Webtop Application with HDMI Cable.....and no Dock!

[Terrigno]

Alright. So our friends at XDA have got this working. Although I dont know what Deodoxed is and Im not good with trying to get ADB installed. It would be nice if they could make this into a simple APK to install with root access. If we want it, lets let them know about it. That sure would be nice rather then people dropping all that money on the HDMI Dock.

Webtop Via HDMI Without a Dock

 

[jiggytom]

working for me!

 

[Terrigno]

Whats your system set up? And whats the easiest way to make this happen? LOL Im really interested!

 

[sw33ndawg]

Whats your system set up? And whats the easiest way to make this happen? LOL Im really interested!

you have to install that rom, which you shouldn't do at this point if you've never done something like that before. it's in the early stages and you risk bricking the phone if you dont know what youre doing.

 

[waltercln]

bricking will surely keep me away, really would like to see this happen with no risk. hope it can sooner rather than later.

 

[dtc100]

bricking will surely keep me away, really would like to see this happen with no risk. hope it can sooner rather than later.

Just so happened I finally received the HDMI dock from Amazon, $89.99 free shipping. Not cheap but I have just plugged in a regular USB wireless keyboard with a built in touchpad, it works so far. I think $90 is worth it so I don't have to hold the phone with the HDMI cable attached.

Unfortunately the little remote isn't working so far, it is too small anyway.

 

[ranova]

works great for me! however, you do need wifi. it does not work off 3g unless you have a tethering plan

 

[dLo GSR]

works great for me! however, you do need wifi. it does not work off 3g unless you have a tethering plan

really? what error message pops up?

 

[clipse#CB]

I set my phone up for this just this morning. Everything is working great for me. Pretty simple if you follow all the instructions to the 'T'. Also, as far as only working on wifi, there is an APN hack to take care of that. I haven't bothered with that part of it because I will only be using this where there is wifi.

 

[waltercln]

What is deotoxed mean anyway, would love to do this but the instructions are confusing.

 

[Terrigno]

I agree. It looks like replacing the Rom with another one. Ive done that before but its not worth the headache if your not really good at doing that kind of stuff. Its risky and tricky. But the way Ive gotton myself out of bricking phones is by spending hours finding a solution to fixing it. And I wont stop until its fixed and it really drives me nuts sometimes. So better off just not doing it. Im pretty sure they will figure out a way to make it happen without everything being so complicated.

 

[waltercln]

looks like no one at the source link does a better step by step, oh well.

 

[Terrigno]

I know. Its like a Step by Step for advanced people that already know what all the coding is. It kind of upsets me. lol

 

[wpbfjr]

it'll be killed when the deathstar (att) social media folks read the thread...

 

[sw33ndawg]

it'll be killed when the deathstar (att) social media folks read the thread...

no it won't be. they'd have to push an update. which they never do.

 

[potatoho]

Neat hack. But I'm just curious, does webtop work w/ HDMI cable + magnet?

 

[jonathan_droid]

i just hope they will come up with an easier way, tonight i rooted the atrix and installed a new rom, but i still can't get it working after keep on trying...

 

[dLo GSR]

I know. Its like a Step by Step for advanced people that already know what all the coding is. It kind of upsets me. lol

i think it's safe to say if you don't understand the steps, then don't try it. the phone was never meant to be accessed like this. it always takes some bit of knowledge to hack away at phone software; unfortunately there isn't always an easy button like one-click root or jailbreak. there's a reason the HD dock exists, so that people who don't want to risk their phone or hack into it can get the functionality it was meant for.

sorry not trying to preach, but saying that it "upsets you" that there's no easy step-by-step guide kind of cheapens the efforts of all the XDA folk because they're doing this all on their own time and for little credit/gain.

 

[Terrigno]

It upsets me because Im not smart enough to know how to do this. Im sure I could really, if it werent all for ADB. Ive no success with that program anywhere running Windows 7 64bit. Im amazed at what these guys can do. Just Jelous I cant get in on the fun with something like this. This hack actually saves you a lot of money. Thats the part that gets me.

 

[dLo GSR]

woooo got it working! they made an easy installer process too. took all of 3 minutes. posting from my non-docked webtop