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I ordered the MHL adaptor from T-Mobile's website yesterday, so I should get it today (yeah, I paid the extra $6 for overnight shipping).
Does this phone support FULL mirroring (i.e., when plugged in to TV, TV screen mirrors whatever is on the phone's screen)? I used the full HDMI app on my Evo 4G, and it was great for watching shows from HBO GO on my TV.
Has anyone tried it yet? If not, is there a review out there somewhere that specifically demonstrates this feature?
I guess I'll know tonight when I get home from work!
Thanks,
Rob
I haven't seen it specifically on this phone, but I've seen the Qualcomm MSM8660 demos showing full mirroring. We should be capable of it, but I haven't tried it out yet.
I'm surprised nobody's tried it yet!
Can you use the normal micro HDMI or do you have to buy the adapter to use HDMI? Lol kinda confused how this works with the new port? Could anyone explain? Thanks
You need to buy an adaptor. Basically, it's a dongle that plugs into the USB (charger) on the E3D. The dongle/adaptor has a HDMI port on it, along with a USB port. You plug an HDMI cable into the HDMI port, and into the TV. You plug a charger into the USB port and into the wall.
So no, the HDMI cable from the EVO 4G (I have one too) won't work.
Does that help?
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You need to buy an adaptor. Basically, it's a dongle that plugs into the USB (charger) on the E3D. The dongle/adaptor has a HDMI port on it, along with a USB port. You plug an HDMI cable into the HDMI port, and into the TV. You plug a charger into the USB port and into the wall.
So no, the HDMI cable from the EVO 4G (I have one too) won't work.
Does that help?
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I believe that was what he said in the first line..
rtmeikle said:
You need to buy an adaptor. Basically, it's a dongle that plugs into the USB (charger) on the E3D. The dongle/adaptor has a HDMI port on it, along with a USB port. You plug an HDMI cable into the HDMI port, and into the TV. You plug a charger into the USB port and into the wall.
So no, the HDMI cable from the EVO 4G (I have one too) won't work.
Does that help?
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Thanks for clearing that up!!
Back to the issue at hand... does it do HDMI mirroring or not? I have this bad ass HDMI integration in my Prius that is preventing me from upgrading from the 4G until at least HDMI mirroring is confirmed.
rictorg said:
Back to the issue at hand... does it do HDMI mirroring or not? I have this bad ass HDMI integration in my Prius that is preventing me from upgrading from the 4G until at least HDMI mirroring is confirmed.
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According to this demo from CTIA it appears it can, but this is unfinished testing hardware/firmware so it's still not a confirmation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ynmqtopi9g
This doesn't exactly give you an answer with the level of certainty you are looking for but it's a good sign. We should see some end users with feedback on HDMI features on the production phone streaming in any time now that hopefully confirms that it can do this across any application without problems or limitations.
rtmeikle said:
I ordered the MHL adaptor from T-Mobile's website yesterday, so I should get it today (yeah, I paid the extra $6 for overnight shipping).
Does this phone support FULL mirroring (i.e., when plugged in to TV, TV screen mirrors whatever is on the phone's screen)? I used the full HDMI app on my Evo 4G, and it was great for watching shows from HBO GO on my TV.
Has anyone tried it yet? If not, is there a review out there somewhere that specifically demonstrates this feature?
I guess I'll know tonight when I get home from work!
Thanks,
Rob
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hey rtmeikle . I also got the mhl from tmobile. I hooked it up last night to sadly find out that hdmi mirroring is not supported at all. It was all a big hype it appears. Were you able to get it working? I'm hoping that you were so maybe its just my device....if not, then this phone is going back.
Yep, I got mine yesterday and tested it. It works fine.
You have to have the adaptor plugged in to the phone, a charger plugged to the adaptor, and the HDMI cable running from the phone to the TV.
I got full HDMI mirroring which automatically switched to landscape when I tested Netflix and HBO Go.
Rob
interesting. thanks for the quick respond. When i connect it to my hd tv all i get on the phone is a message that says *HDMI play a video or slideshow to display via hdmi* on the notifications bar. When I click that, nothing happens...
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interesting. thanks for the quick respond. When i connect it to my hd tv all i get on the phone is a message that says *HDMI play a video or slideshow to display via hdmi* on the notifications bar. When I click that, nothing happens...
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Strange. The image of my home screen just popped up on my TV; I didn't have to do anything.
I tested it on the TV in my bedroom, a 3-yr-old Samsung 42" Plasma, nothing fancy.
Maybe tonight I'll test it on my other two TVs and see if it works on all of them.
did you allow the latest OTA upgrade or did you cancel it? I allowed it as soon as I turned the phone on. I also tried it on my 58 samsung plasma hdtv. Its not that old but also not that new.
I'm going to try it tonight on my smaller 32 inch lcd hd tv to see if that makes a difference. It shouldn't though.
Not like it matters since all MHL cables are the same but here is the MHL adapter I'm using: http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/AddOns...4ec1-a08e-e133fa772d53&inCart=True&catCode=23
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did you allow the latest OTA upgrade or did you cancel it? I allowed it as soon as I turned the phone on. I also tried it on my 58 samsung plasma hdtv. Its not that old but also not that new.
I'm going to try it tonight on my smaller 32 inch lcd hd tv to see if that makes a difference. It shouldn't though.
Not like it matters since all MHL cables are the same but here is the MHL adapter I'm using: http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/AddOns...4ec1-a08e-e133fa772d53&inCart=True&catCode=23
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Yep, I've accepted the OTAs. And I'm using the exact same adaptor. Did you plug power into the adaptor too? I didnt' try without plugging it in, but I've heard that it needs to be plugged in to work.
Ok, i finaly got it to work. It wasn't a problem with the phone but a problem with the tv. I had to change some resolution settings on the tv and presto! Hdmi mirroring on its full glory
Now, do you know if I can pair up a bluetooth keyboard and mouse? Thats next for me.
Thanks for all the help.
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Now, do you know if I can pair up a bluetooth keyboard and mouse? Thats next for me.
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This is what I am currently doing. I have hooked up the following.
Mouse: Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000
Keyboard: Logitech MX5500 Keyboard
The keyboard works great. I can type in the applications and setup my keys in the emulators just fine (snesoid etc)
Mouse functionality though is different then you may expect. You don't get a mouse cursor, it just "highlights" selections then you "left click" to go forward. According to my research the right mouse button is supposed to "go back" but is not working for me.
I put up a thread asking others for help with it, so if I find an answer I will let you know.
Updating you on what I found out about the mouse.
"Well it looks like the fancy mouse support with a cursor and button functionality was something that was included in CyanogenMod 6.X then removed on CyanogenMod 7.
They then added a patch for version 7. But now apparently it is being included in his latest CyanogenMod.
Regardless, it appears you need root access "
wait so how do you charge your phone if you use that hdmi adapter? anyone have a link?
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wait so how do you charge your phone if you use that hdmi adapter? anyone have a link?
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the adapter has a USB plug that you use to hook up to a charger, and will charge your phone. Newer TVs are coming that will support charging over HDMI via the MHL adapter, there may be some out but I think will be a standard in 2012 TVs.
http://www.expansys-usa.com/expansys-mhl-to-hdmi-adapter-black-218572/
http://www.expansys-usa.com/htc-sensation-mhl-cable-ac-m490-extmicro-usb-12-pin-to-hdmi-218634/
the HTC one looks lke it includes a HDMI cable, too, but you can see the usb port on each adapter for charging.
I can confirm this works:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005F9W6DU
hows the vid quality?
monoprice has adapters for 14 dollars. Also since its a digital signal u don't have to worry about the quality of the picture. If it works it works if the signal is bad it won't work.
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Well, it is about what you would expect from WVGA stretched to a 1080p screen. Not bad, not great.
So it will record 1080p but outputs it at 800x480 via the hdmi? If that is the case then that's extremely disappointing.
I think it changes resolution when playing video. Notice how the screen blanks out briefly before playback begins? I think that's the resolution switchover. At least that's what happens on my international SGS2...
I want one.. but is it worth it? lol
just wanna verify that it mirrors your screen, correct? so its fully operational while outputting?
Complete mirror of screen. Can confirm movie playback is in 1080p. Fully functional.
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Complete mirror of screen. Can confirm movie playback is in 1080p. Fully functional.
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How do you mirror your screen? I have the phone connected to the TV through this Micro USB - HDMI adapter, but I see nothing on the TV when I play a video.
UPDATE: I think I answered my own question by reading other threads: you need to actually separately power the adapter through the USB port on its side. That's a bummer, so you actually need a separate USB power source!
Bleh...
Mediahub files blocks hdmi out.
Works if i play first then plug it in.
But once i move files off mediahub to sd card, that trick doesnt work anymore
Whatevs
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Bleh...
Mediahub files blocks hdmi out.
Works if i play first then plug it in.
But once i move files off mediahub to sd card, that trick doesn't work anymore
Whatevs
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Ya mine is being blocked as well. I bought the OEM Samsung one to watch my media hub stuff. Kinda disappointing. As stated before if you start the playback before you plug it in it works quite well.
So I just picked up an adapter locally and while it works just fine, I'm not sure it's working as it should with regards to charging. If I simply have the adapter plugged in and then plugged into the wall, it charges very very very slowly. If I actually plug in the hdmi cable and do something like stream a video, buh bye battery life. It drains crazy fast.
This adapter from Amazon, does the charger help keep the battery at around the same level while in use or do you see it drop a good bit as well?
Oh and with regards to MediaHub, whether I start a video before hooking up this adapter or after, I still get the same error on my tv about protection, etc.
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So I just picked up an adapter locally and while it works just fine, I'm not sure it's working as it should with regards to charging. If I simply have the adapter plugged in and then plugged into the wall, it charges very very very slowly. If I actually plug in the hdmi cable and do something like stream a video, buh bye battery life. It drains crazy fast.
This adapter from Amazon, does the charger help keep the battery at around the same level while in use or do you see it drop a good bit as well?
Oh and with regards to MediaHub, whether I start a video before hooking up this adapter or after, I still get the same error on my tv about protection, etc.
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In regards to charging this phone charges slow and if your using it watching video it will just barley keep up. The phone seems to use almost as much juice as it get from the charger as your watching video.
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How do you mirror your screen? I have the phone connected to the TV through this Micro USB - HDMI adapter, but I see nothing on the TV when I play a video.
UPDATE: I think I answered my own question by reading other threads: you need to actually separately power the adapter through the USB port on its side. That's a bummer, so you actually need a separate USB power source!
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So how do you get this working? and it puts 1080p video on the TV through the USB>HDMI from our i777?
What is media hub?
Anyone try a MHL-VGA with this phone?
I've tried a few adapters. There's 2 different adapters from Samsung the one with product #2 worked the best for me its on Amazon I got it for 25$ and works well. Also mirroring works even better with a launcher like adw ex as when it switches into landscape mode it looks great on a big screen
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But was it vga or hdmi?
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The menotek cable drops the connection, so it is worthless. I don't know if the official Samsung one is better, but I had to keep getting up to fix the menotek.
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I bought the Accel which seems to work well for me. $20 on Amazon.
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I did a search here. I have the Prime and had great success from 12/28/11 until ICS update around 01/10/12 but since then my TV shows no signal and this lasts for several minutes so the TV has had time to communicate with the tablet.
1. I have done a Factory Reset
2. I have tried all 4 HDMI ports on the TV
3. I have tried a second TV
4. I have ordered and tried a second cable (stranger things have happened)
5. I have called Asus Customer Support
My options are of course RMA but that means no tablet for 10-14 business days or wait to see if and when an ICS update may correct this issue for me.
Am I just out of luck here and just need to give up my Prime for 2-3 weeks or do you think that an ICS update maybe on the horizon and may correct my issue?
I don't think it is an ICS issue. My conection between the prime and the tv works perfectly. BUT it does seem to take about 15 seconds before anything shoes up on the tv after I plug the cable into the prime.
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I don't think it is an ICS issue. My conection between the prime and the tv works perfectly. BUT it does seem to take about 15 seconds before anything shoes up on the tv after I plug the cable into the prime.
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Thanks for your reply. I just went back and edited my post to add that I leave it plugged in for longer than a couple of minutes. I even flip between HDMI channels using the TV remote while the Prime is plugged in. The TV just never sees it!
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Thanks for your reply. I just went back and edited my post to add that I leave it plugged in for longer than a couple of minutes. I even flip between HDMI channels using the TV remote while the Prime is plugged in. The TV just never sees it!
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Did you double check with another HDMI cable? Some cables of lower quality do prevent the Prime and the TV from synchronizing.
I paid $39 for Rocketfish 8' micro HDMI cable from Best Buy yesterday and attached it to the available HDMI port on the back of my 25" I-Inc monitor. My Transformer Prime didn't see that I had the HDMI cable connected until after I shut it down and restarted it, only after doing that the bootup screen appeared on my monitor and Prime and when I logged in the Prime had the HDMI logo displayed on the tray.
The problem I'm experiencing now is stability. I get constant screen flickering from the monitor when I'm viewing the Prime through the HDMI connection. It seems like its software. I have no other devices to test this out on besides my monitor as the HDMI on my HDTV is only capable of receiving 1080i.
Another sign that it seems like software that's causing the flickering is that I notice considerable lag from the mousepad cursor using the Dock when my monitor is flickering from viewing the Prime over HDMI.
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I paid $39 for Rocketfish 8' micro HDMI cable from Best Buy yesterday and attached it to the available HDMI port on the back of my 25" I-Inc monitor. My Transformer Prime didn't see that I had the HDMI cable connected until after I shut it down and restarted it, only after doing that the bootup screen appeared on my monitor and Prime and when I logged in the Prime had the HDMI logo displayed on the tray.
The problem I'm experiencing now is stability. I get constant screen flickering from the monitor when I'm viewing the Prime through the HDMI connection. It seems like its software. I have no other devices to test this out on besides my monitor as the HDMI on my HDTV is only capable of receiving 1080i.
Another sign that it seems like software that's causing the flickering is that I notice considerable lag from the mousepad cursor using the Dock when my monitor is flickering from viewing the Prime over HDMI.
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I paid $39 for Rocketfish 8' micro HDMI cable from Best Buy yesterday and attached it to the available HDMI port on the back of my 25" I-Inc monitor. My Transformer Prime didn't see that I had the HDMI cable connected until after I shut it down and restarted it, only after doing that the bootup screen appeared on my monitor and Prime and when I logged in the Prime had the HDMI logo displayed on the tray.
The problem I'm experiencing now is stability. I get constant screen flickering from the monitor when I'm viewing the Prime through the HDMI connection. It seems like its software. I have no other devices to test this out on besides my monitor as the HDMI on my HDTV is only capable of receiving 1080i.
Another sign that it seems like software that's causing the flickering is that I notice considerable lag from the mousepad cursor using the Dock when my monitor is flickering from viewing the Prime over HDMI.
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I haven't noticed any flickering but I have only watched real steel ones mine so far. Was a 1080p mkv file and I hooked it up through my receiver. The tv is 46" so I think I would have noticed. Have you tried other files? Oh, and I use a 6' cable is bought from monoprice for like $5
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I haven't noticed any flickering but I have only watched real steel ones mine so far. Was a 1080p mkv file and I hooked it up through my receiver. The tv is 46" so I think I would have noticed. Have you tried other files? Oh, and I use a 6' cable is bought from monoprice for like $5
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I get screen flickering (or better description screen blinking) immediately after connecting HDMI to it.
I can be just viewing the Prime's desktop not playing back any video and my Monitor displaying the Prime over HDMI will blink by going complete dark and it will continue to do this randomly and frequently.
When playing back video it continues to do this and not only is it losing the picture it's also losing audio in this screen blinking problem.
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I just tried the HDMI input on my BenQ monitor and I get a stable connection, no blinking.
Only difference is that my BenQ monitor has no built-in speakers and it's not a 1080p monitor it's a 1680x1050 res monitor. So I'm getting an improper viewing aspect ratio.
Is there a way to turn off the audio from outputing through HDMI and keep it coming from the Prime?
Turns out my TFP works fine connected to my old Samsung 30" HDTV CRT over HDMI, I didn't try it at first because I thought the the TFP would try to output 1080p to the set which can only handle 1080i.
I'm surprised that it connected instantly to my HDTV, now I need to correct my TV's left and right fields in the service menu as it is zoomed too far in.
Does anyone know if the TFP have a 16:9 or 16:10 aspect ratio? I'll have to keep this in mind when adjusting the settings cause I want to maintain a 16:9 setting on the HDTV.
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Did you double check with another HDMI cable? Some cables of lower quality do prevent the Prime and the TV from synchronizing.
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Yes sir in my original post I state that I bought a 2nd cable. Also since it was working fine before ICS and with all the things I have tried in my post it is either ICS or the port on my Prime. Or yeah somehow I got 2 faulty cables and 1 of them worked great until the update!
No I just hope it is ICS for me.
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I paid $39 for Rocketfish 8' micro HDMI cable from Best Buy yesterday and attached it to the available HDMI port on the back of my 25" I-Inc monitor. My Transformer Prime didn't see that I had the HDMI cable connected until after I shut it down and restarted it, only after doing that the bootup screen appeared on my monitor and Prime and when I logged in the Prime had the HDMI logo displayed on the tray.
The problem I'm experiencing now is stability. I get constant screen flickering from the monitor when I'm viewing the Prime through the HDMI connection. It seems like its software. I have no other devices to test this out on besides my monitor as the HDMI on my HDTV is only capable of receiving 1080i.
Another sign that it seems like software that's causing the flickering is that I notice considerable lag from the mousepad cursor using the Dock when my monitor is flickering from viewing the Prime over HDMI.
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Thanks, I tried shutting the Prime down and restarting while the HDMI cable was plugged into the TV but no dice for me.
My HDMI was working and I have watched several movies on my TV previously.
Fast forward a few weeks and HDMI no longer works! I bought a cheap cable on Amazon, and noticed the micro connection was very loose. The HDMI notification no longer shows up. I ordered a 'real' cable from mono price, but still no luck.
No picture and no HDMI notification - arrgh.
The TP HDMI connection seems very loose, even with the new cable. Looks like an RMA for me.
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My HDMI was working and I have watched several movies on my TV previously.
Fast forward a few weeks and HDMI no longer works! I bought a cheap cable on Amazon, and noticed the micro connection was very loose. The HDMI notification no longer shows up. I ordered a 'real' cable from mono price, but still no luck.
No picture and no HDMI notification - arrgh.
The TP HDMI connection seems very loose, even with the new cable. Looks like an RMA for me.
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That's what I'm thinking too. It's not real loose but it does have wiggle room that I didn't notice before! I hate it because I'll be without it for 2-3 weeks and everything else with the tablet works great!
So basically when I enable HDMI out to my 2560x1440 screen (u2711), the motorola logo displays just fine, but when I select a mode like gallery or mirror, the whole HDMI screen starts flickering and showing portions of the screen every couple of seconds.
The phone itself works just fine, and HDMI out with the same cable works fine on my HD ready TV. The HDMI port on my u2711 is fine as well, at least it works with my xbox 360 in 1080P without error.
The odd thing is, as soon as I enable Picture by Picture on my screen, the phone displays just fine on it's half of the screen, albeit in 640x480.
Is this a known bug, or does anyone have any suggestions on fixing it? Do I have to disable DDC/CI? My cable has ethernet capabilities, so the high res shouldn't be the problem, right? Or did I just buy a ****ty/faulty cable.
I don't think the phone is capable of rendering at a resolution that high, the gallery is in 3D-mode and it's probably running out of Vram..
Maybe force it to 1080p somehow?
I never got the HDMI cable working from my pc high end gfx card to my dell u3011 . Never tried from my Razr but I guess the same applies to it.
Only dual DVI and DisplayPort worked.
Without checking I think the highest res possible on hdmi is 1200p ?
I would always try a different cable before giving up. 9/10 times when I have seen flickering on an HD display it has been a crap/faulty cable, and I have seen it a lot as until recently I was Digital TV installer. Used to carry loads of spare cables in the van as it used to happen so often. You don't have to spend loads on a cable but the very cheapest are usually best steered clear of unless you're lucky. I'd usually go for a £10-£15 cable (15-20 EUR) and not a cheap ebay one.
Thanks for your advice guys!
The max res for 1.4 is 4096×2160, and for 1.3 it's 2560x1600, so my resolution should be fine I think.
I paid ~20 euros for the cable, it's brandless, but from a well known cable retailer here. I don't have any others to test, and compatibility with my u2711 isn't vital to me, so I'm not going to buy another cable, but I still think it's odd that it doesn't work.
I will report back if I find another cable and it makes a difference!
Hi. Has anyone tried using a USB C-to-HDMI cable to connect Mate 10 to a monitor. How do you like it? Do apps scale well on monitor? Assuming you hooked up a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, have you tried editing a document? Thanks!
still waiting for my Mate 10! But one of the reasons for getting one is USB-C to HDMI. One thing I noted when sourcing a cable - if you use a "standard" cable you won't be able to stream Netflix/Amazon streaming due to lack of "HDCP" compliance. I got a cable that was compliant for a few euro more on Amazon. Just keep this in mind if you want to stream Netflix etc.
Does anyone know if this would work with a Surface Pro 4? The SP4 has a mini display port, so maybe with a mini display port adapter, we can connect Mate 10 to the SP4 and view desktop mode on the tablet. Would that work?
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still waiting for my Mate 10! But one of the reasons for getting one is USB-C to HDMI. One thing I noted when sourcing a cable - if you use a "standard" cable you won't be able to stream Netflix/Amazon streaming due to lack of "HDCP" compliance. I got a cable that was compliant for a few euro more on Amazon. Just keep this in mind if you want to stream Netflix etc.
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So how and where to buy a cable to bypass this restriction, I am trying to play xfinity app and it tells me there is a restriction OMG wth it becoming Apple this android
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So how and where to buy a cable to bypass this restriction, I am trying to play xfinity app and it tells me there is a restriction OMG wth it becoming Apple this android
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Well the cable I have purchased is the one linked below - which the manufacturer says (elsewhere) is the HDCP compliant one. I can't guarantee you that it will work though!
I am expecting my phone and this cable this week so will try out!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XS7T4GP
NOTE - this manufacturer also sells usb-c to hdmi cables that it says are NOT compliant. Only one above is one they say is compliant.
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Well the cable I have purchased is the one linked below - which the manufacturer says (elsewhere) is the HDCP compliant one. I can't guarantee you that it will work though!
I am expecting my phone and this cable this week so will try out!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XS7T4GP
NOTE - this manufacturer also sells usb-c to hdmi cables that it says are NOT compliant. Only one above is one they say is compliant.
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Thanks I'll look for it here in Amazon US, no problem returning so might as well try.
I tried it out briefly when I got the phone.
I used a type c to HDMI adapter, with a normal HDMI cable.
Some things I noticed:
I think this drained the battery more than anything else I've done with the phone (including gaming).
The phone was noticeable warm after the session.
My phone rebooted shortly after the desktop session. Like it crashed.
The phone states it's in reverse charge mode, like juice is also bring drained from the phone to the TV.
I couldn't get YouTube to work full screen without borders. Unless I was mirroring the phone screen (which means phone screen also remains on).
I've mixed feelings, it's early days I guess.
Ok, I am still waiting for the cable from Amazon but ended up purchasing an adaptor from Maplin.
Worked fine - as in outputted screen of phone (in phone or 'desktop' mode).
But I did notice that the screen resolution as outputted was far less than the resolution of the screen - I would have expected the 1080p display to mirror across to the TV.
It wasn't that it was bad, just blurry text and not crisp when looking at video. Whereas in the past, with a phone with an actual hdmi connection as opposed to usb-c, or indeed when outputting a media player with hdmi or casting using chromecast, the quality is perfect.
Perhaps I'm doing something wrong or perhaps the Maplin cable is not up to speed. Open to ideas.
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Ok, I am still waiting for the cable from Amazon but ended up purchasing an adaptor from Maplin.
Worked fine - as in outputted screen of phone (in phone or 'desktop' mode).
But I did notice that the screen resolution as outputted was far less than the resolution of the screen - I would have expected the 1080p display to mirror across to the TV.
It wasn't that it was bad, just blurry text and not crisp when looking at video. Whereas in the past, with a phone with an actual hdmi connection as opposed to usb-c, or indeed when outputting a media player with hdmi or casting using chromecast, the quality is perfect.
Perhaps I'm doing something wrong or perhaps the Maplin cable is not up to speed. Open to ideas.
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Interesting. Sounds like you are using Mate 10 Pro. Wonder if resolution is improved using Mate 10.
Jamdonut said:
I tried it out briefly when I got the phone.
I used a type c to HDMI adapter, with a normal HDMI cable.
Some things I noticed:
I think this drained the battery more than anything else I've done with the phone (including gaming).
The phone was noticeable warm after the session.
My phone rebooted shortly after the desktop session. Like it crashed.
The phone states it's in reverse charge mode, like juice is also bring drained from the phone to the TV.
I couldn't get YouTube to work full screen without borders. Unless I was mirroring the phone screen (which means phone screen also remains on).
I've mixed feelings, it's early days I guess.
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I was wondering about the battery drainage. Some cables I've seen have an additional input for charger. Maybe that might help
mscion said:
Interesting. Sounds like you are using Mate 10 Pro. Wonder if resolution is improved using Mate 10.
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No, normal Mate 10.
Other cable arrived and same situation. To clarify, it's fine, and perfectly watchable, just not crystal clear. It strikes me that this method seems like the usb-c to hdmi cable is simply mirroring the display of the phone rather than actually outputting the video file itself independently - as would happen with a HDMI connection as you used to get on some phones. Perhaps this is something to do with the issue.
podgeandrodge said:
No, normal Mate 10.
Other cable arrived and same situation. To clarify, it's fine, and perfectly watchable, just not crystal clear. It strikes me that this method seems like the usb-c to hdmi cable is simply mirroring the display of the phone rather than actually outputting the video file itself independently - as would happen with a HDMI connection as you used to get on some phones. Perhaps this is something to do with the issue.
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......hope you post result of amazon cable! have a nice day!
It was amazon cable I referred to above. So same with maplin adaptor and amazon cable. Tried outputting a HD YouTube video but not much different. As I say, fine, but not as clear as would expect if you copied that file to a media player attached to a tv via hdmi
Hooked mine up with the Huawei supercharger and cable and it slowly drains the battery in desktop mode. Without charger it will suck down the battery fast. Benched with Antutu and got 175k on phone. In desktop on 30" monitor got 157k. Still faster than my Mate 9. My S8+ in Dex was just about worthless. Also with the M10 in desktop with wired mouse has zero lag. Bluetooth mouse a different story. So gaming is pretty good on a monitor.
Ok, I "solved" my problem by fluke. I would love if someone more techy than me could explain but this is what I did to fix the fact that the HDMI output looked more like 640x480 than a hi def picture.
Went to TV settings, and selected advanced, HDMI settings, and Changed HDMI "Auto" mode to HDMI Graphic mode (choice of Graphic/Video - video was default and was crap). As soon as I did this I had perfect outputted photos and videos.
According to one tv manual I found on a search:
"Graphic: HDMI input timing set to Graphic mode (PC) - The image is full scan.
Video: HDMI input timing set to Video mode. The image is over scan."
According to someone on a completely unrelated PS4 forum:
"Basically by changing the HDMI mode to graphic, the HDMI output (be it gaming console, pc, or cable) bypasses "extra" processing features of the TV that
make the game and TV broadcasts look crappy and also causes lag. By bypassing those features you will get a much clearer picture."
Either way, it's fixed. On my tv. And on a shop tv the same issue. So given that I've connected previous phones with hdmi connections a few years ago without issues, this suggests that it is something to do with how the Mate 10 outputs signals in a way that TV recognises?
Love to hear an explanation from the experts. Thanks.
Edit: someone else with a similar issue on another device - so it seems the issue is that the Mate 10 is not recognised by most Televisions as a "PC" which would correct hdmi mode to "graphics" ?
"When I switch between the Blu-Ray and the PC on two separate HDMI inputs, the TV doesn't detect that's it's connected to a PC, so it doesn't switch from video to graphics mode - which is required for it to look good as a computer monitor.
Since the TV deosn't recognize the PC and auto switch to graphics mode, when I switch from Blu-Ray to PC, I have to dig down into the menu and switch the HDMI mode to graphics manually - and then back when I go to the Blu-Ray. -- Major pain if I'm switching back and forth."
Any ideas? Is this something Huawei could fix in firmware?
podgeandrodge said:
Any ideas? Is this something Huawei could fix in firmware?
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It looks like its related to the TV resolution : I have the same issue (640*480 resolution) when I connect the mate 10 pro to a 4K native TV but it works perfect when connected to a full HD TV !! It's a shame as 4K tend to be the standard display, so I guess Huawei should fix it whith a firmware update. Any other solution (HDMI 2.0 cable maybe??) ?