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Download AirDroid 2 APK, Now With Remote Camera, Find My Phone Features [Android]

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="AirDroid 2 browser interface"><img alt="AirDroid 2" src="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AirDroid 2 - browser (web) interface</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.airdroid.com/">AirDroid</a> is a free Android application that you can use to control your Android device from your desktop</b>, by using a web browser (so it on Linux and any other OS). It can be used to <b>transfer files</b> (upload to the phone or download to your desktop), <b>browse images, quickly send or read an SMS</b> and many others.</div><br />We've covered AirDroid before, so take a look at our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/airdroid-manage-your-android-device.html" title="AirDroid: Manage Your Android Device Using A Browser">initial post</a> for more info. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest <b>AirDroid 2</b> beta could only be downloaded by using an invitation, but the apk can now be downloaded by everyone, although it's not on Google Play just yet. The new version comes with many <b>cool new features such as a new "Find my phone" service, a remote camera feature and others</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2-android-app.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="AirDroid2 Android app"><img alt="AirDroid2 Android app" src="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2-android-app_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AirDroid 2 Android app</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Here are some of the new features available in the latest AirDroid 2:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">new remote <b>Remote Camera feature</b>: take photos using your phone from the AirDroid web interface;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new "<b>Find my phone</b>" feature which uses the device GPS to display its current position, useful if you lose your phone or it gets stolen. <b>You can remotely lock or wipe the phone;</b></li><li style="text-align: justify;">quick drag'n'drop area: you can now drag and drop files or apks in a special drag'n'drop area to quickly upload / install them to the Android phone or tabled, without having to open the AirDroid file manager;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new option to <b>take a screenshot of your Android device from AirDroid web interface</b>. This feature requires root access on the Android device;</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>the Android device doesn't have to be in the same wireless network </b>as the computer you're using to access it and you can now <b>use AirDroid over 3G / 4G;</b></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>other small new features:</b> quick access to frequent contacts, add folder shortcuts on the web interface desktop, etc.<b><br /></b></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Below you can see a few screenshots with some of the new AirDroid2 features in action:</b></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2-camera.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="AirDroid2 remote camera"><img alt="AirDroid2 remote camera" src="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2-camera_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remote camera </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2-find-phone.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="AirDroid2 - find my phone"><img alt="AirDroid2 find my phone" src="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2-find-phone_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Find my phone</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2-screenshot.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="AirDroid2 remote screenshot tool"><img alt="AirDroid2 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2-screenshot_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remote screenshot feature</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>When you start AirDroid v2, you'll be prompted to login with your AirDroid account</b> so if you don't have one, you'll have to create it. Please note that I've encountered an error when trying to create an account: AirDroid allows you to use Twitter, Google and other services to create the account and if the username entered exists on Twitter (even though you didn't select Twitter) but it's not your account, you won't be able to register, so you may have to enter an username that doesn't exist on Twitter. Some users have reported some other more or less similar issues when registering and the AirDroid developers are working on a fix for this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You can still use AirDroid 2 without an account, but you won't have access to all the features</b>. For instance, you'll be able to control the camera from the browser, but the phone finder service won't work and you won't be able to transfer files over 3G / 4G. You can, however, transfer files over WiFi if you're not using an AirDroid account. When you start it, enter the local address (e.g: 192.168...) in a web browser, and you'll then be prompted to accept this connection on your device and you're ready to go (no password is required any more):</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2-accept-connection.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="AirDroid2: local connection with no account, accepting the connection"><img alt="AirDroid2 local connection no account" src="http://img.netupd8.com/airdroid2-accept-connection_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Accept connection (local, no account)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another small issue I've encountered was when using a local connection  (without an AirDroid account) and a HTTPS connection: the web page  (AirDroid web interface) wouldn't load in Firefox, but it did work in  Google Chrome. However, let's not forget that AirDroid v2 is still in  beta, so all of these small issues should be fixed soon!<br /><br />Since AirDroid v2 is still in beta, new features might be added later on. </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">AirDroid is probably the best solution to transfer files to/from your Android 4.0+ device on Linux, considering the current issues with this. Or, you can use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-mount-android-40-ubuntu-go-mtpfs.html" title="How To Properly Mount Android 4.0+ Devices In Ubuntu Using Go-mtpfs">Go-mtpfs</a> which works, but is not so easy to use as AirDroid.</div><br /><br /><h2>Download AirDroid v2</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://airdroid.com/invite/airdroid_v2.apk">Download AirDroid 2 (beta) apk</a></b></div><br /><br /><i>I've tested AirDroid 2 beta using a Samsung Galaxy S2 phone running CyanogenMod 10.1 nightly (Android 4.2.1).</i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5976628/airdroid-2-beta-finds-your-lost-phone-works-over-mobile-data-and-is-free-and-open-to-all">LifeHacker</a> and <a href="http://www.chimerarevo.com/airdroid-2-il-nostro-test-per-ora-e-un-no/">chimerarevo.com</a></i></div>

Download AirDroid 2 APK, Now With Remote Camera, Find My Phone Features [Android]

AirDroid 2 - browser (web) interface AirDroid is a free Android application that you can use to control your Android device from your deskt...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Mounting an Android 4.0+ device in Ubuntu is pretty tricky, but there is </b><b>a FUSE filesystem called </b><b><b><a href="https://github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs">Go-mtpfs</a>,</b> created by a Google employee because "mtpfs was very unstable" for him, which works great. Read on to find out how to use it and easily install it in Ubuntu using a PPA!</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/airdroid-manage-your-android-device.html" title="AirDroid: Manage Your Android Device Using A Browser">AirDroid: Manage Your Android Device Using A Browser</a>, however, there are cases when you can't use AirDroid. </i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, when connecting an Android device to an Ubuntu computer, gvfs is used via gphoto2 (because gvfs doesn't have native MTP support yet). And that doesn't always work properly.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's <b>my experience with this:</b> trying to mount my Android 4.2.1 phone fails most of the time (I've experienced the same behaviour with Android 4.1 too), usually with some "Sorry, could not display all the contents of "Android": Timeout was reached" errors. It does work at times, but it's very slow and with such an unreliable behaviour, an alternative is always nice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I didn't try mtpfs but it seems that's <a href="https://github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs">not reliable</a> <a href="http://blog.itsbilal.com/index.php/2012/12/connect-an-android-4-0-phonetablet-to-ubuntu-the-reliable-way/">any more either</a>, but <b>what I did try is Go-mtpfs and it works great under Ubuntu 12.10:</b> <b>it's fast and it works every time</b>. Well, unless I forget to unlock the phone when I mount it (it's probably something sleep-related because it doesn't always happen), but anyway.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">I've found out about Go-mtpfs from Bilal's <a href="http://blog.itsbilal.com/index.php/2012/12/connect-an-android-4-0-phonetablet-to-ubuntu-the-reliable-way/">blog</a> and I figured it's a bit complicated for regular users to compile it so <b>I've packaged Go-mtpfs and uploaded it to the WebUpd8 Unstable PPA</b>. <b>Along with Go-mtpfs, I've also packed a custom Unity launcher and a script</b>, to be able to easily mount and unmount your Android device without having to use the command line.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/go-mtpfs-quicklists.png"><img alt="Go-mtpfs Ubuntu Unity quicklists" src="http://img.netupd8.com/go-mtpfs-quicklists_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">However, while my script (which is used by the custom Unity launcher) tries to display a notification if an error occurs, it shouldn't be considered reliable for properly displaying the errors so <b>my recommendation is to mount / unmount your Android 4.0+ phone or tablet via command line </b>so you can see any possible errors. </div><br /><br /><h2>Video: see Go-mtpfs in action</h2><br />Below you can watch a video I've recorded, demoing Go-mtpfs in Ubuntu 12.10 (as well as the custom Unity launcher / script I've created for it):<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6pelKv939N8" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pelKv939N8">direct video link</a>; subscribe to our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a> for more videos)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">(<i>In the beginning, I'm showing what happens when you try to mount an Android device with without Go-mtpfs, so it's all waiting and a bunch of errors, if you want to skip to the Go-mtpfs part, skip to 2:05</i>.)</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Go-mtpfs in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: </b>Gvfs has been updated in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail,  bringing a new MTP backend which allows users to access Android 4.0  devices which do not support the USB Mass Storage. So this should work out of the box with Raring.<br /><br /><br /><b>Go-mtpfs is available in the WebUpd8 Unstable PPA, for Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04. Add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/unstable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install go-mtpfs</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To also install the custom Unity Launcher for Go-mtpfs</b> which lets you mount or unmount the Android device from the Unity Launcher, use the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install go-mtpfs-unity</code></pre><br /><b>Note: </b>I've only tested it in Ubuntu 12.10, using a Samsung Galaxy S II phone (with both Android 4.1 and 4.2.1).<b> </b><br /><br /><b>Update</b> 13 February 2013: I've backported the latest libmtp from Raring to Quantal and Precise, the update bringing <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/43022082410/libmtp-updated-for-ubuntu-quantal-and-precise-with">support for some new devices</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Why did I use the Unstable PPA? Well, <b>I've built Go-mtpfs against the latest libmtp 1.1.5</b> which is not available in the official Ubuntu repositories and while it didn't break anything, it's better to be safe. Since our Unstable PPA only has a few packages, it can easily be purged in case something doesn't work properly (but everything should work, that's just to make sure). The PPA only has Synaptic GTK3 for Precise and Quantal right now.</div><br /><br /><b>Notes: </b><br /><ul><li>Unmounting the device via Nautilus does not work!</li><li>Sometimes you may get an error if the device is locked, so unlock it before trying to mount it;</li><li>When  plugging in an Android device via USB, Ubuntu will try to mount it and  it's a good idea to stop this by clicking the unmount icon in Nautilus. </li></ul><br /><b>For manual installation instructions, see: <a href="http://blog.itsbilal.com/index.php/2012/12/connect-an-android-4-0-phonetablet-to-ubuntu-the-reliable-way/">THIS</a> post.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to mount Android 4.0+ phones / tablets in Ubuntu using Go-mtpfs</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/go-mtpfs-nautilus.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Go-mtpfs nautilus" src="http://img.netupd8.com/go-mtpfs-nautilus_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Browing the mounted Android device using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-install-nautilus-36-or-patched.html">Nautilus 3.6</a><u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/thunar-go-mtpfs.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Thunar go-mtpfs" src="http://img.netupd8.com/thunar-go-mtpfs_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Browing the mounted Android device using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-thunar-with-tabs-support-in.html">Thunar 1.6</a><u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Installing Go-mtpfs using our PPA, a folder called "MyAndroid" is created under /media. So, <b>to mount your Android device</b>, connect it via USB, unlock it (you'll get an error most of the times if you don't unlock the device when mounting it) and mount it using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>go-mtpfs /media/MyAndroid</code></pre><br /><b>To unmount it, use:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fusermount -u /media/MyAndroid</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to use the custom Unity launcher I was talking about, search Dash for "Mount Android" and add the icon to the Unity launcher. You can then right click it and and select to mount or unmount your Android device. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's also worth mentioning that clicking the launcher itself doesn't do anything (but I've got that covered: a notification is displayed, telling the user to right click the icon instead). Also, the mount / unmount notifications have a 5 seconds delay which I've added to make sure the device has enough time to mount/unmount before checking for errors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, if you're not using Unity, you can still use the custom Unity launcher with a dock such as DockX and others which come with Unity quicklists support (I've used the old Unity quicklists API so it should work even with docks that use the old implementation). To add the launcher to the dock, open a file manager, navigate to /usr/share/applications (because the icon only shows up in Unity) and add the "Mount Android Device" launcher to the dock using drag and drop.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>some info via <a href="http://blog.itsbilal.com/index.php/2012/12/connect-an-android-4-0-phonetablet-to-ubuntu-the-reliable-way/">blog.itsbilal.com</a> & <a href="http://www.atareao.es/ubuntu/otra-manera-de-conectar-ubuntu-con-android-4-0/">atareao.es</a></i></div>

How To Properly Mount Android 4.0+ Devices In Ubuntu Using Go-mtpfs

Mounting an Android 4.0+ device in Ubuntu is pretty tricky, but there is a FUSE filesystem called Go-mtpfs , created by a Google employee b...

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