Glass in the Enterprise

Tips and Tricks

Created by Jenny Tong / mimming.com / @BaconatedGeek

Hi! I'm Jenny.

I'm a Developer Advocate at  

I like to help people cause trouble with code.

But, I'm not a member of the Google Glass team.

Agenda

• Where Glass fits
• Tips and Tricks
• Hacks

Where Glass fits

super secret sub-agenda

It depends...

• Who is using it
• Who administrates it working
• Problem that you're solving

Who is using it

• Customer
• Employee
• Machine operator

Who is the admin

• Internal IT
• Service vendor
• The user themselves

Use cases

• Checklist
• Remote expert
• Information archival
• Reference

Where Glass fits

You are all unique snowflakes.

Tips and tricks

Tips and tricks

• Power
• Poking around; getting root
• Bypass built in stuff
• Device management
• App distribution
• Extending the hardware

Warning

Hacking ahead. Thar be dragons

Power

Power

• The USB port has different modes
  • Data
  • Fast charge
  • USB host
  • audio
• Fix it in software
  • Duty cycle to keep things under control
  • Some sensors are more power hungry than others

Poking around

# list of built in and custom *.apk’s
$ adb shell ls /system/priv-app

# list of running framework services
$ adb shell dumpsys -l

# list of packages native libraries
$ adb shell ls /system/lib

Unlocking Glass

This disables your warranty

$ adb reboot bootloader
$ fastboot oem unlock
$ fastboot flash boot boot.img       # Rooted boot image
$ fastboot flash system system.img   # Your custom system image

Bypass Built in stuff

• Built in Glass features may not fit your enterprise
• Some of this stuff requires root, find your balance

Replace the launcher

• You don't need root
• Overriding the launcher intent
• Don't delete GlassHome.apk
• A good place to start is the AOSP launcher

# Remove this property inside AndroidManifest.xml
# <manifest android.sharedUserId=”android.uid.system”>

# Install it
$ adb install Launcher2.apk

Disable updates

• This is probably a bad idea. It disables security updates.
• You need root

$ adb shell rm system/priv-app/GlassUpdate.apk

Prevent Timeline Sync

• Requires WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS permission
• You don't need root

// Disable all sync adapters
ContentResolver.setMasterSyncAutomatically(false);

// Cancel any running sync
ContentResolver.cancelSync(null, null);

Run Glass without a user

You need root

# on a fresh Glass
$ adb shell rm system/priv-app/GlassSetup.apk

# after logging a user in
$ adb shell rm data/system/users/0/accounts.db

Strange things will happen (e.g. it breaks the camera button)

Device management

• Glass is young
• It's primarily intended for consumers, but more enterprise stuff is coming
• For now, hacks

Skip the tutorial

Tap with 2 fingers, 7 times

Managing users

• Do your own auth with a QR code
• MyGlass has an auth API too, but it requires you to be in MyGlass

App distribution

• Express courier
• Private entry on Glass Marketplace

Extending the hardware

• USB OTG
• Bluetooth
• IoT

THE END

Questions?

Slides

https://mimming.com/presos/google-glass-in-the-enterprise

Slides' Code

https://github.com/mimming/google-glass-in-the-enterprise/

Created by Jenny Tong / mimming.com / @BaconatedGeek