[Q] Wireless Peripherals and Gaming Controllers - General Questions and Answers

I would like to know a few things about android peripherals:
I currently own a Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus and I'm about to buy a gaming controller for it.
​First question:
What's the difference between 2.4 Ghz Wireless Connection and Bluetooth? I mean, can you use a 2.4 Ghz PS3 Controller on Android, or no?
​2nd Question:
Is there any possible way of using a WiiMote Plus with this device? I know that Samsung changed the Bluetooth Stack Drivers, but I also saw a guy on YouTube connecting a WiiMote to Samsung Galaxy with no problem!
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Device History:
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic: Something went wrong on the motherboard!
Alcatel OT-903D: Retired
ZTE Blade: Retired
Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus: Current

zarkotom said:
I would like to know a few things about android peripherals:
I currently own a Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus and I'm about to buy a gaming controller for it.
​First question:
What's the difference between 2.4 Ghz Wireless Connection and Bluetooth? I mean, can you use a 2.4 Ghz PS3 Controller on Android, or no?
​2nd Question:
Is there any possible way of using a WiiMote Plus with this device? I know that Samsung changed the Bluetooth Stack Drivers, but I also saw a guy on YouTube connecting a WiiMote to Samsung Galaxy with no problem!
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Device History:
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic: Something went wrong on the motherboard!
Alcatel OT-903D: Retired
ZTE Blade: Retired
Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus: Current
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the wiimote, with the app of course should work with any phone that has bluetooth. i heard it does not work on Kitkat yet and possibly jellybean 4.3.

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Trozzul said:
the wiimote, with the app of course should work with any phone that has bluetooth. i heard it does not work on Kitkat yet and possibly jellybean 4.3.
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Like I said in my above post, Samsung replaced the stock andoid Bluetooth drivers in Touchwiz with their drivers!
For this reason the WiiController app and other similar ones do not work on it.

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So I saw my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 has a feature called AllShare Cast (in Settings). For that to function you need a Samsung AllShare Cast dongle on your TV/PC, which wouldn't be a very satisfying option for me, as I'd rather have something brand-agnostic so any new device could hook up.
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But a few forum posts I've come across claim that AllShare Cast is built on top of Miracast, suggesting that these two implementations might be compatible. That's a confusing statement in the best and a misleading statement in the worst case. Is there any way that the hardware of the Galaxy Note 10.1 would be usable to send Miracast? Like by a custom kernel or ROM, an OTA update etc? Or is this manifestly impossible due to differences in hardware?
nope it doesnt!
Intel WiDi is also Miracast based. And you can connect any Upnp DLNA Player to a WiDi Server.
But couldnt get that running with my Note.
Maybe Allsharecast only works via WiFi Direct?
Haldi4803 said:
nope it doesnt!
Intel WiDi is also Miracast based. And you can connect any Upnp DLNA Player to a WiDi Server.
But couldnt get that running with my Note.
Maybe Allsharecast only works via WiFi Direct?
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Note 10.1 is a miracast certified device the list includes (one x, s3, noteII, optimus g, nexus4 and some nvidia tablets) search for the complete list
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Haldi4803 said:
nope it doesnt!
Intel WiDi is also Miracast based. And you can connect any Upnp DLNA Player to a WiDi Server.
But couldnt get that running with my Note.
Maybe Allsharecast only works via WiFi Direct?
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Miracast is based on WiFi Direct not Upnp, and Intel widi have some issued that will be fixed via driver update, if you want to connect your note to Upnp don't use allshare cast but use the normal all share application, that is for now till the drivers are fixed, but onething for sure is that note10.1 is on the list of miracast certified devices
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Note 10.1 is a miracast certified device the list includes (one x, s3, noteII, optimus g, nexus4 and some nvidia tablets) search for the complete list
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Could you provide me with a list that mentions the Note 10.1?
I only find a press release (link) stating the following:
"As a leader in N-screen technology, Samsung has introduced AllShare Cast (based on Miracast), which is incorporated into most of Samsung's high-end smart mobile devices including the GALAXY S III, GALAXY Note 10.1, and GALAXY Note II, " said Hankil Yoon, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy Team, Samsung's Mobile Communication Business. "We will continue to support the program, and plan to offer more Miracast-certified devices to our customers going forward."
But then if you watch the two links in my first post (which link to the WiFi Alliance certificates of these devices), you see they state that the Samsung Galaxy S3 has Miracast Source certification, where the Galaxy Note 10.1 doesn't make any mention of it. Perhaps this still can be added in a future review of the hardware.
I just looked up the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100) on the WiFi Alliance product certification page, sorted to only show Samsung products, it too, doesn't list Miracast Source as a certified option.
Here's a list of all "officially" certified Miracast devices.
Here's another XDA post outlining success with the SGS3 but faillure with a Note II.

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My brother just got the galaxy s3 and thought what better present than the cast dongle for xmas?
but then he also bought himself the tf700 soo im wondering if the tf700 work with the allshare cast dongle?
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The short answer is no, it won't. Samsung allshare cast dongle is proprietary and it works with some of their newest models (like Galaxy S3). The miracast standard will fix this, but it is not ready for prime time yet.
maxnik1 said:
The short answer is no, it won't. Samsung allshare cast dongle is proprietary and it works with some of their newest models (like Galaxy S3). The miracast standard will fix this, but it is not ready for prime time yet.
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aw man hopefully there will be a way one day, thanks for the reply

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