I was using android assistant app and it says under hardware info, that the NT tablet has Gsm support. does that mean anything? or it just an error. or did one of the chips they use had 2G support.
Does the NT tablet have ability to call back to B&N using 2G?
No radio/ related hardware in NT
Has anyone taken a NT apart?
Maybe we can start up donations for a sacrificial NT. some here could take it apart to see what it actually has in it.
The nook color was discovered to have a dormant Bluetooth chip.
maybe the NT has some hidden features.
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Maybe we can start up donations for a sacrificial NT. some here could take it apart to see what it actually has in it.
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No need: http://www.ifixit.com/blog/blog/2011/11/21/nook-tablet-teardown/
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No need: http://www.ifixit.com/blog/blog/2011/11/21/nook-tablet-teardown/
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Does this mean a bluetooth chip is not embedded in the NT like it was in the NC?
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Does this mean a bluetooth chip is not embedded in the NT like it was in the NC?
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The ifixit teardown was not as in depth as I would have liked.
There does appear to be a Bluetooth chip, we just don't have the drivers, hardware addresses, power settings, etc. for them yet.
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The ifixit teardown was not as in depth as I would have liked.
There does appear to be a Bluetooth chip, we just don't have the drivers, hardware addresses, power settings, etc. for them yet.
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Awesome.
Do you have a link to a breakdown somewhere that talks about the chip that is present?
I'd like to do some research into it, but I'm having a hard time locating information on searches
Related
I read here in the general section about a month ago that the atrix has a disabled fm transmitter. If this is the case can we activate it?
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First, wrong section. Should be put in Q&A.
Second, Faux had a post about this a little while ago. He said that he wouldn't bother trying to activate it until he got ahold of a manual for the Atrix. The reason for this was that in the G2X, the FM transmitter was actually completely disconnected, and made so that it wouldn't work no matter what. And Faux at least said that he wouldn't work on it until he knew if it was disconnected or not.
May I include my opinion here, that Q&A should be renamed Q&A&R? R for requests. It's not intuitive that requests for devs go there instead of here (despite the fact I already knew they SHOULD. its still not obvious to people, and I dont blame them
not to completely derail this but I think the better option would be to add a development request subsection, to all of the forums not just the atrix one.
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not to completely derail this but I think the better option would be to add a development request subsection, to all of the forums not just the atrix one.
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Actually I have posted twice in Q&a and once I believe in general. I have one currently active. I know this doesn't belong here, but I was sick of the lack of dev attention. I apologize and thanks for not completely flaming me.
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It does look like the Atrix has an FM Radio chip.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola-Atrix-4G-Teardown/4964/2
*epic fail. I missed that little comment about it HAVING the FM tuner. Thanks mn3kgtv4
that's an excellent ifixit teardown link.
look under section 10
Broadcom BCM4329 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and FM Tuner
Seems to indicate the tuner is built in
Yes but is it completed in the circuit?
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that's an excellent ifixit teardown link.
look under section 10
Broadcom BCM4329 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and FM Tuner
Seems to indicate the tuner is built in
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Yeh, but it also says our little powerhouses have a cortex a9 processor... tegra ftw!
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Yeh, but it also says our little powerhouses have a cortex a9 processor... tegra ftw!
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Um. I'm not entirely sure whether you're being serious or facetious. The Tegra 2 is a cortex a9 processor...
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Lol read his response again he said Tegra FTW right afterwards ...sooo it kinda looks like he already knows
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Lol read his response again he said Tegra FTW right afterwards ...sooo it kinda looks like he already knows
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He says that ifixit also said that there was a cortex a9 in the ATRIX. The previous statement said that ifixit was indicating that there was indeed an FM tuner in the atrix, but there very well may not be. So, using my albeit rudimentary understanding of English, nobody can be sure whether he knew or didn't.
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Sigh, just because the bcm chip supports it does NOT mean its connected. G2x was a perfect example of this, it is nearly identical to Atrix. Until someone can show a schematic with FM circuitry connection, there will be very little effort spent for it.
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We have the BCM4329 chip.
http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/2twMOxXPOCYGReFs
How do we determine that it is connected? How do we get the circuitry
Just look at datasheet of BCM4329 and little of reverse engineering
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What faux is saying is that the FM needs to be connected to the motherboard physically, in the G2x it aint ...so we need schematics from MOTO
I guess what I am wondering is (especially looking at the pdf of the bcm4329) if the FM receiver works, then why wouldn't the FM transmitter work?
It looks like it is the same circuit, so if one is connected, the other is too. In recent ROMs I believe they have gotten the FM receiver working, so logic stands to reason that with the right kernel, that we could get the transmitter working as well.
Is this really not a feature that any devs are interested in taking a crack at? I guess maybe they don't want to waste their time without knowing that feature is hardwired first, because I'm sure it's not likely that Motorola will be letting us have any schematics of the Atrix anytime soon.
I'm just saying from a hardware standpoint, it looks that this feature comes in tandem with the FM receiver, and not separately.
Has anyone got their hands on this?
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/external-hard-drive/goflex-satellite
I'm wondering how well it plays with our Evos. There is also an android app released for it.
Yep we sell em at best buy all the time and I was able to snag one with accomedations through my job. Its amazing how easy it works and you can stream right off your hard drive to your phone. Just turn it on, creates its own hotspot and you connect to it. Its great.
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Yep we sell em at best buy all the time and I was able to snag one with accomedations through my job. Its amazing how easy it works and you can stream right off your hard drive to your phone. Just turn it on, creates its own hotspot and you connect to it. Its great.
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that's great, the comments I've been reading on Amazon are generally negative, they all complain how the iOS app is nothing but a giant alphabetical list of all the music and other media, not divided into albums or artists etc.
How good is the Android app? I'm mainly interested in stock music and video apps on Evo, can they connect to this drive seamlessly and fluently? Does it appear like a network server to them?
well download the app and get a work around it. The interface isn't as clean as I'd like, but it gets the job done. You actually turn it on and then connect to it through your networks settings like your connecting to a network. With most things it'll download for a second to stream but then play right off the hard drive.
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Saw it the other day and realized that with real use, the battery is probably going to be toast in under 3 hours....
i just got one of these. the battery lasts pretty well so far. the best thing about it by miles though is that it's built from a tiny linux server running on an omap3 cpu.
you know what that means right?
i'll give you a clue.
user: root
pass: goflex
I had one of these for exactly one day. Sometimes it would work, sometimes it would not. At the time I was using an Acer tablet that had a USB port, so I didnt really need it anyway.
But I will say that it worked horribly for me.
I've been wanting the air stash, uses SD cards and is pocketable(size of a flash drive)
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i just got one of these. the battery lasts pretty well so far. the best thing about it by miles though is that it's built from a tiny linux server running on an omap3 cpu.
you know what that means right?
i'll give you a clue.
user: root
pass: goflex
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I'm dumb. What does that mean for us exactly? Can we mod it and creat custom operating systems for it?
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I'm dumb. What does that mean for us exactly? Can we mod it and creat custom operating systems for it?
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Pretty much if you get root access, you can modify it anyway you want
Hmmmm.......most excellent.
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Ok I'm clueless. what would you modify it to do beyond maybe a WiFi router?
What's with the guessing game?
Guess what we can do with this little baby?
I'm asking yeah what?
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This site can explain it better on why you want to do this
http://www.hackseagatesatellite.com/wordpress/welcome/
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How do you print from the Prime and what software and printer do you use? I am thinking of buying the Prime, but I must be able to print emails and web pages.
Many thanks
It looks like Wi-Fi Direct (a new feature on ICS) will allow printing using a Wi-Fi compatible printer, but there are also a lot of apps that do this (ie CloudPrint).
Where do you find this?
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I use PrinterShare (in Market). I had this for my old tablet (Viewsonic Gtab) and it works well. My old HP LJ4 has a JetDirect network card, so I don`t have to have a PC sharing to use it.
WiFi direct is the feature he was talking about. Something thats supposed to be baked into ics.nothing to do with a seperate app.
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WiFi direct is the feature he was talking about. Something thats supposed to be baked into ics.nothing to do with a seperate app.
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Exactly - if he had a clue he would know that you do not search the market for something that is supposedly a built-in feature of ics, so his witty insight is pretty much useless. Wi-fi Direct was mentioned as something new in ics, does anyone have any additional details on this?
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How do you print from the Prime and what software and printer do you use? I am thinking of buying the Prime, but I must be able to print emails and web pages.
Many thanks
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On my phone I use "PrinterShare Mobile Print" combined with a Brother 2070N printer. My computer doesn't need to be on or have anything installed since my printer is connected directly to my router. The app simply allows me to print pretty much anything from my phone. I got it free during one of Amazon's free paid apps of the day. It's kind of spendy otherwise.
I haven't tried it on ICS or the Prime yet but it works fine on an Evo Shift and a Nexus S 4G.
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Where do you find this?
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Use search. Google is your friend.
The FIRST rule of XDA is.....
1. Search before posting.
Use one of our search functions before posting, whether you have a question or something new to share, it's very likely someone already asked that question or shared that news.
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Hello i recently lost my Galaxy Player in my school May 17th, 2013 and i had no way to find its location. Until May 19, 2013 I installed the app by Lookout called "Plan B" it was installed on my Device threw a WIFI connection. Since the player is not a Phone i kinda use it like a Phone threw Google Voice and Groove IP lite. Since its installed, It didn't send me an Email on its location. I used a friends phone to send "Locate" SMS. Is it because its a MP3 player instead of a phone?
Is it possible to retrieve the device?
Unless someone turns on the device(somehow gets past security if you have it) connects to wifi then you are screwed. Of course I am sure if someone found it they have restored the device by now . Can you not ask if someone turned a lost mp3 player or something? Sorry to hear what happened man.
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Unless someone turns on the device(somehow gets past security if you have it) connects to wifi then you are screwed. Of course I am sure if someone found it they have restored the device by now . Can you not ask if someone turned a lost mp3 player or something? Sorry to hear what happened man.
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It didn't have a passcode and he/she didn't reset it to factory settings. How do i know i can install a app onto the device when the thief connects to a wifi network. should i give my Serial number to my local police and possibly the Pawnshop?
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It didn't have a passcode and he/she didn't reset it to factory settings. How do i know i can install a app onto the device when the thief connects to a wifi network. should i give my Serial number to my local police and possibly the Pawnshop?
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you have the serial # memorized?? or is it somewhere written down?
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It didn't have a passcode and he/she didn't reset it to factory settings. How do i know i can install a app onto the device when the thief connects to a wifi network. should i give my Serial number to my local police and possibly the Pawnshop?
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I'm not sure if this helps but you can login to Google play on your computer with the account on the device and when you install an app from the computer it automatically installs it on the device when it's connected to the internet.
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you have the serial # memorized?? or is it somewhere written down?
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I have the box it was in with. which has the serial number
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I'm not sure if this helps but you can login to Google play on your computer with the account on the device and when you install an app from the computer it automatically installs it on the device when it's connected to the internet.
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won't help unfortunately as you can schedule apps to be installed, but you can't tell if they have been installed
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daughter lost her Samsung Galaxy player 5.0 at school
Hi,
my daughter had her device possibly stolen at school today.
It was on and she does have a pin set up to use it. It was charged and she thinks it should last till tomorrow.
Her school does have wifi.
is there anything she can do to try to locate it?
We also have the box it came in with the serial code and receipt. Thinking about turning it in to police...
Thanks,
MamaStar
mamastar said:
Hi,
my daughter had her device possibly stolen at school today.
It was on and she does have a pin set up to use it. It was charged and she thinks it should last till tomorrow.
Her school does have wifi.
is there anything she can do to try to locate it?
We also have the box it came in with the serial code and receipt. Thinking about turning it in to police...
Thanks,
MamaStar
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sorry to say but if someone stole it, it is most likely not at the school anymore.
the only options that are most likely not going to lead to anything are
1. latitude is activated and it has updated her location recently
2. you have a lost phone app installed and set up. installing it via google play will do nothing at all.
if nothing like that is good. i would say the serial # to police is probably your best option at this point only because if the person who stole it knows what they are doing, they could have easily factory reset it already.
sorry and i hope you find it :fingers-crossed:
Wow. That is terrible to both that lost galaxy players. Theres not much that can be done. there's an avast security app that localizes lost phones. I am now thinking of installing it just in case after hearing of this.
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Wow. That is terrible to both that lost galaxy players. Theres not much that can be done. there's an avast security app that localizes lost phones. I am now thinking of installing it just in case after hearing of this.
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could just use airdroid.
avast takes a lot of ram and slows my device down
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could just use airdroid.
avast takes a lot of ram and slows my device down
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Yeah just noticed that. I am now uninstalling. If this player had 500 mb more ram it wouldn't be a problem lol. I will check out airdroid. Thanks
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Yeah just noticed that. I am now uninstalling. If this player had 500 mb more ram it wouldn't be a problem lol. I will check out airdroid. Thanks
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if it had 500mb of ram, people would be much happier with the device because it would be really smooth
It has 500 mb... I wish it had 500 more. One gig would be more then enough. Sucks. Do any of the galaxy players have 1 gig ram? A single core processor is alright. Imagine sgp with dual core
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It has 500 mb... I wish it had 500 more. One gig would be more then enough. Sucks. Do any of the galaxy players have 1 gig ram? A single core processor is alright. Imagine sgp with dual core
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thats what i meant
as far as i know, no none do.
dual-core =
goldflame09 said:
thats what i meant
as far as i know, no none do.
dual-core =
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Yeah I was not sure lol. But yeah, I hope Samsung releases another galaxy player with better specs. Its funny because the galaxy players havr better specs then "high end" phones that were released 4 years ago lol
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with 4.3 miracast has been added to the nexus 10, it can be found it settings under display, wireless display
Well that came out of nowhere...Nice! :victory:
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with 4.3 miracast has been added to the nexus 10, it can be found it settings under display, wireless display
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This will only matter to me if the chromecast supports it, and they never said it did.
This is awesome, now I just need to get a miracast compatible receiving device...
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Really?
That would be awesome!!
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are there any cheap miracast receivers out there?
Is there a reason I'd use miracast over chromecast since I just bought one of those?
Sorry but what exactly is miracast?
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abdel12345 said:
Sorry but what exactly is miracast?
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Wireless display.
abdel12345 said:
Sorry but what exactly is miracast?
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It's a wireless display technology, so you can broadcast video from your device to another display over WiFi.
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Wireless display.
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It's a wireless display technology, so you can broadcast video from your device to another display over WiFi.
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OK that's cool thanks so would this work with a computer or laptop or does it need a certain device from Google? As I see some ofmyounare saying you need a miracast enabled device to use it with.
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OK that's cool thanks so would this work with a computer or laptop or does it need a certain device from Google? As I see some ofmyounare saying you need a miracast enabled device to use it with.
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Like you said, has to be a miracast enabled device. I don't know of any computer program to enable it. I believe the devices are mostly smart tv and some blu-ray players. I'm hoping the new chromecast will support it.
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Like you said, has to be a miracast enabled device. I don't know of any computer program to enable it. I believe the devices are mostly smart tv and some blu-ray players. I'm hoping the new chromecast will support it.
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OK thanks. I guess this is useless for me as I don't have a smart TV but maybe it will come in handy later or at a friends house
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OK thanks. I guess this is useless for me as I don't have a smart TV but maybe it will come in handy later or at a friends house
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If the chromecast device works you'll have a smart tv for $35 assuming you live in the US. I don't think it is available outside of the us at the moment. The device is pretty small, around the size of a large USB thumb drive judging from the pictures and plugs into hdmi.
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If the chromecast device works you'll have a smart tv for $35 assuming you live in the US. I don't think it is available outside of the us at the moment. The device is pretty small, around the size of a large USB thumb drive judging from the pictures and plugs into hdmi.
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Awesome I do love in the us though I'm currently out of the country but I'll be back in 1 month. I'll have to look up this chrome cast. So you just plug it in your TV and it uses the TV as a monitor and sort of makes it a smart TV? Well if I understood right that's sweet especially for only 35 dollars.
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http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/24/4552204/google-reveals-chromecast-tv-streaming Some of the comments suggest it doesn't support miracast which is lame.
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http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/24/4552204/google-reveals-chromecast-tv-streaming Some of the comments suggest it doesn't support miracast which is lame.
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Well it still looks cool and I'm going to check it out. You can always use Google remote and that is pretty similar to miracast I think
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Can anyone else confirm?
What about lag and frame drops?
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Can anyone else confirm?
What about lag and frame drops?
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They have added Miracast but the performance isn't great on my PTV3000. However, my PTV3000 is pretty terrible so it could easily be of no fault of the Nexus 10.
I thought I noticed a new option but I couldn't remember if it was there the whole time
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Chromecast does not support Miracast.
And given that it's only in the 2.4ghz range only, that's probably a good thing. In most of my use cases, you probably wouldn't want to use it without 5ghz.
It's designed a little differently though - instead of going from the internet, through the device, to your monitor/TV, Chromecast takes the content directly from the internet using your phone more like a remote. The quality of the stream should be much better.
But of course you lose the ability to mirror the screen of your device on your monitor/TV.
I prefer the better quality stream for most wireless streaming and will use my HDMI cable when I need a mirror as the performance was better with that anyway.