yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
[MENTION=3349083]gparmar76[/MENTION]

Yes, the SSD is a simple 42mm M.2, the other M.2 connector is probably meant for a LTE modem or alternatively a Intel dual wifi card.

RAM is soldered to the mainboard (the four black plastic squares) and can't be easily replaced.

Edit: About the 8GB on the Teclast X3, i personally think that in most cases you are limited by the CPU/GPU or Battery rather than the RAM.

More RAM is useful for Virtual Machines and probably for Video Editing (although i guess this will be more CPU limited), gaming for example has no noticeable differences.

Here is an article on Techspot.com, but keep in mind this was tested with a Intel Core i7-6700K on a Single-Channel 4GB DDR4
[Device Reviews and Information] mnemix:
[MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] [MENTION=1167021]Hendrickson[/MENTION] do you know if the i7 Stylus DC charger is compatible with this i9? Thanks!

Enviado desde mi Aquaris E5 mediante Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] calle89:
Here we are!!! my bios is dated 03/04/2016
[Device Reviews and Information] calle89:
Hi all!!

Cube seller gave me a link of drivers...

https://mega.nz/#!VcAkAA7T!FA_fnZaSKpHav4YOPI5j3vOD5aI2UEiOilZ-qrXCRCs

I'll try... hope for the cameras!!
[Device Reviews and Information] Hendrickson:
Yes it is.

Is this safe to flash?
[Device Reviews and Information] calle89:
I don't know... I did what wootever told me..

I tried to install the new driver from cube seller... same story for the camera... I think it's an hardware problem, device manager said:" error code 10, status device power failure"
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
My package has (finally) arrived in the destination country, i will try it out as soon as possible.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hendrickson:
Great, looking forward to your mods and custom bios etc :)
[Device Reviews and Information] gorbehnare:
Hello

Has anyone figured out the pinot for the docking keyboards port?
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
Got my device finally, after an initial teardown i found some information about the display:

KD122N4-30NH-B2 (datasheet)

Although it lists HSD as LCD Type (Vendor) so possibly a HSD122BUW1 as panel and backlight from Kingdisplay.

BIOS is dated 29.01.2016 so i will try a bios update as well.

Simple heatspreader sheet:
[Device Reviews and Information] Soliloquy:
Just got mine today as well. Using 03/04 bios and 128gb microsd does not work... or rather worked once. Samsung Pro, legit one.

E: It has now come back and survived a reboot! Hopefully it stays put now.
[Device Reviews and Information] Soliloquy:
Edit - long story short, dock shorted, windows going nuts, heat, noise, weirdness.
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
[MENTION=2104031]Soliloquy[/MENTION]

For now i can only suggest to clean install Windows 10 and use the driver package from the original post.
[Device Reviews and Information] Soliloquy:
Unfortunately I'm already trying that and whatever this fault is, it is wrecking that, too. The progress % flickered on and off a couple of times and now it is just sitting on the recovery screen showing no progress and doing nothing. Feeling more than a bit ripped off about now.

---------- Post added at 09:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:45 PM ----------

Poked the bottom of the tablet where the dock is, and the percentage of the reset process briefly appears then vanishes. Hardware problem, I guess. Anyway, it's dead. Time to find out how bad the replacement process is. Any tips on that for SoCube and AliExpress would be appreciated.
[Device Reviews and Information] gorbehnare:
This is what I saw when I tried to figure out the pin-out for the dock port. I think I have the VCC and ground pins right (I can get 5v output) but the D+ and D- will do what you are describing as soon as I connect any USB device to it. Are you sure these pins on the docking are not being shorted?
[Device Reviews and Information] Soliloquy:
Edit - long story short, dock shorted, windows going nuts, heat, noise, weirdness. Reset tablet. Weirdness remains, cameras gone AWOL, too.
[Device Reviews and Information] Maufeat:
Nothing works, I don't know what is wrong with my tablet. I reinstalled Windows 10 (newest, made a USB with Media Creation Tool), flashed your BIOS and then it won't turn on anymore. I reflashed BIOS with modded, unmodded, i9 BIOS - nothing. :crying: Well guess I have to try to get it accepted for repair.
[Device Reviews and Information] muSPK:
Thank you for this answer, is there any other adjustment I can make in the bios to increase the performance a bit more? Maybe change the cores to 23?
[Device Reviews and Information] moto999999:
Hi, I have a cube mix plus and I flashed the bios. Now my tablet isn't booting, only a red led. Can I fix it? :(
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
[MENTION=6416309]moto999999[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6840858]Maufeat[/MENTION]

Can you tell me what the label/identifier on the back shows?
[Device Reviews and Information] moto999999:
Edit: If I try to power on the tablet the red led turns on and then the tablet starts heating, thanks!
[Device Reviews and Information] kurok154:
Does this bios compatible with cube i7 book?
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
[MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] I need some help. I bricked my Cube mix plus trying to flash a bios. I am trying to unbrick it and I am not able to. I am not sure if it's because I can't make clip contact well, or should I use another config in the chip? I would thank any help. The battery have to be unplugged, right?
[Device Reviews and Information] Padoflinos:
[MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] I bricked my cube plus mix with your bios.Did you tested with custom Os already installed.Thank you mate I will have now send it for a repair if that's possible...Do not update to wootever bios you will bricked your devices.
[Device Reviews and Information] moto999999:
[MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] please remove the link to the bios, we are bricking a lot of tablets ?
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
They made some significant changes which breaks compatibility on newer revisions, but that's something you can't know beforehand.

I apologize for the resulting damage it caused.

BIOS download link was removed.

Yes. The chip itself should identify itself as Winbond 25Q64FV (you can download a recent version of the programmer software here).

If you still get no response from the chip you can try to check with a voltmeter if the contacts on the adapter are correctly soldered.

Also the pins on the clip are sometimes slightly oxidized, this can be improved by polishing.
[Device Reviews and Information] moto999999:
Don't worry, I was just saying so no more people would brick their tablet. Thanks!

BTW, do you know how can it be fixed? Also, do you have the original cube mix plus bios? Thanks!
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
That's completely fine, it's not my intention that people bricking their tablets.

The original BIOS for the i18-BL is available here, but this is from an older revision, it might be not compatible with the newer ones.

Unfortunately i have no newer original BIOS version available.

Edit:

Just saw the photo of the backcover from your tablet:

i18-DLK must be indeed a much newer revision if compared with the known i18-L and i18-BL identifier:
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
Ok, I will try again, although I have been near to throw it away through the window.

Two more questions. It should make a noise in Windows when connected, like when you connect an usb, right? Is there any way to know that the chip is well connected?

If I fail to write, do I have to start all the process again (erase, blank, write)?

Thanks again.

Enviado desde mi ONEPLUS A3003 mediante Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] moto999999:
So if we want to repair it we need the bios of the i18-DLK. Thanks for helping!
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
I did a backup from my bios (i18DLK128GB, like yours) before trying to change the image in it and reflashing (resulting in bricking), as said in this procedure in 4pda:

download Fptw And unpack
Open cmd as administrator
Go to the folder where you unpacked (command cd) and write FPTW64.exe -d backup.bin
A full backup of the current BIOS will be saved in backup.bin

This is the one I am trying to restore through programmer. If you want it, I can upload it.
[Device Reviews and Information] moto999999:
Yes please :D

Edit: If you get it to work can you tell me how you did it? Thanks!
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
Ok, there you are. The one named "biosmix" is a security copy made from my own bios before messing with it.

The one named "bios" is downloaded from 51cube, it should be the last bios version (but I didn't test).

Hope you can use them, I couldn't made contact with my chip yet.
[Device Reviews and Information] moto999999:
[MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] sorry to bother again, will this programmer work?
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
Only the programmer as a connected usb device will make that noise, the connected BIOS chip needs to be identified via the Detect button on the programmer software.

Yes.

biosmix.bin is unfortunately just a copy of the original i18-BL BIOS and BIOS.bin is a previous version dated at 14.11.2016.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
My tablet is an i18dlk128, the i18-bl bios have to work with it, because is a copy made by myself. The other one is taken from the 51cube page, downloaded wirh a full image of the tablet. Is it there any later version? I didn't find no one.
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
It can't be a bios backup because that would include storage data in the nvram and me region, but this copy is "clean" and bit-to-bit identical with the original i18-BL image.

That is unfortunately just an older version, Cube never release the most current version on their website.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
Maybe I misplaced my backup? This one is the one that I made with logo changed, DON'T FLASH IT BECAUSE IT BRICKED MY BIOS, just for [MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] to see version.http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5991db4335765/mixmod.zip
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
[MENTION=2613173]Hammerhand.17[/MENTION]

This one is also identical with the original i18-BL BIOS, only with the changed logo (like you said).

The i18-BL version is either incompatible with the i18-DLK or has some kind of BIOS checksum/security protection.

Did you make some progress with the bios clip adapter?
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
But how can it be? If I have the DLK model, how come that it have the BL version in it?

Regarding the chip, my skills are overexceeded widely. I am trying you programmer version, and everytime it says "chip not found". Isn't there any kind of clip that fits easily? If it isn't, I will have to search anybody who helps me.

My main problem is that I live in a rural area and I don't know if there will be someone to help me with that skills.

Edit: ok, I found one more BIOS, don't even know if it's from the mix plus or the stylus i7, so PLEASE NOBODY FLASH IT, I'm trying to find anyone newer than stock.

Thanks for your help, [MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION].

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5991e52823fe2/bios.zip
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
I can only guess that you accidentally mixed the backup with the original BIOS, if you took the backup from a running windows system it must include some nvram storage data.

Here is a comparison from my Cube i7 Book backup vs. the original clean BIOS:

Edit:

A comparison of the nvram storage entries from the backup vs. the original:

I had the same problem, those clips are poorly manufactured. In the end i disassembled and resoldered the whole adapter to get it working correctly.

You can try to check the cable and adapter contacts with a continuity tester.

Edit:
[MENTION=2613173]Hammerhand.17[/MENTION]

This is the modified BIOS version which is based on the original i18-BL BIOS.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
So, in case I can flash a BIOS, which of all them should I flash? I was thinking to flash my backup, but I don't know now.
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
[MENTION=2613173]Hammerhand.17[/MENTION]

Probably just the original i18-BL bios, but i'm not sure if that version is compatible.

On the Geekbench Browser i can see that someone successfully flashed the modified bios on a Cube Mix Plus, so it's not an issue with the customization but with the bios itself.

We need someone with the i18-DLK to provide us a bios backup.

Edit:

Here is a small BIOS backup tool, extract it and run Backup.cmd

The bios will be saved as backup.bin
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
Ok, last shot. I took the cube Mix ssd and searched in my other pc, found this backup.bin that HAVE to be my bios backup. I compared to "biosmix" and "mixmod" and they do not match, so it's different, please [MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] take a look, but I am pretty sure that this is at last the backup that I made of my bios.

One more thing, just in case I finally get the bios flashed and everything works. I replaced the hdd for a 256 gb. and sometimes, when tablet boots, it shows a screen like the one in the image.

I got rid of it eventually (don't know exactly what I did), but it appeared again from time to time. It seems that partition table isn't recognized well. My i7 stylus recognized it perfectly when it was installed. What can it be? What can I do to solve it?

Thanks again.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
Deleted.
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
[MENTION=2613173]Hammerhand.17[/MENTION]

That is the correct backup, this bios is identified as i18-DL (27.05.2017).
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
Ok then, hope anybody can use it, maybe you could add it to OT.

What about the question about booting? Do you know what the issue is?

Besides, as BIOS have a lot of options, is there any recommendation about config?
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
[MENTION=2613173]Hammerhand.17[/MENTION]

This efi shell booting only happens if the SSD is not recognized or not set as the primary booting device.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
That I thought. When I did my tablet, will see about the ssd.
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
Hi!

Can we see what version of the BIOS it is? I see some 5.11 here but for the i18-DL I found the following benchmark results online:

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3718075

As we can see it's been done on BIOS 5.12

Also I read here that Cube does not always release the latest BIOS in their website. Then where do the newer BIOS's come from?

I ask this because of the following. My tablet Mix Plus is on the way. I will instantly do the thermal Mod and put in a bigger M.2 SSD. The latter would mean that I would install Windows again since I would like to start with the best available options and software I also want the latest BIOS.

I am still wondering:

- where does (Alldo)Cube release their official BIOS/Firmware/Drivers?

- where do other (beta?) BIOS/Firmware/Drivers appear?

- Can I use any Windows 10 installation for the tablet? (with the key that comes with the tablet)

Thank you! And as soon as the Mix Plus arrives I will try to provide as much support to others here as possible :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
This is only the version of the BIOS vendor (AMI) development kit they are using, as far as i can tell all i18 versions are using this 5.12 kit.

Until very recently they could be found on the chinese baidu storage of the associated developers, but this "loophole" has been closed since all files are now hidden by default.

For now, the only source is a bios dump of newer revisions made by it's owner.

The only official source that i am aware of this on the cube site: http://www.51cube.com/download.php
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
Hi. Finally I soldered a wire to every pin in the bios chip, and it worked perfectly. I flashed my own backup and everything works okey, so thanks [MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] for your help.

Besides, the tablet doesn't seem to sleep well (it stays waken up and the battery doesn't last).

I'm going to format everything and see if it works well.
[Device Reviews and Information] etrek.tm:
CUBE i9 Audio problem

Hello guys,

Yes, it is my mistake and my Cube i9 audio is not working now.

I bought an adapter for lan cable with USB ports and charging port.

It was working fine with lan cable and USB drives, but i tried charging port on adapter with Cube i9 original charger

and it is damaged my Cube i9 audio, both from speakers and from headphones nothing but some noise coming.

Only it is working with bluetooth audio devices.

Please tell me which parts may damage after applying DC voltage around 9V to USB 3.0 port :confused: ?

Regards,

Etrek
[Device Reviews and Information] jhoff80:
Anyone been seeing an issue where after sleep, touch and Wacom pen support stop working until rebooting? My thought is that there's some sort of driver issue causing this, but I haven't been able to track down a culprit yet.
[Device Reviews and Information] xtype23:
Hey guys, first of all, sorry for my bad English.

Now, I need your help. I got a cube mix plus back in the end of July, it arrived on 21 August but I was on holiday, so I was able to test it only yesterday. When it arrived, I made my father charge it and check if the tablet booted, and it worked just fine. Yesterday I booted it up, installed latest windows update, configured my account and shut it down. Then, it died. I have no idea of what happened, it just doesn't boot up anymore.

I think it may be an issue with the power button, because yesterday I noticed that it didn't lock/unlock the screen when pressed. The battery is 100% charged, if I connect the charger I get an haptic feedback, the led blinks orange once and then turns white.

What can I do? Do you know any other way to boot up the tablet, some way to fix it, maybe getting a new side button module? I opened the tablet and it hasn't any visibile broken component, also everything is connected correctly. I already contacted gearbest and I'm waiting for them to answer, but I need this tablet at university (which starts in two weeks) and I really don't want to lose months because of an Europe-China shipment for warranty.

Thanks in advance for your help guys.
[Device Reviews and Information] Dailosrp:
Hello, I can not help you with the tablet. But Gearbest, on first 45 days, run with all costs. Claim them a new tablet.

Good luck.
[Device Reviews and Information] xtype23:
Thank you! I have also made an insurance when buying the tablet.. do you know if this prevent them to take the money for the return shipping? because I found this on their warranty and return page: "For most items, in the unlikely situation that your product is faulty, you can send it back to us for a refund or item exchange within 45 days of receiving it. Return shipping reimbursement is not available for this."
[Device Reviews and Information] Dailosrp:
I believe that insurance is only for shipping. Once the package is delivered, your coverage ends. Gearbest will ask you to send them the broken tablet first. When they check the error, they will send you a new one. If you are in a hurry, sorry, until you get the new tablet will spend 4 weeks minimum. It is faster to buy a new one and expect the refund for the broken tablet when it arrives to China.
[Device Reviews and Information] manovagal:
Cube Mix Plus camera problem

I did a clean installation of windows, now my camera does not work.
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
Hi everyone,

My Cube Mix Plus finally arrived but I cannot charge it. I am now looking for the 'enable usb C support' or something like that in the bios but I do not find it. My USB Type-C chargers should have enough power but it also does not charge through the usb C-port. There's still some power left and I am trying to find the option, anyone knows where it is? Tnx :)

Edit: already found it.

Still; anyone not being able to charge with the normal DC?
[Device Reviews and Information] axlt2002:
Cube i9: Windows capacitive button issue

Hi Wootever, All,

Since I'm experiencing the issue of the "gost touch" on the Windows capacitive button on my Cube i9, it would be nice to fix it. Unfortunately the provided link does not work anymore...does someone have a backup of it?

Btw, does the fix just disable the button or is really a fix of the issue?

Thanks for any support and have a great day!
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
[MENTION=7848163]axlt2002[/MENTION]

I re-uploaded it here: Cube i9 Touchscreen Update.

As far as i can tell this updated touchscreen firmware will reduce the sensitivity of the windows capacitive button.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
[MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION] useful for cube mix too?
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
[MENTION=2613173]Hammerhand.17[/MENTION]

No, the controller and the layout differs: 12.2" (FT5926) | 10.6" (FT5826).

Even if the touchscreen is still functional after the update, the stored calibration would be unusable.

Edit:
[Device Reviews and Information] Hammerhand.17:
Ok, thanks anyway.
[Device Reviews and Information] axlt2002:
Thanks a lot! I will give it a try!

Alex
[Device Reviews and Information] manovagal:
Anyone have any idea what that might be?
[Device Reviews and Information] Jajara249:
drivers

I have this problem too. lol lol

ACPI \ VEN_OVTI & DEV_5648

ACPI \ VEN_OVTI & DEV_2680
[Device Reviews and Information] jhoff80:
The camera thing has already been mentioned a while back. You need a specific Intel Control Logic driver alongside the camera drivers themselves.
[Device Reviews and Information] danielgs125:
in relation to the cameras, I have updated all the drivers with "snappy driver" and everything works perfectly, including the cameras.
[Device Reviews and Information] nehis:
Touch Firmware Cube Mix Plus FocalTech FT5826

I send a big thanks to all people they try to help me.

My Problem is I have downgrade the Touch firmware from my Cube mix Plus whit the Cube-i9_touchscreen-update an now I cannot use my touch. I now I am an idiot but I confound the i9 and i7 stylus was have the same touchscreen. However, I need the original Firmware FocalTech FT5826. I search one weak in the web but i found nothing no software to fix or bin data du re update.

Big Thanks

:confused:
[Device Reviews and Information] Wootever:
[MENTION=3986539]nehis[/MENTION]

I made a backup from the Cube i7 Book touchscreen firmware.

Try to upgrade to this version with the FocalTech Touch Studio Software:
[Device Reviews and Information] aszid:
Running an i7 book, and I've completed a thermal mod, as well as replacing the SSD with a new ZTC Armor 256gb.

I'm having an issue where the ssd does not handle sleep properly. Everything works great as long as I don't let it sleep. If it sleeps, the SSD disappears, and crashes the machine. Rebooting right then, and the SSD isn't detected in the bios properly.

I was hoping a BIOS update might resolve this issue, but alas, there are no bios updates to be found.

Does anyone have any advice?

I've tried all sorts of bios settings with no luck, and I'm not really sure where to go from here.
[Device Reviews and Information] supercowz:
Changed my cube i9 ssd to 256gb kingspec

And never got a issue

Envoyé de mon Mi Note 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] aszid:
Ah, I just need to get a different tablet and different ssd and I’m set.
[Device Reviews and Information] WinterScorpion:
Can someone with working type-c charging and video output on Cube Mix Plus upload all their bios settings & bios details (version)? I noticed in mine that there were some options for thunderbolt and for type-c but even after enabling them, I can’t get them to work.

I have compatible chargers with PD and also type-c to hdmi cables and adapters.

Thanks in advance.