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[Galaxy S III Accessories] mike02466:
That sucks bro. Waiting to hear back from my nephew who is unrooted. I tried on 2 tvs with no luck. Both about 5 yrs old. Wondering if only works on newer models.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
I know man. I paid $50 for this thing to only be able to see the dongle on the tv say to enable settings on my phone to connect lol.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] betaelmer:
Just got the Allshare Cast Dongle planning to use it with my SGH-I747. Tried connect to it using my BlackJelly V 0.9.2 but keep disconnect even after using TriangleAway and reboot. Also tried switching HDMI and power adaptor too. Just Tried flash it back to my original Rogers ICS 4.04 rom and I can connect to it on the first try. Now I am going to tried other Jelly Bean rom for SGH-I747 that I have backed up before and see whether it works.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] studentjunk:
I think if your are getting the settings screen on the tv, then it's working from the tv side. Unless the audio is broken.

I also believe the connection checks for some sort of system software modification. It only worked for me when I was fully stock. It did let me be rooted. I thin I used odin to flash a rooted stock jellybean that didn't trip the flash counter
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
I have the same problem when I am on stock rom as well :(
[Galaxy S III Accessories] aznmode:
I'm on t mobile using frosty 4.0.4 v3 ICS rom with derkernel 7b and triangle away and mine works without disconnect but do have the issue with Netflix showing at 4x3 and the slight delay.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] motogatto:
Hi everybody, anyone using positively this dongle being on Checkrom Evo Hd V6?

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Checkrom Evo HD V6, Jkay 14.3.1 e batteria da 4200 mAh :cool:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
So this morning I decided to try and go official JB with root.

I restored an old original that was 4.0.1 or whatever, booted up, restored stock original recovery waited for prompt to upgrade firmware to official 4.1 JB. Did the official upgrade and restored root via voodoo ota rootkeeper. Updated all files including Allshare.

Did everything I could think of and still not able to connect to dongle. I even tried a different micro usb cord as I have read ideas/theories that the stock one puts out on the low end of power needed and also using a different hdmi cable.

Still not able to get my phone and this thing to connect to each other even though the phone sees it.

Now the hub is in it's box in the closet and collecting dust.

Really really disgusted with Samsung right now with this horrible piece of crap. I say this because even though there are people who have had luck with getting it work, there is more then not those of us who either can't get it to connect, can't get it to stay sync'd/connected etc. Just from responses in this thread, the few product reviews on Samsung's site. Googleing other responses. And on top of that, my disgusting experiences with Samsung customer support. They have no clue what they are doing, Hold times are 30 minutes+ each time. Always transferred to someone else. Get disconnected and have to do it all over again. Some people can see your ticket #, some can't. The department I need to reach is not available by a menu option, but instead by having to speak to first person who has to transfer me up to next person, literally to the 5th person who is the top of the line.

I love my phone, I was thinking my next TV purchase was going to be a Samsung. I am just so disgusted right now with Samsung over this that I am now reconsidering it.

Sorry, /rant off Just really upset I spend the money and this thing doesn't work at all, even after RMA for a second one because Samsung deemed the first one defective.

Whiteice
[Galaxy S III Accessories] betaelmer:
Found a reasonable compromised!

After downgraded myself back to Stock rooted ICS 4.04 rom because none of the custom Jelly Bean works for 3 days, I am happy to report that I can now used Jeally Bean 4.11 (I747MVLDLK4) from Rogers (rooted) and AllShare Cast continue to works. Now I can stick with this ROM at least for this month such that I can use this in my van such that my kids can do wireless stream video from my phone ether through my 64GB microSD card or stream youtube video from LTE network on our Christmas Ski trip!

Also JeallyBean definitely perform better on MX Player software decoding on rmvb file. On ICS, the video/audio are heavily out of sync. On JB, there is still slight delay on audio but I think it's acceptable! Yet, games like Asphalt 7 is too slow for Quadcomm Adreno 220 to handle! I think that's the only compromised of my Galaxy S3 compare to international version or the Nexus 4 with Adreno 320.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] P0ll0L0c0:
I finally got my dongle to work with my 2nd TV. On my LG it always worked flawlessly using the included HDMI cable and whatever port I chose.

On my Toshiba tv, I decided to experiment using ports and cables. Surprisingly - I found that one port and one HDMI cable I had (not the one included with the dongle) - produced a flawless image on the Toshiba. I recreated the connection just swapping HDMI cables, and it wouldn't work! It was extremely frustrating.

In short - for some reason, either the TV or dongle is really picky - so I recommend trying this with any other cables you have, if you're still having problems with a connection.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Shug69:
Been a while since I tried to connect to my dongle and like many here I have had various success with different rom amd kernal combinations. Recently plagued with the 5 second disconnection but to my surprise with rooted 4.1.2 leak and siyah 1.8 kernal its working perfectly. Still a slight audio delay but I can't crash the connection no matter what I try.

Triangle away and status modified.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] skuffle:
If anyone, like me, was having to restart their phone each time to get the dongle to connect, then you might want to try the new Allshare Cast Dongle firmware update that has recently been released by Samsung.

I had to actually go looking for this firmware update app - my GS3 didn't automatically show it as available. It updates the firmware of the dongle wirelessly to version LJ02. I was using version LF21 before, and having intermittent disconnects and having to restart to get it to connect at all. It's early days, but I haven't had any disconnection problems since the update, and the overall response is definitely improved.

Get the update here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.fwupgrade
[Galaxy S III Accessories] betaelmer:
Thanks for your link. Never thought of firmware upgrade of Allshare Cast Dongle can be done wireless through the Samsung phone. Yes, I also can tell the difference on the responsiveness and sound quality after the firmware upgrade.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kalbit:
Any chance someone could extract apk of allshare cast f/w update app? Damn thing is unavailable in my country (kind of funny considering that phone and dongle are...).
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
Is there any firmware/software I can reflash and/or upgrade on the HUB itself?

If so, how would I go about doing it? I can't get my phone to connect to the hub. Fails every time. So was just wondering if I was able to either reflash and/or upgrade firmware on the hub, if that might fix my issue.

Upgraded the software or whatever it is on the SG III itself when I was prompted to, but still won't connect.

Thank you,

Whiteice
[Galaxy S III Accessories] seanvree:
I don't get how to run this app? I downloaded and rebooted, but I'm not seeing it in my app drawer. i connected to my dongle, but there is no option to update the dongle?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kalbit:
Never mind, Samsung fixed this and I was able to download the update.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
Thanks for the heads up on the firmware app, already waited for a firmware update...:)

Will try it tonight with the new ELKC at the same time.

Update

Firmware update worked surprisingly good and fast on first try (after installing the app just connect to the dongle and it will ask you to update). Tried a quick riptide session, a little bit more without lags whereas it pixles quite to same extend :(.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] prinzhernan:
Thanks for this. Works well.

How did you guys find out about the update in the first place?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
I am confused.

Is there some sort of firmware update for the HUB itself? If so, how do I go about updating it since my phone can't even connect to it?

Please help, and thank you,

Whiteice
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kalbit:
The hub gets updated once you connect to it with a phone. I'm afraid there's no other way available to regular folks. Make sure you're running stock rom and your flash counter is set to 0. If you already are on stock read the manual on pairing the hub with the phone for the first time; perhaps you're doing it wrong?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
Trust me,I have tried everything recommended and suggested with no luck at all. Few others have the same exact issue I have. :(
[Galaxy S III Accessories] skuffle:
No worries :)

I stumbled across it while searching the web for a firmware update for the dongle. Just found the link on the Play Store and attempted to install it. It initially showed as incompatible with my GS3, but they must have done a staggered release as it changed to compatible after a few days.

Pure chance find really, no mention of it on Samsung's support site, which is really where I would have expected to see it. Especially as it gives such an improvement in performance. I haven't had a single connection failure since updating. Here's hoping it stays that way!

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It should offer to update the dongle firmware the first time you connect to it after installing the app.

Maybe yours already had the latest firmware? It should show your current firmware version on the bottom-right of the screen it displays on your TV. Underneath the picture of a phone.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] seanvree:
I'm in the same boat. I can connect to the dongle, but no matter what it won't replicate my screen or actually do anything once it's connected. I'm running Wicked's v2.1
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Geordie Lad:
Been using mine a few months now and apart from the audio lag it works fine on most things, but I just tried Jet Set Radio and as soon as I connect I get huge amounts of lag and the graphics get blocky on phone and tv and constantly freezes up and have to exit with task manager.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] saad2687:
Brothers i've some questions i want to ask before buying this hub i hope someone will guide me.

1. Does it mirror subtitles with mx player, mobo player or any other player.

2. Will this device work in pakistan ?

3. How much battery you lose with 1 hour usage ?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kalbit:
1. Only stock video player displays subtitles. I couldn't make any other player do this with hardware decoding enabled. Unfortunately stock player loads only srt subtitles and doesn't allow to change encoding so it's very basic. Other players display subtitles in software decoding mode but it's unwatchable - video stutters heavily as soon as there is more movement and there is an issue of sound being out of sync (it's ok in hardware mode).

2. I don't know. I think it should be fine as long as your tv has standard hdmi input and the electric current you guys have there matches specifications of dongle's power supply.

3. I'm not sure but with full battery you can watch 2 full length movies and there should be at least 20% left.

Also note that video playback through the dongle is not smooth. Videos taken with phone's camera are fine but almost any movie downloaded has slight stuttering. It's not big and I guess a lot of people won't even notice this. There are also connection issues which result in a few seconds sound loss from time to time.

All in all the dongle is fine as long as you don't care much about the overall experience when watching movies. If you expect perfect, smooth playback you will most likely be disappointed.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gpgalanis:
Hi. Do you use everything (rom, kernel etc) in stock? Also what do you mean that it doesn't allow to change subtitle encoding? Do you mean while watching the movie? Finally how far from the dongle do you use your phone?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kalbit:
I have stock phone. No custom roms / no rooting ever. The only thing I've done was flashing stock unbranded ROM for my country via odin, because I got T-mobile branded ROM originally and I hated stupid melody during boot. After that updates were performed only through OTA/kies. Currently I'm on official 4.1.2 and the dongle is updated to LJ02. I've done factory reset after updating to 4.1.2 so I guess it's as clean as it will ever be.

Subtitle encoding is important if you need non-english subtitles. I use polish subtitles and sometimes special polish characters are displayed incorrectly (depends on what encoding was used to create substitles). Most players (like MX-player) allow to set what encoding should be used to display subtitles and all special characters are displayed fine. Stock player doesn't allow to do this so it's a matter of luck - some subtitles are fine, others are messed up. It's only a concern if you're planning to use non-english subtitles.

The dongle is about 3 meters away from the phone and they can see each other.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gpgalanis:
I don't have the hub yet but I am expecting it soon. Regarding encoding I also use MX and Greek subtitles and they pay fine without any encoding. Same with all my media players. In the past when I had problems I had to open the srt with wordpad and change there the encoding before I use it and it worked fine.

The allshare hub has received mixed reviews. Usually people who experience problems have rooted or modified problems. Many reviews on YouTube show the hub to work without any issues. Anyway I will know more once I receive it.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kalbit:
The problem with youtube reviews (at least those I've watched) is that they're testing video playback using default "Wonders of nature" video. This one plays perfectly on my TV through dongle as well. Any other movie / tv show stutters (except for an episode of mythbusters which also played perfectly). I think this stutter is linked to framerate conversion and perhaps other TVs handle it better than mine. Also When it comes to video and sound it's all very subjective - you can have 2 people watching the same thing and one will tell it's horrible while the other will tell it's perfectly fine so until you see the hub in action for yourself you'll never be sure :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] saad2687:
A million thanks for your in detail reply .... thanks alot brother:thumbup:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] DC_MTP:
just got this thing in the mail and can't get it to connect. i'm rooted with the latest PH rom (2.1 mostly stock) does this thing only work on stock non rooted?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] db4d1988:
I would look into Triangle Away (play store) and skimming through this tread.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] DC_MTP:
just tried it. No dice.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] teshgnex:
Just to chime in, stock rooted with triangle away worked briefly once, trying right now and no dice, i may consider running it again but admittedly the brickability warnings scare the crap outta me
[Galaxy S III Accessories] db4d1988:
It was scary for me flashing triangle away as well. I really don't know what to try next. It seems like to me more ppl are having more success rooted stock than with custom roms. There was a recent update to the allshare cast so if you could find a way to update that might help as well.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] DC_MTP:
This suxs, I picked one up for x-mas gift and got myself one as well back on Thanksgiving weekend - I have about a week or so left on my 30day return and willing to send it back if it absolutely doesn't work with rooted phones. As for the other one (gift for father-in-law) wondering if this even works on a fully stock never rooted SGS3 - he'd be lost if it wasn't simply "plug an play"
[Galaxy S III Accessories] aureum:
Hi, I've removed lag and disconnecting problem, I just get OTA (poland) to JB 4.1.2 and all problems gone. It's connect on firts time and no disconnection :) Lags rae lower even :)

Only One thing.. What player can display subtitles when video is played with hardware coedecs? Only stock player can do that but thera are no options for fonts and it's dipslay logo on the phone and burnig dispaly :/
[Galaxy S III Accessories] lthary:
Any one with jb att was able to connect to the dongle?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] seanvree:
Well, I upgraded to Wicked JB v 2.2 and I was able to connect to the dongle and the TV looks as if it's going to work, but then I disconnects and says "Current AllShare Cast connection will end"
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
At least your making progress. I'm on 2.2 and still no luck.

Off the record, if you haven't checked out his anaconda theme you really should.

Since this POS doesn't work are there any other options to mirror my phone onto TV? I'd like to play some of these Android games on a bigger screen.

Sent from my Galaxy far far away.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] mike02466:
Sorry to see your still stuck like me with this issue. They have adapters that connect directly to HDTV. This thread seems to have some good options

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1892539
[Galaxy S III Accessories] seanvree:
Shoot me a link buddy!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
It's actually in the updater in the apps section of the rom. Under themes. Check it out :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] seanvree:
I must be a noob? I'm not seeing it?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] aureum:
Just wanna say that with 4.1.2 stock dongle is still connected even when i answer a call or push the power button, tv goes black but when i finish a call or push the power button again is still conected and i can watch interrupted movie... Ppl that have a problems with dongle should try poland xeo 4.1.2 stock rom... it's amazing how the connection is stable ...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] lthary:
I had the same problem when I upgraded to att 4.1.1 rooted, the fix for me it was to go back to lh9 and the hub work perfect. Then I decided to flash the modem from JB, my dongle it stop working. Going back to lh modem fix the problem, so the problem I gues it may be the modem
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
I apologize. I thought I saw 1.2 and you said 2.2 Are you on Sprint? And if so, what rom and modem are you running? I am wondering if it is a modem version issue?

Whiteice
[Galaxy S III Accessories] a67543210:
There is a firmware update in the Samsung app store for the allshare cast dongle, available today. So far, there is a rapid connection established to the unit, stable. Sound issues also are resolved so far. Great update.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
the one we were talking about a few pages back or another new one?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Geordie Lad:
A new one today...

And I noticed absolutely no improvement in audio lag, and Jet Set Radio is even worse now because it just freezes on title screen and the game crashes, where before I could play a few minutes before it freezes up. And this is the kind of thing I bought the freaking thing for thinking it could mirror everything it shows, but...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rkadve:
Is it possible to port this feature/apk to Galaxy Tab 7.7?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
Hence newer then LJ02? What is the firmware code of today's updated?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Geordie Lad:
It's also LJ02...

I forgot that Samsung also does staggered release on feature updates, but anyway so far overall it is looking worse and if it's the same on some other games I'm gonna have to downgrade.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] maximo12345:
I Installed the update from market for the dongle, but when I connect the phone the upgrade app crashes.....
[Galaxy S III Accessories] sergio.xda:
(First of all, I would like to apologize for any English errors on the text bellow)

Same here. The app "crashed" too.

I received a notification from Samsung Apps of this update right on my international Galaxy S3. I installed the "update" so quickly, without my usual care of app origin, number of users that had download it, comments, reviews, etc. Well... now I am afraid to have installed some sort of malware instead of a real update. The reasons of my doubts are:

1) In the 2 comments of the app (that I read too late) one user wrote: "malware". The other comment was pointless.

2) The name of developer, right below of the app title was not Samsung, but a person name. There were no score stars (all shaded).

3) I can't find this app on the Samsung Apps site.

4) A friend who has S3 with ICS have received the same notification of update. As long as I know, ICS doesn't have Allshare Cast.

5) Is it possible for an app to do firmware updates on a non rooted phone???

Well... any ideas? What to do now? I can't find the app or part of it searching by its name on the S3.

Best Regards,

Sergio.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] seanvree:
Where id you find the LH9 modem? I did some research and all I can find is ROMs with it integrated. Anyway to just flash the LH9 modem, I still want to continue to use Wicked's JB v.4.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] lthary:
You can find the modem here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1831898

Please let me know if it work for you!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gpgalanis:
Hi. It works great on my stock Note 2 and 10 and also mirrors foreign subtitles.

Just one thing that seems stupid to me. Since there is no off button do you keep it open all the time or do you just unplug it?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
I keep it turned on all the time. But I guess you could also unplug if you want to save electricity.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] DC_MTP:
Hard to believe some dev hasn't successfully gotten this to work ( stable) with custom rooted roms. I haven't found a custom rom that lets me connect without issues. Im rooted with phone status: "NORMAL" and still can't connect.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] DC_MTP:
Maybe this was the missing piece!

Samsung Releases AllShare Framework SDK 1.0

Source: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...-share-things-with-other-things-or-something/
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Gareee:
So this still is not working properly, as the topic implies?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] seanvree:
Yeah, turns out that modem is a At&t modem. I'm on T-mobile. FML!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Fuz2y:
sweet review! was considering to buy this dongle :highfive:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Gareee:
Did you not read any of the replies about the various issues people are having with this?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] aboodmokhimer:
nice very thnx man
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
I was wondering something.

If I were to ever pick up a new Samsung TV or one of the Samsung Blu-Ray players from Samsung that has the WiFi and has the built in All-Share app from Samsung, would either of those be able to mirror the GS III?

Thank you,

Whiteice
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Gareee:
Thats the benefit of buying a sansung tv when you have a samsung phone thats compatible.. BUT that said, we would have had to pay $1500 more to get the same sized screen and resolution to match the Mitsubishi we just picked up. $1500 is a LOT of additional money to pay to get that feature.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] WhiteiceDMSTech:
My next TV I was planning on getting is a Samsung anyhow. I was just wondering if the software would stream my phone.

Sent from my Galaxy far far away.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
Just got mine and works flawless, no issues on my GS3 or my Note 10.1, I'm all stock on jellybean btw
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Gareee:
Have you tried streaming a 3d game yet, or 1080p video? If they resolve the issues with those, I'll pick one up for my 82" tv, but in the mean time I'm just using a cable.