I have a D-Link DHD-131 Mainstage WiDi adapter, supporting Miracast because it runs WiDi 3.5 firmware (correct me if this is not correct). I can find the device, but when I try to connect the D-Link says that it has found a device that wants to connect and after a few seconds the message disappears. The Xperia on the other hand is just patiently counting down from 120 seconds to 0 and except that does nothing.
Are there any people that use Screen Mirroring? If so: did it work with your adapter? What brand adapter are you using?
DJFliX said:
I have a D-Link DHD-131 Mainstage WiDi adapter, supporting Miracast because it runs WiDi 3.5 firmware (correct me if this is not correct). I can find the device, but when I try to connect the D-Link says that it has found a device that wants to connect and after a few seconds the message disappears. The Xperia on the other hand is just patiently counting down from 120 seconds to 0 and except that does nothing.
Are there any people that use Screen Mirroring? If so: did it work with your adapter? What brand adapter are you using?
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I have tried connecting to a Samsung AllShare Cast Hub, which may not be 100% MiraCast compatible, but according to some video on YouTube it also works with the LG Optimus G Dual (also a 1080p phone)
I found the following issues:
Connection is 'successful' but screen remains black and no sound is transmitted
On one occasions I somehow managed to hear my phone's sound through my TV - haven't managed to do so since
WiFi is disabled (indicated by a pop-up message) as soon as screen mirroring is activated, and re-enabled after the screen mirroring connection is closed!!!
The first 2 items may be compatibility issues, but the third one surprised me and is probably a limitation in the Xperia Z. While the Galaxy S3 can have WiDi and WiFi active at the same time, the Xperia Z apparently cannot
Edit: note that in order to connect to the dongle, I had to press a button on it first. Before pressing the button, I would just keep seeing the same countdown timer you describe here. Maybe that helps somehow?
Sjaakbanaan said:
I have tried connecting to a Samsung AllShare Cast Hub, which may not be 100% MiraCast compatible, but according to some video on YouTube it also works with the LG Optimus G Dual (also a 1080p phone)
I found the following issues:
Connection is 'successful' but screen remains black and no sound is transmitted
On one occasions I somehow managed to hear my phone's sound through my TV - haven't managed to do so since
WiFi is disabled (indicated by a pop-up message) as soon as screen mirroring is activated, and re-enabled after the screen mirroring connection is closed!!!
The first 2 items may be compatibility issues, but the third one surprised me and is probably a limitation in the Xperia Z. While the Galaxy S3 can have WiDi and WiFi active at the same time, the Xperia Z apparently cannot
Edit: note that in order to connect to the dongle, I had to press a button on it first. Before pressing the button, I would just keep seeing the same countdown timer you describe here. Maybe that helps somehow?
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Hmm... My WiDi adapter had no buttons at all, only a reset-button. I tried resetting and pairing, but that didn't help. Thanks anyway for your reply, at least I'm not the only one having problems using the Xperia Z's Screen Mirroring function with 3rd party adapters... I wonder if there are any combinations of adapter/XZ that do work...
I have the HTC One phone and have been unable to connect it via Miracast to a Netgear PTV3000 at highest resolution. For me the Miracast connection always establishes at 720p instead of the preferred native 1080p TV resolution. The PTV3000 during the "boot/waiting for connection process" does appear in 1080p. During the initial Miracast connection setup, the phone is physically located within inches of the PTV3000 device. I tried the PTV3000 2.4.19 public firmware as well as the 2.4.22 beta firmware but neither resolves the issue. There is little documentation available about HTC's Miracast/Wireless Display support and I'm not sure if the phone even supports 1080p Miracast. I'm stumped on this issue. I'm interested to hear if anyone has the HTC One connected via Miracast at full 1080p. I've also tried using Miracast support on the Nexus 7 2013 tablet and Sony Xperia Z tablet and have the same results (connect only at 720p, No 1080p support).
Hello everyone. Week ago I've became a happy user of Xperia Z1, and one of first things, that I've tested is a screen mirroring, as i have a TV which supports miracast and has an option to Enable\Disable DRM support. It worked flawlessly. Yes, there was a lag up to 500ms, but for me that's OK. Then i've updated firmware to 4.4.2 and lost ability to stream phone's screen on TV. Changed many firmwares, including customs, but no luck. Connection dialog opens both on TV and Z1, but terminates automatically with message, that TV does not support HDCP. I can stream audio\video\photo via WiFi, but not phone's screen. As i understand, HDCP is a protection, wich allows to run DRM-encrypted media. And my TV should be able (and surely was able) to stream it. Just tested same feature on Xperia C with my TV, it works. Have anyone seen such problem, or knows a way to disable HDCP on Z1?
I imagine you have unlocked your bootloader?
I am not 100% sure but you said the connection depends on DRM keys; you lose these when you unlock the bootloader.
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I imagine you have unlocked your bootloader?
I am not 100% sure but you said the connection depends on DRM keys; you lose these when you unlock the bootloader.
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Nice one, but miss. My bootloader never changed, as i used only firmwares, not kernels. And first mirroring didn't asked for keys or something, only permitting dialog on TV screen.
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I imagine you have unlocked your bootloader?
I am not 100% sure but you said the connection depends on DRM keys; you lose these when you unlock the bootloader.
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Your are not sure about that but this make me think, are we able to connect with UB anyway?
Well I am at a loss.
I just a MHL to HDMI cable to mirror the screen on the TV and it works fine.
Sorry I cant help more
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Well I am at a loss.
I just a MHL to HDMI cable to mirror the screen on the TV and it works fine.
Sorry I cant help more
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MHL fork for me too, but it's really more comfortable when there's only phone in your hands and picture is on big screen.
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MHL fork for me too, but it's really more comfortable when there's only phone in your hands and picture is on big screen.
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True. I will be glad if someone know how to fix it so I will know more about it and maybe I will test ti too to understand if that working on UB.
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Hello everyone. Week ago I've became a happy user of Xperia Z1, and one of first things, that I've tested is a screen mirroring, as i have a TV which supports miracast and has an option to Enable\Disable DRM support. It worked flawlessly. Yes, there was a lag up to 500ms, but for me that's OK. Then i've updated firmware to 4.4.2 and lost ability to stream phone's screen on TV. Changed many firmwares, including customs, but no luck. Connection dialog opens both on TV and Z1, but terminates automatically with message, that TV does not support HDCP. I can stream audio\video\photo via WiFi, but not phone's screen. As i understand, HDCP is a protection, wich allows to run DRM-encrypted media. And my TV should be able (and surely was able) to stream it. Just tested same feature on Xperia C with my TV, it works. Have anyone seen such problem, or knows a way to disable HDCP on Z1?
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I had the same issue before, on my SAMSUNG SMART TV with my XPERIA Z1, the solution, I just updated the TV's firmware and there you go, screen mirroring worked!
I'm on STOCK KK .757 by the way.
Blue2s said:
Hello everyone. Week ago I've became a happy user of Xperia Z1, and one of first things, that I've tested is a screen mirroring, as i have a TV which supports miracast and has an option to Enable\Disable DRM support. It worked flawlessly. Yes, there was a lag up to 500ms, but for me that's OK. Then i've updated firmware to 4.4.2 and lost ability to stream phone's screen on TV. Changed many firmwares, including customs, but no luck. Connection dialog opens both on TV and Z1, but terminates automatically with message, that TV does not support HDCP. I can stream audio\video\photo via WiFi, but not phone's screen. As i understand, HDCP is a protection, wich allows to run DRM-encrypted media. And my TV should be able (and surely was able) to stream it. Just tested same feature on Xperia C with my TV, it works. Have anyone seen such problem, or knows a way to disable HDCP on Z1?
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http://userguide.sonymobile.com/referrer.php?region=gb&product=xperia-z1#Screen-mirroring.html
Prefer the DLNA and the Throw system or use a MHL to HDMI cable
The HDCP is just painfull and broken.
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I had the same issue before, on my SAMSUNG SMART TV with my XPERIA Z1, the solution, I just updated the TV's firmware and there you go, screen mirroring worked!
I'm on STOCK KK .757 by the way.
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Yes, tried that too. My Phillips TV found and installed update, Samsung TV found nothing. But nothing changed, Phillips shows in connections menu, Samsung not (i think Samsung TV simply does not supports miracast)
Just found pack of patches for other android phones, which fixes screen mirroring. It's said, that screen mirroring stops working after rooting, and patch disables HDCP completely. There's a patch for Snapdragon 800, which i just applied, and got a confirmation, that it's working, but with opposite effect- screen mirroring service stops with error. So all we need now is to change patch (file /system/vendor/lib/libwfdsm.so) for xperia (and maybe some others) devices. Or it's pretty possible that screen mirroring will work if we just replace current libwfdsm.so with an older version, which surely works. I'm ready to run experiments on my Z1, just need that file from older firmware.
any update from this issue? I got the same probably after 4.4.4 update.
I have a Z1 and am having the same HDCP issue with a brand new Microsoft Miracast dongle.
According to the Sony support forum, Sony has updated to the "Latest" version of the HDCP standard and all these other devices are on an old version.
Sony is paranoid that we are all going to steel their content. Apparently they don't realize that this lack of compatibility only hurts hones customers,
the thieves already know how to get around these systems.
If anyone has older software I would love to try the option above.
I hate having to open the USB port every time I get into my car, I just want to cast the screen to my AppRadio. Sony should have made the magnetic charge port also support magnetic MHL out.
Apparently 5.0 will solve this but for now we are all stuck on 4.4.4 or older.
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I have a Z1 and am having the same HDCP issue with a brand new Microsoft Miracast dongle.
According to the Sony support forum, Sony has updated to the "Latest" version of the HDCP standard and all these other devices are on an old version.
Sony is paranoid that we are all going to steel their content. Apparently they don't realize that this lack of compatibility only hurts hones customers,
the thieves already know how to get around these systems.
If anyone has older software I would love to try the option above.
I hate having to open the USB port every time I get into my car, I just want to cast the screen to my AppRadio. Sony should have made the magnetic charge port also support magnetic MHL out.
Apparently 5.0 will solve this but for now we are all stuck on 4.4.4 or older.
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No updates to this? Im trying to get this working with xbox one, but that same error screen popping up...stock lollipop z1 compact
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Ok so I had the z2 before and had same issue for some reason the wifi video streaming to tv is bad on Sony compared to Samsung and LG. I have a Sony smart tv and I assumed it should work flawless being two Sony device and it won't work. Same problem with my new z3c anyone else having issues.
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I tried to "throw" somthing at a Samsung SmartTV yesterday. Video doesn't work, pictures and music do work most of the time. Still not very reliable the whole thing.
Miracast is great in theory but sadly still a bit unreliable, getting it to work between two devices is kind of like gambling. The fact that there are tons of different names for it also doesn't really help. And it stops working if the bootloader is unlocked.
The OP really needs to explain properly what they mean by "is bad" and "wont work": what sources, what are they expecting to see, and what happens instead.
The problem here is that "Throw" in this context could mean a number of different things if the Auto-select option (Settings > Xperia Connectivity > Throw settings) is set: DLNA, Miracast or Chromecast. The OP should disable the automatic option and try manually.
DLNA is obviously dependent on the destination device supporting the codecs of the source. Sony TVs can be quite weak with these, and depending on your model they may only support the most basic video codecs for DLNA compliance - check your TV manual.
Some source devices & apps can transcode to the best supported destination codec, or use a server app on a PC to do this in the background or on the fly. Try apps like BubbleUPnP to test this.
On the other hand, Chromecast (& Cast screen) works very well with the Z3C if DLNA is flakey ...
I got it to work I just had to keep on disconnect and reconnect wifi on the phone. also I meant not working as it won't connect to the TV as dlna and the tv is a Sony is w850 so that's not the problem as my previous Samsung and LG phone worked instantly the Sony seem to take longer.
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Hi Guys, I really like this phone, and I for sure intend to buy the Z5 compact. But something is bothering me, as now (having a samsung smartphone) I can watch my movie directly from the phone on my TV, through the common WIFI in my house. And the movies play in background on the phone, so I use it further while watching them on TV. Can I do this with the Z3 compact, and on the Z5 compact for that matter? And where do I find the option? I had Z3 Compact before but could not find how, so I sold it ).
Thank you!
Settings - xperia connectivity - screen mirroring. My z3c stock rooted works great with my Samsung smart TV. Just make sure to update TV.
Thank you my friend!
I'm gonna re-up this. I've recently bought a Z3C, it's running MM.575 stock nordic firmware(found here in xda). I also have a Samsung Smart TV J6300 and I'm unable to mirror my phone. I select Mirroring on TV, then select Mirroring on Phone, phone recognizes tv, try to connect, screen goes black "connecting" and after 20 sec+-, tv goes "phone disconnected" and phone keeps trying to connect. What am I doing wrong?