Hi Costello,
I'll get some photos set up tonight. As I said in my previous post, I don't know that they can tell an HK from a non-HK model any more unless they try and use it. The old methods to tell them apart ("pawed versus unpawed" and "HK serial number") are no longer trustworthy as there have been so many changes in the product's manufacturing. It's not even possible to tell by looking at the internals any more.
In this case, the Dingoo passes all the old tests (it is "pawed" and has a non-HK serial number) and internally it looks like one of the 'good' versions, however functionally I have determined it is undoubtedly an "HK" unit: It would not run any native/community apps other than those it came with; it would not run any emulators other than those it came with; the emulators it came with worked poorly, and attempting to flash a new firmware actually bricked it with a red 'unauthorized' screen. These are all symptoms of the "HK" units.
I was able to revive it this morning using an Unbricker that was created specifically for the HK units, and was able to replace the firmware and other apps with ones which were also made specifically to fix the HK units. From that point of view, it is now working perfectly and is fully functional. However, had I not been doing a lot of homework and research over the past week I'd have been stuck with an inferior product that bricked itself on the first day.
Again, I'm not blaming ShopTemp for this - it is an issue specific to Dingoos and the Dingoo community is fortunately working to remedy the matter.
Perhaps the best option would be for ShopTemp to include links somewhere (FAQ maybe) to the appropriate information / help threads. I'll post the links that helped me when I get home tonight.
-Atashi
P.s. Is it possible to edit the thread's title or subtitle? I got in a real bitchy mood last week, but now everything's all better and I wanted to change the title to be [resolved] or something but couldn't figure out how to do it.
