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I remember my treo700p used to be able to be operated through my computer via USB connection. Is there any way to do the same thing with the Rhodium? It would be nice to be able to check out blocked sites that I frequent on my work comp.
EVOIXGSR said:
I remember my treo700p used to be able to be operated through my computer via USB connection. Is there any way to do the same thing with the Rhodium? It would be nice to be able to check out blocked sites that I frequent on my work comp.
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Google for My Mobiler, works nice.
thanks sting!
Pocket controller is also very good:
http://www.soti.net/
I use it since long time ago and quite happy with it.
And don´t forget to vote>!
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Google for My Mobiler, works nice.
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I second that suggestion...MyMobiler is the shiznit...very light, very useful, and 100% free. It puts a window on your pc desktop that just repeats what's on your phone's screen, and you can interact with it with a mouse + KB in any way that your fingers could. It also does screenshots and vid capture. I use it with my TP2 daily.
It can be slow, but you cannot beat the price, what I love is that I can create "Phone Top" images to explain things to users at work, past them into word etc.
can I use bluetooth mouse with xoom ?
I don't see why not - you can do it on a Galaxy S...
Lothaen said:
I don't see why not - you can do it on a Galaxy S...
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Galaxy S has touchwiz on top of it so samsung may have added that feature on top of android.
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can I use bluetooth mouse with xoom ?
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Exactly why would you want to use a mouse? For small, incremental things that your fingers don't feel like they're precise enough? Just curious, not trying to troll.
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Exactly why would you want to use a mouse? For small, incremental things that your fingers don't feel like they're precise enough? Just curious, not trying to troll.
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For say, clicking on things while sitting on the couch and your Xoom is hooked up to your TV via HDMI.
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For say, clicking on things while sitting on the couch and your Xoom is hooked up to your TV via HDMI.
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Ahhhh I never even thought about that!
Yet another great use (if you can hook up a mouse or some other input device that is) for the Xoom!
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For say, clicking on things while sitting on the couch and your Xoom is hooked up to your TV via HDMI.
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One of the coolest things I've heard in a while. Brilliant.
If anyone does this, combined with a Bluetooth keyboard, please share.
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For say, clicking on things while sitting on the couch and your Xoom is hooked up to your TV via HDMI.
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Haven't gotten my Xoom yet; but wouldn't the arrow keys accomplish this to some extent? Obviously can't play touch games and things, but could navigate around apps and things. Curious how well the arrow keys do work for anyone who has done this? Love the idea of hooking up to my TV for youtube, music, etc...
I tried my presentation keyboard today and the touchpad did not work. I would not take this as an absolute that a bluetooth mouse will not work but it does not look like it from here. It is possible that a dedicated BT mouse will work where a keyboard mouse combination device did not.
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I tried my presentation keyboard today and the touchpad did not work. I would not take this as an absolute that a bluetooth mouse will not work but it does not look like it from here. It is possible that a dedicated BT mouse will work where a keyboard mouse combination device did not.
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I just tried my microsoft bluetooth mouth model 5000 and it sees the mouse and it tries to pair, asks for a password, and it pairs. Problem im having is now nothing i do will allow it to connect. Still working on this though.
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I just tried my microsoft bluetooth mouth model 5000 and it sees the mouse and it tries to pair, asks for a password, and it pairs. Problem im having is now nothing i do will allow it to connect. Still working on this though.
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Same problem I have with my Logitech DiNovo mouse... Actually tried this this morning, just for giggles. Pairs but won't connect. My same DiNovo keyboard pairs and works perfectly. I think it doesn't connect because it doesn't really know what to do with a mouse, I doubt Google built in that functionality.
I think someone would have to write an app that overlays the actual cursor - as there is no cursor built-in. However, I am running 1.7 on my Asus netbook - installed with no issues, and it recognizes and uses the mouse - built-in mousepad, usb mouse, and bt mouse. So the functionality is there, I guess Motorola never thought to implement it. Perhaps somebody more familiar with the OS could enable this?
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Currently what I do with my laptop is hook it up via the VGA cable to my TV and use my iPhone and the handy Logitech Air Mouse app to control what's going on.
So same as a Bluetooth touchpad, I guess. I'm sure we'll figure something out
I paired a Razor Orochi to it, and its showing as a little mouse icon instead of the keyboard icon, so someone was thinking about it.
Hope someone can get this working, I enjoy hooking my SGS up to the tele and using my BT keyboard and mouse with it, so this functionality is quite important to me.
Wouldn't the Xoom need drivers associated with the mouse? Or maybe the bluetooth connection suffices...
we might need to take a look at the Viewsonic G-Tablet cursor code. Has a nice cursor when using a usb or bluetooth mouse. Not sure how or anything, programing is not my specialty. My biggest flaw lol
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I would love to see this working, having a mouse would make it much less awkward when used as a laptop replacement for work.
I don't really understand why this isn't built in from the get go, hopefully Google being the update and improve fanatics they are, will add in this functionality officially. But in the meantime, would love to see this working with some fanangling
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Agree completely. We have a keyboard, why not a mouse. Hopefully it's in the kernel somewhere waiting to be enabled. I don't imagine drivers would be a problem once the OS recognizes it.
I would love to see this working as well! We have USB and HDMI out, why not have this. It would be like a nice little cloud-based work or browsing terminal in the bedroom instead of breaking out a laptop or having a net-top in there... Good for road warriors too.
I don't understand why mouse functions would work in pre-Honeycomb versions of the OS and it would be left out now. That would be ridiculous.
Is there an app to turn your phone into a remote control for a TV? If yes what is the best app for this?
Thank you!
There are several in the market. Mostly they are geared towards the manufacturer of your TV. I know Samsung and LG have apps for their TVs. Put TV REMOTE in market search box and they will pop up.
Thanks Kenny, yeah I saw some of them, but wanted to know if there was a universal one. Also people here always seem to know the best ones, so I wanted to skip testing out 4 or 5 that do not work well.
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Thanks Kenny, yeah I saw some of them, but wanted to know if there was a universal one. Also people here always seem to know the best ones, so I wanted to skip testing out 4 or 5 that do not work well.
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I don't blame you there. I have been meaning to try one myself since I always have my phone near me but that damn TV remote gets away from me...LOL.
Yeah I was hoping to use it at my GYM. They have a 50 tv's, but always on 3 channels. You can ask them to change them but... if it gets done its a miracle!
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Yeah I was hoping to use it at my GYM. They have a 50 tv's, but always on 3 channels. You can ask them to change them but... if it gets done its a miracle!
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I tried that at my local Sports Pub, has like a 100 TVs and you have to ask them to change the one at YOUR table...ridiculous. It is all DIRECT TV so I pulled up the app but you have to know the account or email they use...so close! Works great for my home setup though, plus being able to set the DVR while away from the house is awesome.
Hey,
I have bougt a hdmi miracast dongle at eBay.
It is mediatek CPU based and only accept a micro USB connection.
Attached to this message are two pictures that show the inside and the outside.
This dongle is a zk technologies w18 dongle and beside miracast it should also support Intel widi.
Unfortunately it doesn't support... and I cannot connect my laptop to the dongle.
I can connect two different phones with 4.2.1 android, but no success with Intel widi
Any one has a device like this? Any idea where can i get a new firmware?
Thanks!
Ihave the same device and same question? Are there any solutions to hacking this device?
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Ihave the same device and same question? Are there any solutions to hacking this device?
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Hey!
I can connect using an android phone, but i'm unable to connect to it using intel WIDI...
I've have contacted ZK Technologies and they did reply with this:
Hello，
So Sorry, W18 currently does not support INTEL WIDI.
Thanks,
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After another quote:
Will it ever support it?
I bought it from ebay and they had in the description:
• WiDi technology V3.5 laptop
Thanks a lot,
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They reply:
Dear Sir,
Yes, it'll support widi after two months via hardware update, now is not supported.
Any other question pls do not hesitate to contact us,tks!
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But after a few tries i've managed to connect my laptop to the device, but it just worked one time... and i have no idea how did i manage to do that... and i could never ever again got it connected...
So i will have to wait for a while and see what is their "hardware" upgrade...
Really fast answer))
So, it is interesting that they provide update functionality. Could you please ask them about it? Is it possible to update existing device on home PC?
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Hey!
I can connect using an android phone, but i'm unable to connect to it using intel WIDI...
I've have contacted ZK Technologies and they did reply with this:
After another quote:
They reply:
But after a few tries i've managed to connect my laptop to the device, but it just worked one time... and i have no idea how did i manage to do that... and i could never ever again got it connected...
So i will have to wait for a while and see what is their "hardware" upgrade...
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Really fast answer))
So, it is interesting that they provide update functionality. Could you please ask them about it? Is it possible to update existing device on home PC?
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Send them an email:
[email protected]
And post here you inquire and their answer.
Thanks for contact. I will also ask them about wifi access point functionality.
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Send them an email:
[email protected]
And post here you inquire and their answer.
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Thanks for contact. I will also ask them about wifi access point functionality.
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Access Point Functionality? What is that?
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Access Point Functionality? What is that?
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Sorry I was wrong. I want to connect my macbook to device, so I have to establish computer-to-computer connection. The right words should be, "supporting computer-to-computer wifi connection".
My questions:
I just bought device hdmi dongle (w18) and try to find way for connecting my macbook.
Could you please tell is it possible? Should I update firmware for that, and can I do it at home PC for existing device?
Does device support wifi access point mode, because I found that mac os x have no wifi direct?
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Theirs answers:
hello，
Sorry about that W18 does not currently support macbook.Our R & D team will try to do it.
If our products support this feature, we will notice it.
Thank you for purchasing our products.
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I have a device that internally looks the same, although I do not know who produced it, but where your's say MT-WFD18, mine says RLM218_1.1, and just below W-SL + 2813.
I haven't tried anything else than just miracast, which worked not so well, was fairly slow screen update, with sound out of sync while using Dice Player on my LG G2.
When i read det description from the seller it mentions something about 'intuitive interface', from what I can see, it is just a bootlogo static screen, is there a standard way of communicating with these devices, like common SW that do something, or is it likely the intuitive interface is just that, static screen?
Did anyone find any hacks/fw updates for these?
[EDIT] Added pictures, sorry about the quality, lazy and just used mobile phone, and it seem i amanged to get part of my beard in with it! :/
I have what seems to be a re-branded ZK W18(Allview Smart2View). Worked reasonably well with my phone for a while(some stuttering was present, the occasional disconnect) but I was quite happy with it as my phone has no tv-out. Used it maybe about 5 times. Today I was trying to show somebody some videos I took from one of my kids training and discovered it has no sound. Got sound after a reboot, but it disconnected after half a minute and sound didn't come back since. I am also interested in an update to make it more stable...
Miracast smart2view dongle
Hi,
I purchassed one of thode too.
The original is made in china:
ZK-W18 Miracast dongle.
Playback is a little choppy.
Any ideas to improve playback?
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I have what seems to be a re-branded ZK W18(Allview Smart2View). Worked reasonably well with my phone for a while(some stuttering was present, the occasional disconnect) but I was quite happy with it as my phone has no tv-out. Used it maybe about 5 times. Today I was trying to show somebody some videos I took from one of my kids training and discovered it has no sound. Got sound after a reboot, but it disconnected after half a minute and sound didn't come back since. I am also interested in an update to make it more stable...
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1. better hardware(impossible...)
2. better firmware(almost as impossible, it seems)
Yups... i still haven't found a new firmware
I have this device too (allview branded). Worked for a while, then sound dissappeared, then it kept restarting, then just gives black screen. I suspect it's overheating, and maybe it is damaged because of that. Not recomended...
found this in a chinese file sharing website.
I searched with the terms mt8636 and rlm218 and found this:
https://ufile.io/gah08
I don't know if something can be done with that but maybe someone can see what it is.
I have been searching high and low for an app that would allow me to use my phone as a mouse/trackpad and remote keyboard for the AFTV and nothing out there seemed to do the job correctly. None of the bluetooth based apps would work as I could not pair my Nexus 5 with the Fire TV, and almost all of the WiFi remote control apps are made for controlling Windows PC's. The few Android VNC options out there are spotty at best.
Finally I found Limitless Remote (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dh.ControlPad.main) an admittedly VERY ugly app with ads that cannot be removed (there is no paid ad-free version). However, this app WORKS. When first connecting to the AFTV you get a menu of all apps loaded on the AFTV and you can then launch them from your phone. You can then use the menu along the bottom of the app to put your phone into mouse, keyboard, gamepad, or the tradition 4-way D-pad remote layout. So far this has worked for everything I need, but...ITS UGLY AS SIN.
Has anyone found something with similar functionality that looks good while doing the job and has no ads? Or is this it? If this is it, then I thought I would at least spread the word about this app since I have not found anything else that fits the bill.
App works really well and was responding to commands pretty fine, mouse movement was smooth. Doesn't look good but gets the job done pretty well. Thanks for sharing!
Just to mention, you need to install a server app on the fire tv and client app on the device from where you want to control. Both are free. I didn't see any ads, may be because I have AdAway on both FTV as well as my phone.
Glad it works for you too. I might have to try Adaway.
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http://www.airkeyboardapp.com/
This is the one I've just starting using. Need to be rooted to have mouse availability too. Can use my ipad/iphone as the mouse and keyboard. Not ugly either!
That was one of the ones I tried. Don't remember what it was, but something wasn't right about it. I'll try again tomorrow.
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I have been searching high and low for an app that would allow me to use my phone as a mouse/trackpad and remote keyboard for the AFTV and nothing out there seemed to do the job correctly. None of the bluetooth based apps would work as I could not pair my Nexus 5 with the Fire TV, and almost all of the WiFi remote control apps are made for controlling Windows PC's. The few Android VNC options out there are spotty at best.
Finally I found Limitless Remote (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dh.ControlPad.main) an admittedly VERY ugly app with ads that cannot be removed (there is no paid ad-free version). However, this app WORKS. When first connecting to the AFTV you get a menu of all apps loaded on the AFTV and you can then launch them from your phone. You can then use the menu along the bottom of the app to put your phone into mouse, keyboard, gamepad, or the tradition 4-way D-pad remote layout. So far this has worked for everything I need, but...ITS UGLY AS SIN.
Has anyone found something with similar functionality that looks good while doing the job and has no ads? Or is this it? If this is it, then I thought I would at least spread the word about this app since I have not found anything else that fits the bill.
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I use Droidmote and I must say it works perfect. It's well worth whatever I paid for it.
dc211 said:
I use Droidmote and I must say it works perfect. It's well worth whatever I paid for it.
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I've been using droidmote, and it works well. But I can't seem to get the center button to work when in d-pad mode. The center button does nothing when it should act like a select button.
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I've been using droidmote, and it works well. But I can't seem to get the center button to work when in d-pad mode. The center button does nothing when it should act like a select button.
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Yep I had the same problem with droidmote.
If i remember correctly, airkeyboardapp requires a wifi connection. I am hard wired and it would not detect my network connection so that was also out as an option. Its not worth giving up a hard wired connection for. I did try a couple apps that spoof a wifi connection and they didn't work.
So far for me Limitless Remote is the only one that does the job.
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Yep I had the same problem with droidmote.
If i remember correctly, airkeyboardapp requires a wifi connection. I am hard wired and it would not detect my network connection so that was also out as an option. Its not worth giving up a hard wired connection for. I did try a couple apps that spoof a wifi connection and they didn't work.
So far for me Limitless Remote is the only one that does the job.
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The developer of droidmote just put out an update for the client side to support the FTV, and it now works perfect.
Hrodriguez77 said:
The developer of droidmote just put out an update for the client side to support the FTV, and it now works perfect.
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effing awesome. cant wait to try when i get home. WAF going up...I can feel it :fingers-crossed:
Confirmed - droidmote now works perfectly. Thanks again for the heads up.
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Confirmed - droidmote now works perfectly. Thanks again for the heads up.
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Not a problem, it works great. I can now install apps that I would normally avoid, such as hbogo, since it needs a mouse to operate.
I would love to have this functionality but i'm having trouble installing the service app on the AFTV. when I push it via ADB i get the error 'file already exists" the file name is 'service.apk' did you change the name? or am i doing something else wrong?
thx
You don't have to push it. Just adb install /path/to/the/apk.apk
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thanks for the recommendation for droidmote. Some of the better three bucks I've spent lately I have a keyboard for when text entry is absolutely needed, but it's very nice to be able to use the tablet as a remote that already controls the tv, amp and dvd player.
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You don't have to push it. Just adb install /path/to/the/apk.apk
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Got it. that worked. thx
Now I'm getting another strange behavior. Installed the server on the FT and the app on my GS5. everything seems to work fine except when i use the touch pad function I can move the mouse pointer but tapping does nothing, so i can't click on anything. weird. did i miss something?
Are you using limitless or droidmote? I think I had that problem once before. Don't remember what I did (if anything) to fix it. Tried rebooting the FTV?
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I'm using Limitless Remote. I have rebooted the FTV a few time. I guess i'll keep playing with it. maybe delete the server off the FTV and add it back. frustrating
Okay, let me make sure I get it...
For droidmote...
1. Buy the server app, and install it on the phone.
2. Copy the apk and transfer it to my Mac which has the ADK installed.
3. Sideload to the FireTV with adb install
4. Install the droidmote client on the devices I want.
5. Profit?
Any hope of an iOS version of droidmote for my wife who simply refuses to see the wisdom of Android?