Rooting an unbranded tablet I bought one of these simple cheap Chinese no-name tablets: HDMI, Bluetooth, HD display, dual-core CPU. Unfortunately, it came without official Google apps such as Market and Gmail. I tried different ways to install these apps. Every time I got a Force Close error.

I'm using Ubuntu as my workstation and looked with adb for the device. Found one, good! The command lsusb gives me

Bus 001 Device 031: ID 18d1:4e22 Google Inc. Nexus S (debug)


I've tried obtaining root access on this device, without any success. Information about the hardware is attached as a screenshot, made with Quadrant Benchmark.



I have tried these tools:


SuperOneClick
UniversalAndroot
EasyRootICS


BusyBox is installed but without su. Cannot remount /system, because its not permitted.

Cannot login with adb root, it fails with the following message

&gt; adbd cannot run as root in production builds
If you don't know what device you have, it's hard to get any assistance.
Without any warranties of success, and without assuming any responsability by what may happen to your device, I can suggest that you visit UnlockRoot, known to work with tons of devices, may became a solution for yours.
The process is done with three steps:


Your device must be in USB Debugging mode. Turn it on, go to Settings-&gt; Applications-&gt; Development and check the box.（Look Here）
Connect your device to your PC, Run UnlockRoot.exe.
Click &quot;Unlock Root&quot;, enjoy!


And it's reported to work quiet well, see last entry labeled &quot;What are the Risks of Rooting?&quot;.
The FAQ section is also quiet useful.

Read the documentation from the website and proceed at your own risk.