* * Cable that does everything smart dock does? OTG USB, HDMI, Charge etc - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I'm interested to know if there's a cable that can do everything that the smart dock does as I don't like the fact I can't use the smart dock in landscape mode.
I want to connect the Note 2 to a screen via HDMI, keep it charged/charging and have a female USB port so I can connect a hub/PS3 controller/Memory stick etc.
Also, I've read online that I may need to root to get all this functionality working?
Sorry if this has been asked before, I'm new to the Android community, just finished using BlackBerry.
Thanks

That's the dream. For now an non existant one...
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Just finding a smartdock somewhere would make me happy... sold out or backordered everywhere

lordspector said:
Picked this up on ebay.2 out of 3 in bad for the money
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Which cable? And what does it do please? Can it charge the note 2 but also have OTG?
Thanks

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Is the MHL cable required for USB OTG?

All that I'm interested in is accessing external storage. Would this work?
http://www.amazon.com/female-Micro-...2VMG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1321787319&sr=8-3
From what i understand you need to get that Micro-A version not the B version. I THINK
No it does not work.
whatsitsnamenow said:
No it does not work.
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That cable specifically, or I have to use a MHL cable?
This one claims to work with GSII
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-USB-Host-Cable-accommodating/dp/B005GGBYJ4/ref=pd_sim_cps_3
thekingofmean said:
That cable specifically, or I have to use a MHL cable?
This one claims to work with GSII
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-USB-Host-Cable-accommodating/dp/B005GGBYJ4/ref=pd_sim_cps_3
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You know I kind of helped you....
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thekingofmean said:
That cable specifically, or I have to use a MHL cable?
This one claims to work with GSII
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-USB-Host-Cable-accommodating/dp/B005GGBYJ4/ref=pd_sim_cps_3
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Won't work either way.
That and most cable will work with Galaxy S2 but it won't work with Epic 4G Touch Galaxy S2. Although they are close they are not the same phone.
USB OTG is disabled on the Sprint version of the SGSII. MHL is only to split the USB data from the HDMI stream.
Do you guys know when it'll be enabled? I asked in a development thread for ICS to see if it could be added in the new kernel they are developing for it and got flamed by Jerdog.
I would love to have this as I use it a lot on my Xoom.
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It is a really nice feature I use on the zoom as well. It would be nice to get it enabled.
Can anyone verify if the MHL cable works out of the car dock?
Mhl does not work while in home dock
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djjosh said:
Mhl does not work while in home dock
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That certainly is a bummer. I assume car dock would be the same then. Thanks for answering!

Xbox/ps3 controller on my s2

I saw online that you can buy an otg adapter to connect a USB flash drive, keyboard , and even an Xbox controller
I bought an adapter for it for like 10 bucks
GTA 3 has the support for it I think
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grassyloki said:
I saw online that you can buy an otg adapter to connect a USB flash drive, keyboard , and even an Xbox controller
I bought an adapter for it for like 10 bucks
GTA 3 has the support for it I think
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Uhmm I don't get it lol do u need help with it? Or are u just sharing? I can help you connect a ps3 controller wirelessly if u want all ull need is $2 a computer and a ps3 controller oh and working bluetooth
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iNeedICS said:
Uhmm I don't get it lol do u need help with it? Or are u just sharing? I can help you connect a ps3 controller wirelessly if u want all ull need is $2 a computer and a ps3 controller oh and working bluetooth
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Sharing for people who don't know
BTW nice username
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grassyloki said:
Sharing for people who don't know
BTW nice username
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Oh ok cool ... Thanks!
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grassyloki said:
I saw online that you can buy an otg adapter to connect a USB flash drive, keyboard , and even an Xbox controller
I bought an adapter for it for like 10 bucks
GTA 3 has the support for it I think
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you have a link?
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Sixaxis controller app works well and is cheaper.
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I didn't know about USB OTG, I was under the impression that simply connecting a mouse, keyboard, etc. from USB A to USB B micro wouldn't work but these seem to be different. Is that right? If so I'll totally buy one. Seems worth it at times to be able to connect a keyboard and/or mouse. I use bluetooth for my PS3 controller right now but this could be beneficial in other ways.
hideokuze said:
I didn't know about USB OTG, I was under the impression that simply connecting a mouse, keyboard, etc. from USB A to USB B micro wouldn't work but these seem to be different. Is that right? If so I'll totally buy one. Seems worth it at times to be able to connect a keyboard and/or mouse. I use bluetooth for my PS3 controller right now but this could be beneficial in other ways.
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I'm thinking about using my external drive that has movies on it and hooking it up when i want so I can save space on my SD card.
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grassyloki said:
I saw online that you can buy an otg adapter to connect a USB flash drive, keyboard , and even an Xbox controller
I bought an adapter for it for like 10 bucks
GTA 3 has the support for it I think
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All you need to know...
http://www.gizmag.com/gameklip-android-ps3-games/23592/
Is there an adapter to have split usb ports? I need to use 2 ports at the same time, or would the function not even work then.
gatorstew said:
All you need to know...
http://www.gizmag.com/gameklip-android-ps3-games/23592/
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Too bad they don't have the Gameklip for our t989 yet, but all you need to do is go on their facebook page and post a request for it on our phone and "like" all of the other posts requesting the same thing for our t989. When there's enough demand, they'll add our phone to the list. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/GameKlip
And here's my original post on the topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813665
Baronetage. thdIOf
Cool man.
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at post #9, 1 more and I can post int he dev forums. Yipee.
what about xbox 360 can u use ur phone to control that...not play games but turn on xbox and go to netfilx or my media center and ****
mightymike889 said:
what about xbox 360 can u use ur phone to control that...not play games but turn on xbox and go to netfilx or my media center and ****
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I think you can with smart glass
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genericusername#999 said:
Too bad they don't have the Gameklip for our t989 yet, but all you need to do is go on their facebook page and post a request for it on our phone and "like" all of the other posts requesting the same thing for our t989. When there's enough demand, they'll add our phone to the list. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/GameKlip
And here's my original post on the topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813665
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The Skyrocket has a gameklip and it's only 1mm taller and wider, so I ordered one and I will try to remember to comment here again once I have it and can see if it works.
Just hold out a little longer guys. This fall, there will be no less than 5 manufacturers that'll be releasing bluetooth controllers for our phones/tablets.
Just do a Google search for:
PowerA SDK
Nyko NVIDIA Playpad
SteelSeries Ion

Tv out?

Is there a way to stream netflix from my phone to my tv. Ive got internet coming friday but I wanna watch now. I also have a wifi capable blu ray with a usb port on it.
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phoenixfriend said:
Is there a way to stream netflix from my phone to my tv. Ive got internet coming friday but I wanna watch now. I also have a wifi capable blu ray with a usb port on it.
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I believe this is what you need!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI-Rbm-m5Kk
You could go this route:
http://www.cellphoneshop.net/mhlhdmi.html
Read review and make sure the one you're buying works for the Note 2 or S3.
I have one from my ol' S2, bought an adapter for my Note 2 and it works like a charm!
Nope.
You need the mhl adapter like others suggested unfortunately. Unless you can find one locally than there is nothing you can do.
You need an mhl cable. More specifically the one from samsung because they made ours non standard.
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Or get smart dock which had hdmi out.
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Thanks guys. Just didnt make sense. I could view my pictures on the screen but not broadcast netflix to the tv. I plugged it up to my blue ray player and lime I said I could see my pictures and videos just not netflix.
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needs to be an 11 pin MHL HDMI output adapter...

Netflix video output low res and compressed!

I have a MHL hdmi adapter and it works great with everything but netflix. I really want to use it for netflix but the video looks horrible on the TV. Again everything else out of the phone looks great. Games, movies, web browser. Just for some reason netflix wont output correctly. Any ideas on how to make this work? Thanks.
I have the same problem
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it's just the Netflix app. Other devices suffer from this issue as well. I've seen a video where the Galaxy S3 did it as well.
I have a ASUS Infinity Pad (TF700T) which is running Android 4.1.1 too, and Netflix doesn't do it. The big difference between it and the GN2 it uses a microHDMI instead of MHL.
Same problem here with both the smart dock and the samsung mhl cable.
Netflix does NOT have this problem on the evo lte which uses mhl*.
* Regular standard 5 pin usb mhl not this retarded non standard proprietary special 9 pin samsung thing they somehow get to call mhl even though it's a completely different spec.
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KEYofR said:
Same problem here with both the smart dock and the samsung mhl cable.
Netflix does NOT have this problem on the evo lte which uses mhl*.
* Regular standard 5 pin usb mhl not this retarded non standard proprietary special 9 pin samsung thing they somehow get to call mhl even though it's a completely different spec.
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9 pin? ??
Also I read 5 pin is only for hdmi out Samsung’s 11 pin is for hdmi out AND USB OTG.
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ac16313 said:
9 pin? ??... source?
Also 5 pin is only for hdmi out Samsung’s 11 pin is for hdmi out AND USB OTG.
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Sorry misremembered. You're right 11 pin.
A standard 5 pin mhl cable does not work on the note2.
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KEYofR said:
Sorry misremembered. You're right 11 pin.
A standard 5 pin mhl cable does not work on the note2.
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Yeah I looked it up just in case and yeah they use a different pin setting but turns out better for us since we can use the features of the smart dock
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Using the Desire as miracast?

Hey.
I still have my old Desire laying around gathering dust and I was thinking if I could revive it as a miracast adaptor for my flat screen.
Basically the idea was to hook it up to my flat screen so I can mirror my nexus 4 display on my TV.
Naturally a couple of questions arise.
Does the desire even support being connected via HDMI?
Is there even a software (or specific ROM) to make this possible?
Could I connect other things such as wireless mouse/keyboard or external HDDs?
I never really got into USB otg and all that stuff so bear with me if this sounds completely ridiculous.
Thanks in advance.
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No one has an idea?
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