Control your Android phone with your PC, unofficially of course
What Gadget geek hasn’t said to themselves, “boy, I wish I could control my phone via my PC”, or, “man, I wish I could record my Android device doing this or that”? Well, thanks to the folks over at xda-developers, it’s now a (relatively simple) reality. I just tested this method out on my HTC Hero, and it works brilliantly. You’ll just need to install a few things.
Here’s the basic instructions:
Download Android sdk. Place android-sdk-windows folder on root of your C:\
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.htmlDownload(skip login) and install JRE(JDK) 6
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/widget/jdk6.jspDownload the attached java file, unzip it, and just run it.
Place it anywhere you want. It doesnt have to be in the sdk folder like the screenshot program.Make sure your phone is plugged in for a minute or two.
If you cant get it to control, run the automount app or dual mount sd widget.
Just a note… I had to go to the control panel and type the following to get the java program to recognize my phone:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
adb devices
And thats it! Easy to use remote control and screencasting for your Android device. What do you think about it? Let us know in the comments.
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June 24th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Can you actually inject touch events? Or is this merely exercising the ADB screenshot function in a loop so it looks animated?
June 24th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Tried it, very Laggy but shows promise! If this works via WiFi I would defintely like to see if I can use it to prevent theft.
June 24th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
i was angry becuase it didnt work but now with adb it works damn i feel stupid haha
June 24th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
@James: Yes, you can actually control it. It isnt just a stream of screenies.
August 11th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Thanks for this. I really miss My Mobiler. I have an HTC Aria and I followed the steps given, but I cannot fully control the device. All I can do is use the top tabs: “Record,” “Explore,” “Open Url.” But I cannot use the ones at the bottom: “Home,” “Menu,” “Back,” “Search,”Call”…Is there something I’m missing here. What is “automount app” or “dual mount sd widget.” I barely got the phone. I’d appreciate your help. This is an awesome tool.