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[xjesus]

I am trying with XJubuntu 14.04 and kernel 4.4.4 on my Teclast X98 Plus. Also trying on beta 16.04.

I’ve tried a lot of different kernels and this has the best support so far, it supports Bluetooth, TouchScreen, rotation, etc. by default and I only miss WiFi support for the moment, but I can use it with a USB to GigaEthernet.

I’m working on a custom distro to ease the tablet usage on Ubuntu/Xubuntu. XJubuntu is a mixture of the two I’ve created where you can choose to login on Unity or XFCE. Unity is better for tablet/touch mode but XFCE performs way better for desktop usage with mouse/keyboard.

I am uploading the last ISO to SourceForge on the Folder “Tablets Intel” if someone wants to try it. My upload speed is not fast and it’ll take at least 5 hours still (3.3GB).

https://sourceforge.net/projects/xjubuntu/files/Tablets%20Intel/

 

 

[xjesus]

I am trying with XJubuntu and kernel 4.4.4 on my Teclast X98 Plus.

I’ve tried a lot of different kernels and this is the one with best support so far, it supports Bluetooth, TouchScreen, rotation, etc. by default and I only miss WiFi support for the moment, but I can use it with a USB to GigaEthernet.

I’m working on a custom distro to ease the tablet usage on Ubuntu/Xubuntu. XJubuntu is a mixture of the two where you can choose to login on Unity or XFCE. Unity is better for tablet/touch mode but XFCE performs way better for desktop usage with mouse/keyboard.

 

 

[Hans]

Hi all,

thanks for this site, this is very informative. I want to give something back and share my impressions of my Hi 8 Pro. It looks like I got lucky since my tablet is not defective (besides the software issues).

Why I bought it / usage

• Use it while traveling to download, copy and examine my photos, delete out of focus photos etc. The challenge is that I only use RAW files as file format. The tablet is cheaper than a WIFI drive. An iPad dos not allow file access and I did not find good image sorting programs for Android either. And I do not want to carry another expensive device with me.
• use to view data sheets in my electronic lab, maybe connect some usb devices and use the tablet to control the measurement devices

Build quality
It looks okay, it is sturdy enough that it does not bend. The backside is quite nice. The most annoying thing is the scratch sensitive screen protector film (see screen section).

Weight: 346 grams

Battery runtime
I did not do a stopwatch test, but it looks like that 3-4 hours are reasonable. It looks like all have problems with the battery status report. Mine jumps quickly from 40% to 20 and then to 12%. If I am lucky Windows will correctly shutdown, sometimes it goes off without notice. Charging time is around 3 hours, sometimes the charging never stops, so the LED keeps blinking, sometimes it stops. Windows cannot estimate the remaining runtime due to this bugs. I hope there will be a BIOS update.

Boot time and eMMC speed
The boot time is 23 secs. Note that I have installed a few applications. Read speed is around 76 MB/s, write 32 MB/s. See the attached crystal disk mark result. The small file write rate is quite slow, so installing Windows Updates or Software takes some time.

USB connectivity
Here I need to test more USB-C Hubs. I have two here, one with USB Power Delivery and just a USB Hub. The one with the power delivery does not work at all, the other one just recognizes USB 2.0 devices, USB 3.0 devices are all ignored. I will order a few more hubs and hope that I am not limited to USB 2.0.

According to the other thread there seems to be no easy way to power the tablet and use USB devices. I don’t think that this tablet supports the USB Power Delivery spec, since the Intel Atom is USB 3.0 only. The only way it could work is to create an USB-C OTG adapter and combine it with the USB charging spec. There is no ready made adapter.
I really miss a separate microUSB net to the USB-C port, even if it would be only for charging.

Audio
The internal speaker is really bad. The headphone output produces a static noise floor, otherwise it is okay. So it is not quite.

Cameras
They are very poor. They should leave out the rear camera and integrate a better front camera instead.

WIFI and Bluetooth, HDMI output, micro SD
It works for me and I did not do extended tests. I get WIFI reception within my flat, so all OK. HDMI works without a problem on a full HD screen.
My 2, 8, 16 and 32 GB microSDHC got recognized without a problem. I don’t have bigger ones to test.

Screen
Since I am a photographer this my main interesting area. I don’t want to do editing, just examine my shots and delete out of focus photos.

The factory calibration is quite bade, the color temperature is around 7700 Kelvin, so very blueish appearance. I have used my spectrophotometer and calibrated my screen. That really improved the quality. According to my calibration the color space coverage is

• 73 % sRGB
• 51 % AdobeRGB

so the color space is not terrific at all. The spectrophotometer allows to measure the brightness, too. The maximum screen brightness is 330 cd. The backlight illumination is also not very even, but acceptable.

There is a screen protector film preinstalled. It is quite scratch sensitive and I got bubbles beneath it after a few days. Initially I did not notice the protector and wanted to install a screen protector film by myself. I have removed the original one. Without protector the fingers don’t slide as good as with the protector. Installing a new protector is painful since it is hard to install it without dust particles underneath the protector. I still have one the screen. I have already ordered three more protectors and will try again.
It is a pity that there is no glas on top. But that is due to the price.

RAW file viewing speed
This is crucial for me. To make it short you have to use a fast raw image viewer. I have used fastrawviewer and clicking from one file to another takes 2-3 sec with 12, 16 and 20 MP camera files. So it is okay, sadly this program is not very touch friendly. And the Windows photo viewer does not support many camera types, one of my camera does not work with that. It displays the internal JPEG from the RAW files, so it is very fast. It is touch friendly.

Summary
+ small form factor is pleasant
+ feels quite fast and responsive
+ touch screen works well and precise
+ it has good specs for its money
+ HDMI output
– Battery reporting issues
– Battery life is not great
– limited color space on the screen
– speakers and audio output not terrific
– USB issues with USB hubs (have to test this more)
– only one USB-C port with no possibility to charge and use USB devices at once
– no glass on top of the screen, only scratch sensitive film on top

That was a long text and I hope it was interesting.

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[devgiant]

I have tried several distros (Arch/Antergos/Manjaro, Mint, Ubuntu/Xubuntu, debian, fedora, and others) and my best results were with Mint and Ubuntu 16.04. You need to use the latest kernel to have access to some hardware patches.

Either way, touch will not work, it will be the same as if you have windows 10 without the touchsetting.gt file, it will be mirrored; wifi, bluetooth and sound will also not work. I tried an usb ethernet adapter and network worked fine, but no wifi drivers… :/

I stopped there, hope this helps.

 

[David]

Hi guys,

I just wanted to give my opinion on the Chuwi Hi10:
Up until now I had a Chuwi Hi8 and I was very happy with it, I decided to get something with a bigger screen and a HDMI output, I hesitated between the Teclast X98 Plus and the Chuwi Hi10 for a while, but finally settled on the Chuwi because of it full size USB 3.0 ports (& second USB 2.0 port).

I don’t know if I received an isolated defective model or if these problems happen with most Hi10, but I decided to return it after just one day of use because of three separate issues:

1) Screen was flickering, I launched Windows Update which installed some driver update from Intel. After that I didn’t notice the screen flickering anymore. I don’t know if the driver update fixed it or if this issue was just happening randomly.

2) Poor WiFi signal on two separate routers even though I was just 5 meters away from the AP.

3) I went out to use my tablet outdoor, (it was ~20 degrees celcius outside) and after just 10 minutes outside, some weird sort of white cloud along with parallel vertical lines appeared on the screen, as shown above:

Oh, and I also had one dead black pixel on the screen.

I decided to return my tablet to GearBest and will probably pick a Teclast X98 Plus instead, hoping I’ll have better luck with it.

[ghostfreckle]

I deleted my entire hdd (android too, cause I don’t care about android and wanted the space back) and installed Windows home 64bit straight from Microsoft’s website with their usb-bootable media maker… Didn’t even need a license since Windows 10 activated online already so my hardware is registered with Microsoft I guess.

I then installed the wifi only and let Windows update find all the drivers it could. Anything it couldn’t find, I used the drivers from here.

Everything is perfect. I installed the new bios and it’s still perfect, if not better.

you might want to say what version of Windows you have and what you did to it to make it messed up, so that we can help.

[Petros]

[spoiler]

Gregy wrote:

Hey Guys, I thought i would write up a tutorial on how i did the installation of Windows 10 on my Chuwi Hi8 Tablet, Please note that i do not take responsibility if break/damage your tablet. Please note I have upgraded Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 in order to Activate my product key thats aligned to my Microsoft Account, once the upgrade is complete and the product key has been activated it was then a clean installation was performed, I strongly suggest to upgrade first before performing the clean installation. I hope this helps <noscript></noscript>——————————————– Hardware Wise: OTG Cable 3 Port USB Hub 8Gb USB Flash Drive (fat32) USB Mouse & Keyboard USB Wireless Dongle 6Gb Minimum HDD on the Tablet is required ——————————————– Software Wise: Windows 10 Media Creation Tool – Download the correct version suited to your PC not the Tablet https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Rufus – create bootable USB flash drives for both 32 & 64 Bit OS’s https://rufus.akeo.ie/ Double Driver – Add this to the Bootable USB with your http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/double_driver.html Chuwi Hi8 Win 8.1 Drivers Doubledriver (82.7 MiB) & Chuwi Hi8 Touch installer (71.3 KiB) http://techtablets.com/downloads-drivers-roms/ ——————————————– The Upgrade: (Upgrades the OS from 8.1 to 10 with an Activated licence): Download Windows 10 Home 32-bit version (Supported for you Tablet) via the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool, this may take a while depending on your internet connection. Whilst your waiting for this to download, have a look at how much space is left on your Tablet as you will be needing at least 6gb in order to install the upgrade, for me i didnt have anything important on the device so i decided to run the recovery and bring the device back to factory standard and making sure it was activated under my Microsoft Account once again without doing all the updates. Soon as the ISO has been downloaded, Plug in your USB to your PC and run the Rufus app on your PC selecting the Drive that your USB stick is using then click on the small image on far right bottom of the page that looks like hard drive with a CD on top and wait about 10-30 mins for this to complete. Once completed, fire up your tablet, plug in the OTG adapter and plug in your USB hub with your keyboard/mouse & USB connected. Once in Windows, go to Windows Explorer and run the Windows installer and follow the prompts, you do not have to download the additional updates just yet as this will contribute to additional space to be taken from your tablet. Keep clicking next and then let the Tablet take its course in the upgrade procedure, this may take a while to do… Soon as you have logged into Windows 10, you will need to check your Product Key has been activated if it is your good to go. ——————————————– Clean Installation: (Clean installation, Deleted Partitions Edition only if Windows 10 is activated): Power off your device Connect the USB Installer, Wifi dongle, USB keyboard and mouse to your USB Hub/OTG Cable to the Device. Power on your device and hold down the “ESC” Key when you see the CHUWI Logo, this will take you to another menu then select “” Choose your Language / Region then click next, then the Product key screen may appear, if so then click skip. For Clean installation click “Custom Installation”, this will enable you to select the partition and wipe it or otherwise do what i did and delete all the partitions and create a new one (this will give you a total of 29.8gb), the installation process will take about 30+ mins to install. Once the install has been completed Windows, Log into Windows using your Windows Account, then run Windows Updates and reboot. When you have rebooted, Run “Double Drivers” application from your USB and then select the folder “Chuwi Hi8 Win 8.1 Drivers Doubledriver” and then click on Restore, during this process Windows will display notifications asking you to install drivers that have not been signed by Microsoft for Windows 10, just keep clicking install and once complete, then reboot the Tablet and then run the windows update to check your drivers once again.. And your done! ——————————————–

[/spoiler]

Subscribed and logged in only to thank you.

Your’s, was the only method that allowed me to reinstall W10 since my unit arrived with a broken OS installation (Android works fine).

Unfortunately, as soon as I set everything back up, and managed to get the touch screen/button to work again…restart/bootloop (exact same problem I had from the beginning).

 

Seems it’s a driver related problem, specifically the touch driver combined with W10 v.1511.

Have to find a way around it…sigh…

Anyway, thank you, again.

[Thijs S.]

What did you guys use for getting WIFI. what kind of adapter, I dont want to get a linux incompitable wifi usb adapter.
Second question:
Did you install linux on the hdd or are you runing it from a 3.0 USB drive?

Thanks folks!
Greetings from Amsterdam.

[Anonymous]

I just updated bios to 64bit and installed Windows 10 from clean (Microsoft) image. I have tried this for serial 1029-3000 but i think it should work for everyone. Here is a short guide:

Bios:

1. Download bios for your device if you dont have 64bit already:
   a. serial number ending in 0001-1028: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1o6YH0TW
   b. serial number ending in 1029-3000: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1c1k19ug <– tried this one for mine
   c. serial number ending in 3000-5000: quick search didnt find the link
   d. serial number ending in 5000-xxxx: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1jHapgrW
2. Format usb key with FAT32 and unpack the contents to the root
3. Put USB into Hi10 and keyboard into the other usb port and reboot. While rebooting press F7 and boot from usb device, not microsoft something
4. The upgrade process should start and after it finished for me it turned off my tablet

I got the links from here: http://bbs.chuwi.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=38&filter=typeid&typeid=63

Windows:

1. Download drivers from the mega link provided by @swans and @prezmo:
   https:// mega . nz/#F!r8N2EAJL!obFGbr7l7C_Mj8Q3_QVcfg!blkmUQ6R
   The drivers file is here: V200&V300\C106(X64)–全部驱动.rar
2. Download Windows 10 official ISO either through MS tool (https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/software-download/windows10) or direct ISO (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/techbench). I used MS tool from another windows 10 machine and made .iso
3. Make bootable USB with said iso by some tool. I used YUMI (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/)
4. Stick usb into Chuwi in one USB port and keyboard in the other
5. Power on the tablet and press F7 to show boot menu and choose USB to boot from. Install Windows. In the instalation i deleted all the pertitions that were originally created.
6. When installed go into Device Manager and click through all the devices and install them from the drivers .rar – repeat untill no more unknown devices remain (beforehand unpack some .zips that are in the .rar, so windows finds those drivers easy) 🙂
7. Wifi gets a bit tricky. I have Broadcom, but i guess it is similar to the other one. You have to manually copy the txt file (43430r0nvram.txt) from wifi folder in .rar to c:\windows\system32\drivers dir. Afterwards disable and enable wifi in computer management.
8. Update windows

And enjoy 🙂

Most of the answers how to solve this i got from this thread, but the information was all over the place.

I hope this helps someone, it sure would have helped me save a lot of time.

Cheers

Update: i had to reinstall windows, so i figured out exact way to install wifi driver and i updated the instructions.

[Lupo]

I’m using my Chuwi Hi10 tablet + original docking keyboard with Linux Mint.

In order to have the display rotation working I have upgraded the X.org Intel driver i915 to the latest version . I’m using the tablet mainly like a light weight  laptop with good battery life … I’m using a external USB sound card and USB WiFi card in order to get them working and to have basic laptop functions. One of the problems which I’m looking for a solution is that the battery isn’t detected 🙁

If you ignore all this problems (like me) with Chuwi Hi10 and Linux Mint you receive one pretty well working Linux laptop.

[Daniel]

Yeah, im a little torn apart if im gonna send it away. I have decided to give it a shot to try to solder on a USB-wifi card. Meaning, the wifi-card that is causing the problem wont be used anyway. So I dont know what to do…

Have you decided whether you will open it or not?

[Lou]

I gave up trying to get my Realtek WiFi adapter working, so I bought this for $9. It works perfectly, and sticks out only a fraction of an inch.

TP-LINK TL-WN725N Wireless N Nano USB Adapter

[John Whitworth]

So is the WiFi adapter the only issue? Could we just use a USB WiFi adapter and have a fully functional Remix OS?

[llich]

Hi

 

Any solution for this?

i try to boot wifislax usb, android x64, windows 7 and don´t run

[Jonathan]

The Vi10 keyboard case or a USB mouse/keyboard will work, wireless is not neccessary (and in the case of a Buetooth device maybe not even usable).

Double driver didn’t restore the drivers fully for me, I had issues with the WiFi when returning from sleep. IMHO it’s better to use the driver packages from the file that I linked earlier rather than Double driver.

The OS switcher might work now, but there is a version in the wild that doesn’t play nicely with Windows 10 so I think it’s best to take it out as a preventative measure and use a version that’s known to work (I would be interested to know if the switcher I’ve posted is the same as the one that is now on the Vi10).