I made a little tutorial that will be a little more useful once we can finally unpack this thing. It is instructions for installing the proper usb driver for the soc (RK2918) that powers this tablet. Also directions for flashing the partition of your choice. Also for you hardware enthusiasts here is a link to download the official data sheet for the soc. It has a ton of interesting info that anyone could enjoy. Shows you what this thing is really capable of if properly modified/unlocked. Data Sheet On with the tutorial! You will need the following: Drivers (windows only) RK29 Update Tool First things first MAKE SURE YOUR TABLET IS TURNED OFF and the USB is UNPLUGGED!!!!!!!!! It is also recommended that you have at least half of your battery life remaining on the device. And of course I am not responsible for any decisions you make whether they lead to bricking your device or pure profit! DRIVER INSTALL 1) Unzip the archive with the drivers. Don't forget where you unzip to. 2) Press and hold down the "menu" button. While still holding menu, plug the usb cord from the computer into the tablet 3) Your pc will start looking for a driver automatically. It should fail to find any, if given the option, choose manual install. 4) If not given the option, you need to go to control panel > Device Manager 5) You should see an unknown devices in the list, right click on it 6) Choose "Update Driver Software..." and a new window will open. 7) Choose "Browse my computer for driver software" and another window will open 8) Browse to the folder you unzipped the drivers to. Select the appropriate folder for your operating system. EX. C:\PMID700\Drivers\64bit\win7 9) Make sure to check the box next to "Include subfolders" 10) Click the "Next" button and windows should successfully install your driver RK29 Update Tool 1) Download the tool from link above and extract the .zip file and open it. 2) Double click the "RK29Update.exe". RKAndroidTool v1.29 will run 3) If you installed the driver correctly and still connected to the pc with device power off, the big bold message at the bottom should read "Found RKAndroid Loader Rock Usb." Success! Your device is attached and ready to be updated! 4) The Flash tab is where you want to be. From here you can choose exactly which Partition(s) you would like to update. *CAUTION**CAUTION**CAUTION**CAUTION**CAUTION**CAUT ION**CAUTION**CAUTION* IF YOU CLICK THE "ERASEIDB" BUTTON YOU WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON INTERNAL MEMORY. If you do this make sure you have a backup or something to flash, as you will not even be able to turn on your device if you don't. I personally found this out the hard way, luckily I did an rkdump of all device partitions and was able to use the "RK29xxLoader(L).bin" and "parameter" files included in the "RK29_Update_Tool" folder, as I did not have the originals or update.img. *CAUTION**CAUTION**CAUTION**CAUTION**CAUTION**CAUT ION**CAUTION**CAUTION* Have fun and be careful How To Root Nextbook Premium 7 Tablet February 27, 2012 By Suyash 5 Comments Rooting a device isn’t that hard as most people say but rooting a device which has just been launch or which is very obscure can be a bit daunting. In our case, it’s the Nextbook Premium 7 tablet but fortunately, XDA Forum Member Dochoppy has provided us with a root method for the tablet. This tutorial explains how you can swiftly root your Nextbook Premium 7 tablet the easy way. Make sure you follow the steps very prudently. If you find yourself stuck in a conundrum, feel free to comment below. Features This tablet sports a bright, crystal clear capacitive 7-inch touch-screen and runs Android 2.3 OS. It has built-in WiFi, a speedy 1GHz processor for all your gaming and day-to-day needs, 4GB of built-in flash memory for storage of your media and docs, SD/MMC card slot for up to 32 GB incase you need some extra space, Graviational sensor, Mini 2.0 USB and Flash 10.1. Prerequisites • Before you root any tablet, it is always advisable to take a back up of your tablet’s data. Backing up your contacts is easy and you can back up all your contacts to your tablet’s SD Card. • To back up your applications, I recommend you to use ASTRO File Manager which also allows cloud storage. • Make sure your tablet’s batter has a minimum of 60% charge. • Enable USB Debugging. To do this, go to Settings>Applications>Development and make sure USB Debugging is checked. Disclaimer : BlogoTech is not responsible for any damage that might be caused to your device during this process though the possibility of any damage is negligible. Try this at your own risk. Also note, rooting your tablet will void your warranty. Read more: http://www.blogotechblog.com/2012/02/how-to-root-nextbook-premium-7- tablet/#ixzz2ofWtoJz3 Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Steps to Root Nextbook Premium 7 tablet First of all, Download the package from here Extract the contents of the file to any empty folder Connect your tablet to your PC via USB cable. Turn your tablet over and with a safety pin or something of similar size, press and hold the reset button for 2 to 3 seconds Run the RK29update.exe file present inside the folder you extracted the contents to Select your ROM files via the boxes containing the “….” and navigate to the correct directory for the ROM you want to install Insert each file in order according to the update tool Clear IDB After the Tool says OK, Select Run. This will begin to load the ROM onto your tablet. It will go through loading and then checking the ROM install After the ROM loads and the tool comes back with an OK, patiently wait for the tablet to reboot. If the tablet is still connected to the PC via USB when the ROM boots it will show the screen allowing you to select whether or not to turn on USB storage. Press the home key and you will be given a choice of Golauncher or Rklauncher. Select whichever you wish That’s it! You’ve successfully rooted your Nextbook Premium 7 tablet. Read more: http://www.blogotechblog.com/2012/02/how-to-root-nextbook-premium-7- tablet/#ixzz2ofWzY3g7 Under Creative Commons License: Attribution My first customer is damo. He sent me an image and I made him a new boot.img. OK so here are the instructions for flashing with a new boot.img and your customized boot screen that I put together for you! Requirements: 1) You must already be flashed to my new ROM 1.1 period! Otherwise flashing with these instructions will brick your device! 2) Well this is assumed but if you have already flashed my ROM using RKAndroid Tool 1.29 (RK29update.exe) then I do not need to tell you about installing drivers! YES you need the drivers to flash… Note: the cool thing about RKAndroid Tool 1.29 (RK29update.exe) is you can flash certain segments of your tablet and not erase anything else! This is how I can make someone a new boot.img and they just get it FAST and FLASH it easy! You will ONLY be flashing boot.img using my ROM kit (RK29update.exe). Since you flashed my ROM already, you already have my ROM kit and thus the RKAndroid Tool 1.29 (RK29update.exe) and drivers installed. If not…. walk away from this tutorial! Instructions for flashing a new boot.img that I made for you: WARNING: Regardless of how I say this will not erase anything, I really DO think you should make a backup using Titanium Backup or your backup program of choice just in case. DON'T complain to me if you lost data. But this process should NOT lose any of your data, apps ,etc 1) The new boot.img I post here or PM you with a link to, will be named with your handle here on Arctablet. Since my first customer is damo, his file is called damo_boot.img. Damo get your boot.img here; http://www.helifreakswag.com/damo_boot.img 2) Download your link (like above for damo) and save it to your desktop or to somewhere on your hard disk(s) that you know where it is. 3) Run RK29update.exe from my ROM kit. 4) It will load. UNCHECK EVERYTHING other than boot.img. Seriously this is important if you do not want to lose your already installed aps and data! Make sure ONLY boot.img is checked! 5) On the boot.img row in the tool, click the box that has three dots in it e.g. … 6) You will get a windows search dialog. Navigate to the boot.img you downloaded from me in step 1. In this example damo will be navigating to where he saved damo_boot.img from my link provided. 7) Reboot your Arnova into recovery mode. I have explained how to do this in my ROM kit. You will know if the Arnova is in recovery mode as the RK29update.exe will say at the bottom of the screen "found RKAndroid Loader Rock USB". If you don't have this message, as in my rom flash instructions, you will not be able to flash your boot.img! Now the next step….