Posted 26 December 2023

12.7" Lenovo Tablet from AliExpress (China) help

Received my 12.7" Lenovo tablet, very impressed with it, followed the video on how to set it up to UK settings and all works well, however I have a couple of niggles that someone here may be able to help with.

Still have some things coming through in Chinese such as the popular searches area on the second page when you scroll on the tablet, this is all in Chinese also the bottom text on the logos in Netflix.

Any help appreciated.
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  1. one_eight_seven's avatar
    Which tablet is it exactly?

    Sounds like its an Android based tablet but does it have a custom UI over the top of it? If so, which one?

    Were Google apps already installed or did the seller or you have to install it?

    Searching in what exactly? Is there universal search or within a browser, in a widget placed on the home page?
    nwressell's avatar
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    It's the Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad Pro 12.7 8GB/256GB Snapdragon 870 144Hz screen Android 13 Tablet.

    The software is ZUI 15.0.490.

    I had to install Google app store and apps.

    Google search and everything else is fine it's just a widget that comes up when you scroll up on the tablet has popular searches and that's in Chinese
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  3. Willy_Wonka's avatar
    In all seriousness I think it is a google chrome setting. So you would need to set up your account & change options.

    The way you can check this is download firefox browser from play store & see if you get the same results on that.
    nwressell's avatar
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    It's not a Google setting I've look into all that
  4. Uridium's avatar
    Sounds like something that's baked into the launcher.
    Install and use a different launcher.
    nwressell's avatar
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    How do I do this ?
  5. Uridium's avatar
    Install from Google Playstore like any other app. When asked if you want to set as default launcher choose yes. Sometimes an option in the device settings to choose default launcher.

    Nova launcher
    Lawnchair
    Microsoft launcher

    Are all pretty popular.

    hotukdeals.com/dea…443 (edited)
    nwressell's avatar
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    Thanks for this that seemed to sort the issue bar the Netflix Chinese text under the icons. I've tried Microsoft and Nova, will play with both and see which I prefer. Thanks again
  6. C0mm0d0re_K1d's avatar
    I have this tablet myself. You can't get rid of a couple of the Chinese apps. Did you set it to English on boot? It's actually American English, so the kb layout etc are US.

    Did you change the UI navigation in settings to virtual key or leave it on gesture?

    Did you install all the Google stuff correctly?
    nwressell's avatar
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    Yes I set the English on boot or at least think I did. UI navigation I will need to double check. When you say installed Google stuff correctly what do you mean? I followed the video posted on HUKD on how to setup and installed Google app store via the app and all other apps (Disney+ etc) are fine
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