[Q] Heellup !!! Heellup !!! - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Dear All
As my nusername suggests i am very new at this Android game and would like to draw on the wealth of experience that is out there.
I did not want to make a massive investment on my first tablet in case i couldn't get to grips with Android so i bought a cheap Chinese machine to fumble my way around. The problem is..... I cannot find any way of updating the Android version on the machine. From the machine itself, it tells me i am using Android version 2.3.1 but i know there are later versions out there but i don't know how or where to find the appropriate one for my machine.
The specifications of my machine and some photo's can be found on the attached Word doc and i would be greatful if anyone can help me out. I have managed to root the machine using Gingerbreak but i'm now stuck !!!
Thanks in anticipation

There isn't really support (if any) for most of those "cheap" Chinese Tablets.

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I have this device and found that there is little support for it. Or I might be looking into wrong sections
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At first, as a new member, let me congratulate you for this amazing forum and the community that is built around it. A lot of useful and interesting stuff can be found here, and I know that it takes a lot of hard work to boost and maintain a forum to this high-quality level, create a community and share knowledge, so thank you for that and keep up the good work.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...ide-nexus-5-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t2507905
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...olkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-8-3-t2517778
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...nux-universal-nexus-linux-toolkit-v2-t2528616
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Resuming, I have an Archos 50c Platinum (I know it's an old mobile phone lol), and it has Android version 5.1.
Despite that I went to Archos website looking for an upgrade for it and I ended up "hiting a wall" with no results.
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