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For my kids iPods, we have MobileMe which we use for locating it. Now with my new Transformer, is there something similar? Specifically, some sort of theft recovery program where I can log online and find out via GPS where the device is?
yeah i was wondering the same, as well as a security app. but i guess honeycomb is still Wifi only (mostly) and devs are more interested in an GSM/CDMA tablet compatible. plus, GPS by it self sucks, i tried to use for navigation, no luck
aboodyksa said:
. plus, GPS by it self sucks, i tried to use for navigation, no luck
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Dd you have it turned on. GPS on my TF works fine for navigation. Get GPS info app and look at the raw data. Remember it is a GPS (Satellite rcvr) and needs to have a relatively clear view of the sky.
Maybe not exactly what you're looking for....
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout&feature=search_result
Why not try Prey - preyproject dot com - it's free for the first 3 devices it's linked to with an account. It's also open source too and is multi-platform so it's more flexible (ie you can have it on your laptop as well). I use this on my Nexus One and will try it out on the Transformer once I get mine in the next few days.
I'd like to second the "Lookout" suggestion.
Not only can you locate your tablet...you can lock it down (or even wipe it clean) remotely...if you find it's gone.
It won't let me download/install Lookout onto the Transformer. Says "Your device is not compatible with this item". huh???
Ah... didn't see that (I only have it installed on my Galaxy S)! Sorry!
This sucks. PreyProject won't install on the Transformer either! Hmmmm...
see my next post...it's possible according to Lookout Support.
From the Lookout web support:
The reason why you're having trouble finding Lookout in the market for Honeycomb Tabs is due to the fact that the they don't support SMS messages.
We rely on SMS messages to initiate a connection to a device in the event it's lost, stolen, etc. Without the ability to receive SMS messages the missing device features would be greatly hindered, however, device based backups and malware protection would work normally.
Until we release a version that's more compatible with the Honeycomb tabs you can install it using this alternate method:
The first thing you'll want to do is enable the installation of non-market applications. To do this:
Go to settings > application > and check the box next to "Unknown Sources." Go ahead and disregard the warning (by clicking OK), we can uncheck it later.
Next, back out of Settings and open up the web browser.
In the address bar delete everything that's there and type this in (minus quotes): "m.getjar.com" and hit enter.
Now click on "Android" under "Or, Choose your platform." This will bring you to another page where you will see a search box in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
Tap the search box, to insert the cursor, and type "Lookout" and tap "go". The search will produce one result, which is "Lookout"
Tap on the link "Lookout Mobile Security with Antivirus".
You will now be on another page that displays a grey "Download" box. Go ahead and tap on it.
The Tablet will show that it's beginning to download the file and you'll see the progress, of the download, in the notification bar.
Tap on the download icon (it looks like a downward facing arrow pointing at a line) and a small window will populate above with the word "lookout-production-signed-aligned.apk" Go ahead and tap on that.
A window that says "Package Installer" pops up. From here you can read the permissions that Lookout requires. Go ahead and tap "Install".
Your installation will start. Tap "Open" once the installation has finished to open Lookout.
Finish setting up Lookout as you normally would!
Still doesn't let me download. It gets me to download and install the GetJar app but then just takes me back to the webpage.
Can someone just post the apk?
Thanks.
here you go
Thanks! Installed and working!
Edit - Maybe not. When I got to mylookout.com and try to locate the device, it asks for a mobile number. Since this is a WIFI device only, I entered in my cell number instead and it fails to locate it. But I guess this app is good for antivirus use.
Now back to the search....
Yes...they said until they get it fully understood for HC use...it would be hindered...
Okay, if the device is on, then it works. It'll scream and locate. But that's not really good if you've misplaced it and it's not activated. I hope they figure something out soon for HC.
It will also allow you go to go your account online and pick it out on a map via GPS.
I found this specifically for tablets and it works as needed.
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.antivirus.tablet
thanks! that looks like the ticket..
Hello Guys,
for those who's used iPad or iPhone,
one of the best app ever is the airvideo
the app transcode any video type on air and stream it to your portable devices instantly,
Unfortunately Airvideo doesn't support Android,
There are plenty other options for android such as Plex, Orbit, Mirage, etc.
But in my opinion they simply don't work as well as air video,
either they don't support as many file types, or the setup is not as simple
probably a lot of you know this already, but yesterday I found a app called Emit,
you can find it on the android market, there are both free and paid version.
the free version has ads when the video is playing, kinda annoy, but other than that its the same as the paid version (~$4)
But it is truly the closest alternative to Airvideo, everything works as it should,
and the setup is very straight forward,
there's no need to set up port forwarding or anything for remote connection.
Just go into setting and type in the special Pin code and you can connect to it anywhere that has internet connection.
If you are like me you'd love this app.
Cheers~
I'd second this thread, I actually downloaded Emit when I had my old N1 when the program was first released, and it worked well then.
I had an issue with the Market telling me that my SGS2 was incompatible with it, and contacted the dev. He was pretty up front in telling me that it was difficult to get in touch with Google, but he still had the problem resolved within 48 - 72 hours or so, and I was back up and running.
Cons? Access it from the net is spotty. I haven't got it to work at all.
Pros? Everything. One click pre-encode and copy to device is one of the best though. Streaming with on the fly transcoding is smooth, and works well.
Yes you are right
I spoke to soon
The remote connection only worked that first time
Sigh. Everything else tho awesome app
HeWhoWas said:
I'd second this thread, I actually downloaded Emit when I had my old N1 when the program was first released, and it worked well then.
I had an issue with the Market telling me that my SGS2 was incompatible with it, and contacted the dev. He was pretty up front in telling me that it was difficult to get in touch with Google, but he still had the problem resolved within 48 - 72 hours or so, and I was back up and running.
Cons? Access it from the net is spotty. I haven't got it to work at all.
Pros? Everything. One click pre-encode and copy to device is one of the best though. Streaming with on the fly transcoding is smooth, and works well.
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I spoke too soon again
You just have to open up the two ports in tcp and udp
If you have a Linksys router like mine
Go to tab gaming and application
Name the connection emit
Port from 2000-2006 choose udp
Then type in your local IP
Go to thenext one. Again name it emit
Port 1554 to 1554
Choose tcp then again type in your local IP
Save and there you go*
Go to your setting in the emit see er on your computer
At the place you see your pin click on test connection
It should say successful now
If not read the error and see whichport you have to manually open
Hope this helps
andyxover said:
I'm sorry
I spoke too soon again
You just have to open up the two ports in tcp and udp
If you have a Linksys router like mine
Go to tab gaming and application
Name the connection emit
Port from 2000-2006 choose udp
Then type in your local IP
Go to thenext one. Again name it emit
Port 1554 to 1554
Choose tcp then again type in your local IP
Save and there you go*
Go to your setting in the emit see er on your computer
At the place you see your pin click on test connection
It should say successful now
If not read the error and see whichport you have to manually open
Hope this helps
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Haha! Sorry, I didn't mean to regurgitate. You got to it before my slow ass could hit the post button .
The app I would like to present is called X-Link and is intended to make file transfers between devices (Android or PC) easy.
It's using multicasts to find other clients within the same WiFi network.
So no setup ist needed.
In addition to the Android app there is also a Java based PC client available.
This client has been tested on Linux and Windows but might work on other configurations.
The full description and a short video can be found on the Android Market page:
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.fun2code.android.xlink
You can not only transfer files between PC and Android but also between Android devices.
This is beta software, so there are still bugs.
Please report them in this thread. I'll have a look as soon as I find time and will contact some of you to get things fixed.
There are surely some timing (and timeout) problems which need some attention.
Make sure your router supports multicasts.
Please post comments, I'll try to read them all
Link to PC client
http://www.fun2code.de/downloads/xlink/XLinkClient.jar
Copying of directories
Supported since 0.8.4 beta.
Testing and how you can help
Multicast test
To test if your network is able to deal with multicast messages you can do the following test:
1. Download the file MulticastSender.jar and MulticastReceiver.jar.
2. On one PC start the MulticastSender.jar and on another the MulticastReceiver.jar.
The sender sends screenshots. If you see the screenshots on the receiver's side, multicasts are working for you.
If not, X-Link will not work.
If this works but X-Link doesn't it's likely that there is a problem concerning timeouts within X-Link.
In this case, please send me a mail (xlink [at] fun2code.de).
If sharing on Android does not work
Sharing does not seem to be working in some apps.
If you encounter such a problem, please download the app XLinkDebug.apk and install it.
Use sharing as you normally would with X-Link but select X-Link Debug instead.
On execution the app will copy the information needed for me to fix the issue to the clipboard.
Please paste the clipboard into a mail ans send it to the following address: xlink [at] fun2code.de
installed both the client and app on my Nexus One (CM7)
PC client doesnot detect my Mobile.
firoz3321 said:
installed both the client and app on my Nexus One (CM7)
PC client doesnot detect my Mobile.
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Was your phone on a WiFi network?
obviously, yes it is
The devices have to be connected to the same WiFi network and the network has to support multicasts (which usually should be the case).
If you are on a weak WiFi signal it might take more than one try to find other devices.
My test devices are:
Galaxy Nexus, Nexus One and Notion Ink Adam
i really do not have knowledge about the Multicast thing, but my Wifi Signal is good. And i used SAMBA and other wifi file sharing apps and they all worked using the same wifi.
And clicked RELOAD many times but i cant see any device in the popdown menu..
Hm ... so this seems not to work on your network
Multicast is different from TCP connections, so this can't be compared.
Wow, it actually worked in HTC Desire!! Great app!! Now I can transfer files w/o any cables!! Need sometime to allow 2 devices to connect though..
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I don't know anything about Multicast, but my Mac is on the same Wifi network as my Galaxy Nexus, and the Mac couldn't see the Nexus. I tried "Reload" several times.
Works on Windows 7 64-bit and a Galaxy Nexus. Cool app, really like it!
My only suggestions would either be to get rid of the menu and put it all in the "drag file here" area, or maybe some slightly simpler graphics. They come off a little cheesy.
Other than that, it works well.
Next steps would be to keep app closed, but still have access to dropping files. Root access? I'm not sure how it would work.
App and client work seamlessly with windows 7 and tmo sgsII.
Only thing I notice is inability to share pics directly from my phone's gallery. I use my file explorer and it works fine.
Amazing work. Coffee money on the way
So this is like airdroid but rather than the file browser/tools being built into the web address there's a desktop client?
https://market.android.com/details?...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zYW5kLmFpcmRyb2lkIl0.
Hello There,
Using Windows8, DHD and TF101. My PC had no problem seeing the items on my network Alas, every time I tried to swap a file over I just kept getting a pop message telling me there was an upload error. Thanks.
Pity because it was something I had been looking for :-(
Worked perfectly on Macbook running Lion and galaxy nexus
awesome app!
amazing app and super simple to use/set up, great stuff dude =D
dodge3003 said:
Hello There,
Using Windows8, DHD and TF101. My PC had no problem seeing the items on my network Alas, every time I tried to swap a file over I just kept getting a pop message telling me there was an upload error. Thanks.
Pity because it was something I had been looking for :-(
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Make sure you have x-link at the front of your screen (on your phone) seems it disappears after being inactive and you'll get the upload error problem. I am of course speaking from experience as I just fought with that, bringing x-link back to the front seemed to solve it.
Thanks to all of you for testing!
The X-Link app has to be active on the Android device to be visible to others and for the transfer to work.
If you close the app during data transfer, the transfer will break.
I'm glad that it worked for some of you. I'll do some debugging next week.
Hope things will improve...
For does of you having problems seeing other devices.
You can do the following test.
Run the PC client from console: java -jar XLinkClient.jar
Then try to detect you PC from the Android device.
You should see an output similar to this on the console:
Connecting: 192.168.0.198/4500
If an Exception occurs there was a problem when connecting back to the Android device.
If no output is visible, it's likely that multicasts are not working within your network.
Might help newer users who want to try out your app if you put a download link on your web site or here in this thread. I found your app through xda article and didn't realize that I had to type the link out verbatim with 'XLinkClient.jar' having correct capitalization lol. Took me a minute to figure out, so newer people might just give up without trying it. Just fyi ;-)
Great app, thanks for your work! Working on Mac running Lion and Droid 3.
Working great on Windows 8 Consumer preview and LG Optimus 2X. If i had a job right now, i would send you money for a beer, but i dont have a job at the moment, so a cant. Thanks.
I noticed there are some questions on this forum that relate to copying text between phones and PC's.
I'm an independent developer and have written a free app that does just that. It runs as a service on both windows and android. It works over LAN. And it allows you to do 2 things:
1. You can copy text from android to your PC by simply copying some text in android (Long press -> copy) and then pasting it in Windows (CTRL+V or right click -> paste)
2. You can copy text from PC to android by simply copying some text in Windows (CTRL+C or right click -> copy) and then pasting it in Android (long press -> paste)
It's really that simple. Here's a quick demonstration of me showing you how it works:
Wondering why you would need this?
Have you ever wanted to copy paste a URL from your android device to your PC to look at it on a bigger screen? Ever wanted to send a text message by typing it on your PC? Ever looked up a route description on your computer and realize you had to type in the exact same address in your GPS client? Did you ever e-mail yourself because you needed some text on another device?
No? Well then you probably don't need it at all. Sorry to have wasted your time
If you do think the app is useful you can get it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.bdwm.clipsync
The Windows server is available at http://bdwm.be/cs
Hope you like it.
- Jules
Like what I'm searching for a long a long time
Thank you so so much
Mutiple network addresses
Works a treat! Very simple to set up and use.
One wee problem I encountered though: where I'm at just now my PC has multiple network connections open: LAN and VPN. When the ClipSync server started up it was listening to the VPN address which ison an entirely different subnet to the LAN connection. So my Nexus, which was connected on the LAN subnet, couldn't find the server. When I disabled the VPN connection the server switched over automagically to listen on the LAN address and was found straight away by the Android app. A way to specify which IP address the server listens on would be great in this instance.
Another concern is using this in a multi-android environment e.g. at work the standard issue phone is a Galaxy Nexus so there's quite a few conected to the LAN at any one time. What's to stop someone installing the app and connecting to another users ClipSync server and getting / setting the contents of their clipboard? I'm being picky I know, but it's something I had to work around when writing a webOS app many moons ago that would use mDNS to broadcast stuff across a network. Setting a PIN on each client and using that to encrypt / decrypt broadcasts was where I ended up for that FWIW.
Also, if the server restarts, clients don't reconnect until you go into the app and manually reconnect.
I've just tried copying something on my Nexus 7 and it synced, not only to the server, but to my GNex as well Shutting down the server, unsurprisingly, stopped that particular magic from happening *sadpanda*. A feature request would most certainly be to allow clients to sync with each other without the need for a server to be running at all. You hate me, I know I've no idea what the mDNS capabilities of Android are but that would be one way of doing it.
All that said, this is a fantastic start to something extremely useful! So thank you very much for making the magic happen :good: and apologies for the rather rambling post
Northernmost, thank you for this post. Seems like you have really thoroughly tested the app. I really appreciate that. I'm aware of most of the issues you mentioned and I have just moved them up in my TODO list. Will be working on it this weekend and next week.
One thing I wasn't aware of yet was the problem that your PC can indeed have multiple IP-addresses.
This will be solved in the next version of ClipSync Server. Thanks again for your great feedback and your support
I wouldn't say I've thoroughly tested it... but I have been playing with it some more. Namely, I've been aiming at having the server program running on my home server (with a static IP so it's easy to find) and the clients connecting to it. Then having assorted desktops and servers sync their clipboards to the ClipSync server. The aim is to have all my devices keeping their clipboards in sync.
After forwarding the right port I could connect and sync clipboards between Android devices over any net connection rather than just a LAN one But the connection gets lost quite often (which is probably down to connectivity issues rather than the app itself) and you have to reconnect each device manually... which will get old real quick. Again, not the fault of ClipSync!
Then, using a program called Copycat to sync clipboards between various PCs (including the master ClipSync server) you end up with everything sharing the same clipboard automatically! Huzzah. Or that's what should be happening... but it looks like Copycat can get itself in a muddle and play clipboard changing loop-de-loop. There's a few other network clipboard syncing programs out there to try yet so hopefully I'll get that all ticking along nicely. Anyway, I'm rambling (again) :silly: but looking forward to where this all goes!
GREAT!!!
Just some days ago, i thought, that it would be a great feature, if i could copy and paste between my PC and my Phone.
Brilliant!
pwkip said:
I noticed there are some questions on this forum that relate to copying text between phones and PC's.
I'm an independent developer and have written a free app that does just that. It runs as a service on both windows and android. It works over LAN. And it allows you to do 2 things:
1. You can copy text from android to your PC by simply copying some text in android (Long press -> copy) and then pasting it in Windows (CTRL+V or right click -> paste)
2. You can copy text from PC to android by simply copying some text in Windows (CTRL+C or right click -> copy) and then pasting it in Android (long press -> paste)
It's really that simple. Here's a quick demonstration of me showing you how it works:
Wondering why you would need this?
Have you ever wanted to copy paste a URL from your android device to your PC to look at it on a bigger screen? Ever wanted to send a text message by typing it on your PC? Ever looked up a route description on your computer and realize you had to type in the exact same address in your GPS client? Did you ever e-mail yourself because you needed some text on another device?
No? Well then you probably don't need it at all. Sorry to have wasted your time
If you do think the app is useful you can get it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.bdwm.clipsync
The Windows server is available at http://bdwm.be/cs
Hope you like it.
- Jules
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I Used evernot to create a note to send it to my computers web browser this should make life soo much easier
Hello,
I'd like to report a problem.
On my Win8 Enterprise RTM OS the desktop application crashes as soon as I connect.
If you need more information or debug data, I'd be glad to provide you as much as I'd be able to collect.
Hey well done. This is a simple and handy app that should have been integrated in Android frol the begining. Of you can patent the technology vecause I'm sure Apple will include this feature in a future release of iOS and call it revolutionary
Microsoft should at least have done this in Wubdows Phone since it runs on the same kernel.
Btw mooi dat iemand van Gent in het nieuws komt haha !
Jackos said:
Hello,
I'd like to report a problem.
On my Win8 Enterprise RTM OS the desktop application crashes as soon as I connect.
If you need more information or debug data, I'd be glad to provide you as much as I'd be able to collect.
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Same on Windows 8 Professional RTM!
The application crashes and the phone application can't find it.
any plans for a linux or osx version?
Jackos said:
Hello,
I'd like to report a problem.
On my Win8 Enterprise RTM OS the desktop application crashes as soon as I connect.
If you need more information or debug data, I'd be glad to provide you as much as I'd be able to collect.
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Thanks for reporting this. I have installed windows 8 RP today and had the same problem. I think it's solved now. I've updated ClipSync Server on website. Go and get it
pwkip said:
Thanks for reporting this. I have installed windows 8 RP today and had the same problem. I think it's solved now. I've updated ClipSync Server on website. Go and get it
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Not sure if you noticed, but you got coverage on the portal
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/copy-and-paste-text-between-devices-with-clipsync/
cian hackett said:
any plans for a linux or osx version?
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There's a Java version coming up. I might need some Mac and Linux testers cause both my netbook and laptop have 3 different versions of windows running for the moment, and no way I'm going to buy me a Mac
If you are interested in testing a beta jar on Linux or OSX, please e-mail me and I will send it to you.
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Not sure if you noticed, but you got coverage on the portal
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Yeah, just noticed!
Didn't expect such a warm welcome to the community :victory:
Edit: Oops. Just noticed you are the author. Thank you so much!
Some more feedback:
The app could use a tray icon on the Android
Missing security settings, how can I know that another computer/phone doesn't use ClipSync in my network?
That seems like a very nice tool. Some nice features would be:
A manual sync mode. You (double/right/don't know) click on the tray icon and you send or receive the clipboard. The same on the phone, maybe the actionable notifications on jb also works with tray icons.
A keyboard extension. You open a tool and use your computer keyboard to type on your phone, like a bt keyboard.
Amazing!
The best app on the planet period!:good::laugh: exactly what i was looking for but never thought it could be that easy or even possible.. cheers!
congrats!
Great app! I was searching a lot for a such solution and I have found it in Airdroid and get used to it. Will see if ClipSync could convert me.
Recently a new application that allows you to use the Galaxy note 10.1 as a Wacom digitizer was released in the Play Store, the application name is S-tablet 3.0.On this site you can find more information and a link to download the application:
h t t p://s t a b le t . c o .k r/ (remove the spaces)
According to the site will have to install the application on your note 10.1 and after installing a dock expression on your PC in order to use the application.The application allows us to establish a connection with the PC and can control it from our device, although the application is focused on the use of Photoshop because it can detect the level of pressure in addition to the display of our 10.1 Notice will see shortcuts Photoshop tools.My problem is that after making the instructions on the website of the application, I can not make the application work and establesca communication with my PC, so I invite you to test the application and see if it works and if someone achieves haer the application to work, post in the forum or instructions steps you took to achieve it.
Bellow is te Play Store link of the app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ssm.spen10&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnNzbS5zcGVuMTAiXQ.."]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ssm.spen10&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnNzbS5zcGVuMTAiXQ..
I'm able to establish a connection(it says 'wireless connected') between tablet and PC but there is no movement of the cursor or mouse. The website is in Korean and I can't understand anything. Right now it's unusable.
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The download links doesn't work either. Both on play or your website. Not on play because it seems it isn't available for my device. But other 10.1 apps are.
Arrrgh
I reaaaally wanna see this working.
I too have installed it. It gives me an error as soon as I hit connect after typing in the ip address displays on the S-tablet desktop app.
Out of curiosity did either of you guys notice a little off screen tab that displays a pop in icon of a kind of brush stroked S, as well as the regular interface? I almost missed it but it seemingly has no function.
It's be really good to have a usable version of this though I'm sure you'll agree.
Snowtrouper said:
I reaaaally wanna see this working.
I too have installed it. It gives me an error as soon as I hit connect after typing in the ip address displays on the S-tablet desktop app.
Out of curiosity did either of you guys notice a little off screen tab that displays a pop in icon of a kind of brush stroked S, as well as the regular interface? I almost missed it but it seemingly has no function.
It's be really good to have a usable version of this though I'm sure you'll agree.
As always contact the developer .
jje
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When you say you have tried it could you tell what operating system you tried it with?
OS....
I used it on Vista OS.
Looks like the dev updated the site last week.
The s-tablet pc program isn't fully working on 64bit windows. Looks like they're trying to create a java based app to overcome this issue.