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LaniaKea wrote:

so was wondering, to fit it up with dual boot package from Techtablet download’section and been trying to boot the image..but after reading the entries in this thread from the last month.. I will haul that project and accept the win10-only for the time being, Atm it doesnt look like simple “abc-routine” to get a working dual boot bios fitted in a win10-only device.

Turning the Single-OS  i30L64GB into Dual-OS!

So, it took a lot of patience, trial and error and some nail biting but we got it (thanks to our lovely comrades over at 4pda).

Converting the Single-OS i30L64GB into Dual-OS, was impossible without the necessary bios to flash. This was hard to find until a couple days ago that a very recent version of it was released (v.236 – 8/5/2017). Grab it from from this 4pda post. Format a usb flash drive as fat32 and then just copy everything onto it (root level) and boot the usb on your tablet and let it do its thing. Don’t be alarmed after it’s finished, your tablet might not turn on or respond for a while after it shuts down. Just let it “rest” for a while and it will come back alive again. After flashing and before you proceed with anything further, make sure that you boot into your bios settings and restore all defaults and save and exit.

Then follow the instructions in this post (follow them EXACTLY- use google translate which works just fine here) in order to get a rooted Android version, install TWRP recovery and finally Windows 10. Don’t forget to save your original Windows 10 key.

Only thing with that method is that Windows will be in Russian and it takes a while until you figure out how to switch it back to English (or any other language you’d like).

Again, don’t forget that this is ONLY for the i30L64GB version of the iWork1x.

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CosmicDan wrote:

Hmm, Google Translate does come up with “it is reflected adequately to that for dualBut” so it seems so. Filename attached says N1W6; just be sure to confirm it lists the same in your BIOS.

Yeah, unfortunately clicking on that link results in a 404 error! I did manage to install both Android and Windows but I’m not presented with the screen to select which OS I would like to boot so I guess that’s where that modified firmware comes in. Seems impossible to find it anywhere else… 🙁

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Thanks @CosmicDan.

Well, I definitely know better than to cross-flash a BIOS. However, could this post on 4pda be something? The author there is offering a BIOS file for my particular hardware revision which he seems to have customized somehow but I’m not sure in what way. My initial feeling is that he has enabled dual-booting but I’m not sure (unfortunately my Russian is really bad). Any thoughts?

Thanks again!
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So, after about 2 weeks of waiting to hear from someone I decided to go ahead and flash my tablet starting with the Android part, using the files downloaded here. The result… a bootloop. I’m ecstatic.

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CosmicDan wrote:

dalgibbard wrote:

Should you need/want to, the documentation does specifically state that there is a risk with flashing BIOS (as per any BIOS flash really.). If you definitely want to, you can flash the BIOS by unpacking the BIOS folder contents whilst in the Windows installation, and running ‘0_flash64.bat’ as Administrator (not confirmed or well documented, but seems logical).

Just to re-iterate; Do NOT flash the BIOS. Only if the hardware revision of your iWork1x is IDENTICAL to the BIOS, otherwise you will BRICK IT like I did and need to reprogram it with an EEPROM flasher. There are at least 5 different known hardware revisions so far. But you should avoid the BIOS on TechTablets and find the correct one for your model on 4pda. There is no BIOS model verification – it will just happy flash and brick your device without warning – so don’t do it.

 

Hello all. Newbie here (to the forum that is) with a couple questions regarding flashing dual OS on the iWork1X.

Thanks @dalgibbard for your guide on how to flash the dual OS files found here & @CosmicDan for the extra tip on bios flashing which made me look into the whole bios thing a bit further.

I am a little bit concerned as to whether I can do this on the specific model of the iWork1X that I have (i30L64GB) which currently only has Windows on it (fully in English to my pleasant surprise I should add). I would definitely like to have both OSs of course.

On 4pda I see that this particular model carries a “single-boot bios” unless I’m reading that wrong. Further to that there is a user there who says that he has “adjusted” the firmware of this model, offering it for download in order to be flashed (link). What is this “adjustment” however? Is it to turn it into a dual OS bios or something else (more features perhaps)?

So, I’m basically trying to figure out if I should just go ahead and follow the guide to install using the files here (I understand I shouldn’t flash the bios using the files in that 6Gb zip) or should I perform some other kind of tinkering on the bios first…

Would greatly appreciate any tips!

Thanks!
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