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remote assistance app that controls android devices via windows?

i was wondering if theres anything such as windows-controlling-an-android remote assistance software?
reason why i ask this is because some people are not good with android and they keep asking me for help with it. instead of meeting them up in person I was wondering if its possible to control their android device from Windows?

get the android vnc app from the market

No results found... what's the app called exactly?

Isn't android-vnc something that controls your computer from your phone? Original post requests just the opposite: the ability to control someone's phone from his computer.

Teamviewer??

I any luck yet

I think the OP is looking for the opposite -- Remote support to control the Android device FROM a computer, not controlling a computer from Android
I'm looking for the same thing to help my family out. I currently use VNC and a custom script to do remote PC support.

Droid Explorer, but you need basic adb (android-sdk) installed, but it gives you full control of your phone. You can push apps, take screen shots, and everything inbetween

Search remote web desktop. There is a control addon that works very well, and all in a web interface. No adb necessary.
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jxs1984 said:
i was wondering if theres anything such as windows-controlling-an-android remote assistance software?
reason why i ask this is because some people are not good with android and they keep asking me for help with it. instead of meeting them up in person I was wondering if its possible to control their android device from Windows?
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Webkey. Although it might be too powerful for what you need...

You can try AirDroid.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sand.airdroid

Sorry guys, i have bought a tablet for the grandma, and tried to help her many times over phone conversation. She has now the basic skills to the tablet, but as you know the android can be very embarrassing and surprising...
I really need a remote assistance software WITHOUT any rooting and other miserable solutions: just simply install and use.
I feel myself as a victim of a fascist raping. Do you guys or do the manufacturers really think, to help for a 70 years old lady is an extreme requirement?
The tablet: prestigio pmp7070c, fantastic hardware with the looser android. The winmo 6 would be far more better than this miserable android.

https :// secure.logmeinrescue.com/ helpdesk/ mobilesupport/ overview.aspx
You'll have to piece the link together as I'm not yet allowed to post links on XDA.
It's not free. But this will work.

unlock CE 6.0 of Windows Phone 7? Is this will help?

Hi
I thought this may be useful to our gurus in development. I am sorry if it is wrong place to post.
Is this a way to unlock CE 6.0 of Windows Phone 7? This I have seen in endgadget. This brings the native CE explorer in Zune. can we use this to bring file explorer in WP7?
Links:
http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/download-openzdk-applications/54495-liberate-explorer-zune-hd.html
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/01/liberate-for-the-zune-hd-unlocks-hidden-windows-ce-potential/
Thanks,
Ravi

I can't find the source for that exact project (if you have a link, please post it), but I've spent a lot of time looking at the OpenZDK exploit source code, trying to adapt it to WP7.
There are a couple problems. The first is that you need to be able to install an app on the phone in order to get the exploit to work. Zune already allows you to install third-party apps, so the only problem they had was how to break out of the XNA/managed/C# jail. Then they can distribute the breakout as an executable, and anyone can run it. That won't work on WP7 because the only way to install a third-party app is if you have a developer license and the sourcecode. Or you can download it from the app store, but obviously Microsoft isn't going to allow exploits onto the store (they even have automated checking for the kind of exploit they have over at Zuneboards).
The second problem is even if you were able to run random apps on WP7, the exploit still wouldn't work. Microsoft has gotten a lot more serious about security on WP7, and they've closed off all the easy hacks like that (as far as I can tell, of course I'll keep looking). They didn't take security so seriously on WP7, and accidentally gave developers access to an unsafe memcpy(). In WP7 they have a much more robust security model, and closed that off. Which is sad.
I haven't been able to get pInvoke to work on WP7, or even use pointers. You can get the compiler to generate unsafe code, but the runtime on the phone crashes when it comes to any pointer. pInvoke might theoretically work, it's possible I've just been using it wrong, but I've tried a lot of different things and haven't gotten it to work.

Oh yeah, I found the announcement here:
http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/zu...-your-zune-new-version-includes-keyboard.html
Says it's built on openZDK, which means it is using the memcpy() exploit, and my last post wasn't completely off

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Oh yeah, I found the announcement here:
http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/zu...-your-zune-new-version-includes-keyboard.html
Says it's built on openZDK, which means it is using the memcpy() exploit, and my last post wasn't completely off
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I am really sorry, because most of the things you said, i'm not understanding, because I am not a professional developer or for that not even near to that area of coding (am a Pharmacist... my highest knoweldge is little HTML coding).
I am wondering is this will help in any way to access file system in WP7 and build an file explorer kind of app or can we install Totalchrom or resco file explorer kind of app??? using this can we enable bluetooth ftp or internet file download kind of options?
Thanks

lol ya, I guess I should have started with the executive summary. In short, my assessment is no, it doesn't help, because Windows Phone 7 is too different. I really wish it did help.

athompson said:
lol ya, I guess I should have started with the executive summary. In short, my assessment is no, it doesn't help, because Windows Phone 7 is too different. I really wish it did help.
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+1, unfortunately this won't help us at all.

[Q] Converting PC game to Xperia Play

Hello everyone. I was wondering if there is any way to convert the popular game, "I wanna be the guy" to the Xperia Play. Or for that matter, any Multimedia Fusion game. Since the game was made in Multimedia Fusion 2, and the source code was released, AND there is an option to export the game into android, it should be possible, right? If anyone knows how to do this, and will be willing to work on it with me, then please reply to this thread. Thank you.

The android export is only a placeholder-text at this point, it's still being worked on

Hmmm, well there is a java export. Maybe we could somehow import that into eclipse and then edit the buttons.

bballchace said:
Hmmm, well there is a java export. Maybe we could somehow import that into eclipse and then edit the buttons.
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Its nowhere near that simple. While Android programs are programmed in "Java" theres way more behind the scenes with libraries involved and other parts of the Android SDK.
It could be done, but it is a staggering amount of work.

Rogue Leader said:
Its nowhere near that simple. While Android programs are programmed in "Java" theres way more behind the scenes with libraries involved and other parts of the Android SDK.
It could be done, but it is a staggering amount of work.
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well, since thats basically out of the question, what if i got an html5 source code of a similar game that was made in gamemaker? would that be possible to port onto the Xperia Play? Sorry about me being such a noob, I am not familiar with the Android SDK, and only know C++

bballchace said:
well, since thats basically out of the question, what if i got an android export of a similar game that was made in gamemaker? would that be possible to port onto the Xperia Play? Sorry about me being such a newbie, I am not familiar with the Android SDK, and only know C++
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Creating a game using game maker will only give you the binaries not the source, you cant just use it to make an android or iOS game.
Honestly the easiest way to make a game for android would be to create it in flash and then put in in some kind of wrapper to make it launch natively. The proper way to make a game would be to learn how to create one using C++ which will probably take a good few months before you could even create something basic. It depends how fast you are at learning new things.
However if you are going to learn programming I highly recommend starting somewhere easier like VB or Java to at least understand the general concept of programming. (preferably VB is you are a total newbie)

bballchace said:
well, since thats basically out of the question, what if i got an html5 source code of a similar game that was made in gamemaker? would that be possible to port onto the Xperia Play? Sorry about me being such a noob, I am not familiar with the Android SDK, and only know C++
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That would be even more work than converting the Java program. There is no simple way to "Port" games from one platform to another unless there is an emulator (and they don't make PC emulators for Android, and even if they did it would probably run like ****).
Android games are programmed in Java, however the Android SDK has libraries to make it work for every possible function of an Android Phone. If you don't know Java, you won't get very far in making anything work on Android. There are also special libraries for the Xperia Play you will need to download and then program the code into the game to recognize the gamepad controls.
If you really want to do this I would go ahead and learn Java, make a few programs and then tackle the game. Its going to be quite the project, but you'll definitely learn a lot.

Android Emulator

Is there a Android Emulator?

anned20 said:
Is there a Android Emulator?
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I have heard that you can use an emulator to load the image files which come with eclipse. Sorry I don't have more details, but it is a start. Best

Okay, an Emulator for Android... Hm... On Windows or what?
You want to emulate your own apps on the PC? Then you should take a close look into Android SDK.
You want to use other apps? Then you need "bluestacks"... Just search for it and you'll be fine

Thanks i will look at it
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Blue stacks
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aukhan said:
Blue stacks
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... As I already said

anned20 said:
Is there a Android Emulator?
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i heard about device anyware , its not an emulator but the real deal controlled remotely .
maybe it'll be good for you

Yes.. There is !
anned20 said:
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Yes ... There is an Android Emulator. But what type of an emulator do you want ? ... That's a question you have to answer.
If You want an emulator to test android apps that you make:
Then you should use the Android Virtual Device emulator that comes with the Android SDK.
It allows you to test your app in different Android OS versions and screen sizes.
To know more on how to use it, CLICK HERE
If you want an emulator to simply run android apps and games on your Computer:
Then BlueStacks is the one for you. BlueStacks App Player lets you run apps from your phone fast and fullscreen on Windows and Mac.
It runs on Android 2.3 (i think). You can download it from the company website here - www.bluestacks.com

I would not recommend anyone use Bluestacks for an Emulator. It is sh!t.
Try Jar of Beans. It is an XDA developer build based on the SDK emulator and has great things like GL rendering, root access and is more functional and close to real device than currently what is offered as part of the SDK. You can at least test full rendered wallpapers without force closes and or total device failure i.e. shut down of your emulator.
The developer has it updated to 4.1.2 Android, but I am currently working on Updating it to 4.2.2. So far I have managed to port across a fair chunk of the Ouya gaming console as an emulator, however it doesn't run properly.
I have done some hacking in Windows and developed an application/ "add-on" that allows users a one click method for run the Android emulator in a RAM Disk (although it is very alpha, untested and not something I am going to upload just yet).
RAM disk performance is said to be approximately 50-100x faster than solid state drive, so the potential looks to be very promising! :victory:
Although my code is something else. Umm let me just say this, at execution or runtime there are no error checks in any steps of my code lol. Essentially my app in its current state assumes no errors. I am definitely not an idealist, and more so a pragmatist by nature, however due to lack size of code I had to make, lack of of time and surely extreme eagerness (to see its potential) on my behalf to view its potential managed to get it working.
All I can say is that it is fairly complex to set up and probably the reason why we have not seen or heard of it yet, so for me I wanted to build something that wouldn't mind boggle people at the thought.
I may write essay length posts, but I am not all about essay length tutorials. I would rather make something that puts the essay into code and actions that is simple for people to use.
My goal is to have fully working interface for people who want to run Android on Windows that has all of its functions. I also want to have a testbed of an emulated console to allow people to run accelerated Android game play with full rendering support on Windows. This requires full bluetooth emulation to allow for game controllers to connect to the virtual android device. Something not yet working. It is available on some developer X86 builds but is that is a lucky dip and will require you a sh!t tin of work to configure.
You can try the VirtualBox builds of GENYMOTION (previously known as AndroVM) that i can get to boot maybe 1 out of every 10 attempts. If you change any setting inside the VM via their claimed app forget about it, delete the VM and start again.
Link to a Wallpaper showing full GL Rendering
http://goo.gl/OEnLF
More info here in thread
20/01/2013 Jar of Beans - Android Emulator Portable x86 - BETA 4.9.3
More info on my concepts here in same thread
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ye i would do a google search for emulators as bluestacks is not a very good one, in my game i wont render some thing correctly or at all leaving ether nothing there or a black.

Now Bluestacks released new version. It is work perfectly

If you're primarily interested in gaming, I'd suggest considering LeapDroid. There is no subscription or monthly fee, and the emulator has been optimized for gaming
http://leapdroid.com/
Key features include:
- key mapping
- multiple instances, (two emulators side by side)
- very, very fast start up speed
- you can use your google play account
- painless installation

my favorite is Genymotion

there is clearly a need for such product hope one day somebody will create it

Thanks for all the answers.

[Q] ios app on nexus 7

So I swear I tried searching for this and looking through similar threads, but I've had no luck. I just bought a Nexus 7 tablet, and I use an android phone too. I greatly prefer android to ios, so I don't want to just get an ipad. But there is 1 app, only one, that I want that is only available on ios, so I'm stuck asking questions. I'm willing to root my device, or dual boot ios and android if I need to. I don't know if that's possible. Like I said, I tried searching for these answers first, but I'm not that experienced with mobile platforms so I wasn't able to figure it out. So basically, I just need to run a single ios app on android, or I need to find a way to boot ios on android, or I need to dual boot both OS on the tablet. And I don't know how to do any of those or if they are possible. The app I need is the Hero Lab Pathfinder Character Sheet app (the forums won't let new users post links).
If anyone can give any help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

It's not really possible. Since iOS is closed source, I don't think anyone has ever managed to dual boot it on an Android phone or run it in an Android device. Since iOS is a completely different OS platform, I don't think anyone has ever managed to get iOS apps running on an Android device. Your best bet is probably to try to convince the developer of your app to make one for Android.

Thanks. I feared that was the case. But it's good to get a straight answer. And yeah, I've contacted the developer already. They said they are working on it, but it's a low priority project and it could be up to a year before we hear about it.

Okay, new question then. What about emulating a Windows OS? Something small like WXP?

I think you could RDP or VNC into a Windows box or emulate a Linux box (or Splashtop or Teamviewer or whatever). I don't know of a way to emulate a Windows box.