Ramos w28 Dual Core 7" Tablet €63

K3v

How long did everyone have to wait for delivery? I ordered mine on the 13th Feb and its still saying it is in China on the tracking.

Miike

K3v wrote: »

How long did everyone have to wait for delivery? I ordered mine on the 13th Feb and its still saying it is in China on the tracking.

I'd dispute that with Aliexpress. Contact the seller too

tagoona

Miike wrote: »

I'd dispute that with Aliexpress. Contact the seller too

I would too. Mine ordered feb 19th - customs ireland on mar 7th.
Although tracking wasn't great.
A week ago it was in china, next time I checked it was in customs.

iisollie

tagoona wrote: »

Wifi reception seems about as good as the phone (router upstairs)3 out of 4 bars in sitting room

Thanks, makes it very tempting

nedd

Has anyone rooted it yet?

I have mine a while now and the wifi is a bit flakey, sometimes it doesn't reconnect to router properly, and if the screen sleeps the wifi knocks off, even though I have the keep awake setting on.
I installed an app called "Regpon Wifi Keep Awake" and it has made it a little better.

Next is Flash, flash is installed but I tried watching a couple of live streams yesterday and i was getting sound and no picture.

And some high end games are not working, well the only one I have tried is Real Racing 3 and it isn't working 100%.

Other than these niggles I am delighted with the tablet. Watching video is great on it, I have a 3.5GB MKV file and it loaded no bother in MX Player. Sat last night browsing the web for ages and it was a joy, I was editing spreadsheets in Google Drive without having to zoom in and out.

Mine cost me €81 and that is less than half the price of a Nexus 7 and it is definitely not less than half the quality.

If I could only root it I would be a happy chappy.

mickger844posts

tagoona wrote: »

I would too. Mine ordered feb 19th - customs ireland on mar 7th.
Although tracking wasn't great.
A week ago it was in china, next time I checked it was in customs.

The latest tracking detail on mine is "Arrival at inward office of exchange" IE. Does this mean its with customs???

mickger844posts

mickger844posts wrote: »

The latest tracking detail on mine is "Arrival at inward office of exchange" IE. Does this mean its with customs???

I'll answer my own question for others who may want to know the answer.

I got a letter in the post today from customs to declare a value of the item by email. Had to scan the invoice and email to an address provided by customs. Got a reply a few hours later saying that i would have to pay 23 euro duty on delivery next tuesday. Overall cost under 100 so still a decent deal.

shrapnel222

nedd wrote: »

Has anyone rooted it yet?

I have mine a while now and the wifi is a bit flakey, sometimes it doesn't reconnect to router properly, and if the screen sleeps the wifi knocks off, even though I have the keep awake setting on.
I installed an app called "Regpon Wifi Keep Awake" and it has made it a little better.

Next is Flash, flash is installed but I tried watching a couple of live streams yesterday and i was getting sound and no picture.

And some high end games are not working, well the only one I have tried is Real Racing 3 and it isn't working 100%.

Other than these niggles I am delighted with the tablet. Watching video is great on it, I have a 3.5GB MKV file and it loaded no bother in MX Player. Sat last night browsing the web for ages and it was a joy, I was editing spreadsheets in Google Drive without having to zoom in and out.

Mine cost me €81 and that is less than half the price of a Nexus 7 and it is definitely not less than half the quality.

If I could only root it I would be a happy chappy.

have the w41 myself and it's rooted. now what do i do to get the most out of it??:D

3_BOoYA_X

Gonna throw mine up here for sale if anyones interested rather than waiting. Cost me about €95 including DHL delivery and customs, but I'll take €85 for it. Cheers

stephendevlin

3_BOoYA_X wrote: »

Gonna throw mine up here for sale if anyones interested rather than waiting. Cost me about €95 including DHL delivery and customs, but I'll take €85 for it. Cheers

Rather than waiting for what?

3_BOoYA_X

stephendevlin wrote: »

Rather than waiting for what?

Rather than waiting for a delivery from Chiina

Melendez

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b318isp

Melendez wrote: »

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I bought this last year. Power supply lasted 6 weeks and then broke. Cannot charge it through the USB port = return to seller = "got lost in the post" sh*te = money down the toilet.

eamonnq

b318isp wrote: »

I bought this last year. Power supply lasted 6 weeks and then broke. Cannot charge it through the USB port = return to seller = "got lost in the post" sh*te = money down the toilet.

A replacement power supply might have cost you a tenner, and you would be better replacing the power supplies that come with the tablets anyway IMO.

b318isp

eamonnq wrote: »

A replacement power supply might have cost you a tenner, and you would be better replacing the power supplies that come with the tablets anyway IMO.

I'm not sure if there was a declared voltage on the crappy power supply though. I did try another supply at 5V, but it didn't work. It may have had an internal fault too. I ended up assuming it was some form of smart power supply...

eamonnq

b318isp wrote: »

I'm not sure if there was a declared voltage on the crappy power supply though. I did try another supply at 5V, but it didn't work. It may have had an internal fault too. I ended up assuming it was some form of smart power supply...

I would be suprised if there is anything 'smart' about the power supplies that come with them, I usually discard the power supply provided and use a decent one with a 3pin plug on it anyway.

When you buy something from China, I think you have to realise that you pays your money and takes your chance, the 'warranty' is usually next to useless as they expect you to pay for shipping it back (and sometimes for shipping the replacement/repaired unit back to you also) and they often claim to have not received the items.

ppshay

Mine is DOA. Gutted.

Edit. Got it on. Looks like the power on switch is dodgy.

ppshay

How to I change the language to English?

stephendevlin

ppshay wrote: »

How to I change the language to English?

Ramos W28?

ppshay

stephendevlin wrote: »

Ramos W28?

Yeah, the W28.

stephendevlin

ppshay wrote: »

Yeah, the W28.

You need to check with the vendor as mine was a present for someone else

Dozen Wicked Words

ppshay wrote: »

Yeah, the W28.

I don't have this tablet, but presumably its the same as any android tablet, I doubt you would have to go back to the vendor for this.

If it is the same as other tablets,

http://liliputing.com/2013/02/how-to-change-the-language-on-android-tablets-chinese-english-etc.html

should do the job. It has instructions and link to youtube video.

Dietsquirt

going to order one tonight folks, eta on delivery to Dublin anyone?

Merci

Allyall

Dietsquirt wrote: »

going to order one tonight folks, eta on delivery to Dublin anyone?

Merci

Roughly 2-4 weeks realistically is what you can expect from standard post. Unless you pay for Courier.

Incidentally, the Quad-Core Ainol Novo Crystal 2 has been released and reduced since the OP.

It can be got for around €70 Delivered now..

Or
€90 Using DHL on HongKongeek (Duty refunded if paid)
€85 Using DHL on AliExpress
€93.55 Using EMS on GeekBuying
€103 Using EMS on McBub
€102.29 Using EMS on In4Dealz

Wagon Watching

Rate ainol tablets, decent quality and usually well supported on slatedroid. Great price for the crystal 2 there.

johnny-grunge

Allyall wrote: »

Roughly 2-4 weeks realistically is what you can expect from standard post. Unless you pay for Courier.

Incidentally, the Quad-Core Ainol Novo Crystal 2 has been released and reduced since the OP.

It can be got for around €70 Delivered now..

Or
€90 Using DHL on HongKongeek (Duty refunded if paid)
€85 Using DHL on AliExpress
€93.55 Using EMS on GeekBuying
€103 Using EMS on McBub
€102.29 Using EMS on In4Dealz

Any idea where it can be got for €70? Looks like a great deal.

Allyall

johnny-grunge wrote: »

Any idea where it can be got for €70? Looks like a great deal.

The Aliexpress link, using normal China post.

Dietsquirt

Allyall wrote: »

Roughly 2-4 weeks realistically is what you can expect from standard post. Unless you pay for Courier.

Incidentally, the Quad-Core Ainol Novo Crystal 2 has been released and reduced since the OP.

It can be got for around €70 Delivered now..

Or
€90 Using DHL on HongKongeek (Duty refunded if paid)
€85 Using DHL on AliExpress
€93.55 Using EMS on GeekBuying
€103 Using EMS on McBub
€102.29 Using EMS on In4Dealz

Which one would you suggest mate? Quality vs Price.

Can you insert and external memory card in to both of these?

thanks

Allyall

Dietsquirt wrote: »

Which one would you suggest mate? Quality vs Price.

Can you insert and external memory card in to both of these?

thanks

I'd say the build quality on both would be pretty similar.
I'd go for the Ainol.

It has a Quad-Core Processor, HDMI out and a slightly better battery. Doesn't sound like a Spanish/Mexican Boyfriend.
Also comes with Android 4.1.. (Although, Ramos can most likely be upgraded).

C.O.Y.B.I.B

Allyall wrote: »

I'd say the build quality on both would be pretty similar.
I'd go for the Ainol.

It has a Quad-Core Processor, HDMI out and a slightly better battery. Doesn't sound like a Spanish/Mexican Boyfriend.
Also comes with Android 4.1.. (Although, Ramos can most likely be upgraded).

Just got the Ainol Crystal2 from Hongkonggeek on Friday . Very impressed so far without doing anything to it . Build Quality is great and battery life so far has been excellent. Havent tried to anything too rigourous yet , but so far has coped with everthing ive thrown at it.

poitinstill

just saw this
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Nextway-F8S-8--Android-4-1-OS-Tablet-PC-Capacitive-Dual-Core-RK3066-CPU-1GB-RAM-8GB-ROM-Dual-Camera-HDMI-314724.html

I am going to purchase in the morning.. whats the verdict ... this nextway V aniol crystal 2 ?

cheers

Boscoirl

What are people getting from the batteries on these cheap tablets? I got the Q88, it arrived 2 weeks ago, I am only getting 40-60 use, I have tried afew things like reducing the brightness etc and its making no difference.

nedd

On my Ramos 28 I get about 2 hours of video watching max.

C.O.Y.B.I.B

Boscoirl wrote: »

What are people getting from the batteries on these cheap tablets? I got the Q88, it arrived 2 weeks ago, I am only getting 40-60 use, I have tried afew things like reducing the brightness etc and its making no difference.

Ive the Ainol Crystal 2 and Ive spent about 3 hrs installing Apps ,configuring and testing video etc.. on a full charge and ive about 35% left. After next full charge , I'm going to set it playing videos (with all else off WiFi etc..) till it runs out. Will post results

C.O.Y.B.I.B

OK for anyone still following this , I had 31% battery left this evening and managed 3 hrs 40 mins of video from that. I had Brightness set to about 40% and wireless/email turned off

Boscoirl

Thanks, I seems to have been sold a dud the battery drops rapidly on airplane mode with no apps open,

Must email them

johnny-grunge

Ordered two of the Ainol Crystal 2s. One for me and the missus. Just used regular China post. €149 for the two tablets and two leather cases. Not too shabby. Cheers Allyall!

andyyupyup

Hi can anyone tell me if Skype is working on this? I'm living in china and would be very interested in one of these..

Allyall

andyyupyup wrote: »

Hi can anyone tell me if Skype is working on this? I'm living in china and would be very interested in one of these..

Yep, Skype should be working on all Android devices. You'd porbably pick it up (The tablet) over there for €5..

nedd

For anyone interested, there seems to be a bit of a community in foreign lands who are rooting and custom romming this.

This is a German Blog that is linking to some info, I used the guide to rooting and it worked perfectly.

http://ramos-w28.blogspot.com/

johnny-grunge

My Ainol Crystal 2 arrived a few days back. Pretty happy with it so far. However, I used a program from the Play Store called hardware info to grab some specs. A few of the specs aren't the same as advertised, i.e. the resolution, the RAM and the CPU clock are all a far bit slower than advertised.

Just curious if it's the norm to falsely advertise with tablets or perhaps the values the app is reporting are incorrect?

The hardware spec report is attached.

Thanks.

ppshay

Got two W28s and I think the battery is one is faulty. It won't power on. When plugged in, the charging indicator on screen comes on for a few seconds and goes away again. On the other, the indicator stays on until the tablet is charged.

I opened it up and the battery has these numbers: "-3075109" and "+130111". I put these into Google and Ebay but got no results.

Anyone any idea where I could get a battery?

PeterDuggan

Has anyone come across a suitable (cheese?) case for the Ramos W27 please?

projectgtr

ppshay wrote: »

Got two W28s and I think the battery is one is faulty. It won't power on. When plugged in, the charging indicator on screen comes on for a few seconds and goes away again. On the other, the indicator stays on until the tablet is charged.

I opened it up and the battery has these numbers: "-3075109" and "+130111". I put these into Google and Ebay but got no results.

Anyone any idea where I could get a battery?

same happened with one of mine, i found if i left it unplugged over night then powered it up it would load up fine then die after 20 min or so. i contacted the seller he gave me this advice, i done it and its been working perfect ever since.

Pls try to update the firmware for your tablet. The problem will probably be fixed after updating its firmware.
The steps to upgrade the firmware for w28 are listed as follows.
1. download latest firmware for w28 from http://dl.vmall.com/c0hx50amva
2. unzip the W28_20130115.rar and copy the following files to the root directory of a microSD card
factory_update_param.aml
u-boot.bin
recovery.img
update.zip
3. switch off the tablet
4.insert the microSD card in step 1 into the tablet
5.Hold Vol- button down while turn on the tablet
6.Release Vol- and Power ON/OFF button after the Google Andy appears
7.the tablet will upgrade automatically
8.Do not touch any part of screen in the process of upgrading
9.the tablet will restart after the upgrade is finished
If the problem still exists after updating its firmware, pls feel free to contact us.
Best regards

ppshay

projectgtr wrote: »

same happened with one of mine, i found if i left it unplugged over night then powered it up it would load up fine then die after 20 min or so. i contacted the seller he gave me this advice, i done it and its been working perfect ever since.

Pls try to update the firmware for your tablet. The problem will probably be fixed after updating its firmware.
The steps to upgrade the firmware for w28 are listed as follows.
1. download latest firmware for w28 from http://dl.vmall.com/c0hx50amva
2. unzip the W28_20130115.rar and copy the following files to the root directory of a microSD card
factory_update_param.aml
u-boot.bin
recovery.img
update.zip
3. switch off the tablet
4.insert the microSD card in step 1 into the tablet
5.Hold Vol- button down while turn on the tablet
6.Release Vol- and Power ON/OFF button after the Google Andy appears
7.the tablet will upgrade automatically
8.Do not touch any part of screen in the process of upgrading
9.the tablet will restart after the upgrade is finished
If the problem still exists after updating its firmware, pls feel free to contact us.
Best regards

Thanks for the advice but the tablet is not charging now at all so I can't switch it on.

ppshay

Does the white charging icon in the middle of the screen stay on until it's fully charged? The icon on mine goes away after a few seconds.

Allyall

ppshay wrote: »

Thanks for the advice but the tablet is not charging now at all so I can't switch it on.

How long ago did you get it? Should be under Warranty.

That aside, can you leave it in charging for an hour and ignore it. Don't try to switch it on, and don't check to see if it's charging.

ppshay

Allyall wrote: »

How long ago did you get it? Should be under Warranty.

That aside, can you leave it in charging for an hour and ignore it. Don't try to switch it on, and don't check to see if it's charging.

I left it on overnight a few days ago but it still wouldn't power on. It's been plugged in tonight since before 8pm, still not coming on. Tried both AC and USB power.

I'll check about the warranty, but sending it back might be too expensive, I would guess.

Won't be buying anything more from China.

Allyall

ppshay wrote: »

I left it on overnight a few days ago but it still wouldn't power on. It's been plugged in tonight since before 8pm, still not coming on. Tried both AC and USB power.

I'll check about the warranty, but sending it back might be too expensive, I would guess.

Won't be buying anything more from China.

Depending on who you bought it from, they should pay the shipping.

There may be a few other things to check first. I'll see if i can forward the link.

Allyall

Did you brick it?

Did you try to do anything to it?