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    Any firmware updates for the Q8-S at all?

    Just wondering if there are any available firmware updates for the Q8-S? I'm mainly hoping for support for Google's Widevine DRM so that I can watch my owned videos on it. It'd be nice if there was a fix for the poor wifi in my device too but I don't know if that's firmware specific or maybe...
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    Q8-S - Painfully slow WiFi

    Well I bought a couple of powerline adapters which has worked around the wifi issue. Now I just need to find a way to get Google Play Movies etc to work!
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    Q8-S - Painfully slow WiFi

    1) Tethering wasn't too bad... I was getting a 2-3mbps download 2) Changing channels doesn't seem to make a difference 3) With the aid of a long HDMI cable and stretching everything across the floor, I could just about make an ethernet cable reach and the speeds on that are great - same as the...
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    Q8-S - Painfully slow WiFi

    Unfortunately, no I don't, although like I say, I've had plenty of other devices working in the same place just fine. Although just to try it, I made sure all other devices were unplugged and out of the way and I've tried a longer HDMI cable than the one supplied so I could move it away from the...
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    Q8-S - Painfully slow WiFi

    I don't think it's my internet speed. As you'll see from the two screenshots, one is from my laptop and is nice and quick and the other is from the Droidbox and is virtually non-existent. Unfortunately I don't have an ethernet cable that will reach across the room, but I think there's something...
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    Q8-S - Painfully slow WiFi

    I received my first Droidbox a couple of days ago (the power supply then arrived today!). The device itself runs nice and quickly and looks a good piece of kit. However, I'm getting extremely poor wifi speeds. Is this common and is there a fix? I've got other devices on the wireless network with...