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Anyway to view android screen remotely without root?

Anyway to view an Android phone remotely like with PicMe but without root?

hah2110 said:
Anyway to view an Android phone remotely like with PicMe but without root?
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The ddms tool in the Android SDK will get screen captures over USB Debug of course.

Anything remotely?

I don't think it's possible without root because you need to take snapshots of your phone and taking snapshots needs root. (unless you use ddms)

Zeam launcher can take screenshots of your home screen (not tested by me). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664149
But I think you are talking about live watching your mobile screen on PC, aren't you?

Most of these live view server take pictures of your screen and send it over the internet. There is also the issue with port forwarding. The only service that has pulled off remote screen viewing server without port forwarding has been teamviewer.
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andrew121 said:
Most of these live view server take pictures of your screen and send it over the internet. There is also the issue with port forwarding. The only service that has pulled off remote screen viewing server without port forwarding has been teamviewer.
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Teamviewer exists for Android? I'm fine with the picture taking...

This is fairly new to the forum if you haven't seen it.. but it does require root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7567932#post7567932

khaytsus said:
The ddms tool in the Android SDK will get screen captures over USB Debug of course.
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Does not have to be over USB. ADB can connect via TCP.
Code:
- disconnect device from usb then tell it to listen on 4455
adb tcpip 4455
restarting in TCP mode port: 4455
- connect to the device using a specified ip:port. my device is using wifi
adb connect 192.168.1.103:4455
connected to 192.168.1.103:4455
- now do normal adb commands over tcp
adb shell
- when your done, you can put it back in USB mode
adb usb
restarting in USB mode
You can also set an environment variable called ADBHOST with the IP address and adb will attempt to connect to that ip.
Now I am not sure if DDMS can connect to the device over tcpip, but if adb can, and ddms uses adb to connect, it should be possible.

BUMP. Any success here?

Its been a while, was wondering if there have been any solutions to this.
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Android ScreenControl without root
Have a look at this ... Its something I have been working on ...
http://piglings.blogspot.com/2011/08/android-screen-control-without-root.html
Hope that helps !
Cheers,
Vikram.

I found this and thought it will be helpful as I ended up on this thread during my search.
NO ROOT REQUIRED!
Follow this link: it has everything.
http://www.mymobiler.com/
So far only PC is supported I think.
The app also gives you the ability to use your PC keyboard remotely over wifi, it also has shortcuts for home, menu, back, etc.
The one thing that you might need to figure out is the display option in the mobile app settings.
I chose to keep it #3 - others ... that's the only way I can see the screen on my razr maxx!!
Also, if you are having weird screen problems, the website has the FAQ section and other pages to tweak the settings so that it works fine!!
Now it is a bit slow ... but none the less very useful ... I use it to change music while my phone's connected to speakers and chatting with people on Viber/WeChat/WhatsApp ... comes in pretty handy!!
Hope this helps!! cheers!!

Anyway to view android screen remotely without root
Have you tried the App Airdroid it might be what you're looking for.

camalot said:
Does not have to be over USB. ADB can connect via TCP.
Code:
- disconnect device from usb then tell it to listen on 4455
It works. Except that device must be connected via USB while configuring this.
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Xoom screen on PC

Hi Guys,
I was wondering if there is anyway yet to view the Xoom screen on PC..
Something like this...
I did search the forums but couldnt find anything..
Thanks,
Abhinay

What you could probably use is a VNC server on your device and then connect to it via a VNC Viewer on your PC.
Something like this should work: https://market.android.com/details?id=org.onaips.vnc&feature=search_result

Thanks.. i will try n let u know

Cant this be done without rooting?

Try connecting to the HDMI pc port. Every modern gfx card has one. After that just select on your tv HDMI as source

abhinayp said:
Hi Guys,
I was wondering if there is anyway yet to view the Xoom screen on PC..
Something like this...
I did search the forums but couldnt find anything..
Thanks,
Abhinay
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You could just use android screencast. I normally just use it for my cell phone, but I connected my xoom to it and it works with that too. You need to have the android sdk installed and the xoom has to be detected by adb first before it will work. The keyboard works, but I haven't been able to get mouse control to work with the xoom. The menu buttons in screencast work though.
It's a little slow, but it's free and works for giving control through the PC. There is also an app called WebKey that you can get from the market, but you have to have a rooted device.

SPIDERTECH said:
You could just use android screencast. I normally just use it for my cell phone, but I connected my xoom to it and it works with that too. You need to have the android sdk installed and the xoom has to be detected by adb first before it will work. The keyboard works, but I haven't been able to get mouse control to work with the xoom. The menu buttons in screencast work though.
It's a little slow, but it's free and works for giving control through the PC. There is also an app called WebKey that you can get from the market, but you have to have a rooted device.
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ya, i tried the screencast, but for some reason the abd couldnt see my Xoom.. is urs rooted?

abhinayp said:
ya, i tried the screencast, but for some reason the abd couldnt see my Xoom.. is urs rooted?
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You have to turn on USB Debugging first, goto Settings -> Applications and then there should be a USB Debugging option under there.

Almighty1 said:
You have to turn on USB Debugging first, goto Settings -> Applications and then there should be a USB Debugging option under there.
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thanks, i was also missing the motorola usb drivers..
Everything working fine now

Remote you phone from Computer!

Android - Remote your android phone via usb cable or wireless router from PC.
Phone must be ROOTED!
Download droid VNC server - http://goo.gl/hYLXp - install it.
Download android adb driver - http://goo.gl/faiJU
extract adb.zip driver to Local Disk C = C:\adb
Now, click start, click RUN, type CMD, - ENTER
type adb command - cd \ - ENTER, type adb.exe - ENTER.
type - adb forward tcp:5901 tcp:5901 - ENTER
type - adb forward tcp:5801 tcp:5801 - ENTER
Go back to you're phone and open/start droid VNC Server
Wireless Mode - Phone and Computer must be connected to the same router.
Follow instruction on the phone screen once you press start - Example http://192.168.1.2:5801/ <--- type this in your Computer browser = Enjoy!
USB Cable Mode - Disable data connection (flight mode). Start droid VNC Server, Follow instruction on the phone screen once you press start - Example http://localhost:5801/ <--- type this in your Computer browser.
Once you able to remote your phone from you computer browser, press phone menu and re-enable data connectivity (disable flight mode) = Enjoy!

Works on any phone or just droid and how to make it work on ubuntu.........?

Mr.Oug said:
Works on any phone or just droid and how to make it work on ubuntu.........?
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Linux – Remote Desktop Viewer (use the command line). Remote Desktop Viewer is pre-installed in Ubuntu.

nice, I've already tried this, but it's not responsive enough

I try and is wonderful
Inviato dal mio GT-I9001 usando Tapatalk

I tried this on my Motorola Droid.
For Windows, I had some trouble getting it to work. Tight VNC works, RealVNC does not. You have to play with the colors and settings a little bit (it doesn't like compression).
Useful, but not useful enough for me to want to leave it running all the time....

little bit slow, but worth it

didnt work for me. Ultra VNC and TightVNC and I played with settings. Most I got was a black screen. VNC server thing is like stuck so I revoked permissions etc. Even rebooted to get it out for sure. Now did those adb commands just leave my ports exposed? how do I ensure they are closed? For me too, I got no keyboard to put a password for the server.
Update...Ok it works, but that VNC thing is buggy on my Nexus.. I don't see anything but a black screen. If I click in approximate location of where the buttons are to stop and start server i click the button on my nexus. So I got no display and I fiddled with the settings and cannot get it working from my pc with UltraVNC or Tightvnc.. Oh well.
I'd also would like to know about the adb commands opening ports on my phone. I want to make sure those are closed, so I'd appreciate a way to confirm that. It will be cool when/if I can vnc to my phone. Not sure why you would want to but regardless it would be fun to do.

I just use TeamViewer to connect droid to laptop, i leave my laptop at home on Wi-Fi signal all the time and connect to my laptop thatway i can browse and download torrents on a whim, access all my files and use ftp to transfer to phone i can access any kind of file on my phone because i installed Download All Files

Worked for me, defy+ and TightVNC on Ubuntu
Slow, but great!

samsung smart swith for ubuntu?

hello, i am usning ubuntu. is there any desktop software for managing my tablet, like samsung smart switch on windows for ubuntu?

Scrcpy, adb, vnc
d9867eb said:
hello, i am usning ubuntu. is there any desktop software for managing my tablet, like samsung smart switch on windows for ubuntu?
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There are a lot of choices to choose from if you want to manage your tablet with Ubuntu. However, there are different methods for different programs and you get different functions out of each. I'll compile a quick list for you, but without a little more specificity, I don't know what you mean by "manage".
1) VirtualBox - You can always use VirtualBox to run Windows and use that to install Samsung Kies/Smart Manager/etc.
apt install virtualbox
2) ADB - (USB Debugging must be enabled). Android Debug Bridge is a command-line based program to control different things on your device. To start, go to Settings - About Phone. Depending on your version of android it could be in "Software" or something along those lines but find "Build Number" and tap on it until it says "Developer Settings enabled". Afterward, go back to Settings and find the Developer menu. Turn it on first (there should be a box/slider/something on the top or in the menu) and go to USB Debugging. If it is grey'ed out and you can not turn it on, try turning off and on the developer settings. Once USB Debugging is enabled plug your device into the computer. The phone will ask a question about trusting the computer, press yes. Now, launch a terminal and type "adb devices". As long as only one device is plugged into your computer, and as long as the device is listed as "device" and not "offline" "unauthorized" or something like that, you can issue it commands! For more info on ADB, just google adb commands. "adb shell" gives you direct access to the /bin/sh shell in android. From there you can run commands directly through your tablet. Last note on this: 'adb tcpip 5555' restarts the adbd program on the tablet to listen for connections over the LAN/WAN/whatever it is connected to. To connect from the computer, type "adb connect <ip>" where <ip> is the tablet's IP address.
apt install android-tools-adb
3) scrcpy: Scrcpy is a program, written in java, that will use adb to display the screen of your android device in Ubuntu/anything that runs java. You can also click/type through it, allowing you to control it remotely. A word of warning: I don't know why, but my first few times trying to install this program were a major fail. I eventually got it, and it works pretty good, but it wasn't easy.
google: scrcpy (it's a github link)
4) VNC: You can install something like a VNC (Virtual Network Client) server or RDP (Remote Desktop Procedure) server on the tablet, and connect to it with tight/tiger vnc. Note: Device may have to be rooted for this, and, from my experience, most VNC servers wont work right. However, this has worked for my Samsung tablet in the past (the screen it broken on it but the digi is okay. I cant use scrcpy because scrcpy requires Lollipop I think and it has Kit Kat). I think the app "DroidVNC Server" was what I used.
5) Check Play Store for "android remote manager"
6) nuntius/kali-rolling 0.2.0-5+b1 amd64
share notifications from Android phone or tablet via Bluetooth or LAN
NOTE: I didn't like this program, but feel free to give it a shot!
Hope this helps!

Can't connect Pixel and Windows 10.

When I plug in my pixel into my Windows 10 laptop, neither device responds. This means that I get neither the AutoPlay pop up on the laptop, or the USB option notification on the phone.
What I have tried:
Plugging into a Windows 7 laptop; the AutoPlay box appears on the laptop, the USB options notification appears on the phone
Tried all USB ports on the Windows 10 laptop.
Confirmed that other USB devices appear correctly on the Windows 10 laptop
Any thoughts?
Guidance?

tithij said:
When I plug in my pixel into my Windows 10 laptop, neither device responds. This means that I get neither the AutoPlay pop up on the laptop, or the USB option notification on the phone.
What I have tried:
Plugging into a Windows 7 laptop; the AutoPlay box appears on the laptop, the USB options notification appears on the phone
Tried all USB ports on the Windows 10 laptop.
Confirmed that other USB devices appear correctly on the Windows 10 laptop
Any thoughts?
Guidance?
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Have you installed the latest fastboot and adb. If not download them here and make sure to add the folder containing the files in your path or unzip the files to your Windows directory. I had the same problem on Windows 10 when I was running it and that fixed it for me.

Check in Device Manager to see if the Android device is listed. If it's listed but is indicated as not having a driver loaded, you can always download the latest drivers from https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb.html and the latest platform tools at https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip.
Extract the drivers, right click the non-working Android entry in Device Manager, point it to the main folder you extracted the drivers into and see if it'll load the drivers. This may not be the problem but worth a try. Even if it doesn't solve it on Windows 10, try the same thing on Windows 7. Windows 7 may be too old that it won't automatically find the correct necessary driver like it should on 10.

tithij said:
When I plug in my pixel into my Windows 10 laptop, neither device responds. This means that I get neither the AutoPlay pop up on the laptop, or the USB option notification on the phone.
What I have tried:
Plugging into a Windows 7 laptop; the AutoPlay box appears on the laptop, the USB options notification appears on the phone
Tried all USB ports on the Windows 10 laptop.
Confirmed that other USB devices appear correctly on the Windows 10 laptop
Any thoughts?
Guidance?
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Google search terms: Windows 10, Pixel driver, XDA yields this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/guide-fix-mtp-driver-windows-10-t3570625
Simple enough? Hope it works for you.

thanks, but no luck
@Misterxtc thank you. Already tried. No luck
 @oirraW the device does not appear in Device Manager.
 @bobby janow I am familiar with Google. Believe it or not, I even went to page 3 of the search. The solution you found has been tried and does not work.

Install Linux, no drivers to install, it just works
Some dumbed down versions you might have to do
apt install adb fastboot
You never have to reboot, only if new kernel, and that too is going to change
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tithij said:
the device does not appear in Device Manager.
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Until you can get it to show up in Device Manager, there's nothing else you can do. Try a different USB port? Reboot the PC? Try a different cable if you have one? I can't think of anything else to try other than reinstalling Windows. I haven't had any trouble on Windows 7 or 10.

@piperx might be extending my tech skills a little too far. @roirraW "edor" ehT that is a pity.
Thanks all for your help; if I stumble across a solution, I'll post back.

tithij said:
@piperx might be extending my tech skills a little too far. @roirraW "edor" ehT that is a pity.
Thanks all for your help; if I stumble across a solution, I'll post back.
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Where's your sense of adventure ,?
If you can use Windows you can use Linux ?
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clutching at straws but worth trying as tell the computer sees the phone and lists it you are stuck so enable developer options then enable usb debugging and set usb configuration to MTP then with the phone connected and the phone unlocked reboot the phone keeping the phone unlocked all the time.

piperx said:
Where's your sense of adventure ,
If you can use Windows you can use Linux
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It's not the use of it, it's the installation of a dual boot that doesn't take up too much space.
I did go have a look, suggestions are Ubuntu or Mint. Would like the smaller one.

vickersg said:
clutching at straws but worth trying as tell the computer sees the phone and lists it you are stuck so enable developer options then enable usb debugging and set usb configuration to MTP then with the phone connected and the phone unlocked reboot the phone keeping the phone unlocked all the time.
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I'll give it a whirl.
Have played with the developer options a bit, but to no avail.

tithij said:
It's not the use of it, it's the installation of a dual boot that doesn't take up too much space.
I did go have a look, suggestions are Ubuntu or Mint. Would like the smaller one.
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Make a bootable USB of each distro you want to try. It's super easy with Rufus. This way you can try it without installing anything or wasting blank disks. I like Mint, it's basically Ubuntu with a face-lift.

No app needed to do simple things from command line ?
dd if=nameofiso of=/dev/sxx bs=4M; sync
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i'm not having much luck.. the device manager still either shows "pixel?" if the phone is set to no transfer.. or "MTP?" if phone set to file transfer... if I update drivers.. it says it tries then fails / had an error... any ideas?

@tithij You ever figure this out? I have the same problem I've even replaced the daughterboard but can't get the phone to show up in device manager when in bootloader mode.

GbizzleMcGrizzle said:
@tithij You ever figure this out? I have the same problem I've even replaced the daughterboard but can't get the phone to show up in device manager when in bootloader mode.
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I haven't actually done anything to fix it except to upgrade my phone and laptop.
Phone is on Android 9
Windows enterprise is on 1709
Now when I plug the phone in, I get the options on the phone and laptop. I choose File transfer and it works.
Not really helpful. But sometimes it seems apathy solves all problems.

If Pixel phone on connecting to windows only shows up in File Manager when you choose PTP option in the Pixel’s USB Preferences (and disappears from Explorer when you select File Transfer), you will be restricted to the DCIM and photos directory, thanks to the miserable ADB Composite driver that keeps getting updated or installed for morons who can’t handle full drive access in their pixels. ADB and PTP were designed so idiots would not need to worry about anything other than their media directories on their Pixel phones.
For anyone above age 4, full access to the Pixel SD memory is preferred. To fix the above, it is necessary to ditch the ADB drivers and get the generic MTP drivers back instead in Windows. Here’s how I did it on a Pixel 4XL with android 12 or 13:
Unplug phone, make sure Developer’s Options is ‘on’ and that USB Debugging is ‘on’
Ensure that in USB Preferences, it is defaulted to File Transfer/Android Auto and NOT to PTP
In Windows, open Device Manager, View, and check ‘show hidden files’
Then, open View-Devices by Type-Portable and delete/uninstall your Pixel phone, all of them if there’s more than one.
Then start looking for anything that says Android or ADB, and delete every shred of anything that’s an ADB Driver interface, whether composite, USB, whatever. If it has ADB in it alone or under LeMobile or Acer, it’s got to go. Uninstall and delete them
Plug in phone
Under Device Manager-View-Devices by Type-Portable find your Pixel device. Right click and Update Driver. Then, click Browse My computer, then click Let Me Choose, and then click MTB USB Device… I picked the bottom-most one
That’s it, it should work