Android Notifier

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Android Notifier is a linux application that receives notifications on sms, mms, battery status and more from your phone to your Linux, Mac or Windows PC. This article is about installing and running it in the background on Arch Linux.
You will need the android app Remote Notifier installed on your phone which is available for free at Market.

Contents

Prerequisites

  • Android app installed on your phone: Remote Notifier by Rodrigo Damazio, from Market.
  • Port 10600 tcp/udp open in your firewall (iptables rules coming soon...)

Installation

Get it from AUR: android-notifier-desktop

Dependencies: java-runtime

Configuration

To configure android-notifier, run '/usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh -p'

To show help run '/usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh -h'

Starting android-notifier

Add this command to for example .xinitrc; '/usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh &'
Or just run it from terminal.