[Q] odd hdmi request - Xoom General

Woo too.. long time lurker first time poster!
Love having the hdmi out on the Motorola xoom, and it seems to work perfectly on my hdtv. My question is, I have a projector unfortunately with no hdmi. It does, however , support vga. So I was wondering, if anybody on the forum had any luck or experience with adapters converting hdmi from the xoom ?
Thanks in advance to anybody That has any input.

HDMI<->VGA requires digital<->analog conversion, and requires active electronics rather than just a dumb cable. In layman's terms, it means "expensive". Some solutions per below link (from a Goog search, no endorsement intended),
http://www.hdtvsupply.com/hdtovgaad.html

Thanks e.mote, I appreciate it.

For the price involved with conversion you are better off getting an hdmi projector.
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tincbtrar said:
For the price involved with conversion you are better off getting an hdmi projector.
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Kinda what I figured, but wanted to ask before spending any $$$ either way
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Still no tv out?

Has anyone been able to enable tv out on the epic 4G like the other galaxy s phones have?
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mormegil83 said:
Has anyone been able to enable tv out on the epic 4G like the other galaxy s phones have?
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I hear you. I bought the Nokia cable before I found out TV out was missing from the menu. Doesn't any of these ROMs bring it back. I have yet to flash but I was going to do
Tayutama 1.1 w/ Voodoo Lag fix Beta 4
Bump. Anyone?
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Bump. Anyone?
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There is another thread about this I found. Search for it. Anyway, it seems that the issue is Touchwiz 2.5. SO...we have to wait until Froyo comes out with TW3.0 and THEN see if the TV out is available. All of the other SGS phones that have it are TW 3.0.
But I'm with you man.
ZenInsight said:
There is another thread about this I found. Search for it. Anyway, it seems that the issue is Touchwiz 2.5. SO...we have to wait until Froyo comes out with TW3.0 and THEN see if the TV out is available. All of the other SGS phones that have it are TW 3.0.
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This is partially true, but not totally true.
When people talk about TV out, it's helpful if they define how they wish to get TV out.
All four US Galaxy S series phones support DLNA, which is why Samsung claims TV out features for their phones. But that's now what most folks would consider TV out...
Only the GSM phones have TV out via the 3.5mm output.
So to say that this is a TW 3.0 issue, would be inaccurate. The Fascinate has TW3.0 and does not support TV out via the 3.5mm port. I read a post somewhere that described the CDMA chip not being able to work with the 3.5mm out port, but I haven't been able to find it. I thought it was BS at the time so I ignored it, but now that the Fascinate is out and the 3.5mm port does not support TV out, I'm trying desperately to find it to double check the specs.
That leaves TV out via the microUSB port. Samsung's website was offering (they still might be) an HDMI cable that worked via the microUSB port and specifically listed the Galaxy S series (including the Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant and Epic by name) however, nobody has been able to get it to work.
And thuse we're left with the speculation that TV out via the MicroUSB might be a Froyo addition, but not necessarily something that might be part of TW3.0 independently.
I found the post. Here you go:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/sprint-epic-4g/132687-no-tv-out-sprint-epic-2.html#post1932751
CzechPleez said:
Hi, I'm a Sprint employee and Epic owner. Having worked with the Samsung developers a little I can tell you with assurance that the TV Out option was not "disabled" by Sprint's choice. It's a h/w limitation. When you first boot the phone you get an auto update which appears to disable the TV Out option, but I think that's a mandatory because the shipping ROM is universal to domestic carriers from Samsung. The TV Out limitation is due to the CDMA SOC (system on chip), which will be true for the Verizon model coming soon. The Galaxy S devices based on the GSM SOC do have the TV Out option.
DLNA is the only option for displaying multimedia on a remote display, but keep in mind you are limited to self-created content. You can't broadcast YouTube or SprintTV across DLNA as the DRM encryption is not supported on either the Epic or any remote device.
We're glad you're a Sprint customer and hope you remain happy with your Epic!
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vansmack said:
I found the post. Here you go:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/sprint-epic-4g/132687-no-tv-out-sprint-epic-2.html#post1932751
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WTF! Are you kidding me? This is absolutely terrible news. I'm really disappointing if this is true.
Why are people so mad about this? No one ever said it would have tv out via cable only through dlna.
ZenInsight said:
WTF! Are you kidding me? This is absolutely terrible news. I'm really disappointing if this is true.
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itsmebryan said:
Why are people so mad about this? No one ever said it would have tv out via cable only through dlna.
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Because composite out allows anything on the screen to appear on tv.....any tv. Every tv has rca's. Not every one has hdmi. And I don't want hdcp and hdmi drm restrictions. Good enough reason?
I'm sad and my dreams are dashed.
itsmebryan said:
Why are people so mad about this? No one ever said it would have tv out via cable only through dlna.
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Because you cannot share your self-recorded Movies through every DLNA device. PS3 and the Xbox both do not support our 3gp HD movie format.
I would like to visit my mother's house and be able to plug into her TV and show her the recordings of her granddaughters and other self-recorded video but I will be unable to do so without expensive extra hardware.
Well, don't shoot the messenger - I simply pay attention.
And second, RCA jacks are so 1990's I don't really care if they don't support them. This is a top of the line phone, so I'm glad if they sacrificed somewhere that they sacrificed 1990s technology.
That being said, don't give me HDMI out with the Froyo update and, well I'll have a CDMI issue. Good thing I'm on Sprint with 4G and not Verizon where I'd be really screwed. No 4G, no TV out, nothing to justify my costs, really...
kennethlongshaw said:
I'm sad and my dreams are dashed.
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Don't give up till froyo is out.
ZenInsight said:
Because composite out allows anything on the screen to appear on tv.....any tv. Every tv has rca's. Not every one has hdmi. And I don't want hdcp and hdmi drm restrictions. Good enough reason?
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I understand. But this phone never said it would have a tv out.
itsmebryan said:
I understand. But this phone never said it would have a tv out.
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Look man. No other phone said they would hace tv out via 3.5 jack, but they do. What are you doing here anyway?
so do we have hdmi out or what?
J3ff said:
so do we have hdmi out or what?
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http://www.nationwidediscounts.net/products/Samsung-Galaxy-S-Micro-USB-to-HDMI-Video-Cable.html
"Posted in SDX by Zeinzu.
Idk if this brings hope for anyone but one of my own customers hooked up his epic to our hdtv and streamed micro usb to hdmi both video and sound, i watched this with my own 2 eyes, he "claims" his epic was stock, I've yet to try mine cause we don't carry the cable and he had brought his own"
Given that last post, I'm almost tempted to gamble with $40. If anyone else has seen this done, just 1 more person to verify and I'm in. Now that I've heard a physical 'my own 2 eyes' confirmation, I'm feeling a bit optomistic (although probably setting myself up for disappointment). Anyone else tried or know someone who's tried?
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Just trying to understand this thread. Before this phone came out a lot of threads were talking about the fact the phone had no tv-out. Many said that was a deal breaker. I get that. Everyone know weeks before the phone came out it had no tv-out. I just understand the "tv-out" threads. Sorry
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Look man. No other phone said they would hace tv out via 3.5 jack, but they do. What are you doing here anyway?
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Well, I agree that people shouldn't be upset if it ISN'T there. However, if people are mearly asking for alternatives/workarounds, or possibly finding unadvertised features (ie 3.5 jack on gsm models) I believe that's exactly what this forum is for. However I also believe people should not be starting a ton of threads. Search for those that exist, and continue that thread (or make this one 'the thread')
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EVO HDMI

This is an attempt to get some information about HDMI.
For a long time I hear people saying somebody from the CM already got it working but so far the only thing I see is rumors like nobody knows for sure. Some people don’t live in a 4g are so like me they don’t worry about 4g, so for people like us the only thing keeping us for going in to cyanogen or any other none sense rom is the HDMI.
So here is my big questions, does anybody know for sure if this rumor is true or not about the HDMI?
Anybody from cyanogen did something with the HDMI or not?
Would that be any hope for CM7?
I know somebody already got the 4g working on the CM rom, I just hope someday soon we can have HDMI as well.
If anybody out there from CM see this thread I will really appreciated if you give us any hope.
For those people that check every little misspell sorry if I misspelled anything.
Hope to hear something from you guys
Cjunior said:
So here is my big questions, does anybody know for sure if this rumor is true or not about the HDMI?
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No
Cjunior said:
Anybody from cyanogen did something with the HDMI or not?
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Maybe
Cjunior said:
Would that be any hope for CM7?
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Perhaps
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nobody knows.
its top secret.
i wish i knew myself....
Cjunior said:
This is an attempt to get some information about HDMI.
For a long time I hear people saying somebody from the CM already got it working but so far the only thing I see is rumors like nobody knows for sure. Some people don’t live in a 4g are so like me they don’t worry about 4g, so for people like us the only thing keeping us for going in to cyanogen or any other none sense rom is the HDMI.
So here is my big questions, does anybody know for sure if this rumor is true or not about the HDMI?
Anybody from cyanogen did something with the HDMI or not?
Would that be any hope for CM7?
I know somebody already got the 4g working on the CM rom, I just hope someday soon we can have HDMI as well.
If anybody out there from CM see this thread I will really appreciated if you give us any hope.
For those people that check every little misspell sorry if I misspelled anything.
Hope to hear something from you guys
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Just think of HDMI on CM like Duke Nukem Forever on ... well ... any platform.
Just wish somebody from the cyanogen would say something.
That is a lot of rumors going on and nobody knows for sure anything
Justin.G11 said:
Just think of HDMI on CM like Duke Nukem Forever on ... well ... any platform.
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lol really, who uses HDMI on their EVOs?
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Cjunior said:
Just wish somebody from the cyanogen would say something.
That is a lot of rumors going on and nobody knows for sure anything
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Have you tried contacting one of them and asking?
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Just wish somebody from the cyanogen would say something.
That is a lot of rumors going on and nobody knows for sure anything
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Cyanogenmod/Team Douche is one of the most mum's-the-word groups that I've seen in the opensource arena. I think they find it better to not talk about anything they are working on that isn't eminent.
HondaCop said:
lol really, who uses HDMI on their EVOs?
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I use it all the time, playing videos from YouTube doing karaoke. But hey that is just me….LoL
Justin.G11 said:
Cyanogenmod/Team Douche is one of the most mum's-the-word groups that I've seen in the opensource arena. I think they find it better to not talk about anything they are working on that isn't eminent.
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I kind of agree with that… but that is one of the reasons I open the thread, I keep seeing stuff like somebody from cm already go it working but he got in to an accident. It would just be nice to know if that was really true or not.
i'd love to use the full hdmi.
big screen tv+snesoid+wii remote= full gaming system on your phone
same thing with the bt keyboard and mouse= another computer in the house
the phone already displays the full webpage its just a pain seeing it on the small phone.
put that on a 22 inch tv. it would be nice.
full hdmi would be awesome.
dont forget about the psx emulator either
Cjunior said:
I use it all the time, playing videos from YouTube doing karaoke. But hey that is just me….LoL
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dtr145r said:
i'd love to use the full hdmi.
big screen tv+snes+wii remote= full gaming system on your phone
same thing with the bt keyboard and mouse= another computer in the house
the phone already displays the full webpage its just a pain seeing it on the small phone.
put that on a 22 inch tv. it would be nice.
full hdmi would be awesome.
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Could I recommend a HTPC tons of gaming to be done with that
BrianDigital said:
Could I recommend a HTPC tons of gaming to be done with that
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nah. already got one.
HondaCop said:
lol really, who uses HDMI on their EVOs?
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maybe if there was a hdmi mirroring app to connect the evo to a hdtv to watch atdhe.net
dtr145r said:
i'd love to use the full hdmi.
big screen tv+snesoid+wii remote= full gaming system on your phone
same thing with the bt keyboard and mouse= another computer in the house
the phone already displays the full webpage its just a pain seeing it on the small phone.
put that on a 22 inch tv. it would be nice.
full hdmi would be awesome.
dont forget about the psx emulator either
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Can I recommend a PS3, XBOX 360, Wii? Heck, even a Super NES from eBay.
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Who know what _would_ be doable and cool though? use the bluetooth on your phone as an authenticator for various things in the house like your xbox or even google tv.
Fire up the XBOX and during its controller scan it picks up my phone and knows which account to log in as and to unlock the parental controls .... when watching TV it could toggle the parental filters ... my computer could know to always browse in porn mode ...
As soon as I leave the room BAM! My bos are kicked out of Live, Google TV turns off skinimax, and google safe search filter is turned back on.
HondaCop said:
Can I recommend a PS3, XBOX 360, Wii? Heck, even a Super NES from eBay.
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this is true
Justin.G11 said:
Just think of HDMI on CM like Duke Nukem Forever on ... well ... any platform.
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This game got an official release year after waiting over 8 years to hear about it. This year in 2011 its finally coming son
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I hope somebody can do it soon, I know if any dev needs people to test it me and a lot others would be more than happy to help.
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I hope somebody can do it soon, I know if any dev needs people to test it me and a lot others would be more than happy to help.
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I rather they just focus their efforts on finishing wimax and gingerbread cm 7. Those seem like more important priorities.
PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.

News......

Hey I just contacted level 2 technitions of acer....they said there would be another ota regarding the 1080p support for hdmi out and resolution.....and rooting doesn't void warranty.....(I knoe most of you are already rooted.....its for people like me who need to claim their warranty!)
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vari9 said:
Hey I just contacted level 2 technitions of acer....they said there would be another ota regarding the 1080p support for hdmi out and resolution.....and rooting doesn't void warranty.....(I knoe most of you are already rooted.....its for people like me who need to claim their warranty!)
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Have not even bothered to get a hmdi cable for this device yet - this makes me want to pick one up!
Best source to get one, anyone?
entropy.of.avarice said:
Have not even bothered to get a hmdi cable for this device yet - this makes me want to pick one up!
Best source to get one, anyone?
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Amazon sell them.
entropy.of.avarice said:
Have not even bothered to get a hmdi cable for this device yet - this makes me want to pick one up!
Best source to get one, anyone?
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I use monoprice for anything dealing with cables.
got mine off eBay. Even with 3.01 and 720p Res I thinks it's still worth getting one
HDMI Converter
I bought me an HDMI D/HDMI converter from Amazon germany (the 7 euro one from Sunshine tronic or something ), and so far it's been perfect!
Was really fun playing the Scream 4 game, outputted to the big tv at work

The Raspberry Pi Computer [$35]

This is what you get for $35:
Broadcom BCM2835 700MHz ARM1176JZFS processor with FPU and Videocore 4 GPU
GPU provides Open GL ES 2.0, hardware-accelerated OpenVG, and 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
GPU is capable of 1Gpixel/s, 1.5Gtexel/s or 24GFLOPs with texture filtering and DMA infrastructure
256MB RAM
Boots from SD card, running the Fedora version of Linux
10/100 BaseT Ethernet socket
HDMI socket
USB 2.0 socket
RCA video socket
SD card socket
Powered from microUSB socket
3.5mm audio out jack
Header footprint for camera connection
Size: 85.6 x 53.98 x 17mm
Official site: http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Seller: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/general...02_Raspberry_PI-_-Raspberry_PI-_-Raspberry_Pi
$35 is $35. But that doesn't seem so interesting. I understand it doesn't need a computer since it's a computer itself. But why not just get a flashable boot drive?
Same thing as Cotton Candy I feel. This is just more cost effective.
chrischoi said:
$35 is $35. But that doesn't seem so interesting. I understand it doesn't need a computer since it's a computer itself. But why not just get a flashable boot drive?
Same thing as Cotton Candy I feel. This is just more cost effective.
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In this instance, you could carry it as a HTPC. It has HDMI, micro USB charging; make a simple case and hide it on the back of my TV.
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nosit1 said:
In this instance, you could carry it as a HTPC. It has HDMI, micro USB charging; make a simple case and hide it on the back of my TV.
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Indeed that was what I was about to do with it, it can be so useful.
I also read that it smoked the 4S by a factor of 2 when comparing their GPU capabilities.
Check out raspberrymod.com, hope we can gather good content to push this uberdevice
any way to get windows or android on it?
chrischoi said:
Same thing as Cotton Candy I feel. This is just more cost effective.
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That is the point of Raspberry Pi. Cotton Candy is $199. If you can get the price point to $35 then every one can have a box to hack and experiment with. They can be handed out with school supplies and textbooks.
Element14 called to say the second batch of Raspberry PI is still one per person and should be available in May.
See http://raspberrymod.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13
METZGERR said:
Element14 called to say the second batch of Raspberry PI is still one per person and should be available in May.
See http://raspberrymod.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13
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May!?.... that sounds far away
orangekid said:
any way to get windows or android on it?
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Probably yes, as android works on ARM and the new Windows 8 is said to be working on ARM processors too, so why not
Got mine ordered!
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got one too!
looks pretty fun to mess around with and it would be awesome to run android on my hdtv lol
supah hd angry birds anyone? lol
also 1920x1080 splash screens and boot animations... those 2 things would take up like a gig.5 all on their own lol
DUDE! WAIT! WHAT ABOUT... 3D ANDROID?! duuude...
I can't freakin wait
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Ordered one too. So anyone know a place to buy a case for it.
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EBay has some. As for the quality... meh. Btw, anyone know somewhere other than Newark.com to buy them? Their website says their next stock wont ship until August. And that's too long to wait
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CharlyDigital said:
Ordered one too. So anyone know a place to buy a case for it.
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Have to currently make them. Not mainstream enough to produce.
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Mine is ordered as well...just waiting for it lol. Wonder what the odds are of getting Boot 2 Gecko built for it...just for kicks.
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Ordered mine last weekend...I might see it in August . I'd like to dual boot android and ChromeOS. I plan on making my own case. You could try this one, http://pdfcast.org/pdf/raspberry-pi-card-case-revision-1
I heard it was some bull**** to do with CE certification. They will ship as soon as thats taken care of, in the same order as the orders recieved. I just dont see how they make money at 35$ a board though...
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leo321 said:
I heard it was some bull**** to do with CE certification. They will ship as soon as thats taken care of, in the same order as the orders recieved. I just dont see how they make money at 35$ a board though...
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IT"S $25 now.
I got mine today.
This could so use a android port.

(REQ) MHL support for the NS4G

So I realize this is an old topic. I bumped the previous post, its not showing so...here we go.
This is the cherry on top for the ns4g, the one true feature we lack is HDMI out. I know its a developer phone, I'm 100% cool with that, we have things others don't and vice versa. But, I've read a lot on the subject, it seems possible. Back when the ns4g hit best buy, they had a ns4g with HDMI out to a 52" life like ns4g.
I've purchased a Samsung mhl adapter and gave it a shot. No picture or sound as I assumed, though the phone registered the mhl and immediately went to dock mode. So its trying... what's missing? Must be software. If so, how do we wake her up?
I have much love for all the devs around here, i mean no disrespect with offering funds to anyone who takes on this project. I happily donate to devs when using their work, its just that this subject was so popular and then it disappeared completely. I wonder if I missed something.
Thanks for looking and please don't hate, if this is possible. It would be worth it..
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I totally second this if its possible
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i third this!
Yeah this would be real cool and everything but you really got this in the wrong section...
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That's weird it went straight to dock mode. There was a thread a while ago debating if we had the hardware for it..
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It may be possible, we would have to research what hardware controls the mhl, and see if our nexus has it.. then we would have to find out what software controls it, and port it.
Doesn't seem to hard, as long as our nexus has the correct hardware. I have no clue about hml, never saw it until now. If any dev was willing to take a crack at finding out how to get it on nexus s, i'd be willing to help.
Joshhayes801 said:
Yeah this would be real cool and everything but you really got this in the wrong section...
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I had a feeling, really not sure where to post it to get the right people to see it. Could you send me in the right direction
swamp goblin said:
It may be possible, we would have to research what hardware controls the mhl, and see if our nexus has it.. then we would have to find out what software controls it, and port it.
Doesn't seem to hard, as long as our nexus has the correct hardware. I have no clue about hml, never saw it until now. If any dev was willing to take a crack at finding out how to get it on nexus s, i'd be willing to help.
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Swamp, you the man...I'm looking into it now
It's been over a month since the last post in this thread. Any progress?
misterasset said:
It's been over a month since the last post in this thread. Any progress?
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Haven't heard anything :-(

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