yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
Boot from USB is enabled by default, dies it not boot already? If not, I think I read you have to hold escape with USB keyboard. Or you can check Windows Settings > Recovery > Advanced or something like that, you can boot from USB device here. But it has to be formatted with UEFI support. You can also select UEFI/BIOS here to get the Boot Menu I think, which allows USB Legacy booting.

But why do you need USB boot? It's only necessary for recovery purposes...
[Device Reviews and Information] dicker182:
Thanks, I will try this...

I need to boot from USB to make a clean full backup of every partition.

After that, I plan to make a totally clean install of Windows 10.
[Device Reviews and Information] BlueFlame:
My OTG hub was unsuited for booting from USB-stick. Also the keyboard did not function at boot time when connected through the hub (could not enter BIOS), so use a normal (powered) usb hub if available.
[Device Reviews and Information] koli84:
What have the model of this tablet ? If White (super , ultra, ultimate ) in UEFI no BOOT FROM USB ( or something ) , but tomorrow another way of proof, and if it works I'll know.
[Device Reviews and Information] dicker182:
Now, with a stupid usb hub, I can enter with ESC to the BIOS menu. Boot booting from USB Stick does not work. The stick are not regognized by the system...

EDIT: I got it. We have to create a bootable 32Bit UEFI Stick, NOT 64Bit. Now my Macrium Reflect Stick is working an

I can make a full backup of everything on the tablet :) *Happy*

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[Device Reviews and Information] ripmanbr:
personal hello okay

bought Chuwi vi8 a few weeks

I made the 8.1 windows updating to 10

More solve formatting and remain only with windows

I deleted all partitions android and windows

did the installation of Windows 10 home

downloaded backups of Windows drivers 10 so that I do not know how to install

ps> someone could explain me how to install the Chuwi drivers in windows 10

edit::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Thank you so much
[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
Delete all partitions??? Who told you to do that? You probably ruined your Windows upgrade license...

There is no need to boot from USB people. If you install Windows 10 from inside 8.1 and chose "keep nothing" in the setup wizard, it is technically identical to a clean install, only difference is that it makes a backup of Windows 8.1 to Windows.old which you can erase with Disk Cleanup.

No need to make it so complicated, "clean install" is an obsolete thing with Windows 10 upgrade options.

And you can enter BIOS/Boot menu without USB Keyboard anyway, as I said before.... You can do so via Recovery > Advanced Startup. But again I stress there is no reason for a manual install when you can do a perfect clean install from inside Windows 8.1...
[Device Reviews and Information] dicker182:
Yes i know a reset in Windows 10 do the same. But i want to play with some other things and

create my own multiboot. So I try to install everything by my self.
[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
Fair enough. Multibooting what, might I ask? Did you see my post (or see in UEFI options yourself) that there are settings for Linux and SteamOS also? Would be interesting to try that out, but this is via Insyde Q2S system which I can't find any info about.

Maybe not really needed for standard non-Android OS since GRUB should be able to handle it, or some other traditional boot manager.
[Device Reviews and Information] dicker182:
Yes, SteamOS would be really interessting.

Another question:

I have 19 partitions (15 Raw / 1 NTFS for Windows / 3 without filesystem) Which one can I

delete without getting trouble with windows? After this, I would extend the windows partition

to maximum.
[Device Reviews and Information] laxikahun:
Check This Post from earlier: http://xdaforums.com/android/general/chuwi-vi8-review-cheap-z3735f-8-tablet-t3066807/post61615557#post61615557
[Device Reviews and Information] dicker182:
Ahh Mann thanks!

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[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
If you have two Recovery partitions - one about 450MB and the other about 5.5GB - you can safely delete the 5.5GB one too for a little more space. But not the 450MB one, and it would be a good idea to make a Recovery Drive before deleting it. But if you have bootable USB to reinstall Windows 10 already (just in case the system dies and won't boot one day) then there is no need.
[Device Reviews and Information] varan77:
Anyone find a way to play android version of Dragon Quest 8 without freezing?
[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
Anybody else experience sleep/wake issues in Windows 10? I've tried a lot of things, device sometimes takes 30 seconds to wake up, and when it does WiFi is usually "Not Available", need to go into Network Adapters and disable the connection then re-enable for it to work.

Pretty annoying, I've even tried setting Sleep to Never as a workaround but device still seems to go to sleep.
[Device Reviews and Information] nyum_nyum:
So guys do we have another Android version other than the stock one? The graphics on the Android is kinda sucks
[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
What do you mean, the graphics suck? You can try modifying the DPI, it is only a 800p screen remember so the pixels will always be visible.
[Device Reviews and Information] nyum_nyum:
It's probably because of DPI. The graphics is not sharp enough on Android compared to Windows. So how can I change the DPI on Android?

If we have something like Port Remix OS it would be so cool.
[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
Don't know that firmware, but there is no source code for this device so don't expect any custom firmware, probably never going to happen.

EDIT: Devs and hackers can try to register here - http://www.insyde.com/products/androidsolutions/android_portal but you probably need to pay something, I am guessing many stuff is proprietary. I would try but I've no interest in developing Android, I got the tablet for Windows.

You need to root, you can use many apps to change DPI or edit build.prop manually. Google it. I use ROM Toolbox on my phone for changing DPI.
[Device Reviews and Information] nyum_nyum:
So what Dpi do you use?

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Guys please help.

I've rooted my tablet and installed Xposed Framework from the repository. After I've install the framework from the app, the android now keeps rebooting after it shows the lock screen. For a split second, the tablet will reboot.

How can I fix this?
[Device Reviews and Information] chuwidu:
yes, you can access to the recovery images via the UEFI (bios). You need to use a usb hub and keyboard (ESC key) to get to the UEFI menu
[Device Reviews and Information] laxikahun:
With 190 DPI. It is sharp as a blade :D But to change that you need to root the tab then edit the build.prop or just use an app for it.
[Device Reviews and Information] nupi:
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What other piece of software could enable that? Interested primarily on windows...

As for the USB OTG, I am already using one of the split type, seems like the Chuwi simply cant charge while using OTG (many devices can only do that after kernel hacks so I am not too surprised)
[Device Reviews and Information] zijin_cheng:
Something like this?

http://www.actualtools.com/multiplemonitors/

I'm sure if you spent more time Googling you could definitely come up with a better solution than this.
[Device Reviews and Information] XblackdemonX:
Please uninstall this right away. You don't need a swap file when you have 2GB of RAM
[Device Reviews and Information] mb320mb:
64gb sd disappear in windows

I have tried shut down and reboot, the sd card still not show up in my computer or device manager. The only way that works is to physically remove and re-insert and reboot. Is there any other way ? It is hard to remove the sd every time when you have the tablet in the case.
[Device Reviews and Information] kuroz91:
Windows 10 TP

I successfully installed Windows 10 TP on the dual OS version, using a bootable USB HDD with the last official windows 10 x86 iso (x64 won't boot).

I dropped every partitions (around 20) in the installation process, I didn't need android.

Although, I wouldn't recommend to go down this road, it was a pain in the a$$, I had to install most of the drivers manually.

Windows 10 isn't really optimized for tablets/touchscreens yet, it's still very buggy. M$ people need to work hard if they want to release there new OS next summer.

I have an heavy battery drain issue (I am now on build 10061, updated via fast ring). Battery drains when in standby mode, and even when I shut down the device (when I click power > shutdown), maybe the tablet doesn't properly shut down. Power management doesn't seem to work properly either.

I also need to keep the power button pressed for 10 seconds for the tablet to start.
[Device Reviews and Information] blackra:
is there a custom recovery for Android?
[Device Reviews and Information] zijin_cheng:
I've been searching and couldn't find any.
[Device Reviews and Information] CS@SG:
Hi, I have just gotten Vi8 from aliexpress, a single OS, WIN only version. Though the seller has configured it into English version (not a full English Windows 8.1), I am still not too used to it. Just to check, is it possible for me to reinstall full English Windows 8.1 with Bing? Can you point me to any online guide, resource that I can follow? I haven't activated the Office 365. If I manage to reinstall Windows, am I still able to make use of the 1 year free Office 365?

Does your screen feel kind of, rough? I feel it is not as smooth as like ipad or nexus 7.

Thanks.
[Device Reviews and Information] zijin_cheng:
When you mean rough do you mean the glass feels rough or the response of the touchscreen feels rough? Try taking off the screen protector if you left it on. ALso, I'm can't find any tutorials to install Windows specifically on the Chuwi, sorry, what you should do is activate Office 365 before you reinstall and then you have activated office 365 on your microsoft account and it will be there when you reinstall.

Here is a video on how to install Windows 8.1 on a generic device.

[YOUTUBE]NT0KFR09Svc[/YOUTUBE]
[Device Reviews and Information] my2sense:
My cheap split type hub charges while using OTG. It came with a switch for Charge or OTG but if I leave it at Charge, it charges with OTG. If I set it to OTG then it doesn't charge.

http://www.geekbuying.com/item/product-335260/

Edit: Sorry, I just realized this thread is in Android General. I only tested this on Windows only. I nuked my Android partitions so not sure if it works in Android.
[Device Reviews and Information] XblackdemonX:
Anyone has a copy of the original recovery (.img) ?
[Device Reviews and Information] zijin_cheng:
Haha no worries, thanks for bumping my thread anyways :)

Sorry, don't have it, my sister is currently using my tablet overseas.
[Device Reviews and Information] LoLaTiOn:
Need files Android in New D86JHBNR01

hi

I am moderator of a Chinese tablet french site http://tablette-chinoise.net/chuwi-serie-vi-f240

If you have problems with this tablet and want to help no worries

I perceives that there is still a new bios and also another version of android in Vi8 Dual OS since 201504

Let me explain how I came to realize

s / n q32g22150304xxx

bios D86JUBNR01

you can not install on GooglePlay, or manually

Foursquare Google+ and many other applications

s / n q32g22150401xxx

bios D86JHBNR01

Foursquare Google+ OK !

here installation possible also the splash screen before botanimation android was different

but the person who has met with problems with the windows has to reinstall Android repartitioning

My question is the following

Which link the new bios D86JHBNR01 and new ANDROID !!!

Who has the upper android version 20150123

Check your build.prop please

keep me informed
[Device Reviews and Information] ~Searcher~:
LINUX on Chuwi Vi8

Hiya all,

Anyone have been trying to run Linux with TOUCH support on the Chuwi Vi8?

There is ubuntu 14.10 mate with built in rtl8723bs wifi adapter. The only thing is missing at the moment - it is touch screen driver for gslx680. (Silead firmware)

On I2C bus there is MSSL1680 device.

There is also user space driver which I have built for x86_64 based distribs (on Arch actually). github.com/rastersoft/gsl1680

The only missing thing is GPIO pin that wake up a chip (touch screen controller).

Anyone can help how to detect in while I have full access to Android and Win8.1 with working touch screen?
[Device Reviews and Information] zijin_cheng:
Hi there, this stuff is a little to techy for me, sorry.
[Device Reviews and Information] r3dbvll:
i have the win8 model without dual boot. its possible to install 4.4 rom?
[Device Reviews and Information] angelodm75:
Hi friend,

how I can expand the space in the session Android? The 5gb of free space are truly insufficient and my son can not use it to play all of his favorite stocks. I bought a 32 gb sd card, but I can not install any application on it ("move on sd" is not present on the app). I followed several guides to enable this button, but none has succeeded in (link2sd, app2sd, etc). Possible that there is no way to expand the space of this terminal? Thank you all in advance
[Device Reviews and Information] telebog:
Please update the first post, because it has a micro HDMI and not mini hdmi.
[Device Reviews and Information] karasardelis:
Screen feels very rough to me too, the only thing i hated... I would like a good glass screen protector, a 2.5D one if possible. Anyone knows any good glass protector that will fit?
[Device Reviews and Information] blueseeka:
Yes... also found the screen rough but I don't find it annoying to use
[Device Reviews and Information] krkspds:
Just want to share my experience when upgrading to Windows 10.

I had previously refreshed windows from system restore, complete reinstall. I change the Lang to English at that time.

I upgraded from Windows update. The whole process took a couple hours. There is not enough space on the drive, so I chose the SD card. Worked perfectly, I did not have to install any drivers, i.e. touchscreen or others.
[Device Reviews and Information] bbaker6212:
Any chance of getting that tutorial up?
[Device Reviews and Information] cokelat70:
I have same problem

In case your device bootloops after installing an Xposed Module, you can boot your device into safe mode. Safe mode can be activated by repeatedly pressing any of your device’s hardware buttons during early startup. Your device will then vibrate twice after the first button press is detected, after which you have five seconds to press the same button an additional four times. Safe mode is then confirmed with a long vibration. This will disable Xposed Framework.

Then you can uninstall Xposed
[Device Reviews and Information] krkspds:
Problem creating recovery drive. I have tried several times with different USB drives. I get the same result, cannot create.

Can anyone she'd some light on this?
[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
You'll have to share error codes, maybe check for one in Event Viewer, we can't guess what the problem is. But probably corrupted recovery partition if I had to guess.

You don't *need* a recovery drive, you can reinstall Windows 10 via official Media Creator tool if you get an unbootable system.

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[Device Reviews and Information] LuxZg:
Hi everyone! I got my Chuwi yesterday, and first thing I've tried today is making an image of it's ROM with Acronis. But I've tried several times, with different devices - and I just can't get it to boot from USB!

I've tried with 2 USB sticks, both bootable on other computers, and one of those with Acronis bootable image, and other with Windows 10 bootable installation.

I've tried using 2 USB hubs, one of which was powered, like a small dock.

If I go to Windows on Chuwi I can browse both USBs, use mouse, kbd, and so on, so USB OTG works.

On all tries if I go to "Boot from file" after getting boot menu by pressing Esc on boot - I can see the USB stick, and can even browse it, so it's there.

But once I go Power up - Esc - Boot Manager - I only get Windows / Android / Internal EFI shell offered. All three work. But not once have I seen "USB EFI Device" or whatever should be writing by the different posts in different forums dedicated to Chuwi Vi8.

So pleeeease! I keep telling myself I'm not THAT stupid, but either there is something I'm not noticing, or there's something weird with my Chuwi. If anyone has any idea please post here, thanks! :)

P.S. Also, if anyone ever tried making AND RESTORING backup image with Acronis, I'd be glad to hear if it worked or not.
[Device Reviews and Information] bbaker6212:
The last time I used Acronis, a long time ago, I found it difficult to use and had errors later doing restores. Maybe it has improved by now, I don't know. What I have used recently and like a lot is Macrium Reflect. Super easy to use, can make bootable USB media, and lots of nifty features. I have used it to backup and restore Windows 10 and Linux partitions on a PC, so I'm guessing it can also handle Android partitions but I'm not sure. Try it. It's free. If you do, report back how it worked for you. You have to run it under Windows and/or USB boot.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

One limitation (for now) is you cannot mount and browse through images created from non-windows partitions (eg. Linux in my case). But you can still restore them, so it works fine for backing up.

I'm using UEFI booting. GPT and MBR partitions are supported, and perhaps others?

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Here is one guy claiming it will work.

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Here is another product I heard about. Dunno how good or bad it may be.

http://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-free.html

[Edit:] For me (and likely Android users) Easeus is out. Their website says it only supports FATxx and NTFS partitions so no support or EXT4 partitions.
[Device Reviews and Information] dicker182:
I used Macrium Reflect to Image the complete internal SSD. Did Several restores, works absolutly perfect!

You have to create a rescue macrium reflect stick with UEFI and 32Bit to see them in the boot manager.

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[Device Reviews and Information] ilnocca68:
Brick

I have a Chuwi vi8 and I think I flashed a bios wrong I can not more to get into download manager screen is always black and then esc + ignition behavior nothing to do with suggestions should flash the bios with an alternative system can anyone help me
[Device Reviews and Information] bbaker6212:
I'm wondering if [MENTION=5053968]LuxZg[/MENTION] or other has a "fresh" Macrium Reflect complete disk backup image that does not have personal data in it.... if they were to put the image up on a cloud drive that could be downloaded and installed by someone with a bricked device, maybe that would unbrick it? I've read that Windows/Microsoft determines it's license based on a key/data stored in a device's BIOS settings so maybe that will work with a restored disk image. Could be worth a try if someone is willing to upload their backup image.
[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
UEFI, not BIOS. And yes, its called SLIC table, its part of UEFI.

How did you manage to flash UEFI? You should know better than using such low level tools lol...

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[Device Reviews and Information] bbaker6212:
I saw the Chuwi Vi7 for only US$50 with free shipping. I wonder if this could be made to dual-boot Ubuntu just for a fun.... or perhaps even better, the Linaro distro?

http://www.gearbest.com/tablet-pcs/pp_197558.html

Not to get off topic, but there is also 10" tablets now for US$50 but this one has an Allwinner A33 processor. Allwinner is part of the Linaro group, so I wonder if you can run that Linux distro on it? too early, not yet read for prime time?
[Device Reviews and Information] Hagdar:
I made a bit of a mess of android trying to root it. None of my attempts worked and now I have supersu and supersu king which don't work and can't be uninstall as they are system apps. Factory data reset didn't remove them or help with re-root attempts. Recovery mode doesn't seem to find a recovery image. Maybe cause I upgraded to windows 10?

I downloaded the vi8 recovery rar but I don't see an recovery.img file in it.

Any place have a recovery.img I can use in recovery mode?
[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
The Vi7 only has 1GB RAM and 8GB storage, dual-booting this would be pointless IMO - it's difficult enough with such little space on our 32GB Vi8. Maybe possible but Chuwi probably didn't include the Insyde Q2S system, so dual booting would need to be done with E.g. GRUB or traditional methods instead.

I have no opinion for the other one, its an ARM CPU and I've only ever used Android on ARM devices (I only use Linux on my PC for necessity in development, I don't like Linux myself as a general OS).

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Where did you get the rar from? It has no instructions? Many of these Chinese devices support a feature where bootloader can read from USB key, try extracting to FAT32 USB stick and insert via OTG adapter. That's just a wild guess though, better searching for instructions elsewhere.

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[Device Reviews and Information] Hagdar:
I got android going again. Can't get it rooted though, but oh well, I don't think i'll need it rooted.

The rar was from the first page of this thread from needrom.com. Now that I got android going, I won't need to restore.
[Device Reviews and Information] CosmicDan:
Why can't you install CWM Recovery, as mentioned in original post?

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[Device Reviews and Information] anothereye94:
Hi Guys

Just had a question that I wash oping you all could help me with.

I got the tablet earlier today, and it was working fine. After I ran iRoot (successfully), the lower half of the screen does not seem to register touches anymore.

This means if I want to open the app drawer, I need to rotate the screen to landscape and then press the buttons. I have tried resetting it, and it hasn't brought on any changes at all.

I did change to the windows partition of the Tablet and everything seems to be working fine there with and I can press the lower half of the screen and it will register touches.

Does anyone know what is going on?

Cheers.
[Device Reviews and Information] veisen:
Chuwi HI8 VI8 VI10 ....... windows 10 os switch

here is Windows 10 os switch for chuwi

fully working Windows boot loop and running on startup

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/chuwi-hi8-vi8-vi10-windows-10-os-switch-t3213263
[Device Reviews and Information] bbaker6212:
Is there a description of what it does, how to install it, etc.?

[edit] I see when you extract it, it is a .msi file so I presume you install this on Windows and when you run it, it switches to booting Android?
[Device Reviews and Information] veisen:
other versions on internet when you install it on Windows 10 you get boot loop on it
[Device Reviews and Information] Darth Ziggurat:
Hi guys, I have compiled instructions on how to do this. I am also working on just making a bootable iso that will install without users need to fix stuff. https://github.com/Manouchehri/vi8/blob/master/Ubuntu_instructions.md

If anyone knows a thing or two about linux id be happy to get any help, see the main readme for infromation about whats missing.

Oh, and its not my github repo, im just a contributor.
[Device Reviews and Information] bbaker6212:
Ask this guy what he used to get Ubuntu up/running on the Chuwi Vi10. Who knows if it will be better/worse/same on a different device. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63069650&postcount=390

"I got Ubuntu installed but no success to get stable performance or most of the drivers working. Video and WiFi worked but the system freezes sometimes."