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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] player911:
I figured it out. I downloaded the SDK and used its drivers. Those were the only drivers that worked. None of my million ADB drivers worked in Android. So that did work. I actually manually pushed all the su files from adb shell. Just needed the missing link.

So follow the directions specifically.

Also, I'm rather impressed with the stock zippiness and battery life.

Microcenter is giving these away for $20. Worth every penny. I already have a Nexus 7 2013 and a HiSense Sero Pro. Couldn't pass up.

After I rooted. I installed Xposed and Gravity box. The screen sucks but I found lighter colors are better because the horrible viewing angles distort the darker colors. Changed the status/nav bar to white and its Much better.

sent from my Verizon G2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lexx Diamond:
Thanks for the information folks. I just got one a few days ago from Microcenter as well. I was unhappy to find I could not set the External SD as the default download location for applications. Nor can I move apps to the external SD. I called customer service and was told the device was not able to do that because of how the developer set it up. Upon hear that I figured someone here if not a few would know how to do that. I'd really appreciate the information. Thanks :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2747343:
is there 4.4 for this tablet or any way to make it look like its 4.4
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
No 4.4 upgrade, but there's an app to make it look like it.

There's no 4.4 upgrade for it. If you install the Xposed framework and Gravity Box, there is an Android 4.4 KitKat app in the Play Store that claims to make it look like 4.4. I haven't tried it yet, and can't say how well it does.

The Xposed installer is here: http://dl.xposed.info/latest.apk

There's a thread on XDA Developers discussing a Gravity Box version for Jellybean here: http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/app-gravitybox-v2-9-1-tweak-box-android-t2316070

There are a boatload of Xposed addons in the Play store.

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Yeah, limited System Memory on this device is the biggest PITA.

There's an app on the Play Store called FolderMount that looks like it might be able to address the problem. (At a guess, it's creating symlinks pointing to the external card.) A search for FolderMount reveals several similar apps.

I have FolderMount downloaded, but haven't played with it yet. I want to make sure I understand the implications before I fiddle.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frieked:
Curious to see how you make out with the folder mount bit. I just picked one of these up from Microcenter with coupon to get it for $20 and was wondering the same thing... but I'd rather not be the guinea pig ;)

P.S. Used method in OP link to root no problem (Kingo method)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
Where did you get yours? In my case, they opened locations in Brooklyn and Queens in NYC, and the Brooklyn store was a convenient subway trip for me.

If FolderMount is creating symlinks (and it's hard to imagine what else it could be doing), it shouldn't be too dangerous. You can get a system mightily confused with symlinks, but what you want to do here is mount a directory on /mnt/extsd to an appropriate location in the root file system.

I have to look around some more, as FolderMount seems to be sparsely documented. I want to make sure I understand what it's doing.

The other thing I don't know yet is external keyboard support. The device doesn't have Bluetooth, so a USB keyboard would be required. The FAQ says it can't use one, but I don't know it that's a limitation of the factory install that can be addressed by rooting, or if it's a hardware issue and USB host mode simply isn't supported, (Like no Bluetoioth, that may be a "design to cost" move.)

The device is useful enough as is that I'll live if I can't use a keyboard with it, but it would be nice. If nothing else, it's a good way to learn about Android in preparation for the sort of device I plan to get down the road.

Meanwhile, I've been having fun, and it's certainly worth what I paid for it. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frieked:
Agree, totally worth the $20 even if I use it for nothing else than letting the kids watch netflix and play angry birds.

Got mine at the Long Island Microcenter.

I also found this thread which talks about swapping the mount points of sdcard and extsd but I dunno if I'm ready to take that step

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2263436
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
Swapping mount points

My use case is eBook viewer. I have a lot of eBooks. I had been reading them on a Palm TX (yes, I still use a Palm OS PDA), but a bigger screen and more storage capacity is nice. I use the Android version of FBReader, an open source program by a Russian developer. It handles both Mobi (Amazon Kindle) and ePub (B&N Nook, Kobo Reader) formats, and I have books in both forms. (It doesn't handle DRM, but I don't get DRM protected books.)

I use a beta Android port of VLC for video, with video files stored on the external card.

Didn't know they'd open one there. Where is it on LI?

Thanks for the pointer. I'll go and look.

I'm an old *nix admin, who started on AT&T System V Unix long before Linux existed, so I grasp the concepts, and I've done stuff like that on larger machines. I just proceed very carefully. I prefer not to shoot myself in both feet... :p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frieked:
This one, it's been there for years: http://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/westbury.aspx

I might try the mount point thing tomorrow. In theory it shouldn't break too much since it wouldn't be touching the system partition.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gotroot801:
Merrick Ave. in Westbury. It's been there for at least 10 years.

Got my tablet yesterday as well, but can't seem to get either my Linux box or my Windows laptop to recognize it in ADB.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
The question is what you'll gain.

The scarce resource is System Memory. There's 787MB of it, and 1GB seen as SDcard. That hack lets you vastly expand the area seen as SDcard, but that's not the problem.

With my current set of apps loaded, and everything that can live on the SDcard moved there, the A727 thinks I have 118MB of System Memory free, and 728MB of the SDcard. I need more System Memory, but I don't believe that hack will provide it.

I'm still figuring out how the tablet divides up resources. I already had a case where there was a Google+ app upgrade, but it wouldn't install without a Google Play Services upgrade, and that wouldn't install because there was insufficient system memory. (How much system memory it wanted wasn't mentioned.) The fix was to uninstall Chrome (which can't be on the card.) That freed sufficient system memory to let me install the Google Play Services and the Google+ updates. After that, I could re-install Chrome. (I use Firefox as my usual browser, so could live without Chrome if need be, and Firefox can be moved to the card.)

If I can implement a hack that increases System Memory, I'll be a happy camper.

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My S.O. used to live in Bellmore, but I haven't had cause to be on LI for years. I missed MicroCenter opening there.

Which flavor of Windows? The rooting method I used apparently can't be done from Linux.

I grabbed the 32bit version of the Android SDK, but couldn't get Windows to recognize the tablet from XP. It claimed it couldn't find the software to install the drivers, even though they were where I pointed. I grabbed the 64 bit version of the SDK and tried again from the SO's Win7 laptop, and it worked. From there, I could use Kingo Root to root the device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
Rooted, now can't connect to Internet

Went yesterday the new Microcenter in Flushing (actually Kew Garden HIlls) and Got the A727.

It worked fine with the store's wifi. Rooted it this morning now can't connect to internet at all through my home wifi. Other devices connect fine and I get a good private IP address on the A727, but I get the message " web page not available" in the browser and no other app can connect to the internet .

I tried everything including resetting, unrooting, restarting, turning off developer, nothing works.

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
You're probably connecting to your network but not authenticating.

I don't think rooting has anything to do with it. My A727 connected fine with my home network before and after rooting. In your case, it worked fine at the store because they run an open network with no authentication required.

What router do you have, and what security do you use? In my case, it's a Belkin router, and I use WPA2 encryption.

If I had to make a guess, your A727 is connecting to your network, but your network wants you to authenticate with a password, and you aren't seeing it.

Tap Settings, and select Wifi. If Wifi is off, you'll be prompted to turn it on. When Wifi is on, the A727 will scan for networks and display those it sees in range. Do you see your network SSID? Tap on it. You ought to be able to get to a place where you can provide your network password and properly authenticate.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
I use connectify on Windows 8.1 as the internet source.

I don't think it's an authentication issue. When I deliberately enter a wrong password authentication takes forever and connectify says no cliet connected. when I put the correct password it connects almost emmidietly and says 1 client connected, but still not able to load web pages or have any other app connect to the internet.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
Try using an actual wireless router

Hmmm. So your Win 8.1 box connects directly to your ISP feed, and you use Connectify to create a wifi hotspot and the Windows box as a wireless router?

According to Techend, at http://techzend.com/create-ad-hoc-wifi-hotspot-windows-81/ "I have read that many Android phones do not support ad-hoc connections, created by tools like connectify.", and you might be running into one of those cases. My wifi router isn't creating an ad hoc network, and I had no problems connecting to it with the A727 before or after routing.

You may need to get an honest-to-God external wireless router instead of trying to get your Windows machine to serve the purpose. (I'd recommend that in any case - your machine should be behind your router, not serving as your router.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
Yes, my 8.1 is connected to a cable modem via Ethernet. I don't need a router because I don't connect other devices that often.

Connectify can create an encrypted access point, so that's not the issue. my Galaxy note 2 can connect withouth a problem to it, but not the ad-hoc.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
Like I said, you may need a real router

I have multiple devices connecting here: my desktop, my SO's laptop, a netbook, an ancient notebook on occasion, my PDA, the A727 tablet, and one or two other things once in a great while. The desktop, notebook, and netbook connect via CAT5 cable to ethernet ports on the router, and the laptop and tablet connect via wifi.

But I'd want the router even if I just had one device. As a matter of security if for no other reason, I want my interface to my cable provider to be separate from the machines that connect through the interface.

While it's all very well Win8.1 machines can b used that way, I wouldn't want to. (And I multi-boot Linux, too, which leaves solutions like Connectify out even if I were inclined to use them.)

Which is why I think you may need to use an actual router if you want to connect with the A727. Routers are cheap. You can get a serviceable one for about the price of a Connectify Hotspot license. My Belkin N150 was under $40.

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I have multiple devices connecting here: my desktop, my SO's laptop, a netbook, an ancient notebook on occasion, my PDA, the A727 tablet, and one or two other things once in a great while. The desktop, notebook, and netbook connect via CAT5 cable to ethernet ports on the router, and the laptop and tablet connect via wifi.

But I'd want the router even if I just had one device. As a matter of security if for no other reason, I want my interface to my cable provider to be separate from the machines that connect through the interface.

While it's all very well Win8.1 machines can be used that way, I wouldn't want to. (And I multi-boot Linux, too, which leaves solutions like Connectify out even if I were inclined to use them.)

Which is why I think you may need to use an actual router if you want to connect with the A727. Routers are cheap. You can get a serviceable one for about the price of a Connectify Hotspot license. My Belkin N150 was under $40.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
Thanks, but nevertheless I'd like a solution to this issue. I will try with a regular hotspot to see if that makes a difference.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
A regular hotspot will use an external router.

When you say "Try with a regular hotspot", I assume you mean an external location, like a place with public wifi?

In that case, I'd expect the A727 to connect with no problem, but it would just prove my point. You wouldn't be connecting at home through Connectify on your Win8.1 machine. You'd be connecting through someone's external router, and it wouldn't be an ad hoc connection.

I'm afraid your solution my be "get an actual router", because the A727 doesn't support ad hoc connections and can't work with Connectify.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
Yes, I tried connecting to a public wifi hotspot and it connected without a problem. Haven't tried to connect to a secured hotspot yet.

connectify is NOT an ad-hoc connection.If it were I would even see it on my Android machines.

I want to find a solution to this cause I want to be able to use connectify when I'm not home with my netbook.

maybe I'll email both Azpen and Connectify about a solution to this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
It shouldn't have a problem. You'll get prompted for the credentials it should use and can input them. They'll be remembered for future connections.

Connectify may not be, but as I understand how Connectify works, it piggybacks on top of Windows Internet Connection Sharing, and AFAIK, that does[/u] use ad-hoc connections. Connectify creates an access point on top of that you can connect through with other devices.

If you aren't at home, why is Connectify necessary? You are probably somewhere with a public wifi hotspot, and you don't need Connectify to provide connectivity. (The possible case I can see is someplace that charges for connectivity per connected device, and Connectify would theoretically get around that.)

I'll be curious to hear what they have to say. My suspicion is that there isn't a solution other than "get an external router.", but I could be wrong.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
I created a WPA2 hotspot with my Note 2 using Foxfi and the the Azpen connected without a problem and was able to surf. So mystery continues.

But if that's the case why does my Note 2 have no problem conecting and surfing to it while the Azpen sees it and connects but can't reach the internet?

It's a combination of reasons including what you say and being able to use a better adapter and antenna with the netbook.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
Ok. Sorry for the late update, but here goes. I contacted connectify and updated the driver for the Wifi adapter on the desktop, this time installing only the driver without the utility and now everything is working. Thanks for your help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
You can use an external keyboard with a rooted A727

The FAQ supplied with the A727 says an external keyboard isn't supported, but there are virtual on-screen keyboards (like the Google keyboard installed by default.)

I wondered if that was a software limitation in the stock image fixable by rooting it, or whether the hardware just didn't support USB host mode.

I had en existing Logitech portable USB keyboard, but it has a standard male USB connector, so I bought a female USB->male microUSB connector, plugged the keyboard into it, and plugged it into the rooted tablet.

Success! The keyboard was seen and worked in the open source a920 text editor, Google Docs (and presumably Google Sheets, though I didn't try it.) I'm looking at Kingston Office as a possible free office suite for Android with the basic features I need without paying for the pro version, and it works there, too.

I got curious. I use a Logitech USB keyboard and USB mouse on my desktop, connected through a USB 2.0 powered hub. I unplugged the hub from the desktop, and plugged it into the USB->microUSB connector, and then plugged it into the tablet. Both keyboard and mouse worked, and I could use the mouse to do thinks that normally wanted a screen touch.

It has to be a powered hub with a power supply plugged into an outlet. The tablet won't drive an unpowered hub. But it does work, and expands the range of things that can be done with the device.

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Dennis
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarnsrj:
My sister got one of these tablets at a local Microcenter store. of course first thing she noticed is the limited memory for installing and running apps. Just want to know what apps did yall remove to help free memory, and how much memory do you free up? I want to see if it's worth her taking a stab at rooting.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
So far I haven't removed anything...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
It's certainly worth taking a stab at rooting. I used the guide here: http://zepinventory.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/how-to-root-azpen-a727-tablet/

In my case, the first things to go were the trail Mobile Systems Office app, the Azpen Reader (which is The Blio app with Azpen branding), and the Game Store (wich is a Wild Tangent product.) I removed Outlook Security as well.

I don't use the tablet as a games device, so I had no interest in the Game Store. I have a few games installed, but all are open source. (I was tickled to discover port of Larn and Nethack, games that I played under Unix and now play under Linux.) I do use it as an eBook viewer, but I don't need Blio to get and read them. There are an assortment of other office suite products.

One win with rooting is removing a limitation mentioned in the User Guide. The FAQ section at the end says you can't use an external keyboard, but various on-screen keyboards exist. I replaced the Google Keyboard with the open source Hacker's Keybioard, but can use an external as well. After rooting, my Logitech Portable keyboard was recognized by the tablet, and it worked in a text editor and Google Docs. A Logitech section appeared in Settings to let me select a preferred keyboard layout.

An annotated list of what is on my A727 is on my Google Drive at https://docs.google.com/document/d/10qZZBKz85UxL_sYHuG8SwTplQJk5ojYjHRMZTbc5RM4/edit?usp=sharing. (There are a few new additions not on it: Link2SD, OpenDocument Reader, and StickMount.)

Everything that can be moved to the card has been. I currently have 84MB of storage free.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarnsrj:
Thanks you guys, I'll pass the info on.

from "Ms Note 3"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
You're welcome. I updated my response to include the guide I followed when rooting.

One caveat: I could not get the Android drivers from the 32bit Android SDK to install in XP. Windows said it couldn't find the software, even though the drivers were where I pointed. I had to get the 64bit SDK, install the drivers on my SO's Win7 laptop, and root from it.

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Dennis
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samsungmobile:
Picked one of these up today at the Yonkers location.. I've got these offers in the past, the last one maybe 1-2 years ago.. so I heard a few things about Microcenter so I decided what the hell and stop by.

Man it's like Newegg but like everything right in front of you very impressed! I'm about to go back this week to get a SSD drive.

Now about this tablet what's the point in rooting it? yeah the screen is a little crappy and the space is a issue but what do I gain from rooting this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
I'm quite pleased with the one in Brooklyn. The nice thing is that they carry all the fiddly bits as well as complete systems. Being able to hop on the subway, go buy it, and bring it home that day instead of ordering online and waiting for delivery is a boon.,

One, more space, because you can remove some of the bundled apps. I got rid of Azpen Reader (an Azpen branded version of the Blio app), the Mobile Systems Office trailware, the Wild Tangent Game Store offering, and the Outlook security app. I needed none of them.

Two, more configurability. There are various useful things that you can do on a system level, but you need to be root to do them.

I planned to root mine from the beginning.

Incidentally, the User Guide on device has a FAQ section that says you can't use an external keyboard. It lies. A contact got one for his daughter. After corresponding with me, he went back to Micro Center and bought a USB OTG adapter to let him connect a regular USB peripheral to the microUSB port and a cheap USB keyboard and plugged it in. It worked out of the box. His device is not (yet) rooted.

Space is the main issue. There is 787MB of total application storage, and I haven't found a way to expand it. A lot of that is taken up by the base system. Some apps can be partially moved to the internal 1GB SD card, but whether they can is a matter of the way the developers set them up. In particular, all of the official Google apps cannot be moved to the card. I had to uninstall some I had initially added to make room for other things I wanted more.

The device can take a 32GB external microSD card, and I have one in it, but it can only store data. You cannot install apps to the external card and run them from it. (And I kind of wonder if the claimed 32GB limit on an external card is true. I don't know of anything on an Android system level that would impose that. I may toss a 64GB microSD card in and see what it makes of it.)

I put a not totally up to date commented list of what's on my A727 on my Google Drive. See http://goo.gl/9YpB4A Comments or questions are welcome. (My email is in the file.)

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Dennis
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samsungmobile:
Yeah the selection of stuff was amazing, so I was wondering about that internal SD card I have a memory card around here someplace but the largest program installed is facebook which I think I will take it off as it seems the tablet gets slower with more programs installed.. in some cases it's slow in switching programs or tabs in chrome.

I did end up buying a few more things but it's worth $20 I can't say more then that however.

As far as the USb keyboard I've been used to typing on my phone so the onscreen is not bad.