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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelemvor33:
Hi all,

Just picked up two M7s for my kids and am very interested in whatever I need to do to increase the amount of space available for the apps. 1 gig is just silly.

This thread has grown quite large with lots of things that do work and don't work. Would anyone be so kind as to put together the official instructions that are known to work at this time? I did install the official firmware update to fix the freezing and such but it still just has the 1 gig of space.

Thanks a ton!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigdissved:
Its easy. Flash with RK Batch Tools Prevailious image, from page 8, and it will be fixed. ( Do not bother to fight with Win 8.1 to flash it... Windows 8.1 sucks)

When you use the tool, use Restore. It will wipe the tab clean, and you have to set things up again. It will though, be updated, and the 2 partitions will be gone. You will have 13 gigs for apps and data. The way it should be. I just flashed mine, and there is 28 updates..... :)

Dave
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelemvor33:
I tried using the RK tool with instructions I found in the other thread. It said to power off the tablet then plugin the USB cord while holding down the Vol Down button. When I did that, nothing happened. Laptop didn't detect anything at all. I was just using the USB cord that came with the tablet.

This is the thread I was referring to:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51490923
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelemvor33:
Well, dunno why it didn't work yesterday but I got it to work today. I tried using the Prevalious image and also the one form the other thread. Both seemed to Restore the image OK via the RK program, but then the tablet would only boot to the Monster screen and then stop. It never actually booted bu past that point.

Any idea what the problem might be or what I can check?

Update: Nevermind. I just let is sit there for a while and eventually it started moving. It was strange at first because the Monster screen didn't have the animation of the glimmer part that goes across so it looked like it was just completely frozen up.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prevailious:
Sorry I haven't been responding quickly but seems like everyone has it figured out.

[MENTION=5698476]bigdissved[/MENTION] Windows 8.1 can be used with RKBatch Tool. You just need the latest drivers. Try to install the drivers from this one. I've tested it on my 8.1 laptop and it worked.

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?5173-New-Rockchip-Batch-Tool-v1-7-Plus-v3-5-Drivers

[MENTION=4531621]kelemvor33[/MENTION] Yeah monster tabs take forever (up to 10 minutes) for first boot. You mentioned you barely purchased the tablet? If the USB cord that came with it is thick, DO NOT use it as it'll mess up your tablet's charging port and Monster will charge you likee $60 to fix it. Just buy a different USB cable for like $5.

[MENTION=5788210]norvell1984[/MENTION] The program mentioned in the video is called Rootmaster which the latest (english) version can be found here http://www.mgyun.com/en/GetVRoot

You don't need to have proper ADB drivers as the program will do everything for you. All you need to do is turn on Debugging mode. If the program doesn't detect your device after enabling Debugging mode, just re-flash the update file I uploaded and try the program again.

Note that this is supposed to be a ONE-CLICK method. If it takes you more than clicking the green button to root, then there's something wrong. Try a different USB port.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jivejockey5:
Every time I try holding the volume down while plugging in the USB all that happens is my tablet goes to an android recovery screen. What can I do to fix this and get it to let me flash the update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkraines:
I installed the image from Prevailios (post #83), installed the VRoot English root, M7 is rooted. However when I run SuperUser to try to convert to use that, it crashes when you hit the "i" to get to the update the binaries screen. Anybody have a solution for this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Read_all_then_post:
Info

The m7 tablet firstly installs all apps into the one gigabyte section off memory which is also used as ram you can move apps over to the nand/SD section of memory by going into settings then applications click on the recently installed app their will be a tab that says move to SD select it let it move than presto,some apps are unmovable,another and even easier way is to get the "clean master app" it will automatically show you how to do it ,plus has a boost button to free up unnecessary process.You don't need to do something as drasstic as messing with flashing via rooting etc! Mine works just fine stock following those guidelines ,but I do plan on doing some modding in the future, I just might pick up a second tab to do it on being as low priced as they are best luck...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelemvor33:
For anyone else looking into this, here's what I did.

Use the steps over in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2623447

They have an image that's pre-rooted, has increased the app location size to 3 gigs, and also removed all the crapware that comes preinstalled on the tablet. I'm using that on both of mine and it's great.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prevailious:
Try to use SuperSU instead as it's the best Superuser app in the market.

When you initially open the app, it'll ask you if you want to update. Select yes.

When it asks you if you want to remove other Superuser apps, select no

Exit the app and go back in. If it doesn't ask you to update, then you've successfully converted to SuperSU.

---------- Post added at 08:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:28 AM ----------

Okay, you have to make sure the tablet is completely off. So make sure it's not plugged. Hold down the power button for about 10 seconds so if you see the Monster logo, keep holding the power button down until the logo disappears.

Next, hold down the volume down button and plug in the USB. Make sure you have the RKBatch Tool open so you know when the tablet's detected.

If it takes you to recovery mode again, turn off the tablet by holding down the power button for 10 seconds and try the same thing again but press the volume up button instead of volume down.

If you're still having difficulty, please feel free to e-mail me at Prevailious@gmail.com so i can reply faster.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] partymonkey:
Firmware from Monster with increased size and camera pixel fix

BTW, Monster has released an updated firmware with 12GB userdata storage, and the rest on an external SD card if you have one.

They also fixed the camera pixels to 5MP for those who care.

However, you have to get it from their mymonstertablet FAQ page. For some reason, the Firmware Update app still downloads an old version of the firmware.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
Hi partymonkey

Is it the link with this url s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/m720140321/update.img, if so I applied it and nothing change for still had the same storage capacities. What did you do differently to install it I am thinking of using the RKbatch Tools.

Rob
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] partymonkey:
Hi Rob. My tablet had stock firmware, I don't know if that makes a difference. But basically, I did probably what you did. Here are my steps:

1) Downloaded it on my PC from the same link you listed here.

2) Copied it to the external micro SD card that I was using in my M7. But I plugged the card into my PC, not the tablet.

3) I rebooted the tablet and entered recovery mode (with tablet powered off, held both volume buttons and pressed power and waited until the monster logo showed up then let go), and did a Wipe Data/Factory Reset

4) Rebooted the tablet and let it power on to normal.

5) Plugged the sd card into the powered on tablet, with the filename of update.img

6) The tablet recognized it as a firmeware update and popped up a message asking if I wanted to install it.

7) I clicked on Yes/OK, and then it went into its regular update cycle....reboot, yellow letters, android character image....

The one difference I noticed is that the install seemed to have rebooted twice, probably by design. And then after the "final" install, the screen went blank (but I could tell it was powered up) for a few minutes. After that, I noticed the tablet was booted up again. And, to my pleasant surprise, the storage size was no longer an issue.

If you open the image file w/ the RK batch tools, you'll notice that the parameter file under the Android directory does actually reflect the new size.

Good luck, sorry I can't be of more help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
Hi PM

You were very helpful, initially did what you did but, did not do the Wipe Data/Factory Reset. I kept getting an error about a invalid RKimage and falling back to the Recovery menu. I next did fresh d/l the file directly to the tablet and moved it to the root directory rebooted and the firmware install dialogue started. Went through the update, but upon checking the storage stats nothing changed. This update image looks very similar to the one posted by Prevailious earlier in this thread.

Rob
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] partymonkey:
Hi Rob, hmm, that's strange. Had you by any chance installed one of the custom firmwares in the past? I had not, I used the Monster Update app (which is horrible) once when I first got the tablet in Jan. I was about to install one of these custom ones when I noticed that Monster released that update. I don't know why in your case it is not changing the storage characteristics. The firmware does look similar to what Prevalious posted, but it is different. It looks to me like the prevalious image was based off of a different baseline image.

Now, my Kernel Version has a date of Dec 26 13:09.38, but beyond that, the settings all look the same.

Here's the content of the parameter file of the firmware I downloaded from the Monster FAQ link:

FIRMWARE_VER:4.1.4

MACHINE_MODEL:M7

MACHINE_ID:007

MANUFACTURER:MONSTER

MAGIC: 0x5041524B

ATAG: 0x60000800

MACHINE: 3066

CHECK_MASK: 0x80

KERNEL_IMG: 0x60408000

#RECOVER_KEY: 1,1,0,20,0

CMDLINE: console=ttyFIQ0 androidboot.console=ttyFIQ0 init=/init initrd=0x62000000,0x00800000 mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00002000@0x00002000(misc),0x00004000@0x00004000(kernel),0x00008000@0x00008000(boot),0x00008000@0x00010000(recovery),0x00020000@0x00018000(backup),0x00100000@0x00038000(cache),0x00002000@0x00138000(kpanic),0x00300000@0x0013a000(system),-@0x0043a000(userdata)

The parameter file is the same as the image prevalious had posted.

Cheers.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
HI Party Monkey

I had installed Adoli from Kaiserll101 which installed a 8gb user partition and rooted, next Prevalious's image then reinstalled the Monster image. With the Monster image I used the Rock Chips flash utility RKBatch Tools and drivers, (there are problems with the drivers on some Win 8 and 8.1 machines). It works now, and I rooted the tablet tried vRoot and Kingo root methods stuck with Kingo. The Monster image creates an emulated sdcard partition which Prevalious's did not.

The kernel version on my tablet is now 3.0.8+. There was an attempt by the Firmware Updater to do an update but it failed. Also the web site has been inconsistent. Whether on the tablet or on a PC (I have several) from time to time I ERROR 503 service unavailable error or ERROR 522 connection time out. So I have not been able to see if I there is an new update.

The tablet is working quite well no problems yet.

Rob
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisGuyNHere:
Use the RKBatch tool v1.5 that has Windows Vista/7 drivers. Windows 8 is probably rkbatch tool v1.7. I downloaded M7 stock firmware from the m7 site/faq. Used the rk tool to flash tablet. I notice the internal storage change from 1GB to total 12.97GB. The nand flash is gone. That works for me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
Hi

It works for me too. RKBatch v1.7 is also problematic with Win 8 (8.1) also.

Rob
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhb50:
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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omarkgraichen:
Monster M7 Custom Rom

Hello All:

I am a new owner of an M7 Monster Tablet (white) if anyone cares. I bought 3 with tax and delivery for $179.68

They are the 16GB version.

I too am concerned about the 1GB Internal Storage and 12.25GB Nand Flash partitioning.

I installed Adoli's ROM v1 and got 2.95GB Internal and 9.25GB Nand

Failure using weldon_new.img

Success flashing Prevalious ROM, but only 1GB Internal storage and no NAND FLASH!

I'm using RK batch tool 1.7. I have several 2GB SDcards and 2 16GB SDCards.

I have tried loading Prevalious ROM via the RKbatch tool and via SDcard and holding down

Vol-

I'm out of good ideas. Help!

Othniel Mark Graichen
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
Hi Othniel

Go to Monster's web site mymonster.com click on the FAQ tab and download the image file from there. Follow the instruction for installing a firmware update, best to copy the image to an sd card formatted for fat32. You don't have to use RKBatch. Prevalious's Rom was a version of this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omarkgraichen:
Hooray. Fantastic I have the 13GB Internal Storage.

Now how do I Learn how to extract the RKimage format and remove the Walmart, Vudu and Currents apps and roll my own like Prevalious Version? I downloaded a Russian program for android but dont read cyrillic.

I am a Computer Science Graduate and software developer.

New to Android.

Thanks

Othniel
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
Hi Othniel

Did a quick and dirty rooting with Kingo Root, originally used VRoot but had problems with replacing the Chinese language Superuser app, Kingo uses Supersu which is my preferred Superuser app. Once rooted I was able uninstall the Bloatware. Are you planning to create a M7 image? Wish you luck, keep me apprised of you progress, What would be fantastic is a Kitkat upgrade (hint...hint)>

Rob
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisGuyNHere:
Install Stock firmware from monster m7 site/faq. The total storage should now be 12.97GB. Use Vroot to root monster m7 device. Then change Superuser to SuperSU. Download SuperSU at Google Playstore. After that open and grant permission for SuperSU. Update binary. It should say some conflicts will happen if you have 2 Superusers. Remove Chinese Superuser. Go into SuperSU settings, Install SuperSU into/system before you reboot. Next Reboot. Check if rooted by installing root checker. Have fun
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omarkgraichen:
Android Hacking

I am coming to Android with years of Linux experience under my belt. So I know what root access means and also what it cannot provide in the Android environment.

I will not be satisfied with #root! That may be your goal. It is not mine.

What I want to do is create an RKimage for the M7 tablet without the unnecessary apps. I have made a comprehensive list in my

engineering notepad.

What I remember is vudu (3) apps, accuweather, walmart, ncredible video, Twitter, Facebook, and the obsolete Google tools Currents, Youtube, Gmail, Talk, etc.

We should be able to agree that Talk and Currents are obsolete -- They have been superceded by Google Hangouts and News Print or I forget exactly.

But you will agree there is a new Youtube app as well as a new Gmail app and does anyone really want the standard Email app?

I will go a step farther.

Do you really want the built-in Google Play Store to be built-in to the initrd?

My point is to cut out/down the overhead to a minimum. If a person is going to install the new version of Gmail or Youtube anyway, then the version which is in the initrd can never be used. And if they weren't planning on using the app, then the version in the initrd would also never be used. The question becomes how much of the 16GB can be freed for Internal Storage? Currently the answer is 13.03GB

I use both the Amazon App Store and the Google Play Store. I usually have to load the Amazon Store manually. I could see making a ROM for the M7 where the Google Play Store was not in the initrd. That may be cutting to the bone, but we are not talking about a ROM for Apple Ipad users.

Also now that we have gotten rid of the Partition between Internal Storage and Nand Flash. We should ask: why was it there? Is this one of those "Dont use my FAT32 or NTFS technology without permission or I'll sue you" issues or is it "this is primarily a music/video device" or is it actually more efficient to use a file system with FAT12 or FAT16 or FAT32 for common Android app storage?

If we knew the trade-offs we could choose wisely how to use the 16GB. Does anyone have the 32GB model?

Also we are using NAND Flash so there are possibly wear issues that should be considered in the type of File System being employed. Since Android uses a Linux kernel, what file systems were compiled into the stock kernel from Monster? This is to fully understand the limitations not to suggest building a custom kernel.

Has this analysis already been done? I also have another Rockchip tablet. The U30GT2. Am I late to the party?

Othniel
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
Hi

Did all of the above but, when I removed the Chinese Superuser the tablet would not stay rooted.

Rob
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisGuyNHere:
Ok, i should've mention it didn't work the first time. The 2nd time it work for me. So rerooted again. Granted SuperSU permission on normal. Try again to if that works.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
I tried several times and it just wouldn't take. It was getting late and the frustration level was rising, so I used Kingo to root it worked and it uses Supersu for a superuser app. And I did what you did just didn't work for me, I read about others having similar problems with it and that kingo worked for them. Now to find a Kitkat update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
Hi Othniel

At the moment #root is what I want. To busy with work and family for much of anything else for now. You should see if you can contact Kaisrell101, he created the Adoli image. This was the first image I had flashed for the M7 it is pre-rooted and the bloatware is removed, and has an 8gb user partition. You will find it earlier in thread. He can probably give you the information you want.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omarkgraichen:
Custom ROM Preparation

Yes, I hope to engage Kaisrell101 in conversation here in the forums. Adoli v1 was also my first image to flash on the M7. I bought two more units to play with/reprogram. I want to learn and I like to read technical blogs but haven't located much suitable technical reading regarding Android Development and Tools.

Thanks for everyone's help getting this $60 tablet to be my favorite.

Othniel
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajp87:
So is it not possible to move apps and app data to the actual external sd card?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShapesBlue:
Without root no you can't move anything related to system or the root directory of your device without first rooting it.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajp87:
My monster m7 is rooted I have link2sd but when I try to move apps it moves it to the internal sd not the actual external sd
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShapesBlue:
I have the same issue with my galaxy tab 2 7.0. I gave up with trying to remount the internal to external. I just accepted it won't work

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajp87:
So has anyone tried creating a second partition on an external sd card and then using link2sd?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajp87:
making use of your external sd for games

I myself couldn't get a straight answer for this. But if you are tying to link your games data and cache files to your external sd then answer is this. Download foldermount pro. Works perfectly. I have 10gigs of games on my tablet and i still have9 gigs free internal.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelemvor33:
Is there a way I can figure out which ROM I used on my tablet? I don't recall for sure. I had two setup the same but one had to get replaced so I want to use the same ROM so they're identical. It's the one with the black and white sphere during the boot up if that means anything.

I checked Help/About but don't see any identifying names or anything in there.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShapesBlue:
Sometimes on custom roms it will show it in the kernel version, for instance I'm running CM11 on my phone and it shows it in the about section. I guess it all depends on the rom though

From my CM11 S3
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelemvor33:
I checked there and it says:

3.0.8+

root@laishengchang-System-Product-Name #38

SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 27 14:41:01 CST 2013

I'm open to using a different rom. I just want one that either has all the storage as one big area or at least 3-4 gigs in the main spot and that has all the bloatware removed. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShapesBlue:
Its a custom rom, the name after root is the developers name. It doesn't seem like there is too many roms for this tablet. You can always debloat it yourself. I'd make a backup first

From my CM11 S3
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlackPuter:
A friend of mine has this tablet wants to root it for the removal of bloatware but I'm not finding much more than ads for the tablet these seem to be popular but mostly by people whom wouldn't root because they never heard of such a term from what I've seen
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marz456:
Tell your friend to use Kingo root. Also tell him to get it from the publisher's web site not Download.com

Rob
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonjon3174:
I downloaded Kingo Root multiple ways and it doesnt work on my Monster M7, when I plug the tablet into the laptop, it doesnt even know its connected. If I plug my phone in, it immediately knows theres a connection.

Any ideas?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
1. Which Win Os are you using? There has been a problem with Win 8 & 8.1 Rockchip USB drivers, I do not know if the problem was ever fixed. I have multiple machines and was able to use my Win 7 machine, the Rockchip USB drivers works, and was able to root my M7.

2. Do a search on XDA for the link to the Rockchip drivers.

Rob
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] excalfirst:
What Root Method truly works for the M7?

Does Kingo Root Work for this tablet? - Please don't respond unless you have rooted the M7 successfully yourself.

If not, what method did you use to root your M7?

The reason I ask, is that I spent quite a bit of time trying to root this tablet with Kingo Root as others have said they have done. I used Windows 7 and Kingo Root, and it didn't seem to work, it said the device could not be rooted after a lengthy process. I ended up using the ADOLI v1 rom pre-rooted, but I don't like some of the settings, and the camera reverted back to 3 megapixel for some reason. I guess I would rather just root the official ROM. I mostly want Root to be able to use Titanium Backup for backing up and restoring from other devices. Debloating would be a plus, but I didn't want to spend time trying to figure out how to cook my own ROM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmckinnon:
I would not have suggested it if I had not tried it. I also tried Adoli and like you did not like some of its features. I did neglect to say I flashed the rom that is available on FAQ page of Monster's web site (mymonster.com) it is an official rom. I then used Kingo root. Also I had tried Vroot which worked too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] excalfirst:
Thanks for your response! I'll give it another shot.

I have seen other threads where people have said "Do this to root your device" when they never really tried it. I was just trying to make sure I wasn't spinning my wheels trying to root with a tool that doesn't work for my device. I get sick of reading posts saying "This root method works on all devices" when it can't possibly work for "all devices".