Develop Bugs

LogMeIn - doesnt work, dont know if T-HD specific problem?

hey guys
it's a f***n' mess..
I just tried the RDProtocol to remotely control my laptop computer with my Touch HD - it doenst work. OK - don't hesitate - just try the alternatives. I did. LogMeIn. People around the web and this board mean, its quite easy to install.
So i installed the client for my laptop, registered with my offical mail account, rebooted my system and now?
First think - not TouchHD specific: My laptop pc is not shown on the list in my account management at logmein's webpage. Ok, perhaps i can handle it somewhen in the future.
The second thing is:
I visited "logmein.com/pda" with either Opera Mobile and PIE - nothing happens (because some people said, that there will appear a popup to install the mobile client)
However - i downloaded the client from someone in the board, installed it - but: I cannot found a program to start anywhere.
When i try to call the laptop and the listening LogMeIn-Server on port 2002 with my browser - nothing happens.
So... the only little thing i want is to remote my Laptop... but PITA - its not working. Can someone help, please?
thanks a lot for every hint!
nicky
(pls excuse the bad spelling... i'm much better in german writing ^^ )

Mate,...Logmein works fine with the native internet explorer on your device (press "start" tab and you can see the ie7 like logo on there and use that)... it does not work with Opera (didnt for me anyway).
The so called logmein client you refer to is no more than a plugin for internet explorer so if you have it instaled and using the internet explorer as i mentioned above you just got to the logmein home page and login and all will be clear to you

but i tried it with the native internet explorer (PIE - pocket iexp.)... ok, then i guess its a problem with my account, because i'm not able to add my laptop to the "computer list" at the logmein-webpage...
thanks anyway!

try logging into the webpage from the laptop itself
to add it (I think that's what i did)
nickaat said:
hey guys
it's a f***n' mess..
I just tried the RDProtocol to remotely control my laptop computer with my Touch HD - it doenst work. OK - don't hesitate - just try the alternatives. I did. LogMeIn. People around the web and this board mean, its quite easy to install.
So i installed the client for my laptop, registered with my offical mail account, rebooted my system and now?
First think - not TouchHD specific: My laptop pc is not shown on the list in my account management at logmein's webpage. Ok, perhaps i can handle it somewhen in the future.
The second thing is:
I visited "logmein.com/pda" with either Opera Mobile and PIE - nothing happens (because some people said, that there will appear a popup to install the mobile client)
However - i downloaded the client from someone in the board, installed it - but: I cannot found a program to start anywhere.
When i try to call the laptop and the listening LogMeIn-Server on port 2002 with my browser - nothing happens.
So... the only little thing i want is to remote my Laptop... but PITA - its not working. Can someone help, please?
thanks a lot for every hint!
nicky
(pls excuse the bad spelling... i'm much better in german writing ^^ )
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It seems to work though I can't convince it to enter the password correctly when locked

But why doesnt RDP work for your laptop? Do you get any error messages? did you add a password to your account?
maybe it's easier to solve that problem instead of trying alternatives? i mean PIE is extremely slow..

Imperium said:
But why doesnt RDP work for your laptop? Do you get any error messages? did you add a password to your account?
maybe it's easier to solve that problem instead of trying alternatives? i mean PIE is extremely slow..
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also what Operating system is the laptop running ?
for example Vista home doesn't support incomming rdp without hacking
one of the vnc clones is a typical way around this.
and as Imperium said rdp won't work with accounts that have no password
and it has to be dumbed down for some rdp clients
see second link
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/turn-on-remote-desktop-in-windows-vista/
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6166676.html

logmein
I too had issues to start with, but a little playing around and it works fine. You have to use the "keyboard" input method, using small keys I find works fine. For me the " is mapped to shift 2 a quick think about that and I think logmein is using the local of the PC your controlling so in the UK shift 2 is ". BTW my regional settings are set to UK on the HD. Using the touch friendly keyboard (full qwerty) wouldn't work at all for me with the loginme control.
Hope that helps you!

twerki78 said:
I too had issues to start with, but a little playing around and it works fine. You have to use the "keyboard" input method, using small keys I find works fine. For me the " is mapped to shift 2 a quick think about that and I think logmein is using the local of the PC your controlling so in the UK shift 2 is ". BTW my regional settings are set to UK on the HD. Using the touch friendly keyboard (full qwerty) wouldn't work at all for me with the loginme control.
Hope that helps you!
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this might help too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-444641.html

Thinking of buying the Desire: VPN question...

Greetings to all,
After three years of faithful service, i feel that my trusty Kaiser is ready to retire. It has served me well and survived a lot (including being dropped in sea water), but it is time to move on. I think i will just keep my Kaiser in the car as a gpsnav until tomtom is released for Android...
Anyway, I am almost set on buying the Desire, but i was wondering if someone could answer the following: I use Bluefire VPN (with group authentication) to access my work email. Is there something that would work equally well on Android?
Thanks for any information you might have.
aalex

The desire has a VPN set up option built in, I don't use it and don't know if it is what you are looking for, but it is worth checking out.

adesonic said:
The desire has a VPN set up option built in, I don't use it and don't know if it is what you are looking for, but it is worth checking out.
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Thanks for responding buddy. I will try and find out more info if i can. Problem is that i cannot test it unless i get another android phone on my hands.

VPN on the desire does what it should. It makes it act as if you were connected to that network. You browse the web through it, you can retrieve exchange mail, etc. I have not yet found a way to access network computers though.

In order to access network computers, you can try Remote RDP from the market. There is a free version "Lite" with which I was not so happy. Since the exchange mail works fine, and since the screen is still too small to really work on the Desire like on a network computer (although it is way bigger than the screen of the Kaiser, I also had one), I decided not to invest into the pay version of Remote RDP and leave it. Actually, I don't miss anything.

Hi there,
does anyone know how to use VPN with a token? Have not found out....and currently I need it but is useless...
Also, can I use this VPN and its settings to get connected to "secret"/hidden network? My company uses a secret net, which the Desire does not find....but was thinkning that if I could set up correctly this net I can login into it (but we use RSA tokens).
Anyone who can help?
thanks

Which Remote Desktop for 101

Ive been browsing the market for a Remote Desktop for my Archos 101. There are so many to choose from that Im non the wiser.
Has anyone got any recommendations to help choose?

I have been using this one for a while now, i bought it on my Nexus one and now i use it on my Archos 101 as well.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/remote-rdp/org.toremote.serversmanager
You do need to change the resolution a bit, but the good thing is that you can change it just so the menu bar with home/back etc is not overlapping the remote desktop.
It works fine through Wireless Lan for me, never really tested it with 3G.
Been on the pricy side though..

Teamviewer works well and you dont need to open up ports on your firewall to use it. I use it to manage all my servers from the Archos as well as my media pc at home.

My favorite is the one made by Xtralogic. Very solid RDP client

ExploreMN said:
Teamviewer works well and you dont need to open up ports on your firewall to use it. I use it to manage all my servers from the Archos as well as my media pc at home.
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That looks good. Currently in Beta I see. Do you have to load anything onto your PC in order to access it?

Pete917 said:
That looks good. Currently in Beta I see. Do you have to load anything onto your PC in order to access it?
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Yes.
I tried it a few weeks ago, but I find it much too slow, I am using vnc on my local network and logmein for when I am on the road. I still need to check out logmein on my 101. androidvnc on the 101 works nice and fast for being on an android platform.
Maurice

Remote VNC Pro by Walter Yongtao Wang, in the market. I've used it for a while now on my tablet and phone with Real VNC on my PCs, mostly through SSH tunnels. Rock solid.
edit: I see that it's the same author as the RDP client recommended by Wiebbe above. Walter's got it together.

I just tried teamviewer. It was very simple to set up, but is a little slow. But considering its doing it over the web then its not bad at all.
Im going to try out the other recommendations too.
With the VNC apps, do I have to load someting on my PC too. I looked at the stuff by Walter but couldnt tell if I needed a PC app too.

Not sure why you guys are reporting it as being slow. I used VNC for years prior to Teamviewer...both RealVNC and UltraVNC. Teamviewer is about the same speed if not a little faster. It's not as fast as RDP, but it is a lot less of a hassle to setup.
You do know you can change the performance, right? Under options you can set remote control to optimize for speed and remove wallpapers.
There is also an unattended server program you load on the PC you want to control. Otherwise you have to load the main program and run it every time. I mean really it is like VNC without needing to do all the port forwarding and firewall crap on the back end.

Pete917 said:
I just tried teamviewer. It was very simple to set up, but is a little slow. But considering its doing it over the web then its not bad at all.
Im going to try out the other recommendations too.
With the VNC apps, do I have to load someting on my PC too. I looked at the stuff by Walter but couldnt tell if I needed a PC app too.
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Yes, you need a VNC server program. There are several to choose from and they are free. I have used RealVNC for years. VNC and RDP are both standard protocols.

remote desktop.apk maybe you need it...
xD

Multiplayer capabilities

Hello.
I have a question to developers with practical experience: what is the easiest way to add network multiplayer capabilities to the turn-based, peer to peer game. Of course I'm looking for free or cheap service; or for open source server solution what I can host on my own (paid but basic) Linux/ASP hosting.
P.S. I know how to do it yourself but trying to save my time.

Well, if you want true peer-to-peer, you wouldn't be using any kind of hosting service at all. However, since most mobile operators firewall incoming connections to phones, and since the official APIs are very short on any kind of proper server socket (you can send or receive UDP broadcast, I think?) that would limit you to a mildly crippled WiFi-only network.
Even if you just want to use a central server for matchmaking and scorekeeping and such, you'll run into the same problems as above - you could find people across a larger range than WiFi, but you couldn't actually play with them. If having everybody connected to the same WiFi network is an unacceptable limitation, I'm not sure peer-to-peer is practical.
For something robust enough to handle actual multi-player gaming, I'd suggest going with a "cloud" provider (Azure, AWS, Rackspace, whatever). That doesn't cover the actual software, of course, but hopefully somebody else knows of a good solution there.

GoodDayToDie, as for custom implementation (if I don't find any "ready to go" solution) I thought about very simple ASP .NET service with send and receive connectors (that solution works pretty fast, easy and stable with WP7, already tested) hosted on $10-20 ASP hosting (there are bunch of cheap ASP .NET hosting in the internet). Azure is too expensive and too big for that purpose (although I received some months/may be year for free because of my BizSpark account - if you have your own company and fit the BizSpark requirements, I recommend you to open BizSpark too)
As for "peer-to-peer" - sorry, it was incorrect sentence. I just mean that turn-by-turn game will have only two players per session/game Of course because of IP limitations I should use client-server architecture. But I'm trying to find any existing free/cheap solution (I believe Android and iPhone multiplayer games also needs that kind of service) to save my time for coding/debugging server side.

would this help : http://www.bestwp7games.com/exit-games-interview-helping-devs-build-cross-platform-multiplayer-games.html

Bluetooth remote application, streaming desktop, NO java?

Hello guys, I need a bluetooth (not wifi) PC remote application+server. I used to have Touch remote but I don't want to run java on my pc anymore. I need a combo that will enable me to view my actual PC desktop on phone screen so I can open any program I want. I'd need a shut down button too plus I would of course love it if it controlled my VLC too. Any suggestion?

I'm not aware of any bluetooth stack parts that cover remote display handling, which is quite different from streaming audio. I don't know why it must be bluetooth, but try Team Viewer for remote display and control.
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Because I don't have all the privileges to control router and firewall so with all the ports that usually need to get unblocked complicate things too much. Thanks, I will try it, I still hope I can get one that has vlc control too...

TeamViewer is pretty good about working through firewalls and NAT and such; I've yet to encounter any problems connecting in many network situations.
Also, I believe there are quite a few vlc remote apps in the store.
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Tips for a pleasant XDA:
Search before asking. Someone has likely already asked.
Spell your words completely, and use punctuation. It confuses people when you use "u" and "ur" and "dat", or when you wrongly use "there/their/they're/your/you're".
Be nice. Don't be rude, just move on to another post without leaving a comment. We are not 7 years old.
And PLEASE, do not ask for the "best" anything. We all have our preferences.