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Have you wished using your USB
mouse or keyboard to operate
your android device? Well it’s
quite easy as long as your device
supports USB-On-The-Go and you
have the right cables.
There’s no doubt you can connect
a bluetooth keyboard or mouse to
your android smartphone/tablet,
but in this post, I’ll be taking you
down the magical lane of OTG (On
The Go) cables, teaching you how
to connect the above mentioned
devices using USB on your
android devices.
WHAT IS USB-OTG?
According to Wikipedia, it is a
technology that allows USB devices
such as digital audio players or
mobile phones to act as a host,
allowing other USB devices like a
USB flash drive, digital camera,
mouse, or keyboard to be attached
to them.
All you need is purchase the OTG
cable. Below is an image of what
the OTG cable looks like.
Things You Can Do With the OTG
Cable
1. Connect a Flashdrive and read/
write data into it using any File
Explorer app on your android
phone
2. You can connect a mouse to
operate your android device
instead of using the normal touch
taps.
3. You can connect a USB
keyboard and use a realistic
hardware to punch in your letters
instead of the native touch screen
keyboard.
4. You can connect Game
controllers and use them in
playing any supported game.
Connecting a FlashDrive The
steps are pretty straight forward.
Follow the below laid down guide
to access a flashdrive using your
android phone. Connect the OTG
cable to your android smartphone
or tablet. Plug in your thumb
drive (flash drive) to the other
end of the cable. You do not have
to do anything as your device
would recognize the drive. You
would be able to read/write files
using any explorer such as ES File
Explorer or XPlore. Operating Your
Android Device Using a Mouse
still same principle apply here
Connect your mouse to the OTG
cable, which you must have
connected to your android device.
Once you move your mouse, a
pointer would appear on the
screen which you can use to scroll
through pages, click on
applications and do all basic
things a mouse would normally
do on windows. The scroll wheel
also works on android.
Connecting a Keyboard:
If you are
like me, you would prefer the
keyboard hardware to type faster
and that’s one reason I love using
the standard PC keyboard
connected to my tablets. It sounds
weird but offers me more
convenience while making use of
my android devices. To make use
of a keyboard, simply connect a
USB keyboard to the OTG Cable.
There are options available to
change the keyboard format. Using
a Game Controller
This is probably the part you’ve
been waiting for. You can play
games using your game
controllers, although not all games
are mapped correctly, but games
such as Dead Trigger and Grand
Theft Auto work perfectly with it.
You could try out other games and
let us know which was cool on
your android using a game
controller. One downside to this is
the fact that these devices would
rely on your smartphone to power
them and definitely drain your
battery while making use of any
of the above peripherals. Anyway,
you might want to try it out for
the fun.
I hope you love this post. Cheers!
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