The Nvidia Shield is a great portable gaming device that features a 5 inch display, something that might not be optimal to play on if you are lying at home on your couch with the TV on. If you happen to own a chromecast you might have heard of “mirroring” which is essentially proyecting your Smartphone/Tablet (or in this case Nvidia Shield) on your TV. By default, this feature isn’t available on your Shield but there is a way to get it on there.
How to mirror your Nvidia Shield to your TV using Chromecast
- First, your device has to be rooted. We highly recommend you read the great in-depth XDA-Developers guide on how to do so
- Once you have rooted your Nvidia Shield, we can proceed to download the APK of the app we are going to use called MirrorEnabler-v2.apk which you can download here
- Flash the app on your device
- Run the APK and install it
- Reboot your Nvidia Shield
- Start casting to your TV!
This app also works for Smartphones and tablets allowing devices like the Nexus 7 2012, Sony xperia line up of devices, Moto G, Moto X, Oppo Find 7, LG G2 and many other devices to mirror their screen to Chromecast.
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I doesn’t work for me. I get the option to cast the screen, but it only shows up a black screen.
Hmm this is an issue we have seen a lot with using this app on your smartphone but not so much on the Nvidia Shield. Keep in mind that the app is currently still “experimental”. I suggest you head over to the XDA thread and wait for Version 3.0 to come with the fix or look around if someone has had a similar issue and knows how to fix this http://forum.xda-developers.com/hardware-hacking/chromecast/experimental-enable-mirroring-device-t2812193