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Telnet into Android?

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togakangaroo

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Plenty of stuff here about using telnet to dial from your android device into a different system but does anyone know how I would go about connecting from my desktop to an android device on the same network?

I would like to be able to telnet INTO the android device and run commands on there.
 
I think you're looking for SSH and/or ADB

I can't seem to find any telnet servers ported to Android. They are essentially the same thing, but SSH is more unix/linux. And is usually built into the system.

Either way you woul have to be rooted.

There's one called dropbear out there, but do some googling on "SSH daemon android" and see what you find.


ADB is good for devices connected via usb. Not sure it works over a network though.

Though there seem to be a few sites about it:
adb over lan - Google Search

That may be your easiest option: ADB over LAN
You'll still want to root if you want access to any protected files, but adb will give you an easy way to get a shell prompt.
 
Thanks, yeah, I'm on a rooted g-tablet already, I just don't have a spare usb keyboard lying around and would like to be able to connect to it for trying out some ideas.
 
alostpacket said:
I think you're looking for SSH and/or ADB

I can't seem to find any telnet servers ported to Android. They are essentially the same thing, but SSH is more unix/linux. And is usually built into the system.

Either way you woul have to be rooted.

There's one called dropbear out there, but do some googling on "SSH daemon android" and see what you find.
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SSH isn't a unix/linux thing. Pretty much every OS has a Telnet and SSH server/daemon developed for it. The difference between Telnet and SSH is that Telnet is completely open and unencrypted transmitting straight ascii/txt whereas SSH is a secure shell/gateway. Telnet should only be used on closed networks.
 
Well I didnt think telnet was used at all anymore tbh heh. But ssh is built into the command prompt for mac/linux afaik. Wheras Windows you have to download a separate client and/or cygwin.

So, yes, there are clients for every platform, but some come built in is all.
 
We've finally got powershell being distributed with windows 7 (which will beat the pants of your bash in a boxing match any day of the week) but for some bizarre reason they still have not included an ssh client. I still have to download putty and run it in that ugly little prompt.
 
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