****OFFICIAL Polaroid PMID701c THREAD! root, market, and more!

[elektrik]

The browser seems to lag. I got the PMID701c for my kid. great work on the google play. but the browser lags like crazy. To my surprise I have not seen any other comments on it. It seems to load quickly but then stops and I get a pop up that says the browser isn't working and and Do I want to wait or close it. Real annoying. Any thoughts? P.S. running ICS

Try checking off 'Force GPU rendering' in your developer options-I found that speeds things up tremendously for me.

[hamiltonfighter]

Does anyone know where I could get a replacement screen for this tablet? Daughter cracked ours. It turns on but can't unlock because of where the crack is.

[elektrik]

Does anyone know where I could get a replacement screen for this tablet? Daughter cracked ours. It turns on but can't unlock because of where the crack is.

Check out this post for info: http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...701c-i-tablets

[kofkorn]

$49 WOOT deal for Refurbished version

Thought many may be interested in a $49 woot deal version of this tablet:

http://tech.woot.com/offers/polaroid-7-android-tablet?utm_campaign=Amazon+Daily+-+20121205+-+Tech.Woot+-+polaroid-7-android-tablet&utm_source=Amazon&utm_medium=email

Just bought two myself.

[elektrik]

Wow, great deal!

[Freshy801]

New Owner

I actually picked up 3 of these from Woot. Where should I start with them? They will be for my 3 younger girls. I was mostly concerned with getting the Google play store on them, so we can get them a few apps. Any other needed mods or upgrades?

Has anyone had a wifi problem with theirs? I have two of the three in hand, one seems to connect to the wifi without an issue. The other will allow the wifi to be turned on, then it turns off if I try and input a network manually.

I look forward to configuring these. I know my girls will love them, they already fight over a couple of other tablets we have in the house.

Thanks in advance!

[kofkorn]

Re: ****OFFICIAL Polaroid PMID701c THREAD! root, market, and more!

I got mine two days ago. I've played with then quite a bit. They aren't going to blow my kindle out of the water, but they are certainly a great deal for the price.

I've already gone through the process of upgrading to android 4.0, installing the market, even flashing the Electricity Rom.

For simple use, just go through the steps to install the market in the first post of this thread. It will get the Google market installed quickly.

My first impression of android 4.0 on this tablet is that it is pretty laggy. I went back to 2.3, as this is just for my kids, and they won't be concerned with needing the latest features.

I like the Electricity Rom so far, but not sure if it is going to stay on.


--Kofkorn

[elektrik]

I got mine two days ago. I've played with then quite a bit. They aren't going to blow my kindle out of the water, but they are certainly a great deal for the price.

I've already gone through the process of upgrading to android 4.0, installing the market, even flashing the Electricity Rom.

For simple use, just go through the steps to install the market in the first post of this thread. It will get the Google market installed quickly.

My first impression of android 4.0 on this tablet is that it is pretty laggy. I went back to 2.3, as this is just for my kids, and they won't be concerned with needing the latest features.

I like the Electricity Rom so far, but not sure if it is going to stay on.


--Kofkorn

I share your concern about the lagginess of ICS, however I found a setting that speeds it up even further (hence the v0.1 version of elektricity ROM-haven't found how to change that setting...yet).

In ICS, go to 'system settings' then scroll down to 'developer options' and then scroll the right-sided menu until you see 'Force GPU rendering'. Make sure that's checked. That should speed you up to what you'll find as acceptable.

Also, I have init.d support, so if you have/found an overclocking script that works with our Polaroids (again, v0.1 was to establish init.d, v0.2 will be to eventually include an overclock script, amongst other things) by all means share and I'll include it in the next build.

[elektrik]

I actually picked up 3 of these from Woot. Where should I start with them? They will be for my 3 younger girls. I was mostly concerned with getting the Google play store on them, so we can get them a few apps. Any other needed mods or upgrades?

Has anyone had a wifi problem with theirs? I have two of the three in hand, one seems to connect to the wifi without an issue. The other will allow the wifi to be turned on, then it turns off if I try and input a network manually.

I look forward to configuring these. I know my girls will love them, they already fight over a couple of other tablets we have in the house.

Thanks in advance!

If you can set them to WPA2 only on your router for these devices only (my At & T U-verse router lets me set individual device settings)that helps tremendously. I found this to be the optimal setting (router probably defaults to wpa/wpa2 instead of wpa2 only.

[kofkorn]

Re: ****OFFICIAL Polaroid PMID701c THREAD! root, market, and more!

I share your concern about the lagginess of ICS, however I found a setting that speeds it up even further (hence the v0.1 version of elektricity ROM-haven't found how to change that setting...yet).

I will say that there is a noticeable improvement in the speed of Electricity Rom as compared with the stock 4.0

I'll be looking forward to your new version when it comes out.

--Kofkorn

[elektrik]

I will say that there is a noticeable improvement in the speed of Electricity Rom as compared with the stock 4.0

I'll be looking forward to your new version when it comes out.

--Kofkorn

Thanks!

[burgon]

Aspect Ratio

Thanks for all the work you guys have done on this tablet.

I just got mine yesterday - a refurbed from E-cost. My aspect ratio is stretched vertically - movies look fine, but the home screen is stretched so all the circles look like ovals and the browser text is narrow. I tried the 2 factory roms and Electricity all of them have it. Any one else have this problem?

[elektrik]

Thanks for all the work you guys have done on this tablet.

I just got mine yesterday - a refurbed from E-cost. My aspect ratio is stretched vertically - movies look fine, but the home screen is stretched so all the circles look like ovals and the browser text is narrow. I tried the 2 factory roms and Electricity all of them have it. Any one else have this problem?

i've never heard of that problem before. if it happened from day 1 I would strongly suggest it's the tablet you got.

[dovertim]

dead spots on screen

I'm an android noob. I just got the 701c on woot and there are several screen areas that are dead - pixels are fine - just the touch is completely unresponsive.

I think it's a hardware issue but since I got this thing to learn some android tricks I thought it's worth asking.

Any chance this is sofware related and I can fix it with reinstalling android? Sorry if I'm not asking right. I just started learning all the lingo - rooting and roms and all that...

I've got 90 days and I'm willing to try anything that won't void the warranty.

[elektrik]

I'm an android noob. I just got the 701c on woot and there are several screen areas that are dead - pixels are fine - just the touch is completely unresponsive.

I think it's a hardware issue but since I got this thing to learn some android tricks I thought it's worth asking.

Any chance this is sofware related and I can fix it with reinstalling android? Sorry if I'm not asking right. I just started learning all the lingo - rooting and roms and all that...

I've got 90 days and I'm willing to try anything that won't void the warranty.

Sure, anything's worth a shot. I think it's a futile attempt, but you don't have anything to lose right?

I'd just start with the stock firmware from this page: http://southerntelecom.com/polaroidsupport/firmware/

look for "PMID701C Firmware Downloads" and you'll see Android 2.3 (GingerBread) and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). If you're really ambitious, you could try both to see if either help, however the pessimistic side of me thinks that won't be the case.