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[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
How to install Windows 8.1 with Bing using WINPE and Teclast's original Windows image on FB5M.

(I felt like tinkering, so here goes nothing again...I'm not sure if someone has already written the same instructions, probably, but...Repetitio mater studiorum est!

I still prefer creating my own ISO W8BING media with all updates and drivers pre-installed (**), but this is one way to do it. )

Prerequisites:

1)	2 USB Sticks (1x > 256MB & 1x >=8GB)

2)	Battery charged to over 60% (preferably to 100%)

3)	USB HUB with at least 2 USB ports, preferably 4

4)	WINPE and Windows 8.1 installation files. You can get them HERE

Notice: Following this guide WILL wipe your tablet's SSD clean and install Windows only!

1)	HOW TO PREPARE THE USB STICKS:

WINDOWS PE BOOT DISK

-	open command promt

-	type “diskpart”

-	type “list disk”

-	select your USB drive by typing “select disk X” (X being your USB drive)

-	type “clean”

-	type “convert gpt”

-	type “create partition primary”

-	type “select partition 1”

-	type “format fs=fat32 quick label=”WINPE”

-	type exit

-	Download Tools.rar

-	Extract all files from the WINPE folder to the root of the WINPE USB stick

-	Go to “SCRIPTS” folder and edit Main.cmd file with Notepad++ or equivalent

Find the following lines

“@echo call diskpart /s %InstallPath%\wimpart_dual.txt

diskpart /s %InstallPath%\wimpart_dual.txt”

and change them to

@echo call diskpart /s %InstallPath%\wimpart.txt

diskpart /s %InstallPath%\wimpart.txt

Save and exit

WINDOWS 8.1 WITH BING INSTALLATION DISK

-	Format the 2nd USB stick (NTFS)

-	Download Windows 8.1 with Bing files from the link provided by xxLeoxx93 [Windows 8-1.part1 - Windows 8-1.part5]

-	Extract the RAR and copy “images” directory to your NTFS USB stick (yes, the whole directory, not just the files inside it).

INSTALLING WINDOWS

1)	Connect a keyboard and both USB sticks to your USB hub

2)	Power on your tablet and press “DEL” in order to open the BIOS menu

3)	Boot your tablet from the WINPE drive. If everything goes well, Windows installation should start shortly after (the installation process is automated  sit back and relax). That’s it!

(**) Windows Updates Downloader | NTLITE
[Windows 8 General] move_over:
First post in this thread has a link to putting android on the tablet, you can get the files needed to flash there. I googled minimal adb/fastboot and then also googled the command to flash system.img. If you can get into fastboot mode and get it recognized by a pc it's not too difficult. Also I read through the X98 air II threads to get some idea of what I needed to do.
[Windows 8 General] oile:
Where you guys are buying yours from?
[Windows 8 General] xxLeoxx93:
I just updated the folder "New Drivers" one Onedrive. There is a zip-file with the latest drivers for the Voyo A1, but they work for our device aswell.

So try to update you drives if you have problems.

There is also a new Wifi driver which should improve battary life!

Good luck :)
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
The updated Realtek I2S Audio Codec (19.12.2014) and new WiFi driver (3007.10.1031.2014) seem to have fixed some power efficiency issues (no more errors or warnings in the power efficiency diagnostics report [powercfg -energy]).
[Windows 8 General] xxLeoxx93:
I know, nice to see that things are getting better :D
[Windows 8 General] sence:
Hi mate,Is that noise from the headphone port gone?.....Also any news about battery calibration to solve 7% stuck?.. 'cause that full discharge technique will be of no use if we switch back between OS...
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
I don't know since I didn't notice any problems before (I hardly ever use headphones). But now I have a new problem. I decided to play with Android again and now I can't get Windows back. HELP!!! :D The tablet won't start Windows installation or WINPE anymore. Android works but I wan't Windows back! 64bit installation starts but it crashes and gives me bsod, 32bit installation won't start at all. Does anyone have experience with similar problems? Anyone have F5BM bios so that I could try flashing it for starters. :crying:
[Windows 8 General] xxLeoxx93:
Which bios have you installed right now?
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
I didn't touch it but I'm getting desperate. :D The funny thing is that the x64bit Windows installation boots (until it bsod's), but 32bit version refuses to boot at all. I don't get it...Grrrr

It boots up with the 64bit bootx64.efi until it hits a stone wall, but doesn't boot at all with bootia32.efi.
[Windows 8 General] B^4g:
Did you change boot to windows with dualboot menu? How start x64 install - from shell (to start efi) or with ISO copied to USB? Is WinPE starting?
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
I don't have the dual boot menu anymore....that's the problem. It's gone!? No matter what I do, it doesn't appear. I just don't freakin' know how I've managed to mess up the boot loader like this. And nope, PE doesn't work and neither does normal ISO--> USB installation disk. The 64bit version boots but it doesn't get far before the bluescreen appears.
[Windows 8 General] skrewie:
I got really bad screen on time in android.

100% charged battery and played i video on YouTube that was 1h and 43 minutes and i had 40% left. Full bright and 720p no sound.... (Full screen)

I did the same test on my Nexus 7 2012 (gen1) and got 60% after that video. (Costum rom 1.5ghz)

And on my Nexus 7 (gen2) = 63% (custom rom overclocked 1.8ghz)

I will do the same test in Windows and will come back after that......

Video i used >>>http://youtu.be/nTWSqHi3vUk
[Windows 8 General] B^4g:
Oh, that is bad. Try reflash backup of present bios using fpt flasher - like refresh/reset, but if it helps don`t know. I think dual boot bios for fb4m probably will brick device if the version is lower, if is the same is not problem.

Here, i find tools for management bios: http://www.win-raid.com/t624f39-Int...Engine-Drivers-Firmware-amp-System-Tools.html

but don`t know how to use.

Easy to use is UEFI Tool (latest 0.20.4): http://rghost.net/users/LongSoft/releases/UEFI-BIOS-Updater

but not helps me to return my single boot bios.
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
Looks so complicated. :D I guess I'm gonna give up and start using Android....It still works...for now. :)
[Windows 8 General] B^4g:
After reading christiancoder`s post again: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58980327&postcount=301

You can try bootx64 windows installation, but to wipe complete disk: when screen to install OS appears press Shift+F10 to show command prompt, then

diskpart

list disk

select disk 0 (if disk 0 is 29GB)

clean

exit

Then turn off device. When start it must start BIOS, because there is no OS installed. Try to boot 32 bit efi with WinPE.

If you can start DnX mode then you can install Android back, if you want.
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
If I only could. :) Like I said, the x64 Windows installation crashes soon after it starts to load. If only I knew how to do it via fastboot or adb commands....Or create an install.zip which I could run and on recovery mode...
[Windows 8 General] B^4g:
When i tried to install/boot win7, i played some time with rEFInd, but was so complicated to me and no work done. Maybe rename bootia32.efi to bootx64.efi. I do other way and shell says don`t support it.

btw my bios 19/12/2014 (ver.2.16.1242) have no shell. There is option only to launch shell from device.
[Windows 8 General] r0c0:
SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller: driver is also from 2006...can anyone confirm this really improves battery life?

bullploppies: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58297174&postcount=5281
[Windows 8 General] xxLeoxx93:
Try it and you'll see if it works. For some it seems to work, for some it doesn't.
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
I gave up and moved on to Android (my long lost love :victory:). After updating it (adb update, the tablet didn't find any updates on its own), it feels really good and snappy. Got even better after rooting and installing Xposed framework on it (Action widgets, Gesture navigation, Wanam Kit, Youtube adaway). Add Mi Launcher Prime, Firefox, Hola, OneDrive and all jazzy stuff on top that, you got a pretty solid OS with a huge software selection (of which, sadly, maybe only 5% is intended for tablets btw). The touchcsreen also works 10 times better with Android (it's accurate).
[Windows 8 General] r0c0:
you just copy and past from the x98 thread so spare me your useless advise..

ps i dont have BATTERY trouble but i hate it when people come up with bs solutions..and you just copy and past it without realizing it is bs and then telling me i should try, how the f did i figured out the other drivers are also from 2006? so the whole old driver statement is bogus . Even the genius who thought he figured it out mentioned in the x98 thread he talked to soon.
[Windows 8 General] xxLeoxx93:
It worked pretty well for me, that's why I posted it there. And there is absolutly no negative point after changing the driver ;)

XDA needs more nice people like you...:rolleyes:
[Windows 8 General] heikkiap:
Battery, WiFi-driver, sleepstudy

I was away from forum one month or so, and battery problems seem still to exist. I try to avoid Android, so my X10HD battery monitor works ok.

I had problems with sleep battery drain as many others, more than 3%/hour in sleep. Few times I tried to disable and even remove audio drivers, they tend to be reinstalled in boot. However that did not help alone. Last thing that I did was to remove audio drivers and also WiFi (Realtek RTL8723BS Wireless...).

That did help. However, I needed network and I had to reinstall WiFi. I guess I let the tablet to find a driver in Internet, not to use driver already on disk., not exactly sure of that, however, it was installed anyway. Now the driver version seem to be 3007.6.901.2014, dated 1.1.2014.

After that battery drain in sleep has been very moderate, see pic. I did not try any other modificatons, that could have had effect on battery drain.

Heikki

Edit: As the tablet was not connected to internet, the driver was obviously found on the disk :)

Edit2: and wrong thread, but maybe the thing was ok also here
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
Lol, apparently you can't please everybody. :silly: Nevertheless, keep up the good work. :)
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
Has anyone come across a partition table that would utilize the whole SSD for Android? I could only find a 15gig partition.tbl file (2 gigs for system, 15,6 for apps).

edit: nevermind. I figured it out. :)

edit2: I added the partition.tbl as an attachment if someone else wants to go Android all the way. Thanks to mirek190, whom I borrowed a tiny bit of the code from. :)

edit3: A partition calculator added (excel file)

[IMG="X80H / Android only / re-partitioned"]http://i.imgur.com/5bSo571.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="partcalc"]http://i.imgur.com/ILGnGD7.jpg[/IMG]
[Windows 8 General] Stigern:
Hi

I just did a resintall of windows 8.1 32bit on my X80H tab, and most things are working fine, got wifi, bt, battery, intel hd etc etc installed.

But some things I can't figure out how to fix, maybe someone can help point me in the right direction?

Touch screen is un-acurate, I tried running the builtin calibration routine in windows 8.1 but still some parts of my screen is very un-acurate while some parts aren't. Help?
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
Cross your fingers and wait for the Windows 10. The touchscreen accuracy with Windows 8 is what it is for smaller devices (<=8"), but Microsoft has "promised" to improve it for Windows 10. I noticed that trying to hit anything anywhere near the screen corners is next to impossible with x80h and Windows 8. The touchscreen can't be that bad, because it works ok on Android.
[Windows 8 General] Stigern:
Thanks!

Glad I'm not the only one noticing :P then I'll settle with waiting :)

Besides from that, what a great little device this is!
[Windows 8 General] kajba:
I just got mine today and so far so good! I tried to run Lol but i cannot click on anything but it reacts to it. Anyone know why?
[Windows 8 General] skrewie:
How to update tablet if the ota update failed ? I can dowload the ota but when it flash , i get status 1 failed. I tryed 3 times....... ?!?!?
[Windows 8 General] babanoelz:
charging issue

hi...I have received my teclast x80h about two weeks ago....thast awesome tablet:)

but I have some problems... first is it necessary to shutdown the tablet for charging? I mean when tablet is on or is in sleep , even with plugging in the charger tablet does not charge.... just the amount of the battery stays and not increase or decrease.

Second when I shutdown it and plug in the charger it takes about 5 or 6 hours to be charged! Is it normal?

I use my original Sony 5 volt and 1.5 A charger...

Sorry because of my bad English:)

Thanks for helping:)
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
Download the update and install it in recovery mode (adb sideload update.zip).
[Windows 8 General] skrewie:
Thanks!

---------- Post added at 02:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:16 PM ----------

Cant find the update.zip !?!? Its download thrue ota but its not in the download folder ?

Any link to update.zip ?
[Windows 8 General] Antipriest:
Something in my win8 stationary computer stops it from registering the x80h in the way needed for push commands - i've spent the better part of a night following guides.

Then my nephew suggested the android partition was reachable from the windows partition.

This program let me unpack the build.prop from the original system.img provided in the post you mentioned: "Android ICS JB EXT4 imagefile unpacker" (i'm not yet allowed to post links but websearching works)

This program allowed me to mount the ext3 partitions with amazing ease: "ext2fsd" (i'm not yet allowed to post links but websearching works) (effortlessly handles ext3 and ext4 despite the name)

It didn't resolve the problem for me since i've obviously screwed with something important that i didn't know of, but i'm posting the solution anyway, because it should have solved the defect build.prop issue. (Subsequently, i replaced the whole system folder with the one extracted from the original image but the issue remain.)

Still, i'm happy to have found this way to access the android partitions from the windows partition, so that once i've found a way to reinstall a fresh working android version on the tab, i still won't have to restart into android to transfer files... =)
[Windows 8 General] move_over:
Did you run the adb/fastboot as administrator? That is necessary I believe.

Sent from Asus Memo Pad 7
[Windows 8 General] Antipriest:
Yea... Sticky thing is, i can't seem to get past the first step, getting the computer to properly recognise the pad as the device I installed drivers for.

The only things I've gotten is an icon in the device manager either called "Intel Android ADB Interface" or "MTP USB Device" with a yellow exclamation mark sign on, signifying "this device cannot start (Code 10)" where the guide specifically says the x80h should be picked up as a soc Intel USB thingie...

Honestly, I'm at the end of my stubbornness now, having stayed up too late too many nights for this with no progress. If I found someone local to me in Stockholm, Sweden, I'd actually be willing to pay to get this fixed.
[Windows 8 General] sbasil:
Get it here https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=0b0e...!5962&ithint=folder,&authkey=!AB-mHJ9eZGIXnZc (Update - Android V1.04.zip)
[Windows 8 General] elastor_bastardo:
hey thanks for this how-to.

i have a problem with this tab: its almost few days old and i did several updates and did nothing spectacular with it. i only uninstalled office365.

now i wanted to recover this machine and always get a error that recovery is impossible and abort. see this message ( i havent found anything about this at google..)

Problemsignatur:

Problemereignisname:	PushButtonResetFailures_Windows8

Problemsignatur 01:	2

Problemsignatur 02:	1

Problemsignatur 03:	3

Problemsignatur 04:	0

Betriebsystemversion:	6.3.9600.2.0.0.768.101

Gebietsschema-ID:	1031

my question is how to get everything recovered to system defaults? using your guide is only for installing win without android isnt it?
[Windows 8 General] s0ckz:
128gb microSD Card

Is somebody using a 128gb microSD card on the teclast? I've seen here people using 64gb SD cards, but what about 128 gigs?
[Windows 8 General] shiggs1988:
You might be interested to know that a newer version of the 'X80h' has now been released known as the 'X80hd'. Specs seem to be nigh on identical to the original, but with an all plastic case and the speaker placement seems to be mono rather than the stereo on the original.

Pictures and full details are available on the TinyDeal website. Also on the Teclast website but not on the english pages yet for some reason?!

Anyway I've now actually ordered this as I had a nightmare trying to order the original X80h through BangGood (out of stock and took an age to refund!) and decided to plump for this newer version through another HK retailer. It's a shame the metal back has gone but I'm quite a fan of the squarer edged design in the pictures.

Will post more details once it arrives which I hope to be in the coming week or two.

Keep up the good work!
[Windows 8 General] felipejcv:
I'm in the same situation and i'll try to chance my order for X80hd too at banggood. I have seen another difference to X80h, battery capacity is a little bit lower, chances 5000mah to 4500mah in the newer.
[Windows 8 General] shiggs1988:
That's true but hopefully won't make too much of a difference. I had bad luck with BangGood as I had to open a PayPal dispute to get my refund. I'm sure I'm in the minority though.

Only problem is that there's no cases currently available for the x80hd. Tempted to buy a cheap case for the older model as the button placement looks to be the same and dimensions are only fractionally different.

Interesting article on Gizmodo today reporting that the Windows 10 installation footprint will be greatly reduced with no need for a recovery partition. Should hopefully free up some precious space for us come the Autumn!
[Windows 8 General] elastor_bastardo:
i want to recover thistab but windows isn´t able to recover. gives useless errormessage. But I have seen that the recoverypartition still exists. It seems, that windows recovery is not finding this partiton. Partition Name is *:Images and is hidden of course. It is also still all data on it. Can someone help me to get windows recovery working with this partition? :victory: :angel:
[Windows 8 General] bushako:
Anyone know know if its possible to switch to ART ?
[Windows 8 General] billflu:
I have this model sitting outside my house now. Ordered it on Sunday from AliExpress. I'll try to post details if I can find the time.
[Windows 8 General] shiggs1988:
Mine's currently en route. Would be great to hear your thoughts in the meantime though
[Windows 8 General] chimiappa:
Can anyone confirm it has GPS built in?
[Windows 8 General] shiggs1988:
Specsheet says no
[Windows 8 General] billflu:
This is a pretty solid device, especially for the price. The whole case is plastic, but it doesn't feel cheap. I am reconsidering buying a sleeve to carry this device in. It doesn't take to long to convert this over to English and clean up some of the junk in android. I already popped in a 64 GB card and it's working well in both Android and Windows. Android formats it as FAT32. The colors on the screen are great. The responsiveness is really good too.

A few items other people have brought up, I also noticed. The battery life isn't the best, but for my use case it's not too much of a concern. Sometimes tapping in Windows you'll miss the targets. I found that aiming a little high when trying to click something is a good rule of thumb.The headphone jack doesn't work too well with headphones that have a built-in microphone.

Overall I'm pleasantly surprised. Reading some of the nitpicking and minute comparisons amongst devices can bring your expectations down. For now I'm going to hold off on tinkering with it too much, and enjoy the functionality. Let me know if you have any questions on this model. The ID on the back is G2N9 and it says 2015.
[Windows 8 General] GabrielDanka:
Bootloop after editing build.prop to fix playstore

Following the instructions of many forums I rooted and modified three strings of build.prop:

ro.product.device=picassowifi

ro product. locale. language=en

ro product. locale=US

On restart goes bootloop. I tried the hard reset from recovery but doesn't solve. I haven't backup and haven't installed the CWM recovery on the device. I found the custom ROM online but doesn't contain scatter files so I can't use SP flash tools.

Could you please help me to solve this problem?

Gabriel.
[Windows 8 General] xxLeoxx93:
Does anyone have issues with the standby? I can't Wake my device form standby in Windows...
[Windows 8 General] move_over:
You're going to have to reflash system.img in fastboot, using stock Rom.

sent from hdx+ with tapatalk
[Windows 8 General] leemako:
My review of this tablet after 3 weeks

Took this device with me whilst travelling and have been very happy with it, although of course it isn't perfect. My main reason for the purchase was portability, specs and price.

Pros

Small size (although a 10 inch display on the 98's is probably better for some use cases)

Price - paid under $130USD from geekbuying (not sure if you can get these specs for this price on another device)

Solid build

Speed - I only really use win8 but it is great at multi tasking browsing and other apps, even did some light photoshoping

Games! - Im a PC gamer and with windows8 a massive back catalogue of titles is open to you (far superior to anything on android/iOS for the most part). Will even run Source engine games such as DOTA2 and insurgency (did a short vid to show how it runs). Wont run minecraft hardly at all however.

Cons

USB port is also the charging port (I am hoping I can use something like this to get around that issue)

Battery life isnt great (but just use a USB powerbank)

Micro HDMI (would have much preferred a mini HDMI slot - using a micro adapter the heavy hdmi cables dont hold in place too securely)

The official case for this is seriously girly ;) (spray painted mine)
[Windows 8 General] ajibad2000:
Switch box

Hello

I just got my x80h and while I was getting around to feel the device, I mistakenly uncheck the box to switch between OS. Now I am stuck with only windows 8.1. Please, how can I get access to the android OS too. Thanks
[Windows 8 General] dr.diggler:
Hi. Could you please create a guide for installing Windows again? I mean on a fb6m device dual Boot. I damaged my recovery. I have image from teclast site and want to install it. But im not sure if your guide is correct for my Situation. I want to keep Android.sorry for my Bad english. Getting support for this device is hard... Hope you could help me.
[Windows 8 General] felipejcv:
Did you try press volume down + power button when turn on the x80h?
[Windows 8 General] ajibad2000:
I have tried that but it did not work. And by the way, the chinese language which is the default language of the device is not helping also. Is there a way I could change the default language to English language?

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Thanks. It worked. How can I change the language in the android to english please?
[Windows 8 General] dr.diggler:
Settings - personal - Language & input (Capital A Symbol)
[Windows 8 General] shiggs1988:
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Thanks for posting your experience so far, it's interesting to know whilst I eagerly await my delivery! Have you re-calibrated the touchscreen in Windows 8 yet?

I can't see that there's an official case available on any of the sites, but I have noticed that one of the Chinese sites are offering a bundle of the X80HD alongside a case for the X80H. I mentioned in a previous post that I thought the cases would be interchangeable so now I'm even more inclined to think so.

Will try and post some pictures of the device when mine arrives.
[Windows 8 General] GabrielDanka:
Thank you very much!!! I managed to restore!!!