You have your own IT department at home? Fancy! :stuck_out_tongue:

You could try, but whenever I ring up ITV and tell them I fancy watching 'Goodfellas' or maybe a bit of 'Buffy', and would they be so kind as to put it on for me, do you know what they do? Do you? They laugh. That's right, they laugh right down the phone at my invisible face. Apparently (and I got this from a manager) I don't have the authority to reschedule shows on the fly. I complained and told him that I think I should get better value for my TV license fee, but he said the BBC got it all anyway. Then he hung up. Disgraceful.

No they aint as a product of £833.33 + 20% vat is £166.67 making £1000

Its not just a straight 20% off the vat inclusive price , as VAT is 20% of the non vat price

I've got one :wink:

Looks like back cover is easy to replace (I wonder if we can get yellow somewhere)
and easy access to all parts inside.

Good price! :smiley:

any good?

Looks decent, I'm tempted

this or hudl2? tesco tab has hdmi too...

Not forgetting the O2 priority £10 off if you cannot

Bargain! Will consider a purchase.

must say nice looking device

This is ddr3 ram guys better than old models

3d mark was 7604.

And no sadly you can't use O2 Priority Moments vouchers with this offer.

so you can literally go in store and get £20 off if you ask?

I Shows £ 149 nw :disappointed:

it shows £149 nw online

They're a bit out on this one. From their terms and conditions of the VAT cashback offer:

I had a quick play on the new hudl2 in tesco and it lagged on the home screens with alarming regularity...

if this tablet is similar this wouldn't really be an upgrade over my current nexus 2013 would it? it's still silky smooth.

OP Just wanted to say thanks, that's a great price and product and considering i'm on various tech sites every day, this one managed to slip past me. Coupled with the Code and VAT back this is a great deal and worth it for the battery over the Hudl 2.

Thanks for the benchmarks too, seems like a solid device, don't forget to chuck nova launcher on though :smiley:

No they aint as a product of £833.33 + 20% vat is £166.67 making £1000

Its not just a straight 20% off the vat inclusive price , as VAT is 20% of the non vat price

No they aren't. That's out by pennies.

So Yoga 10 HD+ will be sent back to Amazon sorry if no cashback on that one :o

Hahah i use moonshine too. Good that's it's 64 bit too, might help the battery when Lollipop comes along. Root is usually fine on lenovo tablets so fingers crossed.

Android L?

Just saw this today and I was really impressed with it. It's really the best deal out there by a long shot, only missing feature is that no major custom ROMs support it yet. Also, no custom fit covers with keyboards or other accessories yet.

Even without the cashback voucher it's quite amazing.

Will Win8 install on this?

Just wondering will I send back this one and order this.
The one below has 3g on it but.
decisions decisions.
http://www.very.co.uk/lenovo-tab-a8-50-wifi-3g-quad-core-1gb-ram-16gb-emmc-storage-wifi-80-inch-touchscreen-tablet-red/1384016226.prd?aff=google&affsrc=acquisition&cm_mmc=google-_-PLA%20-%20Electricals-_-Electricals%20-%20Computers%20-%20Generic-_-NA&kpid=15347177&gclid=CLq2x7u21cECFZTLtAodOx0AlA

Good specs and price

seems like ..gpad.

Heat, good spot.

How do you find the tablet speed ways?
Where do you get the update
was it hard to update.
Would you recommend this tab. The one i have ordered is due tomorrow.
Thanks in advance

Thinking hard about getting this one, bargain price but one thing if anyone can clarify, does it have a sim slot? Little research shows it depends on the location but would be good to know for sure. Thanks.

is Android L coming to this? if not then nexus 7 2013 for me still

This or an Acer A1-840 FHD?

so it's not £129 but £149 without a voucher and vat back. ......

Looks good and I'm very tempted. anyone have an opinion of this compared to a 2014 Asus Memopad 7 inch?

Why would an 8mm think 8 inch tablet make any difference to one that was 10mm thick. I always wonder about how much better battery life I could have got with the thicker tablet, though obviously a bit heavier.

yeah, I want to think thats the case, BUT its not guaranteed, I am tempted to buy though

Winter VAT Back link

https://lenovo-offers.com/pages/winter-vatback/qualifying

Thanks, ordered.

Shame no GPS...

anyone recommend a case?

Thanks for posting gunark :smiley:

Its an Intel chip.... there's a reason why Intel give there chips away for free.
Stick to ARM, Intel are still a few years away.

Maybe able to get a further £10 off with o2 Priority on £100 spend at currys / pc world.

The VAT cashback offer for the tablets specifically states "PC World" as opposed to the other qualifying products which state "Currys/PC World" so it may not be applicable. I like the front facing speakers but the loss of a HDMI port is a pity.

Thanks ordered for my sister. That's her xmas present sorted. Just got a second hand LG G Pad 8.3" for my parents recently and I regret it a little as this seems like a better deal.

Well at least they won't mix their tablets up by accident. Doesn't seem like this is THAT much better anyone, this chip seems to be roughly on par with the Snapdragon 600.

do you have a link to the hudl2 hack?

Shame only available in black, white looks amazing!

Ordered one, thanks. About the cashback, the offer says Currys/PC World for the tablets S series, so no problems there

yeah maybe options available instore and if you find a different colour online please share! Also yeah I'm waiting for a 4g model to arrive so will wait on this one for now

Was about to get the Hudl 2 but this is tempting. Looks good on paper but I will hold fire until more reviews come in.

If the battery life is better than the Hudl, it could be a winner. Also interested to see how those front facing stereo speakers perform.

Shame SD card is limited to 32GB on this and the Hudl.

Anyone know what the Lenovo launcher is like? how close to stock? Also what are Lenovo like for firmware updates?

Battery power is around 7hrs, slightly less than the Hudl 2...

This is nicer looking and will perform better though.

There's a suggestion that the S8-50 has a better battery life than the hudl2. This review says it has a 4290mAh battery, whereas the hudl2 has a 5710mAh battery according to this teardown. Is the S8-50 just more efficient in terms of energy usage? 4290mAh seems quite low in comparison to the competition.

Does anybody know if this has a screen mirror function??

The Hudl2 is overclocked IIRC.

Yes there's a casting function in the display prefs

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=win+8+on+hudl+2

work in progress, not finished mod.

Infinity screen is their marketing term for a small-bezel display.

No GPS is a bummer.

Well to be fair i only need HDMI because my laptop died and i need something for playback with subtitle support since media servers don't support that without transcoding which is against my religion. Chromecast and Miracast also both transcode local content as far as i know. I know its picky but that's me.

You should be able to put Windows 8 on this with that CPU right?

There isn't any.

So how do you go about getting cash back? Do they knock the VAT off at the till? Tempted.

Any third party tech site which mentions the spec says it has A-GPS...

Of course Lenovos own website usefully doesn't have detailed spec :confused:

Where are the people saying it has no GPS getting this info from?

What the hell you on about? Speak English.

if a voucher code applies to all, why cannot they just reduce the price rather than me typing the code...
silly business people with no minimum sense...

Ooo, hot as hell in here on Halloween!!!

They need to stick Windows 8.1 on these for the same price, that would be ideal for me :-)

Any news on an Android Lollipop update for this?

Looks nice but I think I will keep the Hudl 2 I ordered yesterday. Its a bit strange there are no reviews for this and no other retailer seems to be selling it...

I would love to get one of these for £100 - but for me the selection of ROMs available for the Nexus 7 (2013) is what makes it great and still one of the best tablets around.

Just had a check on xda-developers and there doesn't seem to be a forum for it, will owners of this therefore be stuck with whatever Lenovo give them?

I'd love to jump on this, but that's stopping me!

PS - OP does it have GPS or nay?

Tempted by this. Had to return a hudl 2 - screen had a horrible yellow tint & uneven backlight. Heavy too.

anyone know if the sound is any good? for YouTube etc

Sound is very good, very loud. Only downside is at very low volumes it appears to start degrading slightly.

I think I'm right in saying that there's not a single Lenovo device that's supported on XDA.

It's a real shame because I'd love to give this a go, but I just think it'll be severely hampered by Lenovo's OS that I'll regret replacing my N7 (2013) with it.

I'll pass for now, hot for those who don't care about custom ROMs etc. though.

no 3 or 4g.

I DON'T NEED THIS BUT IVE DELUDED MYSELF INTO GETTING ONE..GODS SAKE HUKD!!

They are very popular though are they, I don't know any one that's ever had one anyway. They may become a bit more popular should they carry on with these prices / specs though.

Anyone found a case for this?

Is this any better than Nexus 7 2013? I already have that but the screen is a little too small.

Nova Launcher is the best IMHO, pay for the Pro if you want the extra features. Also it is easy with Nova to install a custom icon pack and get rid of the horrible default icons. Nox, Up Icons and AroundFull are my fave.

Good tablet, but no GPS is a breaker for me :disappointed:

To be fair you could say that about any tablet, not just this particular one.

This looks very tempting. Broke my Nexus 7 (2013) and got an SP3 but still crave some Android goodness, question is this or the hudl2? Decisions, decisions...

Was thinking that myself
Thought ...."Its the first thing that hits you - the £20 off"

ive got a hudl2 but i don like it as its sluggish so ill take it back. Now this or ipad mini2 for 199 (still have asda paypal 40quid saved)?

The 4G model is different to the Wifi only.

How do you get the cashback, checked quidco and tcb but can't see it listed for tablets (other purchases is listed as 1%)

The best buy site claims the non 4g model DOES have Gps
http://www.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/specifications.jsp?skuId=8731458&pid=1219362863870

Very tempted by this or the yoga 10" at £139 after the discount but the yoga has a lower res screen which may frustrate me even if an 18 hour battery life. Anyone had any problems using the code instore as I might get 1 or the other later today.

Just been in Blue water Curry's and this £129.99 in store without code. Just bought one.

Screen has Gorilla Glass ? No info anywhere.

This or the nexus 7 2013?

Thank you

so this or a hudl2 or an ipad mini retina?

Thanks :-)

Scuse the noobie question, but would this be an upgrade on an old Ipad 2 ???

If only I could find something like this with a 10"-11"

They both get around 30k in Antutu v5. 26000 ish was with Antutu v4.

The thing is, spec wise nexus 7 is way better, look wise this one looks and feels awesome with the screen sitting higher than the base and MAIN problem is android L probably wont come to this hence the obv choice is the nexus 7.

Curious on the hdmi connection myself after an above post, could sway me over the 10" yoga.

Damn you HUKD and your uncanny ability to separate my money from my wallet....

Depends on what size you want. The Nexus 7 is also the one with a high end LTPS screen, like the one the iPad Air. Most tablets use cheaper screens.

Thanks OP! Ordered. Don't forget potential Quidco with this too. :smiley:

In my opinion having owned both, the screen is every bit as good as the Nexus 7 2013.

Can't see a hdmi out, sorry.

Just tried to buy this in two different currys stores to be told i cannot use the voucher code its an online deal only :disappointed:

For anyone that does have this can you confirm that it has gps?

Purchased this from Currys in Cardiff - staff member manually entered a store code to get the £20 off.

Looks goof thanks for posting :smiley:

Heat added. So tempted

Its £150 with £20 off in currys

Heat, ordered for my mums birthday.

the screen and the hdmi port factor is the main reason and tbh fact that its very popular there's bound to be spec upgrades and OS upgrades almost guaranteed

android 5 is 64bit compatible. Will this get Android l update?

A
You linked to the older A8, which is not Intel.

just picked one up from the derby store, had to argue a bit to get the £20 off, no hdmi out though

That is the 2013 model that currys are doing for £169

It's been confirmed for the Sony Xperia Z range

it says the voucher is "not available in conjunction with other offers"... could affect VAT back?

I would say if it's a recent device and the manufacturer is decent the likelihood is they will, normally the barrier to upgrading the OS is that the hardware isn't well equipped enough to support it.

Even at full price this tablet is worth it, trust me I just shelled out for the Xperia Z3 compact tablet and this is not far off it in terms of performance.

Looking at previous Lenovo tablets on YouTube they have received updates to the next android version.

I'd be very surprised if this didn't get Lollipop. Its probably more of a when it'll get it and Lenovo are a pretty good Company

I'm very very tempted to replace my original Nexus 7 which is showing its age. This Lenovo seems to tick most boxes

http://pcw.cdn.dixons.com/css/themes/pdf/wk21-pdf-intel-app.pdf

Few free Apps as well.

interestingly it has an FM radio too

damn, im not with o2 either lads

That's just hopeful speculation on the part of pcadvisor. They are not even saying that it *will* get Lollipop, never mind Lenovo.

Cheers TheSpartan you're talking me into it. Looks great on YouTube reviews. What I'm thinking is the Nexus 9 is too expensive really and this almost a third of the price!

Just had had a look in store and noticed 3 things;
1- doesn't seem to have GPS built in
2- I don't think the screen size is any bonus over my nexus 7
3- curry's staff really haven't got a clue about anything lol, the kid that offered his assistance tried to tell me it's 3g and the SD slot doubles up as a sim slot hahaha

yes it was click and collect and i showed them the web page but no luck that was until i got home and called customer services, told them about my problem and they told me to return to the store as the code is valid for in store too :smiley: anyway to cut a long story short the manager was still being awkward on my return and refused to honour it that's when i asked to call customer services who confirmed the code as valid for click and collect and also gave me another £10 off for my troubles.

Thank you. I was hoping that someone would have some experience with both. I have the A1-840 FHD and it has 2GB ram. Unfortunately it only comes in white but unlike the Lenovo it is closer to stock android.

I can't believe people like that are even allowed to own technology, let alone work in an electrical store.

You could always change the launcher to something like Nova, which is very popular.

How does this compare to the Nexus 7, other than screen size?

This or a Samsung Tablet ...like the idea of a Stylus, please discuss... i know Samsung is more expensive, so not comparing on the price as such.. cheers

just bought one :smiley: over the Tesco tablet.

Anyone know if its available in oyher colours yet??

I am not ovely techy, but I was planning on having a look later for what its word. Its like comapring 2 differntly named processors and operating systems, thats what gets me??

Just got 1 from my local currys\pc world Liverpool. No problems getting the £20 code in store, they have a staff circular\memo about the offer so all stores should be fully aware of this offer and accept the code in store. Looks a bloody decent screen after checking out the display model to.

Went into Currys and there are 3 models all lined up next to each other to make things confusing two models had the £20 off label but THIS model did not!

A8-50 wifi and 3G HAD the label,
S8-50 did NOT have the label, but the shop assistance punched it into his till and said £20 is definitely applicable,

For what it's worth, the S8 is so much nicer than the A8, the sharpness and quality of the screen is noticeably better on the S8, also the weight is lighter and the aesthetics. S8 has edge to edge screen, whilst the A8 has the nasty thick border all the way round.

Just got mine at Leeds (the last of 4 in stock, the other 3 were reserved). They only seem to have them in black (the picture on the box is yellow, but it says ebony on the back). They will do the discount in store, they have a piece of paper with a barcode that they scan. They might just think it's for iPads but it is all tablets (over £100)!

Good price, although if the OP has an Ipad Air why does he need one of these?

Just had a look at this in Currys PC World Swansea (Morfa).

The doughnuts have the wrong model on display! While the label is correct (the S8 at £149.99 and detailed the correct specs), the actual device on display looked and felt inferior, and had a much lower display resolution.The actual model on display above the S8's label was an A5500 with Android 4.2.2 with a MediaTek processor. Stupid fools. I really wanted to have a look at the S8 before deciding whether or not to replace my aging, laggy Nexus 7 (2012).

Actually, they're right.

1-(1/1.2) = 1/6.

I've reserved one and will check it out in store tomorrow before making a final decision, going from a 10" Samsung Tab 2.

Can anyone confirm if this has GPS & HDMI ?
Conflicting posts on thread.

Thanks

I've have just been to Currys and they told me I was mistaken (this was the manager). He said "Lenovo dont make an S8" .... but they do an A8 with 3G which is the one they have on display. £149.00
He reckoned I had got my model numbers mixed up with the Samsung Tab S.
I asked him to write it down and check it out for me ... he said he was a bit busy but would do it later.
Too busy to deal with customers ... I said " I wont be here later" and left.

Think I've made my descision, it's going to be a Tab S when they drop.... but not from Currys !

Very tempting! If it was for me I would probably go for this, but I don't need one.
I am hoping to get 2 Hudls for the kids for Christmas. I'm going to stick to the plan because of the Hudl's child safe profiles, bright colours and accessories but mainly because we have enough Tesco clubcard points to boost them and get the Hudls for half price (£65 each).

Craig

Written on my LG G Pad 8.3 (Which I'm very happy with)

It's actually A8-50, Amazon price £119.00 available in midnight blue and white. Hope it helps.

D'oh!

Saved me a trip, thanks!

Grasping at straws. Spec upgrades? And what has a software upgrade got to do with its current spec which you said was inferior?

Try and spot the difference between 283 and 323 ppi.

You only really need an hdmi if you're gaming, otherwise use a chromecast....

Lenovo winter vatback terms:
"12. Payments will only be made to the individual who has purchased the product and whose individual name appears as the recipient on the proof of purchase invoice."

Last time I bought something instore from PCWorld/Currys I just received a normal, nameless receipt. They might try to decline a claim for that. Something to bear in mind.

Update: Should be fine, see comment #218.

The model does NOT have an hdmi connection as IT checked mine as soon as I got it home. Funny the conflicting spec details from Lenovo then. But they did the same conflicting spec sheet with the yoga 2 10" tablet to where the Lenovo website stated the memory of the wifi only version was 32gb when in fact it shipped with just 16gb. So at least 2 new tabs Leveno are mis advertising the specs for.

Was concerned over the screen size for this but the full hd screen suits the size very well and far outweighs a bigger lower res screen and looks so much better than my partners few weeks old Lenovo 10" 1280x800 tab.

It definitely has GPS. I picked one up earlier and have just wandered outside to make sure it can pick up satellites.
Mine does not have a sim card slot - the one I got from Currys is a S8-50F which does not have data/voice (there are other models which do).
Mine does not have an HDMI slot, just a USB one.

Surely this would only count for online purchases as no high street retailer that I know of ever puts the buyers name on receipts?.

that's impressive stats, not far off Samsung 8.4s tab performance and better than ipad by a mile

You have your own IT department at home? Fancy! :stuck_out_tongue:

id go for this. the hudl is ok but I cant stand the Tesco rubbish on it. plus the hudl look like a kids toy and felt cheap. then again the hudl2 is still good value, but I rather have my Samsung tab8.4s any day even though it costs a lot more there is no comparison as the if the Samsung tab 8.4 was an audi then the hudl would be a trabant in comparison

I have returned my Hudl 2 as the battery was atrocious. It only lasted four hours.

Bought one but not letting go of my G Pad just yet, tremendous device!

Just saying, but most batteries have to have a few full charge/discharge cycles to reach capacity... my old hudl lasts around 5-6 hours at least for watching movies and gaming, web browsing thrown in... that's 5-6 hours straight by the way, not a few hours here and there. You may well have had a defective hudl 2, but unless you used it for a week or 2 and charged/discharged you wouldn't know for sure.

Anyway, tempted by this deal... but may hold off for a bit to see whether it'll get lollipop update... main reason being I want a tablet that will have a longer lasting battery between charge cycles, lollipop is supposed to introduce a lot better app performance in relation to battery drain. Will wait to confirm this with my moto g before taking the plunge for another tablet.

Do not buy any tablet running on Kit Kat with no known Android Lollipop upgrade.

Android Lollipop will revolutionise the universe. It is the best Android release since Android releases. The best at taking your data and putting it on Google servers since Google were invented. The best at taking all your information and selling it down the river since dodgy as f*ck looking CEOs were invented. But I digress. Don't buy this tablet, until they announce an Android Lollipop release. It will change your life.

I spoke to the Lenovo VAT cashback team regarding this today. The representative confirmed that a receipt without a name is sufficient - proof of purchase is the only requisite.

guys whats so good about having hdmi on tablets? thanks

Seems like a good price.

How does it stack up to other smaller tablets?

Er... why not just watch films and tv shows on your television and not bother with the tablet?

its cheap (agency) labour, the less they know the less they get paid. i had a job interview with currys a few years back and i was more knowledgeable about all technology than the store manager and a department manager!!

if you had made/ do make a complaint about his incompetence (not very managerial like), you could have got an S8-50 for less than £107!!

thats what i was just thinking...but i've yet to see an Android upgrade incentive

Is this better than an IPad 2?

You could try, but whenever I ring up ITV and tell them I fancy watching 'Goodfellas' or maybe a bit of 'Buffy', and would they be so kind as to put it on for me, do you know what they do? Do you? They laugh. That's right, they laugh right down the phone at my invisible face. Apparently (and I got this from a manager) I don't have the authority to reschedule shows on the fly. I complained and told him that I think I should get better value for my TV license fee, but he said the BBC got it all anyway. Then he hung up. Disgraceful.

I've got one :wink:

Looks like back cover is easy to replace (I wonder if we can get yellow somewhere)
and easy access to all parts inside.

bought 2 from Meadowhall.
the guy there didn't even know they had stock.
they are having at least a few more.
And the machine is Amazing!

How and why would you rip it apart?

OK, so it looks better.

Might buy two, will they give cashback on both?

yes, they will.
simply did it on two separate transactions

Good price. does it play Show Box

the only complaint:

The plastic has a very very terrible plasticy smell!

\
Cheers
Thats what I was thinking!

Is the cashback in the form of a cheque? couldn't see anything of it on the Lenovo site.

Does anyone know when the LTE Version of this model will be available in the UK? Can't seem to find any further information than 'coming soon' from the Lenovo site...

Which is better
LENOVO Yoga 10.1” Tablet – 16 GB £159.99 + -£20 with the code.IPADTAB20
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/ipad-tablets-and-ereaders/tablets/lenovo-yoga-10-1-tablet-16-gb-21795611-pdt.html

Reserved, thanks!

If you have Chrome/Miracast and this tablet is compatible with either then I don't think you need to worry about a mini HDMI out. However, if you don't wish to have Chrome/Miracast or your tablet doesn't for whatever reason support either then you need HDMI out for connecting to a screen. I have a mate at work who has Chromecast at home but when he goes on holiday he takes the cable with him and if the TV in the hotel room as HDMI then he'll connect it up for the kids watching films.

is this stock android?

I'd snap this up if it had Windows. With Android...not so tempted :disappointed:

has anyone been able to use the £10 of p.moments from o2 as well instore?

Sorry to question but a bit paranoid about buying and finding it doesn't have proper GPS. If you go into Settings > Location > Mode > what options do you have? High Accuracy (wifi and GPS)?

Cheers

From their FAQs:

Q. Can I take part in this promotion and use a discount code?
A. Unfortunately not.

Do you think this refers to a discount code on the Lenovo website?

Went for 2. The Vat on the receipt is of the £149.99 not the £129.99?

I'm tempted,but I got the hudl2 for 70 quid with club card vouches I didn't even know I had and and HDMI is kinda useful.

There's not that much in them right?

Thx, ordered. Even hotter if that £25 vat makes it back to me.

That's not going to work. Nothing makes you want to sniff something more than someone telling you not to.

I found this was easily resolved by replacing the tesco launcher with the google now launcher. Alot of people have said this has resolved the home screen lag. Most likely lags due to the tesco cards on the left screen

download local cast and then connect to the chromecast. When choosing your film or TV programme on showbox untick the internal player

sorry, proceeded before I finished. showbox will then give you options to play your particular choice and then choose like cal cast and then voila!!!

I bought one from Currys Coventry without problem. There was a info on shelf: all tablets £20 off. Also in box you can find leaflet with confirmation that GPS is on board.

Meh. Mine now refuses to charge. Looks like it's going back ... maybe I should have gone with the hudl2 if this is going to have quality issues.

try plugging it in

Bought one yesterday, but I'm returning it today as it's crushing and rebooting into recovery so often. It happens using even simple apps, apart from that the Wi-Fi is really weak on this tablet and there's no automatic brightness adjustment. Shame as it looked like a very very nice deal. It isn't just my tablet as others reported the same problems elsewhere.

On our receipt it states "coupon" for the £20 off than state any kind of offer from Currys as such for the £20. Coupon, I assume could also mean or be claimed that a gift voucher\coupon was used for the "coupon" showing on the receipt?.

Either way they are 2 separate issues, 1 a retailer offer nothing to do or connected with the manufacturer and the other a manufacturer offer nothing to do with connected to the retailer. So can't see there being a problem myself. But reading that these vat back offers are hit and miss to getting the money back anyway, would not be surprised if Lenovo try to use it as a get out. Small claims court for me if they do.

Also, a couple of issues with this tab, hopefully nothing to be concerned over. Fully charged it yesterday and went on it for about 30-40 minutes last night. Only this morning the battery level is showing just 32%!. That can't be right after no more than 40 mins use after a full charge for a claimed 7 hour battery life. Do Lenovo tabs take a few charges to reach full battery capacity or should they be at full capacity right away?.

Also do Lenovo tabs usually totally shut down than go into standby after being idle for a while?. As twice my tab seems to have totally shut down than stay in standby which I find highly irritating if it does that by design. Apart from that very happy with it upto now.

Cancelled my order this morning. Not much response from Lenovo forum about the issues raised. I'll let it settle for abit b4 giving it another consideration

I saw this tablet the other day in Currys and was very tempted to buy it but i've just bought a 3g Lenovo A8-50 that performs great and I can even use it to make phone calls on.
And after reading these best buy reviews I think I made the right decision http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-s8-50-tablet-16gb-black/8731458.p?id=1219362863870&skuId=8731458

Anyone know how to delete the icons from the screen, finding it quite challenging lol.

I was going to return my Hudl 2 and order Lenovo, but I think I will hold on until there will be some more info on the issues you guys reporting. Hudl 2 is already rooted and mod scene for S8 is non-exising ATM. Also according to user [email protected] and his teardown post there is higher capacity battery fitted in Hudl so with software updates/custom roms it may perform better.

Looking forward to any reviews from people who already bought Lenovo, how warm is it getting during gaming? Currently I class my Hudl as extra heater - good for winter but annoying :wink:

Save £20 off the marked price.
Enter code IPADTAB20 at checkout for home delivery orders. For reserve & collect orders please ask in store.
Not available in conjunction with any other offers.
Hurry! Offer ends Tuesday.

Just picked one up from curry's. Going to go home and give it a bash. I hope there are no issues like some others have. A hudl is due to be delivered on Monday, but I will return it if this tab is as good as it could be!

I guess a firmware update will resolve some issues but still not acceptable. Shame as it looked pretty good. Fingers crossed issues will be resolved shortly

Did it shut down doing particular things?
Iv'e had mine about an hour, just setting up, youtube and a couple of games and all seems well. Very nice screen and sound. Def needs another launcher put on it though!

All guys who have problem with s8-50 did you tried update it to latest firmware?

Wasn't running anything at all, it happened twice when simply left idle. The first time it shut down was yesterday when I left it on charge before going out. But the fact I simply plugged it in to charge, switched it on to check it worked but never set up the tab at that time (as was going out) could have accounted for that if it auto shuts down after a battery charge if the tab is not setup?. The second time was when I left it overnight, again idle not running anything after I had set the tab up and trying out youtube, iplayer and a few other things. Might be nothing but going to see over the next day or so as it seems ok left idle now just being on standby.

Just wanting to fully run the battery down now to give it another full charge to better test battery life as I was concerned how much the battery life dropped overnight, from a full charge to 32% after no more than 40 mins use and left idle overnight.

Doesn't sound right dropping to 32% so quickly. I've got one ordered and will report back on issues once I've had a play

I've now updated to the latest firmware to see how things now go. These issues may well as suggested simply be firmware related and the newer available firmware might help deal with it.

Could watch the live black hole wallpaper for hours, really shows how good and detailed the screen is. For which I feel some of the detail would be lost on a same res but lower pixel density 10" screen. I can see how 8inch screens are now becoming the more preferred size for manufacturers as I feel in many cases they work better depending on the requirements of the owner.

Well the battery usage indicates Screen-38%, WLAN-38%, Tablet idle-9%, Android OS-5%, Android System-5% with the others 2% each. In fact as I typed this on my phone the Screen has gone up to 47% usage of battery power which is concerning a little.

what brightness setting you using dave?

Seems to be 50% brightness level which I guess is the default.

Quite a few reviews saying it has a tendency to shut down suddenly for no apparent reason:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-s8-50-tablet-16gb-black/8731458.p?id=1219362863870&skuId=8731458

i guess it depends how much youve used it dave, its 47% of the used battery not 47% of the total battery charge if you see what i mean
if its only been on 5 minutes then its not much actual power, if its been on hours then its a big jump

i nearly went for this deal to the point where i reserved to collect at pcworld. ...then i came across Samsung tab pro 3 16gb for £209 (£20 off when you quote ipadtab20 in store pcworld), if your thinking about a quality tablet hold fire before you buy this lenovo 8" as for an extra £80.
I played with lenovo in store having reserved both lenovo and Samsung and I'm not kidding for 80 quid more the resolution and build quality are night and day. I'm writing this on my new tab 3 pro and it's beautiful.
your budget may not stretch or you don't want 10" but if it's because you didn't know the tab pro was reduced from £449
link http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/ipad-tablets-and-ereaders/tablets/samsung-galaxy-tabpro-10-1-tablet-16-gb-white-22083972-pdt.html

Hooe this helps from someone who set out to buy lenovo but was very very happy to part with the extra £80....on a side note you only have till Tuesday to get the extra £20 off

This is exactly my dilemna, have ordered the lenovo but may cancel and get the Samsung!

I fell for the tab pro too but hated it, really wasn't much of a step up from the Lenovo and didn't have that ludicrous value for money feel, despite the reduction. That and the screen was merely decent (back light bleed, colour uniformity, OS lag). Plumped in the end for a tab a 8.4 due to Currys not seeing eye to eye on a refund and, while having an amazing screen, the Lenovo is nearly as good in terms of hardware and for nearly a third of the price.

Well the pixel density are fairly close so not as night and day as claimed as I viewed the very same Samsung unit myself yesterday and upon close inspection there is little notable difference. Like tv's easy for currys to up brightness and contrast levels to better "display" there more profitable tabs over other better value ranges. Go back and set brightness and detail levels to the same and then compare. As display store levels are rarely a true indication of quality.

edd

Tried two whole days to resist it! Then one whole day researching the option, best android tab on the market :innocent:

Bought it today and was very happy with thickness, weight and screen colours. But during the fist hour of usage I started to spot extremely frustrating random screen brightness drop (like ambience light sensor is working... and this model doesn't have one). It drops from 100% to 40% and doesn't respond for further adjustments until something happens again and it's back to normal. Does someone has similar problems? Is it a software or hardware issue? I really want to keep this tablet, because it is a joy to use, but defiantly with total brightness control.

buy the lenovo suckers! I can only give my honest appraisal and I'd be gutted if I'd chosen the lenovo now having spent /4 hours setting up this beautiful beast

i wish more people would think you like nocountry
im going to go looksee this levono tomz, in this throw away society why spend more as itll only end up in the dump soon, as it stands itll do me proud

By the way this tab (possible problems aside) is also very quick at downloading via wifi, installing and being able to open apps unlike other tabs I know of. Not sure how power hungry the game is but Revolt 2 looks and plays as good, smoothly and graphically impressive as Mario Kart on the Wii, just far better res of this tab. Might try a few old skool emulators on this as well as higher end android games to see how good it is as just a games tab alone.

I've just picked up one of these, but will have to wait a few days to my birthday to get my hands on it.

Really interested to hear how widespread the crashing problems are among other users.

On a side note, has anyone managed to obtain the Intel App Pack?

http://appack.intel.com/curryspcworld/#/home?lang=en

I keep getting 'Invalid Master Key' errors, having tried with and without the leading zeros on the receipt.

same here re the app pack. invalid master key

do you get those games free with app pack? grid2 and gt racing?

Dont talk rubbish thr Samsung is a lot worse in the hand. Feels terrible!

Hudl 2 for me as hdmi important. Which is not onthis but on the hudl 2

bought thank you.

this or LG g pad 8.3 ?

Many thanks for this tip. I've bought it, and it is a significant step up from a 2012 Nexus 7. Although I have just found that the microphone doesnt work - anybody else had that?

I can't got the app pack either, the same " invalid master key" message. Are we sure that the app pack should even be available for this tab?. Because if we are all getting the same response then something is wrong.

Thinking of getting this for me mam at chistmas. How is it?

Since my own initial issues, all seems fine with no crashes or auto\random shut downs. Did the update yesterday, ran the battery down and charged it overnight and all seems fine.

just picked one up but i cant get it to charge, put charger in and it says not charging, even tried another lenovo charger we have and its the same, just trying the update before i head back to currys with it, 66% and dropping wont last long

Can anyone who has bought one confirm if it supports usb otg as there are conflicting reports.

App Pack Ts& Cs

This promotion is valid Sept 25th 2014 to January 29th 2015. Claims must be made by March 5th2015.
There are 3 Intel App Pack options available, depending upon which product you buy:
a. Tablets: All Intel based Android tablets & Android 2-in-1s are eligible for the Intel App Pack - Tablet

I've put in a support request, will update when I hear back.

Thanks.

Has anyone tried the apps tv catchup and filmon as I have a Lenovo a8-50 and since the last two updates these apps will not play streaming tv for more than a few seconds.
Also on the Sky go tablet app the voices are way out of sync.
I have reinstalled all the apps but none work properly.
I may return my A8-50 and buy an S8-50 if they work perfectly.

got mine changed and this one charges ok, have to say that first impressions are positive
very snappy performance and the screen is great
well worth the money and i struggle to see why youd pay more for the same size screen

bought yesterday, played for few hours and its now dead. going to return it and get new one:(

Filmon seems to work fine to.

Just got in store, thanks

Anyone found any rubber covers for this? I want to give this to the kids.

Went in store in Arnold, Nottingham and had the least helpful sales assistant... He wouldn't honour the £20 off saying that he 'would definitely have heard about the deal if it was also on in store'. He wasn't willing to do anything to assist me to purchase it instore at the reduced price. Nearly ordered one on my phone in front of him just to annoy him! So be aware that not all stores appear to be reducing the tablets or laptops despite the offer being from their own company!

Little odd question but on the currys website it suggests they include earphones in the box, can someone confirm this please just saves me time and i can buy some along with the tab, thanks.

why is this advertised at cpu 1.86 when it comes up as 1.33 when you google the cpu ?

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Atom+Z3745+%40+1.33GHz

Only correct case I can find , http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-S8-50-Cover-Fyy%C2%AEUltra-Magnetic/dp/B00O60XQIS/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1414953401&sr=8-19&keywords=lenovo+s8+50+case
But £13 p&p ripoff , Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-S8-50-FYY-Ultra-Magnetic/dp/B00O60L7UW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1414953848&sr=8-11&keywords=lenovo+s8+case Free p&p

I bought this case off the bay, looks decent enough.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201200595713?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Thanks Aspillite looks good

Got 1 from store, liked it so much got 2 more online. Great tab for price. Only one complaint from my eldest son. Won't run Fifa 15 UT. (spoilt!)

Thanks for cover link Aspillite. Anyone found any in different colours? Will be easier for kids to differentiate, less chance of war breaking out in house. Thanks in advance.

There where no earphones in my box, mate, just the charger and cable.[/quote]http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/ipad-tablets-and-ereaders/tablets/lenovo-tab-s8-8-tablet-16-gb-black-10076498-pdt.html just scroll down to 'box contents' and clearly mentions 'earphones' quite a small thing but seems very misleading imo. Ps thanks for the reply guys.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/ipad-tablets-and-ereaders/tablets/lenovo-tab-s8-8-tablet-16-gb-black-10076498-pdt.html
scroll down to 'box contents' clearly suggest earphone and its a small thing but seems very misleading. Ps thanks for your replies guys.

Merrimobiles offering root on this tab so root is possible

Whilst I've had zero issues with my tab, no random shut downs or anything since setting it up and doing any updates, 1 issue still concerns me a little and like Friday night (was left on charge sat night) that's the issue of how much the battery change drops overnight. Pretty sure the battery level was about 60% last night, this morning it stands at 32%!. The graph seems to indicate a steady decline during the night yet the Tablet Idle usage only accounts for 3% of the total battery charge used which makes no sense seeing as it appears there has been a reduction of 28% in the total charge overnight.

Has anyone else noticed a similar thing with there tab?. I feel I may be missing something than a problem itself as all was fine using the tab during the day yesterday with certainly no big drops in battery charge before left idle last night as was probably about 60% charge remaining after being used for a few hours which is in line with hours use per charge.

takes a few charges and discharges for android to calibrate the battery %

Will this get the Lollipop update do you think?

Can anyone confirm which micro SD cards are working in this tablet?

I would like to get a 64 gb card, but I am a little concerned about it working

Thanks to the OP. Looks like a great deal.

Found the user and maintenance manuals on the Lenovo UK website. It lists the hardware specifiaction on page 23 of the maintenance manual. Hope this is useful.

Lenovo S8 50 Manuals

I want to buy one today and have emailed Lenovo technical support asking whether the OS will be updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop which I understand is to be released sometime this month. I also asked whether it has dual band Wi-Fi which would be a bonus but not a deal breaker if it doesn't.

No dual band WiFi I'm afraid 2.4 GH onky

Received it today, extremely happy with it, friends and colleagues were impressed. Can confirm it comes with GPS, so navigation is possible.

Arrived today. Nice screen, fast.

Quibbles:

Microphone doesn't work,
Sticky residue on part of screen,
Sound profile cant be saved properly so annoying vibrations when typing etc.

Thanks for that. What did you use to get rid of the sticky stuff on your screen? WD40?

Use a sock :stuck_out_tongue:

Got the mic to work now.

Not sure if this is what did it, but in the Google app (you'll have to install this) settings, I went to Voice settings and put a tick in the Bluetooth headset box even though I don't have one. Mic works fine now (even after I went in and removed the tick.)

If someone need screen protector or nice case.

Damn, I just paid £4.70 for those exact same screen protectors.

Which software update do you mean?

1 thing I've noticed, that despite being a full hd screen, tv i-players etc still don't support full hd programming on such android devices which I find highly annoying seeing as a non full hd laptop can play full hd programming. I know there are lower and higher quality settings for the BBC i-player, but its hardly the full hd programming we can get on non android devices.

Are there any known fixes or workarounds to force the BBC i-player etc to play via a browser or a compatible browser that will work to play full hd programming via the browser itself on full hd tablets?.

Go to Settings - About Tablet - System Update

Should be an update available to take you up to a Build Number of TABS8-50F_S000146_141010_ROW

Many thanks. I did that and it installed no problem.

Thanks, going to give it a try tonight, though not really a problem with my phone weather the wifi is on or not, but will try anyway.

But in checking, the wifi only accounts for 13% of the used battery charge with the screen being the biggest culprit at 55%, with tablet idle just 3%. Supposed to be 16 days on standby so something is getting missed here. The only thing I can think of it that going into settings and apps it appears that even though I have closed apps after using them that some don't seem to have fully closed or shut down. Angry Birds for example, even though not played at all today is indicating its still running and the "Force Stop" icon is still lit to force the game to stop even though its not loaded and not played today. Could something like this stop the tab going into standby\sleep properly I wander?. Pressing the "Force Stop" icon gives the message "if you force stop an app it may miss behave".

Somewhat confused as don't get this on my android phone or with the other tablets we have. But will be sure to switch the wifi off overnight to see if that helps in any case.

Seems strange how itd use that much % if the screen is off?

On my android phone the screen brightness makes a big difference on battery.

Waiting for my tablet to arrive. Will see if any of the issues mentioned in this thread appear

Thinking of getting this, but from comments seems as though quite a few members are having issues, for those who have bought - would you recommend it?

Lol what a turkey. Typical hukd deal with misleading and underserved heat

Also apps like 2 Battery helps a lot, I set a night mode where the wifi goes on only every 4 hours starting from midnight, it stays on to do a sync and then it goes off again. So at 8am my mails and stuff is there

Think I'll stick with my trusty Nexus 7 (2012). Yes, it can get very laggy, and my model is one of the earlier ones with a creaky screen on the left hand side, but I've used it every day since I bought it in August 2012 and it has never let me down. When the lag becomes unbearable I just reset the damn thing and it's as good as new (admittedly only for a few months).

I'll now wait for the price of the Nexus 9 to come down before considering an upgrade.

hey guys, how does that vat cashback offer works?

Started charging it with battery at 13%. An hour later and it's at 24%.

That's no use to man nor beast.

Switched off Wifi connection but charging just as pathetically - only up to 37% after an extra hour.

Visited Currys and went for the samsung in the end, looked and felt a lot better in the showroom, thanks to the OP though.

Picked this up today after returning the Galaxy tab pro. Really is a very good tablet considering with the vat cashback it works out about half the price of the Galaxy tab pro. Pin sharp & nice bright screen, smooth UI and good quality speakers.

One question though, has anyone figured out how to use the lock screen wallpapers for the main homescreen?

ha ha! I never really expected anything less! ;-)

To clarify, the reserve and collect doesn't qualify for the discount, but pay and collect does. So does paying in store for home delivery. clear? As mud...!!

I bought one, I will return it as the font is so small I can't even read it. Also some UI buttons are too small for my fingers. I already tried to increase the font to HUGE but still, some apps stays the same. So does the status bar and the notification panel. It is impossible for me to read any notification...

Bought this today... Love it!

Can I reserve one to pick up in store & get the £20 off? Or do I have to pay online first?

Does anyone know how much available memory there is out of the box?

Yes Currys are patently unhelpful unless you can demonstrate a physical issue beyond doubt. If not, tough sweater meat.

The font size issue is also present on the Tab S 8.4, as its down to the resolution. You could root it and change the PPI but beyond that it's an Android scaling issue.

Well whatever I did yesterday or if that 2 Battery app did its job sure seems to have solved the problem. Went to bed with 93% battery power, woke up with 92% battery power remaining.

Still not 100% its directly the wi-fi itself as the wi-fi alone being on should not be the cause of a 25%+ reduction in battery charge overnight when not even being used and just sitting idle. I mean this is KitKat, supposed to handle these things better right?. My guess is its these bloody apps that you have to give permission or do by default to access the contents of the tab etc and its been doing so constantly at night time?.

Either way it seems sorted and probably not a tablet issue but more a nosey app access issue. Is there any app available that monitors remote access of apps accessing the tab and its contents as would be good to remove any culprit over nosey buggers of an app.

Actually many of us have been able to simply go in store and pay to get the discount by either reserve and collect or simply mention of the offer online. 1 person mentioned that the £20 offer was even promoted in there store and with me the store.mentioned they had a circular\memo about the offer to accept it in store.

Probably down to individual store management and there inability to pay attention to internal memos etc. As some stores and currys customer services have confirmed the offer applies instore too.

This is the exact thing for my phone, apps not closing fully and the one very effective solution i found was an app called 'clean master' not sure if its available for the tab but it shows and lets you stop all the apps running in the background in two taps. Its 100x better than the task manager coming with phones/tablets. Hope it helped

For those wondering about using the discount in store. At the Harlow store, there were signs about the promotion next to the price tags on the shelves.

I eventually got them to apply the discount, although it took 3 of the team to figure out how to apply it. There is a bar code that they have to scan to deduct the £20.

Is anybody getting any screen brightness problems?
I picked the new tab up yesterday and done the software update straight away
If used on full brightness when the tablet does any intense work and it gets warm the screen dims to about 50% and stays like that for a few minutes then brightens back up.
If i go to the brightness settings and lower and then increase the settings it sometimes comes back at 100% and sometimes I have to wait for a few minutes.
I ran the antutu benchmark test on full brightness and by the end of the test it was dimmer then i let the tab rest and it brightened back up.
The rear of my tablet above the lenovo signs gets pretty warm/hot is that normal on these because my older A8-50 stays cool.

Picked up one of these yesterday from Argos. Hunting around for a tablet for 12 year old daughter was giving me a massive headache. I'd narrowed it down to 3 devices, all 7"-8" but then she said she wanted a 10" tablet like her friend. AAARRRGH!!

Getting a decent 10" tablet proved to be even more problematic. So I took the plunge and went for this.

I've just spent an hour setting it up with some games and getting her Google Play account up and running. It's much faster and smoother than I expected. The speakers are the biggest surprise, though. They're loud! She's not going to need headphones with this, except so as not to disturb the rest of us.

It feels pretty solid as well. And you get a £20 voucher from Argos as well. So I'm pretty pleased with it. Think she will be too.

which one are you targeting? I was thinking about the same, or a Nexus 7, the font size looks decent on those. BTW I can root them and change the DPI if anything fails

the latest one.

I've just returned the one I bought yesterday to pc world Aintree Liverpool and what a nightmare that was !!
I posted a question above #394 about the screen dimming to 50% after playing games for about 40 minutes and the tablet getting hot at the rear.
Pc worlds first response was this tablet is not designed for playing some games so its normal to overheat and shut the screen down to 50% So I told them that they are basically telling me the tablet is not fit for the purpose it was made for, they then wanted me to give them my daughters google store password so they could try a game themselves for 40 minutes to test if i'm telling them the truth about the screen problem.
It was only after I started raising my voice and demanding an apology and compensation for my time if I was to wait while they tested it they decided to gave me a refund.

I wouldn't like to guess how much i've spent in Pc world in the last 3 years but it's a fair bit.
I won't be making the same mistake again!

Just wanted to say that you guys should put Nova launcher on it. Usually I try to give the stock launcher a go, but this tablet really benefits from Nova. Just do it!

ive had a reply back about the intel app pack but the numbers theyve sent me also dont work, invalid master key :disappointed:

Why is it that only Currys are selling this, even the Lenovo website says it is Coming Soon??

It does not feel right

Think I'll wait a bit longer to get a samsung pro is it.

I used to work in Currys, and they understand both sides of the story, but the onus mostly lays with DSG for not trusting their staff enough to make an informed decision. The biggest problem is most of their staff aren't informed or care to know, and are either dizzy kids who aren't motivated enough to train and do their job properly, or arrogant management who believe they're always right. JL's policies are a lot more forgiving, but they tend not to be any

On the other side, you generally get misinformed customers who don't do enough research on the purchases they make. Since tablets are mini computers, they can have a feck load of things that can go wrong. Fortunately, with the right hardware, they are usually fixable with updates.

I bought one myself, and it kept restarting. I applied the update, and now it works (for now). The battery does get warm, but on thin client tablets with a minimal frame on a hi res screen, I know enough to expect that sort of behaviour, but YMMV. If it started to burn, or get unreasonably hot, then that's an issue. As for the screen dimming, I'd contact Lenovo support to see if they're coming up with a patch for that, since it's likely a software issue.

No offence, but for something like this, I'd employ a little more patience before returning it.

Hi,

There are three options under mode
1. High accuracy, use gps, WLAN & mobile networks to determine your location
2. Battery saving, use WLAN & mobile networks to determine your location
3. Dvice only, use gps to determine your location

down to 9% on original first charge, the battery is immense

the code will be receipt specific rather than generic, i even tried them both ways round with and without the # incase it mattered
not fussed either way but its always nice to get something for nothing, id be more upset if i didnt get the vat back

The problem with waiting and being a bit more patient is if its not a software problem and sorted by a fix in a few weeks pc world would have wanted to 'try' and fix it themselves or even worse ship it off for god knows how long to the manufacturers.
The other problem is updates are not always reliable, for instance I have the older version of this tablet the A8-50 3g and that worked brilliantly until the last two updates and now two of my most used apps (tv catchup & filmon) no longer work even after deleting and re-installing them hence the purchase of this tab.

Ok probably a stupid question from a technophobe but would I be able to stream movies etc from this device to my Xbox 360? Thanks

does anyone know if the Sky Go Tablet app works with this tablet?

Just picked up on from the cambridge store, for people wanting other colours (like me) i asked the staff and said i can return it within 21 days without a problem as long as its in the original pack and UNOPENED. So you can literaly swap for a different colour which is supposed to be with currys around 2 weeks time and also the benefit is that if lenovo dont update anyone on the release of android 5.0 lollipop then I'll simply return this and go for another one.

Just sharing my opinion and experience. The guy at currys himself was cursing their system saying they weren't given enough training to deal with problems. Tried the one they had on display and it was snappy, quick and awesome display hope its not misleading to the actual one.

excellent! step up in size from the Galaxy S5, shame it didnt work on rooted device, HP Touchpad still going strong, and had dual band for a 2011 device.

Expired. Now £149.99

Dont forget unless you pay for Skygo extra you can only use the app on two devices and also can't make changes within a month.
I had to return my S8-50 because the screen was dimming and flickering when watching movies and playing games so now I cant use skygo again on my old tablet and have to wait a month.

Good to hear all ok. Thanks for the updates you posted. Will help others.

Anyone knows how to cast \ mirror screen to Chromecast?

Got mine today, does anyone notice lines in a sort of grid pattern on the screen. First noticed it in settings due to the light background. I imagine this is due to the technology used but want to confirm. Could get annoying

Thanks

Have those pattern lines on my Nvidia Shield Portable

Anyone got a way of stopping the Startup & Shutdown jingle from playing on all of the profiles ? I know if i have it set to Vibrate or Silent then it wont play it but if i leave the profile on Standard then its quite deafening !!! :confused:

I wanna change my rate, Currys is the company you really need to get away with.

I bought two on Friday. One is fine. The other one smells bad, and then develops random screen flashes.
I brought it back to Currys for a refund.
But all the currys employees insist that I have to reproduce the faulty for refund!
It's not my fault that the pad is not working properly.
How the hell am I supposed to spend all night staring at the bloody screen to capture the mini seconds splash?!

Only online. Otherwise it's gone as soon as you break the seal in their opinion, unless you a) demonstrate it's faulty or b) make a scene.

It's totally my fault to not read every reply carefully.lol.
Thanks, anyway.
I am.glad I was able to record the flash.

Great deal.

Thanks for replying, I can see the lines when the screen is on as well, when on a light coloured background (white, grey). I will have another play tonight and see if I can live with it. Can you see them with the screen on?

Thanks for replying.

I'll have a second look tonight and if it's as bad as I remember I'll try and sort out an exchange. If they won't play ball I'll have to DSR it.

I could also see the lines on mine when the screen was off and at certain angles in bright light but when the screen was on I could not see any.
Mine has been returned to pc world because of a dimming and flickering screen fault.

Well i think its was clearly obvious what i was referring to, if the product had a developed a fault with it. Obvious when you break the seal, the goods are used. But, and under consumer law, you are entitled to a refund if they are not fit for purpose.
Clearly from your statement, you don't understand consumer law. An example of this would be when i purchased a few items from pcworld. 1 external hd caddy. This after using it less than a week burnt out. I took it back and got a refund for my money. Under your theory, this wouldn't be possible.
I think you need to either brush up on your consumer law, or rewrite your sentence, so it makes better sense.

Blimey, calm down mate! I'm not on currys side,I'm just saying the experience I had with them - hence "in their opinion" - and it was just that, you have to show the issue or it has to be sealed. I argued the consumer laws point but they wouldn't have any of it because that's their default position. YMMV.

I dont stand **** from no one, and anyway, you cant kid a guy who knows all the tricks in the box. Your likely to find yourself on the losing the side. I am not bragging before you think, i am trying to help people stand up for there rights. If the product is faulty, they may simply ask what was problem. Only because there are allot of non technical mind people who buy from there, and it is genuinely a user mistake. For the more competent people, and people in that line of field, can baffle the sales men with science, who ends up agreeing with you. Thats my experience anyway.

Now showing as 'Sorry, that offer has now ended'

I am lucky enough to capture the flash dim of the screen on video last night.
After literally staring at the screen for longer than 1 hour.
The flash showed once in half an hour time, but not showing for another 15 minutes.
I have to capture a 15 minutes video and chop it afterwards because of the irregularity when the flash will appear.

My point was, putting customer through these kinds of pain is not a big business like Currys supposed to operate.
To ask me to demonstrate the fault is practically calling me a LIAR!
AND I DONT like that!

Calm down, it's only an advert! Asking for proof is not calling anyone a liar! Generally speaking, you'd be surprised the amount of times customers return "faulty" goods that work fine after reading the manual, or grabbing a manufacturer update. I don't agree that it's the onus of the customer to prove their product is faulty, and up to now, they still haven't found an effective way of dealing with this.

DSR laws should be applied to high streets if they want to restore lost trust, but since gov are a backward bunch, they appear to be strengthening the likes of Amazon with their actions (or inactions). First parking charges around Town Centres, and then tax laws and consumer protection regulations not being applied.

i noticed similar on the hudl 2 in the tesco display so it must be related to the panel/screen.

to be honest its only visible under high light eg kitchen or even standing under a bulb when the screen is off but when its on, its only visible with a dark background like dark blue or black, its best to speak to lenovo and get their opinion (if its not biased ).

Ok mine just arrived and liking it so far but the back has that strong rubber smell people have mentioned. Does it go away after a few days or am I gonna need to return it?

got mine today, seems a very good tablet for the price. Do not have the problem with lines on the screen, althought did it have it on a cheap Ainol Elf bought a couple of years ago and the lines disappeared after a time of use.

havent used it long enough to give it a proper test.

ordered a case from fleabay and a 3M Vikuiti MySafeDisplay Screen Protector.

meant to be a xmas present to myself but finding myself wanting to use it now.

The second time this afternoon was an absolute pleasure.
The same sales guy when I bought it served me again.
He asked his supervisor, didn't bother to look at my video and refunded me directly.
I insisted to show him the video, not wasting my 2 hours staring and some serious video editing on my phone. :smiley:

i hope you guys don't make a habit of sniffing tablets, because of you i decided to try sniffing mine and got some rather strange looks off the misses
thankfully i don't have a smelly tab but the wife thinks im stranger than normal

The smell is so strong that I can smell it from my fingers an hour after I used it.

Mine has arrived, no smell or noticable lines??

I am planning to return mine.

Its still unopened, but I have been thinking that an HDMI port is actually quite useful to me.

I will probably wait a few weeks to see if lollipop appears for Hudl2 or might break the bank for a Z3 compact

any idea how to root this thing?

Got the intel app pack in the end by using a different product for another intel based tablet off the currys website ( acer iconia product code 114654 ) and my original receipt code. Result!

Thank you, that made me laugh... I get the same looks when I am constantly testing and re-testing the new NAS box to make sure it's streaming adequetly over the wired and wireless network in the house, they are under the impression that the "fixing" of things should only be done on items that are broken... huh women!! :smile:

Picked up this tablet tuesday night and extremely happy with the way it performs! Is there a forum about for this tablet the best discussion i can find on it is this thread! Hopefully root becomes available soon with some custom roms.

I would also like to know if anyone has found out how to root this. I saw some discussion on the Lenovo forums about rooting the A8-50, but not this model.

both merrimobile and dx have root for this model.

No worries. I think I downloaded Movie Edit Pro on mine though?

I couldn't get the code to work in GT Racing 2 but not sure if I mistyped it or was trying in the right place?

Funny enough I can't get the GT Racing 2 code to work either for some reason. Great game though, and assuming the code is done in the add game cash section as I can't find anywhere else to add a code.

The GTR 2 code worked fine for me. Got the class C bundle!

Yeah, I managed to get a second code that worked and also got the class C bundle. To get a second code I used a second android device and went to the app link. Inserted the mentioned item number from the previous page and put in a receipt number close to my original 1 and it gave me a second code that worked. Not to such on the worth of the code as stated ($12.99?) but bloody loving the game and thought to mention you can get another code, I just used a second device to get the code pretty much just giving a different receipt number.

Has anyone noticed how quickly the battery drains on this thing? And how ridiculously long it takes to charge fully? Getting really frustrating!! Dontknow if its just the tablet ive got or is anyone else having these problems?

Also if using just the battery try to keep it below 50% brightness, mine is about 45% as the screen & brightness is a major battery drain issues on all tablets.

Anyone enquire about these, I needed some earphones?

I think they must have updated the details as I cant see anything that says earphones in the box contents detail?. But even then I find bundled earphones of questionable quality against what you can get for say several quid these days off amazon or when argos has offers on.

I'd be more wound up if they don't pay out on the vat back offer myself as that aught to be some £24.50 odd if paid on the £149.99 price tag.

Invest in a 2a charger.

I thought it was a 2 amp charger, possibly even 2.1 / 2.2.

If it is, it might not be giving the full charge even due to the tablets innards or the charger.

Does this come with Route 66? Saw it on one in PCWorld today.

Interestingly and in no way being negative towards this rather fine tab, having been playing the processor heavy GT Racing 2 games for a few days and getting XBMC up and running on mine I've noticed a drop in battery charge quite quickly. Playing GT Racing 2 & streaming with XBMC I find I probably can't get much more than 3 hours. Of cause the stated 7 hours battery life is always going to be the optimum figure and probably can last that long or even more if lighter not so esource heavy games or just surfing & listening to music etc.

I guess it could be said a minimum of 3 hours and upto about 7 hours usage per charge. Video streaming via BBC i player etc, I, think I'm looking at about 4-5 hours for me. But charging, I have found it to be ok myself.

Mine just died after few days. Won't switch on :disappointed:

I'm going to return mine for refund. mine making creaking sound when you press the top left screen corner near the front speaker grill.

think i'll try out hudl2.

Got a question which i hope does not and certainly is not intended for any offence but currently owning an advent tegra note 7 which was made by currys own brand with great internals (tegra 4 , stylus and near stock android) .
However it is buggy as anything with constant freezes and just has a feeling of coming short of true good manufacturers despite a bargain price. Any thoughts if this will be better ?

Even I'm starting to grow a little frustrated at the battery charge lasting far less than the stated 7 hours under some circumstances and so am running some tests to verify for sure.

The tab has been charged several times now (from below 10%) so should be at the full capacity that a few charges are said to be needed in order for the battery to reach optimum performance. But I've noticed that as said for the GT Racing 2 & XBMC & even BBC iplayer I'm getting far less than the stated 7 hours.

Sure, I know we can never expect the full 7 hours from resource heavy applications and gaming. But it seems from reading reviews of other tabs including other Lenovo tabs that typical battery tests also include playing 720p footage in a loop to test video playback. This is suggested on better brands to get somewhere in the region of 3/4 of the stated battery charge for video playback which seems reasonable. In which case this tab should give in the region of 5 1/4 hours video playback to be reasonably acceptable for video playback based on a 7 hours usage per charge. A little less than that could be disputed as still acceptable. A lot less than 5 1/4 hours could be seen as highly unacceptable and misleading in the stated usage in hours per charge. Even half (3 1/2 hours) the stated usage per charge for video playback could be seen as totally unacceptable and miss representation and fraudulent advertising of a product and its abilities etc. More so if its not stated under what typical usage the manufacturer tested the battery to give and state the usage per charge.

However, having just done a test timed 720p video streaming for 20 minutes the battery usage dropped 9%. For a full charge this should be 220 minutes or 3 hours 40 minutes. Of cause the wifi during this time is also constantly being used than simply being "switched on" so could be seen as acceptable under such circumstances. But running such a test under and for a full charge will be more accurate as I will do later.

But I also have a downloaded 720p program off the BBC iplayer and so later will test that with wifi switched off for a test period of 20 mins and a full charge to to see how that goes.

Could be nothing and totally not realising how long I'm using this tab for per charge. But in the absence of any reviews properly testing battery charge usage I guess its down to us to test.

dave, for anything that states 7 hours id knock 20% off at least as its done under test conditions with everything set just right, take the 7 hours with a pinch of salt
in real world testing i can get 5 hours no bother so to me its good but like most things you do get what you pay for and higher priced tabs will often give better battery life, for the money, this is great

I think also having slightly below average battery life is a trade off that you have to accept when you have such a thin and light device. Obviously a larger, heavier tablet will have better battery life, but when it comes to an 8 inch tablet that weighs and measures what this does, I think it's more than acceptable.

Edit: Thank you for posting your findings though. I'm still curious to find out the results from the non Wifi playback test. I'm personally experiencing roughly 50% reduction in battery after about 3 hours on screen time from normal use (browsing the web, reading the news etc).

To be honest, I'm not to bothered by even the stated 7 hours battery life as such. Because as said its a trade off between light and thin and battery usage per charge. Though in all honesty I'd personally prefer slightly thicker & heavier tabs but better hours per charge instead.

But test conditions aside, I'd still have thought it reasonable to expect in the region of 75%-80% of the stated and claimed usage per charge for moderate usage application and would be happy with that hence my testing just to see. As in many cases in the home I could easily just leave it plugged into the charger most of the time anyway.

My second test of offline video (wifi switched off) viewing with a 720p program for 20 minutes resulted in just a 6% battery usage. This works out about 5h 35mins which I'd say is pretty decent for 720p. And certainly in the region of 80% of the stated "test condition usage" which few could really complain about.

I have also done a second online streaming test with what seems to be an SD than HD program from the BBC iplayer and that came back with the same 6% usage for the 20 min offline test using 720p footage which was a little surprising and good to see as the wifi would use quite a bit of that 6%?.

Pretty happy with my test results upto now. But I want to do some full charge testing with video to see if the full charge test results give the the same reflection of what a 20min test suggests or what any difference might be either way. Will then move onto gaming tests later in the week when I have time as that will need constant attention and usage.

Has anybody found any decent tablet cases/covers for this at a reasonable price?

Also if anyone knows if this has a magnetic sensor to awake /sleep and if it has a proximity sensor ? Its important to save on pressing the power button Every so often .
Edit: just to make the power button last longer.

And the award for the most pointless and least constructive post in this entire thread goes to your very sad troll of a self lol.

And real life out of the factory typical consumer conditions test results are certainly more reliable & scientific than manufacturer laboratory test conditions that seldom tend to recreate real world typical use conditions that far matter than lab test conditions that the consumer is never likely to be able to recreate in the home. Which do you think the average consumer and owners of this tablet would find must useful?.

And I do have better things to do with my time thanks for asking, any testing I have done is when I have had spare time and based on issues and concerns raised by others as well as myself in this thread that they have had concerns about if you care to read than troll. Its about actual owners giving actual real world feedback.

You cared enough to comment, and in doing so you've disproved your own argument.

lol every post here attracts its own troll, and today's winner is benlondon, take a bow sir you've earned it

mind you it could have been worse, least he didn't say 'well what do you expect its not an apple'

I'm very pleased with it! It's my back up tablet at the moment as my iPad is a bit too precious to leave the house... Any one know any other discussion boards for this tab? And if rooting is available yet?

This seems to be the biggest thread on this tablet around, and Dave's tests have been extremely helpful for me in deciding whether to go ahead with getting it or returning it. (14 days to return, but if you simply decline to collect you'll get your money back after 28 days).

It's my first tablet, and my impressions are very positive. Inevitably people having problems will be overrepresented in discussion forums, as people tend not to come back if everything is fine. So thanks again to Dave for balancing out that selection bias. On my part there are no screen problems, very minimal rubber smell, all fine.

I'm using it as a glorified e-reader, mostly for pdfs/epubs, with some rss reading/email etc, on almost the lowest brightness. It looks like I'll get 8-9 hours of battery like this, almost all going on the screen. I fully charged it before usage, have wifi on, but deleted some apps.

I must agree, Dave's comments have been very helpful.

Well I'm only posting on my test findings in the absence of any such info elsewhere as such. As for me real world testing and results count for more than manufacturer stated specs as far as battery charge goes. Sure, most know they will unlikely to ever achieve lab condition stated charge times, but it certainly gives a more realistic expectancy of the battery life per charge if tested in typical usage enviroments.

I tried a full battery charge video streaming test yesterday with a 720 hd footage after my original 20 minutes sample test the other day. But yesterday I had problems streaming 720 hd footage for some reason and suffered several disconnections in the streaming. To add to that I had to stop the test anyway after 3 1/2 hours. But when I did stop I still had 26% battery left which in theory gave a battery life streaming 720 hd footage of about 4 hours 40 mins which is not to bad for a stated 7 hour battery.

But I was not happy with the test conditions and ran a second test today after finding some stable 720 hd streaming footage on xbmc.

This time it was very stable through out the test and the results were very surprising which may have helped by very few disconnections this time. With a fully charged battery streaming 720 hd footage via wifi, by the time the battery charge died & shut the tablet down I had got 5 hours 30 mins out of the charge.

Granted, the headphones was connected and the volume on low for most of that but I doubt that will have made any real difference. The screen brightness was about 45% which for me personally is pretty much the lowest I'm happy taking it if watching films & TV on it. Others might prefer the brightness higher (myself included if connected to the mains or with test results in mind) and others might be ok with it a little lower which of cause affects how much charge you will get out of the battery. But I'm more than happy with the results for streaming via wifi alone and hope to try via downloaded 720 with the wifi off tomorrow for a full charge with the same footage if I can for which I'd expect an offline test to last longer still, maybe in the region of 6 hours+.

Has anyone found any gel/rubber cases for this, I want to give it to my kids for xmas, but lack of cases is a major worry, need to return it this weekend if not. No point keeping it if it will get destroyed quickly

Anyone got a view on how sturdy it is? Bash proof?

More testing results today on this tablet as the bad weather kept me at home all day.

After the last test I timed the charge time which took 2 hours 45mins from completely flat to fully charged. Not to bad but a little slow these days I thought for an 8inch screen tablet. But hay, what I know about charging times is nothing, just an opinion.

Right, I've done an offline video playing test today. I did not use the intended same 720 hd footage as yesterdays online streaming test as I intended for reasons I probably don't need to go into. But I instead used a dvd quality rip of the daughters Toy Story dvd instead as I had that to hand. But I will possibly still do a hd offline streaming test as part of a further different test next week.

But today's offline (wifi switched off) video streaming test with a dvd quality video rip seemed to be heading for expected results based on yesterdays test of between 5 1/2 hours and 6 hours. And to be honest the rate and steady pace at which the charge seemed to be dropping first indicated the battery would be totally flat within 5 hours 45 mins usage which by 6% charge remaining still gave this indication.

Then by 4% remaining something strange strange seemed to happen that was totally unexpected and defied logic of sorts. By 2% charge remaining I had been looping the video for 5 hours 45 minutes and had only dropped 2% of the charge in about 20 minutes. I then fully expected the battery to die within several minutes at the very most which I feel would be impressive for playing video on a 7 hour lasting battery charge on a rather budget tablet.

But no, it kept going and going past the 6 hours at the very most I'd have ever have expected the battery to last playing video. By the time the charge dropped to 1% it had been playing video non stop, screen constantly on, 45% brightness for 6 hours 10 minutes. Sounds quote impressive eh?. But wait, that last 1% kept going and going and going totally defying what you would expect out of the last seemingly remaining 1% or so of battery charge. Past 6 hours 20 mins, past 6 hours 30 mins!, buy the time the battery died and the tablet shut down that last 1% seemed to have lasted a good 45 minutes and the total time the video ran for was an amazing 6 hours 55 minutes on constant offline video playing. Near enough the full 7 hours battery life per charge the manufacturer claims it can last for.

That's pretty much a full hour more than most of the test indicated I would ever likely get at the most. These results will probably mean another similar test will be required to verfy this 1 as being accurate than an unlikely fluke.

Have those who used the £20 discount code IPADTAB20 also qualified for the VAT back offer, which I understand only applies when full price has been paid?

got to wait 21 days but im hoping it works

Hoping the VAT back works as i was overcharged at first then the stupid guy refunded the whole bundle and re-priced it correctly so hope lenovo are fine with it.
Also a serious question to you guys who already have it regarding the battery is that I've noticed once the battery goes below 15% after a minute or two a warning shows up and the battery DROPS to 0%!!!! Its so so so annoying!!! Hope someone has something to say about this if not this thing is going back for sure! Anyone else had this problem?

With the vat back offer I don't know about others but my receipt states "coupon" for the £20 off than states any kind of offer. So I fail to see anything on the receipt that Lenovo can use to refuse the vat back?. "Coupon" I assume could also mean as part payment a gift voucher, a gift card or 1 of the several high street vouchers you can use in such stores.

Hmmmm... it's a slight concern with that, thinking about it. I'm hoping in the last 2% of battery, we're not completely depleting the battery, as that will damage it in the long run. My first thought was that it would give users more of an urgency to charge if the battery reports to be running low, and if it is the case rather than depleting the LI cells, then it's rather clever.

Time will tell.

The thing is, at what point of that last 15% should the charger be plugged in?. When testing on Friday I got about 4 or 5 warnings about the battery level once it reached below 15% that I noticed. But I never thought that letting it totally die could damage the battery in the long term?. But in saying that barring a handful of tests I doubt I ever will be letting the battery totally drain down to many times.

But the notice I got before the battery did die when testing on Friday was something about the battery was now empty and the tablet will now shut down. And if fact rather that simply just going off due to lack of charge the tablet auto shuts itself down in the correct manor as if I physically shut the tablet down myself. So possibly still a slight charge to protect the battery even when there is an auto shut down due to an empty charge?.

I just installed a newly released update (build number TABS8-50F_S000164_141103_ROW) and it appears the DPI scaling setting has been changed. Fonts and icons are much bigger and easier to read. Has anyone else noticed this?

Yep, the update does seem to have upped the font size\scaling a little. And you can also pinch and zoom in which I may be wrong in recalling you could not pinch and zoom before this update?.

ANOTHER problem I've recently started to notice is that the brightness keeps fluctuating stupidly! Even simple stuff like opening a new tab or tapping to type and the keyboard shows up or even scrolling through a webpage the brightness goes up and down its SO annoying! Anyone else noticed it? Thanks.

Just came across these figures comparing the LG G Pad 8.3 and Lenovo S8 50:

http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/mobile/Lenovo+Tab+S8-50/review
http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/mobile/LG+G+Pad+8.3/review

I know it is only one benchmark but it seems the Lenovo S8 50 is quite a bit better than the LG G Pad 8.3.

Wish it could be bought somewhere other than Currys/PCWorld to introduce some competition.

thanks, but that's the inferior A8, not the S8. I had the same email.

Better put my glasses on next time....

Based on the spec of this against other cheaper tablets, I have some doubts even if available elsewhere there would be more than a £10 price difference as such.

Anyone tried the cashback yet? Its been 20 days?

Has anyone who installed the latest update noticed any improvements in battery life? Really like the tablet but thinking of returning it due to getting 3-4 hours screen time using mainly chrome and facebook which isn't really enough for me. Updated it last night and hoping there's an improvement cos I'd like to keep it.

Am using it atm and early signs are positive, though I am at minimum brightness. It seems to have stopped losing charge quickly with the screen off and wifi on though which is helpful.

Ok I just hit 50% with 3 hours 19 minutes of screen time. That's more like it!

Hey guys, not an android person at all! How do I get this new update everyone is referring to? Thanks.

I also thought there was a little improvement in battery life after the update for general surfing and lighter gaming. Time to run some further tests maybe? lol. But in saying that, in the past for general usage, surfing & lighter gaming the battery life did seem somewhat erratic. Maybe core and memory related?.

Thanks mate

Anyone else found a little strange that when you watch a youtube video it doesn't give you an option to change the quality to 1080p? It seems to be capped at 720p for some reason!

I noticed with the new update that bluetooth keeps turning itself on periodically. Anyone else experiencing this?

Same happened to me with the latest update. I really don't like the appearance with big icons... Anyone know how to root so we can change the DPI settings in build.properties?

I didn't mind the scaling before although some text and menu elements were tiny. I think the update has improved usability and most importantly battery life, as before it I thought the battery life was pretty dire which compromised the whole package. It does seem to have resulted in the OS not really taking full advantage of the high resolution screen and some elements like the copy and paste menu do look horrendous.

I'm hoping Lollipop does come relatively soon and brings all this together and we'll have a nice little bargain here but failing that root and custom roms could unleash it's full potential. It still doesn't seem to have come out in many places or even have many reviews yet.

Well I'm lodging my vat back claim tomorrow as its now been 21 days today I bought but want to give it that extra day just to be sure they don't try to claim its the day after that counts as day 1 as it was later in the afternoon I bought. Yeah, I know it shouldn't make any difference the time of day bought but just piece of mind so they can't reject the claim on any such basis. Will be well chuffed if I and the rest of us get the vat back as it will make this tablet a even greater bargain and buy.

By the way, still no problems with the brightness for me and always seems fine. But I have set my brightness level to about 45% so might not notice any issue as much anyway. But also hoping Lenovo are working on and getting the Lollipop update ready for this tab.

Good News: Root is available http://lenovo-forums.ru/topic/9671-lenovo-s8-50-tablet-root-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0/


you'll need google translate, and you need to register to download the files

root works great and very easy thanx axgod2

there is a twrp recovery on the Russian site but i have had no luck installing that yet

theres a custom rom here http://lenovo-forums.ru/topic/9941-lenovo-s8-50lc-tablet-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0-life-v01/

but until i get twrp for my stock backup im not flashing custom rom
but it says the rom will flash without twrp?

Am I right i saying that if we root, we won't be able to recieve the updates anymore? How would you restore the firmware if you wanted to remove root?

Ok more boring testing news, running tests again after the recent update to see if anything has changed battery charge life wise. Well not really any noted changes video playback yet except I wanted to redo some offline video streaming testing after last weeks offline test gave what I feel to be an amazing constant 6 hour 55 minutes odd of offline video streaming from a stated up to 7 hours per charge manufacturer claim.

Same offline conditions this time, just above 50% volume and about 45% brightness. But this time I used a 720 hd film file. Last weeks offline test was only a dvd quality 750mb file, but this file was a 1500mb 720 hd file. I knew I'd be highly unlikely to get anything like the same timed result as I was playing a file double the size of last weeks test and of a higher resolution to. But despite that I still managed a decent constant 6 hours 20 minutes of offline 720 hd viewing before the battery level shut the tablet down.

Loved this tablet, great screen and so easy to hold. Had to return as it really struggled with playing TV content downloaded to watch offline. Think the iplayer app and 4OD apps are not 100% compatible as content would play then stutter and freeze before crashing the app...not great when you travel a lot and want stuff to watch. Also started to have a few battery issues where would take forever to reach 100% charge then suddenly plummet to zero and switch itself off... hopefully they can iron out the gremlins as it deserves to do well... If anyone is interested in a leather flip case (magnetic close and auto off) plus 5 remaining screen savers for an S8 then will be happy to sell them on... looks like I may go the Samsung route where there are enough out in circulation that the apps are all fully up and working.

Hi all. Has anyone tried claiming the vat from a currys Delivery. You have to use the parcel recipt but it has no price or vat element on it. It says you can't use email confirmations. Anyone tried it?

In your email from currys there should be a pdf of you full order. It is exactly the same as you would get from the store. I would print it out then scan it in for the confirmation

If you want to quick fix for the latest screwed up update they pushed to change the resolution similar to 960 by 460, follow the below instructions:

1. Root the tablet as per the provided link in Post #547

2. Download Root Explorer here

3. Open up Root Explorer, navigate to system-> open build.prop -> go down to where it says ro.sf.lcd_density="Number here prob 320" and change the number to 240 -> click save and reboot.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for anything that goes wrong with your tablet, ensure to only change the field specified in the build.prop otherwise you risk boot looping.

Rooted mine using the method above and set the lcd density to 160 but this caused a boot loop.

Restored mine back to and earlier version of the rom, re-rooted and this time set the lcd density to 240, this time no boot loop and the display is back to how it was before the last update. Hopefully they will have a lollipop update soon.

If anyone else runs into the same problems, details for downloading a recovery image can be found in the link below..

Recovery Details

Submitted my 2 claims. Had to do it on the £129.99. It had better work

I purchased mine the Saturday after I seen on here. V good bit of kit. Only issue is angry birds transformers has died twice, no restar. I think thats the game though...

Almost forgot to claim mine too but just remembered when someone asked me how to claim the VAT back today.

Is anyone got thiers working with a ps3 controller though OTG? having trouble with mine...

cashback validated :smiley: 5 days for payment

To claim mine.. I had to select ireland as country as UK didnt show up. I was on the english site too. Very odd. Should get VAT back anyway. Ive rooted the tablet to get rid of the bloatware.

Only just got around to doing my own vat claimback submission after 5 days of trying and getting distracted with other matters lol.

Anyway, are others only claiming from the £129.99 or £149.99?. I claimed from just the £129.99 as I noted mention in the detail of excluding other items not part of the item or promotion and feel they might use that to reject the entire claim if I tried on the full £149.99 and leave me unable to resubmit the claim to reflect the paid price than asking price. Not worth the risk for a few extra quid.

Just got 2 validations. Bought in store. Uploaded pictures of the receipts and claimed £129.99. No worth risking for £149.99.

Its now only £129.99 in store no code needed.

I did the same and nothing yet but it does say it can take 7 working days.

does anyone else have problems playing play movies on these? the free gravity movie just comes up with a black screen and just sound.seems to stutter as well if notifications are coming down.

Someone help me here.. today i noticed that its not showing me 'recent apps' when the button next to home button is pressed. Is this just a issue within the settings or genuinely a glitch/software problem?
Ps: the apps are actually open but wont show as i tried it with twitch and the stream was on as soon as i reopened the app. Thanks.

not sure google play videos work with another player as they are DRMd. I use mx player with bubble pnp ok on mkvs ok.

it is only google play videos that seem affected you cant use another app to view google play videos. google gave away gravity and shaun the sheep recently.

Got confirmation that my cashback will be paid and hasn't even been 7 days yet!

My receipt showed that I got the Curry's discount so this didn't cause any issue with regards Lenovo paying the cashback.

Smoooth and painless. Well done Lenovo

In case it helps others:
Timeline for my Lenovo A8-50 cashback claim.
Submitted on 14th Oct, got Claim Received email straight away,
Got Claim Validated email on 20th Oct,
Payment received in Bank on 14th Nov from OPIA Ltd.

I'm now on the 6th working day since I received the email notification for the vat claim and nothing as of yet. Seeing as the email last week said upto 7 working days to validate the claim I should now hear no later than Monday seeing as that's the 7th working day.

Any others had there vat back claim validated yet and how long has it took to receive the validation email?.

Same here, online purchase. Submitted on the 23rd, validated on the 27th

Submitted mine on the 25th still not heard a thing :disappointed:

Submitted mine on the 24th and got the validation email on the 27th.

Funny how some get the follow up validation email in a few days, others close to the 7 working days and some still waiting. I'm certainly going to chase up my claim on Tuesday if IT don't get a validation email on Monday.

Finally got an email from them

Your Lenovo VAT cashback claim has now been validated. You will receive your cashback payment within 28 working days of receipt of this email. Please allow up to an additional 5 business days for bank transfer processing.

wow takes up to a month for them to pay you..

For a reason Lenovo keep rejecting my supplied invoices. They rejected my email order confirmation as receipt. Then I sent the delivery note (not showing the amount paid on it though) but still they say unacceptable document! As a last resort I extracted the order detail from my online account, hope they accept it. Has anybody else had this issue with them?

Tbh. Lenovo on their website say they don't accept email confs. And the Delivery Note did not have any cost info on it. I went into currys and got them to print off a reciept. Others emailed currys for one. It was it was a bit of a palava!

Currys sent you the full receipt as a pdf when you placed the order. The pdf was given as an attachment in your email confirmation from currys. It has your name, address, reciept number, your payment and vat.
Hope this helps as they did accept my pdf receipt

am i doing something wrong with this cashback claim? i bought 2/11 and when i follow the claim links it gives me 4 tablet options
20BN002DUK
20BN001RUK
20BN002QUK
20BN002SUK
none of these numbers can be found anywhere i look?
any tips?

yep i was using the wrong page :disappointed:
all sorted now, didnt know there was a winter one, i was using a generic one i guess
thanks for that :smiley:

I got mine validated and accepted last Saturday in the end so pretty much just within there stated time limit. Like others also a stated long up to a 4-5 week wait for the actual payment!. Seems a little crazy to me to take 4 weeks to make payment then 5 days for the transfer to show!. Thought account to account transfers were instant pretty much?.

I guess we will all get the vat refund more to the end of those 5 weeks than the more reasonable 1-2 week wait. Still, an extra what, £20 back?, for this £130 tab will sure make it an even better buy.

By the way, any news on the Lollipop update yet for this tab?.

Guys, I can't find the online receipt anywhere, all I've got is a returns t&cs attached as a PDF. Will the email order acknowledgement be accepted?

Not sure where lollipop is? but there is a new update to fix system stability.

Guys, I can't find the online receipt anywhere, all I've got is a returns t&cs attached as a PDF. Will the email order acknowledgement be accepted?

Damn! I must've deleted that email, can't find it anywhere!! Anyone else had the same problem?

New system update available today

What's in the new update?

Happy days :smiley:

Anyone actually received their cashback yet in their accounts?

28 working days from the 27th Nov for me, still a bit of a wait

The new update to help with stability has made my unit have random reboots :disappointed: never had a problem before..

Fair do, this tab has had what, 3 updates since released?. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing, perhaps getting ready for lollipop in small stages?. Compared to that my partners month older Lenovo A10 has had no update in the time she has had that which is a month longer than this thread is old.

got my cashback. £25

Just a question for you guys, im starting to notice my tab doesnt keep charge for very long 1-2 hours and when it gets to 20% it drops to 0% straight away. Also when i put it to charge it charges slowly at first then jumps from 40-50% to 99% in an instant. Anyone else had this problem?

Yes loads have in this post. I have too after just going giving 2 to my sons. I have reduced brightness and done a software update. Will also download a battery App to manage usage. Waiting to evaluate after a couple of charges.
Had: it too long to return it

You've not had it too long if it's faulty. I'd say keep them at least until the (hopeful) lollipop upgrade and if it doesn't improve you can return it within 6 months as faulty where the onus is on them to prove it wasn't an inherent fault.

I went in on the 23rd to exchange it and they said as I had it over 30 days they could only send it to be repaired on a 28 day turnaround. Not the thing to do on the 23rd Dec eh. I did test it when I got it briefly!, but I was setting it up prior to wrapping.

I have to say Currys customer service is rubbish

Any advice please

I have got 2 battery on, but not changed the default settings except adding the screen filter, reduced brightness and installed latest software update, and but I used up 48% of battery in 1hr45 of you tube streaming, does that sound low? What else can I do?
Thanks

hi, I find that the info displayed for the battery life is not very good. It is not linear. I find that I can get over 5 hours of streaming hd video. I also find that the last 10% lasts very long. I do tend to keep it on charge every night and it has never run out of power yet. I am not sure if it is software, hardware or just the charger unit but the charging graph seems to be differing rates at different times. I have no real problems with it as I keep it well charged.
Hope this helps.

Thanks, the kids tried again and got similar usage. I will leave it to play constantly one night from full charge and see how it goes.

Cashback through on my 2 @£21.67

Had an interesting chat with Currys, this product has now been discontinued

That is interesting, actually have to return mine tomorrow as the screen has been having issues for some time - fading stripes that go across the screen depending on how it is rotated (as I am after 30 days looks like I will have a first experience of the dreaded Currys PC World customer service).

rolstherat, could you possibly share what Currys told you?

They offered a refund or replacement on one as the battery was not lasting long at all, I bought 2 for my kids for xmas. Then they said that there were non left in the country and they were unlikely to be getting any more in as they have been marked for discontinuation. But they said this was not uncommon as lines can change up to 4 times in a rolling year.

I went away with ideas on how to test it further with plan to take it back, but was able to order another from them online, so I can definitely get a refund now and have a replacement.

Thats about it really

Hi Mate

Do you use headphones, do you think that could be making a big difference on battery life?

Cheers

hi, I do use headphones but I didn't find much difference in battery usage. The rate of discharge seems fairly constant it just seems to be the indication of the battery that is a bit variable.

Getting confused with usage. Tested them, both side by side, 4 1/2 hrs youtube streaming, so OK. Then half the battery went on a BBC game app not using wifi in 1 hr??

Got my cash back today :smiley:

May be nothing, but like a couple of others ive now also noticed a drop in battery charge\usage in the last week and its becoming more notable. With just a couple of light games (Hay Day & Coin Dozer) and half hour of surfing ive gone from a full charge to 66% in less than 1 hour. Still not done the most recent update yet, will do that and run a couple of new video tests for battery charge times compared to my original and take it from there. Also im noticing 1 side (battery side or graphics chip side?) of the screen can get hot to the touch which is also concerning, but will keep an eye on things over the next few days.

As for returning it for a refund after 30 days, think its pretty much **** for currys to say no refund has to be a manufacturer repair outside of 30 days. Sales contract is between customer and retailer and NOT the manufacturer and therefore NOT a manufacturer issue to deal with via the retailer after 30 days but 100% a retailer issue for at least 12 months. I love pointing these things and the sales of goods act to companies etc when store staff try to blag refusing a refund or replacement over a refund. Pretty sure on a faulty\failing item (even after 30 days) that cant be replaced that even a store credit not can be refused.

21 days for Currys actually. After sales customer service is not their strong point. Or prices. Or expertise.

I have been really concerned about the battery life, 2hrs on some apps, 4 hrs streaming over wifi, having tested it on a number of occasions

Now I know you get what you pay for and these are seen a great value for the spec not that I know much about tht sort of thing. But I did not find out the battery strength, whch looks quite poor.

I sppek with Lenovo and they said that 2hrs was reasonable for an entry level tablet. I think its a case can you live with it like that. Not sure teh scope for a refund, but the product now seems discontinued.

Can anyone advise on the best settings to use in the 2 battery App please?

Not to sure on the 2 battery app myself as ive more left it on the default settings myself. But my screen brightness is set to about 45%. Sounds very odd if Lenovo have said 2 hours battery life per charge is acceptable for an entry level tablet. On face value this tablet is a couple of levels above an entry level tablet. Argos Bush tablets are entry level and claim 4 1/2 hours battery life, and probably give at least 3 hours+ for general usage. This tablet is somewhat above entry level and claims a 6 hour battery life so should give about 4 hours general usage per charge minimum easy I'd say.

My previous tests in the early days with video playing gave 5 1/2 hours to 5 hours 50 minutes playing 720 hd video with wi-fi switched off. So if that has now dropped by any notable level after less than 2 1/2 months then it sure does indicate a batery issue. But some early issues I had indicated 1 problem with mine MAY have been connected more to the wi-fi and connected running in the background apps etc draining the battery may have been the cause than the battery itself.

Problem is at what point can you claim a failing and faulty product against the original lasting charge against manufacturer usage claims?. Currys would no doubt claim "so what, 2 hours is reasonable". But against a claimed 6 hours per charge and if a person has noted a drop in battery charge by as much as 50% in less than 2 1/2 months usage?. A gray area, but I wander how the sales of goods act applies when a product technically still works but gives more like 1/3 of the claimed battery charge and you report a failing battery issue?.

But going to run an offline video test to so on my tablet at least.

Offline video test has given me 5 hour 50 mins of constant 720p video playing, so zero change in battery life sinse Octobet when using offline for video viewing at least despite online usage giving a reduced battery life in the last week or so . So whilst I've had similar issues as some with battery life, in my case at least, the issue may well not be directly to do with the battery itself or soley the battery but more other factors, probably related to the wi-fi in 1 way or another.

Maybe people could switch the wifi off and see how that affects battery life using apps and games not needing the wifi?. Or go to settings and apps and force stop all the games and apps that whilst you close still seem to remain open in the background!. As often these games and apps are probably still connected to the internet and sending tablet info and data from your tablet to the game and app developers. What, you never realised that most games and apps require you to allow the developers full access to most things on your tablet as a condition of download?. That could certainly affect battery life if such games and apps are connection junkies chatting with developers etc, but by no means certain of cause.

Heat issues for me again, the top part of the tablet (the Lenovo logo end) continues to often get rather hot which I'm sure it never used to?.

By poor app usage battery life was while wifi was off as it was when the kids were in the car. Closing apps does seem a problem as they seem to be on in the background, but persuading the kids to force stop is not so easy

I bought a genuine Lenovo folio case for mine. The site I bought it from had all the colours that the tablet came in. At under 20 quid posted, was a bit of a bargain. Nice rubberised inner that holds the tablet at differing angles and it also has wake and sleep when opened or closed, even came with a screen protector. Bought it from http://www.alzashop.com/ and arrived in a few days.
Love my tablet and does what I wanted it to do with ease. Just waiting for my cash back and I'll be a happy bunny having only paid £107 for it, bargain.

I bought these cases off ebay for £5.93 each for the kids, I think they are great as they protect the edges of the screen

Bought it from Amazon US for c £15 delivered.

That was a good price, though at even 20 quid It's worth getting one IMO

can anyone confirm if their vat was paid in using the name 'opia' as ive had 21 odd £ put into my bank and im assuming its the vat back

Yeah, that's it.

I got confirmation at last. Waited 8 days and had to send e-mail to wake them up. That did the trick and 3 days later got my e-mail to confirm. Probably having to deal with all the claims that are now coming in from just before Christmas.

I received only £17.50.

£21.67 here mate, wonder why it would be different?

Hmm, My tablet died after around 2 weeks, Currys replaced tablet straight a way but they gave me as a free gift some broadband starter worth £29.95. So my receipt look like:
tablet £149.99
strarter £29.99
discount -45.00
overal: £129.98
returned tablet -£129.99
refund £0.01
£17.50 is VAT from amount £104.98. So they deducted starter price :disappointed:

Hello just recieved mine. £21.67 -Happy

Has this got a flash? the back picture looks like it has ?

yes it has and it works fairly well

Has anyone ever tried getting the screen repaired, my son just dropped it. Market stall quoted me £55 as its apparently a full screen replacement

yeah did it myself last month ...buy the LCD and digitizer as one piece and it's not that difficult. best price for LCD+digitizer assembly is on aliexpress

Thanks for the info. They are about 50$ to buy. How easy to fit?