Cheapest small Android tablet that won't explode?

[jgl]

Any recommendations? This will just be used as a wall clock to display accurate time (NTP). Doesn't even have to be usable as a 'normal' tablet- my oldhas given up the ghost after several years. It was a Barnes and Noble Nook, and was so slow that it was totally unusable as anything more than a static display.

It can't be a Kindle Fire (the standard cheap Android tablet) because it's too locked down to override screen displays with various information overlays.

[chuckster007]

check out price.com.hk, hope the below link works. plenty of tablets for around 500$ that are NOT Kindle Fire

https://www.price.com.hk/category.ph...1&gp=18&sort=4

https://www.price.com.hk/product.php?p=471577

https://www.price.com.hk/product.php?p=427734

https://www.price.com.hk/product.php?p=207280

https://www.price.com.hk/product.php?p=255582

[shri]

There are some .. never mind, you said no locked down devices.



Not sure if this is relevant.

https://geoexpat.com/forum/117/thread227085.html

[huja]

Surely there have to be tutorials to root/jailbreak/unlock Kindle Fire tablets.

[vyral_143]

It can't be a Kindle Fire (the standard cheap Android tablet) because it's too locked down to override screen displays with various information overlays.

Use Amazon Fire Toolbox for once and you are set; link to guide >> https://www.christitus.com/amazon-fire-debloat/

[nivek2046]

only for ¥548

https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?sp...d=653336183348

[Rob2020]

I use an old Nexus 7 2013 with the battery removed for safety purposes, easy one.

[jgl]

Use Amazon Fire Toolbox for once and you are set; link to guide >> https://www.christitus.com/amazon-fire-debloat/

The system is still pretty restricted after using this. You're still working around Amazon's craptastic Android implementation.

Surely there have to be tutorials to root/jailbreak/unlock Kindle Fire tablets.

I guess I could look into totally wiping the OS and installing something else which I have never done before, but it's going to... be a clock, not worth a huge amount of effort.

The Barnes and Noble tablet was great- pretty accessible OS, and dirt cheap. Unfortunately it's been discontinued (for good reason- it was totally unusable for anything besides a static display).

[vyral_143]

How about something like this for $200?

https://www.carousell.com.hk/p/ipad-...gb-1128667816/

[ramelec]

I jailbreak the Teclast that i bought in China