new cube iwork8 dual boot flashing and language setting walkthrough

[felix]

Hi all! First..Sorry for my english.. i try explain my problem.

I think flashed incorrect BIOS, blank screen or no graphics, etc.. i connected micro-hdmi and i can see all on TV, i can access to BIOS but screen isn’t calibrated, rare coordinates.

Windows no run, blue screen with error “acpi BIOS error”.

Only can i reflash with Windows? Other method? What I can do?

Thanks..

[OptoMan]

felix wrote:

Hi all! First..Sorry for my english.. i try explain my problem. I think flashed incorrect BIOS, blank screen or no graphics, etc.. i connected micro-hdmi and i can see all on TV, i can access to BIOS but screen isn’t calibrated, rare coordinates. Windows no run, blue screen with error “acpi BIOS error”. Only can i reflash with Windows? Other method? What I can do? Thanks..

I don’t think you’re far off — the incorrect bios will mess up the built in lcd screed as well as its digitizer (touchscreen) — and the ACPI error seems to mostly be a setting in BIOS under Advanced > System Component, OS Image ID. this setting gets changed when your dual boot loader screen with two buttons chooses and OS. in this case, you should be set to Windows 10 instead of Android-IA (or whatever exactly the android is). SO, to navigate to that setting, you’re going to need another input besides the touch screen. I use a keyboard, but you might ought to try a mouse.

it’s great you have the micro hdmi cable — assuming you have the OTG adapter that came with the cube or one you got elsewhere, plug a computer USB keyboard or mouse into it. hopefully you’ll get to your windows and install the proper bios. looking at the actual model number on the back of your tablet, you can tell which BIOS to install. I’ve got three for the iWork8 — one for i1-T, one for [more specifically] i1-TC, and one that seems to be for all iWork8s, but is not prepared for dual boot (most of it is probably that same OS Image ID setting, like not even being there). I’ll post those later today when I get a chance — the ones I don’t have see to be for an older model of iWork8 that might not be shipped too often as a new product.

Like I said, you’re not far off =) unfortunately there should be a way to flash without windows, but it’s not within reach .. doing it from EFI requires a different shell which might or might not require placing the shell on EFI partition, or a 64bit flash update utility that can’t be had from our device’s part suppliers .. all that stuff will require a keyboard and a ton of confusion .. easier to use windows, it really is tho.

Before I forget — it seems you’ve only flashed the bios and windows is still there .. please tell me if otherwise

—added—

i1-t dual boot bios https://depositfiles.com/files/gvq37eg1b
i1-tc dual boot bios https://depositfiles.com/files/s9hirixij
it-t windows 10 only bios https://depositfiles.com/files/0bor934rd **if ya got a C and want it win10 only, think about some stuff — TC came out later and this might or might not work.  I don’t have one — to keep the dual boot bios and make single boot(YES tho not clean in process but quite tidy in final) or try this bios with recovery plan (sure if you’re nuts)

[felix]

Thank you OptoMan. I just flashed the bios… I have I1TC. I’m going to try run Windows.

One question…i should run flash64 or flash32?

 

 

[OptoMan]

so cool. hello over here again — pretty sure the only meaningful difference between T and TC bios is the lcd and digitizer specs, so as long as windows isn’t mangled you’ll be fine soon =) just to say, if windows is messed up, you could run the whole windows installation routine with the hdmi

uhh be the flash 64 bat file —

and I’m going to stand slighly corrected, looks like there’s some 64 efi utils in there! so cool, it actually is tho. I just want to say that helping someone navigate a command line is not cool. a walkthrough yes, but when things change and people don’t know what they’re looking at …

[felix]

• OptoMan wrote:

  so cool. hello over here again — pretty sure the only meaningful difference between T and TC bios is the lcd and digitizer specs, so as long as windows isn’t mangled you’ll be fine soon =) just to say, if windows is messed up, you could run the whole windows installation routine with the hdmi uhh be the flash 64 bat file — and I’m going to stand slighly corrected, looks like there’s some 64 efi utils in there! so cool, it actually is tho. I just want to say that helping someone navigate a command line is not cool. a walkthrough yes, but when things change and people don’t know what they’re looking at …

 

Thank you!! Windows run, i changed option in Bios, OS IMAGE ID and change it from Android to Windows 10 and no error.

I flashed BIOS and all ok but Android system freeze with Blue chinese letters. Windows Ok.

How do I fix it?

Could I just stay with Windows and use android space?

This?

https://techtablets.com/forum/topic/how-to-change-from-dual-boot-to-windows-10-only/#post-42589

Sorry, my english is bad..

[OptoMan]

said you fixed it 17 minutes previous in the other thread — the android will hiccup after switching to english .. as far as I can tell china officially changed to left-to-right, I dono how or why.  but if that has  nothing to do with it, I’m seeing symbols and stuff.  android should run fine after a reboot (forced if needed) and in fact one of the fastest dang androids out there!!

this time, I waited a day or two before signing on to google, and android found an OTA (over-the-air) firmware update from cube — see it didn’t when I first got the thing, and the update isn’t too recent — so a manual check way down in android settings.

I would actually be sad if someone wanted to get rid of the android stuff, for me that’s one of the selling points — shoot, I’m replacing an older android tablet and saw this thing in my price range, boy is it fast.  if you actually decided to do that, the easy and effective way would be to simply change the boot order in the bios to skip the manager/option and just go to windows.  and from windows, go to disk management and delete all those partitions (use diskpart at cmd if you have any troubles with any protected or invisible partitions) and then create a new partition with windows even, d: or something.  the hard way isn’t too hard but time consuming with no real reason except for a pretty disk layout — sorry for that but people jump on things

[felix]

 

OptoMan, I really appreciate your help in resolving my problem.

Android stuck at logo boot screen (blue chinese logo), I waited 5 minutes and nothing happens, i fixed boot directly into recovery mode and select Wipe Data/Factory Reset and Wipe Cache Partition. Reboot and all OK!

Android OK, Windows Ok, Bios OK.

Thank you for your time and attention. 🙂

 

[OptoMan]

no that’s great, but now I have a question =) — how’d you get to android recovery mode?

[felix]

OptoMan wrote:

no that’s great, but now I have a question =) — how’d you get to android recovery mode?

When choose to start up with android, Cube logo appears on the screen, press and hold Volume – button

 

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