[Q] Screen Sharing to Nexus Player No Longer Works - Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just wanted to see if anyone else was having a similar issue, and if so if anyone has any thoughts.
I haven't quite pinned down the cause yet, but I've noticed that when I try to share my phone screen with the Nexus Player (using the Chromecast app on my phone), it doesn't seem to work. It will initiate the screen sharing and show a picture that mirrors my phone, but then it's frozen. When I move to a different app or to my homescreen, the picture on the Nexus Player is stuck on the chromecast app.
I did a factory reset, and immediately tried the screen sharing at that point. It did work. I've done that twice now and it seems to be fine just after the reset. I'm not sure what the cause is but I'm trying to narrow it down to some kind of app I'm installing. Possibly Kodi or the Sideload Launcher? ES File Explorer? In any event, it's a pain to isolate since I have to completely wipe the Nexus Player when I encounter the issue.
I have tried a few things to restore screen sharing such as force quitting the casting program on the Nexus Player, along with erasing the cache and data. Doesn't seem to help.

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Issue with In Browser Video in Chrome?

I've got a strange but very annoying issue on a pair of Nexus 7's I have. When trying to watch a video (youtube or other) in the native chrome browser when I change to full screen the controls on the video eventually (after about 5-10 seconds) become non-responsive. Specifically the play/pause/ffw/rwd buttons don't do anything, you can't reposition or scrub video on the timeline any more and the time counter becomes frozen. The video will continue to play however.
Anyone else have this issue? Does it repro in other browsers? Note these are not flash videos and I've now seen this on both devices I have. Neither have been rooted or otherwise customized yet.
Anyone know how to file a bug or support issue with Google?
I just tried it and the controls seem to work fine. A little lag, but pause and play work fast. FF and RW move if you just keep tapping. I just picked a random video within Chrome, not the YouTube app (which is what I normally use).
Strange I can definitely repro this on two devices. We do have some common apps/settings but perhaps I'll do a factory reset and see if that clears it up.
I have a related question. Is there any way to "pop out" a Youtube video in Chrome to the native YouTube player? This can be done in the AOSP browser by tapping the Youtube logo in the bottom right, but I can't seem to do this in Chrome. It's VERY annoying. If this could be done, we wouldn't have to worry about the flaky controls in Chrome (they can get flaky after using them a lot - native app is much better).
Did factory reset fix the issue?
I have the same issue, did factory reset fix the issue?
aaronscool said:
Strange I can definitely repro this on two devices. We do have some common apps/settings but perhaps I'll do a factory reset and see if that clears it up.
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iamkevinwang said:
I have the same issue, did factory reset fix the issue?
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I don't know. AFAIK it's a Chrome bug because I started using Dolphin HD which did not have the same problem.

Camera can record, but can't play in gallery.

Hi everyone.
I got a Samsung Galaxy S4 and used Titanium Backup to remove all the bloatware.
I'm completely new to the Android OS and got a little too happy with all the uninstalling, and now am faced with two problems:
1) (More urgent): I am able to record videos perfectly fine with the default Camera app, but when I try and replay whatever I just recorded in the Gallery, it says "Unable to Play Video." Do any of you guys know what system app is needed to be reinstalled resolve this?
2) The default music player will not open at all. I did not freeze it/removed it, so idk why it doesn't open.
I installed Rocket Player as a substitute, but would like to know how to fix the default one.
Again, I would appreciate it if any of you guys know what system app is needed to be reinstalled to resolve this.
If anyone also knows a site that has all the system apps for the Galaxy S4, that would also be lovely.
Thank you very much for your time.
hyperfire7 said:
Hi everyone.
I got a Samsung Galaxy S4 and used Titanium Backup to remove all the bloatware.
I'm completely new to the Android OS and got a little too happy with all the uninstalling, and now am faced with two problems:
1) (More urgent): I am able to record videos perfectly fine with the default Camera app, but when I try and replay whatever I just recorded in the Gallery, it says "Unable to Play Video." Do any of you guys know what system app is needed to be reinstalled resolve this?
2) The default music player will not open at all. I did not freeze it/removed it, so idk why it doesn't open.
I installed Rocket Player as a substitute, but would like to know how to fix the default one.
Again, I would appreciate it if any of you guys know what system app is needed to be reinstalled to resolve this.
If anyone also knows a site that has all the system apps for the Galaxy S4, that would also be lovely.
Thank you very much for your time.
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You may have removed a necesary component, and flashing back to stock will be necessary... Try clearing cache and data for the Gallery...
LostInMyHead said:
You may have removed a necesary component, and flashing back to stock will be necessary... Try clearing cache and data for the Gallery...
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How would I flash back to stock?
Go to titanium backup and unfreeze "video player 1.1". Should work after that.

[Q] Chrome automatically opens new tabs

Hi I'm using a stock Nexus 4. Recently I've encountered this issue where Chrome would keep opening a new tab every half an hour. Chrome just launches by itself and overrides any app I'm working on. Say I'm playing a game and it would just launch on it's own.
The site it opens remains the same which is: droidsearchapp.info/antivirus/index1.php
It appears to be some anti-virus scan kind of website.
I understand this must have come through some app I have installed but I can't figure out which app because around the time it started, I hadn't installed anything atleast a day before. I've cleared Chrome Cache and Chrome data, even installed Ad Network apps to identify the app which sent this malware in the phone but can't seem to find the culprit.
Any help on this? Any way I can stop Chrome from force opening a new tab?
I can't factory reset the phone, there's a lot of data here and there that I fear losing.
Bump! Anything?
Use opera browser instead
Just a joke. This redirecting and app override issue makes it look very mutch like your device is infected with malware. It's infected with something unfresh certainly.
To me it looks very similar to a Windows infection.
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Netflix TV mirroring (cast)

Is anyone able to cast netflix on tv using redmi2? which rom?
I'm trying since i was using miui, with the custom roms i always get black screen , sound and subtitles, but no image.
when i was using miui the image appeared still (on pause) but after play went black again.
I also have another application from my pay tv that allows on demand shows, movies, documentaries, series and happens the same... blank screen when i make it play on tv thru casting.
I'm right now using RR Nougat last version 5.80.
interviciado said:
Is anyone able to cast netflix on tv using redmi2? which rom?
I'm trying since i was using miui, with the custom roms i always get black screen , sound and subtitles, but no image.
when i was using miui the image appeared still (on pause) but after play went black again.
I also have another application from my pay tv that allows on demand shows, movies, documentaries, series and happens the same... blank screen when i make it play on tv thru casting.
I'm right now using RR Nougat last version 5.80.
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Hi, did you solve the problem? It's happening to me, too, and I can not find a solution.
I'm seeing this reported on various phones and various ROMs, rooted or not, since at least 2014, and nobody has a fix. Similar Reddit threads give clearing all Netflix app data or reinstalling the app as solutions, but on those threads the reported problem was not being able to start casting the screen at all.
I also have this everything-casts-but-the-video variant of the problem on my Redmi 3 with CM 12.1 and haven't found a solution. Tried reinstalling the app only to find that newer versions are incompatible with my phone and can't even be installed off the store (had to go back to v4.16.1 via apkmirror). Tried setting Force GPU Rendering and Disable HW Overlays in Developer Options, tried tweaking the screen DPI, tried streaming to a Miracast-capable dongle rather than directly to my Samsung TV - nothing worked.

Apps crashing on Shield Android TV 5.1, How can I use Logcat?

Hi guys,
Ever since I upgraded to Android N on my Shield Android TV, many apps don't run anymore. A good example is the Xfinity Stream app. Used to work on marshmallow but now it crashes as soon as the app is launched. I have encountered this same behaviour with other apps that worked fine under Android M.
Does anyone know how I can access logs with logcat on Android N on the SATV?
I want to launch the app and as soon as it crashes. I want to check the logs to see if I can find out why these apps are crashing.
Another issue that I'm having is with the DirecTV app, only the DirecTV for Tablets app runs, the normal app crashes and it used to work under Android M.
However the Tablet version makes the Shield unresponsive and it tells me that the DirecTV app is not responding, then it tells me that the System process is not responding and I have to do a hard shut down. I have tried to load a fresh image but it does not seem to fix the issue. I'm hopping to find out what is causing the issues with the logs if possible.
Are you using Adopted storage? did you restore apps data?.
If you did not do a factory reset after upgrading then it is highly recommended to do so.
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Clear cache in settings. Worked for me.
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