Thread: Router + USB keyboard <-> Kindle input
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Old 04-01-2015, 07:43 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by volkaoth View Post
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So if you can install a proper USB HID driver, it should be possible to get the USB Keyboard as standard input.
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Ah, no.
The Kindles are USB **devices** as are USB Keyboards.
One or the other has to be the **host**.

Although most of the Kindles (since the KT at least) bring out the OTG port of the SoC as the external USB connection . . . .
There are a variety of problems with each model/firmware combination in getting it to work as a **host** device.

Various people over the years have documented their attempts on this forum, some searching should turn up what has been tried.
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