Hello, I was wondering about how to root my tablet, it is a 10.1" onn surf walmart tablet, I wanted to root it, but all the guides I could find are either outdated, or the wrong model (or both!) and I’m kinda at my wits end.I have OEM unlocking and usb debugging, so i can root it i believe.
I wonder if there is any software or app that can dump the ROM file? because I can’t seem to find any archive of the model, and like i said, the ones people talk about are the wrong type and i don’t wanna risk breaking anything.
Hey, it’s just lack of experience, not lack of “smarts.”
Everyone started off knowing nothing. Asking questions and reading a lot will get you there. Takes notes. Pay attention to conflicting information, because it’s all just people trying out things and sometimes forgetting details.
This was a fairly supportive thread.
When you try something, just understand the risk of what you could lose if something goes wrong.
Yeah that and always get a soft-brick solution tested before hand.
My first softbrick was 30 min before going to college I had to show my bus tickets on my laptop, and fix the phone before my chicken mom came to my apartment because I would not awnser the phone.
Should be possible. Next step after unlocking would be installing a custom bootloader that supports installing a superuser app like supersu.
And here starts the trouble, you need to run any alternative software that allows modifying your currently running system. But this is highly specific and built for that exact model of tablet.
So if you can find a bootloader to flash and get it to boot, you should be fine.
I’m very sorry, i’m not very smart, why do i need a superuser app? what does it do in the process?
also thank you for responding so quickly, i always appreciate help.
Supersu is like sudo for Linux or run as administrator for windows if you know it. If you try operations your phone wouldn’t allow due to lack off privileges it will promt you if you want it to enforce that via root.
If you want to remove bloat, you can use this software. It doesn’t require root. Just be careful to not disable important system apps otherwise you can make your tablet unusable and will have to find a way to go to recovery and factory reset.
I used it on a friend’s cheap Chinese phone and it removed a lot of stuff. The phone was much better after that, but of course, be extra careful to not remove important stuff.
oh i see. I am slightly tech inclined, but im just not phone smart if that makes sense. I always make sure to install ublock on my firefox’s (mobile, pc). and what should I use to remove the stock apps?. and while my browser is ad-free, I was wondering if i could block in-app ads? and thank you for informing me about everything!.
What Android version do you have? Nowadays Magisk is used to root devices. There’s a guide on how to install it on the GitHub I linked. Before you can install that you need a custom recovery like TWRP tho. Keep in mind installing a custom recovery requires you to completely wipe the device and install a new rom, so you’ll probably have to use a custom rom like LineageOS and you’ll need to backup important files. Also, the files you need to install for TWRP and LineageOS are specific to devices, so you’ll need to look on their respective websites (I linked both) if your tablet is supported.
If the tablet uses a Mediatek SoC which is very likley you can use this to make a full backup of the ROM.
Also if its a mediatek device I’d recommend you try MTK Easy Su. Its extremly easy to use and gives you temporary root access until you reboot your device.
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thank you all for your input, I’ve decided not to root it due to lack of experience and there being no need for me to do so. thank you all once again!
Hey, it’s just lack of experience, not lack of “smarts.”
Everyone started off knowing nothing. Asking questions and reading a lot will get you there. Takes notes. Pay attention to conflicting information, because it’s all just people trying out things and sometimes forgetting details.
This was a fairly supportive thread.
When you try something, just understand the risk of what you could lose if something goes wrong.
Oh I still rememberer first time I tried to root my phone, I swear I was sweating.
Same here, especially as it was the Samsung S2 of my employer.
However, when you don’t try (prefferably on an expendable device) you never learn.
Yeah that and always get a soft-brick solution tested before hand.
My first softbrick was 30 min before going to college I had to show my bus tickets on my laptop, and fix the phone before my chicken mom came to my apartment because I would not awnser the phone.
If you want similar privileges try Shizuku. It’s not fully fledged root but you can still use it to do some interesting stuff.
Should be possible. Next step after unlocking would be installing a custom bootloader that supports installing a superuser app like supersu.
And here starts the trouble, you need to run any alternative software that allows modifying your currently running system. But this is highly specific and built for that exact model of tablet.
So if you can find a bootloader to flash and get it to boot, you should be fine.
I’m very sorry, i’m not very smart, why do i need a superuser app? what does it do in the process? also thank you for responding so quickly, i always appreciate help.
Supersu is like sudo for Linux or run as administrator for windows if you know it. If you try operations your phone wouldn’t allow due to lack off privileges it will promt you if you want it to enforce that via root.
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to be honest, i’m not sure, just because i can doesn’t mean that I should. I suppose I just wanted to be able to remove bloat and get a add blocker.
perhaps there is a better way to achieve this?
If you want to remove bloat, you can use this software. It doesn’t require root. Just be careful to not disable important system apps otherwise you can make your tablet unusable and will have to find a way to go to recovery and factory reset.
https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation
I used it on a friend’s cheap Chinese phone and it removed a lot of stuff. The phone was much better after that, but of course, be extra careful to not remove important stuff.
Good luck!
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oh i see. I am slightly tech inclined, but im just not phone smart if that makes sense. I always make sure to install ublock on my firefox’s (mobile, pc). and what should I use to remove the stock apps?. and while my browser is ad-free, I was wondering if i could block in-app ads? and thank you for informing me about everything!.
Get PersonalDNSfilter from playstore or fdroid. It’s a system wide dns blocker app. This is for your system wide adblocking needs.
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thank you, i’ll look into it!
What Android version do you have? Nowadays Magisk is used to root devices. There’s a guide on how to install it on the GitHub I linked. Before you can install that you need a custom recovery like TWRP tho. Keep in mind installing a custom recovery requires you to completely wipe the device and install a new rom, so you’ll probably have to use a custom rom like LineageOS and you’ll need to backup important files. Also, the files you need to install for TWRP and LineageOS are specific to devices, so you’ll need to look on their respective websites (I linked both) if your tablet is supported.
If the tablet uses a Mediatek SoC which is very likley you can use this to make a full backup of the ROM.
Also if its a mediatek device I’d recommend you try MTK Easy Su. Its extremly easy to use and gives you temporary root access until you reboot your device.