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[Google Chromecast] mik101:
The real EzCasts work both ways, and yes you can still access the internet when connecting to the Ezs SSID.... That's the whole point of setting it up as a wireless bridge....

I see so many bad reviews for these devices and I'm convinced it's just incompetent or ignorant people using them. I've used mine for every combination of DLNA (with software on an Android tablet, multiple Android phones, my laptop running Kodi, from my DLNA server on the network, casting stuff from a brower using Allconnect/Airwire etc). I've Miracast from the phones/tablet/laptop and it has been great for a couple years now. Hell the Ezcast software itself offers it's own method of screen mirroring for devices that don't properly support Miracast!

With a strong enough router you don't even need to ever connect to the built in SSID if you don't want to, but boy has the built wireless been great to have in hotels that don't offer wifi (making a Chromecast useless there).

Chromecasts also aren't 'rubbish'. It's just a different use case, which is great for casting media from chrome, screen mirroring from my android devices/windows PC even though the format support is lacking a bit. That last issue is easily solved with transcoding software such as Videostream for Chrome on my Windows PC and Megacast on Android.

People shouldn't bash products just because they can't figure them out. The Ezcast is one of the best things I ever spent $20 on, especially compared to my other miracast box based on a realtek soc. Those developers were 'nice' enough to lock the Fing thing down on its final update so I can't switch it back to a MOS Services based fw without a serial adapter to tftp in. Not worth the effort, when I still having a working MK1 Xtreamer running MOS Services on the network.
[Google Chromecast] Fluffbutt:
That's the whole issue - I don't want to connect to a "bridge" to my router - I want to have the wifi connect to the router and wifidirect to the "cast" device.

If you connect to the "cast" ssid then via that bridge to the router - you need it running everytime you have your tablet on OR manually keep switching from "cast" ssid to router ssid..

The otehr way you can auto-connect to the router and only faff with the "cast" device when you want to cast to it.

Hmm... smells like "if you don't like it then you're incompetent (or don't understand)"

So - it's OK if you want to muck about transcoding (even on-the-fly), but if you just want to use, watch... more or less sheet-outtta-luck.

Useless as a TV connected device - you can't do much at all with it without pre-connecting to it with the tablet.

I'll concede that's it's a LOT more useful than roku stick (1800 channels of which 1850 are crap) (OK, joking aside - probably 1700 of them are rubbish with 100 useful ones).

I was interested in your views until you played the "if you don't like it then you don't understand it" card - that's when I walk away from a discussion.

The genuine EZCast looks good, the EZCast 4k seems good too..
[Google Chromecast] mik101:
The Ezcast lives on your network as a DLNA device as well as existing as it's own wifi network as a bridge. You don't have to connect to it first at all if you don't want to. I think you're missing that part. It can be used flexibly, rather just being bound to its own Ezcast app. It also works as a Miracast device if you ever do want to share your whole screen. If you run a DNLA server on the network besides like I do, you, can just point the ezcast at whatever you want to play with something like Allconnect (turning the ezcast into a DLNA endpoint renderer and the Ezcast will play it directly from the server without that media ever having travelled through your mobile device. The mobile device just acts as a remote control.

If you're saying you want to actually navigate for your media and do everything through the device rather than it being a renderer then you just need to get an Android box, Apple TV, etc with its own remote to actually find the content on.

If you're streaming from sites the Ezcast actually has their own Ezchannel app to do that too. There's not really that much mucking around if you know what you want to play, and how.

Read the reviews and honestly tell me people know how to use the Ezcast every way it can be used. Because it sure sounds like people don't know how to use half of the functionality and then rate it poorly. Perhaps a lot of them are using clones where half of the functions don't work correctly, but I can only speak of my experience with the original Ezcast over the past two years.

The main purpose of Google's Chromecast is to access YouTube and paid content like Netflix, cravetv, movies and shows from the play store and countless other apps that have casting built in. They specifically limited format support to limit it's usefulness to pirates and encourage consumption of their content. The transcoding on the fly is the way to work around that limitation. It is good at what it was intended to do. It wasn't meant to be a jack of all trades. Personally I use Allstream on my Rooted Android devices to cast any music and internet radio etc over my network to my Chromecast v1 plugged into my surround sound reciever. Now there exists a Chromecast audio for that, but it didn't exist when I started doing it this way (and a few of my favourite streaming audio apps still don't have proper Chromecast support) but Allstream gets me around that limitation too. It is impressive what third party developers have managed to get working on a device that really couldn't do all that much other than youtube and Netflix out of the box, when it was originally launched.
[Google Chromecast] Fluffbutt:
Yes - I know that... but there ARE some "??cast" devices" (MyCast, EzCast (clone), etc) that ONLY have a wifi SSID to connect to - you have to disconnect from your router and connect to them to cast to it.

That was my comment - trying to get accurate info from sellers which of which their device is... and sifting through the lies and blather to get the answer.

One seller on EBay earned a modicum of respect - he answered directly that it was an SSID only device, no other connection possible.. At least he was honest an up front about it.

Yes - it's a bit like the roku channels but seems more useful - I'm on the EZCast forums.

Yes --to both parts.

There are plenty who just don't know what it can do and are afraid to experiment in case they bugger it somehow. But not liking something is not automatically "not understanding it".

DPReview camera forum is full of that sort of lunacy... if you dislike a particular chosen "god camera" then you "don't understand it and should go back to point n shoot".. LOL - you sort of started to remind be of that cesspit of a place...

Sorry for being a little offensive - but I REALLY dislike that "don't like = don't understand" attitude. BUT, I do agree that there are people who are like that.

I'd rate it a lot higher if it had even just a bare-bones basic interface, minimalist GUI - this "access only from tablet (or phone, etc)" thing is silly.

OK - it;s mostly used to stream from a tablet, OK... but you still need the tablet to start its own "internal" access thing, YTube, etc.

I confess to preferring a little more flexibility - having to start up the tablet to tell the thing to watch "XYZ" seems somewhat limited.

I think, maybe, it;s ME - most people have their phone to tabs always on, standby...

I killed (BWAAA ha ha ha ha !!!) my Sony Xperia Z3 (yes, it felt THAT good to get that &^%^&&^% &*^& DEAD)... so that's out... and I think I only turn my Galaxy Tab S2 on about three times a week... and it goes off again, not standby.

For the "always on standby" people, a Chromecast IS a good idea. Me? I just want to turn something on, a few buttons, watch the film.. but be able to cast to it if I wanted to play a SNES emulated game... on 55 inch... (Chrono Trigger or Secret of Mana in huge screen... mmmmmm!)

Each to his own, of course - and my opinions commented above were only from my perspective.
[Google Chromecast] mik101:
It's all good. I too love me some NES/SNES cast to either the EZcast or the Chromecast via Android mirroring. The Z2 was great with built in support for Sixaxis controllers, but Sony removed that support in the MM update, so now I'm using the Sixaxis controller app off market to effectively do the same thing since I don't have a ps4 controller. Of course they left internal support for that one. It was just nice not to need any third party software to do it before except for the emulator itself. Cheers.
[Google Chromecast] Fluffbutt:
Why did they remove some function? Seems dumb.

Same with Sammsung and the Tab2 9.7 -- no MHL. But that might be a function of the different SoC (Exynos to SnappyDragon) support chips?

I use a BT controller - "El Cheapo", £12 "BeBonCool" (what a name!) - works well.

Two sticks with button, four normal, direction pad, and 2x2 front bumper trigger.

Works with all the emulators, even the N64 (with a little remapping to match the yellow N64 controller buttons and "Z")
[Google Chromecast] joseleena:
Amazing. I also love to do work with miracast dongle. I can easily connect my mobile phone to my TV or laptop. This is the best screen mirroring devices. And It has amazing features and easy to use. I using Belkin Miracast Wireless Video Adapter and I bought from here [MENTION=473725]BIT[/MENTION].ly/2z88BHl . And also it helps me in my professional work. Thanks.
[Google Chromecast] julien3001:
Hi all,

I'm looking for a device to do mainly the following things :

- play music from my laptop (windows 7), stored on a NAS. Via midows media player, VLC ... It's very easy to manage playlist with specific software audio on PC (sorted by albums, artists, or files ...)

- play music and/or videos from my laptop (windows 7), from youtube, deezer ...

- play photos & videos from my laptop (windows 7), stored on my NAS. Via windows photo viewer, picasa ...

- and incidentally play photos and videos from my phone S7 Edge

- and if possible, have the same image than my laptop : mirror

I would like to do something simple, but wireless. Indeed, I work today with Jack and HDMI cables between my laptop and my Yamaha amplifier ... But not practical.

Do you have an idea of which type of device I need to buy : chromecast, miracast, EZcast, chinese clone like that :

https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/FORN...X-YouTube-Sans-Fil-WiFi-HDMI/32833140058.html

I will be good for a Chinese clone, the price is very interesting. But I dont know if it will meet my needs. But also be reliable

Thanks a lot for your help
[Google Chromecast] optionalmgrr.la:
Is ezcast firmware switchable?
[Google Chromecast] Anton TNT:
Hi to all, can anyone help me please with my EZ mira app and dongle device associated with it (miracast).

I have tried to upgrade software for my miracast device thru EZmira app, but suddenly Commercials pop up and my upgrade has been stuck at 10% and won't go further , worse after disconnect or reset there is no signal at all anymore it does not start /boot nor emmit wifi signal. What to do (because of stupid commercial)??

I tried to reset device several times but nothing, tried reseting thru PC but it does not load or Windows does not recognoze device to upgrade it thru web tools.

Please can anyone get that firmware back in my device and restore it .

Much appriciated and thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] afiqsabri:
Found that my note 3 with 4.4.2 poland have failed in auto rotate function in most of the apps except camera after root. Used chainfire and stock rom. Anyone experience the same?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SuperblyBonkers:
Yep, me too. Any chance you uninstall Samsung Hub? Some say that it's the cause of this.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] afiqsabri:
Nop, been searching it in other forum...some says it caused by the shealth sensor service.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] afiqsabri:
Btw, did u delete samsung hub?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
If you deleted Samsung HUB this is the cause, you need to reflash your ROM to gain rotation back, reinstalling HUB will NOT fix it. after it's back on, just freeze it and rotation will be fine.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] afiqsabri:
it worked, thanks a lot mate
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zoidster:
edit - oops , missed other thread , sorry
[LG Optimus 4X HD] pheonix1:
Hello. I install MIUI version 4.1.24 based on Android 4.2.2. Why Lg backlight notification dont working and why this rom have slowdown animations ??

Log from lg notification :

Thu Jan 30 22:48:43 CET 2014 :: start :: Starting new log
Thu Jan 30 22:48:54 CET 2014 :: debug :: Screen on: false
Thu Jan 30 22:48:54 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF
Thu Jan 30 22:48:54 CET 2014 :: debug :: Unregister sensor MPL accel
Thu Jan 30 22:49:05 CET 2014 :: debug :: Screen on: true
Thu Jan 30 22:49:05 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_SCREEN_ON
Thu Jan 30 22:49:05 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_USER_INTERACTION
Thu Jan 30 22:49:05 CET 2014 :: debug :: pnn: false
Thu Jan 30 22:50:48 CET 2014 :: debug :: Screen on: false
Thu Jan 30 22:50:48 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF
Thu Jan 30 22:50:48 CET 2014 :: debug :: Unregister sensor MPL accel
Thu Jan 30 22:51:08 CET 2014 :: debug :: Screen on: true
Thu Jan 30 22:51:08 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_SCREEN_ON
Thu Jan 30 22:51:21 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_USER_INTERACTION
Thu Jan 30 22:51:21 CET 2014 :: debug :: pnn: false
Thu Jan 30 22:51:52 CET 2014 :: debug :: Screen on: false
Thu Jan 30 22:51:52 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF
Thu Jan 30 22:51:52 CET 2014 :: debug :: Unregister sensor MPL accel
Thu Jan 30 22:51:55 CET 2014 :: debug :: Screen on: true
Thu Jan 30 22:51:55 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_SCREEN_ON
Thu Jan 30 22:52:26 CET 2014 :: debug :: Screen on: false
Thu Jan 30 22:52:26 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF
Thu Jan 30 22:52:26 CET 2014 :: debug :: Unregister sensor MPL accel
Thu Jan 30 22:52:45 CET 2014 :: debug :: Screen on: true
Thu Jan 30 22:52:45 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_SCREEN_ON
Thu Jan 30 22:52:46 CET 2014 :: debug :: onStartCommand() com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications.services.MainService.ACTION_USER_INTERACTION
Thu Jan 30 22:52:46 CET 2014 :: debug :: pnn: false
[Zooper Widget General] redmetz:
Hey Guys!

I'm looking for an option to add dotted lines or dashed lines. Is it possible to do or not?
[Zooper Widget General] CopKiller76:
You can use a userdefined progressbar. Min 0 Value 100 Max 100 and play with the settings.

Sent from GT-I9505 via Tapatalk
[Zooper Widget General] Nursi:
Yes, progress bar is what you need, 'Spacing - distance between chunks' will give you a dotted line.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Affe11:
Can anyone make Paranoid 4.0 Rom for our Ion? :confused:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xComplicity:
How exactly do I go about doing this?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zygzoo:
I do not understand exactly what is the question :confused:

you need root? go here
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] testrider:
I think he has a rooted Note 2 with 4.1.2 and therefore he couldn't get OTA. He asked how does he update to 4.3...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xComplicity:
Yes that is correct :) I'm rooted and I'm unable to update. I got a custom kernel and recovery. Other then that, everything else is stock.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
If you want just stock then download it from Sam mobile firmwares and flash with odin. There are a couple of stock flashable roms in the n7105 section but they all require a custom kernel for wifi. Personaly I'm using ditto note and loving it. Just download and flash through any custom recovery
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stirlin:
Hi,

Not sure if this has been posted anywhere before, but I figured I would share this with everyone anyway.

For some weeks now I have been having issues with my SP C5303 (Stock Voda Rooted and Recovery Installed) where it randomly beeps and vibrates. I call this vibr-eeting!!! ;)

It has been driving me bonkers! I thought at first it was the custom ROM I was using, so flashed back to stock, then I thought it was faulty.

Eventually I just went though all of the settings and turned everything off I could, an lo n behold, when I turned off the NFC, it stopped.

Again, I figured the phone may be faulty and as I never use the NFC just figured What the Hell, I dont care.

Anyway, I decided to flash back to a ROM and noticed that, when I have my phone out of the flip wallet case, the NFC does not mis-behave.

So I decided to see if there was something in the flip wallet causing the issue. And YES! There was.

My frikkin Bank (ATM) Card!! It has that "swipe" technology built in (allowing me to pay just by touching the card on the reader)

As soon as I take it out of the flip holder when the NFC is turned on, it stops vibr-eeting If i put the card near the back of the phone, it starts vibr-eeting again!

Well, I hope this helps someone out if you have this issue at all.

Toodles!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoistRigby:
Been having this problem with the latest 4.4 kitkat roms, (GE & AOSP)

when i was back on my old bootloader (whatever it shipped with) and modem (XXUEMJ5) i would always get a random force shutdown when just using my phone through daily use, it would either:

A) Boot for a short time with several apps having lost all their data (such as usernames and passwords). Then shortly after shutdown again into a constant bootloop. (Upon entering Recovery the phone would display 0% battery)

B)Shutdown into a bootloop only recoverable by wiping the /data partition or reflashing the rom (or any other rom).

So then i heard good news from the new bootloader and modem from the XXUFNA5 Leaks throughout the forums and decided to flash them and also test the leaked TW rom. Being me the rom was laggy as hell and i quickly reverted back to Jamal's 4.4 RC 1.1

Unfortunately the force shutdown bootloop problem continued but when it would shutdown i could plug the phone into a power source and boot without problems? not very convenient if you ask me.

just recently i flashed Brood's AOSP pre-RC4 which was working fine until i was signing into some apps then it force shutdown and as i tried to boot the phone went to "Updating apps 1 of 1" and then instantly shut down again.

I went into recovery and wiped /data, /cache and Dalvik then rebooted, the phone would reach the final stage of booting (just before the lockscreen shows) and would reboot and repeat the process all over again.

I went to flash a different rom so i could atleast have a working phone for the day and upon fully wiping, etc. the phone would not boot and continue the reboot process. i suspected a bootloader problem so i reflashed the bootloader and roms now boot. im guessing the bootloader was corrupted somehow and i think the process will just repeat itself.

Anyone got any ideas? I'm stumped and frustrated as the process of setting my phone back up every day is getting extremely boring.
[HTC One X] JacobCob:
Hey guys, so today ive tried to flash the new cyanogenmod 10.2.1 since the stable one just came out but as soon as i flash it it gives me status 7 error and doesnt get past that. Does any of you know how to fix this? I have done some re search and this appears to be a verification problem but i may be wrong.
[HTC One X] aleksandar.1:
Which recovery u use?

Read the CM10.2 thread OP.
[HTC One X] JacobCob:
Phillz recovery
[HTC One X] nikola016:
In OP it says this recovery :

http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.0-endeavoru.img

Try this one and see
[HTC One X] JacobCob:
but phillz recovery is based on cwm, my phillz is based on cwm 6.0.4.5
[HTC One X] JacobCob:
Ive tried installing the one that you've sent me and it installs it without any difficulties but now it goes onto the htc logo and then is stuck in htc logo boot loop. I guess there is something wrong with the rom, thanks for the help anyway
[HTC One X] athulele:
Try an older recovery based on CWM 5. Cwm 6.0.4.5 won't flash roms < 4.4. Or try twrp

Sent from my One X
[HTC One X] nikola016:
Flash boot.img
[HTC One X] JacobCob:
doesnt work
[HTC One X] big noob:
Wipe ecerything except battery stats flas rom.zip

Then

Fastboot flash boot boot.img

And then

Fastboot erase cache
[HTC One X] AnonymousHoward:
Is there any way to flash the boot.img without ADB from another computer? My only computer to hand right now is my work Mac, which I don't have admin on. I'm guessing not, but...
[HTC One X] big noob:
This may help you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1693372
[HTC One X] lukes91:
you don't use ADB to flash boot.img, but fastboot... and yes, there is a way, look around for kernel lighter, but you'll see that when you set kernel lighter up you need fstboot for the first time... the nice thing is that after that you don't need fastboot anymore to flash a boot.img :) it's very useful if you are ofter away from your pc...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mihir880:
Hi

I am on PRISM BAREBONE V3 ROM, WITH MK9 FIRMWARE

I am having this problem with front camera whenever I try to start it I get FC and after that gets CAMERA FAILED, I tried to flash the rom again also but same thing

The back camera is working fine but once I start the front one the problem starts ...and then I am not able to use any of the camera

Any help would be great

Thx in advance
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] robalm:
Try this.

Modded Note 3 launcher -> http://www.fildirekt.se/dl/1391285969.rar (remember to extract it)

Go to developer options and set the 3 animation options to 0.5. (to match the speed of the launcher)

How to

If you have Note 2 launcher - copy the modded launcher to system/app, and remove sec.launcher2 and restart.

If you have Note 3 launcher - copy the modded launcher to system/app, and replace the old sec.launcher4 and restart

Go to developer options and set the 3 animation options to 0.5.

[all creed to bri315317 for the launcher]
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] 27:
http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=59&func=view&id=6376&catid=26
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] bombomtr:
It was not work on my S200/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chamath Vihanga:
Hi,

I just rooted my HTC Evo 3d GSM. I have downloaded many games such as Gameloft etc.But now I am going to install a custom rom for my device.Android 4.3....And so I have game progress saved in my games. I have heard that if you are backing up using Titanium Backup and restore into a custom rom do not install settings.I mean what does it mean???? Can somebody give me a full guide starting from backing up data and restoring them to a custom rom device! (with pictures only if you can):(

Thank You
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moreno2.0:
If you go to the play store and find Titanium Backup, there's a video on the description explaining how to use Titanium Backup, I hope it helps!
[Nexus 5 Accessories] scirio:
Since it's designed to fit the seidio surfsce case which is about 1mm or so thick it seems as though it might fit any thin-fitting case fairly well. The holsters top clip is spring tensioned and i think it will clamp down on the top of the phone in the Ringke Slim case too.

Anybody try this or a similar combo before?