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[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
I can confirm that my 4K LG TV reports a resolution of 2160p when I connect my TB-J706F_PRC (using a USB C to HDMI adaptor).

I was a little surprised as I was expecting ~1440p (or less). Apparently, the 730G supports 4K on external displays (“Quad HD+” is the limit for the on device display). Although, the specs listed on Qualcomm’s website are a little confusing ( https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon-730g-mobile-platform )

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Max On-Device Display: Quad HD+​

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Max External Display: 4K Ultra HD​

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Display Pixels: 3360x1440​

I’m not sure what “Display Pixels: 3360x1440” refers to exactly. Perhaps it’s in reference to the widest aspect ratio (for an on device display) that the 730G supports. The TB-J706F_PRC's display is 2560x1600 pixels, so the 730G can support a vertical resolution greater than 1440.

Although, I’ve come to realise that my understanding on this stuff is a bit shaky (lots of guess work), so I’d be interested to hear others’ thoughts.
[Device Reviews and Information] 4ngl09669:
Well, THX !
[Device Reviews and Information] xpclient:
I notice in the screenshots that in Productivity mode landscape orientation, the icons for Date, time, network, volume, power are shown in top right? Is that fixed or configurable? I saw in some other videos of Lenovo Tab P11 that when the window is maximized, the icons don't show at all? Can they not show on the taskbar on bottom right, like they do on Samsung tablets Dex?
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
Doing some further testing and using information provided by another user on Lenovo’s forums, I now believe that my TV is upscaling the TB-J706F_PRC’s native resolution to 4K. I think the actual output matches the tablet's resolution (2560 x 1600), which my TV upscales to 3456 x 2160 (the same aspect ratio). This makes more sense, as the display is mirrored, not extended and the tablet’s screen remains on (although it will sleep after x period of time, as usual).
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
From my (fairly brief testing) the system/status icons and notification icons remain in the same place (top right and top left). They don’t move down to the bottom right of the screen, like they do with Samsung DeX. Although, I’m not sure if having them there would be that useful really? I place shortcuts that open the notification panel and quick settings panel on the home screen. The taskbar includes both running (recent) apps and apps that have been cached – so the list can be quite long. A Windows style notification tray may eat into that space. There are apps like Taskbar that can provide more functionality, if needed.

Personally, I much prefer Lenovo’s minimalistic style of customisation. A Lenovo tablet’s UI is almost identical to what you may find on a Motorola/Nokia/Pixel phone. There is less need to separately memorise where settings are placed, what they are renamed to, what the icons look like etc. - like you may need to with a skin running on top of Android.

This is probably just me though – others seem to not care that their phone’s MIUI is quite different to their tablets One UI, which is different again to their mums ColorOS (when tech support is needed) etc. I just wish that all manufactures provided a choice between their skinned UI and a pure Android One like option. Either when purchasing or setting up the device – a pipe dream, I suspect, for a whole bunch of reasons. Of course, one of the core attractions of Android is choice and customisation (compared to iOS); I just wish that users could choose to have less (manufacturer enforced) customisation.

Imagine if Windows 10 was like this: a Dell laptop had a different UI and different settings in different places to a HP laptop and a user couldn’t choose to change this (without voiding their warranty). I know some PC manufactures do supply deep-rooted bloat, unwanted dual boot type functionality etc. but a clean install via a Windows 10 ISO and USB drive remedies this, without issue, in my experience at least.

Sorry for the somewhat irrelevant (and probably ignorant) rant.
[Device Reviews and Information] tranngocminh:
I will buying new Xiaoxin Pad next week, then I want to ask how to do flashing it to Global ROM of Lenovo P11.

Tks.
[Device Reviews and Information] Smitay95:
I recently bought the XiaoXin Pad Pro, Had to sideload Netflix but after trying 3-4 different APKs I'm stuck on Widevine L3. I wonder if I'm on a different Global ROM.
[Device Reviews and Information] deacde:
Current price in China still $305 for pad pro? Do you find any chinese seller doing shipping to Malaysia? I know there's Banggood, Aliexpress, etc. for that but that $90 differences wit hcurrent price $39+ is a big value for me. Maybe I'll cave in and buy it at $39+ later this week.
[Device Reviews and Information] jotanvillarreal:
Hi, i new in this stuffs and on XDA Forum.

If i buy a Lenovo Tab P11, how change chinese firmware?

Unlock bootloader and flash global rom with recovery?

Which recovery?

or

where i can buy a Lenovo Tab P11 Global?
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
Personally, if the P11/P11 Pro is available locally then I would buy it locally. The lack of Play Protect Certification for the XiaoXin Pad Pro/XiaoXin Pad isn’t really much of issue now but it could be in 6 months, or a year from now. If, over time, as more Android devices meet certain security criteria, Google/app developers may step up restrictions. I don’t know if or when that will happen; as intentions aren’t completely clear to me. It seems as though the TB-J606F_PRC and TB-J706F_PRC *should* be certified and I can’t find any clear information as to why they aren’t.

For now, only certain apps (like Netflix) require sideloading (they can’t be installed/updated/viewed on the Play Store). Allegedly, some banking apps won’t work at all without Play Protect Certification.

Below is the process that I followed for the XiaoXin Pad Pro TB-J706F_PRC (the chinese version of the Tab P11 Pro). I believe the same process can be applied to the XiaoXin Pad TB-J606F_PRC (the chinese version of theTab P11).

What I did:

I booted the device into recovery mode, performed a factory reset and turned the device off (please note that these particular steps are likely not necessary, it’s just what I did).

I downloaded and installed LMSA (Lenovo Motorola Rescue and Smart Assistant). I believe Windows 10 and/or a PC with reasonably up to date hardware may be required to use LMSA successfully. https://support.lenovo.com/uk/en/downloads/ds101291-rescue-and-smart-assistant-lmsa

I then clicked on the Rescue tab and choose the “Power-off Mode” recovery option and selected the Tab P11 Pro TB-J706F (select the Tab P11 TB-J606F if you have the XiaoXin Pad). The HW Code can be found on the back of the tablet.

The program should then offer to download the latest firmware. Once downloaded, select the firmware, click on “Rescue Now”, and then follow the instructions. The process may take a while.
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
Regarding the Widevine dropping to level 3 - I’m not sure why this would be the case. As far as I know, this should only happen if the device’s bootloader is unlocked, or, if the device is rooted.

I initially downloaded the Netflix APK from here > https://apkpure.com/netflix/com.netflix.mediaclient/versions . Choosing the most recent APK (rather than XAPK etc.) avoids having to use a third party app just for installation. The latest single APK provided is, as of right now, v7.89.0 build 18 35322.

More recently, I’ve used APKUpdater 2 > https://xdaforums.com/t/app-4-0-3-gplv3-apkupdater-2-get-updates-for-your-apps.3444517 to keep the Netflix app up to date.
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
See my post above. No need to manually unlock the bootloader, just use LMSA to complete the entire process.

To buy the Tab P11 locally (if available) go to https://www.lenovo.com and, if necessary, select your region/country via a menu at the bottom of the page. Also, try Google Shopping (and other price comparison sites).
[Device Reviews and Information] jotanvillarreal:
Thank you!, I will wait to try to buy locally or in Europe.
[Device Reviews and Information] deacde:
Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad Pro to be available for 1,999 yuan ($310) from March 2 - Gizmochina

does anyone know a way to have at that price with international shipping? I can't find the source of the sale.
[Device Reviews and Information] ChrisM243:
I bought mine from Banggood.com. The guys from that shop ship it with the international ROM.

Is there already any form of custom rom for this tablet? Concerning customization there is not that mich possible yet, unfortunately.
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
I got my self a P11 from banggood, how can I see if my room is the global one?? It's strange that the security patch that I have its from 5 October 2020, and the system update from Google its from may 2020. The from is this one TB-J606F_S000145_201105_ROW. Some help would be appreciated.
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
I'm guessing that price is in reference to how much the XiaoXin Pad Pro costs in China domestically (can’t officially be shipped internationally). When I was looking a few months back ¥2000 was the price at onetime (seemed to vary between ¥2000 and ¥2500, if I recall correctly). Currently, looks like the (base) price is ¥2100.

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Although, unless you know someone who will happily order, take delivery and reship the tablet for you (i.e. that doesn’t care about making a profit), then this information isn’t of much use (to anyone outside the PRC).

For the rest of us, its sites like AliExpress and Banggood: which will charge a markup, since their business likely depends on doing so.
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
The last three letters (ROW) stands for "Rest Of the World". Also, the UI is quite different between the PRC and ROW versions - take a look at the pictures in Jupit3r's review.

Although, the firmware version that you've listed (TB-J606F_S000145_201105_ROW) appears to be old? It’s not even listed at https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/lenovo/Tab_P11/TB-J606F/ (an unofficial host for official Lenovo/Motorola ROMs). Five more recent updates are available, the most recent being TB-J606F_S120039_210121_ROW
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
What do you advise me to do, keep it ( working fine until now) or is there a way to install a better one?? I am kinda noob at this things, but i would like to have updates.

I already downloaded Lenovo’s Rescue & Smart Assistant and even there there are not a newer version, is it easy to do the rescue and change the firmware to one on the list so i can get updates in future?

Scanning with Lenovo’s Rescue & Smart Assistant i get the message that the firmware is not the right one, and sends me to the on of 5/2/2021 that shows on the list you posted. If i execute the rescue what could be the problems i will face ( i didnt understand very well what you have writen on your early post about that ). Thank you for the help :).
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
Well tried the LMSA method but agter 5m i got the message failed and now my P11 wont turn on i think i ruined my tablet, any help?
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
After many google searchs i manage to get from the deads my P11, but still on the same rom. Tried 3 more times, but it goes from 40% to 100% in 5m and then gives me the message failed in red square. If anyone can help me on correcting what i am doing wrong i would apreciated.
[Device Reviews and Information] biglins:
Dear Jupit3r, thank you for your very detailed review!

My goal is a tablet to use mainly to see lecture's videos and read and writing in PDF books.

Then, if you do not bother:

Why an AMOLED screen could be worse than an LCD Screen? My only drawn back about the Xiaoxin Pad Pro is the pentile screen after see one youtube review.

At the moment my top choices are:

Global Firmware Lenovo XiaoXin Pad Pro >>> Global Firmware Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad 11 >>> ALLDOCUBE iPlay40 >>> Alldocube KNote X Pro. Unfortunately, the Alldocube X Neo, my top choice at first looks bugged and outdated now on...

It's hard to choice a good screen without seen it for myself... I am from Brazil, and my only options for purchase are Aliexpress or Bangood.

Any opinion should be grateful.

Thanks in advance!
[Device Reviews and Information] :
in depth review ! just elaborated on the spec sheet smh
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
If you followed what I did in my post above then I'm not sure what else to suggest, sorry. It may be worth trying a different computer, USB port/cable etc.

I presume that your device won’t update via OTA (Over The Air) – e.g. when connected to WiFi?

LMSA’s Power-off Mode is designed to restore a dead device, so, in theory, as long as you have selected the correct model, turned the device off and followed the instructions, it should work.
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
I have a Lenovo P11 Pro/XiaoXin Pad Pro (but not a Lenovo P11/XiaoXin Pad for comparison). Personally, I don’t have any issue reading webpages, PDFs etc. - but that’s not to say you won’t.

The thing that I think people forget, is how you 'feel' about text clarity, is a bit like display resolution, refresh rate, device performance etc.- it’s based on what else you've experienced to date and, even more so, what you have at hand for a direct comparison.

To be honest, even on a YouTube review that highlighted the issue, I couldn’t really see how the zoomed in icons showing ‘the problem', could be relevant at normal viewing distances.

The only devices I can really use for comparison (other than phones) are some older iPads, a Tab P10 and some Tab M10 FHD Plus tablets - I certainly haven’t noticed the XiaoXin Pad Pro display being uncomfortable to look at, in comparison to those devices. I don’t have a Tab S7/S7+/2020 iPad Pro etc. for comparison: if I did, then I guess I might notice the difference side by side?

What I do find uncomfortable for my eyes/general sanity is something that few others seem to have a problem with - glossy screens! The first thing I do with any glossy screened phone/tablet/laptop is buy a matte screen protector – so my view on what looks OK may not be reliable!

My reason for buying the XiaoXin Pad Pro, clearly (no pun intended), was not because it has an OLED screen. It’s because it is, performance wise, probably the next best option to Apple, Samsung and Huawei (brands I’d prefer to avoid) - I prefer stock Android devices.
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
Yes my device won't update with WiFi on. I used a recent pc and the original cable the model is the j606f and I look behind the tablet for the 2number on the last square and I see 62. Unless they messed up that I think I got the correct device.
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
Tried your option on a diferente pc and on mine with 2 diferente cable and ports, same result, starts at 40% in 5s jumps to 60% then at 1m jumps to 80% and at +/- 2m30s jumps to 100% and shows the message in red fail :(.
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
It may be a good idea to contact Banggood and ask for an exchange or refund. They advertise the product as supporting OTA on their product page.

Here is their Return’s policy. > https://www.banggood.com/Banggood-guarantees_hl103_at1168

Note that:

I can’t see how using Lenovo’s official software can void a warranty – but it may best best to avoid mentioning LMSA, if they ask.

IF you want to try something else (at your own risk - you could end up with a completely dead tablet) then you could follow the advice of one of the reviewers.

https://www.banggood.com/Lenovo-Sna...00-x-1200-Android-10-OS-Tablet-p-1808476.html

I don’t have any experience using QPST/ QFIL but if you want to try, then this (Google translated) thread is the best information I could find (a few months back). The initial post is about the P11 Pro/Pad Pro, but the process should be the same for the P11/Pad. > https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=605&t=6227500&sandbox=1
[Device Reviews and Information] PixelCat1030:
Just

I tried the Lenovo Rescue and Smart Assistant method, the progress completed but the tablet was stuck at fastboot Mode, and I genuinely thought I bricked my Xiaoxin pad pro I just got few hours ago. Tried this method instead and worked like a charm!
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
Nope, or i am doing something wrong, or my tablet has some kind of block, i tried 5 times and i always get the messege fail no metacli found.
[Device Reviews and Information] PixelCat1030:
I did get the red fail message too like within 1 minute of connecting no matter how many times I tried with the stock cable, worked on the first time when I changed to another cable
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
3 diferent cables and 2 new port USB same result, i think my tablet will die on this very very old rom :(
[Device Reviews and Information] Limizin:
Same result.

Tab P11 J606F (6GB) with global firmware TB-j606f_s000145_201105_row. No OTA update.

I tried flash by LSMA, but 60%..80%..fail. But the current firmware remains. QFIL haven't tried using it yet
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
This last one i used QFIL and same result, always fail :(
[Device Reviews and Information] Limizin:
Device model? 4gb or 6gb?
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
6GB
[Device Reviews and Information] Limizin:
I would like to confirm that it was the 6GB version that was successfully flashed.
[Device Reviews and Information] PixelCat1030:
Owh, mine is pad pro J-706F sorry for the confusion
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
Regarding the XiaoXin Pad/Chinese Tab P11 (TB-J606F_PRC): I read in the (Google translated) thread link I posted above that updating to an older firmware version first may work. The suggestion was to update to the next released firmware first (e.g. TB-J606F_S100034_201109_ROW) and then flash, or use OTA, to update to the most recent firmware. No idea if this is true but it might be worth a try?

This is in reference to QPST/ QFIL but you may be able to use LMSA to do this by downloading and extracting the .zip files contents to the LMSA download directory and then selecting that firmware (instead of the most recent version). I don’t know if that will work – just a thought.
[Device Reviews and Information] Limizin:
TB-J606F_S100034_201109_ROW is the first version with OTA updates. But I can’t flash it either. fail,fail,fail and...fail

LMSA: silent fail

QFIL: sahara_rx_data:276 Unable to read packet header. Only read 0 bytes

Maybe the J606F (6GB) is specific...
[Device Reviews and Information] MattySAu:
Maybe.

Does this help? > https://blog.hovatek.com/how-to-fix-sahara-fail-error-in-qfil/

sahara_rx_data: "276" Unable to read packet header. Only read 0 bytes - Google Search
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
Tried the older software on LMSA and QFIL same result, red fail on LMSA and sahara and metacli not found errors.
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
A noob question ( i am noob on this subject but like to learn :) ). On my old Realme X2 PRO when a new update came out usually it took many time to get it on my phone, so i download it from ealme page to the root of phone and update it from there. My question is since the tablet is on a asus global rom could i do the same here? ASnd if not can anyone explain me why so i can learn a litle more? Thank you.
[Device Reviews and Information] Limizin:
i tried it all. Combinations of cables, qfil, firmwares, usb ports

I have J606F 6gb "global" version with firmware TB-J606F_S000145_201105_ROW that no have OTA updates (why???)

And I can't do anything. I cannot flash a different firmware version. And I can't even unlock the bootloader - all fastboot commands work, but 'fastboot oem|flashing unlock(-go)' doesn't with error "unknown command". Bootloader unlocking is allowed in develop tools
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
Mine is exactly the same has yours same firmware :( . Banggood tricked us :(
[Device Reviews and Information] Limizin:
Yes. You can. If you have OTA file. But OTA does not exists for TB-J606F_S000145_201105_ROW

But how seller flashed to global?
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
I already did what you have done and got the same results, i cant even find this firmware anywhere so i dont know where the seller got it :(.
[Device Reviews and Information] Limizin:
I managed to flash on TB-J606F_S110052_201217_ROW getting OTA updates

I don’t understand how it happened. Collecting information
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
Did you sucessfully changed to that rom??? If so can you help/explain me how to do it?? Thank you
[Device Reviews and Information] Limizin:
Yes. And OTA updated to latest.

I installed many different drivers and removed them and then removed everything and installed again and latest is

1 QPST_2.7.496

2 Qualcom driver from QPST_2.7.496 zip

3 windows in develoment (test) mode (after intsllation Qualcomm_USB_Driver_2.2.0.0_Setup. I start uninstall but it hangs and I reset windows and install step 2 but developer(test) mode remained )

4 TB-J606F_S110052_201217_ROW from...I don't remember

5 usb cable in motherboard usb3.1

6 many times turned on and off the bootloader unlock permission in developer tools

7 attempt flashing china ROM)

8 reboot to edl through 'adb reboot edl' (not volume+ and cable)

i click 'download content' and got an error

9 I open configuration and activate checkboxes (screen)

and start again. a lot of warnings went. Without waiting for the end I click save log in context menu and go read log. And when I returned I saw "Download Succeed"

May be important:

Initially, I tried to run twrp without flashing (this is possible). The image was successfully uploaded, but then there was a file for the bootloader was locked and an attempt to unlock the bootloader 'fastboot oem unlock' caused an error 'unknown command'

but after step 6-7 everything has changed

fastboot oem unlock

FAILED (remote: 'Command not supported in default implementation')

fastboot: error: Command failed

fastboot boot twrp.img

Sending 'boot.img' (98304 KB) FAILED (remote: 'Download is not allowed on locked devices')

fastboot: error: Command failed

and comp stopped recognizing the fastboot mode in the bootloader what is being called volume- and pwr. So I used 'adb reboot fastboot'
[Device Reviews and Information] Limizin:
I tried to switch the bootloader unlock in the developer tools already on the new firmware and everything came back

fastboot boot twrp.img

Sending 'boot.img' (98304 KB) OKAY [ 2.269s]

Booting FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')

fastboot: error: Command failed

fastboot oem unlock

FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')

fastboot: error: Command failed

and the fastboot works again when 'volume- and pwr'
[Device Reviews and Information] RMVC1968:
Thank you for the explanation, but that its way to much sand for my head, i will be lost at the first error. Oh well too bad for me :(
[Device Reviews and Information] Limizin:
Try at least checkboxes in config. After all, it was after their installation that something that caused an error a second before was immediately sewn. Maybe it's about them
[Device Reviews and Information] alfanutz:
I just got the P11 Pro and wanted to flash to the international ROM using the steps shared here but have the same issues that it didn't work. It seems that the bootloader is locked and you need to apply on zui.com website to unlock it.

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I been waiting for the file to be sent to my email so that I can try and see if it works.