Hi,
I've got an old Xperia X Compact which I keep in my kitchen for things like timers, maybe some music but I also have some apps on there that just don't seem to work on my last two newer phones, so I still use it for rarely for those.
My question is, is there a way I can view my Xperia XC phone screen on my PC and control it? I know I can view it via something like MyPhoneExplorer, but to control it on the PC via this app, it needs to be plugged in via USB. I just didn't know if there was anything that would allow me to view an access the screen remotely over WIFI?
Thanks
Yes, either with scrcpy or anydesk. Both should work quite well, while the later might be easier to set up..
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There are all of these app's out there that allow you to control your computer from your phone (using VNC and others). This is all well and good....but there are no shortcuts to do anything on these apps. Whatever you are trying to do on your computer takes way too many screens/clicks to be truly efficient by using your phone. You most certainly are able to do it with your phone.....but hell...it was way more complicated than it had to be.
**DOES BELOW APP EXIST?**
I would LOVE to just touch a shortcut on my home screen that would send a couple of keystrokes to my computer. Or telling my computer to open a particular program from a shortcut created on my android phones Home screen. This would be amazing. I could tell my computer to run whatever task from my phone QUICKLY...without having to jump hoops through screenshots/mouseclicks/keyboard on VNC app's......
Using this, you would no longer need all these separate video/music player control apps...you could just wire hotkeys/scripts to be run to control ANYTHING. I could send a keystroke to minimize/maximize a window....pause iTunes....Give a song 3 star rating....open a particular site...
I'm just trying to turn my phone into a much better remote for my computer.....all current apps seem to fail horribly.
Hi,
I was looking for the same thing and came a cross a neat application to run on computer, AutoHotKey ( http://www.autohotkey.com/ ). Then I use MultiRemote to send keystrokes (like a hotkey, CTRL+P), programmed as one button in that program. Then on the computer side I have a script that knows what to do when that button is pushed Really powerful application with tons of features to program in the scripts...
BR
jmelhus
ex-Windows Mobile users like me should know what My Mobile is..
Android has a similar app. Its called Screencast.
You first need to get the ADB, and you should be able to run commands on the shell. If you can, Screencast can do the rest.
root users can control the android's touchscreen as well as the keyboard, and non-roots can do nothing but watch (and record video)
download and run. if you have adb u must have JRE so it should work perfectly.
Link to Google Project page
Download
Ahh,gonna chk it out !!
thanks. i use something quite similar to look at the contents of my android... it's called myphoneexplorer. =D
Android ScreenControl without root
If you have not rooted your device have a look at
http://piglings.blogspot.com/2011/08/android-screen-control-without-root.html
Cheers,
Vikram.
NO control over android
I have a rooted phone with android 2.3.5, usb debugging enabled and the cracked display (digitizer not working too). I was able to see android screen on pc using adb and [email protected] but can not control it from mouse or keyboard. Any idea why?
Thanks! Saw someone doing the same concept on iOS.
andarian said:
I have a rooted phone with android 2.3.5, usb debugging enabled and the cracked display (digitizer not working too). I was able to see android screen on pc using adb and [email protected] but can not control it from mouse or keyboard. Any idea why?
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Same here. I am running 4.2.2 on a nexus 5 and get the same thing. I am looking for a way to control phone through USB only. No internet this program seems to only do the display half of thing unfortunately. It is so frustrating that it's all over internet which I would think is much more complicated than just plug in and control but apparently not. Just getting so frustrated now.
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Same here. I am running 4.2.2 on a nexus 5 and get the same thing. I am looking for a way to control phone through USB only. No internet this program seems to only do the display half of thing unfortunately. It is so frustrating that it's all over internet which I would think is much more complicated than just plug in and control but apparently not. Just getting so frustrated now.
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I'm on a SGS2 i727R (rogers/fido version) Skyrocket running JB 4.1, rooted, usb debugging enabled and also cannot control through androidscreencast, only view. Phone's screen is busted, digitizer is gone but the non-screen touch buttons respond, as I'm able to make screenshots (power/stndby + home). My lockscreen is pattern so to manually input touch events to unlock my pattern seems pretty daunting.
To mention, I did buy another i727 (at&t version), did a blind backup of the broken one through cwm (4down, enter, 5down, enter) and restored it to the new one but all the calendar entries and notes I took through samsung's bloatware sNote, didn't restore and I had a lot of them. I can't seem to find where they're located on the filesystem and I never had a samsung account (required to sync your notes and calendar entries) so they're not backed up online. My guess is they might be encrypted locally and only be available to the same device/uid, though I might be wrong.
I was hoping to use androidscreencast to get past the unlock screen (pattern lock) and eventually export or sync the notes and calendar entries. Considering the phone's rooted, I'm wondering why I can't input touch events using androidscreencast. Is there an ADB command or a variable I have to change for this to be possible?
I have been waiting for years for a device with a screen that won't strain my eyes.
The adam was a disappointment with the screen.
So when i heard about the rooted Nook touch, and after using a Kobo for a week to see if ebooks are a 5minute wonder just in case, i decided to get one.
Of the things i'm going to try straight away are VNCViewer and some kind of mapping application. Both of these things give you unique advantages with the nook.
VNCViewer: by connecting to a desktop/laptop with view only you can browse on the laptop but when you get to a page where you need to do a lot of reading you use the Nook. What about doing the same with a mobile phone?
Maps: Every other sat nav/gps is not that great in bright sunlight and uses battery if you want a big display. Already we can link to a phone by wifi via joikuspot wifi tethering for google maps but also offline maps cpuld be useful too. And what about positioning? Well, that should be possible by sharing out the gps from a phone, or as i said before, shafing the display of the phone. While it is a great shame that the Nook doesn't have bluetooth so extGPS is not already useable, perhaps it could be done over wifi. In fact it might even be possible to do something like this by using the SD card slot; this was done to an out of date device i once saw.... Must look it up.
I hope these 2 ideas have got you excited!
I'm not sure how practical a map application would be, due to lack of positioning internal to the device itself, and the screen type not being ideal for such an application. Both problems seem to me to require too much effort to work around.
But the VNCViewer idea is interesting. Perhaps it could be called something simple, like "Read on Nook" (perhaps something more generic if it supports other readers)?
I certainly think it's a clever idea of being able to simply switch devices when reading a document. If implemented well it could be quite useful! It seems like quite a challenge to code, though... good luck
I've managed to get it working.
I used:
Code:
$vncserver :1 #select low quality & pick a password
$vncviewer ViewOnly -shared IP:port
^ both on the host
And Remote VNC Pro on the Nook Touch. AndroidVNC also works but not as well because the display doesn't fill the screen properly.
Of course you have to scroll to view on the small screen, and you are doing the viewing via VNCViewer on the desktop host, which is klunky. What we need is a way to constant screencast by VNC on the host, that would be neater. I'm sure there is a way of doing this! Still, it's usable already as a little satellite screen and keeps the Nook working when it wouldn't normally be used! Is this a world first for browsing wikpedia via eink & firefox in bright sunlight ? I'll have to upload a vid. I can use a laptop outdoors now, albeit with a tiny screen... oh yeah and totally tied to a WiFi spot like joiku/tethering (probably easier than adhoc)
Regards maps, NDrive I can't get working. LocusPro works but for this I think we will need TetherGPS, which I can't get working because I can't get GoogleApps/GMail to install which is what I need for AppsMarket to get that TetherGPS .apk! However, does TetherGPS work over WiFi anyway... or is it just bluetooth?
I can't really get my head round LocusPro too much. I'll have to have a look for apps that cache google maps. Hopefully they won't have the hassles installing like gmail. MapDroyd looks very good.
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For GPS use a MiFi portable access point and https://market.android.com/details?id=com.comptonsoft.tgps_lite&feature=more_from_developer on your Android GPS enabled phone
ive seen various threads with apps that have a dpad, etc to remote control... but is there anything where ican see the screen. itd be used to manually change songs/albums on the nook from my phone while sitting in a separate room.
i'm fairly sure that there are no apps for this (at least yet). I haven't found any remote access apps that would allow you to do anything like what you want to do.
I have heard that linux can be installed to the nook color, and you might be able to use a remote desktop app to control it as if it were a computer, but i doubt that would work.
Aww Shucks
Hi,
not sure if this would be possible at all.
But I notice that I can connect my smart watch to PC via bluetooth, and was wondering if there was a way to do stuff like tapping the watch screen, and something would happen on the PC.
Eg. play music, open a browser, put the computer to sleep....etc. etc.
it would just be handy if there was a very common task, that you could simply tap your watch screen.
I got a cheap smart watch here, and maybe it's not possible with this watch, and I may need a more expensive watch.
But I am using windows 10, and I presume some sort of script would need to be written in windows to achieve this.
I know it;s a strange one, but if anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd be interested in looking into it further.