First off Hi all and Im no longer a XDA virgin, or I wont be in a few days anyway
I borrowed my mates old mobile phone that has mobile 2003 SE to see if I could control my desktop pc with it, thats running vista 64bit, so I can turn on my desktop pc, run winamp and play all my tunes from my bed. I must of tried 2 or 3 bits of software with no luck each time. then I noticed the "Terminal Services Client" that win mobile had. That sort of worked and I did remotly ran winamp, but it wouldnt play for some reason?? But the software kept hanging and crashing so I couldnt really do much anyway. Ive looked for another version of "Terminal Services Client" for windows mobile but theres none.
Tonight Ive just bought my first mobile/pocket pc "SPV M2000 / HTC Blueangel" for £60. Its been upgraded to windows mobile 6.1, so my question is will I have better luck with remote desktop on windows mobile 6.1 and does 6.1 has "Terminal Services Client"? If not what is the best software for remote desktop for win remote 6.1?
vncviewer
can't answer your question about 6.1, but a good simple solution might be the decent little vncviewer program for windows mobile on sourceforge. works good on my htc wizard 100 (a.k.a. cingular 8125) running winmo 5.0. I use UltraVNC server on the PC - good encryption and the works. not sure whether the remote assistance or terminal services is as secure.
For me tihs is the best:
http://www.soti.net/
there's two big different strings of remote desktop programs, one logs you in and you have your pc's desktop on your device's display and you have the full pc experience, but, it logs you off on your pc, like pc to pc remote connection. the other one is to control your pc and still have the pc running for itself, just as an external control or HID device.
if you want the first, the full experience, i would recommend wm6 rdp, just google it, it is freemail and works like a normal remote desktop, meaning you need to configure your router and your pc to do that. it's freeware by the way. in general i would not use iton a blueangel, because 240*320 is just too little to have an overview of the pc's desktop, which, in my case has a resolution of 1680*1050. i do use that program on my universal though, and it works just fine.
the other thing is to use the HID, the bestestest program for that is ppc tablet, unfortunately it is not free, but it's great, you stay logged on to your pc and can control winamp and any other program, use your touchscreen as a touchpad, like a notebook's mouse, you have a lot of possibilities. here are some links you might want to have a look at, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=496296
will add more, when i found them, but you can also search for remote desktop in the forum and you find a lot of results, that might help you get it to work.
EDIT: here is the link i was looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=288506
this is the official great round-up of the best remote desktop programs out there, you can look up, what you need, what and if you are willing to pay for that and the functuionality it offers
Thanks guys.. I will have a play about when I get the phone hopefully tomorrow. Basically what I need the phone todo, is turn on my desktop from standby, run shortcuts I have in my start menu of my playlists, control winamp and put my desktop pc back onto standby. Then I dont have to get out of my pit at all,. What would be nice aswel, if the phone could remember my password so I dont have to log on to windows each time.
oooh, i just saw... "turn on my desktop from standby", that could become difficult, since neither the real remote desktop services, nor the addon services can run in standby and realize your approach of access, for example: some services like ppc tablet (which would be great for your winamp uses) need a server program running on your pc and a client software running on the ppc, but technically the server wouldn't run in standby, and as i mentioned before rdp services do neither, the pc needs to be turned on and connected to your network to be accessable. plus there is no such thing as "power on wlan", so that wouldn't work either. putting the computer into standby isn't that much of a problem, with ppc tablet you can simply navigate the mouse cursor to do so, in rdp services there is no direct function for standby, because in the version you get on your screen, the start menu's shut down,... commands are changed, but you can make a shortcut on the desktop to do so. i don't know about the command now, but google certainly will.
I did try the wakeup on lan, when I tried it with my mates phone, and it did wake me pc up but the "Terminal Services Client" on his phone kept crashing for some reason, and winamp loaded but couldnt get it to play for some reason.
Hi All,
I use SOTI controller with my Win Mo HTC ..... it works very well.
Can the Desire be controlled in the same way?
IE, view the Desire screen via the USB cable and control the phone from the computer?
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-bw-picme-qDnn.aspx
Thanks so much - I should have looked.
So you simply install that app, run it (you have to be rooted) and then visit the IPORT the app gives you and you can choose to interact with the phone through browser or just take screenshots.
Yes, this is not a Desire-specific question, but the greatest minds are all gathered in this forum, so...
I have a USB hard drive connected to my AVM Fritz Box, acting as a UPNP media server. I can access it with my Desire using any free UPNP player in the market I've tried so far, like 2player. I can also access it using the Windows Media Player on my computer running Win7 x64.
What I would actually like: Use my Android Desire to control the WMP on my computer. Theoretically this should be possible. I've activated all streaming and remote control options on the computer I could find, but 2player (and the expensive PlugPlayer) don't find the WMP, neither as Renderer nor as Server.
Any hints?
Thanks a lot!
I have the need to remote control my tablet Asus Nexus 7 2013 from my pc. For remote control I mean to see the screen of the tablet and operate on it as I was directly touching it.
The first choices were Teamviewer Quicksupport and Droid VNC server. On my rooted tablet with stable 10.2 cyanogen both the apps don't allow me to remote control the device from my pc.
Teamviewer Quicksupport freezes on my pc on the window saying it's trying to establish a remote connection, while ultravnc on my windows pc shows me a big black screen when connecting to the vnc server.
Both the programs work perfectly when trying them with other android devices like Samsung Galaxy Nexus or Sony Xperia U.
Do you know how to solve these issues (Teamviewer quickconnect is a relly nice app) or do you know other methods?
Really thanks in advance
Can't seem to get VNC working with Fire TV.
Tried following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2793823
Using both droid VNC server and VMLite VNC Server. Using various clients when I connect, I just get a black screen.
We have users successfully using our vmlite vnc server on FireTV.
Did you start the vnc server using our desktop vaac program using a PC?
huisinro said:
We have users successfully using our vmlite vnc server on FireTV.
Did you start the vnc server using our desktop vaac program using a PC?
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My FireTV is rooted so I did not start the server using your desktop vaac program. The server is running and I connect to it. The problem is that I do not see anything when I connect. Just a black screen.
I have the same issue with all the VNC apps I have tried which includes vmlite vnc and droid vnc. I am rooted and they all show a black screen, even if they may control the mouse and keyboard ok.
I have found a solution if you do not mind controlling your FireTV from a web browser instead of an actual VNC app. The app I have found that does certainly work for all remote control use with the exception of transmitting video prime (which I would have expected to be choppy and unusable anyways) is called WebKey.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.webkey&hl=en
Interesting, black screen? What android version are you running on the device?
glitchbit said:
I have the same issue with all the VNC apps I have tried which includes vmlite vnc and droid vnc. I am rooted and they all show a black screen, even if they may control the mouse and keyboard ok.
I have found a solution if you do not mind controlling your FireTV from a web browser instead of an actual VNC app. The app I have found that does certainly work for all remote control use with the exception of transmitting video prime (which I would have expected to be choppy and unusable anyways) is called WebKey.
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glitchbit thanks for the tip. I used Webkey and it works fine. It took awhile to figure how to register as a new account because the browser option was not working but I created a new account from inside the app once I started the server.
I also started using teamviewer with the android quicksupport app but to connect to the fire tv screen you need to press two prompts on the firetv which I can do now remotely with the webkey interface.
To navigate remotely you are best off using an app like lanmote deluxe ($3.99) as it will let you use your phone as the controller via a very responsive web interface and it will let you use your keyboard. There is Air Keyboard as well if you prefer an actual app, but it does not have a dpad and standard media controls like lanmote does. I will check out teamviewer though, it may work better than webkey in some circumstances.
I only mention solutions that work for both iOS and Android as I use an iPhone and while I know there may be better mouse/keyboard remote control apps for Android phones they are useless to me.
huisinro said:
We have users successfully using our vmlite vnc server on FireTV.
Did you start the vnc server using our desktop vaac program using a PC?
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The Fire TV can't be connected to a PC by USB.. It acts as a host, not an external device. How do I start the vnc server on an unrooted device? Can I do this over the network via ADB?
Thanks!