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I just got the photon and hd station got it home and connected it to my rca flat screen tv's hdmi and when I touch webtop it goes to a blue screen that says unsupported but I can play all day with it on mirror phone on display "PLEASE HELP"
What is saying "unsupported"? The TV or the phone? Sounds like it might be some type of TV setting that needs to be changed. Do you know anyone with an HDMI capable monitor that you could test it on and see if it works?
If you can, try to narrow it down to which device is causing the issue, whether it is the flatpanel, dock, or phone. Will be easier to troubleshoot.
Also, just an FYI, sometimes the Webtop is funny. Last night I plugged my phone/dock into flatpanel that has run with Webtop before and I couldn't even get the Webtop option to come up. Then plugged it in this morning at work and it came up no problem.
Post back with more info and I'm sure someone can offer more insight.
I can confirm this works:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005F9W6DU
hows the vid quality?
monoprice has adapters for 14 dollars. Also since its a digital signal u don't have to worry about the quality of the picture. If it works it works if the signal is bad it won't work.
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hows the vid quality?
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Well, it is about what you would expect from WVGA stretched to a 1080p screen. Not bad, not great.
So it will record 1080p but outputs it at 800x480 via the hdmi? If that is the case then that's extremely disappointing.
I think it changes resolution when playing video. Notice how the screen blanks out briefly before playback begins? I think that's the resolution switchover. At least that's what happens on my international SGS2...
I want one.. but is it worth it? lol
just wanna verify that it mirrors your screen, correct? so its fully operational while outputting?
Complete mirror of screen. Can confirm movie playback is in 1080p. Fully functional.
poofyhairguy said:
Complete mirror of screen. Can confirm movie playback is in 1080p. Fully functional.
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How do you mirror your screen? I have the phone connected to the TV through this Micro USB - HDMI adapter, but I see nothing on the TV when I play a video.
UPDATE: I think I answered my own question by reading other threads: you need to actually separately power the adapter through the USB port on its side. That's a bummer, so you actually need a separate USB power source!
Bleh...
Mediahub files blocks hdmi out.
Works if i play first then plug it in.
But once i move files off mediahub to sd card, that trick doesnt work anymore
Whatevs
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ngocdao said:
Bleh...
Mediahub files blocks hdmi out.
Works if i play first then plug it in.
But once i move files off mediahub to sd card, that trick doesn't work anymore
Whatevs
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Ya mine is being blocked as well. I bought the OEM Samsung one to watch my media hub stuff. Kinda disappointing. As stated before if you start the playback before you plug it in it works quite well.
So I just picked up an adapter locally and while it works just fine, I'm not sure it's working as it should with regards to charging. If I simply have the adapter plugged in and then plugged into the wall, it charges very very very slowly. If I actually plug in the hdmi cable and do something like stream a video, buh bye battery life. It drains crazy fast.
This adapter from Amazon, does the charger help keep the battery at around the same level while in use or do you see it drop a good bit as well?
Oh and with regards to MediaHub, whether I start a video before hooking up this adapter or after, I still get the same error on my tv about protection, etc.
Kadin said:
So I just picked up an adapter locally and while it works just fine, I'm not sure it's working as it should with regards to charging. If I simply have the adapter plugged in and then plugged into the wall, it charges very very very slowly. If I actually plug in the hdmi cable and do something like stream a video, buh bye battery life. It drains crazy fast.
This adapter from Amazon, does the charger help keep the battery at around the same level while in use or do you see it drop a good bit as well?
Oh and with regards to MediaHub, whether I start a video before hooking up this adapter or after, I still get the same error on my tv about protection, etc.
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In regards to charging this phone charges slow and if your using it watching video it will just barley keep up. The phone seems to use almost as much juice as it get from the charger as your watching video.
cocheci said:
How do you mirror your screen? I have the phone connected to the TV through this Micro USB - HDMI adapter, but I see nothing on the TV when I play a video.
UPDATE: I think I answered my own question by reading other threads: you need to actually separately power the adapter through the USB port on its side. That's a bummer, so you actually need a separate USB power source!
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So how do you get this working? and it puts 1080p video on the TV through the USB>HDMI from our i777?
What is media hub?
Anyone try a MHL-VGA with this phone?
I've tried a few adapters. There's 2 different adapters from Samsung the one with product #2 worked the best for me its on Amazon I got it for 25$ and works well. Also mirroring works even better with a launcher like adw ex as when it switches into landscape mode it looks great on a big screen
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But was it vga or hdmi?
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The menotek cable drops the connection, so it is worthless. I don't know if the official Samsung one is better, but I had to keep getting up to fix the menotek.
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I bought the Accel which seems to work well for me. $20 on Amazon.
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Hi, well I just received my Atrix Lapdock. I've read in some forums that this accesory works with the Motorola Razr, all just have to do is some mods in the ports, well I just did it but not work. This is what happens when I plug the phone to the lapdock.
1. If the lapdock is closed, the options in the phone screen are, multimedia, office mode and music.
2. If I open the lapdock, the phone screen turn off and the lapdock give a message that reads "HDMI no signal" and then the screen turn off.
3. After that, the screen of my phone acts weird, the notification area has icons and text seems topped.
My phone is running Android 4.0.4. I thought this could be the problem but I connected my brothers RAZR running Gingerbread but same things happens.
In both cases, non of two phones gives "Webtop" option.
So what do you think? I need to reinstall something or the lapdock is defective?
Thanks for your help.
make sure hdmi connection is enabled under settings/display.
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Yes, it is enables.
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have you froze any apps?
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Nope, ni frozen apps. Actually I have my phone unrooted.
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have you tried plugging in your phone with a micro hdmi to a tv?
if that doesn't work then it's your hdmi port on your phone not working.
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Yes, I've tried it and is working.
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Mine acted that way and my hdmi was in fact not fully seated although it appeared to be. I doubt I pushed it in another millimeter.
texbuck
And after that push now it works? Do you have the Atrix Lapdock?
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i have one too and had to file down the plastic to get it to seat correctly.
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Yes, I have the Atrix lapdock. I feel it's nicer than the lapdock 100 and the price was much better. I forgot about filing down the plastic, but I did. Mine came with short extension cables, but I like it better just standing on its head. The hdmi extension cable was a little loose fitting anyway.
texbuck
But I unscrewed and took off all the plastic and connect the cables directly and still don't work.
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Same here. Scrape off some if the soft plastic molding around where the ports sit. This allows the HDMI to fully plug into the phone. Then you will be fine.
Now if only they had a palm rejection setting so that the keyboard would be sort of passable...
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Hi, well I just received my Atrix Lapdock. I've read in some forums that this accesory works with the Motorola Razr, all just have to do is some mods in the ports, well I just did it but not work. This is what happens when I plug the phone to the lapdock.
1. If the lapdock is closed, the options in the phone screen are, multimedia, office mode and music.
2. If I open the lapdock, the phone screen turn off and the lapdock give a message that reads "HDMI no signal" and then the screen turn off.
3. After that, the screen of my phone acts weird, the notification area has icons and text seems topped.
My phone is running Android 4.0.4. I thought this could be the problem but I connected my brothers RAZR running Gingerbread but same things happens.
In both cases, non of two phones gives "Webtop" option.
So what do you think? I need to reinstall something or the lapdock is defective?
Thanks for your help.
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I had this exact same issue, turned out to be my phones hdmi port was broke. Got a new phone under warranty.
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I believe op said his phone works when plugged into tv, so that would eliminate his phone port.
texbuck
tk76 said:
Same here. Scrape off some if the soft plastic molding around where the ports sit. This allows the HDMI to fully plug into the phone. Then you will be fine.
Now if only they had a palm rejection setting so that the keyboard would be sort of passable...
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Just checked: double-tapping on the while LED in the upper left corner of the touchpad turns disables it. Another double-tap re-enables it. Light on=touchpad on; light off=touchpad off. As a side note, I got the HDMI error once, and double-tapping on that corner seemed to fix it.
For anyone having trouble with getting the Razr to seat properly, here's what I did: I took out the "spacer" that the Atrix would have rested in. The spacer was there so that even if the Atrix had a case, it would still work properly.
Tnx dude, I just did what you said but it doesn't works. The strange thing is that when plugged and the lapdock is closed the phone gave me the office mode, music mode, etc, but when I open it the phone screen turns off and then the lapdock says No hdmi signal... double tap on led and nothing... what could it be? After the last connection my phone screen act like the picture.
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e-drian said:
And after that push now it works? Do you have the Atrix Lapdock?
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Actually found on ON Ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lapdock-Droid-RAZR-/321086390908?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4ac23d827c
Same trouble using atrix lapdock with Razr XT910
Hello, I'm using tthe Razr xt910 stock rom. When I connect it to my lapdock the mouse pad and keyboard dont work, I get some flashes on the lapdock showing what its supposed to show but then suddenly its screen turns black and my phone turns on.
So I tested it with connecting it to my TV using hdmi cable, and it works everytime... Then I go back to the lapdock, connect it and it flashes as I described before....
The weird thing is that When I go to slot 1, using Safestrap, and load CM10.1 rom, which is not yet the final version, When I load this rom and connect it to my lapdock it doesnt show up on my lapdocks screen but the keyboard and mouse pad work!!!!
I go back to stock rom, and it wont...
Can you please help me...
I dont know if it has anything to do, but I have been getting deep freezes since I installed SmoothLiquid rom on slot 3, and I dont know how these deep freezes have spread to my other installed roms including my stock rom... it never suffered deep freezes but since I installed this other rom.
So I naturally deleted this rom, but the problem still persists, I dont know if that had anything to do with my problem.
I also found out that I connect a mouse using USB port and this wont even turn on....
Device info:
System version
673.94.324.XT910.MERetail.en.06
Firmware Config
GAS_EMEA_USASPDRICSRTAE_P012
Baseband version
U_04.11.01P
Webtop Version
3.0
Kernel Version
3.0.8-g35a047
Build Number
6.7.3-94SPI-324
dannydiazduque said:
The weird thing is that When I go to slot 1, using Safestrap, and load CM10.1 rom, which is not yet the final version, When I load this rom and connect it to my lapdock it doesnt show up on my lapdocks screen but the keyboard and mouse pad work!!!!
I go back to stock rom, and it wont...
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Yeah.. I believe the webtop only works out of the Stock ROMs and its derivatives. I previously tried to mod my Atrix Lapdock by swapping the ports around but it never worked too well. I pulled out the plastics and run it directly from the cable as it is now. Its dodgy but works well.
If the keyboard/Mouse isnt working too well, then its most likely your USB contacts arent working or that it detected the HDMI port before it detected the USB port.
What are some options to hook the phone to a TV.? HDMI RCA ...???
Hdmi mhl adapter. Make sure it's one with a power source made for note 2 or sgs3.
I have the official Samsung Smart Dock and a HDMI cable. I just put the phone on the dock and connect the HDMI from the dock to the TV and get instant display
DroidOnRoids said:
I have the official Samsung Smart Dock and a HDMI cable. I just put the phone on the dock and connect the HDMI from the dock to the TV and get instant display
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Been debating spending the money on this? In your opinion was it worth the purchase? Do you use it alot?
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Been debating spending the money on this? In your opinion was it worth the purchase? Do you use it alot?
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Well, I got it for 75 dollars but it was originally 100. I'd say if you use the phone for multi-media purposes (watch movies on standard TV), then get it. But I wouldn't just buy if you want to dock/charge it and nothing else. Personally, I use my dock to make my Note 2 a giant PC. I connect my mouse and keyboard to the USB slots on the dock and connect the dock to the TV so I can browse the internet and what not on a bigger screen. That to me is worth the money. You should get it! It does a lot!
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Well, I got it for 75 dollars but it was originally 100. I'd say if you use the phone for multi-media purposes (watch movies on standard TV), then get it. But I wouldn't just buy if you want to dock/charge it and nothing else. Personally, I use my dock to make my Note 2 a giant PC. I connect my mouse and keyboard to the USB slots on the dock and connect the dock to the TV so I can browse the internet and what not on a bigger screen. That to me is worth the money. You should get it! It does a lot!
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Ah yes. That is exactly what i'd be doing is a pc like setup. I had a similar setup back in the early bionic days but that phone just didn't have the hardware to double as a desktop. Thinking the n2 will bring what it was missing. Appreciate the feedback!
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Hdmi mhl adapter. Make sure it's one with a power source made for note 2 or sgs3.
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Okay say I purchase this...is there a setting on the phone for when its hooked up?
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Hdmi mhl adapter. Make sure it's one with a power source made for note 2 or sgs3.
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I use the Samsung mhl adaptor made for the SG3. It worked perfect in my SG3 and now works perfectly for the N2 (I use it every day)
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blackbass595 said:
Okay say I purchase this...is there a setting on the phone for when its hooked up?
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You don't need a setting, you just plug it in/hook it up and after selecting the correct input on the TV it works automatically.
I have a little problem. I wonder if I can get some help. When my phone is connected to the dock the edges Getty cut off from ask sides. I have changed the ratio of my tv but nothing happens. Any work around to bet the screen to fit perfectly?
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I have a little problem. I wonder if I can get some help. When my phone is connected to the dock the edges Getty cut off from ask sides. I have changed the ratio of my tv but nothing happens. Any work around to bet the screen to fit perfectly?
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I have a setting on my TV that changes the mode to PC or TV, check and see if your TV has that. It fixes my issues with the screen being cut off.
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Get the Smart Dock... I got it for half off from Samsung. Worth it for that.
If you want to try to get it for $50, let me know. I'm not promising anything, but I think you should be able to get it as well.
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elgiggles said:
I have a little problem. I wonder if I can get some help. When my phone is connected to the dock the edges Getty cut off from ask sides. I have changed the ratio of my tv but nothing happens. Any work around to bet the screen to fit perfectly?
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Check see if you have overscan in video settings(on your monitor). Turn that off.
MHL user - display issues
MunkinDrunky said:
Check see if you have overscan in video settings(on your monitor). Turn that off.
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I have been using the MHL adapter that was purchased directly from Samsung for the Note 2. Oddly enough, since day 1 of me owning it, I have had the edges of the screen cut off from the display. I've checked every setting on my tv and nothing has fixed it.
Now here's the interesting part, every other phone I have tried to troubleshoot this issue with, (two sgs3's, an sgs4, I haven't found another note 2 to try it with) has worked perfectly, without changing any TV settings, and without the edges being cut off. So with that being said, I've been trying to figure out why my Note 2 is the only one that has this problem, to no avail.
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!
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I have been using the MHL adapter that was purchased directly from Samsung for the Note 2. Oddly enough, since day 1 of me owning it, I have had the edges of the screen cut off from the display. I've checked every setting on my tv and nothing has fixed it.
Now here's the interesting part, every other phone I have tried to troubleshoot this issue o sgs3's, an sgs4, I haven't found another note 2 to try it with) has worked perfectly, without changing any TV settings, and without the edges being cut off. So with that being said, I've been trying to figure out why my Note 2 is the only one that has this problem, to no avail.
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!
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I wouldn't know why only the note ii is doing that. With my note ii on different monitors or tvs (either) there is definitely variation in display. Some tvs you can't change the scan settings and will be stuck with the picture as is ( as far as I know-probably worth researching). Some you can change the setting and your all good or some monitors will display the whole image properly. Thats just my experience. I too would be Iinclined to have a more technical explination... i just havent sought one yet.
i have pc settings but since i dont have anything connected there i cant change them. i have tried it in 3 different tvs and played with the settings but nothing seems to work. i got to admit. its no big deal but in really bothers me for some reason. especially when it comes to the multi window tab...
Or you can get the chromcast
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Or Cheapcast
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If you're using touchwiz, you can use miracast too. I picked up a Samsung allshare box from best buy for $100 and it works for me, though others have had problems.
I bought a Viewsonic g tablet on sale a year and a half ago and until this day it meets the light. (It was only touched when purchased then back to the box)
I followed the instructions to the letter (new on this) and everything seems to be working, I have a Malata zpad dock DS-A002 supposed to be fully compatible with the g tablet and I placed the tablet on the dock, connected HDMI in the TV but nothing happens.
Don't see an option in settings to select output to TV.
Many thanks in advance.
Forgot to mention, tried this on the TV which is an LG and monitor which is a Hanns-G
I have to say that this is a first so far. When I read this I went ahead a connected up my dock which is the same make and model as yours to my TV and it works. HDMI is sometimes a pain especially with the newer TV's that are out. You also got to have the dock powered up if you haven't done that. If the power cord is connected and the tablet displays the dock clock then connect the HDMI to the dock with the TV turned off. After connection is made turn on the set and make sure you are on the proper input. It should work, but if not try a different TV.
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Thanks for the reply
The LCD TV is a couple of years old, the LCD monitor is 3ish years old
My mother has a 5yr old LCD TV, that's another TV I could test on
The dock is powered up using the charger that came with the gTab
The tablet displays the dock clock when placed on the dock
I've tried different combinations:
Dock powered up, TV off and plugin cable, gtab on then place on dock, turn TV on
Dock powered up, TV off and plugin cable, gtab off then place on dock and power on, turn TV on when gtab is on the dock clock
Dock powered up, TV on and plugin cable, gtab on then place on dock
Dock powered up, TV on and plugin cable, gtab off then place on dock and power on
TV detects HDMI when the gtab is placed on the dock, but after 3-5 secs says no signal meaning it does detect HDMI (shows up as an option, I've tried on all 3 HDMI inputs btw) but it doesn't show up an image.
I've tried these methods in the TV and the monitor, nothing
Doesn't make sense to me since everyone in the thread hasn't had this issue, should be plug-and-play right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900562
Should I backup the current install and go back to the stock crappy ROM just to test it out? (Wipe everything as instructed before doing so?)
Thanks
No since in going all the way back to stock to test it out. Have you by chance tried a different HDMI cable. You might have a faulty connection or even a dirty connection will make it loose its connection. You may also want to check to see if the TV has a default native setting set. The gtablet will display a image like a PC I believe. Will have to connect it up again to see what res. the device puts out at default.
Alright find the link up solution. I tried different ways of connection all with failure to display on my TV with the exception of this. Try it and you will be satisfied.
1st. Place you dock near your TV with power cord and HDMI cable both connected. Don't connect other end of HDMI cable to TV just yet.
2nd. Have tablet turned on and fully booted up. Then place tablet on dock and leave the dock clock displayed.
3rd. Turn on TV and set the input to the HDMI connection you are about to connect to. Then connect HDMI to that input that is in TV and the display should reflect the device.
Let me know if this works. Thanks.
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Hi, yes I tried 2 different cables, different ports, cleaned up (blow air) into the TV and and dock ports (dock is brand new never used from a year+ ago)
I couldn't find a default native setting on the TV.
Really sucks that there is an awesome ROM for the gtablet and I can't use it on the bigger screen, intention was to watch Netflix and movies, besides reading
The tablet is one of those projects that never happened and when I finally manage to get it going this happens...:crying:
Read the addon that I posted. It will connect if you connect it in that order.
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Hi Nobe, it still doesn't work. I just don't get it.
TV recognizes the connection (shows as plugged-in) but says no signal.
Unfortunately monitor is not as advanced as a TV, simply says no signal.
Faulty dock? It charges fine
Thanks
Went to stock, and image shows up fine on TV
Is there something I could change, DPI,res? on the current SmoOth install (have backups) that could potentially fix the issue?
Thanks
exmagus said:
Went to stock, and image shows up fine on TV
Is there something I could change, DPI,res? on the current SmoOth install (have backups) that could potentially fix the issue?
Thanks
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I keep mine at 160dpi. The issue is that you have to connect everything to the dock before connecting it up to the TV. For some strange reason the dock settings doesn't recognize the connections being made. The dock works fine it is the drivers I believe that are kernel related. If you power up the dock with the HDMI connected to it, then place tablet on the dock, then connect the HDMI to the TV's input with the TV on and turned to that input. Then it should display onto the TV without issues. Done this multiple times when this came up and this was the only way for me to get the dock to display the output of the tablet.
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The thing is I did exactly as you said multiple times to be sure.
Using SmoOth image does not come up
Restored to stock ROM and image shows up fine
I'm going to try a fresh SmoOth install and see how it goes or is there any way to check the drivers or make adjustments to it?
Thanks
Any advice on checking the drivers?
Thanks
Actually the drivers are there and working the way they are suppose to be. I do believe that it might in the way it is communicating with the TV still. I am currently working on something that might help out, but I want to test it fully before suggesting it since most everyone doesn't use this feature.
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It is really odd that doing the same process on the stock rom works.
Thanks a lot for the follow-up Nobe
Curious if anyone found a solution to this problem? I too have the exact same issue with my Gtab even after trying the solution posted with different cables and such. Stock rom works fine though.
I'm wondering if Nobe found something