Hi all,
I need a new desktop, but I would love, instead, to just hook up my Z1 to an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
I know this would easily work because I purchased a MHL-HDMI cable and tested on my TV.
But! I am greedy. I am wondering if I could use a touch monitor instead of or in addition to a mouse. I've seen some posts online about doing this with other hardware, but the posts were old (2011), and not with phones.
Has anyone been successful with using an external touch screen monitor with the xperia z1? If so, can you tell me the hardware and ROM you are using? Thanks!
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Greetings All,
I have a friend who recently picked up an HTC Touch Pro. While sharing with me all the details and nuances of the phone he pointed out that there is an aftermarket cable that uses the mini USB out and converts to RCA jacks (right and left audio and yellow video). http://i.expansys.com/i/b/b170917.jpg
This cable is a home run and the details can be viewed in this YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WURkohx3ja4
Here is my query for you fans and gurus of the forum....
I have the HTC Touch... not the HTC Touch Pro. The cable mentioned above is not listed anywhere as working on my phone. It seems to me that with all the experts in this forum, someone can tell us why it would not work on basically the same phone and manufacturer (HTC) and model series (Touch) as well as the same port coming from the phone (min USB). I realize that it is a software driven feature when the cable is actually plugged in it pops up the screen looking for your decision for NTSC or PAL.
Can someone help me decipher how to get the video cable that is designed for the HTC Touch Pro to work on my good old fashion HTC Touch (which I happen to love) ????
In case anyone is curious why I am in the hunt for this so badly is so that I can play my Sling Player into my audio video inputs in my car (of course not while driving) stereo which has a sweet 7" screen in the dash. My sling player works flawlessly and it would be very very nice to be able to use this cable which is relatively inexpensive to do the trick.
Please Pm me with any thoughts....
the cable dont do anything really it just pass on the video out
that the special version of the extUSB connector in touchPro have
so far other htc devices extUSB do not have video out connectors in
their extUSB connector
firetaz39 said:
...... use this cable which is relatively inexpensive to do the trick.
Please Pm me with any thoughts....
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I got Touch HD too and I bought the cabel AC T110 (it is for Touch Pro). I confirm that it does not work but I try to find the way out. I even started thinking about changing the device for Touch Pro2 but I like everything in HD exept the absence of TV output. The Pro2 is thicker, the screen is smaller, its camera has only 3,2 Mpixels. It's a pity that HD doesn't have AV out. If I find out anything I'll tell you
Mini usb - rca cable
Hello guys! Anyone know´s if the mini usb-rca cable is available to use with an SE XPERIA x1 ???
Regards!!
CG
(Apologies if this has been asked before or if it's mind-bogglingly retarded.)
What we have with the SGS2 is remarkable - it's as powerful as a netbook, with video-out and USB host functionality.
It seems to me that carrying such a super-phone alongside a netbook would be a waste of money and effort, when the processor in the SGS2 is more than up to scratch.
So what would be the obstacles in making a "shell" that provided a laptop-like keyboard, mouse and screen, with an SGS2 where the processor, RAM and so on would normally be housed? (The SGS2 would be removable, of course.)
These are the ones I can think of:
USB/Bluetooth keyboard support - may have to be Bluetooth keyboard.
Touch input? (May have to be Bluetooth mouse, but mouse input is possible in Android)
Connecting a monitor and USB device through the same USB port (not necessary if keyboard/mouse are Bluetooth)
Battery life - just make the shell house a fat battery!
So let's say we could piece all that together - a keyboard, mouse, battery and screen in one shell. It could come out considerably cheaper and lighter than a netbook, with all the SGS2's media playback abilities, internet without having to tether, and no need to change apps when going from netbook to phone.
There's probably something I haven't thought of, but I couldn't resist posting.
Thoughts?
I would love to see something like this happen. The SGS2 will be my first Android phone, coming from WinMo, so I've no idea what is available or is possible with the OS. One reason I bought this phone was because I wanted to connect a Bluetooth keyboard (and mouse?) to it and keep it mounted on a dock or stand right below my two monitors at work, serving as an internet/chat/email computer, instead of taking my phone AND laptop to work every day.
Now I may be mistaken, but MHL doesn't support simultaneous USB and HDMI out, so if you wanted to connect input devices AND have monitor out, I'd guess the keyboard and mouse would have to be Bluetooth, as you've mentioned. One thing that interests me is something the Wiki entry mentions:
"The HDTV remote will control the connected device with guaranteed mixed manufacturer interoperability."
So perhaps one day we might see some SGS2 "lapdock" like the Atrix?
Check out what the guy says at 8:50 in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtwTcnR0hqA
He says, basically, that he can connect the device to a tv through MHL, connect a BT keyboard and mouse, then sit back on his couch and use his device like a living room PC.
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Any news?
I put it in the top lid of my logitech dinovo mini with some rubber bands.
Looks like sh*t, but works really well!
//Gunnar
You won't be able to do a full netbook, because the microUSB connector on the SGS2 can be used either as microUSB or MHL (HDMI video out + charger input); the two functions of the connector are mutually exclusive. So, if you're piping the SGS2's video out to the shell's display, you have no USB, and if you're using the USB, there's no external video.
You might be able to use some kind of remoting software to work around this & use the USB functionality of the SGS2; the shell would have something like a VNC client installed, then connect to server software on the SGS2 (over WiFi or BT networking).
Hm, are you 100% sure about them being mutually exclusive?
GunnarKarlsson said:
I put it in the top lid of my logitech dinovo mini with some rubber bands.
Looks like sh*t, but works really well!
//Gunnar
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Interesting, but I would still prefer a full size keyboard.
How is it connected? USB? BT?
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3waygeek said:
You might be able to use some kind of remoting software to work around this & use the USB functionality of the SGS2; the shell would have something like a VNC client installed, then connect to server software on the SGS2 (over WiFi or BT networking).
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No idea how this can be realized. Afaik, there is a VNC client installed, but no server.
Guess it is easier to try what is mentioned above :
Use NHL to get the monitor working and BT for the keyboard. Would be good to have some profile, which enables the BT keyboard when NHL is plugged, maybe through locale or so.
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I know this thread is kinda old now, but some recent tech news brought this idea back to memory for me. ICE Computer showed a docking tablet they call Trinity at Computex 2011, which apparently can be made to dock with nearly any phone or even a PC module. I didn't find too much info that wasn't regurgitated between sites, but it sounds like they won't be selling it themselves, rather they'll sell it to other companies who want one for their device.
My hope is they'll sell some kind of universal version that takes different phones and maybe just requires a different-shaped module for different phones. Here's a link to the Engadget post, but there are other pages that describe what it does and when it should be available.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/ice-computer-shows-off-trinity-modular-tablet-concept-aims-for/
Add a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, perhaps a stand, and voila!
Need a solution like this
1) MHL output to a tv/ monitor
2) Bluetooth keyboard and mouse work over HID profile
3) Remote Desktop software that allows use of external keyboard and mouse and which can output native resolution rather than just mirroring the screen.
Hi Everybody!
I've been looking on forum for a thread similar but i couln't find one, so i'll try to explain what i'm trying to do with my phone and let's see if someone already got it.
Well, since i got the SGS3 on my hands for the fist time, i could feel how much hardware it does have and thinking about how much it's portable and easy to take, so i start to thinking if is posible to make some kind of "DeskDock" with some accesories.
I have a Logitech Unifying keyboard and a mouse wich means that with only one dongle i can connect both devices to it. Last week i brought a OTG cable and i tryed to connect it on my phone and it worked almost perfectly (some issues with keyboard layout, but nothing else), i got impressed that all functions keys from my keyboard was working.
Ok, got this point i was thinking how could i connect my OTG cable and also a MHL cable, so i can have HDMI-OUT and my keyboard and mouse working.
If this work i can have a totally functional desktop with 24 inches screen. I know that maybe people wont see any sense making it, but in my case i don't have a Netbook (i don't even like) and if i could get this working, i was thinking about run linux on my phone and get a full desktop experience.
Is anybody there who tried it?
I was thinking about some kind of USB HUB, but i have no idea if my phone would support it...
topfreitas said:
Hi Everybody!
I've been looking on forum for a thread similar but i couln't find one, so i'll try to explain what i'm trying to do with my phone and let's see if someone already got it.
Well, since i got the SGS3 on my hands for the fist time, i could feel how much hardware it does have and thinking about how much it's portable and easy to take, so i start to thinking if is posible to make some kind of "DeskDock" with some accesories.
I have a Logitech Unifying keyboard and a mouse wich means that with only one dongle i can connect both devices to it. Last week i brought a OTG cable and i tryed to connect it on my phone and it worked almost perfectly (some issues with keyboard layout, but nothing else), i got impressed that all functions keys from my keyboard was working.
Ok, got this point i was thinking how could i connect my OTG cable and also a MHL cable, so i can have HDMI-OUT and my keyboard and mouse working.
If this work i can have a totally functional desktop with 24 inches screen. I know that maybe people wont see any sense making it, but in my case i don't have a Netbook (i don't even like) and if i could get this working, i was thinking about run linux on my phone and get a full desktop experience.
Is anybody there who tried it?
I was thinking about some kind of USB HUB, but i have no idea if my phone would support it...
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there are many OTHER threads already with people working on this
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ATM not possible.. yet.
scarrmrcc said:
there are many OTHER threads already with people working on this
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ATM not possible.. yet.
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Ok thanks (Y) BTW i didn't find any other thread related with accessories. I only saw a couple of people talking about run linux without using VNC :cyclops:
I'll keeping looking on internet to see if i can get something new :victory:
topfreitas said:
Ok thanks (Y) BTW i didn't find any other thread related with accessories. I only saw a couple of people talking about run linux without using VNC :cyclops:
I'll keeping looking on internet to see if i can get something new :victory:
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just look on this subforum for MHL and OTG.
Why not just by an "android PC" or the android TV box. It is basically a powerful tablet computer in a 3 inch square box with HDMI, two or three usb ports, wireless wifi and and SD card port. Cost less than $75 or you can spend more and even get a dual core . I have one on both of my big screen tv's with a wireless mouse (but for pc application you just use a combo keyboard mouse. Much easier and much more simple.
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Why not just by an "android PC" or the android TV box. It is basically a powerful tablet computer in a 3 inch square box with HDMI, two or three usb ports, wireless wifi and and SD card port. Cost less than $75 or you can spend more and even get a dual core . I have one on both of my big screen tv's with a wireless mouse (but for pc application you just use a combo keyboard mouse. Much easier and much more simple.
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For most of us, it is the ability to take our "PC" with us, as a working tablet. For others, it is that when we get home, we want to just plug in our phone, and have larger everything.. but still use all the apps, and bookmarks etc that are the on the phone. For the rest.. it is about the cool factor.
Looking for the best gaming keyboard(around the size of the phone) for the galaxy s3. Prefer bluetooth but dont mind usb for the otg cable. I have been looking into VisionTek Candyboard wireless or 3-in-1 Wireless Remote Controller Keyboard for Sony PS3(if it would work), but wondering if there is a better one and if there is also one that would work as a touch screen just as if i was touching the gs3 instead of actually touching the screen vs the track pad on the candyboard. Thanks in advance(and i do hit the thanks button).
Anyone have any insight on this question? I too am interested.
You get a thanks for the bump and ?, but i have been waiting a month and still nothing .....
Good morning, I posted this morning my episode with Samsung's Dex Pad, which unfortunately did not serve my purposes, so I decided to create a unique topic to analyze ideas that maybe someone has looked like mine, my idea is to leave my notebook and use my V20 ((H990ds)) as my PC, I need a dock to be able to plug in at least 1 monitor, 1 external HD and a mouse, that's where the idea of DexPad fit perfectly, but it did not work in my V20 neither the issue of HDMI nor the use of an external HD ... My idea is maybe to get a universal Dell Dockstation or something similar ... But going back the idea would like to know if anyone already works with the same idea? Thanks for attention.