Personal opinion and issues with TBook10

[Frédéric Gub]

Yoo friends, received my 2 TBook 10 this morning after 1 month and 10 days (Gearbest’s French Express, Express my ass) (no keyboard yet)

1.So first impression: Wow so small bezels!!! (That felst good coming from a Chuwi VI10)

2. Great build quality, all metal, (maybe too much, where’s the WiFi going ??) very well put together though

3. First power up, great screen quality very sharp (especially coming from a VI10)

THERE COMES THE ISSUES (that i resolved for some of them)

I precise i don’t give a shit about Android so Windows issues:

1. Poor WiFi signal (Obviously, they didn’t even put a slice of plastic) Dr Obvious
2. WiFi itself is bugging, even with my external dongle
3. Overall it felt laggy
4. The battery calibration seems a little fucked up but with time it will do fine (my VI10 did the same)
5. WTF, the speakers are laaaaammme

PROBLEMS SOLVED

Mainly by installing a fresh Windows (go see my TUTORIAL), WiFi instability is gone (still weak signal thoug)

Very reactive and pleasant to use.

CONCLUSION

Excellent tablet, but they really messed up the WiFi signal. They have should put some plastic on the back cover, it wouldn’t hurt anyone.

But excpect that, design is great, built quality excellent, sharp screen, good touch pannel (KDMF), HDMI works great, no interference with the audio jack, the DC charge is great, the micro usb free all the time, charges fast, very handy. But WTF with the speakers??!!

Do you agree with me?

[Nikita]

You can fix bad wifi signal by yourself. Open the tablet and look far antenna cable, it is not soldered to connector at all, just re-solder it and signal would be ok

[Frédéric Gub]

Yo Nikita, i basically solved the WiFi issue by opening the tablet and put the antena on the outside of the tablet (i put the adhesive part on the outside of the tab and I put the the plastic flip cover on it. The antenna didn’t needed to be soldered since it was a little connector like for laptop wifi cards. The problem was the alloy shell that was blocking the signal (plus my house have thick walls in top of that)

In the process i fucked up the power and volume rocker (when removing the adhesive on it it simply teared the very flimsy connector) so i soldered a DIY power button that i put as well on the outside of the tab. WiFi signal is now outstanding, the look is completely homemade, now the little issue is the speakers but you basically use your tab with headphones anyway.

Overall great tablets, great LCD, good touchscreen, great performance and all connectors work great. I bought it 120 euros on gearbest and even with the DIY stuff it worth the deal

 

[Nikita]

I am talking about that connector – antenna cable was not connected to connector, thus very poor wifi signal. Slightly moving the cable helps for some time, but real solution is just to re-solder it to connector

[Frédéric Gub]

Well i don’t think that soldering it is the best way i you want to remove it with something more efficient, since it is a generic standard type of connection. Plus, with the adhesive tape they put on it, it holds well anyway. The problem here is the metal shell; i mean a bit of plastic would not have hurt no one.

As on my pictures, what only made a difference with me was to put the antenna on the outside. Now, quality signal is equal to my desktop PC (ok, not quite as good looking as if it was inside the tab LOL) but efficient.

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