[Syed M. Aahab]

Well I bought a Hi8 two days ago and I find the android ROM to be quite functional as-is, rooted it yesterday with the guide on these forums, so now I have a lot more tinkering opportunities 🙂

But for anyone interested in getting a generic (or Hi8 specific) lollipop build going, I suggest you start here :

http://www.android-x86.org

Or specifically :

http://www.android-x86.org/releases/releasenote-5-1-rc1Their EFI image is 64bit so you would most likely have to change the EFI to 32bit after dumping the image on a usb drive. Since Android is linux, try this tutorial for the EFI change :

https://sturmflut.github.io/linux/ubuntu/2015/01/21/installing-ubuntu-15.04-on-baytrail-tablets/

Note : Just the part about changing the efi on the usb drive in /boot/efi is relevant for the purpose of trying lollipop.

Full Disclaimer : DO NOT try to install Lollipop without having backed up your entire Win10/Kitkat Partitions, backup all your data aswell.

As I said I haven’t tried this. And this is just some possibly helpful info for anyone driven enough to give this a go.

[Syed M. Aahab]

Seems Chuwi has improved the build both inside and out quite a bit, glad to see proper headset support aswell. Currently I’ve suspended my tablet purchase, as I do want something that can power at least a portable hdd from its port. :-/

I’ll probably wait for the spring refreshers with the z8x50 chips.

Thanks again for so much helpful info. I hope you enjoy your tablets to the fullest. 🙂

[Syed M. Aahab]

The terrible speakers I can live with, or I suppose it is better to say that I’m willing to bear for the price… The uefi is indeed bothersome, let’s hope Chuwi fixes this mess, because 4GB is honestly false advertisement with 32bit Windows.

Does the headset port have any hissing or static? And does it support regular phone headsets with mic functionality?

Thanks again for all the help and info.

[Syed M. Aahab]

Wow, I’m glad that Chuwi went for a much better eMMC drive this time around, those read/write speeds are pretty decent imo. And great to hear that the build is solid, at 522 grams while not the lightest, it is certainly by no means heavy.

So all in all the Hi10 seems like pretty good value for money. Only downside seems to be that the usb ports can’t power external dvd drives/hdds etc.

[Syed M. Aahab]

How are the thermals on it? And could you please post an eMMC read/write speed test? Also does the body creek or flex?

Thanks a bunch for sharing this with us. Hope both your units work perfectly eventually.

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