To root or not to root

Kinja'd!!! by "FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
Published 04/15/2017 at 11:57

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Kinja'd!!!

I recently got an old LG G Pad 8.3 with Android 4.4.1 and don’t really know what to do with it. Is rooting a good idea? Because LG didn’t greenlit updates to newer Android versions since 2015 and Android 4 is just dated at this time.


Replies (6)

Kinja'd!!! "Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
04/15/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 1

If there is community support with new roms, go ahead and root/update. If there isn’t, meh.

Kinja'd!!! "duurtlang" (duurtlang)
04/15/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 2

Install cyanogen or similar, install Android auto or similar, buy OBD2 adapter, create custom e46 mount.

Kinja'd!!! "tromoly" (tromoly)
04/15/2017 at 12:21, STARS: 1

I have one, root it. I’m running an old build of Cyanogenmod, haven’t looked to see if there’s something newer out.

Kinja'd!!! "FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/15/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 0

Will do it.

Kinja'd!!! "FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/15/2017 at 12:28, STARS: 0

Neat idea with the mount, at least the tab would serve a purpouse then.

Kinja'd!!! "FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/15/2017 at 12:30, STARS: 0

There is and an upgrade to Android 5 exists but only Korea and Verizon customers got it.