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Is There a Way

Is there a way to actually control my phone from my computer? I mean, if I want to send out a text or something and don't want to have to pull it off the dock, or if I want do do something with the phone or whatever and just leave it on the dock, is there a program somewhere that allows that?
I knwo we can create virtual devices and stuff, but I want to take it a step further.

jerry43812 said:
Is there a way to actually control my phone from my computer? I mean, if I want to send out a text or something and don't want to have to pull it off the dock, or if I want do do something with the phone or whatever and just leave it on the dock, is there a program somewhere that allows that?
I knwo we can create virtual devices and stuff, but I want to take it a step further.
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Like, VNC into teh phone? Dunno. But I want this.

i know you can text via sprint website
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eagles16 said:
i know you can text via sprint website
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Yeah, well I dont wanna have to wait 10 minutes for their crap site to load (since the redesign). I want to be able to do whatever I want with my phone like I was 'touching' it, but with my mouse.

Haha have you guys tried PicMe?? Im quite sure that may be what you're looking for. You can control your device with your mouse, and you can use your keyboard to type.
Hope this helps

If all you want to do is control your phone Picme will work, but after trying it last night I found out that it would not work if the screen went to sleep. If you want to be able to access files from anywhere then I will post a thread of what needs to be done to get it to work once I finish getting it setup. Right now i have a website redirect to my phone using dyndns service but have not been able to get any app to recognize my external ip address.
I think I may have gotten something. I will let you know shortly

Hell to the yeah (oH THAT'S NOT COOL TO SAY ANYMORE)

Here is what I want to do.
1. Control my phone from any computer over wifi or internet
2. Access my phone from any computer over wifi or internet
I started messing with android's vnc server here. It looks like our kernel needs to be modified to use it correctly, but it still doesn't allow access to the content on the phone. I can also use swiFTP to access my phone storage over wireless but not through the internet
I have installed dyndns on my phone and have a website redirect to my phone and can verify that it does work because I used it for Picme.
I have also tried another ftp server, but could not get it to work over the internet.
Here is an app that is suppose to work on the phone as avnc server, but I can't get it to work..http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6896000#post6896000
i can't work on any of this until later tonight.

i dont know if its completley possible, itll be a little difficult

What's crazy is in the past 2 days I have seen 5 threads started on xda about this same thing which I found doing searches. Do people not search.
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This is a start
http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
It's slow and can only be accessed through usb.

Screen Broke, Need Help Recovering Files/Settings

Today my phone fell out of my pocket and was ran over and the screen was completely crushed and ruined. The phone still works because I still hear it receiving calls, emails, and texts but I can't interact with the screen. I'm able to plug it into my computer and save the files off of it though.
What I really want to do is remotely control my phone through my computer so I can save my texts, do a titanium backup, and check my missed calls. Is there any program out there that can do this? BTW, I lost root when I updated so I cant use any programs that require root.

I'm pretty sure you could do this with the android sdk. Haven't used it myself but I remember seeing people with their phones screen mirrored I their pc. Also the phone screen is mirrored when your in the webtop.
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Does the Android SDK require root to mirror my phone to my PC?

I think trying to emulate the phone through SDK is your best bet...other than that I can't think of anything else...
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duedermont said:
Does the Android SDK require root to mirror my phone to my PC?
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I dont think it does but not entirely sure i've always rooted my phones as soon as I get them and dont have much experience with the sdk just know it can do it. Hopefully someone who knows better than me can help you out on how to get it working.

use the webtop interface? it would let you use the phone without the phone.

gregh2000 said:
use the webtop interface? it would let you use the phone without the phone.
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I unfortunately do not have the laptop accessory for the Atrix. Unless there is alternative way to hook it up to my computer without having to install anything on my phone first?

go to an att store and try it there? you might be able to use it to copy stuff to the card or do what you need.

Search for a windows java program called androidscreencast. It would let your phone's screen show on your windows pc. You can then use your mouse to control the phone.

Replace the screen and use the phone. They replace very easy.

When you asked if is required to root earlier: no but you do need to somehow enable USB debugging
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[Q] I/O Tab Mounting With Mac

Hey everyone,
I love my tab from I/O but as a Mac user I am stuck with no way to connect it to my mac to put videos on or anything. Every time I attach it to my Mac (or even PC) it wants to load Kies. It doesn't give me the option to mount as disk or anything.
On my Windows 7 PC it does allow me to browse it as a folder but I don't use my PC for any video downloading or anything. Is there a solution for Mac? I tried downloading the DMG for Honeycomb tablets from Android.com but it still didn't work for the Samsung tab. Not sure what to do here.
Second thing... someone needs to break a version of the new Netflix app to work on Honeycomb. I can get the app to load as is but it won't let me play video, says that this device is not supported.
Thanks in advance for the help.

thejdubb02 said:
Hey everyone,
I love my tab from I/O but as a Mac user I am stuck with no way to connect it to my mac to put videos on or anything. Every time I attach it to my Mac (or even PC) it wants to load Kies. It doesn't give me the option to mount as disk or anything.
On my Windows 7 PC it does allow me to browse it as a folder but I don't use my PC for any video downloading or anything. Is there a solution for Mac? I tried downloading the DMG for Honeycomb tablets from Android.com but it still didn't work for the Samsung tab. Not sure what to do here.
Second thing... someone needs to break a version of the new Netflix app to work on Honeycomb. I can get the app to load as is but it won't let me play video, says that this device is not supported.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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Did you try this: http://www.android.com/filetransfer/ Should work. I used it with the Xoom and it worked like a charm.
Also if you have the SDK installed you can use ddms to open a file explorer. (In the same menu where you can launch the screen capture app)

appelflap said:
Did you try this:
... I used it with the Xoom and it worked like a charm.
Also if you have the SDK installed you can use ddms to open a file explorer. (In the same menu where you can launch the screen capture app)
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I did try that and it did not work, because I think Kies is persistent and messes with it. Any other ideas would be great.

And to be clear: neither Kies on the mac nor Windows recognizes it either -- they say it's an unsupported device.
I managed to get a movie on it for the flight home by connecting in windows (VMware), installing Kies (for the drivers) and mounting it as an external drive.

thejdubb02 said:
I did try that and it did not work, because I think Kies is persistent and messes with it. Any other ideas would be great.
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Really that would be a disaster for the 10.1v because of a lack of a SD card...... It would mean that one only can transfer files over a network.
But I assume that uninstalling Kies would solve this?

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Anyone else know anything that might help? I don't have Kies installed and cannot get it to work on my Mac.
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thejdubb02 said:
Anyone else know anything that might help? I don't have Kies installed and cannot get it to work on my Mac.
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Only option is adb push if you want to get your files on there. Or wireless transfer but hat takes too long
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work fine thanks, in tablet set debug mode ...and work well.

thejdubb02 said:
... as a Mac user I am stuck with no way to connect it to my mac to put videos on or anything. Every time I attach it to my Mac (or even PC) it wants to load Kies. It doesn't give me the option to mount as disk or anything ...
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I tried both the Windows and Mac versions of Kies, and ended up having some luck with XJNB. I have a post on my blog (at surfsoftconsulting.com) explaining this, have a look at the Galaxy Tab First Impressions entry. The problem seems to be that Samsung's implementation of MTP is rubbish. Worst case scenario is that the update to 3.1 will include Google's own (and hopefully less buggy) implementation. I guess a more worse case is that Samsung have donated their code to 3.1... sigh.
I should add that since doing a factory reset I've not been able to get XJNB to work with the tablet :-( so I shall probably move to using a Wifi based solution

Google's filetransfer doesn't work
appelflap said:
Did you try this: android.com/filetransfer Should work. I used it with the Xoom and it worked like a charm.
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filetransfer doesn't work - at least not for me - with the I/O Galaxy Tab 10.1 (MacBook Pro early '08, OS X 10.6.7). I've written more elsewhere on this thread, I won't repeat it here.

HOW TO MOUNT tab 10.1??

how to mount it as a usb and i dont want wireless(takes millions of years)?
i cant figure it out. im on snow leopard

i dont believe mac is supported. from what i've seen on here it's not.
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i just want to be able to transfer!! any apps to do so? ANYTHING?

X10D3 said:
i dont believe mac is supported. from what i've seen on here it's not.
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That's what Apple gets for suing Samsung.
Try these links.. hope it helps.
http://blog.surfsoftconsulting.com/2011/06/samsung-galaxy-tab-usb-issues-explaine/
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=0c05526a9bdd1a92&hl=en
Or you can also use DropBox, but it uses the cloud.

You can't... Install Parallel's and load a Windows Virtual Machine. Samsung says its coming... SOMEDAY...

ericc191 said:
That's what Apple gets for suing Samsung.
Try these links.. hope it helps.
http://blog.surfsoftconsulting.com/2011/06/samsung-galaxy-tab-usb-issues-explaine/
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=0c05526a9bdd1a92&hl=en
Or you can also use DropBox, but it uses the cloud.
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yeh ima try FE and in the mean ill upload my DB files

If you are trying to mount it, you are doing it wrong.

bukem75 said:
if you are trying to mount it, you are doing it wrong.
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all i want is a wired file transfer i dont give a crapola about mounting it

This is a good workaround.. I have a Mac so how you do the first part on a PC you'll need to find a solution.
1. Rip the movie with Handbrake to your preferred resolution
2. Download a App from the market called Software Data Cable
3. Download Filezilla
The app gives you all the info needed to connect over wi-fi and once its set up transfer any file to any directory.. Its sweet

download the Samsung keis software for mac
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/GT-P7510MAVXAB
https://twitter.com/#!/SamsungJohn/status/83735635332055040

I'm having the same issue. I'm on a PC. My PC gives me a confirmation tone when the device is plugged up to the USB port, but no drive letter for the device comes up. How do I go about transferring documents to my Tablet from my PC?
I've already downloaded & installed the USB drivers from Samsung's site:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/GT-P7510MAYXAB

I got it working now. I just happen to see a notification that USB Debugging was enabled.
After disabling it, it's working as it should.

Yeah, disabling USB debugging let me connect via USB. You might have to unplug and then replug in your galaxy tab.

MOTOACTV adb manager

I needed app to put rooted motoactv in mass storage mode without pc - in case i'll need it immediately to use as portable memory anywhere.
App i've written does the job and nothing else
Maybe some of you will find it usefull:fingers-crossed:

fagalto said:
I needed app to put rooted motoactv in mass storage mode without pc - in case i'll need it immediately to use as portable memory anywhere.
App i've written does the job and nothing else
Maybe some of you will find it usefull:fingers-crossed:
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:victory: Thank you so much. Needed this for my motoactv to work on my jobs computer. Will give it a try as soon as i can.

fagalto said:
I needed app to put rooted motoactv in mass storage mode without pc - in case i'll need it immediately to use as portable memory anywhere.
App i've written does the job and nothing else
Maybe some of you will find it usefull:fingers-crossed:
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Excellent job! What did you use to make the app, if I may ask? Eclipse?

ClearD said:
Excellent job! What did you use to make the app, if I may ask? Eclipse?
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Yup. Eclipse

Any chance you could add a second function, for
Code:
adb shell start adbd
Or maybe even one for
Code:
adb reboot recovery
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ClearD said:
Any chance you could add a second function, for
Code:
adb shell start adbd
Or maybe even one for
Code:
adb reboot recovery
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All done,apk reuploaded

fagalto said:
All done,apk reuploaded
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I wish I could thank you more than once!! That's awesome!
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My question has been solve thanks again this watch is still sick
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Well, it looks awesome, but only runs once? I stopped adb, and the app disappeared from the app drawer... app manager says it's still there, but I went to clear data, and an error popped up saying that the application no longer exists. Any ideas?
EDIT: Disregard, I reinstalled and now it works fine! Must have been a root issue, because it only did it the very first time, before it was granted root. Every time after, it was just fine. Thank you!!!
Also, one question. Can we use this in Roms for the device, assuming we give you proper credit? We've been waiting on something like this for a long time, my friend.

I installed on my note 2 looks solid gotta try on actv later
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ClearD said:
Well, it looks awesome, but only runs once? I stopped adb, and the app disappeared from the app drawer... app manager says it's still there, but I went to clear data, and an error popped up saying that the application no longer exists. Any ideas?
EDIT: Disregard, I reinstalled and now it works fine! Must have been a root issue, because it only did it the very first time, before it was granted root. Every time after, it was just fine. Thank you!!!
Also, one question. Can we use this in Roms for the device, assuming we give you proper credit? We've been waiting on something like this for a long time, my friend.
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It will be an honour

Forgot to report back. The application works perfectly with my Actv. The previous version didn't launch on my actv at first. However this new version works fantastic. Thanks again, I'm very greatful.

This is a brilliant little app, would it be possible to add Wifi ADB and Normal(USB) ADB to make it the complete solution? I use GScript right now for these tasks, having it in the ADB manager would be perfect

fagalto said:
I needed app to put rooted motoactv in mass storage mode without pc - in case i'll need it immediately to use as portable memory anywhere.
App i've written does the job and nothing else
Maybe some of you will find it usefull:fingers-crossed:
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well darn u beat me to it lol i was just in the middle of making one, guess ill just throw mine away since yours seems to work better =S lol

So does this enable host mode or would this require hardware the ACTV doesn't have? Awesome work regardless.

Auto start adb manager?
Is there an adb command to set my Motoactv to automatically start with the device? I'm rooted, using the stock interface, and just want it to easily go back to USB mode by default. Thanks.