Nexus 4 and USB-on-the-go are no-go

9. -box- posted on 26 Nov 2012, 12:15 2

Good to see Google catching up with Symbian for out-of-the-box features. I've had USB OTG for years.

10. chaoticrazor posted on 26 Nov 2012, 16:53 0

Exactly, but the fans will claim android were the first. Symbian should get more credit then it does. It may be dead but its still one of the most functional OS's around. Just lacks meaningless app after app

5. ph00ny posted on 26 Nov 2012, 05:25 0

Sadly USB OTG seems to be working fine on Nexus 10

6. tango_charlie posted on 26 Nov 2012, 05:36 0

Nope. Since Android 4.0 host mode/ usb OTG works out of the box. It works out of box on the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7, but to use flash drives root is needed.

7. _Bone_ posted on 26 Nov 2012, 05:41 4

If root is required it's not out of the box anymore, is it?

8. tango_charlie posted on 26 Nov 2012, 06:39 1

you need root just for flash drives. Mice, Keyboards, Joystick and such peripheries will work out of the box. And if you use the app "Nexus media importer" you don't even have to root your Nexus to connect flash drives.

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