Rooting Your Tablet
You may have a tablet that is capable of running a more advanced version of Android, but is locked into an older version. It’s also possible you may have a tablet locked out of the Android Market, and you wish you weren’t forced to buy apps from a more expensive app store. Alternatively, you may want a pure Android experience instead of the modified version of Android packaged with your tablet. It could just be that you do not like some of the core features of your device and want to try something more advanced. Or, perhaps you just want to test different versions of Android as a developer. If any of these cases describe you, you can hack your own tablet and install a different version of Android.
CAUTION: Rooting your device—modifying ...
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