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OS update when I check for updates to the firmware on my RCA Viking Pro 10, it says the latest version has been installed that is Android 5.0. Well I know that it goes up to eight or nine now can I further update my firmware
Hi, Commiserations but the answer is no, it cannot be further updated. While Android OS v9.0 (Pie - Aug 2018) is the latest Android OS, this doesn’t mean that your tablet has the system requirements necessary for it to be able to function correctly with this version. This link may be of interest. Are there Android OS Updates
You gotta be kidding me! Installing a launcher is not updating firmware, you’re just installing an app that mimics Android version 8. There is actually a way to update firmware although the method we have found is somewhat complicated to do. The Viking Pro and the Galileo are basically inaccessable via USB cord. That is if you miss the 5 second window. To explain, if you have Windows 7 you can access the device via USB. However, Windows 10 makes it difficult. You must turn off the device plug in both the USB and the power cord. On your PC you must be in the Device Manager. When you turn on the device there is only a 5 second window that the device is detectable. At that point you right click on the device and install the MTK Drivers. I can take all of 4 or 5 pages explaining this process but it is in fact doable. The only problem is that no compatible firmware has been found to update the device. We at XDA Developers are able to root the device but are currently at a standstill with firmware.
you can update the tablet to 8.0 Oreo however this is done via an O launcher App via play store, instead of your google now launcher it allows the launch of oreo. Your current OS would me masked but still there and you can choose to go back and forth via the launcher apps. Without flashing the UI/OS this is basically the only way it can be achieved. Once you install a launcher anytime you want to use it in 8.0 mode just open the launcher. The other more complete way would be a flash of the bios/firmware and the removal of google now cards that predict info and deliver it pro actively, However your tablet being a Viking may be out of date for the full flush . Google branding is no longer used however Google cards have been extended thru its app and its feed which cause issues because they catch you sneaking in lol Vic~
I’m finding my RCA Viking Pro to be experiencing more and more instances, where it wants to freeze up and stuff’s not responding. If I haven’t hooked it up, to the Internet, for a long time, it will be flooded with push notifications and you can’t do anything with it, while you hear, “Bling, bling, bling…,” for over an hour. Then, when it calms down, and you try to do something, the whole tablet crashes. I think it updated to Android 6, but the apps won’t update. Keeps saying “Unfortunately ‘App Name’ has stopped.” Whenever I turn it on, it optimizes app 1 of 1, for 5 to 10 minutes. Then, sometimes, it freezes, or the screen goes black, and it will say, “Unfortunately Google has stopped,” or “Unfortunately Process System has stopped,” and you have to reset and wait all over again. When it does work, it’s only really good, now, as a dashcam, assuming the camera app doesn’t crash, and leave you with a temporary file, for a video, which I’m not certain can be brought back, unless I maybe can rename the extension from .tmp to .3go. Not certain. Might only work, for newer devices with .MP4. Probably the end. It’s 4 years old. That’s, for today’s devices, like 80 human years…
I beg to beg to differ, you sure can update the android os..\
so all in all those cheap $40 $50 $100 tablets rca produces and walmart sells are tablets that with a few updates from android ,they become paper weights and are usless cause i cant even get google home inorder to use my chromecast , there needs to be a law requiring manufactures to disclose this on the package or somewhere that or require them to trade in your noncompatible device for one that is ! its pretty bad when my 10 year old can keep track of and in perfect condition long enough that is not compatible with half the apps out there , seems like a scam to me , you buy a car that runs on unleaded 3 years later most cars are running on peanut oil and all the parts only work on peanut oil and you cant convert amy of your car to peanut oil your stuck with a useless car amd mudt go buy a new one thats bullshit
