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[Windows 8 General] alessandro1980:
????? Cube support just answered my dispute in AliExpress with a link to this tread as a solution for the problem of illegal keys ??? they are getting more and more ridiculous every day, they are admitting that they can't solve the problem and hope that xda users can help them!
[Windows 8 General] MDaveUK:
The Surface pro 2 tempered glass screen protector from Amazon is really great for this tablet. Much better than the crappy factory installed one! When using the stylus it actually feels a bit more like paper. Much better when the friction is there for controlling strokes :)

Highly recommended.

Warning: Its a pain in the ass to install BUT its better then a plastic based screen protector because if you accidentally get dust under there when applying, you don't have to throw the protector away. Because its glass, just clean and try again :) no sticky adhesive to worry about.
[Windows 8 General] sylvain15250:
Just received this message from Cube Store, regarding windows licence key:

"Good day

Factory is testing english key now, wait with some patience.

best regards

Jerry-Cube Store"
[Windows 8 General] baha76_s:
Hi everyone, I received the tablet today from aliexpress (not from cube store), but I had a very strage situation and I went to know if anyone has the same situation.

When I received the package from the mail office, they claim about 72 dollar to cover the customs duty fees (douane fees), so I contact the seller and he said:

"sorry, we can't bear the customs duty.Next time,when you place an order in the Aliexpress,if the price beyond the customs duty standard,you can ask the seller mark a lower price"

"we don't know you need mark a low price,maybe you can told us before send it out"

"we don't know every country customs duty".

So is this normal, what you suggest to me, is it worth open a dispute or no.

Note: till now I didn't open the package to verify their condition because I went to solve the problem of customs duty fees firstly.

Thanks

By the way my country is Switzerland

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[Windows 8 General] sylvain15250:
I am not sure you can win anything out of a dispute... When you order from Aliexpress, you are exposed to that kind of "issues", sometimes you are lucky enough not to pay any tax, sometimes you aren't. :crying:
[Windows 8 General] baha76_s:
So, ther is no solution of my conflict ?

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[Windows 8 General] orditeck:
Anyone had success to make Wi-Fi works on Ubuntu?

There is a discussion on Ubuntu forums, if anyone could help that'd be very great: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2265190
[Windows 8 General] MDaveUK:
It's different for each country, its even worse in Germany from what I heard. They won't even allow you to have it! I was lucky because I only had to pay the DHL fee which was £16 in the UK.

On the ordering page on the Aliexpress site they say that they are not responsible for import duty fees, and they warn you again just before you actually pay for it. You won't be able to win any dispute if they put the warnings in place about it, unfortunately. It's the same for anything you import from any import site. It depends on how strict your country is.
[Windows 8 General] seaniccus:
Dispute update:

My dispute with the Aliexpress seller has been in escalation for a little over a week with no response from Aliexpress (that seems like a long time..) In that time, the seller has suddenly become interested in bargaining with me ans has offered increasingly small partial refund sums (5, 10, 15) over the days. Unfortunately (for him, me or anybody else with an escalated dispute that might be interested in cutting a deal) it's too late -- according to the documentation I've read it's impossible to cancel an escalated dispute without dismissing the complaints and closing the transaction as if you were satisfied. I'm not sure if the seller knows this and is trying to get me to cancel the dispute so it's closed and he "wins" or if he does not understand how the system works.

Either way, it seems I'm stuck. I can't close the dispute, and it's taking awhile. Does anybody else have experience with Aliexpress arbitration wait times or verdicts? During the initial dispute bargaining the only option he proposed is return, which I'm not interested in -- I've spent money on the tablet and return shipping to china is prohibitively expensive for me. Is it possible they'll try to rule that I return it? If so, is there a way I can choose to just pay the original price and eat the cost I've spent on the tablet after the sale?

Anybody else out there with an escalated dispute on this product?

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Those woes aside, the tablet's been good to me. It's a great portable drawing device and I've been using it quite a lot. I'm not a huge fan of the keyboard, but I can forgive the cramped keys and unimpressive trackpad for how well the tablet nests in it.

My only regret (aside from the dispute for Windows) is buying the Folio. It's kind of terrible.
[Windows 8 General] alessandro1980:
It's quite normal using dhl shipping, in Italy I had to pay 38€ (declared item value was about 90$ if I remember correctly)
[Windows 8 General] imradar:
Has anyone tried using miracast? I find that the wifi module is pretty weak, and will drop my internet connection while using wireless display, I also like to use my BT mouse at the sametime (I had the same problem with my venue 8 pro, until they updated the wifi drivers) I am using win 10 and driver pkg from wootever's original post ( windows reports that the drivers for the wifi is ver 1027.4.0630.2015, I see 1030.0.0515.2015 is out, should I use the older drivers? Also many times wifi/bt/sd card will disconnect and reconnect when attaching keyboard (any fix?) Can the wifi adapter be replaced/upgraded? or is it part of the mb?

Thanks
[Windows 8 General] jozco313:
Hello everyone, yesterday when I came from vacation I picked up my tablet from the post office (ordered from the sale) . I played with it , installed windows 10 etc. everything went ok. But this thing is getting really hot when few apps are running. I tried to install the modified bios but don’t knew that I can’t install it when I have the AMI Bios , but my tablet is not bricked it works really nice , but it still get really warm and when I try to play same games I can’t hold it in my hands. Overall the performance is really amazing , the web surfing is very fast , but only in windows edge browser , my favorite mozzila is slower. So that’s it I flashed the modified browser on the AMI Bios and it works, I have nice English Cube boot logo and etc. THX for great work and this thread.

I only have few questions:

Is the surface 2 glass screen protector really so great for our cube stylus ?

Is the original keyboard really worth 50 dollars ?
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
[MENTION=663362]imradar[/MENTION]

1027.4.0630.2015 is technically newer (according to it's date), this is also the reason why it is prioritized by Windows.

However it seems 1030.0.0515.2015 is descending from a newer driver revision and cooperates indeed better with Windows 10.

The WiFi/Bluetooth module is soldered onto the mainboard (Red):

By default only one antenna (Green) is connected, might be possible that a second antenna connected to (Blue) could improve connection stability.
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
[MENTION=3667174]alessandro1980[/MENTION]

Did they already gave you a key?

You need to make sure that you get a CoreSingleLanguage edition key, CoreCountrySpecific will not work.

Edit:

CoreCountrySpecific (Windows 8.1 China Language Edition) can be updated to -> Win 10 RTM CoreCountrySpecific Retail, but you can't force change the language without major problems (would be otherwise pointless by microsoft to create a language specific edition if it's so easy to outsmart it).

Edit2:

I also have to revise my comment about geekbuying.com (and probably other retailers too), they were not shipping CoreSingleLanguage serials but CoreCountrySpecific serials instead.

So they used Windows 8.1 + KMS activator because it is impossible to change the language on this Chinese specific edition. (And those keys probably aren't supposed to be shipped outside of china)

Technically every (not only the from the aliexpress sale) Cube i7 Stylus device got an invalid Windows license.
[Windows 8 General] alessandro1980:
No keys at all since now, today cube proposed a 20$ refound + 10$ voucher on AliExpress, I think I'll escalate the dispute on AliExpress hoping that seeing many disputes about i7 stylus (23 July offer) they will convince Cube to give buyers some original win 8.1 keys
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
[MENTION=3667174]alessandro1980[/MENTION]

This would be another option, media center key costs $10.

I tried this as well with the chinese language edition key and made the upgrade to windows 10, unfortunately the key just got converted to the Windows 10 China edition.

Windows 10 key is: N2434-X9D7W-8PF6X-8DV9T-8TYMD (generic Windows 10 Home Country Specific key)
[Windows 8 General] orditeck:
AliExpress team replied to my dispute, 11 days after I opened it.

I did not asked for a full refund. That is a very long message and polite way to say **** you.
[Windows 8 General] link1227:
has anyone found a charger for this tablet that's pretty long? Like a laptop charger?
[Windows 8 General] mib2nd:
I have been looking for an external battery backup as well. Do a search on Amazon.com for "Aukey 18000mah Multi-voltage (5v 12v 16v 19v) External Battery". This one looks like it would work. I'm not sure of the size of the jack needed, but it does come with several.
[Windows 8 General] tehNoti:
Do you have a link? Does it really fit well? Height, length, rounded corners... ?

I had to pay 23€ to DHL, half of it customs, half of it a fee for DHL

I just looked again: On my Cube there is the Win 10 Pro Edition installed with my desired language as system language (CMD -> lpksetup confirmed this).

Unfortunately I cannot compare our tablets, maybe I was lucky, but my upgrading/reinstalling did indeed work: Valid Win 10 Pro install in not-chinese.

I am interested in something like that as well, as the charger that came with the tablet is kind of flimsy. The EU-converter-part is just stuck onto the original and doesn't hold too well. Maybe I'll just solder it together...
[Windows 8 General] seaniccus:
Nevermind my app made me reply a page late.
[Windows 8 General] Nocturney:
Hey guys !

Does anyone know if it's possible to use usb to 3.5mm power cable adapter like this for example ?

theoretically this should give the option to charge through any standard usb charger, right..?
[Windows 8 General] tehNoti:
Trying to identify the plug I also came to these dimensions:

outer diameter: 3.5mm

inner diameter: 1.35mm

length: 10mm

A page or two before it was mentioned, that for the tablet to charge you need 12 V and at least 2500mA (if i recall correctly).

If that is the output of your usb-charger you should be good to go.
[Windows 8 General] Nocturney:
So for example if I use an adaptive voltage charger (it automatically runs in the range of 5/9/12v with 1500-2000mA output) - it should basically work (but a bit slower) ?
[Windows 8 General] tehNoti:
2000mA seem to be too little

so you need 2.5A or more:

hope this helps
[Windows 8 General] Nocturney:
Got it,

Thanks for clearing things up :)
[Windows 8 General] rilot:
It will charge from a 2A supply. I am using one right now actually. It just charges very slowly.
[Windows 8 General] baaldfg:
Hi there,

I am using the Anker Astro Pro 2: 20000 mAh power bank. This one works perfectly to charge the Cube i7 Stylus. The only thing is the plug. You need to buy either an adapter or change the charging cable.

Best wishes,

Christian
[Windows 8 General] alessandro1980:
Interesting, I think the problem is that I don't have a valid win 8.1 pro key, I only have a kms generated one.
[Windows 8 General] tehNoti:
So what you are saying is that in control panel -> system your windows is not activated?
[Windows 8 General] alessandro1980:
Is activated, but with a cracked kms key I suppose
[Windows 8 General] tehNoti:
And what would be your goal?

Because as mentioned in my first post here, I arrived at an activated win 10 pro.

Whether or not my initial copy was legit ... I cannot say.

But as this is something I paid for and my "goods are confirmed received", I don't feel too bad...
[Windows 8 General] alessandro1980:
My goal is having an original win 8.1 key, not a kms generated one! If you use kms it's normal to see activated windows with apparently original key, but in reality it is cracked
[Windows 8 General] obi-lan:
One should probably check his countrys laws before importing items outside of country (or outside of EU). Not every internet store checks that they comply with receivers countrys rules and regulations, specially not chinese/hongkong sellers. In Finland receiver is responsible to declare customs (24%) of everything that is more valuable than 22eur. If somethings comes trough without customs its lucky day but one is still responsible for customs and it may bite back if you return item and you cannot show that you did pay taxes for that item. Every Finnish retail must also pay that 24% so foreign online stores instantly seem to have price advantage if their country don't order similar taxes. DHL seems to put everything trough official customs process while others do whatever they do.

From what I understand Germans are more strict about safety regulations or something like that. Cube i7 Stylus is missing CE markings which should state that product is tested and safe for European markets...
[Windows 8 General] mnemix:
But maybe someday Microsoft lock your activated win 10 pro because your key is blacklisted and then you can't update it and you will see everyday a notice that your copy of w10 is not legal. We want to avoid this one. Activated is not the same as legal.

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[Windows 8 General] tehNoti:
I understand that by now, but as mentioned earlier: I can't dispute anything anymore, I can't go back and look if KMS was installed at all.
[Windows 8 General] mnemix:
All the Cube i7 Stylus has KMS inside, for sure, don't doubt it. Because they are manufactured for the Chinese market. But as you say, you can't dispute anything, I only want to confirm this with you.

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[Windows 8 General] alessandro1980:
I think we can dispute that we bought a tablet that should support English, Russian, Chinese and Japanese (as stated on AliExpress page) and now we have only Chinese, only if they give me a valid English key for win 8.1 (not pro) I will have nothing to complain for
[Windows 8 General] gregoritto:
screen rotation landscape upside down

hi all

I read 4pda.ru forum and xdadevelopers.

did upgrade to win10 with clean install. win is in English, activated. latest drivers from this threat.

PROBLEM is if screen "rotation lock" is Locked screen works fine.

If i unlock "rotation lock" screen rotation works, but in landscape mode goes upside down . When in portrait mode everything works fine.

Is it the problem with proximity driver? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance
[Windows 8 General] chakky88:
Windows 10 Palm Rejection

For those who has problem with palm rejection in windows 10, It seemed MS designed the touch digitizer to reject the touch on a certain part of the screen in windows 10, not the whole screen like in windows 8.1.

Go to Settings > Devices > Pen, and take a look at "Choose which hand you write with". If Right Hand is selected, any touch from the right hand side of the pen cursor (supposedly your palm) will be rejected, but anything on the left hand side will not, and vice versa.
[Windows 8 General] sylvain15250:
Quick question: When I reinstalled Windows 8.1 with a french version (and a valid key I had), I saw 3 or 4 partitions and decided to keep all of them, erasing just the one where Win 8.1 Pro were installed. Do you think they are useful or can I just get rid of them? I don't like having useless files and partitions :S

Thanks!
[Windows 8 General] baha76_s:
Hi I opened my tablet, and see that it has windows 8.1 bing activated with English language (despite some Chinese words here and there), I type "slmgr -dlv" commande to find any trace of kmspico inside, but surprisly there is no kmspico activation and the windows legaly activated (CoreConnected edition, Windows 8.1 bing OEM_DM channel)

So is this a legitimate copy, and if I went to do a clean install what youadvise me.

Thanjs

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[Windows 8 General] chakky88:
Even if you deleted all the partitions, windows will re-create a 100mb and a 450mb recovery partitions during installation. The one you should delete is 4.5gb partition which I think it contains windows 8.1 china recovery image from cube (useless), so you'll get 4.5gb more space.
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
[MENTION=2096474]gregoritto[/MENTION]

Did you install 18.08.2015?, any previous dated version needs a restart for the registry settings to take effect (which controls the orientation).

The most current drivers should work correctly right after installation.
[Windows 8 General] Boid-man:
Hacked!

Finally DHL decided to deliver my tablet ( after holding it for a week and failing to find my house twice) order it from Banggood.com

My i7 seems to be from an older batch. It came with w8.1 pro, but with a bad key. I found the hack tool as well. I was prepared for this though. I left my budget open for a new activation key from amazon. That's not to say I won't still fight for a partial refund.

I sent an email asking for one as well as pictures of proof.

Let's see what happens next.
[Windows 8 General] seaniccus:
This is what I'm expecting -- but at least it seems like they're giving you the option to not return it if you prefer not to bear the absurd shipping costs (my post office says it will cost like $60-80 to return it. I'd be much happier just keeping the tablet!) ...I was worried they might try and force a return.

My wife is suggesting I file for a partial refund for my credit card company and just have them do a charge back if the dispute fails. I know that's what the company's protection department is for, but somehow this feels like going too far? Her point is direct -- the product I received doesn't match the description, story over. Still debating what I'm going to do there.
[Windows 8 General] schu1758:
USB charger

Does anyone know/can help me find, a USB cable that is able to charge this tablet. I have a portable charger that can charge 12V I've been looking for the cable for days but can't seem to find one. Thanks in advance !
[Windows 8 General] chakky88:
I'm not sure this is what you are looking for: amazon.com/Charger-Adapter-Supply-Charge-Connector/dp/B00B5T3W9Q

If it is, try searching for 'usb to 3.5mm charging cable'. The one in the link only support 5v though.

What charger do you have? I'm interested in having one. :)
[Windows 8 General] mib2nd:
I received my glass screen protector today and I am very pleased. The plastic one that comes from the manufacturer was getting pretty nasty looking only after a couple of weeks. The glass screen protector is more smudge resistant than the plastic by far. The stylus works much smoother on it as well and I have had no issues as to the pressure needed when writing with this screen protector. My tablet looks much cleaner now and actually functions better with the stylus. There is no hole in the glass for the camera, but I can see no difference in the quality of the video.

I would recommend this for anyone looking for a screen protector. Installation is MUCH easier than plastic screen protectors. Just line up the top edge and slowly let the screen protector down and you can watch for air bubbles. make sure your screen is clean before you apply and you will be good. You cant even tell there is a screen protector on it.

Here is where I purchased mine:

www.aliexpress.com/item/Cube-i7-10-...pered-Glass-Screen-Protector/32412915737.html
[Windows 8 General] Boid-man:
New Windows 8.1 install.

How have you guys been able to do fresh windows 8.1 installs? I put the ISO on a USB stick using the windows software, but every time I try I get-

"a media driver your computer needs is missing... Bla bla bla..."

What have you guys done to fix this?

All the times I've put windows in a computer this has never happened.
[Windows 8 General] buzz86us:
I sprung for a license off of ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Windows-8-1-pro-license-key-32-64-bits-1-pc-/331633559929?

I am hoping Cube takes my offer since they are taking forever to make with a chinese key - the seller has 100% positive feedback and the key worked without a hitch..

nice to hear that the screen protector works great..can't wait until mine comes.. I ordered from the same company once i saw that the digi was plastic.. right now i use a ghetto modded plastic ipad screen protector bought from the dollar store in the interim

as for cases i have been using a notchbook case that i found on a clearance rack at walmart for $7
[Windows 8 General] sylvain15250:
Thanks for the feedback! Do you have a Surface Pro 2 tempered glass protector to compare with by any chance? I would like to know if there is any quality difference between the two, especially regarding the anti-fingerprint coating.

Edit: By the way, does everything eventually work fine with windows 10 and the latest drivers provided on the first page?
[Windows 8 General] rilot:
Everything works fine with Windows 10. I have no issues at all and no functionality missing.
[Windows 8 General] chakky88:
I still have this same problem. I've tried to uninstall and remove all sensor drivers, then restart tablet and reinstall drivers, but the screen still up side down in landscape mode. There was no screen rotation problem when I upgraded from windows 8.1 to windows 10. This just has happened after fresh install of windows 10 using the same driver.

Driver details:

Kionix KXTJ9 3-axis accelerometer SPB 1.2.8.3 (8/5/2015)

Kionix Sensor Fusion Device 1.0.28.2 (8/5/2015)

Sdo Sensor V2 10.0.10240.16384 (6/21/2006)

People who don't have orientation issue please let me know if my drivers are different from yours. Thank you.
[Windows 8 General] rilot:
You have to use the installer script that is provided with the driver package on the front page of this thread. If you don't, the registry configuration that fixes the orientation doesn't get applied.

You could also apply it to the registry yourself but you will need to take ownership of the specific keys it references.
[Windows 8 General] chakky88:
Thanks. I'll try deleting drivers and run the script.

update: It doesn't work. Any suggestion? I might be missing something. I'll try a clean install again tonight though.
[Windows 8 General] sylvain15250:
Have you tried using the driver cleaner Wootever made? Not sure about the result though.
[Windows 8 General] baaldfg:
Firmware

Hi there,

On the first page there are firmwares for the Wacom Pen and the Intel Management Engine.

Is it recommended to flash those?

Best wishes,

Christian
[Windows 8 General] Boid-man:
Update

Finally got w8.1 reinstalled. Had to use a different tool to flash the ISO to USB. Everything works thanks to your driver package!

[MENTION=1156303]baaldfg[/MENTION]

Might as well, I would think its recommend to keep everything up to date.
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
[MENTION=5795729]chakky88[/MENTION]

Please try this registry file: kxfusion.reg -> reboot device.

[MENTION=1156303]baaldfg[/MENTION]

Management Engine update is recommended, your Wacom firmare version is most likely already at version v2600, so it is only useful for reference / updating from very early batches.

Small overview about Intel Management Engine:
[Windows 8 General] chakky88:
It worked like a charm! Thank you very much [MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] :good::D

Can you please briefly tell me what might cause the problem, so I'd avoid it the next time.
[Windows 8 General] mib2nd:
Sorry, I don't have the surface pro 2 glass to compare it to.