Some questions, prior to purchase.

[Guest gith]

Hi all,

 

I'm going to buy a Hudl 2 next month when my birthday comes around, and I've a few functionality questions.

 

 - Does the Hudl 2 support USB OTG? If so; does it need to be rooted?

 - Has anyone tried a USB 3g Modem with the H2? (this obviously requires an otg cable)

 - What's the ACTUAL battery capacity in mAh? I've seen "estimated battery life" but no solid numbers.

 - Is the rooting process going to be made easier? I like the stock android experience, and this is just about 99% stock, only with the Tesco Launcher

 - When rooted, is the myTesco launcher difficult to remove, or is it a case of find the .apk in a root manager and delete?

 

Any answers would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance, gith.

Edited October 24, 2014 by gith

[Guest Dave UK]

Cant answer all your questions, but can hopefully help with he first one!

Someone in another thread has used a USB OTG to connect an xbox controller and stated they wasnt rooted.

[Guest gith]

Excellent, thanks!

[Guest]

There's very little if anything to be gained by 'deleting' the Tesco 'My Tesco' launcher - even without rooting just load another launcher from the Play store and set it as the default launcher.

[Guest punjabi]

There's very little if anything to be gained by 'deleting' the Tesco 'My Tesco' launcher - even without rooting just load another launcher from the Play store and set it as the default launcher.

Yes, I just downloaded the Google Now launcher from the Play store. Works like a charm!

[Guest gith]

I dislike custom launchers, they add more bloat to a device in my experience. Rooting gives you more opportunities anyway, so getting rid of the mT launcher is something I might as well do.

[Guest seanspotatobusiness]

I dislike custom launchers, they add more bloat to a device in my experience. Rooting gives you more opportunities anyway, so getting rid of the mT launcher is something I might as well do.

 

We all dislike custom launchers; that's not the point. The point is that if you delete the bloat instead of just hiding or (where applicable) freezing it, future updates can fail and put your device in a permanent boot loop. At least, that's what I read happened to some Hudl1 users.

[Guest gith]

Well, I didn't neccesarily mean what I said by delete; my particular root toolkit of choice includes the option to freeze applications so that's what I'd do.

[Guest aerostar]

Hi all,

 

I'm going to buy a Hudl 2 next month when my birthday comes around, and I've a few functionality questions.

 

 

 - Has anyone tried a USB 3g Modem with the H2? (this obviously requires an otg cable)

 

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On my Hudl 1  I had to root it to use a USB 2G modem and an app from Playstore - I did try connecting to HUDL 2 but was not recognised, so it may be that it has to be rooted for this to work like the HUDL 1.

[Guest gith]

On my Hudl 1 I had to root it to use a USB 2G modem and an app from Playstore - I did try connecting to HUDL 2 but was not recognised, so it may be that it has to be rooted for this to work like the HUDL 1.

Alright thanks, is your H2 rooted?

[Guest aerostar]

Alright thanks, is your H2 rooted?

Not at the moment.

[Guest tony terry]

Google now launcher ftw