Nokia X

Nokia X reportedly rooted to access Play Store and other Google services

Nokia announced its first smartphones based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), the Nokia X family, at the sidelines of the just concluded MWC 2014. The Nokia X family can run Android apps, and support Microsoft and Nokia services.

Nokia ditched many of Google's apps and services to make way for Microsoft's services such as Bing search, OneDrive (earlier called SkyDrive), Outlook.com and Skype among others. Since this meant the Nokia X phones would not be allowed to access the Google Play store, Nokia announced that Android apps for the Nokia X platform would be available from the Nokia Store, and via third-party app stores.
However, within a week, an XDA Developer forum member named Kasha Malaga claims to have managed to root the Nokia X to run Google's Android OS and other Google services. Malaga claimed the Nokia X phone was rooted in in five simple ways. Malaga has also posted a 24-second video that purportedly shows Nokia X running Google's Android OS and also shows the default Nokia custom skin replaced by the Google Now Launcher.