Interesting read.......
http://wpcentral.com/how-turn-your-windows-phone-7-device-usb-drive
1. Open the registry editor on your PC by typing regedit in your Start menu
2. go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB; search for ZuneDriver
How to turn your Windows Phone 7 device into a USB drive (Image - 1) Now you will modify three entries (note, if you have multiple WP7 phones, you have to do it for each one)
* Change ShowInShell from 0 to 1
* Change PortableDeviceNameSpaceExcludeFromShell from 1 to 0
* Change EnableLegacySupport from 0 to 1
No restart is necessary. Simply plug your phone in and you should see the phone show up in Explorer. Close down the Zune desktop app in order to modify the files. As you can see, you now have access to music, images and videos, allowing you to copy/paste. You can put any file you want in there, but of course, you can't access them on the device (e.g. Office docs). Overall, a nice little trick.
This is promising. If this can be done on the phone end so that any Pc will read it as a usb drive, that would be great. Hopefully smart dialing is next
sorry duds , but this is the 3rd thread opened with the same story .
search before posting a new thread !
I have a HD2 and currently using i-Nigma to read barcodes using the camera.
I have my own small business and use my phone for just about everything. I know you can scan barcodes with your PDA, but there is nothing out there that would let you post that data back to your PC.
I use Quickbooks for inventory tracking and accounting. What I would like to do is to use the HD2 as a barcode reader which would then paste the code back into Quickbooks.
Im not a programmer or I would have been able to do this myself. Just need something really simple. Sync the phone to the PC using Activesync (WMDC) and when a barcode is scanned, copy the number from the phone and paste into the current cursor location on the PC.
Is there any software out there that already does this or can someone write one up?
Hi TRLOS,
We have a similar need at our business, and this is the workaround that we used for proof of concept.
1. Using an Android handset, we're using the Barcode Keyboard software which pastes the data from a barcode into any program that you can type from a keyboard.
2. We're using an RDP session from the handset to the computer that needs to capture the data.
We first launch an RDP session and open the program (in this case, you'd open quickbooks) and tap in the box that you need to enter the barcode info into. We have installed the Barcode Keyboard app from the Android market and when the keyboard launches, it has a barcode scanning button. We click that button and it launches the app, using the camera to read the barcode. When we read the barcode, it goes right into the application that is open in your RDP session. Voila. Barcode read and entered.
For us, this is a decent workaround, but we are using this in an area where we have good internal Wi-Fi network. A tablet (i.e. Galaxy Tab) would be a better fit, I think, as the handset is a little small to work the RDP session on.
Another workaround that we are going to try in the future is to use a barcode scanner that can be paired to either an iPad or an Android tablet that will work in the same way. This should be a better solution as long as the API exists to use the physical barcode scanner with the Android or iOS operating systems.
I hope that helps! Feel free to PM with any questions.
Seth
That is 1 solution for Android....but im using WM6.5 (NRG ROM)
Haven't been able to find a barcode keyboard software for WM.
sethschmautz said:
Hi TRLOS,
We have a similar need at our business, and this is the workaround that we used for proof of concept.
1. Using an Android handset, we're using the Barcode Keyboard software which pastes the data from a barcode into any program that you can type from a keyboard.
2. We're using an RDP session from the handset to the computer that needs to capture the data.
We first launch an RDP session and open the program (in this case, you'd open quickbooks) and tap in the box that you need to enter the barcode info into. We have installed the Barcode Keyboard app from the Android market and when the keyboard launches, it has a barcode scanning button. We click that button and it launches the app, using the camera to read the barcode. When we read the barcode, it goes right into the application that is open in your RDP session. Voila. Barcode read and entered.
For us, this is a decent workaround, but we are using this in an area where we have good internal Wi-Fi network. A tablet (i.e. Galaxy Tab) would be a better fit, I think, as the handset is a little small to work the RDP session on.
Another workaround that we are going to try in the future is to use a barcode scanner that can be paired to either an iPad or an Android tablet that will work in the same way. This should be a better solution as long as the API exists to use the physical barcode scanner with the Android or iOS operating systems.
I hope that helps! Feel free to PM with any questions.
Seth
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oh, and another possible solution for you. Instead of using an RDP into the software, why not just a VNC session into a regular PC running the application. That way you can have the application open on the PC right next to you, scan the barcode and then use the computer as normal for everything else.
If i could find a barcode keyboard for WM, I would use it the same way.
DROWNING in Google and forum search results here. Good search terms, links, 'app' names, welcome.
(Drowning because I catch hits where the android remote controls another device, such as a TV, or a PC - instead of the other way around.)
It's becoming increasingly difficult to remotely help friends that use Android - mostly because I can neither see nor control their screens.
What's the best way / apps to go about setting this up?
NOTES:
this is NOT android acting as a remote control.
this is NOT android remote controling a PC
this IS remote controlling the ANDROID.
I have remote access to their network, be it via ssh or vnc. (From a 'privacy' perspective, it's only sense to get to their network, then get to their Android - i.e. Access to their stuff is under their control.)
wi-fi is up and happy. As is USB, for that matter.
the remote phone is NOT rooted.
I've come across, but have no opinion on (your opinions welcome):
Remote Control Add-On - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xdevelop.rc&hl=en
Remote Web Desktop - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xdevelop.rm&feature=more_from_developer
AirDroid - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
TeamViewer QuickSupport - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamviewer.quicksupport.market.samsung / Needs pc side from www.teamviewer.com. (Note: Android might not be a Samsung. I thought I saw a non-Samsung remote control on their site, but now don't see it.)
Droid VNC server - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.onaips.vnc
VMLite VNC Server - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver&hl=en (Has a process for non-root access. Better than nothing, I suppose.)
Webkey - https://play.google.com/store/apps/..._result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS53ZWJrZXkiXQ..
Thoughs / suggestions / terms / recommendations / experiences / etc.???
Thanks.
AirDroid suppose to be a good one, but didn't use it my self yet.
taiber2000 said:
AirDroid suppose to be a good one, but didn't use it my self yet.
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Remote Web Desktop looks like it has some interesting functionality, is pretty enough without being over the top (speaking as a guy who finds ssh, in colour, of course, adequately pretty), but is sufficiently broken to be not worth pursuing. Terminal isn't really there (e.g. su results in prompts of $ on one line, then # on next), web cam capture captures a still only, screen capture bears no resemblance / colour fix doesn't, ... uninstalled.
Companion or standalone Remote Control Add-On is through browser only, and at port 3389 of all things. [No RDP doesn't work, either.] Chrome / Opera / Firefox none works - says to install java, takes you to Oracle but not to what it wants. Not quite latest / greatest 6 installed beforehand and it still wants java installed. Not going back to 7, uninstalled that some while ago - will wait until it becomes real. App promises standard vnc connectivity at 5901 (why not 5900 I've no idea), but doesn't work. Netstat shows it isn't even listening.
Uninstalled ... next!
taiber2000 said:
AirDroid suppose to be a good one, but didn't use it my self yet.
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Webkey wouldn't stay up long enough for more than a few clicks in browser.
Service kept dying. Restart succeeded most of the time, but not always. Task manager exit and it came back up in those instances.
Uninstalled.
*Note to Selves: AdAway (can) run an internal web server (to catch / redirect web calls), and (by necessity) runs on standard ports, both www and https. So ... if you run another web catching app, it can't use those ports. [Not a problem for them to do so to date, but just so's you don't blame the app under test for not working when it's trying to listen on a port already taken by AdAway.]
- and you want to run the AdAway web server - better it give an immediate unreachable response than having to wait for the call(s) to time out.
Airdroid seems nice / capable enough, if a little 'fluffly.'
Separate ssh / samba / vnc apps seem a little simpler and cleaner - if more to configure.
Samba - 'Samba Filesharing' (edit smb.conf if you want root (as in /), although smb.conf now says modifications not supported.)
[If you modify / something breaks, go back to stock and see if it still breaks. Duh!]
VMLite VNC Server - not tried.
Pixel VNC Server Beta - sure is. Won't stay up. Connect attempt results in service failure [Error(3)] before first screen draw. (I see drawing initial screen message, then it drops.) Uninstalled. Looks to have the nicest / cleanest interface though. Just the facts / text, nothing goofy / fancy.
VNC server (wencent) and droid VNC server must use same code base - options/screens seem identical.
- both are slow (but better than nothing), both seem to take a number of restarts before picking up password / port changes, although the port it says it's at matches the port entered. e.g. it defaults to 5901, I changed to 5900, started, and it displayed 5900 but was actually listening on 5901. Note: Don't use special characters in password, such as '&' - plain text password storage in .xml file gets written wrong. Probably the cause of the startup / port / password misfires. YEP, I SAID *PLAIN* TEXT PASSWORD STORAGE. <sigh>
VNC server (wencent) blog page annoying, droid VNC 'nicer'. I noted to both to please put restart button on same page as on/off. No auto-rotate, so if you have to rotate (in settings), and since a restart is necessary to effect, a restart button would be useful.
droid VNC settings hint at (but broken / no worky / not what it is) at a reverse VNC connection. Which would be FANTASTIC! Your idiot friend out and about you can't get to, but he could call you at your known IP / forwarded listening port.
HTH.
Android control PC?
I have read the article http://flash-video-player.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-use-android-phone-to-remote.html and I just wonder if the apps here can support PC controlling Android phone.
I was looking for the same thing.. I have the Samsung Captivate and S3.
I tried the RemoteCall from Rsupport which I heard of them from Mobizen (same company). No rooting and standard ports (can't see it happening on a 8888..). It can control and gives you all the info.
One thing is that they charge 1600 for a year.. waaay too expensive for me.. they said discount is available for more than 1 license, but I guess that will apply to businesses.. not for individuals.. I will say Mobizen is so far the solution for me.
Installed VMLite VNC Server. Works great on my not-rooted phone. I had to install libncurses5:i386 on my amd64 ubuntu to work with adb. It would be better if I could change the resolution of the phone's image. Should be cheaper.
Thanks, i am using webkey. it's a very nice app. :good:
team viewer versus airdroid
Hello everyone. Sorry mi english is not very good
I am doing proyect that I have to install a device ( samsung s4 ) 5km away from home and run an app on it to trigger a foto camera.
Team viewer do that but you have to be in the device to accept the conexion remote, so is no suitable for me at this point. Airdroid dont ask for permision to conect to the device , which is excelent , but I can not run an app inside the device in remote, so is no ok for me at this point.
The question is : how can I open an app to control the camera from the device in remote whith out me beside to the device?? Is there an app to do that??
How can I avoid in team viewer to ask permision to acces to the device??
Is posible to do something about it ??
I am not talking about the camera in the device , I am talking about a camera which is conected to my device by a cable at the same time and trigger and control the camera setings from km´s away via Lan conection 3g.
Thank you all
Marcos
connect to teamviewer quicksupport without someone to accept you
maxbcn said:
Hello everyone. Sorry mi english is not very good
I am doing proyect that I have to install a device ( samsung s4 ) 5km away from home and run an app on it to trigger a foto camera.
Team viewer do that but you have to be in the device to accept the conexion remote, so is no suitable for me at this point. Airdroid dont ask for permision to conect to the device , which is excelent , but I can not run an app inside the device in remote, so is no ok for me at this point.
The question is : how can I open an app to control the camera from the device in remote whith out me beside to the device?? Is there an app to do that??
How can I avoid in team viewer to ask permision to acces to the device??
Is posible to do something about it ??
I am not talking about the camera in the device , I am talking about a camera which is conected to my device by a cable at the same time and trigger and control the camera setings from km´s away via Lan conection 3g.
Thank you all
Marcos
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if you have the same problem like me with the droid vnc server (connect but can't control it) the droid vnc server will help to conect to teamviewer quicksupport without someone to accept you. the video i make will show you how.
i cant add link so you have to find it by searching in youtube: connect to teamviewer quicksupport using droid vnc server to get access
Be careful with webkey, it send personal data...
I have tested 'Droid VNC server' and it requires root. I couldn't use it without that.
I have a FREE complicated solution without root.
Screen output:
while sleep .01 ; do convert -depth 8 -size 1280x1280 rgba:/dev/graphics/fb0'[0]' -rotate 90 -crop 1280x720+0+0 bmp:/scard/b.bmp ; mv /scard/b.bmp /sdcard/c.bmp ; echo -n . ; done
It works for my padfone 2, without padfone station. On any linux, you can sshfs your phone, and access /sdcard/c.bmp that way.
It should be run as the user adb, use adb shell from a PC connected by USB to access it, then adb forward to access to the sshd running on the phone.
If you want this to continue after disconnection, you should run tmux first.
I uploaded working binaries for bash, convert, scp and sshd on gentooandroid.sf.net ; tested on Android 4.1 and Android 4.4.
The difficult part on secured Android 4.4 is to find a place not mounted noexec where to put the binaries.
Mouse click on pixel position 300 300:
/system/bin/input tap 300 300
Text input:
/system/bin/input text yourtext
Home button:
/system/bin/input keyevent 62
See /system/bin/input and http://grepcode.com/file/repository...android/4.0.4_r1.2/android/view/KeyEvent.java
Anyone trying to automate this (with "Automate" from google play) or connect that to a VNC server, please report progress !
thx so much for that thread, i spend hours googling this.
i am actually trying webkey.
what i want to do primarily is control volume on android, as my device acts as a webradio (connected to the stereo via headphone jack).
I use droid vnc to start up "tunein radio" . that works fine. BUT it is way to slow to adjust volume, PLUS there are no keys to adjust volume, so i have to go to a quicksetting - volume - and adjust via mous. btw it only takes keyboard inputs if they are followed by a left-mouse-click... alt-d and alt-u dont work.
i also tried a ssh server on android and control volume via
"input keyevent 24"
and
"input keyevent 25"
which workes for a while, but then has no effect any more
vnc connection is crap, as my phone is an old samsung s2 - to slow.
acutally i am looking for the uri to send to the webkey server to adjust volume, so i wouldnt have to go over the website any more. - seems its websocket calls, so i will have to make some python implementation, as i dont know jscript.
-- btw, you can send volume event over ssh like this, but i dont know why it takes seconds for the device to react:
on the console:
input keyevent 24
input keyevent 25
Use automate to change volume
Automate from Google play can change the volume according to a change of file in a clould (or any other method you like).
Minimal asking of permission, this is a good thing.
Beware, Automate is free only for up to 30 "lines" of program, but just changing the volume is like 10 "lines" of program only.
Hi everyone!
I have already tried to find the answer to my question on the forum but failed. I want my Asus VivoTab RT run Desktop automatically after reboot of the system. As I understand Autorun folder doesn't work and there is no point to put anything there. Also I looked through the forum and spotted that apps can be autorun via some registry key. So is there any clue to make Desktop start automatically after reboot of the system? This method for 8 doesn't work on RT. Thanks!
There's a better way to use the Winlogon\Shell registry value, using what I believe is the "Show Desktop" task GUID for Explorer as a shortcut. I can't find the link at this moment, though. There's also a method that uses a Scheduled Task instead.
Why does it even matter? I mean, who reboots a tablet? It'll sit for a week in sleep mode even off the charger, and the first thing you want to do at boot-up is probably run something anyhow... alternatively, Win+D or just tap the Desktop tile (I put it in the corner so I can reach it quickly with my thumb, but almost never actually use it).