[Jim Trosky]

So I decided to buy another Tbook 16 Pro keyboard and guess what?  The trackpad works fine in Android on the same tablet (E5C8)!  While the keyboard looks identical to the original (can’t find ANY differences whatsoever), it’s actually a different keyboard (identifies differently in Android) – and it actually seems a little cheaper (more flex when typing, etc) – but it works…  Strange….

 

The new keyboard is identified as “EBITS-EB_WIN11_4-US-A1-16-00 USB Keyboard” in Androids “Language and Input” settings (instead of simply “HID 1018:1006” like the other keyboard).

Just an FYI in case anyone else runs into the same thing…

[Jim Trosky]

Man, really NOT happy with this Teclast Tbook 16 power tablet…  I was “lured” by the faster processor (faster than x8300/x8350 dual-boot tablets) and the fact that it has Android 6 instead of Android 5 – but it has a few major issues in Android…

1.  In Android, the device never enters “deep sleep”, which obviously caused a lot of battery drain when not being used.  So I spent countless hours determining *why* it doesn’t enter deep sleep (OTG wakelock) – and then more hours fixing it (disabling the OTG wakelock at boot).  However, I now have other issues (see #2).
2. Since fixing the device so that Android now goes into deep sleep properly (which does save TONS of battery when not being used), now the tablet sometimes doesn’t wake up after entering deep sleep!

So I either have a device that drains battery too quickly at idle – or have a device the sips battery, but then sometimes never wakes up.  Damned if I do and damned if I don’t.

Teclast is completely un-responsive as well.

Oh – I almost forgot – when the device is plugged in to AC power in Windows and becomes fully charged, it switches over to “battery” mode and stays there (thereby changing your settings like screen brightness and performance to the battery mode!)…  So many little glitches like that…  I have the M6F8 model of the Tbook 16 Power, for what it’s worth.

Let me save you some hassle – do NOT buy any of these Teclast dual-boot devices!  The Android ROM’s are riddled with issues, there is no support and you also cannot download the firmware from Teclast…  STAY AWAY!

The Chuwi dual-boot devices that I’ve tried are much better from a tablet perspective, but their keyboards suck (on the Hi10 Plus and Hi12) – the only one that has a decent keyboard is the Hi10 Pro…

Still looking for that “perfect” dual-boot device!  🙂  I’d like an 11.6″ or 12″ dual-boot device, but I haven’t found one with a decent keyboard dock yet…  If you know of one, please let me know!  🙂

[Jim Trosky]

Ok, thank you.  Unfortunately, I don’t have a facebook account (and don’t want one) – but the wife has one, so maybe I’ll try from her account.

Thanks for the reply.

[Jim Trosky]

I have the same basic goals…  I have purchased both a Chuwi Hi12 and an Onda Obook 11 Plus.  Both devices use the same processor, have the same amount of RAM (4gb) and same amount of storage (64gb). Both are dual-boot (Windows 10 & Android 5.1/RemixOS) and both have a keyboard dock with touchpad.

While the Chuwi Hi12 is a better *tablet* in general, the Onda Obook 11 Plus is my choice between the two simple because the keyboard dock works MUCH better than the keyboard dock on the Hi12 (keys don’t register half of the time and sometimes registers keys twice – extremely annoying – I even bought a 2nd keybaord dock hoping that the first one was defective, but it wasn’t).

I run RemixOS on these devices – it runs REALLY well.  Nice having a full windowing environment in Android!  I was able to root both Android and RemixOS on them (actually, my Onda Obook 11 Plus came wth RemixOS and I can’t find a stock Android image for it, so I’ve only used RemixOS on the Onda – but it’s rootable).  You can also adjust the split of the 64gb between Windows/Android if you’d like (requires re-install of both OS’s).

I’m curious about the Teclast Tbook 12 and Tbook 16 as well, but haven’t tried them.  The Tbook 12 doesn’t have a way to disable the trackpad via a keyboard key, so that kind of rules that out (otherwise, while typing, you accidently tap the trackpad).

Onda Obook 11 Plus is 11.6″ (16×10 or 16×9, not sure).  Chuwi Hi12 is 12.2′ (4×3).

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