Strange Issue this unless I've completely missed something.
On my Galaxy Note 2 I can find a picture or video then press the change player icon and the content will appear on my smart TV (Sony) straight away, no messing around, no fuss.
However on the Galaxy S4 (I9505) I cannot get the same thing to happen, it can't see the TV for some reason, when i press the change player icon I get a message saying "no other nearby devices are connected to the same AP. Connect the device to the network and try again"
I don't understand, my phones and tv etc are all under the same network, the galaxy note 2 works fine but the S4 just won't do it.
Please help
martytarty said:
Strange Issue this unless I've completely missed something.
On my Galaxy Note 2 I can find a picture or video then press the change player icon and the content will appear on my smart TV (Sony) straight away, no messing around, no fuss.
However on the Galaxy S4 (I9505) I cannot get the same thing to happen, it can't see the TV for some reason, when i press the change player icon I get a message saying "no other nearby devices are connected to the same AP. Connect the device to the network and try again"
I don't understand, my phones and tv etc are all under the same network, the galaxy note 2 works fine but the S4 just won't do it.
Please help
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Open up a media file, let's say a picture from your gallery. Tap on the picture to display the menu bar. There should be an Allshare icon on there. Tap on the Allshare icon and within seconds the picture should beam to your Sony SmartTV.
I've used it many times sharing media between my S4 and my Sony SmartTV. Also, it doesn't prompt me at all to choose the Sony TV, just sends to it automatically. Maybe because that's the only device the S4 detected that was in range.
Also, you may want to double check on your settings.
settings>nearby devices>shared contents>
Make sure to read the warning on "File Sharing" if you decide to check that box. It is unchecked by default for your security.
Au999 said:
Open up a media file, let's say a picture from your gallery. Tap on the picture to display the menu bar. There should be an Allshare icon on there. Tap on the Allshare icon and within seconds the picture should beam to your Sony SmartTV.
I've used it many times sharing media between my S4 and my Sony SmartTV. Also, it doesn't prompt me at all to choose the Sony TV, just sends to it automatically. Maybe because that's the only device the S4 detected that was in range.
Also, you may want to double check on your settings.
settings>nearby devices>shared contents>
Make sure to read the warning on "File Sharing" if you decide to check that box. It is unchecked by default for your security.
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You have described exactly how I currently use it on my note 2, I figured the s4 must have slightly different settings, I had already been in those settings you mentioned, ticked the box, read the warning, made sure all pictures,videos etc were ticked to share but nothing works, sometimes when I go into gallery and select the media to view the 'allshare' icon does not appear or the only device showing is 'current device' (being the S4) It just wont see the TV, my wife can do it on her s2, i can use it with my note 2, but the s4 just won't work!
Any other suggestions guys?
I had the same problem on my Samsung smart TV.
Go to settings on TV and check if S4 is in the allowed list for sharing.
Hope you have not disabled any features on your phone. Restart your TV / phone and try connecting the TV from samsung link app, in earlier phones it was called allshare play.
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rkadve said:
I had the same problem on my Samsung smart TV.
Go to settings on TV and check if S4 is in the allowed list for sharing.
Hope you have not disabled any features on your phone. Restart your TV / phone and try connecting the TV from samsung link app, in earlier phones it was called allshare play.
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Thanks for your reply rkadve
It turns out the 'nearby devices' setting does not matter if ticked or not, also the TV settings were not the issue as my TV is set to allow devices, with the S2 and Note 2 they just worked, no settings required just all devices must be on the same network which is why I couldn't understand why the S4 wasn't working.
Anyhow I managed to get it working, after some goggling around I came across a few threads saying how a firewall can sometimes block DLNA, I also found another thread saying to simply reboot the router.
So I done two things, I turned off McAfee for 15 mins, then rebooted my Hub. As soon as the Hub booted up again I noticed windows picked up the S4 on my network so I set it to be allowed. I turned on the firewall again and everything worked, I don't think the firewall was causing the issue, I think a simple reboot of the router fixed this.
The only thing that annoys me now is when viewing media in my gallery when I press the allshare/ change player icon it prompts me to select which device, either current player or TV so each time I have to manually press TV, really petty I know but on the S2 or Note 2 it just beams over to the TV, no prompt needed.
Just glad it works now!
HELP dont leave yet! not to thread jack but i too am having the same exact issue except my previous device was a s3 which works fine on my vizio. but no matter what i do i cant get my s4 to stream to the tv
ghost0211 said:
HELP dont leave yet! not to thread jack but i too am having the same exact issue except my previous device was a s3 which works fine on my vizio. but no matter what i do i cant get my s4 to stream to the tv
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solution!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44496715#post44496715
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