• Root your android mobile


• Install custom ROM (Open Desire)


• Set the proxy for the wireless network followed by Orbot installation

1. Incase you have already installed HTC Sync, uninstall it.


2. Install the hboot driver following these steps. Note: Though the steps given in the link.


3. Reinstall HTC Sync.


4. You would have downloaded a file called reflash-bundle.exe. Double click it.


5. It will ask you to specify the download destination. Give a rememberable location.

1. Go to the place where you installed Unrevoked.
2. Ensure that “USB DEBUGGING” option is turned on.
3. Select SETTINGS-"APPLICATION-DEVELOPMENT "on your Android mobile.
4. Conect your android phone to computer through USB.
5. Run reflash.
6. It may take some time. Meanwhile your phone is rooted automatically.
7. The operation has successfully if you don’t get stuck up anywhere in the middle.
8. And at the end of all this, your phone is rooted !!!

1. A blank cd
2. A CD/DVD writer installed with a good software to burn with. (Don’t have a burner? Try this software )
3. A Linux Live CD (Don’t have? Try Slax)
4. If on a wireless network, Download “Unrevoked” for Linux and copy it onto a USB stick or your phone’s SD card.

1. Burn your Linux Live CD to your blank CD using the burner.
2. Put the burnt CD in the CD drive and restart the system.
3. Your CD should start booting. If not, change the boot sequence and make your CD to boot before your hard drive.
4. You will see Slax start screen. Select “Slax Graphics Mode (KDE)“.Wait for it to load.
5. The Slax desktop opens. Start Firefox using the icon in the taskbar at the bottom, and go to: http://unrevoked.com/.
6. Select the name of your Android mobile, click “Unrevoked3″ and select “Download for Linux”. Click Save when prompted.
7. If you are on a wireless network just copy the “Unrevoked” software that you previously put in your USB drive or SD card to the Desktop.
8. Extract the downloaded file. (Detailed steps given below)
9. On your android phone, select Settings->Applications->Development and check if “USB Debugging” Option is turned on.
10. Connect your mobile to the USB cable.
11. Run “Unrevoked”(reflash) and rest while it automatically roots your mobile.
12. If you finally see a “success” message you know that you have a rooted phone now!!!

1. Close any opened windows. Go to Slax Desktop.
2. Double-click the HOME icon on the Desktop- click Downloads.
3. Right-click reflash.tar.gz and select Preview in Archiver
4. In the window that opens right click the file, and select “Extract”
5. When it asks you to select a location, click the Folder icon next the text box (named root) and select Downloads
6. Click OK.

• run any application that requires ROOT permission like




• Shootme (allows you to take screen shots)


• Titanium Backup(back up all apps and apps data)








• install custom ROMS like the leaked versions of Froyo which aids you to enable proxy , our ultimate aim!!!


• install custom themes and Bootscreen .


• install all your applications in the memory card rather than in the phone.

• Root your android mobile


• Install custom ROM (Open Desire)


• Set the proxy for the wireless network followed by Orbot installation

1. Take a backup of all data and application. This is very important.
2. There is an option to do it with ease in ROM Manager called “Backup current ROM”.
3. Download the ROM file from the post on XDA. Some custom ROMs like the HTC Sense Froyo need a radio file. If so, then download that file too.
4. Connect the Android mobile to your system in the Disk Drive mode.
5. Copy the downloaded ROM file( compulsorily zipped) and a radio file (if needed) into the SD card.
6. Unmount the phone.
7. Eject the SD card and change the phone mode to “Charge Only”.
8. Reboot the mobile into in Recovery mode.

• STEPS TO REBOOT

1. If you have installed ROM Manager, choose “reboot into Recovery” option.
2. Else if you have installed adb, just open Command Prompt/Terminal and enter the command: adb shell reboot recovery.
3. Else Turn off your phone->Hold Volume Down key->select Recovery by pressing Power button.

9. Now you will be in the Recovery mode.
10. Select the zip file (ROM file)from the SD card and install it.
11. Specify which ROM you wish to install from the given list.
12. Once the ROM is installed, keep pressing the back button until you reach the start screen of Clockwork Recovery.
13. Reboot the system now.

• Built 100% from source (with the exception of Google Apps)


• 2.6.34.x kernel


• Google Apps


• Superuser by ChainsDD


• Legacy A2SD with Cache2SD


• Busybox


• 720p camcorder support


• FLAC / WMA / WMV media support


• Deodexed & Zipaligned


• many more mods/tweaks & hacks

Here is a quick eyes-free access overview of the MOT Droid2.

Hardware

1. The device has a pull-out keyboard, and the buttons are much more tactile than the original Droid.
2. The device also has dropped the hard-to-use D-Pad from the original Droid in favor of PC-style arrow keys.
3. There is once again no dedicated number row at the top.
4. The capacitive buttons on the front of the device appear in adifferent order from the original Droid --- with the device inportrait mode, reading left to right you have: Menu, home, back, and search.
5. In addition, MOT ships a voice search application on the devicethat is triggered by pressing a special microphone button --it's worth learning the position of this key, since voice-searchcan be useful --- and more importantly, if you're relying onspoken feedback, hitting this button leads to the phone fallinginexplicably silent.

Software

If you look under accessibility, you'll find an applicationcalled Voice Readouts from MOT. This appears to be a screenreaderanalogous to TalkBack, though in my experience, it did notproduce spoken feedback in many instances. That said, thisapplication collaborates well with TalkBack --- and afterinstalling TalkBack from the Android Market (note: the Droid2does not come with TalkBack bundled) -- you can activate bothTalkBack and VoiceReadout for an optimal experience.

VoiceReadout appears to have a preliminary version oftouch-exploration. With VoiceReadout active, a single tap speaksthe item under the finger; a double-tap activates thatitem. Note that moving the finger around on the display does notappear to trigger touch exploration; also, touch explorationappears to be available in only some contexts.

Instances where touch exploration appears to be active

1. Settings application.
2. Portions of Android Market.

In general, touch exploration appears to be available inListView.

In addition, the Droid2 also includes a low-vision accessibilitytool called Zoom Mode ( look for it under Settings ->Accessibility ) this tool provides a magnification lens.

Summary

All in all, the Droid2 appears to be one of the better choicesfor eyes-free use from among the presently available crop ofAndroid phones. Touch exploration, though preliminary, is nice tosee on the platform, and the bundled low-vision magnification aidis a nice touch. Voice Readouts is also a great example of anAndroid accessibility service done right in that it co-existspeacefully with other screenreaders like TalkBack to provide anoptimal end-user experience. To users not familiar with adaptivetechnologies in general, this might not sound like a big deal ---but users of PC screenreders have long been familiar with theneed to have only one screenreader turned on. As we transition tomodern platforms like Android, it's useful to remind ourselvesthat screenreaders can in fact co-exist, with each tool providingsomething useful to create an overall experience that is greaterthan the sum of the parts.

Android 2.2 (AKA FroYo) introduces many platform enhancements,and one that I find particularly relevant is the ability toplug-in additional Text-To-Speech engines. What this means froman end-user point of view:

• Android comes with a set of built-in voices since Android 1.6--- these are the Pico voices for English, French, Italian,German and Spanish.
• With the Text-ToSpeech plug-in mechanism in place, we can nowadd new engines to the platform.
• The first such add-on was ESpeak, which brings support formany of the world's languages.
• And now, vendors are able to sell high-quality add-on voicesvia the Android Market.
• Loquendo Susan is the first commercially available voice forAndroid. Users running FroYo can buy this voice on the AndroidMarket. Thanks to the plug-in mechanism, once you buy a newvoice, you can switch all your talking applications to use thenewly installed voice --- see instructions below.

Activating And Using Newly Installed Voices

Goto Settings → Voice Input And Output →Text To Speech Settings. First, activate the newlyinstalled voice by clicking the corresponding checkbox item forthat voice. Next, go to Default Engine in theText To Speech Settings menu, and make the newlyinstalled voice your default engine. Finaly, if you want allapplications to use the new voice, check option Always usemy settings

With this in place, my Nexus and Droid both speak usingLoquendo Susan --- thus turning my Android into into a trulypleasant eyes-free device.

Shortwave Radio --- and DXing was one my hobbies growingup--- I spent many hours listening to far-off radio stations---and in the process developed a love for languages. Fastforward to the late 90's, and one could now listen to radiostations from all around the world on the Internet --- but thistime without the hiss and static of shortwave propogation. But there was acatch --- you needed to be at your computer to listen to thesestations. At home, I solved this problem by setting up a set ofliving room speakers connected to the computer in myoffice-bedroom; with a wireless keyboard, this brought Internet radio to my living room.

Fast-forward to the next decade, and I now have the Internetin my pocket in the form of a smart phone. I recently discoveredStitcher on the Android Market --- and it got me the final mile tohaving ubiquitous access to Internet Radio!

Using Stitcher With TalkBack

There is little more to say other than try it out!.Stitcher on Android is a simple Android application thatworksout of the box with TalkBack. Once you install stitcherfromMarket, use the arrow keys or trackball on your phone tobrowse through the various categories. Clicking on stations launchesplayback immediately. Note that for now, the stop buttonin the player is not navigable by the trackball --- Ihave gotten used to hitting it by dead-reckoning since it alwaysappears in afixed position. In the last few weeks, stitcher hasreplaced StreamFuriously, my previous Internet Radio solution on Android.

So here's to happy listening!A brief note on the title of thispost --- The World In My Ears was also the title of abook on DXing by Arthur Cushen fromNew Zealand --- I remember hearing his voice in the 80's on the BBC's World Service.

Google IO 2010 is playing home to over 5,000 attendees in SanFrancisco this week. A number of Google Access engineers are atthe conference consuming and producing information --- here is abrief view of some of the exciting bits seen on the Android showfloor from an eyes-free perspective.

Hardware And New Devices From An Eyes Free Perspective

Many of the phone manufacturers were showing off their latestdevices on the show floor --- visit the Android Sandboxat Google IO to see these first hand. Charles and I walkedthrough the various displays Wednesday (May 19) afternoon to testdrive these devices first-hand --- given the large number ofAndroid devices coming out every week, this was a uniqueopportunity to see many of these devices for the firsttime. Here are some highlights:

• All devices were running Android 1.6 or later, andconsequently, Settings/Accessibility was available onevery device. Having worked on this for the last2 years, it's extremely gratifying to see phone manufacturersincluding accessibility in their devices.
• We found one device from Motorola where we couldn't find theaccessibility setting --- the booth representative promised tocheck after we pointed this out --- waiting to hear back.
• My favorite device was the LG Ally --- check this device outif you get a chance.
  • Device to be sold by Verizon.
  • Device has an elegant tactual feel.
  • Front of the device sports hardware answer/hangupbuttons.
  • The pull-out qwerty keyboard is a pleasure to use --- I wouldrate this one of the best designed cell phone keyboards I'veseen.
• Android devices continue to show up in many shapes and sizes--- re-emphasizing that there is a device for everyone. Thismakes it even more important to choose a device that meets yourparticular needs.

Software --- Android Applications Galore

We also visited the various vendors showing off their latestAndroid applications. What was gratifying was that even thoughmost of these developers had paid little thought to eyes-freeuse --- and were blissfully unaware of the existence of anAndroid Accessibility API, their applications worked for the mostpart with Accessibility enabled. Where there were gaps, we wereable to show developers what they needed to do --- everyone wasextremely receptive. Below is a brief summary of what we saw ---and a shout-out to all the friendly developers wemet:

Where

This is a very accessible application I have been usingfor a while --- the developers were thrilled to hear that it wasaccessible since they had made no special effort.

Aloqua

A competing application to Where with a veryslick visual UI. This application doesn't raise the appropriateAccess Events at present because it's a custom UI. When we firsttalked to their lead developer he was extremely hesitant sayingI dont want to change my custom UI. However, I could hear his face light up when we said You dont need tochange your look and feel --- you just need to set a couple ofcustom Java properties (specifically, property ContentDescription

Pandora

Another favorite of mine that works well with access ---except --- the player controls are unlabeled. I showed them theapplication in action on my Droid --- looking forward to seeingthis application become even more usable.

NPR News

There are many NPR tools on the Android Market --- NPRNews is the official application.The application was originally written by a Googler and OpenSourced --- I have been using it for about 4 months and it'scompletely accessible. It could do with some power-user shortcutkeys to make it even more efficient.

MLB At Bat

I had originally played with this application during lastyear's World Series; at the time, the application was quiteusable with TalkBack. I'm happy to report that nothing hasregressed --- the application still continues to to work well,except for a couple of glitches with unlabled playercontrols.The booth representatives had actually heard of accessibility ---and were receptive to fixing the remaining issues.

Summary: The light-weight design of the Android Access layerhas proven valuable in making sure that it makes it on toevery device. The minimal set ofresponsibilities the API places on developers has meant that alarge number of Android applications are accessible out of the box.

In my previousarticle, I alluded to an Audio Books application forAndroid. I did not go into much detail on the application itselfbecause I felt it deserved an article of its own.So heregoes!

In Praise Of Librivox

If you aren't familiar with the Librivox project, please visitLibrivox.orgto see the wonderful work that that project is doing. Androidapplication AudioBooks brings the wonders of Librivoxto Android --- now, you can carry all 30,000 audio books andcounting in your pocket and access themanywhere.Here are some highlights:

• Browse, and quickly play available audio books. You canbrowse by several criteria.
• Books you listen to get downloaded to your device and areavailable for offline listening.
• All books provide a table of contents, allowing you to jumpto a specific portion of a book.
• 90% of the application user interface is completelyaccessible with TalkBack --- see below for missing accessfeatures.

The only glitche with using application AudioBookswith the Android Access API is that the player controls withinthe audio-book player are presently missing contentdescriptions --- this is Android-API speak to say that thecontrols are images with missing labels. So the first time youuse this app, you'll need someone to tell you the buttons ---alternatively just experiment to discover theirfunctions. There are pause, play, rewind and forward buttons ---if the friendly folk who developed this application stumble uponthis post, please get in touch, and I can show you what you needto add to your code to make the eyes-free experience evensmoother.

Happy Listening --- And Share And Enjoy!