Is the version of Android on this "rooted"? As I require a tablet without root for certain apps.
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It's not rooted out of box. It's a stock 4.1 which can be rooted if necessary but so far I haven't had the need to root. It's a great tablet for its price BTW!
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Yes, the Android OS that comes with the phone allready has Google Play. Therefore you dont have to install it, just access it directly through your phone.
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4.0 ice cream sandwich but you should be able to get any version you want its about what u know root it and install the new operating system if it gives you any problems load the OS onto an sd card and in settings somewhere you should be able to update without rooting it but if the company doesnt allow it root the device
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No because android is 2.1 and playstore require android 4.0 for bbm download
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yes it is rooted my tablet arrived in perfect condition it doesn't have adobe flash even though flash 11 is in menu of apps you'll have to dl a browser with flash capabilities.
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None... The internet is so terrible on it that it's impossible to download apps. The tablet is a piece of garbage. Find a refurbed 2012 Nexus. You'll be much happier
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What phone do you have ? Galaxy Note 3 no root is required and no app is required
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Can not be upgraded via OTA, but there are root files available for upgrade to 4.0 It is now out of production, good tablet, but limited. Find one cheap under $200 or dont bother !!
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This poor excuse for a tablet does NOT have the Google Play Store; it has "Get Jar". I'm fairly certain that means a definitive NO.
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It took less than 5 minutes to root (and that was mostly "burning" the bootable image to the SD card). There are NO disadvantages. If you ever have a problem, it's quite easy to return the Nook Color to factory conditions (and therefor in-warranty status). A rooted Nook Color is just as fast as any other tablet running an 800 Mhz ARM processor, faster if you overclock it (though this is a bit more technically advanced than just rooting it). It'll safely overclock to 1 Ghz, and many report successfully OCing it to 1.1 Ghz. XDA-Developers has the latest news on all the rooted versions, and the other versions of Android you can install (you can run Froyo or Honeycomb from SD card, and not even mess with your stock setup. Slight tradeoff in speed, but doesn't void your warranty). As long as you back up your system, an autoupdate won't bother you. You can also turn off autoupdating (though it's not as simple as clicking on a "don't autoupdate" box). Plain and simple, while the Nook Color is a very nice E-reader, it's a FANTASTIC Android tablet. I'm running Zeam as my launcher, I'm using an animated wallpaper, I'm playing Gameboy Advanced games on it, I've got my contacts and calendar synced with Gmail and Outlook, I've even tethered it to my phone's wifi for internet service where there's no wifi available.
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No, this version doesn't run Android, it's got all the rest of the applications as mentioned. I remember, I saw another which really ran Android, its cost was higher.
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Yes it has an ota to 4.4.2, but as far as rooting it, i myself has given up that task, as it's way harder than it should be. I have just left it stock which kills me.
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I rooted mine EASILY using huskermania's video on youtube http://youtu.be/88qRbLLEAPQ. One think you'll need to add since there are no back/menu buttons is an app called Button Savior. I have a lightweight Android tablet that I wirelessly tether to my rooted Android phone. I love it!
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Go to Samsung office website and search for the tablet information. They have an official update to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. This is the oldest version of Jelly Bean. I did read that the 10.1 is on the list for a later update to Android 4.3
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You should be able to do that using amazon.com website ( Amazon for Tablets ). I ended up rooting my son's because Amazon had a limit on its games. Most of their games were like samples or similar to the game that you wanted. It was pretty easy and I don't regret it. This tablet is nothing without it. And I also got an 32GB SD card.
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Hi, the Version I purchased from the Amazon-Seller had GooglePlay installed. It was installed (rooted etc.) by the seller!
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I decided to take a look on mine to see if it even had XP on it, and i found that mine actually is running xp with a andriod 4.1 emulator that runs on it... It is hidden in the tasks but I looked at the os. There are windows XP files on it and I think that it may be how they program it but It does slow down the tablet. Someone please verify my answer because i am not sure if it is me misunderstanding (i shouldnt with a degree in computer programming) or if i am right.