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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.
ravx25 said:
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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ravx25 said:
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.
kklops said:
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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Nope.
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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?
I want to build a android 4.4 kernel for my iRola DX752 7" tablet (formerly known as a Kocasco M752) using Eclipse ADT etc. but I am practically a newbee at this. I figure if I brick it I am only out $50. It currently runs Android 4.2.2 with system updates that I can't count on bringing me up to more current releases, and it runs a Rockchip RK2926 Cortex-A9 CPU with 512MB RAM, 2GB internal SD and a 16GB external SD card.
I have rooted a smart phone without bricking it, but that was with a couple three premade kernels to update with and can not find any for this make or model tablet.
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Well my friend.. I can help you with that but just a single question.. Is the tablet good? No problems at all? If is good I will buy and we can make even ROMs together...
Just tell me if the tablet is good and what problems you encountered using it.:highfive:
does this thing come unlocked? How hard is it to root and is there any roms?
irola
Let me know if you make a ROM. I want to buy this tablet but it seems like it lags and its slow on the stock 4.2.2 ROM.
Very nice tablet
I purchased two for my kids and one came in the other day. I am very surprised about how well it is made. It doesn't feel like a cheap tablet. I would also be interested in a custom rom for this as well.
blong78 said:
I purchased two for my kids and one came in the other day. I am very surprised about how well it is made. It doesn't feel like a cheap tablet. I would also be interested in a custom rom for this as well.
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I ordered one for my daughter for Christmas. It is still in it's original packaging and I was lurking here to see if anyone had ideas for rooting it. From the specs it seems to have decent hardware so I am confident that it should perform well even though we haven't tried it out yet. I gave her one of my older Viewsonic tablets that's rooted and with a custom ROM. I may buy another one of these iRola tablets if I like the core stock install and then I will join you in creating some root magic for it.. :angel:
im trying to install windows 8
erickr13 said:
Well my friend.. I can help you with that but just a single question.. Is the tablet good? No problems at all? If is good I will buy and we can make even ROMs together...
Just tell me if the tablet is good and what problems you encountered using it.:highfive:
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If you are seriously thinking of rooting this hit me up we can work together. That makes 3 of us working on it. I was trying to hack it to install windows 8.
Did anyone get anywhere with this tablet? Mine came in this morning. It's a little sluggish, but I have decent hopes for it.
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Has this development went any further? I'd also be happy to test or help build in any way that I can.
I just got one of these
I just got one of these for my daughter, but it has the Jellybean that has trouble with Wifi... it won't connect to my home Wifi router at all, and drops the connection regularly at work.
So, I want to get a different version of Android on this thing. Has anyone succeeded yet?
I doubt it's the hardware, as I have friends who had the same problem on their phones until they upgraded their version of Android.
I'm unfamiliar with development, but would also be happy to test. From what I can tell, this thing has a memory issue. We need to get something lighter on it.
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keep it posted
out of topics
Out of topic is anyone here familiar with linux.....
irola
Has anyone been able to find out how to get to to the development option
Tap build number until it unlocks it?
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Put me on the list of people curious about development for this device. Just picked one up as a gift for a my sister and agree it seems a little more sluggish than I thought it would. Also the screen resolution is kind of poor and was hoping that maybe changing the DPI could help if it were rooted.
i haven't received mine
I order mine back on Nov 22, I haven't received it. I've been itching to root this. Ugh come on N MR send me my tablet. Has anyone have problems with NMR shipping before. ????
Just got mine. It's so sluggish...
I don't understand how, even after a factory reset, this thing is ridiculously slow. I have googled and googled but I can't find any information on how to root this device or even if it's possible yet. I really wanna downgrade the software to something it's more comfortable running. Maybe 4.0.4?
If you haven't received your tablet I implor that you contact NMR ASAP. They didn't send my fiances mothers 3 irola 7" tablets ordered later Nov. until yesterday Dec. 23.
I will also be working on this tablet as I just got it as a present from her So make that 4.
I also just bought this tablet (irola dx752) running android 4.2.2. I have never had a tablet before but it does not seem slow or laggy. I am familiar with linux (someone asked that earlier in this thread) and I am interested in getting into android development. Also happy to test (not intending to brick of course).
Hello, I got a new dell venue 7 tablet about 3 days ago. It worked fine for the first day .... the wifi started having issues on the second day. Its 4.4.4 kitkat ..
The wifi says its connected but I can't do anything as in browse the web or the YouTube. I guess its called a wifi freeze? I called dell and after hour of being on the phone with them, they recommended I do a system reformat which I did with no success. I'm not interested in rooting because that would void the warranty. Anyone with the same issue or any fix? Share your knowledge thanks.
(And if nothing works, what's the return policy with dell? I bought it directly from them. I want to know who will pay the return shipping)
This is surprising ... this place (forum) is dead ...
panchbhaiya said:
This is surprising ... this place (forum) is dead ...
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It may be that there aren't many of these in the wild, yet. Many resellers (like Amazon) still have the 2013 models only. People may be waiting for better discounts to appear before purchasing.
panchbhaiya said:
Hello, I got a new dell venue 7 tablet about 3 days ago. It worked fine for the first day .... the wifi started having issues on the second day. Its 4.4.4 kitkat ..
The wifi says its connected but I can't do anything as in browse the web or the YouTube. I guess its called a wifi freeze? I called dell and after hour of being on the phone with them, they recommended I do a system reformat which I did with no success. I'm not interested in rooting because that would void the warranty. Anyone with the same issue or any fix? Share your knowledge thanks.
(And if nothing works, what's the return policy with dell? I bought it directly from them. I want to know who will pay the return shipping)
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The only question is why haven't you returned the tablet? Your post makes no sense you got one good days use of the tablet, now you need help to fix it.
Most people would have simply returned the tablet, and already by now had a new working tablet, but not you.
Evening all,
Just been updated to OS 4.5.1 on 7" HDX, I can't seem to find a root for it as of yet. Does any one know if its available yet?
Thank you,
Clickbait title :/
Same here. My Kindle Fire HD 6 got updated to the same thing and I really want to try rooting it but there appears to be no way to root it
I'm in for a fix too.
even if this is bait thread, lets hope it will spark something that leads to it
Roll back to all devices updated to 4.x OS
stapler85 said:
even if this is bait thread, lets hope it will spark something that leads to it
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You have an option here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/rollback-to-devices-upgraded-to-4-x-t2946946
root for fire os 4.5.1 needed
Hello all,
I just got my hdx 7" today and unfortunately updated to 4.5.1 ota.
Is there anyone trying to find a way to root?
If any new root is known please tell me.
Would be nice to get access to google play store e.g.
Thanks a lot.
big_mika said:
Hello all,
I just got my hdx 7" today and unfortunately updated to 4.5.1 ota.
Is there anyone trying to find a way to root?
If any new root is known please tell me.
Would be nice to get access to google play store e.g.
Thanks a lot.
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You may be able to downgrade to a rootable version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/rollback-to-devices-upgraded-to-4-x-t2946946
People keep referring to this thread but I have contacted Amazon about 6 times now and all 6 people told me there was absolutely no way that they could or ever would roll back your software. All 6 said once you upgrade to 4.5.1 there was no way what so ever for them to take you back. I even got a couple of emails from there tech support team stating this. So no, customer care will not roll back your software.
I had a very unsucessful back and forth between like 12 different people at Amazon with no success. I even provided a few apps in their store that will absoutely not run in 4.5.x (Quicken 2013 for example) and they had no interest in rolling me back. Though I did not have them explicitly state that a rollback was impossible. They just apologized that their forced software update was causing me grief and to deal with it.
Possible way to root. Was reading info on this vuln CVE-2014-7911 and it seems like it might be a way that KitKat could be rooted. It was patched in Lollipop. Just thought I would share.
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cdub50 said:
Possible way to root. Was reading info on this vuln CVE-2014-7911 and it seems like it might be a way that KitKat could be rooted. It was patched in Lollipop. Just thought I would share.
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I did some reading into this, and it turns out we'll need a bit more than that to get root access (i.e. another exploit).
https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/com...android_50_privilege_escalation_using/cm6ylr9
My device is also updated to 4.5.1 .
After talking to the nice amazon support i came back not to set the device back.
nevertheless i have to wait until some of the xda guys will hack that too.
i got the nexus 7 before. so i have to say that the kindle hdx7 is much better then nexus7.
but it is crap within fireos there is no possibility to login to spotify with the google account. also on some other apps. thats really *hit.
loco09 said:
My device is also updated to 4.5.1 .
After talking to the nice amazon support i came back not to set the device back.
nevertheless i have to wait until some of the xda guys will hack that too.
i got the nexus 7 before. so i have to say that the kindle hdx7 is much better then nexus7.
but it is crap within fireos there is no possibility to login to spotify with the google account. also on some other apps. thats really *hit.
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The software really is the crippling factor, not the hardware. It's just sad that Amazon still can't see that and tries with every effort to lock down those that try to get around it.
whats the chance of upgrade?
Does anyone know what the chance of upgrade of 4.5.1 to stock android rom for fire hdx 7" and possible timeframe?
Is there anyone still working on it and are we just waiting for source code to try and find a way to unlock it.
I just picked up a fire hdx, but it came installed with 4.5.1 and the software is pretty unusable compared to my old jellybean tablet.
As a sidenote would it be worth trying to turn off ota updates so they are not kept ahead of any patch?
Damn this thread. I want my click back. lol
Man, I updated too, is there a way to turn off the automatic update?
rillo561 said:
Man, I updated too, is there a way to turn off the automatic update?
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After looking over the source code for the HDX Toolkit, for some reason I think the way it does it might still work on 4.5.1.
Hi there.
I had a fire hdx 32gb for Xmas and it had a faulty line in the display. After upgrades it was running 4.5.2.
I sent it back and Amazon sent a new replacement which also had a fault with the display and was running 4.5.2
They have sent me a 3rd fire hdx which was a refurbished one. I phoned them and they told me it is just a returned one and has not been repaired or anything. They currently have none in stock so I said as long as this one is fine and was just a return I would keep it. This one works fine but the software upgrades are 13.3.2.5 which I believe is the last gen fire?
What are the difference between these generations and would I be better off getting a new gen one from Amazon as that is what I originally paid for?
Thanks for any help
djclark25 said:
Hi there.
I had a fire hdx 32gb for Xmas and it had a faulty line in the display. After upgrades it was running 4.5.2.
I sent it back and Amazon sent a new replacement which also had a fault with the display and was running 4.5.2
They have sent me a 3rd fire hdx which was a refurbished one. I phoned them and they told me it is just a returned one and has not been repaired or anything. They currently have none in stock so I said as long as this one is fine and was just a return I would keep it. This one works fine but the software upgrades are 13.3.2.5 which I believe is the last gen fire?
What are the difference between these generations and would I be better off getting a new gen one from Amazon as that is what I originally paid for?
Thanks for any help
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It depends on what do u want the device for.
13.3.2.5 is rootable what means that you would be able to do the process to get bootloader unlocked and install custom roms.
Buying a brand new one would likely bring an updated firmware so you would be forced to use just amazon fire os.
Thanks for that. It has now updated to 4.5.2
I thought there were two different versions if the hdx. One which had 13.x.x as latestcsoftware and the other with 4.5.2!!
Not rooting the fire, I root all my other devices but decided to keep the fire stick for a change!
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djclark25 said:
Hi there.
I had a fire hdx 32gb for Xmas and it had a faulty line in the display. After upgrades it was running 4.5.2.
I sent it back and Amazon sent a new replacement which also had a fault with the display and was running 4.5.2
They have sent me a 3rd fire hdx which was a refurbished one. I phoned them and they told me it is just a returned one and has not been repaired or anything. They currently have none in stock so I said as long as this one is fine and was just a return I would keep it. This one works fine but the software upgrades are 13.3.2.5 which I believe is the last gen fire?
What are the difference between these generations and would I be better off getting a new gen one from Amazon as that is what I originally paid for?
Thanks for any help
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no you shouldn't have gotten a different generation you simply got one that is on earlier firmware and saves you a lot of grief if you are going to try to root get the bypass done on the bootloader...whatever you do do not hook up to wifi and register it or it will update to the latest firmware and you will be screwed