I posted this q'n/feature in the DVP forum. But thought it would be more appropriate here. Pardon me if this is a stupid q'n.
I was playing with my Dell Venue Pro WP7 device. When browisng the IE i stumbled upon the search result coming from dlinksearch. To test this when WP7 is connected to PC, try typing contacts.exe(or anything that is invalid) in WP7 IE, then result will come from your router seacrh if configured. That made wonder why would my home router default search come from WP7 device when i am not connected to wifi. Upon further researching, i found that when the WP7 device is connected to the PC and zune running, the router and local home network can be accessed via IE with no wifi turned on.
Eg: If you have Tversity running on your home network, try accessing the URL (their port is 41952), if will show your music and videos. Unfortunately, when i play a music, it downloads the music, but ends up giving the message (zune is connected and being sync'd and asks to disconnect). I guess the WP7 zune player is launched infact, but since zune cannot play when connected to PC, it stops there. Now it can play when on wifi and not connected to pc.
My question is ,
1. is this normal behavior for WP7 or any mobile device?
2. Is MS transferring files to the phone via some web address when connected to PC?
3. Is there a simple way to access local home media server music and files via this route and stream them? See edit below.
4. Is Wifi turned on automatically when connected to PC?
EDIT : More findings
Infact i am able to access the local media server with wifi on and not connected to PC... it is streamed and played. Nice WP7.
This proves the theory that WP7 is turning on wifi automatically(?) when connected to PC and zune running.
Now i can stream all kinds of video and audio formats to my WP7 (all encoded by Tversity).
Looks like someone else already tried the tversity - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10510376&postcount=4
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Hi all,
I've just got my XDAIIs and am just playing about with it before I start loading all my apps and syncing with outlook.
I've got the Wifi working with my home access point (with encryption).
When I try and use Terminal Service to remote desktop to my pc it trys to dial-up to O2 Active GPRS - why won't it use the wifi connection thats enabled? I can ping the pc via hostname and ip fine though.
By the way, the XDIIs is setup for use on O2 as standard (it's a brand new contract phone).
Any ideas? ANy help would be appreciated.
Many thanks
i think if you change the type of network from internet to work on the xda iis, then it might work.
I had a similar problem with activesync over wifi and had to set network card to work to get it to connect.
I tried that and it was still doing the same.
For atest I deleted all connection settings.
Then Terminal Services told me that I HAD to create a VPN connection setting for the server I'm connecting to. I did this but it kept faling when trying to connect with user/pass error.
I then thought I'd try the IP address of my machine instead of the hostname - This worked straight away!!
So does Terminal Services not like hostnames? I was hoping to connect to my server when I'm away from home using my no-ip address.
Does anyone have a similar setup or can shed any light on this?
Many thanks
DOH!
Just realised I should be using the fully qualified hostname rather than just the pc name.
i.e.
"server.uniquetouch.local" instead of just "server"
"athlon1400.uniquetouch.local" instead of just "athlon1400"
"pentium4.uniquetouch.local" instead of just "pentium4"
"dell.uniquetouch.local" instead of just "dell"
Now that I've got that bit working, I'm going to add the O2 GPRS connection settings back in and see if it still works.
Have you tried pocketVNC yet?? im just about to install it as i run vnc on all our system instead of terminal services
I also recommend VNC viewer.
It acts, amongst others, as a remote control to my windows media player & winamp on my media server.
You can find it all over the place, but here is 1 link:
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~midgley/wince/vnc.html
Can anyone confirm if this is correct:
1. When my WP7 is attached to my PC and Zune is running, it will route all data requests to the internet via my PCs ineternet connection.
2. When my WP7 is attached to my PC and Zune is NOT running, it falls back to the phones 3G/Wireless connection?
Thx.
OK, my office SSID is hidden.
I purchased two apps that were over 20 mb, so I have to be connected to wifi or a PC to download.
According to the "manual" just plugging the phone in and launching the zune client should add the applications when connecting to a PC, but it doesn't.
It just keeps the same error on them.
Anyone know how to force it to download the apps?
http://social.answers.microsoft.com...7/thread/849fdc4e-7f42-4453-9506-deba2f0010b9
That should answer you question - I'm in the exact same position, I was the last person to comment in the above thread :/
Even after I connected to WiFi it didn't work, I had to tell it to resume manually, so there might be a step there when connecting to a PC, exit out of the zune software, tell it to restart and then load back up the zune software.
I haven't tried it yet though.
Does anyone know of a VNC app that - or any kind of "control my android phone from my PC" that:
1. is NOT Android Screencast
2. WORKS on the CDMA Galaxy Nexus
All the apps I've tried on the market thus far (e.g. droid vnc server) don't work - I think Verizon does something to prevent the IP address from being available to the app, so it reports the IP v6 MAC address and I can't connect to the phone.
Any solution (wired or wireless) would be fine, just one that works well (and is preferably free).
Hey, I'm in the same boat as you, i want to VNC onto my phone from my work PC as it makes my office life so much easier (did this on my iPhone for a couple of years)
I've managed to connect to my Galaxy Nexus GSM via LAN IP fine (IPV6 shows but used IPV4 IP instead from wireless settings) evem though i connected, the screen is blank and i can click but not type so looks like it needs some TLC on the developing side before it'll work :-(
Now for a remote IP you could try whatismyip.com or some simular site but i'm pretty sure most phon operators keep you on an internal network and route you out to the internegt, therefore meaning that you dont have any ports coming into your phone from the internet and therefore can't run any internet services, it has to be connection from your phone to a server not from PC/server on internet to your phone on internet.
I know however that back about 8 years ago i did get a windows mobile http server working, but think it's all changed since then..
Only exception to this would be if your phone was on wifi as you could setup a port forward from the router.
Maybe if TeamViewer made a version which allowed control of the phone, then you'd be able to do what you need.
Regards
Liam
Our VNC Server, VMLite VNC Server, works just find on Galaxy Nexus.
You can use USB connection, or reverse connection to connect if your phone's ip is blocked. i.e., you run tight vnc viwer in listening mode, you run the vnc server on the phone in reverse mode, so the vnc server will connect to the viewer.
Our app actually works w/o rooting.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver&hl=en
The new teamviewer client will be your answer... just wait till its ported correctly to your rom
Are you sure? I thought team viewer is to view PC from android phones, instead of viewing phones from PC, i.e., different direction.
TerryNova said:
The new teamviewer client will be your answer... just wait till its ported correctly to your rom
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Hello to all,
Does anyone know of an application or service that allows you to take videos from your home computer and allow you to stream those videos on an android device without having to be connected to the same wifi network?
I've searched around, and the only options that I've been able to find are those such as Skifta, TVserity, etc where you NEED to be connected to the same wifi network as the pc with the files. Those options work wonderfully.
However I'm looking for something more similar to Google Music where you upload your music, and are then able to access your music anywhere, through the carrier network or through another network
Basically, I'd like to be able to watch (stream) the videos I have on my computer anywhere that I go, without having to fill up the memory on my phone
Any ideas?
sgh-t989
sabreful said:
Hello to all,
Does anyone know of an application or service that allows you to take videos from your home computer and allow you to stream those videos on an android device without having to be connected to the same wifi network?
I've searched around, and the only options that I've been able to find are those such as Skifta, TVserity, etc where you NEED to be connected to the same wifi network as the pc with the files. Those options work wonderfully.
However I'm looking for something more similar to Google Music where you upload your music, and are then able to access your music anywhere, through the carrier network or through another network
Basically, I'd like to be able to watch (stream) the videos I have on my computer anywhere that I go, without having to fill up the memory on my phone
Any ideas?
sgh-t989
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I currently use TVersity. There is an option in the settings to assign a username and password so you can access the media server outside of the network.
Once you have set a username and password, you can watch the media on your server through a flash interface. To access your server you would type in the <your ip address>:<chosen port>/flashlib from a browser.
Another option if you do not have a static ip is to setup a service like dyndns so you have an easy to remember address such as <chosen name>.dyndns.tv:<chosen port>.
Hope this helps.