Accessing the DI from the PC

[krelvinaz]

Still a very noobie Android user, I was looking for a way that I could watch (and control) my DI while it was connected to my workstation via USB like I did with several tools with my Omnia

I found an article that talked about doing this.

Without root access, you can't "control" the device, but for now you can watch which is good enough as I do some tutorials for work etc...

I created a batch file which calls the file without having to type the whole thing each time.

@echo off
rem ###################################################
rem # Simple batch file to execute the java app file
rem # androidscreencast.jnlp
rem # to watch the DI while connected to USB Port.
ren ###################################################

ren Call the java app with javaws

javaws androidscreencast.jnlp

I placed the batch file in the C:\SDK\tools directory (where I have the SDK installed) and now when the phone is connected, I can click on this and watch what the phone sees.

After the DI gets rooted, you could be able to control the phone as well.

This is a bit easier to get good screen captures instead of using ddms.

the interface looks like attached and updates (slowly) but good enough. I had to turn off my live wallpaper as it was a bit slow for that.

You need to have the Android SDK installed and the DI usb driver working to use this.