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[Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>
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
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