I have been able to pair an MS mouse. But it get disconnected when screen times out. The only way to get the mouse working again is to pair? Is there a way to keep the mouse connected? Can anyone recommend an alternative mouse that works?
greatg said:
I have been able to pair an MS mouse. But it get disconnected when screen times out. The only way to get the mouse working again is to pair? Is there a way to keep the mouse connected? Can anyone recommend an alternative mouse that works?
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Well im using a really cheap mouse on amazon and its working well, whenever the screen turns off the mouse is still connected seems like a problem concerning your mouse
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there's a setting that keeps the screen awake when your kb or mouse is connected.
i remember this came up when i paired my mouse the first time, make sure you check it.
AM Radio said:
there's a setting that keeps the screen awake when your kb or mouse is connected.
i remember this came up when i paired my mouse the first time, make sure you check it.
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Thanks. I looked for this setting? If you can remember that would be appreciated!
greatg said:
Thanks. I looked for this setting? If you can remember that would be appreciated!
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looked for the setting, but appears it's not readily shown after your mouse / kb is paired.
so try this:
1. unpair/forget your BT mouse
2. re-pair/set up your mouse again
3. you should see an entire screen just before the set-up concludes that asks you something like "Keep screen awake whenever your mouse is connected?"
it's literally just a single question at the top of the screen, and a "confirm" dialogue at bottom (poor use of space, Samsung! lol)
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Has anyone managed to connect a Bluetooth keyboard using the HID protocol? This worked on Honeycomb, and it looks to be supported in ICS too, but I'd love to hear from someone who's actually gotten it working.
(I've got a Stowaway Ultraslim HID keyboard that I'm totally attached to, and I'd like to be confident that it will work with the Galaxy Nexus before buying one.)
Thanks!
Alan
You can see me use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse here:
Brilliant! Thank you so much for posting that. It's great to see.
Best, Alan
thanks, and may i say you have an extremely loud clock
catpunt said:
thanks, and may i say you have an extremely loud clock
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Yup, it's a grandfather clock that belonged to my great grand father.
Also I recorded that at like 1am so had quiet surroundings.
This may not be a timely response. But i just tested this out on my nexus. I have a thinkoutside stowaway Bluetooth keyboard and i sucessfully synced. Steps taken
1. Put keyboard in pair mode (ctrl+ blue fn key + green fn key) green light in top row of keyboard will begin flashing slowly.
2. Hit search for devices on nexus screen under Setting-> Bluetooth. Keyboard will appear with keyboard icon and mac address.
3. Click device on nexus screen.
4. You will be instructed to enter a passphrase on the keyboard. Passphrase will be displayed on ur nexus screen. Hint: the pass phrase is 4 digit number so dont forget to use the blue fn key to type as there are no dedicated numbers on the stowaway keybaord. I had to repeat step 3 and 4 twice as the first attempt said incorrect passphrase even tho i had enter it correctly.
Not sure about HID but I bought my gn a Logitech Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, the one for honeycomb + and it even has android specific hot keys. Super simple to pair and works perfect when I am connected to my HD tv through the mhl adapter! God I love this phone!
Sent from my GSM Galaxy Nexus - (thank God my signature says that)
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therocksab said:
I bought a bluetooth mouse of a local brand ( dany bm-3200 ), but when I connect it to note 10.1 the mouse works fine but the on screen keyboard is automatically turned off and the use on screen keyboard option isnt displaying in the settings. And when i click any box to put in text nothing happens. Any help how to fix this and get on screen keyboard working with the bluetooth mouse.
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Same problem here....
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Found a solution the other day. Use the Hardware Keyboard Action in Secure Settings.
When using my FIreTV connected to a HDMI->DVI adapter on my LCD monitor the FIretv (rooted) has a terrible resolution but will not allow me to set it to anything other than auto within the FireTV settings (Says unknown resolution) Does anyone know of a workaround I can do to increase the resolution another way or a fix? Thanks!
check this out
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-access-hidden-resolution-options-on-the-fire-tv/
paul.savo said:
check this out
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-access-hidden-resolution-options-on-the-fire-tv/
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Thanks for this.... that option pops up for about a millisecond and just goes away though. Any ideas why? Looks like it automatically chooses it right off the bat since I am still holding the select button while pulling up that option...
Update: Works when plugged into my other TV but not through the DVI to HDMI adapter
Is anyone else having issues using a Logitech K400 on 51.1.5.0_515020820? ( or any usb wireless device?)
Definitely worked prior and now it doesn't.
NxtGenCowboy said:
Is anyone else having issues using a Logitech K400 on 51.1.5.0_515020820? ( or any usb wireless device?)
Definitely worked prior and now it doesn't.
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you have usb debugging adb (or something like that option) enabled. disable it and the keyboard will function. Its the middle of the three options in the option list.
I am having a problem. My mouse and keyboard work, but the cursor is invisible on the home launcher and when system menus popup. The cursor appears in all apps except the home launcher since the latest update. The cursor is invisible with USB and bluetooth mice, but the cusor will appear with wukong remote, but the cursor is an actual mouse pointer like on a PC. I have also noticed that when I go to settings/system/about/controllers that my USB device no longer shows up in the list since the latest update. Not one USB controller I have tried has shown up in the list, but it always showed my USB controllers in the controller list on all past updates. All of my USB controllers (mice keyboards) work they just no longer show up in the controller list. Something has either gone wrong with the last update or amazon has intentionally made the cursor invisible on the default launcher, and my guess is they have done it intentionally, cause there are other devices too that companies have hidden the cursor on certain parts of the OS, so its not unheard of for companies to hide mouse cursors on their android devices.
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Is anyone else having issues using a Logitech K400 on 51.1.5.0_515020820? ( or any usb wireless device?)
Definitely worked prior and now it doesn't.
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Yes. I have the keyboard and functionality has gone way down hill.
Not to put out false hope but a new update is rolling out with bug fixes. That's all the info I have now. Please let me know if there's a fix. I'm rooted so I won't be getting the update unless a preroot version is produced.
Ah thanks!
My niece has a Fire TV box that worked well until she moved recently. She lost her remote in the move, and went from a hard-wired ethernet to wireless connection (no idea if that matters). I told her that she could use a keyboard to navigate from the home screen (which wouldn't fully load because she doesn't have an internet connection) and set up her wireless connection using the keyboard, and then from that point she could use her smartphone to control the FireTV. The only problem is that she cannot get her external, wired keyboard to respond on the FireTV. Thinking she was just doing something simple incorrectly, I brought her FireTV to my house (I have one as well) and I plugged it in at my place. I have wired internet, and so the home screen did load at that point, but I tried my wired keyboard and I also could not get it to respond. I would just give her my remote and use my phone to control ours, but I can't get to any screen where I could program my remote to work with hers.
Any suggestions? I think it's pretty unlikely that both wired keyboards are bad, and although I don't think she's ever used the USB port I would think it's pretty unlikely that the port is bad too. Is there a way to do a factory reset without actually having a remote or keyboard?
Thanks!
Try an active USB hub between the keyboard and the aTV. Probably the wired keyboards do need more power (or to much for the aTV) in comparision with a wireless keyboard. If the keyboard is illuminated try switching the lights off to minimize the power consumption.
Calibaan said:
Try an active USB hub between the keyboard and the aTV. Probably the wired keyboards do need more power (or to much for the aTV) in comparision with a wireless keyboard. If the keyboard is illuminated try switching the lights off to minimize the power consumption.
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Wow, hadn't thought about that...I'll do that; thanks!
clb4g9 said:
Wow, hadn't thought about that...I'll do that; thanks!
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OK, I think I figured out the issue, but still not sure how I'll fix it. I couldn't get the keyboard to work with my Fire TV also, so I started playing around, and it looks like under Settings/Developer Options/USB debugging it was selected as "on". When I selected "off" the keyboard started working without any extra hubs or anything of the sort.
So here's my issue; how the heck do I get to the "USB Debugging" screen to turn this off without a keyboard or remote? I can't seem to work through that in my head unless there's a way to do a factory reset without a keyboard/remote/smartphone, set up my remote to work with hers, disable usb debugging and then give it back to her and then re-set the remote to work with my firetv. Thoughts?
I figured out a workaround, as shown here:
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-remotely-control-an-amazon-fire-tv-or-fire-tv-stick-via-adb/
Luckily for me I had a hard-wired ethernet connection and adb debugging was enabled so I was able to figure out the IP address of the Fire TV and adb connect into it using my laptop, and then, very slowly, use the adb commands to scroll down and disable the "USB debugging" so that a keyboard would work. From here I think (hope) she can use a keyboard to set up her wireless network and then from there she can use her smartphone as a remote.
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