Onda Vi50 Fashion USB host (OTG)

[luiscalouro]

Hello,

I have an Onda Vi50 4.0.3 android Tablet. As you can see on it's description (Onda Vi50 Fashion Edition Android 4.0 Tablet PC 7.0 Inch Capacitive 5-Point TFT Touch Screen With External 3G WiFi Camera -Black [24] - US$107.00 : androidtablet-sale.com), it supports OTG.

I've bought this adapter Mini USB 5-Pin Male to USB A-Female Adapter - Worldwide Free Shipping - DX and could not connect to an 8Gb flash drive, an keyboard, anything!

So I installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hu.sztupy.android.usbhostcontroller and got "s3c usb host driver not found" message

I found this solution (i think it needs root to access system folder):

To enable USB host API support you should add a file named android.hardware.usb.host.xml
and containing the following lines:

[COLOR=#444444][FONT=Helvetica Neue]<permissions>[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#444444][FONT=Helvetica Neue]<feature name="android.hardware.usb.host">[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#444444][FONT=Helvetica Neue]</feature></permissions>[/FONT][/COLOR]

into folder /system/etc/permissions
in that folder find file named handheld_core_hardware.xml or tablet_core_hardware.xml
and add <feature name="android.hardware.usb.host"> into <permissions> section
Reboot your device. Usb host api should work.

Question is:

Do I have to root the tablet to use as an USB host?

 

[luiscalouro]

Well,

I discovered that I do not have to root the tablet: it comes rooted.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck

I´ll try the solution, then..