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[Q] Tv Out?

Has anyone figured out if tv-out is disabled by software or just not possible? and if it is a software lock out, has anyone figured out how to re-enable this feature?
thank you in advance guys

I too would love to know if this would be possible! thanks!

The same cord.for the evo works on the epic also can use the headphone jack
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epic4gman said:
The same cord.for the evo works on the epic also can use the headphone jack
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I assume you are joking since the Evo uses microHDMI for TV out. That's a port that does not exist on the Epic.

Bro, go to cellup.com look up hdmi cables samsung epic n guess what you will find..... don't speak before you know
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epic4gman said:
Bro, go to cellup.com look up hdmi cables samsung epic n guess what you will find..... don't speak before you know
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Um, yeah, that would be a microUSB to hdmi and DOESN'T currently work on the Epic. The Evo's cable is microHDMI to HDMI. Please read before posting things you clearly don't know about. The feature of video out was disabled by Sprint.

That bites I was told by the guy I bought my epic.that that cord would work good thing I hhavnt bought it yet
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Now that we're on the tv out issues... I wanted know, the allshare application does not find my tv. Now, I have a Sony XBR9so this cannot be my tv, I'm already equipped for hulu plus! Aside from the not finding, I am pretty impressed still how the tv finds the device and can play songs and picture from it, just not videos? Hmm... I wonder what this all may be about. I don't mind, as I could simply place it on the usb stick and plug it to the tv, but, I actually wanted to do it off the device, anyone else have this same issue?
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epic4gman said:
That bites I was told by the guy I bought my epic.that that cord would work good thing I hhavnt bought it yet
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If that "guy" was a Sales Rep., they'd tell you anything to close a sale. A lot like car sale's men.
[Q] Tv Out?
Has anyone figured out if tv-out is disabled by software or just not possible? and if it is a software lock out, has anyone figured out how to re-enable this feature?
thank you in advance guys
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This guy claims TV-OUT on Epic's hardware is disabled. Dunno how reliable of a source he is, but I guess we'll be closer to knowing for sure once we get froyo 2.2 on our Epics.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=132687&page=2 (post #16)

ghostrid3r said:
This guy claims TV-OUT on Epic's hardware is disabled. Dunno how reliable of a source he is, but I guess we'll be closer to knowing for sure once we get froyo 2.2 on our Epics.
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Okay, if the Verizon Fascinate has Tv-out his argument will be invalid. I guess we'll just have to wait for that or froyo to learn more unless someone else has anything to offer.
I've also heard that the epic has a different 3.5mm controller, so that may be one clue

PlankLongBeard said:
Now that we're on the tv out issues... I wanted know, the allshare application does not find my tv. Now, I have a Sony XBR9so this cannot be my tv, I'm already equipped for hulu plus! Aside from the not finding, I am pretty impressed still how the tv finds the device and can play songs and picture from it, just not videos? Hmm... I wonder what this all may be about. I don't mind, as I could simply place it on the usb stick and plug it to the tv, but, I actually wanted to do it off the device, anyone else have this same issue?
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What video format is on the phone? Your TV might not have the right codec.

PlankLongBeard said:
Now that we're on the tv out issues... I wanted know, the allshare application does not find my tv. Now, I have a Sony XBR9so this cannot be my tv, I'm already equipped for hulu plus! Aside from the not finding, I am pretty impressed still how the tv finds the device and can play songs and picture from it, just not videos? Hmm... I wonder what this all may be about. I don't mind, as I could simply place it on the usb stick and plug it to the tv, but, I actually wanted to do it off the device, anyone else have this same issue?
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i know my new sharp aquos quattron or whatever it is has a similar issue. i can play files via usb. i can send the tv pics/music.. but no video. ive decided to just have it link up with my ps3 instead as it can handle video streaming.

Verizon's Fascinate does not currently support TV out either.

Just for kicks.. has anyone tried hooking it up and see if the option appears?? i dont have a cable to test with

I got one on ebay and tried so without another compatible device, I'm not sure if I just got a bad cable or not. I even tried using white and red as the video just in case cable was funky, but didn't work. I swear I read somewhere that the option would appear after plugged in, but no tv out option appeared in sound/ display settings.
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Edit: read in a bunch of different places today that an update killed TV-out... People had the option and then it was gone after update. This gives me hope that some of the pros here can give it back

There is a cable that is made by cygnet, that has the epic usb to hdmi, works with epic. Retails for $24.99, you can find them at Fry's Electronics.

spf2722 said:
There is a cable that is made by cygnet, that has the epic usb to hdmi, works with epic. Retails for $24.99, you can find them at Fry's Electronics.
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Have you tried it yourself to see if it works?
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I have tried working cables from my captivate and the epic tv out did not work. I looked in the 3.5 mm jack and the design looks different. I think it has different hardware but I am not 100% sure.

[Q] Unbranded sixaxis controller wont pair

Brought a unbranded sixaxis controller, it started to worry me because it didn't affect my nexus 7 while connected via usb on the stock rom.
And then I rooted to paranoid android and its still the same.
Thought that it might work via bluetooth so I used the sixaxis pair tool and changed the bluetooth address and it wont pair, then i used usb cable to pair controller on the sixaxis app and it said "master address updated" but it doesnt pair and the lights keep on flashing on the controller.
Please help!! I want to play games >:|

Buy the branded controller. It's expensive, but will last a lifetime if you don't drop it too much.
*Sent from Nexus S*

Yeah but is there any way to get this one to work?!
It has Bluetooth its just not syncing with six axis app
If I'd had known I would have brought the official one!!!

microphonehead said:
Yeah but is there any way to get this one to work?!
It has Bluetooth its just not syncing with six axis app
If I'd had known I would have brought the official one!!!
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When you download the Sixaxis app from the Play Store it warns you about it not working with unofficial controllers.

Try plugging controller into your ps3. That might reset the master address.

mustbepbs said:
When you download the Sixaxis app from the Play Store it warns you about it not working with unofficial controllers.
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I know that its worked for other people so I dont know why its not working for me I've got a day off tomorrow so I'll try and find more put about it

getbuzzin said:
Try plugging controller into your ps3. That might reset the master address.
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I don't have a ps3!!!!!

microphonehead said:
I know that its worked for other people so I dont know why its not working for me I've got a day off tomorrow so I'll try and find more put about it
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That's the chance you take buying an unofficial controller. It MIGHT work. Yours does not work. You should be able to still use it wired, though.

mustbepbs said:
That's the chance you take buying an unofficial controller. It MIGHT work. Yours does not work. You should be able to still use it wired, though.
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That's the thing, it doesn't work wired either

microphonehead said:
That's the thing, it doesn't work wired either
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You've got the USB OTG adapter and it plugged in using a game that supports gamepads? Have you tried using https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5wb2tlNjQ3MzgudXNiam95Il0. ?

Most likely has to do with a different product/vendor ID on the controller itself. I have no idea how the sixaxis app recognizes official controllers; but if it does it via vendor/product ID check, in theory, adding your ID to the list should work.
Going about doing this though, I have no idea.

mustbepbs said:
You've got the USB OTG adapter and it plugged in using a game that supports gamepads? Have you tried using https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5wb2tlNjQ3MzgudXNiam95Il0. ?
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It nearly syncs, one light is flashing but there's no calibration, I tried to keep map etc but nothing happens, this is all via USB btw. Any ideas ?

microphonehead said:
It nearly syncs, one light is flashing but there's no calibration, I tried to keep map etc but nothing happens, this is all via USB btw. Any ideas ?
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Buy official

mustbepbs said:
Buy official
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He has an unofficial controller currently. I'm sure if he had an official one, this probably wouldn't be an issue. If you want to buy him an official controller though... I don't see him refusing it

espionage724 said:
He has an unofficial controller currently. I'm sure if he had an official one, this probably wouldn't be an issue. If you want to buy him an official controller though... I don't see him refusing it
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No kidding. He's asking for advice and I'm telling him to cut his losses and buy the official. He's clearly not getting the unofficial Chinese knock off to work. It will not work with six axis.

mustbepbs said:
No kidding. He's asking for advice and I'm telling him to cut his losses and buy the official. He's clearly not getting the unofficial Chinese knock off to work. It will not work with six axis.
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I'm a poor student, I don't have £30 to spend on a controller! Although I would have preferred to have not wasted my time on this cheap one and got an official one instead!

Yea, the same thing happened to myself. I was just looking around on Ebay, when I saw a $7.50 "PS3 Six-Axis Controller" It didn't work..
I'm not sure if it would work with anything.

CDeviant said:
Yea, the same thing happened to myself. I was just looking around on Ebay, when I saw a $7.50 "PS3 Six-Axis Controller" It didn't work..
I'm not sure if it would work with anything.
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Yeah and I thought that at least it would work with another app once rooted like the USB/BT joystick app. Especially as there's people using all sorts of random controllers with their nexus 7's.
Have you not been able to get it to work at all?

No I haven't gotten it to work with anything. I sent a few emails to the guys behind USB/BT Joystick Center 6 (Poke64738) and they basically told me that they wouldn't be able to get it working w/o the actual device to tinker with.
I ended up getting an iControlPad. It works really good, but the D-Pad is just glued on to the silicon membrane. Which means that it will fall off eventually.
This is what my D-Pad looks like after gluing it back on about 6 times -_- (before I scrapped the glue off) You can notice that there isn't any rim to hold it in like the second picture. with the regular buttons.
These are old pictures I used to make a support ticket on there site. They ended up sending me a new membrane with a D-Pad glued down already for free. So I can vouch for there customer service, not there build quality... I have three A buttons on one controller. XD?
The iControlPad 2 looks like it's got the same setup as well, really a shame.

CDeviant said:
No I haven't gotten it to work with anything. I sent a few emails to the guys behind USB/BT Joystick Center 6 (Poke64738) and they basically told me that they wouldn't be able to get it working w/o the actual device to tinker with.
I ended up getting an iControlPad. It works really good, but the D-Pad is just glued on to the silicon membrane. Which means that it will fall off eventually.
This is what my D-Pad looks like after gluing it back on about 6 times -_- (before I scrapped the glue off) You can notice that there isn't any rim to hold it in like the second picture. with the regular buttons.
These are old pictures I used to make a support ticket on there site. They ended up sending me a new membrane with a D-Pad glued down already for free. So I can vouch for there customer service, not there build quality... I have three A buttons on one controller. XD?
The iControlPad 2 looks like it's got the same setup as well, really a shame.
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Do you know of any other good cheap controllers out there that work?

Better ir remote app?

So I got to play with a LG g2 for a couple of days. I have to say LG's remote app called quick remote is quite impressive. Hoping someone can come up with an app like that one for the remote.
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I spent most of today trying out IR apps, and I eventually broke down and tried out some paid apps. I'm going to put my vote in for Smart IR Remote. (Forum won't let me link because my 6 year old lurking account is a "new user")
It's got tons more devices available, and has widget support. I made a page of my home screen a control panel for my house.
I think the $7 price they're asking is high, but since a remote for my InFocus projector would be $40 (INSANE), I suppose it's well worth the price.

software2 said:
I spent most of today trying out IR apps, and I eventually broke down and tried out some paid apps. I'm going to put my vote in for Smart IR Remote. (Forum won't let me link because my 6 year old lurking account is a "new user")
It's got tons more devices available, and has widget support. I made a page of my home screen a control panel for my house.
I think the $7 price they're asking is high, but since a remote for my InFocus projector would be $40 (INSANE), I suppose it's well worth the price.
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Looking at it now, thanks. Can you tell me if it supports the AT&T U-verse Boxes?

No idea. Buy it, and if it doesn't work, get a refund.

Touchsquid. There are $20 and $50 versions and most people only need the $20 version. Support is very good and tech support is awesome.

@rbiter said:
Touchsquid. There are $20 and $50 versions and most people only need the $20 version. Support is very good and tech support is awesome.
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+1. I have the "Galaxy S4-HTC One Remote" installed on my Note 8 and it works great. Takes some time and effort to program it correctly, though,

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+1. I have the "Galaxy S4-HTC One Remote" installed on my Note 8 and it works great. Takes some time and effort to program it correctly, though,
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^^^ this. Just looked and I think it is ten bucks. Might work with note 3. Might not.

The "Galaxy S4-HTC One Remote" app is the same one I'm talking about. It works perfectly with the Note 3.
Touchsquid wants $50 for the version of their app with widget support. That's insane.

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Looking at it now, thanks. Can you tell me if it supports the AT&T U-verse Boxes?
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the stock app on the galaxy note 3 from att does work with att uverse dvr box. has a nice guide feature also.

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the stock app on the galaxy note 3 from att does work with att uverse dvr box. has a nice guide feature also.
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I didn't know it had a stock app - looking now, but I don't see anything obvious. What's it called (while I try to google an answer..)

polstein said:
I didn't know it had a stock app - looking now, but I don't see anything obvious. What's it called (while I try to google an answer..)
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its a purple icon and its called watchon. there is a "universal" remote you need to setup. The icon for the remote is located in the upper right hand corner.

joverclock said:
its a purple icon and its called watchon. there is a "universal" remote you need to setup. The icon for the remote is located in the upper right hand corner.
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Thanks - I saw the app but I thought it had something to do with watching shows on your phone. Looking at it now.

If you get a chance to play with a g2 in store. Load up the quick remote app and you'll be sad we don't have that app. I tried to pull the apk from the rom, but no dice there lol
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Anyone use type c to micro usb adaptors?

TechMatte USB-C to Micro USB Adapter Convert Connector for Nexus 5X 2015, Nexus 6P, OnePlus 2, with 56k Resistor; Approved to Meet USB Type-C Standard (2-Pack, Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0151RKYBG/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_Wk-RwbNV1X822
Thinking of picking this up and putting one in my wallet. That way if I ever need a charge and don't have my type c charger, I can still get it done. I know I won't get rapid charging, but that's okay. Just want to make sure its okay to use.

Got 2 of them. Working good, charging and data. Approved by that Amazon reviewer guy.:good:

I have like 5 from 2 different brands including the one you mentioned and they all work fine.

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Got 2 of them. Working good, charging and data. Approved by that Amazon reviewer guy.:good:
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Good to know! Which version do you have?
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I have like 5 from 2 different brands including the one you mentioned and they all work fine.
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Awesome thanks. Data work as well?

tu3218 said:
Good to know! Which version do you have?
Awesome thanks. Data work as well?
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I have the ones listed in OP plus some white ones i honestly don't recall brand. I haven't tried data, i use a normal usb c on my computer, but I'll try to test it when I'm back home and report

tu3218 said:
Good to know! Which version do you have?
Awesome thanks. Data work as well?
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I bought the Techamatte ones. Data is working.

joooe said:
I bought the Techamatte ones. Data is working.
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Good deal. Mine should be here tomorrow.

NFC

Hi there.
I just wonder how NFC is working for you. I have no problems reading a bankcard for example. On various other NFC Tag I have issues. They don´t get recognized.
I also own a couple of NFC enabled Sony Cameras and a Headphone which is NFC enabled. Non of them get recognized. I guess I am missing something but at the moment I have the feeling NFC is working very bad.
In addition. Does someone knows where the NFC antenna EXACTLY is located?
Cheers

I will try to make several NFC badges tests with OP5 at work very soon (I have many types on my desk) and report here :good:
Cheers'

Will do some tests as well when I get mine on Monday and let you know

thommic said:
Does someone knows where the NFC antenna EXACTLY is located?
Cheers
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In the camera-frame I believe.

frason said:
In the camera-frame I believe.
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Yep, can confirm. Tried sending bunch of stuff from 3T to 5 with android beam and everything went smooth.

Thanks both of you.

hitexlt said:
Yep, can confirm. Tried sending bunch of stuff from 3T to 5 with android beam and everything went smooth.
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Thanks both of you.