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Using iPad at wedding for guests to view photos

macsrcool1234 said:
I'm with the jailbreak crowd.

You are very lucky in the sense that the current jailbreak is a userland jailbreak.

All you have to do is go to a website and click a button. No software, no DFU mode or anything. You can have your home button disabled in < 5 minutes.

These kinds of jailbreaks don't come often so take advantage!

It is by far the most elegant solution. Even if you restore the iPad and set as new, people will be able to end the application and it's going to be a pain to frequently start it up again.
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Yeah, I actually already did the Jailbreak to test it out. Very easy and quite nice.

FooArk said:
Stop looking to show off.
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What? I am most certainly not trying to "show off." The iPad is a wonderful photo viewer and allows people to interact more with photos instead of just watching.
 
Didn't see this mentioned yet, but jailbreakme stops the iPad camera connection adapter from working.

Comex has said a fix is coming (originally said today), so just make sure you get it fixed before your wedding (assuming you were going to use the iPad camera adapter to load photos on the iPad).
 
jenzjen said:
Didn't see this mentioned yet, but jailbreakme stops the iPad camera connection adapter from working.

Comex has said a fix is coming (originally said today), so just make sure you get it fixed before your wedding (assuming you were going to use the iPad camera adapter to load photos on the iPad).
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Good to know. I don't own one, and I'm processing all photos through Lightroom, so I'll just import them to iPhoto then sync.
 
I don't know if anyone is following this thread who replied a while ago, but since I said I would report on how it went and show a picture, here it is!

Everything worked great, the guests really enjoyed seeing photos and the iPad was safe. Sorry the photo is not amazing, but at least it gives you an idea of how it was set up.
 

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While I appreciate any innovative use of tech to better a customer's experience, the iPad may be too much a personal device to satisfy a crowd. You might want to consider mirroring the photo show onto a big flatscreen TV (or projector and screen) in the room, while keeping control or at least locking down the iPad so it can't wander around.
 
BJB Productions said:
I don't know if anyone is following this thread who replied a while ago, but since I said I would report on how it went and show a picture, here it is!

Everything worked great, the guests really enjoyed seeing photos and the iPad was safe. Sorry the photo is not amazing, but at least it gives you an idea of how it was set up.
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I've come to this thread late but thought I'd add my experience.

I photographed a wedding at the beginning of May and took my iPad 2 initially to be used as a backup device. Turned out that once I'd shown some of the photos to one or two guests it quickly made its way around the surrounding tables. Without blowing my own, not with my back, the photos looked excellent as RAWs. Final photos to the client were processed with Lightroom.

Bottom line - I've started taking the iPad to each shoot I do. Gives the client instant feedback and security.
 
deeddawg said:
There might be some sort of case that secures the ipad and also blocks access to the Home button. I don't know of one, but just a thought -- take the physical approach to achieve the goal.

Even if I knew most of the people at a wedding, I'd be very concerned about the ipad growing legs and walking off. Secure it somehow, else it'll sit there literally begging some otherwise honest person to swipe it. (and your attention needs to be on the bride not on your ipad).
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1. Jailbreak
2. Disable homebutton
3. Set up Find my iPhone
3a. If 3G iPad then great if not then eh
4. Use for your needs
 
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