How to connect Android phone to normal TV?

In this article from Technology gadgets, we are going to answer one of the most frequent questions: how to connect the phone to the TV. There are many ways to connect the phone to the TV. How to connect Android phone to normal TV? In the following, we will answer this question, so stay with us.

How to connect Android phone to normal tv?

• First, enabling the BBB Debugging option in the Developer Options menu is necessary.
• Then connect one end of the charging cable to the phone port and the other to the TV.
• Select so that the TV will recognize your smartphone as having flash memory or hard disk,
• finally, by referring to the TV and choosing one of the movies, photo, or music options, you can view the relevant files on the TV.

How to connect the phone to the TV (Android) wirelessly

There are various wireless methods to communicate and connect the Android phone to the TV, which you can use according to your conditions. One of these methods is called Miracast. Miracast creates an Ad-hoc network between the Android phone and TV and enables communication between the two mentioned devices.

But in what conditions can we use Miracast? To use Miracast, your TV must support this standard or feature. If your TV supports this feature, you will not need any other hardware to communicate between your phone and TV. Of course, if your TV does not support Miracast, you can buy a Miracast dongle and thus realize the possibility of connecting your phone to the TV.

If the TV supports Miracast and your Android phone is at least Android 4.2, you can easily connect your phone to the TV. For this purpose, proceed as follows:

• Activate Miracast from your TV settings menu.
• Activate the Miracast feature on your phone and establish a wireless connection between the Miracast TV and the phone.

Connecting Android phone to TV via wire

In addition to the wireless methods introduced, there are other methods to connect the phone to the TV (Android) that achieve this with a wired connection. For example, using an HDMI cable is one of the most common ways to connect a phone to a TV. HDMI stands for “High Definition Multimedia Interface” and is supported by most devices nowadays.

Using HDMI cables is very simple since these cables and their respective standards can transmit audio and video at the same time, the only thing that needs to be done by the user is to connect a series of HDMI cables to the TV and connect the other end to your Android phone. This is how easy it is to connect the phone to the TV. The ports used in HDMI cables include three different types that differ from each other in terms of dimensions. These three types are named HDMI Type A (largest port), Mini HDMI (medium size) and Micro HDMI (smallest port).

While buying an HDMI cable to connect your phone to your TV, you should ensure that its socket is compatible with your phone’s port. Android phones are generally compatible with Mini HDMI or Micro HDMI. So, pay attention to this issue while buying an HDMI cable. But an HDMI cable is not the only way to connect the phone to the TV!

The wireless method you can use to connect the phone to the TV is related to using a dedicated conversion called MHL or Slimport. In both of these methods, sound and image are transmitted simultaneously. MHL adapters now include three different types, the newest of which even supports 4K video transmission. Similar conditions exist for SlimPort.

Therefore, Slimport and MHL have relatively the same status from a technical point of view, and they will be other methods of wirelessly connecting the phone to the TV. Do not forget that to use these two methods, you must check the compatibility of your TV and Android phone.

Another way to connect 1

In addition to the introduced methods, there are other methods to connect the phone to the TV, which require the purchase of a gadget. Since most of these gadgets are unavailable in the Iranian market or have exorbitant prices, we settled on introducing Chromecast. Also, all these gadgets are connected to your TV through an HDMI connection. Since you can easily connect your phone to the TV with an HDMI cable, there is no need to buy a gadget.

Among the methods introduced in this article, connecting the phone to the TV using HDMI is your best option because this method is not only fast but also very simple and does not require any special work.

Another way to connect 2

But the following wireless method that you can use to connect your Android phone to the TV is related to using the Google Chromecast dongle. Chromecast is a small dongle similar to a flash drive that connects to TVs and enables the communication between the TV and Android phone. Remember that to connect your phone to the TV using this Chromecast, your phone must have at least Android 4.4.2.

But how to connect your Android phone to the TV using Chromecast? To get detailed information about this issue, use the article “Learning to connect the phone to the TV using the Chromecast dongle and the Google Home application,” where the detailed steps of connecting the phone to the TV using the Chromecast dongle are described. However, to get more information, you can contact mobile experts and ask them for help.

In addition to the above methods, the WiDi standard is another method for connecting the phone to the TV wirelessly. WiDi is an abbreviation of Wireless Display, meaning “wireless display,” and was developed exclusively by Intel. This standard is related to Wi-Fi Direct and is presented to compete with Apple’s AirPlay. To be able to connect the Android phone and the TV using this feature, your TV must support the WiDi feature. Otherwise, you can buy a dedicated WiDi dongle and connect it to the TV’s HDMI port, the possibility of supporting Bring WiDi standard to it.

Last words

How to connect an Android phone to a normal TV? There are various ways to connect the phone to the TV, each of which has its advantages and disadvantages. If you only intend to use the multimedia files of your phone, you can access the contents of your phone by connecting the phone to the TV using a USB. But if you plan to share your phone screen with the TV in real-time, the best way is to use HDMI. In this article, different ways of connecting the phone to the TV were introduced from Technology gadgets.