Posted this in the Sprint Community Forums last week and didn't want to cheat all you Spotlighers so here you go! Enjoy :)
As I get the Mobile Spotlight blog (www.mblspt.blogspot.com) up and running with the Motorola Photon I thought I would do a quick post on a feature of the device that has me slightly geeked. As I’m sure you have heard the Motorola Photon is packed with features that Corporate Tycoons and Wall Street traders clamor for. With security measures like data encryption, restriction locks, and remote device administration capabilities corporate espionage will be kept at bay. But what about the rest of us schmucks that like mindless hours of multimedia entertainment! Well fret no more because your device can become a content source for your HDTV. Through what Motorola is calling Mirror mode, and a connection via a mini HDMI to HDMI cable, you can view everything you see on your device screen on your HDTV. This opens up a host of non-productive activities like watching Youtube, surfing the web, viewing pictures and home recorded video, and playing video games on the big screen. The activity I’m most looking forward to trying out is Netflix! If you are like me and are use a gaming console to stream Netflix to your TV with a WiFi connection you now have a device option that can easily transition to different TVs in your home. Here is the stock photo of what the device connection will look like:
As I wrote this I decided to go try it out at the new activity center here at the Overland Park Campus. After a couple of easy connections and the selection of the Mirror Mode on my device I was up and running. The screen I was leveraging looked to be around 50’ variety, the view of my devices homescreens looked good but know that you will get picture degradation because the connection is simply expanding the smaller image on your device. If you are looking for a cheap option to stream content to your HDTV consider the Photon! Cables can be found for as little as $9.99 all the way up to $99.99, I got mine at the Sprint campus campus for $29.99.
Previous Motorola Photon Post:
http://mblspt.blogspot.com/2011/08/motorola-photon-in-mobile-spotlight.html
Previous Motorola Photon Post:
http://mblspt.blogspot.com/2011/08/motorola-photon-in-mobile-spotlight.html
The Motorola Photon has problems making/recieving calls. After the device has been on for 24 hrs or longer, you can no longer place or recieve a call. You have to power down the phone, pull out the battery, then power up the phone, and 95% of the time it fixes the problem. The worst part is it does this every day.
ReplyDeleteI'm running into the same thing and I've commented as such in my latest post:
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Agreed this is completely annoying but know this is a documented software issue and is being worked. I'll post an update as I know more, should be addressed soon.
Anonymous- Just found out that an update to address the audio issue is available, here is the post I pulled from the Sprint community space:
ReplyDeleteA software update to 4.5.1A-1_Sun-154_5 is available for the Motorola PHOTON 4G (MB855) beginning Tuesday, 8/23/11.
Fixes:
Enables mono Bluetooth headsets to work with Visual Voicemail.
Improvements to voice calling to eliminate inadvertent voice calls defaulting to mute. (AKA our phone call issue)
Improved phone performance and stability, resulting in fewer occurrences of unresponsiveness
To do the update:
An Update available screen will appear with the following options available for selection:
Download to continue
Later to be reminded of the update in 1 hour
Cancel to skip the update
Follow the on-screen instructions to download and install the update.
When the download is complete, the Install Update screen will appear.
Select Install now to install the software on the device or select Install later to postpone the install for 1 hour.
The installation could take up to 7 minutes to complete, at which time the device will turn off then back on
Note: The phone will be unable to make or receive calls at this time.
When installation completes successfully, Update Status - The software update was successful! will appear.
Tap OK.
The update should be available but if it isn't give it another day as sometime they are roled out in a phased approach to minimize network conjestion.