iDisplay for Android

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I was pleased to see that I would finally have the opportunity to experience an app that i've longed for that ios has had for a while...

iDisplay


I work remotely quite a bit in another country and while I just have a laptop with me.. i miss having my multiple displays to do a few simple things in my office (transferring excel info into our management system etc)


Impressions so far (i havent even gotten it to work yet)

1. Installation = pain in the ass -- could only get it to download via wifi on my USA sprint EVO 4g while abroad -- apparently paid apps internationally arent available as easily ( have a nexus one and a nexus S ) and could only get EVO to download

2. 15 minutes to return the app -- 15 minutes is not even close enough to run it through a test.. as i stated before --- i havent even gotten it working yet due to my mac pro (mid 2009) not having the virtual display driver working properly and that i need to contact Shape Support to get it working (FAIL)

3. Make sure you have your iDisplay Desktop App installed already (and working properly) before purchasing if you want to have a remote chance to have the option to refund if its not something you want

4. Overall disappointed so far in the lack of user friendliness of this app



Will post more once i figure out how to get the Virtual Display Driver "working properly"

UPDATE:

A simple restart of computer got my driver to work properly

To find your port and IP address -- go to the top tool bar (on your mac) there should be an idisplay icon that you can click to show what they are so you can enter manually if you need to on your android device -- seems to take a LONG time to bring this window open ~5 minutes

Your computer monitor may become tiny when disconnecting or if theres a connection error -- in system preferences --> displays --> arrangements --> make sure you do not have "Mirrored" Checked -- i did and this solved the issue

The desktop client seems a little finicky after I force closed it once and refuses to open a couple times / takes a long time and bounces for a while but finally opened

Once desktop app is opened and you've successfully connected once (i clicked always allow) it should show up on android devices list of connections available..

will update with more experience in a minute - having troubles reconnecting after the first time

UPDATE 2:

So far I have found no reliable way to connect -- continuously restarting both phone and desktop apps -- it appears in android app to connect but ends up failing after clicking "Allow" on macbook pro

Very unpolished application and sad they have decided to start charging for it already -- should be free until polished if they want to brag they have it available for android -- very rushed out to monetize on its "feature"

I wish they allowed for usb tether to do this -- anyone know if an app is out there to make a screen extension?

UPDATE 3: Restart BOTH phone and computer and it seems to clear something to make it reconnect as it should


Maybe someone that is interested in this app could post their experience with a windows machine --- curious if its more reliable or not


UPDATE 4: I had my EVO attached via an INYOURFACE holder clipped to my laptop and was using it with iDisplay for about an hour --- I advise you train your eyes in shorter periods before using it for longer than I as your eyes will be strained at the end of an hour and possibly get a nice gleaning headache from it -- eyes focus on smaller screen then refocus back to big screen ... kind of a pain..... probably alot better on a tablet with the tablet being equal distance from your eyes as laptop screen is

 

[Shaper]

I would recommend you to give it one more try. iDisplay went a long way and you can see by reviews in Google Play that it's far better than 2 years ago. Now it works normally even with not very powerful devices.
You can download the apk from Download.com or GetJar to try it for 7 days. Commercial builds on Google Play has no trial.

 

[hockeypuck099]

Shaper,

I disagree, I cannot get iDisplay to connect to my laptop.

I purchased the iDisplay app to use on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. My computer is running on Windows 7 (64-bit). I am connected to a home network wifi connection on both my laptop and my tablet. When I installed the iDisplay program on my computer, a prompt came up to ask me what kinds of networks iDisplay would work with. I chose both work networks and home networks (leaving public networks unchecked). I have tried restarting both my laptop and tablet serveral times and nothing seems to work.

Any suggestions?

If not I am going to try to get my money back. Unfortunately, I spend way longer than the 15 minute return policy limit the app store has in place trying to get it to work, so I'll have to contact Shape.