro sd card slot and can be used as external storage but only wired, not wireless.

going from a very vague memory, when they hack up cables it seems like ppl short out pins 4&5 on the other end (non touchpad) end .. i could not be anywhere atall sure about this tho... like the otg cable right out of the box,, does the female usb end have pins 4 and 5 shorted together?

so hptp side is non modified micro male end;

other end is modified mini male end..

i would be verry interested if this ever gets done..to shrink up cable clutter hugely .

thanx