(Note: You may find it helpful to plug in the tablet's charger & go to...
Settings > Developer options > Check Stay awake )(8-3-13 edit SN)
On your tablet...
Settings > developer options > check USB debugging.
Settings > security > check Unknown sources
On your PC...
Set your folder options to show hidden files.
(If you don't know how just... Start > help > search for show hidden files & follow the instructions.)
Download and completely extract...
ADB Driver RK29.zip (Please report broken links)
If you are using WIN8 follow the instructions about
how to disable driver signature enforcement before attempting to install the ADB drivers. (Thanks profit & ddpinkerton618) (Please report broken links)
Start the device manager (if you don't know how, start > help > search for device manager)
Connect a USB cable first to the tablet, then to the PC.
The device should appear in the device manager as an Android _____ (phone, device) and then...
click the arrow next to it's device description then
double click it's name to open it's properties dialog box.
> Driver tab > Update driver > Let me pick > Have Disk > Browse to the folder & click android_winusb.inf > OK
The computer may give you a warning that the driver is unsigned, just choose install anyway.
The computer should recognize and install the driver. ( < 30 sec. )
If the driver is not recognized see
post 116 for further instructions. Then return here to finish.
Once the drivers are installed the General tab should say the device is working properly.
If you've got the device working properly...
Download and completely extract the Root RK29 Toolkit 1.3.zip provided by SferaDev :santaclaus:
Root RK29 Tab Toolkit 1.3.zip (Please report broken links)
On the tablet, click on the status / notifications tray in the lower right corner, it's menu will open then click on Usb connected. Verify that mass storage is off. Back out.
On the PC click...
Start > computer > navigate to where you extracted the runme.bat file from the Root Toolkit Zip. Double click runme.bat
A command window will pop up with a list of 6 things you need to be sure are done before you proceed. These are (1) Install the ADB drivers of the folder. (What we just did.) (2) Power on your tablet (3) Turn off mass storage. (you just verified that) (4) Enable USB debugging (5) Enable unknown sources & (6) connect a USB cable.
(If you have been following these instructions you already have all this done, otherwise go ahead and do whatever you still need to do.)
Hit enter and then wait patiently. The whole process takes less than 5 min. but your tablet will reboot several times in the process. When its done your tablet should be rooted, and the program will ask you to...
press enter to exit the program. Press enter.
Take a safety pin, or a paper clip, and press the reset button on the back of the tablet. This will reboot the tablet.
After the tablet finishes rebooting...
Open ES File Explorer
At the bottom left of the screen there are 3 vertical dots. Press this button.
A menu pops up, press settings.
Select View > Details.
Scroll down to,and select Root settings
check Root Explorer.
A warning will pop up, select yes.
Another pop up,
Check the remember box, and then select Allow
Check all of the remaining boxes, when all 5 boxes are checked...
Use the back button to get back to the main ES File Explorer screen (you should be at.. /sdcard/ )
Navagate to the root directory (On this device it looks like a phone with a / )
Look at the file permissions of the /system/ (folder) if they read rwxr-xr-x skip the remainder of this paragraph
If the file permissions of the /system/ folder do not read rwxr-xr-x then...
long press the system folder icon until a menu pops up,
scroll to the bottom of the menu and select properties
Next to the permissions press Change
A 3 x 3 matrix of check boxes will appear...
Check all of the boxes
except; Group write, & Other write.
Press OK
Press OK
Navigate to /sdcard/Download/ )
press the (multi) Select button, select the com.android.vending-4.1.10.apk you downloaded earlier, & press copy
use the up button to get to the root directory. (On this device it looks like a phone with a / )
press the system (folder icon), then press the app (folder icon) (you should be at... /system/app/ )
Press the (multi) Select button, select the com.android.vending-4.1.10.apk & press the paste button.
(Don't be surprised that the com.android.vending-4.1.10.apk seems to disappear, its made up of many smaller files that will be put back together when you reboot.)
Shut down the tablet, remove the USB cable, & reboot it being prepared to answer allow or yes to any pop ups that may be presented by the Superuser program.
You should now have Google Play in your list of apps. If so fire it up to make sure that it works.
If Google play does not work, you are required by law to post feedback!
Regardless of a working Google play or not there is one more thing you must do...
Open ES File Explorer & click...
(3 vertical dots) > Settings > Root settings
Uncheck Mount File System,
Uncheck Up to Root.
Back out of ES File Explorer.
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