How to get HDMI to work?

**CP4** · 06-14-2010, 09:07 PM

Bought the hdmi cable, but what do I do next? Tried plugging it in but it froze the phone. Any help would be much appreciated...

**ajbrickyard** · 06-14-2010, 09:38 PM

It's the TV. I had the same thing happen when I tried to use it on my mom's house and my sisters house, they have the same TVs RCA Lcd and it made my phone reboot and freeze when I plugged up.works fine on my TVs at home.

**cliberti** · 06-14-2010, 10:28 PM

I bet it isn't the TV. i think I read on Android and Me that they tested it and it appears that it is locked to only work from the Gallery app. I hope some developer finds how to fix this or that this is fixed through an update. If I am paying $10 for premium data and the HDMI I should be able to display anything I can display on the phone on my HDTV.

**CP4** · 06-14-2010, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Adidude

I bet it isn't the TV. i think I read on Android and Me that they tested it and it appears that it is locked to only work from the Gallery app. I hope some developer finds how to fix this or that this is fixed through an update. If I am paying $10 for premium data and the HDMI I should be able to display anything I can display on the phone on my HDTV.

Update...when plugged directly to tv, it works but has no sound. Mind you I rely on receiver for sound and tv speakers are not attached. But when evo is connected to receiver, it still freezes. Any way to make this compatible? I'd like the option of having sound thru receiver...

**storino03** · 06-14-2010, 11:35 PM

does your ps3 or other device that connects through hdmi work?

**CP4** · 06-14-2010, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by storino03

does your ps3 or other device that connects through hdmi work?

Yeah got directive going directly into receiver and 360 and bluray going into a switch that occupies the other receiver hdmi slot. Both the receiver and the switch cause the phone to lock and go to the white startup screen.

**storino03** · 06-14-2010, 11:54 PM

try connecting the cable directly to your hdmi input on the tv.

**CP4** · 06-15-2010, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by storino03

try connecting the cable directly to your hdmi input on the tv.

It does work that way, but the audio won't work. I have a Pioneer Elite but don't have the stock speakers on the TV (I rely solely on the receiver for sound), so no sound comes out. I attached a fiber optic cable and strung it from the TV to the receiver, but still no sound.

**huss30** · 06-15-2010, 11:42 PM

I am having the same issue except my HDMI cable is connected directly to my TV. Tried it with four different tv's in my house and still no luck. Do you guys think this is a hardware issue or a software issue?

**ticois2nice** · 06-16-2010, 09:12 PM

I tried today worked for about 5 mins then phone froze while on youtube. I tried with a hdmi switch at first so I thought that was the problem so I plugged it direct to the tv and phone froze again so if anybody finds a fix please let me know. I bought my cable on eBay

**Frankenstein** · 06-16-2010, 11:16 PM

I decided what the hell and bought the Sprint cable (with the 25% discount at least) when I bought the phone, and my main problem is that pretty much nothing works. It's as if they advertised this feature and put no effort into making it work; they put the hardware in for the HDMI port and called it a day and never looked at it again. I've been able to get the photo gallery to work and only videos I have recorded in 720p--anything recorded in lower quality won't output. I have yet to get a Youtube video to play, HQ or otherwise. I'm really hoping it is a quick software fix to just make the whole phone UI flow (smoothly) through the HDMI cable to the TV. For instance, if I want to watch Sprint TV, Slingbox (hopefully coming very soon), or video (or even something non-video like Slacker Radio) from any app on any HDTV, then I should just have to plug my phone in and watch. Limits are never good--and no limits are a big reason for choosing Android in the first place--but this feature is definitely limited at this point. Hopefully Sprint/HTC or a developer will fix this issue soon.

**Braaainz** · 06-21-2010, 02:52 AM

Same here. I bought the cable when I ordered the phone. Using "Gallery", I can do a slideshow of photos that show up on my HDMI LCDTV, but YouTube and all videos (including those shot with my phone) do not play. I get "mode not supported" on the television.

Any help on getting this to work would be much obliged.

Originally Posted by Frankenstein

I decided what the hell and bought the Sprint cable (with the 25% discount at least) when I bought the phone, and my main problem is that pretty much nothing works. It's as if they advertised this feature and put no effort into making it work; they put the hardware in for the HDMI port and called it a day and never looked at it again. I've been able to get the photo gallery to work and only videos I have recorded in 720p--anything recorded in lower quality won't output. I have yet to get a Youtube video to play, HQ or otherwise. I'm really hoping it is a quick software fix to just make the whole phone UI flow (smoothly) through the HDMI cable to the TV. For instance, if I want to watch Sprint TV, Slingbox (hopefully coming very soon), or video (or even something non-video like Slacker Radio) from any app on any HDTV, then I should just have to plug my phone in and watch. Limits are never good--and no limits are a big reason for choosing Android in the first place--but this feature is definitely limited at this point. Hopefully Sprint/HTC or a developer will fix this issue soon.

**Braaainz** · 06-21-2010, 04:33 AM

okay,

I went into ENCODING TYPE and chose "mpeg 4" and then went into RESOLUTION and chose "720p". Videos recorded in that format DID work on my Television!

Now, any idea what format videos we put on our SD card need to be formatted in to play on the Evo AND thru the HDMI port?!?

**ArkAngel06** · 06-21-2010, 07:19 AM

mine will often only display colored static, I will have to unplug it, and then plug it back in. Also, I've noticed that it works better if you plug it into the TV while the video is playing.

**RamminIt** · 06-21-2010, 08:42 AM

I remember reading somewhere that the phone will only output HD video, YouTube videos etc. won't work.

**smgoma** · 06-21-2010, 09:58 AM

Mine would not work well through an HDMI switch. I plugged it directly into my HP HDMI monitor and it worked just fine with phone recorded videos, videos converted for the phone and the Gallery slideshow. Won't display static photos or anything else.

**smgoma** · 06-21-2010, 10:35 AM

Just tried it on my Vizio 21" and it worked there also, including YouTube.

**cloak.n.dagger** · 08-09-2010, 09:50 PM

Looks like these posts are from the 2.1 era. I just got my HDMI cable today and when I plugged it in the notification message identified that HDMI was connected. It said to play a video or start a slideshow from the gallery. I was able to play videos from the gallery but 720P was choppy (this is a known issue with 2.2) and slideshow didn't play on the TV at all. I fired up youtube and sprint tv and got nada. I was able to play downloaded videos from youtube, but nothing played through the youtube app. Quite disappointing, really. Glad I only paid $10 for my cable, cuz I would be pi$$ed if I paid more. At least I can use the cable on my Canon camera. I sure hope HTC gets this working right. If anyone has some insight into fixing this, please reply.

**AxelSmith** · 08-20-2010, 02:20 AM

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