While I've tried most of the usual cloud storage services - Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, SugarSync - I thought I'd try rolling my own, and it works! Yes it's easier with existing services, but just thought I'd have a go just to see if I could..
You can create your own cloud storage on Google App Engine using the open source CloudDav - the instructions on the CloudDav page make it very straightforward if you're familiar with the App Engine Python SDK. Just get the files from the repository (I used TortoiseHg to download to my Windows 7 64 bit machine), create the app on App Engine, edit the downloaded template to create a yaml file with the app name, deploy the app, and that's it.Took me literally just a few minutes.
It's easy to authorise user logins for any Google account, including Google Apps accounts on your own domains (I tested that too), and with WebDav File Manager on my N7 it's working fine.
Obviously it's free of charge only within the limits of the App Engine free quotas, but at least it's another source of cloud storage space.
Only problem was getting an @ character on the keyboard, believe it or not - copy/pasting that symbol was really hard to do, am going to ask separately about that!
Todo... to try with files encrypted with Boxcryptor on my PC. But can't see why it shouldn't work.
Those of you with a spare box could look into ownCloud. I think they have a Windows client, but I'm not too sure. I run it on my Linux server in my basement. If you set up a DDNS account (I used no-ip.com) and forward your server port through your router, you can essentially access your server via it's own URL, such as:
http://heresmyexample.zapto.org/owncloud
or whatever it may be.
The nice thing about ownCloud is the data resides on your server and your server alone. Of course, if your server blows up, you're toast, but it's another alternative worth mentioning. Mine has about 300GB free, so I basically have a 300GB cloud server to myself. I talked to a guy who had 8TB in his ownCloud server... can you imagine??
Pros:
You own it (therefore it's your data on your server, no where else)
You manage it (thefore it's your rules)
Your space can be exponentially higher than any other free service
Cons:
You own it (therefore you need to provide a spare box or build a new one)
You manage it (don't go tinkering in any core config files now, ya hear?)
Hard drives aren't free
Anyway, just another on the list of many. :good:
JaSauders said:
Those of you with a spare box could look into ownCloud. I think they have a Windows client, but I'm not too sure. I run it on my Linux server in my basement. If you set up a DDNS account (I used no-ip.com) and forward your server port through your router, you can essentially access your server via it's own URL, such as:
http://heresmyexample.zapto.org/owncloud
or whatever it may be.
The nice thing about ownCloud is the data resides on your server and your server alone. Of course, if your server blows up, you're toast, but it's another alternative worth mentioning. Mine has about 300GB free, so I basically have a 300GB cloud server to myself. I talked to a guy who had 8TB in his ownCloud server... can you imagine??
Pros:
You own it (therefore it's your data on your server, no where else)
You manage it (thefore it's your rules)
Your space can be exponentially higher than any other free service
Cons:
You own it (therefore you need to provide a spare box or build a new one)
You manage it (don't go tinkering in any core config files now, ya hear?)
Hard drives aren't free
Anyway, just another on the list of many. :good:
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This is a bit cleaner because your phone sees it as local storage. You can still use your own server at home, but this way you can stream music, videos, book, whatever you want. And all of your apps can access the data. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbiz...GG6dB9uixiT_-zNAopLpSrly2Ggb1bg&feature=inbox
JaSauders said:
Those of you with a spare box could look into ownCloud. I think they have a Windows client, but I'm not too sure. I run it on my Linux server in my basement. If you set up a DDNS account (I used no-ip.com) and forward your server port through your router, you can essentially access your server via it's own URL, such as:
http://heresmyexample.zapto.org/owncloud
or whatever it may be.
The nice thing about ownCloud is the data resides on your server and your server alone. Of course, if your server blows up, you're toast, but it's another alternative worth mentioning. Mine has about 300GB free, so I basically have a 300GB cloud server to myself. I talked to a guy who had 8TB in his ownCloud server... can you imagine??
Pros:
You own it (therefore it's your data on your server, no where else)
You manage it (thefore it's your rules)
Your space can be exponentially higher than any other free service
Cons:
You own it (therefore you need to provide a spare box or build a new one)
You manage it (don't go tinkering in any core config files now, ya hear?)
Hard drives aren't free
Anyway, just another on the list of many. :good:
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Sounds good, ta, must try that. It's mainly the set-up time issue, including setting up backups too of course. It's the old adage about people not always taking backup seriously until they have a disaster... eg I moved to mainly Google Calendar a few years back after my computer died and I lost some days' appointments, as Google are more likely than me to backup (though I do backup my Google Calendar daily too).
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Sounds good, ta, must try that. It's mainly the set-up time issue, including setting up backups too of course. It's the old adage about people not always taking backup seriously until they have a disaster... eg I moved to mainly Google Calendar a few years back after my computer died and I lost some days' appointments, as Google are more likely than me to backup (though I do backup my Google Calendar daily too).
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I hear ya. Backups are key for any situation, no matter how big or small. My ownCloud server *is* my backup server, but that doesn't mean that's the end of the line for backups. My ownCloud info is then synchronized elsewhere so if my actual server blows up, I'm still in good shape. Of course, the average joe may not be as religious about backups as I am, but then again the average joe is unlikely to have any interest in their own cloud server either.
Like I said, just another option on the table, since I have little doubt there's a few users around these parts who might find ownCloud is exactly what they want. :good:
+1 for promoting home storage. If you have a old p4 box laying around your house or you can get one for cheap its fairly simple to setup your own fileserver. Really all you need is a computer and a few hard drives to have as much storage as you want. I have about 500gb free on a fileserver that I dedicated to my nexus 7 and Razr device.
If anyone needs steps just let me know..
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+1 for promoting home storage. If you have a old p4 box laying around your house or you can get one for cheap its fairly simple to setup your own fileserver. Really all you need is a computer and a few hard drives to have as much storage as you want. I have about 500gb free on a fileserver that I dedicated to my nexus 7 and Razr device.
If anyone needs steps just let me know..
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I'm curious what OS you're using as your platform, and how exactly this is brewed up.
Dennelly said:
+1 for promoting home storage. If you have a old p4 box laying around your house or you can get one for cheap its fairly simple to setup your own fileserver. Really all you need is a computer and a few hard drives to have as much storage as you want. I have about 500gb free on a fileserver that I dedicated to my nexus 7 and Razr device.
If anyone needs steps just let me know..
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Hello,
A home fileserver sounds very cool.
I would be interested in the easiest method known to man.
GT-P3113, CM9 RC2, MetalliKernel SuckyCPU
booda3000 said:
Hello,
A home fileserver sounds very cool.
I would be interested in the easiest method known to man.
GT-P3113, CM9 RC2, MetalliKernel SuckyCPU
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Do you have any spare computers at home? I don't know if I can link to other sites here but lifehacker has a lot of tutorials on how to do this. If you tell me what you have exactly I can see whats best for you
Denelly,
Thanks in advance!
I have an old 1.6ghz, 512MB RAM laptop. I could dedicate it.
My desktop is a 1.6ghz dual core Atom CPU, 3GB RAM. I'd like to run along side the fileserver.
Im gonna check out lifehacker.
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Hi, I'm wondering what's the difference between having a cloud and a VPN? I mean, what can you do with a cloud that you can't with a VPN? File sharing and stuff like that are already possible with VPN.
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Hi, I'm wondering what's the difference between having a cloud and a VPN? I mean, what can you do with a cloud that you can't with a VPN? File sharing and stuff like that are already possible with VPN.
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It really all depends on how each service is configured. VPNs have a lot more functionality than cloud storage, but they were both designed for different purposes.
If your only looking for file/folder storage go with one of the mentioned Google apps or storage services (like Dropbox).
If you need access to individual computers or programs/apps on your home network then go with a VPN.
VPNs can chew through data plans if your not careful, they have quite a bit of overhead that will make them feel slow as well. On the flipside a cloud storage service will be efficient & easy on bandwidth.
Dennelly said:
Do you have any spare computers at home? I don't know if I can link to other sites here but lifehacker has a lot of tutorials on how to do this. If you tell me what you have exactly I can see whats best for you
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Hey Dennelly, I have my win 7 PC collecting dust. It has good two core cpu, I think 3.2 and good nvidia card with 512mb and 4 drives, 320gb primary and the others are 2tb, 1tb, and a 500gb.
Any steps or recommendations would be appreciated.
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After doing some more looking (thanks again everyone for the discussion) I thought I would add a candidate called GoodSync to the mix. It can incorporate all the cloud services we currently use (dropbox, etc) with our home cloud solution.
Sorry I don't have enough posts to post the link.... effin noobs
I'm on tablet when I get on pc ill help you guys out
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You don't even need a spare pc either. I have OwnCloud running on a VM on my main computer which is great for organising all my files and then I've combined that with Plex Media Server so that I can stream my movies/music easily. So if I want to download a file I access the owncloud directly and if I want to stream it I access it through Plex
ktz84 said:
You don't even need a spare pc either. I have OwnCloud running on a VM on my main computer which is great for organising all my files and then I've combined that with Plex Media Server so that I can stream my movies/music easily. So if I want to download a file I access the owncloud directly and if I want to stream it I access it through Plex
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how does it work on the wan side of things?
I've used a lot of the home storage solutions mentioned in this thread, but I always have a problem with having to have an always on computer in my home.
Has anyone figured out a fix for this?
eawooten said:
I've used a lot of the home storage solutions mentioned in this thread, but I always have a problem with having to have an always on computer in my home.
Has anyone figured out a fix for this?
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This is a concern of mine too.
I'd like to implement a cloud server that doesnt use my home bandwidth.
For free too!
I think I know where this is heading....,
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eawooten said:
I've used a lot of the home storage solutions mentioned in this thread, but I always have a problem with having to have an always on computer in my home.
Has anyone figured out a fix for this?
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One possible solution is to use a router that has its own USB port. I have a dirt cheap belkin router with two usb ports that has TomatoUSB loaded to it. I then configure the firmware Ftp server for wan access. I can then access files on a USB attached storage device if needed via ftp. The down side is the speed is limited to your broadband upload speed. I cannot stream content across the internet, but I can copy content to and from my devices internal memory. I also have the added benefit with tomatousb of having a media server to stream content on the local lan.
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it is possible for the g1 to print wirelessly right?
is there a program out there that i dont know about that lets you do this? , because i've been looking but found nothing.
I guess it hasn't been created yet.......?
I would love this functionality as well since my printer is wireless. Would be great but I dont know if it will happen.
It is most definitely possible, but has not been implemented.
What you need in order to print;
install CUPS,
add application support.
If you have debian installed, you most certainly will already have the ability to print.
Note that even if CUPS was installed, you would not be able to print from ANY existing android application since they lack this functionality.
CUPS is the common unix printing system (developed by Apple). In Windows, when you buy a printer, you trust that, either the manufacturer has given you a working driver to install from a CD, or that Windows' endless array of popups will find it for you.
On unix-alikes, you toss the CD and trust that CUPS and its dependencies will have a serviceable driver already.
So no, you shouldn't have to make specific devices for each printer. They should already exist if CUPS supports them.
reviving old thread
with the ability to view PDFs and office docs as well as view and edit google docs via the browser it would be great to be able to discover networked printers and spool print jobs to them, any chance of this functionality coming around sometime soon?
innerspace said:
with the ability to view PDFs and office docs as well as view and edit google docs via the browser it would be great to be able to discover networked printers and spool print jobs to them, any chance of this functionality coming around sometime soon?
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I found an app awhile back that will let you print wirelessly the only thing you have to do is download a file onto the pc.
thats printershare
which is an ok solution i suppose, but does require a print server app to be installed on the host pc. I'd rather have the ability to browse the network from android and choose an existing printer as a target then use cups or try to install the driver via the web. Big issue with android apps not supporting this though, probably not going to happen. bummer really.
yeah i tried out the app and installed it on my g1 and file server. after i launched the app it showed its major flaw. If security permissions are not set on the host pc your printer shows online for everyone who is running the app. i saw printers from all over the country. i thought about sending a print job but didnt
^^lol^^
I thought the same thing. Plus it just didn't work. too funny.
Until there is a solution that uses IPP and not somebody's proprietary crud, there is no network printing solution for 'droid.
I would like to access my G1 SD drive over WiFi to transfer files. Is this possible?
try aFile in market
wrong section?
I bet we could get Samba running on this thing pretty easily
I like this app called Discover. Gives you a web interface to your phone's filesystem.
kiddyfurby said:
try aFile in market
wrong section?
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crap, i clicked on the wrong forum when posting.
Thanks for the replies.
Thanks
aFile works great.
BTW, aFile was formerly Discover.
cyanogen said:
I bet we could get Samba running on this thing pretty easily
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Please please do
had a few mate of mine going wow when i showed them this
Cross-compiling Samba is a major pain in the ass! Going to try to get it working though.
i think ftp / scp will be much simplier...
btw you can mount the device as a webdev share if you use afile
In the marketplace, download OM ANTuner. It's excellent! It currently only allows downloads thru your computer browser, and I sent a request for the dev to include read and write capability to and from the android, also compatibility over GPRS/EDGE/3G. I was getting 800-1000Kb/sec transfer speeds!
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In the marketplace, download OM ANTuner. It's excellent! It currently only allows downloads thru your computer browser, and I sent a request for the dev to include read and write capability to and from the android, also compatibility over GPRS/EDGE/3G. I was getting 800-1000Kb/sec transfer speeds!
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aList has been working great for me the pass couple of days. Its really slick how fast it works and its easy to use.
Does OM ANTuner do anything that aList doesnt?
I'm using SwiFTP
Set my home router to always give me the same DHCP reservation.. I then use a good FTP client (On a Mac so I use Cyberduck)... basically just start SwiFTP's server and have the FTP client connect... brain dead simple.
Use it to transfer my iTunes music (non DRM tracks) from iTunes to a folder then drag to Cyberduck and other files.
There's a new app that showed up in the market over the past day or two search by date. It's an obvious name but seems to be read only.
Om sdcard wifi access is what it is called.
My buddy wants to get into android, but he was curious if there was an app where he could control his computer remotely. Like tell it to download something?
That seems extreme and not feasible to me. Any apps out there close to this though?
I need to pull up gmote and see its capabilities.
s15274n said:
My buddy wants to get into android, but he was curious if there was an app where he could control his computer remotely. Like tell it to download something?
That seems extreme and not feasible to me. Any apps out there close to this though?
I need to pull up gmote and see its capabilities.
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I think that you might be able to control your computer with VNC but I haven't tried.
In regards to downloading... sure. There are a lot of torrent apps that will connect to your bittorrent clients (such as utorrent or whatever). You just need to make sure everything is set up properly.
Yeah, he has utorrent on his computer currently. So can he see his desktop on his droid and open up programs on his computer?
If so, that seems unreal to me. I looked and saw on gmotes site they had a beta that sounded like this.
Can anyone confirm? Thank you guys.
s15274n said:
Yeah, he has utorrent on his computer currently. So can he see his desktop on his droid and open up programs on his computer?
If so, that seems unreal to me. I looked and saw on gmotes site they had a beta that sounded like this.
Can anyone confirm? Thank you guys.
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If he's using a Windows Desktop, there is a RDP client on the App Market, just search for RDP. He will need to have his router setup to forward the proper ports (3389 TCP) to his computer for it to work, but I've used it to download things in a pinch, and copy it up to a webserver to download on my G1....
he's not gonna be doing anything ridiculous on it, remember there is a HUGE resolution difference b/t G1/DROID/Mobiles in general vs Computer Resolutions...
Okay, sounds very intriguing.
Let me word it differently though:
From his Droid, would he be able to see his desktop and scroll to uTorrent and tell it to download something, to his computer, not the droid.
You guys are awesome. I am floored that our G1 can do what you guys have told me. I obviously need to move beyond flashing roms and themes and learn what the guts can do.
s15274n said:
Okay, sounds very intriguing.
Let me word it differently though:
From his Droid, would he be able to see his desktop and scroll to uTorrent and tell it to download something, to his computer, not the droid.
You guys are awesome. I am floored that our G1 can do what you guys have told me. I obviously need to move beyond flashing roms and themes and learn what the guts can do.
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Really what it sounds like you're asking, is he can remotely connect to his desktop, use it to search for and download the torrent file, and open it in the torrent client...? Complete remote control of his computer from off-site...? I don't know about you guys, but I have to search for and find a torrent file from a tracking site (demonoid, thepiratebay, etc.) and d/l that, then open it in my torrent client (utorrent).
I don't think this is capable yet... but I'm interested to hear more about this from those that know.
Remote Desktop Client works just like RDP and will allow you to log into your computer at home from your android phone using your windows login. Once logged in you have your trackball to move the mouse and can do anything you could do sitting in front of your computer. Its a $15 app which is really high for android OS but its been more than worth $15 all the times its saved my butt.
I also use it to monitor my utorrent download remotely.
s15274n said:
Yeah, he has utorrent on his computer currently. So can he see his desktop on his droid and open up programs on his computer?
If so, that seems unreal to me. I looked and saw on gmotes site they had a beta that sounded like this.
Can anyone confirm? Thank you guys.
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If he has uTorrent then he can just set up the webui and forward his utorrent port on his/her router to the ip address of the computer. then download Transdroid (what I use because it has a decent widget) and set that up. TIP: use no-ip (or whatever) to set up a static ip address and change the name (like [email protected]) so you can just input that in the Default Server settings in the Transdroid preferences. It also uses isoHunt, Mininova, BT Junkie and even allows you to enter your own to search for new torrents. When you find one to download simply select it and it sends it to the computer. From there the uTorrent client will open the torrent that was sent and starts the download process. You can easily track the status of the active torrents on the client with it as well.
There are some out there that will even let you scan a barcode of a movie (useful if your in the video store) and it'll lookup the movie and send the torrent to your pc and it'll start downloading. If you have a decent enough internet connection you can go to the video store, scan a movie in the New Releases section, leave empty handed, get some Jack In The Box and by the time you get home the movie can already be on your computer ready to be viewed/burned. And it's not just for movies. It's for any other type of torrent.
I am wondering if anyone is using their Nook for business. I found a great case that is very professional looking and now using it for work. I keep my pro articles and docs I need to read/review in meetings on it. I just send them up via dropbox from my computer and then download them. I rooted my nook so I could use Kindle and Nook books - have lots of business book on Kindle previously.
I was using productivity apps on my phone but now use them on nook as the screen is better. The following apps are used daily: Astrid, Pure Messenger, gmail, email for exchange, reading apps including Kindle, Nook and Zinio. I also use Pulse and Audible. I am also using ThinkingSpace as my mindmapping software - I have it synced with Mind Meister.
The only downside is not having 3g on the Nook.
What or how are others using Nook for work?
rehuxley said:
I am wondering if anyone is using their Nook for business. I found a great case that is very professional looking and now using it for work. I keep my pro articles and docs I need to read/review in meetings on it. I just send them up via dropbox from my computer and then download them. I rooted my nook so I could use Kindle and Nook books - have lots of business book on Kindle previously.
I was using productivity apps on my phone but now use them on nook as the screen is better. The following apps are used daily: Astrid, Pure Messenger, gmail, email for exchange, reading apps including Kindle, Nook and Zinio. I also use Pulse and Audible. I am also using ThinkingSpace as my mindmapping software - I have it synced with Mind Meister.
The only downside is not having 3g on the Nook.
What or how are others using Nook for work?
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I use mine a bit, with a few device caveats, and a few work-releated caveats..
We use Google Apps at work, although it's behind a Single Sign On so I can't directly sync against it but I copy events to my personal calendar, which I can sync, so all good there So I use several apps to keep up to date on my 3-4 meetings a day, primarily Widget Locker with Android Agenda Widget in it so I can quickly glance at where I'm going next. Touch Calendar is great to quickly see what's going on this week.
I have my work GMail up in Dolphin HD all of the time, works pretty good although Dolphin itself has the "scroll up/sideways" to do different things utility and sometimes I wind up doing that instead of something I intended to do in GMail itself, but it's not a big deal.
I use SpringPad to track my todo's and my 'waiting for's and I primarily input them on the computer but I can look at them, or input them, at any time using the SpringPad app.
I also use DropBox for some documents, but most of what I look at is deemed confidential so I have to be careful there. GPG/APG can help there to encrypt files.
I use EzPDF and Documents to Go to review documents, which works out pretty well in most cases. I have a pad of paper and the tablet and I can go anywhere if I need to review something. I share an office and my officemate is quiet, but it's nice to be able to go out to the courtyard at work and sit outside and do work.
For some reasons I can get into Google Talk directly, even though I can't sync my overall Google account from the tablet directly, so I use that for work IM'ing when I'm mobile.
There's many times I have to go to a lab in order to sit down with some hardware I need to work with and instead of dragging out my laptop along with me I just keep up to date on email and work IM's on the tablet.
The couple of Android caveats I have are poor WPA2 Enterprise support, but that at least can be worked around using the Wifi Advanced Config Editor in the market, which is brilliant and works great.
The other, which is more difficult to work around, is no global proxy support. At work I can't do anything externally, INCLUDING Gmail, without going through a proxy. To work around this I have set up a secure AP in my office connected to a CentOS box which transparently proxies me through the work proxies. Opera, and maybe a few other browswers, can also set up a proxy but I'd have to set/unset it all of the time.
If work would allow us to access GMail without the proxy, that'd help out a lot there. But it doesn't help the next issue... Syncing my Google Account I can't do at work at all; can't proxy that. I have to tether to the phone in order to do that, which sucks.. So if I have a meeting that's happened today or a change today, I usually wind up pulling out the phone to look instead of the tablet.
I have tried to use my nook in various work related occasions, but it always seems to fit in less smoothly than its Apple counterpart.
The people that I work with that use iPads usually get that instant credibility that takes some effort to justify when using the Nook. Almost as if most people assume it to be some sort of gaming device or something less capable of getting things done. Like op I have been looking for a case/cover that can help to achieve a more professional look to help fight this stigma.
When I was working in Retail, I would often use my Nook to look up items online that were not available in store as our network did not allow any connections to the web. It has probably paid for itself in the commissions it got from using this method.
These are some great tips. I forgot to mention that I use Evernote. Like Springpad it is great for saving pages and articles into organized notebooks. Very handy.
Does anyone use their phone as a mobile hotspot to wirelessly tether the nook when no other wifi is available? I am not sure how to do all that "proxy" stuff but I will do some research on it.
Are you running the stock os or a rom? I just got my Nook Friday for work use instead of a 10 tablet.
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i would LOVE to use my nook, especially in meetings. but as an architect, there is not a revit/navisworks/bim program. there is the cad program, but i would rather use the pdf's for the project, unless i need an 'on the fly measurement', then the dwg would be helpful. though i havent attempted to access the network at the office yet, since the wifi is outside the firewall.
I can't get my Nook on a private network the way other people are able to get their iPads. The current problem is the proxy servers - (I work for a very large mulitnational with a 2-letter abriviation..)
I miss a camera
Blackhammer221 said:
Are you running the stock os or a rom? I just got my Nook Friday for work use instead of a 10 tablet.
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with the rooted ROM. You cent get all the marke apps listed above doing so. Some are available but not all.
An app to try for those on Microsoft Corporate Exchanges using Microsoft Communicator is the AndrOCS Beta.
It is beta but worked (but did FC once on me) when my laptop was getting rebuilt for Windows 7.
IM is very useful for internal communications.
I mainly use my Nook for reading/reference only at the moment (although have calendar, and todo). SpringPad has also been very useful as a reference store for me as well.
Thanks. I rooted today, but I am having trouble with the Market. I am reading thought the root posting now. Thanks again.
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I've had some success using it at work (and at home for work). In addition to the usual; evernote, k-9, gmail, imo for messaging, the one I've found surprisingly useful is ConnectBot, an SSH client, and androidVNC. I'll use these two to connect to clusters or my main desktop and start / stop / check on jobs. I will admit, VNC on the nook is a bit of a pain (I don't have a keyboard or mouse), but for starting analysis programs that are already written it's passable.
My current dream is a method of syncing the output to the projector, so I can give quick update presentations on the nook.
Also, thanks for the tips on the PDF readers, I may get that EzPDF, I've been looking for one that does annotations well.
So, I've been drooling over the nice features of the Nexus 7: the high resolution IPS panel, the quad core processor, and so on. It looks like a wonderful platform and implementation (all manufacturing issues notwithstanding).
What had been holding me back is the lack of an SD card slot, which seemed like a dumb thing to leave off. Being limited to 8GB of storage, and having to use the "cloud" on the go seemed inconvenient, and could get expensive tethering through my cell phone.
Then, it dawned on me. Since I was tethering through my (rooted, thanks to hack-ace!) HTC Inspire 4G, I could just install a Samba server on the phone, and that would give me the ability to get at my SD cards from the Nexus.
Couple of questions - Samba seems like just one solution. I'd like to know if there are other file sharing solutions that would work over the WLAN. Particularly, I'm interested in either permanently mounting the samba share on the Nexus, or doing something else that makes access to the files on my phone as seamless as possible to the Nexus.
I'd love to hear some ideas from others who have done stuff like this.
ehidle said:
So, I've been drooling over the nice features of the Nexus 7: the high resolution IPS panel, the quad core processor, and so on. It looks like a wonderful platform and implementation (all manufacturing issues notwithstanding).
What had been holding me back is the lack of an SD card slot, which seemed like a dumb thing to leave off. Being limited to 8GB of storage, and having to use the "cloud" on the go seemed inconvenient, and could get expensive tethering through my cell phone.
Then, it dawned on me. Since I was tethering through my (rooted, thanks to hack-ace!) HTC Inspire 4G, I could just install a Samba server on the phone, and that would give me the ability to get at my SD cards from the Nexus.
Couple of questions - Samba seems like just one solution. I'd like to know if there are other file sharing solutions that would work over the WLAN. Particularly, I'm interested in either permanently mounting the samba share on the Nexus, or doing something else that makes access to the files on my phone as seamless as possible to the Nexus.
I'd love to hear some ideas from others who have done stuff like this.
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I would be interested to see if you have any joy with this!
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I tether my Nexus 7 to my phone and use Google Drive and DropBox. Both are free. With DropBox if you invite your friends to use it and they sign up you get an extra 0.5 GB of space for each person.
I knew right away that I would get the 16gb version to hold more stuff on when traveling via plane. Also, there are many posts about this issue which is probably why you only have 2 responses.
People beat this topic to death. Return it and get a 16gb it's only $50. If you think $50 is too much divide the $50 by your starbucks coffee your packet of cigs, beer, and just cut back that many and you will have enough saved up.
Though not as fancy but... I installed Audiogalaxy on my PC and Tablet and can now access my 10,000+ song collection without having to take up space.
My goal will be to setup a small multimedia server at home with spare parts to stream movies and music.
Please keep us informed on your plans, sounds interesting.
yjbeach said:
I tether my Nexus 7 to my phone and use Google Drive and DropBox. Both are free. With DropBox if you invite your friends to use it and they sign up you get an extra 0.5 GB of space for each person.
I knew right away that I would get the 16gb version to hold more stuff on when traveling via plane. Also, there are many posts about this issue which is probably why you only have 2 responses.
People beat this topic to death. Return it and get a 16gb it's only $50. If you think $50 is too much divide the $50 by your starbucks coffee your packet of cigs, beer, and just cut back that many and you will have enough saved up.
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The topic of directly accessing files on your phone from your n7 has been beaten to death?
This is probably only the second time I've seen it mentioned.
OP: Download an app called "on air" to your phone and you can access it via ftp. Only problem is you need to have a network to connect to. There might be other apps that allow an ad hoc connection though.
for me the 8 gb is enough i just use the tablet at home to read forums, news, etc... i am not a heave tablet user, i am just lazy to turn the computer on...
maybe for the heavy travel user, 8gb is just not enough..
internet? not problem... rooted 4g lte phone with unlimited dat..i just turn the hot spot on and problem solve...
i am happy with the tablet..
Found this on another site, could probably substitute the PC step and use AndFTP on your N7 to connect to your phone.
Prep
1. Root phone
2. Install Barnacle Wifi Tether app for Android to create ad-hoc wifi host. I believe it modifies an .ini file to allow for ad-hoc goodness and saves us the trouble of changing it via script or command line.
3. Install SSHDroid app for Android (or use the connection method dejour)
4. Install WinSCP or PuTTy or another connection client for Windows PC
Android Setup
5. Start up Barnacle WiFi Tether, allow SU / root access
6. Go to Settings, slide down to Clients sub-menu and check the box for Local Mode (this turns off your data connection - don't need it for what we are doing)
7. Hit your home key to leave Barnacle WiFi running in the background and to keep that scary a$$ orange cyclops squid in your notification area
8. Start up SSHDroid
9. Go to Options and uncheck Require WiFi, back out of menu one page
10. If SSHDroid service has stopped, bring up the menu again and click Start
PC Setup
11. In your WiFi connection service, connect to the ad-hoc network with the SSID 'barnacle'
12. Start WinSCP
13. In the Session box, under Host name, enter the IP address shown in SSHDroid. SSHDroid will show sftp://[email protected], just enter the part after the @ sign.
14. If you are prompted for a user name and password, the defaults are root and admin (recommend changing this, and using secure keys, but that's your call)
15. You'll see a windows explorer or (my preference) windows commander interface on your PC showing the contents of your Android.
Just use WiFi explorer. Same thing. WiFi tether your tablet to your phone, then pull up a browser. Super easy and just works.
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Yes I agree chec out air droid and WiFi explorer. And then of course I'm sure you already know about using a USB external hard drive or flash drive with an adapter as OTG.
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yup
using these 2 software for access too
i must say air droid has been a great experience
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Thanks for all of the suggestions everyone.
I'm most interested in semi-permanently mounting the SD card in my phone via either samba or other protocol, so that the Nexus will just see it as local storage and all of the native apps will treat it as such. Once my Nexus (Nexii, now) show up, I will try a few things and follow up on this thread.
I am sure that once the Nexus is rooted there is a way to samba mount network shares easily.
Okay, so I have had almost 24 hours to play with my new 7, and have it rooted and unlocked and all that.
I'm able to stream media files from my phone or home server to the tablet, but have yet to figure out how to actually mount a samba filesystem on the tablet so that the native apps will catalog and index their contents, which is the ideal case. I don't want to use Play for my online stuff and another app for Samba served media. I just want to use the native apps for everything. The only way I see to do that is to actually mount the share on the filesystem.
Apparently the stock kernel does not support the CIFS filesystem, so I'll have to find a custom kernel or ROM to load.
Overall though I love the tablet so far
My plan once I get my 8GB tablet is to put music, videos, and additional app data (if possible) on a flash drive (that I'm hoping is compatible), and apps on the tablet itself.
You could try something like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbizCRQmnCE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I'm running a Linux server at home that does 101 different things. I set it up to do two additional tasks recently.
1 - I installed Subsonic on my server and donated a few bucks (10-15 or so) to unlock the full mobile license. Since I already have DDNS running on my server, I just set up the Subsonic Android app to point to my specific URL. I can now stream all of my music just fine. Even with my mediocre DSL, it doesn't really give me any trouble.
2 - I installed ownCloud on my server. This basically gives you Dropbox... but on your own server. They have an app for it, but you have to go on ownCloud's web site for right now to download it. This essentially gives me my own personal cloud server, limited only by your server's hard drive space. I'm currently running a 500GB array, with about 300GB free.
300GB personal cloud? On my own server? I'll take it. This should be even more fun when I do a 6TB RAID 5 coming up... that'll make Dropbox's 2GB or 5GB or whatever they have look like peanuts. Of course, having your own server (if you don't have one already) costs money to put together, but I already had my server running as it also saves video surveillance feeds (via software known as "Motion" on Linux) from IP cameras on my property, and it also stores all of the backups for my other systems and my fiance's laptop as well. So for me in particular, installing some software on an existing box to achieve a ~300GB personal cloud/personal music streaming box was a total win. :good:
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I'm running a Linux server at home that does 101 different things. I set it up to do two additional tasks recently.
1 - I installed Subsonic on my server and donated a few bucks (10-15 or so) to unlock the full mobile license. Since I already have DDNS running on my server, I just set up the Subsonic Android app to point to my specific URL. I can now stream all of my music just fine. Even with my mediocre DSL, it doesn't really give me any trouble.
2 - I installed ownCloud on my server. This basically gives you Dropbox... but on your own server. They have an app for it, but you have to go on ownCloud's web site for right now to download it. This essentially gives me my own personal cloud server, limited only by your server's hard drive space. I'm currently running a 500GB array, with about 300GB free.
300GB personal cloud? On my own server? I'll take it. This should be even more fun when I do a 6TB RAID 5 coming up... that'll make Dropbox's 2GB or 5GB or whatever they have look like peanuts. Of course, having your own server (if you don't have one already) costs money to put together, but I already had my server running as it also saves video surveillance feeds (via software known as "Motion" on Linux) from IP cameras on my property, and it also stores all of the backups for my other systems and my fiance's laptop as well. So for me in particular, installing some software on an existing box to achieve a ~300GB personal cloud/personal music streaming box was a total win. :good:
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Mindblowing :laugh: How much did it cost you?
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Mindblowing :laugh: How much did it cost you?
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Er - that's a little difficult to say. The "server" in question is my old desktop I used as my main computer, so it didn't really cost me anything as I already had it sitting around. When I ran it as my primary desktop, I was running a simple Dell box as my server, which has a Pentium Dual Core of some sort with 2GB of RAM. It did the job fine and I had no complaints with it. When I built a new desktop, I hooked up the Dell box and my previous quad core desktop to a watt meter. I saw that my quad core desktop consumed quite a few less watts, so I figured for a 24/7/365 box I'd rather have that... not to mention it was more powerful than the Dell anyway, which is always welcome.
So now the quad core is my server, the newer one is my main desktop, and the Dell is a test system I use for various projects here and there. But to answer your question (as inaccurate as it may be by 2012 standards), the server ran me about $550 (custom build) back in 2008. For a music/personal cloud server, I'm not convinced you would need a mammoth box, but I also don't know the nitty gritty details of what Subsonic does in the background. I'd be a little uneasy about dropping an Intel Atom system in place to handle these tasks, but I don't think I'd be getting an 8 core AMD rig either.
My setup is similar, but just a shade different. I have a VMWare server running an IPCop VM that supports OpenVPN, the client of which works fine on the N7. Connecting into my home network from anywhere is pretty trivial. The SSHFS looks interesting, but is going to add another layer of encryption and overhead that may or may not be an issue, but in either case is unnecessary. The server runs in another VM and hosts 10TB of storage.
Anyway, my solution might end up being the native XBMC app they're working on, since it has a built-in samba browser. I installed the alpha and I can indeed access all my stuff over the cellular network and VPN. Once they get the bugs worked out, I think that's going to be the winner, because to me XBMC is a suitable substitute for the native apps.
As other people mentioned a local FTP server on your phone would be best or just use NFS (Linux's default network sharing protocol) if it's even supported by Android.