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Joe Braun

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Droid turbo Maxx using hotspot to cast amazon prime movies onto TV.

I am living in a rv resort. They supply a Wi-Fi for limited use only.

I purchased Chromecast. My WPA 2 security doesn't work with.

I've tried utube, Verizon, best buy & Amazon.......

Any dordirect is better than the hole I'm in. Joe
 
A Chromecast should be fully compatible with WPA-AES and WPA-PSK so just to clarify how are you determining that's the actual problem?

During the setup process, when pairing your Chromecast to your Droid hotspot WiFi network, what kind of error are you encountering?
 
Said that the router was too far away?
 

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Joe Braun said:
Said that the router was too far away?
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OK but when you're using a hotspot that is acting as a router. In a more common scenario one has a ISP supplied modem and a router (or a combined modem/router unit) but when you're relying on a smartphone hotspot, it's your cellular connection (mobile data) that supplies online connectivity, and your phone/hotspot app that function as the router. It's limited in functionality but still a simple router. It's coverage range won't be as good as discrete router so that could be a problem but even then, when setting it up and pairing your Chromecast to the hotspot WiFi, just make sure your phone is closer to your Chromecast. Then later see if coverage range is problem.
As for getting another Chromecast, I think it remains to be seen if the whole problem is just getting it set up first. If that is what's going on, you still need to solve the initial problem.
 
Looking back through your postings I question whether there is actually a problem with your Chromecast but rather it's just a matter of understanding how it works. Functionally it's just a WiFi adapter, a way to connect your TV to a WiFi network. A streaming broadcast comes in over the Internet (in this case through your Droid's hotspot) and your Chromecast receives that signal and transfers it to the HDMI port on your TV. You only interact with it by tapping on the little Chromecast icon in the app you're using. Which should look like this:
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So when you're using something like the Youtube app, is that little icon showing or not?
 
I didn't see that throughout the process. I'm trying I'm going to understand......if I'm trying to watch a video from Amazon using hotspot. Would I still have the ability to cast to TV?

As stated. I'll go back and grab another Chromecast tomorrow. And verify my findings. If you think it would help.

I just gave up when I read about the Chromecast not working with wpa2 or whatever that is.
 
Could be the problem? AFAIK phones do hotspot tethering at 2.4GHz WiFi, and not 5GHz. Chromecast requires a 5GHz connection, because of the bandwidth required for receiving video via WiFi.

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Quite frankly if this is the problem, don't know what can be done about that. Except possibly removing the SIM from the phone and using a 4G cellular capable router instead, which supports 5GHz WiFi, rather than phone tethering.
 
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Joe Braun said:
I didn't see that throughout the process. I'm trying I'm going to understand......if I'm trying to watch a video from Amazon using hotspot. Would I still have the ability to cast to TV?

As stated. I'll go back and grab another Chromecast tomorrow. And verify my findings. If you think it would help.

I just gave up when I read about the Chromecast not working with wpa2 or whatever that is.
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Please post just where you've read that Chromecast doesn't support WPA2, that simply isn't true and whatever source needs to be called out on this.
And no, I don't think you need to get another Chromecast as you'll just be repeating the same issues. This really does seem to be more a matter of your misconceptions of what it does and how it works.
Also keep in mind that not every app includes support for Chromecasts. While there are a lot of streaming services that do, it's far from being universally compatible so if that little Chromecast icon isn't visible in some apps, that doesn't mean your Chromecast is defective.
 
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Could be the problem? AFAIK phones do hotspot tethering at 2.4GHz WiFi, and not 5GHz. Chromecast requires a 5GHz connection, because of the bandwidth required for receiving video via WiFi.
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No, that graphic is highlighting only part of the whole message. Yes a router has to provide a 5GHz WiFi to connect a Chromecast over a 5GHz, but that's in no way an exclusive requirement. A Chromecast can work over either 2.4GHz or 5GHz band. Regarding bandwidth, even a 3Mbps connection is enough to support standard res video content, a trivial amount for a 2.4GHz WiFi network.
 
svim said:
No, that graphic is highlighting only part of the whole message. Yes a router has to provide a 5GHz WiFi to connect a Chromecast over a 5GHz, but that's in no way an exclusive requirement. A Chromecast can work over either 2.4GHz or 5GHz band.
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I was only going by the modal verb used "...must support 5GHz". Of course I've never seen or used a Chromecast myself.
 
Note that by adding casting into this, that adds another layer of complexity. Right now you're apparently just getting familiar with using apps to control what gets streamed to your TV through your Chromecast. I'd focus more on that for now.
 
From what I understand about Chromecast is that you need a separate, independent wifi data connection that both the Chromecast dongle and your phone can connect to. Basically your phone works as kind of a Smart remote to control what you want the Chromecast dongle to do. Phone cannot do hotspot and Chromecast wifi control at the same time, at least, I never figured out how.
To me, Miracast was better. TV didn't need to have data connection you were able to cast directly to TV.
 
If you have a second phone or tablet available, you could try connecting to your primary phones hotspot and get it to work that way.
 
I was thinking, why don't you skip the Chromecast thing and just share your phone data directly to your Wi-Fi tv..I am not into the Chromecast thing nor a professional gig..just bringing ideas to the table..just so you now, the best way to do tether is through PDA Net..what an app invented!!!, and avoid all that hustle..now with this bad boy I can watch Netflix and what ever I want on my pc with zero buffing and lag..and the beauty of it is that instead of Wi-Fi..you can transmit the data from your phone via Bluetooth..wish seems to be harder to detect by your service provider..Bluetooth is very solid
 

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If only one phone available, you might want to check into other streaming device options. I have a older Fire TV and Roku as well as Chromecast. Roku is my main go to device. All the streaming services I use are available on Roku except one. Both Roku and Fire TV have their own remote control and if I loose my home internet connection, I can connect to my phone hotspot and back in business.
Only reason I ever bought a Chromecast is the one streaming service app not available on Roku or Fire TV and the fact that Google dropped Miracast support.
 
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If only one phone available, you might want to check into other streaming device options. I have a older Fire TV and Roku as well as Chromecast. Roku is my main go to device. All the streaming services I use are available on Roku except one. Both Roku and Fire TV have their own remote control and if I loose my home internet connection, I can connect to my phone hotspot and back in business.
Only reason I ever bought a Chromecast is the one streaming service app not available on Roku or Fire TV and the fact that Google dropped Miracast support.
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I think one of the problems I'm encountering is the rv parks limited Wi-Fi capabilities.
 
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Well......finally in. Had to set the input to TV from HDMI & change the signal from Wi-Fi to my hotspot. Slowest operating system since the 90's.
Looks as though Amazon charges for the free stuff. $2.99 per download. But.....it is what is it.

Thanks guys. One of the responses lead me in this last resort direction.
 
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