Does the capability to direct video input through the usb jack on the phone exist- perhaps as an unused feature?
I have a tmobile s6, I am hoping to use it as part of a project, and I would much rather not have to mod the hardware of the phone. The attractiveness of a sleek and complete device with its own battery, charger and a high-res screen is hard to pass up.
There are a lot of solutions out there to use a smartphone as a monitor- most are crazy hacks and/or rely on some flavor of remote desktop, and that's not going to be good enough for my project- I need snappy video with very little if any delay, and I am hoping to find a way to take a functioning android s6 (hopefully only with software) get it to work as a monitor.
I am hoping that either an app or modding an android distro might result in some viable solution. Does anyone know about this? Thank you in advance for any help.
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Hi all,
I'm looking for a tablet which is going to act as the user interface for my research project, but the technical nature means that I have some particular requirements which are pretty much impossible to ascertain from reviews or even some serious Google-fu. As there seem to be a number of experts in this forum I figured some people here might be able to lend some advice...
My main issue is that I need robust, ideally wired communication with a PC - presumably via USB. I have read that USB connections are possible with Android but I get conflicting reports about how easy it is, and no real information on the bandwidth of such a connection. Has anyone had any experience with this? I need to be streaming real-time images to the tablet, would this be suitable?
This sort of leads on to a second issue which is that it would really be preferable, from a development point of view, to have it running a Linux distro. I am wondering whether this might make USB connectivity easier, but again this information is very hard to come by. So, does anyone know of a tablet which I can put Ubuntu on and have full access to the USB port? Again, any sort of information or experience would be greatly appreciated.
As it's not my money I'm spending I really need to be sure that this will do what I want in advance, so any advice in general about doing this would be fantastic.
Thanks in advance
-Rob
Honeycomb 3.1 is a solid operating system which will be able to perform the actions you listed. However, steaming data seamlessly will require a device with suitable RAM and processor speed. One nice feature with android devices is the ability to overclock the processor. If you choose to go with android honeycomb a good device would be the Xoom or Acer
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Intersting, thanks, I'd not seen that. It looks like this ticks off Android 3.1 as a suitable platform, in which case my final question is whether anyone knows of a tablet which can have a native Ubuntu installation, with full access to the USB, display device etc. It would be the ideal situation from a development point of view.
Thanks again.
Has anyone had success with an app for the GT6210 I/R that is teachable? The included Peel app is over the top - it can't learn I/R codes and wants a data connection ...
I'm somewhat familiar with irdroid and LIRC but would like to see something use the built-in hardware.
I don't think we're going to see anything until there are a lot more devices with built in blasters. I agree - peel is kind of a waste. I use an xbox with windows media center, and its inability to learn is depressing.
I'd love to see logitech sell a harmony app that would turn our tab into a harmony one, but I just don't think there are enough devices like ours to make the r&d worth it just yet.
All that is to say - I haven't found anything great either.
I would like to create an IoT device by buying new, cheap android phones, strip them down and remove the screen, rebox into my own physical box, install a custom ROM without any bloatware (and that will boot without a screen!), and install my android app on the device to do stuff.
An example of a purpose for this could be a GPS tracker for a car. The box would be placed in the car, and record GPS and accelerometer readings, posting these readings back to a central server via the cellular network. (This is just a random example, so don't focus too much on the detail of this, but there are thousands of uses for a IoT board with the sensor, CPU, RAM, storage, and connectivity capabilities of a budget android smartphone)
The reason I want to use existing phones is that they are wonderful, mass produced, cheap devices with a variety of sensors I can use.
The reason I want to use Android is because it is because of the customization ability, and the mature development ecosystem.
To me, it seems an obvious thing to do, but I don't seem to be getting much joy trying to search for examples of this sort of thing (either here, or on the internet in general).
So some questions:
1. General thoughts? (Good idea? Am I missing some fundamental problem?)
2. What are the challenges of running Android without a screen connected?
3. Are there any custom ROMs you know of that specialize in this sort of thing?
(I've seen Google Brilo, but it still seems a bit early yet, and I really like the idea of just using the standard Android SDK to develop the app - and the abundance of help and information that comes with it)
Thanks!
Hey guys.
So i just bought a couple of tablets (Samsung Tab 4 and an iPad mini) for almost no money at all.
I won't really be using these tablets for their normal purpose. I personally don't really use any apps - am more for optimizing my PC.
Instead, i'm looking to strip them of their OS and to connect them as a 3rd and 4th monitor for my PC.
Some things are nice to do with a touch screen - like browsing ebay and also to compare color graded videos on tablets, which my viewers often use to watch my works. But i don't have any use of anything else from the android or iOS side.
I know that there are lots of apps and so forth to be doing similar things, but i do not wish to keep the Android or iOS elements. I just want the tablets to work just like a simple monitor (i am willing to rebuild them if this is needed).
I can't find any good information regarding this though, as most threads (both here and on other sites) refer me to apps - which is contraproductive to my purpose - having small touch-screen monitors for my PC.
Is there anyone that has any ideas on how to modify tablets to work as simple monitors for a PC?
thanks in advance!
CatWithoutABox said:
Hey guys.
So i just bought a couple of tablets (Samsung Tab 4 and an iPad mini) for almost no money at all.
I won't really be using these tablets for their normal purpose. I personally don't really use any apps - am more for optimizing my PC.
Instead, i'm looking to strip them of their OS and to connect them as a 3rd and 4th monitor for my PC.
Some things are nice to do with a touch screen - like browsing ebay and also to compare color graded videos on tablets, which my viewers often use to watch my works. But i don't have any use of anything else from the android or iOS side.
I know that there are lots of apps and so forth to be doing similar things, but i do not wish to keep the Android or iOS elements. I just want the tablets to work just like a simple monitor (i am willing to rebuild them if this is needed).
I can't find any good information regarding this though, as most threads (both here and on other sites) refer me to apps - which is contraproductive to my purpose - having small touch-screen monitors for my PC.
Is there anyone that has any ideas on how to modify tablets to work as simple monitors for a PC?
thanks in advance!
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I would like to add, that using them wirelessly (with USB/Bluetooth docks would be quite a nice feature!!!).
I don't think it can be done the way you want unless you tear them apart completely, connect the touch and LCD flat to some kind of converter and leave the rest hanging behind.
This is if you want to use them both like real monitors.
Try stuff like Duet (for the iPad) and spacedesk for the android.
I have no idea how will they like each other, but worths a try.
You're out of luck, you got practically no chance of using them as stand-alone monitors.
The best you could do is use some kind of a remote viewing software on the tablets, and handle it that way.
I have a Tab S8 Ultra. I really like using DEX to emulate a computing environment. I have a small business and able to do just about everyting in need with it. However, it's not a 'true' laptop. Nevertheless, I want to cut ties with the laptop. There's one program I really need to do so. I have HGTV Home & Landscape Platimum Suite ver 3. It is, of course, windows based and my tablet is Android. Does anyone know of any available Drivers that will allow me to run it or is it even possible?
I just read an XDA contribution piece by Kyle Wiggers in January 2018 about "WINE - Compatability Layer for Windows. I'm really not sure if im on the right track here. However, this is the closest info I've found concering what I'd like to do. I'm wondering if there is any more development on this.