I won't be buying a LG device again and this is actually the second set of LG phones that I have bought for the whole family. We had G4's and G5's previously and now I bought 2 G7's and 2 Stylo 4's. The old G5 actually had the ability to send video over the USB type C port with an adapter cable and it also had an IR blaster built in so you could change channels on TV/whatever else. How features have been taken away with their newer high end phones. This is just crap.
Usb c to HDMI??
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I'd rather have DisplayPort, though, as it's royalty-free. If you have a DP signal you can always convert it to HDMI.
HDMI works with Pie
I remember trying HDMI through USB-C when I got my G7, and remember being extremely dissapointed. Now I recently rediscovered this thread, and decided to try it again now that I have korean android 9.0 Pie on my phone. I fished out this USB-C to HDMI adapter from Samsung, and to my surprise it worked without a hitch!
I remember trying HDMI through USB-C when I got my G7, and remember being extremely dissapointed. Now I recently rediscovered this thread, and decided to try it again now that I have korean android 9.0 Pie on my phone. I fished out this USB-C to HDMI adapter from Samsung, and to my surprise it worked without a hitch!
Just bought it. I can confirm that it is not working with oreo. Waiting for pie.
Well the adapter is not powered, so you wouldn't expect that. (The phone provides power TO the adapter, hence the phone uses more battery than if it was not connected)
Waiting for pie to revive my 4k hdr+ 60 inch lg TV. I thinq the G7 will be the best android TV for it.
Just upgraded to latest february security patches oreo and hdmi works. Nice job LG! ?
With the December update the HDMI works fine, LG heard our critics
Inviato dal mio LM-G710 utilizzando Tapatalk
Inviato dal mio LM-G710 utilizzando Tapatalk
I can't seem to get mine to work, I have the February 1, 2019 security patch. Just keep getting that diaplayport error. I guess I have to wait until Pie reaches my area, unless anyone knows of a.trick.
cna you guys give us the name of firmware file thath your getting hdmi output ?
hmm im planning to buy this thing and capture card for streaming but im not sure.
so charging and hdmi work at the same time ?
wil this this one work ? they say its working with g5, v20
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Idk, I have Samsung adapter, but power delivery does not work.
samsung adapter dont have charging port its a straight cable man i need to confirm that i can charge and get hdmi output at the same time with lg g7.
I know for sure there are usbc to hdmi cables that supports power delivery. Idk if the phone has this function enabled or what kind of cable is capable of this. Also the ideea with an adapter that has an extra port for charging.... Sorry to many wires for me.
Does the G7 output a 16:9 aspect ratio over hdmi?
I'm considering jumping from S8 to G7, but the hdmi out is absolutely needed. One thing that annoys me with the s8 is it outputs it's native aspect ratio, so my 16:9 monitor always has black borders around a 16:9 image. I know most tv's allow zoom, but my monitor does not.
Unlike most users, I can't get good wifi, so I rely on lte for streaming. If I don't stream via the phone, I hit my tethering cap in one night. Unless I move, I really need the right phone. I'm also looking at Dex solutions...
I'm considering jumping from S8 to G7, but the hdmi out is absolutely needed. One thing that annoys me with the s8 is it outputs it's native aspect ratio, so my 16:9 monitor always has black borders around a 16:9 image. I know most tv's allow zoom, but my monitor does not.
Unlike most users, I can't get good wifi, so I rely on lte for streaming. If I don't stream via the phone, I hit my tethering cap in one night. Unless I move, I really need the right phone. I'm also looking at Dex solutions...
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I've only used Miracast streaming compared to a hardware solution such as MHL (HDMI out) or SlimPort (DP/HDMI/DVI/VGA out), which are the two wired mobile phone display protocols (so if something says USB-C to HDMI, it is really referring to these standards). However, when streaming wirelessly, a new bubble overlay appears (only on the phone) that lets you change a few options (such as changing the aspect ratio from 19.5:9 to 16:9, screenshot included as attachment).
If using the default video player, the audio and video will only be displayed on the device that you are streaming to and you don't have to worry about orientation (other applications such as YouTube will play the video both locally and on the remote device, although the audio is passed through). Hopefully using a SlimPort cable (see below for why I'm suggesting this) would offer the same bubble since mirroring/streaming would be activated much in the same way.
I don't have a specific need for streaming via cable (everything just gets ingested to my local Plex server), but for those looking for one, I would avoid using anything made for computer products (such as Apple MacBooks), as those ports may physically look at the same, but have a very different pinout (while it's unlikely that anything would explode, such adaptors are not meant for this - I've specifically seen a person try using a G5 and a similar, albeit older, Apple hub to get output and charge and the charging did nothing). In fact, I came across a nice bit of text on the Wikipedia article (List of devices with video output over USB-C) while trying to figure out why this is working for some people and not others.
So it looks like we might still have horrible OS/security patches, but at least they threw us a bone here. If you already have an MHL cable from a phone such a Samsung or others, it will likely not hurt to plug it into your phone => display to see if it works. As far as charging, HDMI provides nominal power (not nearly enough to charge a phone while in use), and this direct input to output lines are called passive cables. There are MHL lines with active cables (another cable is spliced in to direct I/O line to provide charging power) that have the possibility to cause problems, but again they either should work or shouldn't. I hope this helps, and feel free to post any follow up questions.
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