I saw that Motorola implemented a desktop mode (allowing you to connect an HDMI monitor) which they inexplicable called "Ready For" for the Edge+. ("I know! Let's make our new product impossible to Google!")
Does anyone know if it works / will work in the future with the Edge? I have an Edge with a destroyed screen; being able to use it docked to a monitor would be fantastic.
EDGE don't have HDMI support with this USB-C,
EDGE+ have it
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I have my wife's old S3. The screen is broken and the touch sensitivity doesn't work.
It is unlocked and I can connect it to my PC monitor with an MHL cable and see the screen. This requires a charging cable to be plugged in for it to work (not the case with the S4 and S5)
I have a USB keyboard and mouse which will control it using a USB OTG cable. If this is plugged in via the MHL cable on an S5 it doesn’t control the phone, so I guess the S3 will be the same even if I could get the screen to display after removing the charging cable.
I have a Chromecast so I could screen cast but would need a way to set this up on the phone first. Then I could just use the USB mouse and keyboard.
I want to install tasker, wake on lan and connect the phone to a wireless network. I will then use the phone to remotely wake a PC by sending it a text message (can’t set ARP entry in router). I already have this set up on an S4 at home. I have an S5 spare but don’t want to waste it for this purpose so would like to find a way to configure the S3.
Does anyone know how I can somehow access the S3 screen and also control the phone at the same time? I have seen a post referencing needing USB debugging but with very little other info.
Or, just in case, does anyone possibly know a way to run wol when the router doesn’t support it e.g. use a raspberry pi etc. so I can just forget the phone method?
Anybody plugged their PH-1 into a Samsung DEX station? Oughta work, maybe with a tweek of the orientation
It'll work. Samsung DeX and Windows Continuum both implement alt mode for DP over USB-C. Pretty much any accessory should work, since the PH-1 also supports alt mode.
I bought an HP Lap Dock for $140 and it worked after I updated the firmware*. Touchpad, keyboard, function keys, audio, the whole shebang. DeX should work without issue. The main issue is screen scaling, since the PH-1 uses a non-16:9 aspect ratio and the resolution is unique as well. Unless you know how to change the resolution and scaling, I would avoid mirroring altogether.
*Note that I had to go into a MS store and borrow their display unit to update the firmware. You'll have to update the wireless firmware separately by connecting wirelessly. This only applies to the HP Lap Dock for the Elite x3.
Hi there...although the introduction of wireless desktop mode is a useful feature, I noticed that connecting an USB cable to a standard monitor (or to a TV that doesn't support mirroring) no longer activates the desktop mode, differently from the Mate 20 series that supports both ways (wired & wireless) - anyone with similar experience? Is there a way to activate desktop mode via USB? Thanks!
Did anyone ever find out if this works?
I have a cheap cinese tablet (a teclast P80X, see http://www.teclast.com/en/zt/P80X/) that does not directly support screen sharing/casting, wireless display or whatever else is that called.
I'd like to mirror the display to a Samsung smart TV but I'd be okay also to mirror the display to the Windows HTPC that is connected to the TV.
Any reasonably working options? Most of the apps available on the Play Store are just wrappers around the built-in wireless display support that is not available on this tablet. TIA.
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I have a cheap cinese tablet (a teclast P80X, see http://www.teclast.com/en/zt/P80X/) that does not directly support screen sharing/casting, wireless display or whatever else is that called.
I'd like to mirror the display to a Samsung smart TV but I'd be okay also to mirror the display to the Windows HTPC that is connected to the TV.
Any reasonably working options? Most of the apps available on the Play Store are just wrappers around the built-in wireless display support that is not available on this tablet.
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There are mobile app/PC program combinations that work together to share the screen to your PC if they are both on the same wireless network. If you have a PC or a laptop, you can use these app/program combinations to share the tablets screen to the PC or laptop then connect the PC or laptop to the smart tv via the PC input port on the tv and the PC or laptop's screen will be displayed on the TV.
It's a bit of a roundabout, but, given that your hardware does not support screen sharing, you will not find a software solution to achieve this, you will have to use some kind of external hardware.
If you can find an app on the tv that has a companion app for your tablet that work together in the same manner as the mobile app/PC program combinations.
A Google search for
"Share android screen to PC over Wifi"
Should find many android/PC screen sharing solutions. Find one that works and that you are comfortable with, use it to share your tablet display to PC/laptop then connect the PC/laptop to the TV. I do this myself when the need arises, it works for me when needed.
So i ended up using scrcpy (https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy) which is just great. The only catch is that you need adb/usb debug which was not a problem in my case.
Hello,
I have a Dell WD15 docking station. Unfortunetaly, connecting a Google Pixel doesn't do much (only external mouse and keyboard work, not the external screen), even with desktop mode enabled in developer options.
Are there phones you can simply connect to a docking station and that show a real desktop (not only the rectangular phone display in bigger) on the external screen? The goal is to use it as a desktop system.
I was thinking about a Xiaomi Redmi Note 10s, can someone maybe test it or has tried it?
I am aware of Samsung Dex but I don't want a Samsung Galaxy S
Thank you