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Why do people say no mirco sd when theirs usb OTG

Wondering why people say the lack of sd card is no go when theirs usb on the go
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usb-otg is nice but you have to carry around at least one more "device".
a sdcard is installed "once" and you never have to think about it again.

Hello, the answer for your question is, when the device you are using acts as a host for any of external storage, the *battery drain* is alot faster than normal condition and obviously you cannot charge it at the same time. The phone can withstands that condition for about 20-30 minutes. So the USB OTG Is a no go as compared to SDCard.
If battery is not the issue, go for it!!!
Also if you are thinking of forcefully adding OTG capability to your device using root permissions, THINK TWICE. It may cause damage/ burning of internal hardware.
Hope I helped you.
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I really thought USB OTG was nice, until I realized that you would have no way to charge to device while watching a movie.
If you're listening to songs then it's a hassle to have that extra wire and drive sticking out from the phone.
However, USB OTG is still very useful for being able to have a keyboard to type with when you don't have access to a computer
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[Q] TV-out on Galaxy S Blaze

Is there a trick to get video output from the blaze? hdmi or vga or anything at all? I'm surprised because it works on the galaxy S and I though they were almost identical phones except for the processor.
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butterquark said:
Is there a trick to get video output from the blaze? hdmi or vga or anything at all? I'm surprised because it works on the galaxy S and I though they were almost identical phones except for the processor.
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Actually, the Tmobile GS2 has the exact same processor (the 'normal' gs2 soc doesn't support hspa+42 and tmobile wanted the higher network speed over higher clock). From what I understand, there is no way to get video out of the blaze.

If you are trying to play it on pc there are a few software apps that can stream like VLC and such. TV... pretty screwed. I hear even the mhl adapters arent working for our phones either. Sorry
With Android 4.2 is a feature called Miracast or something close to that, pretty much just lets you stream to WiFi TVs.

True we are screwed. I was under the impression there was no MHL support on the blaze, and thus, it will never work.
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... pretty screwed. I hear even the mhl adapters arent working for our phones either. Sorry
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Has anyone tried plugging flash drive into the phone with a mircousb to USB female?
I wanna get a converter but if HDMI doesn't work, I doubt that connecting external storage would work...
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overheadsmash50 said:
Has anyone tried plugging flash drive into the phone with a mircousb to USB female?
I wanna get a converter but if HDMI doesn't work, I doubt that connecting external storage would work...
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I haven't tried it (but can tomorrow), but I don't see why external storage wouldn't work. What you'd want is a USB on the go adapter to basically act as a host-mode interface for the phone to the storage.
I bought one of these adapters for less than $1 a piece, shipped. Well, I guess actually I bought 3 (they were really cheap) because I wanted to play with all sorts of things, including controlling my DSLR with one of those DSLR apps
Using this method and a USB hub, there's no reason that you shouldn't be able to successfully add all sorts of stuff like extra storage, mouse, keyboard, etc.
Mind you the host OS (read: ROM) has to support it. CM should support most of that out of the box. I don't know about stock based roms.

Yea I was gonna get it for my camera and other things but wasn't sure if it was capable of doing it.
I remember how on my Samsung Vibrant, the TV-Out feature worked by plugging a RCA cable to the headphone jack...It doesn't work on the blaze though. Just FYI
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Sure are a lpt pf TV-out and OTG files in ALL the roms........

USB OTG should work fine. That is built ib and works for me with a powered hub.
I tried compiling MHL support into the kernel, which works, but nothing on the TV. I think there are parts missing in the ROM for it to work.

[OT] TV screen resolution problem

So, I've recently had to switch TVs for my computer monitor.. I went from a 56" wide screen HDTV to a 27" SDTV... :'(
Now a little info about this TV I'm on right now, it's an RCA with the only input remotely available to hook up to a PC is S-Video.. I'm using a VGA to S-Video converter. However, my TV size cuts off about a 1/4 of my desktop screen. All my files/folders I use for dev tools are cut off and I cannot access them from the desktop shortcut. I've tried going into the system settings and changing size/resolution to try and fit to the screen, but the size/res that I have don't fit. I only have two choices [1024x760 / 800x600], My OS right now, is Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, soon I will be changing to Linux Mint. Guess for now, I'll have to help people out using my laptop instead of my desktop.
Does anyonw have any ideas on what I can do to fit my desktop to my TV size, other than to buy a new TV...? I didn't have a problem on my wide screen at all. Also, sorry if there are any incorrectly spelled words, This TV is extremely pixilated, then again it's through s-video....

Thats the max res for svideo. if that tv has component and your pc has hdmi you can get hdmi to component
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exad said:
Thats the max res for svideo. if that tv has component and your pc has hdmi you can get hdmi to component
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I looked at that right after I posted this thread and my tv, surprisingly, has component. I'll give that a go in the near future and see what it does becuase this s-video thing isn't making me a happy man.

There maybe adjustments you can make on the TV or in its menus to make it fit somewhat better.
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[Q] Still usable after broken lcd?

So I have a tablet with a broken lcd but it has an SD card port and a hdmi port something not many Android devices have, anyway to still use it, whether it be hdmi cable, remote control software, adb or something similar...?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Jserrano56 said:
So I have a tablet with a broken lcd but it has an SD card port and a hdmi port something not many Android devices have, anyway to still use it, whether it be hdmi cable, remote control software, adb or something similar...?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Should be possible, if it has a USB port you could use a mouse with it, or as you say use some remote control software.
Might be difficult to set up if the touch screen part is dead as well though.

ThorburnJ said:
Should be possible, if it has a USB port you could use a mouse with it, or as you say use some remote control software.
Might be difficult to set up if the touch screen part is dead as well though.
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Any suggestions, as in software?

HDMI out with usb

Is it possible to use the hdmi out and connect a usb peripheral? I have a bunch of lapdocks laying around and it would be cool to be able to use them with this phone with a couple adapters.

Lack of replies make me think this isnt possible.

Yes. With the right mhl adaptor it is entirely possible.
As far as controlling them with the lapdocks.... No. We dont have the software needed. You should still be able to display to them though.
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justin94 said:
Yes. With the right mhl adaptor it is entirely possible.
As far as controlling them with the lapdocks.... No. We dont have the software needed. You should still be able to display to them though.
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I think the mouse and keyboard on the lapdock is just usb. So as long as i can get it all wired right I think it should work. Any idea what the right MHL adapter is?

I wouldn't risk it tbh. You would have to splice and dice. If i remember correctly, the laptops are made for a dual connection, ie. HDMI and USB at the same time. I'm not sure that this phone is capable of that, seeing as the USB and mhl have to go into the same place.
I think I remember seeing someone trying this before and it failed.
Just about and HDMI adapter on amazon should work. The one I got years ago cost me maybe $8 with shipping.
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justin94 said:
Yes. With the right mhl adaptor it is entirely possible.
As far as controlling them with the lapdocks.... No. We dont have the software needed. You should still be able to display to them though.
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Expect the d802 doesn't use mhl it uses slimport.
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treebill said:
Expect the d802 doesn't use mhl it uses slimport.
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Why is that relevant? This thread is in a Verizon HTC One M8 forum . . . And the M8 uses MHL.

Dodge DeBoulet said:
Why is that relevant? This thread is in a Verizon HTC One M8 forum . . . And the M8 uses MHL.
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sorry thought this was on the g2 q&a my bad

Using a Samsung micro USB - HDMI worked fine for me using the GPE rom. I was able to have my screen display on my TV with no issues. I was hoping to use this to stream FIOS Mobile to a Hotel TV. Unfortunately, when FIOS Mobile sees an HDMI connection, it won't stream
You do need to power this connection. If not, you'll get nothing. This is the cable I used...

So maybe my original post wasnt clear? I know we can get hdmi out of the usb port. What i wanted to know is if there is an adapter that allows you do hdmi out AND connect a usb mouse or keyboard at the same time. On the samsung s4 or s5 or one of them, there was a media dock that allowed this. Not sure if the hardware is here on the m8 to do something similar.
EDIT: This thing: http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EDD-S20JWEGSTA

I think samsung uses a proprietary 11pin mhl to do what im talking about. Pretty sure the m8 just has the normal mhl, 5 pin or whatever so this isnt possible. If anyone knows different let me know. I sure wish this phone had a dedicated micro hdmi port.