USB OTG?

[Masterchief87]

Does anyone know if USB otg flash drives work for the ZMAX?
Edit: Apparently they don't work.

 

[master odysues]

Does anyone know if USB otg flash drives work for the ZMAX?

I believe so according to a video on YouTube ...you have an powered otg ?

 

[Masterchief87]

I believe so according to a video on YouTube ...you have an powered otg ?

Its just a regular flash drive with regular USB at one end and micro USB at the other.

 

[master odysues]

Its just a regular flash drive with regular USB at one end and micro USB at the other.

I know what an otg is , but I'm asking you if the otg you have has a 3 connection for power.

 

[master odysues]

I know what an otg is , but I'm asking you if the otg you have has a 3rd connection for power.

 

[Masterchief87]

I know what an otg is , but I'm asking you if the otg you have has a 3 connection for power.

No.

 

[Jarrett Mitchell]

I have a OTG cable and it works with like a keyboard and mouse but I haven't had luck with flash drives. I've got root browser but still no luck.

 

[master odysues]

I have a OTG cable and it works with like a keyboard and mouse but I haven't had luck with flash drives. I've got root browser but still no luck.

You Need to download an app

 

[master odysues]

No.

Did you try using USB otg helper?

 

[Masterchief87]

Did you try using USB otg helper?

I got it working with stick mount by chainfire

 

[master odysues]

I got it working with stick mount by chainfire

Awesome . that would of been my other suggestion

 

[DeadDude]

To use stickmount, do you keep /system r/w?

 

[Masterchief87]

To use stickmount, do you keep /system r/w?

You do need root to use stickmount but you do not need system rw

 

[DeadDude]

Awesomeness

 

[Masterchief87]

It will mount your usb stick to /sdcard/usbstorage/sda1
It is kind of stupid that usb sticks wont work on a stock unrooted zmax when the hardware clearly has that capability.
Whats even dumber is that ZTE REMOVED this feature from the stock rom. There is actually a /storage/usbdrive directory but it does not do anything. SMH ...

 

[DeadDude]

Yeah... Before root (just an hour ago), I tried everything I could. Even once got a directory listing... Once. Never did again.

Wondering if it was a fluke due to overflow or something...

 

[master odysues]

Has anybody tryed mhl ?

 

[EarlyMon]

Has anybody tryed mhl ?

MHL is a separate technology from USB, the ZMax doesn't have it.

 

[DeadDude]

Well, root with stick mount pro works great.

 

[Masterchief87]

Well, root with stick mount pro works great.

You don't keep getting annoying notifications? When I use the pro version it mounts /sdcard/DCIM to /sdcard/usbstorage/DCIM and gives me persistent ongoing notifications that I can't get rid of as well as annoying toast notifications on every boot. I ended up uninstalling the stick mount pro extension, then deleting /sdcard/usbstorage/DCIM(had to use TWRP file manager because Root Explorer could not delete it). Since I went back to using the free version, I have had zero problems.

 

[DeadDude]

Now that you mention it... I noticed I'm not using pro

 

[Flablitz]

Just downloaded and used this and it works great.

 

[ravenslight]

To get a otg to work on stock unrooted rom, u can't have an sdcard in. It won't mount both at once, if rooted, stick mount works

 

[iveal]

I am able to get OTG working with a mouse+OTG cable on my Zmax (even without root), but I haven't had any success with flash drives. I obtained temp root with Kingroot, and root access was verified with Root Checker. Using USB OTG Helper, it reports that "Root access is OK!".

However, when I try to mount a flash drive, it tells me "No drives mounted (code 9)". I do see the red LED light on the flash drive light up while it's plugged into the Zmax via the OTG cable.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do to get OTG support for flash drives. I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Masterchief87]

Try stick mount