Caution!!! VU+ Solo2 clones

[kalpikos]

Re: Caution!!! VU+ Solo2 clones

These have been available since the beginning of november on all the popular chinese clone sites, they work with all images apart from as stated the latest Blackhole 2.0.8

That's true

Blackhole 2.0.8 includes the new drivers.
Almost all teams have already released new images that include the new update.

VTi V 6.0.4 ,openvix-3.0.806, openatv, OpenPLi-4.0, OpenPLi-3.0 etc

one more photo of a Vu+Solo2 clone showing the chip which on a genuine box does not exists:

[digicon]

Re: Caution!!! VU+ Solo2 clones

These have been available since the beginning of november on all the popular chinese clone sites, they work with all images apart from as stated the latest Blackhole 2.0.8

[kalpikos]

Re: Caution!!! VU+ Solo2 clones

How to recognize externally the clone receiver?

Unfortunatly there are no external signs for recognizing.

The only way to understand if a box is a clone or not is to flash it with one of the latest images after 16/12/2013.

[newten]

Re: Caution!!! VU+ Solo2 clones

How to recognize externally the clone receiver?

[Satphoenix]

Re: Caution!!! VU+ Solo2 clones

It was only a matter of time untill this clones appear.

Do you have concrete informations about price differences between original and clones?

[kalpikos]

I would like for you to pay attention and warn the members that are thinking of buying a VU+ Solo2 that the clones are already on sales and it’s very hard to recognize them.

They are sold as second hand mostly on eBay and the sellers also claim that they bought it a few weeks ago and don’t know how to use it.

Of course you can find them easily on famous China’s stores at very good prices.

As I said above, the differences between a clone and a genuine box are very difficult to find and until now there is only one known on the motherboard (a chip with the red arrow) as you can see in the following photos:

Upper side of motherboard



Down side of motherboard



My advice is to be careful from where you buy and who you trust, because in order to save some money you can easily make the mistake to buy a clone.


Additional Information:

The first clones are here and they were revealed due to a new update with Vu+ drivers from 16 december 2013.

The vu+ relesead this clone protection drivers in order to fight the piracy.
When a user try to flash his box with a new image after the end of the procedure starts a FPGA upgrade at first reboot.

If the vu+solo2 is genuine all is ok, but if it's a clone the user take an HW error.