USB Hosting Achieved On Nexus One [Video]

The story of android keeps coming up with extraordinary scoops and inventions. Lately, someone has been able to connect their Keyboard with and webcam with their Nexus 1 running android 2.2 Froyo. This wasn’t actually done over some high-tech tethering or Wi-Fi syncing, in fact it was done by using some very basic hardware plus, of course, genius programming.

List of all the hardware components used in this were:

  • USB 2.0 Powered Hub
  • MicroUSB OTG cable
  • A Nexus One Handset
  • Dual Power USB Cord

The list of Software that was used in this compilation were:

  • ConnectBot
  • Debian fs Loop
  • Core programming binaries: boot.img, Modules, Patch and Android MSM source.

Here is the video for your pleasure and see that how this guy actually is using the boot-loader on his nexus one using a keyboard. According to the creator of this USB host marvel, this mod might also work flawlessly on Android 2.1 Eclair.

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