Basically, how to use your phone like a boss…
In this issue of Steve writes a blog, I will be demonstrating a few extremely useful
troubleshooting methods by using a mobile phone.
Primarily, I focus around a rooted Android Operating system due to its
ease of use and my personal preference, but other devices may work for
most of these tips as well.
Read on and enjoy!
Test Hosted Website Public Access
Is your site not loading from your home, work, corporate or other network? Do this:
- Turn off your WiFi
- Load your site on your Mobile Phone.
I prefer to do this in Chrome. Since it is my main Browser on all
devices, all my credentials are saved on any device I am signed into
with my Google Account. If the site loads via the mobile network, then
the issue you are experiencing is likely a local networking issue. See
if you can load other websites, ping your own site or browse your site
by IP.
You Can Ping from a Mobile Phone
Just load your favorite
Terminal Emulator and run
basic Linux Commands all day, such as ping. Do yourself a favor and
either get a Terminal Keyboard installed or use a Bluetooth Keyboard. It
makes working on Android much easier for these tasks.
If you are not Linux inclined, fret not. The beauty of Smartphones
shines through—there is an App for everything. My favorite app for quick
Ping and HTTP tests is
HTTPing.
This tool will let your run a ping, return Status codes and measure
latency. Just remember that Mobile Data Networks Latency is generally
pretty high when you run this tool on the go. And here’s a fairly
handy link if you need to
check Status codes.
Speaking of the Terminal Emulator
You can do much more than Ping. Mobile Phones are just small computers, and with the
right tools you can also run:
- Nslookup
- SSH
- WGET
- Telnet
- FTP
- Traceroute
- Many more
One of those “Right Tools” is
Tiny Utils.
This allows you to run commands you are used to having while working at
a GNU/Linux Terminal. Get your research on: check out the
full list of BusyBox commands.
Some commands may require Root Access. If you are unfamiliar with Root
and basic GNU/Linux commands, steer clear and download App’s with
specific purposes instead.
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