Help :( Octoprint on Android. No connection to Skr E3 V3

What is the problem?

I am trying to connect to my 3DP with a BTT skr mini e3 v3 board, with Octoprint, on a rooted android phone.
I was following instructions to use the Octo4a for the custom CH34x driver which my phone is lacking. So i could run klipper from a ubuntu server running with LinuxDeploy on the phone. But i can't get either to work.

octo4a-2.1.0.apk server runs fine but it doesn't recognise any serial connection from the printer.

What did you already try to solve it?

  • I have flashed the sd card following the boards instructions.
  • I tried without sd card plugged in.
  • I tried a couple of diferent custom and stock android 9+10 roms
  • I tried multiple usb's that have worked with the laptop
  • I have coverd/insulated the 5v power on the usb
  • i have tried setting SELinux to permissive with an app on F-droid not sure if its actually working "getenforce" command not found.

From a linux deploy instance on the phone...

  • "ls -al /dev/" doesn't find printer's serial just returns ...
    crw-rw-rw-. 1 root root 5, 0 Jan 13 1970 tty
    lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Oct 28 16:05 tty0 -> /dev/null

  • lsusb returns nothing.

  • dmesg did return a line referring to octoprint

[ 555.584549] type=1400 audit(1730135355.868:295): avc: denied { ioctl } for pid=8195 comm="octoprint" path="socket:[64705]" dev="sockfs" ino=64705 ioctlcmd=8910 scontext=u:r:untrusted_app:s0:c98,c256,c512,c768 tcontext=u:r:untrusted_app:s0:c98,c256,c512,c768 tclass=unix_dgram_socket permissive=1

  • "dmesg | grep usb" or "dmesg | grep acm" returns nothing

Have you tried running in safe mode?

no

Systeminfo Bundle

octoprint-systeminfo-20241028172806.zip (6.2 KB)

Additional information about your setup

  • ender 3, skr mini e3 v3

  • Xiaomi a2 lite, rooted, android 9

  • The Printer has been operating successfully with a Ubuntu server laptop running Klipper via usb .

  • confirmed baud rate is the same on both

  • Y type Otg cable tested working for connecting to usb storage

  • I've seen other here a having issues connecting to this board with Octoprint. Some with solutions found, but if i cant find the serial or even list the usb devices therefore i need help. Is this board know for having issues that cant be resolved?