[Replicant] Replicant Nexus S USB host mode UMTS dongle

[Paul Kocialkowski]

Hi,

Le lundi 09 novembre 2015 à 13:28 +0100, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli a
écrit :
> On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 06:07:01 +0000
> intelemetry <intelemetry at openmailbox.org> wrote:
> 
> > I'm interested in running Replicant with a UMTS dongle that provides a
> > cellular backhaul. Is there documentation on USB host mode with
> > replicant?
>
> Just plugging a compatible cable should work, if I remember well it can
> detect it trough the ID pin. I could try if you want with a mass
> storage USB key and the cable (I've got one).
> 
> > The dongle is this:
> > 
> > http://www.dlink.com/es/es/support/product/dwm-157-3g-hspa-plus-usb-adapter
> That's another story, first how much mA does it uses? Then it probably
> need a driver and maybe some userspace application/code. I didn't look
> if there is something in F-droid for userspace.
> For some devices there is (Example: some GPS dongle might work).

Also, bear in mind that Android is really not designed for plug and play
with external devices, so the software won't simply detect the dongle
and make it work out of the box.

There is clearly an incentive for this though, especially when running
Android on devices like single board computers.

Maybe Android-x86 has some interesting leads on this. It would be
possible to have HALs that would be somewhat flexible. I should probably
add that in the tasks list for Replciant.

> I'm very interested in it to be able to use wifi stick compatible with
> free software that can consume about 100mA max, but I didn't find any
> yet. I don't remember but I'm unsure that the ath9k_htc can physically
> consume so few mA as maximum.

Well, we could try. I think Tiberiu-Cezar Tehnoetic (CC-ed) is
interested to get this done too.

-- 
Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer

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