Hi everyone !
I have been using Samsung Dex with a type-c to HDMI cable on my 4K TV and it worked flawless. It's great and smooth.
I wanted to do the same at the office with my computer monitor. Since it doesn't have any HDMI input I bought a VGA to HDMI adaptor.
When I connect my phone to the VGA to HDMI adaptor using a type-c to HDMI cable, nothing happens. It seems like the monitor doesnˋt recognize the S10.
Has anyone of you succeeded in getting Dex work on a VGA monitor ?
VGA cables can't output 1080 if I remember correctly
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Are there MHL to VGA adapters available that are know to work with the 4x?
Or is MHL standardized enough that i can pick any MHL to VGA without any worrying about working?
I know HDMI is usually better but my HMD (tac eye) takes only VGA or SVideo (though SVideo quality really suxx, its only on for NV not for data).
Also I see some MHL to VGA adapters have a secondary USB port, can this be used only as client or could I somehow connect a pointing device to my phone?
If I were you i would take MHL to HDMI cable and then HDMI to VGA. Reason is simple. Sometime you may want to connect your phone to new TV so you will need HDMI as it is standard port.
Secondary USB port is microUSB and it is used to charge phone while conected to TV (at least thats how it works with MHL to HDMI cable).
Stevic Milos said:
If I were you i would take MHL to HDMI cable and then HDMI to VGA. Reason is simple. Sometime you may want to connect your phone to new TV so you will need HDMI as it is standard port.
Secondary USB port is microUSB and it is used to charge phone while conected to TV (at least thats how it works with MHL to HDMI cable).
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Well, for me this would than look like: MHL-HDMI adapter connected to a HDMI-VGA adapter connected to VGA-"Proprietary HMD Port" thats in used space and weight more for the adapters than for the phone and HMD. As i intent to wear this on my body thats rather not cool. Also the HDMI-VGA adapter will want some juice what will be an additional drain on my batteries.
The "VGA-"Proprietary HMD Port" is passive, so if I like the setup I will probably cut the MHL-VGA adapter open and attache the signal lanes directly to a fitting plug for my HMD.
Also I don't own a TV just a 30" WQXGA Dell Monitor with a Duallink DVI port its one of the old models that had only Duallink DVI, no scaling no DVI no VGA and no other ports.
An other issue would be how to control the phone when it in my pocket, how can I attache some pointing device and would this even work with android OS?
Or would I have to wait for an unlocked bootloader and this cool ubuntu on phone projects that provide a full ubuntu desktop?
PS: is the micro usb port on the adapter only used for charging or is there still a USB signal on it?
David
If i got you right, you want to control phone, connected to PC monitor, over HDM goggles?
You can try something like this https://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
It is a software that enables remote control of your phone over WiFi, so if your goggles work on PC it should work here to. It does the same job as the cable connection (MHL to VGA)
As for the MHL to VGA adapter you have 4 connectors:
1) male microUSB (one you connect to your phone)
2) female microUSB (charger or power supply, so it doesn't use phone battery)
3) female VGA (for monitor)
4) 3,5 audio jack for sound
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If i got you right, you want to control phone, connected to PC monitor, over HDM goggles?
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Not exactly I don't want to use a PC at all. I want to connect the HMD (Vuzix-Tac-Eye-LT-Monocular) directly to the phone and use some pointing device or mini keyboard to control the phone.
I have the adapter and a problem,
the phone is only giving out its native screen resolution, my HMD cant handle.
How can I change the resolution so SVGA ?
Hi All
I'm moving over from a P20 Pro and can't seem to get my USB Type-C HDMI/VGA adaptor to work. I'd like to mirror the screen to a PC monitor which has both HDMI and VGA inputs.
Any comments gratefully received....
Cheers
Steve
You can't use any USB-C to HDMI adaptor. Mi9 has no support for it.
Hi @davfiala
Thanks for your reply. I've bought a wireless->HDMI adaptor from fleabay so will test that when it comes.
Cheers
Steve
Chromecast or similar would work
Thanks @rajanm1
According to the ad, it supports EZCast, DLNA, Miracast, EZAir (Airplay)
I'll post up when it arrives.
Cheers
Steve
Hi All
The wireless adaptor arrived today and it works just fine using MiraCast. I bought it from fleabay for just under £7.00 and it looks like the attached pic.
The instructions were in Chinglish and the text was 3 point in size, so I found this excellent guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edUZOL89ihY
If you want one, just search on fleabay for AnyCast.
To cast your screen, go to Settings->More->Wireless Display.
What I really wanted was a landscape camera for my LCD monitor, but the stock app doesn't rotate the camera so it's always portrait which is the same as the P20 Pro :crying:. Open Camera works well in this case.
So I just need 48MP RAW for 3rd party apps and bob's yer uncle
Cheers
Steve
A quick update on this. My LCD monitors are pretty old and only have DVI and VGA inputs. They work fine with my laptop and a HDMI->DVI adaptor but the Anycast dongle doesn't work at all. After a bit of googling I found out that there are DVD-I and DVD-D standards. DVI-D is a digital standard and DVI-I is digital and anaolog. I bought a DVI-I adaptor but still no joy.
The fix was to buy a HDMI->VGA adaptor and a female->female HDMI gender changer. This works great and is powered from the HDMI port.
So now I can cast the Mi9 to any LCD monitor
So the setup is AnyCast dongle -> gender changer -> HDMI/VGA.
For info, the HDMI->VGA I bought was like the attached
wish xiaomi would stop cheaping where they shouldn't . hdmi over usb-c would not have costed them much to implement. they want to be in 2019, but still use 90s tactics
picitup said:
A quick update on this. My LCD monitors are pretty old and only have DVI and VGA inputs. They work fine with my laptop and a HDMI->DVI adaptor but the Anycast dongle doesn't work at all. After a bit of googling I found out that there are DVD-I and DVD-D standards. DVI-D is a digital standard and DVI-I is digital and anaolog. I bought a DVI-I adaptor but still no joy.
The fix was to buy a HDMI->VGA adaptor and a female->female HDMI gender changer. This works great and is powered from the HDMI port.
So now I can cast the Mi9 to any LCD monitor
So the setup is AnyCast dongle -> gender changer -> HDMI/VGA.
For info, the HDMI->VGA I bought was like the attached
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can u pls post a picture of whole setup? I want to do the same with redmi note 7 pro, thanks
Hi sorry I don't have the setup any more, but it's really simple.
The Anycast USB plugs into your phone via a USB-A->USB->C adaptor.
The AnyCast HDMI cable plugs into the HDMI gender changer
The HDMI gender changer plugs into the HDMI->VGA adaptor
The VGA plugs into your monitor
Hope that helps
Steve
HDMI is good for me with global but not with the last update : 11.0.3. I go back for fast game (60hz).
paglop said:
HDMI is good for me with global but not with the last update : 11.0.3. I go back for fast game (60hz).
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what are you talking about?
Mi9 has usb 2.0. doesn't support usb-c to hdmi dongle
Hello
I Bought this adapter from aliexpress
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000504201626.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dlK6U7y
It all works fine the Ethernet port is recognized and all the USB ports work and it allows charging through the adapter.
HDMI also works when plugged in the side USB-C but the resolution is the same as the phones.
So when I connect to a regular 16:9 TV/Monitor it has big black bars
As far as I can see the dock allows for the resolution change
Is there a way to change the output resolution or do I need the official dock to do that?
Hi,
Could you please le me know which HDMI hub or cable (usb-c to HDMI) you use to display the mobile screen on TV?
I bought an UGREEN, model CM314, with HDMI Port 4K x 2K/60Hz which unfortunately does not seem to work.
Please check photo attached with the image displayed on the TV after connecting the mobile using my Ugreen hub.
Any recommendation is very much appreciated.
Thank you!
Hi emiorosa,
i tried this adapter with my 8T with success.
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I connected the monitor to the dongle HDMI port first and then plugged it into my phone and it worked.
the VGA connection flashed my phone display on the screen but then disappeared so that didnt really work but HDMI worked great.
It seemed like it reduced the refresh rate to 60hz though.
Brian
Hi guys
I got a little big issue with dex and my TV, My TV is FHD , when I connect my S20 FE wirelessly to my TV and bring up dex, The output is FHD
But when I connect it uGreen Type-C to HDMI, Dex says that the monitor/tv resolution is not supported by dex, and the output is 1366x768.
I thought the cable has issue, and tested it on a samsung monitor, and works perfectly on FHD, so the cable is OK.
May anyone please help me with this issue ?!
check the settings on your TV, maybe there are different input settings for HDMI or one of your ports is different from the others. google your TV's model and the phrase HDMI resolution etc.
3mel said:
check the settings on your TV, maybe there are different input settings for HDMI or one of your ports is different from the others. google your TV's model and the phrase HDMI resolution etc.
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Hi , I did that all hdmi ports are FHD , and tested them with my laptop hdmi, all of them shows FHD. I think dex uses a special standard , that my tv cant support it.
Samsung DeX HDMI max resolution is only FullHD (1920x1080)
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