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[Device Reviews and Information] xmodule:
Hello.

I don't know if you manage to fix your problem, but here is my advice. If you see somewhere chinese "text" you can try with the google translate app (to android but maybe to iOS and WP too) to use chinese-english translator. Than there is a picture function. So you take a picture from the text and than mark the text what you want to translate. Pice of cake! Of course it isn't always 100% translating but more than nothing.
[Device Reviews and Information] tsotzo:
PARTITION TABLE of Chuwi vi8 dual boot?

Hello,

I tried freeing space in my Chuwi vi8 (dual boot) and I messed up with partitions. I deleted some of the small unformatted/other ones to unallocated space. The result is I cannot enter android.

Is it possible for someone to post here the partition table of the Chuwi vi8 dual boot?

I mean the First & Last Physical Sector of each partition including the format type if that's possible.

I hope that that could help more people that messed up their tablet to recover the original partitions.

My model number is 150400+

Thanks a lot in advance,

Kostas
[Device Reviews and Information] Tebbybabes:
I can't help, but just wanted to wish fisik and tsotzo luck.

Great little tablet we found.
[Device Reviews and Information] dataonly76:
does it work with chromecast like can you mirror the screen to tv via chromecast?
[Device Reviews and Information] ronson3ronson:
hey!

ive got this sweet little thing too:

1. in android fonts are really blurry vs. windows, which is even sharper

2. anyone has an OTG-hub WITH charging the tablet at the same time running (its same issue like many other win8 tabs)

3. for overlocking it should be possible to flash rom/kernel from ULTIMATE-editon, which has boost up to 2.16GHz, but first it should be made sure to have a proper backup method

i disabled intel interconnect power-states to have the hole power-managment settings visible, i plan to use vi8 as a little home- and download server :)
[Device Reviews and Information] arctophile:
Hi ronson3ronson.

1. From my exp with other android tablets, you might need to change the dpi to about 190 in your build.prop (will only be possible if the tablet is rooted, and may affect Play Store compatibility).

2. For OTG charging you could try something like this, which has been shown (eg by Chris on techtablets.com) to work with similar tablets.

3. I doubt it - the Ultimate Edition has Atom z3736F, which has a higher turbo clock than the z3735F in the Super Edition (2.16 vs 1.83GHz).
[Device Reviews and Information] SDA_Lord:
I bought a 64gb MicroSD last weekend and got link2sd working. The key is to create two partitions on the microSD. One FAT32 and one ext3. I split mine 32GB each. Then link2sd will will allow you to link (not move) apps to the SD card.

Unfortunately, link2sd doesn't have a disk partition function. You either create the partitions on a PC or download the AParted app. My Chuwi vi8 was rooted before starting the process.
[Device Reviews and Information] Dalfi:
I'd like to buy this tablet, but I can't find the one with Windows only (Aliexpress doesn't accept Paypal) and I fear that 32GB are not enough for both Windows and Android. Is a 32GB TF card enough?

Does anyone know if it will get Windows 10 update?
[Device Reviews and Information] Iván28@:
Tengo mucho trabajo, cuando tenga más tiempo puedo explicar más detalladamente. les dejo algunas capturas de pantalla
[Device Reviews and Information] SamuEDL:
Perhaps, replacing the touch firmware for the linux firmware can be solved. That if, I can not guarantee that it solves it, since I have not tried it.

Touch Firmware Linux: https://github.com/Manouchehri/vi8/blob/master/Ubuntu_support_files/silead_ts.fw

The firmware of the screen in android should be in: /lib/firmware/
[Device Reviews and Information] yeahman45:
anyone tried installing windows 11 on the chuwi vi8 dual ? since there's android apps support on win 11
[Device Reviews and Information] Iván28@:
Thanks, I did it but, it works backwards
[Device Reviews and Information] SamuEDL:
The bios is EFI32 and windows 11 is only 64bit. So in the chuwi, it does not allow to install windows 11.
[Device Reviews and Information] SamuEDL:
Try this https://xdaforums.com/t/bliss-os-pie-for-pcs-lts.3855917/post-79948458
[Device Reviews and Information] yeahman45:
well that's a shame :(
[Device Reviews and Information] Iván28@:
wao thanks, I got it touch works very well. but my happiness was short lived because the interface started to freeze and I had to force shutdown. I'll keep trying to see how I fix it. any ideas would be appreciated
[Device Reviews and Information] SamuEDL:
Have you already tried this?
[Device Reviews and Information] Iván28@:
ahora esta bien, gracias

Mod translation via GT: now it's ok, thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] SamuEDL:
In your case, did you make the accelerometer work correctly?
[Device Reviews and Information] ewoks:
Some custom Android 5 Rom available maybe? thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] Tebbybabes:
Thanks for the advice. I'm not quite sure I understand though, if I link rather than move, will that effectively increase the space I have to apps?

Also, you mentioned that your device was rooted before starting the process. Are you saying it's necessary for it to be rooted to work?

Thanks again!
[Device Reviews and Information] SDA_Lord:
Linking files is a UNIX/Linux thing. Basically, the app appears to Android to still be located in the same directory on internal storage, but it is actually a symbolic link pointing to the file on the microSD card that Android silently follows. Since it's only a "pointer", it doesn't consume as much space on internal memory.

Yes, I believe that you need to be rooted in order for link2sd to be able to create the symlinks.
[Device Reviews and Information] Sam.1211:
can please someone help me revive my windows only chuwi vi8? wrong bios flashed i think...
[Device Reviews and Information] BlueFlame:
I don't know if you still need it, but if you could explain how I could get that information for you, I would be glad to help.

My model number is 150501xxx
[Device Reviews and Information] lukesan:
Not sure if still needed.

Just got mine in today. Tried with minitool partition wizzard on mine and took 2 snipping shots

[MENTION=464840]other[/MENTION]: I have something weird. When I insert an sd-card I cannot switch back from Android to Windows. It hangs during boot and ends up with a bsod :( power state failure.

when I hard reset (8 sec power button) then it boots up normally.

Any ideas (fat32 and exfat tested)
[Device Reviews and Information] tsotzo:
Thank you lukesan! of course that helps me! :good:

By the way I find Minitool a great software! What I messed up is the 6 small partitions after the first ESP partition (you can see images attached), so please, if it's no problem for you, you can do this for every one of these partitions > go right-click to > Properties > Partition Info tab. And there you can see File system, first & last physical sector. I need this information to rebuilt the partitions as before. Hopefully Android will boot. In the attached snapshots you can see the present disk situation.

As for your issue a couple of thoughts are: As far as I know 64GB is the limit for SD card (not NTFS for android, FAT32 for both). Did you check with other SD card? Is your SD card bootable, that could cause comfusion?

Thank you for your help!

Kostas :)
[Device Reviews and Information] tsotzo:
Thank you BlueFlame! Seems you have a kind heart and that is great! :angel:

Please see my answer to lukeson (about the Minitool partition manager software) http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61560690&postcount=67

Thank you!!! :good: :)
[Device Reviews and Information] lukesan:
My thing. 32GB ..and it's a clean wiped formated sd-card.

Ok your thing, named the one, two ..... till six .. so they are the partitions after the first
[Device Reviews and Information] tsotzo:
Thanks a lot lukesan! I will try it tomorrow, hope it 'll work.

For your thing, if you have the same issues with other SD card as well, then it could be this software Insyde (InsydeQ25) for dual boot. But I am not sure because I don't know many things about it, settings and so on... You can google to find more. As far as I know, other chinese tablets (like Teclast) don't have this software and you have to exit completely one OS and boot to the other from the beginning holding down Power button + volume button for a few seconds. Then you choose which OS you want to boot.

Best,

kostas
[Device Reviews and Information] lukesan:
Hi Kostas,

Good luck and let us know how it goes. Otherwise use chrome to translate http://www.tablette-chinoise.net/forum/dual-os-flash-bios-android-windows-8-1-t6953

Loads to download but it looks logical.

Have fun!
[Device Reviews and Information] BlueFlame:
Hi LoLaTiOn,

Checked my Build.prop. Version info:

ro.build.version.incremental=eng.inet_xzy.20150424.174509

ro.build.version.sdk=19

ro.build.version.codename=REL

ro.build.version.release=4.4.4

ro.build.date=Fri Apr 24 17:47:23 CST 2015

ro.build.date.utc=1429868843

I unfortunately don't have the .img files for this version... (The tablet came with it)

No Problem. Lukesan helped you already so :) If you need more information, let me know.
[Device Reviews and Information] maxecume:
2 questions on Chuwi vi8 dual boot:

1: is it possible to boot on a bootab!e USB stick to use Ubuntu by example?

2: does an USB WIFI adaptater work (can we install drivers on wondows...?)

Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] lukesan:
1 not sure BUT check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0098TExUCJg seems that you can boot from USB

2 Just tried with a Linksys wifi dongle ... yes it worked perfectly!
[Device Reviews and Information] maxecume:
Thanks for both answer.

1:Must it be rooted to enter the BIOS? Do I need a 'physical' wired keyboard? (Maybe using 'del' key?)

2: which Linksys dongle? any? Which is yours?

and 3: was google play 'pre installed' on yours?

Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] lukesan:
1) Nope, it's hardware layer so no root needed. You need a USB keyboard and press the 'esc' button. Tried it, works as expected.

2) Old one, 600 v2 I believe, but as long as there are win8.1 drivers it should work I believe

3) yup, it was installed.
[Device Reviews and Information] tiagao_extremo:
In case someone wants to completely remove the android partitions, this is the safest method i found:

Now i want to make a full format and remove every single partition, including the windows 8.1 with bing with chui OEM. Is there any problem if i delete the EFI partition? I've seen some people claiming that this partition stores the windows key. Can anyone confirm that?
[Device Reviews and Information] Darth Ziggurat:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFI_System_partition

I ordered this tablet, will play around with both Windows and Android first, and maybe make a backup if I am able to.

I ordered this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281729594845 so I can charge, connect keyboard and USB drive with a Live Linux distribution (and even a mouse for convenience). I will try to delete all partitions and install Ubuntu.

Why Ubuntu? I want to see if I can add the Ubuntu Touch desktop. https://youtu.be/c3PUYoa1c9M

If I cant do Ubuntu Touch (yet) I will try different kinds of distro's, maybe Gnome3 is okay for touch now?
[Device Reviews and Information] lukesan:
Also extremely interested in this.

I want to reinstall win8.1 with another version since the original install has an issue with .net 3.5 that can't be installed. Googled the issue and it seem that 2 KB's (updates) are responsible. Now you say remove them but that is a no go it seems.

I think it is best if we keep each other informed as I see that 80% of the people who ask something don't come back and share their experience which is a shame.

EDIT: update, managed to install .net 3.5 and it is easy. Check in the installed KB updates for the one ending with ...828 click on it , and ignore my previous comment that I couldn't remove it, a message 'uninstall' will be messaged next to the thing were it says installed updates... uninstall and reboot (this is a must) .. and now you can install .net 3.5 !!
[Device Reviews and Information] BlueFlame:
On my device, .NET 3.5 installed without problems. Searched for the update you mentioned and it seems it's not installed on my device. So it seems this problem is fixed on devices with S/N 15050xxxx

P.s. did anyone found a solution for the updates in Windows Update still being in Chinese?
[Device Reviews and Information] lukesan:
Mine has SN 15050xxxx :) ... and my updates aren't in Chinese.

What I did in the beginning since I saw a lot of Chinese is to fully reset the tablet. You will loose all the installed stuff but most stuff will show up in English now.
[Device Reviews and Information] roykatz9:
Hi guys, I have the dual os version and for unknown reason when im in android os my navbar is totally gone when the screen is on landscape mode. I didnt do root or anything like that.. Does anyone knows how can I get it back up?
[Device Reviews and Information] BlueFlame:
Just to be absolutely sure what you did: In windows you went to system restore and then selected "Remove everything and reinstall Windows" right?
[Device Reviews and Information] scorpiow:
Recovery Partition deleted

I mistakenly deleted my windows partition on my chuwi vi8 dual os, now I can't boot into recovery again. Please what do I do to get my windows tab working again?
[Device Reviews and Information] tiagao_extremo:
Hi, if you only want windows you will need:

> 1 hub, mouse and keyboard USB;

> A pen drive formatted and with all the files from an x86 iso windows 8.1 (whatever version you want). Instructions here:

http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-make-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-to-install-windows-8

> Battery fully charged.

Power on your device pressing Esc. Select the boot manager and usb drive.

Delete every single partition, format and install windows 8.1.

Install drivers and that's it.

Now, i have one question: Has anyone here been able to set cpu frequency to 1.83ghz? Mine starts with 1.33ghz, and setting to high performance it reaches 1.5ghz. I already took a look at the bios setup, but didn't found anything.
[Device Reviews and Information] neiliewheeliebin:
I just updated to Windows 10 build 10162 keeping all settings and files and its working perfectly, Edge browser is great on this device very fast and smooth. Android still works fine I still have the icon in the taskbar to switch OS.
[Device Reviews and Information] ronson3ronson:
Wow thats great, how die you do the update
[Device Reviews and Information] scorpiow:
I'll try it then come back later for review, btw how am I going to use the hub and the keyboard to boot? After I pressed the power button and esc on my keyboard it led me to some options, then I selected the boot manager - Please where actually do I go to boot from my usb bootable drive successfully? Also will the usb 2.0 work for the operation? Thanks!
[Device Reviews and Information] neiliewheeliebin:
First thing to do is a system reset of windows 8.1 to get rid of the chinese language,after that i simply downloaded the official Windows 10 build 10162 ISO (X32 version not X64) onto the tablet and ran it from there,chose to keep all files and settings on the installer and it installed with no problems.

After the first boot of Win 10 it still needs to automatically update the display drivers so it runs a little rough during the first login.

Personally i think Windows 10 is a lot better to use on this tablet,its easy to switch between tablet and desktop mode by swiping from the right to reveal the settings toggles
[Device Reviews and Information] tiagao_extremo:
You can connect your keyboard at the hub usb port. I used an adapter from PS2 to USB with my mouse and keyboard and it worked. Also you have to connect your pen drive after you set it to bootable and copied all the files from an iso with windows 8.1 x86. After pressing esc you need to choose Boot Manager > EFI USB Device (Your pendrive name will appear here) and press enter. Then it's just your usual standard windows installation. When the process is done you will need to install the tablet drivers. Feel welcome to download them from here:

http://techtablets.com/download/Chu...ivers/Chuwi Vi8 Win8.1 drivers April 2015.zip

PS: I used a hub usb 2.0 with no issues.
[Device Reviews and Information] lukesan:
Ooops, sorry for the late reply. Yes, I did. Just make sure you charge the battery as it's about an hour process.
[Device Reviews and Information] mrmrmrmr:
Hi,

I wonder if there is any lollipop ROM ready For chuwi vi8 or hi8

if not how can i prepare one myself ?
[Device Reviews and Information] tiagao_extremo:
Hi, i would gladly accept some help. So, i removed all the partitions and reinstalled windows 8.1 pro. Everything was working fine, but i'm having some trouble with drivers. Ok, i was naive enough to not make a proper backup from mine, i just used these from here:

http://techtablets.com/downloads-drivers-roms/

But now the cameras are not working. I used these drivers and it installs, but after rebooting it's marked with a yellow exclamation, and they don't work. I know this isn't related to hardware because they were working ok. If anyone could provide me a backup from their drivers. My serial number starts with Q32G221505XXXXX.
[Device Reviews and Information] lukesan:
My tablet is at my parents place, forgot it there. From what I remember it is also in that sn range and it uses ov2680 as camera.
[Device Reviews and Information] tiagao_extremo:
I would be extremely grateful if you could help me with this. In fact, if you could provide me with a full backup from your drivers, would be even better.
[Device Reviews and Information] roykatz9:
I've seen here : http://www.needrom.com/download/chuwi-vi8-dual-os/comment-page-2/#comments that this is the latest rom for the device. I have the dualOS one. would this rom is okay for my device? I Don't want to make any mistakes and then get my device bricked..
[Device Reviews and Information] michaeljohara5678:
Followup re dual os / dual partition microSD

Using a Chuwi V10HD dual OS tablet...

From the Windows side I was able to create two 32GB primary partitions on my microSD card:

- One contains a 31.25 GB virtual hard drive inside a 32GB NTFS partition. The .vhdx "hard drive" loads at Windows boot and is visible / usable in the Windows File Manager. No problem there.

- The other is a 28GB ext3 partition I want to use for data files used by my KitKat apps. Problem is I can't figure out why KitKat doesn't see this partition on the microSD.

Questions:

1. Is it because KitKat needs to be rooted? If so,

2. Would someone explain step by step - or point me to a link that explains how - to root KitKat on the Chuwi V10 HD? And,

3. Does the rooting process jeopardize the Windows 8.1 OS side of the V10 dual OS installation? If so, how to handle this?

All help would be much appreciated!

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QUOTE=SDA_Lord;61431072]I bought a 64gb MicroSD last weekend and got link2sd working. The key is to create two partitions on the microSD. One FAT32 and one ext3. I split mine 32GB each. Then link2sd will will allow you to link (not move) apps to the SD card.

Unfortunately, link2sd doesn't have a disk partition function. You either create the partitions on a PC or download the AParted app. My Chuwi vi8 was rooted before starting the process.
[Device Reviews and Information] BlueFlame:
Thanks, did a "Factory reset" yesterday.

Noticed that I couldn't install .NET 3.5 after the reset. First installed the 51 or so initial updates via Microsoft update and after that, .NET 3.5 could be installed :)
[Device Reviews and Information] BlueFlame:
Here they are:

Drivers third Party

All Drivers
[Device Reviews and Information] tiagao_extremo:
Hi lukesan, BlueFlame and everyone. I had completely ran out of ideas and honestly i don't know what's happening. My device, like everyone else, came with windows 8.1 with bing. After a few days i deleted all partitions and installed windows 8.1 pro. My first mistake was that i didn't created a full backup from my drivers. I already tried with the drivers from January, April, Nori's, Lukesan, and now BlueFlame's. My problem is that they are giving me mixed results, specifically for the cameras. The most updated drivers have some issues with the touch, and only january's were able to make the touch screen works properly. What happens after a couple of reboots is that the cameras won't work, the green led stays on all the time, they are marked with a yellow exclamation at the device manager with this message "STATUS_DEVICE_POWER_FAILURE" code 10. After searching for a solution using google i found some sites in which people seems to have the same trouble, usually they would say that this is related to driver incompatibility. I'm no expert, but it seems to me that this is related to software, maybe driver, but not hardware. My serial number starts with Q32G221505XXXXX and honestly i'm not a big fan of recovering drivers from another devices. I would prefer a clean install, download the driver's installers, but i can't just find these files at chuwi's site. Should i return to windows 8.1 with bing? It doesn't seems that it will make any difference, after all they are both the same OS. Anyway, if anyone here could help me, this is a nice tablet, if only i could solve this problem. There's also this last driver that even using every drivers, it can't find one. I know, some may say "if it's working, don't bother". It's just my little obsession with drivers. :eek:

[IMG="Driver missing"]http://s6.postimg.org/d5etk2r69/print.png[/IMG]

Here, someone with the same problem. I'm not the only one:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...t/3dca39e8-87b5-4858-84ec-baf7daf52b2f?auth=1
[Device Reviews and Information] ZeRoX93:
Hi guys,

as new owner of Chuwi Vi8 dualboot, I got problem with windows deepsleep. After some while when I dont use the tablet, I press the power button to turn on the display to get to the login screen, but the display wont turn on. Only when I hard reset it, I got the login sreen. Does someone has simmilar problem and know how to fix it? Thx in andvance :)
[Device Reviews and Information] BlueFlame:
Yes, this has happened a few times with my tablet too. Pressing the power button multiple times in rapid succession makes it wake up in my case. Have not yet needed to reset the device.

[MENTION=5655186]tiagao_extremo[/MENTION]

Sorry, but I don't have enough knowledge about Win 8.1 to say anything useful about this, except that it's very strange (which is also not very useful ;)). Mine starts with the same serial, so would have expected this to work...

P.s. after my first factory reset the touch screen was behaving strange too. This went away after some time without me doing anything about it.
[Device Reviews and Information] BlueFlame:
Please note that by default, the Users directory is shared with "Full control" permissions for "Everybody"!
[Device Reviews and Information] techker:
Just got it today..even came with a screen protector..

the android is 4.4.4 is there a way to update it?