I'm having some issues with the MHL cable and adapter tip. I bought the older Samsung OEM MHL adapter for the Galaxy SII along with the 11-pin to 5-pin adapter tip. I'm trying to hook it up to my computer monitor but when I hook everything up most of the time it'll say "HDMI cable connected" and that message will keep showing up. It seems that for some reason it can't maintain a connection. A few times I was able to get it to connect and show up on the monitor but it would disconnect shortly afterwards, even with me not touching the phone or any of the cables. Does anyone have any ideas on how to diagnose this issue?
Not sure, but maybe it's having an issue with HDCP?
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Every time i try to connect my MHL adapter recently it will not output to the TV. TV is fine, HDMI cables are fine, adapter works with other devices.
ONCE i did get the MHL adapter to work properly however the rom was very buggy and i had to switch. Even on stock i can not seem to get my phone to output to the TV. It always says MTP Device Detected and never displays out to the TV. I tried USB Debugging but that didnt seem to change things. Im confused, what can be causing this? All my hardware seems fine, i have tried too many roms to count, what can be making me have this problem?
Any help / suggestions will be helpful
Have you got power connected to the MHL adapter?
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Have you got power connected to the MHL adapter?
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Sure do, even found a power adapter that puts out more power because i thought the one i was using wasnt working properly (1000ma instead of 200ma)
Phone shows its charging, but also comes up with that MTP Initilization message.... put it into USB mode and i dont get that message, but no MHL either.
Ok, a bit more testing, using a HDMI to DVI cable i can connect my phone into my computer screen and it works fine! Using the exact same setup on my TV, nothing. Use the same HDMI port on my TV that my other cables were using, nothing. Use different cables (That work on other devices), nothing. Aparently my TV is not accepting the signal from my MHL adapter.
My TV is a Sony KDL 46E400.
Ideas why i can connect to the monitor just fine but the TV doesnt work?
Picked up the mhl converter at a T-Mobile shop, grabbed 6' of hdmi cable, hooked up the phone to my newest tv, and "no signal" bounced all over the screen.
Mocking me.
Hdmi 1
Hdmi 2
Hdmi 3
Nope, zippo.
Dead USB? No, the USB>TV worked for pictures and file browsing.
Faulty MHL adapter? No way of knowing.
Dead HDMI TV inputs? All 3 on a 2 week old tv? Possible.
I called technical, and they were stumped as well.
I have 2 units, and neither worked.
Am I missing something?
Operator error is not unfamiliar to me.
Thank you.
Plug the mhl to power and tv first. Plug the phone last
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Plug the mhl to power and tv first. Plug the phone last
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Tried it, no luck.
I tested mine out to see if I could re-create a no signal and the olny way I did was when I set the signal to HDMI on the tv first, then plugged in the mhl. I guess it needs to have that signal there first to pick it up. Anything else I tried, different configurations of plugging in worked.
Does your mhl have a micro usb plug to charge as well as the hdmi plug? I have a generic one off ebay that has the short micro usb pigtail for plugging in your wall charger into the mhl and also a short pigtail for the hdmi plug. I have read a couple people were having problems with the one that's hdmi out only
Well, I solved the first problem.
Thank you everyone that assisted.
Now my only problem is that I paid real money for the kit.
I do not advise purchasing.
The output is horrendous.
I tried my vids/pics, youtube...no netflix yet...everything was pixelrama.
It should have raised flags that not only tmo tech, but 3 stores in the area are completely unfamiliar due to nobody buying them or trying them personally.
I cannot get my HTC Flyer to display on a TV screen using an MHL adapter. Are there any software settings that need to be adjusted or should it just work?
I have used two different MHL adapters and a number of different micro usb chargers plus a couple of HDMI cables on two different TVs but nothing works. The battery charges while the MHL adapter is plugged in to the Flyer but the TVs just display a "no signal" message.
Do I have to buy the dedicated HTC MHL adapter that I assume has ExtMicroUSB rather than a generic micro usb plug?
The Flyer is using the latest HTC stock ROM.
Thanks
This has been asked a few times on here and generally the fix is to hook up the MHL adapter and HDMI all up, then turn the flyer/view OFF.
Boot the flyer/view ON with all the cables hooked up.
IF you get the HTC cable, it will work without all that junk. Also will work without needing the extra cable to power it.
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This has been asked a few times on here and generally the fix is to hook up the MHL adapter and HDMI all up, then turn the flyer/view OFF.
Boot the flyer/view ON with all the cables hooked up.
IF you get the HTC cable, it will work without all that junk. Also will work without needing the extra cable to power it.
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Thanks for the reply but unfortunately still no video. I did get some crackling from the TV speakers but that was all. I wonder if I should try the official HTC MHL adapter.
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If you've tried different HDMI cables and did the shut down / power back on while all cables connected attempt, then yeah I'd say it's a crap adapter.
I have a generic and the official HTC adapter. The HTC is much better
Make sure you are providing power to the MHL adapter through the external USB cable that plugs into the adapter
If you connect the MHL cable to the device and the OTG cable to the MHL cable the device can't detect the OTG cable.
How can I make this work? I've seen videos in youtube that they connect their device to the TV at the same they have USB bluetooth mouse and keyboard connected.
Anyone tried using MHL cable and OTG cable at the same time?
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According to some of wikipedia entries it should be possible to use mhl and usb otg at the same time with a 11-pin mhl-hdmi adapter.
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11-pin MHL-USB Connector
The Samsung Galaxy S III uses a connector that is similar to the original 5-pin MHL-USB connector, but it uses 11-pins in order to achieve a few functional improvements over the 5-pin design.
It supports the use of USB and MHL simultaneously (note that the new Samsung 11-pin MHL-HDMI adapter also has a USB-OTG port).
Samsung’s Galaxy S III can power the MHL-HDMI adapter. Although this can theoretically also be done with the standard 5-pin micro-USB connector, the Galaxy S III's 11-pin connector is believed to be the first smartphone that supports this functionality.
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Here you go.
So, it should work. But I couldnt make it work at the moment
I also got one of these 11-pin connectors and like it seems only the S3 has these adapters, so why the **** doesnt it work?? :/
I already asked sammy on facebook, just wondering what they will answer^^
Hopefully we will have some pos. results, dude.
cheers
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If you connect the MHL cable to the device and the OTG cable to the MHL cable the device can't detect the OTG cable.
How can I make this work? I've seen videos in youtube that they connect their device to the TV at the same they have USB bluetooth mouse and keyboard connected.
Anyone tried using MHL cable and OTG cable at the same time?
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How would that work since the micro USB connection on the mhl cable is for power / charger?
In those YouTube videos is it possible that they have the mhl cable connected to the TV and power source, and the keyboard and mouse connected wirelessly via Bluetooth?
Confused because you said USB Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. From what I know they aren't USB.
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Samsung should eventually release a dock to use both so unless someone figures it out first you'll just have to wait, because if it just took an 11 pin USB cable someone would have got it working already and we'd know about it, so I reckon it might have some extra circuitry to make it recognised by the phone.
Guys, as I already posted, the connector has 11 pins, so it should be possible to use OTG and MHL features at the same time. thats the only reason sammy brought out this connector and also cause of incompability with the 5-pin connector.
So they should bring the f*ck out somethin for the phone that activates this feature.
And a big problem I have with my mhl-connector is that I cant configure the output
on my 2 TVs at home I get 1080i, (both only 1080i capable), but the picture is kinda oversized so I cant see 100% percent of the picture, only 90% or smt like this.
But the funny part is, that I get on my 1680x1050p PC monitor only 576p screen, what actually sucks So it would be awesome if I could choose the resolution I want to have. But I guess its a thing of the connector (maybe it choose the resolutions iself).
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so the one in the videos using keyboard and mouse are bluetooth thru phone?
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I am SO HARD waiting for THAT "DOCK" hopefully will came out any day soon.
They should do iut fast. I'm waiting so hard for everything get connected with my Phone. It will be awsome if I don't need my Pc anymore.
To use the MHL cable you must have power connected to the adapter.
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If you connect the MHL cable to the device and the OTG cable to the MHL cable the device can't detect the OTG cable.
How can I make this work? I've seen videos in youtube that they connect their device to the TV at the same they have USB bluetooth mouse and keyboard connected.
Anyone tried using MHL cable and OTG cable at the same time?
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That's damn funny because I have wanted to know whether that would work as well, lol.
Did seriously consider trying but as I was on holiday if they broke, I wouldn't be able to get replacement so didn't try it.
In theory I would think it could work, but only if you could somehow wire in power to the hdmi adapter as it appears to need that to run the hdmi aswell as provide power to the phone, at least enough that once the usb adapter tries to demand power to run it isn't enough for the phone to output.
As to whether this is just a a stupid guess and assumption of how the devices and being a noob, I don't know.
If you can get a micro female to male adapter with a usb splitter for power then technically I can't see why it wouldn't work if the limitations are physical as oppose to software based (whole other issue I have no clue about).
EDIT: Wow, when I started that post no one had replied, err, seems a little redundant now, lol. My bad. Also, this 5 minute wait to point this out, have seemed really long...
guess we'll have to wait for that dock.
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I just got an HDMI Adapter for my Canadian Galaxy Tab 10.1 running ICS. Device is not rooted and is running whatever software version is pushed from Samsung. For some reason, I cannot get the adapter to work at all. I've tried different HDMI cables, different TVs and I also tried it on my friend's Rogers Galaxy Tab 10.1, all to no avail. The tablet definitely recognizes the adapter, because when I plug it in, it launches the TuneIn Radio app for some reason, and when I unplug it, all the icons and widgets redraw themselves. I also can't see anything in the settings that deal with the HDMI connection. Is there something I'm doing wrong here?
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I just got an HDMI Adapter for my Canadian Galaxy Tab 10.1 running ICS. Device is not rooted and is running whatever software version is pushed from Samsung. For some reason, I cannot get the adapter to work at all. I've tried different HDMI cables, different TVs and I also tried it on my friend's Rogers Galaxy Tab 10.1, all to no avail. The tablet definitely recognizes the adapter, because when I plug it in, it launches the TuneIn Radio app for some reason, and when I unplug it, all the icons and widgets redraw themselves. I also can't see anything in the settings that deal with the HDMI connection. Is there something I'm doing wrong here?
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Although I don't have and HDMI adapter cable, I do know that power cable and plug must be used in conjunction. There should be an slot in the HDMI adapter to connect the power cable.
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Although I don't have and HDMI adapter cable, I do know that power cable and plug must be used in conjunction. There should be an slot in the HDMI adapter to connect the power cable.
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Thanks! Plugging it in and restarting it did the trick.
In case anyone is contemplating a purchase of the adapter, I do not recommend it. You need to have it plugged into a power source and you need to reboot the device every time you want to use it. Also the resolution is absolutely garbage, my moto razr outputs much better quality and works simply by plugging in the cable.
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Hmm , if there is a program through which to get better resolution and it seems to me that it has not yet perfected the Samsung tab ?
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Thanks! Plugging it in and restarting it did the trick.
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Your welcome. If you haven't already click Thanks button. I'm trying get my first gold star.
¿What's the model of your device?
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Thanks! Plugging it in and restarting it did the trick.
In case anyone is contemplating a purchase of the adapter, I do not recommend it. You need to have it plugged into a power source and you need to reboot the device every time you want to use it. Also the resolution is absolutely garbage, my moto razr outputs much better quality and works simply by plugging in the cable.
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Hi. I have the same problems that you described. To Summarize:
· When connecting only the adapter, it just redraws the screen. After that, I connect the HDMI Cable and nothing happens.
· When connecting the charge cable or power adapter to the HDMI adapter before inserting it to the tablet, same as the first case.
· When connecting the charge cable and HDMI cable before inserting it to the tablet, same as the first case.
· When connecting the charge cable and HDMI cable and restaring the tablet after inserting it to the tablet, no signal is received by the tv.
I'm using a P5110, ¿is your model a P5113?