Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byRandolph Greene Modified over 9 years ago
1
Hacked, rooted and jailbroken – different approaches to accessibility Bruce Darby Technology Advisor University of Edinburgh
2
Don’t do it! Voids warranty Can break your phone Blah blah etc. etc.
3
Rooting and Jailbreaking What does ‘rooting’ your phone mean? What is Jailbreaking?
4
Rooting Android phones. Allows full access and control of the operating system.
5
How to root Google ‘root and your handset name’. What worked for me might not work for you. http://tinyurl.com/cyanogenwiki http://unrevoked.com/ Root!
6
Install custom operating system Nandroid back up Titanium backup Rom Manager Cyanogenmod 7
7
Advantages of rooting Make back ups. Customise. Partition SD card Early updates. Learn a lot.
8
Jailbreaking Apple iPhone Allows installation of Cydia. Allows access and control of operating system.
9
How to Jailbreak http://tinyurl.com/jailbreakwithredsnow Download and update iPhone to 4.3.3 (need access to this file later) Download redsn0w from Dev-team blog at http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ Funny button pressing combination. Jailbreak!
10
Advantages of jailbreaking Cydia alternative app store. Tweaks and customisations. Early updates. Learn a lot. Baba Buufey.
11
Advantages of jailbreaking Display Recorder and Cydia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Jg41UzW7s&feature=player_profilepage Activator – Evernote MobileNotifier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLoW9u8QBU&feature=player_profilepage FastSnap - Camera LockInfo – Email, calendar, favourites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KbvGfBOw7Q&feature=player_detailpage MissedReminder – LED flash. Xpandr - !gm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-YKr-wbsYM&feature=player_detailpage
12
iOS 5 Copy Cat! Importance for the future of development and innovation.
13
If this then that Iftt.com
14
What does this mean for accessibility? Not a lot. No iHoverPad
15
Back to 2007 New phones Mobile computing
16
Custom or specialist Customise an existing product. Create a specialist product.
17
3 rd Option Build accessible features in. Usability rather than accessibility.
18
Dear Steve
19
Device use Alivecor – allows you to take a personal electrocardiograph. Not released yet.
20
Interesting stuff Android@home project – control your robot with your phone. Low cost, power, bandwidth. Onavo – data compressor. Apple allowing third party widgets in iOS 5
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.