[ale] OT: HDMI cable - Android question

[JD]

On 07/15/2013 12:14 PM, Boris Borisov wrote:
> I have two Android tablets with broken displays. I'm thinking of
> reusing these as NAS or something similar.
> 
> Q. For whoever have tried this. When you plug your mini HDMI cable in
> your Android device and boot the Android is the screen appears an TV
> or you have to switch it from the HDMI output app? Etc. is Android
> recognize HDMI cable at boot and switches to HDMI output or not?

IME, it is an automatic mirror.
A wifi-only NAS seems problematic.