maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - N900 will not allow USB OTG!

Rob1n	2010-02-24 , 16:03
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Originally Posted by noone

Hi, I have not read the entire 61 page thread. Is the USB OTG crippled on this device and I have fall back to a n810?

The USB OTG is non-existent on the N900 - there's something in the USB specs which prohibits USB OTG with charging, or without supplying power, or something like that. Anyway, the USB chipset in the N900 is (apparently) not wired up to allow enabling host mode at all.