[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] droidsnarf:
WORKING:: rooted PMID705x on win7 x64 w/ AIOv2.1b

Hi group;

I got this working today. Virgin PMID705x, running Android 4.1.1, connected to win7 x64 running latest jre, android sdk, and livesuite.

(You don't need livesuite for this)

1) Make sure you can run adb FIRST

Download the adroid SDK, install and get adb working.

I tested my adb install with the AVD (android virtual device) manager.

I made an emulator device running the same android version (4.1 for the pmid705x)

Started the emulator, and then checked that I could connect to it via adb.

NOTE: if you can't run adb *properly* you can't get any further with this. Go elsewhere to fix your adb problems.

2) Connect your device via usb cable to your PC.

Upon first (virgin) insert your system will try to install various drivers. Let that happen.

3) Back in adb, check that you can see the device.

> adb get-state

> adb devices

adb get-state will (optionally) start service if it's not up already

adb devices will list currently attached devices.

If you don't see your device (with a crazy number string to identify it) in the list then you are not connected to adb

and polaroid aio will HANG. So you must stop and fix your problem now.

Use windows device manager to check your usb devices. If you've got nothing in the list you've got serious problems because the

system didn't detect anything from step 2 above. This tutorial won't help you.

If you've got a driver with the little yellow warning then you'll need to update the driver:

Note: win7 is very screwed-up wrt driver updates. Driver updates can be turned off, and then even if you are clicking the update button you'll

still fail to update manually. The easy way is to temporarily set windbag into auto-update mode, re-scan the hardware (right click on the device heading in the properties list), let the update happen, and then reset to your original (more secure) settings.

See: www(.)sevenforums(.)com/tutorials/82137-drivers-turn-off-automatic-driver-installation.html (if you're stuck)

4) If you got this far, you should have a working adb that is connected to a functioning PMID705x and shows it in the device list.

ONLY NOW SHOULD YOU START Polaroid AIO v2.1b

AIOv2.1b will start and auto-configure all you need to do is set the root device check box and click run

Don't touch the tablet. Do NOT unplug the tablet.

Even when AIO looks like it's done, you still have to wait. It will take a while to shake itself loose.

The tablet will request a restore, allow that to happen, tap confirm/yes/apply on the tablet while it is still connected to usb cable.

The tablet will *eventually* reboot. When it does aio will report the the tablet is NOT rooted but that is NOT correct ! (*yipee*)

You can unplug the tablet now and shut down that horrid windbag PC.

The tablet has superSU installed and working. (lucky patcher works and updates itself, root explorer works just fine.)

Now you have a rooted PMID705x.

Go and install Google play store, (and the rest of the included app stores too), have fun ;)

btw CPU-Z said the tablet was rooted even before I did anything to it, but I couldn't get any root-required apps to run correctly.