Hi all I thought I would start a thread for this phone because I just successfully rooted mine! MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE DRIVERS FOR YOUR PHONE + ADB DRIVERS INSTALLED! The only method I got to work was jcase's pwn method from the root with restore by bin4ry tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460). After that I installed SuperSU from the play store and voilà! Full root access!
Xposed framework + GravityBox work well.
If this method doesn't work, try Root Genius (you can find it in replies within this thread)(there is also our own forum over at androidforums). Some people have had success with it. And if you've already tried root genius, try this one. It seems this phone is tricky to root as different methods work for different people!
Awesome - I have this on T-Mobile and it's a decent little piece. I might try this as well; thanks for the post. Seems it's the only thread on XDA so far about this phone.
DimeShake said:
Awesome - I have this on T-Mobile and it's a decent little piece. I might try this as well; thanks for the post. Seems it's the only thread on XDA so far about this phone.
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This phone is really great for its pricetag aint it! Good to know i helped someone, i spent more than a couple hours installing and trying many methods to root mine until i dug this one up and struck gold. haha
Glad to see this thread . I would like to see more threads on the Metro PCS Kyocera Hydro Life. I sure would like to find an in expensive way to unlock it besides leaving it activaed on MetroPCS for 90 days.
kylegrant said:
Hi all I thought I would start a thread for this phone because I just successfully rooted mine! The only method I got to work was jcase's pwn method from the root with restore by bin4ry tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460). After that I installed SuperSU from the play store and voilà! Full root access!
Xposed framework + GravityBox work well.
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I'm also excited to see this. I samshe the [email protected]#% out of my Nexus 5 and decided to pick up the T-Mobile version of the Hydro Life. Great phone for the price so far (tho the camera is pretty terrible), but I can't wait to rip out some of the T-Mobile pre-installed garbage/interface.
Has anyone tried a stock ROM on this yet?
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I'm also excited to see this. I samshe the [email protected]#% out of my Nexus 5 and decided to pick up the T-Mobile version of the Hydro Life. Great phone for the price so far (tho the camera is pretty terrible), but I can't wait to rip out some of the T-Mobile pre-installed garbage/interface.
Has anyone tried a stock ROM on this yet?
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Haha all we got is the stock ROM. And a locked bootloader. The method in the OP should work to root it tho. Then you can get an app like link2sd or titanium backup to uninstall system apps. Be careful what you get rid of tho, I just get rid of the metro/T-Mobile stuff and google+, play books, play games, etc.
Any further developments on this?
Sent from my HTC Amaze 4G
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Any further developments on this?
Sent from my HTC Amaze 4G
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i actually used roootgenius to root it, trust me i thought this program was fake or a virus but it worked.
the only thing is im taking the phone back now because the audio quality is horrible and the UI design is for people of years 80+ (no offense)
really good phone with terrible audio and geezer UI designs. (I can barf looking at the dialer)
anyways now im looking for the stock rom because i did root it and deleted system apps with out making a back up -_-.
if i do a full reset will the system apps come back?
i was thrilled to find this post but i can't seem to get mine to work. the phone is on usb debugging mode. my laptop sees the phone but the program doesn't. what am i doing wrong and which mode did you select?
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i was thrilled to find this post but i can't seem to get mine to work. the phone is on usb debugging mode. my laptop sees the phone but the program doesn't. what am i doing wrong and which mode did you select?
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I TRIED HIS METHOD IT DIDNT WORK FOR ME EITHER UNDER ANY MODE, oops sorry caps, but look at my last reply thats what worked for me.
Are you guys sure you have all the drivers installed? Also, you have USA version right?
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Are you guys sure you have all the drivers installed? Also, you have USA version right?
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I just rooted my hydro life. I am new at this, but backed up everything with Titanium Pro after rooting and haven't removed anything yet. Not sure what I should remove. Any help for newbie?
Thanks
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I just rooted my hydro life. I am new at this, but backed up everything with Titanium Pro after rooting and haven't removed anything yet. Not sure what I should remove. Any help for newbie?
Thanks
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All of the google apps and metro/T-Mobile stuff should be safe. Anything that you can search for on the play store and find should be safe. Anything that's not on the play store I just freeze and leave there since this phone isn't cramped for storage space and I don't know if there is a way to flash a restore as of yet.
My new favorite home launcher - APUS. Much better than our outdated Kyocera launcher.
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All of the google apps and metro/T-Mobile stuff should be safe. Anything that you can search for on the play store and find should be safe. Anything that's not on the play store I just freeze and leave there since this phone isn't cramped for storage space and I don't know if there is a way to flash a restore as of yet.
My new favorite home launcher - APUS. Much better than our outdated Kyocera launcher.
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Thanks for the info. I never heard of APUS, but like I said I am new at this. Thanks again for the feedback
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All of the google apps and metro/T-Mobile stuff should be safe. Anything that you can search for on the play store and find should be safe. Anything that's not on the play store I just freeze and leave there since this phone isn't cramped for storage space and I don't know if there is a way to flash a restore as of yet.
My new favorite home launcher - APUS. Much better than our outdated Kyocera launcher.
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One more ? as I learning here. APUS looks nice but should I remove the stock launcher or just leave and use APUS as my default launcher? Thanks for your help
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One more ? as I learning here. APUS looks nice but should I remove the stock launcher or just leave and use APUS as my default launcher? Thanks for your help
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I'm sorry, I should have noted ALWAYS LEAVE THE STOCK LAUNCHER ON YOUR DEVICE!! This is just to be sure that if for some reason your new launcher of choice gets messed up or you accidentally uninstall it, you'll still have a 'backup' launcher. Otherwise you'd be screwed and have to find a way to restore.
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I'm sorry, I should have noted ALWAYS LEAVE THE STOCK LAUNCHER ON YOUR DEVICE!! This is just to be sure that if for some reason your new launcher of choice gets messed up or you accidentally uninstall it, you'll still have a 'backup' launcher. Otherwise you'd be screwed and have to find a way to restore.
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Thanks again for your help. APUS is pretty cool. I also have been freezing apps and noticed Google Play Services messed with my wifi and camera. Anyone else have this issue?
none of these methods work for mine,just hangs
installed 64 bit drivers
derrick1976 said:
none of these methods work for mine,just hangs
installed 64 bit drivers
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Can you post details about your phone, model#, USA or international? Possible that we have different phones..? I wish I could remember exactly where and which drivers I got, I probably have different drivers than you as well. Depending on how important rooting is for you, try playing with different driver versions or maybe the 32-bit ones.
Disappointed...
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none of these methods work for mine,just hangs
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Same here! Nothing's worked for mines either...
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I bought an M730W about a month ago from geeks. It came with 2.3.4 on it. I searched high and low to find the ICS for it since I'd seen that the same model is out and comes with it installed. I finally contacted Geeks to see if they could get me in touch with the manufacturer. They had no contact info. Finally after digging around I noticed something with the name of the US based company that hold the patent rights to it. I then dug more and got their number and while I was on hold I found their site. At this address (mymidpad dot com forward slash Downloads_M730Flash dot html) iwas was able to obtain a good manual and the updated firmware. Inside the installer it comes with PhoenixUSBPro, an IMG file and a key. During the install it said it was installing drivers to my laptop but I can not find them when I connect my tablet. The only way that I can apply the update is to have my M730W connected to my machine in a way that it's recognized. The only way for me to do so now is to connect as a USB storage device which does me no good when it comes to using the included software and firmware for updating. So my question is, does anyone know what I can do to resolve this issue?
Hey Tod. I also have the m730w. ICS is definitely available for the tablet but theres a catch. Since its a tablet(a generic one at that) you have to use a program for your pc called Live Suite which is primarily used for the ainovo tablets but can be used with any generic tablet. I cant do it right now but most likely tonight, ill post the links and the information on how to upgrade to ics. im currently running 4.0.3 flawlessly and much faster and smoother than GB. and i have full root which i can also show you how to do. just let me know
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Hey Tod. I also have the m730w. ICS is definitely available for the tablet but theres a catch. Since its a tablet(a generic one at that) you have to use a program for your pc called Live Suite which is primarily used for the ainovo tablets but can be used with any generic tablet. I cant do it right now but most likely tonight, ill post the links and the information on how to upgrade to ics. im currently running 4.0.3 flawlessly and much faster and smoother than GB. and i have full root which i can also show you how to do. just let me know
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That's killer Ace, thank you so much!!! Mine came rooted, which has been a blessing. Whenever you can get the information to me is fine. I'll do a search for Live Suite and see if I can at least get that step taken care of.
m730w weird screen
I hav same tab, worked great until about the 5th rom i tried, now my touch screen is off, you hav to touch dn to the left of where u want..or off to the side.. now any rom i flash has same issue.. do u hav the stock rom or now of a fix for this..any help... i tried links and site would not load..to u hav original rom thanks
Anyone have a step by step of how to do this? I'd really like to run CM9 on it, but have no idea how to even boot into recovery mode. Where's the youtube video?
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I hav same tab, worked great until about the 5th rom i tried, now my touch screen is off, you hav to touch dn to the left of where u want..or off to the side.. now any rom i flash has same issue.. do u hav the stock rom or now of a fix for this..any help... i tried links and site would not load..to u hav original rom thanks
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I don't have just the rom. What I've got is the package that can be downloaded from their site. I don't have enough posts in to put an external link in my posts here. I'd try using a different browser and going to the URL I cheated into my OP. Just replace "dot" with "." and "slash" with "/". The software doesn't install the drivers properly on Vista though so you will want to be aware of that.
Any other word??? I want to update my neice's if at all possible.
Wow, here are the instructions! Good luck!
http://mymidpad.com/M730W Refresh instruction.pdf
Bump.
I have searched this exhaustively! I still don't know what ROM to download or how to boot into recovery mode. The guy above who posted about Live Suite? Haven't heard back from him. I downloaded that, but without the ROM, I don't see the point in even setting it up. I'm not particular about which ROM, as long as it's newer than the one on here, preferable CM7 or newer, but beggars can't be choosers emmirite??!!
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I have searched this exhaustively! I still don't know what ROM to download or how to boot into recovery mode. The guy above who posted about Live Suite? Haven't heard back from him. I downloaded that, but without the ROM, I don't see the point in even setting it up. I'm not particular about which ROM, as long as it's newer than the one on here, preferable CM7 or newer, but beggars can't be choosers emmirite??!!
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Well, well, well. Someone gave me a POS Kocaso M750B and I've been on a search to do something else with it. And I find a good chap from the epic 4G forums.
Did you ever make any progress getting any other rom on your el cheapo tablet?
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Well, well, well. Someone gave me a POS Kocaso M750B and I've been on a search to do something else with it. And I find a good chap from the epic 4G forums.
Did you ever make any progress getting any other rom on your el cheapo tablet?
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LOL. Hi there. Nope. Not a damn thing have I done with mine. It is sitting on my desk. I let my son play Minecraft on it on long rides, and I use it as backup for my phones camera. I know it could be so much smoother, but is being crippled by it's OS. If I could ficgure out how to boot it into recovery I might risk bricking it with a questionable ROM. But I can't find the ROM OR the means by which to boot into recovery. In truth though, I mainly got it to patootz with. I'm more of a laptop kind of guy anyway.
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LOL. Hi there. Nope. Not a damn thing have I done with mine. It is sitting on my desk. I let my son play Minecraft on it on long rides, and I use it as backup for my phones camera. I know it could be so much smoother, but is being crippled by it's OS. If I could ficgure out how to boot it into recovery I might risk bricking it with a questionable ROM. But I can't find the ROM OR the means by which to boot into recovery. In truth though, I mainly got it to patootz with. I'm more of a laptop kind of guy anyway.
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If you don't know, there's no chance any of us ever will. Someone got this for free at some promotion and handed it off to me, so I'm out absolutely nothing. Just a bummer there isn't more to do with it. You'd think that all these POS tablets would just share the same mainboard and proc, so that some standard JB rom would work for all of them. The screen is terrible and it registers touches so poorly that many games are just unplayable. But, if I give it to one of my nieces or nephews, I'll be a hero!
Thanks though!
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If you don't know, there's no chance any of us ever will. Someone got this for free at some promotion and handed it off to me, so I'm out absolutely nothing. Just a bummer there isn't more to do with it. You'd think that all these POS tablets would just share the same mainboard and proc, so that some standard JB rom would work for all of them. The screen is terrible and it registers touches so poorly that many games are just unplayable. But, if I give it to one of my nieces or nephews, I'll be a hero!
Thanks though!
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Yes you will be a hero. I'm sure there are generic ROMS that would work with this. A) I have no idea where they would be. and B) I don't know how to flash them. If I found one I suspected was close, I might try to ODIN it on there.
Try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343531
I searched alot for this fix but really only found moded Play Store apps. It turns out the fix is a lot more simple than that. No modded apps required (this worked for me and hopefully for you.
When you change the DPI, you get Google Store "incompatible apps" problem. The fix is this. First, I went to the app and deleted the cache. Then I uninstalled the google play store app. Reboot the phone, made sure the dpi setting of my phone was where I wanted it to be, in my situation, 260, then relaunched the google play store or market (whatever its called after you uninstall it). It reinstalled and presto....all my apps came back. I think it does a call out to the system to see what dpi your phone is running at and stores that somewhere...then serves you up what is compatible with your phone based on the first time query settings. Anyway, this worked for me and hopefully for you.
And I am running ICS 4.0.4 running the OnlyOne Rom version 4. I am not sure it will work on other versions of android but am pretty sure you have nothing to lose by trying it.
Please tell me if it works for you.
thanks
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I searched alot for this fix but really only found moded Play Store apps. It turns out the fix is a lot more simple than that. No modded apps required (this worked for me and hopefully for you.
When you change the DPI, you get Google Store "incompatible apps" problem. The fix is this. First, I went to the app and deleted the cache. Then I uninstalled the google play store app. Reboot the phone, made sure the dpi setting of my phone was where I wanted it to be, in my situation, 260, then relaunched the google play store or market (whatever its called after you uninstall it). It reinstalled and presto....all my apps came back. I think it does a call out to the system to see what dpi your phone is running at and stores that somewhere...then serves you up what is compatible with your phone based on the first time query settings. Anyway, this worked for me and hopefully for you.
And I am running ICS 4.0.4 running the OnlyOne Rom version 4. I am not sure it will work on other versions of android but am pretty sure you have nothing to lose by trying it.
Please tell me if it works for you.
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This only works when the play store your using is modded for dpi changes, other wise it will come back after awhile. This is a known fact why the make the modded markets. But maybe I'm wrong, doubt it tho!
Dont know...but its been running for me so far for a day now...I dont know how long "after a while is" but I hope you are wrong.
thanks
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Dont know...but its been running for me so far for a day now...I dont know how long "after a while is" but I hope you are wrong.
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Are you running an inverted market or transparent market?
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Are you running an inverted market or transparent market?
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Im running the standard market that came with the phone....so being new to Android (sorry, recently switched from Iphone) I am still playing catch up.
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Im running the standard market that came with the phone....so being new to Android (sorry, recently switched from Iphone) I am still playing catch up.
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Well I hope it doesn't change for you but if it does pm me since your a fellow Floridian I'll trade you a modded market for tickets to Bush Gardens lmao!
Here's a free thanks since you don't have one yet
truth77 said:
Well I hope it doesn't change for you but if it does pm me since your a fellow Floridian I'll trade you a modded market for tickets to Bush Gardens lmao!
Here's a free thanks since you don't have one yet
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Appreciate it...Hope it holds as well...and I will let ya know if it does change...but Im keeping my fingers crossed...so far so good...
I'd rather go to the beach than Busch Gardens, especially since they got rid of the free Beer...damn them!
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Appreciate it...Hope it holds as well...and I will let ya know if it does change...but Im keeping my fingers crossed...so far so good...
I'd rather go to the beach than Busch Gardens, especially since they got rid of the free Beer...damn them!
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I live 15 mins from the beach and 30 from the topless beach! I love So. Fl but I haven't been to B.G. in years
truth77 said:
I live 15 mins from the beach and 30 from the topless beach! I love So. Fl but I haven't been to B.G. in years
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Its been a few years since I have been to BG...I get a freaking year pass every time some guest comes down and wants to go (cheaper for me that way) but luckily, no visitors in a bit over a year now so my passes have expired. I moved closer to the beach now (largo/clearwater) just 5 min to beach.
No topless beaches around here that I know of...damn!
It will start to fail in a day or 2. This is not the fix.
Do you have a link to a modded play store?
Why would you not use it?
BSW G-Note
bsw11 said:
It will start to fail in a day or 2. This is not the fix.
Do you have a link to a modded play store?
Why would you not use it?
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It will probably fail next time one of his apps have an update! Pm me I guess if you need it.
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It will probably fail next time one of his apps have an update! Pm me I guess if you need it.
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I just updated an app about an hour ago...still working
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I just updated an app about an hour ago...still working
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Trust me very soon lol!
bsw11 said:
It will start to fail in a day or 2. This is not the fix.
Do you have a link to a modded play store?
Why would you not use it?
BSW G-Note
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I dont have a link to a modded play store....being an engineer, I try to pick the simple solutions first and if they dont work, I move off to the more complicated solutions..although replacing the store app is not that complicated. In either event, I would/will if this does not work or stops working...but so far so good....
The bigger question is Why does it work for a period of time, and then stop as some of you have stated. What files are being accessed and/or changed, etc.
Just a thought
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Trust me very soon lol!
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OK, like I said...I will let you know when it fails...how much time must pass before I can say the coast is clear
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I dont have a link to a modded play store....being an engineer, I try to pick the simple solutions first and if they dont work, I move off to the more complicated solutions..although replacing the store app is not that complicated. In either event, I would/will if this does not work or stops working...but so far so good....
The bigger question is Why does it work for a period of time, and then stop as some of you have stated. What files are being accessed and/or changed, etc.
Just a thought
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OK, like I said...I will let you know when it fails...how much time must pass before I can say the coast is clear
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It will change when the market does a check on your phone. The modded markets stop the check and the upgrade that the market does after it realizes what dpi your running. no telling when it will check, I figured once you app needed an upgrade it would check but maybe its on a scheduled timeframe.
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It will change when the market does a check on your phone. The modded markets stop the check and the upgrade that the market does after it realizes what dpi your running. no telling when it will check, I figured once you app needed an upgrade it would check but maybe its on a scheduled timeframe.
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Well, I hope you are wrong....so far so good.
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being an engineer, I try to pick the simple solutions first and if they dont work, I move off to the more complicated solutions..although replacing the store app is not that complicated.
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Never met an engineer that didn't take the longest most complicated step first. Only to be pissed later when someone says "Hey! Why didn't you do it the easy way?" you are rare my friend
FJ pimped my pride
21productionz said:
Never met an engineer that didn't take the longest most complicated step first. Only to be pissed later when someone says "Hey! Why didn't you do it the easy way?" you are rare my friend
FJ pimped my pride
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Thats cause I am an older engineer and I've been down the path or complicated many times only to be pissed off later. Call it old age...makes you wiser
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Never met an engineer that didn't take the longest most complicated step first. Only to be pissed later when someone says "Hey! Why didn't you do it the easy way?" you are rare my friend
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IMO he did take the most complicated step first....
Hi Ive been trying to root my Nabi 2 tablet to access the Google Play Store. Ive downloaded ADB and followed instructions, Ive also got the correct drivers etc, when i ran the root tool by jmz I chose option 1 and it ran through the process, is there anything else I need to during during this as I then booted up and it was just the same as before?! Im normally an apple fan and experienced in jailbreaking etc but this is my first android as Im trying to exchange all my apple devices for android lol. Can some help me find a step by step full tutorial as Ive been trying to follow the one in this link here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1905674 but I cant understand what else I need to do?! Thanks in advance
Anybody?! JMZTAYLOR if you see this can you please write a quick tutorial on what I need to do as Im clearly doing something wrong. Its probably just something so simple Im missing?! Any advice would be highly appreciated, sorry if this post is extremely noobish Im normally very adaptable!
Any Luck?
I was just wondering, it's been over a month with no post here. Did you get it working? If so can you post your solution or a link to the thread with the solution you used?
Not sure about the root tool for your device, but any good root tool will install a superuser app, such as Superuser:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noshufou.android.su
Not sure if you got your issues sorted yet but if you go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905674 I am sure someone could help you. I just rooted 2 in about 20 minutes over the weekend. Good luck
There's no need to root the nabi for the play store...
http://everythingnabi.blogspot.com/2012/08/googlie-booglie.html
Interesting, except for step 21:
21. Do not update or attempt to install any apps, as it will force close the Google Play Store. The apk file installed is not fully functional on the nabi 2 Tablet. It does however allow for the purchase of Books, Movies and Music. The following pop-up will appear if you attempt to update or purchase an app.
If you root you will have a fully functional Play Story as well as text AND video on Google Talk plus many other features
christmas gift
My son is getting this for christmas. I know really all he cares about are the google play apps and youtube and other features that need this process in order for him to achieve his wishes... (whew)
anyway....
Any warnings that i should heed other than a voided warranty?
Has anyone heard of anybody bricking a nabi 2?
that would not be cool...
Thanks for any help
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robtics said:
My son is getting this for christmas. I know really all he cares about are the google play apps and youtube and other features that need this process in order for him to achieve his wishes... (whew)
anyway....
Any warnings that i should heed other than a voided warranty?
Has anyone heard of anybody bricking a nabi 2?
that would not be cool...
Thanks for any help
sent from my...blah, blah, just got a gs3/ used to have a captivate/ blah blah/ rooted an atrix once/ it died/
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Lol I rootedm3 no problems if u follow the steps
I want to get Google Play working on my son's Nabi 2 as well, but I'm pretty concerned over the touch calibration issue some people are having on the ROM thread about rooting it. I've only had one android device (my galaxy s2) and thought about rooting it, but couldn't find an overly compelling reason to do so. Now that the Nabi 2 needs it, I would be loathe to brick it/mess it up to get this calibration issue. Even if I try on my s2, this Nabi seems a tad different for some reason.
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I want to get Google Play working on my son's Nabi 2 as well, but I'm pretty concerned over the touch calibration issue some people are having on the ROM thread about rooting it. I've only had one android device (my galaxy s2) and thought about rooting it, but couldn't find an overly compelling reason to do so. Now that the Nabi 2 needs it, I would be loathe to brick it/mess it up to get this calibration issue. Even if I try on my s2, this Nabi seems a tad different for some reason.
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That is a very rare issue. If you root it and have a problem with the touch screen it only effects recovery software once it's rooted and gapps installed you won't have to go back to recovery.
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I want to get Google Play working on my son's Nabi 2 as well, but I'm pretty concerned over the touch calibration issue some people are having on the ROM thread about rooting it. I've only had one android device (my galaxy s2) and thought about rooting it, but couldn't find an overly compelling reason to do so. Now that the Nabi 2 needs it, I would be loathe to brick it/mess it up to get this calibration issue. Even if I try on my s2, this Nabi seems a tad different for some reason.
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It is indeed a rare issue, if the script goes fine, you shouldn't have to do anything in recovery yourself anyway. Here is the gapps.zip that fixes the 'android upgrading' on every boot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35888524
If you want a more manual approach, check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016463
It's written for Ubuntu, but the commands are easy to adapt for Windows as well. You install adb and fastboot differently and you remove 'sudo' from the commands.
Does rooting the Nabi2 get rid of the Monarch UI? All I want to do is get GApps on it, but I want to keep the Monarch UI for the kids.
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Does rooting the Nabi2 get rid of the Monarch UI? All I want to do is get GApps on it, but I want to keep the Monarch UI for the kids.
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GuyIncognito721 said:
Nope.
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Thanks!
Do you really need Google Play?
Nabi 2 works great with Amazon App store (over 50,000 apps). Ex. Unless I installed Minecraft PE, my son would have 2 tablets for Christmas, his with no minecraft and mine with. In daddy mode you can get amazon and the installed apps are manageable in the add/remove to decide which apps to allow your child to see. PS: DO NOT add Amazon store to Nabi mode (unless your child is older, or unless your rich and don't mind your child maxing out a credit card on apps). Personally, I have jailbroken ipads for friends and rooted my last Motorola phone, but I wouldn't risk and consequences of screwing up your child's brand new tablet. You can go from Hero to Zero if you mess up.
oniddy said:
Lol I rootedm3 no problems if u follow the steps
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How do I get the Amazon app store on the Nabi 2? I can't find it in the nabi app store.
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epropr said:
Nabi 2 works great with Amazon App store (over 50,000 apps). Ex. Unless I installed Minecraft PE, my son would have 2 tablets for Christmas, his with no minecraft and mine with. In daddy mode you can get amazon and the installed apps are manageable in the add/remove to decide which apps to allow your child to see. PS: DO NOT add Amazon store to Nabi mode (unless your child is older, or unless your rich and don't mind your child maxing out a credit card on apps). Personally, I have jailbroken ipads for friends and rooted my last Motorola phone, but I wouldn't risk and consequences of screwing up your child's brand new tablet. You can go from Hero to Zero if you mess up.
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Have you heard of someone screwing up their Nabi2 from rooting/gappps?
Shine 52 said:
How do I get the Amazon app store on the Nabi 2? I can't find it in the nabi app store.
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Personally I would go ahead and root/gapps so you can have Google Play, use AdAway, etc etc.
Just be prepared to lose a bit more battery life when you install the Amazon app store. I have heard about it taking up a bit more battery due to licence checks, running in the background and such.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/get-appstore/android/
For some reason I can't download anything from the play store all of a sudden. It worked fine the other day, but today it gives me an error when ever I try to download a new app or update an installed app.
Sent from my fast as hell phone.
Does anyone know if there is a fix for the WiFi problem?
Also - stupid question - is it technically feasible to install the Play store without rooting?
Quick tutorial on how to get rid of bloatware with out rooting
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&show_mt=1&video_id=by39twxM5os
josiniscal00 said:
Quick tutorial on how to get rid of bloatware with out rooting
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&show_mt=1&video_id=by39twxM5os
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That link doesn't take you to the video. It takes us to our own you tube uploads page.
Thank you
mvansomeren said:
That link doesn't take you to the video. It takes us to our own you tube uploads page.
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Thank you here is the correct one
http://youtu.be/by39twxM5os
Plain and simple. Root your phone and uninstall whatever apps you don't want.
K.0.0.L. said:
Plain and simple. Root your phone and uninstall whatever apps you don't want.
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While I was able to root my phone, there are people who either scared of rooting of there phone or do not even know what 'root' means. They just want to use their phone which is what the video was suppose to show.
lol craps out at 2 minutes every time
barakisbrown said:
While I was able to root my phone, there are people who either scared of rooting of there phone or do not even know what 'root' means. They just want to use their phone which is what the video was suppose to show.
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i have been hesitant to do so but looking at it more and more...
hmm bloatware... with 25gb internal and 64gb micro sd... bloatware dont bother me yet..
Bad video upload.
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I would recommend downloading mjcollum's MININ3 pre-debloated stock ROM (knox-safe) with the necessary enhancements.
i am one of those newbies that dont really know what a root does and is scared to do it. im new to android so i know the term from being around mobile for a long time but since i never had to use it i never learned it.
I've heard of bloatware, but not bloat wear.
i'm looking for a free android (non-root) data recovery pc program that can restore my lost files on my phone like pictures and such.
If you Google it there's plenty to choose from. However, I'll tell you from my own experience 95% of them are going to show you what you could recover but not actually let you save anything until you pay for the software. And for non-rooted devices it's not going to pull much up, maybe some photos if they were very recently deleted and I never found one that could recover any SMS. Good luck
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If you Google it there's plenty to choose from. However, I'll tell you from my own experience 95% of them are going to show you what you could recover but not actually let you save anything until you pay for the software. And for non-rooted devices it's not going to pull much up, maybe some photos if they were very recently deleted and I never found one that could recover any SMS. Good luck
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that the reason why i'm asking. there's are a lot of them, but i don't know which one will work.
hoping someone here knows one
I just downloaded a bunch of them and tried them all. Like I said you're going to get pretty much the same results with any of them. If I remember right Tenorshare was a decent one. I'd stay away from Dr. Fone, Wondershare will load your PC up with all kinds of crap. I
testask123 said:
that the reason why i'm asking. there's are a lot of them, but i don't know which one will work.
hoping someone here knows one
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None of these mentioned Windows apps works as expected.
jwoegerbauer said:
None of these mentioned Windows apps works as expected.
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so there's no solution?
JakersAK said:
I just downloaded a bunch of them and tried them all. Like I said you're going to get pretty much the same results with any of them. If I remember right Tenorshare was a decent one. I'd stay away from Dr. Fone, Wondershare will load your PC up with all kinds of crap. I
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None of these mentioned Windows apps works as expected.
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i think i managed to get most if not all my photo's and videos back thanks to tenorshare.
it didn't allow recovery with just free version, luckily i discovered there's a special collab thing going where there giving 12 months free if you sign in with a name and email.