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I finally gave up with trying to have both partitions of the SD show under Android.

My current config is 16Gb SD partitioned as 5Gb Fat 32 mounted under Win 10 and 11Gb ext3 partition mounted invisibly in Android for the Link2SD App from the marketplace. I use this to move/install apps to the external SD

Works great

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That is what I had done. Although it was mostly due to the updated BIOS not having been released until after I had already updated to Win10

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Here’s what I did.

First thing was followed the instructions found on this site to do a full backup of the internal storage using Marcium Reflect. ( that includes all partitions Windows and Android)

I actually did my backup after my initial setup of the tablet under both OS. This way I could restore to my base starting point if needed.

Next I had used it for about a month and a half before Win 10 upgrade was available. Although I hadn’t installed much on Win8.1 other than activate my Office 365 trial. Otherwise my Win 10 upgrade had no issues and does not seem to have any of the problems others have. Everything works fine. After that I had updated the BIOS to I think the G version which was available at the time. Again I’ve had no issues with doing so.

Android has not had any updates yet, still on 4.4.4. There was information indicating Chuwi would release 5.0 but hasn’t happened yet.

Even if they did and just like with Win 10 if I didn’t like it I still have my Macrium backups that I can restore from. (yes I’ve made others at different stages E.g. Like after upgrading to Win10)

Only caveat I have at all with this tablet is that the micro SD card cannot mount as multiple partitions under Android. This however is NOT a fault of the tablet but rather an issue with how Android deals with external storage after 4.0

 

Good luck with your Chuwi I hope you enjoy it as much as I’ve enjoyed mine

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At first image select SCU option

then find the boot menu where you can select which OS it should boot

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Sounds like your tablet is actually charging itself from the battery.

There is probably a power pin in the Micro USB port shorting out on something or one of the solder joints on the internal connector is bridged.

Worst case is that somewhere else on the board with relation to the charging circuit has a bridge

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I’m seeing just about 60 seconds from cold boot to login screen on either Windows or Android.

I too have the random white pixel at the bottom of the android boot logo. It’s in the image file so nothing to worry about.

I’ve not really noticed a lag on resume from standby. May depend on what you have configured for resume options. Eg require passcode and what type of passcode is used, if you have widgets on the lock screen other than default time and what active or background tasks you may be resuming

Some early users including the review here by Chris had indicated buzzing and other issues with the speakers and headphones. I’ve never noticed any of this as I believe that was resolved after initial release. I have heard an occasional click on resume, as you mentioned, but usually only if I have something that was playing audio already running when doing so. E.g. Game or YouTube etc.

 

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I read somewhere that you will have a difficult time with Linux on this tablet and other similar ones. Reason is that most Linux distros are now 64 bit and while the Chuwi cpu is 64 bit the BIOS is only 32 bit. You cannot use a 32 bit installer for a 64 bit os.

However, there was a tutorial I had see where someone had done some level of hacking and got Linux running on one of these but several items also did not work as there were no drivers to support under linux

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Not entirely sure on it being gearbest but it seems that way. A large number of people I’ve seen having strange hardware issues/failures or just dead out of the box had indicated they purchased through hear best.  It also seems that gearbest may not have a great process for configuring the tablets based on intended region of delivery etc as some received them set to Chinese language when English or other was indicated. Some seem to have extra Admin accounts under Windows apparently for language configuration etc. Mine arrived with only Windows Admin account and pre configured for English.  I’ve even seen one that was ordered and indicated as 64Gb Pro by serial number but only showed as being 32Gb model in system info.

With respect to hardware it seems most have driver and bios issues with models from gearbest. This would make me question of the devices were truly Chuwi or manufactured elsewhere or with sub par components.

I’ve not seen one Android update yet on this tablet. Still on 4.4.4 although there was indication before I even bought it that Chuwi would release a 5.0 rom for them. Still waiting though.

As for the blurred screen. I’ve not noticed what has been described and am in the belief that the company I ordered mine through had taken the time to apply this before having sent out.

 

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Just curious. I’ve been reading here for a while. Would like to know who you purchased your tablet through.

I purchased mine from DigiHero Co LTD via Aliexpress and have not had one issue.  A large number here seem to have bought through gearbest and have nothing but problems.

[Zellot]

Greetings.

I’m going to give you responses based on my direct experience with owning a Vi10 Pro 64. For starters I did not buy mine though gearbest as many here have. I suspect this may also be the reason I have had none of the problems many here seem to be having.

So to answer.
My 64Gb pro was partitioned as roughly 50Gb Win 8.1 and 14Gb Android 4.4.4
The drives are not visible under opposite OS’s. The windows partitions were NTFS, so not visible to Android. The Android partitions are ext2, I believe as I don’t have it in front of me, and are visible to Windows in disk management but only as partitions. They do not mount as available storage.
I upgraded directly using the win 8 upgrade prompt. I’ve not had to manually install any drivers or mess with removing drivers or any hardware malfunctions.
As for after. I’ve done standard windows updates and had updated the BIOS once. I believe it was the G rev as well which others seem to be having problems with.
All in all I’ve really enjoyed my tablet.
The only issue I’ve noticed at all seems to be one many have and it’s that the battery will drain, while charging, if under moderate to heavy use. This also seems to be common with baytrail tablets so not just the Vi10. To offset this I’ve purchased a BlitzWolf 40W USB Smart charger and 22Awg usb cable. The combination seems to work well

Hope this helps you

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HDMI doesn’t show in the Device Manager as its part of the built in graphics adapter already listed in there.

You need to go into the display settings and enable the secondary display. I also found that my Vi10 would not display on HDMI, with known good cable, unless I booted the tablet with it connected and the TV already on.

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I have that same case and the only issue with it I’ve found is that it will not active the screen OFF/ON when the cover is closed or opened. I had to modify mine with a small magnet attached to the cover over the area where the magnetic sensor is on the screen.  In case you don’t already know its on the front upper left in line with the volume buttons. Easy enough to figure out though. Just slide a magnet over the area with the screen on and you will see it shut off when you hit the right spot.

 

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Found this “Change Language via ADB”

according to the post if you run this with your tablet connected to PC via ADB then you can change the language and region

 

adb shell “setprop persist.sys.language fr; setprop persist.sys.country CA; setprop ctl.restart zygote”

you would need to change “fr” to your language option and “CA” to your country

good luck

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I had seen it posted somewhere before that the Chuwi Vi10 screen is the same as the one on the MS Surface Pro 3.  Can’t confirm this though. Although this is probably only the actual LCD and not the glass or digitizer  as the SP3 is 12 inches compared to 10.6 for Vi10

Based on how the Vi10 seems to be assembled it would probably require a heat gun and a pry tool.

Here is a video of a SP3 having screen replaced which may be similar process

http://youtu.be/CvuXUs1N5FM

[Zellot]

Same issue I have as posted here.

http://techtablets.com/forums/topic/vi10-external-sd-partitions-issue/

I’ve not yet been able to figure out why it will not mount the fat32 partition under Android.

 

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