I couldnt find this posted anywhere else so here you go
I watched a movie on my plasma last night through my DHD via. USB cable, Im sure it would would work for most new TV's as they all seem to have a USB port in the back.
All i did was plugin the DHD to the TV via. USB cable and set the phone to "Disk Drive Mode" and a box came up on my TV saying that it had found a "Android Device" and i could watch a movie straight off it, It just had a "explorer" type menu and you can select movies, pictures or music Which i thought was pretty awesum!
Give it a go if you have a USB port on your TV, mines a Samsung Plasma about 1.5 years old. I tried to take a pic if it but of course i forgot that i cant use the camera when storage mode is on lol
NOTE: It worked fine for me but im not sure about voltages etc... it charged my phone at the same time, but i guess if you TV knows its an Android Phone like it did in my case, its probably made to be able to do it.
Nice one! I need to test this one with my Samsung tv
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It's not a feature of your DHD but of your TV 'cause it has media player. Then you switch your DHD to disk mode it works like just a card or usb drive.
Yea I realize that I never said it was a feature of the phone. But is it not good to know?
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Is there a way to have say a cifs share on the usb n have it work while its mounted too tv ?
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I get sound but no pic when i use the hdmi. Is it something im doing wrong?
your holding it wrong
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What do you mean holding it wrong??????
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Ahahahahahaha
Sarcasm ftw.
Need a little more info, are you rooted, running a custom rom, what program are you trying to get too play on your tv? I love how people come on and post crap like this and expect a decent answer.
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Yes I'm rooted running omegaevo v1.1
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Not every device you plug the HDMI cord into is compatible with the HDMI stack on the Evo. For example: My LG TV accepts the HDMI out just fine, but my RCA TV causes my phone to instantly reboot.
It would REALLY help if you gave more info. What kind of movie? What player? What codec, resolution, bitrate is the movie? What kind of tv? where did you get the cable?
rugedraw said:
Not every device you plug the HDMI cord into is compatible with the HDMI stack on the Evo. For example: My LG TV accepts the HDMI out just fine, but my RCA TV causes my phone to instantly reboot.
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Hay one of my TVs has the instant reboot I thought it was a feature.
trevorkbrown said:
I get sound but no pic when i use the hdmi. Is it something im doing wrong?
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Try this as soon as the video starts playing unplug the HDMI and plug it back in. I have to do this all the time. You might have to do it more than once.
Some people are having problems when hooking up their HDMI connection to their tv so I thought I would share my findings.
Problems: Youtube keeps blinking, Moboplayer lags and blinks, ETC.
I had the same problem also. I originally thought it was the HDMI cable so I bought another one and tested it, same problem. So i decided to play around with it some more and may have found something.
Here is a temporary solution which I have found to make it work flawlessly:
1. Go to the market and download aDownloader. (It's a torrent program, don't worry, you won't be downloading anything)
2. Turn on the program and download a torrent, any torrent is fine and have that torrent run for a few seconds. Once that is done, pause the torrent. There should be a popup notification, please ignore that.
3. Hook up the HDMI and turn everything on, everything should be working 100%. You will not see the notification from aDownloader popup on your tv.
There will not be anying flickering or blinking or any lag with this method. I will be using this until a fix comes up hopefully with the next update.
Let me know if this works!
im not getting a popup from it. But, I like the program.
hm maybe because I'm using launcherpro? Not sure hope it works tho.
forgot to mention, did not work.
What on gods green earth does a torrent program have to do with HDMI out??
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csmall said:
What on gods green earth does a torrent program have to do with HDMI out??
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this to the power of 1 million +1.
csmall said:
What on gods green earth does a torrent program have to do with HDMI out??
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it's most likely the notification keeping the screen from flickering.
This would give duct tape a run for its money ....
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Ok guys, i figured out why it's not working for you guys. I changed #2.
There was an extra step I noticed that was needed to make this work. All you have to do is download any torrent, either its a picture, music, video or anime file, have that torrent run for 1-2 seconds, then pause that torrent.
This should be working now.
csmall said:
What on gods green earth does a torrent program have to do with HDMI out??
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My guess? The torrent app holds a wake lock while it's running and prevents the device from going to sleep.
yeah, didnt help at all. In fact the notification showed up on my TV. Flickering.
It could be the ratio of the tv, mines is on scan however it should be 16:9.
Has anyone figured this out I called ASUS and they had no known issues regarding this
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I don't know if this is the right place for this but I have done a series of troubleshooting:
I ripped a few movies using DVD Catalyst (great program btw) to both my SAmsung 500GB usb hdd and the 16gb Class 6 Patriot micro sd card (same movie).
Played the video with HDMI (from the SD carc) on my TV using mobo and it was flickery and choppy and unviewable overall. Used the "movie" program and it viewed fine, although at a lower resolution (4:3) and quality, but viewable.
Tried the same thing with the USB HDD and worked perfect with mobo.
I have a stock TF with the latest updates as well as a new dock with the latest updates too.
I'm satisifed with the ability to use the usb hdd, but I'm just curious as to any thoughts on why the SD card didn't work... I also speed checked the sd card using H2testw_1.4 for the complete card (not just a short check) and it came back good, no problems or issues.
Thoughts?
Im sure this isnt good for my electric bill but....im watching a tv show on my tv thru the hdmi port on the iconia, thru splashtop hd, thru my laptop...so its playing on all three screens... But it looks good and theres no lag!
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So i have just realised that my tv has a usb input and i tried to connect my s2 into it via a micro usb to usb lead and i get a display message on the tv saying 'unable to support usb device.'
So my flatmate with his HTC Desire tried it and BAM he can access all his media and play movies frm his phone on the tv.
My question to all you chaps therefore goes along the line of ' is this just a standard below par software issue on samsungs behalf ?'
or can i do something to fix this and once again have one over on my friends 'oh so perfect' desire. And so i can watch media frm my s2 on my LG tv which will be awsome .
I know you guys dislike people posting obviously solved problems that can be dealt with by simply reading through all the excellent info on xda, but i feel this is a valid issue and any ideas are appreciated thanks
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I also have a LG TV and I use allsahre to play movies on it without any issues
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Thanks for response , what is allshare ?
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Just solved the issue by turning usb debugging ON !!!
Cheers for the help, such a simple thing and now i dont need to buy a hdmi adapter, excellent .
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Has Anyone got this working?
My KFHD recognised the HDMI port is being used and diverts the sound but i get no picture or sound from my TV. Any ideas?
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James
Hdmi works fine for me.... try another wire/device?
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Works fine here bro..
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I'm also rooted and mine outputs with no issues. Occasionally the cable loosens and cuts out but I just plug it back in and it's fine. Make sure it's securely plugged in.
Mine works perfect for me
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Works here to try new cable man
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Same issue here. Any one got a certain cable they bought that works well?
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Same issue here. Any one got a certain cable they bought that works well?
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004C3HZCC
Works for me.
Thanks
Cheers for the replies guys. i'll try some other cables and see if that was causing the problem!
One further thing to check is your TV settings. On my TV for example you had to enable the port in the TV settings before you could even switch to it. Also depending on what the port was defined as it may or may not pass audio. Worth digging around in your TV menus.
Snow/Noise
I have a rooted KFHD. Get frequent snowing effect on the TV when using the HDMI cable. I believe it is the cable, but have read everywhere that HDMI doesn't get noise/snow. So could it be the device or the port?
Snow doubtful.... but snow in general is doubtful
Is this hooked direct into your tv or is there a box between.
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Kindle Fire HD and 2 HDMI Port
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Has Anyone got this working?
My KFHD recognised the HDMI port is being used and diverts the sound but i get no picture or sound from my TV. Any ideas?
Thanks
James
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Bassbase,
Yes, we use it weekly in the office on a Kindle Fire HD 8.9" and a Kindle Fire HD 7", it works flawlessly on a 72" TV which we use for presentations with sound and at home I use a HDMI Converter on an old TV at home, it too works flawlessly with Netfix and Hulu. What apps are you using? Have you tried Hulu or Netflix? I can say Root is not needed to make the HDMI Port function properly nor does Root affect the HDMI Port. If you give me the App name we will test it in the office.