[Q] Micro-USB to HDMI? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This is a question, that is very important for me.
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You see, this SGSII phone thing'y is HOT as HELL. It is everything I want in a phone... BUT STOP...
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NO HDMI out?
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The original SGS has one and I really don't understand why they took that away from the SGSII.
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I heard that there is a way to get HDMI mirroring with a software and a micro-USB to HDMI cable! Is that purely a software question or must there be a hardware thing to?
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Please... respond to this, this is very important.

An MHL hardware connection is needed (look up MHL in wikipedia), fortunately in the official Samsung specs from the press release it says that it has MHL. A video from MWC from someone representing the MHL consortium also says the SGS2 will be the first device supporting MHL.
I'll feel better once I see someone demo it, but Samsung have officially announced MHL capability for the SGS2.

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NZtechfreak said:
An MHL hardware connection is needed (look up MHL in wikipedia), fortunately in the official Samsung specs from the press release it says that it has MHL. A video from MWC from someone representing the MHL consortium also says the SGS2 will be the first device supporting MHL.
I'll feel better once I see someone demo it, but Samsung have officially announced MHL capability for the SGS2.
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You think Mobile High-definition Link??
Yes... I want to see a demo to. It would be nice to have this mirroring capability.

Something does confuse me about MHL, if you have a TV which isn't MHL compatible and you don't want or don't have the adapter, can you use a microUSB-to-HDMI cable and just not have it charge at the same time?

doh...
l0st.prophet said:
Something does confuse me about MHL, if you have a TV which isn't MHL compatible and you don't want or don't have the adapter, can you use a microUSB-to-HDMI cable and just not have it charge at the same time?
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First of all... DO YOU REALLY NEED a HDTV that supports MHL??? No Games on the big screen? DAMN!!!

l0st.prophet said:
Something does confuse me about MHL, if you have a TV which isn't MHL compatible and you don't want or don't have the adapter, can you use a microUSB-to-HDMI cable and just not have it charge at the same time?
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This video describes how MHL works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtwTcnR0hqA

MHL - WOW - Love the idea!

erahk64 said:
This video describes how MHL works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtwTcnR0hqA
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Thanks, but I've seen that video and it doesn't say if you can or can't use it without the adapter
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l0st.prophet said:
Thanks, but I've seen that video and it doesn't say if you can or can't use it without the adapter
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It says you can use it without the adapter, but your device won't be charged.

l0st.prophet said:
Thanks, but I've seen that video and it doesn't say if you can or can't use it without the adapter
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My friend you can use with any HDTV but you dont have charge of your battery device except if you buy an adapter MHL to charge and transmit signal on the same time. But how last your battery can provide of energy?
In my Xperience In my IPad I see 3 Movies via Wireless Apple TV and my battery show 30 % remain. In the case of SGSII at least You have enough power to see a movie with Screen turned Off (SGSII)

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Are there any news about a mirroring capability on the SGS II?
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I've been searching the net for some confirmation, that there is going to be a possibility playing games on the SGS II connected to a flat screen TV, but couldn't find anything to confirm that!
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Are there any news???

surely if this was possible, it would have been all over the exhibitions and videos of it would exist?

MarkusPO said:
surely if this was possible, it would have been all over the exhibitions and videos of it would exist?
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Or the SW used for demo phones didn't have the mirroring properly implemented yet and the option was not included in menus.
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I have not seen any demos where SGS2 is connected to a TV via MHL/HDMI.
Is there any previews or videos where they use that ?

No videos yet, the question of whether mirroring is on offer remans in the air.

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Funny... cuz... The first SGS had mirroring, if this one has it not, than it is a kind a regress!
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Sorry 4 my English.

Yep, I'd be very disappointed if this can't do mirroring, I love using it with my SGSI and would find it hard to part with (use my SGSI on the tele with BT keyboard and mouse, excellent experience, only problem is only SD-out).

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HDMI Capable

would this work, does the galaxy player have MHL capability?
http://www.amazon.com/Menotek-Adapt...8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1324582814&sr=1-8
Presumably you don't have a physical mini-hdmi port then? I've been reading conflicting reports of whether the device supports hdmi and wasn't sure quite what comes with it and whether there are regional differences.
lardman said:
Presumably you don't have a physical mini-hdmi port then? I've been reading conflicting reports of whether the device supports hdmi and wasn't sure quite what comes with it and whether there are regional differences.
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As i understand it, the Korean version of the SGP has a built in HDMI port. The other versions - International and US - do not. I don't know about the internal software on the US or Intl. versions supporting such an adapter.
I was wondering whether the MHL cables contain a chipset or if the HDMI encoding is done on the device (for things like the Galaxy S II), and therefore whether there's any possibility of HDMI output being available on the non-Korean devices via one of these MHL cables.
In any case I'll do some investigation when mine arrives, but if anyone knows what hw the Galaxy S II uses to support MHL (if any) then please do post.
Received the Samsung MHL to HDMI Adapter today (EIA2UHUNBEGSTA) and the US Version (YP-G70) does NOT support video output. I confirmed the Adapter is working OK by connecting it to a Galaxy Nexus phone & the video immediately appears.
Hi,
Probably not helpful, but I was in Korea recently, and we checked out the YP-G70 in a shop in Seoul, and that did have a mini-HDMI port on it. I didn't get it then, because they were asking $400-$500 for it (USD) and I had known that the US model was coming out soon, and had heard it was going to be in the $200+ range.
Also, I think some people bought from Exportprive, and supposedly those had the HDMI port plus the (Korean) TV receiver.
Just FYI...
Jim
I've been looking into MHL as well, and so far no one has responded to my queries as to whether it's a hardware or software feature in the device. If it's purely software, then there's hope for it existing on the device in the future. It seems that all the new ICS devices support it, but I don't know whether it's built in to ICS or not.
So there may be possible hope for future modding/porting of MHL.
I'm almost certain there is additional hardware to support MHL on devices that have it.
The G70 might have analog TV output like the Captivate did though.
dmesg output from a Samsung Galaxy S II would probably show the chip name, which would give us a clue. Anyone have a link to such a thing?
I don't think it has analog (composite) out, since it has a mic input in the earphone jack. look at the earphones that it comes with, see how there is already a fourth section?
I hope I'm wrong, lol!
I think the jack can be reconfigured/repurposed, just like the iPod.
denpri said:
Received the Samsung MHL to HDMI Adapter today (EIA2UHUNBEGSTA) and the US Version (YP-G70) does NOT support video output. I confirmed the Adapter is working OK by connecting it to a Galaxy Nexus phone & the video immediately appears.
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disappointing , Thanks for trying.
Entropy512 said:
I think the jack can be reconfigured/repurposed, just like the iPod.
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Maybe so, but I would think Samsung would list it somewhere in the user manual, wouldn't you? Btw, the iPod touche's audio jack doesn't double as a video out, you have to use the 32 prong apple jack.
wait, so if I have a 3.5mm to composit cable, a firmware upgrade would allow video output? Or would it be a hardware mod to get it to work?
iJimaniac said:
Maybe so, but I would think Samsung would list it somewhere in the user manual, wouldn't you? Btw, the iPod touche's audio jack doesn't double as a video out, you have to use the 32 prong apple jack.
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Maybe not the Touch - but others can do it - http://www.amazon.com/3-5mm-Audio-Video-Cable-iPod/dp/B000STBSU4
Captivate also has TVout via the 3.5mm jack - http://www.amazon.com/RND-Power-Sol...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1326309037&sr=1-1
Dyskmaster said:
wait, so if I have a 3.5mm to composit cable, a firmware upgrade would allow video output? Or would it be a hardware mod to get it to work?
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Unknown. This thread is speculation so far.
Well, maybe it is possible, but I think Samsung would have surely listed it as a feature, it at least mentioned it in the user manual. I think I have a 3.5mm video-audio cable laying around somewhere, I will dig it up and test it, one moment...
iJimaniac said:
Well, maybe it is possible, but I think Samsung would have surely listed it as a feature, it at least mentioned it in the user manual. I think I have a 3.5mm video-audio cable laying around somewhere, I will dig it up and test it, one moment...
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I tested mine to no avail, but on one tv, I did get the message "This device is unsupported". Most tv's either said no signal or nothing at all. Weird that one tv would recognize it...
Yup just tested - no good.
I wonder if you could make a mod, but I am 99% positive it needs hardware. To bad, I wonder why they took the HDMI out of the U.S and EU versions in the first place? I would have payed a little extra for it, if necessary.
Dyskmaster said:
I tested mine to no avail, but on one tv, I did get the message "This device is unsupported". Most tv's either said no signal or nothing at all. Weird that one tv would recognize it...
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If the cable was intended for an iPod, it may have a different pinout that caused the TV to see one of the audio outputs as video.
Edit: iPod AV out cables and Captivate ones should be the same, from tip to sleeve:
Left, Right, Ground, Video
iJimaniac said:
Well, maybe it is possible, but I think Samsung would have surely listed it as a feature, it at least mentioned it in the user manual. I think I have a 3.5mm video-audio cable laying around somewhere, I will dig it up and test it, one moment...
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If they didn't have time, motivation to enable some feature, they won't list it even if it's possible, otherwise they'll get lots of returns with people complaining that such and such a feature doesn't work.
I suppose the thing to do is check the jack driver, which I seem to remember seeing somewhere (certainly there was an entry in the sysfs afair) and see whether it either shows how to enable TV out, or whether we can then workout what the chipset is that controls the jack.

TV out

Is there any accesory fo live with walkman for tv out, i had nokia 5800 tv out cable, is it work?
Or is there any specific app to achive this?
jaleelchennai said:
Is there any accesory fo live with walkman for tv out, i had nokia 5800 tv out cable, is it work?
Or is there any specific app to achive this?
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This cable works only on Nokia 5800.
There are no Android phones that support TV-out via 3.5mm jack. Some phones have HDMI port for this, but most don't.
Now, microUSB-HDMI adapter is known to work on some Androids, but LWW has not been tested. So we also do not know, if there is any app for it or not.
2nd way would be DLNA, but that only supports media files.
Thanks man
Thanks man!
Someguyfromhell said:
This cable works only on Nokia 5800.
There are no Android phones that support TV-out via 3.5mm jack. Some phones have HDMI port for this, but most don't.
Now, microUSB-HDMI adapter is known to work on some Androids, but LWW has not been tested. So we also do not know, if there is any app for it or not.
2nd way would be DLNA, but that only supports media files.
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i still confused how to use DLNA?
I already tried the Samsung "Micro USB <-> HDMI" cable and it dindt work. But that cable it's a bit weird, you have to connect the charger to the cable. Maybe a generic "Micro USB <-> HDMI" cable works
Syris said:
I already tried the Samsung "Micro USB <-> HDMI" cable and it dindt work. But that cable it's a bit weird, you have to connect the charger to the cable. Maybe a generic "Micro USB <-> HDMI" cable works
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You don't connect the charger to the adapter.
I am not sure, if Xperia's support TV-out from microUSB. If not, then likely will not work.
For DLNA, you need the original file from stock ROM.
tv out
cyberiev said:
i still confused how to use DLNA?
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In Xperia Mini st15a, DLNA can be used through an app what initiate an server what give access for media content like videos and photos, and if you have an eletronic like a notebook or tv with dlna certified, then they have the client to connect to the server and execute these contents. Although, windows 7 comes with dlna client, windows media center, through wifi (dlna is a protocol what runs over wifi).
I asked in my country to Sony support about MHL, they say what the only device is the Xperia Arc S what have MHL ... but i can't confirm that, and the new Xperia U, P etc etc maybe have. However, for us owners of xperia 2011 devices, theres no mhl function, and i searched a lot... so i found xBounds, google it.
About cables through jack, the same, don't work... Sony have an oficial cable to x1 i guess, but not for live's or mini's.
Search also about mirrorOp app on Google Play Store.
PS3 have dlna also and Sony have an app on Play called VScreens.
ps: sry by the english.
OH Sorry guys.
I didn't see this thread. I make New thread look like this.
Any one test it?
But I think lww soport's hdmi Because in service menu there is a bottun for test hdmi.
sorry for my bad english.
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OH Sorry guys.
I didn't see this thread. I make New thread look like this.
Any one test it?
But I think lww soport's hdmi Because in service menu there is a bottun for test hdmi.
sorry for my bad english.
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"No problem" about threads, just be careful. One day I made this also . Post an answer on your thread with a link to this post.
And it we go again... all noob have hope about the HDMI in service menu...
Yes, in service menu there is a button for hdmi test. All Android with service menu have a button for hdmi test. All Android with this button kinda have hdmi software support. But, in order to use HDMI properly, the device need a hardware what support HDMI, for example, MHL need an USB socket and a circuit, HDMI need a HDMI socket and a circuit.
In this case, is all about hardware not only software. Although, there are some ways to do screen mirroring, some hardwares and softwares. I bet in xBounds.
No one tried to plug an MHL adapter in mini's or live's, because no one reported if work or not, all we have is a uncertainty. No one tried to plug another kind of cable and reported if work or not. *No one since the latest search I made.
I haven't tried to use an MHL adapter yet because I don't found it in my country so easily and don't found a MHL adapter "more appropriate".
I just need search for a friend or visit some seller what I can meet to test it. I don't found yet.
ps: here lives a bad english also
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26097946#post26097946 << take a look also
There is at least one phone that support tv out through the headphone port: samsung galaxy s.
AFAIK, LiveDock can help with it
iolinux333 said:
There is at least one phone that support tv out through the headphone port: samsung galaxy s.
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I seriously doubt this.
Pixel #1 said:
AFAIK, LiveDock can help with it
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No, LiveDock has no TV out.
Someguyfromhell said:
There are no Android phones that support TV-out via 3.5mm jack.
iolinux333 said:
There is at least one phone that support tv out through the headphone port: samsung galaxy s.
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I seriously doubt this.
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Doubt not. You're obviously too busy to look it up . Suffice to say that entering "android tv out 3.5mm" or "galaxy s tv" on a well known phone spec checker (sometimes known as 'giyf') gives prominent links to the correct accessory and video demos.
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Someguyfromhell said:
I seriously doubt this.
No, LiveDock has no TV out.
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The Sidekick 4g does as well. 4pin 3.5mm TRRS (Left,Right,Ground,Video) cables work on it. So does the Galaxy S II (i9100), and according to Samsung's website, with "Samsung Exhibit™ 4G Android Smartphone Samsung Captivate™ Android Smartphone Samsung Vibrant™ Android Smartphone Galaxy S™ 4G Android Smartphone Samsung Omnia® II Touchscreen Smartphone"
Composite video on 3.5mm jack, and most of those phones have MHL over usb or hdmi as well. Suck on that non-believer.
Samsumg have nice phones.
Sadly theres no MHL, or jack, or HDMI, or magic for xperia mini/pro, et cetera.
Is really unpleasant what the demostration video for LiveDock cause the impression of is possible do tv out for any phone Xperia, but this was discussed before, the true is what the phone in demostration has your own HDMI out. Even the docks with HDMI out, is for phones that already have the HDMI out builded in.
We have just a long wait for xBounds becomes a true for us, because is the only resource what seems work as we need and want.
Of course there's another solutions, but the issue is the delay, but this is not problem, for example, if you want just show content in non-real time.
i have used the galaxy notes MHL in my xperia mini and it dosent work....!!!!1
GregórioAxiaMagno said:
"No problem" about threads, just be careful. One day I made this also . Post an answer on your thread with a link to this post.
And it we go again... all noob have hope about the HDMI in service menu...
Yes, in service menu there is a button for hdmi test. All Android with service menu have a button for hdmi test. All Android with this button kinda have hdmi software support. But, in order to use HDMI properly, the device need a hardware what support HDMI, for example, MHL need an USB socket and a circuit, HDMI need a HDMI socket and a circuit.
In this case, is all about hardware not only software. Although, there are some ways to do screen mirroring, some hardwares and softwares. I bet in xBounds.
No one tried to plug an MHL adapter in mini's or live's, because no one reported if work or not, all we have is a uncertainty. No one tried to plug another kind of cable and reported if work or not. *No one since the latest search I made.
I haven't tried to use an MHL adapter yet because I don't found it in my country so easily and don't found a MHL adapter "more appropriate".
I just need search for a friend or visit some seller what I can meet to test it. I don't found yet.
ps: here lives a bad english also
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26097946#post26097946 << take a look also
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hi im vahid and i test galaxy notes MHL with conecting power charger to the MHL cable in my st15i xperia mini and it dosent work i think tv out in this seris of phone need a hardware on the board of phone to be useable
Possible?
vchamani said:
hi im vahid and i test galaxy notes MHL with conecting power charger to the MHL cable in my st15i xperia mini and it dosent work i think tv out in this seris of phone need a hardware on the board of phone to be useable
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So at the end of day? is it possible for a TV out for My XM>?

Need Help finding a video

I cannot for the life of me find the video of the galaxy s3 showing all the things that can be connected to it. I cant even remember what the equipment used was called. All I can remember is there was a video and apparently there are up to 60 some odd things that can be connected to the Galaxy S3. Any help?
bump, does no one know what I'm talking about?
nope are you reffering to all of the features it offers?
Bfitz26 said:
nope are you reffering to all of the features it offers?
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No, someone posted a video on here of all the devices you could connect to the S3 via some sort of dongle and I'm trying to out what that is because I wanted to get one. The video said you could connect like 65 different things to it including an xbox 360 controller.
this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46IiRyigUH0 ?
MHL is the micro usb to hdmi adaptor
USB OTG cables is the micro usb to usb cable
Huge thanks! Thats the video.

HDMI Adapter for Lumia 920

Hello guys,
I wonder if there is a HDMI adapter (100% working) for Lumia 920 ? If possible, from eBay, cause I need a seller who sends to Brazil, where i live.
Thanks for the atention,
Arthur
AG22 said:
Hello guys,
I wonder if there is a HDMI adapter (100% working) for Lumia 920 ? If possible, from eBay, cause I need a seller who sends to Brazil, where i live.
Thanks for the atention,
Arthur
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Arthur
You need what's called MHL Adapter, it converts the USB to HDMI, I found these on eBay, and many do ship to Brazil-
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=MHL+adapter&_nkwusc=MHL+Adaptr&_rdc=1
This looks like a good deal, and free worldwide shipping to Brazil from Hong Kong!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MHL-Micro-U...Phone_PDA_Cables_Adapters&hash=item2a1e2ed2ac
As far as I am aware, Windows Phone does not support MHL.
Thank you all.. Now i have to know if MHL adaptar works. I dont want to buy something useless for my cellphone xD
AG22 said:
Thank you all.. Now i have to know if MHL adaptar works. I dont want to buy something useless for my cellphone xD
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You might see if Amazon has them, then you could always do a return if it didn't work.
AG22 said:
Thank you all.. Now i have to know if MHL adaptar works. I dont want to buy something useless for my cellphone xD
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I am pretty sure Windows Phone does not support MHL
Thank you again, you all.
So, there insn`t any reason to buy a MHL adapter, i guess.
Sad, i wish i could use my L920 and some HDMI adapter.
Does the 920 even have HDMI output? I thought they so called HDMI was on it's screen at it's resolution? Seeing as how it has no HDMI port like most devices that HDMI output.
Solarenemy68 said:
Does the 920 even have HDMI output? I thought they so called HDMI was on it's screen at it's resolution? Seeing as how it has no HDMI port like most devices that HDMI output.
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Most devices that support HDMI out nowadays do it through an MHL-Adapter that you plug into the USB port. The reason is that they safe on space for an additional port.
WP8 does NOT support MHL/HDMI-out so far so no: don't buy an adapter, it won't work.
Thank you all, i wont buy (sadly).
AG22 said:
Thank you all, i wont buy (sadly).
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If you are just playing media, you should try DNLA.
https://betalabs.nokia.com/trials/play-to-for-wp8
I just want to watch my cellphone's videos on my TV. What is DLNA ? How does it work ?
AG22 said:
I just want to watch my cellphone's videos on my TV. What is DLNA ? How does it work ?
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If you have a network at home and an Xbox 360 on it, then you could play the phones content on the 360 connected to your TV.

HDMI cable

Folks
Can you recommend a cable that charges the phone and connects to HDMI at the same time. Sort of a two in one cable. My relative plays the phone video all day long connected to the TV
Thx
Anybody?
sam008 said:
Folks
Can you recommend a cable that charges the phone and connects to HDMI at the same time. Sort of a two in one cable. My relative plays the phone video all day long connected to the TV
Thx
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It's my understanding you can't get and HDMI cable to work on a Nexus 6.
That technology is called MHL and N6 does not support it.
Keep in mind too, if you have a tablet (like I have galaxy tab pro), it supports MHL. But if you use custom ROM, you will likely lose the MHL function.
Does it support SlimPorts?
Nope
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Google-Nexus-6_id8626
MHL and SLIMPORT is supported according to this ^
macasus76 said:
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Google-Nexus-6_id8626
MHL and SLIMPORT is supported according to this ^
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It is incorrect. Google wanted people to buy the Chromecast, so they did not put in support for either MHL or SlimPort.
RegnierD said:
It is incorrect. Google wanted people to buy the Chromecast, so they did not put in support for either MHL or SlimPort.
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Correct. I own all types of mhl cable(powered/un-powered) and none work or not detected by TV when used with Nexus 6.
macasus76 said:
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Google-Nexus-6_id8626
MHL and SLIMPORT is supported according to this ^
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sam008 said:
Folks
Neither actually function, and I've seen Motorola/Google Engineers respond to a question about this on the AOSP bug-tracker saying that they disabled it on the SoC of the Nexus 6.
Can you recommend a cable that charges the phone and connects to HDMI at the same time. Sort of a two in one cable. My relative plays the phone video all day long connected to the TV
Thx
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Sorry, no, they disabled it on the SoC they shipped in the Nexus 6.
Per slimport employees at CES 2015, Google removed support at the last minute before release to manufacturing. They said it was a very big surprise because support had been included during development.
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