Hello all,
My parents are very old and their TV comes through an Android box. They constantly have issues and I want to be able to control their device from my home. All the screen sharing software I've seen requires a passcode to be read on the slave device and entered on the master device. This does not work for me as my parents are way too technophobic to be able to open some app and find that code... so my question is:
Is there any software you know of that will allow me to give permission to a screen sharing software ONCE so that days or months later I can still control my parent's Android device without having to find the code again?
Thanks,
Mark.
(PS moved thread from General Android section)
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Hello All,
I originally posted this question in the Android general forum but I didn't get any traction so I'm posting here in the hopes of finding some folks in the community with ideas for this project. I work for a not-for-profit children's hospital. The idea is to create a patient entertainment system (think the LodgeNET style systems in hotel rooms) using less expensive and more open hardware/software. We've purchased a few Android based set top boxes such as the EnjoyTV (I'd post the link but it won't let me) and have managed to get them configured the way we want.
The situation we're struggling with now is managing 200+ of these boxes out in the field. I have a few ideas but no one here really with the Android experience to bounce them off of.
Some thoughts:
- We would like to be able to completely reset the device to 'factory' defaults when patients leave rather than worry about locking down the devices too much.
- We would need the defaults to be our configuration, specific applications installed and perhaps even some hospital branding involved.
- I know I can reconfigure the ADB daemon on the device to listen on the ethernet port as opposed to USB.
- In doing so there is no security but I can handle security in the network layer using ACLs etc.
- I should then be able to use remote ADB commands to reset the device which I can script but what will get reset? Will my cusotmizations/apps go away? Will I have to compile a custom ROM?
- Is there a better direction to go in entirely?
Any help or even just a jab in the right directly would be GREATLY appreciated, both by myself and the kids who will benefit while they're here.
Hi,
I think you need MDM solution.
Ideally you might want to get Device admin rights and then reset it from remote easily.
Hi all,
I am wondering whether it's possible to take an image of a current Android tablet and port it to the TF300t. My current employer received 5 new tablets customized by our ERP software company to only run their specific application when the tablet boots up. The user however, still has access to the Settings menu (which is also customized to only show options relevant to the software application and basic Android functionality - WiFi, etc).
Is it possible for me to somehow back up and compile the Android image from our software ERP's company and port it to our other 10 TF300ts?
I want to make sure network security (and user restrictions) is maintained even when employees use the TF300Ts - which by default seem to be loaded with lots of bloatware.
Any help is much appreciated.
Xtr3m3X said:
Hi all,
I am wondering whether it's possible to take an image of a current Android tablet and port it to the TF300t. My current employer received 5 new tablets customized by our ERP software company to only run their specific application when the tablet boots up. The user however, still has access to the Settings menu (which is also customized to only show options relevant to the software application and basic Android functionality - WiFi, etc).
Is it possible for me to somehow back up and compile the Android image from our software ERP's company and port it to our other 10 TF300ts?
I want to make sure network security (and user restrictions) is maintained even when employees use the TF300Ts - which by default seem to be loaded with lots of bloatware.
Any help is much appreciated.
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It might be possible to freeze the apps and transfer them over, but id assume with that kind of software they have to log into a licence server, and proberly check for unique ids.
you would also need root access to those tablets which might be just as difficult.
I'm adding my dad to our family plan and getting him a smart phone. Probably the HTC Desire 510 (Sprint)
I gave him an old Samsung Galaxy S3 (unactivated) just to play games on, and he really likes it, but it's caused hours of over the phone support because... He's old and has never touched a computer...
Is there a remote control "server" I can install on his phone so I can see what he's doing and help him?
I looked at TeamViewer, but it doesn't seem to allow remote desktop like access.
Thanks,
LT.Son
LT.Son said:
I'm adding my dad to our family plan and getting him a smart phone. Probably the HTC Desire 510 (Sprint)
I gave him an old Samsung Galaxy S3 (unactivated) just to play games on, and he really likes it, but it's caused hours of over the phone support because... He's old and has never touched a computer...
Is there a remote control "server" I can install on his phone so I can see what he's doing and help him?
I looked at TeamViewer, but it doesn't seem to allow remote desktop like access.
Thanks,
LT.Son
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Check this thread: Way to remote control android phone With tablet.
There are some interesting solutions, e.g. with VNC.
There are also other remote control app, such as [APP][Android 3.0+] Monitordroid - Remote Administration Tool for Android ... and some on Play store, but maybe not exactly what you are looking for.
If you have questions about the TeamViewer app, check this thread: [APP]Teamviewer Quick Support - Remote control the Note by the computer/laptop FREE.
Best place to ask is in the Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum.
Thread closed and thank you.
Hello,
I have a huge problem that is making me leave android.
Since android 4 I have been developing software for devices that are stuck to a wall and spread-ed across the country, mainly price-checking and digital signage software.
The end user (the client from the retailer) cannot access menus and anything else other then what running software offers. With android 4 I was able to make updates to software remotely, and monitor control all the device, with vnc and ssh.
Recent android versions are picky and for example i cant have vnc , neither an ssh that allows me to control the system, unfortunately whit this i can live. but for example if i need to update my app with another apk which require more permissions it will show a popup asking for permissions, that is not OK on a remote device where no one from the company is using it. I cannot hope a client clicks yes on the popup for my app to run again.
Android 4 and 5 where perfect, android 10 and 11 are terrible for this. How can i bypass this, is it possible?
Thanks and sorry for the English.
Hi,
ive got an old Android 2.3 device which what i dont want to do much more then remote control it (accessing general things like sms, notifications, etc) using wifi
on more modern devices i use anydesk[01], Notify2Jabber[02] and termux[03] with sshd then dont even need root. But i remember i had an app on android 2.3 that was able to control the whole phone (if rooted) via webbrowser (nice html interface to access sms/ call-list/remote keyboard/clipboard/files and more) and something like web-vnc to directly remote control it. Unfortunately i dont remember the name.
do you have any ideas what this app was called or other free (as in free beer (and only if possible freedom ) software to do souch things on android 2.3. I now have rooted the device and installed busybox (cause preinstalled tools are lame), i could probably get some sshd to run (maybe some static linked arm dropbear) but i would prefere a more user friendly way (i dont even know how to access sms using the terminal (only with termux ))
thanks a lot in advance,
T
PS: i couldnt find an appropriate forum, maybe there should be some "General Lagacy Android devices" board for all below android 5, hope this general category is ok