As the title states, I'm looking for a way to use it as a second/extended display, preferably through USB. I don't want mouse/keyboard functionality, all I'm looking for is a second display. I've tried iDisplay, Air display, Teamviewer, RDP, ScreenSlider, and VNC. All are laggy/buggy, and cannot be used as a second/extended display. If anyone knows of a way to do this, could you please point me in the right direction?
Thanks
Are you meaning a duplicated display (so it shows the same on both) or an extended display ?
I use Splashtop Remote (and Splashtop Remote HD), and if I'm on the local LAN, I can actually use it to duplicate what is on either of my two main monitors with a split-second of lag, which actually is enough to use it for displaying Star Wars: The Old Republic instead of relying completely on the main monitor. Now, it's not perfect, but it is a good alternative for when you're local. If you're doing anything remotely - such as you're out in the field / friend's place, and you wanna access your PC from there, it works great, too - but the lag is a lot more. I use it to access my seed-box and check my linux seeds, as well as keep track of my invoicing for my job.
So that's my suggestion - give it a shot. It was a FAotD at Amazon a few months ago, which is why I snagged it. Grabbed the HD version from the Market a couple weeks ago, and they both are pretty good.
ve6ay said:
Are you meaning a duplicated display (so it shows the same on both) or an extended display ?
I use Splashtop Remote (and Splashtop Remote HD), and if I'm on the local LAN, I can actually use it to duplicate what is on either of my two main monitors with a split-second of lag, which actually is enough to use it for displaying Star Wars: The Old Republic instead of relying completely on the main monitor. Now, it's not perfect, but it is a good alternative for when you're local. If you're doing anything remotely - such as you're out in the field / friend's place, and you wanna access your PC from there, it works great, too - but the lag is a lot more. I use it to access my seed-box and check my linux seeds, as well as keep track of my invoicing for my job.
So that's my suggestion - give it a shot. It was a FAotD at Amazon a few months ago, which is why I snagged it. Grabbed the HD version from the Market a couple weeks ago, and they both are pretty good.
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Thanks for the reply, but I'm looking for an extended display. I'll still look into this though.
Have you tried iDisplay, or AirDisplay? They arent free but they should do the trick.
haxin said:
Have you tried iDisplay, or AirDisplay? They arent free but they should do the trick.
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...I've tried iDisplay, Air display, Teamviewer, RDP, ScreenSlider, and VNC. All are laggy/buggy, and/or cannot be used as a second/extended display...
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iDisplay is too laggy for practical use and AirDisplay is full of bugs.
It looks like those are going to be my only choices. Oh well
If you have a second display already plugged in, but don't want to use it for some odd reason, then you could use Splashtop, as it'll work for displaying. But you have to have the second there already, so that kinda negates that.
Sorry mate. No other ideas at the moment.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergyandroid/
This looks to be the closest to what your asking for, but still in early stages.. I use Synergy at work to use an iMac as a second display, works well. My current setup has a Windows 7 notebook in the middle, 23" display left and 20" iMac right. My Touchpad sits just below the notebook in its Touchstone charger. Tomorrow I'll give this a try and I'll let you know how it works.
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Thanks for all the replies guys!
I just decided to shell out the extra bucks for a real monitor lol. Though I was kinda interested in a couple of these remote desktop clients's.
Nomedias said:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergyandroid/
This looks to be the closest to what your asking for, but still in early stages.. I use Synergy at work to use an iMac as a second display, works well. My current setup has a Windows 7 notebook in the middle, 23" display left and 20" iMac right. My Touchpad sits just below the notebook in its Touchstone charger. Tomorrow I'll give this a try and I'll let you know how it works.
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Well, got it to "work", but not really usable yet. Cursor wasn't visible, jumped around alot, keyboard mapping had many issues. Also, once the app started, the only way I could get soft keyboard back was to reboot. When I have time later maybe I'll look into helping debug it.
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Im thinking of getting this and using it to replace my netbook. Does anybody know if I can hook up a bluetooth mouse and keyboard? Has anybody tried this or have any thoughts?
No, not yet anyway. Bluetooth doesn't work with the NC, although there has been some development work in progress to enable bluetooth, as it seems to be built in, just disabled.
Haha I actually bought my nook as a replacement for my netbook .
I don't use a mouse or keyboard (You can't, as far as I know), but it seems to be serving its purpose fairly well.
you can always add in a stylus as well.
check out this thread, i think theyre talking about different ones that would work on the nook color.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896838
I'm actually on my way back to the netbook at this point. I just can't get text down quick enough on this device.
I use a netbook as my primary computer.
In no way can the Nook replace it.
The Nook is my fooling around device, and my only android device.
The nook color in my opinion is a great netbook replacement. A netbook's main purpose is to be light, small and look stuff up online easily, all things the nook color excels at. It can play music, load youtube (if using eclair) and use most of google's (online) apps. Also rooted dolphin works pretty well as a desktop web-browser.
personally i have a laptop,used for multi tasking, video editing, watching 1080p movies but i recently bought the Nook Color and planning on rooting it. the Uses of the Nook Color would be browsing the internet , playing games on the go.
I also ordered the Notion Ink Adam which i am also planning to use but it is much more powerful than the Nook Colo so ill see which one i prefer
I bought the nook color to replace my netbook as well but I do have a real laptop as well. I was primarily using my old eeepc for reading since I bought my normal laptop, a Toshiba protégé R705, which I also love by the way, so the nookColor made sence. I don't think I could use the nookcolor as my only computer.
Poor man's Ipad/Netbook...
I use my Nook Color almost just like a netbook. Rooted and optimized, it performs almost all the same functions I need in a netbook. I read on it, I study with it, browse the internet with it, check email, etc, etc, etc. That said, the Nook Color will never replace a computer with a real keyboard. If I have to type anything greater than an email, I switch to the nearest desktop at my university's library.
All things considered, the Nook Color provides almost all of the functions that the Ipad or a netbook does, but at less than half the price. That's a steal!
I'd love to replace carrying a laptop with the nook for school. I went from a dell 700m to an aspire one and found a huge difference in back pain after a day. Now I'm carrying the cr48 but that will cut down a lot if I could use a bt keyboard with the nook. Hopefully the hardcore XDA devs will make a breakthrough on it before too long. Without a keyboard, you just can't input data fast enough.
After I got my NC I planned on keeping my netbook. But after using it for 2 days, I didn't touch it. So I sold it. Haven't looked back. Oh and for flash I use Skyfire. Works fine for me.
I still have a use for my CR-48, at least at this point. The nook doesn't work quite well enough and isn't quite powerful enough for netbook use. Perhaps once bluetooth is working in ubuntu I can replace my laptop, but not until then.
The Nook is currently acting as my computer when I prefer to be away from my main laptop. After working all day in IT, sometimes the last thing I want is staring at the computer when I come home. The Nook is perfect for checking Reddit, my e-mail, playing a few games, accessing my music collection via Subsonic, and catching up on my reading. Perfect 2nd computer!
The Nook is a great media CONSUMPTION device. I think I would never use it as a netbook replacement. Trying to use an onscreen keyboard to type out anything of any length is just painful.
I really like thumbkeyboard to type on, but still it can't compare to a full size laptop keyboard for me
I love my nook! Use it all the time, oddly enough a fair percentage for actually reading B&N e-books. It could never replace my Dell Mini 10 netbook, though, for one very simple reason. I chose a netbook that still had an ethernet port on purpose, but ethernet connectivity simply does *not* exist on any android devices that i'm aware.
I use my netbook to test ethernet connections at work (I'm in IT), and I could never do that with nook unless it had a working ethernet dongle.
Has anyone seen or heard of possibly using an old smartphone touchscreen as a monitor for the pi?
Seems like everyone has old spare phones laying around. Maybe the adaptation is too difficult, but thought I'd just put it out there.
VNC Is the solution!
Lemmiwinx said:
Has anyone seen or heard of possibly using an old smartphone touchscreen as a monitor for the pi?
Seems like everyone has old spare phones laying around. Maybe the adaptation is too difficult, but thought I'd just put it out there.
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I suggest you to setup a VNC Server on the raspberry pi, download a VNC Client on the smartphone, and connect the client to the server. Now you will be able to use your touch phone as both screen, mouse and keyboard for the raspberry pi. You can also just use it as a screen, but it will be pretty low resolution, depending on how large the screen is.
If you don't know what VNC is, it is basically a "remote screen control thing", as I like to call it.
Check out some links here:
Phone VNC Client (Android): play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=android.androidVNC&hl=en
VNC Server for Raspberry Pi: gettingstartedwithraspberrypi.tumblr.com/post/24142374137/setting-up-a-vnc-server
Just a tip, lol.
(Any questions/problems setting up vnc, pm me or email me: [email protected])
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vnc
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I suggest you to setup a VNC Server on the raspberry pi, download a VNC Client on the smartphone, and connect the client to the server. Now you will be able to use your touch phone as both screen, mouse and keyboard for the raspberry pi. You can also just use it as a screen, but it will be pretty low resolution, depending on how large the screen is.
If you don't know what VNC is, it is basically a "remote screen control thing", as I like to call it.
Check out some links here:
Phone VNC Client (Android): play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=android.androidVNC&hl=en
VNC Server for Raspberry Pi: gettingstartedwithraspberrypi.tumblr.com/post/24142374137/setting-up-a-vnc-server
Just a tip, lol.
(Any questions/problems setting up vnc, pm me or email me: [email protected])
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I was thinking more of inline of just hardware. Ive got a GS3 that bricked, so i was thinking of taking apart and hooking up the screen that way. plus ive got another half dozen phones that arent in use. Didnt know if anyone ever tried it before, seems like such an obvious idea.
Not from a smartphone but you can search for Siemens S65 or Nokia 6610/3310 for Raspberry Pi...
Those are working!
I had not found someone who has got make a smartphone display work...
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So, hardware...
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I was thinking more of inline of just hardware. Ive got a GS3 that bricked, so i was thinking of taking apart and hooking up the screen that way. plus ive got another half dozen phones that arent in use. Didnt know if anyone ever tried it before, seems like such an obvious idea.
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I don't really know what to do here, but I saw some people hook up a broken smartphone (With working screen) to the raspberry pi via GPIO cables.
Maybe this'll help you: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=34469
If you know what you are doing then I do not think it should be any problem to do so.
I was looking for something like this, because I have some old phones with good screens that would come in handy as status screens (I'm already using VNC)
¿Has someone tried to drive any phone screen with the bare GPIO or is a shield needed?
Thanks for the link. Its definitely going to work for one of my many pi projects. Love this this community !
Hi guys,
i want to buy me a cheap small android tabelt. So i looked for the fire tabelt 7 (2015) and the lenovo tab 2 a7-10. Both devices have the same price. Both devices can be rooted and booth devices have nearly the same specs.
Which one would you prefeer? I want to make a dashboard for my home automation, so i want to fix the tabelt on the wall in my living room. I also want to surf in the internet, but only very rare. Most thing would be controlling my smart home - so the power of the two tablets and the free space would be enough for this.
Can someone help my with my decision? I haven´t seen one of the tablets in real.
No experience with the lenovo can tell you the fire is amazing and has amazing battery life doesn't drain in standby doesn't lag for me and I'm on stock amazon with root
Sent from my Amazon Fire 2015
I would get the Fire, there is active development, other than that they are spec'd about the same.
Both have:
7inch displays at 1024px x 600px
MediaTek® MT8127 1.3GHz Quad-Core processors
1GB ram
Lenovo Tab 2 A7 has:
GPS
Kitkat
Vibration
$69.99
Fire has:
Two cameras
Lollipop
$50 or cheaper
I´m afraid of the streched display in landscape - this is the only tablet i know about the problem. If i will watch tv with the tablet, all persons will be a little bit fat. Circles will not be fully a circle, more like an egg.
Is this a big problem?
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I´m afraid of the streched display in landscape...
Is this a big problem?
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You tell us..?[emoji67]
Just get the Lenovo though.
Bib_x said:
I´m afraid of the streched display in landscape - this is the only tablet i know about the problem. If i will watch tv with the tablet, all persons will be a little bit fat. Circles will not be fully a circle, more like an egg.
Is this a big problem?
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That's an extra use that no one could have seen from op. Given prices and spec wouldn't be surprised if it's the same screen tbh. Speaker likely better on lenovo.
The reasons given for picking the fire by others above don't seem to be important for main use you envisage for it.
Is the home automation stuff all wireless? Assume you'll be leaving tablet connected to power supply when in situe so USB socket will be filled with charger
So the stretched screen is no big problem.
I want to use the tablet to control my home automation, which is running on a linux server. So the tablet will only show the dashboard - no device is connected to it directly, only wlan. The charger will be permanently plugged into the tablet.
Maybe sometimes i will watch a video-stream from my sat-receiver, when i´m in my bedroom or when my wife is in the home gym - indoor cycling or something like this.
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That's an extra use that no one could have seen from op. Given prices and spec wouldn't be surprised if it's the same screen tbh. Speaker likely better on lenovo.
The reasons given for picking the fire by others above don't seem to be important for main use you envisage for it.
Is the home automation stuff all wireless? Assume you'll be leaving tablet connected to power supply when in situe so USB socket will be filled with charger
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[emoji67] Home automation stuff is generally either wifi and sometimes (rarely) bluetooth. Also he could install wireless charging on the tablet which would leave his micro usb port open for other things if he wanted.
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[emoji67] Home automation stuff is generally either wifi and sometimes (rarely) bluetooth. Also he could install wireless charging on the tablet which would leave his micro usb port open for other things if he wanted.
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Didn't know that had been done. Wonder what else is in depths of this Fire section. That's rather cool addition
Bib_x said:
So the stretched screen is no big problem.
I want to use the tablet to control my home automation, which is running on a linux server. So the tablet will only show the dashboard - no device is connected to it directly, only wlan. The charger will be permanently plugged into the tablet.
Maybe sometimes i will watch a video-stream from my sat-receiver, when i´m in my bedroom or when my wife is in the home gym - indoor cycling or something like this.
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-home automation
-linux server
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Sounds like a pretty nice setup you got there [emoji67] [emoji106]
I use it to watch TV via the charter spectrum app and I don't notice any distortion of the people.
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Bib_x said:
So the stretched screen is no big problem.
I want to use the tablet to control my home automation, which is running on a linux server. So the tablet will only show the dashboard - no device is connected to it directly, only wlan. The charger will be permanently plugged into the tablet.
Maybe sometimes i will watch a video-stream from my sat-receiver, when i´m in my bedroom or when my wife is in the home gym - indoor cycling or something like this.
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I use it to watch TV via the charter spectrum app and I don't notice any distortion of the people
Sounds like it will come down to whether you think the Fire's screen distortion might be a problem for you. I'm afraid we can't tell you how "bad" it is because it seems to vary widely from person to person. Some don't notice it, at all. Others, can not return their Fire fast enough! Despite the fact that they got it for only $35 on sale.
Imo, I'd go for a Fire. You can always return if you find you're one of the people who are greatly bothered by the distortion. Amazon's return are quite good.
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I want to use the tablet to control my home automation, which is running on a linux server. So the tablet will only show the dashboard - no device is connected to it directly, only wlan. The charger will be permanently plugged into the tablet.
Maybe sometimes i will watch a video-stream from my sat-receiver, when i´m in my bedroom or when my wife is in the home gym - indoor cycling or something like this.
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-home automation
-linux server
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Sounds like a pretty nice setup you got there [emoji67] [emoji106]
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Would you share details of your linux server. Also which tv streaming solution you're using.
I have a linux sat-receiver, similar to dreambox. With this i can stream the tv-programm to any notebook, tablet or smartphone in my wlan. So i don´t need to install another big tv in the bedroom, i can take the small tablet with earplugs and so my wife can sleep while i watch tv.
My linux server is a odroid u3 with ubuntu. The server-software for my home automation is openhab. And my home automation equipment is mostly KNX (EIB), i don´t know if this is known outside europe. It is a wired solution, used in hotels, hospitals or company buildings. But with the openhab server i can control anything i want, not only KNX, also enocean, z-wave, my heating pump, media equipment (TV, Mediaserver, ...) and so on.
I can control the home automation on openhab with every webbrowser or with an android-app.
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[emoji67]Also he could install wireless charging on the tablet which would leave his micro usb port open for other things if he wanted.
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Can you give us a link to wireless charging for the fire tablet? I want to know more about that.
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Can you give us a link to wireless charging for the fire tablet? I want to know more about that.
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It is in this thread, they didn't mention a better source than the unreliable one the pic in 2nd post links to, and I couldn't find a better one either though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ama...o-photo-amazon-fire-2015-motherboard-t3227808
Hello Everyone,
First post here ! I've been reading a lot of very interesting things around here but I find myself stuck, hence this new thread (no ****, sherlock). I've been looking around on Google and here but couldn't really find what I was looking for so here I am.
First of all, a bit of context so that you get what I'm trying to achieve. I have a very old computer that I use for gaming. I'm not a hardcore gamers looking to play in 4K 360FPS and not part of the PC Master race by any means. With that said, I'm still looking at 1080p 60fps as my goal. And amazingly enough, my old PC allows me to do that. In fact, despite its age, my PC runs fairly well. So well that I don't feel the need to spend money to change it (plus money is tight). So, playing on my PC is actually great, can't complain there. However, I also enjoy playing in the living room. I actually play more with a controller in "console" mode than sitting at my desk. If my PC was close to the TV, the problem would be easily solved. As it's not the case I have to rely on other solutions.
I have a nvidia shield TV and tried Gamestream and Steam Link. Both are unfortunately dependent on my local network quality. Considering I'm using powerlines to connect my PC to the router, the quality is sometime unstable which doesn't meet my requirements. As stated previously, my PC is OLD and I don't think it's powerful enough to run and stream the game with a decent output either. So old hardware and unstable local network = bad experience in game streaming. And this is where I'm trying to achieve the contrary then what everyone is doing : people are streaming there games to their living room, I plan do the opposite.
I have a Nexus 7 sitting in a drawer somewhere that I don't use anymore. I was thinking of the following setup :
- Move my computer to the living room and plug it to the TV --> enjoy good gaming performance right in the leaving room
- Use my Nexus 7 in my office using remote desktop app --> less heavy than gaming, I should be able to work on Word, Excel, browse the web. Basically, use my PC for computing stuff via remote desktop with little to no delay.
- My office would actually look cleaner as well with a very minimalistic setup ^^
Problem :
- Is there a way to connect the Nexus 7 to a monitor using HDMI;
- Keep the Nexus 7 charged;
- And connect a keyboard and mouse to the Nexus via USB ? Or BT is the way to go ?
- Could this be achieved more easily with a Chromecast ? If yes, how should i proceed ?
- Would using the computer for everything else than gaming be OK in that configuration ?
It looks like a fun project to try. However, if it proves to be impossible or if you think the performance would be too poor to be usable, than I'll think about building another cheap PC (I have an old I5 760 lying around) : 1 for gaming and 1 for office stuff.
Is the Nexus 7 the 2012 or 2013 variety? From what I can find, the 2012 does NOT have a slimport USB but the 2013 DOES. In which case, buying the right cable should let you connect it directly to a monitor.
If you have the 2012 version... I can't give a true recommendation since I've never tried this, but if you do end up going the chromecast-attached-to-a-monitor/tv route, I would use Chrome to cast the desktop (apparently you can do this) to the chromecast instead of casting from your tablet. Meaning, don't cast your remote desktop from the tablet to the TV, use the tablet to remotely cast your desktop to the chromecast. Hopefully that's clear. The amount of lag from casting a remote desktop would probably make it unusable.
Hello,
I have the 2013 model so yes, with the right adapter I should be able to connect it to a monitor. Now There is still the issue of using a KB and mouse with it while keeping the tablet charged (the battery drains quite fast when casting). Maybe that's too much to handle for a tablet ^^
asmalldharma said:
Is the Nexus 7 the 2012 or 2013 variety? From what I can find, the 2012 does NOT have a slimport USB but the 2013 DOES. In which case, buying the right cable should let you connect it directly to a monitor.
If you have the 2012 version... I can't give a true recommendation since I've never tried this, but if you do end up going the chromecast-attached-to-a-monitor/tv route, I would use Chrome to cast the desktop (apparently you can do this) to the chromecast instead of casting from your tablet. Meaning, don't cast your remote desktop from the tablet to the TV, use the tablet to remotely cast your desktop to the chromecast. Hopefully that's clear. The amount of lag from casting a remote desktop would probably make it unusable.
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Hello,
I have the 2013 model so yes, with the right adapter I should be able to connect it to a monitor. Now There is still the issue of using a KB and mouse with it while keeping the tablet charged (the battery drains quite fast when casting). Maybe that's too much to handle for a tablet ^^
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https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16834989578
Your tablet should have wireless charging, so maybe a slimport cable, wireless charger, and Bluetooth keyboard and mouse would work?
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Your tablet should have wireless charging, so maybe a slimport cable, wireless charger, and Bluetooth keyboard and mouse would work?
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Looks like I learned something today ! Didn't even know they made a dedicated dock for the Nexus 7 tablet ! looks this little device could actually help me solve my problem. I'll look into it in more depths.
I actually use wireless charging but can't actually put it on my current tablet stand (or else it looks messy as hell)
Thanks for the great tips !
Linus did a great "real-life" usage video for all the RoG Accessories, and I agree the Professional Dock is best of them all.
Just connect it to the wireless Keyboard Mouse Combo, and you are ready for some Hi-Speed Gaming...
ASUS ADSU001 Professional Dock
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Dual USB 3.1 Type A
- 4k HDMI
- USB 3.1 Type C
Also tested on my Razer Stealth without any issues
Just FYI, By design it seems like the HDMI Output only works via the "SidePorts", specifically the "BLACK" connector, or the one on the LEFT when the RoG Phone is held in landscape mode.
The SidePorts will contain Dual TypeC, they are colored LEFT=BLACK, and RIGHT= BRONZE, ONLY USE the LEFT one for Charging, and HDMI OUT. The RIGHT Port is mostly-Likely for AUDIO ONLY
Just referencing the AirCooler that comes with the phone, that's the same arrangement
i used some other brand but cant get the mapping to works.. can tell me what game u try shows the mapping
ZiCott said:
Just connect it to the wireless Keyboard Mouse Combo, and you are ready for some Hi-Speed Gaming...
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Is that all you did with it? Because trying to run a browser on a big screen with a screen mirror is terrible when you have the status bar that's like an inch tall, and then all the fonts are ridiculously sized way too big. Basically it's useless for email or browsing on a bigger screen since it doesn't work as a second screen but just a screen mirror.
Developer Options
SeanBlader said:
Is that all you did with it? Because trying to run a browser on a big screen with a screen mirror is terrible when you have the status bar that's like an inch tall, and then all the fonts are ridiculously sized way too big. Basically it's useless for email or browsing on a bigger screen since it doesn't work as a second screen but just a screen mirror.
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Dear Sean, I don't know which external monitor you are using, but I recommend you enable developer options on the device.
In developer options there is DRAWING, Simulate Secondary Display, and select the resolution your monitors supports. Let up know how that works out for you.
I have a Tablet, and a laptop for email, and web browsing. TBH...
In general I don't think Android was developed properly for the large screen size, and that's why it has never taken off. Samsung is trying with their DEX, but the RoG was designed for gaming on the large screen.
ASUS also offers the DESKTOP DOCK, maybe that will offer additional display options, but that was just out of my budget.
ZiCott
It's a 30 inch Dell 2k display, but I expect to plug it into any random 24inch display. There aren't really a lot of differences between the pro dock and the desktop dock, the desktop has a lot more ports and does enable a second screen experience but it's still a small screen android experience on a much larger screen, so about the same. I just decided to go the root route and get an actual Linux distro on with Linux Deploy. What it's doing, once I figured that out, is running a VM on the device and then you remote connect to with VNC from the device itself or any other device on the network. That's kinda nice because it means the VM is running in the background and you can still use the phone as is. It also means that running the RealVNC app on the device on a big screen is a lot more useful as an actual desktop environment. What it doesn't mean however is that you're running on the local Linux that actually operates the device, which may be for the better if you don't want to try running an actual desktop class window manager on Android's flavor of Linux. Good news is, it appears to operate really quickly, but I haven't yet tried to get a web development environment running on it, that's next.
ZiCott said:
In developer options there is DRAWING, Simulate Secondary Display, and select the resolution your monitors supports. Let up know how that works out for you.
ZiCott
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Maybe I'm stupid and correct if I'm wrong but what exactly is that going to help with? It's not like I can just move over the simulated screen to the tv/monitor like you can do on a computer.
It just playing games on the larger screen, no need to tell me you're stupid, and you're not wrong. Merry Xmas
FYI I tried a 3rd party portable dock I had for my Switch and it worked (via side port) perfectly connected to my 55" 4K TV. I'm running Nova launcher and had no issues rotating my home screen to landscape. Saved myself about $100. Also had a $14 USB to LAN adapter connected. http://a.co/d/65jc58T http://a.co/d/bma6jOL
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It just playing games on the larger screen, no need to tell me you're stupid, and you're not wrong. Merry Xmas
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That does not need to be toggled on to play games or even to view the phone itself as it just mimics a secondary screen on the current screen only. Doesn't fix the resolution for viewing or playing either.
On a side note, for people that want to fix the giant resolution there is an app for that lol it's called secondscreen (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farmerbb.secondscreen.free)
You can change the resolution for a connected display and then revert back to the phone screen resolution when you disconnect, change the dpi to around 180 when your connected display is on also as there is a tablet like ui that looks better imo.
Will this accessory work with any usb-c phone?
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randaddy said:
FYI I tried a 3rd party portable dock I had for my Switch and it worked (via side port) perfectly connected to my 55" 4K TV. I'm running Nova launcher and had no issues rotating my home screen to landscape. Saved myself about $100. Also had a $14 USB to LAN adapter connected. http://a.co/d/65jc58T http://a.co/d/bma6jOL
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Thank you.
Let us know which phone you have...
dibt359 said:
Will this accessory work with any usb-c phone?
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Thank you.
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Mileage may vary, but I have tested with Razer Phone 1, Lenovo X1, and also with RazerBlade 13", and works fine
Question: Can you sign in using a password, using the dock. Like can you type your password in using a keyboard in mouse? My screen is broken and I'm trying to get into the device.
I know this isn't where questions go but, I think the website is bugged it won't let me create a new topic or anything because "I'm not signed in" then when I click to sign it it says I am.
ZiCott said:
hello, if I use another brand dock instead of Asus professional dock or desktop dock, will the keyboard and mouse still work for gaming because Asus products are no longer sold, I couldn't find it anywhere??????
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