USB Mouse Issue

[ahmoda]

I downloaded update 3.1

and tried to plug my Mouse USB , through a small Female-Female conversion ... but Xoom did not recognize the mouse and the mouse never powered...

Any assistance?

Thanks

 

[Vudumedic]

I think all the drivers for the mouse where supposed to be added as Bluetooth protocols not via USB so that may be it and I doubt that the battery on the Xoom has enough left over to power USB peripherals they are all probably going to have to be self powering.

 

[ahmoda]

I think all the drivers for the mouse where supposed to be added as Bluetooth protocols not via USB so that may be it and I doubt that the battery on the Xoom has enough left over to power USB peripherals they are all probably going to have to be self powering.

but What I read is that it will support the normal USB mouse, furthermore, I saw today a review on Youtube for some one used USB mouse with him?!!!!!

 

[derekw68]

Are using a USB org cable? When I plug a mouse in to my cable, it works. I made mine from a micro USB as you can't find them.

 

[ahmoda]

Are using a USB org cable? When I plug a mouse in to my cable, it works. I made mine from a micro USB as you can't find them.

Which org cable? do you mean original cable?
and how you connect the normal USB mouse with it?

 

[derekw68]

sorry xoom auto corrected otg. Otg is a host cable. The cable has pin 5 grounded as the xoom does not do it like a computer would. You can buy the camera connection kit from Motorola or find one in China.

 

[ahmoda]

sorry xoom auto corrected otg. Otg is a host cable. The cable has pin 5 grounded as the xoom does not do it like a computer would. You can buy the camera connection kit from Motorola or find one in China.

can you upload a photo of the cable you mean?

 

[derekw68]

How To Make Your Own OTG Cable : Video Tutorial and Demo of USB Mouse - xda-developers
This one has a video. This is how I made mine. I hope it helps

 

[ahmoda]

I can't make one as I'm not an experiment on this work....

Is there any other solution... I don't know why Xoom can't accept bot cables OTG and normal one which is mostly in the market?

 

[derekw68]

It does accept both. The normal one you plug in to your computer, the computer grounds terminal internally to act as a host. When you plug the original cable in to xoom it is waiting on the host to tell it what to do. If you have a host cable plugged in to your xoom, it will control what ever is on the other end.

 

[Maikai.Guy]

Go to either Amazon.com or ebay.com and search on "OTG cable". You'll be presented with a number of solutions. My choice was a small, roughly 3 to 4 inch cable with a male microUSB on one side and a standard female USB on the other.

But any version goes for less than about $3.

 

[JoeH1953]

Superb. I'll try the BT first to see how it works out.

 

[ahmoda]

My problem is that I don't have eBay or amazon deliver to our country

 

[Complex Pants]

Go to either Amazon.com or ebay.com and search on "OTG cable". You'll be presented with a number of solutions. My choice was a small, roughly 3 to 4 inch cable with a male microUSB on one side and a standard female USB on the other.

But any version goes for less than about $3.

Could you post a link to the cable you bought?

 

[ahmoda]

OK
Now i made one cable, it powered the USB mouse and the light there but I can't make it work
I can't see the curser?

Any help?