Onda V972 Allwinner A31 Quad Core 9.7inch Retina IPS Screen Dual Camera Tablet PC

[Dvalin21]

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Model
Onda V972 Quad Core

CPU

Allwinner A31 Quad Core, GPU: PowerVR SGX544 8 Cores

Operation System

Android 4.1.1

RAM

2GB (DDR 3)

ROM（Memory）

16GB Nand Flash

Shell Material Aluminum Shell

Screen Size 9.7 Inch

Type Retina Screen, IPS

Display LCD

Resolution 2048 x 1536px

Visible Angle 180°

Extend Card Support TF card up to 32GB extended

Camera Dual camera, front 2.0 megapixels, Black 5.0 MP

Gravity Sensor Yes

Multi-Touch Yes, 10 points touch

Play Store Yes, built in

Bluetooth NO

Video

4096*2160P, AVI/MOV/MP4/RMVB/FLV/MKV…

Music

MP3/WMA/WAV/APE/AAC/FLAC/OGG

Ebook

UMD, TXT, PDF, HTML, RTF, FB2…

Skype Yes

Email and Browser Yes, built in

WIFI Yes, 802.11 b/g/n

3G Not built in, support external 3G dongle: E1916, ZTE AC2736, HUAWEI E1750,HUAWEI EC122, HUAWEI EM770W

Earphone Interface 3.5mm

]Work Time
Up to 10 hours
Battery
8000 MAh, 3.7V
Language
Czech, Dansk, German, English, Spanish, Russian, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polski, Greek, Portuguese, Svenska, Turkey, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Other Applications
File Manager, OfficeSuite, Google Search, Task Manager, Browser, Gallery, Android Webkit, Clock, Calculator, Calendar, iReader, Gmail…
Extend Port
1 x TF card slot
1 x Micro USB port
1 x 3.5mm Earphone port, 1X MINI HDMI
Package Weight
1324g

 

[javierpierola]

A very good gift!

snip, snip
1324g

I bought last week in a shop of china, spemall.com , in two weeks is mine!

 

[Dvalin21]

I bought last week in a shop of china, spemall.com , in two weeks is mine!

Make sure when you get it to post a review. As soon as I get the money, this will be mine also

 

[korjing]

Interested also to buy this model.

Waiting for your review.

 

[czullo]

It is worth to buy chinese tables with no xda suport ?

 

[Dvalin21]

It is worth to buy chinese tables with no xda suport ?

The good thing about this is just about every tablet for has a section for Chinese branded tablets. Even if XDA doesnt pick it up, one of the many other forums will.

 

[bpsim]

I doubt that. I bought a Teclast A10 tablet last year, so far no update from official at all.

Sent from my Loox using xda premium

 

[Dvalin21]

I doubt that. I bought a Teclast A10 tablet last year, so far no update from official at all.

Sent from my Loox using xda premium

I didn't say anything about official roms, I mean custom roms, usually the custom always being the better one. Perfect example would be the V10 Visture tablet. Custom rom on Freaktab makes it an awesome RK3066. Either way the only reason why most tablets don't get picked up is because no one bothers to post a review or post anything at all about it.


Edit: Slatedroid and Tabletrepublic have devs waiting for the tablet to arrive. Also Androidforums.net

 

[Dvalin21]

For those who gets theirs soon "Latest Firmware"

Found the latest firmware that is dated for 01/16/2013. http://file2.mydrivers.com/ondata/download/driver/oamp3/V972Core4/V972Core4_v1.2.rar


Also, if you want to go to the official website here is the link: http://onda.cn/Tablet/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductId=239

 

[ankar84]

I think is`s a realy great device! And now I`m waiting for it, bought it on Spemall.
But now there is a lot information about very low time of battery life. It`s about 4-5 hours with a 8000 mAh. I hope it`s a software issue and it will resolved soon.

 

[Dvalin21]

Currently waiting for others to receive theirs as well a forum review can be done.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

 

[Dvalin21]

So I did some surfing, and from one user on another forum, he said after an hour of watching Netflix the battery was down to 65% I think a full blown battery test needs to be done first before we can really say. I have no idea if he conditioned the battery first or not.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

 

[Dvalin21]

Found a benchmark review comparing IPAD 2 and 3 to the tablet
http://www.glbenchmark.com/compare.jsp?D1=Onda+V972+Core4&D2=Apple+iPad+2&D3=Apple+iPad+3&cols=3

 

[gmail90]

Well i got my onda v972 for 4 days now...:laugh:

The Screen n video playing capabilities is very good :good:. However, overall performance is dull... when it come to web browsing is a pain random screen stuck will appear...Also in built speaker volume is low but earphone output clarity is good. The battery life is average (more than 4.5 hour) when streaming video, web browsing and playing some game. Hopefully someone will develop custom rom for this tab...

 

[Dvalin21]

Well i got my onda v972 for 4 days now...:laugh:

The Screen n video playing capabilities is very good :good:. However, overall performance is dull... when it come to web browsing is a pain random screen stuck will appear...Also in built speaker volume is low but earphone output clarity is good. The battery life is average (more than 4.5 hour) when streaming video, web browsing and playing some game. Hopefully someone will develop custom rom for this tab...

What firmware version is on our tablet?

 

[gmail90]

What firmware version is on our tablet?

its the lastest official v1.2... But after i did a factory reset cuz my play store crashed while opening(attempted to fix but failed), i can felt much more improvement in term of overall performance. The browser lagging (stock and dolphin) issue seem to have gone random crashes also been reduced ( although never had it once ). Well i have no issue until now after the factory reset.

 

[Dvalin21]

Aniol Spark Fireware, copy of Onda V972

its the lastest official v1.2... But after i did a factory reset cuz my play store crashed while opening(attempted to fix but failed), i can felt much more improvement in term of overall performance. The browser lagging (stock and dolphin) issue seem to have gone random crashes also been reduced ( although never had it once ). Well i have no issue until now after the factory reset.

Just found this, but it would be nice had Onda did the same thing. Ainol have a tablet with the exact same specs, but the battery is 10k instead of the 8k. Anyone know how much more time 2k mAh will add to the life of the device?

http://www.mcbub.com/item/Ainol-Nov...ndroid-4-1-Retina-IPS-2048-1536-White-154099/

 

[msav]

onda has not enabled any power managment features of the tablet yet. There is a power managment chip, and the A31 has power managment as well not being used. The A31 is being ran at 1ghz even when idle. If you factor that in with battery life right now at 4-4.5 hours , just think what it should get once those features are enabled.

I have 2 of these and one of mine I was messing with for over 4 hours (installing apps rooting upgrading/downgrading firmware, ect) and it was at 69% I have not had any of the browser lag, however every so often when going into google play I get no connection retry. This has happened to me with all of my tablets so not sure if this is wifi power managment or not.

I have read about some quality control issues with some units, but both of mine seem to be working and looking great so far. I also did the firmware upgrade on a factory fresh device. I think this helps with stability.



PS, Every new battery operated device i have owned I have always let it charged for 24 hours before messing with it. Even if they state they are fully charged when they come out of the box. I have always had pretty consistent battery life trough the life of the device. Just my personal experience.

Note Take Battery MAH on Chinese batteries with a grain of salt. I have seen the same model make of battery advertised and many different MAH. They never are tested at what they say. I would not be surprised if ainol novo9 and onda v972 use the same exact battery. The thing about numbers anyone good in math can make numbers say anything you want. And guess who is really good with numbers.

 

[Dvalin21]

@Msav

Thank you very much for this information. Have you by chance been in contact with Manufacturer or was this something you was able to asses by tinkering with your tablets? Mainly I would like to sure the info you have with others, just need to know where your info came from before I do. It looks like a great tablet, and plan on purchasing it myself. But I also would rather know all the fixes that I will need to do to fully enjoy the tablet. Thanks again for the info

PS: Were you able to root the v1.2 firmware? If so could you please post the process you took? I know that firmware 1.1 comes already rooted. Thanks

 

[gmail90]

Just downgraded and rooted my device. But one more thing very annoying, when the charger was connected ..the lock screen stated device connected but not charging ..however I noticed it will charge while its on sleep mode. It is all the same across Honda device or just me..

Can just it charge while I was doing some thing. And I notice pps TV stopped downloading when the device was on sleep mode.. unlike my phone it continue to download even I lock the screen..