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After a lot of trepidation, I finally rooted and upgraded to JF1.5. I really have to thank all the people who have spent sooooo much time discovering and documenting this.
I did a lot of reading before I upgraded. I finally used http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/TableOfContents , because it's excellently documented and has all the files I need in one place. Thanks Jon Pezz!
I do have some questions and observations
1. I can't seem to get telnetd working after upgrading to JF1.5. I read posts about it being broken in an earlier release, but being subsequently fixed. Is this broken or intentionally turned off? I love the G1 for the physical keyboard, but it's a poor country cousin to my IBM Model M keyboard And I'd rather use my PC for typing any day.
2. One of the best devices I have owned is the Sharp Zaurus. It wasn't a phone, but it was a great Wifi Device. It was Linux too and I could control it completely. I'm surprised that Google is making us jump through hoops to get root access. Also, I don't see samba, vnc server, vpn etc. yet. Some work around, some in progress, but surprisingly not the real thing.
3. I was completely underwhelmed by the multi-touch in the browser. It's performing so poorly, initially I thought it wasn't working at all. It works really well on the iPhone, but on the G1 it's very unresponsive. I tried unchecking "Fit to page", although I think that's so incredibly useful for browsing on mobile devices - in fact, one of the reasons why I think this is a better browser than the one on the iPhone. So maybe it's not really ready for prime time. I found it much faster to use the single touch zooming.
4. While I really like the physical keyboard, like everybody, the soft keyboard is very handy for typing a few letters. But in the two places where I really find myself needing one, it doesn't work - quickly filtering contacts and and in the App drawer to select an app. In the case of contacts, you have to open the menu, select search, click on the text field and then start typing. It's faster to just flip out the physical keyboard. In the Apps drawer, it doesn't work at all. It would be useful to add a button combo that would popup the soft keyboard.
Also, I see a lot of people asking for the HTC T9 keyboard for contacts. You might want to check out SpellDial in the Market. Works really well.
Code:
[url]market://search?q=pname:org.ravelin.android[/url]
Regards
Milind
os2baba said:
I'm surprised that Google is making us jump through hoops to get root access.
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I'm not. Root access would wreak havoc on 95% of G1 owners seeing they are oblivious to the phones capabilities and just use it as a phone. Can you imagine the damage some rouge/malicious app on the Market could cause? There isn't a chance in hell Google could pull it fast enough.
os2baba said:
1. I can't seem to get telnetd working after upgrading to JF1.5. I read posts about it being broken in an earlier release, but being subsequently fixed. Is this broken or intentionally turned off?
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If I'm not mistaken i believe telnetd was disabled b/c of security reasons.
Just imagine if while using a wifi network someone else gained root access of your phone. Not a cool risk worth taking.
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I'm not. Root access would wreak havoc on 95% of G1 owners seeing they are oblivious to the phones capabilities and just use it as a phone. Can you imagine the damage some rouge/malicious app on the Market could cause? There isn't a chance in hell Google could pull it fast enough.
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The way it is currently set with no password, maybe. But if while registering for Gmail, it used the same password for root (or provided advanced users with an ability to use a different password for the phone), would that still be a security issue?
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If I'm not mistaken i believe telnetd was disabled b/c of security reasons.
Just imagine if while using a wifi network someone else gained root access of your phone. Not a cool risk worth taking.
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Again, isn't this because of the fact that root has no password (or has a fixed password)? Wouldn't this be like any other linux box if there were a user password. From my light browsing on the subject, doesn't look like anyone's got sshd running on the G1 either.
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Milind
you can filter contacts with the virtual keyboard. Hit menu then hit search then start typing with the virtual keyboard.
I just wanted to kick off a discussion, and possibly start the ball rolling for a project to port some development tools to honeycomb.
Ideally it would be cool to be able to set up a whole Android development environment that runs on the tablet itself. If the project is just too massive in scope, I'd settle for porting GNU GCC and some native development tools. I'm imagining either way it will only be possible to run these things on a rooted device.
Another project I'm interested in is a way to run apps that are not optimized for tablet, blown up to full screen. The way they run right now, if you put the proper flags in AndroidManifest.xml to say that you don't support high dpi or tablet- the UI shows up in a small section of the screen and looks pretty bad. Not as bad as an app that is not designed to blow up to tablet size and is missing the tags though. I'm thinking this will require honeycomb sources though, which are not yet available- but still i'm very interested in working on such a project and would like to hear anyone else's ideas about it.
It would be awesome to do some Android development directly on the Transformer. Subscribing for updates.
On my Nook Color running CM7 there is an option to "Disable Compatibility Mode" which blows apps up to full screen. I think it's a standard Android function but it's usually hidden. Might be available in Spare Parts or something. I'll check when I get a chance.
I think it might be possible since it is java based. I think someone already got the java compiler working.
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I think it might be possible since it is java based. I think someone already got the java compiler working.
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Nice, your saying this prompted me to search for "android java compiler ported to android" and I found this project, which looks to be very far along. http://code.google.com/p/java-ide-droid/
I haven't installed it yet, but it seems very promising.
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Nice, your saying this prompted me to search for "android java compiler ported to android" and I found this project, which looks to be very far along. http://code.google.com/p/java-ide-droid/
I haven't installed it yet, but it seems very promising.
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Eeek, well- at least a lot of the important tools are already ported and working. The UI is pretty bad as it is though. Seems like some good work to start with.
I was just thinking about this today. With the dock it would be great to get write some code on this and just have a compiler to make sure everything is syntactically correct maybe with some mavin support to merge some code.
I'd settle for a VI like IDE that would allow you to just browse a remote computer and do the editing that way...
Basically have it run over SSH. You can view the contents of a dir on the remote computer, edit the file, save/upload it back, then execute a command to have the remote computer do the compiling and then push the APK back to the device.
SSH is already ported. I feel like that's pretty much all you really NEED asides from the java front end for the IDE.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Other advantages are that you could develop for ANY platform with this as long as your remote computer was set up to compile it.
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I'd settle for a VI like IDE that would allow you to just browse a remote computer and do the editing that way...
Basically have it run over SSH. You can view the contents of a dir on the remote computer, edit the file, save/upload it back, then execute a command to have the remote computer do the compiling and then push the APK back to the device.
SSH is already ported. I feel like that's pretty much all you really NEED asides from the java front end for the IDE.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Other advantages are that you could develop for ANY platform with this as long as your remote computer was set up to compile it.
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That's an interesting thought. Personally I kind of want to be able to build completely on the transformer itself. But if creating a good IDE/Project editor is a major focus of this project it certainly wouldn't be difficult to add the ability to execute some arbitrary command/call in to a script that would allow you to do a remote build on your other system and easily retrieve the result.
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That's an interesting thought. Personally I kind of want to be able to build completely on the transformer itself. But if creating a good IDE/Project editor is a major focus of this project it certainly wouldn't be difficult to add the ability to execute some arbitrary command/call in to a script that would allow you to do a remote build on your other system and easily retrieve the result.
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But i guess that defeats the purpose. his idea is probably to do a direct compiling from the Transformer and i think it's possible, provided we have the compiler ready. Let me know, if you are interested, i can help with the IDE and UI coding. Maybe .. we can code a VI functionality in. and that would be straight awesome. ^^
main problem is in my eyes that if you screw up and crash your tab you lose allot of data.
and can be quite annoying
ViViDboarder said:
I'd settle for a VI like IDE that would allow you to just browse a remote computer and do the editing that way...
Basically have it run over SSH. You can view the contents of a dir on the remote computer, edit the file, save/upload it back, then execute a command to have the remote computer do the compiling and then push the APK back to the device.
SSH is already ported. I feel like that's pretty much all you really NEED asides from the java front end for the IDE.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Other advantages are that you could develop for ANY platform with this as long as your remote computer was set up to compile it.
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This is one of the things I'm hoping to get out of the TF. Connectbot runs pretty well in dock mode, except there's no ESC key! Is there any way to remap the top row to ESC and F1-12 and require FN for their Android functions?
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This is one of the things I'm hoping to get out of the TF. Connectbot runs pretty well in dock mode, except there's no ESC key! Is there any way to remap the top row to ESC and F1-12 and require FN for their Android functions?
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I found out that if you click with the mouse on the screen you'll see the escape button pop up and you can click that. It's a connectbot feature. I wish he would implement something like Search key sends escape...
But on another note, it looks like someone already did my idea! https://market.android.com/details?id=com.touchqode.editor&feature=search_result
Doesn't work quite as well as I hoped on the TF, but I'm going to email the dev some suggestions.
Hey pokey! Looks like you're moving on from your NC! I just got a TF, and I'm loving it so far.
I'm just about to try installing a chroot Ubuntu image. I'm hoping that will give me emacs and bash, etc. Let's see how far we can push this thing!
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Chroot Ubuntu works like a champ, emacs and all!
Not having an escape key is going to be a problem, though. As soon as I brought up emacs I hit the back arrow key by reflex, and closed out the terminal!
Instructions here:
http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android/
Forgot to mention, make sure you install busybox first (needs losetup).
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SmokeMasta said:
main problem is in my eyes that if you screw up and crash your tab you lose allot of data.
and can be quite annoying
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Maybe the ability to auto-sync your working directory with dropbox might help.
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Chroot Ubuntu works like a champ, emacs and all!
Not having an escape key is going to be a problem, though. As soon as I brought up emacs I hit the back arrow key by reflex, and closed out the terminal!
Instructions here:
http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android/
Forgot to mention, make sure you install busybox first (needs losetup).
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How's the responsiveness of using a VNC client? Is there one that maybe maps Search to Esc? Or an Open Source one we could maybe modify?
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How's the responsiveness of using a VNC client? Is there one that maybe maps Search to Esc? Or an Open Source one we could maybe modify?
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I didn't plan on installing any GUI components, just using text text mode, so I haven't tried a VNC serever. Text mode would only require a modified terminal server.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure I can get used to anything short of mapping back array to escape, which could be a problem.
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I didn't plan on installing any GUI components, just using text text mode, so I haven't tried a VNC serever. Text mode would only require a modified terminal server.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure I can get used to anything short of mapping back array to escape, which could be a problem.
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Well I forked ConnectBot (ssh client) with an option to map Search to ESC.
Works pretty well. It's in a easily available location too. The issue is I can't really map over Back because you need that to exit windows. I could try to "move" the back button maybe... I'll see if I can do something like Back = Esc and Ctrl + Back = Back.
Also I noticed on GitHub someone did some enhancements for Honeycomb so I'll try to merge those too.
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Well I forked ConnectBot (ssh client) with an option to map Search to ESC.
Works pretty well. It's in a easily available location too. The issue is I can't really map over Back because you need that to exit windows. I could try to "move" the back button maybe... I'll see if I can do something like Back = Esc and Ctrl + Back = Back.
Also I noticed on GitHub someone did some enhancements for Honeycomb so I'll try to merge those too.
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I've had better luck with Android Terminal, and I have been able to map back to escape, which is great! I also mapped caps-lock to control, but that only worked half way (it still does a caps lock).
Anyhoo, the point is that we apparently can remap the keys however we want in an app, which is good news.
I think my ideal mapping would be:
Back = Escape
Caps Lock = Ctrl
Ctrl = Back
I would just lose Caps Lock. How often is is really necessary anyway.
On an unrelated note, is there a way to turn down the sensitivity of the touchpad? I keep getting random clicks, and I think it's coming from me hitting the touchpad.
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I've had better luck with Android Terminal, and I have been able to map back to escape, which is great! I also mapped caps-lock to control, but that only worked half way (it still does a caps lock).
Anyhoo, the point is that we apparently can remap the keys however we want in an app, which is good news.
I think my ideal mapping would be:
Back = Escape
Caps Lock = Ctrl
Ctrl = Back
I would just lose Caps Lock. How often is is really necessary anyway.
On an unrelated note, is there a way to turn down the sensitivity of the touchpad? I keep getting random clicks, and I think it's coming from me hitting the touchpad.
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That sounds cool. I'll check it out.
As for the touchpad, i always hate tap to click on touchpads. I wish this was a ag to turn that off, but i haven't seen it yet.
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Hi all !
First of, a big thanks to everyone involved with this forum. You guys are doing a great job.
Now to my concerns:
as system administrator, I spend half of my day working on some hosts via ssh. When I got my TF101 I was so psyked to see that there were android ssh clients, thinking that I could also use my tablet + dock as a backup working station.
But after trying all the (free) ssh clients, it seems that none of them can use the Ctrl key on the dock's keyboard. I mean, what the point of an ssh client that doesn't understand the Ctrl key.
After rooting my TF101 I flashed Prime1.5 on it. I though that the terminal emulator in it would help a bit but I ended up finding out that there is no ssh binaries on android so far.
I might give a shot at the native ubuntu installation to see if i could work with it, but I kinda like android so I would prefer to stay on it.
Does anyone have the same problem as me ?
Does any dev around here know of a solution ?
Could it be possible to compile for android the openssh client from the GNU sources ?
Thanks in advance.
This might works. (will take some reading)
makec3rt's link does work. This is the APK:
https://github.com/downloads/lorantkurthy/connectbot/ConnectBot1.apk
This is a different branch with similar features:
https://github.com/downloads/tcoxon/connectbot/connectbot-transformer.apk
The first one has right-alt support and more tablet features, while the second one has right-shift+numbers for functions and a more phone-like interface.
I ended up buying Better Terminal Emulator Pro (can't have external links cause I'm too new). It supports Tab, Ctrl, and even lets you remap Back to Esc. It seems to solve all the problems I had with it.
Not sure if this adds any insight, but I used Connectbot which works with Hackers keyboard. I paired my TF with a bluetooth keyboard and the ctrl key did not work.
I haven't dug into it yet, but I'm hoping it's just a key mapping issue.
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Just use Hacker's keyboard.
It works great with the original ConnectBot or the HoneyComb update that is floating around.
Edit: I misread and thought you were talking about the virtual keyboard. The modified APKs ldrn linked to should work nicely. Note that by default they will not act any differently, you must change a setting to set it for the "Asus Transformer Keyboard"
sassafras
There is a modified version of ConnectBot that is designed to use the Transformer's keyboard correctly.
APK
Github
EDIT :: Oops, same links as post 3. My bad
Thanks for your replies.
So I've tried the modified ConnectBot App and it indeed make the ctrl-key .... well kindof work.
It seems that only some combinaisons are mapped, for example: Ctrl+c and Ctrl+d wor fine but neither ctrl+a nor ctrl+e are recognized. Also the key combos used in 'screen' like ctrl+a,n don't work which is still a big problem for me.
I don't think that modifying a software made for phone in the case of a ssh client. They have no real line editor. it's like typing an sms and send it to the terminal.
In my opinion the best, most proper and probably not too hard solution, would be to find a way to compile a real (from the linux/bsd world) ssh binary that can be used through the terminal emulator on the TF101.
I'll give try to Ubuntu on the TF and see for myself if it can b worth a shot...
thx again.
Hacker's keyboard.
bibifuk said:
I don't think that modifying a software made for phone in the case of a ssh client. They have no real line editor. it's like typing an sms and send it to the terminal.
In my opinion the best, most proper and probably not too hard solution, would be to find a way to compile a real (from the linux/bsd world) ssh binary that can be used through the terminal emulator on the TF101.
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That's exactly what Better Terminal Emulaor Pro does. It's a terminal emulator with an ssh binary.
Hi,
I'm looking for an app that will allow regular work like:
- Right click
- F5 (or refresh)
- WinKey + R (run)
and etc...
I've tryed 2X and Remote RDP, but none of the support right clicking.
Can anyone suggest anything?
Thx!
SplashTop HD is by far the best RDP app I've used. Haven't used it with a mouse but it works very well with touchscreen (hold for right click).
A slightly older version is included in MyCloud which is already on the tablet, does everything the market app does but hasn't been updated to link you computer via e-mail address for auto lookup off the network.
I used to use Wyse PocketCloud but quickly replaced it when I tried Splashtop.
Yep, SplashTop HD is the best IMO
Splashtop is not really an RDP software.
You need to install a software on the computer that grabs what is on screen and sends that to the tablet.
I use remote rdp, which is real rdp client. Right click is done by clicking and holding. You can even set the screen size of the connection (i use 1280x750) which is perfect for the tablet.
* sigh * Splashtop is the best at what it does.
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Splashtop is not really an RDP software.
You need to install a software on the computer that grabs what is on screen and sends that to the tablet.
I use remote rdp, which is real rdp client. Right click is done by clicking and holding. You can even set the screen size of the connection (i use 1280x750) which is perfect for the tablet.
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Ok you have a point there but unless your in a situation where you can't install the streamer on the computer (eg. Server at work ) Splahtop is the best option.
For accessing servers at work I have streamer on my work PC and RPD from there - maybe not as fast as connecting direct but keeps security guys happier
Try PocketCloud Pro
I'm using PocketCloud Pro:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wyse.pocketcloudfull&hl=en
It's a true RDP client, and should do everything you're looking for.
PocketCloud Pro, true RDP client, with all the features you asked. Also supports other remote access protocols.
Do any support remote desktop to a Linux box?
My favorite is X2.
But I just got my TF101.
I asked the support to implement right-click an F1F12-keys.
They answered they would discuss this in the next meetings.
This would be really great.
btw: There is an app with supports right-click.
I don't remember the name, but the non-trail-version costs about 17€ and has some disadvantages compared to X2.
I love X2 stays connected in the background.
It seems like most of the major the RDP have some form of "right click" functionality. The issue is you have to usually do some special screen press combo or use a context menu somewhere. This is fine for simple operations but is extremely annoying for trying to do serious work or gaming via RDP.
I'm hoping that either splashtop or PocketCloud will support right click via the touchpad's right click or even better via an external mouse that is plugged in or connected via bluetooth. I hear there is no API to support that at the moment and that is the reason no one implements such a thing.
I'd also really like to have secondary buttons on my mouse work (like depressing the scroll wheel etc...). My dream is to be able to use CAD software remotely or maybe even play a game of L4D. Right now it runs and works, just the mouse implementation prevents you from being efficient and is really frustrating to use.
Maybe when ice cream sanwich comes out, the mouse APIs will be included.
PocketCloud supports Linux remote desktop via vnc.
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PocketCloud supports Linux remote desktop via vnc.
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Yes it does, but it constantly drop connections.
jwilliamf said:
Yes it does, but it constantly drop connections.
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I've literally never had a dropped connection. I use PocketCloud all day for work on both windows and linux remote systems. Not saying I don't believe you, just saying I've had a different experience than you.
Pocketcloud is a bit pricey compare to other apps, but it's totally worth it if you use it for business. The on-screen mouse pointer control dial thingy is the best input method I've ever used on a tablet, You can click accurately on the smallest item and see the pointer the whole time, plus it gives you quick access to right-click, the windows key, etc.
Hm, it's really unlikely any app out there is going to support the right click on the transformer dock the way it's configured, but I really want this. Maybe there's a free RDP client out there ripe for modding this functionality in? I don't know how hard it would be.
Actually I use Xtralogic's Remote Desktop and it works PERFECTLY with the dock, including right-click support, and 'hot tracking' the mouse. The ONLY weird thing about it is that you have to double-click-drag, but it's a minor thing...
With Xtralogic's (kinda pricey) app, my TF101 is basically a netbook now, and I couldn't be happier.
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I've literally never had a dropped connection. I use PocketCloud all day for work on both windows and linux remote systems. Not saying I don't believe you, just saying I've had a different experience than you.
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I used to connect to my ubuntu system but it seem that after 5 to 10 minutes the connection drops. (this using the latest ubuntu distro) Another thing I noticed is that when you do the setup , it only show vpn for mac or windows. either way it connect, but sometime I wonder is that the problem
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Pocketcloud is a bit pricey compare to other apps, but it's totally worth it if you use it for business. The on-screen mouse pointer control dial thingy is the best input method I've ever used on a tablet, You can click accurately on the smallest item and see the pointer the whole time, plus it gives you quick access to right-click, the windows key, etc.
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Agree on the mouse pointer control dial. that thing is perfect.
Remote RDP should have right click, you may need to check settings? I emailed the guy when the TF first came out, he was able to do it really fast.
right click
First of all thx for sll your replyes, but like someone here said - using combinations is nice but its annoying.
I think that there should some kind of a tweak that you can install on the device that allows the use of right click button everywhere.
Wouldn'tit be nice to use right click features everywhere? Like special functions in the browsre and etc...
I'll be sure to try SplashTop...for now, TeamViewer is my nr. 1.
I'm trying out the Touchpad as an RDP client for my work Windows machine. With a Bluetooth keyboard and iTap RDP, it works very well, but one thing that's annoying is that Android/ICS traps certain key combinations instead of sending them through to Windows, e.g., ALT+TAB (Symbol+Tab on the HP Touchpad BT keyboard) and WIN+TAB (Home+Tab on the HP keyboard). Another one that gets trapped is WIN+E which should open an Explorer window but instead tries to launch the Android email client. Does anyone know if these Android keys can be disabled, ideally just while the RDP client is running, but worst case scenario, across the board?
Try the app called External Keyboard Helper pro
help
Sebz4n said:
Try the app called External Keyboard Helper pro
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Did it help ?
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Did it help ?
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I tired this and could not get it to work.. If you have got it working please post.. I have a TF101 and with the local keyboard I really want a way to use the alt tab / windows key tab options.. but both go to Android local... If anyone has a way of getting around this I would love to hear it!
ALT TAB locally really is not required when you have the nice button for recent apps
go to /system/usr/keylayout/ and see which .kl needs to be changed and where. theres a few to look at but you should find one that matches your input device.
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go to /system/usr/keylayout/ and see which .kl needs to be changed and where. theres a few to look at but you should find one that matches your input device.
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As far as I can tell, it's not a keylayout but rather a CyanogenMod-specific enhancement to make Android work more like a desktop OS when used with an external keyboard. The problem is that it acts as a system-level override for those keybindings so that they're not passed to applications such as remote desktop clients. I've considered trying AOKP to see if it does the same thing.
I'm interested in getting a Nexus 10, especially if someone releases a keyboard cover similar to the one for Surface, as a lightweight laptop replacement, especially when used to access a Windows machine via remote desktop, but I have such a heavy dependency on ALT+TAB in my day-to-day habits that it would be pretty annoying to have that key take me to another Android app instead of switching Windows apps. Not a show-stopper, but definitely an annoyance. Hopefully standard Android 4.2 doesn't do this...
I coincided installing Linux on my tf101 as I was so upset about it.. however there is not a easy way... it would be nice to see a option to disable it for in custom roms..
I don't think 4.2 will change the behavior at all.. sadly
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I coincided installing Linux on my tf101 as I was so upset about it.. however there is not a easy way... it would be nice to see a option to disable it for in custom roms..
I don't think 4.2 will change the behavior at all.. sadly
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I know this doesn't help many folks here, but the kind folks at Jump Desktop somehow figured out how to circumvent Apple's restrictions on key events in iOS and got full keyboard support going when accessing Windows and Mac machines via RDP and VNC, so that's what I'm using very happily now from my iPad 3.
I have created exactly what you need
Hey, all, I don't know if you'll see this, but I figured out where in the android code it intercepts this and fixed it with an xposed module, which you can grab here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/keyboard-utilities-t2872579/post55350032
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Also, as far as win-E and related shortcuts being consumed, that's handled by an android setting called quicklaunch, which is present in the settings app, but there's no easy way to access it. To get to it, grab nova launcher or tasker or anything else that can launch app's activities directly, then find the quicklaunch activity under the settings app. This is where you register and unregister shortcuts with the windows key and the search key. Long press on the shortcut to clear it. By default, Win-E and a few others are put in for you.
Workaround
A bit old question, but i was looking for an answer today, and did not found anything that matches my needs. Not sure if it will satisfy You, but i got a little workaround. Actually you don't need to do anything with your android device, the only thing you need for this is AutoHotkey software on your windows machine + one little script running.
How it works? It remap left ctrl+tab to act like alt+tab. That way you can use ctrl+tab(or any other combination you want) and android has no problem with it.
Script content:
LControl & Tab::AltTab
Hope it helps, it worked for me.
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Workaround
A bit old question, but i was looking for an answer today, and did not found anything that matches my needs. Not sure if it will satisfy You, but i got a little workaround. Actually you don't need to do anything with your android device, the only thing you need for this is AutoHotkey software on your windows machine + one little script running.
How it works? It remap left ctrl+tab to act like alt+tab. That way you can use ctrl+tab(or any other combination you want) and android has no problem with it.
Script content:
LControl & Tab::AltTab
Hope it helps, it worked for me.
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so this might be turnoff to some but you are on xda. we need a magisk module or something that can do this for us.
if you can disable system wide keyboard shortcuts, it would be great. and by shortcuts here is what i mean (look at the attached screenshot). in my case. i have my rog phone 3 connected to a usb c hub that has usb, hdmi, etc. (please do not tell me about the rog phone 3 and how it might have this built in because i have a custom rom installed and im sure you can do this in almost any android version there as well because its a stock rom)
my case is i use shadow (cloud gaming/computing) and so i remote control into a windows machine. i would love to disable those shortcuts so that my keyboard inputs are not interrupted by androids shortcuts.
if i alt tab or press the windows button. i dont want the android shortcuts to trigger.
please let me know if you found a solution but this most likely is achieved through adb or root. lets do actual investigation.