[vi-android] Re: Introduction
- From: Jeanie Vejil <proud2have-tsedog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 22:57:51 -0500
Glen,
I'm finding that those of you who have posted since I subbed earlier
today are teaching me things I need to know but didn't know who to
ask, and I thank you all so much for your help.
Jeanie
On Thursday 5/15/2014 12:47 PM, Dialup @ 56k wrote:
Hello All,
My name is Glen Barwick. Thanks to Quinton for this list which I
think is a really good resource.
I've been using Android phones since my Nokia N86 died and while
it's been occasionally challenging, I personally enjoy the fact that
I have a lot of available phone choices and a huge android phone
community to go along with it.
I have a bit of sight which is OK in side the house, but out side I
have to totally rely on TalkBack.
In the early days, the phones provided by the local telcos weren't
very accessible so I entered the world of installing custom software
on my phones.
For those of you who are curious, this requires the phone to first
be rooted, that is, gaining access to the Root folder/s, and then
installing custom software, called the ROM.
This can be a very dangerous process for all sorts of reasons and
can result in bricking or making your phone totally useless other
than for an expensive paper weight.
I've been lucky so far, and while I've had a few scary moments, I
haven't had any terminal results.
As an example of the rooting and ROMing process, my very first
Android phone which is an HTC Inspire 4g now runs the most recent
version of Android, version 4.4.2 aka KitKit via a custom ROM from
the Cyanogenmod community.
It gives me a great deal of satisfaction to have the most recent OS
on my oldest phone.
I also have a two year old Asus Transformer TF700t 10" tablet
running a variant of the latest Cyanogenmod ROM.
It wasn't a very good tablet out of the box, but some very clever
developers on the XDA forums have given it a new life.
Unfortunately, not all phones can be rooted, and even some phones
that can be rooted will not run KitKat because of its hardware requirements.
However, KitKat is not as fussy about hardware, specifically
internal memory as previous versions of Android.
I hope some of you have found this rant of some use.
Glen Barwick
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