Re: Can I communicate with my phone from my computer?

There are loads of ways you can do so, but exactly what the best solution is depends on what you hope to achieve.

There are HTTP servers that can be installed on phones. Then you can access the web server running on your phone from a web browser on your computer. But if what you hope to achieve is a way of remote-controlling Snapchat, it won't help because each app on your phone runs in its own little jail cell.

Basically sending a message from your computer to your phone is easy. It just requires an app on your phone that's listening for messages. But what that app is able to do when it receives a message might be pretty limited.

toby döt ink

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Re^2: Can I communicate with my phone from my computer? by SkinBlues (Acolyte) on Dec 11, 2019 at 02:52 UTC
Remote controlling Snapchat is more similar to something that I’d want to do. But I understand that wouldn’t be possible, but my thinking is that if someone sends or reads a Snapchat, wouldn’t there exist data going into the phone through the network. And that data should be able to be read on a separate device (my computer). Another example, if I load a webpage from my phone, would my laptop be able to pick up on it and know that I loaded a webpage?	[reply]
Re^3: Can I communicate with my phone from my computer? by tobyink (Canon) on Dec 11, 2019 at 07:59 UTC
You might be able to pick up some stuff using packet-sniffing software but these days, encrypted connections are used for pretty much everything, so you won't see much more than which IP addresses are being connected to, what ports, and how much data is sent and received. toby döt ink	[reply]