You may very well be correct, I wont argue that. I just think there could be a fancy software workaround for the next year or two until wireless becomes enough of a thing to allow that to happen. Besides, there is already enough issues for the Ubuntu team to work on (bluetooth, GPS, etc), that connecting external displays for non-target hardware (nexus 4,7,10) will be a low priority. I'd like to see a community workaround for a short term fix. I'm no programmer (although I'm rather good with bash scripting), but I think it is doable.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Nick Luigi V. Eusebio <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I believe it is really on the hardware. MX4 and bq phones android > versions doesn't support external display as well though > I'm not sure if wireless display is supported. > Anyway, I think the development of wireless display has already started so > we can wait for that. > And to be honest, current phones except maybe MX4 won't really be good to > use for convergence :) > > > On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 9:19:07 AM PHT, Eric Holmi wrote: > >> Is there some fancy software workaround that we just haven't thought of >> yet? I have a hunch that because you can do micro-USB to HDMI on ANY >> android drvice, that it is just a software thing (even though it may >> exclude the GPU entirely and rely on the CPU) >> >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:12 PM, Peter Bittner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Wayne, >>> >>> I have bought the magnificent XCSOURCE 5in1 MHL adapter [1], only to >>> find out later that it probably works with all devices minus my bq >>> Aquaris 5 HD. :-) >>> I also bought this sweet converter cable [2] so that I could >>> potentially use the USB 3.0 output of my XPS 13 for a second external >>> monitor in combination with the above adapter. Negative either. >>> >>> Just to give you an idea that there are sweet adapters around. But >>> that won't turn our bq phones into convergence devices, as others in >>> this thread have pointed out. That's bad luck. But if the next bq >>> devices also cost so little, and they arrive before 2019, we may not >>> have to worry too much about it... ;-) >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> [1] >>> >>> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=XCSOURCE+5in1+MHL+Micro+USB+HDMI+Adapter+Cable+Sync&t=canonical&ia=products >>> [2] >>> >>> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Schwarz+USB+Stecker+zu+Micro-USB-Buchse+Konverter+Adapte+Kabel+10cm&t=canonical&ia=products >>> >>> >>> >>> 2016-01-13 1:21 GMT+01:00 Wayne Ward: >>> > Can anyone tell me which cable / adapter id need to buy to get my Bq >>> 4.5 >>> > connect to hdmi monitor please Link would nice.. >>> > Wayne >>> > -- >>> > Sent using Dekko from my Ubuntu device >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Sent using Dekko from my Ubuntu device >
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