I purchased a generic 10" tablet on ebay said to have android v8. I bought it for my kid
When it arrived 1st thing I did is try to install google family link for kids (req Android 5+)
It failed, Kodi install failed.
When I went into Soft version it's said android 8.1 when I clicked the version 10 times the K popped up.
It must be android v4 spoofed to show 8.1.
This generic tablet is useless to me, it has a MediaTek Chip MTK6797 or so it says (don't know what to believe now)
Any way I can get a new update on this to at least give me android 5.
Is the MTK6797 capable of anything above android 4? What determine what android can be installed? I'm thinking this cpu can handle something about 4.44 but I'm not sure what rom I would need that would work this this.
This is a very generic tablet I purchased a similar looking on fro Telscast and it was fine that is why i bought another, it looked identical but not a telcast and from a different supplier .
Thank You,
if you payed with paypal, you can ask the total refund. which is a much better option than keep that tablet.
Got a full REfund
Got a full refund this morning,
I got to keep this knock off, wondering if there is any FW's that would make this work correctly and higher then 4.4
@Nambi_
The hardware for which an Android version can be installed is defined by Android Compatibility Definition Document. A board will only be able to run an Android version perfectly if it supports the basic requirements listed in Android CDD.
Of course, you can port a higher version to a board that does not meet the criteria but it would be totally mind draining work.
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Ok, so I am a software developer and I have a new client who wants to do some stuff with Android which probably requires a root (such as basically locking a tablet down to run a single app).
They are picking out their hardware and are looking into which version of Android to use and also whether or not to use a knockoff Chinese tablet to save money.
From my research I don't believe there is a reliable root of 4.0 yet. I assume this is because there are no big name tablets running it...although, strangely, a lot of the off-brand tablets are.
My other research seems to suggest that most roots are device specific. Is that generally true? If so does that mean that we will have a tough time rooting these offbrand tablets?
They would like to use Honeycomb because of its inherent scalability which would allow them to, theoretically, use either a 7inch or 10 inch tablet. Is this a valid assumption?
Since the app would be really all that the user would see it seems to me that it may, in the end, be better to go with an earlier and therefore more hackable version of Android such as 2.3 even though it wasn't really made for tablets.
Just want to thank you all in advance for your expertise. I look forward to your answers and thoughts.
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Anyone have some thoughts to give?
Well I received a device on ebay A9 dual core 1.6 ghz nice little 8" tablet, but the problem is it is the S version so there are no custom firmwares I could upload to get rid of junk (chinese programs) and well have the thing fully rooted.
So I am wondering is there a general guide on how to root such a tablet, because I need to change the device id (make it look like something that can be compatible with the SIM's freeplay or this tablet is an expensive paper weight. I bought this for My GF and all she wants to do is play the sims. and go on FB. the processor is a nice one for the 109 bucks I spent and I would like to keep this tablet in the long run actually get myself my own.
and also one more annoying thing the keyboard predicts in chinese (at times) and the buttons on the lower corners of the keyboard are in chinese (go enter key and something on the other side).
So wondering if somebody can point me in the right direction on how to root this tablet, and maybe even back-up the device remove the annoying apps and maybe install the standard android english keyboard from the source or something. I need some reading done in order to figure this out. But some sharp pointers to good tutorials, because my google searches are diggin up 4.1.2 and motorola finally rooted right about now.
Any help and pointers would be appreciated
terramir
turns out dansplans has a rooting script for the rockchip devices rk3066 rk3188 on another forum look for U23gt and terramir in google and you'll find it if you need it
terramir
Hello, I am planning to buy an Android TV box soon, but I want to wait for the Amlogic S912 to come out, I plan to use it for 4k and think more graphical power can't hurt. I figure it will come with Android tv 6.0. Now here is where it gets tricky, I have read that sideloading was removed in Android 6.0.
If this is true, I haven't seen a whole lot of coverage on that, it's big news to me.
I'm wondering, if there is another way of doing the equivalent of sideloading on Android 6.0 and what are the pitfalls I should avoid when purchasing one of these boxes? I really want to be able to install stock android tv, I don't want the prepackaged software that comes with these cheap china boxes (my price range).
Is there a rule to follow for ensuring maximum compatibility with most of the android tv apps out of the box. I don't know if there's some cpu features that aren't included with certain chips, and if that's why the app compatibility issue happens. That'd just be my guess, but I don't know why there are app compatibility issues. This issue more than anything would really help in solving my dilemma.
If you are experienced in this I would really appreciate the advice. Search terms to look up would be very helpful.
Edit: I just found the Questions and Answers forum. Can a mod please move this there? Sorry for posting in the wrong section.
Hi all,
I'm fairly new to this TV box stuff and mine arrived with Android 4.4.2 sitting on kernel 3.10.33
Everything looks super outdated so I started doing some digging to see if there are new firmwares that can be installed but didn't find any reliable source for it. If anyone has info about this please share it with us. I also noticed there is a software running which Kodi sits on which I don't think is needed as Kodi can sit directly on Android without issues.
Thanks in advance
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Post the hardware specifications
Chance are there are compatible boxes out there where you can borrow a newer rom from.
To those of you that can't remember these netbooks such as the Craig Wireless Netbook, I don't blame you because they ran Android and weren't very appealing to some people. Never the less, I have decided to buy one of these off of Amazon. After looking around seeing if anyone had installed a somewhat modern version of Uberoid that featured something like Android 4.1.1. Someone did, but they wanted to revert back. The thing is that, I do not know how to make a backup of the current system to restore if I don't like the new Uberoid install or the new ROM if I choose a different ROM. I have looked around for links and I found a few, but non of them list that it's compatible with ANY Craig Wireless netbook. It lists for the WM8850 and similar ARM chips. I did find somewhere that if you have one of these netbooks that you can installed Android 4.4 Kitkat. I managed to find one link from Craig and even then the link didn't work because they removed it and removed all traces of this 2012 netbook on their netbooks with a bunch of other models. I did look under several website archivers to no avail of a download. Sadly I cannot post the links here because of the 10 post for new users. If someone needs the links I will try my best share them when I have finished my 10 posts.
Netbook Specifications:
WM8850 ARM Processor
1GB of RAM
1.3GHZ
The main reason I would prefer a newer version of Android is to be able to download more modern apps. I mean right now I have a few apps like Google Chrome (an old version of it though), and Aptoide and Sideme. I can't get Google Play to work properly because of the lack of Google Play services and even trying to add that back without making a custom ROM off of the original factory firmware doesn't work either. I can get some YouTube play back after I made myself a custom Google Play Service's less YouTube app with Lucky Patcher. Another reason why I would like to use a more recent version of Android is because despite the factory resets I perform on this netbook, it has erratic WiFi issues and I have an app that can fix that, but it takes awhile to fix the problem and it's very eerie. Not to mention the fact that other ROM's might have a fully working Play Store. Does anyone have an original Craig Wireless Netbook (CLP281X) Android 4.0.3 (or anything at this point that works with properly), that I can restore from in case if I don't like the new Uberoid or custom ROM's I find? PS: This netbook came with Android 4.0.3 preinstalled. Help would be appreciated.