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[Q] Can't use IR Blaster without HTC TV app?

No IR blaster apps work to control my TV or any TV's other than the TV app which came with the phone? Is this normal and if so how can I use external apps to control my IR blaster? e.g power on or off TV
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S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
No IR blaster apps work to control my TV or any TV's other than the TV app which came with the phone? Is this normal and if so how can I use external apps to control my IR blaster? e.g power on or off TV
ROM: Android Revolution HD
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MNumber: HTC6525LVW
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I've used this app Smart IR Remote on my phone to control different TV's, fans, A/C's without an issue.
Are you getting any error messages? Anything else we can use or know to help figure out your issue?

totaman said:
I've used this app Smart IR Remote on my phone to control different TV's, fans, A/C's without an issue.
Are you getting any error messages? Anything else we can use or know to help figure out your issue?
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No errors & I just tried that and no luck. It's a Vizio TV which I'm testing on. I've tried on another Vizio TV and a Samsung one with no luck too. I know it works or at least worked on the Samsung TV but now it's not working at all on my Vizio TV and I doubt even the Samsung one. (havent tried samsung again yet) Also I put my S4 and M8 beside each other and tried using the same app to turn on my TV and where the M8 failed multiple times the S4 turned it on within half a second first try. I even took off my Otterbox case to try and see if it was somehow blocking it and it still wouldn't work. Could this be some sort of hardware problem or could it be software?

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
No errors & I just tried that and no luck. It's a Vizio TV which I'm testing on. I've tried on another Vizio TV and a Samsung one with no luck too. I know it works or at least worked on the Samsung TV but now it's not working at all on my Vizio TV and I doubt even the Samsung one. (havent tried samsung again yet) Also I put my S4 and M8 beside each other and tried using the same app to turn on my TV and where the M8 failed multiple times the S4 turned it on within half a second first try. I even took off my Otterbox case to try and see if it was somehow blocking it and it still wouldn't work. Could this be some sort of hardware problem or could it be software?
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From what I've read, the IR port is the power button too. So make sure you are pointing that end at the tv. That Otterbox is quite bulky, so make sure the power button area flap is up while trying remotes out.
I don't think it would be a hardware issue if you are able to use the stock tv app to control the tv.

What ROM are you using?

totaman said:
From what I've read, the IR port is the power button too. So make sure you are pointing that end at the tv. That Otterbox is quite bulky, so make sure the power button area flap is up while trying remotes out.
I don't think it would be a hardware issue if you are able to use the stock tv app to control the tv.
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I know and I did, still wouldn't work. I'm also having an issue getting 4G in areas where my friends can get it and their using Verizon too so maybe i have some type of firmware issue and I need to flash a stock RUU as suggested in my thread about that. I'll edit this or post again with the results whenever I try it.

andybones said:
What ROM are you using?
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ROM: Android Revolution HD

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
I know and I did, still wouldn't work. I'm also having an issue getting 4G in areas where my friends can get it and their using Verizon too so maybe i have some type of firmware issue and I need to flash a stock RUU as suggested in my thread about that. I'll edit this or post again with the results whenever I try it.
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Oops, I didn't see that you had a custom Rom. I'm guessing software issue now.

I'm also facing the same issue with Sprint m8, but my wife verizon m8 works with other apps too , I'm on stock ruu , not rooted, no s off , basically I'm on lollipop without any modification .
totaman said:
Oops, I didn't see that you had a custom Rom. I'm guessing software issue now.
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[Q] Miracast dongle.

Anyboddy using it? Is there any lag in displaying content on tv?

I'm using Chromecast, it works flawlessly.
And it's cheap.
S5 + chromecast = great combo

Make sure you not connecting to any router at the same time because when miracast connects it also connects to the nearest wifi hotspot you have saved and that will cause serious lag and picture breakup on hd videos.

Yeah, i would HIGHLY suggest not doing MIracast. I tried for +1 years trying to get it to work. BLUF: if you have a rooted device, good luck. I don't see the benefit of Miracast now that Chromecast supports screen mirroring (which works flawlessly). IMO.

seanvree said:
Yeah, i would HIGHLY suggest not doing MIracast. I tried for +1 years trying to get it to work. BLUF: if you have a rooted device, good luck. I don't see the benefit of Miracast now that Chromecast supports screen mirroring (which works flawlessly). IMO.
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Is there anything special you had to do to make your S5 work with the Chromecast? I can't get the mirror option (or whatever it says) to show up in my Chromecast app. I have an S5 Active.

argolfermd said:
Is there anything special you had to do to make your S5 work with the Chromecast? I can't get the mirror option (or whatever it says) to show up in my Chromecast app. I have an S5 Active.
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No, mine worked right out of the box which was surprising since I have a custom ROM and kernel.

seanvree said:
No, mine worked right out of the box which was surprising since I have a custom ROM and kernel.
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At least I know now it's possible. Maybe I can trick Google into thinking I have an S5. Thanks for getting back to me so fast.

Is there a fix for chromecast mirrored feature?

i know it doesn't work for the G3. I have Xposed, wondering if there's a work around yet?

What isn't working? I have a Chromecast and the mirroring feature works on my phone.
No matter what, I can never stay away from android for long.

idelgado782 said:
What isn't working? I have a Chromecast and the mirroring feature works on my phone.
No matter what, I can never stay away from android for long.
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for me when i try to mirror my phone, it never works and i remember others had the same problem.

Do you have the beta option? I've never had any issues. Its a bit spotty but it works. Do you have the Chromecast app installed?

works fine for me as well

idelgado782 said:
Do you have the beta option? I've never had any issues. Its a bit spotty but it works. Do you have the Chromecast app installed?
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yessir. i'll try updating everything. maybe old firmware ....

I just purchased an AT&T LG G3 a couple weeks ago and installed chromecast tonight. The cast screen option doesn't even show up for me. is there some special trick to make it show up?

uabtodd said:
I just purchased an AT&T LG G3 a couple weeks ago and installed chromecast tonight. The cast screen option doesn't even show up for me. is there some special trick to make it show up?
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You need to also install the chromecast app from play store. What version is google play services on your g3?

Im using an unoffical liquidsmooth rom for my DD and chromecast works but it doesnt mirror butif i switch to the International rom everything works YouTube Netflixs screen mirroring.
Id love to get a fix for the mirroring and camera.

If you are running ART instead of Dalvik runtime it will just keep disconnecting everytime your try to cast the screen.
You have to run Dalvik in order for it to work.

mirroring s7 screen with netflix

I have a s7 which I use screen mirror to show my phone on my Samsung smart tv. (For reference before you ask tv has no Internet and phones got unlimited data) I mirror my screen with you tube and other video services, two weekends ago I mirrored netflix and watch 2 movies. This weekend when I connect with netflix running it just connects and then disconnects. If I connect then open netflix, as soon as it opens the screen goes black and disconnects. I tried netflix support and they was unhelpful. I also connected my TV and downloaded a firmware update, thinking that was a issue. Phones up to date and all involved devices are up to date.
I wonder about copyright issues with digital media, can't mirror to second screen for recording. I asked netflix, of course he said no. However I don't think he understood what I was asking. Props to him for doing his job, however I needed someone with knowledge of their software.
I also just tried it from my asus tablet and same issue. So multiple devices and same issue, comon item is the tv. I performed a factory reset on my TV and no resolve and updated firmware version.
Like I said before it worked 2 weeks ago, now it doesn't. However youtube, fullscrean, directv, and Hulu all work just fine.
Any suggestions?

Same problem here. I found your post because I am trying to resolve. It seems to be a problem with Netflix, since it's the only app that forces the screen mirroring to close. I hope someone has an answer soon. I just got really hooked on watching Netflix again since we've been able to download their shows and watch later. I don't have internet at home, but can download over wifi at work. Come on, guys! Help us out.

edadawn said:
Same problem here. I found your post because I am trying to resolve. It seems to be a problem with Netflix, since it's the only app that forces the screen mirroring to close. I hope someone has an answer soon. I just got really hooked on watching Netflix again since we've been able to download their shows and watch later. I don't have internet at home, but can download over wifi at work. Come on, guys! Help us out.
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I know I'm on a trial of netflix, however I don't see a use in keeping it... a 5in screen if I can't share to my 70in. Phones to small and tablet isn't much better.

Any one got a idea, come on people need assistance here...

My netflix works fine streaming from both my S7 and my HTC 10, difference is it's a Panasonic Tv. Samsung TV's are a PITA i've found and I struggled to screen cast to two different Samsung TV's with my S7.
Not what you want to hear i'm sure.

I understand what your saying but how come all works until Netflix is open. Once the loading N appears it disconnects and won't reconnect until I close the Netflix app. I will make a video of it tomorrow. I'll also try to track down someone with a smart TV to try theirs.

Same problem here..any info would be greatly appreciated...Hulu direct tv everything else works fine except for netflix..some days it will work most days no luck..my tv is a sharp roku tv and it worked fine until late recently

Masterjb2000 said:
Same problem here..any info would be greatly appreciated...Hulu direct tv everything else works fine except for netflix..some days it will work most days no luck..my tv is a sharp roku tv and it worked fine until late recently
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I understand what he's saying about a Samsung TV, but you got a sharp. Also it's multiple devices and only one single app that's common having the issue. Directv, vudu and full screen works fine, so does youtube.

the cheap is you buy some cheap wireless router and sync with your samsung s7 or make wifi hotspot from your samsung s7 and then connect your smart tv. but remember maybe when you share screen this share send data to samsung and all share that you see it can see samsung too. yestarday i share samsung s7 with my smart tv and when i block the smart tv program it didnt work, so maybe it when you unblock the screen sharing it send all what you see with samsung, and man be carefull becouse when you netflix screen share maybe it record what you screen share, this too do it teamviewer, you screen share with teamviewer but after that teamviewer can see all what you had screen share, and if you ask teamviewer to stop record your screenshare they will lie like obama.

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the cheap is you buy some cheap wireless router and sync with your samsung s7 or make wifi hotspot from your samsung s7 and then connect your smart tv. but remember maybe when you share screen this share send data to samsung and all share that you see it can see samsung too. yestarday i share samsung s7 with my smart tv and when i block the smart tv program it didnt work, so maybe it when you unblock the screen sharing it send all what you see with samsung, and man be carefull becouse when you netflix screen share maybe it record what you screen share, this too do it teamviewer, you screen share with teamviewer but after that teamviewer can see all what you had screen share, and if you ask teamviewer to stop record your screenshare they will lie like obama.
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What about sharing from my Asus tablet, also tv doesn't have Internet. Only the Asus and s7, they connect to the TV via direct WiFi connection.

if your tablet support make wifi virtual router then it will work. im glad that your tc donr have internet becouse you pay much money and they spy on peoples and i kust remember if you have laptop then it too can make virtual router, you need to see in windows and in linux.
crapymonkey said:
What about sharing from my Asus tablet, also tv doesn't have Internet. Only the Asus and s7, they connect to the TV via direct WiFi connection.
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Has anyone had any success? This seems like a failing issue to get resolved. There has to be some one there smart, I'm a 13 year network administrator and I've hit a snag. I see multiple people with issues, yet no resolution.

Jonathan-H said:
My netflix works fine streaming from both my S7 and my HTC 10, difference is it's a Panasonic Tv. Samsung TV's are a PITA i've found and I struggled to screen cast to two different Samsung TV's with my S7.
Not what you want to hear i'm sure.
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Pita?

Jonathan-H said:
My netflix works fine streaming from both my S7 and my HTC 10, difference is it's a Panasonic Tv. Samsung TV's are a PITA i've found and I struggled to screen cast to two different Samsung TV's with my S7.
Not what you want to hear i'm sure.
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Haha brain fart.... I totalled missed the pita... I got it...

Just a thought but is it looking for your TV & phone to be connected to the same WiFi network (through a router) rather than using WiFi Direct? Just a distinction I found when pairing my account with an app eg. Waukitv.
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Unless the hardware is relying on it, I don't think so. The only Netflix setting is a selection of internet speed. The purpose of Wi-Fi direct is a private direct connection. Also just got the Android N update and still no difference... Also wow it changed the looks of my phone. Especially the settings window. :laugh:

I am having the same exact problem. I have a pretty for signal 4G 2 bars, but I still can watch other things using screen mirroring...just not netflix...which is the only one I really wanted to watch. Any luck at all, anyone?

npospiech said:
I am having the same exact problem. I have a pretty for signal 4G 2 bars, but I still can watch other things using screen mirroring...just not netflix...which is the only one I really wanted to watch. Any luck at all, anyone?
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No it's been several weeks, I'm seeing same issue with multiple devices and tv's across the board.
Hopefully someone can give us a solution, I plan on calling Netflix tomorrow and trying to talk to a developer.

crapymonkey said:
No it's been several weeks, I'm seeing same issue with multiple devices and tv's across the board.
Hopefully someone can give us a solution, I plan on calling Netflix tomorrow and trying to talk to a developer.
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I really hope they have an answer for you. I called the general line on Sunday...got pushed to Verizon...then to Samsung...they all say it is the other ones problem....I am betting on Netflix. Keep us in the loop.

I called Netflix and didn't stop pushing until I made it to a engineer, the only screen mirror software they support is second screen and google cast. Other may work but are found to be unstable and unreliable. I will follow up once I've had a chance to test with my results.

Android One Miracast/Screen Mirroring

Hello,
did anyone manage miracast with Android one version? I cannot connect. My phone does not find my TV. Maybe it is because I rooted?
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Same here with stock android one. Also, if I turn off wifi before searching for miracast devices, it doesn't even ask to turn it back on. Seems like a software bug for me.

Same,Same. It is not even podsible toll turn on the miracast option. Android one seems to be restrictiv af. It is time to get rid of it...

A strange thing is, that on every datasheet I found miracast was said to be possible with this device. But I did not manage to actvate it...
Any help, please?

Actually I chatted with HTC before I bought the phone and they said it supports miracast. I contacted support again but they couldn't help but wanted to forward the issue to some technical department, whatever that means. This was two weeks ago! Didn't heard something from them. Regarding the phone's behavior when I try to connect and the responses from support, I think it is meant to support miracast, but there's a bug. This is actual a real drawback as nearly every newer phone supports this I used to stream the screen often. Even if the support is disappointing, I think you should contact them too

Okay, I will.
And also I will try to use the Chromecast, as you find many descriptions of how to use it without WiFi.
Maybe that is an alternative.
Update:
I called German HTC-Support. The guy had to chat with Taiwan, cause he never heard about that problem. He promised to call back in 5 minutes....that has been 6 days ago.

Did anyone ever succeed getting Miracast to work with the U11-Life? Australian HTC support have been a pain in the ..... .

I found an article that miracast is no more supported by Android since 6.0:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/290...our-devices-screen-wirelessly-on-your-tv.html
So HTC seems to be one manufacturer that implemented it in sense again, but now in Android one it is too stock.
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Seems like you're right about that.
Here https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-X4/Miracast-for-Moto-X4/td-p/3982325 someone mentioned that it is possible to enable miracast for the X4 Android one if the device is rooted.
Unfortunately I've no experience rooting a device and therfore no clue if this will work with the U11 life. I really hope someone more versed could help and test it.

Seems like Miracast is missing on all stock Android devices. Beside the Moto-X4, Nokias and Pixel phones are affected.
Also someone managed to get miracast to work on the Pixel .
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixelC/comments/435pny/miracast_is_unfortunately_not_possible_on_the/
It's all about changing one line in the build.prop and there's an app to do that on a rooted device.
persist.debug.wfd.enable=1
Miracast will now be enabled, but you may need to turn it on in settings:
Go to Android Settings
Go to Display
Go to Cast Screen
Tap the button in the top right corner (vertical 3-dots)
Check mark Enable wireless display
Here is a guide to do that.
https://graesen.com/2015/03/how-i-got-wireless-display-miracast-to-work-on-my-nexus-6/
And here the app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.build.prop.editor
So I'm asking again for help. Could someone with a rooted device please test this method and report if it works.

Itognito said:
Seems like Miracast is missing on all stock Android devices. Beside the Moto-X4, Nokias and Pixel phones are affected.
Also someone managed to get miracast to work on the Pixel .
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixelC/comments/435pny/miracast_is_unfortunately_not_possible_on_the/
It's all about changing one line in the build.prop and there's an app to do that on a rooted device.
persist.debug.wfd.enable=1
Miracast will now be enabled, but you may need to turn it on in settings:
Go to Android Settings
Go to Display
Go to Cast Screen
Tap the button in the top right corner (vertical 3-dots)
Check mark Enable wireless display
Here is a guide to do that.
https://graesen.com/2015/03/how-i-got-wireless-display-miracast-to-work-on-my-nexus-6/
And here the app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.build.prop.editor
So I'm asking again for help. Could someone with a rooted device please test this method and report if it works.
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You didnt even read the red notice on top of the article "Update Spring 2017: Some reports out there suggest this modification no longer works in Android 7.0 or newer. In order to use Miracast, you must be on Android 6.0 or earlier. "
This method doesnt work. In fact the "persist.debug.wfd.enable=1" entry is already present in stock rom.
I took my old chromcast2 and a smarttv with miracast and everything is working fine here. In every app that can stream something i get the button to start it and its working without any problems. Also with some apps you can stream the whole display content+audio, this is also working great except for the moment when you switch between apps the picture sometimes lags a little bit. Dont know why some people seem to have problems with that

I did read it, but I hoped it has a chance to work anyway. The article only "suggests"..... and in the X4 forum they mentioned that it still works
But if you really tried it, we now know it doesn't. Anyways , thank you.
BTW: Miracast is not Chromecast. I have not found one single person that was able to use miracast with a stock android version and I'm pretty sure that you were also using Chromecast. If I'm wrong, and you actually used miracast, that the wfd.enable=1 might be the reason. Maybe you can clearify if you really used miracast and if you changed something on your rom or so.
Miracast literally mirrors the screen, independent which app is open, and therefore works with all apps. The phone doesn't need to be connected to a wifi spot, as it needs for chromecast, as far as I know.
I need the support for miracast because I've 4 miracast adapters and am not really willing to dump them just because google wants to push its own streaming technology. I would rather give that money to a developer.

On the German Wikipedia side they write something realy intresting to miracast: "One problem in practice is the poor and incomplete implementation of manufacturers....... In practice this leads to the unfortunate situation that the coupling of Miracast sources and Miracast receivers becomes a game of chance." This was allways the biggest problem with miracast it can work with one device but not with the other even if both support miracast. I had a Sony Bluerayplayer with miracast support and over the years i was never able to connect a device to it.

saturday_night said:
On the German Wikipedia side they write something realy intresting to miracast: "One problem in practice is the poor and incomplete implementation of manufacturers....... In practice this leads to the unfortunate situation that the coupling of Miracast sources and Miracast receivers becomes a game of chance." This was allways the biggest problem with miracast it can work with one device but not with the other even if both support miracast. I had a Sony Bluerayplayer with miracast support and over the years i was never able to connect a device to it.
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OH Saturday_night, the wiki source for what you've quoted is from 2013, somewhat outdated in my opinion. Anyway I can not understand why this would possibly belong here.
This is not a thread about whether or not miracast is better than chrome cast. It's about finding a way to enable miracast, which is, as we know now, not supported on the stock u11-life a1.
Maybe there's someone else with a rooted device who can help and confirm this method doesn't work, or who can find a working method.

Itognito said:
OH Saturday_night, the wiki source for what you've quoted is from 2013, somewhat outdated in my opinion. Anyway I can not understand why this would possibly belong here.
This is not a thread about whether or not miracast is better than chrome cast. It's about finding a way to enable miracast, which is, as we know now, not supported on the stock u11-life a1.
Maybe there's someone else with a rooted device who can help and confirm this method doesn't work, or who can find a working method.
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Miracast is a realy old technology and absolute outdated, a wiki entry of 2013 is the newest you can get. If you cant live with the fact that there are severall better ways nowadays thats your problem. Nobody ever compared or even tried to compare miracast and chromecast. If you dont know whats behind the technologies just stop argue for or against it. I just told everybody here (not you in person) that its working fine for me with the technology we have today. Maybe we should bring back the old UKW radio or Audio cassettes. Newer products will allways replace older ones, no matter if its hardware or software. You can do what you want to do with that phone, just put your 10 years old miracast dongles in the trashbag or hang it on your wall as decoration ;p Btw chromecast is also outdated, if you need some dongles for that i still have some which i dont need anymore.

please tell me a technology that allows me to mirror my screen (any app I want) from the U 11 life A1 to an external display, without the need of a WiFi hotspot.
If this is possible, at least I could replace my miracast dongles. As far as I know, thats not possible with Chromecast and I have not found any alternative that works with this phone. So please tell me about this new technologies that the u11 Life supports and that I'm not aware of. Or even tell me any other cast technology that the u11 Life does support.

Hello I've had a look into the build.prop and the line is in there. Also I have a menu point in developer tools to activate options for certification casts. But I cannot connect to my smart TV nor to my miracast dongle. It's from ezcast and it has its own cast that works but without sound. DLNA is no problem.
I have no idea how to activeta miracast. I tested some magisk modules without success.
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thanks for trying it out. Are u sure theres no # in the line:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x4/help/to-enable-wireless-display-feature-moto-t3740119