Anybody have a good mirroring suggestion? Got used to SideSync on my S5 and haven't found anything that works for the Pure. Don't even really care if i can control the phone through the PC just mirroring would be good enough. Tried everything from Teamviewer to AirDroid, nothing works. Thanks
Just to be clear you want to see and maybe control the phone from the computer. I use Vysor to do this. It is a Chrome extension and works nice for the couple of devices that I needed.
Thanks but was looking for a wireless route. I wonder if it's just a permissions thing and can somehow get Teamviewer to work? hmmm can't believe this is a hard thing to do now.
Vysor works with adb wifi.
BBQScreen I think it's faster...
I use Reflector 2 to cast my Android screen to my PC. For those of us that have to work with iOS, it works with that too.
does this work with smart TVs too?
I have a Sony Smart TV (non android - 2014 model). I am able to cast the screen of my Samsung Galaxy S5 to my Sony TV either directly through Screen Mirroring (natively supported by S5) or through my home network (to which my S5 as well as my Smart TV connect). This is again done natively without adding any 3rd party software or hardware.
I just bought a brand new Chromecast from walmart last night, after doing a bit of research it came down to this or the firestick. Chromecast won me over I've been searching the forums up and down and trying every google query I could think of, I know its possible to turn the TV on with the Chromecast via CEC but I couldn't find any posts about turning the TV itself off with my phone. I'm currently running an s6 edge+ rooted with darthstalker v11 and the skyhigh kernel 7.1 (Forgive me, I don't recall the kernels version but 7.1 seems good!)
My phone unfortunately is like one of the two recent phones that doesn't come with an IR blaster, which would make my life that much easier lol. So my question is, is it possible yet to use CEC or something over my paired network to shut JUST the tv off? I also woke up to the tv on with chromecast running? Is this a common thing or did I just press a button in my sleep? I'm totally new to the world of chromecast so I want to cover what I know from reading the forums. Root doesn't look all THAT appealing so im happy with what i've got now.
My final question; what are some good apps to have on my (rooted) phone for the Chromecast? Note: My Chromecast device isn't rooted, so I'm limited there.
P.S. I plugged it in and set it all up and received the OTA update so im on the latest software, sucks I know....im that guy who would like to root it just for the sake of saying "Yeah I rooted that!"
Thanks in advance and sorry for the rambling
The CEC in the CCast can turn the TV on and switch the input to the CCast input when you send a stream to the CCast.
It does not to my knowledge have the commands to shut off the tv....
And it isn't odd to have the CCast get a signal and switch on a TV or the input without you actually sending anything to it. Rare but I have seen that happen.
My plan was to use my phone as a basic photo station.
So we got the Note 8, Dex Dock and the Gear 360 (2017).
Plugged it into the DEX and CRAP! Gear 360 says not working with DEX....
Anyone have a clue around this or an idea if there maybe a future upgrade to the 360 Software to work with DEX?
I have the Dex and Gear 360, but never tried to connect one to the other.
If you search around, you may be able to find a way to force the app to work in Dex. I had trouble with Teamviewer not wanting to load at all, and now it does. I wish I could point you to specific threads/apps, but I'm at work
Samsung support said it does not work. Ahhhh Crap.
Ok, I have a question which probably wasn't asked for a while, as aerlink wasn't updated for a while, but maybe someone can still help me.
My wife has an android tab, an iPhone and a zenwatch 3. Android wear 2 standalone apps don't really cut it, so I tried to connect the watch via the old aerlink way, so she can have apps via the tab and her messages from the phone.
This solution doesn't work and I was ready to blame it on aerlink not being supported on aw 2. Out of fun, I still tried the same with my huawei watch 2 and here it works perfectly. Why is that the case?
For the facts: Tablet is on Android 6, iPhone 7 on 11.1. Huawei and Zen watch are both on 2.7 or Android 7.1.1 and the only difference is the security patch (Huawei is newer). Aerlink fails to connect to the iPhone from the zenwatch (constantly changes from connecting to disconnected) , while with Huawei it works directly.
Does anyone have an idea what could be the reason why it works on one aw2 watch and on the second not? Is there any alternative to use, which has the same effect? Thanks in advance.
I've been searching the forum without much success, I want to install the Chromecast OS ( or in this case, HubCap) on a general cheap android tablet. Since Chromecast is similar in foundation, is this possible? I would like the tablet I get, like an 8" Chinese generic or anything, which already has wifi and a display, to be the display I can choose to cast to.
My further thoughts is that it makes a portable video frame I can use with my Google Home, but that's for my own further experimentation. I still haven't been able to find if HubCap on Chromecast still allows the Chromecast to be controllable from Google Home, though I would assume so.
Any directions I should look into? I would love it to be as easy as rooting the tablet device and installing a HubCap slip-streamed Chromecast package ( if any were to exist, even ) , but I have a feeling it's not that easy, despite Android seeming to be resilient as to the platform it is being installed on.
Ty
werelwolf said:
I've been searching the forum without much success, I want to install the Chromecast OS ( or in this case, HubCap) on a general cheap android tablet. Since Chromecast is similar in foundation, is this possible? I would like the tablet I get, like an 8" Chinese generic or anything, which already has wifi and a display, to be the display I can choose to cast to.
My further thoughts is that it makes a portable video frame I can use with my Google Home, but that's for my own further experimentation. I still haven't been able to find if HubCap on Chromecast still allows the Chromecast to be controllable from Google Home, though I would assume so.
Any directions I should look into? I would love it to be as easy as rooting the tablet device and installing a HubCap slip-streamed Chromecast package ( if any were to exist, even ) , but I have a feeling it's not that easy, despite Android seeming to be resilient as to the platform it is being installed on.
Ty
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This is extremely doubtful...
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turn rooted galaxy S6 into chromecast and/or Fire Tv box...help? (please)
werelwolf said:
I've been searching the forum without much success, I want to install the Chromecast OS ( or in this case, HubCap) on a general cheap android tablet. Since Chromecast is similar in foundation, is this possible? I would like the tablet I get, like an 8" Chinese generic or anything, which already has wifi and a display, to be the display I can choose to cast to.
My further thoughts is that it makes a portable video frame I can use with my Google Home, but that's for my own further experimentation. I still haven't been able to find if HubCap on Chromecast still allows the Chromecast to be controllable from Google Home, though I would assume so.
Any directions I should look into? I would love it to be as easy as rooting the tablet device and installing a HubCap slip-streamed Chromecast package ( if any were to exist, even ) , but I have a feeling it's not that easy, despite Android seeming to be resilient as to the platform it is being installed on.
Ty
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I believe I am looking for the same thing! I just recently upgraded to the galaxy s8. My old device is a rooted galaxy s6. I would like to use the galaxy s6 to hook up to my LG HDTV (model is LG 55LF6000, a "dumb" tv and is not wifi capable). I have been searching for "a way to turn the gs6 into a chromecast and/or Fire Tv". The hope is that I can then turn my "dumb" TV into a SmartTV and (hopefully) be able to utilize KODI as well as other smarttv type functions as if it were one to begin with.
As a side note, I have had every single samsung "galaxy s" phone; even before they were noted as such, starting with the samsung moment, the epic 4g touch, all the way up. I have rooted every single one of them, BUT I DO NOT want to root my Galaxy S8 (sungstratum mods do wonders without a need for root) bc Im in love with some of the knox features (secure folder, samsung pass etc) never having used any before due to using rooted devices.
I did find a few forums that appeared to mention ways to sort of do this, where the receiving device needed to be rooted (in my case the gs6) and the sending one did not need to be rooted (gs8). However, I cannot find them anymore, they were rather old (2015 I believe) and weren't descriptive enough or easy to follow in order to get the job done... So round-about-way of saying/asking... I think we are looking for the same thing, correct?
Wish/Help Request (summarized): use old android device as chromecast/fire Tv (rooted gs6) connected to "dumb", no wifi, HDTV // using newer android device (gs8) as the remote/casting device (chromecast) or as the Fire Tv remote if going that route is possible also... SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP US! <Many thanks in Advance!
-E.Almighty777 (I've got that god-complex ;-P )
EvanAlmighty777 said:
I believe I am looking for the same thing! I just recently upgraded to the galaxy s8. My old device is a rooted galaxy s6. I would like to use the galaxy s6 to hook up to my LG HDTV (model is LG 55LF6000, a "dumb" tv and is not wifi capable). I have been searching for "a way to turn the gs6 into a chromecast and/or Fire Tv". The hope is that I can then turn my "dumb" TV into a SmartTV and (hopefully) be able to utilize KODI as well as other smarttv type functions as if it were one to begin with.
As a side note, I have had every single samsung "galaxy s" phone; even before they were noted as such, starting with the samsung moment, the epic 4g touch, all the way up. I have rooted every single one of them, BUT I DO NOT want to root my Galaxy S8 (sungstratum mods do wonders without a need for root) bc Im in love with some of the knox features (secure folder, samsung pass etc) never having used any before due to using rooted devices.
I did find a few forums that appeared to mention ways to sort of do this, where the receiving device needed to be rooted (in my case the gs6) and the sending one did not need to be rooted (gs8). However, I cannot find them anymore, they were rather old (2015 I believe) and weren't descriptive enough or easy to follow in order to get the job done... So round-about-way of saying/asking... I think we are looking for the same thing, correct?
Wish/Help Request (summarized): use old android device as chromecast/fire Tv (rooted gs6) connected to "dumb", no wifi, HDTV // using newer android device (gs8) as the remote/casting device (chromecast) or as the Fire Tv remote if going that route is possible also... SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP US! <Many thanks in Advance!
-E.Almighty777 (I've got that god-complex ;-P )
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Sorry, this is not at all what I am looking for. I am looking to repurpose a tablet itself to be the device displaying the video, is if it were a tv/Chromecast single device combo. It would be a small screen, yes, but it is the best way I can describe its function.
Ty
werelwolf said:
Sorry, this is not at all what I am looking for. I am looking to repurpose a tablet itself to be the device displaying the video, is if it were a tv/Chromecast single device combo. It would be a small screen, yes, but it is the best way I can describe its function.
Ty
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I understand, and in a nutshell that is exactly what I would need to do with my galaxy s6. Repurpose it as a Chromecast , it could then play things on that screen or the big one it's attached to.. however, I guess mine requires a little extra.. as I believe you would just need this to get done what you need:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...mirror-android-phone-screen-to-t3015383/page2
this app in googleplay may do the trick too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nfo.oneassist&hl=en
I noticed there are 2 links to apps that do exactly what you want... Not too hard to come across... If you happen upon the extra step I'm needing (getting it onto the TV from the "Chromecast tablet/phone) please let me know sir!
EvanAlmighty777 said:
I understand, and in a nutshell that is exactly what I would need to do with my galaxy s6. Repurpose it as a Chromecast , it could then play things on that screen or the big one it's attached to.. however, I guess mine requires a little extra.. as I believe you would just need this to get done what you need:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...mirror-android-phone-screen-to-t3015383/page2
this app in googleplay may do the trick too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nfo.oneassist&hl=en
I noticed there are 2 links to apps that do exactly what you want... Not too hard to come across... If you happen upon the extra step I'm needing (getting it onto the TV from the "Chromecast tablet/phone) please let me know sir!
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This is much more similar to what I am looking for yes, and thank you for providing references! I'll see what I find..
Ty