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[Galaxy S III Accessories] psychedelicNerd:
Interested to know the performance on big screen tvs as well

I am interested in this info too. I have a 70" Sharp Quattron and the HDMI MHL dongle that i use to output the video from my S3 to Sharp, is laggy. I tried playing Dead trigger last night. The lag was not that much, but enough for me to resume playing on my phone (Thank GOD for the GameKlip, gaming on the S3 is so much sexier now).

So, if anybody could confirm the config that they use for big screen tvs (tv mode/HDMI cable standard/length of the cable) to make the output the least or not laggy at all, that would be great.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] mrdeepakbajaj:
All Share Cast Dongle, Not Impressive for me

Hi All,

I also purchased the same from handtech uk for 46 pounds on the day it was available on their site (September 5), just for the purpose of playing games on the big screen and videos. Following is my experience:

I'm using stock rom with latest update, rooted phone with counter reset to 0 using Triangle Away.

1. Took out of the box, connected to TV, started all share cast on phone, dongle detected (wow!), establishing connection, connected(wow, wow !!!) and connection ended immediately :(

2. Searched XDA and found that I need to use Triangle Away. Fixed it and finally connection established. :cyclops:

So I have using from that day and not very impressed because of the following reasons:

1. 30% of the times it will not establish connection with the dongle in the first attempt. Takes two attempts. And although its wi-fi, I keep the dongle in straight view of the phone and there is no other interference nearby.

2. 70% of the time, while playing a video (using mobo player) or playing games (shadowgun, MC3, Riptide etc.), a message appears within 2-3 minutes "All sharecast connection is unstable. please disconnect and connect again to improve performance). The screen on the tv freezes but the video or game is running on the phone. The conenction wll then disconnect.

3. Sometimes, it will last for an hour or so but I could not play anything on it for more that 1:30 hours. It becomes frustrating.

I don't know what's the issue but I know feel that money is wasted. If anybody can suggest some remedy, I would be really greatful.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] alberber:
i like this accesories
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
I got my dongle today from Expansys.

Had some difficulties at the beginning to connect as I did not reset my flash counter, after triangle away set it to 0 it works without issue.

Did not yet try games & 1080p videos yet though, just normal video runs without lag at the moment. Will try the rest later.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] bradleyw801:
I really appreciate everyone providing feedback on this. I really want this accessory, but only if it works well. If any of you have a chance to try any emulators, let me know. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] prinzhernan:
For others experiencing problems I think your units are defective. I had connectivity issues on my first unit then had it replaced. My second one connects perfectly every single time and there is no lag playing videos or games. It mirrors whatever is on my phone perfectly. I'm on the latest stock rom.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
After resetting the flash counter it also works fine now with videos & games without lag. The only thing I did not get to work is Asphalt7, always crashes the Allshare Cast connection when starting up. DeadTrigger for instance works fine.

btw: I guess it is not possible to connect a laptop to the dongle is it?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Deus_ex11:
For Asphalt 7 you need to start the game before casting and go to display options, then turn on dual screen mode.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dnsgtr:
Well, my unit connects flawlessly but I still have lags. I went to tmobile store I connected my phone to their dongle and have the same experience. I called Samsung help desk 2 weeks ago and no response since then.

Please could you tell me when your dongle was made?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Deus_ex11:
Try a hard reset. Hold the reset for more than a minute. If you did it right the screen will show a new dongle name. Reboot your phone before connecting. If that doesn't fix your lag problem then try jelly bean if you can. You should maybe think it's faulty and get a replacement.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
thanks!, also thought about that but did not have a chance yet to test it.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dnsgtr:
Thanks! I'll try that.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
somehow doesn't work or I did not get it, when I select dual screen in settings (without allshare active), it just deselects the option after leaving the settings menu.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Shane68:
Samsung Allshare Cast Dongle only 720p and lagging.

This is my first post on the forum but I have been following this site for a few days with interest.

I got my dongle last week and I find it a problem.

My S3 is stock Rom but with latest updates.

When the dongle is connected either of my 1080p tv's they are clearly displaying that it is connected at 720p/60hz.

This is shown when switching to the relevant HDMI channel and before allcast is even activated on the phone.

Samsung clearly states that they are 1080p on the packaging.

I have also tried connecting it to my brothers 1080p tv and that also shows it is connected at 720p/60hz.

This lack of resolution clearly shows up when viewing photos or video from the phone compared to using the standard DNLA connection which everything shows up nice and sharp.

Gaming is lagging to the point that I do not bother so I will not go into that.

Is it possible for anybody on this forum to check that their tv's are really receiving a 1080p signal from the dongle.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dnsgtr:
I have exactly the same issue.

No solution so far however I contacted Samsung support more than 2 weeks ago.

I have the following dongle.

2012.07

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For those who have no problem please could you share yours? Thank you in advance!

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I have tried hard reset. No success. Aa
[Galaxy S III Accessories] prinzhernan:
I was just thinking, maybe it's the firmware of the dongle? I noticed that my first defective one had a different firmware version from my current one. You'll see the version on the splash screen when you plug it into the tv. Maybe have a service center upgrade it?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dnsgtr:
I tried to find a firmware update but not available so far at Samsung .

I think I have something 1.27 as firmware version but would double check when I get home
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
It matters what the dongle transmits, check while you stream the tv's rations. Till now the dongle only showed 720p and not 1080p.

Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dindindores:
Rob, I think you mix up fullscreen and full HD! Full HD is 1080p.

So if you mirror your S4 on the TV, check what signal quality feedback your TV delivers you. (720p!?) All people talk about this issue with the dongle, that it says though 1080p but you can see only 720p.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] RobSalgado:
How can I check that?

Transmitiendo desde La Última Frontera, con una Nexus 7 y Tapatalk HD
[Galaxy S III Accessories] outcry666:
Finally i managed to connect to dongle. I tried several methods, custom rom, kernel, recovery... stock rom, recovery, custom kernel etc. But i noticed that if state is normal under settings, i managed to connect. If anybody cant connect, can try this method, im now using (n7100)stock odexed rooted mf3 rom, stock kernel and custom recovery. Installed the sysscope fix zip file ( you can search in xda) and must have stock kernel. No matter using custom recovery or custom rom. I installed sysscope fix on phoenix rom and stock kernel, managed to connect also. You can try that. Using stock kernel with state modified (also used triangle away) i cannot connect. Now using my dongle flawlessly, using me29 firmware.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
There should be a button on your TV remote to show info of your current screen. On mine it's actually called info (Samsung TV)

Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] mrmrmrmr:
I couldn't find that fix ? Where is the "sysscope fix" you mention ?

thx.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] outcry666:
Here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2315942

By the way it rise again with custom recovery so i went to stock recovery back and says official.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] mrmrmrmr:
thaNK you :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
it is normal that the counter rises with custom recovery, a "feature" integrated in the latest versions if I am not wrong, only stock recovery will help to keep it 0.

btw, the link is for the Note II, what makes you sure that it can be used for the I9300?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] mbze430:
I just got a dongle today and it came with the LJ firmware... But it lags really bad... Not sure I want to upgrade since people are writing disconnecting issues.

I am however able to use it on PA3 RC2 AOSP rom.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
Just to update this thread, I updated the dongle to the newest version and from first use it (1) connects much faster and (2) has less lag during e.g. scrolling on Chrome. Still cannot get my SIII (with SlimBean 4.3) or Nexus 7 (2013, stock ROM) connected via Wifi-Direct though, it will show the dongle, on my SIII says "connected", on my Nexus 7 says "invited" and thats how far I come. any idea appreciated.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] SportingChap:
Wow. Granted, I haven't been keeping up with this thread in a while, but I didn't think the Allshare dongle worked on non-TouchWiz ROMs? Does PA include the Allshare capability?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] mbze430:
No it doesn't it is just the the generic miracast
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ccezar2004:
can anyone tell me if (in the end) it is possible to have two remembered devices? e.g. two phones in the house... I've heard that in order to do this you need to reset de dongle each time you wanna connect a second phone...

any inputs?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] outcry666:
no i think its not for i9300.Dont have i9300 to try this. i mentioned in my previous post that im using NoteII. So hope this helps for NoteII users.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
I might be wrong indeed whereas I read that, I think with newer bootloaders this behavior is normal. I am still on an old version, hence no problem to reset even after booting, with new once booting and having custom recovery will increase the counter though. But as I said I might be totally wrong.

Edit:

Indeed I was not totally wrong, if you got a jb bootloader it will increase every boot with custom recovery: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2323847

Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kucsi:
WIFI question

Hi,

sorry for the NOB question, but I have not found any answer yet. If I have this Dongle, the device(my note 10.1 2014) connects via "ScreenMirroring" option, which is WIFI based connection. If I use the dongle to send my screen to my monitor, paralell with that can I use the normal wifi function to connect to the internet.

Again, sorry for the stupid question

Kucsi
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
On the S3 wifi keeps working when connected with allshare cast to the dongle
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rukin1:
I love it.. My recently Bought Samsung Smart SSS comes with Allshare support. I can linky my S3 and my Surround Sound together to share music,pictures and videos :D Loven it!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cheekee_munkee:
Problem connecting after 4.3 update

Just to let you know my experiences.

I updated my S3 to 4.3 last night. After the update, the S3 attempted to connect to the hub but after about ten seconds it would disconnect and I would get a "screen mirroring disabled" message on the phone.

Had to do a factory/data cache wipe to get it to work again.

Just in case anyone else gets the same problem.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] themaxpower:
Using LJ02 dongle firmware with Galaxy S4 9506 4.2.

How can I update fw to ME29? Is there any performance improvements with new fw? Or the games like NFS are still not very slow on the TV?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] sommesepino:
Has anyone tried it with Galaxy s5?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] 78sebastian:
were buy this accessories?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] hamdir:
this thing runs beautifully on the HTC One M8, even better than HTC's own media link

it doesn't drop a frame and you can even game on it! but it's stuck on 720p for some reason (1080p seems reserved to high end Samsung flagships)

Like the OP states the biggest surprise was how well it streams games, a task which the HTC Media link fails miserably, movies can be watched in confidence on this device

the dongle seems to drop quality rather than frames, but for any static frame or when the connection improves it picks up the image quality so it's perfect for photo viewing as well

I hope Samsung is still selling this because it's great (i had to use an SGS3 in order to update its firmware) here is a review i wrote on another thread
[Galaxy S III Accessories] TerrifromBC:
Thank you

Your suggestion worked out excellent for me and now it's working great, just as it should of out of box. I have a Samsung (non-smart) TV and I was only able to watch about 1 to 3 minutes of ANYTHING. Thank you very much! Samsung........get with it!!!!! we need more power captain!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] khudko83:
Hi to all!

Has somebody disassembled the allshare samsung dongle in order to see the hardware of device? Or maybe someone could do this? It will be helpful to understand does it actually support 1080p on hardware level!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] khudko83:
So can some-body disassemble the dongle and post pictures here? We can finally clear the hardware question after this!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] KryptonKal-El:
CM11 Allshare Cast Wireless Hub - No Sound

I got the Samsung Allshare Cast Wireless Hub in the mail yesterday, purchased 2 of them (refurb). I connected the wireless hub to my Galaxy S3 SGH-i747 and got no sound on my TV, the video shows up fine and if I play a youtube video the sound will play on the phone instead of the TV. I rebooted my phone and it still didn't make a difference. My S3 is running CyanogenMod 11 4.4.4, version 11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-d2lte.

One of the wireless hub firmware version is LJ02 and the other is LH29, which ever wireless hub I connect my phone to there's still no sound. I know the latest firmware on the allshare cast wireless hub is LJ02. So I took my mom's phone which is a Samsung Galaxy Light (SGH-T399, MetroPCS) running latest stock firmware Samsung touchwiz 4.4.2, tried it on both of the wireless hubs and they worked fine with the sound playing on my TV watching a youtube video.

So clearly this is a CM11 ROM issue and I believe it's part of the known issues list as I saw it in another post. Does anyone know a work around besides me going back to stock firmware or having to downgrade back to CM 10.2 (heard the wireless hub works fine in this version)? And do we know when CyanogenMod devs will fix this no sound issue when connecting to the wireless hub?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
Just checked it on my TV, 720p @ 60Hz only too.

Also just tried various games, virtual tennis, dead trigger, riptide...all unplayable...everywhere pixels and lags. Anyone a solution for that?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dnsgtr:
Ok,

My firmware version is LF21.

During the main time I managed to do the hard reset (hold the reset key for 30 seconds during powering) on the dongle, and now it has different dongle name. But!!!

I can not connect to the dongle anymore:confused:

I have found my hammer and I am not afraid to use it.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] celeox:
I got mine and it is LF21 and it takes many many tried to connect no idea what's the issue
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
I got LF21 too, almost all the time connects on first try though, if not that the 2nd try works.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dnsgtr:
I managed to do the connection.

After I reset the dongle I hold the reset key till red light started to blink. Then the phone could not connect. When I just push the reset button once and the light was blue then I could do the connection.

However there is still no changes in the lag and pics quality.

Now I am waiting for the firmware update...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Shane68:
I am glad that I am not the only one with a tv connection saying 720p/60Hz.

Even when I send my own videos recorded at 1080p to my tv and the other tv's that I have tried it on only show 720p/60Hz.

Also games are unplayable as you correctly say, pixels and lag.

Considering Samsung was showing demo's of this hardware even before the S3 was launched and then took over four months to release it just proves it was flawed from the outset otherwise it would have been released with the phone.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] celeox:
Mine connects right away then after 10 sec it tells me "connection will end"and it disconnects. I am thinking it might be my rom. I am on i8 leak of jelly bean for T-Mobile US. For you guys that have it working what room are you on?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
I got this error also sometimes but then the second time works. I saw that I get the error especially often when I let the phone connect automatically to the dongle (going into settings allshare, phone auto connects to the dongle).usually now I disrupt this auto con and select the dongle again manually.

I am in stock ICS rooted, counter set to 0
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rkadve:
I am stock JB + rooted, after connected to the dongle, it's shows as connected on my S3, but shows as connecting on TV, then after few seconds, settings on S3 FC.

Any help?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
Also just upgraded today to JB with mobile Odin and everroot. Connecting works fine. Did you set back your flash counter to 0 with triangle way? If not allshare will not connect.

Btw. Tried movies and games, same as ICS, 720p, lags in games...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rj3005:
My guess is that ONLY when playing 1080p using the stock video player it will output 1080p, while mirroring it will use the phones resolution (720p)

BTW is it possible to use a WIFI connection (browsing, youtube) while connected to the dongle?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
yes you can browse and youtube via WiFi, as it will use the WiFi direct connection, not the one you use for internet, will be mirrored on TV
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dnsgtr:
Those who are not experiencing any lag on games, please can you tell your dongle firmware version and the model number ? And do you live in the US or EU?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
Is there anyone that is not? :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] harpdoc:
Which Verizon roms work with the dongle

Just got mine and so far I've been unable to connect with Synergy Rom or JellyWiz. With Synergy I was able to use the Wifi Direct setting to connect, but it didn't have any effect on the TV screen and the Allshare Cast setting was missing from Settings, so I couldn't use that. With JellyWiz, from the Allshare Cast setting, it would not recognize my dongle when it scanned. I used Triangle Away with both roms. Can anyone recommend a Verizon rom that works? Losing root is not an option and, if possible, I'd rather not go back to the stock rom.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] robbiekhan:
Hey all,

Normally I do writeup reviews with pics but today I'm doing a video review of the wifi dongle :)

[YOUTUBE]MsxtCuXChB8[/YOUTUBE]

I didn't notice much lag in games really, my connection did "refresh" mid review though (when I loaded bad piggies hd) so maybe it does that to get a stronger connection?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] le_novo:
EU Dongle Version:LF21

No lag playing Nova 2 on Note 10.1 and no lag playing asphalt 7(Promo) on sgs3.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] bradleyw801:
I really really really really appreciate that video. It was really helpful. And it always makes me laugh when you Brits say H. As in haych dee em eye.

It seems to me the key to having it run without lag is being on JellyBean. That's the common thread to people giving it positive reviews.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] robbiekhan:
Haych/aych, You guys say potato chips we say crisps :p :p

As for the lag thing, quite possibly yeah! I tried to borrow my dad's S3 running stock ICS but for some strange reason Allshare Cast app wasn't available in his app drawer nor was the option in the settings screen. He's not rooted so I don't know wtf is going on there so I couldn't really compare lag between JB and ICS sorry. I'll give his another look tomorrow I guess!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] le_novo:
There is no allshare cast app so there can't be one in the app drawer, there's only a shortcut to the settings to be found in the widgets. In old firmwares the option is not there in the settings it's been added later with newer firmwares.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] robbiekhan:
Weird, Oh well I will just let him update with JB is released here :p
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dnsgtr:
Hey, thank you for the review.

Would you mind to install the game :wind-up knight? You would just need to start the game and with the menu screen we will clearly see if there is any lag.

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Thanks. Are you on stock firmware?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] robbiekhan:
Me? I'm on Wanamlite 3.7, not stock.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] galexandr:
Guys. Im thinking of getting one for presentations. Question is. If im somewhere without wifi connectikn how does direct connect work?

Thank you
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
Very nice video would be great if you could try any higher demanding games like deadtrigger or riptide, as the normal games (e.g. bad piggies) don't lag/pixel for sure.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
If your watching any movie and turn the screen off on the phone,does the movie still keeps playing on the tv .? It looked like it was on the review video but not sure ,
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
tried it a few times, turning off the phone screen will result in stopping the movie (with MX Player).
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rkadve:
Wifi direct doesn't require Wifi connection Our S3 directly connects to allshare cast dongle.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
Thanks for the reply, I just want to get as much info before I drop 100$ on it lol,

So your phone doesn't get super hot for playing the movie while charging plus connected to allshare cast?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] celeox:
Bro, I'm on t-mobile US and custom room with counter at 0 and still disconnects after a few seconds. I would hold of
[Galaxy S III Accessories] g2uzer:
I'm all stock at the moment, wonder if it will do the same. :(
[Galaxy S III Accessories] celeox:
I will try Odin on a stock try and see if it works
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chrismast:
If you connect the charger it will get hot as usual & even hotter with video playback whereas the phone screen will basically only show a black screen with no picture. Honestly I also don't understand why they did not code it with screen off option...

In general movie streaming to the dongle works fine once you get a connection established which can be a challenge sometimes. Usually for me, if after 3 tries still no connection is established, I will do a reboot and it works first time after it.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Tomatoes8:
They should do this with the padfone 3 or Samsung Galaxy S4. Just shrink an Apple TV or Allshare cast dongle into a chip sized solution and put it inside of the tablet and just have the tablet mirror the phone once you turn the tablet on. And add another solution that lets you control the phone on the Tablets touch screen.

It would be brilliant and I would trade in my phone and tablet for a all on one solution provided the specs on the resolution on the tablet is high.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] robbiekhan:
Strange I'm getting the allshare cast connection disconnect randomly after a few seconds now. My flash counter is still 0 and I'm using Wanamlite ROM 3.7. This was working fine yesterday under the same setup!