Does it need to be rooted? Fine out of the box?

[NeoStar9X]

Been reading up on this tablet and it seems pretty good. I'm curious though if one even needs to root the device? Is it useable and good right out of the box?

Can other markets such as SlideMe be added to it if Google without rooting is out of the question? Other apps that sell games outside of Google's? Always wondered about the last one.

Thanks

 

[dave52355]

No, rooting is not required at this time. There is no known recovery option currently available if you brick the tablet. There are no ROM or user fixes available. Rooting at this point is an unnecessary evil

Other markets can be installed very easily. You can also use dropbox to add apps to the tablet.

Out of the box it is very useful.

 

[NeoStar9X]

Thanks.

Just ordered one on Amazon.com so hopefully it should be here at least by early next week. Picked up a Cruz Reader before but wasn't happy after several hours so it went back. So this hopefully will be my first android tablet. The price is exactly what I'm looking for and it isn't shipping from overseas which is a massive plus in terms of support and if it needs to be returned.

 

[Johna2u]

I am a real newby to Android. I am waiting for my 7024 to arrive. I recently Rooted and installed The Android Market on a 7015 I purchased a couple of weeks ago(works great). I'm nervous about rooting the 7024. I found this site ( Download: New Android Market Version 2.2.6 for All 2.2 Phones (Updated) - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog ) that claims to have Android-Market.apk ready to download and install. No rooting required. Anybody tryed this. Any opinions?

 

[rsnoonan]

I was able to install market by downloading zip from this forum and using appinstaller. Was able to install all but networklocation.apk. market works fine after reboot. I have also installed Netflix and it is working great!

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[jabby]

Can other markets such as SlideMe be added to it if Google without rooting is out of the question? Other apps that sell games outside of Google's? Always wondered about the last one.

You can put the Amazon app store on and it easy to install any app that you can get that has the .APK extension (just put on the sd card, navigate to it with the file manager, select it and the file manager will ask if you want to install it).

Regards - John

 

[beastman]

You can do as you said, but if you already have any apps from the android market, you'll need to buy them again. If you root, you can install the apk already paid for on your new device.

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[Johna2u]

Where did you find the zip file here? What is it called?

 

[rsnoonan]

Got the zip file from gen2 technical section was in thread about market w/o having to root. Market works great and downloaded apps are updating.

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