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I wonder if anybody could help me? What it is, is that I am disabled. My fingers are paralysed, and so working the intricate parts of the XDA is quite difficult. It is not impossible, but it is hard.
I also have several friends who are in the same situation as me. 12 months ago they were given xda 2 each for free. None of them have used them much because they are difficult to use, because they are stuck in their ways, and because I don't think they really realise the full potential of these little devices. It has took me 12 months to get hold of one of these, but just within a few days I'm quite bowled over with the potential.
So I wonder if somebody would be prepared to lead me through making the most of my XDA, with my disabilities, so I can also share this knowledge with the other disabled guys who also have this Pocket PC?
The first thing I want to do is set up the basic software, to maximise connectivity with my home network. I have already started this, and had some help in this direction on this forum, but I am still a bit stuck.
I have loaded this Pocket PC software onto my xda 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=17410&highlight=jojo . I have windows XP on my desktop computer. This is hardwired to a 3Com wireless router. I have bought a SDIO wireless LAN card. When you install the software, it virtually sets its self up, the connection displays itself, you select it and have a choice between a Internet connection or a work connection. If I choose work, I am able to connect to the Internet and surf the Internet, but I am not able to do an active sync. I have gone into my start menu/settings/connections/network card/network adapters/socket WLAN SDIO V1 driver /name server and set the WINS to the IP address of the computer I want to connect to as somebody suggested to me, but it doesn't work. I also cannot see the other shared directories on my computer's on the network. (I do have Norton security on, but I have tried these with Norton security disabled.)
Can anyone make a suggestion?
Thanks in anticipation, funny keyboard.
Greetz.
I did a search to see if anyone was out there using Slingbox along with their Wizard (or any other mobile device), but didn't turn up many results related.
Anyone out there using it?
Curious as to the perfomance?
Able to stream without wifi?
Quality of the feed?
http://www.slingmedia.com/indexa.php
have a colleague who uses it and it's excellent. Mind you, I use Orb (www.orb.com) and it seems to give the same performance and general functionality and costs nothing.
i have slingbox installed on my 8125 and like it.
with wifi it runs smoothly. using cingular's data network, its usually fairly choppy. My other gripe is when switching to full screen mode it really lags and sometimes freezes the device, so i usually don't do full screen. I don't overclock my 8125, so i don't know if that would help or not. also to note, the slingbox itself is on a dsl line with 384Kb max upload.
that being said, i like that you can set channel shortcuts so i only have to press a button not type in a number. I have it hooked up to directv and trying to pull up a 3 digit channel can be a pain without the shortcuts.
If you have the desktop version insatalled, it syncs your slingbox settings to the phone so you don't need to type in the finder id again which is helpful as well.
I almost like watching sports better on the wizard with wifi than on my laptop sling client. the smaller screen keeps up with fast motion better.
I have set up TightVNC on my A500 and it works well as a remote desktop, but only if my A500 and my laptop are on the same network. When I'm on the road and try to connect to my laptop at home via the hotel wifi, free public wifi, or my cell phone, it will not connect. Does anyone know what could be causing this? My cell phone has no problem connecting from anywhere in the world via 3g or wifi using iTeleport. Unfortunately they don't make iTeleport for Android though. My reason for doing this is because I travel for a living and I would rather not have to tote my laptop all over tthe place when I have a tablet. I like to leave my laptop at home connected to wifi while iim on the road. My main need for the connection is to access my airline's employee program for flight info. It is Java based and will not run on a cell phone or tablet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
must open port 5800 if my memory.
sorry for my English
Thank you so much. I'll give that a shot.
ReganH22 said:
I have set up TightVNC on my A500 and it works well as a remote desktop, but only if my A500 and my laptop are on the same network. When I'm on the road and try to connect to my laptop at home via the hotel wifi, free public wifi, or my cell phone, it will not connect. Does anyone know what could be causing this? My cell phone has no problem connecting from anywhere in the world via 3g or wifi using iTeleport. Unfortunately they don't make iTeleport for Android though. My reason for doing this is because I travel for a living and I would rather not have to tote my laptop all over tthe place when I have a tablet. I like to leave my laptop at home connected to wifi while iim on the road. My main need for the connection is to access my airline's employee program for flight info. It is Java based and will not run on a cell phone or tablet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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LogMeIn works great, its what i use, does every, even has support for my multiple screens. Guess its a personal choice
ReganH22 said:
I have set up TightVNC on my A500 and it works well as a remote desktop, but only if my A500 and my laptop are on the same network. When I'm on the road and try to connect to my laptop at home via the hotel wifi, free public wifi, or my cell phone, it will not connect. Does anyone know what could be causing this? My cell phone has no problem connecting from anywhere in the world via 3g or wifi using iTeleport. Unfortunately they don't make iTeleport for Android though. My reason for doing this is because I travel for a living and I would rather not have to tote my laptop all over tthe place when I have a tablet. I like to leave my laptop at home connected to wifi while iim on the road. My main need for the connection is to access my airline's employee program for flight info. It is Java based and will not run on a cell phone or tablet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I use RealVNC and it works great but I did have to set up port forwarding on my router to get it to work outside of my home network.
I will have to figure out out to check my router for port forwarding when I get back home. The only reason I didnt go with LogMeIn was the price was kind of steep. I'll check RealVNC out when I get a chance. Thanks guys.
heard of teamviewer? thats quite good and i was surprised it was ported onto the android..... best of all its free.
Thank you so much Ben! Team viewer works great and its exactly what I was looking for. The funny thing is my laptop is at home in Chicago while I'm sitting in a hotel room in Frankfort Germany. I was able to access my laptop via my cellphone using iTeleport in order to set up Teambiewer on my laptop lol. Now I can access my laptop via my Iconia. You gotta love technology!
I like this teamviewer thing, but I have a question. Is there any way to get the sound to go from one computer to the Iconia? I was able to access my desktop with the Iconia and open a video file and play it but I was unable to hear the sound from it. Is there any way to do that?
So this is an open question, that started with me trying to play music off my Galaxy SII on my A500. So far no luck, as the best technology to do this seems to be Wifi Direct, but that's only on the A500.
I can set up ftp , cifs, or samba shares, but they only work when both are connected to my home network. Not on many public ones and not at work, due to ports being restricted.
Are there any cool bluetooth programs I have not found?
Any way to use Wifi-Direct or some other direct link between the devices?
Or just any cool uses for two android toys that I have not thought of?
They are both rooted, with custom rom's and I am fairly capable, so a little hacking is ok.
Thanks in advance.
Broomfundel said:
So this is an open question, that started with me trying to play music off my Galaxy SII on my A500. So far no luck, as the best technology to do this seems to be Wifi Direct, but that's only on the A500.
I can set up ftp , cifs, or samba shares, but they only work when both are connected to my home network. Not on many public ones and not at work, due to ports being restricted.
Are there any cool bluetooth programs I have not found?
Any way to use Wifi-Direct or some other direct link between the devices?
Or just any cool uses for two android toys that I have not thought of?
They are both rooted, with custom rom's and I am fairly capable, so a little hacking is ok.
Thanks in advance.
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Sounds like you need a DLNA server/player. AcerMedia supports DLNA shares, so you need to find a suitable server for your phone. As for the connection itself, public hotspots are no good for that. It has nothing to do with port blocking, etc. but rather a security feature called AP isolation, that prevents two clients connected to the same hotspot to communicate at all. My best bet is an ad-hoc connection (seeing that you are rooted) and DLNA streaming over it.
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Broomfundel said:
So this is an open question, that started with me trying to play music off my Galaxy SII on my A500. So far no luck, as the best technology to do this seems to be Wifi Direct, but that's only on the A500.
I can set up ftp , cifs, or samba shares, but they only work when both are connected to my home network. Not on many public ones and not at work, due to ports being restricted.
Are there any cool bluetooth programs I have not found?
Any way to use Wifi-Direct or some other direct link between the devices?
Or just any cool uses for two android toys that I have not thought of?
They are both rooted, with custom rom's and I am fairly capable, so a little hacking is ok.
Thanks in advance.
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Download Crazy Snowboard. You can watch it on your A500 while controlling it using your phone, pretty sweet.
One cool little app I've found so far is TabletTalk - syncs SMS between tablet & phone (over wifi or bluetooth) and allows you to send SMS from the tablet. Particularly useful for me working fly-in/fly-out in construction as often there will only be a small area in my room where I can get reception so I leave the phone sitting there and can txt at will from the a500..
Perfect guys. Just the sort of stuff i was after. Tablet Talk in particular looks amazing. Thanks and keep then coming.
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I downloaded tablet talk today after reading about it in this thread. App works great! A few months ago i got rid of my home wifi, have been using my phone as a hotspot. to get a good 4g signal i usually put my phone near a window, and obviously if you get a text it can be annoying to get up and go get your phone so you can respond. This app solves the problem conpletely! well worth the 3 dollar imo!
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tl;dr: When my phone (Sony Xperia Z5 compact, Android 6) connects to a wifi with no internet, I want to use the local network on the wifi but use the internet from my mobile data. Instead what happens mobile data doesn't switch back on while connected to wifi with no internet.
I have been trying to find a solution for this since forever. My camera creates a local wifi connection which I can connect to to view the camera as well as controlling it. The downside is that while connected to this network my cellular data gets switched off, despite this wifi network not having any internet. So while using my camera I have no way to access the internet. It wasn't a huge problem up until recently when the app I use is introducing livestreaming. I really want to use it but I am unable to find any way how to keep my phone connected to this wifi network (and being able to use it), while any internet data goes over 4G. I am using android 6.0.1. I am quite sure I was able to do this on my previous phone with an older Android version but I cannot find said option (smart network switch or something?) anymore in the wifi settings. Nor any recent similar topics with people with the same question? Anyone that knows more about this?
My phone is rooted. If I need to do any system changes I can do that.
I didnt get what you were trying saying.Do you know that you cant use mobile data and wifi simultaneously unless your device is rooted.If your phone is rooted then try using "download booster"
hh950430 said:
I didnt get what you were trying saying.Do you know that you cant use mobile data and wifi simultaneously unless your device is rooted.
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Err, sorry, lol. I have wifi network that has no internet, just a local network. I'd like to be connected to that wifi network AND be able to use internet over my mobile data both at the same time. As it is right now, my mobile data gets disabled even when the wifi network has no internet access.
I have talked to two friends of mine about it and both say this is already possible in Android. One friend sent me a screenshot of an option he has in his wifi settings called 'Switch to mobile data' which gets enabled when the wifi network has no internet. My other friend said he doesn't have this option but claims it has been a default feature of Android since lollipop. He tested it on his phone and indeed it works as expected. Both have an unrooted phone with stock Android. So now there is me with my brand new phone and Android 6 and I can't find this option nor does it seem to do what I want by default. I'm confused.
As I mentioned, my phone is rooted so if there is a way to turn this feature on using root, I can totally do that if someone knows how.
As i said try using "Download Booster" It allows you to use wifi and mobile data at the same time just google it.
hh950430 said:
As i said try using "Download Booster" It allows you to use wifi and mobile data at the same time just google it.
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That appears to be just a download manager if I am correct? I don't need to download anything. I just want to be able to use my existing apps to use my mobile internet when I am connected to wifi (that has no internet).
This is the exactly the thing I'm after. Screenshot from my friend's phone (LG G4 with Android 6.0): (*link removed). My other friend who also has this functionality working has a Nexus 5 with Android 6.0.1.
* Forum doesn't let me post screenshots.. But basically in his wifi settings he has an option called "Switch to mobile data". The box says "Internet unavailable via connected Wi-Fi. Stay connected to Wi-Fi, but use mobile data. Data charges may apply."
Again, I have Sony Xperia Z5 compact with Android 6.0.1 and I can't find this. Have I bought the wrong phone or is it fixable? At this point I am more than happy to even take a custom rom route.
You cannot use wifi and internet at the same time as they are completely different hardware components, using different air waves, so there's no conflicts between them. Better use internet through your wifi or use bluetooth tethering.As for the "switch to mobile data option" it disconnectes you from your wifi if it has no internet and connects you to your mobile data so it doesnt lets you use your wifi and mobile data at the same time
hh950430 said:
You cannot use wifi and internet at the same time as they are completely different hardware components, using different air waves, so there's no conflicts between them. Better use internet through your wifi or use bluetooth tethering.As for the "switch to mobile data option" it disconnectes you from your wifi if it has no internet and connects you to your mobile data so it doesnt lets you use your wifi and mobile data at the same time
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It actually clearly mentions that it keeps connected to the wifi. He tested it and indeed he could use the local network on the wifi side and use the internet through his mobile data simultaneously. Both friends haven't rooted their phones or anything. This is just a default functionality for them. I have now tested it also on my older phones (Oneplus One and HTC One M8) and all phones can't have both connections open at the same time.
This wifi network is created by my camera by the way and I can't change much about it. The DJI drone I control does the same thing. When I am connected to the camera or drone I lose my mobile internet connection.
I don't have any other device that has access to internet here. We don't have cabled internet, only mobile internet.
Interestingly, in the developers options there is an option called "Mobile data always active" ("Always keep mobile data active, even when Wi-Fi is active"). I've tried it many times, rebooted my phone but this doesn't actually do anything. Even with this option on when wifi is connected the mobile data gets turned off.
This is beyond annoying!
I too have struggled to find a solution to this problem. I do not have a WAN connection to my home network. It is LAN only. I have four PC's, three Sonos speakers, two hdhomerun TV tuners, and various hand held devices that all use the LAN. All I want to do is be able to use my Moto X Pure to control Sonos and file sync to my LAN via wifi and simultaneously use mobile data for WAN stuff. I know the mobile connection is active with wifi enabled because I can see it when running if config, up route show etc... I am trying to learn about the routing tables to see if I can fix this myself. I love my android devices and am loyal, but this is beyond dumb! Any suggestions????
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okay so for anyone who doesnt know still go into the about phone option in your phone settings, then click on kernel version, build model, etc til one pops up with a flash notification saying click so many more times and youll become a dev. once you done that go into the developer menu and scroll too wifi assist or force mobile data upon wifi connection. exit out , open your app , bobs your uncle
Thank you for the answer.
I tried with my Huawei but it doesn't work. Could you tell with which phone you made it work ? Thank you !!
Ok here we go, after 12 years this my first post.
Above suggestions related with developer options nothing to do with OPs requirement. Those option only allows the device rapidly switch to mobile data when the WiFi signal gets weak. Since you always close to your DSLR camera it solves nothing because WiFi signal is always strong.
Root cause of the problem is you can not have 2 default gateways (i.e. router address) for your networks in any operating system (Actually you can but you have to set static routes, which is a pain in the ass for regular users)
iOS handles this in a very simple way. Set your wifi connection to static IP address instead of DHCP and leave your default gateway or router address blank. Viola you can have 3G/LTE data while you connected your camera and now you can sent your downloaded pictures via Whatapp while you still connected to your camera via WiFi. (In my case Panasonic Lumix)
I stumbled upon this thread via Google since I needed the same thing now with Android. But iOS way failed. Actually I am shocked that you cannot leave WiFi Gateway address blank in Androdid 8.0! Save button grays out if you leave it blank. This is really weird. At least with Galaxy S8 Duos with Android 8.0
So anybody know how to setup a WiFi network without a default gateway, please share.
Is this phone specific or something? Never had that happen, I have no problem with wifi being on without internet and using cell data.
I don't think the UI really exposes anything like it directly but you can technically have multiple gateways; it's not something your average user will understand (policy routing)..
Having said that, if you're attached to an AP you should at least see a /24 route out your wireless interface (standard dhcp lease). It's quite common for the AP to have client isolation but are you sure you're not using something like Wifi Direct or even adhoc?
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I have been through this experience long ago. All I did was to sell the phone and bought a new one.