USB Host Shield to Android phone protocol issue

I've been trying to develop accessories with Arduino for the Android phone starting with some of the projects in Simon Monk's book "Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius". I have a Nexus S phone with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean).

After installing software on both devices(phone and Arduino), the Arduino IDE serial monitor is outputing the following:

Device addressed... Requesting device descriptor.
found possible device. swithcing to serial mode
could not read device protocol version.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. (Perhaps there should be a category for smartphone connectivity on this forum).

Ron