I know there has been a lot of confusion with android wear and iPhone compatibility..... My main question is: if you side load and android wear app (for simplicity sake let's say a web browser or something that requires a constant connection to operate on say a moto 360... Will it work while connected to an iPhone? I know the Google app works but even to have maps back if you side load the APK... Thanks
IZ7799 said:
I know there has been a lot of confusion with android wear and iPhone compatibility..... My main question is: if you side load and android wear app (for simplicity sake let's say a web browser or something that requires a constant connection to operate on say a moto 360... Will it work while connected to an iPhone? I know the Google app works but even to have maps back if you side load the APK... Thanks
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Yes, they will work, however, you need to do some magic to have internet access over bluetooth for apps that don't support it out of the box. If you force your watch to use wifi(you can disable bluetooth on your phone) then all apps will work through wifi regardless of your phone.
Or, you can put apps you trust in the /System folder.
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Can any of you post a guide on how to do this please, I would like to sideload watch faces into m moto 360.
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aligatro2010 said:
Yes, they will work, however, you need to do some magic to have internet access over bluetooth for apps that don't support it out of the box. If you force your watch to use wifi(you can disable bluetooth on your phone) then all apps will work through wifi regardless of your phone.
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Thanks! So regarding this "magic" you speak of... Is this to do with the apps or is it something that requires a jail token iPhone? Is it relatively easy to achieve? Like what lekofragfle said about throwing them into /System?
IZ7799 said:
Thanks! So regarding this "magic" you speak of... Is this to do with the apps or is it something that requires a jail token iPhone? Is it relatively easy to achieve? Like what lekofragfle said about throwing them into /System?
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Yea, I think throwing it into system is enough. No need to jailbreak your iphone. However, you'll need to access /system and for that you need root access or you can modify it from the TWRP recovery.(I strongly recommend against permanently flashing it to your watch, you can boot into it by loading into watches's ram memory) So, either way, you need to know how to use android command line tools.
Wish I knew how to access /system on watch, I know about rooting android phones but not enough to tinker with Android wear watch [emoji53]
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The wear system is the same as a phone. My watch (the Sony sw3) is actually easier and safer to root than any phone or tablet I have had. And you can do a temporary root too.
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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.
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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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archos has a remote app that lets you use your phone as a remote for the archos gen 8 series.
anything like it for the iconia? much easier to pause from the couch then getting up and going to the tablet
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archos has a remote app that lets you use your phone as a remote for the archos gen 8 series.
anything like it for the iconia? much easier to pause from the couch then getting up and going to the tablet
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This is interesting for me too
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+1 This would be very useful, mainly for when connected via HDMI to a TV or playing music in a different room, then just use phone as a remote.
Point of interest, the game Crazy Snowboard from the market has an option where you can play on your tablet while controlling your snowboarder from an Android phone via wifi. Figured I'd mention it since this is along the same line as what we're looking for.
No way to control Iconia from an Android device ???
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lbhocky19 said:
archos has a remote app that lets you use your phone as a remote for the archos gen 8 series.
anything like it for the iconia? much easier to pause from the couch then getting up and going to the tablet
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+1 on this. I have been looking for something like this for a while. Since I got this thing really.
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Digging up an old thread here. I use TeamViewer to access my other PC's from Android devices, but am looking for something where I could access the tablet from my PC. Is anyone aware of an app to remote access the Androids?
B to the izzump!
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+1 This would be very useful, mainly for when connected via HDMI to a TV or playing music in a different room, then just use phone as a remote.
Point of interest, the game Crazy Snowboard from the market has an option where you can play on your tablet while controlling your snowboarder from an Android phone via wifi. Figured I'd mention it since this is along the same line as what we're looking for.
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Havent tried it but this: market.android.com/details?id=com.iandrobot.andromouse.lite
or this: market.android.com/details?id=berserker.android.apps.blueputdroid
would probally work. Basically they just turn your phone into a bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Theres many other apps like this, those are just two that i picked.
Im sure there are vnc servers apps out there for android. you could install a vnc client on your phone then remote in to the tablet with the vnc server running. That would be one way of doing it. That's not very elegant but would work.
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Havent tried it but this: market.android.com/details?id=com.iandrobot.andromouse.lite
or this: market.android.com/details?id=berserker.android.apps.blueputdroid
would probally work. Basically they just turn your phone into a bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Theres many other apps like this, those are just two that i picked.
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Not likely what I'm looking for as I would not be near the tablet, and even if I were, it's not likely I would use this rather than just picking up the tablet.
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Im sure there are vnc servers apps out there for android. you could install a vnc client on your phone then remote in to the tablet with the vnc server running. That would be one way of doing it. That's not very elegant but would work.
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I thought of this, and would work maybe 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time is if my tablet happens to be somewhere other than my house as it would then be on a different network and the client would not have a way to get to it, unless there are VNC servers that have a web service that broadcasts the tablets current location, similar to dyn-dns.
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Not likely what I'm looking for as I would not be near the tablet, and even if I were, it's not likely I would use this rather than just picking up the tablet.
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I was replying to a different post not yours, hence the quote i inserted before my reply
Hi,
I've found an app to control an android device from another android device. You have to install the app "DroidMote Client" on the device from which you want to control and install "DroidMote Server" on the device which you want to control. I'm using this on my HTC Desire to control my Transformer while it is connected to my TV. It works really good with this devices
Look at YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzAM5sucrKc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Bluepurdroid is free on the market and works over bluetooth. You can choose to use a mousepointer to navigate your iconia, keyboard also works. You can also use a sixaxis controller. Haven't tried this on my A500 but works great on my ps3. The mouse and keyboard works just fine, like using a bluetoothkeyboard.
Great app for controlling the a500 while using it with a HDTV.
Something like teamviewer or vpn server?
hm while using team viewer to connect to pc in the popup window on pc there is a no. which is used to cennect to the device. Did someone tried to use this no. to connect back to the team viewer on the tablet?
i've been using DroidMote between my Iconia and my Fascinate for months running netflix and google music on my tv. definitely don't regret not getting a google tv device! ha. it runs great and yes you can use a wireless (usb) keyboard and mouse but most of us also own an android phone and they're much more convenient and one handed. just thought i'd put my two cents out there for anyone stumbling across this thread. totally worth the money, replaced my wii for HD netflix streaming!
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I wish I could still use ad blocking but I started to notice on a few web sites I frequent, the back button would not go back to the previous page and the current page would just reload. I noticed this on my GS3 and the One. Took me a while to figure out it was ad blocking that was interfering with the proper loading and back function of these web sites for some reason. I don't have any such problems on my desktop PC, presumably because the ad blocking usually works differently on a PC. On mobile phones, it's usually just a freaking huge host file that black holes known ad urls to 127.0.0.1 or equivalent.
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I wish I could still use ad blocking but I started to notice on a few web sites I frequent, the back button would not go back to the previous page and the current page would just reload. I noticed this on my GS3 and the One. Took me a while to figure out it was ad blocking that was interfering with the proper loading and back function of these web sites for some reason. I don't have any such problems on my desktop PC, presumably because the ad blocking works differently on most PC ad blocking software. On mobile phones, it's just a freaking huge host file that redirects known ad urls to 127.0.0.1 or equivalent.
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Might wanna try adblock plus, it works differently I guess, I indeed noticed some websites not working properly when using adfree or adaway or through the host file .. weird thing is I don't remember that on my jailbroken IPhone or GS3/Galaxy Nexus ..
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Might wanna try adblock plus, it works differently I guess, I indeed noticed some websites not working properly when using adfree or adaway or through the host file .. weird thing is I don't remember that on my jailbroken IPhone or GS3/Galaxy Nexus ..
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You probably don't remember it because it only happens on some sites. Just so happens some sites I frequented had the back button problem, I don't remember the specific ones. Maybe huffpo.com or something like that.
I will try Adblock Plus, thanks for the suggestion. I use it with Firefox on my PC and I love it.
Adaway. Installs as an .apk, and works in the background. Even updates in the background.
Ad-Block plus requires that an icon be in the Notification area, which I don't like.
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Adaway. Installs as an .apk, and works in the background. Even updates in the background.
Ad-Block plus requires that an icon be in the Notification area, which I don't like.
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It can be hidden, and in apps menu notifications can be disabled, this used to be an issue in the early builds.
Adfree android works well, plus it's the only one to work on android 4.3. As for the back button, I always found pressing the back button twice worked for me.
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Interesting, I had no idea the back button problem was caused by my ad blocker. I just thought the websites have really stupid developers. I wonder if they do this on purpose to punish users of ad blockers...
Still worth it to me. I haven't seen an online ad in years, besides the odd one that slips through
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Adfree android works well, plus it's the only one to work on android 4.3. As for the back button, I always found pressing the back button twice worked for me.
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Tried all three (Adfree, Adaway and Mother of all Adblock). Found Adfree gives best zapping of ads, has the largest hostfile size (more ad & tracker sites blocked) and has the most personalised white/blacklist. Why am I on the HTC 1 thread? Researching to shift from the XZ to the HTC1 dual-sim or the Butterfly S.
Dead Cookies leave mo trails...
AdAway, for the web.
If I really like a app I buy the donate/pro version so I can support development.
Using a host file with rom but I also have that website problem on websites like Engadget. But I just press back multiple times... the real issue is that I can't access websites through the slick deals app because clicking them just takes to a 404.
Not sure if there's a fix for this but I'm thinking of getting rid of the adblock
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Adaway since first day and working like a charm
Been using Adblock plus and are very happy with it. Have some problems in a few News apps, but I'll guess it's ok.
Aren't apps like adaway etc blocked from the play store? How are you finding the apps?
Yes, these apps were available @ Play Store but Google removed them.
You can search for them on the net, download the apk file and then install it on your device.
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Have been using Adaway for a couple of weeks ....Seemless :fingers-crossed:
Workaround for the page reloading issue when hitting back button is to enable webserver and set it on boot.
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Aren't apps like adaway etc blocked from the play store? How are you finding the apps?
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Some roms like android revolution use the host file from them. The option is there when you are flashing in recovery.
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Hi,
I'd like to reduce bandwidth on a tablet (Archos 80 titanium). I just have 1Mbit (~120ko/sec) internet access and a teenager using it to watch streaming videos I try to explain him, but nothing to do...
I don't want to buy a wifi router to do this.
I rooted the tablet to try using the "tc" Unix command. I can use "tc", but it didn't work, it says "qdisc" (an argument of the command) not found or something like this...
Is there an app for doing this or an other way ?
Thanks !
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Hi,
I'd like to reduce bandwidth on a tablet (Archos 80 titanium). I just have 1Mbit (~120ko/sec) internet access and a teenager using it to watch streaming videos I try to explain him, but nothing to do...
I don't want to buy a wifi router to do this.
I rooted the tablet to try using the "tc" Unix command. I can use "tc", but it didn't work, it says "qdisc" (an argument of the command) not found or something like this...
Is there an app for doing this or an other way ?
Thanks !
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I would like such an app like this to limit bandwidth on tablet because it shows computer.
Download DroidWall from Play Store. This application allows you to block certain apps from connecting to the Internet. It uses root.
Since it's your kid streaming stuff you might want to hide this app. If you can do that just through your launcher that's good. If you can't, you might want to download ThinkYeah's AppHider from the Play Store. Both apps are free.
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I've been watching a lot of Nexus Player videos on YouTube, but I haven't seen one yet that shows anyone being able to skip the online portion of the system setup in the beginning. Is it possible to choose to not link any accounts or anything to the Nexus Player and use it COMPLETELY offline forever, without ever connecting to the Internet or logging into any accounts?
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I've been watching a lot of Nexus Player videos on YouTube, but I haven't seen one yet that shows anyone being able to skip the online portion of the system setup in the beginning. Is it possible to choose to not link any accounts or anything to the Nexus Player and use it COMPLETELY offline forever, without ever connecting to the Internet or logging into any accounts?
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It seems so, but you would be limited in what it could do. You couldn't chromecast without a Wi-Fi connection. You couldn't stream videos either. You could only play videos off a USB stick (if you root).
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It seems so, but you would be limited in what it could do. You couldn't chromecast without a Wi-Fi connection. You couldn't stream videos either. You could only play videos off a USB stick (if you root).
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I'm okay with the restrictions for now. I just wanted to be sure that if I wanted to set it up completely offline for the purposes of rooting and sideloading that it could be done if necessary. I have fine wifi, I'm just making sure I can do everything locally in case support for the device is just completely dropped in the future.
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I'm okay with the restrictions for now. I just wanted to be sure that if I wanted to set it up completely offline for the purposes of rooting and sideloading that it could be done if necessary. I have fine wifi, I'm just making sure I can do everything locally in case support for the device is just completely dropped in the future.
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What I should have also said was that you have to set it up once via Wi-Fi. After that, you can use it without restrictions for local content.
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What I should have also said was that you have to set it up once via Wi-Fi. After that, you can use it without restrictions for local content.
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Oh, so you really are REQUIRED to set it up online once? You can't even skip the initial setup?
I'm pretty sure you are required to login once to use it. Once you do that though, you can root it, put custom roms on, or whatever. I doubt there will be many problems if/when support for it is dropped.
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I'm pretty sure you are required to login once to use it. Once you do that though, you can root it, put custom roms on, or whatever. I doubt there will be many problems if/when support for it is dropped.
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Ah, that's a good point, huh? If I can get in just the initial time, I can basically put a bunch of stuff on there to prevent that in the future.