Google Chromebook connecting to Klink

[Jason Pruitt]

Hi. I have Klink BLue on my cell phone (samsung gal s3) and klink works on my laptop that runs windows. However I recently purchased the Samsung Google Chromebook and I don't even know the name of the OS it runs. I do know, however, that I tried downloading the klink drivers onto the chromebook over wifi and I got a message saying the system does not support the files. PLEASE HELP!

[Kevin Ko]

Hi, Jason.

Chromebooks run Google's Chrome OS, which is a very locked down system and is not supported by Klink out of the box.  It might be technically feasible to have a Chromebook talk to an Android device through official means; however, it would involve re-inventing the wheel (essentially rewriting parts of both adb and Klink's PC software using Javascript), and I have no plans on doing so.

Instead, the only way that you might currently be able to run Klink with it is if you enable developer mode on the Chromebook and install something like Crouton (https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/) to gain access to a usable installation of Linux on the machine.

Other things that you could try:

- Connect your Windows laptop to Klink and then turn the laptop into a wifi hotspot for your Chromebook using the free software "Virtual Router" (http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/).

- Use a hotspot mode/plan with your phone so that your Chromebook can connect via wifi without using your laptop.

Kevin

On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Jason Pruitt <rooste...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi. I have Klink BLue on my cell phone (samsung gal s3) and klink works on my laptop that runs windows. However I recently purchased the Samsung Google Chromebook and I don't even know the name of the OS it runs. I do know, however, that I tried downloading the klink drivers onto the chromebook over wifi and I got a message saying the system does not support the files. PLEASE HELP!

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