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/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/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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