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How to get AllShare DLNA to work the Samsung Omnia 7 and Samsung Focus

How to get the Allshare DLNA app to work on The Samsung Omnia 7 and Samsung Focus

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A relatively easy trick enables you to bypass the current restriction put in place to allow the Allshare DLNA application to work on the Samsung Omnia 7 and Samsung Focus devices:

– Connect you device to a WiFi network
– Launch the Allshare app and instantly hit the start/home button of your device (before the error message pops up
– Navigate back to the Allshare application by long pressing on the back button and selecting it in the fast application switching view
– Voila you’re done

I just did it and it works like a charm but I sincerely hope that Samsung updates it though.

UPDATE: Actually it doesn’t properly work at all. The application in its current state doesn’t have access to the multimedia files stored on the device. You can only use is as a remote control to playback files that are shared on a network.

source: YouTube via MonWindowsphone thanks for the tip Gilles

 

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