Here is a guide to get OTG devices working with your Boox.
I am not responsible for any damage you do to your device or ereader. Do it at your own risk. Read CAREFULLY the ORIGINAL source before doing it.
Issue: The Boox does not provide power to the otg devices when they are connected via an OTG connector. Hence they dont show up/work.
Soution: If the USB device is externally powered, using a powered USB Hub, or a modified OTG cable, it works !!
What works: Keyboard, Mouse, Pendrive (external storage), etc
With which model: My C67ML Carta supports it. Its pretty old, yours should to.
No root, code needed.
GUIDE:
1. Buy a usb hub like this which supports providing external power by a 5V DC adapter.
OR
2. Modify your OTG cable to supply power from another power source to the usb device.
(Device refers to the USB device like Keyboard, dongle, etc.
Onyx refers to the ereader. Dont confuse the 2 terms.)
Read this thread *carefully*. This is the original source.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=1828032
Short steps:
Needed: 1xOTG cable and 1xUSB cable with a Male USB port.
1. Strip a small portion of the wire covering of the OTG cable (in the middle) to expose the 4 wires within.
2. Let the data cables remain connected (green and white)
3. Cut the black and red power wires.
4. Make sure the power wires comming from the ereader side dont short together.
5. Cut another USB cable in half to reveal the 4 wires. Strip the ends of the red and black wires connected to the MALE USB end. Leave G & W, we dont need them.
5. The red and black wires going towards the USB device (on the OTG cable) need to be connected with the red and black wires we just stripped (USB cable). MATCH the colours.
6. The MALE USB end will go into a power source and power the USB device, while the data from the USB Device will go to the ereader via OTG cable. Understood ?
Notes:
1. Make sure all the cables are working (Data and power wise) before cutting them.
2. Check first by powering a usb light or something, which will blink/light up when being powered. Dont go testing with the Hard disk that stores the original copy of your childhood pics.
3. First test with a laptop/PC as a power source. Reason below.
4. Test first on a mobile which supports OTG to know if the cable is really working. Preferably on an old useless mobile which you wont regret frying if the cable is shorted.
5. Dont let the wires touch eachother. Insulate the ends with an electric tape.
If all looks good, only then test it on your ereader.
Points why it might not be working:
1. Connect all the shield wires together. Idk why, but in one of my cables, it dosent work without the shields connected. In some cables, the shield is connected to the ground, maybe thats why.
2. Power the cable via laptop/PC port first, while testing. The new chargers and powerbanks dont register the small current required by the USB devices, and dont supply power to them. If your cable is getting powered by with laptops port, but not your powerbank, look at WORKAROUND.
All this has been mentioned in the forums previously. Someone said that the reason Onyx stopped providing power to the OTG is to prevent the battery from dying completely. I will try to find those posts. Thank them for discovering the otg capabilities.
Workarround:
later...
I am not responsible for any damage you do to your device or ereader. Do it at your own risk. Read CAREFULLY the ORIGINAL source before doing it.
Issue: The Boox does not provide power to the otg devices when they are connected via an OTG connector. Hence they dont show up/work.
Soution: If the USB device is externally powered, using a powered USB Hub, or a modified OTG cable, it works !!
What works: Keyboard, Mouse, Pendrive (external storage), etc
With which model: My C67ML Carta supports it. Its pretty old, yours should to.
No root, code needed.
GUIDE:
1. Buy a usb hub like this which supports providing external power by a 5V DC adapter.
OR
2. Modify your OTG cable to supply power from another power source to the usb device.
(Device refers to the USB device like Keyboard, dongle, etc.
Onyx refers to the ereader. Dont confuse the 2 terms.)
Read this thread *carefully*. This is the original source.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=1828032
Short steps:
Needed: 1xOTG cable and 1xUSB cable with a Male USB port.
1. Strip a small portion of the wire covering of the OTG cable (in the middle) to expose the 4 wires within.
2. Let the data cables remain connected (green and white)
3. Cut the black and red power wires.
4. Make sure the power wires comming from the ereader side dont short together.
5. Cut another USB cable in half to reveal the 4 wires. Strip the ends of the red and black wires connected to the MALE USB end. Leave G & W, we dont need them.
5. The red and black wires going towards the USB device (on the OTG cable) need to be connected with the red and black wires we just stripped (USB cable). MATCH the colours.
6. The MALE USB end will go into a power source and power the USB device, while the data from the USB Device will go to the ereader via OTG cable. Understood ?
Notes:
1. Make sure all the cables are working (Data and power wise) before cutting them.
2. Check first by powering a usb light or something, which will blink/light up when being powered. Dont go testing with the Hard disk that stores the original copy of your childhood pics.
3. First test with a laptop/PC as a power source. Reason below.
4. Test first on a mobile which supports OTG to know if the cable is really working. Preferably on an old useless mobile which you wont regret frying if the cable is shorted.
5. Dont let the wires touch eachother. Insulate the ends with an electric tape.
If all looks good, only then test it on your ereader.
Points why it might not be working:
1. Connect all the shield wires together. Idk why, but in one of my cables, it dosent work without the shields connected. In some cables, the shield is connected to the ground, maybe thats why.
2. Power the cable via laptop/PC port first, while testing. The new chargers and powerbanks dont register the small current required by the USB devices, and dont supply power to them. If your cable is getting powered by with laptops port, but not your powerbank, look at WORKAROUND.
All this has been mentioned in the forums previously. Someone said that the reason Onyx stopped providing power to the OTG is to prevent the battery from dying completely. I will try to find those posts. Thank them for discovering the otg capabilities.
Workarround:
later...