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vdp · 06-28-2017, 05:34 AM

Thank you for the detailed instructions on using apktool! It may come handy- I will try it when I get some free time, likely this weekend. I think I'd still prefer to work with the original Java sources though, and learning about Android's VM will probably require as much or greater time/effort "investment" as figuring out how to compile the app, anyway.

So far, I've only tried using bVNC with my M96 Plus, and it seemed reasonably responsive. Well, of course the experience is not as smooth as typing in your local text editor, but is still tolerable, especially in A2 mode. Scrolling through web pages also seemed acceptable, IIRC. AndroidVNC, on top of which bVNC is built, is more laggy. I've only skimmed through the commit log, but it seems bVNC's author made improvements such as implementing TightVNC encoding, and optimizing the frame buffer handling. I've been using @hawhill's setup, w/ Xvnc + x2vnc, BTW (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=150434). I think Max Carta's screen has ~3.67 times more pixels, so as you say maybe the crippled USB becomes a bottleneck- I see http://ereader-store.de/en/77-onyx-boox-max-carta.html lists the interface as 12 megabit per second(if Mb actually means megabit that is). Have you tried to use the WiFi instead- they claim to support 802.11n, so the bandwidth should be much higher than 12Mb/s?
Has anyone tried the xrdp server with an onyx device yet, BTW? I'd be curious how it compares with VNC- bVNC supports RDP I think.

06-28-2017, 05:34 AM	#111
vdp Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10842 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle DXG	Thank you for the detailed instructions on using apktool! It may come handy- I will try it when I get some free time, likely this weekend. I think I'd still prefer to work with the original Java sources though, and learning about Android's VM will probably require as much or greater time/effort "investment" as figuring out how to compile the app, anyway. So far, I've only tried using bVNC with my M96 Plus, and it seemed reasonably responsive. Well, of course the experience is not as smooth as typing in your local text editor, but is still tolerable, especially in A2 mode. Scrolling through web pages also seemed acceptable, IIRC. AndroidVNC, on top of which bVNC is built, is more laggy. I've only skimmed through the commit log, but it seems bVNC's author made improvements such as implementing TightVNC encoding, and optimizing the frame buffer handling. I've been using @hawhill's setup, w/ Xvnc + x2vnc, BTW (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=150434). I think Max Carta's screen has ~3.67 times more pixels, so as you say maybe the crippled USB becomes a bottleneck- I see http://ereader-store.de/en/77-onyx-boox-max-carta.html lists the interface as 12 megabit per second(if Mb actually means megabit that is). Have you tried to use the WiFi instead- they claim to support 802.11n, so the bandwidth should be much higher than 12Mb/s? Has anyone tried the xrdp server with an onyx device yet, BTW? I'd be curious how it compares with VNC- bVNC supports RDP I think.