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Ok, so I have this NFC touchatag reader, which connects via USB. Now, Android doesnt support this I guess because the dang reader needs a login to work or something. However, I emailed support and they responded:
"The reader we sell requires Pc/SC support from the os in order to work. Android currently doesn't support this. There's and custom android build out in the wild that does provide this functionality if you care to experiment. Another path for experimentation is using Android 's USB host mode and try to communicate with the reader that way. Either way we won't be supporting our reader on any other platform but windows and Mac. You're on your own I'm afraid. Best of luck and let me know if you get something working."
So can we get this to work? What next devs?
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I have a Canon EOS 350D which needs a driver on windows. Canon could solve this with a new firmware but this will not happen. If I have the usb adapter for the SGT is there a solution to copy photo's from the EOS? Or will I have to take the pcmcia card out to copy photo's?(and use a seperate reader).
Is this a strange Q? Or is it simple: If there doesn't exist an android driver for a external usb device you can't connect it?
It annoys me big time, I will own a nice piece of equipment like the tab, but have to carry a usb adapter, a usb cable and a cardreader with me, to transfer photo's from my camera when I'm on the road.(and the hassling with removing cards etc.)
I don't think there will ever be native support for proprietary drivers in Android. I'm no developer so I can't say if you could add support for that camera driver through an app but I don't think you'll get around the sd card reader + USB adapter combo for now.
If you can find Linux/Ubuntu support for it, you MIGHT be able to hack it in with an alternate kernel - but depending on the nature of the support method, the user interface may be suboptimal. (using shell commands to mount, etc.)
Edit: Check Themes and Apps section, new news. There's apparently now a "DSLR Controller" app, not sure how well this will work for you. I shoot Pentax so I can't test it.
Entropy512 said:
If you can find Linux/Ubuntu support for it, you MIGHT be able to hack it in with an alternate kernel - but depending on the nature of the support method, the user interface may be suboptimal. (using shell commands to mount, etc.)
Edit: Check Themes and Apps section, new news. There's apparently now a "DSLR Controller" app, not sure how well this will work for you. I shoot Pentax so I can't test it.
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If I can also copy photo's with it, it will be great. Thanks, I will check it out.
I'm looking for an app that will allow me to connect to my (Linux) computer via Bluetooth, and use my android touchscreen as a trackpad. I would prefer there to be no server software, but if there aren't any without it, that's fine. Anybody have suggestions?
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I don't think you'll find an app that doesn't require a server component. Most of these are written in Java, it's the easiest to make them cross-platform. I've have the best experience with PRemoteDroid, though I used WiFi, not bluetooth. But PRemoteDroid has support for bluetooth too.
I found 2 good ones (supposedly) one works fine, and I'm trying to get the other to work. :/
Hello XDA Developers!
tl;dr I need either a solid, light OS replacement for Android 2.3 on my Atrix, or I need a video streaming and virtualization app with no lag that works between android devices and either windows or linux desktop.
First I'd like to say how impressed I am with you folks. Massive amounts of work most be done on a regular basis, and so I tip my hat to you in thanks for looking at my potential problem/question.
I've got two devices that I'd like to make some serious software changes to, one of them my Atrix (the other is a Flytouch Tablet ARM11 with Android 2.3, but that's for a different forum). Let me start by saying that I like to think of myself as very technically literate, but when it comes to linux I just don't have nearly as much experience as I do with windows/mac, and it is about to really show.
What I want to do is load a light Linux OS on these devices. Normally, if I was going to install a new windows kernel on a machine I would copy an ISO to a USB thumb drive and make the drive bootable (using the MS program Windows 7 USB/DVD maker), then startup the PC and either through the BIOS or by hitting the proper button during the startup sequence I would ask the PC to boot into the drive and begin the installation.
Questions:
What is the image file type for mobile OS's?
How would one choose the right type of linux OS for an Atrix?
What is the difference between flashing a ROM and installing and OS?
Why is it when I updated my phone recently that it became unrooted?
(and) Is there any way to revert this process to make rooting easier?
Is there any way to capture a video output (like a stream) and broadcast it to these mobile devices so I can avoid changing their software alltogether?
(and) Could I just remotely control another PC from the mobile device, letting it do all the actual computing?
Can I use the Webtop Dock as a monitor for my desktop if I can find the proper HDMI cable to connect it to the HDMI output on my desktop video card?
(and) Can I also connect the Micro USB and use the keyboard/mouse (hooked into my desktop motherboard) on it as well?
(and finally) Can I use my Atrix as a prototype omni-tool by docking it in a docking station, attaching various tools that work with a linux operating system (wide-spectrum ultrasound imaging, temperature monitors, vital monitors, electronic laser saw (USB) (with separate power attachment of course) and extendable, movable USB cameras?) and then strapping it onto my wrist with a cool leather bracer design?
My end-goal is to have all three of these devices on the same network, with the ability to seamlessly access my data between them. For example, if I'm working on a document, I'd like to be able to access the document in a document editing program across all the platforms (imagine google docs with multiple users) however with one MAJOR stipulation: I'll be on a local network with NO INTERNET ACCESS!
Briefly (to better help you understand just what I'm trying to do) I am a freelance archaeologist/deep sea explorer/ROV tinkerer about to do a series of surveys mostly by myself in some VERY remote locations. I'll have a Wi-Fi network to link all of my devices together running out of my boat, but it's only for data sharing between each other, and since Satellite Internet is a joke, I can't think of any way to get data out there, and I've decided to live without it while I'm away.
I have a webtop dock for my Atrix, and the environment developed by Motorola is far too restrictive. I've tried countless fixes to try and get the webtop2SD to work, but I must be doing something wrong (Maybe the latest update screwed it?). I think since I'd like to use some linux applications while on the mobile devices, I would rather install a custom OS for both.
OR (preffered)
Even more simply, I'd like to stream the video feed and remotely control my desktop PC (located on the boat) on the mobile devices, but with yet another stipulation: I can't have FPS lag (I usually get 1-2 FPS with all the virtualization and remote control apps I've tried). This would in some senses be the preferred option, since I really don't want to spend oodles of hours trying to get some program to work in a difficult, restricted environment like these mobile device's current OS's. Is there a good, non-lagging version of desktop virtualization for Android OS?
About that webdock: I can't seem to find a female-to-female micro HDMI cable anywhere on the internet, thought I did find one Micro HDMI extension cable, and bought it promptly. I could buy another, but cut the male ends off and splice the female parts together (**** just got kinky). But if I could, would this work?
Phew that was a lot! Again thanks so much for thinking for me!
I've personally never found any kind of remote desktop software that works without lag, but it might be possible to find some. Someone else might know what to tell you there.
After doing some basic searching, the only collaborative document solution that I've found has been Etherpad Lite. You could set up a desktop or laptop running linux as the server, and all the other devices on your small network could (theoretically) run a browser based client similar (but far less advanced) than Google Docs. This way, everything on your LAN/WLAN could access the application, if it's stout enough to support your needs.
https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collab...Real-time_collaborative_text_editing_software
Everything you're looking for just seems to be limited for Android, I wish you the best of luck.
I have always found Teamviewer great for remote PC control from my Atrix. They have a nice app and free license for home/personal use. I get minimal lag controlling my PC at home when at work, but that's over WiFi. Not very fast and pretty laggy if I am on data with my Atrix.
BTW............I can work on documents, transfer files to and from PC's and laptops, print documents on my wireless printer, etc. across my home network from my Atrix, all routed through a Netgear WNR3500L running stock firmware (dd-wrt actually slowed my network down and reduced WiFi range considerably, so I reverted to stock).
First, there is no "magic" within the lapdock device. It is a nice HDMI screen, a couple crappy input devices on the USB side, and a battery. The standard Moto software does recognise the usb device and do some software magic, but certainly you could use the dock on it's own w/o the phone.
As to completely replacing the /osh webtop OS that Motorola provides, that is challanging.
There are 2 basic ways to open it up though. Go to the developers subforum and look for webtop2sd and "full Debian".
Somebody did post recently with an attempt to fully replace the webtop OS. he was using gentoo, so look for that and you should find it. But I suspect it is early, and likely to be a significant WP.
As to learning all this ****. If you do some Linux developement or heavy hacking (which it kind of sounds like) you should set up a full full blown 'droid dev platform and start playing. It is big and bulky, but you will learn faster that way than just searbhing around.
EDIT: just reread your post that you are light on Linux. if you want to do anything more than just follow along, it might be a good idea to setup something like an Ubuntu and get familiar there. 'Droid is way different looking (it really basterdises things around) but yoiu need to know both if you want to play with webtop hacks.
Thanks all. I'll look around again to see if I can find the threads you mentioned. I've tried Webtop2SD but to no success so far.
Thanks again.
Hi Devs!
I imagine this should be already discussed and explained somewhere, but I just can't find it as the word "android driver" is ambiguos and directs me to different topics.
Here we go with the question: nowadays many Android devices come with otgusb, so you can connect usb sticks, and all sorts of compatible devices. But: how to make a device compatible?
Since Android is linux, I assume loading a driver cannot be loaded just by installing an app, so do you need to call google and say "hey I got this new device, can you load the driver in your next kernel?" (sarcasm!!) or ...well...in short:
what the heck should one do if he wants to make a device compatible with android phones/tablets, even assuming he is able to write the driver by himself?
the question may be applicable to a variety of devices... a new remote one bought, a new BT wristband one wants to launch into the market, a usb sensor of some kind, etc etc etc.
thank you!
Ok, so I see there's apparently something called USB Host API, I read a little bit how it works, but I still have questions:
1. Does this mean basically that Android phone/tablet will provide RAW access via the USB Host API to any usb data stream received, and all I need is to write an app to decode that data?
2. If so, what makes a device compatible/incompatible?
3. If all of the above assumptions are wrong, please help
4. this still doesn't answer the bluetooth part, sorry for being so slow
Hi!
I have searched the last 2 hours and havent found what i am looking for so i am in a last desperate attemt asking the community.
Since this is my first thread (On an account created for only one purpose in mind...for now), i am sorry if im out of line.
Here it is;
I have an old Nexus 5X with a touchscreen malfunction, and since i have bought a new device i a trying out ways i can use the old device since its the only phone i have really loved.
The thought is this;
Since the 5X has a sublime fingerprint sensor, that is still functioning, i do not want i to go to waste. I want to use the fingerprint sensor in my 5X to unlock my computer, that is currently running Windows.
The closest i have come is to create a function in Tasker, via some guides that aim to do this via a remote server (Cant post outside link, and i do not want to do it via wifi since reasons). However, i am not able to do this via USB. I have been able to come as far as when the fingerprint detects a finger, it send a password, however, i am not able to get ut to send this simple command to the computer.
Is there an easy way to send text to PC via USB, or is the only way to do this via a remote server and wifi?
(And, if someone has done this before and know a better solution, please help..)
Hope i have made it clear!
Best regards
Super