[iliketowrap19]

Factory reset is the 1st step. If not, Joe likely knows how to access the android reset menu.

I did that still nothing.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Cant check

It's not likely to be a firmware fault, but as goodvibes suggests, try factory reset.
In your current situation,
1. power off.
2. hold volume up key and then power key together.
3. when android lying down shows up, hold power key and then volume up key together to access recovery menu.
4. Use volume keys to move cursor to Wipe data / factory reset and then press power button to select.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

I did that still nothing.

I will provide a link to the manual firmware download soon.

 

[iliketowrap19]

I will provide a link to the manual firmware download soon.

Thank you. By some fluke of luck, I randomly reset it after letting it sit for some time. It allowed touch access. I was able to do 5 firmware updates in a row. Dont think I ever did any in the 3+ years i owned this. So far, so good; everything seems to be working. I'll update in like 12 hours on my way to work.

Thanks again. But still please post the firmware file so I can keep it on my laptop just in case.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Thank you. By some fluke of luck, I randomly reset it after letting it sit for some time. It allowed touch access. I was able to do 5 firmware updates in a row. Dont think I ever did any in the 3+ years i owned this. So far, so good; everything seems to be working. I'll update in like 12 hours on my way to work.

Thanks again. But still please post the firmware file so I can keep it on my laptop just in case.

Here you go: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hxrlKTwc7xMh7mO9CPVylo6nOOFyFJb_?usp=share_link

 

[iliketowrap19]

Here you go: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hxrlKTwc7xMh7mO9CPVylo6nOOFyFJb_?usp=share_link

Thank you much appreciated

 

[Pewterlocks]

It looks like a hardware issue then. Sorry, you will lose money. Although this is outside warranty period, may be worth shooting an email to Hiby customer support, letting them know of this problem. May be you get lucky, never know, or if they can fix it for a small charge, you can at least sell it and move on.

Hey there. I got a R8 that won't charge it just shows the battery with a red bar across the bottom. No matter what I do, it's dead. Do I need to bury in a shallow grave. Hiby will not respond to anything. LOL

 

[sup27606]

Hey there. I got a R8 that won't charge it just shows the battery with a red bar across the bottom. No matter what I do, it's dead. Do I need to bury in a shallow grave. Hiby will not respond to anything. LOL

I think, before giving up it's worth a shot taking it to a local cellphone repair shop and ask them if the battery can be replaced with an aftermarket one. If iPhone and other phone batteries can be replaced, perhaps they can open up the unit and replace the battery.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Hey there. I got a R8 that won't charge it just shows the battery with a red bar across the bottom. No matter what I do, it's dead. Do I need to bury in a shallow grave. Hiby will not respond to anything. LOL

Hello, where did you message us, if it was with email what was your email address? (pm me)

 

[zappazappazappa]

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[Joe Bloggs]

A public service announcement regarding TIDAL on our devices

Currently, TIDAL (builds starting from 2.87.1 that included Max level FLACs) does not seem to be working properly for devices of Android version 10 or below.
I included my investigation results (how I arrived at this conclusion) here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/tidal-lossless-streaming.733233/page-340#post-17695132

One solution is for us to upgrade all our DAPs to 11 and up, but as some of you know, our ability to do update the Android version is pretty much tied to the SoC used and the SDK provided.

Another solution, since the app does allow installation on all our DAPs ranging down to Android 6, is for TIDAL to make use of the info given above to debug the app for older versions of Android, so that they will actually run properly on devices they would install on.

As of this writing, the last TIDAL version I tested that functioned properly, was 2.86.0 . I include a link to its installer here
https://d.apkpure.com/b/APK/com.aspiro.tidal?versionCode=1121

I will try to update here when this issue has been resolved.

Best regards,
Joe
HiBy Music

 

[mrhizzo]

A public service announcement regarding TIDAL on our devices

Currently, TIDAL (builds starting from 2.87.1 that included Max level FLACs) does not seem to be working properly for devices of Android version 10 or below.
I included my investigation results (how I arrived at this conclusion) here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/tidal-lossless-streaming.733233/page-340#post-17695132

One solution is for us to upgrade all our DAPs to 11 and up, but as some of you know, our ability to do update the Android version is pretty much tied to the SoC used and the SDK provided.

Another solution, since the app does allow installation on all our DAPs ranging down to Android 6, is for TIDAL to make use of the info given above to debug the app for older versions of Android, so that they will actually run properly on devices they would install on.

As of this writing, the last TIDAL version I tested that functioned properly, was 2.86.0 . I include a link to its installer here
https://d.apkpure.com/b/APK/com.aspiro.tidal?versionCode=1121

I will try to update here when this issue has been resolved.

Best regards,
Joe
HiBy Music

That's a very powerful and interesting message.

It would be very decent from Hiby's part to update VERY expensive and with still reasonable hardware, to the Android 11, like the Hiby R8 model.

 

[gibby]

One solution is for us to upgrade all our DAPs to 11 and up, but as some of you know, our ability to do update the Android version is pretty much tied to the SoC used and the SDK provided.

Trade in program?

 

[simpla]

Hi. Any news about a software update?

 

[Octavius]

The device is somehow obsolete, so there it will not be any updates.