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[Windows 8 General] ionutp23:
Hi there not the bios is the problem but the Emmc (Flash memory ) just died like many other cube tablets. only solution is to change the emmc not a easy job i have changed in few cube tablets and upgraded 2 android tv box from 16gb to 64gb.

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Hi there not the bios is the problem but the Emmc (Flash memory ) just died like many other cube tablets. only solution is to change the emmc not a easy job i have changed in few cube tablets and upgraded 2 android tv box from 16gb to 64gb.
[Windows 8 General] hardan:
Ionutp23 This cube Tablet doesn't have Emmc, but one M.2 SSD. The BIOS is in a separate chip. The problem also can be a faulty SSD or corrupted data in it.

Levelud i have some BIOS files and if you need it i can upload it in any hosting. If BIOS reflashing doesn't work you can try to install Windows from scratch an then install all drivers.

Regards.
[Windows 8 General] rilot:
Has anyone got a link to the driver bundles that were posted by Wootever? The links are gone from the first page and I've lost my backup of them.
[Windows 8 General] Peda1996:
Just download the bundle from techtablets. There are also the drivers online.
[Windows 8 General] Kalafioras:
Bricking this amazing tablet

Hi buddy,

you aren't alone. I also managed to brick my tablet but in diferent way. So mine wouldn't charge, so I desided to take it apart and look whats wrong. One of chargers input legs was disconected so I tried resoldering. Failed. Brought to specialist, he soldered leg but unfortunately I burnt something.

So now I can charge it, the red light goes on, but procesor or something makes that weard high pich sound as old hard drives needle jumping. Poer on button dosn't do anything.

I did dismental tablet, tried looking behind motherboard but I can't find anything burnt. Maby one of diodes burnt?

Anyone with similar problem, please, respond :D
[Windows 8 General] Hippister:
I was able to boot into ubuntu from usb, and later able to install mac os. this has been the strangest thing.

would this still be possible if I had a bad Emmc?
[Windows 8 General] hardan:
Hippister the Cube i7 Stylus doesn't have Emmc, but a m.2 SSD. You can replace it by another unit even with more capacity.

If you can install MacOS in it may be posible to install Windows. Have you cleaned all the partitions before installing Win 10? Or the Windows installer doesn't let you do it?
[Windows 8 General] ionutp23:
Y where right sorry just checked.
[Windows 8 General] aoesp3:
Can i reinstall default bios without bricking tablet? I have orjinal bios file and using wootever bios but i can't configure max tdp or temp in bios. I want to reinstall default cube bios.
[Windows 8 General] hardan:
Yes, is easy if you follow some rules. The first is have connected the Tablet to power supply and the second is configure the power options in Windows to avoid suspend.

I made the mistake to leave the power disconnected and when the Tablet was upgrading BIOS the system turned off, bricking the Tablet. I had to change the BIOS chip by another previously programmed.

Good luck.
[Windows 8 General] oeriel:
I have some question... I followed this thread, reading almost every post, but lately I'm lost in that 0:) So forgive me if someone asked previously about it. I have two simple questions:

1. Is it possible to replace microUSB 3.0 port with standard USB 3.0 port? It doesn't matter if it will fit - just is it possible and is it difficult?

2. I want to add another standard USB port (2.0) for mouse/keyboard receiver etc. If I'm right I need to find GND, Power and D+ and D- "lines". I know that someone soldered it to pogo pins but I want to use other place. Is there, on image marked as "2" some kind of micro USB port? And how to find which is D+ and which is D-?

Thank you
[Windows 8 General] Bladefs:
Dear all,

after reading most of the posts I'm a bit confused. My actual status to get the heat problem solved is not to flash a custom bios but to use the DIY Copper heatspreader and Undervolting with ThrottleStop, right? If yes, which trottlestop options should I use best, since here are mentioned several ones as working.

Another question in a different direction: is there a chance of getting a factory image? my serial number is starting with i8-L which is not listed under cube-tablet.com

Thanks in advance
[Windows 8 General] nealed:
Hello,

looking for BIOS versions to Flash. Trying to fix an issue where the battery does not want to charge. Tablet works plugged in, but turns off as soon as is is unplugged. WIthin Windows, the battery logo shows empty, but when clicked on, it shows 100% full - the charging icon is present...

Anyway, would love to have some BIOS files to play around with, and wootever seems to have remved them. If anyone can help out, I would appreciate.
[Windows 8 General] dim565:
Not sure that the problem is in the BIOS, but I saved some BIOS that were posted by Wootever: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9RSG/mFYAjJ9cL

It seems to me that if you are going (or have already done) to install a copper plate, then it is not necessary to use undervolting. For example, I did't do that.

Probably, the only chance is to find an image on the baidu cloud. But it's been a long time, maybe the file has already been deleted. If the question is still actual — write to me, I will try to look.

Yes, this is possible. And yes, it's not so easy and fast. As I understand it, all necessary contacts for USB 3.0 are available. The main problems are:

- find a place for a full-sized USB 3.0 connector (one user from 4pda added 2 full-sized USB 2.0 ports with mini USB 2.0 hub to the right side of the case, link);

- ensure a good fixing port;

- it's necessary to work with metal;

- solder the wires to the contacts of the old MicroUSB 3.0 connector (additional current losses, it may not have enough power to devices like external hard drive).

Yes, usually use contacts from the POGO connector. I'm not sure that there is a working USB in the marked place. But you can check. With the multimeter you can find positive and negative contacts, and data + and data- can be tested by empirical means (in case of an incorrect connection, nothing terrible will happen)
[Windows 8 General] Bladefs:
Hi [MENTION=7059241]dim565[/MENTION], thanks for your answer.

I already ordered everything for the copper shield but did not build it. If undervolting is not needed afterwards then I'll really go ahead.

And thanks again for the offer to look for the factory images. I found my Acronis image so I'm fine. Even a Chinese college sent me the files from baidu drive. The Cube support told me in addition which image to use for which model:

All images

http://www.cube-tablet.com/download

Cube I7-CM WIN8 System Installation Guide and Software

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1eQCuRR0

Cube I7-WWA (I7 handwritten version) WIN10 system installation tutorial and software

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1qWmW5Y0

Cube i7-WW WIN10 System Installation Guide and Software

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1gdnUO9P

Cube i7-WA handwriting version Win8.1 system installation file

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1gdAR0sF
[Windows 8 General] nealed:
Thanks for the BIOS
[Windows 8 General] dim565:
Swollen battery it's sad :( I want to know for interest, on which site you ordered a new battery?
[Windows 8 General] king3:
I have used my tablet again after a year and I would like to know how the latest version of windows 10 is working, are there all the drivers for windows 10? How can I do a clean installation if I only have one USB port and I need to connect the keyboard and mouse?
[Windows 8 General] dim565:
[MENTION=3210443]king3[/MENTION] Now I'm using Windows 10 1803 (17134.48). There are no problems with drivers (some still need to be installed manually), works fine.

You can connect multiple devices via the USB hub or reboot from the old operating system (Settings -> Update & security -> Recovery -> Advanced startup: Restart now -> Use a device) ... After the reboot you should be able to see the windows installation, use touch input
[Windows 8 General] king3:
And which drivers should I use? thanks for the information.
[Windows 8 General] dim565:
[MENTION=3210443]king3[/MENTION] drivers from Wootever. https://cloud.mail.ru/public/B6We/WgZrLA4ex

Personally, I did not install them all. Unpacked and selected the folder when searching for drivers for unknown devices (accelerometer for example).

If there are problems with disabling the cardreader, write me, I'll send a link to the driver from Realtek.
[Windows 8 General] king3:
I finally installed windows 10 but have problems with the screen rotation, screen is inverted. How can I fix it?
[Windows 8 General] dim565:
try this https://xdaforums.com/windows-8-rt/general/cube-i7-stylus-t3151563/post64522186#post64522186
[Windows 8 General] rubensa:
Ubuntu 18.04 on Cube i7 Stylus

For anyone interested, I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my Cube i7 Stylus.

Most of the things works out-of-the-box. For the problematic ones, here are my tips:

WiFi & Bluetooth

With default driver (rtl8xxxu) WiFi works if you do not use Bluetooth. As soon as you configure some Bluetooth device, WiFi stops working.

To fix this, you must compile and install drivers from: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bu

sudo apt-get install git build-essential libelf-dev dkms

git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bu.git
cd rtl8723bu

nano Makefile

# Find the line that contains EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_CONCURRENT_MODE and insert a # symbol at the beginning of that line. This comments that line and disables concurrent mode.
# Find the line that contains CONFIG_POWER_SAVING = y and change y (yes) by n (no). This disables power saving mode that stops tablet from shutting down.

make
source dkms.conf
sudo mkdir /usr/src/$PACKAGE_NAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION
sudo cp -r core hal include os_dep platform dkms.conf Makefile rtl8723b_fw.bin /usr/src/$PACKAGE_NAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION
sudo dkms add $PACKAGE_NAME/$PACKAGE_VERSION
sudo dkms autoinstall $PACKAGE_NAME/$PACKAGE_VERSION

PS: Do not forget to add blacklist rtl8xxxu on file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf to avoid driver conflicts

Screen Orientation

In my case (model i-8L) the screen orientation is wrong when the tablet is rotated. I reported a device identification issue on systemd ( https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/9195 ).

To fix the orientation for my device I had to create the file /etc/udev/hwdb.d/61-sensor-local.hwdb with the following content:

# Cube i7 Stylus I8L Model
sensor:modalias:acpi:KIOX000A*:dmi:*:svnCube:pni8-L:*
ACCEL_MOUNT_MATRIX=-1, 0, 0; 0, 1, 0; 0, 0, 1
[Windows 8 General] locovic:
I lost my stylus (the one with red eraser and one button) but I can't find it in the web.

which one do you use and where can I buy it?

thanks.
[Windows 8 General] Credomo:
The one you're looking for ils called CEP01. Look at this one for example : Original cube cep01 i7book tablet pc Active stylus Special for i7book /i7 stylus /mix plus stylus pen https://m.fr.aliexpress.com/item/32...32790728724&shortkey=RRvEVvIN&addresstype=600
[Windows 8 General] miniraziel:
Hi all, i'm having an issue with my i7 stylus, i've bought it used on ebay, everything works fine except for the original cover-keyboard, Space and Del button don't work, infact i've had to connect an external usb keyboard in order to enter bios and install Windows 10. Does anyone else have the same issue and know if it is a software problem or a mechanilcal problem of the my keyboard that is faulty?

Thank you
[Windows 8 General] ahmed1994:
hi

anyone tried new ssd with higher capacities 500gb or 1TB

on Aliexpress?? by kingSpec ?
[Windows 8 General] rirawin:
Can I ask what is the difference between the Win 10 version?. Confused?. Only want to reinstall Windows 10

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Also anyone know the cheapest place to get the keyboard attachment?
[Windows 8 General] rirawin:
Can you reupload please?
[Windows 8 General] rgnr:
Hi all! Anyone tried to adapt any light linux distro on it? Crunchbang/Bunsenlabs/Mx Linux/Debian/LMDE? Recently I successfully booted live all of them, but touchscreen and wifi do not work.

And IMO Linux look much more better than Windows.
[Windows 8 General] ragenhari:
Could someone tell me how the battery is mounted in the i7 stylus? Is it attached to the back of the touch screen with double-sided tape? If so, how do I get the battery out?
[Windows 8 General] reggiexp:
same. i guess its just a simple clone the ssd. and put new in (once u desassable the tablet)
[Windows 8 General] Chris_An:
Whenever I plug my tablet to the charger I get ghost touch as soon as I touch the screen. Has anyone encountered this problem? I have read through the first 100 pages or so of this post but so far I don't think I have seen anyone else have this problem.
[Windows 8 General] PeppeBove:
It is a common failure of capacitive screen, this depends on a bad voltage of the charger.

Change the charger before it will die or will broke your battery.
[Windows 8 General] peterl30:
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I have a Cube i7 Stylus (version i8-wn)

I installed Mint Mate 17.3 and all was fine. I reached now 19.1 and problems arise.

Clicking and dragging was working as expected. Now ... it behaves more and more strange: (!!! Only in touchpad mode!!! - If I use a keyboard everything is fine!!!)

If I click on the taskbar to make a running application to be in foreground it starts some dragging of this icon but does not reopen the window. If I do that several times my desktop will crash and I have to login again.

Procedure:

I open firefox

I open terminal

I open caja

Then I click on the taskbar to bring the running firefox into foreground - but this does not work. It wants to drag the firefox from the taskbar to ...(?) As soon as I click somewhere else on the screen the grabbed app is released and jumps back to taskbar. If I do this 2 - 3 times a desktop crash will happen.

Same funny thing with ALT + TAB. Some windows cannot be accessed with ALT+TAB. The selection does not select them. No matter what you do.

The only additional app I installed is touchegg.

What can I do about it? Hope someone can help.
[Windows 8 General] Mooodddy:
Drivers

Hi, I want to make a new Windows 10 install, but I do not see any drivers here, except the Intel Graphics Driver. Where can I get a link for all needed drivers ? Thank you.
[Windows 8 General] yuri624:
Touchscreen issues in Remix OS, Phoenix OS, android-x86

I know this is the Cube i7 Stylus thread, but maybe someone here knows about it:

My Cube i7 Book works perfectly fine in Windows. But in Remix OS, Phoenix OS and android-x86 the touchscreen behaves pretty strange. Everytime I want to tap something, I first have to do a "wake" tap. Then everything works. But as soon as I don't use the touchscreen for 1-2 seconds, I need another "wake" tap before using it again. It seems like the touchscreen disables itself after not using it for 1-2 seconds. I have no clue why this happens or how to fix it.

(On my Cube i7 Stylus I don't have this problem at all!)

Any ideas?
[Windows 8 General] Bub3d:
About pogo pin connector

About pogo pin connector

Hello,

does someone know which pinout the pogo pin connectors from Cube Mix Plus has?

Is it possible to add a usb port there?

I have done this on the Cube I7 Styles with success.

Thanks in advance.
[Windows 8 General] mr_lennsen:
Better get a M2 PCIE to USB card from Aliexpress.

I did this and its working fine but you have to solder and find a space in the case and make cutouts.

Edit: The stylus has only 1 M2 port, right? Sorry, I did this to my Trekstor which has 1 spare port next to the ssd.
[Windows 8 General] Bub3d:
Thanks for the info.

Unfurtunally I post on the wrong thread.

I though this is the Cube Mix Plus thread.

The Cube Mix has only one M2 slot, like the Stylus i7 has.

I have both tablets.

On the Stylus, there are 5 pogo pins.

On the Mix Plus, there are 10 pogo pins.

Have a working USB 2.0 connection through the 5 pogo pins on the Stylus i7.

Tried this on the Mix Plus, too, but without success.

I found the gnd and the 5v vbus pin out.

If I connect a usb device (without the data + and data - pin connect) it does not got power, instead windows 10 is asking if I want to disable desktop mode and switch to tablet mode.

The Cube Stylus is mounted on the controller dock from an Linx Vision 8.

https://www.amazon.de/Linx-Vision-Tablet-Xbox-Controller-Schwarz/dp/B0187U2M1O

I connect this controller dock with wires to the 5 pogo pins on the Cube i7 Stylus, it works really good.

The space on each side btween the Cube i7 Stylus and the controller grip is really tight.

Thats why I need a working USB connection from elsewhere.

My main goal is to replace the Cube i7 Stylus with the Mix Plus.

Best regards
[Windows 8 General] forests_gump:
Wow 376 pages with over 3760 posting, i search thru parts of thread could not find the reasons why my Cube i7 stylus's (ie. CPU 5y10c) microusb 3.0 OTG transfer speed is only max out at 40mb/s?

Anyone has any solution?

Thanks for any help offered!
[Windows 8 General] Bub3d:
I found it out. Pogo Pin Layout

It is needed to bridge the pin 4 and 5, or 6 and 7.

If the pins are bridged, the tablet switch current to the pin 1 and 10 and Windows 10 change to Tablet or Desktop Mode.

If the pins are bridged, the voltage on pin 1 and 10 is 5V.

If the pins arent bridged, the voltage on pin 1 and 10 is 5V too, but goes down if a load is put on.

It is just one USB Port in a double layout.

I tried to connect two USB Ports, but unfurtunally only one does work.

The pin layout is mirrored from the center to the edge.

It stays the same, from back to front view.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

VBus D- D+ GND VCC VCC GND D+ D- VBus

The connection direct to the mainboard is documented on the following site.(in the middle of this page, post from Gibel at 04/07/18)

https://4pda.ru/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t787626-2140.html
[Windows 8 General] szryxl:
Hi! I love this machine and I want to use it until it dies eventually. I want to replace the SSD with a new one. I am thinking about to buy a Toshiba rc100-240gb but I'm uncertain about compability. Does anyone have an idea what is the best replacement for the SSD as of 2019?
[Windows 8 General] jadesse:
Did you ever find a solution? I am experiencing a similar issue with the spacebar, arrow keys, & Ctrl keys. These keys do not work in the bios either but when I connect an external keyboard it works fine. I am not sure if the Cubes Keyboard/dock is actually hosed or just some weird issue. However due to the fact that the issues exists in both Windows & the Bios. I am leaning more to think that it is just hosed which suck because they are no longer available.

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[Windows 8 General] jadesse:
I tried flashing the bios but the following error comes up.

Error 201: [FPTw64.exe] cannot be run on the current platform.

Please contact your vendor. Any suggestion?
[Windows 8 General] dim565:
Do you try on the Cube i7 Stylus? I just checked, there are no problems (FPTW 10.0.30.1054, Win 10 x64 1903). If I try fptw on a stationary PC, yes, the same error "cannot be run on the current platform" because the hardware is different
[Windows 8 General] jadesse:
My apologies, I do not have a stylus but i7 Book. So that would explain my issue. It has been a while sine a purchased the stupid thing & I finally went back looked at the email. There is no identification on the tablet. I guess I'll have to try to find bios for the Book but there doesn't seem to be much of anything out there. Thanks anyway.
[Windows 8 General] dim565:
[MENTION=577115]jadesse[/MENTION], according to reviews, it's possible to find FPTW that runs on i7 Book, try this version: cloud.mail.ru/public/2v33/Q1xZNNxrA

You're right, if you wanted to update the BIOS to a newer one, the main problem is to find BIOS specifically for the i7 Book, I have not seen new versions :(
[Windows 8 General] miniraziel:
Yes, i've opened the keyboard and found a flat cable not completely insertend in the socket, i've pushed it in and reclosed the keyboard, now everything works fine!
[Windows 8 General] Tuntu:
I have the same problem with an i7 Stylus, using Windows 10 Pro 1909. Also, 3 devices aren't recognized, I tried every driver pack of the thread without sucess. Any help, please?
[Windows 8 General] dim565:
[MENTION=881522]Tuntu[/MENTION] Just checked FPTW 10.0.30.1054 on i7 Stylus and Windows 10 1909, it works. What is the error in your case?
[Windows 8 General] calvintanct:
Problem with Windows Buttom in the Center

I think my windows button on this tablet go haywire. It is registering a press intermittently without actually touching it. I know it because my start page come and go and I cannot use the button anymore. This problem together with power button + windows and windows + lower volume key (which is screenshot) makes me cannot use this tablet properly.

Any suggestion?
[Windows 8 General] appelmoesman:
Hello guys, I recently overmodded my i7 stylus. I wanted max performance so I installed about 4 sheets of thermal pad and it was too much. The device corrupted windows and finally my SSD was not recognized anymore. I bet there was too much PCB flex and certain parts stopped working. my solution was to bake it in my kitchen oven to resolder the might be broken solder pads. both the SSD and PCB baked in the oven at 230C for a few minutes and then slowly cooled down again. afterwards I tried to reinstall windows with a backup flashdrive and it worked. somehow the PCB or the SSD was suddenly recognized again. to clarify: at first my tablet would turn on still but would not recognize the ssd. or go to windows powershell. not much later (some pressing on the screen) and the powerbutton stopped working completely and nothing happened. Not even a red light. I removed all thermal grease and thermal pads under my kitchen sink. I scrubbed the pcb with a toothbrush and soap to remove all cooling aid thermal grease contamination. Then i rinsed and flushed it in alcohol to drive off the water. I didnt want to risk corrosion so I then put it in the oven for a while to dry it off. Then I rinsed it again with alcohol to remove residues of the contaminants in tapwater. I still didn't have a booting machine. All I could do now is buy a replacement pcb or maybe try reflowing the pcb in the kitchen oven at 200-250C and sortoff reflow the board and for good measure I reflowed the SSD aswell. it all worked. this is not a guide for what I would recommend but because the service life of this tablet is mostly over and I had nothing to lose as it had been dead for several days Im super glad I was able to restore my tablet. its been working really well for 3 months ever since this happened. I wrote this story on the cube i7 stylus i bought directly from cube in 2015-16. I hope you guys enjoyed my crazy story about reflowing in a kitchen oven (with succes)
[Windows 8 General] ahmed1994:
Hi

If anyone alive here

My tablet stopped charging

And the repair guys here can't do anything they want the diagram of main board to check charging IC anyone knows where it is

Thanks in advance
[Windows 8 General] appelmoesman:
my machine is still working fine. I get a 298 benchmark on extreme tuning utility but i'm trying to change bios settings to increase TDP a little more. I now have a blower and glued on heatsinks on the back of the tablet keeping it below 80C at all times. My tablet still works incredibly well.