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I'm in IT and plan on most likely getting a Captivate from work for my job. I will be using VPN to connect to my work network (ipsec) and then using a remote desktop app to support people remotly when I am not in front of a computer. (No WiFi at work)
I currently have an iPhone 4 as a personal phone, and I know that I can use the logmein app to connect to computers and use the phone at the same time. I'm assuming I can do this on the captivate also. I was hoping to get the fascinate for the flash, and the fact that Verizon works much better at one of my remote offices, but the fascinate will not be able to do voice + data at the same time right? Also from what I read it has less RAM available.
Does anyone else work in IT and use this phone? What are your experiences with it as far as helping you on the job?
1) ass-u-me : but, in this case, you're correct https://secure.logmein.com/welcome/...oid&campaign=us&destination=/welcome/android/
2) It is likely that the VZW will not be able to do both transmissions at once, based on network type, but since I don't have VZ, or access to a fascinate.. ICSFS
3) Does Verizon really work that much better (actual experience) or is it just what the bars on the phone say... don't trust the bar display as an accurate detail.
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I'm in IT and plan on most likely getting a Captivate from work for my job. I will be using VPN to connect to my work network (ipsec) and then using a remote desktop app to support people remotly when I am not in front of a computer. (No WiFi at work)
I currently have an iPhone 4 as a personal phone, and I know that I can use the logmein app to connect to computers and use the phone at the same time. I'm assuming I can do this on the captivate also. I was hoping to get the fascinate for the flash, and the fact that Verizon works much better at one of my remote offices, but the fascinate will not be able to do voice + data at the same time right? Also from what I read it has less RAM available.
Does anyone else work in IT and use this phone? What are your experiences with it as far as helping you on the job?
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I can give you some incite in the IT category. I maintain multiple networks with the company I work for, and there are a handful of apps on the market place that act as an RDP connection for logging on to servers and whatnot with a FQDN (Which I'm sure would work with the IP, but haven't personally tried it). Of course, if you use listen/forward on certain ports, you can get into those as well. My company uses a program that utilizes an instance of VNC to manage the workstations. I haven't had the time to sit down and try to crack that one yet, but I'm sure it could be done somehow. Our company just made the switch over to Google Apps hosted email so I've never used Exchange with it, but I've heard it works just fine.
I'm thinking here........
Ah yes, we all use Outlook. Calendar invitations import right into Google calendar perfectly. Contacts/email can be synced using Samsung Kies, but only with the default TouchWiz launcher, which I do not prefer. Dropbox works perfectly, yay!
Off the top of my head that's all I can think of. If you have any questions regarding certain areas, please let me know, and I'll give you as much info as I have.
* Oh, and I can confirm, Verizon does not support Voice+Data at the same time. My buddy has a DROID X and he can't even get an email while on a call, much less have an RDP session going.
Here's my IT experience. I personally think the stock email has issues. Everything works fine except for 2 things:
1. Emails are not instant. I thought I had a bad phone, swapped it, and no improvement. With any other phone I had previously owned (iPhone 3g, HTC Fuze, Blackjack II), emails would always arrive at the same time or even before Outlook would get them. Now I get anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minute delay.
2. No NTLM support. Even with an iPhone I can connect to local wireless using Safari and use my domain authentication to access our intranet. I have yet to find a way to negotiate windows authentication on this android. I hear that mozilla is putting out a mobile browser (Fennec I believe) that may support it. Or hopefully 2.2 will add this functionality.
There are clients for RDP and even a couple for VNC. I installed one for VNC but never used it. I used WYSE RDP and love it.
Other than those 2 issues,i love it. I haven't tried setting up the VPN yet (pointless to me without NTLM), but that's all I'm missing.
I wish I had a tab or phone that I could install something like an admin tool pack on that would give me Active Directory tools on the go (besides the obvious RDP to a server). Maybe I'll have to wait for a windows phone 7 tablet........unless someone knows something I don't, I'd loved to hear some good news.
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I am in IT as well and find this to be leaps and bounds better when coming from blackberry 9700
I use remote rdp and logmein ignition. I have direct push with exchange 2007 and the Gal is supported.
One complaint i have is with the email client. If you have rules setup to automatically sort mail without it being read, gl finding it on the phone. I had to turn all rules off and have everything delivered to the inbox.
Other then that i can pretty much do everything i think except dell drac console. But i hardly ever need to use those and if i did, i got bigger problems and should whip out the laptop.
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I'll second what was said here, as a server admin, my phone is indispensable. I use VNC and RDP all the time, leave my home computer signed into VPN(it's a work provided laptop that has port 3389 forwarded) and just RDP into that, and then use it on my work domain. Or use the mobile AP functionality with a netbook running 7 Enterprise w/ VPN. No worrying about hotspot locations.
Exchange works great for me on it, no issues with active sync on E2k7. I do kind of wish we had an OCS 2007 R2 compliant messaging app for it. That's about all I could really use that isn't already available.
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1. Emails are not instant. I thought I had a bad phone, swapped it, and no improvement. With any other phone I had previously owned (iPhone 3g, HTC Fuze, Blackjack II), emails would always arrive at the same time or even before Outlook would get them. Now I get anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minute delay.
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For me, ActiveSync to the Captivate is as fast as my BlackBerry 9700 using BES which is pretty darn fast! Now if only the email client worked with all my sub-folders and allowed me to move emails, etc., I'd be happy.
Search for issues with IMAP and Exchange accounts on the ANDROID platform. I've personally had my IMAP and Exchange email accounts disappear from my phone completely, 3 times in the last month.
This is a know issue across all the Android phones and a problem that is still present in Froyo, kinda disappointing that Google can't get their act together and fix this MAJOR issue.....
There are great email replacement apps out there that solve the problem. The best replacement in my opinion at least is K9. I wouldn't use the version in the Market as it's a few versions old but the latest releases can be found on the googlecode page.
Replacement Apps???
I never needed a replacement app on my BlackBerry or Iphone so I could receive email? That to me is just plain absurd and unacceptable.
Josh K. said:
Replacement Apps???
I never needed a replacement app on my BlackBerry or Iphone so I could receive email? That to me is just plain absurd and unacceptable.
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Android is in its infancy. How many version of windows mobile where there before you got activesync direct push access? Did you have exchange support on the original iphone?
Clearly anyone with a brain can see that the android platform is the most open platform today and compared to all others is more like an actual computer then just a phone.
I came from a blackberry and I hate to admit that I was a fanboy for the last 5 years or so... But after going android, the blackberry is the biggest pos and I give RIM 2 years before they become PALM.
The fact that you can run a 3rd party app that can handle your email, your phone or your sms functionality is amazing. However hard developers try to make a one size fits all... it may work for majority, but not all.
I have had zero issue with android and exchange activesync. My accounts don't disappear. Maybe you should take a look at your environment and see what is going on behind the scenes on your mail server or probably at your crappy anti-spam filter. I got emails instantly on my captivate before i get them on my computer, just like my blackberry did.
Yeah, must be my filters causing the account settings to be wiped from my phone on multiple accounts instantaneously....
Come on dude?
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4866
Kinda hard to make progress on a platform when your preventing the corporate world from adopting due to serious issues with non Gmail accounts?
I'm a Sr. Sys admin and my experience using the captivate on the job has been great. By connecting to our wpa2 enterprise I've SSH'd into routers and switches using Better Terminal (BTEP SSH Client). It's great not having to drag a laptop and a rollover cable into a server room while working with a switch. I've used the WYSE's beta client which supports RDP, VNC and VM View. I'm also a big fan of Astro file manager which has an add-on for connecting to SMB shares. We've also setup a Rove Mobile Admin server. it's an SSL encrypted publicly accessible server which utilizes an android app from which i can manage everything from BES, to SQL, to Exchange, to AD. Its an expensive license but very very well worth it. and while i do think the stock active sync client is usable i've found that TouchDown offers a much more advanced product complete with meeting invites and GAL support. Again, this is a great phone for for IT work!
Hmmm, I just wonder what is different about the heartbeat to Exchange with Android than it is with every other phone. I agree it could be some mysterious setting that needs adjusted on Exchange, but I'll probably worry about it after we upgrade from 03 to 07.
Doesn't matter......phone rocks.
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i am a sytems and network admin, droid x with and touchdown and logmein has never failed me. wifi teathering with a laptop is great too.
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Just wondering if there is an app out there that will allow me to connect to youtube or pandora cause my work's wifi blocks the use of these apps. I currently work at The Home Depot on the freight team and we are allowed to listen to music after the store closes as we put away new freight.
Home Depot is now putting wifi into all of their stores but the downside is apps like youtube and pandora are blocked and also their websites are blocked so we cannot access them.
Just need an app that will connect me to a proxy or someway get around these blocks while on wifi.
depends on how it's blocked, if it is blocking the IP itself, then you will have to proxy or something, and it it's just blocking by DNS, all you need is a manual hosts entry.
Google has free DNS servers u can use.
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If your phone is rooted you can probably use tor to get around it.
why not just use 3G?
JamesR913 said:
why not just use 3G?
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Would prefer not to use my data if possible their wifi is also much faster
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Id suggest putting the damn phone down and doing your damn job...
designgears said:
Id suggest putting the damn phone down and doing your damn job...
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Bahahahahaha
designgears said:
Id suggest putting the damn phone down and doing your damn job...
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i thought about that but it doesnt seem to happen that much when you are in love with this phone lol
You can try using orbot. itll run your phone through the TOr network which has always been good and worked well with my schools wifi! you need to be on 2.1 though, i hear there are isssues with 2.2
http://www.torproject.org/docs/android.html.en
You can use the advanced settings on your wifi connection to enter your proxy of choice. You could set up your own proxy at home using several scripts and what not found across the web.
I would link you to some, but as an IT Consultant, I hate when people try to circumvent my settings to keep all the users safe, even if it's something that won't cause problems and in this case most likely they do it as they have low amounts of bandwith and 2 or more people streaming youtube music or pandora could bring the network to a halt for other users.
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What is the best VPN? I would prefer free but willing to pay.
Will be using this on OS X at school because a simple https proxy won't work.
Should I make my own using my internet at home or can I use my web server to do what I need?
try hotspotshield
I use OpenVPN. Easy to deploy (especially if you are running a VM) and some ROMs have OpenVPN connections native (i.e. Cyanogen).
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I am using ( purevpn.com ) service for almost a year now and have found no problems whatsoever.
I used SwitchVPN, they had Open VPN for only 7.95$ a month, so it's a great deal. Fast, no problems, and not laggy in games.
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I am wondering if anyone is using their Nook for business. I found a great case that is very professional looking and now using it for work. I keep my pro articles and docs I need to read/review in meetings on it. I just send them up via dropbox from my computer and then download them. I rooted my nook so I could use Kindle and Nook books - have lots of business book on Kindle previously.
I was using productivity apps on my phone but now use them on nook as the screen is better. The following apps are used daily: Astrid, Pure Messenger, gmail, email for exchange, reading apps including Kindle, Nook and Zinio. I also use Pulse and Audible. I am also using ThinkingSpace as my mindmapping software - I have it synced with Mind Meister.
The only downside is not having 3g on the Nook.
What or how are others using Nook for work?
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I am wondering if anyone is using their Nook for business. I found a great case that is very professional looking and now using it for work. I keep my pro articles and docs I need to read/review in meetings on it. I just send them up via dropbox from my computer and then download them. I rooted my nook so I could use Kindle and Nook books - have lots of business book on Kindle previously.
I was using productivity apps on my phone but now use them on nook as the screen is better. The following apps are used daily: Astrid, Pure Messenger, gmail, email for exchange, reading apps including Kindle, Nook and Zinio. I also use Pulse and Audible. I am also using ThinkingSpace as my mindmapping software - I have it synced with Mind Meister.
The only downside is not having 3g on the Nook.
What or how are others using Nook for work?
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I use mine a bit, with a few device caveats, and a few work-releated caveats..
We use Google Apps at work, although it's behind a Single Sign On so I can't directly sync against it but I copy events to my personal calendar, which I can sync, so all good there So I use several apps to keep up to date on my 3-4 meetings a day, primarily Widget Locker with Android Agenda Widget in it so I can quickly glance at where I'm going next. Touch Calendar is great to quickly see what's going on this week.
I have my work GMail up in Dolphin HD all of the time, works pretty good although Dolphin itself has the "scroll up/sideways" to do different things utility and sometimes I wind up doing that instead of something I intended to do in GMail itself, but it's not a big deal.
I use SpringPad to track my todo's and my 'waiting for's and I primarily input them on the computer but I can look at them, or input them, at any time using the SpringPad app.
I also use DropBox for some documents, but most of what I look at is deemed confidential so I have to be careful there. GPG/APG can help there to encrypt files.
I use EzPDF and Documents to Go to review documents, which works out pretty well in most cases. I have a pad of paper and the tablet and I can go anywhere if I need to review something. I share an office and my officemate is quiet, but it's nice to be able to go out to the courtyard at work and sit outside and do work.
For some reasons I can get into Google Talk directly, even though I can't sync my overall Google account from the tablet directly, so I use that for work IM'ing when I'm mobile.
There's many times I have to go to a lab in order to sit down with some hardware I need to work with and instead of dragging out my laptop along with me I just keep up to date on email and work IM's on the tablet.
The couple of Android caveats I have are poor WPA2 Enterprise support, but that at least can be worked around using the Wifi Advanced Config Editor in the market, which is brilliant and works great.
The other, which is more difficult to work around, is no global proxy support. At work I can't do anything externally, INCLUDING Gmail, without going through a proxy. To work around this I have set up a secure AP in my office connected to a CentOS box which transparently proxies me through the work proxies. Opera, and maybe a few other browswers, can also set up a proxy but I'd have to set/unset it all of the time.
If work would allow us to access GMail without the proxy, that'd help out a lot there. But it doesn't help the next issue... Syncing my Google Account I can't do at work at all; can't proxy that. I have to tether to the phone in order to do that, which sucks.. So if I have a meeting that's happened today or a change today, I usually wind up pulling out the phone to look instead of the tablet.
I have tried to use my nook in various work related occasions, but it always seems to fit in less smoothly than its Apple counterpart.
The people that I work with that use iPads usually get that instant credibility that takes some effort to justify when using the Nook. Almost as if most people assume it to be some sort of gaming device or something less capable of getting things done. Like op I have been looking for a case/cover that can help to achieve a more professional look to help fight this stigma.
When I was working in Retail, I would often use my Nook to look up items online that were not available in store as our network did not allow any connections to the web. It has probably paid for itself in the commissions it got from using this method.
These are some great tips. I forgot to mention that I use Evernote. Like Springpad it is great for saving pages and articles into organized notebooks. Very handy.
Does anyone use their phone as a mobile hotspot to wirelessly tether the nook when no other wifi is available? I am not sure how to do all that "proxy" stuff but I will do some research on it.
Are you running the stock os or a rom? I just got my Nook Friday for work use instead of a 10 tablet.
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i would LOVE to use my nook, especially in meetings. but as an architect, there is not a revit/navisworks/bim program. there is the cad program, but i would rather use the pdf's for the project, unless i need an 'on the fly measurement', then the dwg would be helpful. though i havent attempted to access the network at the office yet, since the wifi is outside the firewall.
I can't get my Nook on a private network the way other people are able to get their iPads. The current problem is the proxy servers - (I work for a very large mulitnational with a 2-letter abriviation..)
I miss a camera
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Are you running the stock os or a rom? I just got my Nook Friday for work use instead of a 10 tablet.
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with the rooted ROM. You cent get all the marke apps listed above doing so. Some are available but not all.
An app to try for those on Microsoft Corporate Exchanges using Microsoft Communicator is the AndrOCS Beta.
It is beta but worked (but did FC once on me) when my laptop was getting rebuilt for Windows 7.
IM is very useful for internal communications.
I mainly use my Nook for reading/reference only at the moment (although have calendar, and todo). SpringPad has also been very useful as a reference store for me as well.
Thanks. I rooted today, but I am having trouble with the Market. I am reading thought the root posting now. Thanks again.
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I've had some success using it at work (and at home for work). In addition to the usual; evernote, k-9, gmail, imo for messaging, the one I've found surprisingly useful is ConnectBot, an SSH client, and androidVNC. I'll use these two to connect to clusters or my main desktop and start / stop / check on jobs. I will admit, VNC on the nook is a bit of a pain (I don't have a keyboard or mouse), but for starting analysis programs that are already written it's passable.
My current dream is a method of syncing the output to the projector, so I can give quick update presentations on the nook.
Also, thanks for the tips on the PDF readers, I may get that EzPDF, I've been looking for one that does annotations well.
So, I've been drooling over the nice features of the Nexus 7: the high resolution IPS panel, the quad core processor, and so on. It looks like a wonderful platform and implementation (all manufacturing issues notwithstanding).
What had been holding me back is the lack of an SD card slot, which seemed like a dumb thing to leave off. Being limited to 8GB of storage, and having to use the "cloud" on the go seemed inconvenient, and could get expensive tethering through my cell phone.
Then, it dawned on me. Since I was tethering through my (rooted, thanks to hack-ace!) HTC Inspire 4G, I could just install a Samba server on the phone, and that would give me the ability to get at my SD cards from the Nexus.
Couple of questions - Samba seems like just one solution. I'd like to know if there are other file sharing solutions that would work over the WLAN. Particularly, I'm interested in either permanently mounting the samba share on the Nexus, or doing something else that makes access to the files on my phone as seamless as possible to the Nexus.
I'd love to hear some ideas from others who have done stuff like this.
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So, I've been drooling over the nice features of the Nexus 7: the high resolution IPS panel, the quad core processor, and so on. It looks like a wonderful platform and implementation (all manufacturing issues notwithstanding).
What had been holding me back is the lack of an SD card slot, which seemed like a dumb thing to leave off. Being limited to 8GB of storage, and having to use the "cloud" on the go seemed inconvenient, and could get expensive tethering through my cell phone.
Then, it dawned on me. Since I was tethering through my (rooted, thanks to hack-ace!) HTC Inspire 4G, I could just install a Samba server on the phone, and that would give me the ability to get at my SD cards from the Nexus.
Couple of questions - Samba seems like just one solution. I'd like to know if there are other file sharing solutions that would work over the WLAN. Particularly, I'm interested in either permanently mounting the samba share on the Nexus, or doing something else that makes access to the files on my phone as seamless as possible to the Nexus.
I'd love to hear some ideas from others who have done stuff like this.
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I would be interested to see if you have any joy with this!
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I tether my Nexus 7 to my phone and use Google Drive and DropBox. Both are free. With DropBox if you invite your friends to use it and they sign up you get an extra 0.5 GB of space for each person.
I knew right away that I would get the 16gb version to hold more stuff on when traveling via plane. Also, there are many posts about this issue which is probably why you only have 2 responses.
People beat this topic to death. Return it and get a 16gb it's only $50. If you think $50 is too much divide the $50 by your starbucks coffee your packet of cigs, beer, and just cut back that many and you will have enough saved up.
Though not as fancy but... I installed Audiogalaxy on my PC and Tablet and can now access my 10,000+ song collection without having to take up space.
My goal will be to setup a small multimedia server at home with spare parts to stream movies and music.
Please keep us informed on your plans, sounds interesting.
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I tether my Nexus 7 to my phone and use Google Drive and DropBox. Both are free. With DropBox if you invite your friends to use it and they sign up you get an extra 0.5 GB of space for each person.
I knew right away that I would get the 16gb version to hold more stuff on when traveling via plane. Also, there are many posts about this issue which is probably why you only have 2 responses.
People beat this topic to death. Return it and get a 16gb it's only $50. If you think $50 is too much divide the $50 by your starbucks coffee your packet of cigs, beer, and just cut back that many and you will have enough saved up.
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The topic of directly accessing files on your phone from your n7 has been beaten to death?
This is probably only the second time I've seen it mentioned.
OP: Download an app called "on air" to your phone and you can access it via ftp. Only problem is you need to have a network to connect to. There might be other apps that allow an ad hoc connection though.
for me the 8 gb is enough i just use the tablet at home to read forums, news, etc... i am not a heave tablet user, i am just lazy to turn the computer on...
maybe for the heavy travel user, 8gb is just not enough..
internet? not problem... rooted 4g lte phone with unlimited dat..i just turn the hot spot on and problem solve...
i am happy with the tablet..
Found this on another site, could probably substitute the PC step and use AndFTP on your N7 to connect to your phone.
Prep
1. Root phone
2. Install Barnacle Wifi Tether app for Android to create ad-hoc wifi host. I believe it modifies an .ini file to allow for ad-hoc goodness and saves us the trouble of changing it via script or command line.
3. Install SSHDroid app for Android (or use the connection method dejour)
4. Install WinSCP or PuTTy or another connection client for Windows PC
Android Setup
5. Start up Barnacle WiFi Tether, allow SU / root access
6. Go to Settings, slide down to Clients sub-menu and check the box for Local Mode (this turns off your data connection - don't need it for what we are doing)
7. Hit your home key to leave Barnacle WiFi running in the background and to keep that scary a$$ orange cyclops squid in your notification area
8. Start up SSHDroid
9. Go to Options and uncheck Require WiFi, back out of menu one page
10. If SSHDroid service has stopped, bring up the menu again and click Start
PC Setup
11. In your WiFi connection service, connect to the ad-hoc network with the SSID 'barnacle'
12. Start WinSCP
13. In the Session box, under Host name, enter the IP address shown in SSHDroid. SSHDroid will show sftp://[email protected], just enter the part after the @ sign.
14. If you are prompted for a user name and password, the defaults are root and admin (recommend changing this, and using secure keys, but that's your call)
15. You'll see a windows explorer or (my preference) windows commander interface on your PC showing the contents of your Android.
Just use WiFi explorer. Same thing. WiFi tether your tablet to your phone, then pull up a browser. Super easy and just works.
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Yes I agree chec out air droid and WiFi explorer. And then of course I'm sure you already know about using a USB external hard drive or flash drive with an adapter as OTG.
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yup
using these 2 software for access too
i must say air droid has been a great experience
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Thanks for all of the suggestions everyone.
I'm most interested in semi-permanently mounting the SD card in my phone via either samba or other protocol, so that the Nexus will just see it as local storage and all of the native apps will treat it as such. Once my Nexus (Nexii, now) show up, I will try a few things and follow up on this thread.
I am sure that once the Nexus is rooted there is a way to samba mount network shares easily.
Okay, so I have had almost 24 hours to play with my new 7, and have it rooted and unlocked and all that.
I'm able to stream media files from my phone or home server to the tablet, but have yet to figure out how to actually mount a samba filesystem on the tablet so that the native apps will catalog and index their contents, which is the ideal case. I don't want to use Play for my online stuff and another app for Samba served media. I just want to use the native apps for everything. The only way I see to do that is to actually mount the share on the filesystem.
Apparently the stock kernel does not support the CIFS filesystem, so I'll have to find a custom kernel or ROM to load.
Overall though I love the tablet so far
My plan once I get my 8GB tablet is to put music, videos, and additional app data (if possible) on a flash drive (that I'm hoping is compatible), and apps on the tablet itself.
You could try something like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbizCRQmnCE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I'm running a Linux server at home that does 101 different things. I set it up to do two additional tasks recently.
1 - I installed Subsonic on my server and donated a few bucks (10-15 or so) to unlock the full mobile license. Since I already have DDNS running on my server, I just set up the Subsonic Android app to point to my specific URL. I can now stream all of my music just fine. Even with my mediocre DSL, it doesn't really give me any trouble.
2 - I installed ownCloud on my server. This basically gives you Dropbox... but on your own server. They have an app for it, but you have to go on ownCloud's web site for right now to download it. This essentially gives me my own personal cloud server, limited only by your server's hard drive space. I'm currently running a 500GB array, with about 300GB free.
300GB personal cloud? On my own server? I'll take it. This should be even more fun when I do a 6TB RAID 5 coming up... that'll make Dropbox's 2GB or 5GB or whatever they have look like peanuts. Of course, having your own server (if you don't have one already) costs money to put together, but I already had my server running as it also saves video surveillance feeds (via software known as "Motion" on Linux) from IP cameras on my property, and it also stores all of the backups for my other systems and my fiance's laptop as well. So for me in particular, installing some software on an existing box to achieve a ~300GB personal cloud/personal music streaming box was a total win. :good:
JaSauders said:
I'm running a Linux server at home that does 101 different things. I set it up to do two additional tasks recently.
1 - I installed Subsonic on my server and donated a few bucks (10-15 or so) to unlock the full mobile license. Since I already have DDNS running on my server, I just set up the Subsonic Android app to point to my specific URL. I can now stream all of my music just fine. Even with my mediocre DSL, it doesn't really give me any trouble.
2 - I installed ownCloud on my server. This basically gives you Dropbox... but on your own server. They have an app for it, but you have to go on ownCloud's web site for right now to download it. This essentially gives me my own personal cloud server, limited only by your server's hard drive space. I'm currently running a 500GB array, with about 300GB free.
300GB personal cloud? On my own server? I'll take it. This should be even more fun when I do a 6TB RAID 5 coming up... that'll make Dropbox's 2GB or 5GB or whatever they have look like peanuts. Of course, having your own server (if you don't have one already) costs money to put together, but I already had my server running as it also saves video surveillance feeds (via software known as "Motion" on Linux) from IP cameras on my property, and it also stores all of the backups for my other systems and my fiance's laptop as well. So for me in particular, installing some software on an existing box to achieve a ~300GB personal cloud/personal music streaming box was a total win. :good:
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Mindblowing :laugh: How much did it cost you?
Surfy89 said:
Mindblowing :laugh: How much did it cost you?
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Er - that's a little difficult to say. The "server" in question is my old desktop I used as my main computer, so it didn't really cost me anything as I already had it sitting around. When I ran it as my primary desktop, I was running a simple Dell box as my server, which has a Pentium Dual Core of some sort with 2GB of RAM. It did the job fine and I had no complaints with it. When I built a new desktop, I hooked up the Dell box and my previous quad core desktop to a watt meter. I saw that my quad core desktop consumed quite a few less watts, so I figured for a 24/7/365 box I'd rather have that... not to mention it was more powerful than the Dell anyway, which is always welcome.
So now the quad core is my server, the newer one is my main desktop, and the Dell is a test system I use for various projects here and there. But to answer your question (as inaccurate as it may be by 2012 standards), the server ran me about $550 (custom build) back in 2008. For a music/personal cloud server, I'm not convinced you would need a mammoth box, but I also don't know the nitty gritty details of what Subsonic does in the background. I'd be a little uneasy about dropping an Intel Atom system in place to handle these tasks, but I don't think I'd be getting an 8 core AMD rig either.
My setup is similar, but just a shade different. I have a VMWare server running an IPCop VM that supports OpenVPN, the client of which works fine on the N7. Connecting into my home network from anywhere is pretty trivial. The SSHFS looks interesting, but is going to add another layer of encryption and overhead that may or may not be an issue, but in either case is unnecessary. The server runs in another VM and hosts 10TB of storage.
Anyway, my solution might end up being the native XBMC app they're working on, since it has a built-in samba browser. I installed the alpha and I can indeed access all my stuff over the cellular network and VPN. Once they get the bugs worked out, I think that's going to be the winner, because to me XBMC is a suitable substitute for the native apps.
As other people mentioned a local FTP server on your phone would be best or just use NFS (Linux's default network sharing protocol) if it's even supported by Android.