A review of the BigMe B6, an Android colour eInk tablet

For quite some time, I have been keen to try an Android device with an eInk screen, particularly a colour one, but I had not found one at a price that I was willing to pay. I saw the BigMe B6 on AliExpress. It was £134.00, and seemed to meet my requirements - including a pocketable 6” screen, and a USB-C port - and I was willing to spend that to give it a try. It arrived quickly, and came with a nice folding case which holds the device magnetically, and turns the screen on and off when opening and closing it. Setting it up I had 88% charge when it arrived, so I was able to get on an use it straight away. Backing up all the partitions (except userdata) I used mtkclient to back up all the partitions on the device (except userdata), in case I needed to restore them. At this point, I was planning on rooting the BigMe B6, but ultimately I decided not to do so. I used python mtk-gui.py for this, using the “Read partitions” function. (I used “Select all partitions”, and also had “Dump GPT”…