Support for Chuwi Hi10 Pro

[RetroAndMore]

Hello,

is there any support for the Chwui Hi10 Pro planned? The last version is 5.1, and this tablet has a very complicated system with lots of partitions for Android, some with unknown filesystem:

android_bootloader2 (unknown)  100 MiB  (hidden, msftdata)
android_bootloader  (fat16)    100 MiB  (boot, esp)
android_boot        (unknown)  30 MiB
android_recovery    (unknown)  30 MiB
android_misc        (unknown)  1 MiB
android_metadata    (unknown)  16 MiB
android_persistent  (unknown)  1 MiB
android_system      (ext4)     2,5 GiB
android_cache       (unknown)  256 MiB
android_config      (unknown)  8 MiB
android_data        (ext4)     8 GiB

I presume it's understandable to get rid of this weird partition format. Important is the second partition because it starts a selector between Windows and Android on the tablet, using the volume keys.
The tablet has 64bit EFI only and uses GPT, which doesn't make it easier. Although the BIOS has massive settings, there's no Legacy BIOS falback option.

I've booted the 64bit version of Android-x86 8.01 from CD. It worked after the second attempt, but I didn't have support for Touchscreen, WLAN, Audio, Bluetooth and power management - the same issues are also in my Xubuntu installation, but WLAN is working. Here's the last version of Android 5.1 for the Chuwi Hi10 Pro. Maybe it's possible to extract the drivers from this version into a new version of Android. Unfortunately I don't know how to do it, don't have much experience with Linux-based operating systems. I can provide all device ID's the Chuwi Hi10 Pro has, if this could help. The processor is an Intel Atom X5-Z8300.


Best Regards,

RetroAndMore.

[RetroAndMore]

So, news for the Chuwi Hi10 Pro. It is working, but not very well.

Audio: not working
Charging function: not working
Rotation: not working
RTL8723BS Bluetooth/WLAN: Doesn't connect automatically after power on/off.
Touchscreen: partially working, a very firm press is neccessary, but it's not useable. A text field doesn't open the onscreen keyboard.

Check out the files in the link in the first post of the original Chuwi Android 5.1. If you can't download it, I can provide the files. But they are no data files in .img format. Is there a method to rewrite these files using a Linux tool? The flashing tool from Windows for this tablet won't work... The files are not compressed.

I also had problems with the 'force quit app' function in the App settings, it wasn't working. The system showed alsways 'collecting size...' but never finished it.

[RetroAndMore]

So, I installed the stock Android 5.1 on my Chuwi Hi10 Pro - as it should be expected - everything is working.

This includes full Intel Cherry Trail support with special Intel graphics settings, audio, battery and Realtek RTL8723BS WLAN/Bluetooth without reconnect problem.

[Povilas Staniulis]

What kernel version does the stock Android use ?

On 2018.06.29 22:45, RetroAndMore wrote:
> So, I installed the stock Android 5.1 on my Chuwi Hi10 Pro - as it
> should be expected - everything is working.
>
> This includes full Intel Cherry Trail support with special Intel

> graphics settings, audio, battery and *Realtek RTL8723BS
> WLAN/Bluetooth without reconnect problem.*
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