[PLUG] Android 4.1.2 screens on linux

[Russell Senior]

PostmarketOS is worth checking out. I have a couple Nexus 7 tablets from
circa 2012, which are pretty much boat anchors, but of course would be
perfectly function with appropriate software. Fwiw, I've tried to get
postmarketos installed on them, but had trouble with the display (I could
ssh in though).

On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 4:02 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was thinking about that too. But right now I am in Portland doing
> some work, and I have some forms I fill out on it, was trying  to get
> the screen up on my linux laptop (what else?) but all that I find needs
> much newer OS. A pox on Samsung for now at least giving some
> sort of way forward on the device. It does quite well. It is the GT-N8012
> 10 pad. If it was having hardware issues with bits and pieces failing
> it would be one thing but it works very very well.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 4:04 PM Jason Barnett <jason.barnett71 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > In case you don't find anything that works, you may want to check and see
> > if you can find a 3rd party ROM for the tablet, that is newer than
> Android
> > 5. Probably a lot more work than it is worth, but an option nonetheless.
> > https://forum.xda-developers.com/
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 1:39 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Folks,
> > > I have an older Samsung tablet. I am trying to do remote into the
> tablet
> > > and get the tablet screen on my laptop. The problem is that all I find
> > are
> > > solutions that need Android 5 on the tablet and good old Samsung does
> > > not have anything above 4.1.2.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions as to what I can run on my laptop (running Mate 18.04)
> > > so I can bring up the screens on the tablet and enter data and other
> wise
> > > work with the tablet from the desktop?  I can access the files and ssh
> > into
> > > it I just can't seem to find something that will allow me to pull the
> > > screens
> > > off of the tablet and manipulate them on the laptop. If it was Android
> 5
> > or
> > > greater I would use scrncpy, I use it on my newer devices works great.
> > > But will not work on the tablets.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
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