Will Maitner

Will Maitner

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  • March 14, 2016 at 10:16 pm #29414
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    The further adventures of returning my Onda tablet.  Returned it as requested.  It got to China on September 22 2015.  I disputed the purchase and kept getting delayed.  Finally around the end of December after complaining for like three months, they called the post office and my tablet was there.  They start processing my refund on Jan 1 2016.  It’s March 14 2016, still no refund.  They keep blaming my bank.  Talked to the bank, they would never block a refund.

    Lesson learned, never buy from Aliexpress again.  No customer support what so ever.

    September 9, 2015 at 9:42 pm #11203
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    I’m going to try to get half my money back as mine is limited.  I really don’t want to deal with the hassle of shipping it back.  Besides, then I’m still out the shipping to me and the duties and fees, and the shipping back.  I’d rather keep the tablet and get some cash back and start saving up for an iPad Pro.

    Edit:  Looks like I have to send it back.  *sigh*  Anyone able to recommend the best way to ship it back to China?

    September 9, 2015 at 6:03 am #11172
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    The vendor that sold it to me is trying to put the blame on Bell. They looked it up by IMEI to verify it was supported.  At the very least the tablet should be able to read the id number off the sim, even if its not able to transmit.

    September 8, 2015 at 3:40 pm #11144
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    But did you have the issue where it wouldn’t read your sim card?

    September 8, 2015 at 3:36 pm #11143
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    At the top.  Take out the four screws, take an opening tool, crack it and slide the tool down the sides.  Easy to open, easy to swap the SSDs.  That was the easy part.  Disputing the charge because the 3G doesn’t work, this is a pain..  Honestly, the hardest part about opening it is closing it back up, the power/volume switches.  Comes as one piece but inevitable separates.  Then getting them back in and together..  That is the biggest pain in opening/closing this device.

    September 3, 2015 at 9:56 pm #10872
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    So, I’m guessing that replacing the 3G card wouldn’t fix the sim issue, correct?

    September 3, 2015 at 6:21 pm #10862
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    I am really disappointed in my first Chinese tablet.  But at least Windows works, just no mic, cellular or Android..

    September 3, 2015 at 6:00 pm #10857
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    The microphone appears in mine too, but only through the headset port..

    September 3, 2015 at 5:58 pm #10856
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    This tablet screams “I want Thunderbolt 3”

    September 3, 2015 at 3:15 am #10821
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    Well campers, looks like my 3g isn’t going to work. Doesn’t even recognize the sim card is installed.  I wonder if there is a driver missing from the Onda driver pack, as I end up with one unknown device after installing the whole pack. Maybe that’s why my 3G modem doesn’t work…

    September 2, 2015 at 10:22 pm #10796
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    I would try your Android request, but I pulled the SSD so no Android partition for me.  🙂

    As for the Windows licensing, I think it’s not as messed as you think.  All I had to do was log into my Windows account and it seemed to link up the license.  So when I installed a raw copy of Windows 10 Pro from a USB image made from Microsoft’s media tool, I skipped entering a key.  Once I logged back into my Microsoft account, I looked and my Windows was activated.  I wasted $185 Canadian figuring that out.

    Also, I might suggest picking up the Plugable UD-Pro8 dock.  Works great with the VCM, except for power..  =)  Gives you a DVI out, so I guess you could run two external monitors off the VCM (one HDMI and one DisplayLink)…

    September 2, 2015 at 10:16 pm #10792
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    Well, mine is coming along nicely.  Installed the Transcend 256gb SSD.  The benchmarks below are my current install on this SSD with the driver rar.  If someone figures out how to add Android back on, root it and install Google apps, I’ll be happy.  Right now I’m trying Duos..

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    September 1, 2015 at 9:53 pm #10731
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    If you can figure out installing Google Apps on that Android image…..  =)

    September 1, 2015 at 8:33 pm #10723
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    Well, I swapped out the SSD.  Installed Windows 10 Pro from a USB stick, skipped putting in the key, where it asked twice, but once I logged into my Microsoft account, it activated Windows.  No additional key needed.  Now working on drivers.  I’ll update about the graphic issue once I’m done.

    September 1, 2015 at 4:12 am #10697
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    If you slide the notifications down further, to where you adjust brightness, that is where the switcher is hiding. I’m working on getting Google Play Store installed.

    Edit:  I changed the resolution in Windows to 1280×1024 and saw the scaling issue.  I’m going to play some more with it after I’ve upgraded the SSD (in about 45 minutes)..

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