Teamviewer to remote control Essential Phone? - Essential Phone Questions & Answers

Hi,
I bought Essential Phone for my parents a while ago. They are not that tech savvy, so I've been helping them with setting/apps here and there through video calls, but it's really difficult in some cases. I was trying to use Teamviewer to remote control their phones, but I can't seem to make that work. I've tried their universal add-on app, but that didn't work either. I'm curious if anyone managed to do this or knows about a different solution. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
I have not done this but I infer that using your parents' router to mac-address assign their phone a static IP address, and port forwarding, you should be able to connect remotely. However, I suspect that there will be some lag based on connection and device speeds.
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armyturtle said:
IMHO a data connection I'm paying for is a data connection. I'm peeved at the thought that Sprint is not allowing outside world inbound port connections to my device (S4). I have a technically challenged mother-in-law and it'd be great if I could VNC into her device to help her.
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Anyone have experience with getting this to work over 3G/4G data connection or a way around this?
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pmcnano said:
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armyturtle said:
IMHO a data connection I'm paying for is a data connection. I'm peeved at the thought that Sprint is not allowing outside world inbound port connections to my device (S4). I have a technically challenged mother-in-law and it'd be great if I could VNC into her device to help her.
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VMLite Server ( http://goo.gl/Q14Hq ) does work, but ONLY via local WiFi.
Anyone have experience with getting this to work over 3G/4G data connection or a way around this?
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