Hi! 
I didn't even try the sample code, I used UTFT from the beginning. UTouch, TinyFat and other Henning's libraries work well.
Also, the board is technically not a "clone", but a counterfeit. If it had something else printed than "Arduino", it would be legal.
It's illegal to make boards with text "Arduino", but legal without it. Freaduino, for example...