coby kyros mid9742

Just bought one of these for my granddaughter. 39.99 on eBay. I plan on rooting and installing the play store. I know I'm on my own here since Coby went under. Have most of you had good luck with these? I would have bought the Nexus 7 but the're a bit more fragile. I can live with throwing...

How do you update a year old Coby KYROS MID9742?

To make my MID much faster, I've uninstalled several apps on my Coby Kyros 9740. One of the apps had a scheduler for Airplane Mode. It was set to turn on Airplane Mode during the day and late at night. Even though I've uninstalled the app, the schedule persists. I don't remember what app...

My tablet has bricked .. Not to do, I need urgent help. This happened because you install a Custom ROM that contained Google Play .. And After you restart and everything went normal, but he stayed in black screen ... Not to do, and tried installing an update from a previous vercion .. * And...

when i turn on the lcd dispaly is so faint/dark that i cant even see the coby or android boot logos inless in direct sun light.so i took the lcd out because i thought it might be the back light.Tride it in another tablet and it worked fine. and tride the onother 1 in the coby and no diference...

how do you set the home page digital clock? I don't see a date&time in the settings listing.

I've searched but I've not been able to find a solution to this. I can't get into recovery, fastboot or load adb. The device powers on and it makes the connect sound with Windows when it boots. But in "adb devices" it finds nothing. Doing the combination to boot into recovery doesn't do...

Hi, I tried to, and unsuccessfully rooted my coby kyros 9742. I used livesuite 1.0.7. After rooting my screen started behaving wierdly and started flashing lines and random stuff. The device won't start, tried system recovery and it does nothing. I can put it into upgrade mode but that is all I...

hi, I got my Kyros MID9742. but from today it's not switching on. when i use the Power key, it's stuck in the coby screen almost half and hour then came to android screen . it's stuck there for-ever. Please help.Is this precess will solve the issues, 1) Press and Hold.. VolumeUp & Back button...

has anyone been able to find out how to root this one? my friend has a MID model and he can use google market but mine has only got that getjar and i cant get androide stuff. please if you have any ideas let me know many thanks

I just bought a keyboard case for my coby mid9742 4.0 ics and plugged it in with the usb that the tablet came with and when I plugged it nothing happened. So someone told me to change the usb from device to host by going to advance setting, is this true? If so how do I get to advanced settings...

My language setting is english (US) but all my words show underlined in red as though they are misspelled. What am I missing?

I REALLY NEED HELP! :confused: I think I may have hard bricked my Coby Kyros MID9742-8 :( It won't turn on anymore, the reset button does nothing and it won't boot into recovery. At first I thought the battery died but after an over night charge I figure that isn't the problem. When I connect...

So I have a 7042 that has a cracked screen. Warranty isn't going to cut it. So would it be possible to leave the unit hooked up to a TV VIA the HDMI cable for viewing? I'm even thinking of removing the screen all together and just use a USB KB/M combo to control it since that is automatically...

Hello all, new here, and new to owning a tablet... I just got this tablet a few days ago. Before I could even add events to the calendar I had to set it up with my google account. Once everything was setup, I could create events and they were showing on my tablet but not listed in the online...

Hi, I accidentally rooted my coby mid9042-8 with a coby mid9742.img file. I used livesuite 1.0.7. After rooting my screen started behaving wierdly and started flashing lines and random stuff. The device won't start, tried system recovery and the reset button at the corner nothing works. I...

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I recently recieved the Coby MID 9742 as a gift. I finally got my work email to sync with the tablet. What I don't understand is that in the settings I checked for it to sync the contacts too and no contacts are there. I don't even know where to go to see contacts, but I assume it is in the mail...

OK so what's up with this tablet? I just bought it at FRY's in City of Industry and I see that Google play and Google apps DO NOT WORK! WTF !!! :mad: I have read every thread you can think of. and as a 55 year old adult I have to point this out to the younger all things GOOGLE ANDROID...

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I can't seem to find confirmation anywhere, but the MID9742 does NOT have Bluetooth, correct? If it had, this would be the perfect thing, but I need bluetooth to use Torq app with my car. :(

So who has the best price on this absolutely gorgeous machine on sale? Where can you find the best price? That's what this post is for. Currently on sale on Amazon for as little as $205.73 or you can buy it through a reseller on ebay for as little as $199.99...but be prepared to wait longer...

INSTALLING Adobe Flash Player on MID9742 and MID7042: ( No Rooting Needed ) DOWNLOAD FROM 1MOBILE.COM: (many have reported this version ( 11.1.115.7 ) working on MID9742) Flash Player for Android, version 11.1.115.7 ) from 1mobile - http://www.1mobile.com DIRECTLY FROM ADOBE: Archived...

This first process does NOT work...leaving on here to document what has been ruled out. Let me preface this with this statement: I do NOT yet have my Mid9742...waiting on USPS from Texas. When it arrives (expected to be early next week), I will be creating an image to share with everyone...

NOTE: I don't have the MID9742 Tablet Yet. So these tips are based in fixes that worked on other earlier Coby Kyros Tablets: THIS IS THE OLD METHOD FOR INSTALLING GAPPS ON UN-ROOTED COBY: This worked perfectly on my older MID7127 tablet. However, some have Reported That The Market App does...