Have you ever wanted to remotely control your computer from your mobile phone, so that you don't need to take the trouble of going close to it? Imagine you are hosting a party at home and want to be able to mingle with the guests, while simultaneously playing DJ and controlling the music playing from your laptop. You could do this if you have the Unified Remote App.
United remote comes in two parts-the Unified Remote server that needs to be installed on the computer you wish to remotely control, and the Unified Remote app that needs to be installed on your Android phone. First, install the Unified Remote server from http://www.unifiedremote.com on your computer and make sure that the Windows firewall is not blocking it. Once you have installed the server on your computer, you should download and install Unified Remote from the Google Play Store on your Android phone. As soon as you launch Unified Remote on your Android phone, it will ask you whether you want it to automatically scan for the corresponding Unified Remote server or whether you want to add it manually. I recommend that you manually add the server
If your computer is connected to the Internet through a router, you need to enable Port Forwarding on it so that Unified Remote on your Android phone is able to connect to your computer.
Question?
How to enable Port Forwarding ?
Answer- You can get detailed instructions on how to enable Port Forwarding on your Wi-Fi router by visting www.portforward.com.
The key thing to remember is to enter the following values when you are enabling port forwarding on your Wi-Fi router:
1.IP Address
In this field you need to enter the private IP address of your computer. To find this, you need to open Unified Remote server on your computer> Click on the Connection tab> Click on the Network Interfaces button, and usually the IP address mentioned in the first entry is what you need
2.Port Range
1. Basic Input
Using this remote control, you can control the mouse on your computer and type stuff on your computer
2.Chrome and Firefox
Using these remote controls you can control all aspects of your favourite browser on your computer, including opening a new tab, browsing to a particular website, closing a tab, moving between tabs, going to the home page, refreshing a page, scrolling up and down, zooming in to a page and so on
3.File Manager
As the name suggests, this remote control allows you to navigate through all the files on your computer remotely. Moreover, you can remotely carry out various functions on your files, like open,delete,move,cut,copy and so on. This can also be launch apps on your computer by browsing to their folders.
4.Custom Run and Custom Windows
These remote controls allow you to launch apps on your computer and implement Windows shortcuts on them, like minimize, maximize and others. It is probably one of the best ways to launch apps on your computer from your phone.
5. Power
These remote controls allow you to to remotely shut down,restart,hibernate or log out of your computer or even resume it if it is switched off perfect for playing pranks on your friends!
6.iTunesUsing the iTunes remote control from your Android phone, you can launch the iTunes app on your computer and control all the music that is playing on it. Similarly, Unified Remote also has remote controls that allow you to control other media apps on your computer, including Windows Media Player, VLC, Winamp, Spotify, Pandora, Netflix, Hulu and others.
7.Picasa
This remote control is perfect if you have people over and want to show photos to them on a big screen and want to control the flow of your Picasa photos remotely from your Android phone.
8.PowerPoint Basic and PowerPoint Advanced
If you are giving a presentation and want to remotely control the flow of your presentation slides from your Android phone, these are the remote controls you need. The only limitation is that you need to first launch PowerPoint on your computer, and only then will this remote control become active.
9. Start
You can use this to launch apps that are listed in the start menu of your computer.
United remote comes in two parts-the Unified Remote server that needs to be installed on the computer you wish to remotely control, and the Unified Remote app that needs to be installed on your Android phone. First, install the Unified Remote server from http://www.unifiedremote.com on your computer and make sure that the Windows firewall is not blocking it. Once you have installed the server on your computer, you should download and install Unified Remote from the Google Play Store on your Android phone. As soon as you launch Unified Remote on your Android phone, it will ask you whether you want it to automatically scan for the corresponding Unified Remote server or whether you want to add it manually. I recommend that you manually add the server
If your computer is connected to the Internet through a router, you need to enable Port Forwarding on it so that Unified Remote on your Android phone is able to connect to your computer.
Question?
How to enable Port Forwarding ?
Answer- You can get detailed instructions on how to enable Port Forwarding on your Wi-Fi router by visting www.portforward.com.
The key thing to remember is to enter the following values when you are enabling port forwarding on your Wi-Fi router:
1.IP Address
In this field you need to enter the private IP address of your computer. To find this, you need to open Unified Remote server on your computer> Click on the Connection tab> Click on the Network Interfaces button, and usually the IP address mentioned in the first entry is what you need
2.Port Range
From Port 9512 to Port 9512
3.Protocol
TCP and UDP
Manually adding the server to Unified Remote is not too complicated. In the Host IP/ Address field, you need to enter the external public IP address of the computer you want to control from your Android phone. To find the external IP address of your computer, start your browser on it and connect to the website What is My IP Address ( www.whatismyipaddress.com ). Whenever IP address is displayed by the website is the external IP address of your computer. Enter it in the Host/ Ip Address field in Unified Remote on your phone. All the other fields will be prefilled by Unified Remote and you don't need to make any changes to them. Tap the Save button to continue.
Unified Remote will now connect to your computer and allow you to remotely control stuff on it through the Internet. To check whether you have successfully connected to your computer and troubleshoot connection issues, you need to tap the Diagnostics option on the Unified Remote dashboard screen.
To start controlling your computer, go into Remotes section of Unified Remote. There is a variety of controls available, each of which allows you to remotely control or perform a number of different tasks on your computer. Some of my favorite and most useful remote controls are these
3.Protocol
TCP and UDP
Manually adding the server to Unified Remote is not too complicated. In the Host IP/ Address field, you need to enter the external public IP address of the computer you want to control from your Android phone. To find the external IP address of your computer, start your browser on it and connect to the website What is My IP Address ( www.whatismyipaddress.com ). Whenever IP address is displayed by the website is the external IP address of your computer. Enter it in the Host/ Ip Address field in Unified Remote on your phone. All the other fields will be prefilled by Unified Remote and you don't need to make any changes to them. Tap the Save button to continue.
Unified Remote will now connect to your computer and allow you to remotely control stuff on it through the Internet. To check whether you have successfully connected to your computer and troubleshoot connection issues, you need to tap the Diagnostics option on the Unified Remote dashboard screen.
To start controlling your computer, go into Remotes section of Unified Remote. There is a variety of controls available, each of which allows you to remotely control or perform a number of different tasks on your computer. Some of my favorite and most useful remote controls are these
1. Basic Input
Using this remote control, you can control the mouse on your computer and type stuff on your computer
2.Chrome and Firefox
Using these remote controls you can control all aspects of your favourite browser on your computer, including opening a new tab, browsing to a particular website, closing a tab, moving between tabs, going to the home page, refreshing a page, scrolling up and down, zooming in to a page and so on
3.File Manager
As the name suggests, this remote control allows you to navigate through all the files on your computer remotely. Moreover, you can remotely carry out various functions on your files, like open,delete,move,cut,copy and so on. This can also be launch apps on your computer by browsing to their folders.
4.Custom Run and Custom Windows
These remote controls allow you to launch apps on your computer and implement Windows shortcuts on them, like minimize, maximize and others. It is probably one of the best ways to launch apps on your computer from your phone.
5. Power
These remote controls allow you to to remotely shut down,restart,hibernate or log out of your computer or even resume it if it is switched off perfect for playing pranks on your friends!
6.iTunesUsing the iTunes remote control from your Android phone, you can launch the iTunes app on your computer and control all the music that is playing on it. Similarly, Unified Remote also has remote controls that allow you to control other media apps on your computer, including Windows Media Player, VLC, Winamp, Spotify, Pandora, Netflix, Hulu and others.
7.Picasa
This remote control is perfect if you have people over and want to show photos to them on a big screen and want to control the flow of your Picasa photos remotely from your Android phone.
8.PowerPoint Basic and PowerPoint Advanced
If you are giving a presentation and want to remotely control the flow of your presentation slides from your Android phone, these are the remote controls you need. The only limitation is that you need to first launch PowerPoint on your computer, and only then will this remote control become active.
9. Start
You can use this to launch apps that are listed in the start menu of your computer.
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