Hi8 tablet arrived from GearBest with "John" Windows user

[Simon]

I’ve been meaning to ask… did anyone elses Hi8 come with a Windows login already created?

Mine came from Gearbest. The box was’nt sealed in any way, and although the entire tablet looks new, when I first booted into Windows instead of the usual user setup screen (as for any normal new device) it simply came up with a login for “John”. No password, logged straight in. No other signs that it’s been touched before.

I suspect they’ve used this login to get the drivers right perhaps…? Or someone playing with my tablet before shipping! I won’t bothered taking it up with GearBest, as it was hassle enough just buying it. Overall fairly happy with this unit for the price.

[Chris G]

Hi, all the boxes are opened as all the seller (At least the good ones) normally set it to English and then check for faults at a first glance. I’ve noticed this from AliExpress sellers, banggood.com, geekbuying and gearbest.com.

Normally the use just a few letters as the user, not “John” And there any camera images in pictures or installed apps? There should be nothing, if not I would ask questions.

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[Barong]

Same here. Mine was from gearbest and had the username “kom”.
I agree that it was tested/changed to english before shipping.
No apps/documents were visible.

PS. big fan of the site 🙂

[Simon]

No photos, apps, documents. So I think you’re right, they’ve changed it to English. Well that’s good then, thanks for the info guys 🙂

And yes, love the site!

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