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Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by samstave »

Tajnymag wrote: post #36
solstice wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does this mean i can install signal on my tablet?

As long as you can somehow receive the registration sms code on a different device, you should be able to. Mind it would deregister Signal from your phone though.

hmm.. my tablet is unlimited data 5g... I get txts on it all the time as its SIM inherited some random number that the previous person was on quite a few group txts.

Although, I confirmed that I can install anything or any OS updates I would like and the service "should work"

Its a great little device that costs me $15/month for unlimited data - so I downgraded my phone plan to the $30/month plan (I pay my cell plans a year in advance so I never have to worry about a monthly phone bill...) but now for $45/month I have both my phone and this tablet which is cheaper than the $50/month they wanted for 10 gigs of data on my phone plan...

now I just need to make the most of this Alcatel Tablet. (the battery life on this tablet is quite good!) but now I need to hot-spot with it over USB, but have to look at how to do so.

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by stavros »

m4lvin wrote: post #91

This also solves remote-support problems for me! Afaik there is no VNC Server / TeamViewer / AnyDesk / etc (server!) for Android, but telling someone to plug their phone into some computer I can control is easy enough :-)

I'm fairly sure there's a VNC server for rooted Android phones, am I mistaken?

Looks like this one will work without root: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.christianb...

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by khimaros »

ttarr wrote: post #69
wingmanjd wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think my Wireguard VPN already does this, sans root? I enable my VPN and my hotspot connected laptop is now routing its traffic via my house. Or am I missing what you're looking for?

Why the down votes for this comment? My Android does have that option, under: Hotspot and tethering > Allow clients to use VPNs. Note however, my ROM is based on LineageOS, probably the reason why not everyone got it?

also available on CalyxOS

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by hunter2_ »

moondev wrote: post #3

Other notable features: * Works in tandem with upstream android adb, so after usb(or wireless) debugging is enabled on the target device, there are no apps daemons or hacks needed and it just works. * Install apks that are "unavailable for your device" in the official google play store (on things like chromecasts) * Full Screen or screen section + audio recording * Stream device screen when it's physically off on tar…

> Install apks .. on things like chromecasts

Once an apk is on a Chromecast, how does one launch it? I've loaded APKs onto a Fire Stick, but that OS actually has a launcher. For a Chromecast, would I be limited to launching via adb and apps that launch themselves by being cast to? That would still be useful, like for example SmartTubeNext is one of the apps I put on my Fire Stick (highly recommended) and in addition to launching via the GUI, it auto-launches when cast to. Would be great to move it to the Chromecast because it's the only reason I have a Fire Stick...

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by rodoxcasta »

askvictor wrote: post #63

Are there any tools along this line, but act more like an external monitor does when plugged into your laptop (in external-monitor-only mode)? I.e. can run at a different resolution/size, rather than just mirroring the phone screen? Something like what Android Auto does when you plug into a head unit, but for 'normal' android.

I do that with two tablets and a laptop. On the notebook I run some vnc server with an X built-in, then some x or vnc tool that links the different X instances running as if they are other monitors, so you only have to move your mouse to some lateral to get focus on the other X. Then on the tablets just use some generic VNC client.

There are multiple options for ever one of the three programs os this setup, but it takes some work to make all run well together. I can check the exact binaries that I'm using or send the scripts, if there's someone interested.

Edit: to make it work well enough with wifi, I had to make some tricks to deal with the tablet's wifi powersave behavior. On usb it works perfectly though.

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by smusamashah »

andrewaylett wrote: post #98
smusamashah wrote: post #9

I have tried a number of times to connect a phone with broken/dead screen. Touch and audio works. I have probably managed to enter pin and login but clicking 'Allow usb debugging' checkbox when I run scrcpy is apparently impossible or may be I am missing from some other critical step. Has someone done anything like that using this tool? It seems like a perfect use case.

It's worth learning how to use TalkBack anyway because of the insight it gives you into how accessibility tooling works, and also it's perfect for this use-case.

Can I turn the talk back on blindly? This phone is a pixel 2. Again, this does sound like a very good advice which I can try on emulator first. Thanks.

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by joshvm »

ly3xqhl8g9 wrote: post #70
princevegeta89 wrote: post #26

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Wow you went to Antarctica? Why?

Was curious about the cost: Overall Antarctica Cruise Cost [1]: Low Budget $9,340 Mid-Range $13,010 Luxury $26,100 Guess the prices will only go up once climate change fully deploys the 3-degrees-warmer world [2]. [1] https://www.antarcticaguide.com/antarctica-travel-cost#:~:te... [2] Impacts of Climate Change in Antarctica, https://discoveringantarctica.org.uk/challenges/sustainabili...

I worked as a winterover, so I was paid to go. The cost of visiting the Pole is very high if you're there as a tourist (tens of thousands for a night). I believe some of the revenue does go towards science though, because the summer camps make use of e.g. the fuelling infrastructure for aircraft.

Cruises are also very expensive. Though they're quite popular with researchers because it's a side of the continent that you don't get to see if you're not working on the coast.

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by joshvm »

princevegeta89 wrote: post #26
joshvm wrote: post #14

Stupidly useful when I broke my phone in Antarctica and had to wait months for a replacement to arrive (it did, mere days before station close). Also a shout out to gnirehtet which is I think by the same devs? Reverse tether your phone for times when wifi and cell are both unavailable.

Wow you went to Antarctica? Why?

I wintered for IceCube. Happy to answer any questions about careers. My background isn't in polar research and while I have a PhD in (unrelated) physics, it's not a requirement by any means. Lots of jobs down there just require specific skillsets (and there is plenty of IT work).

https://icecube.wisc.edu/

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by hunter2_ »

ttarr wrote: post #69
wingmanjd wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think my Wireguard VPN already does this, sans root? I enable my VPN and my hotspot connected laptop is now routing its traffic via my house. Or am I missing what you're looking for?

Why the down votes for this comment? My Android does have that option, under: Hotspot and tethering > Allow clients to use VPNs. Note however, my ROM is based on LineageOS, probably the reason why not everyone got it?

My Pixel 6 Pro doesn't seem to have this. I use Wireguard, and hotspot traffic goes directly to cellular data, not via VPN.
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