Cheapest quad core Android Retina Display (2048 x 1536) tablet @ €130 delivered

Mistmyr · 11-05-2014 3:51pm

They have been discussing this tablet over on hotukdeals.com for a few months now. The thread has a few reviews and a ton of links to compatible keyboards and covers ect.. well worth a look...

Im so torn on this, im just about to pull the trigger and order one...

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cheapest-android-retina-display-2048-x-1536-new-polatab-elite-q9-7-android-4-2-jellybean-1882975#comments

kkelly77 · 11-05-2014 7:22pm

d22ontour wrote: »

Would i need any certain type of case for this or are they standard ? Only got one i ordered from the 19th of April yesterday, terrible delivery time, pretty decent customer support when i contacted them.

THIS is the case I purchased when buying the Tablet. Fits well and has small magnets in the cover to keep it closed.

joeKel73 · 13-05-2014 9:25am

Refund came through today, hassle free; good seller (B.E.).

Underpaid Mike · 13-05-2014 11:48am

Gonna sell mine if anyone is interested and doesnt fancy the wait.
Have used it about 5 times

vectra · 13-05-2014 12:35pm

Underpaid Mike wrote: »

Gonna sell mine if anyone is interested and doesnt fancy the wait.
Have used it about 5 times

Why are you selling it and PM me a price.

Nforce · 13-05-2014 9:43pm

Anyone find a work around for viewing Netflix on this tablet?

Kirijoleth · 14-05-2014 12:49am

Nforce wrote: »

Anyone find a work around for viewing Netflix on this tablet?

Looking at forums it seems this problem is common to a lot of tablets, many people seem to have fixed it by rolling back to Netflix version 1.8.1.

So far I find the tablet great, the only problem I'm having is adding extra users, there is no sign of users in the settings. If I enable it using a terminal program they disappear when I reboot the device.

Lidl are going to be selling a tablet soon for €199, the Polatab Elite Q9.7" seems to be better spec and way better value for money.

CreepingDeath · 16-05-2014 11:29pm

Anyone else getting poor battery life? ( 4h 47, and it's now at 10% ? )

I checked the Android battery usage and 50%+ is used by "Cell Standby".
I've had this issue before with an older tablet, where the firmware is trying to get a mobile/3g signal even though the tablet doesn't support it.

For the moment, I've just tried

1. Go to settings, "System settings" and under the "Wireless & Networks" section click on "More...". You should see a "Mobile networks" option, click that and you can then disable the "Data enabled" setting.

2. Again, in settings, under "System settings" and under the "Wireless & Networks" section click on "Data usage". On the top right hand corner of the screen there's three vertical dots, click on that.
You should see a checkbox for "Restrict background data". I've disabled that.

* I imagine this setting has the side effect of forcing you to manually refresh any services, eg. gmail you have.

Anyways, just thought I'd share what I've tried so far, will see if it has an effect on next full recharge.

viking · 16-05-2014 11:33pm

I've put my wife's into Airplane Mode and enabled wifi, it seems to have helped with battery life. Cell Standby is no longer appearing in the battery usage breakdown

CreepingDeath · 16-05-2014 11:56pm

Thanks, I had assumed that airplane mode disabled wifi too.

CreepingDeath · 19-05-2014 2:06pm

viking wrote: »

I've put my wife's into Airplane Mode and enabled wifi, it seems to have helped with battery life. Cell Standby is no longer appearing in the battery usage breakdown

Hmmm... still showing 50% power drain in cell standby after a full recharge.
I've airplane mode on, wifi on and the previous two settings of restrict background data and explicitly disable the mobile data.

There's a few new suggestions in this thread (not specific to this tablet), so will try those

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078512

ie. there's a few apps to try like "Auto Airplane Mode" app, "Battery Stats Pro", "JuiceDefender".

Also will try to disable Location Services if that's even enabled, and also try disabling it in Google maps.

19-05-2014 2:16pm

Anyone got a recommendation for a ROM / upgrade for this so that we don't get stuck behind as Android moves forward?

Not sure this is cyangenmod compatible.

TheDriver · 19-05-2014 7:01pm

How does the neocore compare to this one?? Fairly good reviews on amazon...

Snow Crash · 19-05-2014 7:48pm

TheDriver wrote: »

How does the neocore compare to this one?? Fairly good reviews on amazon...

It doesn't on specs...

Screen
PolaTab - 9.7" (2048 x 1536)
neoCore - 10" (1024x600)

CPU
PolaTab - Quad-Core (4 x 1.6GHz)
neoCore - Dual Core (2 x 1.5GHz)

RAM
PolaTab - 2 GB
neoCore - 1 GB

EDIT
I was looking at the lower end version neocore N10.

The neoCore Elite HD which your talking about is very similar but is £159.99.

5.11 Tactical · 20-05-2014 11:44am

Is there GPS on this tab cant see it in the specs ?

Nforce · 20-05-2014 8:28pm

5.11 Tactical wrote: »

Is there GPS on this tab cant see it in the specs ?

No GPS

logically · 21-05-2014 3:29pm

Any ever get Netflix to work on this unit? There have been 2 netflix app updates since I last posted , still getting the old green screen.

Nforce · 21-05-2014 10:08pm

I tried a few Black Netflix editions and Xposed framework work around and while I can get Netflix to play and display it constantly buffers making viewing impossible.

Guess I'll have to make do with Showbox instead!

Chimichangas · 24-05-2014 2:15pm

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Hmmm... still showing 50% power drain in cell standby after a full recharge.
I've airplane mode on, wifi on and the previous two settings of restrict background data and explicitly disable the mobile data...............
..........Also will try to disable Location Services if that's even enabled, and also try disabling it in Google maps.

Any one having joy on getting the battery to work better? For me 5 hours doesn't seem great and that's mainly browsing..?
Apart from that tabletb seems OK so far.

CreepingDeath · 24-05-2014 3:48pm

Chimichangas wrote: »

Any one having joy on getting the battery to work better? For me 5 hours doesn't seem great and that's mainly browsing..?
Apart from that tabletb seems OK so far.

Not with any simple user settings on the unrooted tablet.

From a browse of the web for similar issues, it seems that you should
a) root your tablet
b) move the phone.apk and telephony*.apk from the system/bin folder
c) restart
d) then fully charge the tablet and see if it appears in the battery stats again

http://tabletrepublic.com/forum/freescale-i-mx6-quad-core/cell-standby-there-way-disable-3104-3.html

I haven't rooted a phone/tablet yet, but I think it's mentioned earlier in this thread. That's where I am at the moment with this issue.

CreepingDeath · 24-05-2014 4:05pm

Nforce wrote: »

I've rooted mine successfully using kingoapp.

I downloaded kingo root and ran it through www.virustotal.com and 3 of it's virus scanners flagged it as a trojan.

Also AndroidNews warns not to use it....

http://androidnews.co.in/2013/11/08/psa-use-kingo-root-vroot-root-android-device/

So I'm going to try avoiding that one !

24-05-2014 5:04pm

Sending mine back...

Having strange auto rotate issues, and unable to use sky go on it as it's rooted.

CreepingDeath · 24-05-2014 5:44pm

kkelly77 wrote: »

Connected the Tablet to the laptop
Used the driver found HERE when Windoze asked for the driver

I have Windows 7, and did use that driver successfully.
I didn't need to use "Kingoapp" you did, instead in that very ZIP file there's a batch file called TPSparkyroot.bat which roots the tablet. ( a process involving 3 tablet reboots ).

After that I was able to delete the phone.apk and telephony*.apk from system/bin.

So far so good, after 7 mins on battery after a full charge, there's still no sign of "Cell Standby" in the battery stats. The screen is taking up the most of the power, as expected.

fcbruno · 25-05-2014 12:00pm

Hi guys

I ordered one of these last night.

What, say, top 5 things would you recommend doing upon starting up this tablet (excluding rooting as that's a bit advanced for me I'm afraid)? For example, run the benchmark tool, install antivirus, delete unneeded apps etc.

kkelly77 · 25-05-2014 10:07pm

Having an issue that all but one user accounts gets removed when the tablet is rebooted

Have to constantly go into Terminal to re-assign the number of users (in my case 4) using setprop fw.max_users 4. After this, all accounts, settings etc are back.

Anyone know what's going on with this? Thanks.

Kirijoleth · 29-05-2014 12:40pm

kkelly77 wrote: »

Having an issue that all but one user accounts gets removed when the tablet is rebooted

Have to constantly go into Terminal to re-assign the number of users (in my case 4) using setprop fw.max_users 4. After this, all accounts, settings etc are back.

Anyone know what's going on with this? Thanks.

I have had that problem too, I have emailed them, but as of yet they have no solution for me.

Cheapest quad core Android Retina Display (2048 x 1536) tablet @ €130 delivered

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