Can you please explain the sentence "The play store USB OTG says the the
OTG isn't compatible"?

On Oct 19, 2017 21:54, "Ilan Tal" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just to remove all doubt I asked my brother to try the auto mode. With the
> old phones, both of his boards work fine. With the new phones, the boards
> don't exist.
> When he plugs in the IOIO into the phone he gets a message indicating that
> the phone knows the IOIO is there. With the new phone, the phone will
> recognize charging but no IOIO.
> The play store USB OTG says the the OTG isn't compatible, so we can't
> ignore that.
> I was hoping that the splitter cable's claims to somehow magically add
> OTG, would work, but I see no magic.
>
> On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 9:48:40 PM UTC+3, Ytai wrote:
>>
>> I would recommend:
>>
>>    1. Using the precompiled HelloIOIO for doing these tests (just to
>>    rule out the possibility that you're building something wrong).
>>    2. Trying either the IOIO as host or as device (which has to do with
>>    with side of the cable goes into the IOIO and which one to the Android).
>>    Make sure the switch on the IOIO is in the "A" (auto) mode.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 4:04 AM, Ilan Tal <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I finally managed to understand your question. No, the phone is
>>> definitely controlling the IOIO and the IOIO is not the host.
>>> I used your looper to control the IOIO - staying as close as i could to
>>> your examples (Hello IOIO etc.)
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 7:35:17 AM UTC+3, Ytai wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I think you might be somewhat misusing the term OTG. USB OTG has to do
>>>> with the ability of a device to switch between being a host on the USB bus
>>>> to bring a device, based on which side of the cable it is connected to.
>>>> Since all phones used to be only devices, manufacturers started using the
>>>> term OTG to mean that their device can also be a host.
>>>> The IOIO worked with Android long before any phones had host mode, so
>>>> the lack of OTG support in itself is not a problem. Since it sounds like
>>>> from your description that you're using the IOIO as a host, it is more
>>>> likely that what you're seeing is a result of the bug I linked to rather
>>>> than lack of support.
>>>> Makes sense?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 16, 2017 21:28, "Ilan Tal" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> With the new phones your board simply doesn't exist under OTG. Nothing
>>>> we could do would give signs of life.
>>>> That is the contribution of the UTB OTG checker programs - they have no
>>>> connection to your board.
>>>> All of these programs claim that OTG is dead, so big surprise that the
>>>> phone can't see your board under OTG.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 7:21:59 AM UTC+3, Ytai wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is this the case for both directions? I.e. the IOIO as either host or
>>>>> device?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 16, 2017 21:11, "Ilan Tal" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Yitai,
>>>>>> Unfortunately we have to accept the fact that phones less than about
>>>>>> 1 year old no longer support OTG.
>>>>>> Blue tooth is the only solution.
>>>>>> The cable I asked about does nothing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are several programs to check USB OTG on the phone itself.
>>>>>> These are useful as an independent check, independent from your board.
>>>>>> Any of them will work on "old" phones but will fail on new phones,
>>>>>> indicating that the phone does not support OTG.
>>>>>> The cable is simply a red herring and contributes nothing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Too bad that the OTG technology came and went within 5 years, but
>>>>>> this seems to be the case.
>>>>>> So we will switch our system from OTG to blue tooth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Ilan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 5:04:44 PM UTC+3, Ilan Tal wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would like to ask about the IOIO OTG on the latest phones.
>>>>>>> To my amazement many of the latest phones no longer seem to support
>>>>>>> OTG.
>>>>>>> (What I see is that I can't make any connection with Hello IOIO.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is a cable you can buy
>>>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009YPYORM?tag=won00-20
>>>>>>> that seems to solve the problem, but I'd like some feedback.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ideally, this might work: plug the micro usb into the phone and then
>>>>>>> make a connection between one of the 2 male connectors to the IOIO.
>>>>>>> I don't know who has experience with this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If that fails perhaps another possibility is to plug the micro usb
>>>>>>> into the IOIO and use a male connector to blue tooth.
>>>>>>> This is using the cable as a simple pass through, but I might be
>>>>>>> able to use the other connector to supply 5 volts to the IOIO?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Ilan
>>>>>>>
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