How To Check USB OTG Support For Your Android Phone

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Home Mobile Android How To Check USB OTG Support For Your Android PhoneThanks to its open-source nature, the amount of stuff you can do with Android is downright amazing. You can install custom ROMs, and even use an Android phone to boot Linux on PC. That said, Android has numerous productivity enhancing features, but USB OTG is surely one of the most useful of them all.

Put simply, USB OTG (short for On-The-Go) enables an Android device to act as a “USB host”, enabling it to power and control other USB peripherals such as keyboards/mice, game controllers, and much more. There are many ways in which you can use USB OTG to enhance the functionality of your Android phone. But before even doing that, how do you find out whether your Android phone supports USB OTG in the first place?

If you haven’t guessed it by now, that’s what we’re here to help you with. So without further ado, here’s a lowdown on how to check USB OTG support for your Android phone.

How to check USB OTG support for your Android phone?

You can use Easy OTG Checker, a simple app to check whether your phone supports USB OTG or not. Here’s how:

Step 1: Install andfire up Easy OTG Checker, and connect a USB OTG device (e.g. SanDisk Ultra USB OTG) to the phone. Now, tap the “question mark” button.

Step 2: Easy OTG Checker will take a few seconds to check your Android phone’s USB OTG compatibility, and then display the result. Apart from that, the app also displays system information such as the device’s make/model, and Android version. Here’s the result, as displayed on a USB OTG supported Android device:

And here’s the result, as shown on a non USB OTG compatible device:

That’s all there’s to it. Can’t get any simpler than that, right?

Other noteworthy points:
* If your Android phone’s retail box has the USB OTG logo (see below), it supports USB OTG.

* Another simple method to check your Android phone’s USB OTG compatibility is to connect a USB OTG device to it. If the same is detected and you get a notification/confirmation prompt on the device, your Android phone supports USB OTG.

What to do if your Android phone doesn’t support USB OTG?

Even though majority of the newer Android phones support USB OTG out of the box, there are chances that your Android device doesn’t. And since USB OTG capability depends on various factors (e.g. Android/Kernel version, availability of USB OTG drivers, hardware support), the procedure to get USB OTG working on non-compatible devices differs based on different devices (and even different variants of the same device).

That said, in all cases, you’ll need toRootyour Android phone (using applications such as Kingo Android Root) first. After that, you can use apps like USB OTG Helper and StickMountto access devices connected via USB OTG (Do note that these apps only work for USB Flash Drives).

SEE ALSO: 15 Best Apps for Rooted Android Devices

List of Smartphones and Tablets that support OTG
List of Mobile Phones Supported OTG function*Brand NameModel NameiBallAndi 5.9M Cobalt PlateiBallAndi 5K PantheriBallAndi 5F InfinitoiBallAndi 4.5 EnigmaiBallAndi 4.7G CobaltSamsungGalaxy Note4SamsungGalaxy S5 PlusSamsungGalaxy S5 SportSamsungGalaxy S5 LTE-A G901F / G906SSamsungGalaxy S5SamsungGalaxy K/S5 ZoomSamsungGalaxy S5 Octa-CoreSamsungGalaxy S5 G9009FDSamsungGalaxy S5 CDMASamsungGalaxy S5 ActiveSamsungGalaxy S5 DuosSamsungGalaxy S4 I9500SamsungGalaxy S4 I9505SamsungGalaxy S4 zoomSamsungGalaxy S4 Active I9295SamsungGalaxy S4 I9506SamsungGalaxy S4 Active LTE-ASamsungGalaxy S4 I9502SamsungGalaxy S4 CDMASamsungGalaxy S III I9300SamsungGalaxy S III I9305SamsungGalaxy S III I747SamsungGalaxy S III T999SamsungGalaxy S III CDMASamsungGalaxy S II I9100GSamsungGalaxy S II HD LTESamsungGalaxy S II Duos I929SamsungGalaxy S II T989SamsungGalaxy S II I9100SamsungGalaxy S II I777SamsungGalaxy S II LTE I9210SamsungGalaxy S II Epic 4G TouchSamsungGalaxy S II 4G I9100MSamsungGalaxy S II X T989DSamsungGalaxy Note lll N9000SamsungGalaxy Note ll N7100SamsungGalaxy Note N7000SamsungGalaxy Note I717SamsungGalaxy Note T879SamsungGalaxy Ace3 S7270SamsungGalaxy Ace S5830iSamsungGalaxy Nexus I9250SamsungGalaxy Mega 6.3 I9200SamsungGalaxy JSamsungGalaxy FSonyXperia Z3SonyXoeria Z3 CompactSonyXperia Z2ASonyXperia Z2SonyXperia Z1SonyXperia Z1 CompactSonyXperia Z1SSonyXperia ZSonyXperia Z UltraSonyXperia ZLSonyXperia ZRSonyXperia MSonyXperia M2SonyXperia M2 AquaSonyXperia E3SonyXperia E3 DualSonyXperia M2 DualSonyXperia USonyXperia SSonyXperia PSonyXperia MiroSonyXperia GoSonyXperia TSonyXperia SLSonyXperia ion LTESonyXperia LT29i HayabusaSonyXperia Acro SSonySony Ericson Xperia Arc SSonySony Xperia Neo VSonyXperia JSonyXperia SolaSonyXperia SPSonyXperia TXSonyXperia VLenovoLenovo P780LenovoLenovo K900LenovoLenovo Vibe X S960HTCOne M8HTCOneHTCOne (M8) Dual SimHTCOne XHTCOne X+HTCOne MiniHTCOne MaxHTCOne (M8) CDMAHTCDesire 500HTCDesire 601HTCDesire 600HTCDesire 700HTCDesire 700 Dual SimHTCOne M8 PrimaHTCDesire XHTCDesire UHTCHTC JHTCButterflyHTCButterfly SMicromaxA110Q Canvas 2 PlusMicromaxA116 Canvas HDMicromaxA110 Canvas 2LGNexus 5LGG FlexLGG Pro 2LGG2LGG3LGG3 (CDMA)LGG3 LTE-ALGVu 3 F300LLGOptimus G ProLGOptimus G Pro liteLGOptimus G2KarbonnTitanium XKarbonnKarbonn Titanium HexaBlackBerryBlackBerry Z30GioneeElife S5.5GioneeElife E7XiaomiMI-4XiaomiMI-3XiaomiMI-2XiaomiMI-2SXiaomiMI-2AXiaomiRedmi NoteXiaomiRedmi Note 4GXiaomiHongmi 1SXiaomiHongmiXoloPlay 8X-1100XoloPlay 8X-1200XoloPlay 6X-1000XoloQ2100XoloQ3000XoloQ2000XoloQ1000 OpusXoloQ700XoloQ700iXoloQ700S PlusHuaweiAscend P7 Sapphire EditionHuaweiAscend P7HuaweiAscend P7 miniHuaweiAscend P6HuaweiAscend P6 SHuaweiAscend P1HuaweiAscend Mate7HuaweiAscend Mate2 4GHuaweiAscend G7HuaweiAscend Honor 3HuaweiAscend D1HuaweiAscend D1 XL U9500EHuaweiAscend D quadOppoOppo R5OppoOppo N3OppoOppo Neo 5OppoOppo Neo 3OppoOppo N1 miniOppoOppo N1OppoOppo Find7OppoOppo Find7aLavaLris Pro 30+SpiceMi-502 Smartflo Pace2SpiceMi-535 Stellar Pinnacle ProSpiceMi-530 Stellar PinnacleList of Tablets Supported OTG function*iBalli5715iBall6309iiBall6309riBall6318iiBalli6516iBall2G7227iBall2G7236iBall7236 3G 17iBall3G7271iBall3G7271 HD7iBall3G 7271 HD70iBall3GQ7271-IPS20iBall3G7334iiBall3G 7345 Q800iBall6351 Q-40iBall3G 6095 D-20iBall3G 6095 Q700iBall3G Q7218iBall3G 7830 Q900iBall3G 8072iBall3G WQ32iBalli9018iBalli9702iBall3G 9017 D50iBallQ9703iBall3G 9728iBalli1017iBall3GQ1035iBall3G1035 Q90iBall3G 1026 Q-18iBall3G WQ149iBall3G WQ149RiBall3G WQ149iiBallBrace X1NokiaN810SamsungNote 8.0 N5100SamsungGalaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition)SamsungGalaxy Tab 2.7.0 i705SonyTablet S 3GLenovoIdeaTab A1000LenovoIdeaTab A3000LenovoIdeaTab S5000LenovoIdeaTab S6000LenovoIdeaTab S6000LLenovoIdeaTab S6000FLenovoIdeaTab S6000HLenovoYoga Tablet 10 HD+LenovoYoga Tablet 2 10.1LenovoYoga Tablet 2 8.0LenovoYoga Tablet 8LenovoYoga Tablet 10LGG Pad 7.0LGG Pad 10.1AccerIconia Tab A3AccerIconia Tab A200AccerIconia Tab A210AsusTransformer Pad TF103CAlcatelOne Touch Evo 8HDHuaweiMediaPad 7 LiteHuaweiMediaPadHuaweiMediaPad S7-301wXoloPlay Tegra NoteXiaomiMi Pad 7.9ToshibaExcite 10 AT305

Note: The list might not have some of the latest smartphones that support OTG. Please use above mentioned methods to verify or check manufacturers website before buying.

Use USB OTG to get more from your Android device

Needless to say, the extra functionality afforded to Android smartphone(s) with USB OTG goes a long way in maximizing their potential. And as seen above, checking whether your Android device is USB OTG compatible or not is easier than you think. So try it out, and let us know your findings in the comments below.