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[Device Reviews and Information] nehis:
Touch Firmware Cube Mix Plus FocalTech FT5826

I have tried to upgrade to this version with the FocalTech Touch Studio Software but i get a Massage whit Chip Error.

I think the first firmware flash change the chip number low.

Can i make a Bios update and flash all data.

Thanks a lot
[Device Reviews and Information] Hors44:
Battery Charge Issues

I have been reading this thread with interest since getting my Cube i9 in May. I haven't yet plucked up the courage to do any mods, but now I might have to....

To start with the tablet was working fine, but over the summer for about a 6 week period I didn't use it. When I did start using it again, I noticed the battery would not charge anywhere near 100% (it did used to do so) - it now stops charging at about 57%. I can't really tell whether this is just an issue with the battery calibration (ie just the % being displayed) or whether it is something to do with the battery capacity itself.

Banggood suggest that I return the tablet for a "firmware upgrade", but it will probably take 6-8 weeks including the postage time, and then I still have to pay 50% of the return postage too. I was wondering whether updating the bios with Wootever's development might fix this problem. I see that some people suggest that this has helped this issue. However I am aware that the moment I start messing around with it, the opportunity to send it back will be gone.

Any thoughts from other users? Would very much appreciate some advice or comment!
[Device Reviews and Information] aszid:
Fixed.

I've gotten this resolved.

ZTC 256gb ssd would not wake from sleep.

KingSpec 256gb ssd would not wake from sleep.

A-DATA Industrial 256gb ssd *WILL* wake from sleep. And it's ~$20 cheaper than both ZTC and Kingspec on amazon... AND they actually seem to have support.
[Device Reviews and Information] xtype23:
Hey guys, I'm back after a month or so with other issues with my mix plus. After my first post where someone here adviced me to contact gearbest for support, they let me know that basically I was on my own.. new product but 0 support. the assistance was useless, they only told me things like "charge the tablet for 6 hours then press power button for 30 secs".. meh. whatever, I opened the tablet and noticed that the side button flex cable was damaged. I did e temporary fix and it worked, but yesterday the cable broke itself completely and the tablet didn't power on. today tho I received the new cable (which I orderer when I discovered the issue a month ago) and I proceded to mount it. Unluckyly, the tablet still doesn't power on. If I long press power button, when I connect the charger the led flashes orange and the device vibrates, than the led turns white because battery is fully charged. [MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] Do you have any idea of what the problem can be and how can I solve it? I'm quite good with electronics and things like that, but this time I can't figure out what the issue can be (also because I never worked on tablet's HW before).

edit: if I disconnect the battery, the led flash+vibration still happens, and there is a sort of whistle coming from the tablet.

Edit2: I managed to power up the tablet creating a copper bridge between power- and power+. Everything seems ok, all the side button works. There is just a delay between when I press the power button to unlock the screen and the display turning on. Reading something on the internet I Discovered that hibernation could create some issues.. should I disable it? For now, I disabled fast boot.

thank you and sorry for my bad English
[Device Reviews and Information] mobby_6kl:
F-keys

I've been using my Mix Plus for a few weeks now without messing with it too much, but in addition to the "show desktop" mouse gesture, I find the function keys being used for media by default very annoying as I need F1-F12 much more frequently than the other stuff. Is there any way to toggle this like on other laptops? I looked around in settings and BIOS but didn't see the option anywhere so far.
[Device Reviews and Information] thealgorithm:
Cube mix plus - great device

Received this device with keyboard today and i must say that i am pretty impressed with it

Single core performance of over 3000 on geekbench 4 makes it quite a beast for emulation (x3 the performance of a high end atom (z8700)

In order to remedy the issue with overheating on load, I opted for using the TCC Activation offset feature instead of disabling turboboost in the power settings. Why?

Disabling turboboost only runs the cpu up to the base frequency which is pretty low (is this 1ghz or 1.6ghz)?

Usually by default the TCC activation offset is 0 and thermal throttling happens when temperature is 100-0.

On this bios, the TCC activation offset was already set to 10 which would throttle the cpu when the temperature reaches 90c (100-10). I adjusted it so that the TCC Activation offset was 15. What is the result of this?

I can reach up to maximum turboboost (2.6ghz or so) and temperatures even on full load will not get past 87c or so) (It will ofcourse throttle by 200mhz or so where needed to prevent temperatures from exceeding the (100c-15) but overall this gives a good performance (On full load, average cpu is at 2-2.1ghz)

I am aware that gpu load will affect temperature too as this is in the cpu module. (I have looked through the bios and there are many settings, not sure yet at the moment on which settings would work in similar way to throttling gpu if temperature exceeds specific value)

On question i wanted to ask is the following.. On some devices (such as gpd win) using the incorrect bios settings can cause the device to brick and no known way of resetting defaults. Thankfully the cube mix plus has a bios reset pin, Would this definately reset bios to defaults if i was to tinker about and somewhat cause the device not to boot/turn on?

Overall i am very happy with this device (having only still used it for half an hour or so) I tried psp emulation (ppsspp) running a intense game (that would usually bring most devices to its knees) - god of war, and this ran silky smooth at full frame rate 60fps all the time (Even my macbook air 2013 model with i5 4250u could not handle this well)
[Device Reviews and Information] derdigga:
replacement parts

hi,

did anyone changed his cube mix plus touch screen yet?

can someone tell me which part number it is and is it similiar to the i7 stylus, since both have the same connector.

Thanks! :)

I added two pictures from ali which shows a black one from the i7 stylus and a white one for the mix, both seem to be identical, can someone confirm?
[Device Reviews and Information] semkin:
Hello, i have Cube i7 book i16. Modified BIOS link https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72853097&postcount=509 by Wootever doesn't work :( can someone share modified Cube i18 date 02/14/2017 BIOS or newer?

I will use it as reference for my own bios mod's :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Virgo Sun:
Any one update to latest graphics driver from Intel? sometimes the screen goes black for some seconds and/or it freezes for some seconds
[Device Reviews and Information] anubis.genix:
could someone give me a hint where I can get a replacement battery for the cube i9? Mine seems to be dying :(
[Device Reviews and Information] jhoff80:
Same here with regards to the newest Intel drivers frequently giving a few seconds of black screen (presumably the drivers crashing or something?).
[Device Reviews and Information] krizky82:
this version seems fixed the black screen issues in falls creator update

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/do...phics-Driver-for-Windows-15-60-?product=88355
[Device Reviews and Information] bethnard:
I got KingSpec 256GB and also suffer the wake issues and turn on issues. If turning on directly after a wake issue, the SSD will not even be recognized in BIOS. Solution to this recognition issue is to force shutdown by button, wait approx. 15 sec and try again. Going inside BIOS to correct boot order is needed. On Windows, quick startup from battery options should be disabled to avoid recognition issues on BIOS during power on.

Regarding the wake issue itself, I managed to solve it by activating Intel Ready Mode on BIOS (and Windows). The tablet will reach a low power state but not suspend completely. Give it a try.
[Device Reviews and Information] jhoff80:
Unfortunately those are the ones that started the issue for me. (Previous versions are fine.)
[Device Reviews and Information] krizky82:
I facing the issue while using the 15.47.02.4815 driver, it was gone when I use 15.60.0.4849. maybe because of different setting on my system
[Device Reviews and Information] c00Ln00B:
modded bios on i7 book

Has anyone here in the thread actually tried the modded bios on an i7 book and can confirm it is working ?

Would be great to get a feedback =)

Thanx
[Device Reviews and Information] Virgo Sun:
Hi guys Ubuntu 17.04 Gnome work great except OmniVision cam
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
Everything else works? Auto rotation? Pen? Sleeping?
[Device Reviews and Information] Virgo Sun:
yet

Auto rotation need patch else rotate up-side-down in portrait

Pen and erase detected in Gnome Control Panel

Sleep well, also power button manual sleep
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
Ok, I will try, then.

Thanks.
[Device Reviews and Information] Virgo Sun:
Ah for Webcam, droidcam work great
[Device Reviews and Information] YOLO_POLIO:
I am on a quest to find a replacement battery. Below are some potential options I found on aliexpress. I wanted to get everyone's opinion on these ooptions as well as maybe the feasability of dropping one of these batteries into the tablet.

I can't help but notice that the battery leads in the tablet currently are not just comprised of a positive and negative lead, buy have several wires that are coming from the battery. I assume the extra batteries are mainly for current monitoring to let the OS know the current state of the battery? Considering the extra wires mentioned, what extra steps would have to be taken to wire a battery from below.

Thanks!

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option 4
[Device Reviews and Information] anubis.genix:
You might wanna contact these guys via PM https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1123249

That's how I got in touch with them. I paid ~40 USD for it ... it's a bit expensive but at least from the official manufacturer
[Device Reviews and Information] YOLO_POLIO:
How is the replacement battery working out for you? The only reason that I am concerned with getting a new battery is because I've had this tablet since March (9 months) and I have 17% battery wear according to BatteryBar. I think that is unacceptable. Most of the wear was because I thought that my tablet went to sleep after shutting the keyboard, only to find out it did not and I go to power on the tablet and the thing boots with 5% battery or sometimes less.

Thanks for the link and reference to receive a new one btw. :good:
[Device Reviews and Information] Gigawatt58:
Hi,

after the last Windows 10 update the WiFi driver of my Cube i9 stopped working.

The update cannot be uninstalled.

I tried to replace the driver but with no success: after disinstallation, at the reboot Win 10 automatically reinstalls it.

Is there any way to restore a driver to a working version?
[Device Reviews and Information] jhoff80:
My GPU driver problems appear to be fixed after using Snappy Driver Installer to update some other Intel chipset drivers (DTPF, etc.) But don't update the camera drivers or anything listed as Intel Control Logic because in my experience that breaks the camera.
[Device Reviews and Information] achmav:
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[Device Reviews and Information] moto999999:
Hi, my cube mix plus stopped charging after a few months. There is no led or anything, the a/c charger is working and charging via USB C isn't working (tested with a macbook pro charger). I'm wondering if it's the battery. [MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION], any idea if I can turn on the tablet without the battery plugged in to check if it's working?
[Device Reviews and Information] sakurazuka840:
Hi everyone,

I am in a bit of a unique situation compared to most everyone else on the site. I have a Cube i7 Book and I've decided that I want to turn it into a custom-made handheld gaming console. Imagine something like this:

So in order to take an i7 Book and turn it into that would involve removing the motherboard and fitting into a custom-made case, with a brand new display, battery, etc.

I've searched everywhere for answers to these questions, but I can't find anything, so I'm turning to you experts! Your information and advice is very much appreciated!

1) Can I attach this display directly to the i7 Book's Mobo? I'd like to attach a new, smaller LCD display to my Cube i7 mobo, maybe something in the 7-inch size. I've scoured the web looking for possible replacements and have found something that might be usable: (Sorry, can't post URLS, since I'm a noob on the forums). You can find this item by googling: aliexpress Tested-7-inch-1280X800-IPS-Screen (it comes up as the first result for me).

Here are the details of the board. Ideally, I want to connect the Cube i7 Book's motherboard directly to this display board. Is this possible? What kind of display input cable does the i7 Book use? Extra points for anyone who can tell me what kind of connector would fit into the slot #8 power input.

For reference, here's the Cube i7 Tablet's display input on the mobo, shown as the widest cable in the center (i7 stylus and book both use the same connector). Is that connector the same connector as slot #12 in the picture above?

EDIT: After carefully looking at the above board, I realized that slot #12 is an OUTPUT connector. The LCD would be hooked up to that connector, not the computer! I'm so dumb!

So that means, in order to utilize this LCD panel, I would need to install a USB C to HDMI converter inside of the unit, then run an hdmi cable from the LCD controller to the converter. What a bummer!

2) Can I reuse the default battery's PCB? If I could, I would love to use the default i7 Book's battery, as that's one less headache I have to deal with. However, given the size of the battery, this would force me to make a super wide handheld console, which isn't exactly what I'd want to do. I did some digging and found this solution.

This is the battery used in the GPD Win, a handheld gaming computer. As you can see, it's much smaller than Cube's battery, but it has a higher capacity. The voltage is the same as the Cube's, so there's no worry regarding that. But as you can see, the battery has a 3-wire connector, whereas the Cube's battery has 10 wires. What I would like to do is desolder the BMS board off of the Cube's battery and solder it onto the smaller GPD Win battery. If I were to do that, would the BMS work correctly with the new GPD Win battery?

This really is a bit of a passion project for me, so any information is very much appreciated! Thanks so much everyone!
[Device Reviews and Information] vaikiz:
If You doing it for passion can You spend 3 to 6 months and work full time for Your passion? If not buy Ipega PG9023 or any other bluetooth controller and enjoy Your life :laugh:

Do Your homework. IMO Cube Mix Plus is better choise for gaming tablet. But i7 book and Mix Plus share the same PCB's.

Cube LCD is connected to eDP2LVDS converter IC datasheet is available, You can trace Cube LCD pinout from converter IC to LCD connector with multimeter any LVDS compatible LCD up to 1920x1200 resolution should work. You need to route and manufacture some adapter-interposer FlexPCBs for New LCD. Than you need change resolution in BIOS file, leaked Intel configuration tools should help.

Battery controller is from TI it doesn't work with battery You provided. You need to have at least TI EV2300 interface, and use battery studio and make Your own battery configuration and chemistry files and load to controller for new battery...

Good luck, share Your findings and maybe someone here could help. But don't ask to do all the work for You :)
[Device Reviews and Information] SugoiRyu:
hello my cube mix plus just randomly shut down while in windows. I've tried everything to get it to turn on but with no luck. it just has a blank screen and does not seem to heat up after trying to power on. the led turns red when trying to power on and then turns off. there is still power going to the usb ports. do you think if i flashed the bios chip with a programmer that this may fix my issue?
[Device Reviews and Information] lord_theone:
i need bios cube i9
[Device Reviews and Information] MikeeCZ:
CDK09 mix plus keyboard

Hi guys,

I am just wondering if anyone cracked open the keyboard dock yet?

I know that in the Cube i7 Stylus keyboard there were two pieces of metal just for the weight (to make sure the docked tablet does not fall over), but when you took out one it was still working perfectly and it was lighter, now that I moved to Cube Mix Plus, I find the keyboard CDK09 much heavier than the old one and despites what some people posted, when I stand Cube Mix plus on the old I7 stylus keyboard, I just get a prompt to switch to laptop mode but the dock stays dead.

I am mainly wondering if the keyboard here also contains some metal pieces for weight alone which I could remove to ease up my back when carying the tablet for longer journeys.

Thanks for any feedback,

Mike
[Device Reviews and Information] semkin:
Someone already removed weight from keyboard. You can Google "cube i7 book hack nipaph". Tablet has own weight and without keyboard weight it can turn over, You need to balance :)
[Device Reviews and Information] *M*:
Anyone know where I can get a replacement digitizer/touch screen for the cube i9?
[Device Reviews and Information] farivar:
Hi in need to remove the pwm flicker issues...

Do I have to modify the bios?

Thank you
[Device Reviews and Information] Barracuda.avb:
HELP!

Hello, I need your help. My Cube Mix Plus has stopped charging, after contacting the service found that the power circuit is faulty. For repair, I need circuit device . Please help

(здравствуйте, мне нужна ваша помощь. Мой Cube Mix Plus перестал заряжаться, после обращения в сервис установили, что неисправна цепь питания. Для ремонта мне нужна схема устройства . Пожалуйста помогите! )
[Device Reviews and Information] johny.mnemonic:
Yesterday I dropped my CDK09 and found out from how thin material it is built. It, unfortunately, bent right next to touchpad and prevented physical click to work. I had to open it to fix that and when I had it open I said to myself I can try to reduce the weight as well.

I checked the blog post [MENTION=8670069]semkin[/MENTION] referenced and after an hour or so, I had the steel plate gone. It is reasonably easy to open the keyboard and remove the plate if you are at least moderately skilled. Unfortunately, the plate is mostly fixed by heated plastic sticks, so there is no way to return it to original state once you remove it as you destroy these sticks in the process.

When I assembled it back, I was happy like a small child, as the weight reduction really felt amazing. Unfortunately, my happiness was short-lived. Not only it couldn't hold the tablet at all, but with the steel plate gone, it also lost all its structural rigidity.

I then spent almost another hour to put the steel plate back and I hope it will be at least remotely as good as it was before the disassembly. So far it looks OK. Typing feels definitely good and touchpad works. Just the clicking sound of the touchpad is a bit louder than before...

At the end I would definitely advice against this mod.
[Device Reviews and Information] gigisfan1:
Hi guys, do you know where I could buy some spare parts (mainboard in particular) for the Mix Plus? Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] natleinad:
Most Frustrating Experience With My New Cube Mix Plus!

What is going on?

Here's what i've done:

Installed Clean and Legit Windows 10 Pro (from MS themselves)

Installed All Drivers

When I Sign In Windows... This Device Just Go OFF and Restarts.. OMFG

IF Not.. I'll Be Browsing Some Sites And It Just Go OFF and Restarts.. OMFG

What can i do to stop this? I've already disabled "Automatic Reboot" on system Crash but didn't work!
[Device Reviews and Information] thealgorithm:
Before you installed a fresh copy of windows, did you tweak any bios settings? and did the system work well before this

Did you attempt a thermal mod on this? If so, (or even if not) try installing a temp monitor (such as hwmonitor) - if you can somewhat install and run it before it crashes. Monitor temps. I think over 100c it should automatically shut down.

Also try clearing bios settings to default and reboot and see if that works.

Could you also maybe try rewriting another ISO of windows and reinstall again? could be perhaps some issue with the windows installation
[Device Reviews and Information] natleinad:
I didn't touch or tweak the bios settings prior to installing a fresh copy of windows. Didn't throughly test the system before i attempted to install a new copy of windows.

No thermal mod yet but have ordered the parts for it. Highest temperature I noticed was about 92 however, the device restarts at around 80 or lesser. Almost seems like it has nothing to do with the temp.

Currently on default bios settings.

Yes I'm going try reinstalling with the original image and see how it goes//
[Device Reviews and Information] thealgorithm:
perhaps the temperature fluctuated over 100c for a brief second or so which caused a shutdown (even though you noticed it at 92%) If temps were at 92c and not under load, then not quite right. You can ofcourse force throttling at lower temperatures to prevent it from reaching that high within the bios.

Also usually on fresh installations, there is more stuff running in the background in windows (updates, etc) which may cause more temperature and battery usage for a while.

Another question, did you have the device on charge while the shutdowns were occurring? If so try turning it off. letting it cool a bit, then turn it on with charge cable removed and see if that makes any difference. I have found previously that charging the device and high cpu load can give very high temps overall. (Thermal mod helped a lot and is highly recommended)
[Device Reviews and Information] natleinad:
Say it reaches 100c .. wouldn't it shut down and not try to reboot again? How can i force throttling at lower temperatures to prevent it from reaching that high?

well, i had my windows and drivers updated am quite sure nothing heavy running in the background.

Both with or without charge or with and without keyboard docks. Yeah i'm waiting for my thermal mod parts to come. just curious as to whether others like me are facing this ... shutdown reboot issue. or if i'm the only one or whether there's any concrete solutions?
[Device Reviews and Information] thealgorithm:
100c is pretty close to the mark of total shutdown and this is more likely the reason why it reboots. (it probably for a fraction of a second reaches >105 critical trip point). Dependant on the hardware, it may just stay off or reboot once the temperature is reached. The rebooting process then may continue if the temp is lower than 105c (where it maybe close, but not over this range now)

A quick test would be to change "max cpu " to 99% in power settings in windows power options. (This disables turboboost). Monitor temperatures again. If it resolves the issue then it is a temperature related issue. Did you install all drivers including the chipset/thermal power management drivers for the cube mix plus? maybe with some of the drivers not installed it causes the temps to get higher.

100c and nothing heavy in the background is definitely cause for concern and seems to be the reasons for the reboot. Just incase, you can set default options in bios, reboot and see if that makes any difference. maybe some power voltage to cpu setting in bios was raised higher than default. I have mine pre-undervolted in bios settings. There are plenty of options available in the bios, but be careful with some of them, you can risk bricking the device.