Method for identifying universal serial bus host, and electronic device thereof

A method and an apparatus for operating an electronic device (610) for USB host identification are provided. The method includes receiving (650), from a host device (621) connected to the electronic device (610) through a USB, setup data comprising at least one field, determining whether the at least one field of the setup data is set to a value corresponding to a first-type host, and converting to an operation mode corresponding to the first-type host when the at least one field is set to the value corresponding to the first-type host.