Cube iwork8 ultimate users

[Antony White]

Happy to try do you an ISO although I am having issues getting windows 10 accepting my OEM key from the bios any thoughts? Re the heatsink I have just bought an aluminum sheet and some thermal pads, will feedback the success and impact if it does work. Also sourced a battery too which should fit here….

The New Battery 5500mAh
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/The-New-Battery-5500mAH-Li-ion-Tablet-pc-battery-For-7-8-9-inch-tablet-PC/32376141725.html
(from AliExpress Android)

 

 

[Moritz]

Hey Antony, that would be great if you could create an iso,

does your tablet work like a charm? Because as I said the battery is not detected as well as the camera. Even worse though, is that whenever I shut it down, the screen lights up seconds after the tablet shut down. It’s like its trying to mimic a black screen but when the lights are off you can clearly see its still lit. So everytime I shut it down, when I try to boot it up the next morning, the battery is drained. IF you do have those same problems I might have to bother Chris again, asking him to do an iso of his stock Win 10.

Thanks,

Moritz

I’ve been trying to contact gearbest and cube themselves but they haven’t replied to any of my mails.

 

[Antony White]

yeah works perfēctly. before i try iso can i suggest you go folder by folder right click the setup file normally oem*x* and click install for every single one. that is how i got mine working. an update onthermal mod. i bought 1.5m aluminium sheet and 1mm thermal pad and placedthat on cpu. temp gets to just below 80 when using furmark and prime simultaneously. interestingly the tdp is as big a limitation since all cpu cores drop to 500mhz when run alongside the gpu. prime on its own sees the core on all at a solid 1600mhz. let me know how you get on. also any idea how use bios windows key to activate windows?

[Moritz]

The Problem with my tablet is, that after booting its only usable for a couple seconds and then it freezes all of a sudden, it’s been doing that for over a week now.. So there is no real option to install drivers anymore. At this point I can probably only install windows to solve that problem.. It’s super weird.

Moritz

[Mark Sipos]

Hello!

I’ve received my Tablet 3 days ago, but i have problem with it. I can’t charge when it is on. Charging indicator works. I tired every way : 2A charger, 1A charger, with PC, but battery went down and a tablet shut down. Then it start charging, till i turn on again. Any solution? Sory for my bad english.

 

[Imareal Whinestein]

Antony White, how is that battery working for you? I found it on AliExpress, but waiting to hear how replacement went for you. Thanks, Scott

[mark]

hi all

i was wondering if there was a way to do a factory reset on the iwork8 ultimate? i just want to blank it and get it nice and factory new again

also does anyone have a guide or even just some tips on removing the back of the iwork8u? i want to put a copper shim on the cpu like was recommended on the techtablets video (i am a hardened pc modder so i know what im doing once i get the back off)

more than anything i really need to wipe it

[Imareal Whinestein]

found this by googling:

http://www.hardreset.info/devices/cube/cube-iwork-8-ultimate/
<h1>Hard Reset CUBE iWork 8 Ultimate</h1>
<section>
<h1>First method:</h1>

1. Firstly,hold down the Power key to turn the device back on.
2. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen in order to select Settings.
3. Then tap Change PC settings and choose Update and recovery.
4. In this step select Recovery.
5. Afterwards search and choose option Remove everything and reinstall Windows.
6. When the appropiate information pop-up comes up tap Next to begin the process.
7. Success! After about 30 minuts your tablet is ready to use.

<h1>Second method:</h1>

1. At the very beginning hold down the Power key in order to switch on the device.
2. Afterwards hold down Shift key. If you’re using the on-screen keyboard, tap or click the Shift key.
3. While the Shift key is still pressed, tap or click Restart option and confirm the operation.
4. In the next step choose Troubleshoot.
5. Then tap Reset your PC and cofirm operation by pressing Next.
6. Choose either Just remove my files or Fully clean the drive.
7. Begin the whole operation by clicking Reset.
8. Good job! You have just performed the hard reset operation.

</section>

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<b>WARNING !</b>
Hard Reset will erase all of your data
All described operations you are doing at your own risk.

[Antony White]

apologies for the delay guys. i have now got the battery but not fitted yet. firstly word of warning, i lost everything by using the win 10 recovery option, firstly it i all in chinese, second i used the remove everything option and it got as far as restoring and then just boot looped. safe to say it is not worth the heartache. better to download microsoft installer and install over the top. if anyone manages this i would appreciate an iso since i cant activate windows and it wont accept oem bios key. re. the shim easiest way to get back off is by the corner next to windows button. i am planning on using aluminium sheet alongside net battery which is smaller than old one. will take pictures as i go to show how all goes together etc. going to have to replace micro usb connector though as it is seriously wobbly

[Antony White]

OK, so I have tried installing the new battery, simple fact is they lied about its capacity. When received it is actually smaller in size than the original battery; marginally deeper but much more compact. I would estimate its capacity @ 2500mAh ish. Unfortunately batterymon does not detect the actual battery so when I changed the battery I had the same statistics reported. I haven’t tried the original battery, only the higher capacity unit I took from an old tablet I had but for comparison running prime95 and furmark concurrently I get approximately 2 and a quarter hours with 0% brightness using the higher capcity unit and about an hour and a half from the ‘5500mAh’ battery in the same conditions.

I have attached pictures of the motherboard and connectors in case anyone feels the need to replace theirs, ordering my microusb this evening, as for the heatsink, definitely space for a sheet of metal – suggest 1mm aluminium sheet alongside 1.5mm heatpads. i went 1.5 and 1.5 and that was marginally too much

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[Imareal Whinestein]

So you are saying the aliexpress battery was no good? Yes, re-read and that is what you are saying. How to avoid this in the future? What are the dimensions that you think are best for replacement? The one you ordered was supposed to have these dimensions: 4-75-95 – mm .

[mark]

Imareal Whinestein wrote:

found this by googling: http://www.hardreset.info/devices/cube/cube-iwork-8-ultimate/ <h1>Hard Reset CUBE iWork 8 Ult<noscript></noscript>

1. Then tap Reset your PC and cofirm operation by pressing Next.<noscript></noscript>
2. Choose either Just remove my files or Fully clean the drive.
3. Begin the whole operation by clicking Reset.
4. Good job! You have just performed the hard reset operation.

</section>

If this was useful, please share to help others and follow us on Facebook, Twitterand Google+

<b>WARNING !</b> Hard Reset will erase all of your data All described operations you are doing at your own risk.

thank you so much

is there a way to get this menu in english? (the second method) mine is in chinese, i have changed everything i can find in windows to english yet this reset menu is in chinese

Antony White wrote:

as for the heatsink, definitely space for a sheet of metal – suggest 1mm aluminium sheet alongside 1.5mm heatpads. i went 1.5 and 1.5 and that was marginally too much

hi

can you give me some tips on taking the back off the iwork8u? i dont want to start jabbing a screwdriver in the side hoping to eventually pry it apart (while most likely breaking it)

[Antony White]

To be perfectly honest your finger nail should get the back off no problem, you will be surprised how easy it is I promise, I have had though items like my acer ferrari but this was a piece of cake

[Imareal Whinestein]

Mark, I haven’t needed to do this myself but the original link (http://www.hardreset.info/devices/cube/cube-iwork-8-ultimate/) may lead you to someone who can help.

[Imareal Whinestein]

Anyone else get the update to Windows 10 PRO? My tablet just restarted itself and said it was upgrading and I thought, “Oh no, hope it doesn’t kill it!” But no worries, all went well, took about maybe 20 minutes and updated. I can’t swear to anything but it seems better.

Also, changed  resolution to 600 x 960 (that’s the way it says it) through the Intel HD Graphics Control Panel (hit advanced in Display settings the go to adapter properties, then the control panel). It’s slightly better, Chrome browser is possible to use now (the buttons are so small and there’s no way to change them – looked online for hours, tried many suggestions, played with the chrome://flags settings (material is better) and no luck), but really didn’t change it much. Weird. That’s like half the pixels and not much changed. Must be something going on. But it’s slightly more usable to us with bigger fingers.

Oh, and I’ve never been a Microsoft widgets fan but getting there. Edge is good, so is their News reader, and overall just losing some of the disdain I’ve felt for Microsoft products. Thanks, Chris, for talking me into a Win10 tablet.

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