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Is this a defect? Do I need to return the phone? I'm working with all the latest OTA updates.
I've tried to force 720p and 480p through settings, and tried auto-detect.
If I have it on the gallery app in a slideshow and plug it in, I see the "HDMI" label in the status bar before it goes black.
Strange thing is that the buttons still light up and go off with the HDMI cable plugged in if I hit the power button. But I can't use the power button to turn it back off. I have to do a battery pull.
PITA! HDMI was one of the reasons I bought this dang phone?
Can anyone out there think of any reason why this might be happening?
Thanks for any help.
You're not the only one. My cable is collecting dust somewhere for the past month. Maybe cyan will fix it? This is my first htc and I'm starting to think I shouldn't hold my breath for the company to fix it. As time progresses, I'm liking this phone less. I don't know if all htc phones are like this that it seems like it was rushed to market too soon without fixing the glaring bugs with it.
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I share some of your sentiment, but not all of it. I still love this phone. But HDMI was one of their big, giant marketing points that got me to buy it. A phone with an HDMI out! That's crazy! Also, when I think of what I can do with it it's pretty cool.
But for it not to work at all? Not one bit? That is just crazy.
My theory is that they didn't realize what kind of copyright hell they were unleashing upon themselves when they put it on there, and so they intentionally broke it. If they ever release some kind of source code maybe one of these chefs can make it work.
Can you try another cable that is known to work? I've been messing around the HDMI output the past week since I got my cable (Molex #687860003, from eBay), and I think the implementation is pretty fault-tolerant. I've been plugging and un-plugging it repeatedly and never had a lockup, with and without the Gallery/Video application active. Blu-Ray rips at 1280x720p look and sound amazing for such a small device. There was some discussion on another forum about a bad run of Amzer cables (that caused lockups), so maybe it's worth borrowing someone else's cable and giving it another go before turning in the phone for replacement. Good luck.
I use it everyday without a problem (Youtube).
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Can you try another cable that is known to work? I've been messing around the HDMI output the past week since I got my cable (Molex #687860003, from eBay), and I think the implementation is pretty fault-tolerant. I've been plugging and un-plugging it repeatedly and never had a lockup, with and without the Gallery/Video application active. Blu-Ray rips at 1280x720p look and sound amazing for such a small device. There was some discussion on another forum about a bad run of Amzer cables (that caused lockups), so maybe it's worth borrowing someone else's cable and giving it another go before turning in the phone for replacement. Good luck.
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Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, I don't have another accessible. But you are correct in that I should try it with another cable (and probably on another TV as well).
I went ahead and bought this one. It looks legit, plus it's long. I'll test it again when it arrives. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...40086&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_3062wt_1137
ive been using mine since day one without a problem. i bought the phone and cable from sprint on launch day.
The problem is with the old fps fix kernels. now they support hdmi out too. htc has the most lazy ass devs ever if they capped the fps cuz of hdmi... lmao
gmelchert said:
The problem is with the old fps fix kernels. now they support hdmi out too. htc has the most lazy ass devs ever if they capped the fps cuz of hdmi... lmao
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By "old" fps fix, which do you mean? I'm using the netarchy-toastmod 3.7.2.a kernel, which supposedly had hdmi fixed. (I'm going to update to the latest now, I hadn't noticed there was another.)
Should I be using a different kernel?
Use version c.
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Ok Mr Momoman. I will try when I get home.
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By "old" fps fix, which do you mean? I'm using the netarchy-toastmod 3.7.2.a kernel, which supposedly had hdmi fixed. (I'm going to update to the latest now, I hadn't noticed there was another.)
Should I be using a different kernel?
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thats odd... It worked fine on the 3.7.2b that i was using... hmm yeah try the upgrade
Yeah the release notes say that HDMI is working on all 2.7.x releases. Who knows. I'll try at home and report.
I've got an Epic 4G waiting for me when I get home today. If anyone has any questions or requests Ill be more than happy to answer them!
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...is it epic?
What color is the notification light on the phone? is it one color or can is do pretty much any color under the rainbow, or just a few? BGR is the only source I saw officially state that the notification light is in fact a notification light and they only said that it is red.
If you wouldn't mind loading some apps on SD card testing their open/close response.
I'm also interested in the notification light.
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If you wouldn't mind loading some apps on SD card testing their open/close response.
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Wouldn't he need Froyo for that?
It looks like there is a system app called GPSSetup. Can you run that? What does it do?
Please post some videos of it in action. Doing some benchmark test from popular apps would be nice too
Will do. Two and a half hours from home!
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natually you need to do some real world testing of the GPS to see if it actually works and is accurate. Take a drive somewhere with google maps loaded up and see how well and accurate the GPS please
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natually you need to do some real world testing of the GPS to see if it actually works and is accurate. Take a drive somewhere with google maps loaded up and see how well and accurate the GPS please
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Just driving around is a pretty unrevealing test. If you are going to field-test the GPS, please use a little more rigor than that: Install and use My Tracks to capture several tracks on complex driving courses with stops, turns, and fast curves. Also some walking courses. You can upload the results to Google My Maps and post the links for others to peruse.
Then use GPS Test and report the results being shown when getting an outdoor fix (number of satellites seen, used; reported accuracy; SNR levels for satellites used, time to first fix.)
Alright gang.
First tests:
1.) Notification light - red.
Can't test any other colors. Don't know if it can change.
2.) Quadrant benchmark - 960. I/O score improves, 3D, etc. Most improved by a little. I/O a lot.
Here's my benchmarks: http://briefmobile.com/samsung-epic-4g-benchmarked
3.) GPS -- worked well with initial test. Found me in my court outside. Will do more testing later.
4.) Speed of the phone - unrivaled. Possibly the fastest, baddest Android-powered device yet. I own a Captivate, and this thing BLOWS the Captivate out of the water.
When I apply the EXT2 lag fix on Captivate, it brings Captivate up to par with the Epic 4G. But, Epic is fast right out of the box. Boot up times are nice and fast. No ten minutes of loading crap.
Sidenote: Wish I had the Epic drivers. I have no way of connecting this thing to my PC. Of course the driver site isn't up yet. The phone's not out for ten more days!
FM Radio useable?
What version of BT?
Anyway you can try out vid out?
Any way you could post a link to a kernel dump?
Just run
Cat /dev/bml7 > /sdcard/bml7.dump
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Any way you could post a link to a kernel dump?
Just run
Cat /dev/bml7 > /sdcard/bml7.dump
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Can't run this without any drivers to connect...
Bluetooth - 3.0 like all Galaxy S devices.
FM radio - no way to test... I'm assuming it's disabled like the Captivate. No radio application.
TV out - I'll see if I can test it later today... but I don't think I have the right cords.
You should be able to run this from connectbot and your pc should see the sd card without pc drivers.
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Is it running TouchWiz 2.5? I've heard that it's running 2.5 but I don't believe it.
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Is it running TouchWiz 2.5? I've heard that it's running 2.5 but I don't believe it.
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Yes, the version of TouchWiz is slightly different. Not any better or worse necessarily. Just a different version.
Samsung has told me previously that the TouchWiz would be updated with the Android 2.2 rollout. But, all of the Galaxy S line devices will be receiving updated skins with 2.2. A few changes coming to every one.
I have a few questions. First I'd like to know if the Epic 4G has video out like on the other Galaxy S variants through composite cables via the 3.5mm jack, and HDMI through the micro USB port? Thanks in advance
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I have a few questions. First I'd like to know if the Epic 4G has video out like on the other Galaxy S variants through composite cables via the 3.5mm jack, and HDMI through the micro USB port? Thanks in advance
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No TV out option! Can't believe it.
http://briefmobile.com/sprint-epic-4g-has-no-tv-out
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No TV out option! Can't believe it.
http://briefmobile.com/sprint-epic-4g-has-no-tv-out
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Probably because its not running touchwiz 3.0
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it feels like the wifi is very slow after I upgraded to 4.3 - does anyone else have this experience?
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it feels like the wifi is very slow after I upgraded to 4.3 - does anyone else have this experience?
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after a bit of fiddeling around I figured out that its my laptops Wifi that interfere with the nexus wifi.
I start to copy a file from my server to the nexus - speed is 32-54 Kb/s. Then I off the wifi on my laptop and right away the file transfer speed to the nexus raises to 1.27 Mb/s
then I turn on the laptop wifi again and the transfer speed drops right back to 32Kb/s
now how can i figure out what the laptop is doing that ****s with the nexus? (no the laptop is not running anything on the network)
Im guessing its have something to do with the frequencies of the radios. can it be changed on the laptop running ubuntu?
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Im guessing its have something to do with the frequencies of the radios. can it be changed on the laptop running ubuntu?
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The frequency is determined by which network it's connected to, and it's set on the AP. Everything on a single wireless network runs on the same frequency.
mbeltoft said:
after a bit of fiddeling around I figured out that its my laptops Wifi that interfere with the nexus wifi.
I start to copy a file from my server to the nexus - speed is 32-54 Kb/s. Then I off the wifi on my laptop and right away the file transfer speed to the nexus raises to 1.27 Mb/s
then I turn on the laptop wifi again and the transfer speed drops right back to 32Kb/s
now how can i figure out what the laptop is doing that ****s with the nexus? (no the laptop is not running anything on the network)
Im guessing its have something to do with the frequencies of the radios. can it be changed on the laptop running ubuntu?
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I believe it's your router, did you tried using your phone on wifi while laptop is on, or phone + tablet setup? This is a weird thing IMO.
"We think so supersonic and we make our bombs atomic" - Eagle Fly Free (Helloween)
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I believe it's your router, did you tried using your phone on wifi while laptop is on, or phone + tablet setup? This is a weird thing IMO.
"We think so supersonic and we make our bombs atomic" - Eagle Fly Free (Helloween)
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My wifi has been crap since the upgrade to 4.3, works good 80-90% of the time and like crap the other 10-20%.I have factory wiped twice to ensure it was not root or some other strange reason. Nothing else has changed, all worked great on 4.2.2. This is very frustrating and I hope Google is working on it cause i don't want to go back to 4.2.2 as I would lose Miracast.
any new ideas with this? i just flashed a 4.3 rom and my wifi is killing me. what can i do?
Have you tried different kernels?
So I recently got this tablet, rooted it, and installed the 4.3 nightlys (this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2413878)
I've been bringing it to work so I can just get things done faster reading e-mail and news without distracting during my breaks. At some point, I started to noticed how incredibly slow things loaded up such as trying to load articles from feedly as well as its videos. I later noticed that my wifi was only 2 bars. I figured it was enough but apparently it isn't as things just load up so bloody slow.
I decided to to download the app, Speed Test, into the tablet and found out I've been downloading at crappy speeds of 900-1100 kbps while my Samsung Galaxy S4, in the same area I'm testing the speed, is running at ridiculous speeds of 26-30 >mbps<.
I actually restore the tablet back to original stock and tested again and same deal. Has anyone got this problem? I'm leading to believe its old hardware which would be incredibly disappointing if that's the case... but maybe there's an update or fix for this terrible wifi?
Check your Advanced WiFi settings - disable 'WiFi optimisation' and see how that goes. Apparently it slows things down!
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Check your Advanced WiFi settings - disable 'WiFi optimisation' and see how that goes. Apparently it slows things down!
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I turned off and used it for a few days; same issue. Is there any other possibilities? Any patches or fixes for this? Because if it's really because of old tech, I'm going to sell this and try out Swappa to avoid eBay fees for such a disappointment.
Maybe you got a bad tablet mine off n router is way faster then that. Loads almost instantly
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the router/modem combo that Time Warner gave me is junk, don't know what the hell is wrong with it
but other routers at my friends houses seem to do fine
so i'm guessing it's a hardware issue
im going to hook my d-link router up to the modem/router combo (if i can ever figure it out)
oh yeah, if anyone know how to do that (router to router) message me or something
Release date: 8/28/14
SHIELD Tablet OTA Update 1.1
This update contains important enhancements and bug fixes, including:
Improved WiFi stability in certain scenarios
Improved camera performance
NVIDIA PRISM feature toggle
Stability improvements to SHIELD Hub and Gamestream
ShadowPlay performance optimizations
Localisation improvements
Audio optimisations
Misc. stability improvements
http://shield.nvidia.com/tablet-release-notes/
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Although the system updates on mine is stuck checking!
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oooOo!! Audio & PRISM top the list of what interests me here. I'm excited!
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Has anyone manage to get the update?
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funb0b said:
Has anyone manage to get the update?
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they said they are having issues with teh update getting out, so they will update us about the update to the update soon
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they said they are having issues with teh update getting out, so they will update us about the update to the update soon
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Lol.
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Just got the update I think I found the link:
http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/produ...ota-from-20258_426.6902-to-22229_440.9583.zip
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Yeah the above it he OTA link.
I received the update fine. Looks good so far.
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Just got the update I think I found the link:
http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/produ...ota-from-20258_426.6902-to-22229_440.9583.zip
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Thanks very much
Hello guys.. updating in curse...
Must root again after this?
Also just finished installing. Stalled on me once but just restarted the download and it was fine after that.
PRISM toggle is in SHIELD Power Control setting just FYI, not Display settings like I first expected. When you disable it there is a warning that says:
We recommend that you keep PRISM turned ON for optimum power savings and image quality.
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I'm curious to hear if anyone else experiences any extra power drain. I will post if I do. Also anyone have any idea what the other generic "improvements" and "optimizations" are? Definitely hope the WiFi generally is a little better and that it isn't a hardware issue for the poor signal issues I and others have been having.
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Also just finished installing. Stalled on me once but just restarted the download and it was fine after that.
PRISM toggle is in SHIELD Power Control setting just FYI, not Display settings like I first expected. When you disable it there is a warning that says:
I'm curious to hear if anyone else experiences any extra power drain. I will post if I do. Also anyone have any idea what the other generic "improvements" and "optimizations" are? Definitely hope the WiFi generally is a little better and that it isn't a hardware issue for the poor signal issues I and others have been having.
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Thanks for the heads up on the prism settings thought I was going man for sec. ☺
Mixed bag for WiFi for me seems to be holding 300mps which is good, rather than the 24mps.
Get 100+ in the same room as the router, 30-80 upstairs.*
I can dramatically affect these results if I cover the back of the unit with my hands down to almost suffocation. Not good.
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I can dramatically affect these results if I cover the back of the unit with my hands down to almost suffocation. Not good.
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Hmm, thats still not good that you can do that at all but is that happening when you have a more natural grip just on the sides as well or sitting on a table? Nobody is probably suffocating it other than to test the interference, though like you said still not good.
Also are you connected to 5ghz or 2.4ghz. I know 5ghz has more issues with range and walls so maybe theres less if its a 2.4ghz connection. 5ghz is obviously preferable but just thinking out loud. Can't do tests myself until work gets out.
Yeah that was using 5g although I'll give the 2g a try as well.
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My shield can't install the update Downloads, restarts and gets about 15% done, and it returns the sexy androidbot with Error! text under it.
Anyone managed to get around this ?
I am having same issue!! Tried lots of alternatives but still no joy. Tried stick recovery, stock boot. IMG, cwm, factory reset etc..
Does towelroot still work?
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aznmode said:
Does towelroot still work?
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Yes
firsty said:
My shield can't install the update Downloads, restarts and gets about 15% done, and it returns the sexy androidbot with Error! text under it.
Anyone managed to get around this ?
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I have the same issue. I suspect that it's because I flashed the incremental update to 434.7217
The updates didnt seem to fix the multiple cracks in the casing