Help me Obi-Wan, you're my only hope

[IHateMyTablet]

ok guys, I'm Jeremy, and here's the score;

I got my Coby Kyros MID 8042 the other day and I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING.
I have tried to the point of near madness to find a method to root my tablet in all corners of the internet,
but the sheer size of the wall of (mostly useless) information threatens to overcome the frail thread of sanity I have left.

Please,
Tell me how the hell I root this thing. I just want to watch netflix while I poop.

Thank you all,
godspeed.

 

[Spider]

Hi Jeremy, congratulations on your new MID 8042 and welcome to the forum. I'm moving your thread to the Coby Generation 3 Technical forum for you, where more people are likely to join the discussion and try to help you. Good luck!

 

[manusilvestre]

ok guys, I'm Jeremy, and here's the score;

I got my Coby Kyros MID 8042 the other day and I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING.
I have tried to the point of near madness to find a method to root my tablet in all corners of the internet,
but the sheer size of the wall of (mostly useless) information threatens to overcome the frail thread of sanity I have left.

Please,
Tell me how the hell I root this thing. I just want to watch netflix while I poop.

Thank you all,
godspeed.

Hi Jeremy!
Visit this topic and follow the steps so you can have Google Play and a rooted rom, but let me warn you I'm not responsible if you brick your tablet
About Netflix I read somewhere in this forum that you have to use an old version, use the search and you will find it.
May the force be with you and your tablet!

 

[Traveller]

Also check out the Development Index sticky in Generation 3 Development for additional items such as custom ROMs. If you're running Windows there is a root tool which is designed to make the rooting and recovery installation processes easier. I must remind you that we cannot be held responsible if you brick your tablet, however you can help your own cause by making a dump of the existing firmware before you attempt to add the Google apps. You can do that with the aforementioned root tool.