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USB On-The-Go

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208 points jnord | 1 comments | 03 Jan 25 12:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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p0w3n3d ◴[07 Jan 25 18:03 UTC] No.42625328[source]▶
Android is a Linux. This means that it can have a keyboard, mouse and other periferials. You could (and probably can) even burn a CD using an Android phone. One of the nice things in OTG was to connect an external screen which is turning the phone to a full blown computer. Or a media player...

HAHAHA! NAÏVE PERSON!

You couldn't watch Netflix on USB OTG. Because... because of... REASONS YOU STUPID PIRATE!!! OR FUTURE PIRATE!!! OR FUTURE WANNA BE PIRATE! YOURETOCLOOSSEETOBEEINGPIRATEYOUPIRATE!

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disclaimer: I do not want to offend anyone. Above sentences are what I hear in my head when I see that my phone with USB OTG/USB-C is not showing the video on my tv or monitor, or even showing but only subtitles.

disclaimer 2: connecting screen using USB OTG was called MHL, not all devices had (has?) it

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mmmlinux ◴[07 Jan 25 18:56 UTC] No.42625924[source]▶
Does android actually support USB CD drives?
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dotancohen ◴[07 Jan 25 19:52 UTC] No.42626624[source]▶
Reading, yes. Writing, I have not tried.
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1. p0w3n3d ◴[07 Jan 25 20:15 UTC] No.42626911[source]▶
I believe I have seen an external CD drive for android, but not sure. It was quite expensive, but maybe because it was having some middleware