Bob Henson wrote on Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:01:43 +0100 :

> I'll have a look at those and maybe a try if it's not too techy for an
> old geezer.

Screen copy (which now includes sound copy) allows you to completely
display & control your Android phone on the Windows or Linux PC.

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

You can just slide APKs, for example, from Windows to the display,
and they're instantly automatically installed. Isn't that nice!
<https://i.postimg.cc/wvsbcNBz/scrcpy05.jpg> Drag APK from Windows

If you set it up right, the entire Android filesystem is a Windows drive.
<https://i.postimg.cc/sxzR0Pg8/webdav01.jpg> WebDav has no sd permission
<https://i.postimg.cc/X7FS61HD/webdav02.jpg> X-plore has no permission
<https://i.postimg.cc/BvmRBrbt/webdav03.jpg> File Manager has permission
<https://i.postimg.cc/3xCsd4HX/webdav04.jpg> My Files has permission
<https://i.postimg.cc/Njm6ZXsc/webdav05.jpg> Permissions are the same
<https://i.postimg.cc/BvJdKWzt/webdav06.jpg> Both sdcards mounted
<https://i.postimg.cc/cJLK1wt0/webdav07.jpg> Mount the entire filesystem
<https://i.postimg.cc/qv6HJ7GN/webdav08.jpg> Each sdcard is a drive letter
<https://i.postimg.cc/D0qMxTMB/webdav09.jpg> FOSS general purpose solution
<https://i.postimg.cc/wM4Z45pN/webdav10.jpg> Free Android WebDAV servers
<https://i.postimg.cc/BQyRxCN9/webdav11.jpg> Mount sdcards read & write
<https://i.postimg.cc/yYWwgGmy/webdav12.jpg> As Windows drive letters
<https://i.postimg.cc/QtbR1GY0/webdav13.jpg> Over Wi-Fi on your home LAN
<https://i.postimg.cc/JhjpnRgh/webdav14.jpg> Mirroring Android on Windows
<https://i.postimg.cc/gcKXV6F7/webdav16.jpg> A third free WebDAV server

On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:49:28 +0200, Sirius <sirius@trudheim.com>
wrote:

>On ons, 2024/07/24 at 07:45:42 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:19:08 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Steve Hayes wrote:
>> >
>> >> Andy Burns wrote:
>> >>
>> >
>> >I can't speak about Samsung Messages, but for Google Messages
>> >
>> >open the app,
>>
>> On my phone, if I open the Google app, it gives me news, nothing about
>> messages.
>
>Different app.
>
>You have the "Google" app, with the 'G' on it, and that is the news
>aggregator. Then you have the "Google Messages" app, with a blue
>speech-bubble as the icon.

I don't seem to have that one.

I also have Samsung Max, but no messaging app.

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