Reddit reviews Menotek Micro USB to HDMI MHL Adapter IMPROVED WITH RCP (Remote Control Protocol) for Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Evo 3D, HTC Evo 4G Tablet, HTC Sensation 4G, Sprint Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy Nexus

It's the standard for a reason.

I don't think it is because of the data, I think it is because of the format. To push video you need to have an MHL connection not currently supported in USB 3.0. That is why you need one of these to connect your android phone directly to your TV. http://www.amazon.com/Menotek-Adapter-IMPROVED-Protocol-Sensation/dp/B005F9W6DU

1. Sure. Something similar to this. But, you can look around.
   
   
2. Leave your tablet next to your TV and use a bluetooth (assuming your tablet has bluetooth) keyboard and mouse combo.
   
   These are very quick searches, I'm at work. But if you've got time, do a little research and see what you come up with.
   
   EDIT: I don't what connector your tablet uses, but I can gurantee you, all of this will cost ~$20-25.

One of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Menotek-Adapter-IMPROVED-Protocol-Sensation/dp/B005F9W6DU

phone's mini usb to your tv's hdmi

What kind of phone?


Samsung GS3, GS4, Note 2

HTC One X, One S, One V, Droid Incredible 4G LTE, EVO 4G LTE

Most Motorola Phones

Many other devices.

I use an MHL adapter. You can probably find one cheaper than that, and some phones (most Samsungs, I believe) come with one. Basically, you plug it into your phone, then you plug in an HDMI cable to that. [](/c12"Better late than never!")

If you have an iPhone, I have no idea. But it wouldn't take much Googling to find out.

USB is pretty versatile. I mean MHL adapters can do HDMI for a really cheap price tag. HDMI's spec can do power, data, audio, video in one cable. It's usually included on phones and tablets because you're gonna get way better picture quality than a MHL adapter.

you can get an adapter for the micro-usb charging port to an HDMI port

Although I don't know an S II very well, there are a couple of things that will work that have already been listed. Oh well. A couple of others below.

You could try installing this app while it's booted. It includes browsing and recovering data (although I am not sure about contacts) from a web browser.

What I am wondering is why their contacts disappeared. Assuming their registration account is off a Google account do they at least show up in Gmail? Were they using a 3rd party app instead? Maybe they can follow up with that and log into the app account from elsewhere. Alternately, is it possible they accidentally deselected to sync contacts when they set up the new device? Check their sync settings to be sure.

Here is an inexpensive adapter if you want to connect it to HDMI like mentioned above.

Technically. This page says the G2 supports MHL adapters such as this one, which will output the device's audio and video over the microusb port to HDMI

Using such an adapter to connect your phone to an HDMI receiver will get you 100% digital audio, as well as, of course, the display.

You could try a micro USB to HDMI adapter such as this I'm unsure of the compatibility with the Tab 2, but it should work. The only issues I found online were with the Tab 2 7.0.

A TV with MHL capability doesn't require the little box on an MHL cable. It can simply use a microUSB (or whichever cable MHL is implemented on for your setup) cable. So, the TV can power the device directly through the one small cable. A TV without MHL but with HDMI needs the MHL adapter with the box attached like this one, and that box requires power. So, you plug the microUSB cable into it, and it takes what it needs and sends the rest to your phone/tablet to charge it.

did I not say what they were? Grouper is the 2012 wi-fi Nexus 7, Tilapia is the 2012 HSPA+ Nexus 7, and Razor is the 2013 one. those are the device codenames. they are used in order to easily differentiate one from another.

you would use something called an MHL. they aren't that expensive. and there are cheaper ones than that if you look around a bit more. the MHL has a male Micro USB connector, a female Micro USB, and a female HDMI. you need a charger plugged into the MHL to power it, and then you connect the MHL to your tablet. since you want to use a monitor's DVI input, and assuming the monitor doesn't have an HDMI port, rather than a standard HDMI cable, you would use an HDMI to DVI cable in order to have the fewest conversions. if I'm not mistaken, as long as the MHL is powered before plugging it into the device, that will work with your tablet.

Could be something more serious than just a cracked screen. The only reason Air Droid worked for me is because I could actually somewhat see what was going on with the phone.

If it's a Note 3 you can look into picking up an MHL Adapter that would allow you to output video to HDMI and see what's happening.

My alternative is a new HTC One and these:

The Moga Pro: Wireless Android Controller

Menotek Micro USB to HDMI MHL Adapter for Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Evo 3D, HTC Evo 4G Tablet, HTC Sensation 4G, Sprint Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy Nexus(and others)

I know it would still be wired to the tv, but you could try something like this Micro USB to HDMI

I picked up this one after seeing it recommended by someone on a random forum for the One... so far I'm pretty disappointed with it though. I'm not sure whether to blame the phone, the adapter or the HDMI cable (which admittedly is a cheap one, but gives perfect image quality on everything else I've tried it with.)

The image quality with Netflix and HBO Go seems like it's 480p at best on both my 720p TV and my 1080p monitor. Using Plex with blu-ray copies of Game of Thrones, it's a bit better so it may be the fault of the apps... but it's essentially useless for me since I bought it entirely to be able to use HBO Go on my TV since Comcast has thus far refused to support the Roku with it. :(

Is that cable made of gold? A quick search on Amazon shows Micro USB to HDMI MHL at $12.00 http://www.amazon.com/Menotek-Adapter-IMPROVED-Protocol-Sensation/dp/B005F9W6DU/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1342212310&sr=8-8&keywords=usb+to+hdmi