TUTORIAL: Make Rooted PiPO Smart S1 Look like Nexus 7! Free Download Rom

Nexus 7? WRONG! It's Just PiPO S1 Running Android 4.2.2

On the First Tutorial of NicDroid Gazette, I'll teach you to Look Your Dual-core PiPO Smart S1 into a Nexus 7 (ATTENTION: Requires Root for Phablet Interface.) Find Out How below the Break.

PiPO S1 is a Dual-core Rockchip Tablet with 1.6GHz with Mali-400 Quad-core GPU, 1GB Ram but 8GB of Storage but Expandable up to 32GB. Running on Android 4.1 Jellybean (by Stock/Default.)

You Will Need Is:

• PiPO S1 Tablet and Data Cable
• Rockchip Batch Tool - Download Here
• RockUSB Drivers - Included at Rockchip Batch Tool
• Sumvision Cyclone Voyager 4.2 ROM (Rooted by Kasty)- Download Here
• Root Explorer (Any)
• Cyclone Voyager Patch v1 by AlmoSTacey - Download Here
• A Windows PC (Windows 7 Recommended)
• A Brain and Patience
• Nova Launcher (Prime or Free - Download it at Play Store)

First, You Need to Backup your Files on Your Tablet because It Will Erase EVERYTHING after the 4.2.2 Update.

Once It's done, You Gonna Put your Tablet into "FLASH MODE / FIRMWARE UPDATE MODE" by Turning it Off. Connect the Other End of the Data Cable into the USB Port of the PC just to Get Ready but Don't Connect the Tablet Yet, Press and Hold "Volume - " button and Connect the USB into the Tablet. when The PC Detected as An Unknown Device, Install It Using with the RockUSB Drivers Included at Rockchip Batch Tool.

When It's now Installed, Open the "RockChip Batch Tool" as an Administrator and You Will See this:

The Download Link I Gave You is Version 1.7 but It Works the Same Way. ON 3, CLICK RESTORE! NOT UPGRADE.

Click The Button near the FW Path (1) and Select Your downloaded Cyclone Voyager ROM. But First You Need the 1 (refer from 2) to be Green means that the Tablet is in Firmware Update Mode. once it's done, CLICK RESTORE (Not Upgrade) and Wait for Few Minutes.

When It's Done, It Will Restart Itself and You Will see the Sumvision Logo and Default Android Bootscreen. It's now Up for You to Setup and Install the Root Explorer.

Copy the buildv1.prop that You Got from Cyclone Voyager Patch by AlmoSTacey and Rename it to "build.prop" then Make the Root Directory R/W first then Copy/Move to System and Replace the Original Build.prop.

Next to Long Tap It and Press "Permissions" and set it ot rw-r--r-- and Press OK (If You Don't Know how to Set Permissions, Refer Below.

And You're Done! All You Need to do is Reboot and You Will see the the Phablet Interface!

The Stock Launcher made only for Landscape Mode, So You Can Download and Customize Yourself with Nova Launcher.

Notifications on Phablet UI Works Pretty Well. Know that Guy from the Left? What Blog does he Came From?

Everything on 4.2.2 Works Well and Improves Performance and Battery Life. They Can Easily Noticed the Thick Bezels but It comes with an Advantage but I'll let You Find Out Why. Here's the Antutu Benchmark Test and Enjoy