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Got mirror casting to work on my S7 despite no MHL....

johnspack

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Seems they removed MHL support after the S6 series... I did not know that. I just wanted to send my screen and audio from my S7 to my monitor or av receiver. Bought one of those silly Chromecast things... and after
messing with it a lot discovered it has a mirror function that works perfect. There are just a few fussy apps that require me to shut down the mirror and use the chromecast button instead. But basically I can send everything
to my 27" monitor and my av receiver with my akg headphones! Just thought I should put that out there for Galaxy S7+ owners....
 
This is pretty well known, the catch is that there is quite a lot of lag/delay making it less useful for a lot of tasks.

MHL/HDMI support is dying off, which is sad cause it was pretty useful.
 
If you have a Samsung smart TV you can also mirror the screen without having to buy anything else.
 
You know how much a samsung smart tv costs? Especially when we have to use digital boxes up here... they are pointless.
I had an MHL cable ready to go too... had to bring it back. I think it's stupid they removed that ability.
Oh and new chromecast devices work on 5g, so not so much lag as I can see.
 
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johnspack said:
You know how much a samsung smart tv costs? Especially when we have to use digital boxes up here... they are pointless.
I had an MHL cable ready to go too... had to bring it back. I think it's stupid they removed that ability.
Oh and new chromecast devices work on 5g, so not so much lag as I can see.
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I got a Samsung smart 50 inch 4K HDR after Christmas for 349.99 plus 5% off at Best buy. I can watch TV on my phone and use my phone as a remote.
 
My chromecast cost 60can after tax and works on any monitor in the house and my av receiver. My phone also can be a remote control. Much cheaper....
 
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