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Lenovo IdeaTab S6000F

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NorthHopper, 06 Dec 2021I just got one of these because it was bootlooping and some... moreI'd recommend rooting this tablet with framaroot over kingoroot, which will then allow you to use SuperSU instead of the weird kingoroot management app. I found that management app to constantly run in the background - consuming ~150mb ram and a couple % of cpu. Might just be a placebo but it feels faster without kingoroot.

I'd also love to one day port an Android rom to this tablet. Lenovo released the sources for this model on their website.

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    • 06 Dec 2021

    I just got one of these because it was bootlooping and someone was going to throw it out... There are some pros and cons for sure, but it's actually a really neat and handy device if you're a power user. It's great for remoting into a machine, for example, which already greatly expands the capabilities of what you can do with it, and the added keyboard makes input a lot less horrendous. Anyways, here's a list of my pros and cons:

    Pros
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    - Great battery life, mine was completely dead and already approximately 6-8 years old, but after a full charge it easily lasts 9-10 hours on a single charge
    - Screen is decent for a device of its time, good enough for watching netflix
    - Speakers are also alright for their time, a bit tinny and hollow sounding for today's standards but much better than what I remember some devices of the same era having for speakers
    - If you have one with a bluetooth keyboard, it's quite nice to browse the web and forums

    Cons
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    - Very outdated software, only Android 4.2.2 is supported and there are no custom roms at all. There is a way to supposedly install Clockwork Recovery on it with DroidTools, but I haven't been able to do that yet. If I ever become smart enough, I'd love to port things like TWRP and Lineage OS myself to make it more useful, as there are a lot of newer apps or updates that are incompatible with Android Jellybean and it can be annoying to have to hunt down versions of apps that work on older versions of Android
    - Lenovo has their own home launcher installed by default which I'm not particularly a big fan of, luckily Nova Launcher supports Jellybean still so it's not hard to switch
    - Having a bluetooth keyboard is definitely a nice addition, but it's definitely not as sturdy as I'd like (especially being used to ThinkPad keyboards) and it lacks a trackpad, which I know this is Android, but there are plenty of times where I've wished it was there for something I was doing. The keyboard does work to control the system UI and some apps work as well but not all, and it'd be a lot easier if there was a trackpad so you could click things without having to take your hand(s) off the keyboard completely
    - The large battery capacity takes a long time to charge if you do not have a charger that supports charging at less than 2 amps

    Overall, it's a great device with relatively snappy day-to-day to performance despite its age which has impressed me, I'm surprised they weren't more popular back in the day. If Lenovo provided some more support after they shipped the product it'd likely be a lot more useful of a tool today, but if you're the type of power user who has a use for an Android tablet and somehow stumble across one, just let it charge and flash it with SPFlash if needed and you're pretty much good to go! As a final note for anyone who may own one and not have stumbled across the various XDA threads about these back in the day, it can be rooted easily with Kingoroot.

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