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Displayport/HDMI support on budget phones (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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anyone managed to attach a monitor to a Poco F1 or Oneplus 6/6T?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I've heard that the OnePlus 6/6T lack the hardware for DP/HDMI alt mode on USB C. I don't know about the other supported SDM845 devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

that sucks... those two are the most powerful of all listed models and are available with 8 GB RAM. was hoping to get one of these used and make the jump.

do you happen to know how to determine which phones do support it? is it chipset dependent, and if so, which do support it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's somewhat SoC dependent, but the actual feature support depends on auxiliary chips. Of the well-supported phones, only the Shift6mq supports it in hardware - software support on mainline is not there yet though. The Fairphones 4 and 5 also have the feature. I have the 5, and display out works with postmarketOS, but audio support is still lacking, and USB peripherals (e.g., keyboard, mouse) are not supported.

Here's a list of more devices: https://www.uperfectmonitor.com/pages/list-of-smartphones-with-displayport-alt-mode

That said, there are other ways like DisplayLink and or GUD that may enable you to connect a display to a OnePlus 6 or PocoF1 anyway, some people have done it (and left video evidence on social media or YouTube. It definitely requires a customized kernel, and unfortunately, AFAIK the efforts have not been documented/shared (kernel config and necessary packages).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

thank you for the elaborate write-up. all them models listed are either way out of my budget, don't support pmOS or are shitty (4 GB RAM, etc). searching GSMArena for 'displayport' nets also 50ish models, all cream of the crop type of deal; I was hoping I'd score a cheap ex-flagship and get myself a nice workstation for experimentation.

in the meantime I've gotten myself a Poco F1 for cheap, I'm now awaiting the week-long bootloader unlock timer to expire and I'll try to use it as a phone only.