Once I figured out why things weren’t looking the way I expected, I went back to the developer site and found out that you need to scroll way down the page to get the actual file needed. Unfortunately, this wasn’t what I needed or wanted, but I didn’t know that at the time. Then I changed directories to android-studio/bin and ran “./studio.sh” to set up the initial installation. I downloaded from and extracted the zip file. The table of supported devices at the Kali Nethunter page said that Android 5.1.1 would be sufficient, but that the device would need to be unlocked and rooted, so that was the goal.

The next day, I downloaded the tools to my linux laptop for dealing with unlocking and rooting the device. This took most of the evening, so I installed Netflix on it, and my wife and I curled up to watch the last episode of Blacklist available on the streaming service before going to sleep. After each major update, I powered the tablet off and turned it back on. The first evening, I allowed the tablet to update as far as it could, then went into the System Updates and selected updates manually until it went from Android 4.2.2 to 5.1.1. The device itself was okay, thankfully, so I placed an order for a tablet case/cover with keyboard, and began prepping the tablet for its new function in life. When she showed me a picture of the package, my first thought was the opening scene from Ace Ventura. The package arrived, and my wife texted me that it looked a bit beat up. I chose the 32 gig version, because there is no documented way to increase the local storage. I specifically wanted a tablet that only worked with local wifi, and not cellular networks. I chose this particular tablet, because the forums seemed to indicate few issues with this device, the screen size is quite nice (for a tablet,) and it doesn’t have cell phone capabilities. I ordered this tablet with a few purposes in mind, but foremost was my intention to run Kali Nethunter on it.

Last week, my Nexus 10 tablet arrived in the mail.

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