Zorin connect (zorin lite16)

There is something like scrcpy, let's you mirror your phone screen. Tried it long time ago with other OS's (before zorin) there is an updated version on github, perhaps you can try it and share your findings.

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Uh...
I'm installing it (sudo apt install scrcpy) to try it out, too...:stuck_out_tongue:

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after installing , i can't launch it. i have clicked on run scrcpy on menu , but i can't launch

Let us know if anything goes wrong... :smiley:.

I do not see any scrcpy in the app menu...
But running it from terminal I get the error:
adb: error: failed to get feature set: no devices/emulators found ERROR: "adb push" returned with value 1

Which I am currently in the process of trying to troubleshoot...:stuck_out_tongue:
(on the github page, scroll down to connection).

There's a lot to this...
I enabled Developer Options and then USB Debugging.
Then:

I got somewhere by changing from File Transfer to charging on the phone connection.
That cleared out the above error. But now am getting a slew of java errors...

Strange is when connecting my phone via usb-cable, my file manager (Dolphin) is able to see and I can use my phone-folders for file management. But when I use adb, the devices are not shown.

Yes, same. I had to use "Charging" instead of "File Transfer" to get the device to appear in adb devices.

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Guess scrcpy will be a pain in the foot, trying to connect.

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It has been for me so far. I have tried all the suggestions, including installing android-udev-rules.
No luck so far. My interest was out of curiosity, though, not necessity.

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Same for me, when I tried is a few years ago. Just out of curiosity.
But I was able to install it with snap and got it connected over wifi.

I did a search and I found that:
1- there r a lot of apps in smartphone that can mirror or do screen casting to PC.(display your video on big screen,easy to do tutorial about android)
2-there r a lot of apps that work as remote desktop that can do everything(screen casting and file transfer, manage or remote control the mobile and the pc).
3-remote desktop apps to do it's job, they must be in the pc and mobile, so remmina can't do that job.
4-so i can use any-desk app or team-viewer for that function , i tried any-desk app, it do everything.

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I found also we can use remmina or any other remote desktop app to manage and remote android phone, just by install free VNC Server app on Android like that app(droidVNC-NG), it's good but there r some latency

Eid, tried your suggestions. Worked like a charm. I'm able to control my phone from the PC.

On phone I installed: the app droidVNC-NG (Server)
After the permissions it automatically provides the server and port which to connect to.

On Zorin I installed: remmina (to use as a client)
Used the serversettings provided by the droidVNC-NG app.

Was able to fully control my phone and make adjustments or handle a phone call. Great suggestions. Thank you for this one.

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it's working good, but i prefer using any-desk app(install it on linux and on phone) because it's faster responding and when u try play video , it'll run better than that.

From Remmina I have the ability to set the resolutions from good to best, but I find good is perfect enough to run videos. Even youtube vids and connections run fine.
The only downside is that the audio is not provided through the Remmina application.

Do you have sound on Zorin when using the any-desk application?

eid,

I tried it with any-desk. As you mentioned is works smoother. It even works both ways, lets me screen my pc on the phone. Great application.

Sadly enough the sound does not work although my settings are all set.
The connection is shown in my zorin settings for sound.
Screenshot from 2022-02-11 23-41-13

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1-i'm still discovering any-desk app, u can get sound settings and check enable audio transmission on the desktop app, and u do the same in the mobile app. but in mobile app i don't know it's do sound transmission for microphone only or what?,so i must run video sound on phone to hear it over microphone to reach pc, but it's enough for me. i was using app it's name is samsung flow in my phone and in my windows, it's perfect ,but it works on windows only, it can transmit sound to pc in the same time mute it in phone.there r a lot apps in windows. there r famous app it's name is airdroid , i'm discovering it, it's not free, but it's free for what we need(2 devices allowed in the same network), it works for linux over web version.(install on mobile,install web version on linux), u can do calling from ur pc (that is the important feature in it for me), but it's display a lot of ads, and i feel it's heavy on my mobile,mirroring is very bad for me, so i'll not use it
2-for sound in remmina i think it's enable only for rdp protocol, not vnc protocol,so u'll not get sound, but it's good for control mobile and not bad for mirroring.
3-I think any-desk is very good for me,it can do everything for me in linux, i'm still discovering it, I hope i can do calling from it also by mic transmission, if it hasn't that feature, no problem ,we can use airdroid for that feature.

eid,
if you find a way how to make the sound come true please let me know.

I liked the any-desk app too. Most of important the features can be used.
It would be fine if I could make a phone call while sitting behind my desk/pc and leaving the phone in a diff. room for example.

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