Before I go out and buy an HDMI cable I had a quick question. If I output an Android game or emulator to the TV does the screen on the Shield turn off or can it be set to turn off to save battery? I think seeing the screen mirrored in front of me would be annoying and waste battery.
Thanks.
I have not looked for a way to turn off the android screen, but by default it stays on.
Evo_Shift said:
Before I go out and buy an HDMI cable I had a quick question. If I output an Android game or emulator to the TV does the screen on the Shield turn off or can it be set to turn off to save battery? I think seeing the screen mirrored in front of me would be annoying and waste battery.
Thanks.
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Most android games (and the operating system, itself) are going to have some touch controls involved, in one way or another. I agree it would save battery life, but it's not really "annoying" to have the screen mirrored on your shield. Especially when you have to use touch controls once in a while.
You could try turning the screen brightness to min or something. I don't think that affects the screen brightness on your TV, but I guess it might.
Yeah, i was mostly referring to emulators I guess. I'll probably pick one up and give it a try. I remember my Transformer Prime being able to stream movies with the screen off which is why I was curious. I no longer have that though nor the cable....I'm not even sure it was the same type of HDMI cable either.
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Title says all...
when TV out is plugged in and on turn the phone Screen off but touch stays on...
or screw the touch. just want the friggin screen off while plugged into tv and car tv.
TRusselo said:
Title says all...
when TV out is plugged in and on turn the phone Screen off but touch stays on...
or screw the touch. just want the friggin screen off while plugged into tv and car tv.
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Yeah, this is really needed. I hope someone with the skills to do it agrees as well
Only solution I know requires root : Rootdim.
daveid said:
Only solution I know requires root : Rootdim.
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You're right, That app could do it. Sadly, it does not work on all devices (ie. going lower than Android's restricted minimum). It works on my Nook Color, but doesn't on my Evo3D, which has MHL
After all the excitement of my TF arriving I fired it up to find that the touch screen has issues. Say you are in landscape mode, about an inch from the top there a half inch wide strip that runs all the way across the screen that will not respond to a finger touch. I either have to have it docked and use the mouse to do anything in that area or turn it to portrait to change the orientation so what I want to touch is not in that area. That same area of the screen is dead in portrait mode too.
Also, it won't charge through the USB ports. I was in on the TD sales so a return is not possible. I'll wait till more are available, buy another from a different local vender then do a swap and a return.
when connected to your PC,it won't charge through the USB port unless you turn the screen off
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when connected to your PC,it won't charge through the USB port unless you turn the screen off
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I left it sit with the screen off for over an hour and the battery level dropped. I also tried it completely powered down and the battery level didn't change.
garyhesq said:
After all the excitement of my TF arriving I fired it up to find that the touch screen has issues. Say you are in landscape mode, about an inch from the top there a half inch wide strip that runs all the way across the screen that will not respond to a finger touch. I either have to have it docked and use the mouse to do anything in that area or turn it to portrait to change the orientation so what I want to touch is not in that area. That same area of the screen is dead in portrait mode too.
Also, it won't charge through the USB ports. I was in on the TD sales so a return is not possible. I'll wait till more are available, buy another from a different local vender then do a swap and a return.
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had you installed any apps at all before this happened?
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Also, it won't charge through the USB ports.
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Wasn't that by design? I seem to remember hearing that the power supplied via USB is so little that you can't charge there, but have to use the a special cable?
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had you installed any apps at all before this happened?
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It was like that outa the box. The first thing I tried to do was drag a few icons to the removal area. As soon as I slid it up the screen and hit that area I couldn't drag it any farther. It was like I took my finger off the screen. It took me a while figure out what was going on.
Kermode said:
Wasn't that by design? I seem to remember hearing that the power supplied via USB is so little that you can't charge there, but have to use the a special cable?
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Hmm... Now that you mention it I think I read that somewhere too...... Time to do more research.
The problem I have right now is I am leaving for camp this afternoon and I have no electric there yet. So I guess I better have it fully charged before I leave. It's going to be tough getting a whole weekend out of a new new toy.
One more thing, I left my wall charger at home so I borrowed a coworkers Thunderbolt wall charger to see if I could top it off before I left for the weekend. It won't charge it either. So something must be pretty special about the TF's wall charger.
Although the problem seems different from mine, it does show ASUS has some quality control problem with the touch screen no TF. See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068569
garyhesq said:
After all the excitement of my TF arriving I fired it up to find that the touch screen has issues. Say you are in landscape mode, about an inch from the top there a half inch wide strip that runs all the way across the screen that will not respond to a finger touch.
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I had exactly this with my first TF, except it was a 1/2" wide strip about 1" up from the dock connector. Factory reset and unplugging from the charger had no effect. Asus was willing to do an RMA but I returned it to Newegg instead and hunted for another one.
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After all the excitement of my TF arriving I fired it up to find that the touch screen has issues. Say you are in landscape mode, about an inch from the top there a half inch wide strip that runs all the way across the screen that will not respond to a finger touch. I either have to have it docked and use the mouse to do anything in that area or turn it to portrait to change the orientation so what I want to touch is not in that area. That same area of the screen is dead in portrait mode too.
Also, it won't charge through the USB ports. I was in on the TD sales so a return is not possible. I'll wait till more are available, buy another from a different local vender then do a swap and a return.
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Ever charged a laptop with a USB cable? Use the provided charger
atxer said:
Ever charged a laptop with a USB cable? Use the provided charger
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I left it at home thinking I could charge VIA USB. I won't be back to the house till Monday.
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I had exactly this with my first TF, except it was a 1/2" wide strip about 1" up from the dock connector. Factory reset and unplugging from the charger had no effect. Asus was willing to do an RMA but I returned it to Newegg instead and hunted for another one.
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Ok, after reading all the new posts this morning from a lot new purchasers I guess I am not the lone ranger with some issues. I guess that is to be expected for us early adopters. I'll get this unit switched out when they become more available and I'll just deal with the screen problem till then.
I love the TF. The screen is beautiful, seems very responsive in the area that it works and is extremely fast. When it's hooked up to my Bolt using 4G it surfs amazingly quick. I can deal with a bug or two for a while.
I've got the same thing but about a third of the way from the bottom of the screen. It doesn't respond to touch when I lay the tablet down, but when I hold it in my hand it will respond better but still not great. Strange.
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I left it sit with the screen off for over an hour and the battery level dropped. I also tried it completely powered down and the battery level didn't change.
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then use the charger they gave you
Hey guys,
messing arond with my new transformer at the moment. Keyboard delay and power drain on the dock suck, but the overall performance and usability are more than enough to let it stay.
Next week i am going to a small local festial, the wacken open air, and i am currently thinking about using my transformer as an external battery for my iphone. It should at least be able to charge my phone for two more times, so i can use 3g and the cam the whole festival long instead of killing those features for sqeazing out the battery up to 4 days.
I tried charging it at home, but at the moment the display turns off, the Iphone stops charging.
I could start playing music on the tab to keep it from going into standby, but that feels like cheating
Is there any way to just activate one (or all) usb-ports without turning on the display or even better: without turning on the whole OS?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english.
most festivals have cellphone charching stations
If you really must charge your phone with the dock, I'd turn off the auto brightness on the screen and turn it all the way down, then set the screen sleep to "never".
peng00 said:
Hey guys,
messing arond with my new transformer at the moment. Keyboard delay and power drain on the dock suck, but the overall performance and usability are more than enough to let it stay.
Next week i am going to a small local festial, the wacken open air, and i am currently thinking about using my transformer as an external battery for my iphone. It should at least be able to charge my phone for two more times, so i can use 3g and the cam the whole festival long instead of killing those features for sqeazing out the battery up to 4 days.
I tried charging it at home, but at the moment the display turns off, the Iphone stops charging.
I could start playing music on the tab to keep it from going into standby, but that feels like cheating
Is there any way to just activate one (or all) usb-ports without turning on the display or even better: without turning on the whole OS?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english.
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I have a suggestion: dump that I-****e and get an android phone with a user replaceable battery....just saying...
I dont know of any method of doing this, but I would be interested in one.
grab a dreamgear 16,000 mah (not a typo) backup battery
Is this possible?
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Is this possible?
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I'd like to know too... anybody?
Turn your TF around.
No..
the HDMI exit on the transformer reproduces exactly what is on the tablet screen at that moment..
so if you turn off the screen you won't see anything..
It's annoying, some things like the fact that the youtube app does not rotate in full screen mode (so if you want to charge your device while playing you can't)
hope they fixed these little details in the prime
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Turn your TF around.
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Or my new solution - I put the cloth I keep in my transformer case to clean the screen over the screen when I dont want to see it - a bit old school I know - but it works.
Has anyone encountered the following issues with their SHIELD?
Mine was working just fine after updating to 4.3 and rooting with CWM. I performed multiple reboots in this configuration, played games, etc. - everything was fine.
I had a pretty busy weekend so didn't touch the SHIELD at all for a few days. When I got back:
When I opened it up, I saw the screen backlight turn on but nothing displayed on the screen. The SHIELD button was glowing green.
I long-pressed the SHIELD button to turn off the device. When I turn it back on, I get a white screen that is dark around the edges (mostly vignetting around the corners). The brightness of the screen here and degree of vignetting seem to change every time I try and turn on the device.
If I enter fastboot mode via the key combo, the same thing happens - white vignetted screen. The device DOES appear to enumerate as a fastboot device on my PC in this configuration.
At one point I figured it might be due to a low battery, so plugged it into the charger. 30 minutes later, when I opened the lid, I actually came up to a launcher screen with 65% battery.
However, after closing the lid and reopening it again - black screen again, with the "white vignette of death" coming back if I reboot.
Has anyone else seen similar behavior? Searching results in no one complaining about a white screen like this, at least not on this device.
Screen of Death
This just happened to me today. Did you find a fix for this problem?
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Has anyone encountered the following issues with their SHIELD?
Mine was working just fine after updating to 4.3 and rooting with CWM. I performed multiple reboots in this configuration, played games, etc. - everything was fine.
I had a pretty busy weekend so didn't touch the SHIELD at all for a few days. When I got back:
When I opened it up, I saw the screen backlight turn on but nothing displayed on the screen. The SHIELD button was glowing green.
I long-pressed the SHIELD button to turn off the device. When I turn it back on, I get a white screen that is dark around the edges (mostly vignetting around the corners). The brightness of the screen here and degree of vignetting seem to change every time I try and turn on the device.
If I enter fastboot mode via the key combo, the same thing happens - white vignetted screen. The device DOES appear to enumerate as a fastboot device on my PC in this configuration.
At one point I figured it might be due to a low battery, so plugged it into the charger. 30 minutes later, when I opened the lid, I actually came up to a launcher screen with 65% battery.
However, after closing the lid and reopening it again - black screen again, with the "white vignette of death" coming back if I reboot.
Has anyone else seen similar behavior? Searching results in no one complaining about a white screen like this, at least not on this device.
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Might be just bad luck for me.....
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This just happened to me today. Did you find a fix for this problem?
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So ive already gotten two shields and they both got the same effect. my guess is the ribbon cable when you open and close the screen, is wearing off? because when i open my shield in a certain way, it works... when i open it at around 100 degrees or open correctly then tilt it forward, the screen tears and slowly shows the white screen. I do admit that i open and close the screen more than i should, but i do it carefully. Ill look over at the ifixit site to see how the cable is connected to the board.
This is what has me worried about buying a shield, the ribbon cable, did you confirmed this was the problem?
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So ive already gotten two shields and they both got the same effect. my guess is the ribbon cable when you open and close the screen, is wearing off? because when i open my shield in a certain way, it works... when i open it at around 100 degrees or open correctly then tilt it forward, the screen tears and slowly shows the white screen. I do admit that i open and close the screen more than i should, but i do it carefully. Ill look over at the ifixit site to see how the cable is connected to the board.
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I am a tech by trade and bought one of ebay for 40 bucks cuz it would not power up so the guy claimed. After getting it I found the issue was actually the display was not coming on and once it did. Then went out in a few moments. Connect it to HDMI and the unit runs all day of you want to be cabled. ]
So I tore it down and found that the issue is the flex cable. The problem is that the flex cable is part of the LCD and you cannot just replace the cable. Also since the unit is so new there are no sources as of yet to by the LCD from.
So if you have this issue I suggest just holding out till a source of LCD's at hopefully a reasonable price become available.
So it's soldered to the screen and not replacable right?
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So it's soldered to the screen and not replacable right?
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That is correct.. The flex cable is actually an integral part of the display and even has much of the driver circuitry placed right on it at the LCD. In the business we call it a flex circuit since it is a flexible circuit board and not just a cable.
I pretty much know what you mean.
On my old Archos Gamepad I ripped the flex that connected the left side of the controler to the logic board by accident.
It was a pain in the ass to fix it by soldering seperate wires, I guess it's impossible to do this with the display connection in the Shield.
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I pretty much know what you mean.
On my old Archos Gamepad I ripped the flex that connected the left side of the controler to the logic board by accident.
It was a pain in the ass to fix it by soldering seperate wires, I guess it's impossible to do this with the display connection in the Shield.
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Might be possible if you used 32 gauge magnet wire. It is enamel coated so it won't short, but it to will break over time.
hi, flash factory image
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hi, flash factory image
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How are you supposed to flash a factory image when the screen won't let you see what you are doing? When you are in the bootloader screen the HDMI drivers are not loaded yet so not even hooking it to an external monitor will work. You might want to fully read and understand the problem next time before offering advice.:good:
fastboot tells you if you were sucessful or not.
just for relocking the bootloader you have to do some button combinations, you can look up some tutorial videos to see what you have to press.
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fastboot tells you if you were sucessful or not.
just for relocking the bootloader you have to do some button combinations, you can look up some tutorial videos to see what you have to press.
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Even still, it is not a software problem that causes this. I know because if I move my display to a certain angle it will start to work sometimes. A software issue would not cause this. I also have taken my apart since I am a tech and can actually see the traces in the flex cable that have broken..
Any device with a folding display is a bad idea and a failure waiting to happen. Flex cables have a limited number of flex cycles that is even usually published. So the idea of using them in a device that may get heavy use is just dumb.
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Any device with a folding display is a bad idea and a failure waiting to happen. Flex cables have a limited number of flex cycles that is even usually published. So the idea of using them in a device that may get heavy use is just dumb.
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I agree, they used flex in the Nintendo DS and 3Ds as well, but they don't break that fast.
I find it still better if they have used recular cables like what they use for Laptops.
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Even still, it is not a software problem that causes this. I know because if I move my display to a certain angle it will start to work sometimes. A software issue would not cause this. I also have taken my apart since I am a tech and can actually see the traces in the flex cable that have broken..
Any device with a folding display is a bad idea and a failure waiting to happen. Flex cables have a limited number of flex cycles that is even usually published. So the idea of using them in a device that may get heavy use is just dumb.
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What you are saying is the EXACT same thing that happened to my SHIELD. I can tell its a hardware problem because when I tilted my screen it would work, and sometimes it wouldn't. Now my SHIELD's display does not even show any signs of picture. HDMI still works, however. Like one of the previous posts said, there is not a screen available for purchase, so my next step is NVIDIA customer support. Maybe if they would sell these screens, I wouldn't even have to have a warranty claim. sigh.
White screen of death?
yes mine too same as
i tried connecting my via HDMI from power cable to large HDMI to plug it works fine on my galaxy tab
thought id be clever try it on nvidia shield never worked sould of bought mini HDMI so now White screen of death
i cant get into recovery or anything i had this on charge for 12 hrs yesterday still no green button on charge only orange .. i too cant find anything on internet to help with this White screen of death situation
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How are you supposed to flash a factory image when the screen won't let you see what you are doing? When you are in the bootloader screen the HDMI drivers are not loaded yet so not even hooking it to an external monitor will work. You might want to fully read and understand the problem next time before offering advice.:good:
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This. I'm having a similar issue. My wife's SHIELD has an unresponsive touch screen. So I tried to flash the factory image (It was never rooted to begin with) and I got the white screen issue when in the bootloader screen. I have to keep restarting it to get the screen to show up as normal when the device boots to the home screen. But the bootloader screen is still blank and white. I was able to watch a video and mimick the steps to flash the factory image but that did not fix the issue. It's definitely a hardware issue. I live in Cincinnati OH, anywhere I can go to have this fixed? I have a portable myself and i know this is going to happen to mine soon.