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As far as I can tell, I have now successfully rooted the Azpen tablet.
This was somewhat more complex than might have been. The first
required step was to install the Google Android USB driver to be able
to establish communication with the tablet from Windows. On the
tablet end, that required turning on USB debugging, which was
non-intuitive. To do it, you had to go to Settings/About Tablet,
scroll down to Build Number, and tap it multiple times. you would get
progress messages, and finally be told you were a Developer, which
puts a Developer Options menu choice in Settings where you can turn on
USB Debugging mode.
Getting the Google USB driver installed was another matter. Getting
the driver requires downloading 520MB of Google Android SDK,
installing it, and running the SDK Manager to get the driver. Once
you have the driver, you can connect the table to Windows via the
supplied USB cable, and have Windows install the driver. The problem
is that operation failed from the XP machine I originally tried from.
XP complained it couldn't find the software, even though driver, inf
file and supporting files were in the location I pointed to.
As I suspected, this was a Windows issue. I downloaded the 64 bit
version of the Android SDK and put it on Kat's 64bit Win7 laptop. The
driver successfully installed there.
From there I could use a "one-click-root" solution, specifically Kingo
Root, to install the needed software on the tablet and root the
device. (The instructions for rooting it in the first place provided
a more laborious manual method if a one click solution didn't work.
Fortunately, one did.)
It appears I can now successfully remove various things that came
pre-installed on the device, and that was pretty much the point of the
exercise. (No, I don't *want* the Blio app, ThankYouVeryMuch...)
The unanswered question is whether rooting it will also permit use of
an external USB keyboard. The device FAQ says no, but whether this is
a limitation of the unrooted version of the OS, or a hardware issue
where USB host mode simply isn't present is unclear. If the latter,
no USB keyboard, but I'll live. While it would be nice, little of what
I do on the tablet really needs it.
We'll see.
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Dennis
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