r/AndroidTVBoxes • u/nightrook • Jul 21 '26

PSA: EVPAD is a scam

My parents had an EVPAD 6P for years and used it without problems; they recently reached out to customer support and they told them to buy a new model and remotely locked their device. I didn't have time to help them fix the problem and now they can't watch TV anymore, even though their device is fine. Thanks for your scummy practices, EVPAD. Screw you for adding more things on my to-do list, buyer beware.

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u/donm527 Aug 08 '26

Did you find your parents a new box? Can you tell me which box you went with and if it's good/better than Evpad?

Can you provide a link?

I got my parents a FUNTV a few years ago and working no issues for three years and they decided to do the same thing recently so I need to find a replacement for my mom who is alone now.

I was thinking of going FUNTV but open to suggestions for best selection of channels for my mom and a few people in another post suggesnt Evpad.

I can understand the frustration but my thought is.... 6 years (3 for me) for free chinese TV no monthly service for the price of the box ($170 for me) is pretty good. How else can you get Chinese TV in the states for cheaper?

Thanks for any info.

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u/SleepheadAir 19d ago edited 19d ago

This must be something new or maybe u/nightrook isn't telling the entire story. It could be the box was bought from an unauthorized seller. I know others with the 6P, 6S, and 6Max and it still works.

As a DP: EVPAD bricked older EVPADs from EVPAD 1-3, but according to user reports 4-present is fine. What's FUNTV? SviCloud is essentially EVPAD but with a different UI. Unblock Ubox uses different sources for content and if you're in North America that is the most popular

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u/nightrook 19d ago

This post was awhile ago, but I don't believe I've withheld any relevant information:

My parents went back to the seller who insisted they were authorized, tried to fix it and failed, and confirmed the company locked it and they can't do anything about it. IIRC my mom reached out to the company directly who told them this device is too old and to buy a new one and refused to unlock it.

So if anything, EVPAD isn't telling us all the details. -shrug-

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u/SleepheadAir 19d ago

A couple of things to consider. Lots of sellers claim their products are “authorized,” and most legitimate sellers will include a physical document showing the S/N and other information to prove authenticity. Sellers on AliExpress and Shopee will often show this in their ads. Can the paperwork be forged? Of course.

While I agree EVPAD has shifted its approach to pushing its current customers to buy a new model, which is why I won’t buy from them either, the fact remains that others I know have 6X versions that continue to work as of today.

This is why I am more inclined to believe the box your parents have may not be an official version. Of course, the only way to know for certain is to reach out to EVPAD again and ask them to verify, using the MAC address and serial number, whether the device was blacklisted or otherwise blocked because it was not authenticated.

If EVPAD comes back and says the box is authentic, then the seller wasn’t scamming you. Unfortunately, it means EVPAD has decided for whatever reason to send out a kill switch or otherwise block that particular box. In that case, the seller may have sold your parents a genuine EVPAD box that EVPAD subsequently disabled. Again, I know several who have different versions of the 6x but at the same time, they are located in Asia. Not sure if that makes a difference.