I've been trying to get the screen mirroring function to work.
The phone detects the TV, and the TV says the phone is connected - but then the phone says something to the effect of 'starting screen mirroring' - it comes up with text that seems to indicate that the pairing has initialized, and a split second later you see a message saying screen sharing has ended on both the TV and the phone.
It does not actually display the screen for even a second before disconnecting.
Any ideas?
I'm on stock 4.2.2 at the moment.
Trying to pair with a Samsung F6800 Smart TV. (TV firmware is completely up to date).
hassanmahmood said:
I've been trying to get the screen mirroring function to work.
The phone detects the TV, and the TV says the phone is connected - but then the phone says something to the effect of 'starting screen mirroring' - it comes up with text that seems to indicate that the pairing has initialized, and a split second later you see a message saying screen sharing has ended on both the TV and the phone.
It does not actually display the screen for even a second before disconnecting.
Any ideas?
I'm on stock 4.2.2 at the moment.
Trying to pair with a Samsung F6800 Smart TV. (TV firmware is completely up to date).
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locked bootloader?
hamdogg said:
locked bootloader?
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Alas, yes.
Cannot be unlocked.
hassanmahmood said:
Alas, yes.
Cannot be unlocked.
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well it can't be that. Locked bootloaders wont mirror a screen.
You using wifi direct to mirror? not going through a 3rd party screencast device?
Have you done it before?? I mean is youe TV Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast™ ??
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well it can't be that. Locked bootloaders wont mirror a screen.
You using wifi direct to mirror? not going through a 3rd party screencast device?
Have you done it before?? I mean is youe TV Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast™ ??
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It is definitely Miracast certified.
And I've tried both Wifi direct and over my router.
hassanmahmood said:
It is definitely Miracast certified.
And I've tried both Wifi direct and over my router.
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thats about as much help as I can offer. Can't test my device using mirror cast as its broken.
Its not the locked boot loader... I am running the 6806 and mirroring with my Samsung F8000 TV. I can mirror my phones different screens with not issues. However if I try and play a movie from Play movies, it is very choppy dropping frames. My understanding this has to do with the Bluetooth or something dropping out but not sure.
Otherwise I can mirror with no issues using stock Sony ROM on Android 4.3.
eviltwin_52s said:
Its not the locked boot loader... I am running the 6806 and mirroring with my Samsung F8000 TV. I can mirror my phones different screens with not issues. However if I try and play a movie from Play movies, it is very choppy dropping frames. My understanding this has to do with the Bluetooth or something dropping out but not sure.
Otherwise I can mirror with no issues using stock Sony ROM on Android 4.3.
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What firmware are you running? And could you explain how you got the two connected?
I think your issue with streaming might have to do with your router - I am able to stream movies fine - but have essentially the opposite issue whereby I can't seem to get the mirroring to work.
I'd really appreciate some insight.
Samsung Miracast devices (such as TV's and adapters) sadly only work with Samsung phones.
My ZU, nexus 5 and nexus 7 will not pair with my Samsung TV and Samsung BR DVD player (which has miracast).
You should try to get a generic Miracast adapter. PTV3000 works with the Sony ZU for me.
clubtech said:
Samsung Miracast devices (such as TV's and adapters) sadly only work with Samsung phones.
My ZU, nexus 5 and nexus 7 will not pair with my Samsung TV and Samsung BR DVD player (which has miracast).
You should try to get a generic Miracast adapter. PTV3000 works with the Sony ZU for me.
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But the previous guy said he has his working with a Samsung F8000
hassanmahmood said:
But the previous guy said he has his working with a Samsung F8000
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It used to work before Samsung released a software update for my TV and BR DVD. After the recent update, only Samsung phones can connect to the TV. I had a friend with with a Galaxy S4 and he was able to connect but i am not able to mirror with my Nexus 5 / 7 (2013) and XZU anymore.
clubtech said:
It used to work before Samsung released a software update for my TV and BR DVD. After the recent update, only Samsung phones can connect to the TV. I had a friend with with a Galaxy S4 and he was able to connect but i am not able to mirror with my Nexus 5 / 7 (2013) and XZU anymore.
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That can't be allowed, right? The miracast certified thing should prevent those market strats. Otherwise it should called samsung mirror or something.
My miracast certified lg also don't mirror, something like incompatible device.... i'm wundering....
herogjan said:
That can't be allowed, right? The miracast certified thing should prevent those market strats. Otherwise it should called samsung mirror or something.
My miracast certified lg also don't mirror, something like incompatible device.... i'm wundering....
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Mine doesn't give me an actual error reason - it just waits a while and says 'Screen Mirroring ended' without actually connecting.
Although on the TV it says 'connected to Xperia Z Ultra' whilst on the phone it says 'preparing to mirror' - but eventually I get messages on both screens saying the mirroring has ended.
No idea why this is - I should also have thought that Miracast certified devices will communicate with one another no matter what.
I'm very annoyed by this - even after updating to the latest firmware on both devices I cannot get them to connect to one another.
But 'throwing' stuff works perfectly fine - even 1080p content will stream to my TV via my router without any skips whatsoever - incredibly frustrating.
hassanmahmood said:
Mine doesn't give me an actual error reason - it just waits a while and says 'Screen Mirroring ended' without actually connecting.
Although on the TV it says 'connected to Xperia Z Ultra' whilst on the phone it says 'preparing to mirror' - but eventually I get messages on both screens saying the mirroring has ended.
No idea why this is - I should also have thought that Miracast certified devices will communicate with one another no matter what.
I'm very annoyed by this - even after updating to the latest firmware on both devices I cannot get them to connect to one another.
But 'throwing' stuff works perfectly fine - even 1080p content will stream to my TV via my router without any skips whatsoever - incredibly frustrating.
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I am having the same problem. I have c6806 rooted, with unlock bootloader, running stock android 4.3. And it just wont work. It will not connect to my Sony tv. Any ideas??
bigl34461 said:
I am having the same problem. I have c6806 rooted, with unlock bootloader, running stock android 4.3. And it just wont work. It will not connect to my Sony tv. Any ideas??
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I reckon it's reliant on drm keys so won't work with unlocked bootloader. You'd have to relock bootloader and restore ta partition before it would work.
Taken from Wikipedia: " The technology was promoted to work across devices, regardless of brand. Miracast devices negotiate settings for each connection, which simplifies the process for the users. In particular, it obviates having to worry about format orcodec*details.[14]*Miracast is "effectively a wireless*HDMI cable, copying everything from one screen to another using the H.264 codec and its own*digital rights management*(DRM) layer emulating the HDMI system". The Wi-Fi Alliance suggested that Miracast could also be used by a*set-top box*wanting to*streamcontent to a TV, or tablet."
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I reckon it's reliant on drm keys so won't work with unlocked bootloader. You'd have to relock bootloader and restore ta partition before it would work.
Taken from Wikipedia: " The technology was promoted to work across devices, regardless of brand. Miracast devices negotiate settings for each connection, which simplifies the process for the users. In particular, it obviates having to worry about format orcodec*details.[14]*Miracast is "effectively a wireless*HDMI cable, copying everything from one screen to another using the H.264 codec and its own*digital rights management*(DRM) layer emulating the HDMI system". The Wi-Fi Alliance suggested that Miracast could also be used by a*set-top box*wanting to*streamcontent to a TV, or tablet."
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well if that's the case.....i'm screwed. I purchased the phone used. It was already rooted but on stock firmware. I made a ta backup when i got it. Put screen mirror didn't work back then either. so I guess just s.o.l??
hassanmahmood said:
I've been trying to get the screen mirroring function to work.
The phone detects the TV, and the TV says the phone is connected - but then the phone says something to the effect of 'starting screen mirroring' - it comes up with text that seems to indicate that the pairing has initialized, and a split second later you see a message saying screen sharing has ended on both the TV and the phone.
It does not actually display the screen for even a second before disconnecting.
Any ideas?
I'm on stock 4.2.2 at the moment.
Trying to pair with a Samsung F6800 Smart TV. (TV firmware is completely up to date).
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Last week I was shopping for smart TV's and try my Xperia Z Ultra 6833 runnning 4.3 not rooted. the salesman told me to try the screen mirroring in there High-end Samsung Smart TV.. but I also cant connect. (I didn't bother to try Samsung! in the first place.To be Honest! crappy brand. but he insist). so i never bought that TV.. Ive tried it to LG and other brands of smart tv its working fine. specially on a Bravia (lighting fast mirroring., the downside of it. i notice if your not using a sony the screen mirroring is kinda laggy.
Thiolo said:
Last week I was shopping for smart TV's and try my Xperia Z Ultra 6833 runnning 4.3 not rooted. the salesman told me to try the screen mirroring in there High-end Samsung Smart TV.. but I also cant connect. (I didn't bother to try Samsung! in the first place.To be Honest! crappy brand. but he insist). so i never bought that TV.. Ive tried it to LG and other brands of smart tv its working fine. specially on a Bravia (lighting fast mirroring., the downside of it. i notice if your not using a sony the screen mirroring is kinda laggy.
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Mine works with the Samsung with absolutely no lag at all after I updated my tv firmware.
hassanmahmood said:
Mine works with the Samsung with absolutely no lag at all after I updated my tv firmware.
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Locked bootloader? Or unlocked?
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Locked bootloader? Or unlocked?
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Locked
Well I got excited when I saw XBMC on android a week ago and I know its been out for awhile but it does not load on my Google TV (Sony GSZ-GT1) surprise surprise. Nothing ever loads on this.
My question is though, I see that it works on almost any android that is above 4.0. I was thinking about buying a little cheap android stick from my Chinese friends over at DX but was curious if anyone saw an issue as to why it wouldn't run on a generic device? The device I am looking at is 4.2.2 so it should run without questions right?
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Is there anyway i can update my tablet to 4.4.4 it is currently at 4.4.2 and it says it is up to date. I want to use remote play feature and am unable to
Thanks
Have you been able to connect to Sony PC Companion? Ive had this tablet for about 2 months now and have had no luck with 4.4.4 as well. Slightly annoying considering that the people at Verizon who sold it to me said that it was one of the selling points for it, yet here i am with no 4.4.4.
perestonfarley9 said:
Have you been able to connect to Sony PC Companion? Ive had this tablet for about 2 months now and have had no luck with 4.4.4 as well. Slightly annoying considering that the people at Verizon who sold it to me said that it was one of the selling points for it, yet here i am with no 4.4.4.
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Nope no luck with the companion app either :/ i dont get why were the only z2 tab owners without 4.4.4 (verizon ppl that is)
4.4.4
Hi i resently updated to 4.4.4 and wish i never did now waiting for sony to fix constant reboots hope you have better luck
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Has anyone tried installing remote play that's available to other Android devices on the 561? I want to see it at least work to be able to connect to DS4 controllers and play PS4 games.
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Has anyone tried installing remote play that's available to other Android devices on the 561? I want to see it at least work to be able to connect to DS4 controllers and play PS4 games.
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I use the Modded Remote Play App play app from here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2929147
And connect my DS4 with the sixaxis app in play store.
Only real issues are:
1) touchpad button doesnt work, so you have to set up the pad as a mouse and click the on screen button to use touchpad in game.
2) need a 5ghz router as wifi and bluetooth both on 2.4ghz causes lag on screen.
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I make youtube videos, mostly from mobile games on my phone. It had been seamless up until I updated to Android 7.0 this morning. Now my capture software never gets a signal from the HDMI out on my phone.
Is HDMI out disabled in the new android update, or can anyone think of why this doesn't work now? Or what I can do to fix it?
Hi all,
I'm fairly new to this TV box stuff and mine arrived with Android 4.4.2 sitting on kernel 3.10.33
Everything looks super outdated so I started doing some digging to see if there are new firmwares that can be installed but didn't find any reliable source for it. If anyone has info about this please share it with us. I also noticed there is a software running which Kodi sits on which I don't think is needed as Kodi can sit directly on Android without issues.
Thanks in advance
same question
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Post the hardware specifications
Chance are there are compatible boxes out there where you can borrow a newer rom from.