[vi-android] Re: rooting android question

  • From: "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 21:06:23 -0400

Oo yeah, wow. I've never even heard of that. I'd definitely say you're gonna be doing some homework, no offense intended. That utility I told you about that would automatically do this for you definitely doesn't support that device.


What you're gonna probably want to do is one of two things...

Either one, and most easiest, though a bit more expensive, is get ahold of SmartRoot, and see if he thinks he could get it done for you.

The other option if you're willing to put the time into it, is go to the XDA developers site, sign up for free, and post your make and model in one of the forums, and see if anyone knows of a rom you could use. If you go this route, I'd definitely let them know you were blind, and rely exclusively on Talkback. Someone might actually! be able to build you a rom that would work with the tab, that you could flash which would already have Talkback and all the gaps not only included, but would even go so far as to even have Talkback enabled by default right up front.

Good luck!

Chris.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona" <hanksmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 4:08 PM
Subject: [vi-android] Re: rooting android question


its running android 4.2
iView CyberPad 420TPC
hth


On 5/6/2014 9:55 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Uh...

You're going to need to be way way more specific. Which tablet specifically do you have, and even more specifically, what does it say under settings>about>model? I understand it may be a Samsung whatever, for example, but that still doesn't tell me much. I need to know that, yes, but I also need the model according to the settings screen, in addition.

As for rooting, what version of Windows are you on? If you have at least Windows 7, there is a utility that would automatically put CyanogenMod 11 on your device.

If you can afford $50 out the door, it may be better for you to send it off to a guy who can do the whole process for you, who is sighted. He'll be sure when you get it back, Talkback already is running, that it's probably modded, that the Gaps file is sideloaded properly through the recovery, which isn't normally accessible for us to do on our own... etc.

If you want to contact him, you can e-mail him at:

info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Be patient with the guy. He does this thing for a lot of people, so it may take him a few days, but trust me, it's worth it!

If you wanna try this yourself though, go get the gaps file for the version of CM, preferably V11, that you wanna use, then find the CM11 rom for your device, flash the CM rom, then sideload the gaps package, and you'll be good to go.

One place I'd start, though, don't! and I repeat, don't! use this as gospel, is:

http://www.get.cm

Don't! and I repeat, don't! flash just any oal 4.4 rom on your device, thinking that just because it's CM 11 based on 4.4, it'll just natrually work. That's a real good way to brick your device permanently if you don't know what you're doing.

It may take a few days worth of work to do yolur homework and find the correct rom, but once you do, it should work.

Also look on:

http://www.xda.com

Chris.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona" <hanksmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 9:39 PM
Subject: [vi-android] rooting android question


Hello is there a app I can get from the google play store that can atempt to root my tablit?
also if it is successful where can I get android rom for 4.4?
from what I can find there is no roms that were made for this device as far as custom roms are concerned
Hank

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