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[Q] Best app for remote control desktop?

I was looking to get a app that I can control my laptop through the internet, anyone have any experience with these apps, ive only seen a few out there. I want to use dropbox with it too so i can just store, send, receive files from my laptop to my phone whenever.

Gmote works great... flakey on 64bit win7 but does the best of them all.
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I think he's looking for a remote desktop like app, and not a remote. I myself would also like to know if anyone has any opinions on a good remote desktop app.

PhoneMyPC isn't cheap, but well worth the mullah. I mostly use it to control my mouse when streaming netflix, but features are robust.

Wyse PocketCloud - Free on the Market.
You'll also need to download a client for your PC. Uses your gmail l/p to remote into your box.

ghostrid3r said:
Wyse PocketCloud - Free on the Market.
You'll also need to download a client for your PC. Uses your gmail l/p to remote into your box.
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Anyone know of one that works with Ubuntu?

I also use phoneMyPC. It's a wonderful app. Well worth the money. Especially with a hardware keyboard. If you have 2 monitors, you can have the app bring up the monitor you wish to view. You can bring up a cursor on your screen which can be used to drag and drop files too.
I could not live without this app.

dreamsforgotten said:
Anyone know of one that works with Ubuntu?
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I use Android VNC. Works great.
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DevinXtreme said:
I use Android VNC. Works great.
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Thank you very much

ghostrid3r said:
Wyse PocketCloud - Free on the Market.
You'll also need to download a client for your PC. Uses your gmail l/p to remote into your box.
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I use this as an RDP client to get into terminal services at work. Works really well.

I've tried most of them out there and have settled on PhoneMyPC. I find the interface the cleanest, especially if you are accessing a computer with more than one monitor (I use on one with 3).

Logme in ignition I can do it all as if I were literally using another computer to do the remote session.
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DevinXtreme said:
I use Android VNC. Works great.
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+1 on Android VNC, and Gmote to just remotely control the mouse and keyboard, there both perfect....but thanks guys for PhoneMyPC and PocketCloud, will def check em out too!

Can these remote apps somehow be configured (i don't see how they could be) to wake up a sleeping computer? I am a firefighter so I am gone for twenty four hours and remote access would be really useful...
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+1 for LogMeIn Ignition. Use it all the time.

I've used phone my pc and wyse pocket cloud. They both have their pluses but I would say pocket cloud edges out phone my pc for better functionality. Although if you don't have ultimate or enterprise versions of windows you're pretty much stuck using phone my pc...

Best remote connection tool

Hi guys,
Could you recommend me a tool that would allow me to connect remotely to a pc?
I am interested in ease of usage, since DHD has no physical keyboard. Not much writing to do, just need to start some apps and check some logs once in a while.
Preferably it should connect using remote connection capability included in Win7, but if there are other tools that are better plese let me know.
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Try TeamViewer from http://www.teamviewer.com/. You'll have to have both one version installed on your computer, and the mobile app on your phone.

teamviewer works really great
i often use it for pc-pc connection..but android-pc is also damn nice
DN41

Thanks for the reply, i will give it a try.
Cheers,
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I use Pocketcloud to login on my server and pc. Using standard windows RDP on both XP and Win7. Haven't found any issues so far.
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An app to record what's happening on my screen

Has anyone developed an app that records everything that's happening on my screen? I have seen videos on youtubes of people showing off their phones and it looks like someone is recording just what's happening on the screen, not the phone it self. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction.
Thanks.
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I'm interested as well.
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It's done with ShootMe (root required).

Not to bash the app but shootme just takes screenshots at max 10 per second to make it a video. It doesn't work for what I'm trying to show.
Is there any app that can capture the device at at least 20-30FPS?
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This isn't exactly what you are after. but it might help you
You can install a VNC server on your phone from
the market and install some type of VNC viewer on your PC ,by doing that,
you can stream your phones screen to your PC and record it as a video
on your pc.

bahmanxda said:
This isn't exactly what you are after. but it might help you
You can install a VNC server on your phone from
the market and install some type of VNC viewer on your PC ,by doing that,
you can stream your phones screen to your PC and record it as a video
on your pc.
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This actually sounds great to me. I just don't know what VNC is. Do you know of a guide I can follow or can you make one? Sorry if its too much to ask?
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elracing21 said:
This actually sounds great to me. I just don't know what VNC is. Do you know of a guide I can follow or can you make one? Sorry if its too much to ask?
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It is actually very straight forward to setup.
All you need to do is :
Download and install droid VNC server on your phone from the market (free or paid)
and download a vnc client on your pc , if you are using Linux you can install
"gtk vnc viewer" or any other one ,they are many available. or if you are using
windows, download TightVNC from download.com (cnet) and install it on your pc
on your phone, open up the app and and press start server it will give you some sort of ip address ,
from your pc open the viewer (TightVNC is both viewer and server) type the address and hit connect.
and thats all there is to it . Obviously both your pc and your phone should be connected to a wireless network.

bahmanxda said:
It is actually very straight forward to setup.
All you need to do is :
Download and install droid VNC server on your phone from the market (free or paid)
and download a vnc client on your pc , if you are using Linux you can install
"gtk vnc viewer" or any other one ,they are many available. or if you are using
windows, download TightVNC from download.com (cnet) and install it on your pc
on your phone, open up the app and and press start server it will give you some sort of ip address ,
from your pc open the viewer (TightVNC is both viewer and server) type the address and hit connect.
and thats all there is to it . Obviously both your pc and your phone should be connected to a wireless network.
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Thanks man you have been more then helpful.
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elracing21 said:
Thanks man you have been more then helpful.
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So, has this been working? Sounds good to me too but haven't given it a try..
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An app to record what's happening on my screen

For me that VNC app was terribly slow. Wouldnt be useful for recording your screen.

It also depend on the client you are using on your pc
And your network speed too.
But yeah the video is not going to be as smooth as recording your desktop. Its basically like using remote desktop.
You can also do it the otherway around so you can control your pc from your phone.
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Any update at all on this? Any new apps around that do it properly?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ashot/
Works perfectly for me, note you must have the android SDK installed, and point the program to it on first run.

Use ShootMe and at the top were it shows 'A heartbeat monitor thing' click that and click screencast. This will allow you to make videos of whats going on on your screen.. +Rep if I helped.
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I had no idea ShootMe had a screencast option and I've been using it for over a year. Thanks so much. I've been using the android sdk and a program called [email protected], but ShootMe is a bit easier.

Ditamae said:
I had no idea ShootMe had a screencast option and I've been using it for over a year. Thanks so much. I've been using the android sdk and a program called [email protected], but ShootMe is a bit easier.
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Im so glad I helped you. If you need anything pm me, I can also teach you how to get any game from the Android Market for free using root access.
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Cannot find the shoot me you mention
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@bimzrus
Sent you a PM... I couldn't find it on the Market tonight either.

Hey man i want that app too!
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[Q] Any way to connect the note 2 to Linux PC

I am using Opensuse 11.4 for work and wondering if it is possible to connect my note 2 to the PC via cable.
I want to transfer file to and from the phone.
I installed the mtp tools but the PC still cannot recognize the phone.

You have to install gMTP do a search on Google for it. You might have to compile from source depending on what distro your running. Works great for me
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You could just install the Airdroid app on the phone and transfer files through any browser.
Thats what I do on my Mac for example.

Nice thing about gMTP is that you don't have to worry about slow upload speeds and getting flagged by some savy network admin that watches there local network. Plus it's faster when your transferring large files etc.
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Thanks for the reply, guys. I'll try gmtp. I have airandroid but it is too slow sometimes.

[Q] Is it possible to stream videos remotely?

I know it is fairly easy to stream videos from a PC while connected to the same network. How would one go about streaming files remotely if say I am at work by accessing the PC at home?
Sorry if this question has been asked before.
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itsmejson said:
I know it is fairly easy to stream videos from a PC while connected to the same network. How would one go about streaming files remotely if say I am at work by accessing the PC at home?
Sorry if this question has been asked before.
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I'm sure there are many ways to do this, this is how I do it:
1. Run Remote Potato Server on PC
2. Forward port 9080 on your router to your PC
3. Set up a stable name for your router on the internet using DynDNS.
4. Install Remote Media Center on your Android Device.
5. Follow set up instructions in Remote Media Center using your newly set up DynDNS site name as the streaming source
6. Wa f'n La!