To root or not to root

Kinja'd!!! "FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/15/2017 at 11:57 • Filed to: None

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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.


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Kinja'd!!! Nick Has an Exocet > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem
04/15/2017 at 12:05

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


Kinja'd!!! duurtlang > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem
04/15/2017 at 12:11

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


Kinja'd!!! tromoly > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem
04/15/2017 at 12:21

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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 > tromoly
04/15/2017 at 12:25

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Will do it.


Kinja'd!!! FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > duurtlang
04/15/2017 at 12:28

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


Kinja'd!!! FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Nick Has an Exocet
04/15/2017 at 12:30

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