HDMI Out via MHL Adapter from T-Mobile

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So, I ordered the mhl adapter for the sensation from t-mobile on Monday so that I would have it when I got the phone. Well, got the phones on Wednesday and the adapter didn't show till today, so poor planning on my part. I attached a pic of my invoice with the product number for reference.

Anyway, I can say that the adapter works great and displays the full ui from the phone to the tv perfectly. It scales nicely in landscape and you can hardly see any lag in the phone or HDMI out. It's always fun playing angry birds on a plasma screen. Also audio is sent to the tv nicely, angry birds with surround sound is pretty sweet. The extent of my testing is with angry birds and the phone ui, but I'm sure I'll find some more purposeful uses for it in the future.

Something I didn't like about it though. You HAVE TO have the charger plugged in, or you will not get HDMI out. You can plug them in any order that you like, but if there is no charger connected, you will not get HDMI out.

I'm sure someone will fix this once we're rooted, but It's kind of annoying right now. I'm also sure there's a good reason for it to be this way, likely because the battery won't last long sending out hd. I'll just have to get a new tv that supports mhl so I won't have to run two cables, yeah, that's a good excuse to get a new tv, right?

Edit: Here's a link to the T-Mobile store,

http://find.t-mobile.com/controller?...&Ntt=supa37117

Pick Sensation 4G and then scroll down to Data, it should be in there.

Edit: Actually, you'll have to go back and pick HTC, then Sensation, then Data. Otherwise it doesn't show up for some reason.

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Will it output the green hornet movie or is it protected?

Couldn't say, I never did the ota, so I can't watch it on the phone at all.

Sent from my 3D EVOlution

oh ok, im gonna order one and try it out.

Originally Posted by scoobrel

Will it output the green hornet movie or is it protected?

have the mhl adapter from tmo as well(hmm...ordered mine last week ..arrived today as well.. ) anyway using the mhl adapter green hornet is currently playing in 2d on my 720p Envision 32" ...no I do not have a 3d tv to test on..edit again 3x youtube 720p and 1080p videos output nicely as well

Originally Posted by ScrapSilicon

have the mhl adapter from tmo as well(hmm...ordered mine last week ..arrived today as well.. ) anyway using the mhl adapter green hornet is currently playing in 2d on my 720p Envision 32" ...no I do not have a 3d tv to test on..edit again 3x youtube 720p and 1080p videos output nicely as well

Right on, good to hear that HTC hasn't blocked a bunch of content from being outputted like they did with the old Evo.

MHL doesnt support 3d currently. Maybe in revision 2.0 with "hopefully" a firmware update needed instead of new hardware.

But from what I saw online it should only be able to output 2d.

question?i have a 3d samsung led tv that requires glasses,is there anyway to view pics or videos with my evo 3d?

Originally Posted by JTNiggle

Something I didn't like about it though. You HAVE TO have the charger plugged in, or you will not get HDMI out. You can plug them in any order that you like, but if there is no charger connected, you will not get HDMI out.

if the MHL plugs into the Micro-USB and so does the charger, then how can you plug in the charger and the MHL at the same time?

Originally Posted by lasportsman13

if the MHL plugs into the Micro-USB and so does the charger, then how can you plug in the charger and the MHL at the same time?

Mhl adapters have a micro usb port on them so you can charge your phone while outputting hdmi.

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