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[EVO 4G Android Development] :
I would venture to say a large portion of people's troubles getting HDMI to work is cable. Many reports of cables bought on ebay (or the ilk) and they don't work with vanilla Sense either. We can't make a bad cable work, but it's *very* difficult to detect a bad cable. As more and more people use HDMI on their EVO, the bad cables will be filtered out and people will be happy again.

I got my cable from Monoprice! Not a single issue with it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] aznmode:
I posted this at androidcentral

http://forum.androidcentral.com/708168-post1158.html

I bought a cable (amazon.com) before and dont recommend it. It's very flimsy at the end. The only time I got it to work is if I bend the connector slightly. You can bend the micro connector off the rubber molding by accident since the rubber is so soft. Once it bends the pins inside gets pulled in and your cable will be worthless. it came in this cheap plastic bag like the ones that some ebay Evo cases come in.

This is the one I got locally at a local Frys store. Its only $9.99 and the rubber ends are harder and more solid which make it difficult to accidentally bend the gold plated tips on either side. Spend the extra $5 and get this instead. I've attached a close up of the cable and a picture of the packaging.

FRYS.com*|*Inland (Model : 08231)

The picture on the web is wrong but item # is the same as on my receipt (6379371). The original barcode was scanned so I'm 100% the image is wrong. But below is the actual image of the cable and the package it came in.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kruglovus:
My understanding of GPL might be too brief, limited, or just wrong. Basically, any product released under GPL (including Linux and AOSP ROMs) must have the source code available for others to use, improve upon, include in their products, which themselves can only be released under GPL, and so on. Also, as agrabren mentioned, GPL does not have "time-frame" clause yet. The source code does not have to be released at the same time as the final product. Guess, what! The product is not released yet, it's only a private alpha testing. And even if you consider it released, the source code is coming soon, but not today. I don't see any violation.
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
This. 10char
[EVO 4G Android Development] fmedina2:
Can we just drop all of this crap? Let's not fill this thread with all this technical garbage.

Can we please just get back to the development and support of the best thing to ever happen to our EVO's? Thank you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] psych2l:
Great work, I'd like to make some feature requests in terms of what resolution it can output if possible. I'm trying to get it to work with my 30" monitor and it only accepts signals at resolutions of 2560 x 1600 and 1280 x 800. If these can be set as options that'd be great, thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Apo11on:
kernel details??

@teamwin: can we get some details about this HDMI kernel? Does it allow overclocking, undervolting, unlocked fps, etc? I don't wanna lose all the netarchy's goodies, to gain only proper HDMI drivers instead

If it was based off someone else's custom kernel work - please provide details which one. Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] sfld:
has anyone used this with rock player?? just wondering, because you could simply take the aux out to a reciever system and hdmi out would be working as you want it lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] twiz0r:
I'm assuming it's based off the stock cm kernel but I may be wrong

swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
[EVO 4G Android Development] tomh1979:
it does support over clocking, I think to about 1.13 i think, I did it earlier but can't be exact.

swyped from my gingerbread'd Evo 4G
[EVO 4G Android Development] kybeck55:
thanks alot it works great i took the apk. out and installed by itself thanks for the tip
[EVO 4G Android Development] fmedina2:
FPS has been unlocked officially by HTC several months ago by the way.
[EVO 4G Android Development] gbrazell:
I don't know if this was a cause of the kernal or not but I was attempting to over clock while using the n64oid on the hdmwin app ..ill post alogcat if I can catch it again
[EVO 4G Android Development] -shift-:
which kernel? aosp or sense?

i'll answer it for you anyway... for aosp, it's based on the stock cm kernel. for sense, i believe it's the #15 kernel from htc that is also used in myn's warm. agrabren or shinzul can correct me if i'm wrong; i wasn't around for the sense testing.

however, there are no extra performance enhancements done to the kernel as it is only for testing for hdmi. all unnecessary variables are taken out to simplify the implementation of hdmi.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fmedina2:
What can we expect for the beta release?

Thanks for all the hard work! My phone is now a portable snes, gbc, and movie source. Getting a 32gb sd card now. Imagine. Over 30 movies that I can instantly plug my phone into a tv and watch... Amazing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] javidnky2005:
I'm playing nes emulator and I'm getting lots of flickering. What kernel should I be using?
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
The one included, like it says in the OP. And even then, you might be encountering a bug, like it says in the OP. :rolleyes:

From OP: (yes OP is in red too)

Flashing our update zip will replace your kernel with a custom kernel, and our mirroring won't work fully unless you keep the custom kernel. Mirroring will work with any kernel, but it will have awful screen tearing. Just FYI
[EVO 4G Android Development] tsunami0ne:
It works, albeit a little choppy and loads of flickering in landscape mode. I'm using CyanogenMod 7 RC2.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Awesome can't wait for the updates. Not sure how the alpha program works as far as who is accepted and who is not but I some how got it. I assume the the water mark is just for alpha? Using Cm7 RC2. I will compare to orebbmas hdmi as I have not tested team wins sense version.

The Good (besides HDMI of aosp)

Looks clean. Does not let you pick resolution but its 720 so good enough.

Puts monitor to sleep when phone screen goes to sleep.

Gingerbread screen off animation on lcd (now my lcd has crt animation).

Pushes sound through headphones or bluetooth. This is the biggest plus. Orebbmas' hdmi pushed sound through HDMI and did not have an option to turn it off. Since I use an lcd monitor with hdmi to dvi adaptor I would not get sound but with this sound works on the phone speaker, headphones or bluetooth.

The bad (besides being stuck on a single kernel and watermark)

Flickering lots of flickering. Not as smooth as Orebbmas hdmi. Works but not something you can use to watch a movie or show like Orebbmas' version.

If you push home button in the hdmi app the phone goes to the home screen but the hdmi just shows fuzz. You need to push the back arrow to get out of the app to avoid this. If you accidentally hit home here you need to open the app up and turn off hdmi then back on.

When phone goes to sleep you need to turn off hdmi and back on.

The only problem is the flickering the other two are minor things you get used to quickly.
[EVO 4G Android Development] swatspyder:
You should follow the OP's tweets. You would know the beta so far is clean. Will be released eventually, and should not have any of the issues you mentioned.
[EVO 4G Android Development] manup456:
This works great on CM7 #14 Nightly great work guys but how do I get wii controller working just jumped into the thread if it has been said before my bad ill look around but if there is a quick answer that would be great.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fmedina2:
Download an app called wiimote controller and connect your remote using bluetooth.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Igotsanevo4g:
I kept trying to recreate it to pull a log, and i couldnt. Then I stop recording the log, play a game of speedx, and.... Boom it happened again, not even 2 minutes after I stopped recording the log. Grrrr :mad:
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
That really sounds like a grounding issue. Maybe there is a hardware issue with your hdmi port? I know htc had some grounding issues with the screen during charging, so maybe the hdmi port is also affected?
[EVO 4G Android Development] rjumawan:
I just sent out for my invite.how long do you need to wait for a response ...
[EVO 4G Android Development] ian928:
It would be awesome if this remains an option in the final version for those of us with a dvi monitor as dvi cannot receive sound from hdmi.
[EVO 4G Android Development] H1Vltg3:
Anxious for BETA!!

I just wanted to say thanks for the feedback on having a bad Micro HDMI cable! I didn't want to wait anymore so I picked a $29 Dynex one up at BB today, WORKS LIKE A CHARM!! Beware when buying the cheapo Micro HDMI, I have now heard from over 10 people they had bad ones. In fact, everyone I've asked has had a bad one!! I cannot wait for the Beta, I currently have Alpha and it's amazing for an alpha release!! Is this going to ever have HDMI audio support though? A toggle would be really nice to keep the headphone and BT audio also. Also, are us current alpha members going to be notified before everyone about the BETA release??
[EVO 4G Android Development] Apo11on:
thanks for detailed reply...I was asking about sense one btw...I wish they would take latest netarchy's 4.3.2 cfs havs sbc more kernel and add their HDMI modules to it...would truly make it perfect, the battery life & performance on that kernel are amazing, no hdmi drivers alone are going to convince me to give up all that
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shinzul:
OP updated! WE ARE IN BETA!

If you already signed up for the alpha, use the same download link in the original email.

We turned off our performance-locked debugging mode and this version is BUTTERY SMOOTH! Enjoy :)

<3
[EVO 4G Android Development] aceytech:
Sorry to put a damper on your expectations, but you should know that 2560 x 1600 requires a Dual-Link digital DVI signal. I had 2 HP 30" displays, and while beautiful, they only took a signal from very high end machines. (or a Mac, Hah!) Don't expect to hook up any standard HDMI signals either. YMMV, but these are peculiar monitors, for a specific purpose. Max res...

FYI: Don't know if you've seen this yet, but 1280x800 looks like ass. actually, looks like 4 asses for every 1 original ass, due to pixel quadrupling. You're better off buying a second monitor if you want to see low res stuff. Can't cost more than $50 for a 17" LCD.

Cheers., and best of luck.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jamsterzak:
Badass! Thxs my friend
[EVO 4G Android Development] Valicore:
I'd like to comment on this and say I was going crazy because my phone kept freezing everytime I tried to hook up HDMI. It was the cable, I had bought a cheapy cable off of eBay and even thought it looked fine and worked the first few times, something internally must have broken on it. I decided to try Monoprice since their normal HDMI cables are cheap and work well and now it is working fine. I'd give them (Monoprice) a try, I think my cable was like, 4 bucks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] H1Vltg3:
Thank you so much, glad I picked up my new cable today!! As for the BETA, it's deliciously smooth!!! How about HDMI audio though??
[EVO 4G Android Development] aceytech:
<3 is right. Kudos to you and Mr. Silky Johnson. :eek: If the "Display Options" is any indication of more to come, this is going to be awesome! Now get some sleep!
[EVO 4G Android Development] deviouskater:
So awesome testing now. Thanks again Shinzul and teamwin

Update: super smooth no flickering at all.

I can't believe its not butter :-D. To qoute fabio

The evo is the best phone ever thanks to cyanogen, teamwin, and all who help on CM7.
[EVO 4G Android Development] oddlou:
So freaking awesome! The only issue i've had is that the signal will drop after about 20 minutes or so and only a reboot will get the app to register the cable as connected. Otherwise, seriously smooth. You guys rock!
[EVO 4G Android Development] deviouskater:
Tom ill try to connect for 20 min + to see if its in issue
[EVO 4G Android Development] skyline247:
Thanks Shinzul. Can't wait to use this. Awesome work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] oddlou:
I've been on longer than 20 minutes now and not having the same problem. Go figure. This phone was cool to begin with but the cm team and teamwin have made me not lust for any other phone.... i honestly can't remember a time like that in the previous few years.
[EVO 4G Android Development] psych2l:
I'm aware of the dual-link required for full res, but I have to disagree that 1280 x 800 looks like ass, at least as long as you sit far away lol. I have a HP monitor as well, and was able to get it to work with a 9800pro. Anyway still hoping :P
[EVO 4G Android Development] Igotsanevo4g:
And I thought Charlie sheen was winning, he ain't got **** on this.

Awesome job so far, I look forward to moar earz thru HDMI ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] gbrazell:
Wow ...I clicked the link in the email ...and it turns out my evo is now winning....o_O

From The Evo That Wins....
[EVO 4G Android Development] antianalog:
weee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFhg3dYeEG8
[EVO 4G Android Development] VandyCWG:
Love this. Will the white bars go away?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jessesse:
Wow I can't believed you guys released the beta so soon.. It is working great for me so far and I've been using it for about an hour. Watched southpark, YouTube, and a few videos I had recorded previously. No flickering at all and the sides are filled in nicely :) (Samsung 32")

Is it possible to get the stock movies player to play full screen? How about play avi files?

(I know there's alternatives rockplayer etc.)
[EVO 4G Android Development] baller2319:
Its still a little choppy, but much better. Also when you run fps2d you take a major hit nin fps after turning off the hdmi mirroring. You get 51 frames with a std of 22. On the stock kernel you get 51 frames with a std of 3 to 5. But nonetheless its great progress and I greatly appreciate your work!
[EVO 4G Android Development] cordell12:
OK from hour one of my evo (2 weeks ago) I installed cm7. I never ran sense and do not know what is needed cable wise to connect to my TV. Where can I buy said cable and what is it called. Cant wait to try this out, I was disappointed when I learned that HDMI out was not working but now I am dieing to try it!!!

Thanks

edit...would it be just a little connector that converts USB into HDMI that will attach to my stock USB cord???
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shinzul:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10253
[EVO 4G Android Development] timtlm:
There are 2 outputs on the bottom of your phone dude. The one that is not USB is the HDMI out. You need what is called a micro HDMI cable (type D to type A) search micro HDMI at monoprice.com. http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=micro+hdmi&x=13&y=14

Edit: or there is this sweet HDMI dock that will charge and do HDMI at the same time. And all you need is a standard HDMI cable. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=977189
[EVO 4G Android Development] kevank:
Let me apologize to anyone who received more than one Beta announcement email - It wasn't intentional.

To those that haven't received a beta announcement email -- It is going out now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] goodboynyc:
Will sound be enabled on AOSP or is it limited to Sense only?
[EVO 4G Android Development] AyyRayy:
Trying this today!!! So excited
[EVO 4G Android Development] SantinoInc:
Shin and TEAMWIN are pioneers...Sprint should hire you guys!
[EVO 4G Android Development] rican408:
This **** ain't no beta! Works perfectly! Cm7 final will make the Evo complete.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rebosxl:
Thats what i wanna know before I flash back to CM7
[EVO 4G Android Development] mytich:
What is wrong with merging it into CM nightly? This is good quality ****.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Snake-Driver:
BETA my BUTT!! This ROCKS!! You guys are great!! Keep up the good work!!

Sound please ;-)
[EVO 4G Android Development] myndwire:
sound will most certainly work -- seems to be next on the list :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheDave1022:
The alpha just wouldnt work for me. I thought it was the cable and had another on order. The beta is working fine now.

Slight screen cut off in landscape mode on the top and bottom....not sure if I have to play with my tv zoom, but cable/bluray all have the proper aspect/zoom.

When phone goes to sleep, cable comes up undetected even if i unplug and plug back in

40" Samsung TV

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] roar109:
the alpha sense works OK, with lateral marks and freeze a little my evo, wait beta release to test.

when try to see youtube vid the phone reboots

hrd:004

btw i have stock sense + root
[EVO 4G Android Development] troyboytn:
Great results guys! The Sense alpha worked great for me. Ill be waiting patiently for the sense beta. No intentions of loading up CM...sense makes too much sense to me to switch! lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] ChadH42:
WOW!!! This is awesome. Works great on my model 004!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] sfld:
anyone notice copying to the sd card is much much slower after installing this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] twiz0r:
It's very slow on cm7. If you use it while in recovery it is normal. I think there is an app you can use that will make out normal also. I think it's dual mount. I could be incorrect on the last part though

swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
[EVO 4G Android Development] dkelle4:
We fully intend on having HDMI sound on AOSP :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] david279:
So sound out is the only thing left? Has anybody tried sling player with this?

My cable is in the mail.......
[EVO 4G Android Development] xjackofall:
Use multi mount sd

sent from the phone that replaced my laptop
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
There's still some outstanding bugs, and possibly some performance tweaks still in queue. There's also still more features to be completed before it's done.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mystery_tx_man:
I have hardware 004 and I am running RLS5. I tested the alpha for sense. I tested it out on a 46" and a 42". The picture on both looks great. However I noticed that the notification light stopped working after I flashed this. When I nandroided back, the notification light started back working.
[EVO 4G Android Development] goodboynyc:
Funtastic!

Now if only I could find my damn HDMI cable I ordered a month ago -_- .
[EVO 4G Android Development] sfld:
use mount sd card from recovery?

or is there a separate app?
[EVO 4G Android Development] twiz0r:
Its an app

swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
[EVO 4G Android Development] Apo11on:
No, sound is definitely not the only thing left - there is no Sense release....many people like myself don't like AOSP roms and have been waiting for Sense release since all this beta teasing started...

And why in the world would you need to use HDMI from your phone to a tv or pc monitor for slingplayer?! If it's a tv- you already got the same channels slingbox would be streaming from your phone, in higher quality too. If it's a monitor - the computer it's hooked up to must have better internet connection than your phone, so what's stopping you from installing desktop slingplayer or using browser plugin?
[EVO 4G Android Development] da_wesmeista:
I'm stuck at work and can't wait to try the beta version! It's flashed and ready to go.
[EVO 4G Android Development] deviouskater:
There's also a menu option within the app to correct some overscan, 480 p resolution toggle, and disable banner
[EVO 4G Android Development] kevank:
You make it sounds like you have been waiting forever. The aosp beta has been out for 12 hours.

Do you travel much? I would use slingplayer on my phone to watch shows I have DVRed while hooked to the hotel TV. Maybe thats just me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] timtlm:
Cool, I didn't notice it. The overscan bar could use some sort of number so it's easier to find the sweet spot.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fmedina2:
My SNESoid is a little laggy now with the beta. The animation and music is a little slower. However there is no flicker and everything else like movies play fine. Looking forward to new releases.
[EVO 4G Android Development] CruzECO13:
As i mentioned before my monitor would only recognize a connection but not mirror anything using and HDMI DVI Adapter.

I am now able to mirror successfully on 640*480 via the same HDMI DVI Adapter on my monitor. In order for the mirror to appear you MUST also have the USB cable plugged in :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] BigRick10:
Or watch my DirecTv when I go to my moms house that has horrible cable. Or carry NFL Sunday Ticket to a buddies house ;-) = WIN!
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
What kernel does the sense alpha use?
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Is that a CRT monitor next to the laptop!?!? :confused::cool::eek:
[EVO 4G Android Development] Apo11on:
I travel with my 17" laptop, so I use Evo to tether at 4G speed and use that connection to run slingplayer...most hotels dont have 52" hdtvs, so their ****ty CRTs and their supported resolution cannot compete with my laptop's HD screen

And it is just you - most people download missed episodes, instead of recording them, because downloaded releases have all the commercials crap skipped :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] -shift-:
just fyi...

there's no *obligation* by anyone in the dev community to provide anything to anyone. all of us who work to contribute back to the community do it for fun, because we enjoy working on these kinds of projects and conquering hurdles.

as for teamwin and our sense implementations, we are, at our core, passionate about cm, first and foremost. there are, to take your words, many people like myself who *love* aosp. just wanted to provide a perspective from the other side of the fence...

regardless, we are working on fine-tuning hdmi on both aosp and sense. so, as always with these types of software engineering endeavors, please be patient.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Doncabezon:
Love the app. Just a slight issue, With the beta it currently displays no cable detected. I plug in the cable and the mirroring works correctly and displays Enabled. However If i disconnect the cable while Enabled, I do not receive the no cable detected. I replug the cable and HDMI no longer functions correctly. CM7 RC2.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sturmen:
Thanks to all of #teamwin. I put together a video showing N64oid running over HDMI:

[YOUTUBE]tcUcR0r6-vo[/YOUTUBE]
[EVO 4G Android Development] deviouskater:
I think the beta is faster then before. I was playing Contra before and it was hard to play but now it's like playing on nes. I overclocked the CPU to 1.075. Also on TV I turn off all processing to eliminate lag. (noise reduction, cinamotion, and motion flow.)
[EVO 4G Android Development] -shift-:
thanks sturmen! nice embed edit ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] Doncabezon:
This is awesome!!!!

I played FPSE perfect mirroring. Until I had the cable undetected error. Hopefully the cable and not my phone
[EVO 4G Android Development] fmedina2:
Hmm, should I buy N64oid or FPSE? Mario 64 or Crash bandicoot? Super smash brothers or FFVII?
[EVO 4G Android Development] AyyRayy:
This is amazing. Amazing work!!!!!! No screen tearing or lag. PERFECT. Just need sound :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] warhell200:
This poonkang kernel is awesome fast as hell and has some HDMI woo goo beta
[EVO 4G Android Development] Doncabezon:
Why do I have sporadic behavior? It works then after the screen turns off I get no cable detected
[EVO 4G Android Development] Techronico:
Both

4char
[EVO 4G Android Development] unit713:
Just downloaded and tested out, it worked flawlessly. Great job devs