I have read that the phone does support mhl 3.0, but then I have read that it doesn't and the only way you are getting video out is through Miracast. Anybody here have direct knowledge if there is mhl support?
Thanks
Microsoft Miracast dongle won't work with it either. Does not connect. So much for using this phone with my Appradio.
nothingshocking said:
Microsoft Miracast dongle won't work with it either. Does not connect. So much for using this phone with my Appradio.
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yeah I just bought the new Avh-4100nex and it was delivered today, I plan on using the Android Auto, I thing there is special Hdmi adpater you have to use for the samsungs I think
2003vstrom said:
yeah I just bought the new Avh-4100nex and it was delivered today, I plan on using the Android Auto, I thing there is special Hdmi adpater you have to use for the samsungs I think
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Just wish I knew which adapter worked. I would get the nex4100, but having an Appradio 2 already and was planning on using ARLiberator or unchained, it would keep me from spending $600. At this point I guess I have to return my phone. Drastic I know, but my radio is useless without a phone.
Samsung phones will generally only work with Samsung brand MHL adapters.
I've read multiple sources on the web that it is true that he S6 doesn't support MHL. I'll verify this later today. While this isn't a big deal at home because you can use chromecast ...etc, , it is in my car. I've always displayed my Phone's (androids and IOS) on my car stereo, for gps or waze purposes (just some examples). Anyone else use MHL? kinda bummed about sammy taking away that functionality.
shockandawe said:
I've read multiple sources on the web that it is true that he S6 doesn't support MHL. I'll verify this later today. While this isn't a big deal at home because you can use chromecast ...etc, , it is in my car. I've always displayed my Phone's (androids and IOS) on my car stereo, for gps or waze purposes (just some examples). Anyone else use MHL? kinda bummed about sammy taking away that functionality.
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I got it to work with my AppRadio using Chromecast. Not sure if that is an option for you, but it did work for me. I just would rather use a hardwire connection. If Chromecast had not worked I would have returned the phone. Lack of MHL was a deal breaker for me, but Chromecast works really good for this device.
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I got it to work with my AppRadio using Chromecast. Not sure if that is an option for you, but it did work for me. I just would rather use a hardwire connection. If Chromecast had not worked I would have returned the phone. Lack of MHL was a deal breaker for me, but Chromecast works really good for this device.
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I have a Kenwood, Guess I could put a chromecast dongle on. I prefer the hardwire connection. How stable is your video connection to your head unit?
shockandawe said:
I have a Kenwood, Guess I could put a chromecast dongle on. I prefer the hardwire connection. How stable is your video connection to your head unit?
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With Chromecast it is flawless, with any other Miracast adapter it is horrible. The only hard part (not hard, time consuming) is setting up the Chromecast to work with tethering off of your phone. The rest works just the same as an mhl adapter.
Well, these comments are bothersome! I ordered a Samsung MHL connector from Amazon and it is coming from China on a very slow boat. I ordered it two weeks ago and Amazon says it could be another month. This will tick me off if it finally gets here and doesn't work!! If anyone gets it to work, please post here!!
I got an official Samsung adapter and my s3 works like a charm but my s6 edge just shows a black screen
....m/-#*#*#**#@ !!! But Chromecast works well...dammit Samsung !
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I got it to work with my AppRadio using Chromecast. Not sure if that is an option for you, but it did work for me. I just would rather use a hardwire connection. If Chromecast had not worked I would have returned the phone. Lack of MHL was a deal breaker for me, but Chromecast works really good for this device.
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I just bought a 4100nex and now I'm running into this same issue. Could you please send me a link or thread that explains how to do this with a Chromecast. I'm so bummed about this whole situation. I have the s6 edge
Mhl cable from china works fine on my s6 edge....
adie1234 said:
Mhl cable from china works fine on my s6 edge....
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So you actually got app radio to work or did you use chromecast as well?
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No chromecast....was virtually jus plug n play for me
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No chromecast....was virtually jus plug n play for me
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Yeah i got chromecast to work as well but really wanted to use that app radio unchained to have full control with the screen on the radio
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This is a question, that is very important for me.
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You see, this SGSII phone thing'y is HOT as HELL. It is everything I want in a phone... BUT STOP...
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NO HDMI out?
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The original SGS has one and I really don't understand why they took that away from the SGSII.
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I heard that there is a way to get HDMI mirroring with a software and a micro-USB to HDMI cable! Is that purely a software question or must there be a hardware thing to?
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Please... respond to this, this is very important.
An MHL hardware connection is needed (look up MHL in wikipedia), fortunately in the official Samsung specs from the press release it says that it has MHL. A video from MWC from someone representing the MHL consortium also says the SGS2 will be the first device supporting MHL.
I'll feel better once I see someone demo it, but Samsung have officially announced MHL capability for the SGS2.
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An MHL hardware connection is needed (look up MHL in wikipedia), fortunately in the official Samsung specs from the press release it says that it has MHL. A video from MWC from someone representing the MHL consortium also says the SGS2 will be the first device supporting MHL.
I'll feel better once I see someone demo it, but Samsung have officially announced MHL capability for the SGS2.
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You think Mobile High-definition Link??
Yes... I want to see a demo to. It would be nice to have this mirroring capability.
Something does confuse me about MHL, if you have a TV which isn't MHL compatible and you don't want or don't have the adapter, can you use a microUSB-to-HDMI cable and just not have it charge at the same time?
doh...
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Something does confuse me about MHL, if you have a TV which isn't MHL compatible and you don't want or don't have the adapter, can you use a microUSB-to-HDMI cable and just not have it charge at the same time?
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First of all... DO YOU REALLY NEED a HDTV that supports MHL??? No Games on the big screen? DAMN!!!
l0st.prophet said:
Something does confuse me about MHL, if you have a TV which isn't MHL compatible and you don't want or don't have the adapter, can you use a microUSB-to-HDMI cable and just not have it charge at the same time?
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This video describes how MHL works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtwTcnR0hqA
MHL - WOW - Love the idea!
erahk64 said:
This video describes how MHL works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtwTcnR0hqA
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Thanks, but I've seen that video and it doesn't say if you can or can't use it without the adapter
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l0st.prophet said:
Thanks, but I've seen that video and it doesn't say if you can or can't use it without the adapter
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It says you can use it without the adapter, but your device won't be charged.
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Thanks, but I've seen that video and it doesn't say if you can or can't use it without the adapter
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My friend you can use with any HDTV but you dont have charge of your battery device except if you buy an adapter MHL to charge and transmit signal on the same time. But how last your battery can provide of energy?
In my Xperience In my IPad I see 3 Movies via Wireless Apple TV and my battery show 30 % remain. In the case of SGSII at least You have enough power to see a movie with Screen turned Off (SGSII)
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Are there any news about a mirroring capability on the SGS II?
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I've been searching the net for some confirmation, that there is going to be a possibility playing games on the SGS II connected to a flat screen TV, but couldn't find anything to confirm that!
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Are there any news???
surely if this was possible, it would have been all over the exhibitions and videos of it would exist?
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surely if this was possible, it would have been all over the exhibitions and videos of it would exist?
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Or the SW used for demo phones didn't have the mirroring properly implemented yet and the option was not included in menus.
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I have not seen any demos where SGS2 is connected to a TV via MHL/HDMI.
Is there any previews or videos where they use that ?
No videos yet, the question of whether mirroring is on offer remans in the air.
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Funny... cuz... The first SGS had mirroring, if this one has it not, than it is a kind a regress!
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Sorry 4 my English.
Yep, I'd be very disappointed if this can't do mirroring, I love using it with my SGSI and would find it hard to part with (use my SGSI on the tele with BT keyboard and mouse, excellent experience, only problem is only SD-out).
Hi,
I'm going to buy SS official MHL cable, but I would like to know whats the best option for me to control my moble?
Actually I just want to sit on my couch/bed and watch some video content.
Should I use a mouse + keyboard? Is it actually good? I think ICS navigation by mouse is not good...
Should I use another phone/android as a controller? Is there any application?
Should I just buy a longe HDMI cable?
I want to hear people solution!
Best regards,
Should I use another phone/android as a controller? Is there any application?
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How about Allshare Cast? It's a HDMI dongle for your television wich can wirelessly mirror your phone on the screen. So you can keep the phone in your hands/pocket while watching =)
It's not too cheap though with ~90$.
There are other clients for remote viewing, including homebrew-stuff based on the Raspberry Pi micro-computer.
Should I just buy a longe HDMI cable?
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That's an easy+cheap solution altough not the most practical one.
Should I use a mouse + keyboard? Is it actually good? I think ICS navigation by mouse is not good...
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It's terrible since it's designed for touch input.
d4fseeker said:
How about Allshare Cast? It's a HDMI dongle for your television wich can wirelessly mirror your phone on the screen. So you can keep the phone in your hands/pocket while watching =)
It's not too cheap though with ~90$.
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This is the more pratical solution, but is there any comparison between MHL vs all share cast? I don't know about the overhead in phone performance, image quality, wifi bandwidth during the streaming, etc
There are other clients for remote viewing, including homebrew-stuff based on the Raspberry Pi micro-computer.
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Ive seen those, they are all very limited! If we choose wlan screen share, the samsung own solution is the best one atm.
Afaik it uses Wifi direct, so no worries for overloading your router. That would mean you sacrifice wifi connectivity though.
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I'm looking into buying a chromecast dongle but wanted to get some opinions. I mainly want to use the mirroring feature and don't want to have to connect a cord to do it. I've read a few reviews on some dongles and some on them they say that the wifi used to mirror to the tv also interferes with the data wifi. Any suggestions on what I should buy would be appreciated. Thanks!
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I'm looking into buying a chromecast dongle but wanted to get some opinions. I mainly want to use the mirroring feature and don't want to have to connect a cord to do it. I've read a few reviews on some dongles and some on them they say that the wifi used to mirror to the tv also interferes with the data wifi. Any suggestions on what I should buy would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Chromecast is relatively the cheapest and best way to go. Just do it... you'll be happy you did.
Also Amazon has it for 30$ and so does Bestbuy. Never found it any cheaper than this. $5.50 lower than most others.
And chromecast has the mirroring feature to? Didn't see it in the features list.
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I thinks is called streaming not mirroring but from what I understand you can serve any file to and play it as long as the device can share over your network.
I use the Netgear PTV3000, which does wireless mirroring. I bought it last year. It's been basically stuffed in the closet most of the time except for when i was travelling. It had a lot of stuttering, and disconnects. Basically had to close all apps, and had to keep the phone close to the device to minimize the issues.
Getting ready for a new trip. So took it out a few days ago and saw there was a new firmware update for it. All I can say it's a night and day difference. Now it streams video perfectly clear to the TV with my Note 3, no more stuttering, and do not have to keep the phone right by PTV3000 anymore.
I have the Chromecast as well the only issue is it doesn't play flash videos, and few other formats. An if your going to use it while in a hotel you will need a portable router as well. With the PTV3000 anything you have on your screen will stream to the tv, without needing a router.
A neat feature with the PTV3000, and the Note 3 stock video app. Is I can minimize the app, browse the web, or do other things while the video still plays on the tv without interruption.
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it was a couple of days ago, but I'm using another way, and want to inform you.
Im Using Tronsmart T1000. And I had also a PTV3000, but I'm not so lucky with this.
The Tronsmart works easy, connect my Android Tablett (Samsung Tab 2) as well as my Note 3 . And I can connect my Windows Laptop with this Dongle.
Mirroring and other things are running fine.
I've bought this from Everbuying.com ;
http://www.everbuying.com/product535239.html (was cheap and easy). But you can also check it by Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Tronsmart-T1000-Mirror2TV-Wireless-Compatible/dp/B00H2D3N0M
Because of the features from T1000 I recommend it in all ways. It makes a WLan Connection to the Home-Router, that you can redirect from Tronsmart direct to the internet. And all connected devices are running fine.
Will the new Nexus 6 have slimport capability? Looking at the Google store, it doesn't look good. It's not mentioned like the Nexus 5 ports. What are people going to do? I tried to use my Chromecast but while watching movies there is a bad delay between video and audio. Is that the plan?
According to GSM arena it does have slim port
http://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_nexus_6-6604.php
Awesome. My slim port adapter continues to get use even after my nexus 5 and nexus 7 have been sold
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According to this thread on reddit, someone contacted Analogix who then confirmed that the Nexus 6 won't have SlimPort compatibility. It's also not listed in Analogix's list of compatible SlimPort devices. Considering that GSMArena is literally the only source that claims the Nexus 6 has SlimPort compatibility, I would take this with a grain of salt. Hopefully we'll get some more clarity about this soon.
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According to this thread on reddit, someone contacted Analogix who then confirmed that the Nexus 6 won't have SlimPort compatibility. It's also not listed in Analogix's list of compatible SlimPort devices. Considering that GSMArena is literally the only source that claims the Nexus 6 has SlimPort compatibility, I would take this with a grain of salt. Hopefully we'll get some more clarity about this soon.
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oh man that really sucks . Making me think twice about getting rid of my nexus 7 now.
We really need somebody with an adapter and a N6 to plug this in and give it try.
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We really need somebody with an adapter and a N6 to plug this in and give it try.
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It's already been done......in another thread.....by me. It DOES NOT WORK. Doesn't mean that someone won't figure out how to activate it though. At least I'm hopeful it can be done......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/slimport-t2907272
So if slim port doesn't then what does? Is miracast the future.... Or chrome cast
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So if slim port doesn't then what does? Is miracast the future.... Or chrome cast
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I definitely believe Google is heading in that direction. The fact that there is a Cast Screen quick toggle makes it pretty obvious that Google wants us to use our chromecast's for this. Slimport didn't work for me either with the N6, looks like our only option is mirror casting.
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I definitely believe Google is heading in that direction. The fact that there is a Cast Screen quick toggle makes it pretty obvious that Google wants us to use our chromecast's for this. Slimport didn't work for me either with the N6, looks like our only option is mirror casting.
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Problem with this is, what if you're on the road? Chromecast in it's current state is not a good travel companion as it can't authenticate to most hotel wifi's.
Is miracast the future.
Miracast is the biggest crock of horse$%^& I've ever seen. So many devices I've had that passed through my hands with Miracast inside: "promised" "the future" "DLNA" "seemless" sorcery!
I'll take a good hardline any day of the year. This seems to smack of a backwards thinking move. Between this and the disabling the LED notification light...
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Problem with this is, what if you're on the road? Chromecast in it's current state is not a good travel companion as it can't authenticate to most hotel wifi's.
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Here's what I do when traveling. I have one of these. My traveling chromecast (and my phone) is set to this device's internal (secure) wi-fi. I can then use an app on my phone to connect the device to the hotel's public wi-fi (or ethernet, if that's available), and it acts as a bridge. If there's a login, I can do that from my phone as well, and the hotel will activate the MAC of the router, providing Internet access for all devices on the internal network (e.g. my chromecast).
What's more, this is an external battery. So, I can plug the chromecast's power into the battery, then plug the battery into the wall. The battery charges (in case I need it later for my phone) and the chromecast is powered, all with one wall adapter. (This particular battery can charge other devices while it's charging.)
It's a bit tedious, but it works.
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Here's what I do when traveling. I have one of these. My traveling chromecast (and my phone) is set to this device's internal (secure) wi-fi. I can then use an app on my phone to connect the device to the hotel's public wi-fi (or ethernet, if that's available), and it acts as a bridge. If there's a login, I can do that from my phone as well, and the hotel will activate the MAC of the router, providing Internet access for all devices on the internal network (e.g. my chromecast).
What's more, this is an external battery. So, I can plug the chromecast's power into the battery, then plug the battery into the wall. The battery charges (in case I need it later for my phone) and the chromecast is powered, all with one wall adapter. (This particular battery can charge other devices while it's charging.)
It's a bit tedious, but it works.
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Oh yeah, i'm set. I have a verizon mifi router that I can use with chromecast with an external battery pack. I'm macguyver, but I still prefer to have slimport. It's just quicker and easier and chromecast mirroring doesn't support all my mkv's audio.
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Oh yeah, i'm set. I have a verizon mifi router that I can use with chromecast with an external battery pack. I'm macguyver, but I still prefer to have slimport. It's just quicker and easier and chromecast mirroring doesn't support all my mkv's audio.
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The only problem with that is that you're using your Verizon data pool. Not a biggie if you're granfathered into their unlimited data, but could be an issue if you're not. HD movies (even at 720P) can really chew through your data allowance.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KU2E9IW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
i use a similar gadget (in the above link) also for quick overnight trips as well.
just simpler than wires..
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Is miracast the future.
Miracast is the biggest crock of horse$%^& I've ever seen. So many devices I've had that passed through my hands with Miracast inside: "promised" "the future" "DLNA" "seemless" sorcery!
I'll take a good hardline any day of the year. This seems to smack of a backwards thinking move. Between this and the disabling the LED notification light...
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You like my comment? Ha! I hated miracast....worked like crap on my 4 and 5
Folks
Can you recommend a cable that charges the phone and connects to HDMI at the same time. Sort of a two in one cable. My relative plays the phone video all day long connected to the TV
Thx
Anybody?
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Folks
Can you recommend a cable that charges the phone and connects to HDMI at the same time. Sort of a two in one cable. My relative plays the phone video all day long connected to the TV
Thx
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It's my understanding you can't get and HDMI cable to work on a Nexus 6.
That technology is called MHL and N6 does not support it.
Keep in mind too, if you have a tablet (like I have galaxy tab pro), it supports MHL. But if you use custom ROM, you will likely lose the MHL function.
Does it support SlimPorts?
Nope
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Google-Nexus-6_id8626
MHL and SLIMPORT is supported according to this ^
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http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Google-Nexus-6_id8626
MHL and SLIMPORT is supported according to this ^
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It is incorrect. Google wanted people to buy the Chromecast, so they did not put in support for either MHL or SlimPort.
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It is incorrect. Google wanted people to buy the Chromecast, so they did not put in support for either MHL or SlimPort.
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Correct. I own all types of mhl cable(powered/un-powered) and none work or not detected by TV when used with Nexus 6.
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http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Google-Nexus-6_id8626
MHL and SLIMPORT is supported according to this ^
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Neither actually function, and I've seen Motorola/Google Engineers respond to a question about this on the AOSP bug-tracker saying that they disabled it on the SoC of the Nexus 6.
Can you recommend a cable that charges the phone and connects to HDMI at the same time. Sort of a two in one cable. My relative plays the phone video all day long connected to the TV
Thx
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Sorry, no, they disabled it on the SoC they shipped in the Nexus 6.
Per slimport employees at CES 2015, Google removed support at the last minute before release to manufacturing. They said it was a very big surprise because support had been included during development.
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