Warning: Teclast X80 Pro ( E6E9 ) terrible Wi-Fi reception

[frab]

http://www.teclast.com/en/zt/X80Pro/

I made the sorry decision to buy the Teclast X80 Pro recently.

I have never used a phone, tablet or laptop with worse Wi-Fi reception than this device. I didn’t see any comment about this in all the reviews I looked at before buying it, which I can’t believe. Only now I come across it. So to me this is useless.

Mine is the E6E9 model. Several other issues:

* supplied 2A USB charger gets too hot & also heats up the unit (near the rear camera) too much. A far slower 1A charger is more recommended to keep thermals sane and for better battery longevity. Battery life itself is very poor. But I expected this.

* unit will not accept APK files sent over bluetooth despite all the budget less-specced tablets I have not having issues with sending or receiving them. Workarounds like zipping the files need to be performed if you aren’t using USB OTG.

* unit does not want to accept ‘no’ for an answer on the Location area of Settings (nor allow a dignified exit from this section of Settings). Not surprising in this State Spyware world. And not surprising with Google being a CIA offshoot.

* manufacturer hosts firmware on expired dropbox links http://www.teclast.com/en/firmware/

To anyone looking at buying this tablet I can only say: Spend your money elsewhere! I feel like an idiot for following all the shill reviews.

[Andrea]

Same problems for me 🙁
It’s very strange that there are not reviews about the wifi bad reception
Moreover the screen it’s colorpoor
On windows i can setup the gamma and the contrast but on android i can’t do it

[frab]

Yes, the screen has good resolution but it’s immediately obvious that it lacks decent contrast. Pics and videos look more vivid on my lowly budget low-res Lenovo and Asus devices (devices that are still used today as internet workhorses).

Never again will I listen to any shill reviews. These are the basics that should have been duscussed straight away. A great big f$#& you to all the so-called reviewers who value free stuff and money more than they value basic truth.

I thought it would be nice to have a dualboot high-res tablet to use but I was immediately disappointed. Stay away unless you are keen on throwing away money.

[galih wicaksono]

Hi, i have teclast x80 power, and has terible wifi reception too.

So, i change wifi anten with wired pc anten, now my x80 have good reception wifi signall

Pic sample anten and wifi speed result (distance between my tablet and router is 10 meters, blocked by walls and the door)

Sory for my english, maybe this can help who need to make good signal reception on this x80.

 

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This is inside anten

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[frab]

galih,

Thanks for taking the time to post your message. I sent my Teclast X80 Pro back to the shop after I found out the touchscreen response was also bad. I considered doing a wifi mod some weeks ago though.

I have learned an important lesson about trusting reviews ( especially when the shop moderates online reviews and supplies free gear to people for review)….and I learned not to  trust ‘no name’ Chinese tablets. Now the long wait for a refund.

Thanks to this experience, I have never been happier with my current budget rooted tablets: they have great battery life, great wifi performance, far higher screen brightness, no uneven screen colours, far better contrast…ultimately good but low-resolution screens…and they are configured just the way I like them after months and years of ‘removing most of the spyware  furniture’.

Thanks again for your help.

 

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