Does anyone know of a way to control an android phone remotely using a PC or even another Android phone? My situation is that I am trying to help someone who is in a different state than me with their phone. Its hard to help if you cant see\control the device. The closest I have been able to come is to install the SDK on their computer and plug the phone into the PC everytime they need help. This allows me to do a single screen shot to see but it doesnt allow me to take control of the device. Does anyone have any suggestions to how i can view the screen real time (even if its through a PC) and\or control the device?
Nockam
nockam said:
Does anyone know of a way to control an android phone remotely using a PC or even another Android phone? My situation is that I am trying to help someone who is in a different state than me with their phone. Its hard to help if you cant see\control the device. The closest I have been able to come is to install the SDK on their computer and plug the phone into the PC everytime they need help. This allows me to do a single screen shot to see but it doesnt allow me to take control of the device. Does anyone have any suggestions to how i can view the screen real time (even if its through a PC) and\or control the device?
Nockam
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Doesn't seem too possible, and if it is, nothing is out right now to do so. There are a lot of security issues with Remote Access programs, even for desktop computers, and a rooted Android phone is a hacker's dream if he can get ahold of it.
I would like to know if anyone thinks this is a possibility? I don't see much standing in the way of getting non-phone components working. Its based on linux, so the drivers should be there. Does anyone know if android drivers can be compiled into a regular kernel seamlessly?
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But I have a heart rate monitor I use and several other ANT+ monitors for cycling and such which I use with my MotoActv. I am hoping to be able to connect these with my phone too when I wont have my watch. Has anyone done this? Do we need an adapter for this on a nexus 6?
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Apologies if this has been asked can't search for a work with + right on here.
But I have a heart rate monitor I use and several other ANT+ monitors for cycling and such which I use with my MotoActv. I am hoping to be able to connect these with my phone too when I wont have my watch. Has anyone done this? Do we need an adapter for this on a nexus 6?
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Do they connect via bluetooth? If so I would expect them to work just fine. You can try going to a store that has it on display and test connecting them to make sure.
I have the N6, and no it's ANT+ connect, but I know some phones have ANT+. Thinking it's a root option if the N6 has it.
Jeimygirl said:
I have the N6, and no it's ANT+ connect, but I know some phones have ANT+. Thinking it's a root option if the N6 has it.
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That is not a protocol. That is a PRODUCT NAME.
He is asking WHAT PROTOCOL it uses to connect to the phone.
Well to sum it up, this is what I'm trying to do, just on the N6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/ant-nexus-5-t2530745
I also tried this app and it didn't work (I e-mailed the developer)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.z2software.antplus
I have an android auto capable vehicle. I also have a tablet that I use for offroading. the tablet is not compatible with android auto. When plugged in to the car, the tablet recognizes that AA is there, and asks me to update, but the play store tells me it is not compatible. AA is now baked into Android, so the only store app that is available is AA for phone screens, which is now being updated to the new version which is like, AA lite. This is on a rooted Lenovo M10 FHD Plus, so roms are kinda out of the question as theyre not available and I wouldnt know where to start writing my own; but Magisk is installed along with busybox and xposed framework. Does anyone know how to either trick the tablet into running AA the same way that my phone does (natively, included in android) or have a solution for this?
Have your tried to use titanium backup (or some other apk extractor) to copy the AA apk from your phone to the tablet and see if it runs?
JohnC said:
Have your tried to use titanium backup (or some other apk extractor) to copy the AA apk from your phone to the tablet and see if it runs?
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Not possible, I have no plans to root my phone. I sideloaded the apk though, and it does work as intended as "android auto for phone screens" what I'm trying to do is get it fully integrated as if it were a phone. My s21 ultra for example, doesn't even have an icon for android auto it's installed as a service (afaik) and is only found in my system settings.
What other differences are there between how the tablet runs AA and how it runs on your phone (besides that the tablet has an icon for AA)?
Im trying to make it so that the tablet, hooks up to the car and runs android auto on the cars screen. I don't think AA for phone screens supports host, though I could be wrong?
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Im trying to make it so that the tablet, hooks up to the car and runs android auto on the cars screen. I don't think AA for phone screens supports host, though I could be wrong?
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What do you mean by "host"?
If you can get the AA APK running on the tablet then it should work as expected (show on the car's screen).
So, what exactly is not happening?
Yeah, I didn't realize it would work that way. I ended up taking the harder route, rooted the tablet and installed a gsi rom. Works beautifully now.
Even with APK AA doesn't work in vehicle the same way it does with a phone. I made sure APK is the same version as car. No matter what I try, android auto will load on tablet but the vehicle will not recognize it and launch it on car screen. There must be a way to do this with a rooted tablet and AA APK. Anyone tinkered with this? I have a 2021 f-150 which even supports wireless AA from my phone.
@evilsway were you able to get this to work?
I guess Android Auto requires a device which is capable to make phone calls...
Hi, does anyone know if there could be a workaround to allow a non-Samsung phone to wirelessly charge the Watch 5?
As I understand it uses a "WPC" standard rather than the usual QI.
Is it a total hardware limitation, or something that could be tweaked?
This isn't quite a dealbreaker but it's a huge pain to not be able to charge on the go from my phone (Mi 11 Ultra).
Thanks in advance.