[John]

The Double Driver backup and Touch Screen drivers are in the Tech Tablets Downloads section now.

Also note that someone else in the forum had a problem with reinstalling the Camera Driver for the Ezpad 5s from the Double Driver backup. They got it to work by disabling Windows driver signature verification:

How to Disable Driver Signature Verification on 64-Bit Windows 8.1 or 10 (So That You Can Install Unsigned Drivers)

[John]

I had a similar problem when I tried to reset windows on my Epad Mini 3 – I had no choice but to do a fresh complete install of windows

Although I have the Ezpad Mini 3. This may also work on the 5S:

Connect a keyboard to the USB Port and your Windows Install USB to another spare USB port (on the Mini 3 there is only one USB port so I had to use a USB hub to connect multiple devices)

Press the power button and press ESC key on the Keyboard while booting (on the Mini 3 you can also get to this by pressing both the Power and Volume up buttons together continuously for several seconds) to take you to the special system menu. The Option you want to select is “Boot Manager” which will take you to the “Boot Option Menu”. If your USB is formatted correctly it should show up as something like “EFI USB Device (……)”.  Select this and you will be able to boot from your USB stick.

If the system has trouble recognising your USB stick try the USB 2.o port or the USB 3.0 port. Otherwise you may have to use Rufus to try a different formatting of the USB stick. Sometimes trying a different USB Stick works better.

I would recommend you install win10 x64 version as that is what was originally on the Tablet and the x64 Double Driver Backup and Touchscreen drivers are available for download from the Tech Tablet website.

Also note that someone else in the forum had a problem with reinstalling the Camera Driver for the Ezpad 5s from the Double Driver backup. They got it to work by disabling Windows driver signature verification:

How to Disable Driver Signature Verification on 64-Bit Windows 8.1 or 10 (So That You Can Install Unsigned Drivers)

Hope this helps

[John]

I just wiped and re-installed my Ezpad Mini3 with Windows 10 Annniversary Edition. I had a problem reinstalling all the drivers from the Double Driver Backup in one go. I had to re-install the wifi/bluetooth and Graphics Drivers individually. I could not get the Camera Driver to install at all.

I ended using “Driver Booster Free” and it found and installed the Camera Driver. Warning  be careful with Driver Booster Free not to just install all the other updated drivers it suggests as they don’t always work (I tried the updated Graphics and Sound Drivers but they didn’t work) – enable windows System Restore so you can roll back any changes.

Someone else in the forum had a similar problem with reinstalling the Camera Driver for the Ezpad 5s from the Double Driver backup. They got it to work by disabling Windows driver signature verification:

How to Disable Driver Signature Verification on 64-Bit Windows 8.1 or 10 (So That You Can Install Unsigned Drivers)

When recovering drivers don’t forget to also download and install the Silead touch screen driver files – they go in the c:\windows\system32\drivers folder.

Also another useful tip: I managed to boost the sound volume on the Ezpad Mini3  using Equalizer APO 64: https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/

 

 

 

 

 

[John]

Chris from tech tablets has just received this tablet and has provided an unboxing and first impressions video: http://techtablets.com/2016/05/jumper/

[John]

If you want a way to disable and enable the touchpad on the keyboard, try what I suggested in this post: http://techtablets.com/forum/topic/official-chuwi-hi10-keyboard-dock-hands-on-video/#post-24298

[John]

 

[John]

Using some info I found here:
http://www.grievancegaming.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=693&t=38545&p=246756

I figured out a way to toggle the TouchPad on and off using DevManView.exe and a batch file.
I used Device Manager and DevManView to find the Device Instance ID of the touchpad. It appears as a “HID-compliant mouse” under “mice and other pointing devices”. The Device Instance ID I found was “HID\VID_0C45&PID_8506&MI_01&Col03\8&f30f932&0&0002”. I assume this is the same on all the touchpads, if not you will need to find this and modify the batch file accordingly.

1. Download the 64 bit version of DevManView from:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/device_manager_view.html

2. Unzip the files to a folder. In my case I used c:\utility\devmanview

3. Create a text file in the same folder with the following code (Change the first line if the folder where you saved devmanview.exe is different and change the 2nd line if your Touchpad Device Instance ID is different):

set DEVMANPATH=c:\utility\devmanview
set DEVICEID=”HID\VID_0C45&PID_8506&MI_01&Col03\8&f30f932&0&0002″
if exist “C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop\TPadOFF.lnk” (
“%DEVMANPATH%\DevManView.exe” /enable %DEVICEID%
rename “C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop\TPadOFF.lnk” “TPadON.lnk”
) else (
“%DEVMANPATH%\DevManView.exe” /disable %DEVICEID%
rename “C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop\TPadON.lnk” “TPadOFF.lnk”
)

4. Rename the text file TPadToggle.bat

5. Create a shortcut to TPadToggle.bat on your desktop.
– rename the shortcut to TPadON
– right click the shortcut to change the properties of the shotcut to run “minimized” and go to “advanced”
and select “run as Adminstrator”

To use this, just click on the TPadON shortcut and it will disable the Touchpad and rename the shortcut as “TPadOFF”.
Click again and the Touchpad will be enabled and the shorctut renamed as “TPadON”
NOTE: If you set the “User Account Control” to “Never Notify” you will not have to deal with the “User Account Control” pop up window.

UPDATE:  Because of the way the text is displayed in this forum, copying and pasting does some unexpected changes, especially to the quotation marks in the code. You can download the batch file here:

https://mega.nz/#!aYIyWQpQ!jelWkfNldhJRHlT1MSXoFM7TpEoUYXdNKdRQLj6IOYQ

 

 

 

 

 

[John]

Great review Chris. Pity there doesn’t seem to be any function key to disable the touchpad on the keyboard.  You can use device manager in windows to disable/enable just the touchpad.  It should also be possible with a utility like DevManView  http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/device_manager_view.html to create batch files (and corresponding desktop shortcuts) to disable and enable the touchpad.

Also when you have had a chance to use the keyboard for a while – I would  like to know if you experience any display issues (i.e lines or distorted colors on part of the display)  when waking the tablet after it has been in sleep mode while docked. This sometimes occurs for the Hi10 one of my family has. If you undock the tablet, the screen comes good and you can redock without any issue.

 

 

[John]

One of my family has recently received the Hi10 and the official Docking Keyboard. I have seen a similar display issue (i.e.lines/”Artifacts” on part of the screen)  occur sometimes (but not always) when the Hi10 is docked in the keyboard and waken from sleep mode. I found if you undock the tablet from the keyboard the screen display returns to normal and you can re-dock the tablet to the keyboard ok.   Note I haven’t yet seen the display issue with the tablet waking from sleep if not docked. Also note hibernation/fast boot has been disabled on the tablet.

In regards to WiFi – We have had no issues with disconnections so far.

[John]

If you install Equalizer APO then I suggest you also disable the inbuilt default equalizer:

Go into your speaker properties, click system effects and uncheck “Enable Speaker Equalizer”. Then click apply.

[John]

The only other very minor Android bug I found is how the day of the week and Date are sometimes not displayed properly on the lock screen.

 

 

[John]

I had the same problem with the Settings Menu when I disabled the Lockscreen in Android – I could not get back into the Security Menu (I think this is a bug).  I found this work around to get back into the Security Menu:  Go to Settings – Under “Wireless & Networks” select “More…” – Select VPN. You will then be prompted to set a lock screen Password or PIN – Select OK. Next Choose whatever method you like “Pattern”, “PIN” or “Password” – make sure you remember what security Pattern/PIN or Password you enter . You can then exit the VPN menu and get back into the Security Menu using whatever Pattern/PIN/Password you set up. You can now select a different Security option (such as “Slide”) as long as it is NOT “NONE” otherwise you will have the same trouble getting back into the Security menu

[John]

Good to hear you figured it out. Do you mind please sharing where you got the “Custom_Config.ini” file so that others don’t have to go through the same hassle?

[John]

Yes, you can root the Hi8. See this topic:

http://techtablets.com/forums/topic/android-root-for-hi8/

[John]

You need to enable support for pressing the F8 Function key while booting to access the Advanced Boot Options (including safe mode).
For Windows 8.1 UEFI installs this is normally disabled by default.

You will need windows 8.1 that has been installed onto a UEFI bootable usb flash drive (at least 4Gb in size).
A usb hub and a wired USB keyboard and mouse. You can use the Hi 8 supplied OTG cable to plug in a “normal” usb hub.

Go here to create a Windows 8.1 install bootable USB disk:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media
Select “Create media” on the webpage to run the Media Creation tool. Choose Language: English US, Edition: 8.1 and Architecture: 32 bit. Hit next then select “USB Flash drive” option. This will take a while to download the windows install files (about 2.5 GB) and write to the USB stick.

With the tablet turned off, plug in the USB hub, wired USB keyboard/mouse the USB flash drive with win 8.1.
Turn on the tablet and press “ESC” shortly after to get into the Hi8 boot/system options (there are 6 icons that will show up).

You may have to disable Fastboot first. Select the SCU icon to take you to the InsydeH20 “bios” settings.
Select “Boot” then “UEFI OS Fast Boot” and press enter and select “disable” (if not already disabled)
Select “exit” and “Exit Saving Changes”. This will take you back to the 6 boot/system option icons.

Select the “Boot Manager” icon. under EFI boot devices there are normally 3 options: Windows Boot Manager, Android & Internal EFI Shell. There should now be a 4th option for “EFI USB Device” i.e. the USB Flash drive with the windows 8.1 install. Select this and press enter.

After windows setup is launched, click Next and then “Repair your computer” (do not choose “Install now”).

In Repair mode go to “Troubleshoot” then “Advanced options” then “Command prompt”.

Here type: bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy

Close the command prompt window and select “turn off your pc”.

F8 function key support while booting is now enabled to access the Advanced Boot Options (including safe mode).

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