Chuwi HI10 BIOS Update for x64

[Alvaro]

Command for update the firmware (we need to type it on UEFI Console that appears on USB BOOT): “afuefi.efi BIOS.BIN.603” without quotes.

[Alvaro]

Do not update. They tell me it and the tablet is not going OK. when we finish the tests i will update info.

[T]

Are you associated with Chuwi?

[Connie]

Any new updates about the BIOS?

[Alvaro]

This is the official files that Andy and VC sent me but my tablet has been gone………….

Here are our C106 BIOS Update, Windows Image and Drivers but … pf

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1i4d2PxF

[Laura]

so you mean you flashed the bios and bricked the tablet as the result?

[Przemo]

Alvaro. Is your tablet dead after flashing?

From “startup.nsh” script correct command for our tablet is
afuefi.efi BIOS.BIN.603 /p /b /n /x /l /reboot

/p – Program Main BIOS
/b – Program boot block
/n – Program NVRAM
/x – Don’t check ROM ID
/l – Program all ROM Holes
/reboot – Reboot after programming

[Bart Van Rooijen]

Przemo,

Did you get it to work?

[Przemo]

I am waiting for information from Alvaro whether his tablet is dead.
I checked new BIOS Firmware ID and it’s same as on tablet. Size is also correct (full flash size). Writing bios is one way ticket – working device or dead device.

[kurai]

Anyone have any luck downloading the files from that Baidu Cloud filesharing service ?
For the 3 larger files it wants you to sign up for an account and use the download manager app … but when trying to do so I always end up being asked for a Chinese local mobile phone number to verify “account security”. Am I missing an option with wobbly Google Translation or is that a real restriction ?

[Przemo]

I’m downloading files now. I have Baidu account, but transfer is bad. Mirror will be at:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7UJF0mw6LjJaExLQl9wRG9WVHM&usp=sharing
Edit: All files uploaded

[Przemo]

I found the driver package (x64). Uploaded to shared folder (File “C106(X64)–全部驱动.rar”).

[fbrozovic]

EDIT: Don’t flash this BIOS if you originally had the 32-bit BIOS on the tablet, use the one above (603) instead. Przemo noted that the hardware revisions seem to be different and that WiFi/BT won’t work with the newer BIOS.

Since I had the newer tablet revision with the 64-bit BIOS on it, I decided to open up the tablet and dump the flash with a Raspberry Pi via SPI. I then tried reflashing that image from the EFI Shell with the x64 afuefi binary. My tablet still boots, so I would assume upgrading from an older version would work as well. However, if you do try this yourself and brick your tablet, please don’t hold me responsible. Again, do this at your own risk.

Unpack the archive onto a FAT32 formatted flash drive and boot from it by holding F7 on boot. You should be dropped into the EFI Shell. First, you have to find which filesystem number the flash drive is mapped to – to do this, start by typing fs0: <enter>, and then type dir <enter>. If you see the files you copied onto the drive, you can now flash the new image with

afuefi BIOS.BIN /p /b /n /x /l /reboot

If you see some other files, try again with fs1, fs2 and so on.

A couple of things to note:

• The binary is a bit newer than the one posted above and has a date of 12/14/2015 as opposed to 12/01/2015.
• I didn’t restore the default settings before dumping the BIOS, so you’re probably best off loading the default settings in the BIOS after flashing.

Good luck!

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[Przemo]

Confirmed WORKS. Thank you 🙂

PS. Warning – After flashing 32bit windows won’t start.

[Saad A]

fbrozovic wrote:

Since I had the newer tablet revision with the 64-bit BIOS on it, I decided to open up the tablet and dump the flash with a Raspberry Pi via SPI. I then tried reflashing that image from the EFI Shell with the x64 afuefi binary. My tablet still boots, so I would assume upgrading from an older version would work as well. However, if you do try this yourself and brick your tablet, please don’t hold me responsible. Again, do this at your own risk. Unpack the archive onto a FAT32 formatted flash drive and boot from it by holding F7 on boot. You should be dropped into the EFI Shell. First, you have to find which filesystem number the flash drive is mapped to – to do this, start by typing fs0: <enter>, and then type dir <enter>. If you see the files you copied onto the drive, you can now flash the new image with afuefi BIOS.BIN /p /b /n /x /l /reboot If you see some other files, try again with fs1, fs2 and so on. A couple of things to note:

• The binary is a bit newer than the one posted above and has a date of 12/14/2015 as opposed to 12/01/2015.
• I didn’t restore the default settings before dumping the BIOS, so you’re probably best off loading the default settings in the BIOS after flashing.

Good luck!

Can you tell me pinouts for SPI (is it a header available or did u connect directly to the chip)? and the flash chip number? I wanna program the flash with minimal mess, since my tablet is not booting. Thanks.

[Author]

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