I have 2 Droid 3 xt862 phones,neither have working audio when hooked up via HDMI.
Both are rooted but running stock,both have the GSM hack and are flashed with the Chinese radio.
Is the problem with the root or the flashed radio?
The HDMI cable and TV work fine,I tried the cable using an Atrix 2.
I want to use one of the Droid 3's as a media/emulator center and have it always hooked up but the no audio makes that impossible.
Anyone else has this issue?
PassingThruLife said:
I have 2 Droid 3 xt862 phones,neither have working audio when hooked up via HDMI.
Both are rooted but running stock,both have the GSM hack and are flashed with the Chinese radio.
Is the problem with the root or the flashed radio?
The HDMI cable and TV work fine,I tried the cable using an Atrix 2.
I want to use one of the Droid 3's as a media/emulator center and have it always hooked up but the no audio makes that impossible.
Anyone else has this issue?
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Which ROM? I would recommend backing up your ROM and SBFing. You can always reroot/Safestrap. Actually if you have SS 3 you can just switch ROM slots back to stock, SBF, and test and then just reroot and install SS and it'll be able to switch back. I've done that before.
MrObvious said:
Which ROM? I would recommend backing up your ROM and SBFing. You can always reroot/Safestrap. Actually if you have SS 3 you can just switch ROM slots back to stock, SBF, and test and then just reroot and install SS and it'll be able to switch back. I've done that before.[/Q]
both are stock however both have the gsm hack.
1 has safestrap installed but no other rom installed.
the other i SBFed and did the gsm hack too.
both have picture over hdmi but no sound at all.
i cant figure out why.
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Stupid question but is the headphone jack being used? Maybe see if plugging in some speakers to that makes a difference?
MrObvious said:
Stupid question but is the headphone jack being used? Maybe see if plugging in some speakers to that makes a difference?
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never used headphones at all with them. im going to sbf one of them later and try the hdmi before i apply the gsm hack. see how that works.
i'll try the speakers too. thanks.
MrObvious said:
Stupid question but is the headphone jack being used? Maybe see if plugging in some speakers to that makes a difference?
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Sure. I find it weird that it doesn't work so I hope that helps.
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I've had the same problem with my D3, probably just a coincidence but since I've installed Minimoto the problem seems to be gone...
Anyway, the solution:
If you reboot the phone with the HDMI-cabe plugged in both to your device and the TV, the sound will work again.
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How about connecting headphone output of phone to tv input you can. If you don’t have the input on yourTv you could try hooking the headphone output to a stereo receiver.
ponna said:
I've had the same problem with my D3, probably just a coincidence but since I've installed Minimoto the problem seems to be gone...
Anyway, the solution:
If you reboot the phone with the HDMI-cabe plugged in both to your device and the TV, the sound will work again.
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i tried it before with minimoto and it didnt work,i figured it was the rom that was the issue,doesnt seem to be that way.
jdd1777 said:
How about connecting headphone output of phone to tv input you can. If you don’t have the input on yourTv you could try hooking the headphone output to a stereo receiver.
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i could try that,kinda defeats the purpose of hdmi tho.
i SBFed one of the droid 3s and it still didnt fix the issue,my guess is it's hardware related,maybe a defect since ive read others have had the same issue...
im just going to get a droid x2 and use that for my 16-bit rom gaming .
Ok, did you try rebooting the phone with hdmi plugged in and the tv on? That's what did the trick for me numerous times.
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Perhaps something is stuck in the headphone-jack, making a connection, tricking the phone that headphones are plugged in and thus blocking sound from hdmi?
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I have a westinghouse 32" 1080p tv. I got the hdmi mulitimedia dock yesterday. I a hdmi cable someone had gave me awhile back that ive never used since ive dont have anything that used it. when I got home and found it took a mini hdmi I got an adapter. after plugging everything in I get no video and the sound goes in and out. like 5 sec on 5 sec off. I cant test on another tv and after searching all day I havent found any1 with this problem. but it seems like they all have the a to c cable. could it be that I need to buy a new cable. does anyone have it working using a regular hdmi cable with a hdmi mini adapter. I.m using the newest overcome rom kratos
I also have the dock and am using overcome kratos, however I don't have the right cable to connect the dock to my tv. I could swear that I read somewhere that the overcome builds don't support TV out.
that is interesting of all the things I thought was the problem I didn't think it would be my rom. could someone confirm this I don't really think I want to switch from overcome
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nikmel420 said:
that is interesting of all the things I thought was the problem I didn't think it would be my rom. could someone confirm this I don't really think I want to switch from overcome
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Just tested mine and had no issues. Both picture and sound working. Mini hdmi to hdmi straight from the dock to tv.
just bought the hdtv adapter for p1000 after plug in the screen flashes on the tv but doesnt stay on. I am running GingerBread 2.3.3. I cant seem to solve the issue, I even tried on a newer tv and it does the exact same thing.
akk23 said:
just bought the hdtv adapter for p1000 after plug in the screen flashes on the tv but doesnt stay on. I am running GingerBread 2.3.3. I cant seem to solve the issue, I even tried on a newer tv and it does the exact same thing.
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i have the same problem!
gt-p1000 overcome 4.0.0
akk23 said:
just bought the hdtv adapter for p1000 after plug in the screen flashes on the tv but doesnt stay on. I am running GingerBread 2.3.3. I cant seem to solve the issue, I even tried on a newer tv and it does the exact same thing.
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I have exactly the same problem as well. I am on Overcome 4.0. I have also tried with 2 different TVs with no success. Still looking for a solution...
I have the same problem
I had theorised that it was because I had updated using the nowipe option! (overcome Kratos edition)
Over the holidays I intend to do a clean Kratos install to see if that sorts it.
I hope you have plugged in the charger to the dock, or else it wont work!
aye done that. no joy though
Yes, charger is plugged in. But still no luck. Tried my wife's Galaxy Tab, which is on Kratos and the exact same issue with the picture showing snow and the occasional flash of the Galaxy Tab screen. I'm wondering if the HDMI Dock itself is faulty.
If so, then my dock has the exact same fault!
I now believe that the snow/static image symptoms that we are seeing is actually indicating an "HDMI Handshake" issue. So I am now researching as much as I can to see if there if anything I can do to rectify HDMI Handshake issues. I'll let you know if I resolve anything.
naivri said:
I have the same problem
I had theorised that it was because I had updated using the nowipe option! (overcome Kratos edition)
Over the holidays I intend to do a clean Kratos install to see if that sorts it.
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I tried many ROM(some stock froyo, stock gingerbread, overcome 4.0), only with 2.3.6. cromed works a little better, but still working with the snow for 2 seconds and dark for 5-8 seconds.
I have the same issue. Tried also many ROMS (OC 4.0, Boca RC1, Miui), but no working hdmi output. Is there any ROM where it works?
Last night I flashed my Galaxy Tab with the new and awesome Overcome 4.1.0. HDMI output works fine now.
mrgriffin said:
Last night I flashed my Galaxy Tab with the new and awesome Overcome 4.1.0. HDMI output works fine now.
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Awesome! I'll have to give that a try. Thanks for the tip.
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Last night I flashed my Galaxy Tab with the new and awesome Overcome 4.1.0. HDMI output works fine now.
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Just tried flashing Overcome 4.1.0. HDMI is still not working for me. I am wondering if the cable I am using is dodgy. I am using a 2 metre Mini HDMI to HDMI cable. Anyone successfully using a 2m or longer cable?
I use a mini HDMI to HDMI cable, but it is only 1 m long. What is your System? PAL or NTSC?
that is how I am working my setup!
Here's an interesting problem: Using an hdmi dock with an hdmi cable on the newest Sprint Gingerbread rom seems to kill GPS. When I bring up Google Maps it just can't find the satellites.
I don't know if the rom has anything to do with it but I do know that this rom acts with a different set of rules than the previous ones.
If I use the dock with the 3.5mm audio out and unplug the hdmi cable it works fine.
I know I'm probably the only person the planet that uses a Tab this way but if anyone has gotten this configuration to work please let me know so I know that I'm not crazy.
thanks
Mine works fine.
Tmo tab on latest overcome.
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Using an hdmi dock with an hdmi cable on the newest Sprint Gingerbread rom seems to kill GPS. When I bring up Google Maps it just can't find the satellites.
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I have the same problem as you with HTC Sensation. Did you found the solution?
Not really. I have a theory that connecting the HDMI out is unbalancing the GPS antenna. I might start cutting wires and isolating the ground but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
Well I've tried a new hdmi dock, 2 different hdmi receivers, and even a galaxy tab 7.0 plus. It seems to be endemic to Samsung's hardware.
Time to try a Springboard
EDIT: Conclusion =D
Well i'm happy with a setup i've just done. Using my X Mini portable speakers I get a very loud speaker, with high quality. If anyone else cannot be bothered/cannot figure out how to fix HDMI, these are probably better than my Tv's speakers anyways. And there only £12 =D
Also, YATSE remote for android allows me to control it despite not having CEC!
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Hello, I haven't seen much on Raspbmc on XDa, but its a great little OS. With overclocking controls (much like yuo might get on android) and XBMC booting by default for the professional look =D
Anyway, I haven't been able to get any sound out of the HDMI. I know that sound output can work (on a different OS, like raspbian). Also, i noticed that the HDMI control (ie using TV remote to control it) doesn't work.
Any ideas? Anyone else using PI?
(also, have tried loads of configurations in audio, now i'm stuck)
Edit: I'm trying a clean install, ill post my results.
I've been using raspbmc since I got my first pi and haven't had those problems. However the last iteration of rc5 did have issues with cec which would explain why your remote wouldn't work if your not on the absolute latest. As far as sound only issues I've heard about is with people using external stereo for sound. Disable DTS if your using your tv. With the latest versions be careful with overclocking, there's currently a problem in the build that is causing SD card corruption for a lot of users.
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Check out xbian.org its a xbmc build for the rpi that works great. My remote for my LG tv works great and same for sound, no issues. Has oc control as well. It does freeze up every few days but that's my only issue with it
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Reinstalled but...
Reinstalled but still no joy.
Im gonna try xbian, as Endoroid suggested, much thanks
I did overclock it, but i have noticed that when booting up, sometimes i have to restart as it says
Code:
**cant read, cut off screen****al commit I/O error
Humph, im guessing that al is journal (after googling the rest).
Ill report back again on my xbian results, hopefully end of thread? we'll see (i hope my sd card isn't corrupt or something, i dont think so, file management sitll works and it boots...)
Right...
I installed XBian but still have no sound?!
I know that sound has worked on XBMC, i remember when i first got it i tried it breifly, im gonna try with headphone port and see if i get sound. Even if I do, i'd like to use the HDMI output, rather than headphones/portablespeakers.
Any clues?
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Headphones working fine... i'm not sure whether that is a good thing or a bad thing...
(im testing using a few different sound sources, not just one, os i doubt this is any Program errors. It must be the system. Are there any drivers i can download for a samsung TV?)
Also, i might try on a different TV and see if it's just the tv?!
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Edit-2:
Well i'm happy with a setup i've just done. Using my X Mini portable speakers I get a very loud speaker, with high quality. If anyone else cannot be bothered/cannot figure out how to fix HDMI, these are probably better than my Tv's speakers anyways. And there only £12 =D
Also, YATSE remote for android allows me to control it despite not having CEC!
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In settings, the audio out is set to hdmi and not analog?
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Solution?
Endoroid said:
In settings, the audio out is set to hdmi and not analog?
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I see that no one has commented on this in a while, so I hope that the thread is not dead. When I hook up my Raspbmc to my TV through my Denon receiver, I get picture, but no sound. I added the two lines of code to the config file mentioned on the Pi forums that supposedly force HDMI. When I go into audio settings, however, I don't even seem to have an HDMI option. The only options are Analog and Coax.
Thoughts?
brogdonbr said:
I see that no one has commented on this in a while, so I hope that the thread is not dead. When I hook up my Raspbmc to my TV through my Denon receiver, I get picture, but no sound. I added the two lines of code to the config file mentioned on the Pi forums that supposedly force HDMI. When I go into audio settings, however, I don't even seem to have an HDMI option. The only options are Analog and Coax.
Thoughts?
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I had this problem too when I got a Raspberry Pi a week ago, with a Samsung UN32EH4000 (I don't think the TV has CEC, if that matters). Tried all the recommended solutions, but never had the HDMI choice for the sound even. Went to Xbian and had no problems.
Not posted since forever :S
I have given up on Raspbmc, and even xbian as I have found they don't work well, for me.
I did like Arch linux, but had problems had memory problems.
I have had memory problems on all of the distros tried, I think it might be a hardware problem (after a successful boot or two it forgets how to turn on and just fails)
Oh well :L Gonna try raspbian for a bit and see if i get anywhere.
Fallon9111 said:
Not posted since forever :S
I have given up on Raspbmc, and even xbian as I have found they don't work well, for me.
I did like Arch linux, but had problems had memory problems.
I have had memory problems on all of the distros tried, I think it might be a hardware problem (after a successful boot or two it forgets how to turn on and just fails)
Oh well :L Gonna try raspbian for a bit and see if i get anywhere.
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I was able to fix this by adding "hdmi_force_hotplug=1" and "hdmi_drive=2" to my Config file. I also went pure Raspbmc. You can install XBMC from Raspian, but since my goal was a media extender, I just installed Raspbmc. Wait for everything to settle, turn off the Pi, put the SD card in your PC, open up config.txt, and copy those two lines of code.
Make sure when you edit the config file on a pc, if using windows. Use notepad+ as windows will not properly format the file using utf-8 with standard notepad.
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Also... make sure you're using a quality dependable power supply that actually puts out 5V and at least 700mA, I use an Amazon Kindle Fire 2.1A charger just for the headroom.
The easiest way to check is to have the Pi plugged in and on, and check voltage on the board directly with a test meter. If you don't get the correct values, try a different power supply.
I am using a Stock ATT Note 2...
I cannot get it to display on a TV.
I have used 2 different TV's, 2 different cables and a total of 4 different HDMI ports. And I cannot get it to work...
My first TV is a Sanyo.. my second TV is an LG.. I even used it on my Wifes Windows 8 PC and it did not work....
I have the mouse working on the phone.. a Bluetooth Keyboard working on the phone.. all while in the smart dock.. however. I cant get it to display onto any TV..
Any Ideas.. or tricks I do not know about..???
THANKS
Do you have a case on the phone? Are you sure it is fully plugged into the dock?
Sent from galaxy note 2, tablet in my pocket! ^_^
No case I'm naked. ....
I checked... I put it on the port. .. it says HDMI CONNECTED.... I pushed it in as far as I can. ..and nothing.
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REMIX!!!!
So my wifes Note 2 works fine on the smart dock..
I set up my settings on y phone the same way hers is. .and it still does not work..
Kinda pissed..
I dont want to reset my phone and go through all the installations again..
bonez537 said:
REMIX!!!!
So my wifes Note 2 works fine on the smart dock..
I set up my settings on y phone the same way hers is. .and it still does not work..
Kinda pissed..
I dont want to reset my phone and go through all the installations again..
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Are you rooted with a custom rom. I ask because if I'm not mistaken, I think the smart dock is only compatible with the stock rom. But if you are rooted with the stock rom and don't want to lose all your settings and apps. Use Titanium backup and then I would do a reset.
Something about the HDMI hook-up doesn't like to work with rooted phones. Unroot your phone, restart it, then see if it works.
If you are using exybosabuse uncheck disable exploit and uncheck disable exploit on boot then hit the unroot button, then restart.
If it works after you unroot you can root it again and you won't have any problems after!
I finally got it to work. ..
I did a battery pull and then restarted the damn thing. .. and shamone....
It worked
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Hi,
Sorry for reviving an old thread but is it true that HDMI on the Smart Dock won't work when rooted?
Simone said:
Hi,
Sorry for reviving an old thread but is it true that HDMI on the Smart Dock won't work when rooted?
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No, that is not true. It works fine so long as you are on a TouchWiz ROM. If you are on Cyanogen or any AOSP variant, it will not work.
I have a SmartDock and I am frustrated with it for a number of reasons; this being one of them.
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No, that is not true. It works fine so long as you are on Dock a TouchWiz ROM. If you are on Cyanogen or any AOSP variant, it will not work.
I have a SmartDock and I am frustrated with it for a number of reasons; this being one of them.
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Can you elaborate to me what are the things that frustrate you with the Smart Dock?
just rebooting usually fixes tv-out problems.
the note 2 sometimes gets confused from switching between all the different usb modes (charge, PC, host, MHL, smart dock) so sometimes it gets a little stuck.
rebooting always works for me.
cant get audio to work over hdmi.
it isnt the tv or the cable as it works fine with my atrix 2.
tried it with minimoto and stock,no go on both.
any ideas?
When I had the same problem what worked for me was:
Rebooting with the HDMI cable connected both to the TV and the phone.
Hopefully that will work for you too!
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thanks. i will try that. is there a reason for this? im not on 906,could that be the problem?
it will suck if I have to turn off the phone and do that everytime to get it working,I want to use the droid 3 as my main system to play 16-bit game roms using blue tooth