I have a chromecto with Google TV on my Smart TV and the 2nd generation Vetusto Chromecast went to live a gold retreat on the television of my parents' house. We used him from time to time, but when he touched, he had always worked as champion … Until a few days ago, he started to fail. Yes, it was little used, but How good this old, simple and functional chromecast is good If necessary.
While waiting for the solution (fortunately, it happened soon) and taking into account that I had no intention of buying a Google TV streamer, I remembered that I had a Viejo Mobile Xiaomi lifting dust in a drawer, so it came to my mind to recycle it in Chromecast. It was the best solution to spend as little as possible and reproduce the user experience.
Old mobile in an emergency chromecast drawer
To carry out this small and simple DIY recycling project, three things are essential: a cable, an application and the mobile, but I already plan that anyone is worth it.
- A mobile Which supports the HDMI output. Regarding the requirements of the device, the minimum is that it has Android 4.1 or more and also that the MHL mobile support, a standard now missing but was born strongly. It is generally present in old high mobiles. It is not easy to discover it on the specification sheet, but the easiest thing is to use MHL control in Google Play.
- An OTG cable from USB-C A HDMI. I had several at home, but they can be easy and relatively cheap. Note: If you have an old mobile with microesb, you will need a Microousb-HDMI cable
- The request for retransmission ReceiverFree available on Google Play Store. Go ahead that this free version is a trial and limited to a few minutes of use. It is a good idea to go up everything to check that it works fluid and well, then go through the box and pay the 4.79 dollars that the premium version costs.
The beginning -up does not have a lot of history: Once the application is installed on the mobile and after granting authorization to be displayed on other applications, there are not many options because your mission is the functionality of the diffusion … In fact, you can barely change the name of the device (I put Chromecast SOS, but the name and the mobile model will remain) and few others.
Then I connected the mobile at one end of the cable and the other end to an HDMI port on the TV. Of course, on television, you should choose that the content input source is via this HDMI (just as you would with a normal chromecast). This is the fire test to verify that everything went well: the mobile must be seen on television or faulty, a kind of office mode. And that's it: I have an operational emergency chomecast.
From this moment, I continue like the old chromelets: I take my Google Pixel or my iPhone and I throw it wirelessly so that it is seen on television from the family home. It does not work with the DRM protected content, but otherwise it has Pleasantly surprised agility and intuitive experience.
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