So I have a tablet, and a cell phone, and I want them to be working together as much as possible, like one device in two different form factors. With Miracast and WIFI Direct on the horizon, and Tasker and Autoremote able to communicate between devices, is there anything available that would allow me to use both devices to the best of their ability, being able to receive and send sms on my tablet, sync apps, or out and out slaving my tablet to my phone via Remote, and letting it's hardware mix with the phone's native applications?
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What I want to do is to write an app that forward the phone call from my android callphone to another android device, via bluetooth. Note that the destination is another android device, which could be another phone, or, in my case, is my x86 netbook with android installed.
The question may sound goofy. After all, if bluetooth is effective then the two devices must be close to each other. If both of them are phones, as most people would think, then what is the point to simply forward the call from one phone to another?
Well, in my case, the second device is not a phone, but an android device that are not capable making a phone call, which is an x86 netbook on which I have installed android. I wonder if I can write an app, and install it on both phone and netbook, such that I can directly make/receive the phone call from the netbook.
I have checked out the bluetooth chat sample code but apparently it can only send a string (byte[] buffer) over bluetooth, but not an audio stream that I need. I glimpsed the android bluetooth api but didn't find anything helpful.
Any suggestions or hints are greatly appreciated. Or if there is any existing discussion or source code to fulfill this purpose, please let me know. I did do some google search but found nothing.
Thanks.
Lik
lik88888 said:
What I want to do is to write an app that forward the phone call from my android callphone to another android device, via bluetooth. Note that the destination is another android device, which could be another phone, or, in my case, is my x86 netbook with android installed.
The question may sound goofy. After all, if bluetooth is effective then the two devices must be close to each other. If both of them are phones, as most people would think, then what is the point to simply forward the call from one phone to another?
Well, in my case, the second device is not a phone, but an android device that are not capable making a phone call, which is an x86 netbook on which I have installed android. I wonder if I can write an app, and install it on both phone and netbook, such that I can directly make/receive the phone call from the netbook.
I have checked out the bluetooth chat sample code but apparently it can only send a string (byte[] buffer) over bluetooth, but not an audio stream that I need. I glimpsed the android bluetooth api but didn't find anything helpful.
Any suggestions or hints are greatly appreciated. Or if there is any existing discussion or source code to fulfill this purpose, please let me know. I did do some google search but found nothing.
Thanks.
Lik
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Or something that makes me dial from Device 1 but the calls are made on Device 2
I'm using multiple android devices, all of them under one phone number (only one plan that includes five separate sim cards). All of the services are available under any individual device, BUT! Text messages (SMS) ONLY arrive at the devices that holds the "primary" or "master" sim card.
What I'd like to have, is the ability to somehow send any arriving messages from the primary device via something (email? im?) that doesn't require them to be in close vicinity (so no wlan/bluetooth). So that it wouldn't matter which device I hold, I'd always receive any incoming text messages and they would be available on all devices. Best would be, if also SENT messages would sync between devices.
Also of note is that the sync should be (almost) instantaneous (as fast as can be achieved via push-gmail or instant messaging). So no scheduled syncs or anything that requires an interval.
Each one of the devices are capable of sending/receiving sms on their own, so no technical barriers exist on that front.
By syncing, I mean that the messages would be available at each device's own "messaging system", NOT just backed up in email or something. (so SMS2Mail of backupsms -style apps are out of the question.)
The devices are running Android 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 and come next year, android 4.0.
I'm going to use:
* Samsung Galaxy Note
* Samsung Galaxy Tab
* Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
* Samsung Galaxy Gio
* Motorola Defy
I've looked into TotalSMS Control, DeskSMS, Phone Control and various other apps, but they all lack some part of what I need. (DeskSMS looked the most promising, but apparently doesn't work on Honeycomb, at least market doesn't show DeskSMS for my Tab 8.9).
If this exists, please tell me. If it doesn't, I'm willing to pay some.
Note: monthly/yearly fees are not out of the question. The services need not be free, just working
Did you ever find an app that worked for you? I'm in a similar situation and would be interested to hear what you settled on.
No, unfortunately I didn't. I'm currently using Phone Control. I needed to change my primary device from Tab 8.9 to Note to get PC to work (since it required telephony). It is hands down the fastest of what I have tested. Unfortunately it only sends the arriving sms as email to the other devices, there is no way to actually 'sync' anything between the devices.
AnttiV said:
If this exists, please tell me. If it doesn't, I'm willing to pay some.
Note: monthly/yearly fees are not out of the question. The services need not be free, just working
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AnttiV said:
I'm using multiple android devices, all of them under one phone number (only one plan that includes five separate sim cards). All of the services are available under any individual device, BUT! Text messages (SMS) ONLY arrive at the devices that holds the "primary" or "master" sim card.
What I'd like to have, is the ability to somehow send any arriving messages from the primary device via something (email? im?) that doesn't require them to be in close vicinity (so no wlan/bluetooth). So that it wouldn't matter which device I hold, I'd always receive any incoming text messages and they would be available on all devices. Best would be, if also SENT messages would sync between devices.
Also of note is that the sync should be (almost) instantaneous (as fast as can be achieved via push-gmail or instant messaging). So no scheduled syncs or anything that requires an interval.
Each one of the devices are capable of sending/receiving sms on their own, so no technical barriers exist on that front.
By syncing, I mean that the messages would be available at each device's own "messaging system", NOT just backed up in email or something. (so SMS2Mail of backupsms -style apps are out of the question.)
The devices are running Android 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 and come next year, android 4.0.
I'm going to use:
* Samsung Galaxy Note
* Samsung Galaxy Tab
* Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
* Samsung Galaxy Gio
* Motorola Defy
I've looked into TotalSMS Control, DeskSMS, Phone Control and various other apps, but they all lack some part of what I need. (DeskSMS looked the most promising, but apparently doesn't work on Honeycomb, at least market doesn't show DeskSMS for my Tab 8.9).
If this exists, please tell me. If it doesn't, I'm willing to pay some.
Note: monthly/yearly fees are not out of the question. The services need not be free, just working
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Hello AnttiV,
I have already posted my setup (somewhat applicable to your case) in this Thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368228).
To make best use of the app that I use in my setup (mysms) I would slightly modify it. You can install mysms on you main device (which has the SIM card that is marked as primary). Then you can access and write messages from all other smartphones via the mysms mirror app (search for 'mysms mirror' in the play store).
I used the free Web app to text from my iPad until I decided to purchase the app from the App store.
Hope this helps you.
@eileenfj0713:
that's not even remotely usable in this scenario? That's only SMS transfer, not a simultaneous receiving.
However, I've now been using MySMS for about year, and that seems to be the best solution (it's even cross platform! Works from iOS also) available. I heartily recommend MySMS to anyone looking for a solution to this kind of a problem.
ASUS has touted Wi-Fi Direct http://www.asus.com/News/k4PosV90YN1qdjZ3/ as one of the features present on the Transformer Prime. For those of you who are not familiar, Wi-Fi Direct is basically a means of establishing an ad-hoc Wi-Fi connection without the need for a router or one device acting as a hotspot and was just introduced into Android 4.0.
I've had the chance to use it on multiple occasions, transferring huge files between two Galaxy S II devices and all I can say is the speed is much, MUCH faster than Bluetooth, such that transferring 2GB can be done within a reasonable time frame like that of a meal. Also, it doesn't consume anywhere near as much battery as using one device as a hotspot and then transferring files between them.
So my question is, has anyone found a way to access the WiFi Direct functionality we all supposedly have on our Transformer Primes? Given the spottiness of MTP/PTP, having another reasonably fast way to get files on/off the device can only make things better!
Source: android.com
Support for Wi-Fi Direct lets you connect directly to nearby peer devices over Wi-Fi, for more reliable, higher-speed communication. No internet connection or tethering is needed. Through third-party apps, you can connect to compatible devices to take advantage of new features such as instant sharing of files, photos, or other media; streaming video or audio from another device; or connecting to compatible printers or other devices.
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application is needed
Thanks! Did a search of the market, seems no apps implement that functionality yet...
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Thanks! Did a search of the market, seems no apps implement that functionality yet...
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yea, i've been really excited about this, but google doesn't seem to have it finalized yet from what i understand. It will make printing about 50x easier in the workplace since chrome is not commonplace and chrome is required for cloudprint
So is this why we don't have an option in our settings as opposed to the Galaxy SII?
You don't need any App.
WiFi-Direct technology is implemented in ICS 4.0 and aboce.
whne the Prime will get ICS update it will support it. in any context menu.
it would be like sending via bluetooth.
I guess ASUS ment that te Prime's wifi chip DOES suppot that. but the software need too. and Gingerbread dosen't.
On the Galaxy S2 it's the same thing. only Samsunge made special apps for themselfs and that was build in the system (in the TouchWiz). No other 3-rd party project can access that thing and build other Apps. Only when the Galaxy wil have ICS update. exaclly like here....
Good luck...
Here are some resources regarding "wifi direct":
http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/WiFiDirectDemo/index.html
zaxy78 said:
You don't need any App.
WiFi-Direct technology is implemented in ICS 4.0 and aboce.
whne the Prime will get ICS update it will support it. in any context menu.
it would be like sending via bluetooth.
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This is actually not true. I own the Galaxy Nexus and currently there is no way to actually use WiFi Direct without an app. Even the core Android apps don't make use of it. Pretty useless feature up until Google or the developers start releasing apps that make use of it.
Hi I can only use the standard Android apps (YouTube, Contacts etc) to NFC transfer to other NFC enabled Android devices (like my Nexus 7). If I try and use something like Sony picture viewer, the other device refuses to accept it (because I'm guessing it doesn't have access to the app).
Surely the whole point of intents is that you can send a picture between any other Android device, regardless of the viewing app?
Is this because Sony don't use the same package name or something? Any plans to fix it?
I own multiple android phones. Depending on my needs or how I feel at any given time, I would like to be able to pick and choose which phone I want to carry with me but I only ever carry one phone at a time.
I would like to keep all (or at least two) of my devices in sync with each other so that all my data and apps are available regardless of which device I grab before I leave home. (with little more than a Sim swap)
My phones should almost be clones of each other.
I also own a few smart watches and fitness trackers which are paired with my primary phone.
At this stage its a tedious process to switch between phones because apps like whatsapp need to be reconfigured and my watches need to be reset and paired again with the next device.
Is there an app that will allow seamless syncing (transitioning) between Android phones including the paired Bluetooth accessories?