Hi Glen,
How did you go about rooting and installing a custom ROM on your
phone? Does it still require some sight / sighted assistance? Or is
it possible to do as a Talkback user?
Also what didn't you like about the Asus TF700 out of the box? I was
just curious as I was very tempted to buy one of these. I really
liked the idea of the detachable keyboard though I couldn't quite
justify it and ended up getting a Nexus 10 (and a keyboard case,
though I don't like the case I bought and am looking at alternatives).
As an aside, one nifty thing you can do with Android actually, is if
you have the right adaptor for your phone, you can actually connect a
standard USB keyboard and use it with pretty much any Android phone /
tablet.
Regards
Quentin.
On 15 May 2014 12:47, Dialup @ 56k <dialup56k@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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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