I just got a BOOX Tab Ultra C Pro. I believe it has Android 12. Do I have to use the Google Play store to get apps?
I just got a BOOX Tab Ultra C Pro. I believe it has Android 12. Do I have to use the Google Play store to get apps?
This is literally my first experience with Android, so I apologize for my ignorance.
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Have same tablet, no. You can use the play store but you can also put an apk on the device and install it via the file browser or install via adb
Is it worth it?
? Depends on the app? As the other commenter said you can also install an alt app store. You can also just download the apk directly to the device and install it.
I use mine solely as an ereader so the only apps I have installed are Firefox and mihon (a tachiyomi fork for reading manga).
Games kind of suck on the panel tbh, anything that needs a lot of motion like youtube is similar. It works but it’s garbage compared to oled/lcd
Yeah, I mainly got it as an e-reader to save my eyes. I wanted to put my work email on it too, but I’m having trouble with the security oversight app or whatever it’s called. I just hate giving even one more shred of my info to Google.
Oh if you want to de google it then that’s possible too
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=042c62c12ab4c37892a412e7afd5bd14&t=355147&page=5
This thread has info on rooting it (start on page 1) and the page I linked actually has people successfully installing Ubuntu on it. Works pretty well. I flashed android back because I ultimately just read on it and don’t use it as a tablet but if you want to use it as a tablet I think Linux works better. Yu can degoogle it without flashing Linux of course but that’s a whole thing and I don’t know if there’s a custom rom for such a niche device, you may have to figure that much out yourself and disable services etc. the stock boox rom is already fairly degoogled tho thankfully aside from the play store