SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

Now i am developing a new software to control my cellphone using a webbrowser since i use Linux in desktop and of course, Nokia Suite is not compatible with my operating system.

Updated (31/08/2012): Now i released a new version and we have too a community wiki about SmartConnect: http://wiki.maemo.org/SmartControl

My software resembles Airdroid but i want to look some different features and this may help me to know about Maemo operating systems and when i seen the software Airdroid and thinked too... Why we don't have a similar app for Maemo? Now, i am developing something like the Airdroid but for Maemo.

The main problem is that, i don't know very well how to develop using JQuery/ HTML5 but the objective is to develop as a proof of concept to manage my cellphone using a web browser and i'm planning to create a panel to tweak better the cellphone using some CSSU features and a panel to control the device. I will pack the files, the software is not fully ready but it's useful in actual state.

Now, i show here some screenshots...

Here is the login screen in application to give access to the SmartControl features.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/115240/mobi...trol_login.jpg

Dashboard
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/115240/mobile_control_main.jpg

Music Manager
[IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/115240
/mobile_control_music_player.jpg[/IMG]

App Manager
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/115240/mobi...ation_list.jpg

Conversations
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/115240/conversations_mb.jpg

Now the software is not completed but is useful and works correctly.

This software actually can manage the received messages (Conversations - SMS, Skype, Google Talk Messages), Photos, Songs, Contacts and Apps (Apt-get Repository).

The software is very simple and my english is so much bad... but i think that this project may help some peoples. My objective is to build a Debian Package to install SmartControl easily.

Now i created a simple package repository in my Dropbox to give access to all nightly build versions to offer all applications change soon as released.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zcyjvk7tb...e7KwEu4/redist

Before i send the link to download, I want to see some posts in this thread to see if my project can be useful to another Maemo users...

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

im intrested but i dont know what to say :confused:
i will be waiting for a stable release :)
and thank you ver much

./sifo

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

This is an awesome project! I'll test it and be back with feedback.

Edit: for now smartcontrol1_1.0.52~alpha+maemo1_armel.deb can't be installed.

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

very good ,can this program use gprs connect server.then other PC or phone can use browser connect and control N900.like this http://code.google.com/p/web900/

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it will be a very useful software for me. cannot wait for the release

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It's for maemo users not harmattan users hence working only on N900.

It seems that you tried it on your N9 though I might be wrong?

Regards Dousan...

e: I'm not sure it's something i'd use myself, but anyways nice initiative and it looks great, thumbs up to you @guisoliver ;)

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

hello , it work with nokia n9 ?

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It's a nice solution... would be interested with what you can develop it further...

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i am not lucky today!

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This software was made to be fully portable and can run in your Nokia N900, Nokia N800 and N9 with few changes in the code.

We can run too in Symbian with PAMP package, in Android, iPhone since we can use lighttpd server too.

But i don't have a Nokia N9 to test it now but if i find a collaborator to test the application in Nokia N9, i will have idea about to make it fully compatible, fast and integrated with Harmattan environment.

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Sorry, i will publish a help for everybody install this package. Well, i already tested in in my N900 after a full reflash and you will need to enable the Extra-Devels repository and see what do you need to do below:

sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg -i smartcontrol1_1.0.52~alpha+maemo1_armel.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

(If extra-devel repository be enabled, apt-get will download the needed dependencies, else, will remove smartcontrol from apt-get list).

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Yeah, I did. For a moment I was elsewhere and this wasn't "Applications".

Too bad, this would be an extremely useful project for all N9 users.

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Is it posibble to have calendar support to share with the desktop?

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

Yes, it is possible. This will be released in future versions.

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I am building a blog with documentations to give a better support for everbody :)

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also it would be nice to add a wiki here for it :)

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hmmm i am waiting for this.

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

Nice to hear, but maemo.org Community Wiki sounds like better place. could You do it there, instead?

/Estel

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

It's a good idea! Now i will hear the users to see which are the features that are most wanted to this application.

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Before release the new version, i will announce new features:

* Notes Manager (Conboy)
* File Manager
* Upload module
* Calendar
* Contact Manager

If do you want to request a new feature, just write here!

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

You must publish this to Ovi Store.
It looks very useful

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Now i would like to know if someone here can help me in design of application, logos and if the interface was well built.

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I am thinking about the application submission to Ovi Store but i don't know how to do this and i want to test the application in different cellphones instead testing only in N900. The software can be available in Nokia N9 with few changes and i already tested the software in Android using PAW Runtime and it's possible to port the application to these systems and theorically it's possible to port the application to iPhone, since the cellphone was originated from UNIX like Maemo, Android, Meego, BlackBerry OS 10 and WebOS.

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Well, my N9 is waiting for you.

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I am not succeeding in connecting to the server. I am getting '404 -Not found'. Also localhost on the N900 and 127.0.0.1 on the N900 give the 404 error. This is also what nmap reports after a scan of the N900Server is running and smartcontrol started through menu, the information popup points me tp IP::1234, but only IP:1234 is accepted by the browser to show 404.

Please try to point me to the point, where the setup fails on my device.

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To access the webpage, just type IP:1234 and if everything is working properly, you can use the application, else, you will need to be sure if the setup was done sucessfully and if wasn't, just talk to me and we will get a better solution to build a better package to solve these installation problems.

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Thanks for the quick response, and the application !

Not much experience here with databases and web-servers, but i think the nmap scanning output of the port in question indicates some problems of the lighttpd I tried restarting lighttpd, tried also a reboot and looked quickly into the config file, but did not get a clue what is missing.

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Some progress here, nevertheless...
Is this just me???

First: I needed to install phone-control manually, you might want to add it to the dependencies of smartcontrol1 to get it fetched by apt-get install -f to finalize the install.

Second: I had to change the line to fetch the address of the N900 toto get the proper zenity message for IP and password.

I still seem to struggle to connect to lighthttpd though:

opens a new browser window, but 404 - Not Found. Obviously /modules/informer/local_informer.php is not found.
A search does not provide anything in the file system

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Just see the instructions below in shell interpreter (you can do this with the OpenSSH Server).

1 - See the folder structure to see if were something wrong: ls /opt/smartcontrol/conf/
2 - See the port that the server will be listening: cat /opt/smartcontrol/conf/lighttpd.conf | grep port
This should return: server.port = 1234

3 - Start the server typing command: lighttpd -f /opt/smartcontrol/conf/lighttpd.conf
2012-08-14 13:53:16: (log.c.166) server started

4 - Show for me what is your IP in your Wireless LAN typing the command: ifconfig

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet Endereço de HW 00:1b:11:bb:3d:02
inet end.: 192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Masc:255.255.255.0
endereço inet6: fe80::21b:11ff:febb:3d02/64 Escopo:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
pacotes RX:45181 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 quadro:0
Pacotes TX:37342 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 portadora:0
colisões:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:43992163 (43.9 MB) TX bytes:7240002 (7.2 MB)


5 - Using the grabbed ip: 192.168.1.5, access your webbrowser and type the following IP: http://192.168.1.5:1234/modules/main/page_test.php

Just do this test and post here in Maemo-Talk, if do you have some issue with process. If do you have so much issues, keep informing to me.

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

Thanks for your quick response!

1) 2) 3) 4) There seems to be a difference relating to language, that's why your commands did not work on my device. Therefore the line in my previous post worked for me to get the correct notification of password and IP.5)Although step1 to 4 seem to work now, i still get "404 - Not Found" error, when accessing http://192.168.49.202:1234/modules/main/page_test.php

Edit: This is what i find in a 'Netbeans' folder in the server's root folder:Edit2: SUCCESS!!! i changed the conf file to use the above directory as lighttp root and the page is loading fine :cool:
I only have to add to my non-existing Brazilian :eek:
Thanks a lot for pointing me in the right directions.

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Edit: This is what i find in a 'Netbeans' folder in the server's root folder:Edit2: SUCCESS!!! i changed the conf file to use the above directory as lighttpd root and the page is loading fine :cool:
I only have to add to my non-existing Brazilian :eek:
Thanks a lot for pointing me in the right directions.[/QUOTE]

Well... i think that i should to pay more attention to create these Debian packages, it happens. If be possible to show a screenshot in your webbrowser, will be interesting to see that i need to fix in the next version.

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How i can create a community wiki to give assistance to SmartControl users?

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

go to http://wiki.maemo.org/Smart_control
you well get a message like "There is currently no text in this page, you can search for this page title in other pages or edit this page"
then you click "edit this page" and then you can fill it up with info.

If you need help on how to make headlines,links,dialogs,...etc in the edit page there is a help wiki on the bottom, you may want to read it first.

Good luck

./sifo

Re: SmartControl: Take control of your smartphone
 

Thanks! Now, i want to know: Just request your feature, that i will develop, consider too that i am only a computer science student and i am learning how to do develop this application.

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anything i can do for you ?

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Make an N9 version, please!!!

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so what´s the progress
I really want to use this software to sync my callendar with my linux machine since any other way worked for me
Thanks

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Well, unfortunately the software development is being slow. I am using it to learn more about Maemo and i don't have hurry to develop this application but i estimate that two, three months are enough to have a stable version of this application because i already have to study and work in a robotics lab and i have few time to develop this application, consider too my personal life, well, this justify the long time to develop the software.

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And if do you want to sync your calendar with your linux machine, SmartControl is not the software for you, the most appropriated software for you is Erminig and SyncEvolution.

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I will study and i will try to develop a version for N9 but i don't have this cellphone, i am planning to buy, but the problem is that this cellphone here in Brazil cost more than US$ 600, it's so expensive.