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[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
I'm sort of in the same boat. If you're just using it for media the P11 Pro has the better software.

However if we get a proper international release and firmware it'll be worth it still.

The P12 Pro talk at the moment referees to a Snapdragon 888 processor so I'm not holding my breath.

I'm lucky really despite having amazon prime, disney+ and Netflix subs I'm having to torrent the Dolby Vision versions of the stuff I want to watch to my plex. It's a ball ache having to do it, but at least I've not wasted my money.
[Lenovo P11] bakarilos:
i found out the hard way. i got it fot he better screen but it seems i misfired.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Have you also noticed how trash the low brightness uniformity is? greys in particular are horrendous.
[Lenovo P11] bakarilos:
i expected at least better brightness.

if i had gotten the p11 pro i would have saved 200 euros........... + vat
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
I must have got lucky as I didn't have to pay any import charges so it cost me £350 delivered which is a very good price for the hardware.

Shame there's not a bigger scene on here supporting custom roms etc.
[Lenovo P11] bakarilos:
i paid 400 euros + 150 for import charges... the p11 pro would have been 420 total...
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Where did you get it from? Mine was from Giztop but I paid for express shipping.
[Lenovo P11] Slu79:
I also bought mine from Giztop, £435 delivered, including the keyboard case.. pretty good deal if you ask me.

Havent updated base firmware to avoid losing the widevine L1 as everyone is referencing.. but am also hoping we eventually get a global rom for it.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
I've done more digging on this. I've updated and still have widevine level 1.

Pretty happy with it overall. One stuck pixel though :(

If an international rom doesn't come out I'm possibly going to pick up an S7+ second hand when their new one launches.
[Lenovo P11] mengfei:
so you could order this with international rom?

https://www.reddit.com/r/androidtablets/comments/kv1ewb
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Yeah that's the 2020 version. We're talking about the 2021 version which does not have an international version.
[Lenovo P11] 3bo0od1997:
What about the new P11 Pro (2022) with mediatake 1300T processor, what type of panel does this tablet have? Same as 2021 model or P12?
[Lenovo P11] Asakura088:
how to install this rom can you guide me?
[Lenovo P11] carlchan31:
It's not the same. It might be from EverDisplay, same one from the more expensive Huawei MatePad Pro 11 2022.

The display was a huge leap from my P11 Pro 2021. It's way brighter, sharper and have better colors. I also can confidently say that It's a better display than Tab S7 Plus when I compared both.

My only gripe with it is the display failed on me for no reason and I currently need to send it back to fix it. Overall it was one of the AMOLED display I've seen from a tablet, probably second to Tab S8 Ultra.
[Lenovo P11] SomeOneX:
Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad Pro 2021 (11.5

Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad Pro 2021 5G Android Tablet kaufen » cect-shop.de. ✓ Bester Preis ✓ Geprüfte Qualität ✓ Hervorragender Service ✓ Express Versand ✓ Original Lenovo ✓ Seit 2006.

www.cect-shop.com

Can now be ordered with Global Rom.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
If that is the case where does one download and install the global ROM??

Also what does not OTA updates mean?? I'd want OTA updates for Android Security Patches.
[Lenovo P11] SomeOneX:
Sadly I can not tell you that. The shop offers this Global Rom (including Google Playstore) as an option. I know the shop. Have ordered there many times. But I don't know where they got this ROM from either.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Interesting. I mean my pad has updated fine. Disney+ and Netflix in FHD. I'm pretty happy with it now.

I guess it would be useful for none english speaking countries.

The only thing its lacking now is FHD Prime and Dolby Vision Approval for netflix, both of which wont be happening.

I looked at the Samsung Tab S7+ and even that doesn't support HDR in Disney Plus.
[Lenovo P11] tsoureki:
P12 pro is here and is nice upgrade over xiaoxin with 12.6 amoled 120hz screen, 10200 battery with 45w charging, 8gb 256gb version ang 5G model.. I bought xiaoxin pad pro 2021 just 3 days ago 😂
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Its going to be a lot more expensive than £350 I bet!

Any more money and i'd go Samsung for better software support.
[Lenovo P11] tsoureki:
The good thing with xiaoxin pad pro is that the bootloader is unlockable and we can flash any gsi rom in the future
[Lenovo P11] tsoureki:
All fine with the L1? Is it safe to update? How is ram management with zui? Is 6gb enough?
[Lenovo P11] Fiwkab:
Global firmware ?
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
All fine to update. I've done mine.
[Lenovo P11] Fredddi43:
Does anyone know where to get the Stock CN ROM? My tablet is super buggy and I need to try a reflash.
[Lenovo P11] tsoureki:
Banggood now ships the tablet with international rom. I am waiting to receive mine. I don't know where they find an international rom 😂

It's so difficult to find a Lenovo rom 😂
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Is there anyway to extract the ROM?
[Lenovo P11] sakun-ice:
It is important to clarify that a global version is not an international version. The version that Banggood is shipping is a global version with Playstore installed but it does not have OTA support. Likewise, can you write here when the tablet arrives? To clarify everything.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
My version from Giztop came with play store and has done OTA updates no problem.

I'm actually really happy with it now. It's not something I'd recommend to people that aren't fairly tech savy though.
[Lenovo P11] fazioso:
sorry guys.... im interested.....

id like to buy from banghood....im from eu .... and they assured me that the iva and duties has already pay in advance..... can i trust them?

cause 400 euro for tablet is a lot.... and i dont want to add another 100 in tax....

also banghood sell global versione as it seems?

thanks
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
I purchased from Giztop to the UK and paid for the top shipping. There was no import duty.

If you need it in another language than English just get it from there. You can get 2% off (which helps with postage) if you sign up for the news letter.

I can't help with bangood. I have no experience of them.
[Lenovo P11] y2k:
So, your device is installed with global firmware(unofficial but modified). The bootloader must be unlocked and widevine must be widevine L3. Am I right? I will get mine next week. Can I just fastboot to relock the bootloader so as to get L1 back?
[Lenovo P11] y2k:
So, your device is installed with global firmware(unofficial but modified). The bootloader must be unlocked and widevine must be L3. Am I right? I will get mine next week. Can I just fastboot to relock the bootloader so as to get L1 back?
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
No mine is flashed with the official rom. It only has English and Chinese language installed. It has the Google store and will OTA update.
[Lenovo P11] NeuronXY:
Have it for 2 weeks now. China ROM with some broken english translation here and there. (2 install languages)

Did notice low brightness goes haywire (black to gray when scene transitions) when that tablet was the only light source. Netflix L1. Didnt test on other stream apps

Installed google play via the lenovo store app with random clicks and guesses.

Overall good screen, feels fluid and snappy, quite light tablet, slippery since metal build. Bought the keyboard and pen separately and was satisfied with light usage.

Temps below 40C, good even with graphic intensive games. Not fond of the pc mode since not familiar much with it.

Some accessibility or locked apps does resets on its own, which i find annoying (buggy zui i think). If there's a global rom i'd really want it.

Tablet + keyboard + pen = around $575 after conversion
[Lenovo P11] tsoureki:
I am waiting to receive the tablet next week. No OTA? This is problem.. How I will update if there is no OTA? If that's true I prefer china rom
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Sounds like it's an unofficial ROM which will mean no official updates. It possibly won't have widevine L1 ether.

You'll have to check the bootloader and reflash the Chinese rom if you want OTA.

I've had two OTA's so far with no issue.
[Lenovo P11] y2k:
The seller did tell me that all the global firmware(unofficial rom) device, its bootloader was unlocked. I'd like to know how can I flash the CN rom so as to get L1 and OTA back.
[Lenovo P11] tsoureki:
Ok but where I can find the china rom? This is hard with lenovo devices..
[Lenovo P11] trojaner_80:
I will try to flash the china rom, too. Perhaps this one:

ROM Lenovo Pad Pro 2021 TB-J716F | [Official]-[Updated] add the 12/10/2022 on Needrom
[Lenovo P11] trojaner_80:
I just recognized, that the ROM in the link upon is the Global ROM, Exactly the same version is already installed on my device.

Does anyone have a link to download the China ROM?
[Lenovo P11] sakun-ice:
Can you upload that Global ROM? Is the same multilanguage ROM that install Banggood?
[Lenovo P11] trojaner_80:
I´m sorry. I don´t have the Global ROM. I bought my Xiaoxin Pad 2021 from CECT Shop. The global ROM has been already installed. I compared the version to the version behind the link upon. It´s exactly the same version.
[Lenovo P11] sakun-ice:
It is strange that it is the same version, because in the information of the ROM it says that it has Chinese and English as languages.
[Lenovo P11] trojaner_80:
Yes I also was wondering about that. But the ROM Version is exatly the same:

TB-J716F_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00209.3_R_ZUI_12.5.126_ST_210527 – 11
[Lenovo P11] Meanie:
For you guys that have the Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad or Pad Pro, is drawing over other apps, floating windows working? In normal tablet mode, not PC mode.
[Lenovo P11] djazz33:
I received just today the tablet (Xiaoxin pad pro 2021) from banghood here in Italy and no taxes has been added. Global version.
[Lenovo P11] redmictian:
Ive been using this tab for a couple of days. The ROM is just a cleaned-up Chinese one, it has English language and gapps. However, the only major problem is that ZUI doesn't let apps from google store function in the background, as a result, all the messengers, e-mail apps, youtube, etc, basically all the apps that should notify you about anything don't do it. If you're working in the app and shortly after you've closed it - yes, you'll get a notification, but not after it has been cleared from the memory. It is not the first time a Chinese ROM behaves this way, so maybe anyone has some suggestions?
[Lenovo P11] tsoureki:
Banggood global rom has unlocked bootloader, no ota and L3 widevine so Netflix is at 480p.. Must relock bootloader and flash Chinese rom (I can't find any chinese rom..) to have ota update and L1 widevine.
[Lenovo P11] asukav:
sorry, not noticed the title Pro 2021... I try to find it, with no charge.
[Lenovo P11] sakun-ice:
ROM Lenovo Pad Pro 2021 TB-J716F | [Official]-[Updated] add the 12/10/2022 on Needrom

This is the supposed Chinese rom, but you need a premium account to download ($ 3). It would be good if someone put a basic tutorial to restore the tablet in case of brick or change the rom. I find it very strange that after several months of the launch of the tablet there is no easily accessible tutorial or rom.
[Lenovo P11] sakun-ice:
No, that rom is for Lenovo Tab P11 (no pro and 2020 version)
[Lenovo P11] asukav:
OK！

File folder on MEGA

mega.nz

the 3.03G contains a chinese rom for J706F.

As for 716, I still need some time =.=
[Lenovo P11] trojaner_80:
This ROM is installed on my device. I compared the version numbers. They are exactly the same. No OTA and only Widevine L3 using this ROM, but multilanguage.
[Lenovo P11] trojaner_80:
Could you please post the exact version of your ROM? We are looking for the ROM, which is installed on your device.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
The zui is version 12.6.238 St.

How do I find more details about the ROM?
[Lenovo P11] trojaner_80:
You can see the exact ROM version using the app DRM Info.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
TB-J716F_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00209.3_R_ZUI_12.6.238_ST_210824
[Lenovo P11] trojaner_80:
Thank you very much. On my device the ROM Version: TB-J716F_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00209.3_R_ZUI_12.5.126_ST_210527 is installed. Maybe it´s not possible to find out from the ROM version, if it is the original Chinese ROM (OTA+/L1) or the global ROM (OTA-/L3).
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Mine is the Widevine L1 chinese version after two OTA's.
[Lenovo P11] Linuxkek:
So, there is still no official Global Rom for that device? Few days ago you can get a Tab S7 for 452€ on amazon.es and this one is about 400€. I just want the Amoled screen but without global or CR...
[Lenovo P11] fabricioss1980:
I am glad I found this post as I am in the same situation, hopefully someone will be able to put a tutorial and share the chinese stock rom with widevine l1.
[Lenovo P11] fabricioss1980:
I was watching the review of the youtuber eta prime and I noticed his tablet has a slightly newer version with widevine l1, see below.
[Lenovo P11] fabricioss1980:
Please, any chances CECT shop could send you the stock rom? I bought mine from a seller in aliexpress and the seller won’t move a finger to share with me the original chinese rom.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
We took a slight gamble getting a tablet with these specs for £350. It's not the end of the world. The OLED screen is OK. Bright scenes are fine but shadows are massively crushed and dark screen uniformity is horrendous. Also no global ROM with widevine level 1. No massive issue if your native language is English as the Chinese rom is totally fine.

In hindsight you'd be better off trying to get a better deal on an Samsung Tab S7+ with better AMOLED screen and Native HDR support in nexflix.

On this screen dolby Vison is no better than normal HDR. Losing to go the Samsung is no great loss.

The P12 Pro with its Amold screen with chinese and global varient looks the safer bet.
[Lenovo P11] tsoureki:
I am waiting to receive mine today and I am curious about screen quality and uniformity. Also I want to check if rom is chinese or unofficial global. The new Xiaoxin that announced is the Chinese version of p12 pro and it will be much cheaper than p12.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Yup I'm looking to move mine on before that comes out to upgrade away from this dodgy screen.
[Lenovo P11] PastMidnight:
Asukav shared the chinese rom on this forum but I haven't flashed mine yet as I'm waiting till the weekend till I have more time to do backups, etc. Not sure if the rom is legit but it's worth a go.

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-officia...0209-3_r_zui_12-6-211_st_210730_qpst.4340439/
[Lenovo P11] fazioso:
italy too.... ;)

hope it works the price and lenovo put global rom with ota and streaming hd ......
[Lenovo P11] tsoureki:
I just want to root the global version that received from banggood. The 12.5.126 ST version. I must found the boot.img from rom and patched, right? But where can I find it?
[Lenovo P11] tsoureki:
Do you have the boot.img from this rom? I need it to root my tablet
[Lenovo P11] Tropaion:
I also got this tablet two days ago and I like it.

With Chinese ROM, English translation is ok, updated via OTA to the latest version and still have Widevine L1.

I didn't want to buy the official stylus and tried the Bamboo Ink2 which works too.

If someone has rootet it, is it possible to provide the system/build.prop file?
[Lenovo P11] fazioso:
where did you buy?

in banghood only a global rom,with no ota but multilanguage and playstore already in....
[Lenovo P11] Tropaion:
cect-shop, it was the cheapest i found.

EDIT: after many trial and error, managed to get a GSI ROM booting on it.
[Lenovo P11] fazioso:
there was a user some weeks ago that say cect-shop send a global firmware....so its not true....

but besides i think your rom is better.....official ,ota and l1..... the global firmware is a real beta.....and no ota:

we have to find a way to put original china firmware!
[Lenovo P11] Tropaion:
@fazioso when buying at cect-shop you can choose between global and china rom.

I recently posted how to install china rom but sadly you won't get l1 or ota updates, probably because bootloader is unlocked. Today I searched a bit in chinese forums and found some interesting articles which makes me think it should be possible, but it's a bit diffcult with google translator to interpret it. Found a script to lock/unlocked bootloader which I translated and posted at xda, it's a start.
[Lenovo P11] 3bo0od1997:
Hello guys I'm thinking to buy this tablet, can anyone take screenshot from Playback Specification menu on Netflix app?

Does it support L1 or not?

What about OTA updates? Some said you will loss L1 and the others said not

I want to buy it from giztop, but they said google play is pre-installed, does that mean they mess with software and stop ota updates with L1 to L3?

Sorry for my bad english 😔
[Lenovo P11] jcrecarte:
Ok. He puesto la Rom China. He actualizado. He bloqueado el fastboot. He hecho hard reset y voilá, ya tengo L1 y Netflix en Hd. Impresionante cómo se vé la pantalla. Curiosamente he comprobado que se vé con más calidad el video si bajo de 90 a 60hz de refresco. Esta tablet es muy muy buena. La recomiendo aunque de momento Lenovo no contribuya. Si tenéis el pencil os recomiendo probar concepts
[Lenovo P11] fazioso:
Please help people to change from globlal to china with ota and l1 enable!!!! Tutorial or some help!
[Lenovo P11] jcrecarte:
He seguido el post y visto los vídeos donde cuelgan la Rom China y estuve un par de horas trasteando. No te puedo decir porque se me brikeo, pero al final lo hice como pone en el post y me funcionó. Un poco de acojone pero parece que si tienes el bootloader abierto siempre es posible recuperarla. Es la primera vez que flaseo algo. Bueno no exactamente pero casi..de todas formas miraré en el Pc por si recuerdo mas detalles. Si teneis algun problema y os puedo ayudar... Eso sí sólo para los que tengan abierto el bootloader. Y la tablet se queda o en ingles o en chino.
[Lenovo P11] fazioso:
Sorry for English...but for OTA problems? Works OTA or no?
[Lenovo P11] jcrecarte:
Después de flashear a la rom china, sí funcionan las OTA. Antes con la llamada rom global, no
[Lenovo P11] 3bo0od1997:
Anyone answer me please
[Lenovo P11] luizkun:
you should buy from chinese store , you should not buy the global rom version , so with chinese version you will have stock rom with locked bootloaderla L1 DRM , you can play netflix full hd , i can confirm this point
[Lenovo P11] zxcv88:
I have accepted widevine L3 on my tablet because I use Stremio now which works pretty good. I have Netflix and Amazon prime but don't use it anymore on my tablet because of widevine.

I wish they'd fix the widevine stuff because they're making it so hard for people who have paid for their services yet can't watch in HD.
[Lenovo P11] luizkun:
yes , netflix can nerver compare to kodi, kodi is very powerful , it has anything
[Lenovo P11] Wualk:
Dear 3bo0od, I bought the Xiaoxin pro pad 2021 from Giztop last month (actually typing on it right now) and it has the China - translated English ROM on it. I can install all apps on it (Google, Play etc.) and now even use if for work (with all the Microsoft apps installed on it). The English translation is ok, but as a near-native English speaker there are some funny translations noticable.

With regards to L1 for Netflix, I can confirm it runs HD quality on Netflix without issues. When I got it, it had 2 updates ready which I installed after 2 days of waiting. It simply updated Android and I still have L1 with Netflix. I will see if I can take a screenshot later.

As a European user, I was tempted to buy the P12 European tablet (not sure if it is available already) due to the ROM and English-translation issues. But honestly, the tablet runs great and the price on Giztop was fine. Better than Banggood if you want the keyboard with it as well.
[Lenovo P11] Wualk:
And here is a screenshot of Netflix (Dutch version), showing the L1 support (even after a update). Obviously, I haven' t yet tinkered with the ROM or tried to install another ROM. It has the default ROM that came with Giztop.
[Lenovo P11] zxcv88:
I have flashed china ROM and locked the bootloader on my xiaoxin pad pro from Banggood.

L1 is back but no 4k or HDR support on Netflix, just 1080p.

OTA updates working fine as well.

Big thanks to @Tropaion and @asukav for the guides and roms.
[Lenovo P11] 3bo0od1997:
Thanks bro, it seems the tabled support 1080p only but not HDR

P12 Pro will be good but 12.6 inch is huge for tablet -__-
[Lenovo P11] sakun-ice:
Xiaoxin pad pro 2021 support hdr10...
[Lenovo P11] 3bo0od1997:
Not in Netflix app
[Lenovo P11] russy23:
Glad to read this, mines coming from giztop :)
[Lenovo P11] m4clac:
Hey there, sorry to jump in but thought it better than starting a new thread for 1 query.

I'm happy enough with the eng/chn ROM but I can't find a way to set up multiple users. Any tips?

Cheers
[Lenovo P11] zzorann:
Did you find this option maybe? I think it should be android 11 feature.
[Lenovo P11] 3bo0od1997:
anyone guys have this problem of screen??

when screen becomes black
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Yes and its the main reason I'm moving to P12 Pro. The screen is junk at low light or near black. Bright films no issue, as soon as you watch a dark film it really exposes it.

I suspect its the reason the tablet wasn't sold internationally. Good luck charging $600 for that outside of China.

I'm surprised the YouTube reviews don't pick up on it.
[Lenovo P11] 3bo0od1997:
So it is cheap OLED and not compared to Samsung AMOLED, My friend told me that he sold the xiaoxin tablet and bought Tab S7, He said that the IPS screen of Tab S7 is far better than xiaoxin tablet even in dark scenes
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
It's a nice screen when it's bright but tbh it's unacceptably poor in dark scenes.
[Lenovo P11] jcrecarte:
Es pobre en escenas oscuras pero también depende de la fuente. Yo he visto escenas oscuras buenas en calidad bluray de nivel de compresión. En plataformas de streaming la calidad de las escenas oscuras sí es pobre.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Agreed but the same scenes which look bad on the tablet look fine on my B7 oled.
[Lenovo P11] jcrecarte:
Normal. Las oled de LG llevan procesadores como las Sony, Panasonic y demás para corregir los problemas de las pantallas oled en bruto. Y dichos procesadores eleminan temas como el banding o corrigen ese desfase entre el pixel apagado y el pixel al mínimo. Pero he visto pelis 2160p hdr en esta tablet y esa sí es la medida de la pantalla en cuanto a la calidad que puede dar
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Everything I watch is 4k HDR or Dolby Vision 20/30Gb file size via plex. So I'm giving it absolutely the best chance.

The screen shot earlier shows a very clear dirty screen affect. I can make it show up easily using a YouTube video for burn in. I was in a store today looking at the same video on a Samsung S7+ and could not recreate the issue.

I'm confident it is the quality of the 2021 models panel and not an inherent flaw in oled (although I don't disagree with your point entirely).

Ether way in about 2 days I will do a side by side comparison and post the results.
[Lenovo P11] mdurkin:
I've been curious about these reports of poor quality low light screen uniformity issues. The display quality on the one I just received is stunning.

I just ran various test videos from YouTube designed to test oled uniformity and the panel is absolutely consistent on every test, absolutely no uniformity issues, or any discernable patterns, lines, marks, steaks, shadows or screen burn patterns etc.

I'm wondering if some of these tablets might have a bad batch.
[Lenovo P11] mardon85:
Try an all grey screen at low brightness
[Lenovo P11] mdurkin:
I did, I tried several different levels of grey from barely perceptible not black, through to light grey, I still couldn't get anything but very smooth, grey. Maybe I didn't have the brightness down enough, I'll try again and see.