Is anyone else having issues with the phone detecting an MHL adapter?
At first when I plugged the phone in with an MHL adapter it would work. After a couple minutes later, the picture would go out and TV would show that nothing is connected. After multiple restarts, plugs and unplugs, the phone would not detect anything at all, it would just charge. The only way I was able to get it to work is to factory reset the phone. Once that was done it would work but would have the same issue all over again.
Any tips on getting this to work?
Thanks
eggbert823 said:
Is anyone else having issues with the phone detecting an MHL adapter?
At first when I plugged the phone in with an MHL adapter it would work. After a couple minutes later, the picture would go out and TV would show that nothing is connected. After multiple restarts, plugs and unplugs, the phone would not detect anything at all, it would just charge. The only way I was able to get it to work is to factory reset the phone. Once that was done it would work but would have the same issue all over again.
Any tips on getting this to work?
Thanks
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I dont lnow about MHL but usb not work....Mouse,storage,keyboard
Htc do it again
icecream with out support of usb devices!!!
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Had the same problem today after receiving my MHL cable.
The first attempt worked, just plug and play, then my phone suddenly rebooted and it didn't recognize the tv anymore. Plugging and unplugging didnt make my HOX respond.
Locking the screen and then plug in the cable did the trick for me. Haven't verified this works every time.
good luck
I just tested it and it still isn't working. I tried 2 different MHL adapters. I have a feeling it may be an issue with the device but its hard for me to confirm it because it is intermittent.
Same here. 1st time work then i update to 1.28 and no longer works.
not to rub it in or anything, but this is probably the only thing that works well on my phone (haven't checked my replacement device yet though, not going to bother seeing as it needs to be replaced again anyway)
the worst thats happened is that sometimes for a second or two a black screen with a red cross has shown on the tv, but then reverted back to normal by itself.
im using this mhl adapter: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cablesson-M...8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334837908&sr=1-8
I have original Samsung MHL adapter, I'm running Coredroid ROM (1.28) and I never got it to work yet on HOX. I will try again today.
My adapter is OK because I've been using it with SGS2. It's also the same cable that used to work, nothing is changed apart from the phone.
i made an interesting discovery over the weekend.
tried going to my mates house, and tried plugging in the phone into the tv (both tv and hdmi cable are mine on loan to him, so i know they're both in at least half decent condition)
and i couldn't get it to work at all. I was stumped, this phone being a replacement, i hadn't tested at home so wasn't sure if i was now experiencing this problem as well.
so i went home quickly, and tried it in my other tv. with a different cable - it worked!
So then i knew it would either be the cable or the tv.
I took the other HDMI cable that it had worked with. and tried that in the tv at my mates. and it worked..
so basically, even though in theory these cables should all be the same, try another cable. it worked for me. no messing around, just plugged it in, and worked straight away.
EDIT: one thing i will try if possible, is to get that original cable, and try it in my tv at home. would be interesting to see what happens.
I'm using the Samsung mhl cable I used with my gs2 and its working great, my HDMI cable is some el-cheapo one and I've also tested with other HDMI cables too, ive watched a couple of youtube videos havent seen any issues yet, responds as soon as I connect the cable, ill leave it connected for a bit longer next time see if i can replicate some of the problems you guys are getting (edit: had it plugged in for a good 40min watched YouTube and even played fifa 12 granted it wasn't easiest to on but worked well nonetheless, I'm on stock rooted 1.26 I was on android revolution but encountered issues so reverted back to stock since it was working better for me
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i bought a Menotek MHL HDMI cable for my GS II, but after using it a few times i just put it away and stopped trying to stream video to the TV with that phone. i'm not going to bother using it with this one, either. it would start out fine, but then it would randomly lose the connection causing me to have to get up and adjust the cable. if that's what your experiencing, then i doubt it works at all.
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i bought a Menotek MHL HDMI cable for my GS II, but after using it a few times i just put it away and stopped trying to stream video to the TV with that phone. i'm not going to bother using it with this one, either. it would start out fine, but then it would randomly lose the connection causing me to have to get up and adjust the cable. if that's what your experiencing, then i doubt it works at all.
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Have u tried the official Samsung mhl cable? Mines never lost connection
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I begin to wonder if this is because our phones take more power? So the MHL doesnt have enough power to work. This could also mean that the longer the HDMI cable the more likely to cause the problem.
For me, it doesn't work. I have Samsung MHL adapter and HDMI cable that did work with SGS2.
What I will try is to use 2 amps charger with MHL instead of standard 1 amp. If it works with 2 amps and doesn't with 1 amp, that will confirm it.
Are there two types of MHL cables then? One with an additional usb power and one without?
I use the one I got with my SGS2.
The orginal black MHL connector.
Works very good, only issue I have is that is does 720P while on my SGS2 it did 1080P.
Same cable, same connector, different device.
I also got that cable from amazon and it works without any problems, but streaming a movie (MXPlayer with S/W or H/W or stock player) sucks out the battery like crazy, even with the charger connected
So much for the cc taking over after the movie has loaded... :-/
OK it turned out *someone* messed with my cables. I've retested with my laptop first, then tried Samsung MHL and it worked, played Glowball for a while then got disconnected. This was on 1 amp charger.
I'll try again later today with 2 amps to see if it still disconnects.
Tried playing Glowball over MHL with 2 amps charger and the same thing happened, screen went black on both: TV and phone. I had to unplug cable and press hardware buttons to get display back on the phone. Weird.
Then played a movie and that went fine, no disconnect, but wasn't playing too long.
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Tried playing Glowball over MHL with 2 amps charger and the same thing happened, screen went black on both: TV and phone. I had to unplug cable and press hardware buttons to get display back on the phone. Weird.
Then played a movie and that went fine, no disconnect, but wasn't playing too long.
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Try playing Glowball without MHL connected mate...
It's Glowball that fks up, not your cable.
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Is there a dock for the epic touch 4G which can do HDMI out ? I have seen some which say charge and sync but what if I attached the mhl adapter for HDMI out to the back of the charger where I am supposed plug in the charge or USB cable ?
I want some thing nice to put the phone in when I do HDMI out. I figure I could leave the HDMI cord plugged into the dock and that way whenever I put it on the dock and go straight to HDMI mount. Works well because the mhl adapter has a charger cable
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not exactly sure what u are asking but i believe if you look at mhl adapters they should have a port for the charger on the side. this way its sends hdmi out and charge at same time but dont quote me on that . good luck.
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I want a desktop dock which that cable can hook into so anytime I plug the phone in to the dock it goes to HDMI out
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I want one too
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Can you plug an hml adapter to a dock?
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Can you plug an hml adapter to a dock?
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Well some docks have a slot for you to plug a micro sd slot like for a wall charger or a USB adapter to connect to a of or charge.
My idea is connect the HDMI out cord to that slot on a dock and hook into the tv. The HDMI adapter has a seperate slot to hook up the phone charger so the phone can still be powered.
Perhaps we could even then take the USB charge cable and attatch it to a pc and mount etc if needed
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I have an mhl adapter. It has a micro usb on the side for charging. in order for it to work with a non mhl TV you have to plug the charger in. Newer TVs can charge via hdmi. I plugged the mhl into my stereo receiver and it charges but my older JVC LCD requires the charging cable
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Very curious if the cable out the dock would work as well.
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Anyone ?
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If any manufacturers are reading this...
A brilliant idea that anyone with the Galaxy S2 or any MHL compatible phones will most likely buy is a desktop dock that has the MHL adapter built into it!
dock the phone, plug the HDMI into the dock. Anyone else here agree?
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Very curious if the cable out the dock would work as well.
Dicho por el Epic Touch de latinmaxima
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Doubt it, as I've tried connecting phone to computer for a simple file transfer but it would not see the data connection. Removing the dock from the equation worked which makes me believe that dock forces the charge-only mode. I do also have hdmi/mhl adapter but too lazy to dig it out and test it
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Ok. So I got a dock off amazon to try this out and it does work. I recorded a video to show it on you tube too.
I took my MHL cable with usb power to side and plugged the micro usb that would normally go into the phone into the back of the dock where the power goes. Put in phone and bam there it goes. Now if only I could find a way to disable the screen while mirroring. It slowly drains the battery even with extra power. Now to hook up bluetooth controller and play old school games
PS. I noticed i actually do gain a charge when my phone is in airplane mode with wifi on. Could just be my poor signal here causing drain.
Here's a link to the dock I'm using.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005OTXKK4/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
Here's the Youtube video demoing it working.
http://youtu.be/A3MW029b5HU
Does anyone know of any docks out there that fit an Epic 4G Touch with 3200 mAh battery (like the Seidio BACY32SSEPT-BK, sorry I cannot post link since I have less than 8 posts).
Thank you!
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Cant post a link to an hdmi dock for the e4gt but I purchased one on ebay made by KiDigi. It works well but I wish the screen would shut off when outputting hdmi instead of mirroring.
It's likely that the micro usb port on the side of the dock is only wired for power and has no data capacity.
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Ok. So I got a dock off amazon to try this out and it does work. I recorded a video to show it on you tube too.
I took my MHL cable with usb power to side and plugged the micro usb that would normally go into the phone into the back of the dock where the power goes. Put in phone and bam there it goes. Now if only I could find a way to disable the screen while mirroring. It slowly drains the battery even with extra power. Now to hook up bluetooth controller and play old school games
PS. I noticed i actually do gain a charge when my phone is in airplane mode with wifi on. Could just be my poor signal here causing drain.
Here's a link to the dock I'm using.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005OTXKK4/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
Here's the Youtube video demoing it working.
http://youtu.be/A3MW029b5HU
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Very, very cool.
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do i have to get the dock in order to be able to play the hdmi from my phone to my tv or can i just get a mhl adapter?
You only need the mhl cable. Mono price had then for cheaper. Then you plug your phone charger into the side of mhl cable. Then hdmi to TV and adapter.
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do i have to get the dock in order to be able to play the hdmi from my phone to my tv or can i just get a mhl adapter?
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i have this same adapter and it charges my phone unless i am playing a video through MX video player, then it just discharges at a slower rate than normal.
nacron said:
I have an mhl adapter. It has a micro usb on the side for charging. in order for it to work with a non mhl TV you have to plug the charger in. Newer TVs can charge via hdmi. I plugged the mhl into my stereo receiver and it charges but my older JVC LCD requires the charging cable
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What is the mhl you have called?
This may be old news but I found this MHL adapter for like $15 on amazon and it put a full HD mirror of my phone to my 73" TV that looked great!
Oh and it can allow charging of the phone at the same time.
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I am an idiot that cant seem to get the youtube video link to work but I have a video of it
They have tons online ranging from $4.99 to $15.99. Some have charging ports, some don't.
Can you do a test to see if your battery slowly depletes while using it AND a charging cable? Some say that even when charging the same time, the Nexus screen and video out eats too much power for the USB charger to keep up with.
So as a test, could you hook it up with power and output to your TV for like an hour (maybe a movie) and see if the battery % is less, the same, or more then before you started.
There's a Thanks in it! Plus I'm thinking of buying one but there aren't enough tests to prove it's the USB Wall Charger, MLH Adapter, or phone that is the problem.
Also - That link is absolutely atrocious.
sorry about the youtube link. I tried a bunch of different things, all failed. Mine does have the charging port. I will test the charging functionality tonight. I tell you what, the one Youtube video that I watched with it looked great and I haven't found anything that isnt mirrored yet
I will say this, I picked this one because it was one of the ones being used at the MHL booth at CES
Can you supply a link to it on amazon please? Thanks.
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Can you do a test to see if your battery slowly depletes while using it AND a charging cable? Some say that even when charging the same time, the Nexus screen and video out eats too much power for the USB charger to keep up with.
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I ran into this with the 700mA BlackBerry charger by my home theater, but I used a generic 1000mA charger with no problems (search Amazon for B005F9W6DU to find my model). I believe that the stock Samsung charger is also 700mA.
EDIT: Just for kicks I hooked my phone up to my HP power supply via a cannibalized USB cable. I measured just shy of 1000mA when plugged in directly. When plugged into the MHL adapter I was just north of 400mA. I'll have to explore more, but what I don't understand is how I was able to play a movie and not lose any charge at that charge rate. I suspect the voltage of the cheap-o USB adapter may be a bit on the high side, allowing a faster charge over the same current (with a non-zero risk) but that would require investigation.
Yea I think this is the cause of the confusion. The standard charger is slow. Seems it can't keep up with charging while using the phone. I have TONS of chargers because I'm an IT admin that services hotels. They always have a box of left over goodies behind the front desk (good tip to know). They are always happy to get rid of that crap. I always find some awesome universal chargers, backup batteries, laptop chargers, cell phone accessories, etc left behind by guests.
Good to know it'll work with the right equipment.
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2 things. Its smooth video with audio and it charges just fine . Get the one shown. I have it, works great. Use a battery pack when you don't have a close outlet.
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haydtdiu said:
Use a battery pack when you don't have a close outlet.
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More good advice. I have a pair of APC UPB10 batteries because I can't stand the thought of buying spare batteries (and custom chargers) for every phone and Bluetooth device I own. With 10,000mAH it's enough to last me when I'm away from a power source, plus with the GN I don't need to worry about spare batteries making NFC more painful to use.
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I ran into this with the 700mA BlackBerry charger by my home theater, but I used a generic 1000mA charger with no problems (search Amazon for B005F9W6DU to find my model). I believe that the stock Samsung charger is also 700mA.
EDIT: Just for kicks I hooked my phone up to my HP power supply via a cannibalized USB cable. I measured just shy of 1000mA when plugged in directly. When plugged into the MHL adapter I was just north of 400mA. I'll have to explore more, but what I don't understand is how I was able to play a movie and not lose any charge at that charge rate. I suspect the voltage of the cheap-o USB adapter may be a bit on the high side, allowing a faster charge over the same current (with a non-zero risk) but that would require investigation.
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This is all well and good but you still haven't specified which company makes the one you have or supplied a link to it.
How do you turn on video out? I plugged it in and it doesnt work right off....
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I ran into this with the 700mA BlackBerry charger by my home theater, but I used a generic 1000mA charger with no problems (search Amazon for B005F9W6DU to find my model). I believe that the stock Samsung charger is also 700mA.
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Samsung in-box AC charger is 1A. Their DC car charger is .7A. I picked up the Samsung OEM MHL (actual Samsung, not a fake) dongle with the OEM Samsung charger, it still drains a bit when in use. Since it's just a bit, the phone naturally gets blazing hot.
The official MHL outputs at 720p (having used two different MHL kits, it seems that's the phone's output most of the time), unless I'm playing a 1080i/p movie, where it switches output to 1080p. Does the one you have do the same or does it up-convert to 1080p all the time?
Can anybody confirm that this is a worthy purchase?
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Can anybody confirm that this is a worthy purchase?
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Can anyone confirm the meaning of life?
The cable works. If you have a use of connecting your phone to the TV, then its worth it. If not, then it isn't. You can check plenty of videos on YouTube to see the cable in action with our phone.
Did anyone try flash videos directly from a website? Youtube and videos from file work fine but when I try playing a flash video through a site, the video keeps flickering. I told the seller and got another one shipped. Same thing though. Wondering if I got two bad products or if this just happens with flash.
can we get a link to the amazon one OP?
Got monoprice one......loses signal every time i move :////
Just for reference..."Full HD" is 1080p, not 720p. This thing doesn't output Full HD.
I see a lot of these on Amazon. Does anyone have a preference or know of a better brand (of the 3rd party type).
I've seen this one mentioned before:
Menotek Micro USB to HDMI MHL Adapter IMPROVED WITH RCP (Remote Control Protocol) for Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Evo 3D, HTC Evo 4G Tablet, HTC Sensation 4G, Sprint Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy Nexus
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Also, how good is this after-market dock?
Anker Dock Charger with HDMI Output for Samsung Galaxy S II S2 GT-I9100, i9100
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I have the SGS2 world version (GT-I9100). Does the micro-USB connector on the bottom align up with all the other variants of this phone (Tmo, AT&T, Sprint..ect)? Do all of those have the plug in the same place?
EDIT sorry the pic is so big. I didn't know that before I posted...
EDIT #2 Reading a quick review of the Menotek adapter on Amazon, one of the complaints was its limitation of 720p output. Is that true? Cant the SGS2 output in 1080p?
Personally i'd just buy the cheapest MHL adaptor you can find. It's just a cable so why pay a fortune for it.
It's not just a cable -- there are some electronics inside (that's why they need a charger input).
Have you ordered one yet? I'd be interested in knowing which is the best option and weather there's any reason to avoid the really cheap ones?
gonna grab myself a cheap one of these adaptors and get my emulator groove on, on the big screen.. though god knows how gba games are going to look at 32inches...probably not great.
No.is only cable.
I got official samsung and it is working fine
I have the first one, if your phone is not in airplane mode the screen on your tv often goes completely black. You have to reconnect the mhl cable to display the screen on your tv again. Annoying when watching videos but putting your phone into airplane mode fixes this completely.
Quality is great, downloading a movie and watching it looks incredible, full HD. However if you plan on watching youtube videos on your TV, I suggest you download the app TubeMate, it allows you to stream YT videos in a much higher quality than the standard app.
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I have used one of these but not branded.
But I am not so sure about what RCP is for as it is wired and provides no additional gadget for "remote control".
And it's only $13 elsewhere.
conradwu said:
I have used one of these but not branded.
But I am not so sure about what RCP is for as it is wired and provides no additional gadget for "remote control".
And it's only $13 elsewhere.
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Quoting from Wikipedia here:
"The built-in RCP (Remote Control Protocol) function allows you to use the Remote Control of HDTV to operate the MHL mobile device through HDTV’s CEC function."
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I bought one a few days ago from Amazon.co.uk, offical Samsung for £14.99 with free delivery, bargain in my opinion.
You have to connect the Samsung charger to power it (although i haven't tested it without the charger to see if it still works). The phone battery seems to drain really fast with the MHL outputting via HDMI, and gets a little warm also, both cores doing their bit no doubt.
Have to say i'm very happy with, and the CEC function (if your tv supports it) is the icing on the cake. With it, you can use your tv's remote (or any ALL in One as in my case [Logitech]) to control the phone navigation, you can play games using the remotes d-pad, and use it to click on items in the menu, or on the internet, rewind, pause and fast forward videos.
I too had the screen blacking out on me as one person mentioned earlier, espcially when playing games, I'll try and see what flight mode does for it, but my conclusions where a less than perfect HDMI cable, as when i tested it on my brothers tv it worked flawlessly without a single blackout (Using a HDMI cable supplied with his SKY+ box).
Might have to buy one of these but i'm still looking for a solution to sending audio NOT over the HDMI since I don't have a HDMI input on my monitors, only DVI. Either over analogue 3.5mm out or bluetooth would be fine!
I think the reason it drains the battery still is because it is using the data pins to send the video. For fast charge these pins would usually be shorted and you can't have both. (That's my understanding anyway!)
I have bought on ebay 1 cable mhl + 1 cable micro usb --> USB femal for only 15€
But the max resolution of mhl is 720p
Cheap MHL cable
I bought my MHL cable from deal extreme for around $13.00. Not only did i get a samsung branded (probably fake) MHL cable, it came with a USB OTG cable and a USB retractable cable too. So far, all 3 seems to work fine and not too expensive
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I bought my MHL cable from deal extreme for around $13.00. Not only did i get a samsung branded (probably fake) MHL cable, it came with a USB OTG cable and a USB retractable cable too. So far, all 3 seems to work fine and not too expensive
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Ha! I just bought the same package today
Can you output video at full 1080p with this one?
I'm quite keen to get one of these but will be upgrading to the Galaxy S3 sometime soon. Does anyone know whether these MHL cables will be compatible with the new S3 as well?
Thanks.
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I'm quite keen to get one of these but will be upgrading to the Galaxy S3 sometime soon. Does anyone know whether these MHL cables will be compatible with the new S3 as well?
Thanks.
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Of course... that's why you have a Samsung and not an iPhone.
Joey2o11 said:
Personally i'd just buy the cheapest MHL adaptor you can find. It's just a cable so why pay a fortune for it.
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I actually did by the cheapest MHL adapter I could find on ebay and it works like a charm. Cost me around 6 € including shipping.
hi guys.
why cant we use the camera app when using the MHL function?...is it a hardware restriction?...i was using cm9 and when i start the camera with the adapter plugged in then close the camera app ,for a second the camera screen shows up on the tv.....if its hardware restricted then it would not do that at all...
on my mhl cable only outputs 1080i,is it adaptors fault?
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First of all, I already ordered original Samsung MHL adapter, as it's much cheaper, and I will use it from time to time. I also got the audio dock for charging, and not use the usb. And ordered original Samsung OTG adapter.
Now for my questions, from what I know, the HDMI dock can charge, and use HDMI to connect to TV, but it's limited to videos only? or not?
and second question, what if I connect OTG adapter to the microUSB on the dock? will it work? or it same limited port, like in MHL adapter?
What, no buddy here have the HDMI dock?
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First of all, I already ordered original Samsung MHL adapter, as it's much cheaper, and I will use it from time to time. I also got the audio dock for charging, and not use the usb. And ordered original Samsung OTG adapter.
Now for my questions, from what I know, the HDMI dock can charge, and use HDMI to connect to TV, but it's limited to videos only? or not?
and second question, what if I connect OTG adapter to the microUSB on the dock? will it work? or it same limited port, like in MHL adapter?
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I read something somewhere that running pre-4.0.4 stock would actually allow the HDMI dock to function as a mirror. I didn't have this with AOKP 4.0.3 however. My phone is limited to just video (Currently 4.0.4 AOKP). I'd love it if I had the option to use the dock for mirroring.
The OTG adapter shouldn't work with the USB port, as it's limited to charging, no data. Says so in the manual for the dock.
Ohh, I just not sure if to cancel the order of MHL adapter, sure it's more handy, and small, so if I go to a friend, I can get the adapter with me...
The thing is, that here: http://www.droid-life.com/2012/03/23/review-samsung-galaxy-nexus-hdmi-portrait-desktop-dock/
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So they recommend to update the ROM to thelatest, but they also say it limited to video only. on other hand, pre 4.0.4....yes you guess it, there was no any dock settings in the ROM, but it worked just like the much cheaper MHL adapter, I already spent some cash on the Pogo Dock, so my microUSB stay still ,
I know it more good looking with the dock, but if it really limited, then **** Samsung.
P.S, can anybody here comment on latest stock 4.0.4? is there same limitation to video only? because, you see, I have HTPC in one room, and watch movies and other stuff with it, so spent money on some sheet I may use from time to time, is stupid, as the Pogo Dock at least save my microUSB port, and even have line out with an option to use optical cable, but the HDMI dock, only can show videos, so why the **** I need it then ? I do see it good with emulators if I not at hotel or something, but if MHL adapter can mirror, and it cost much much less, why buy that dock? also some aftermarket HDMI docks can mirror the screen, like that:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...s_Adapters&hash=item2ebd72c665#ht_2529wt_1859
hell, that thing, can charge, sync, and mirror hdmi, and even can work with phone in a case, **** Samsung guys, aftermarket sometimes can be over 9000 times better that original, to bad there no pogo aftermarket one.
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I have both OEM OTG adapter and MHL adapter for my GNex. I am running IMM76K deodexed, zipaligned. I can view files from flash drive, connect external drive, or do almost anything you can do with a computer using OTG adapter. And I can mirror phone on TV w/ MHL adapter w/sound and everything.
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The thing is, that the phone recognize the dock as a different accessory, not like regular MHL adapter, but most people I asked, on 4.0.4 it not mirror .
anyway I ordered the MHL adapter, and OTG, original Samsung BTW, I will need them just in case, but that case both cost less then that crap dock, but I could not resist not to buy the pogo dock , I know it not cheap, but it a cheap price for working micoUSB port
PS, check Kidigi docks, they support MHL, and even can charge second battery, sync, charge, and fit a phone with a case on it.
I bought the official pogo desktop dock from the Play Store for my GSM Nexus with CM9 nightly on it.
The dock's micro USB port ONLY works for charging!
If you plug it into a computer's USB, it will charge but will not connect, manually even says not to plug it into the computer because it may damage the dock, says to use a charger.
So not sure if OTG will work or not.
I just opened the box. Plugged in a USB drive in the back of the dock, no power is being supplied to the drive. I am not using an OEM Samsung otg cable. If undock and plug in the USB drive straight tot the phone it world no problem.
I will try with a powered HD and ill experiment with mirroring and non video outputs
edit: the dock does work with the OEM extended battery (w/ no case), it's a little tight, but actually fits pretty good
Hello there, fellow members!
Last night with a friend we were discussing some stuff about the Ouya, and the next idea came into my mind: I would only purchase one because of the emulators and being able to connect it via HDMI. But wait, I can actually do that with my phone. What if I plug in an HDMI cable, a PS3 joystick and the charger into my ZL? It would be a nice way to play PS1 or N64 games. But yes, then I realized that the phone only has one USB entrance, which is the same for any of the above mentioned pheripherals.
So, what brings me here is the following question: are there any USB adapters with multiple slots compatible with our phone? If I tried a generical PC one, would it work? Or using three different functions in a hole that's made to support one at a time could damage the phone?
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One of these, for example (combined with a mini-usb adapter on the cable), would work?
Thanks in advance, and best regards =)
I don't know if our ZL can handle multiple USB devices. But if you want to try it, you would need a USB Hub with external power supply because I don't think that our phone can put out that much power.
I think the Ouya has several device-exclusive games, but the ZL can play indeed Android games and emulators.
However, I think the only way to do what you have in mind is to:
1) Connect the PS3 'joystick' via Bluetooth. That way, you won't have to use the MicroUSB port.
2) Have an MHL cable for the MicroUSB to HDMI.
However, with point #2, powering the device will still be uncertain. The MHL (2.0) specs allow for powering your device when connected, but
A) Your TV will have to support MHL as opposed to HDMI.
or
B) Your MHL-to-HDMI adapter works as backward compatible HDMI, and requires external power to work.
In both cases I don't know whether the phone will charge and if it even does, whether the power will be sufficient to compensate for the (added bluetooth) power usage of the device.
It is for this 'contraption' that I initially wanted a device with both MicroUSB and MicroHDMI port, so more connectivity would be possible.
Anyway, I ordered all accessories I need to test this (but I don't have an MHL-supporting TV), expect info on this as I find it out.
bouvrie said:
I think the Ouya has several device-exclusive games, but the ZL can play indeed Android games and emulators.
However, I think the only way to do what you have in mind is to:
1) Connect the PS3 'joystick' via Bluetooth. That way, you won't have to use the MicroUSB port.
2) Have an MHL cable for the MicroUSB to HDMI.
However, with point #2, powering the device will still be uncertain. The MHL (2.0) specs allow for powering your device when connected, but
A) Your TV will have to support MHL as opposed to HDMI.
or
B) Your MHL-to-HDMI adapter works as backward compatible HDMI, and requires external power to work.
In both cases I don't know whether the phone will charge and if it even does, whether the power will be sufficient to compensate for the (added bluetooth) power usage of the device.
It is for this 'contraption' that I initially wanted a device with both MicroUSB and MicroHDMI port, so more connectivity would be possible.
Anyway, I ordered all accessories I need to test this (but I don't have an MHL-supporting TV), expect info on this as I find it out.
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The concept is interesting but the problem with the ZL is the battery life, if the battery will not be able to get charge, you only be able to use it for around a hour or hour and half playing games or watching videos from a 100%.
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I hooked up my ZL to my monitor yesterday, using MHL to HDMI. Output worked when I supplied power to the adapter, sourced from the monior's built-in USB hub. The ZL was charging while the MHL cable was connected.
I streamed a 1080P MKV movie over local WIFI , other services(data connection/bluetooth/NFC) were turned off. After the movie was done, I checked the power usage and the battery level had remained pretty much the same throughout the movie.
So I think with MHL to HDMI, the device is only able to retain its battery level, rather than charging it to full. Having said that, the screen was turned on the entire time throughout the output; if I can turn off the screen while viewing, this could save the battery some more.
I'll perform more tests this weekend; I want to use Bluetooth as input device (I've somewhat given up on having Infra Red controls) and have audio played through the ZL speaker rather than over HDMI to my monitor (that has no speakers built in). Ideally I would want to combine this with my USB Host / OTG 4-port USB hub, but alas MHL and USB Host are mutually exclusive on this device.