Google Glass owners can hack their Glass to run Android apps or even Ubuntu, and two software engineers from Google were willing to show a roomful of developers how. That also means Android developers can start tweaking their apps immediately so that they appear better to Glass users and are optimized for Glass gestures.
In the Google I/O developers session, "Voiding Your Warranty: Hacking Glass," Hyunyoung Song and P.Y. Laligand, two Google software engineers, showed demos and gave instructions for hacking Google Glass to two different levels.
First they showed debug mode, which lets a Google Glass wearer run Android right before their very eye, and connect via Bluetooth to a secondary input source, such as a wireless keyboard, to allow for additional navigation not natively supported by Glass.
The second hack puts Glass into root mode, which voids the warranty, and in the session the engineers showed how doing so can enable Ubuntu on Glass.
The first hacking trick, debug mode, takes little more than downloading the latest Android SDK, making sure you have the right operating system (Android ICS MR1 4.0.4), and executing a few commands. Once it's finished, the Glass wearer sees an Android screen in landscape mode as their Glass view. Developers coding for Android can take that as an opening gambit to start designing app home screens with black backgrounds and white text (which is ideal on Glass for contrast and battery life purposes; 640 by 360, if you're taking notes).
Glass does work as an input method for navigating the app, but with limitations. Swiping backward and forward works for screen scrolling, tapping the side of the device is the same as the enter command, but for a few additional navigation motions, you'll need to connect a secondary input device via Bluetooth. During the demo, Lalingand connected a small, portable keyboard that let him mouse around the screen, which the audience saw via projection.
In debug mode, Glass owners can install APKs, and the Glass device does in deed remain under warranty, with OTA updates still allowed. In other words, the Glass owner is not rooting the devices, so she or he cannot access user data space, delete stock Glass system applications, or replace the operating system.
In the more gutsy mode, root, the Glass warranty is invalid and the Glass owner loses OTA updates, but the capabilities for hacking are much greater. But you could, for example, run Ubuntu as the operating system, which one Glass explorer (early user during the limited trial phase) did. Rooting the device also means you can change system partitions (e.g., /data, /system/apps).
So How Do You Gain Root Access?
In short, there are five commands for gaining root access (but many more notes and details to come from Google soon):
$ adb reboot bootloader
$ fastboot oem unlock
$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
$ fastboot reboot
$ adb root
In short, there are five commands for gaining root access (but many more notes and details to come from Google soon):
$ adb reboot bootloader
$ fastboot oem unlock
$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
$ fastboot reboot
$ adb root
When you unlock the device, visit developers.google.com/glass/downloads for a playground of Glass stuff.
For more on developing for Google Glass, check Stack Overflow, GIT hub, and glass-community.com. For more from Google I/O, check out PCMag's live blog and the slideshow above.
Posting By : Ingrid Underground | Cyber News,Cyber Activity And Tutorial
You Read How to Hack Google Glass ! By Admin ! Thank For Read My Post. Dont Forget Click Share Under Post Title And Share To Your Friend
0 comments on How to Hack Google Glass ! :
Post a Comment and Don't Spam!