Otg dillema.

[dazza]

Hi guys and gals.
Can't figure this out.
I bought a Samsung tablet and dedicated it to the spark. I also bought a cable going from usb c to micro usb. Thinking this would be awesome by removing a fail point. Turns out the rc thinks it is being charged. Gone back to adapting cable and link is good. It also is dependant on which end of the cable that you change configuration. Have I missed something here?

 

[lmel2005]

Otg is a special cable.
And it has polarity. That means that one specific end goes to controller, and the other to device. You cannot reverse it.

 

[dazza]

Otg is a special cable.
And it has polarity. That means that one specific end goes to controller, and the other to device. You cannot reverse it.

Now I understand. Thank you.

 

[Kenneth Jackson]

It doesn't work anyway

 

[MarRoh]

It doesn't work anyway

Why? I use it all the time successful.

 

[Kenneth Jackson]

It blew up my $1000 Galaxy Note 8.

 

[MarRoh]

It blew up my $1000 Galaxy Note 8.

OK sorry to hear this but i use it all the time without any issues on my Samsung Galaxy S8 and Samsung Tab A (2016) with the original DJI Go 4 and Litchi App.

 

[Driverman930]

I fly with the original I pad (1st version) with otg and never a problem

 

[Asset4air]

Hi guys and gals.
Can't figure this out.
I bought a Samsung tablet and dedicated it to the spark. I also bought a cable going from usb c to micro usb. Thinking this would be awesome by removing a fail point. Turns out the rc thinks it is being charged. Gone back to adapting cable and link is good. It also is dependant on which end of the cable that you change configuration. Have I missed something here?

Yes Dazza to confirm, if you place the cable in one way it will act as charge and the other way it will work as a direct feed to the phone (the reason you use the OTG cable) you might find that the lead has a little drawing at one end - the 3 pronged drawing- if it has, this is the end that goes into the controller. Hope this helps

 

[TimmyG]

It blew up my $1000 Galaxy Note 8.

Huh? This makes no sense. I've tried it with a note 8, s8 and Sony z5 and the OTG cable works perfectly fine. Personally I wouldn't fly without an OTG cable

 

[Kenneth Jackson]

Ok

 

[Kidroc]

It blew up my $1000 Galaxy Note 8.

please don't spread crap like this!!! It DID NOT BLOW UP YOUR PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Driverman930]

After trying both ways with and without I now fly airplane mod on wifi off and bluetooth off OTG only way to go for me

 

[Kenneth Jackson]

please don't spread crap like this!!! It DID NOT BLOW UP YOUR PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!

You're the one spreading crap. Yall keep telling people to try different cables until you find one that works (or smokes the phone)
Think about it, You are basically connecting 2 batteries together with nothing to limit the amperage between them. I connected the phone. The rc began to charge through the usb cable. The phone got hot. That was it. The phone charging port no longer worked.
I had to replace the phone.

 

[p4n05]

That's because you don't know how to connect or even use the OTG cable by the sounds of it. Your counter argument sounds like the people putting their cars on cruise control and going for a sleep in the back seat....then they wonder why they crashed. Is that the cruise control's fault?

 

[Kenneth Jackson]

That's because you don't know how to connect or even use the OTG cable by the sounds of it. Your counter argument sounds like the people putting their cars on cruise control and going for a sleep in the back seat....then they wonder why they crashed. Is that the cruise control's fault?

So now you say that if you don't do it correctly it may harm your phone? At least we can agree.

 

[shuggins]

Wow, sorry to using an OTG cord fried your phone. I won't fly without it. Better range, better FPV connection. Use it on iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy just fine.

Sounds to me like you'd have to try pretty hard to fry a phone using an OTG cable.

 

[Ron_Dog]

I've never fried anything, but then again,I don't use the OTG cable! I've tried with and without it, and could see no diffrence in performance?

 

[shuggins]

Ron_Dog- I started seeing results with OTG when I:

1. put my phone in Airplane Mode
2. Disabled bluetooth

That made all the difference in range and FPV perormance for me over straight WIFI connection from remote to phone.

I've never fried anything, but then again,I don't use the OTG cable! I've tried with and without it, and could see no diffrence in performance?

 

[Ron_Dog]

Ron_Dog- I started seeing results with OTG when I:

1. put my phone in Airplane Mode
2. Disabled bluetooth

That made all the difference in range and FPV perormance for me over straight WIFI connection from remote to phone.

Are you using a android device, or IOS?