Android How to for DesktopSMS Or Desktop SMS– USB ONLY.
How to send and receive a text from pc or send and receive a text from computer.
Developer Site: (Thanks guys – Works Great)
http://sites.google.com/site/desktopsmsforandroid/en/howto#TOC-Downloads
You should have an unzipping package installed as well as the latest version of Java. This also assumes you have no other android USB drivers installed. I don’t know if they may cause problems.
I wrote these after the fact – so they may be a little goofed up. These are my directions for my “MyTouch 2G” and if you choose to follow them, then do so at YOUR OWN RISK.
1. Download these two packages:
DesktopSMSServer.apk
MainGUI.jar
FROM:
http://code.google.com/p/desktopsms/downloads/list
2. Using Android Market on your handset download and install “Astro File Manager”.
3. Copy “desktopSMSServer.apk” to your Android device storage by mounting your Android Phone to your computer via USB. I put the file in a directory I named “Install”.
4. Disconnect your handset from your computer.
5. On your handset, check the box in Settings/Applications/Unknown Sources. This way you phone will install the handset application.
6. Using Astro File Manager browse to the directory on your storage card (called “install” in this case) and touch the file. The app should install
7. On your handset, check the box in Settings/Applications/Development/USB Debugging.
8. USB DRIVER: Download the Android SDK Install package interface here:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Once you download the package, unzip and run “SDK Setup”. My SDK interface would not connect to the server to download packages. I had to check the box under “Settings” “Misc” “Force https….”. Once this was done the interface downloaded the SDK packages. I unchecked all except “USB Driver Package” Install the USB Driver Package. Reboot your computer.
9. Create a directory on your computer called “save” or whatever you want.
10. Run the “mainGUI.jar” file and click “preferences” and browse to the path of your downloaded and unzipped SDK Install package. You’re looking for “ADB.EXE” Should be “/androidtools-skd-windows/tools/adb.exe”.
11. Then click the “save dir” button and browse to that directory you just created called “save”.
12. Close the “mainGUI.jar” window.
13. At this point, connect your phone to your computer. Then run the DesktopSMS app on your Android handset.
14. Now start the “mainGUI.jar” file and click connect. Your contacts should download and be displayed. Double click one and send a message.
NOTE: Every time a message came in, the “mainGUI.jar” on my computer would disconnect. I would have to reconnect and click refresh to read the message.
Disconnect (This is my way):
1. Close the ‘mainGUI.jar” app.
2. Shut down the app on your phone
3. Shut down the adb.exe process running on your computer by using task manager and right clicking on adb.exe “end process”.
4. Disconnect the phone by ejecting it as normal using the “safetly remove/eject hardware icon”.