I am one of the people who hates typing on a touch screen, and I have seen the Xbox 360 chatpad/PSP hack around the internet, and it got me thinking, could I do something similar for my fascinate? (Switching phones is not an option for me)
I have the pinout for the keyboard and could easily splice the chatpad to a Male Micro-USB. Is there anyway I can get the Fascinate to run in USB Host mode so I could get it to accept the input from the chatpad? Would there be someother way to get the Fascinate to accept input from the chatpad?
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I was very interested in the Atrix, mostly for the lapdock, but a number of reasons turned me away from it. The lapdock is now a mere $200 after rebate, so has anyone found a way to get it to do display mirroring, keyboard, and battery charging with any phones other then the Atrix?
I'm sure Motorola designed it to only recognize the Atrix, and non-Atrix phones won't have the software to run the lapdock environment, but honestly, I'd pay $200 for a larger screen, keyboard, and extended battery for business trips. While the ports may not line up, many new smartphones have the USB and HDMI ports necessary for the physical hookup, the only question is if there's a way to get the phone to output to the lapdock's display and receive input from the keyboard.
If no one has tried to look into the problem, we should open a bounty for it. I'd definitely contribute.
Edit - Fixed the problem, sorry for the question
So I just made the switch from the Epic to the Photon. And please feel free to call me a dumb-a$$, but I am trying to connect the HD dock to my monitor. So here's the thing, I only have 1 HDMI port on the monitor, and I have this dock and my laptop to connect. I thought I could connect the laptop via VGA and the dock via HDMI, but the only way the dock shows up on the monitor is if I shut down the PC. Is there any way, to get this into a "split" screen type of thing (my guess is no), could I do it if I had a HDMI splitter (would that work?)
Sorry for being a noob...please don't hate on me...
libracolo said:
Edit - Fixed the problem, sorry for the question
So I just made the switch from the Epic to the Photon. And please feel free to call me a dumb-a$$, but I am trying to connect the HD dock to my monitor. So here's the thing, I only have 1 HDMI port on the monitor, and I have this dock and my laptop to connect. I thought I could connect the laptop via VGA and the dock via HDMI, but the only way the dock shows up on the monitor is if I shut down the PC. Is there any way, to get this into a "split" screen type of thing (my guess is no), could I do it if I had a HDMI splitter (would that work?)
Sorry for being a noob...please don't hate on me...
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It helps a LOT if you tell us how you fixed it. You'd be surprised how many people might want to know this same thing.
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It helps a LOT if you tell us how you fixed it. You'd be surprised how many people might want to know this same thing.
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I think I was bit "overwhelmed" when I first got the phone home (there were so many fun things to play with) that my sense of logic must have gone out the window (I figured everyone was laughing at me for even posting the question). But to answer your question, the problem is that my monitor doesn't have "PIP" (pic in pic) so no real way to get both the Photon and laptop to display at the same time. But, I can use the laptop display for email, web, (laptop stuff) and the monitor for the Photon doc. What I did was I bought a HDMI splitter (it allows for 3 HD devices), then I set the monitor (in Windows) to display on both monitors separately (my stupid calibration tool was not real easy to allow this, but I finally got it to show the monitors as separate items instead of dupes). Then I just switch to the dock (on the HDMI switch), open up the laptop screen, and voila, photon on the monitor, laptop on the laptop monitor (sort of like a dual monitor). It only works when I switch to the photon dock setting (on the switch). FYI, the switch was like $15, and I spent an extra $5 and got a small, portable keyboard (and mouse) and hooked it into the dock.
I searched the forum and could not find this having been asked, but if it already has been, please feel free to point me in the right direction:
I have a Atrix 4G and lapdock and have been experiencing difficulty with the keyboard/trackpad timing out and becoming unresponsive after a few minutes. I have tried different ROMs (Nottatchtrix, Stock, CM7, CM10 [epinter]) and have purchased the adapter cables to see if the USB connector was not sticking out enough (read about that on another thread). None of that worked. Did RMA with Motorola and they returned it saying it works.
My question is: has anyone attempted to use a USB Bluetooth adapter of some sort to make the Atrix recognize the lapdock as a bluetooth keyboard/mouse.
I was hoping to do this as a solution to my current problem with the lapdock since the HDMI still works.
Not sure why you want to put a BT adapter into the lapdock since the phone already has BT inbuilt. Are you thinking that by putting a BT adapter into the lapdock, you can communicate with the phone separately without the phone actually plugged in? If so, then you are out of luck as the Lapdock is a "dumb device" and will only activate when the phone is plugged in. It does not hold any processing or logic outside of it being a USB hub and basically a KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse). It will not support BT adapters being used in the way you think it will.
Hi Guys,
i bought a motorola atrix lapdock and i'm looking for a way to connect this with my samsung galaxy s2. I think, the easy part is the connection via hdmi to the smartphone. The Problem is to connect the keyboard/mouse output over the female micro usb connector with the phone.
Im looking for some kind of 'wireless' solution. There are a lot of bluetooth keyboards (and mouse) devices available on the market, which works with a smartphone.
In my imagination i have a small device which tunnel the keyboard and mouse signal over something like bluetooth to the smartphone.
Did anyone see something like this? Or has someone a another idea, how i can to connect the lapdock mouse/keyboard to the phone.
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You can probably look into building your own converter using this:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10823
Haven't seen anyone do it before but I think it's technically possible.
Late to the party, but I think it can be done too. The lapdock keyboard and trackpad are usb hid (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). So, thinking out loud:
Lapdock usb --> usb microcontroller --> bluetooth hid
That's oversimplified, but it's a start. Question is, would such a setup recognize both keyboard and trackpad, or just one of the two?
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I found a link to a guide using an arduino and a bluesmirf hid. But I can't insert links yet, so if you google "arduino bluetooth hid" one of the results should be a site called kobakant. Very interesting write-up there.
Are there any kind of laptop docks available that would work with it, such as the Motorola's extinct Atrix lapdock, the fabled clambook or something similar on the market?
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Not that I know of, but if you were looking for a home solution (as opposed to travel), I've really enjoyed a Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse, with an MHL cable into a 23" screen.
Still working on what's the best software to make the most of this (the new Open Office for Android will come in use). And sorry I know I'm not really answering your question.
I'm confident that with the right set of connectors and adapters you could make an atrix lapdock work. It would be kludgy but it would work.
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I was just asking a friend about the Atrix Lapdock. I have one sitting here and a friend suggested something that may work.
Im not saying this WILL work since i dont know if the keyboard and trackpad are powered via the usb connecter or are powered by the internal battery, but if its the latter, you might be able to get a female micro usb to usb female adapter and connect a Bluetooth dongle to it and then use an MHL thing to connect to the micro hdmi connector.
I don't currently have any easy means to try this myself and i don't have the patience to find the adapter(s?) to give it a shot. Running on fairly limited funds right now.