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Android VNC

A very good vnc solution that is *actually* useable....It's beyond me as to why this isnt on the market (maybe its the $25?)
Play around with it...its quite fun...

Where's the link?
Is this it: http://code.google.com/p/android-vnc-viewer/ ?

Android VNC Viewer
So last night i saw a post on googles own vnc viewer which is coded to work on the g1 and the android emulator.
Well, I forwarded my ports correctly and setup my server accordingly. I am using TightVNC as well as UltraVNC at seperate times.
I am able to establish a connection through all services on my g1, (3g edge and wifi). Only when I arrive on the connection
I am greeted with only a black screen. I switch to mouse control on my g1 by pressing trackball and can see me moving the pc mouse from my g1.
So my connection is working flawlessly but my only error is that i cant see anything on my g1.
Is there a special mirror driver i must install??? somebody please help me for i use remote desktop as a part of everyday life

Latest androidVNC viewer
As long as none of these are shown as released on http://code.google.com/p/android-vnc-viewer/ I'll keep compiling and placing them here. I'll edit this post with the current latest so it's easy for everyone to download without spending the time getting eclipse up and working.
r17 allows saving of multiple servers for quick-connect profiles.
I do not know if you need to uninstall the previous version before installing this one. I always uninstall before installing the new one with a project that changes as much as this one has recently.

Thanks buddy!

Thanks so much! I hope this app gets the development it deserves. This, and an rDesktop app are needed badly!

ultimind said:
This, and an rDesktop app are needed badly!
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So I am not the only one who thinks this!

Android-VNC Viewer Compile?
How do I go about compiling the source code for the Android-VNC Viewer located at (http://code.google.com/p/android-vnc-viewer/).
I looked around and seen a post that said I would have to compile it on linux / mac... I do have Ubuntu setup on this machine as a separate OS but I'd rather not boot into Linux just to do that...
Anyone run native Linux that can compile the APK and add a link? If not then I will as long as I know how

just download the apk they have for download and use that.

The APK that is on there is far outdated compared to where the project currently is. For instance, there is a post that links r17's release on it which allows you to save settings, change color mode and a few other nice features... The current build is up to r28 now so I'm sure better support and newer features were added since then.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3199765#post3199765
I think that build is only a few days old.

r31 is now the latest and the developers have released it directly:
http://android-vnc-viewer.googlecode.com/files/androidVNC_build090125.apk
They compiled it this time around so I didn't have to

Thank you! Cant wait to try it. =)

Hmmm, I tried the linked apk and it won't install. The older version still works.
I checked out the trunk but it is the same as the previous release.
I checked out the antlersoft branch but it doesn't compile: package com.antlersoft.android.dbimpl does not exist
Has anyone else tried the latest version apk or compiling?

I've tried it, and it won't connect for me. However, I haven't tried any previous versions, so I may have it set up incorrectly.
The R17 build won't work for me, so chalk it up to that. Or my stupidity.

Well I downloaded it to my laptop and then installed via adb and it worked.
Usually I download with steel and install from the sdcard. But that didn't work this time for some reason. (new JF1.41 or new vnc or user error?)

This wouldn't install for me from the sd card. Any ideas?

Yeah it wont install for me either, I tried both AppsInstaller from SDcard and adb - neither were successful... I noticed the build is now at 33, any chance we can get someone to compile it? Maybe the issue was fixed but not repacked?

There's an "official" build/apk out on http://code.google.com/p/android-vnc-viewer/. The filename calls is 090125 which, I assume, means January 25th I downloaded it and tried to install it from my phone (not via adb) and it failed to install for me (BTW, so does the -17 version in the first post). Could be that the key is installing via adb, I don't know. I'll try it later when I have a chance but I thought everyone owuld be interested in the update.

I reported this as an issue on the project, however after fully uninstalling the previous app and downloading the file directly from my G1 it installed successfully. I did not use the SDcard / AppsInstaller or ADB - I just used the traditional method of going to the site on my phone and installing it from there, after I uninstalled the previous version.
Hopefully this works for you guys as well.

cifs module for 3.1.10-g52027f9

================================(updated 25/07/2012)
recompile new cifs.ko based on code from linux kernel 3.2.1 (with asynchronous read support).
there is 2 extra function needed in part of the kernel (which is not in the current 3.1.10 kernel).
however that doesn't stop it from working.
i am not sure under what conditions those 2 function will be called. when its being called, it might give error.
apart from that, initial test shows promising result. doubled the read speed.
please test.
do note. YMMV
new cifs.ko has a md5sum of
280303e69a92cd56f180956c838edbbd
in
cifs-async.zip
thanks.
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updated,
i have re-compile a new cifs.ko with modified larger rsize, hopefully will have better read performance,
give it a try.
note: it appears that your NFS server needs to have support as well. so check out if you can set it to a bigger send buffer to have a faster read speed.
the md5sum for the new cifs.ko is
7a235de92c855b2933402dd1c62610fe
in
cifs_rsize_128k.zip
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(require root to work).
i have created cifs module for the new 4.1.1 kernel for nexus 7
3.1.10-g52027f9
use this in conjunction with cifs manager
both
md4.ko and cifs.ko must be loaded to work.
as for the native language support (nls_utf8.ko), its down to yourself.
to use it,
under cifsmanager (when creating a new share)
set options "iocharset=utf8"
have fun streaming video!!!

qwerp_ said:
(require root to work).
i have created cifs module for the new 4.1.1 kernel for nexus 7
3.1.10-g52027f9
use this in conjunction with cifs manager
both
md4.ko and cifs.ko must be loaded to work.
as for the native language support (nls_utf8.ko), its down to yourself.
to use it,
under cifsmanager (when creating a new share)
set options "iocharset=utf8"
have fun streaming video!!!
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I guess if I have to ask I shouldn't do it, but but what does this do?

Cgc2 said:
I guess if I have to ask I shouldn't do it, but but what does this do?
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I may be wrong, but I believe it's to get CifsManager to mount your windows network shares automatically when rebooting your Nexus 7, so you don't have to mount a share manually every time.
Looking forward to trying this out when I get my Nexus 7. Thanks

Cgc2 said:
I guess if I have to ask I shouldn't do it, but but what does this do?
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this allow you to mount windows drive, or even network enabled storage.
so that your video player like dice player or vlc can stream/play the file as its local.
its similar to using //192.168.1.1 on windows.
Salty Wagyu said:
I may be wrong, but I believe it's to get CifsManager to mount your windows network shares automatically when rebooting your Nexus 7, so you don't have to mount a share manually every time.
Looking forward to trying this out when I get my Nexus 7. Thanks
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it doesn't mount automatically, but provide the interface to mount drive easily.

Wow, interesting and thanks for educating me on this use. However, why not use Airdroid and achieve similar results? Still learning, Thx folks.

We only have 6/15 GB to work with. Now, for me I can have 500GB and the apps will even index it for me just as if there were a folder with infinite amount of space on my sdcard
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

this is basically similar to
External Storage Device Compatibility Review
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766260
where instead of the "mounted" drive comes from your usbOTG cable reading from a external hardisk or card reader,
your mounted drive is a shared drive on your network. NAS drive, windows PC, linux, etc, anything that supports
Common Internet File System (CIFS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block
you will need to know abit of linux/android system to properlly use this,
make sure that your "nexus 7" about page, under kernel version matches "3.1.10-g52027f9", meaning you will have to OTA to 4.1.1 JRO03D to be able to use this.

Mate this is exactly what I came looking for. Awesome.
I use cifs manager on all my android devices because ES file explorer insists on fully caching apks before installing them doubling the time to do things.
Been setting up the missus nexus and it was a bit hard to explain to her how to get to the smb movies/series in ES file explorer to stream stuff.
Installed this, mx player and MovieBrowser HD from market and she now only needs to go into MovieBrowser and she has all her movies/series with lovely artwork and synopsis,and just clicks on anything and it automatically plays in mx player.
Good job sir, I don't need a custom kernel just for cifs.

Forgive me for being naive, is this a CWM flashable zip?
if not, what folder do i need to place these modules?

Demented-Idiot said:
Forgive me for being naive, is this a CWM flashable zip?
if not, what folder do i need to place these modules?
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I created a folder in system/lib/ called modules and gave it permissions rwxr-xr-x
I extracted the 3 files into it and gave them each permissions rw-r--r--
Then install cifs manager from google play.
In cifs manager go to settings.
Click mount point prefix and type /storage/sdcard0/Shares
Tick on "load cifs module"
Tick on "Load via insmod"
Click path to cifs.ko and type /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko:/system/lib/modules/md4.ko:/system/lib/modules/nls_utf8.ko
Go back to main cifs manager page and add new share.
Under share path type "your ip of computer with shares on/sharename of folder on computer" eg. 192.168.0.6/Movies
Click under mount point and it will fill it in for you.
Under username put your username for PC that you log in with
Under password put the password that you log into your computer with.
Under options type ioch****t=utf8 (they have now banned a word that is within this word. It should be i o c h a r s e t without the spaces.)
Click save share.
Now when you click on the share name in cifs manager it should turn the light green to the right of it. If it doesn't you have done something wrong.
Now go to any file manager and go to your sdcard on tablet and there should be a "Shares" folder and inside should be the share you set up.
You can now use that as if it was a local directory. If you restart the tablet you will need to go into cifs manager again and click on the shares you want until they turn green.
HTH

thanks, very detailed response!

Demented-Idiot said:
thanks, very detailed response!
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You're welcome.
Any probs give me a shout. As long as you know how to make a share on PC the last instructions should sort you out.

Whenever I set "iocharset=utf8" in options, I get segmentation fault when trying to mount a share. If I remove that option, then it mounts fine. But filenames in non-English characters (Chinese in my case) will either become garbage or not show at all.
Any one got "iocharset=utf8" to work? I've verified that all three modules are loaded correctly by cifsmanager.

flumpster said:
Under share path type "your ip of computer with shares on/sharename of folder on computer" eg. 192.168.0.6/Movies
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Note for some incomprehensible reason CIFS manager requires a static IP address in the share specification.
(Just as described above) Do not assume hostnames will work here. They will not.
Thanks for the guide. Getting this feature turned up was high on my list.

One word of warning because I know a mate of mine did this by accident.
If you have a share set up on your computer with full read/write access and then wipe your SD card on android (or just delete the shares folder in your file manager) while the share is mounted in cifs manager then it will also delete the folder on your computer.
I don't have this worry because all my shares on computer are set up as read only to stop the kids accidentally deleting stuff.
Just a warning

Thanks for the instructions flumpster, helped a lot.
Might also advise on mounting outside of /sdcard, was seeing a lot of LAN traffic and Nexus 7 activity - turned out a number of apps were creating thumbnails and/or indexing items that was on my NAS drive. Poweramp, Gallery, QuickPic etc.

File Manager HD (Tablet) can play / view any type of file over SMB. Very simple.

Hemidroids said:
File Manager HD (Tablet) can play / view any type of file over SMB. Very simple.
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So can ES file explorer which we already mentioned but that is not what we want.
This makes the folder ( or folders ) appear local so you can add it into any other app directly (mx player, movie browser hd, gallery, play music, etc)
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Salty Wagyu said:
Thanks for the instructions flumpster, helped a lot.
Might also advise on mounting outside of /sdcard, was seeing a lot of LAN traffic and Nexus 7 activity - turned out a number of apps were creating thumbnails and/or indexing items that was on my NAS drive. Poweramp, Gallery, QuickPic etc.
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I have not tested this but have you tried putting a .nomedia file inside the "Shares" folder after it is first created? In theory it should stop them apps doing that.

@ OP
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. I don't even have my order yet (was merely hoping for CIFS support), but this is about the only thing that makes this 8GB tablet usable, IMO.
I will provide feedback once I get the tablet in hand and have some time to experiment with CIFS.

Just wondering how these mounts behave as the tablet is moved around in/out of WiFi coverage and between LANs.
Is everything well-behaved? Any gotchas I should be aware of?

[Q] i9305 <-> Linux

Hi Forum,
I'm going to get my S3 LTE tomorrow and tried to find some info about accessing it from a Linux system - to no avail
Anybody having some experience or hints for me?
Thx!

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/

I haven't had much luck using MTP mode, so I put it into camera mode when I want to get files on and off the device. Alternatively, I use something like dropbox. If you want to flash them Heimdall works well, as suggested above.
In short: I haven't had much success, but that depends on what you want to do with it. Getting photos/videos on and off isn't too bad.

Thx

Hey,
have you tested dolphin with the mtp plugin? Works, not very well but i can access my phone and copy files from it or to it. Sometimes the plugin crashs, you have to plugin in it again.
For me the best solution, other mtp tools works too but not so good.

[GUIDES] CIFS&BIND and BIND4SWAP for use on OUYA

Hi guys!
i wrote a little guide to use DirectoryBind to "emulate" a memory swap, and install apps and data on external storage (USB Pendrive, HDD, mounted CIFS, etc)
This is valid for OUYA, or any rooted device.
hope you found useful.
Note: Is in spanish. use tranlsator to get a translated version. Hope i get some time and generate a proper English version to post here. If there is any guy that wants to help me translating, it will be nice.
http://manguiro.blogspot.com/2013/07/guia-rapida-bind4swap-directorybind.html
I created another guide, similar to BIND4SWAP, and i use a shared directory on my local net to use as a sdcard on any android device. This is useful if you want to "extend" your storage to a remote location, and you can use the same installed files on many android devices. i.e., i tested and use one single installation of my android applications (nova3 in example), and can load an play on my Ouya, JXDS7300B, JXDS5110B, S908, Motorla Razr, GPD5005, etc... all devices are pointing to the same net resource and load the files, without need of installing files on local device.
note: this guide (CIFS&BIND) is for fast local networks. If you have a slow network, then i suggest to use it for small size games, or games that loads small portions of data (i.e. Bard´s Tale is a game that runs ok in a 100mb speed network)
http://manguiro.blogspot.com/2013/07/cifs-directorybind-sambadroid-cifs.html
Now, i´m working in a new version of the CIFS&BIND guide, but i´m using the OUYA as network resource. I attached a HDD via USB to the console (350GB), and ouya uses as their sdcard (via DirectoryBind). I get over 120 games installed on the ouya... and share all these data to my other devices. I have only a problem for now, i want go create a Access Point Wifi on the Ouya, but all the software i tested hangs or get errors. I want to get advantage of the WIFI antenna of the OUYA because runs at 150mbs (wifi n), that is a good speed for many guys that don´t have a fast wifi router on their installations.
if you can help me with this, please send me a mp.
hope these guides will be interesting and useful.
Zalu2!

Deen0X said:
http://manguiro.blogspot.com/2013/07...ctorybind.html
http://manguiro.blogspot.com/2013/07...roid-cifs.html
Zalu2!
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http://manguiro.blogspot.com/2013/07/guia-rapida-bind4swap-directorybind.html
http://manguiro.blogspot.com/2013/07/cifs-directorybind-sambadroid-cifs.html

emulation said:
http://manguiro.blogspot.com/2013/07/guia-rapida-bind4swap-directorybind.html
http://manguiro.blogspot.com/2013/07/cifs-directorybind-sambadroid-cifs.html
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thanks!
fixed!

CIFS.ko is not present in rom................. anyone have?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2308740 <--- You can try this.

emulation said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2308740 <--- You can try this.
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I get OuyaStockPlus installed on my OUYA, and this come with CIFS module...

overwrite application permission

Hello,
I have a question , i am not if this is the right place for it
i have an app, a learning app , i use it to download learning videos for offline watching
when i try to to copy the video from the mobile to my laptop , i get an error , i can't even rename the video from the laptop
is there a way to overcome the permission enforced by te application
i am using an old phone galaxy s2 with cyanogenmod
Thx

bebo911 said:
Hello,
I have a question , i am not if this is the right place for it
i have an app, a learning app , i use it to download learning videos for offline watching
when i try to to copy the video from the mobile to my laptop , i get an error , i can't even rename the video from the laptop
is there a way to overcome the permission enforced by te application
i am using an old phone galaxy s2 with cyanogenmod
Thx
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Which version of Cyanogenmod? I believe with kitkat they made it to where apps can't write to the sdcard, but there is an app I used to fix it on all of my 4.4 devices. It's called Sdfix by Nextapp, I used an older version when KK came out, it appears now that they've updated it for the newer versions, but it will likely still work. Hope it's what your looking for.