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I've learned so much exploring your work. Thanks! I narrowed down the search for the root cause off this issue, it seems to be VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_FLAG_ALWAYS_UNLOCKED: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/6007#issuecomment-4444559534.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Scrcpy v4.0"}, {"id": 769889024, "item_id": 48118064, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118064", "by": "talesfromearth", "date": "2026-05-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love Scrcpy, and I miss it after switching from Android to iOS.", "excerpt": "I love Scrcpy, and I miss it after switching from Android to iOS. iOS screen sharing isn\u2019t available in the EU. Thanks Apple.", "context": "", "use_case": "Android screen mirroring", "switched_from": "", "story": "Scrcpy v4.0"}, {"id": 769888608, "item_id": 48118038, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118038", "by": "jraph", "date": "2026-05-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "scrcpy is fantastic.", "excerpt": "I recently moved, and the infra provider of the non-profit ISP I use imposes them a two month delay to set up a new fiber line. During this delay, I met neighbors who accepted to share their WiFi with me. They live a bit far, across the way. The best way I found to get a stable connection with decent speeds was to hang my phone at the top of a window using a salad bag, and share the phone connection to a computer via", "context": "", "use_case": "phone control and USB tethering", "switched_from": "", "story": "Scrcpy v4.0"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 769893632, "item_id": 48118352, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118352", "by": "figmert", "date": "2026-05-12", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "every time I use scrcpy, the navigation stops working, and I have to restart the phone to get it working again.", "excerpt": "Amazing tool, but I had to stop using it. On my Samsung phone, I gesture based navigation. And every time I use scrcpy, the navigation stops working, and I have to restart the phone to get it working again. There's a ticket open but the developer has been unable to replicate the issue. Sadly until that is fixed, it is impossible to continue using it. The inconvenience (at least for me) is too real.", "context": "Samsung phone user", "use_case": "Android screen mirroring", "switched_from": "", "story": "Scrcpy v4.0"}]}], "who": [{"by": "utopiah", "context": "Linux/GrapheneOS user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48117910", "date": "2026-05-12"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["android screen mirroring", "remote access to phone", "phone control and usb tethering", "mirroring quest headsets"], "compared": [{"slug": "grapheneos", "name": "GrapheneOS", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "wo-mic", "name": "WO Mic", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114356", "title": "Scrcpy v4.0", "mentions": 6}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48561654", "title": "GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17 and official releases are coming soon", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 3, "warn": 2}, "2026-06": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 777082913, "item_id": 48567682, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48567682", "by": "StrLght", "date": "2026-06-17", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "stays at home connected to my server so I can always scrcpy into it", "excerpt": "In terms of apps, I fully believe it will only get worse from here: Google\u2019s trajectory has been pretty hostile, and third\u2011party developers tend to follow it. That\u2019s why I have two phones. One runs GrapheneOS and is my daily driver; the other (considerably less private and secure) stays at home connected to my server so I can always scrcpy into it.", "context": "", "use_case": "remote access to phone", "switched_from": "", "story": "GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17 and official releases are coming soon"}, {"id": 770022000, "item_id": 48126375, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48126375", "by": "micku7zu", "date": "2026-05-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Huge fan of your projects.", "excerpt": "Huge fan of your projects. I've learned so much exploring your work. Thanks! I narrowed down the search for the root cause off this issue, it seems to be VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_FLAG_ALWAYS_UNLOCKED: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/6007#issuecomment-4444559534.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Scrcpy v4.0"}, {"id": 769932832, "item_id": 48120802, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48120802", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-05-13", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "", "excerpt": "I had done this in the covid lockdown days as my school was going to online classes. Droidcam and wo-mic are some good options in this space. Droidcam if you need both a webcam and mic. Wo-mic used to work on lower android versions. I remember plugging Droidcam to my win 7 (1gb-ram) crt tv computer and then taking an really old mostly junk phone outside and my parents were watching the monitor. 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