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By , Junior Member on 29th December 2015, 05:46 PM

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As the thread title states, I want to find out if the Wileyfox Swift support USB OTG? I have tried attaching a USB flash drive via the cable that used to work with my One Plus One that I had, but it does not respond when connected to the Wileyfox Swift. Any ideas? Thanks for any help!

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29th December 2015, 09:32 PM |#2

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Ill test it in 15 mins and get back to you.

I think I might have used OTG via TWRP recovery, but don't know about the ROM

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29th December 2015, 09:47 PM |#3

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Thanx for checking this. It would be great if there's a way to get this to work but I also wouldn't be surprised if the phone cannot support OTG.

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29th December 2015, 10:22 PM |#4

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It doesn't look like it is configured for OTG. It might be changeable via a custom kernel going by Chainfire's USB Host app.

I did not try the 'fix' in the second app as I don't have a current backup.

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24th January 2016, 10:01 AM |#5

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It might also not work because you have a wrong OTG cable since many microUSB cables won't work with the Swift

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25th January 2016, 02:23 PM |#6

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You might want to try using externally powered usb hub or Y shaped OTG cable to power the flash drive. I don't have any at the moment to try. Most likely it will turn out that the microUSB on the phone doesn't have the wiring to provide power (as it was for Nexus S but can be used if powered externally).

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2nd February 2016, 08:58 PM |#7

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Maybe anybody can make OTG support in kernel and it will work with Y cable like on Nexus4?

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16th February 2016, 10:41 AM |#8

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Quote:

Originally Posted by r25txe

I did not try the 'fix' in the second app as I don't have a current backup.

seems like the 'fix' don't work...

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16th February 2016, 05:05 PM |#9

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2&postcount=84

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22nd February 2016, 08:22 PM |#10

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2&postcount=84

Thanks for the update. As I stated in the beginning, I am not surprised that Wileyfox Swift doesn't support USB OTG. It's still a good phone despite this omission.

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3rd March 2016, 04:51 PM |#11

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While the kernel that comes with it does not support USB-OTG, it is not impossible that a kernel with support could be built. The APIs are there, they just need instructions to call them.

I'm not too fussed about it, if it had no portable SD card support I would be annoyed, but having the card allows much of the usage cases of USB-OTG.

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