Nextbook 8" Android Tablet (NX008HI8G) Experience...

[MoeFoh]

I picked one of these gems up at Newegg for $70 and have been playing around with it the last couple of days. As expected the Nextbook firmware is a mess. It has an older hardware manufacturing date of 03/2013, that's over a year in inventory. I had problems right out of the box. Google Play Store would not download and always reported an error. Email had already been set up with somebody else's email address (haha). I did a factory reset and luckily that fixed the problems.

Rooting - Cydia Impactor did not work! But, I had su root access via ADB. So, I manually copied over a new su, set the chmod's, rebooted and boom, I had full root access. Busybox was already installed.

Software Config - Google Play Store reports many apps are not compatible (not a surprise). I was able to sideload quite a few apps, including TuneIn 9.1. Chrome could not be updated (error says "missing critical components" during the install), but Dolphin Browser installed and ran fine.

Clean Up - I used Titanium Backup Pro to remove system apps I did not want, integrate updates to system ROM and make a backup. Love that Titanium Backup Pro app (a bargain for $6 and one license can be used on all your tablets).

Speed - Boots fast and runs apps fast for a dual-core tablet.

Screen - 8" IPS display. Beautiful.

Tablet - Not thin like people commented on Newegg. It has a normal thickness for a tablet. I had no problem with back pressure causing ripples on the screen.

Overall - An OK tablet for everyday use like web browsing, email, WatchESPN, etc. and simple game playing (it ran Angry Birds just fine). An accelerometer is the only on-board sensor. For $70 dollars, it's the cheapest 8" tablet I've seen.

[roadkill]

I picked one of these gems up at Newegg for $70 and have been playing around with it the last couple of days. As expected the Nextbook firmware is a mess. It has an older hardware manufacturing date of 03/2013, that's over a year in inventory. I had problems right out of the box. Google Play Store would not download and always reported an error. Email had already been set up with somebody else's email address (haha). I did a factory reset and luckily that fixed the problems.

Rooting - Cydia Impactor did not work! But, I had su root access via ADB. So, I manually copied over a new su, set the chmod's, rebooted and boom, I had full root access. Busybox was already installed.

Software Config - Google Play Store reports many apps are not compatible (not a surprise). I was able to sideload quite a few apps, including TuneIn 9.1. Chrome could not be updated (error says "missing critical components" during the install), but Dolphin Browser installed and ran fine.

Clean Up - I used Titanium Backup Pro to remove system apps I did not want, integrate updates to system ROM and make a backup. Love that Titanium Backup Pro app (a bargain for $6 and one license can be used on all your tablets).

Speed - Boots fast and runs apps fast for a dual-core tablet.

Screen - 8" IPS display. Beautiful.

Tablet - Not thin like people commented on Newegg. It has a normal thickness for a tablet. I had no problem with back pressure causing ripples on the screen.

Overall - An OK tablet for everyday use like web browsing, email, WatchESPN, etc. and simple game playing (it ran Angry Birds just fine). An accelerometer is the only on-board sensor. For $70 dollars, it's the cheapest 8" tablet I've seen.

cool is it jelly bean

[MoeFoh]

Nextbook NX008HI8G Build Prop...

JellyBean 4.1.1

Here's the build prop:

# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=JRO03C
ro.build.display.id=JRO03C.v008
ro.build.version.incremental=eng.root.20130321.205 658
ro.build.version.sdk=16
ro.build.version.codename=JellyBean
ro.build.version.release=4.1.1
ro.build.date=Thu Mar 21 20:57:33 CST 2013
ro.build.date.utc=1363870653
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=root
ro.build.host=midcs-desktop
ro.build.tags=release-keys
ro.product.board=NXM909NP
ro.product.model=NX008HI
ro.product.brand=Nextbook
ro.product.name=NX008HI
ro.product.device=NX008HI
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=YIFANG
ro.wifi.channels=14
ro.board.platform=meson6
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=NXM909NP
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=NXM909NP-user 4.1.1 JRO03C eng.root.20130321.205658 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=Nextbook/M909NP/M909NP:4.1.1/JRO03C/v008:user/release-keys
ro.build.characteristics=tablet
# end build properties
# system.prop for M1 reference board
# This overrides settings in the products/generic/system.prop file
#
#rild.libpath=/system/lib/libreference-ril.so
#rild.libargs=-d /dev/ttyS0
ro.sf.lcd_density=160
keyguard.no_require_sim=1
#set keyguard.enable=false to disable keyguard
keyguard.enable=true
ro.statusbar.widget=true
ro.statusbar.button=true
ro.statusbar.yearmonthdayweek=true

#wifi.interface=ra0
# Time between scans in seconds. Keep it high to minimize battery drain.
# This only affects the case in which there are remembered access points,
# but none are in range.
#wifi.supplicant_scan_interval = 60
#alsa.mixer.playback.master=DAC2 Analog
#alsa.mixer.capture.master=Analog
#configure the Dalvik heap for a standard tablet device.
#frameworks/base/build/tablet-dalvik-heap.mk
dalvik.vm.heapstartsize=5m
dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=48m
dalvik.vm.heapsize=256m
hwui.render_dirty_regions=false

# Disable un-supported Android feature
hw.nopm=false
hw.nobattery=false
hw.nophone=false
hw.novibrate=true
hw.cameras=2
hw.hasethernet=false
#hw.hasdata=true
ro.platform.has.touch=true
# Wi-Fi sleep policy
ro.platform.has.sleeppolicy=false
#set to 0 temporarily so touch works without other changes
ro.sf.hwrotation=270
#0~7 You are required to get the correct install direction according the sensor placement on target board
ro.sf.gsensorposition=6
ro.sf.Gconvert_x_y=0
ro.sf.Gconvert_x=1
ro.sf.Gconvert_y=1
ro.sf.Gconvert_z=1
ro.sf.ecompassposition=4
allow_all_orientations=1

# Set Camera Orientation

# Use OSD2 mouse patch
ro.ui.cursor=osd2
ro.hardware=amlogic

# Enable 32-bit OSD
sys.fb.bits=32

# Disable GPS
gps.enable=false

# Enable player buildin
media.amsuperplayer.enable=true
media.amplayer.enable-acodecs=asf,aac,ape,flac,alac
media.amplayer.enable=true
media.amsuperplayer.m4aplayer=STAGEFRIGHT_PLAYER
media.amsuperplayer.defplayer=PV_PLAYER
media.amplayer.thumbnail=true
#media.amplayer.widevineenable=true
media.arm.audio.decoder=ape,aac

# Nand write need force sync when gadget
gadget.nand.force_sync=true

# Status bar customization
ro.statusbar.widget.power=true
yf.show.compat=false
ro.statusbar.yearmonthdayweek=true

# HDMI
ro.hdmi480p.enable=false
#rw.fb.need2xscale=ok
#media.amplayer.osd2xenable=true

#camera DCIM dir. 0:sd only; 1:nand only; 2,sd first
ro.camera.dcim=1
ro.camera.lockorientation=false

# Disable preload-class
ro.amlogic.no.preloadclass=0

# App optimization
ro.app.optimization=true

#Dual display
ro.vout.dualdisplay3=true
ro.vout.player.exit=false
# CPU settings
ro.has.cpu.setting=true

# CPU freq customized in setting menu
# normal, performance, powersaving
ro.cpumode.maxfreq=1200000,1320000,800000

# when usbstorage, CPU mode and freq
ro.usbstorage.cpumode=performance
ro.usbstorage.maxfreq=600000

ro.yifang.devicename=NX008HI
ro.yifang.hotpoint=0
ro.bootanimation.rotation=90
ro.keyguard.orientation=landscape
ro.yifang.weather.city=New York
ro.yifang.weather.isf=1
ro.yifang.ota.enable=1
#support media poll uevent,can use sd cardread on usb port
has.media.poll=false
ro.dongle.change.local=0
ro.yifang.locationsetting=1
#used forward seek for libplayer
media.libplayer.seek.fwdsearch=1
#enable address bar cover issue fixing
ro.flashplayer.surfacehack=1
ro.media.partition.label=Nextbook
ro.yifang.hotpoint=0
#ro.usb.vendor.string=Yifang
#ro.usb.product.string=PMP5580C
hw.erase.internalSdcard=true
ro.screen.has.usbstorage=true
virtualsd.enable=true
ro.yifang.bluetooth=0
ro.yifang.mobile=1
ro.yifang.mobile_dongle=0
ro.yifang.datausagesetting=1
ro.product.mobilenetwork = 0
ro.yifang.default.timeout=-1
ro.yifang.default.brightness=196

#
# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy
ro.config.ringtone=Ring_Synth_04.ogg
ro.carrier=unknown
ro.opengles.version=131072
ro.config.notification_sound=OnTheHunt.ogg
ro.config.alarm_alert=Alarm_Classic.ogg
drm.service.enabled=true
net.bt.name=Android
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt
ro.hardware.version=1.0.0.0
ro.vendor.name=YFMID

[shaunmt]

I picked one of these gems up at Newegg for $70 and have been playing around with it the last couple of days. As expected the Nextbook firmware is a mess. It has an older hardware manufacturing date of 03/2013, that's over a year in inventory. I had problems right out of the box. Google Play Store would not download and always reported an error. Email had already been set up with somebody else's email address (haha). I did a factory reset and luckily that fixed the problems.

Rooting - Cydia Impactor did not work! But, I had su root access via ADB. So, I manually copied over a new su, set the chmod's, rebooted and boom, I had full root access. Busybox was already installed.

Software Config - Google Play Store reports many apps are not compatible (not a surprise). I was able to sideload quite a few apps, including TuneIn 9.1. Chrome could not be updated (error says "missing critical components" during the install), but Dolphin Browser installed and ran fine.

Clean Up - I used Titanium Backup Pro to remove system apps I did not want, integrate updates to system ROM and make a backup. Love that Titanium Backup Pro app (a bargain for $6 and one license can be used on all your tablets).

Speed - Boots fast and runs apps fast for a dual-core tablet.

Screen - 8" IPS display. Beautiful.

Tablet - Not thin like people commented on Newegg. It has a normal thickness for a tablet. I had no problem with back pressure causing ripples on the screen.

Overall - An OK tablet for everyday use like web browsing, email, WatchESPN, etc. and simple game playing (it ran Angry Birds just fine). An accelerometer is the only on-board sensor. For $70 dollars, it's the cheapest 8" tablet I've seen.

I'd be happy to support this model, but I don't have a ROM dump from one of these yet...

ShaunMT

[roadkill]

I'd be happy to support this model, but I don't have a ROM dump from one of these yet...

ShaunMT

i noticed it said pmp 5580c is that more or,less the same as the cm11 port,from ct?
t

[shaunmt]

i noticed it said pmp 5580c is that more or,less the same as the cm11 port,from ct?
t

Maybe, but not necessarily... alot of Nextbook ROM's have that in the build.prop, just like alot of them have an unused narcpi.ko wifi driver for no reason... sloppy work when Yifang Digital modifies their ROMs from one model to another... there's all kinds of leftover trash from past builds in their ROMs.

I do suspect the HI model is very similar to the HD model and the Trendy 800T model, and the Prestigio PMP5580C, but I have no idea what the differences might be...

ShaunMT

[roadkill]

Maybe, but not necessarily... alot of Nextbook ROM's have that in the build.prop, just like alot of them have an unused narcpi.ko wifi driver for no reason... sloppy work when Yifang Digital modifies their ROMs from one model to another... there's all kinds of leftover trash from past builds in their ROMs.

I do suspect the HI model is very similar to the HD model and the Trendy 800T model, and the Prestigio PMP5580C, but I have no idea what the differences might be...

ShaunMT

b cool if it was in a way

[MoeFoh]

Hardware-wise, I believe it is close to the NX008HD8G, except it has the 8" IPS screen.

[shaunmt]

TWRP Is Now Available For Multiple Amlogic Based Nextbooks

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