PS: this is sad looking forward to have the convergence features On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 2:48 PM Ionut Negru <[email protected]> wrote:
> So far I have tested my dell docking station to handle both mouse and > keyboard via OTG cable and it works nicely. I have tested a MHL cable but > it doesn't seem to work even on a samsung device that is supposed to work > with (it might be defective). The Mx4 Android version is advertised with > MHL support and the hardware is the same as for the ubuntu-touch version. > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 2:02 PM Simos Xenitellis < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Ionut Negru <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I wonder if there is anyone that has tried to use the phone with external >>> keyboard, mouse and display all together. Is mhl support working yet? >>> What accessories did you use? >>> >>> I run ubuntu on mx4. Thanks! >>> >>> >> There was a recent discussion about MHL support. >> Meizu does not explicitly mention MHL support for the MX4 (not the MX4 >> Pro) on Android. >> Some people asked at http://forum.meizu.com/viewthread.php?tid=17450 >> with no reply. >> What is not conclusive, is whether the MX4 has the full hardware set of >> parts to support MHL. >> The SoC for the MX4 (MediaTek) supports MHL, however the phone needs an >> extra chip that will work >> with the SoC for MHL. It is not clear if it is there. >> If you see >> >> http://www.siliconimage.com/Company/News_and_Events/Press_Releases/2014_02_23_-_Silicon_Image_Announces_New_MHL%C2%AE_Smartphone_Reference_Designs_with_MediaTek/ >> it mentions (that's how I interpret it) that a device needs to also have >> the SiI8348 MHL transmitter chip >> to work with the SoC. >> We either get the Meizu tech people to make a statement, or we find some >> high resolution images >> of the MX4 board and then try to identify whether the MHL support chip is >> present on the board. >> >> Regarding keyboard and mouse: there will be an update in the Bluetooth >> software to BlueZ 5.0 >> (currently BlueZ 4.0) which will probably allow to use Bluetooth >> peripherals. >> Some Bluetooth devices might work already, however the update to BlueZ 5 >> will be substantial. >> >> At the moment you can use an adapter for microUSB to standard USB >> (female), >> which allows to connect all sort of USB devices. Many people use that and >> it works well. >> See for example, >> http://www.amazon.com/Micro-USB-Male-Female-Adapter/dp/B0027YYMU6 >> It might make sense to get something like >> http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-5in-Micro-Host-Adapter/dp/B00B4GGW5Q/ >> so that there would be less chances for an accident that would break the >> MX4 USB port. >> >> Simos >> >
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