Alfawise X5 Mini PC - Intel Atom X5-Z8350 2GB DDR3 + 32GB ROM Gig LAN Windows 10 Android 5.1

[trebor]

Specification

Brand: Alfawise Model: X5 Type: Mini PC System: Android 5.1,Windows 10 Processor: Intel Atom X5-Z8350 CPU: Intel Atom X5-Z8350 Core: Quad Core GPU: Intel HD Graphics 400 RAM: 2G RAM RAM Type: DDR3 ROM: 32G ROM Max. Extended Capacity: 128G

Decoder Format: H.263,H.264,HD MPEG4 Video format: 4K,AVI,DAT,ISO,MKV,MP4,MPEG,MPEG1,MPEG2,MPEG4,RM,W MV Audio format: AAC,APE,FLAC,MP3,OGG,RM,WMA Photo Format: GIF,JPEG,JPG,PNG Support 5.1 Surround Sound Output: No

5G WiFi: No WIFI: 802.11b/g/n Bluetooth: Bluetooth4.0 Power Supply: Charge Adapter Interface: AV,DC Power Port,HDMI,RJ45,SD Card Slot,USB2.0,USB3.0 Language: English,Germany,Italian,Simplified Chinese,Spanish HDMI Version: 1.4 Other Functions: Others Power Consumption.: 18W RJ45 Port Speed: 1000M

System Bit: 64Bit WiFi Chip: AP8723

Power Type: External Power Adapter Mode

Product weight: 0.2160 kg Package weight: 0.4980 kg Product size (L x W x H): 11.95 x 11.95 x 2.40 cm / 4.7 x 4.7 x 0.94 inches Package size (L x W x H): 13.00 x 12.10 x 8.65 cm / 5.12 x 4.76 x 3.41 inches

Package Contents: 1 x Mini PC, 1 x HDMI Cable, 1 x Power Adapter

Gearbest

[trebor]

Let's have a look at a little cheap Intel/Android 5 dual boot unit, Alfawise X5 Mini PC - Intel Atom X5-Z8350 2GB DDR3 + 32GB ROM Gig LAN Windows 10 Android 5.1
Would have thought better than Android 5, is what it is.

Specs above. let's start with some Images and take it from there.

The Box


What's in the box

Ports

Ports

Top View Spare hidden internal USB

Top View

Bottom View, RTC battery

Bottom Weight Plate/Heatsink]

What; under the tin Lid

WiFi Chip

And the AXP288c Chip

Meaty Heat sink

It will not be a Beast, Android should scoot along ok
More to come

Find this little beast at Gearbest under $80 if you use the phone app i saw

[trebor]

On with the testing....Windows First.
An easy Start Cortana was chatty all why thru the start asking all these Questions about the set up.
First time I have experienced that Talk thru, Different I guess.

All easy with setup, WINDOWS, WIFI and the bits to get us started..

As this is a Dual operating system 2/32GB, not much room for Windows 10 or free space
10GB used of the 14GB partition available so no major BIG updates this day.

Unit performed well for what it is, so Major lagg or issues installed a few apps to testing and was ok.

All activated and OK

No much space

System Info

HW Info

Antutu

Crystal Diskmark

Aida64 bit of a torture test was OK

Stop

GPU

Memory


That went smooth enough with no problems all worked.

[trebor]

On to testing the Android 5 side of things, again pretty good, Android on Intel a forgotten thing, works ok in most cases.
Works well, numbers shows it can do it pretty well and performance and operation to me was much the same as running pure android. if not smoother.

Well that was a let down launcher, Nothing

Installed apps

System Info

DRM Info

Storage and Ram Truth


Antutu


CPU-Z

A1SD


I should say when the unit boots you have the option to select WIndows or android with an Icon....
In windows there is a boot to Android Icon so easy to switch between
.
Cmos settings very sparse not much at all, 4 or so screen of basic setting
Video Playback on windows Ok Netflix also.

So what to do...do you remove the Android Partition to get more space for WIndows 10
Works well as is, add a sd card for more storage etc, ext hdd and that internal USB port might be able to hide a USB stick in there

For what this is had a lot worse,
If you want a Basic unit for under I think $80us, this would have to have some use.
Office, Internet casual games, lots of things....

And thanks to Gearbest.

[vadergr]

Not a bad player.
It can be very useful if you know what you are doing and get the best of both worlds.

Not many android media boxes match the antutu score ,or even the internal storage and ram speeds. Should be good at medium 3d games too.

Windows can be also useful for apllications, web browsing,youtube,blu ray menus etc.

I am expecting it! For 67€ it is a great bargain.

[trebor]

So true, it works does most, Android 5.1 Ok and Windows.
Lots of uses and a you say it's a Bargain.

[gefattern]

Hi ,

the Sticker says it is a Z83 II , who cares ??? always the same , same PCB only other Name or better / Company .

nice Day / gefattern

[trebor]

Yes they all do it...as long as works half the battle is over.

[BlazzingDazzler]

I'm planning to buy this one and want to use it as a NAS.

Can somebody tell me the R/W speeds with usb 3.0 external hdd?
Also is there any way to remove the android so that I can use full 32gb for windows?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
BlazzingDazzler

[AZW]

I'm planning to buy this one and want to use it as a NAS.

Can somebody tell me the R/W speeds with usb 3.0 external hdd?
Also is there any way to remove the android so that I can use full 32gb for windows?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
BlazzingDazzler

will update instruction about how to remove android soon, information will be first updated here. http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-...e-tutorials-cb

[eldonT]

Lots of uses and a you say it's a Bargain.

I'm curious what does the bios look like ?
Can you boot from usb / usb3 ? (install win10 to usb3 ssd for example)

Also can you install linux/grub (i don't care about hdmi / wifi issues).
AZW mentioned some "andoid/windows bios" versus a "linux bios" ? that does not make much sense to me..

thx

[jacksparow2]

Hi i have small problem with this box. It is not rooted but it have su binary inside and i dont know how to removed. i want to use one apk but it keep saying that i have root. Can anybody hepl me ?

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[rbn64]

Hi everybody!
Does anyone know if it would be any problem to install a Windows removing all the previous partitions (android and windows) on the system? Would it be better to install a Windows 32bits instead of 64 in relation to performance and memory consumption of the system?
Thank you.

[filnirv]

Hello
I need help please. I have the mini pc x5 with win10 and android.
I deleted all partitions on the drive. How to flash again the rom?
Thanks for your help

[rbn64]

Hello
I need help please. I have the mini pc x5 with win10 and android.
I deleted all partitions on the drive. How to flash again the rom?
Thanks for your help

Hi,
Can you boot from a pen-drive?
If the answer is positive I can give you a copy that I made of this device with Clonezilla. Try to boot from a Clonezilla USB: http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php

[filnirv]

Hi,
Can you boot from a pen-drive?
If the answer is positive I can give you a copy that I made of this device with Clonezilla. Try to boot from a Clonezilla USB: http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php

Hi
Yes I can. Please can you send me the copy?
Many thanks for your help