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[Android General] Jupit3r:
Battery Life​

Both tablets pack a 4,500mAh Li-Po battery, which is pretty respectable for their size. Along with the power-efficient MediaTek Solutions, it really gives them a solid battery performance. In my video playback test, the Talk 8 loops a 720P video for 8 hours, 41 minutes until it automatically shut down due to battery drain, and the U27GT had a similar test result (8 hours, 13 minutes). Although still nowhere near the performances of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (11 hours, 32 minutes) and the iPad Mini 2 (11 hours, 49 minutes), they both better most of the direct competitions such as the PIPO U8T (7 hours, 25 minutes) and PIPO T6 (6 hours, 19 minutes).

Both tablets can take you comfortably through 8 hours of mixed real-life use. After some benchmark tests and online video playback for 3 and a half hours on the U27GT, I was pleased to find that I was still left with 57% of battery.

Both of them are pretty fast chargers, too. An hour of charging added 31 per cent (from 5% to 36%) on the Talk 8, which is as good as I’ve seen in any Chinese tablet. If you do find yourself briefly short on power, it won’t take long to add enough to keep you going for a few hours or more.

Verdict​

The Talk 8’s retail price in China is RMB599 (USD99), and the U27GT at an even lower at RMB499 (USD85), pretty appealing to people with a tighter budget. The phone call functions and 3G access the Talk 8 has on board could be useful and decisive for some, but the significantly stronger graphic performance of the U27GT may also woo quite a number of potential buyers. With competitions such as the Chuwei VX8 and Colorfly G808 3G piled up, it remains a mystery whether they would live up to Cube’s expectations.

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[Android General] DarkThanos:
Root

Info about rooting U27GT-3G :

Download "Root Genius" (http://www.shuame.com/en/root/)

On your tablet under Developer options enable "USB debugging" and disable "Verify apps over USB"

Connect the phone with your pc and in the pop up on the tablet enable "Always allow from this computer" and click ok.

No unplug the tablet, open "Root Genius" and follow the steps.

(the phone will restart many times and about 75% it will fail to root your device)

Re run the Root Genius a second time and it will root your device successful.

"Root Genius" installs by default "Kinguser".

To replace "Kinguser" with "SuperSU", download "SuperSU" and "Root Uninstaller", reboot phone.

Update "SuperSU"'s binary, and open "Root Uninstaller" (you will see SuperSU already try to block Kinguser, deny root permissions to Kinguser, accept on Root Uninstaler), and uninstall "Kinguser".

Reboot, ready.
[Android General] bm-zbemil:
Recovery?

Where to find custom recovery for this tablet please?

Thank you!
[Android General] Helen Li:
Isn't the Cube Talk 8 is the U27GT? I think they are the same model.
[Android General] bm-zbemil:
Yes it's the same: Cube Talk 8 U27gt-3g
[Android General] mast3rf0x:
CWM Recovery for Talk 8h U27GT-3GHY

You can find out "How to Install CWM Recovery" here. If you need help, contact me in PM.

Works perfect.

Have a nice day. :good:
[Android General] bm-zbemil:
Thank you very much my dear friend!
[Android General] mast3rf0x:
Thank you.

If you are interested I've added a new guide on "How to Root" this device.

"How to root Cube Talk 8H U27GT-3GHY"

Have a nice day!
[Android General] asteck:
Hi,

Unfortunately I bricked my U27GT. The normal wifi only edition. Can you sned me the stock rom of yours? I couldn't find it anywhere. I tried to flash another rom to it (the rom of the U27GT-S), but it didn't works, the flash process didn't start.

Thank you in advance!
[Android General] alonbl:
Anybody knows if it is possible to use a Micro SD

HC

?
[Android General] asteck:
Yes. I use a 32GB sandisk extreme card.
[Android General] alonbl:
What micro sdhc speed is recomended?
[Android General] asteck:
I'm using 45mb/sec class 10 type
[Android General] pogodancer:
oh. i get crazy. I have the U27GT-3GHY Cube Talk 8H and I have only 1 GB userdata (apps). I tried to change EBR1+2 manually, with EBR-tweaker and I tried EBR from here New Primary Partitions for Mtk 6577/ 6582/ 6589 /6592 /8382. But each time I changed the userdata partition the storage was damaged after the 2. reboot.

Does anybody have a solution ? If not, the tab with 1GB apps-space is only good enough to surf around.
[Android General] Jupit3r:
There should be other roms which allow more app storage.
[Android General] pogodancer:
@ jupiter2012

I did not found other roms for the U27GT-3GHY. Do you have a link for me ?
[Android General] Barleyman:
There's a patch-file in pda4.ru to change internal data to 4GB and usb to 1GB and other goodies besides. Time to brush up your Russian ;)

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=581685

I have actually account there so I can grab the files but 1st I'd need to get them working myself.
[Android General] Barleyman:
Not too much luck with all that so far. They indeed do have file which is meant to resize userdata to 4GB but it does not work in the SP flash tool, in fact after trying that you have to open the tablet and remove battery to un-brick it..

After trying various things I realized there are two Wi-fi versions. U27GT which most people seem to have and U27GTS which I and a few others have. Apparently recovery etc is NOT interchangeable between the two.

Also mast3rf0x manual CWM update does not work since U27GTS has UBIFS filesystem that's not supported by MTK droid tool.
[Android General] Barleyman:
It also seems that 99% of information out there requires using MTK droid tools so you're SOL if it won't work for you.
[Android General] tartanpion_rolland:
And about other tablets with the same MT8127 shipset ?

I can see some others tablets with the same chipset, sometimes without brand.

I bought the model Polaroid Platinium 10" that has the same characteristics as U27GT excluding the the size of the tablet. I noticed a lot of characteristics of my model, I can detail the specifications.

I downloaded a firmware from Mediatek site about U27GT and the partitions names are not exactly the same but is it modified after flashing ? I have already blocked the start of the backup partition after editing and restored her then ... how do I know if it's compatible?

Thanks !
[Android General] Alcube:
Hello..

I bought a tablet CUBE Phone-Tablet Talk8X U27GT 8" Android 4.4 MTK8392 Octa-core 1GB 8GB - 3G..and now I want to get root permission..

I have already tried to use the program "Root Genius"...but without result.

It seems that Root Genius doesn't work with this tablet...

Can anyone kindly suggest a program that works..and able to let me have the root-permissions..?

These are the features of my tablet.

Cube Talk 8X _ U27GT-C8

Android 4.4.4 (32 bit)

Cpu Mtk MT8392 - 8 Cores

Render Mali 450 MP

Built U27GT-C8_V1.2_20150605
[Android General] asteck:
Kingo root should work.
[Android General] Alcube:
Thank you for the answer..

Please...another informations..

If Kingo root doesn't work ( in other words if it fail to get the root permission ) could this cause problems to the tablet ?

Is better to use Kingo Root in version installed on the pc...or as app "Apk" to install on the tablet..?

In the Kingo Root website kingoapp.com at the voice "product" both versions are available..

Thanks again
[Android General] asteck:
No, it can't. KingoRoot worked for me, but only on the second or third try.
[Android General] Alcube:
Which version of Kingo do you have used ?

The window installer..or the apk one ?

Thanks
[Android General] asteck:
Windows version. with installed pdanet+ and android sdk.
[Android General] Skip1012:
Where´ve you found this rom as I own a UT27GT-S and just got Roms for the UT27GT without "S"?
[Android General] danielvieira:
Hello,

is there a way to charge the tablet and data simultaneously, with the u27gt-c8, aka Cube Talk 8X?
[Android General] Jayair:
Q: long time usage and heavy gaming, does the device get very hot.
[Android General] cliffy02:
I tried to root device and something went wrong, I can get into recovery but factory reset does seem to do anything still hangs on boot, looks like I need to update via sdcard? anyone offer any help please
[Android General] Viktor7704:
cm13

Cm13 Cube U27GT 3g Talk8 ,Dexp ns 180 4pda Can not publish link
[Android General] zimdollar:
where can one get a battery replacement for cube talk8 mine drops from 100% to zero in 2 seconds - simo (Kenya)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redijedi808:
I just purchased the Tab S 8.4 and loving it so far. I'm used to rooting and installing a slim ROM on my devices. I'm new to the Knox counter and realize that, for this device, is not currently an option.

Just want to see what you fellow users are doing to lessen the bloatware for our stock firmware without triggering knox.

I've seen some other posts where they freeze certain apps...is this my only option at this point? I'm leaving for a trip in 2 weeks and would love a debloated OS.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pibach:
Imho there is no way using this without root. You need DPI via app settings and gestures (gmd gesture control).
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletch33:
your only option is to go into stock app management and turn off what you dont want. there honestly is a lot you can turn off in stock setup.

i will say though that like you i have always been a custom rom and what i dont use debloater but with this tablet i have left just about everything on and used a lot of the Hancom office and stuff provided and it runs smoooth with great battery life and i have not been upset or seriously motivated yet to do anything about it. only thing i miss is a few of my Xposed modules for customizing look and a few root features.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redijedi808:
Thank you for the reply and info. Looks like I'll stay stock for a bit. I'm sure the scene for this awesome tablet will continue.

Waiting game for now...
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] kaijura:
So I've been trying to s-off an AT&T M7 that just doesn't want to s-off.

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.44.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.17.3250.20
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: --------------------
(bootloader) imei: --------------------
(bootloader) meid: --------------------
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: CWS__001

It's already HTCDev unlocked. I put TWRP on it and rooted it with supersu if the ROM didn't come with root.

I've tried the following with 4 different roms:

revone, stock 4.1.2 (forgot build #) = Segmentation Fault error after command ./revone -P

revone, AOSP 4.4.4 (omni) = ./revone -P automatically reboots phone every time running the command (have tried both on terminal emulator and adb)

revone, AOSP 4.3.1 (cm) = same as above

revone, AOSP 4.2.2 (cm) = same as above

^ I thought I could try this 3 times then try the -s 0 -u command, but I just get a revone error = -1 after that.

rumrunner (on all roms) gives a nonspecific error and tells me to download the latest/device specific version on rumrunner.us. I used the Universal 5.0 version.

the batch process for firewater stops and exits after booting to the bootloader for the first time, I don't think it even gave an error message.

Anyone have been in a similar boat and figured this out?

The other option I'm thinking is to download an older RUU 4.1.2 package, make it a flashable zip and try again.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
flash a rom with insecure kernel

this worked for many others

Unlock the bootloader at HTCDEV

then from fastboot USB

Flash recovery TWRP 2.6.3.3

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7

fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot-bootloader

then sideload this Rom to your phone

http://www.androidrevolution.org/downloader/download.php?file=Android_Revolution_HD-One_31.6.zip

TWRP / Advanced / ADB Sideload - swipe to sideload

From PC adb / fastboot folder

you use

adb sideload name-of-rom.zip

make sure the rom is in the same folder as adb / fastboot

now rumrunner should work

I used cleanrom 2.5 when i was on hboot 1.44 to s-off with revone
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] kaijura:
[LIST]
[*]Unlock the bootloader at HTCDEV
[*]Flash recovery TWRP 2.6.3.3
[*]Flash SuperSU
[*]Flash a rooted stock HTC Rom
[/LIST]

I have done exactly all the steps listed above (even before posting the thread), but not getting lucky at all. Have not found any Unsecured kernels downloads yet. Are there any available for Sense 4.1.2 - 4.2.2?

I can't find CleanROM 2.5 (AT&T) anywhere anymore. The dev links from scrolser are all dead. I've dug into and read the CleanROM thread posts in 2013 for mirrors, but there don't seem to be any.

The best I've found was that it was called "CleanROM 2.5.zip" and that's about it. If you've still got this rom on you somewhere could you be kind to upload it somewhere?

Tried out the older version of ARHD (31.6), an older version of Maximus HD, still getting similar results.

revone reports error = -1 or =-2 depending on rom, firewater and rumrunner still don't get any progress. I may just upgrade hboot to 1.54 and try again if I don't get any success on roms.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
I can upload cleanRom for you

CleanRom 2.0 >>http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712458299

CleanRom 2.6 >>http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712458309

Edit [MENTION=426561]scrosler[/MENTION] if you want these removed just say so ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] dcdivenut:
Okay, this post is really intended as a comment and I am not going to pretend I have THE answer but I do have some suggestions to spark discussion.

Based on a lot of the recent comments and back and forth about newbies/tech support I think that the forum is trending the same way I have seen MANY other forums go. What happens is simple; a group of first adopters, who are by default, technically capable, get together on a forum and start to fill in the gaps in tech support, especially when it comes to 'modded' soft or hardwre. They spend a while helping each other out and a comfort level develops. Members know where to go, and when to ask questions.

Then what happens is that the hardware becomes much more popular. All of a sudden your average Joe can walk out a Cingular store with a 8125 for a couple hundred bucks. These folks are NOT early adopters. They are not necessarily tech savvy. They are the people that are most prone to 'keyboard to chair interface errors'. Since the early members did such a good job raising the profile of the forum it starts to come up every time someone does a Google search. and they all end up over their heads.

So then the folks that have been around for a while start to get frustrated. Why should they provide tech support? Why can't these newbies read? Why should they even try to help if they get barraged by stupid questions?

Well I think that takes us to where we are now, so the question is what do we do now? In my experience the only solution that I have seen is to have people equally dedicated to wiki and sticky writing as they are to writing ROMs and programs. The truth is that if you release something you WILL become tech support and a large part of tech support is writing documentation and then explaining it to others.

I have intended this post as something helpful and to spark discussion, not as a criticism of anyone in particular or any particular group. Hopefully it will be taken as such
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] vijay555:
I agree. I get the feeling that since the relaunch, for one reason or another, there appears to be a lot more"Why don't my apps close when I press X?" and "How dat I swtich this thing 0ff!!!!!!!" type posts.

I think that it's beholden on more experienced users to try to share their experience as they see fit, but it's absolutely essential that newbs and less experienced users use the search button and wiki.

I've been sponsoring a post in the moderators' forum regarding having a specific section for Tutorials etc, eg for the excellent posts that Menneisyys puts together. The wiki may not be the best place for them (due to the risk of negative edits), although it's certainly better then people never looking at them at all...

But as you say, it's pretty much predicted by psychohistory that all fora of dedicated people will eventually turn into a tech support. I don't mind, but less experienced must use the resources already online - quid pro quo.

V
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] d0ug:
As a new user on this forum i have noticed inconsitant information about G3 vs G4 devices and ROM upgrading. I've seen questions asked by people about G4 devices that go unanswered.

I think the problem with searching on this forum and many others. They do not allow you to search for 3 or fewer letter acronyms such as IPL, SPL, CID. There is no way to search for answers about these things. If there is a setting on the forum that can be changed to allow searching for these terms, then please fix it.

I think when people start posting info about how they did something they need to specify what hardware they are using G3/G4. Thankfully i havent done anything as far as modding my device, but i had seen posts where someone most likely with a G3 device says they figured out how to do this or that, Then someone with a G4 comes along and tried it, not knowing it was done on a G3 and ended up screwing up their device. We need to clearly specify what hardware we are doing mods on.

I still have no clear answer about CID unlocking a G4. I know there is no free utility to do it. Ive seen posts that say the imei-check site can CID unlock. Then i saw a post this morning that imei-check is only a SIM unlock. Can people please provide clear info?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Canon:
I agree with you d0ug! It is rather confusing to navigate and find your way. Especially when you are a n00b, such as myself. I have been trying to mod my phone for 3 days now. I have tried many ways of unlocking my G3, but none of them have worked. I have listened to 3 different people tell me their "way" of unlocking the phone, and all 3 attempts failed in the end. I get flamed for not reading posts or searching, when i did, just nothing relevant popped up! This is not a whine fest, just saying that some people dont have phones that were built on a Wednesday, like mine that was probably built on a Monday and has issues!

Either way, i called Cingular and they are shipping me a brand new 8125 to test things out on!

Canon
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] _Nomad_:
Haven't been a wizard user that long although I've been in the ppc scene in about 5 years and quite active in several forums. The most successful solution that I've seen to this problem (witch enevitably always comes up) is to not let new users post for at least 7 days and/or forcing them to read various informational topics before getting access to the actual forum.

This will of course not get everyone but has in my experience improved the situation considerably.

Ah well, that's just my two cents
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] dcdivenut:
Vijay, very happy to see that the mods are looking at this. I agree that Wiki's have their limitations especially given the validity of some of the comments about conflicting advice.

The search function definitely does have its limits as well, and people are less likely to go through searches that produce a 100 threads with 5 pages each.

I for one would feel a lot better about telling someone harshly to stop answering questions if I knew that I could also direct them to a single place for answers.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Jafo:
I really love this forum and it has helped me so much. I don't post much except to say "thank you" from time to time to the people who have made some program that has been helpful to me. And although I have been coming to this board every day for over a year I still don't know half as much as the majority of people here.

Some solutions to this problem are:

1) get frustrated and write a mean message to the noob

2) take a minute and just give the link to the page where the answer is

3) make it easier on this forum to find things
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] vseehua:
That could be nice... part of the things that had contributed to the bad search results are the tons of new threads asking the very same questions over and over and over again... is there anyway to disable these threads from showing up in the search results? Maybe it's time for us to out up another sticky thread specifically talking abóut G4 devices =)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] d0ug:
I would like to see a thread dedicated to G4 devices, with verified correct information in it.

It isnt just people asking the same questions over and over making the search junk. Its the inability to even search for simple short 3 letter acronyms like CID, IPL, SPL, AKU. These are all things I have tried to search for and get 0 results. If I were able to search for these terms I could probably turn up a wealth of information on my own.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] ratcom:
That would work me thinks!!!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] stefan1975:
Hi all,

I've been reading this forum for weeks now and still have not found enough answers to be secure enough and cid-unlock my G3 2.21 vario.

I HAVE indeed read most relevant threads, although navigating them can be somewhat confusing. However When I posted some -in my n00b opinion - valid questions I either got 1) no reply whatsoever 2) replies to read "the" threads....which wasn't really helpfull or I wouldn't have asked 3) contradicting advice .... like a 2.21 G3 Can be unlocked, or it Cannot be unlocked, you have to downgrade twice, you have to upgrade twice, you Can or Cannot flash a G4 rom to a G3 device so you won't have to downgrade and CID unlock your phone first, etc.

I believe that I am somewhat beyond the real n00b level right now but still I'd like information to be more consistent and easier to find, I've already tried to suggest making a stickied n00b FAQ or wiki for us where to find the basic answers in a easy and consistent manner so the sdame questions aren't asked over and over and ROM threads hijacked for support questions.

but that is just my cup of tea.

thanks for a good forum with vlauable info.

stefan.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] prestonmcafee:
Regular search

Personally, I find using google or yahoo, with site:xda-developers.com, works much better than the forum search. My personal pet peeve is the inability to use quotes to search for phrases. Quotes don't work.

A major problem with "read the threads" is the 800+ entry length of some of them. It would be nice to try to harness the power of those of us newly figuring things out and ask them to submit a wiki for something they just learned. If we had a submission point for the wiki, perhaps those of us who recently learned new things would do a how-to write-up and submit it to the wiki.

Finally, there are a lot of repeat threads, many with false or useless information. These threads stand in the way of a searcher. I would be happier if the moderators deleted more bad threads. Alternatively, we could use democracy -- add a "vote to delete" button to every thread not posted by a moderator and if a high enough percentage vote to delete, the thread is gone. I'd suggest 20% as a threshold -- more than that and the thread goes away.