I had found an app a few weeks ago that had two parts, a host and a client, that allows you to tether one device to another and use it as a keyboard. I can no longer remember what it was called.
Does anyone have a clue what it is called?
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Hi,
Android <-- USB/Bluetooth <-- PC/Laptop (Keyboard)
Few months ago, I try to get this things to work but no luck. Now I am really need to solve this again to make my life easier.
The case is in work place I have PC/laptop and my Android phone of couse. I want to use my phone with actively require keyboard typing for some reasons. Since I am using HTC Desire and I have two keyboards on my desk, why not I am using any of the keyboards to pair with my Android!.
I dont have any bluetooth keyboard and I want to utilize my desktop keyboard
After searching and googling with no luck for second time, I post here by hoping somebody can share with me with the same situation and interesting Android feature.
I know someone has hack a USB keyboard to directly connect to Micro USB in HTC to act as USB On The Go but I am not interested to cut my keyboard wire for that purpose only and not sure it can be done for Desire.
Bluetooth:
Last time I found a solution by using KeyPro from MobileGear and Choose a Freedom or i.Tech Virtual Keyboard driver. Then I create a Windows .NET application on laptop to send a Key code to KeyPro via bluetooth. The problem is I dont know the key codes designed for the keyboard to be sent. The developer also dont want to reveal the codes. I only need any real bluetooth keyboard supported by the supported keyboard to capture the key codes and map into my .NET application to simulate the keyboard from my Laptop.
** If somebody have the supported keyboard please share
USB:
Today I just thinking if possible from USB debugging mode (phone attached to Laptop USB), use adb shell, script/windows app or whats over, can send key to Android, so any active/foreground app can receive it just like what Android keyboard do???
LaNN
Hi
I own a HTC Snap phone, running WM6.5 and without a touch screen, which seems to be a lethal combination (for example, the XDA facebook app will not work on my phone).
When using a windows XP laptop I simply connect the phone via USB and use it as a modem, but I assume this won't work on the Android tablet.
So I'm trying to find a way to share my 3G connection to my Android 3.2 tablet.
The default ICS app is useless - the tablet doesn't see the phone either when sharing through WIFI (I understand Android will not recognize ad-hoc wifi connections) or when using BT.
I tried installing the trial of wmwifirouter with the same results.
I tried the XDA ICS app (I think it was a port of the HTC app) and couldn't get it to run, probably because it was expecting a touch screen input.
Is there any way to solve my dilema without replacing my phone?
Thanks
There used to be an app for WM called wifi hotspot. If you could install it on your phone, the tablet would connect to it via wi-fi.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538874
http://us.wmwifirouter.com/features/
I'm 90% sure that's the one I tried that didn't work because my phone has a keyboard and no touch, but I'll try it again.
Yep, it's not working on the HTC snap.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10946496&postcount=793
i remember in the wm6.5 days there was a mod/app to enable using the phone as a usb keyboard for any pc.
just start the app, plug your phone into usb port, and pc recognizes a new HID kb device.
so basic, so useful, so priceless, used it all the time in the field, and saved lugging around a keyboard to every job site.
seems android requires a custom kernel to achieve this without needing an app installed on the pc itself, from the one app i found in the market.
just seeing if anyone has any ideas to make this feasible with just an app, so it could be used on a stock rom, without needing custom kernel.
here's the story:
after finding out about Opentrack, a program that allows me to turn my android phone into a headtracking device to play games with, i remembered i had an old motorola atrix that was half broken in a drawer somewhere and thought, maybe if i could revive it i can actually make it into a permanent headtracking device and glue it to some headphones or something.
after charging it up and booting, i discovered there was no way i was going to make it work, the screen is half shattered and the touch only works in some parts of the screen, and motorola's moto blur was making me sign in before i could do anything, and since the touchscreen isnt working on the third row of keys, typing ".com" at the end of any e-mail is impossible.
i've tried a few things:
tried using a usb on-the-go adapter to connect a mouse or keyboard, didnt work, and i did find the old dock the phone came with, which has 3 usb ports at the back, but i didnt find the power cable that came with it, so that didnt work either.
so before i chuck this thing in the garbage, is there any way to bypass this motoblur thing? maybe connecting it to a PC and controling it from there? installing a different ROM on it? i only need it to run the opentrack apk and be connected to my wifi.
i took a few pictures of it but i guess i cant post them.
Hello XDA-developers,
I bought a new tablet a few days ago and have a slight problem regarding the Mac Address. It keeps changing after turning on wifi every time.
I found mutliple answers to similar problems but they didn't work for this specific tablet.
Now, I need to know if there is a way to change it to a static Mac Address, it uses Lollipop 5.1 and I rooted it using KingoRoot for Windows.
I just made some search for myself and found a file called "setmacaddr" (without extension). I don't know if it's just a thing every tablet has or if it is the problem.
If you need more information about the tablet, don't hesitate asking me!
Sincerely,
Marvin
EDIT:
I rooted this tablet because it had the problem when it was not rooted. I needed to root it for the methods I tried till now. (Like I said, they didn't work)
Hello, it's me again,
does anybody have a clue at least what I can try to do?
Would help me very much!
Solution:
I solved the problem in a slighty different way.
I know this is not the best way but maybe someone just needs a similar solution!
I bought a USB 2.0 -OTG ethernet adapter² and connected it with the switch next to my pc, which is connected to the router. Thus, you are able to have stable internet connection without minding your MAC-Address in most of the time (like 99,9%). Of course, your tablet only gets internet while plugged into it, so you may only do this if your tablet remains in nearly the same place or if you are able to quickly wire it different.
² can't post the link to the product because I'm a new user. Any USB-2.0 OTG ethernet adapter should work, it just needs a micro usb otg plug.