yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] MasterDecker:
That's just an app he linked. You don't "need" Ultracfg, but some time down the line you may just want to get it. FoxFi should be all you need to get you tethering.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] alonseal:
Power Toggles works...

This is a few months late, but I can confirm that my Note i717 on ICS 4.0.4, "Power Toggles" does indeed works. I go into the normal "wireless > more... > tethering and hotspot > portable WiFi hotspot" to set up the hotspot, and use Power Toggles to turn it on and off. Similar to what I used to do with Quick Settings on an LG Optimus.

Alon
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ronocd:
might as well delete the bloatware u dont want instead of keeping them frozen that long.

I use the SVTP wifi tethering app works great.

r u rooted? im pretty sure u have to be rooted to enable tethering....even if foxfi says it doesnt need it.

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also at&t can block your ability to tether even if u have all the stuff. they threatened to permanently disable mine if i didnt switch to a data plan that included tethering... just sayin that may be a possiblilty if you have tethered a lot in the past
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Blazing angel:
Something has been confusing me for a while. When you purchase a digitzer without a housing, how do you attach it to said housing?

I'm planing on buying a white lg digtizer + new housing (as i dented mine after a few nasty drops), but noticed the white ones are only the digitzer, and do not come with any adhesive. Do I just "force it in"

Edit: Damn, Had multiple threads open, will ask to have it moved to Q & A

EDit2:

Found some adhesive. Would this "kit" work?

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Frame-Front-...608?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c657e56d8

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Touch-Screen...212?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab648c8cc

http://www.repairsuniverse.com/adhesive-strips-for-touch-screens.html
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Blazing angel:
Anybody?

I have 85 views and zero replies
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mmapcpro:
The digitizer i bought for my brothers galaxy s2 only required me to attach the little ribbons and screw it down. I'm sure it's similar on our phone.

Sent from my Steel Blue Phoenix.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] juny51:
i believe that "kit" would work. i dont see the need for the last item. as the first item comes with adhesive, and the digitizer itself should come with some adhesive in the back of it. atleast they usually do. but you can buy it for self insurance
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Blazing angel:
Wow, I'm an idiot. I didn't even bother to look at the frame :good:

Now, I hope the white digitizier will actually work!

Any reviews on em?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] juny51:
ive seen a few on hear, no complains that i know of
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Blazing angel:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/TOUCH-DIGITI...ltDomain_0&hash=item2c65e1d34e#ht_1413wt_1396

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Original-NEW...611?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a16427d33

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Original-NEW...ltDomain_0&hash=item3cbeabd943#ht_1858wt_1163

Which one of these would you guys get?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mr2000jp:
be careful not to buy the cheap bad adhesive , some bad types doesnt hold the digitizer well enough , falls soon,

i think its better to buy it with the frame attached , much easier to assemble
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Blazing angel:
The problem is no white ones come with attached frames :(

Have you had a bad experience with adhesive?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Blazing angel:
Anybody know a us seller that sells the housing? I need one, but don't want to wait a month for it.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] johnny0313x:
Just curious before I buy if anyone has tried these?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminium-M...040135?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item5894a62b87

I'm not sure about the bezel around it with the existing one being over kill...more of a back cover than a case

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/MESH-Alumin...918664?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a76e67808

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Grey-Rock-H...ccessories&hash=item43b01b1d41#ht_4605wt_1158

think it would scratch up the original back cover?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cxrazykey:
How to compile the recovery困惑：
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
Did you search?

What knowledge about computer languages do you have?

Have you tried modding before compiling?

You cannot just get up and say i want to compile!!

Don't be a noob. Be a newbie..!!

Details here.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madman:
actually he can.. not everybody need to start from modding.. little bit of willingness and work is needed
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Yes,but hes spamming.First he starts a thread saying 'Hi'.Then,he starts 2 threads asking the same question.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madman:
flame him :D:p
[Galaxy S III Accessories] futaris:
Has anyone connected their Galaxy S III up to a Motorola Atrix Lapdock?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Hellow95:
If I remember well, the Motorola lapdock uses a HDMI plug to connect with the Atrix.

GS3 doesn't have one, you should get a MHL/HDMI convertor. Don't know if it'll work as a native HDMI plug will do.

If someone have both, it could be intereting to see if that work :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] deedscreen:
Lapdock software required...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] a32quaeler:
What do you mean by that?

The Atrix Lapdock is internally nothing but an 1366x768 HDMI LCD monitor with (rather poor) speakers and an USB-Hub on which a keyboard/touchpad and two free USB-ports are connected to. The monitor and the USB-hub have to be simply attached to any device which supports HDMI-output and USB-OTG via (slightly uncommon) HDMI- and USB-OTG-plugs.

There is no software running on the Lapdock (it is actually completely dumb) and there is no need for any specific SW on the connected device (might be nice to have something like webtop running but it is not necessary).

The S3 works flawlessly with the keyboard/touchpad/USB-hub using a USB-OTG-Adapter and with the HDMI-monitor via an MHL/HDMI adapter cable. The tricky part is only to get both simultaneously and possibly even charge the S3 from the Lapdock. For that purpose I use as long as there is no combined MHL-HDMI/USB-OTG-adapter/dock available (as described in the thread and page already indicated above: showthread.php?t=1741583&page=12 ) the allshare cast dongle and a cheap OTG adapter. You can use office apps, watch videos, play games etc. without any problem. You can check out

ecx . images-amazon . com/images/I/712%2BAbT1u3L.png

(no links for me yet)

to see how that looks like...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] xManMythLegend:
Interesting..especially for the 89$ price tag. Long as one can deal with S3 not charging its a simple setup no ?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] a32quaeler:
Well, I got the Lapdock for less than 70 Euros and I think that is really great value since it is very well build and versatile... the allshare cast dongle is a bit overpriced (currently it is about 55Euros here) for an adapter-replacement but if you need it for different use cases (I mainly have it for a small LED-beamer) it might be worth it.

You can charge the S3 from one of the USB-ports of the Lapdock using a micro-USB cable (as long as the dongle or any other device is connected to the Lapdocks HDMI-plug - that is what signals the Lapdock to power up), but you can not simultaneously use the MHL/USB-OTG then. So it is nice for watching movies from your S3 on the Lapdock-screen (btw. the sound works fine as well) while re-charging the S3 but for "office" work with kb/touchpad you have to replug the OTG-cable. Actually I'm quite impressed with the relatively low power consumption of the allshare cast connection - so that is not a real problem IMHO. There might be people out there to solder the right resistors into OTG-adapter cables to allow both...

One disadvantage is obviously that you have this "bulky" (it is actually lightweight but still bigger than a simple adapter) dongle on the Lapdock. The big advantage over a dock is that you can more or less freely move around the S3 while using this combination.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] teshgnex:
you obviously don't know anything about the lapdock, so please, hang around, do some searching and learn about what it is before posting vague comments that ruin the integrity of a factual thread.

google 'bens outlet' (a 1saleaday company) and you can pick one up for as little as $50usd! assuming it actually ships out, but worth it for a spare monitor project at the very least... - and yes, not a hard setup at all - the first use in my mind would be just to have a full size screen on the go, however to have a cable capable of mhl/hdmi + usb otg + charging would turn the dock into a powerhouse android laptop using 4g internet etc... (it'll give the chromebook a run for it's money)

what's this LED beamer? (i'm just intrigued)

all very cool - I'm thinking of ordering the allshare dongle just to try this out until the smartdock gets back in stock to hack it apart .. I'll probably order an 11pin mhl in the meantime too. I have a 5pin mhl, not sure what I can do with it without the adapter (i'll probably bundle it with my galaxy nexus and sell it all)

@a32: on a side note, i broke down and bought a Note 2 yesterday haha, so I'll probably be continuing this project with the Note2, (tmo just happened to have some in stock haha) I'm putting my week old S3 up for sale soon, but this project is still on my radar!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] deedscreen:
The S3 would need the lapdock .apk for certain functionality... calm down, I've owned enough Motorola Android devices to know what I'm saying...

Thats all... Ben's Outlet would be good plus All4Cellular sells it with the extenders...

Its out of stock now but you can get the extenders separately at a hefty price:

www.all4cellular.com/motorola-atrix-4g-laptop-dock-hdmi-upgrade-kit.html

The hefty priced cables are below, but it is worth the cost:

www.all4cellular.com/motorola-atrix-4g-upgrade-kit.html
[Galaxy S III Accessories] teshgnex:
Sorry to snap, but if you've been on enough forums, you begin to notice that comments like yours are just add to confusion when unsubstantiated.

Any phone without a 'web top' mode or apk would obviously not work similar to the webtop mode that Motorola intended, however it'll still work, perfectly in fact, because this connection project is akin to hooking up your phone to a tv or monitor and using a usb mouse and keyboard to control it, albeit it's portable, like the padphone.

If you have any ideas as to how one could hookup both mhl/hdmi and usb/otg with charging I'm all ears (the real breakthrough would easily be seeing a US version T999 or similar running with the Smart Dock for the Note 2

Another thought to throw out there is whether this finished product could look similar to the padphone concept: a pocket for the phone to slip into, docking connector inside, basically self contained

As for those extension cables posted, places like monoprice and dealextreme have much better prices and selection, granted I'm just going those links on my phone - i don't understand how those are considered 'adapters' when all they do is extend the port
[Galaxy S III Accessories] djashjones:
Silly question but why would you need software when your using it as a monitor, keyboard, mouse, usb hub & charging?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] a32quaeler:
You don't.

... that's what we posted already. The webtop SW on some Motorola devices starts a specific desktop and window-manager on your phone when connecting to the lapdock. It may facilitate the use of the apps on the phone via the Lapdock (resolution/size/... of apps in windows etc.) but you do not need it to work with the S3 on the Lapdock.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] djashjones:
awesome! im very tempted to get one but in the UK they are still expensive :(
[Galaxy S III Accessories] a32quaeler:
A bit off-topic: It is an ACER C20 I own for nearly 2 years now. Like this one:

ecx . images-amazon . com/images/I/41aXbNerVoL._SL500_.jpg

It is out of stock anyway, but I could "partly" recommend it:

It has the size of a phone, a built-in battery and - most important - lots of inputs (mini HDMI (HDCP), D-Sub (24-pin Universal), Composite Video/Audio (2.5mm 4-pin mini jack), micro USB (Typ AB), micro SD Card (SDHC)) + Audio out & speaker. It plays media from internal storage/SD card but that internal media-player is crap. It is however extremely mobile and together with movie players on modern phones like the S3+cast-dongle - or any tablet with HDMI-out or a device with Composite A/V out (e.g. old Nokias) - a nice device e.g. to entertain kids on travel or showing pictures while visiting the grandparents or alike. On the other hand, it is not really bright at all (actually you have to be in a very, very dark room to use larger screen areas) and the battery lasts often only 1/2 hour (but you can charge it with 5V from USBs or use it while on the mains adapter).

It works really nice with the S3 + allshare cast dongle (that's what I bought the dongle for in the first place), has a descent image quality (848x480 pixel) and accepts up to 1080i HD over HDMI as input signal for downscaling but for the dongle the input is of course limited 720p. It does NOT work with the S3 using the cheap (chinese) USB-MHL/HDMI-adapter with the long red cables (somewhere discussed here as well) since that one provides 1080p30Hz (at least to my TV - on which it works) and the projector obviously can't sync to that.

Back to the topic: that cheap HDMI-adapter for S3 works not very well with the Atrix Lapdock; you get an image but it is vertically squeezed. Again: the Lapdock and the S3 + cast dongle go together extremely well.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] teshgnex:
That led projector sounds pretty cool, I've waffle'd on buying one various times but can't say I've had a particular need other than for the fun of it hah

So I'm guessing you've tested this, but with the hdmi cable and the screen rotation turned on, the device still shows up in portrait? Unless I'm reading that wrong and you mean it's width wise video but looks like a 4:3 video on a 16:9 widescreen?

I wonder if that behavior is present with the official adapter...

So to return to the method of the allshare dongle, does it look like image 1 as i posted?

I recall you mentioned the dongle's hdmi signal is what triggers the docks micro usb port for kb/mouse control and charging, so for clarity i drew the wiring method up.

The next two wiring diagrams are what I'd expect to do as i finalize what the connection should/could look like...

I'm always in for feedback on streamlining the connections - the simple yet two part method will be just having the official smart dock, assuming it works with the s3, powered with one usb port, hdmi to hdmi mini and usb micro to the usb port, though maybe modify the output to delete charging power from the kb/m micro usb port...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] a32quaeler:
Sorry, don't have much time and will have a look at your drawings later... The presence(!) of a device connected to the HDMI is detected by checking for a "Ground"-connection of one of the HDMI-pins (from googling I remember it to be HDMI-DDC/CEC) - that's what powers up the Lapdock (and activates the USB-Ports). No need for an already powered device on that HDMI port. The problem is however that there are many HDMI adapters/extension cables out there which do not pass that specific wire/connection and then the Lapdock will not react when using those. There is however no need to buy these overexpensive Motorola cable sets (those prices are unbelievable!)... my adapters & cables cost in total about 9 Euros.

+5V on the OTG-USB cable from the peripheral device (=Lapdock) to the host is not "liked" by most hosts (the S3 did not really react on it but it is probably not a good idea anyhow) so I cut the 5V red wire of the micro-USB(female)-to-micro-USB(male)-cable. On the latter you need something to signal the S3 the OTG mode (pin 4 grounded to 5). I do that quite stupidly using additional USB->OTG-adapters but you would have to take care of that in your MHL/OTC combi adapter with resistors etc. anyhow.

The "chinese" Adapter is vertically squeezed. The S3 goes into the correct HDMI-out mode including the (stock) homescreen to be usable in landscape mode - that is not a problem. Probably the 1080p30Hz mode is not well understood by the Lapdock and/or the adapter does not correctly "negotiate" the right resolution-/display ratio with the display or the quality of the sync signal from the adapter is really bad. That chinese adapter is not too bad for Full-HD TV sets but unusable for anything else. I did not try the official one. The Lapdock works however well with the dongle.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] P0ll0L0c0:
This info is much appreciated. I took the dive and ordered a lapdock from bensoutlet.com for $50 to play with. The regular one is $60 - but the keyboard that adds Hebrew letters was $10 cheaper. I figure the lettering doesn't hurt anything so I'd rather save the $10.

If anybody figures out how to simplify the connections, or perhaps someday enable MHL out + USB host with this thing - please post back.

Right now - I spent an additional $6 on dealextreme.com to get a microHDMI (female) to HDMI male adapter, and a micro usb female to male adapter so I can try to use the keyboard.

The result is going to be pretty cluttered, but I figure $50 is cheap for a portable, self powered HDMI monitor that could also power stuff from it's ports.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] a32quaeler:
Thank you. 50$ ! When they are as cheap go and get some (or better get many)! The Lapdock is really, really useful and works with many devices.

I originally bought it for the Raspberry Pi but I use it as well with an Archos A80G9 android tablet (not so often since the tablet is big enough anyhow) which has seperated (mini)HDMI and USB-OTG connectors (as it should have been done for all mobile devices including the S3) and used it for my "old" Nokia N8 (miniHDMI as well). In that case USB-OTG does not work since the N8 does not support USB hubs but you can chrge it and watch movies on the Lapdock display with it (in the train ...). The RasPi is powered via the same cable that is used for kb/mouse. In that cable I did obviously not cut the 5V wire. The power the Lapdock provides this way is sufficient to operate the RasPi (+ wifi dongle) ... about 1A is needed for that. So it should be possible to use that power via that OTG microUSB port for the S3 as well ...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] bapsack:
What abot the EDD-S20E dock won´t that work with the lapdock ???

Problem is the dock is useless for my next device in 2 - 3 Years....

The allshare cast dongle might stay usefull even with the next gen of android phones....
[Galaxy S III Accessories] P0ll0L0c0:
If anyone else is interested in this thing, Ben's Outlet has a 24 hour sale - Brand New for $40:

http://bensoutlet.com/products/lapdock-atrix

I'm kind of annoyed, since I ordered the Hebrew edition from there for $50 (Hebrew only because it was cheaper) and haven't received it yet. That said - I was not charged for shipping.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] xdej:
deedscreen may be refering to a specific limitation of graphic output of Motorola Atrix, needing a specific old gfx X11-xorg driver:

, see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1617684 and

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32592915&highlight=gfx ...

I guess this limitation is not present on Galaxy S III and other devices.

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Thank you for the wiring schemes, I will try them on padfone 2.

In all your pics, the lapdock screen is open with an angle which is hardrly greater than 90 degrees. Is it a limitation of the lapdock? This would be a deal breaker for me :(

Did you try a CD/DVD burner ?

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Did you recieve this 11pin mhl ? How is it wired exactly ? Does it have active parts ?

The padfone 2 community needs this wiring information, to make a keyboard dock.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ZenInsight:
I would reconsider the ALLshare dongle for a Netgear Miracast PVT3000. It can receive a mirror signal from any Widi (wireless Intel adapter) AND Android 4.2 has officially approved Miracast, so I expect it to work eventually with the next update (or hack).

I hear the AllShare Cast is wonky at best.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] a32quaeler:
... No! Of course you can open it wider but not beyond approx. 120degrees (due to the cradle for the Atrix). That was just meant for you to be able to see the actual connections and have an impression of what is displayed.

No, I didn't try an external CD/DVD drive but I probably will in the next days.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Alex2x3:
Just saw the deal for this thing online for 40 bucks, and tried to see if there was anyway to use this on an S3.

Anyone find a much simpler way then have been posted? I would be definitely down the ability to make my phone a laptop if i can find a simple adapter for this thing for like ten bucks.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] xdej:
Thank you, a32quaeler, for the answer.

Does this setup work without rooting the samsung galaxy S III (and void its warranty) ?

When the screen is disconnected, does the phone still recieve keypresses and does it charge battery from the webtop ?

Can you try if the Android Application http://code.google.com/p/android-xserver/ works ?

Does it remember the position of the mouse cursor after undocking and redocking ?

May you also try a ethernet over USB dongle ?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] xdej:
This shop now dispays "Out of stock".
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ZenInsight:
Rooting doesn't void the warranty (unless Sprint people are now suddenly checking if you have SU permissions before looking at your phone...which I have never heard of).

Changing the ROM does for in store software analysis and work only. NOT on hardware (when my screen stopped working on my older Epic, the techs at Sprint could care less about my ROM...they just replaced my screen, same with my whole phone when the 4G stopped working due to the antenna dieing.)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] P0ll0L0c0:
That's because it was a 24 hour sale, as I said above. If you look for "lapdock" using the search function on that website - you'll see that it's still available at $50. But in the US, it's free shipping.

I still haven't received mine, I hope it'll be there when I get home.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] a32quaeler:
a) My S3 (GT-I9300) is not rooted and on stock JB firmware

b) as I already wrote, there has to be "something" at the HDMI port of the Lapdock to signal the presence of a device... if you have an adapter as the one I described, the Lapdock remains powered and you can continue to use the keyboard/touchpad. As indicated already, you (actually we all) would need an specific MHL adapter to allow USB-OTG and charging simultaneously. So it is currently not possible to charge while using the OTG-keyboard/touchpad

c) I tried an LG-Slim-USB DVD/CD burner with external power supply for you :) and it didn't work - neither on the Lapdock nor directly with an OTG adapter (not surprising...).

d) I already tried that: I have three cheap "chinese" usb-ethernet adapters. All three work for my Archos 80G9 Android tablet (including if that one is connetcted to the Lapdock) and a VIA 8850 7.0inch tablet (both on Android 4.0) but they do NOT work for the S3 (via OTG or pluged in the Lapdock or in a powered USB-hub)...

e) the x server sounds like an interesting project but it also sounds a bit to much "beta" to me and I don't know, what it has to do with the Lapdock - I think I will not try that one now (see also (a))... but again, that is nothing specific to the Lapdock - you can simply try it on your own ... the only relevant issue could be how to address the right "server:screen" numbers if connected by HDMI...