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[Q] HDMI Mirroring on custom roms?

Hi, apologies if this is a really dumb question but have not been able to fine anything definitive on this yet.
I have an MHL adaptor and an HDMI cable and with stock rom with this all connected to my TV this mirrored whatever was on the phone screen on the TV.
I have sinced rooted and installed CM Alpha and now this does not seem to work.
Is the HDMI out functionality supported in custom roms? Are there any apps that can add this functionality that anyone is aware of, is is this still a bit "too new"?

There may be a patch for it or you might wanna do a wipe and reinstall
Search the thread for cm alpha for a patch related to your problem. Not currently running that Rom so can't exactly pin point it for ya sorry.
Let me know if this helped

They're still working on all that stuff like HDMI mirroring. Its still an alpha build so just wait until they have the nightlies starting to roll out.

I know this is an old topic but is there now a patch for the Sensation (4G) that will add hdmi mirroring to cyanogenmod. Is a nightly build avaliable? Is there a diffrent custom rom? All I want is Sixaxis to work with hdmi mirroring on my phone.

Any Doubleshot ROMS have USB Host Support?

Just wondering. Waiting to really do some fun stuff with this fun if/when we gain that capability. Does anyone know if any of our roms have it?

Bulletproof doesn't yet but I was around and very closely following that develop from nothing to something on the Nook Color and have at least some of the project files from playing along way back when.
It's on the short list when I get the chance to start working on the ROM again, because I plan to use that as a band-aid for the PS3 controller while working on fixing the BT issue around that in Sense.
It would also be nice to be able to plug in and use my handful of flash drives while out and about using the compact package the doubleshot is instead of having to rely on something as large as the tablet as the best I got.
Right now there are other issues to work out on the device first as far as my dev time is allocated, and I can't speak for any other dev's work, but I am curious as well to know if anyone else is spending time on this.
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Thanks Blue "The Reason I Still Have My Doubleshot" 6IX. I am looking forward to the day this arrives. Been in the NC forum salivating over USB host stuff. It's more than a bit for my skill level at this point but fascinating! I'm going to mainly be utilizing DSLR Controller.
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Blue6IX said:
Right now there are other issues to work out on the device first as far as my dev time is allocated, and I can't speak for any other dev's work, but I am curious as well to know if anyone else is spending time on this.
Sent from a digital distance.
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Well I'm so glad you have a plan
Just a side question for you Blue: IF we do get a OTA update from T-Mobile or HTC and it is ICS...would you rebase to that and start developing for ICS?
Because I see you are trying hard to make the stock ROM all that it can be; but if we get a OTA ICS would you switch your attention to making that 'all that it can be?'
Typed by ---- oh wait! I'm schizophrenic!

Blue6IX said:
Bulletproof doesn't yet but I was around and very closely following that develop from nothing to something on the Nook Color and have at least some of the project files from playing along way back when.
It's on the short list when I get the chance to start working on the ROM again, because I plan to use that as a band-aid for the PS3 controller while working on fixing the BT issue around that in Sense.
It would also be nice to be able to plug in and use my handful of flash drives while out and about using the compact package the doubleshot is instead of having to rely on something as large as the tablet as the best I got.
Right now there are other issues to work out on the device first as far as my dev time is allocated, and I can't speak for any other dev's work, but I am curious as well to know if anyone else is spending time on this.
Sent from a digital distance.
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whaddya mean ps3 controller? is my doubleshot going to finally work on a ps3? O.O and what is usb host support exactly anyways and what can it be used to do ?

Appreciate the kind words _atlien_
@CoNsPiRiSiZe :
If HTC releases an official ICS ROM with corresponding kernel source, i'd jump on that pretty exclusively in an instant without a backward thought.
The only kernel source we have is 2.6.35.10 which corresponds to the 1.28.531.9 / .10 software version. This is really the limiter on my decision for what to work with.
Being as this is my first Android phone, I don't really know enough yet about how it works to be comfortable writing my own source for a kernel (basically) from scratch like tbalden and others are doing, so starting with a working and official source is necessary at this point in my education so I can make progress instead of a mess.
I imagine by the time I eventually move on to another device I'll know enough to just do what I want. Not having prior experience with this stuff is a bit frustrating sometimes because I do really want to play with ICS and the latest and greatest Google is providing us. Intentionally ignoring it sucks, but i'd rather make progress and not problems, hence this is my pennance for not getting a smart phone before this device launched.
I'd rather get a solid education then a whole lot of scattered knowledge if possible, my aim is for being involved with Android for a long time to come so having the patience and restraint to build a solid base of knowledge on how it works will serve me well in the future, even if it forces me to work with yesterday's software now.
Think of it like learning to drive a stickshift on a $200 beater P.O.S. instead of in a lamborghini - you could do it either way but one method makes more sense then the other.
The other thing, though, is the balance of trying to do what would most benefit the whole doubleshot user base the most instead of just the people on my ROM or whatever, so something like working on and posting details about progress on S-OFF trumps it all because that is the single most important issue I can help with I think. Even if I don't get it, maybe my notes and discoveries will help someone else solve it who has a better understanding or more experience with that kind of stuff.
Both of my devices were S-OFF and I had to go out of my way to learn how to put one S-ON again to work on the problem, I could have just ignored it because it didn't affect me but i'd rather try to help everyone, at any cost, then just serve my own selfish desires.
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The question still remains, though, is anyone else working on USB host / OTG cable support?
Sent from a digital distance.

Some_dude36 said:
whaddya mean ps3 controller? is my doubleshot going to finally work on a ps3? O.O and what is usb host support exactly anyways and what can it be used to do ?
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PS3 controllers cannot connect to and be used by HTC Sense devices, the bluetooth software HTC went with prevents it. If you flash an AOSP ROM you can use one, though, so it's not that it doesn't work but that HTC doesn't want to let us. (Technically broadcomm, but their name isn't printed on the device)
USB host support means that if you get a micro-usb to female USB cable or an adapter you could plug in flash drives, portable hard drives or even other devices to this phone directly.
Since I can get usb cables and adapters at the dollar store now, they aren't hard to come by.
Being able to plug in a flash drive, or install linux on the doubleshot and use it to run the android sdk and program other phones or android devices by plugging it in to this one would be nice - I can install linux on my nook color and then plug this phone into it directly and run fastboot commands while I'm sitting on the bus or something without a bulky laptop - pretty sweet, huh?
No reason we can't do it with this nice, tiny, portable android powehouse other then someone hasn't sat down to take the time and make it happen.
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I thought the cable used for the ps3 was for charging only and still sends signal via bluetooth. I knoww that's how the xbox works with it's plug and play kit.
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ps3 controllers
PS3 controllers communicate with either USB or bluetooth. He was refering to using the bluetooth part with our phones and "sixaxis controller" app to pair them together.

Any new word on this?
I know tbalden an kornyone have put together a customized kernel for the CM9 alpha releases in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644084
I haven't seen any mention of USB host mode, but I don't have enough posts on xda to ask if that's even a consideration.

my aokp rom has customizable usb host support. idk if cm does

Man, I'd love to see OTG in Miktouch or one of the Sense ICS ROMs.

scverhagen said:
UPDATED 10-27-2012 (r7b)
ROM
This is the stable version of CyanogenMod 9.1 with some modifications:
- Battery drain bug fixed
- Remote Wipe hack/exploit patched (see here)
- Includes modified kernel (see next section)
Stable Kernel
- Linux Kernel 3.0.48
- Kernel debugging disabled to improve performance]
- USB Fast Charge - credit to yank555-lu and xmc-wildchild22
- Undervolting tweaks - credit to xmc-wildchild22
- Overclocked GPU - credit to xmc-wildchild22
- Snapdragon optimizations - credit to xmc-wildchild22
- Inverted front facing camera mirroring issue [r3] (CyanogenMod)
- bluetooth deep sleep issue fixed (lpm -- credit to Agrabren) - modified in [r5] to (hopefully) reduce wifi drain issues
- ondemandx governor (existz [email protected])
- lulzactive, lulzactiveq, and hotplug governors (thanks to SilverL for the pull request)
- IO Schedulers: noopp, deadline, cfq, sio, vr
- USB OTG support (SebastianFM)
- Camera flash enabled down to 5% battery [r7]
- zsmalloc from kernel 3.5 (godmachine81) [r7]
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mattlowry said:
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Too bad it isn't a Sense ROM. Hopefully, someone will be able to incorporate it into one soon. I just don't like CM or AOKP at all.

CM9/10 on HOXL

Is there any major milestone that must be overcome in order for the cyanogenmod team to officially support the HOXL? Are we just waiting for ROM cooks to take initiative? I know S-off is nice to have, but I don't believe it's a requirement.

No but kernel source would be required for jelly bean at the very least. And probably a little more developer interest.
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jordanetodd said:
No but kernel source would be required for jelly bean at the very least. And probably a little more developer interest.
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what's the deal with developer interest on the One X ? Is this not a popular phone or is it that most developers bought an international version?
Seems like ther'es been a fair amount of work as far as ROMS and mods and things go, but the Kernel source is the reason that there are working JB roms for the GS3 and we don't even have CM9 fully working yet....

I believe the developer interest come from a few factors.
1) There are few developers that get paid nothing and porting CM9/10 is a lot of work.
2) There are hundreds of devices how do you pick which one gets the CM9/10 .... sales.
The HTC One XL is a nice device but as a LTE device and from HTC it is likely not the strongest selling phone in North America

shorty6049 said:
what's the deal with developer interest on the One X ? Is this not a popular phone or is it that most developers bought an international version?
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There's definitely more people on the One X international version. People will find that most phones with kernel source available and unlocked bootloader will draw more developers... But in this case quantity =/= quality. I've had several android phones over the years and yes, while it's nice to have a giant land of developers with pages and pages of roms to look through, they lose their luster to mediocrity. You'll find some of the best devs who weren't discouraged by the locked down devices such as this one, and as a result, the product (ROM, kernel, etc) will always be top-notch. And a smaller, more intimate dev community encourages more interaction and community support, making the overall experience that much better.

I think we already have pretty solid support, given that there's still no kernel source available.
We have great Sense-based ROMs (the CleanROM family, amongst others) as well as pretty-solid alphas of CM9 and AOKP. Personally I've been very tempted to try either CM9 or AOKP, but I haven't made the plunge yet. A friend of mine is using CM9 has his daily driver without issue.
I believe the team working on CM9 has plans to incorporate their currently-unofficial branch into being officially a part of CM9 (or CM10) once kernel source is released and the remaining issues are resolved.

Functioning CM9/10 is all i really want on this device. I don't need anything flashy. Just give these awesome devs the source kernel HTC!!!

The major milestone is kernel source. Without it, the devs can't squash some of these remaining bugs on our device. Without that, we won't get merged into the main branch (afaik). As to why there are more people on the international version, just look at what you just said. The INTERNATIONAL version. It's available on more carriers and yes, it is a heck of a lot easier to develop for since they didn't have to waste time trying to figure out how to unlock the bootloader (which makes them at least a month of ahead of us in terms of development) and they have source.
Trust me, once we have source, development will skyrocket.
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pearlbrian said:
Functioning CM9/10 is all i really want on this device. I don't need anything flashy. Just give these awesome devs the source kernel HTC!!!
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Our CM9 port is totally functional! Though...not 100%...but from what I've seen it's good enough for a daily driver. I'm running AOKP M6.2 and it's perfectly usable.

stnguyen09 said:
The major milestone is kernel source. Without it, the devs can't squash some of these remaining bugs on our device. Without that, we won't get merged into the main branch (afaik). As to why there are more people on the international version, just look at what you just said. The INTERNATIONAL version. It's available on more carriers and yes, it is a heck of a lot easier to develop for since they didn't have to waste time trying to figure out how to unlock the bootloader (which makes them at least a month of ahead of us in terms of development) and they have source.
Trust me, once we have source, development will skyrocket.
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Our CM9 port is totally functional! Though...not 100%...but from what I've seen it's good enough for a daily driver. I'm running AOKP M6.2 and it's perfectly usable.
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Sorry, i didn't mean functional. I meant, like you said, 100%.

pearlbrian said:
Sorry, i didn't mean functional. I meant, like you said, 100%.
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yeah, my issue is that the few things that ARENT working are the things I want the most. Frustrating that this is as good as it can get unless HTC releases that source (which it's sort of staring to look like they may get away with not doing at all)

I think source will come. It's just sad that i have JB running on my old as bones Captivate while my shiny new one x is stuck with Sense :crying:

AOKP is great, very little doesn't work. It even has NFC. I have been using it for about a week. Very stable.
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kleeman7 said:
AOKP is great, very little doesn't work. It even has NFC. I have been using it for about a week. Very stable.
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what on AOKP doesn't work currently? I'm trying to decide whether to switch back to something like CleanROM DE or over to AOKP right now.
I just got a nexus 7 and was planning on using it as a nav/media player in my car , mounted in front of the existing stereo. What I'd like to do is use my phone as a wifi hotspot (triggered by a NFC tag in the car) and then stream music through the tablet via bluetooth.

shorty6049 said:
what on AOKP doesn't work currently? I'm trying to decide whether to switch back to something like CleanROM DE or over to AOKP right now.
I just got a nexus 7 and was planning on using it as a nav/media player in my car , mounted in front of the existing stereo. What I'd like to do is use my phone as a wifi hotspot (triggered by a NFC tag in the car) and then stream music through the tablet via bluetooth.
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If you connect your tablet through the wifi hotspot on your phone then you wouldn't need bluetooth right?

SkizzMcNizz said:
If you connect your tablet through the wifi hotspot on your phone then you wouldn't need bluetooth right?
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Not quite sure what you mean,
The tablet would get Internet from my phone, then I'd use the tablet to stream music to my stereo via bluetooth

shorty6049 said:
what on AOKP doesn't work currently? I'm trying to decide whether to switch back to something like CleanROM DE or over to AOKP right now.
I just got a nexus 7 and was planning on using it as a nav/media player in my car , mounted in front of the existing stereo. What I'd like to do is use my phone as a wifi hotspot (triggered by a NFC tag in the car) and then stream music through the tablet via bluetooth.
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From the AOKP thread:
What doesn't work:
Tethering (coming soon)
Panorama mode in Camera app
2G/3G switch (needs kernel source)
Same multitouch bug as CM (needs kernel source) <- When you have multiple touch points active and you remove one, the phone loses track of all of the others
Face Unlock
Other things may come up too depending on your specific situation (especially if you don't clear dalvik and cache or don't factory reset).

stnguyen09 said:
From the AOKP thread:
What doesn't work:
Tethering (coming soon)
Panorama mode in Camera app
2G/3G switch (needs kernel source)
Same multitouch bug as CM (needs kernel source) <- When you have multiple touch points active and you remove one, the phone loses track of all of the others
Face Unlock
Other things may come up too depending on your specific situation (especially if you don't clear dalvik and cache or don't factory reset).
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Edit- I was looking at the wrong AOKP thread.
(for whatever reason, android beam doesn't seem to be working when I try it on milestone 6.2 though) I touch the phone to the tablet (both with NFC and android beam turned on) and nothing happens.
Tried it with a photo open as well to see if you needed content to beam . No luck

shorty6049 said:
Edit- I was looking at the wrong AOKP thread.
(for whatever reason, android beam doesn't seem to be working when I try it on milestone 6.2 though) I touch the phone to the tablet (both with NFC and android beam turned on) and nothing happens.
Tried it with a photo open as well to see if you needed content to beam . No luck
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I don't think beam can actually send photos, only links and contact information. SBeam on the SGSIII can send files and such because it uses Wifi Direct to transfer files. Try sending a web page or a contact card between your devices and see if that works? I've never used NFC yet so I'm just going by what I read.

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I don't think beam can actually send photos, only links and contact information. SBeam on the SGSIII can send files and such because it uses Wifi Direct to transfer files. Try sending a web page or a contact card between your devices and see if that works? I've never used NFC yet so I'm just going by what I read.
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I got it to work using CleanRom (not a photo, it told me it didn't support receiving large files) . I might flash something new tonight... I really just want something that does wifi tether (which I'll have to read into more... I feel like it's tougher to get that feature working on this phone than it was on my Evo) and NFC (so I can automatically turn on tethering when I get in the car) . I'm alright using a sense-based ROM if I have to since anything is pretty fast on this phone and cleanrom is relatively AOSPish

stnguyen09 said:
I don't think beam can actually send photos, only links and contact information. SBeam on the SGSIII can send files and such because it uses Wifi Direct to transfer files. Try sending a web page or a contact card between your devices and see if that works? I've never used NFC yet so I'm just going by what I read.
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Sending Photos only works on JB. With ICS you can you can send contact info and Youtube links. Works between CM9 on One X and my N7 running JB.

Aosp MHL?

I'm guessing it's not an issue, but I just wanted to make sure before I invested in the adapter. So anyone know if tv-out is functional with aosp roms?

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I have a feeling it doesn't but I don't know for sure.
I know I went through hell with that feature on my previous Rezound. I use the MHL HDMI out feature every day & some of the most awesome ROMs would work perfectly except that MHL HDMI feature would be broken & I would have to revert to a more stock based ROM.

I briefly tried using MHL out on d2hacker's 7/26 build of CM10, and I had no success. I've been on Synergy since then, so I can't speak to more recent builds. Now that you mention it, I don't recall it being mentioned as a known issue.
For reference, my daily driver is Synergy and I use the 11-pin to 5-pin adapter, which works as expected on TW roms.

Better hdmi & lapdock support

So I'm not sure if this is where I post this, but there are 2 things that seem to be missing on every ROM, including the official OTA, that were included on leak 1
A: Lapdock battery, in leak #1 you got a percentage for both lapdock and phone and had a choice to charge the phone or not or even auto based on which had more juice left.
2: Where is the HDMI audio??? Pretty sure it worked on the leak, yet here I am OTA with no lapdock audio unless I set it to phone speaker.
I apologize if this is posted against the rules, feel free remove, edit, move, delete or whatever. I just thought all devs should know these are features that should be included in every ROM released for our phone. If anyone disagrees please post a reply

I'm on leak #2, and lapdock audio is just fine for me... (not that i'd ever want to use it)

This belongs in Q&A. And I hate to tell you but the devs have no control over stock motorola built roms, if it does not work in stock, then we will not be able to make it work in a custom rom.

I guess that app scaling would have to be a some kind of totally custom build after bootloader unlock then? Or more likely not until Google themselves make it a feature of Android , with nearly all with nearly all new devices featuring some form of HDMI out...

binthe920 said:
I guess that app scaling would have to be a some kind of totally custom build after bootloader unlock then? Or more likely not until Google themselves make it a feature of Android , with nearly all with nearly all new devices featuring some form of HDMI out...
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Not unless Motorola releases the lapdock and dock code as opensource, and all the kernel code as well. This is really not likely, so don't hold your breath, and this really has nothing to do with Google, as they have said a billion times that Motorola is going be it's own entity, for now.

I mean that they should do away with webtop, and make hdmi out on all Android devices the same with the ability to rescale apps on the fly. I guess the problem is actually occurring when changing apps between tablet and phone versions.