I recently updated my Max View from the factory-installed Nougat to the newly released Oreo. To my chagrin, it appears that Miracast functionality ( which was working great on V 7.0) has been disabled with associated menus removed. Tech support doesn't appear to be aware of what the situation is... they can't tell me for sure if it has in fact been removed or not. But all of my research indicates that this is a result of a strategic move by most Android phone manufacturers ( likely to promote Google's Chromecast device sales).
I was wondering if anybody out there could offer some more insight into this. Thanks!
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Do you remember where the miracast option would have been. I’m not finding it under display options or searching options overall.
When switching phones a couple of months ago, I used Google restore to put all of the same apps on my new phone - including the Miracast Shortcut. On the Z610DL Max View, I must've used the Shortcut to connect to my new LG TV a couple of weeks ago, since I was successful with it. I must've done the same with my Roku devices, which connected without a hitch. I assumed that the phone menus hadn't changed from the Z982 to Z610DL, but this might not have been the case - I don't recall if I ever used (or tried to use) the default menu structure to access Miracast.
At any rate, when I tried to use Miracast Shortcut after the Oreo update, it gave me a message that "Miracast menu settings not supported on this device." I then tried other types of Miracast apps and they basically stated the same thing, that the device is not Miracast compatible. And yet I was able to somehow access Miracast on the very same device, when Nougat was still loaded. Perhaps it was under "connected devices" before? Unfortunately, I am not sure at all.
The Miracast was never officially supported on this device (and on the Blade Z Max). In order for a device to fully support Miracast, it needs to be certified. Since both the Blade View Max and Z Max are not officially supported, using the toggle/software to enable such feature is a hit or miss and no guarantee that it will work. With Android Oreo, I believe Google further moved away from Miracast as it is pushing for its own Chromecast.
Like you, I have had success to enable this hidden feature using a software toggle on non-supported device but I have yet to find one that will work on device running Oreo that lacks official support. I think if you are looking for a way to cast to your TV, you may have to invest on a chromecast.