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Originally Posted by Purple Lady
It is very easy to brick a device after rooting if you install custom roms and kernels. Why do you want to root? If you just want a different look, install a launcher app like Nova launcher. The xda thread you linked to actually had Nova installed as a system app which seems very strange - I wouldn't install any rom by someone who would do that.
If you want to root to use some apps that need root you could always try Towelroot.
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I don't necessarily want to root it. Ideally it will be good enough for my purposes straight out of the box. However, I've read that the firmware on many Chinese tablets run buggy and have problems so most people root them and I'm interested to know how difficult the process is and how likely it is that I could kill the device.
I have read some good things overall about the iFive brand but unfortunately all the reviews of this particular device I can find are in Chinese and even the translations are unintelligible. So I don't really know what the firmware is like on it. Hopefully over the next couple of months some English reviews might come along to help with my decision.