Apad M16

emily wang, i emailed her aliexpress account the other day. Asked her about the tablet, how it runs and that. She dosent hold back, she was quite honest, from what ive heard here in the forums she is bang on the money. She told me its runnning unoptimized although it runs 2.1 she told me it cannot download from the market place.How would u get apps on it if u cant access the market place. I was going to buy the 10 inch one from her, but i have no knowlege of flashing anything, and i like to be able to get android apps.

I made a quick video showing what I'm talking about.

you could download the apps via the webbrowser, download them on another computer copy them to the tf card and run from there, my W1060 running 2.1 has no market (would love to know how to get it on there) it just takes a bit of fiddling to find and dload the apps

Oh, I forgot to mention that when I rotate the tablet, I can hear and feel something large moving around inside.

[quote name='stephen0205;26461]emily wang' date=' i emailed her aliexpress account the other day. Asked her about the tablet, how it runs and that. She dosent hold back, she was quite honest, from what ive heard here in the forums she is bang on the money. She told me its runnning unoptimized although it runs 2.1 she told me it cannot download from the market place.How would u get apps on it if u cant access the market place. I was going to buy the 10 inch one from her, but i have no knowlege of flashing anything, and i like to be able to get android apps.[/QUOTE'] You should be able to install SlideMe http://slideme.org/ to access apps till you're able to flash new firmware. FC's forums will probably provide instructions on how to flash new firmware.

[quote name='synonymous;26725]Oh' date=' I forgot to mention that when I rotate the tablet, I can hear and feel something large moving around inside.[/QUOTE'] What shipping service did they use? Just curious. That sucks that they didn't pack it into another box to protect it. I can't understand why they wouldn't.

doesnt sound good, the g-sensor shouldnt be clunky like that so wouldnt think its that, maybe the battery came loose?

They shipped via UPS.Still waiting to hear back from chinagrabber. It actually booted once today, then I went into the web browser and the screen got all funky (gray and white lines going from one side of the screen to the other, just like in the video I posted, but gray and white) and the system froze. The reset button has shifted, making it very difficult to push, and the power button has now shifted, making it very hard to power on. I swear, this thing is a piece of junk. For the price I paid, I expected better (better quality product, better service, etc.).

send it back, sounds like a mess!

Thats the only problem with kit from far away.... I'm not doubting its not going to get replaced but the exense just adds on and you feel let down..... its things like this that make me look twice which is a shame.....BTW - I'd say its probably a connector to the pannel rather than the device if thats any help ?Terran

hobbytab;23905 said:

where can you get these? Is this the same product? http://chinagrabber.com/search.aspx?find=m16+

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Yes, it looks like the same model..

[quote name='synonymous;26763]They shipped via UPS.Still waiting to hear back from chinagrabber. It actually booted once today' date=' then I went into the web browser and the screen got all funky (gray and white lines going from one side of the screen to the other, just like in the video I posted, but gray and white) and the system froze. The reset button has shifted, making it very difficult to push, and the power button has now shifted, making it very hard to power on. I swear, this thing is a piece of junk. For the price I paid, I expected better (better quality product, better service, etc.).[/QUOTE'] Sorry to hear that man. I thought because you paid a lot more that you would have gotten something that actually works and works great! I hear everyone hyping up chinagrabber but I guess they arnt as good as everyone says. I'll think ill consider getting it elsewhere. Branded or unbranded, as long as it has legit parts inside of it and works the way it should. You could have just gotten one from a bad batch tho.Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

I personally know of three people that received theirs and they are happy. I think the UPS shipper's may handle the boxes roughly, also, i think some people on this forum may be trying to flash the inccorect roms thus bricking their units. Could be many factors.

[quote name='hiphop101;27150]I personally know of three people that received theirs and they are happy. I think the UPS shipper's may handle the boxes roughly' date=' also, i think some people on this forum may be trying to flash the inccorect roms thus bricking their units. Could be many factors.[/QUOTE'] I didn't try to flash anything, all I did was try to power it on.Also, I received an email today from chinagrabber. I have to send the unit to an address in NY, via USPS, then they'll give me a new one.

it is good to see they are working with you to solve this issue. shows good customer service.

I'm still waiting on a new tracking number, and found this while waiting:China Grabber | BBB Review | Portland, ORIt seems that chinagrabber is a US-based business (not far from where I live too). So if they import from China, to where they are in Portland, Oregon, why do they have people send their units to Jamaica, NY?

According to EMS (yeah, they got cheap with the shipping this time), my tablet is now at JFK.

[quote name='synonymous;34036]According to EMS (yeah' date=' they got cheap with the shipping this time), my tablet is now at JFK.[/QUOTE'] Any updates?

It arrived a few hours ago.Packaging was much better this time. They actually stuck the M16 box inside another cardboard box (with pieces of cardboard for extra padding). This one also came with a mini cd (no idea what's on it right now), and a bit more bubble wrap covering the unit. I haven't powered it on yet (letting it get a full charge first). The paperwork says M16 Android 2.1, so hopefully that's what it is. I'll post an update in a few hours.