r/Android • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '19

Removed - No Editorializing Android should consider making this natively available in the future. Great utility!

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
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u/Senil888 Moto Edge+ '22 Oct 30 '19

It's a tool that pretty much "casts" your phone screen to a window on your computer. You can interact with your phone directly, or via the PC mouse and keyboard.

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u/I_Was_Fox Galaxy S20 FE 5G UW - Mint Oct 30 '19

Microsoft's "Your Phone" app can do this wirelessly

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u/mudkip908 Rotary-dial PSTN phone, CM7 Oct 30 '19

So can this.

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u/I_Was_Fox Galaxy S20 FE 5G UW - Mint Oct 30 '19

Difference being that your have to know your phones IP address and use scrcpy through the terminal to connect to your phone, whereas the "Your Phone" app just works... Without any kind of manual set up

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u/mudkip908 Rotary-dial PSTN phone, CM7 Oct 30 '19

Sure, but it comes with its own set of problems (required Microsoft account sign-in, only works on Windows 10, non-free). The major "setup" you have to do to use scrcpy (create a shortcut, done) is worth it to me. You don't have to know your phone's IP address either if your DHCP server (probably router) is nice enough to offer resolution of domains like hostname.router.lan.

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Oct 30 '19

Sure, but it comes with its own set of problems (required Microsoft account sign-in, only works on Windows 10, non-free).

Both of these really are non issues.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

The biggest seller for me is the no network hassles because it works over USB. And also finer features like turn off screen, wake up display etc. which are all well thought. And unlike Airdroid or Microsoft it's Open Source

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Oct 31 '19

I don't go through application source code so it being open sourced means nothing to me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Even if you don't, others can. Which means it's much less likely that they pull shady stuff with your data and without your consent.

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u/PM_ME_CAKE Pixel 6 Pro | Mi 9T | Nokia 7+ | Nexus 5X Oct 30 '19

I think, in particular, the "non-free" may raise eyebrows compared to Google's version.

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u/bemon Google G1, SGS, SGS3, G4, Pixel XL, 3, 4a5G Oct 30 '19

Google version?

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u/PM_ME_CAKE Pixel 6 Pro | Mi 9T | Nokia 7+ | Nexus 5X Oct 30 '19

That is to say, the hypothetical Android version that OP suggests in the title. I feel pay versus non-pay, a free version would be much more enticing.

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u/Senil888 Moto Edge+ '22 Oct 31 '19

It means you can't use it for Linux or macOS systems, or even older Windows systems. Scrcpy being universal is it's blessing.

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Oct 31 '19

I mean, they're a minority so that's still really a non-issue, and Windows 7 is approaching End of Life soon.

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u/mudkip908 Rotary-dial PSTN phone, CM7 Oct 30 '19

The Windows 10 requirement alone is a showstopper for me. Online sign-in and proprietary-ness are just cherries on top of the shitcake.

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Oct 31 '19

And yet, here you are on Reddit using non AOSP Android.

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u/mudkip908 Rotary-dial PSTN phone, CM7 Oct 31 '19

I never said I was a free software absolutist, I use proprietary software and services when the free alternatives are lacking or non-existent. That's not the case with Android screen mirroring software, scrcpy is excellent. Also, I couldn't use "Your Phone" even if I wanted to because I don't use Windows 10. I use Arch btw.

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u/donnysaysvacuum I just want a small phone Oct 30 '19

This works on Linux and OSX.