Hi
I just purchased a new Lenovo ideapad A800 and now searching for a custom ROM for my new phone.I am also unable to ROOT my phone .SuperUser is also unable to give me root access.Need expert`s help
I need too.
Finally SuperOneClick Installed
neerajsain said:
Hi
I just purchased a new Lenovo ideapad A800 and now searching for a custom ROM for my new phone.I am also unable to ROOT my phone .SuperUser is also unable to give me root access.Need expert`s help
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cacofonix3 said:
I need too.
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:good:SuperOneClick did the trick.Finally i have rooted my Lenovo A800.
You can download Lenovo USB driver from Lenovo Russian Forums here
neerajsain said:
:good:SuperOneClick did the trick.Finally i have rooted my Lenovo A800.
You can download Lenovo USB driver from Lenovo Russian Forums here
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The problem is that I made factory reset and the phone doesn't responding now.
What is SuperOneClick?
cacofonix3 said:
The problem is that I made factory reset and the phone doesn't responding now.
What is SuperOneClick?
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Try to start with Volume Up key + Power Button.
And what ROM did you use?
cacofonix3 said:
And what ROM did you use?
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I tried this: http://lenovo-forums.ru/Files/OS/A800/A800_RUS_S107.ZIP
It is stable, have ROOT possibility, English and Russian language. In Chinese forums i saw the new one, but i cant download it.
cacofonix3 said:
And what ROM did you use?
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No ,i have`nt try any customize ROM.I just Rooted my phone with SuperOneClick.
If anyone is interested, on cacofonix3's request I have build an *experimental* and *untested* recovery and ROM for the A800 based on the P700i_ROW_S107
(the S107 hints it is probably pretty much the same as the Russian one mentioned above)
Warning:
- I do not have this phone, so I am not sure if it is a working ROM, I cannot test myself. It either works, or it does not.
- If you never done flashing before, don't try this, leave it to the experienced people to test first.
- Make sure you have the original ROM to go back to, like this one.
- Never flash preloader / uboot / mbr / ebr
- A800 has different partition table. Never use a scatter file for a different ROM.
Advise:
- First flash the recovery using the v3.1238 flash tool, and see if that works
- Put the ROM on the SD card
- Next boot into recovery and use that to flash the ROM.
- Also advised to wipe cache and data after flashing
- I do not have this phone, so I am not sure if it is a working ROM, I cannot test myself
Info:
The ROM is essentially the one described here, but with a800 kernel/modules/firmware and also a v0.01 marker to clearly indicate 'beta'.
The A800 is pretty similar as the P700i, except higher resolution, one button less, uses the MT6577T rather than MT6577, and I suspect uses the MT6628 rather than MT6620 radio subdie. As a result, when flashing this ROM, one of the following may happen:
- It does not work at all : solution flash factory ROM again
- GSM may not work : solution flash factory ROM again. OR: The GPS may work and also pick up Galileo...
- GPS/Wifi/BT may not work : we may work around this by swapping out some libraries. Or: The GPS may work and also pick up Galileo...
- Icons may appear smaller : should be OK, as it is a bigger schreen.
- 4th button is missing: Use buttonsavior as workaround for the recent apps button.
ROM and recovery can be downloaded here. Flash tool and USB driver from here
Ok, given that i receive no feedback, neither positive nor negative, but it is a rather untested and experimental ROM, I removed the download again.
cybermaus said:
Ok, given that i receive no feedback, neither positive nor negative, but it is a rather untested and experimental ROM, I removed the download again.
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Hi ,I want to take risk .but when i try "flash tool".I am unable to load scatter file.Could you please help.
neerajsain said:
Hi ,I want to take risk .but when i try "flash tool".I am unable to load scatter file.Could you please help.
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Getting SP flash tool error 8038.
You will have to show some screen shots to show exactly what you are doing, and where you get the error. Also, which version of the flash tool are you using.
Hey cybermaus,
I accidentally uninstalled all of apk in the internal storage of this phone, using wondershare mobile go, how can i reflash everything to stock settings? i can't install the settings.apk =(
or can i push settings.apk using root file manager?
ok i downloaded the stock rom
how can i flash it, can you provide me step by step please? :\
http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.nl/2012/05/mt6575-flashing-tutorial.html
thanks, i did installed usb_vcom_driver on mtk65*** preloader but how do i install flash tool drivers? there are missing dlls,another question i dumped the rom on sd card root using another phone, how can i access the recovery? can i just install the rom right away? im not rooted can i still do this?
chipseta said:
I tried this:
It is stable, have ROOT possibility, English and Russian language. In Chinese forums i saw the new one, but i cant download it.
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hey i wanna know how did you flash it ? cause there is no install from zip card in the recovery
Not sure what you mean with 'flash tool drivers': the VCOM drivers are the ones you need. Also I know nothing about missing DLL.
hey thanks cybermaus i did it! :laugh: just followed your blog, but the rom is so slow the i dowloaded the A800_RUS_S107, what other roms can i use?
I cant reinstall the official ROM, so then ROOT and then install cybermaus' ROM.
The factory ROM is dead. I can't see the apps, anything, only system settings. When I made a factory reset it says the following:
Factory Mode
Full Test
Item Test
Test Report
Clear eMMC
Version
Reboot
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Hey guys,
I purchased new " iball slide 3g 7334i" tablet (not iball slide 3g 7334). I need rooting procedure for this tablet. None of the following softwares worked : One click root, SRS root, Super one click etc. Tablet has android jellybean 4.1.2
Please provide a solution. I hope you people will help me
(By the way I know how rooting is done using software as i have rooted my micromax mobile last year so please don't assume that i haven't enabled debugging mode and unmounted my sd card while using above mentioned softwares
chipset?
zigmoid said:
Hey guys,
I purchased new " iball slide 3g 7334i" tablet (not iball slide 3g 7334). I need rooting procedure for this tablet. None of the following softwares worked : One click root, SRS root, Super one click etc. Tablet has android jellybean 4.1.2
Please provide a solution. I hope you people will help me
(By the way I know how rooting is done using software as i have rooted my micromax mobile last year so please don't assume that i haven't enabled debugging mode and unmounted my sd card while using above mentioned softwares
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Which Chipset does it have?
yourarjunjadeja said:
Which Chipset does it have?
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CPU h/w : MT6577
CPU Model : Dual core ARMv7 Processor(VFPv3,NEON)
CPU Frequency: 250.25 ~ 1001.0 MHz
Above specifications i have taken by using Antutu benchmark for my tablet
Use motochopper method. It works for multiple mediatek devices. :thumbup:
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And you could press the thanks button if I helped.
yourarjunjadeja said:
Use motochopper method. It works for multiple mediatek devices. :thumbup:
Sent from my GT-I9505G Samsung S4 Google Edition. Just Kidding!
And you could press the thanks button if I helped.
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Hey dude it didn't work. Motochopper was able to install only superuser but was unable to root. I wasn't able to give root access to root uninstaller so i verified using root verifier and it showed that device is not rooted.
I even tried MTK root toolkit which roots chinese phone of MT series but it also couldn't root my tabet. I have read that this tool kit currently doesn't support anything higher than jellybean 4.1.
Did you try using http://www.unlockroot.com/ ? It says here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43037172#post43037172 .
I can help, you will need to use SP Flash tool to pull your phones stock recovery and copy it to pc. Then you can either use MTK droid tools to unpack the stock recovery and repack it into a custom recovery that will allow you to flash a root.zip OR I can use android kitchen to repack the recovery for you.
Let me know which way you want to proceed, I can either help you do it or I can give you the directions to do it.
You can also try looking at my previous posts, specifically the post about the Z3Z6Z7 phone (MTK6575 processor), I found a Chinese root program that rooted my MTK6575 in like 30 secs, and this was after I ran every root method I could find and they all failed except the Chinese root method. Link to the post and download link is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43163569&postcount=7
Hope this helps! If you need any help or advice feel free to shoot me a PM. Good luck!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
Klown80 said:
I can help, you will need to use SP Flash tool to pull your phones stock recovery and copy it to pc. Then you can either use MTK droid tools to unpack the stock recovery and repack it into a custom recovery that will allow you to flash a root.zip OR I can use android kitchen to repack the recovery for you.
Let me know which way you want to proceed, I can either help you do it or I can give you the directions to do it.
You can also try looking at my previous posts, specifically the post about the Z3Z6Z7 phone (MTK6575 processor), I found a Chinese root program that rooted my MTK6575 in like 30 secs, and this was after I ran every root method I could find and they all failed except the Chinese root method.
Hope this helps! If you need any help or advice feel free to shoot me a PM. Good luck!
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Okay, so I have the iBall tablet and you sir are awesome. This worked like magic. I am root now. How do i now use the SP Flash tool to pull the stock recovery off the phone ?
someone. said:
Okay, so I have the iBall Slide 9782 tablet and you sir are awesome. This worked like magic. I am root now. How do i now use the SP Flash tool to pull the stock recovery off the phone ?
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***FIRST*** Very Important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Use MTK Droid Tools to make a backup of your stock rom, some of these MTK devices are very hard to find stock firmware for floating around on the net so it is better to be safe rather than sorry later, I would suggest making at least 3 back ups just to be sure you have them and BEFORE you start modifying the recovery or any other part of the system now that you are rooted. This back up made by MTK Droid Tools saved my butt on that Z3Z6Z7, if not for a back up I would have a soft bricked phone with no way to recover!
Ok, so the chinese root program worked for you? You will need to go back and download SuperSU from the Play Store to replace the chinese superuser app the program installs preferably.
Then for SP flash tool, what processor does your device have? The directions for pulling files from a MTK device varies with each platform, I.E. MT6515, MT6573, MT6575, MT6577, and MT6589 so I would need to know which processor you have to give you correct directions. Now that you are rooted you may not need the recovery unless you want it to perform a back up of your stock system, which you can also do with MTK DroidTools
Hope this helps, if so hit my thanks button please!
Klown80 said:
***FIRST*** Very Important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Use MTK Droid Tools to make a backup of your stock rom, some of these MTK devices are very hard to find stock firmware for floating around on the net so it is better to be safe rather than sorry later, I would suggest making at least 3 back ups just to be sure you have them and BEFORE you start modifying the recovery or any other part of the system now that you are rooted. This back up made by MTK Droid Tools saved my butt on that Z3Z6Z7, if not for a back up I would have a soft bricked phone with no way to recover!
Ok, so the chinese root program worked for you? You will need to go back and download SuperSU from the Play Store to replace the chinese superuser app the program installs preferably.
Then for SP flash tool, what processor does your device have? The directions for pulling files from a MTK device varies with each platform, I.E. MT6515, MT6573, MT6575, MT6577, and MT6589 so I would need to know which processor you have to give you correct directions. Now that you are rooted you may not need the recovery unless you want it to perform a back up of your stock system, which you can also do with MTK DroidTools
Hope this helps, if so hit my thanks button please!
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Yes, I will make the backups, only problem being i would need to read a lot more about it before i implement anything (now that i am root).
Yes, the chinese program worked. How do i replace the chinese app with supersu ? Just double tap supersu in that chinese menu ?
I have MT6577 as my processor..I think I will take the recovery I want to perform a backup of the stock system as well. Just in case..
You are too kind. thanks!
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Yes, I will make the backups, only problem being i would need to read a lot more about it before i implement anything (now that i am root).
Yes, the chinese program worked. How do i replace the chinese app with supersu ? Just double tap supersu in that chinese menu ?
I have MT6577 as my processor..I think I will take the recovery I want to perform a backup of the stock system as well. Just in case..
You are too kind. thanks!
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Making a back up with MTK Droid Tools backs up all parts of your stock system, it can also be flashed back to the phone with Sp Flashtool if ever need be.
If you need a hand making back ups I can help you either by giving directions or by having you download and install Teamviewer on your Pc, this will allow me to connect to your Pc and show you how to make back ups. It is pretty simple though, you would just need to connect phone to PC then run the MTK Droid Tools program, then the left side of programs box will populate with info about your phone and you will see at top of screen 2 tabs, one (Current tab) say Phone information, then the second says Root, backup, recovery. Select the second tab then click the big back up button, if the button is not lit up then you will need to click the root button at bottom right side of box to allow ADB shell su permissions to it can pull system files in the back up. (which also happens to contain your stock recovery so no need to use SP flash tool to get it :good: )
Also, have a look at this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825722
The great Master Shifu Yuweng has taught me very very much about these MT65XX devices and most of what I learned about MTK devices came from this thread, the rest from Master Yuweng directly! (Thanks again Yuweng!)
To change to SuperSU just go to Play Store (or Market depending on which is on the device, my MT6575 had Market then I opened it first time and it changed to Play) and search for and download SuperSU, then when it asks to install binary when you open SuperSU just say yes, then normal install, when the chinese superuser prompt up comes up hit the right button and you will then get prompts from the english SuperSU any future root requests from apps after that.
Hope this helps!
Klown80 said:
Making a back up with MTK Droid Tools backs up all parts of your stock system, it can also be flashed back to the phone with Sp Flashtool if ever need be.
If you need a hand making back ups I can help you either by giving directions or by having you download and install Teamviewer on your Pc, this will allow me to connect to your Pc and show you how to make back ups. It is pretty simple though, you would just need to connect phone to PC then run the MTK Droid Tools program, then the left side of programs box will populate with info about your phone and you will see at top of screen 2 tabs, one (Current tab) say Phone information, then the second says Root, backup, recovery. Select the second tab then click the big back up button, if the button is not lit up then you will need to click the root button at bottom right side of box to allow ADB shell su permissions to it can pull system files in the back up. (which also happens to contain your stock recovery so no need to use SP flash tool to get it :good: )
Also, have a look at this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825722
The great Master Shifu Yuweng has taught me very very much about these MT65XX devices and most of what I learned about MTK devices came from this thread, the rest from Master Yuweng directly! (Thanks again Yuweng!)
To change to SuperSU just go to Play Store (or Market depending on which is on the device, my MT6575 had Market then I opened it first time and it changed to Play) and search for and download SuperSU, then when it asks to install binary when you open SuperSU just say yes, then normal install, when the chinese superuser prompt up comes up hit the right button and you will then get prompts from the english SuperSU any future root requests from apps after that.
Hope this helps!
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Yes, I even found a youtube video for it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh3KfbbExzg
Okay, superSU works like a charm. Now I just need to make a few backups of the device and flash the backup once to confirm everything works.
Thank You
Thank you very very much for providing the link. Tablet got rooted within 30 sec.:good::angel:
Klown80 said:
I can help, you will need to use SP Flash tool to pull your phones stock recovery and copy it to pc. Then you can either use MTK droid tools to unpack the stock recovery and repack it into a custom recovery that will allow you to flash a root.zip OR I can use android kitchen to repack the recovery for you.
Let me know which way you want to proceed, I can either help you do it or I can give you the directions to do it.
You can also try looking at my previous posts, specifically the post about the Z3Z6Z7 phone (MTK6575 processor), I found a Chinese root program that rooted my MTK6575 in like 30 secs, and this was after I ran every root method I could find and they all failed except the Chinese root method. Link to the post and download link is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43163569&postcount=7
Hope this helps! If you need any help or advice feel free to shoot me a PM. Good luck!
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No problem guys, glad I could help! :good::good::good: IF either of you need help making a recovery that you can use to make back ups let me know. To use the flash tool to flash the back up back to the phone, you just need to connect the phone to pc with battery removed usually for most MT6577 devices after hitting download button in SP flash tool and the back up will be downloaded onto the device.
Hope this helps!
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No problem guys, glad I could help! :good::good::good: IF either of you need help making a recovery that you can use to make back ups let me know. To use the flash tool to flash the back up back to the phone, you just need to connect the phone to pc with battery removed usually for most MT6577 devices after hitting download button in SP flash tool and the back up will be downloaded onto the device.
Hope this helps!
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Okay! so a few doubts,
1. I have a tablet which I can't really open. So yeah. removing the battery is out.
2. My android recovery (factory-builtin) comes up when i press power+volume buttons and shows the option of updating from the sdcard. Can I use that for flashing instead of SP Flash ? (just copy contents to the SD card and update from there?)
someone. said:
Okay! so a few doubts,
1. I have a tablet which I can't really open. So yeah. removing the battery is out.
2. My android recovery (factory-builtin) comes up when i press power+volume buttons and shows the option of updating from the sdcard. Can I use that for flashing instead of SP Flash ? (just copy contents to the SD card and update from there?)
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No need to doubt me, I wont steer you wrong mate!
1) Lol, yes then in your case it is kind of hard to remove battery so skip that part.
2) as far as I know, you can not use stock recovery to flash the firmware file, you will need to use SP FlashTool or a custom recovery. Here are directions on how to use SP Flash Tool:
http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.com/2012/05/mt6575-flashing-tutorial.html
Then to get the SP Flash tool go here:
http://www.4shared.com/folder/Q_MYd0k_/MT65xx_Tools.html
If you need a password to access these files, The password to login is "bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.com" (No quotes). Have fun.
However when you make the back up with MTK Droid Tools it also makes a backup in zip format that is able to be flashed through recovery once you make your stock recovery into a custom one that will allow you to flash zip files that are not "officially" signed, the stock recovery will only allow signed zips to be flashed so you need to a custom recovery to flash your back up files to phone via recovery.
Good luck!
Klown80 said:
No need to doubt me, I wont steer you wrong mate!
1) Lol, yes then in your case it is kind of hard to remove battery so skip that part.
2) as far as I know, you can not use stock recovery to flash the firmware file, you will need to use SP FlashTool or a custom recovery. Here are directions on how to use SP Flash Tool:
http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.com/2012/05/mt6575-flashing-tutorial.html
Then to get the SP Flash tool go here:
http://www.4shared.com/folder/Q_MYd0k_/MT65xx_Tools.html
If you need a password to access these files, The password to login is "bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.com" (No quotes). Have fun.
However when you make the back up with MTK Droid Tools it also makes a backup in zip format that is able to be flashed through recovery once you make your stock recovery into a custom one that will allow you to flash zip files that are not "officially" signed, the stock recovery will only allow signed zips to be flashed so you need to a custom recovery to flash your back up files to phone via recovery.
Good luck!
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Okay! I understand perfectly! I am thinking of installing clockworkmod recovery. I think that would be best. Let me,check if its compatible and all that..
someone. said:
Okay! I understand perfectly! I am thinking of installing clockworkmod recovery. I think that would be best. Let me,check if its compatible and all that..
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You will need to make your own recovery, if you want to upload your stock recovery on here, I can unpack and repack for you to make it into a custom recovery, either CWM or TWRP based. If you are thinking of using Rom Manager to install a custom recovery I would not suggest doing that unless it specifically shows your devices model number in the list of devices before you try to flash it through Rom Manager...
Sure Man if i will need to make recovery/custom rom i would definitely give you trouble. Can you tell me
1. how can i upgrade to 4.2 jellybean as i don't see anything like windows cd or online update for android OS ? Even in 'about' info there is no option to update and on iball website no updates are available for jellybean 4.1.2 for my tablet ?
2. where are the wallpapers stored in tablet ?
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No problem guys, glad I could help! :good::good::good: IF either of you need help making a recovery that you can use to make back ups let me know. To use the flash tool to flash the back up back to the phone, you just need to connect the phone to pc with battery removed usually for most MT6577 devices after hitting download button in SP flash tool and the back up will be downloaded onto the device.
Hope this helps!
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Hey there all fellow XDA members, i have encountered a problem with my p780 8gb, i bought it from Malaysia in the beginning of the year,
this morning i woke up wondering why the alarm didnt go off and saw my phone stuck at the boot screen.
I didnt do anything but update the phone a week ago via the lenovo updater to kit kat, i rooted it in Jelly Bean but didnt do it yet when i updated to Kit Kat, ive tried resetting, clearing cache & it doesnt work, im not too sure what to do but i was thinking of going back to Jelly Bean, if anybody has links to a good rom that will work for me that will be really awesome.
Thank You ! :good:
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Hey there all fellow XDA members, i have encountered a problem with my p780 8gb, i bought it from Malaysia in the beginning of the year,
this morning i woke up wondering why the alarm didnt go off and saw my phone stuck at the boot screen.
I didnt do anything but update the phone a week ago via the lenovo updater to kit kat, i rooted it in Jelly Bean but didnt do it yet when i updated to Kit Kat, ive tried resetting, clearing cache & it doesnt work, im not too sure what to do but i was thinking of going back to Jelly Bean, if anybody has links to a good rom that will work for me that will be really awesome.
Thank You ! :good:
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Here you are. Try this from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/len...p780-row-s222-140817-flash-flashtool-t2861983
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Here you are. Try this from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/len...p780-row-s222-140817-flash-flashtool-t2861983
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Thank you Stympy ! is there possibly a guide to do all of this ? So basically you saying i must just reflash it with that rom ? Is that a customised rom with all the unused apps possibly ? Thank You !
AndroidLion said:
Thank you Stympy ! is there possibly a guide to do all of this ? So basically you saying i must just reflash it with that rom ? Is that a customised rom with all the unused apps possibly ? Thank You !
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Hi there. Flash the ROM for 8 GB. Do not flash that for 4 GB. Usit first. I have 4 GB ROM. Look in Development section.
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Hi there. Flash the ROM for 8 GB. Do not flash that for 4 GB. Usit first. I have 4 GB ROM. Look in Development section.
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Thank you man, im looking at this guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/help/aosp-based-kitkat-rom-lenovo-row-p780-t2850715 , do you think that should do the trick well and proper ? Regards : )
Just a little concerned cause im newb at flashing roms and all on Android, last thing i want to do is brick the phone.
Factory reset and no luck still doing the same thing..... : /
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Factory reset and no luck still doing the same thing..... : /
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there is no way to hard brick this kind of phone.
just try what i show you.
this is trusty.
Here is one example about how to..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/development/rom-lenovo-p780-pre-rooted-official-t2553725
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there is no way to hard brick this kind of phone.
just try what i show you.
this is trusty.
Here is one example about how to..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/development/rom-lenovo-p780-pre-rooted-official-t2553725
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Thanx Stympy,
So should i flash with the recovery menu or use the sp tool flash ? cause when i plug the phone in it detects but doesnt find the MT driver on windows, appreciate your help man, Regards.
AndroidLion said:
Thanx Stympy,
So should i flash with the recovery menu or use the sp tool flash ? cause when i plug the phone in it detects but doesnt find the MT driver on windows, appreciate your help man, Regards.
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Use SpflashTool.
Here are the drivers.
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Use SpflashTool.
Here are the drivers.
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Much appreciated once again ! I was looking for a guide to flash and i was wondering if this is a good guideline ? Anything im missing ? Thank you so much man !!!
Step by step guide to Flash stock rom:
1.If your phone is not already soft bricked, back up whatever you want. External SD card is fine. If your phone is soft-brick then say goodbye to your data and skip this step.
2. Uncompress all the files you downloaded from this thread into a directory where you can remember. Including the ROMs.
3.Shutdown your phone if its not in a bootloop. If it is skip this step.
4.Open "Device Manager" on your Windows PC.
5.Plug in your phone through the micro USB cable. A device will show up for a few seconds in "Device Manager". After that, it will disappear again!
6.Recognize the device tree where it appeared, and wait for it as you unplug and plug in your phone again (if bootloop, its automatic!)
7.Catch it with a right click as it appears! Then choose "Update Drivers" and pick the directory where you uncompressed the drivers you downloaded above. Its ok if after catching it the device disconnects. You only need to install the drivers now.
8.Assuming the drivers are correctly installed, run the Smart Phone Flash Tool.
9.Click on scatter-loading and choose the scatter file "MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt" of the ROM you want to flash.
10.Make sure the checkbox "DL DA All With Check Sum" is CHECKED
11.Click on "Firmware->Upgrade" button.
12.Plug in your powered down phone via the USB cable again. See it flash.
13.When a big green circle appears on the screen, your are done!
AndroidLion said:
Much appreciated once again ! I was looking for a guide to flash and i was wondering if this is a good guideline ? Anything im missing ? Thank you so much man !!!
Step by step guide to Flash stock rom:
1.If your phone is not already soft bricked, back up whatever you want. External SD card is fine. If your phone is soft-brick then say goodbye to your data and skip this step.
2. Uncompress all the files you downloaded from this thread into a directory where you can remember. Including the ROMs.
3.Shutdown your phone if its not in a bootloop. If it is skip this step.
4.Open "Device Manager" on your Windows PC.
5.Plug in your phone through the micro USB cable. A device will show up for a few seconds in "Device Manager". After that, it will disappear again!
6.Recognize the device tree where it appeared, and wait for it as you unplug and plug in your phone again (if bootloop, its automatic!)
7.Catch it with a right click as it appears! Then choose "Update Drivers" and pick the directory where you uncompressed the drivers you downloaded above. Its ok if after catching it the device disconnects. You only need to install the drivers now.
8.Assuming the drivers are correctly installed, run the Smart Phone Flash Tool.
9.Click on scatter-loading and choose the scatter file "MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt" of the ROM you want to flash.
10.Make sure the checkbox "DL DA All With Check Sum" is CHECKED
11.Click on "Firmware->Upgrade" button.
12.Plug in your powered down phone via the USB cable again. See it flash.
13.When a big green circle appears on the screen, your are done!
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The tutorial is good.
Good Luck.
stympy said:
The tutorial is good.
Good Luck.
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Downloading going a little slow but should be done in an hour or so, thanx again stympy, will let you know what happens. Regards
stympy said:
The tutorial is good.
Good Luck.
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Sorry about the excess of messages stympy, ive downloaded the files but when i enter flash tools it says i must download ? It has also said PMT changed for the rom ?
It works !!! Thank you man !!!
Hey there Stympy, could you possibly tell me, are there different modem drivers for the phone in the file i downloaded ? Cause my 1st sim that works on 3g at 900 mhz doesnt want to work no more. Was thinking of just flashing with the original s124 that you posted a while back http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/general/lenovo-p780-8-gb-stock-rom-s124-140403-t2742170 . Was working more than perfect for me. Regards
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Hey there Stympy, could you possibly tell me, are there different modem drivers for the phone in the file i downloaded ? Cause my 1st sim that works on 3g at 900 mhz doesnt want to work no more. Was thinking of just flashing with the original s124 that you posted a while back http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/general/lenovo-p780-8-gb-stock-rom-s124-140403-t2742170 . Was working more than perfect for me. Regards
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Did you tried all my posted modems in How about some modems post?
Be carrefoul use those modems from folder: Modems for S221 LATEST UPDATE.
Be carrefoul all modems who worked in S123, S124 ar no more working in S214,S221,S222.
You are going to flash them for nothing.
stympy said:
Did you tried all my posted modems in How about some modems post?
Be carrefoul use those modems from folder: Modems for S221 LATEST UPDATE.
Be carrefoul all modems who worked in S123, S124 ar no more working in S214,S221,S222.
You are going to flash them for nothing.
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Thanx for the reply, i havent seen your post stympy, do you mean if i flash the modems in the folders i downloaded it wont work ?
Is it easy to flash to stock rom ?
Thank You
AndroidLion said:
Thanx for the reply, i havent seen your post stympy, do you mean if i flash the modems in the folders i downloaded it wont work ?
Is it easy to flash to stock rom ?
Thank You
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This modems are to be flashed from TWRP or CWM.
You cannot flash from stock recovery.
Iff you want to change your stock recovery to custom here are the stock images.
stympy said:
This modems are to be flashed from TWRP or CWM.
You cannot flash from stock recovery.
Iff you want to change your stock recovery to custom here are the stock images.
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Thanx bud, unfortunately i dont have TWRP or CWM installed or know how to install it.
I see you said if i want to change from stock to custom but you gave me stock images ? Confused
I take it S124 is the ROM before the kit kat update, think i would prefer a stock phone for now, do i just download the stock rom with SP Flash tool, has anything else changed ?
Thank you. Regards
HELP PLS
I have P780 with 4.2.2. When I tried to flash a new ROM, it abruptly stopped and now the phone starts, but crashes all the apps. Not even the System Settings are accessible. Both sim cards not recognised, play store doesn't work, none of the apps work, i can see the list of apps, but of no use.
Can someone pls help me?
I also tried to flash the files again, but no response. The SD card is recognised. So I can copy files into the phone. But no other response from phone.
Thanks a lot for your time!
Archi
archiplanner said:
HELP PLS
I have P780 with 4.2.2. When I tried to flash a new ROM, it abruptly stopped and now the phone starts, but crashes all the apps. Not even the System Settings are accessible. Both sim cards not recognised, play store doesn't work, none of the apps work, i can see the list of apps, but of no use.
Can someone pls help me?
I also tried to flash the files again, but no response. The SD card is recognised. So I can copy files into the phone. But no other response from phone.
Thanks a lot for your time!
Archi
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Hi. You must reflash again your phone. Because in this moment your preloader is messed up you must reinstall drivers.
After drivers reinstall you should be abble to flash again.
Tell me if you have problems !
Good Luck.
stympy said:
Hi. You must reflash again your phone. Because in this moment your preloader is messed up you must reinstall drivers.
After drivers reinstall you should be abble to flash again.
Tell me if you have problems !
Good Luck.
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Thanks Stympy for a quick reply. I am trying to reflash. Using MTKDroid for this. I will update you soon!
Thanks once again!
archiplanner said:
Thanks Stympy for a quick reply. I am trying to reflash. Using MTKDroid for this. I will update you soon!
Thanks once again!
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I could not finish the reflash using MTKDroid tools.
Hey Stympy,
The phone stopped responding. When I switch on, it just shows Lenovo logo and sticks there. No further response. It doesn't go to recovery mode (power button+ volume up)!
I think I am in a deep s**t now.
It seems the phone is shut down from inside!
Can you please get me out?!
Thanks a ton!
archiplanner said:
I could not finish the reflash using MTKDroid tools.
Hey Stympy,
The phone stopped responding. When I switch on, it just shows Lenovo logo and sticks there. No further response. It doesn't go to recovery mode (power button+ volume up)!
I think I am in a deep s**t now.
It seems the phone is shut down from inside!
Can you please get me out?!
Thanks a ton!
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Hi. Look what you have to do:
Go to my post: Rooting tutorial for KitKat located in Q&A section and download SP Flash Tool v5.
Go here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_B98oK4DpK1OUlUNkpRUDF6bkU&usp=sharing
Download your ROM and flash it.
Go again to post Rooting tutorial for KitKat and root your phone.
This tools are tested and working.
Good luck.
Tell me if something goes wrong.
Sent from my SMT TAB 704DC
archiplanner said:
Thanks Stympy for a quick reply. I am trying to reflash. Using MTKDroid for this. I will update you soon!
Thanks once again!
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stympy said:
Hi. Look what you have to do:
Go to my post: Rooting tutorial for KitKat located in Q&A section and download SP Flash Tool v5.
Go here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_B98oK4DpK1OUlUNkpRUDF6bkU&usp=sharing
Download your ROM and flash it.
Go again to post Rooting tutorial for KitKat and root your phone.
This tools are tested and working.
Good luck.
Tell me if something goes wrong.
Sent from my SMT TAB 704DC
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I downloaded the files as suggested in your post.
However, I could not flash anything into my phone. So I tried to use MTKDroid tool to open the phone in TWRP recovery mode and installed the TWRP_v2.7.1.1_P780_ROW_KK_Corrected.zip in recovery mode. After this, I rebooted into recovery again, and tried to install the P780_ROW_S226_8GB_KIT_KAT.zip thro recovery. But that ended in failure.
When I try to flash the ROW using SP FLash tools, this is the log I am getting. I do not see any action in the tool except all the options grey out! I had installed the USB drivers and my phone is being detected in the MTKDroid tool, but not in the SPFlash tool.
Now the phone is starting, but none of the modules work, like sim card, contacts, apps, store, etc.
Any suggestions?
Thanks a bunch!:good::good::good:
Some light at last
archiplanner said:
I downloaded the files as suggested in your post.
However, I could not flash anything into my phone. So I tried to use MTKDroid tool to open the phone in TWRP recovery mode and installed the TWRP_v2.7.1.1_P780_ROW_KK_Corrected.zip in recovery mode. After this, I rebooted into recovery again, and tried to install the P780_ROW_S226_8GB_KIT_KAT.zip thro recovery. But that ended in failure.
When I try to flash the ROW using SP FLash tools, this is the log I am getting. I do not see any action in the tool except all the options grey out! I had installed the USB drivers and my phone is being detected in the MTKDroid tool, but not in the SPFlash tool.
Now the phone is starting, but none of the modules work, like sim card, contacts, apps, store, etc.
Any suggestions?
Thanks a bunch!:good::good::good:
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Dear Stympy,
After trying many ROM and updates, I could finally flash official updateota from Lenovo, which seems working.
My phone is up and running now with the KitKat 4.4.2 P780_ROW_S220_140722.
However, the internal storage seems to be a problem in this version. It says the internal memory is full and I am not able to access the internal memory. Is there any way out? Also if I flash the ROM given by you, will it work?
Thanks a lot for being there!:good:
archiplanner said:
Dear Stympy,
After trying many ROM and updates, I could finally flash official updateota from Lenovo, which seems working.
My phone is up and running now with the KitKat 4.4.2 P780_ROW_S220_140722.
However, the internal storage seems to be a problem in this version. It says the internal memory is full and I am not able to access the internal memory. Is there any way out? Also if I flash the ROM given by you, will it work?
Thanks a lot for being there!:good:
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Flash S226 and OTA update till S228 and see what is going on ! Be careful to flash the firmware you need !
I do not know if your phone is 4GB or 8GB. Here is the firmware.
Good Luck.
Hello, The rear camera of my lenovo doesn't work. It is model 2014 and after downgrade from kit-kat it just stops. I saw in some forums, that I have to change the apk file for the camera, but can't do it. Nothing happens when I install it normaly. Some say, that it has to be instalet via total comander or recovery consol. But I don't know how to do that. Any ideas?
S136 stock rom.
grafcheto said:
Hello, The rear camera of my lenovo doesn't work. It is model 2014 and after downgrade from kit-kat it just stops. I saw in some forums, that I have to change the apk file for the camera, but can't do it. Nothing happens when I install it normaly. Some say, that it has to be instalet via total comander or recovery consol. But I don't know how to do that. Any ideas?
S136 stock rom.
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How did u downgraded from KK to JB??
Also is ur phone rooted right now???
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grafcheto said:
Hello, The rear camera of my lenovo doesn't work. It is model 2014 and after downgrade from kit-kat it just stops. I saw in some forums, that I have to change the apk file for the camera, but can't do it. Nothing happens when I install it normaly. Some say, that it has to be instalet via total comander or recovery consol. But I don't know how to do that. Any ideas?
S136 stock rom.
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Hi. Your phone is made after 07.2014. It is a new hardware for camera. Try to study the forum in development area and see what firmware is compatibile for your phone.
There are some patches for this problem.
Yes, it's rooted. The downgrade was hard at first, because I used flash tool, that is not wright and the phone won't start. But when I found the wright version, it was wasy.
Camera works with kit-kat, but I don't want to use it, so I have to find something older to use.
grafcheto said:
Yes, it's rooted. The downgrade was hard at first, because I used flash tool, that is not wright and the phone won't start. But when I found the wright version, it was wasy.
Camera works with kit-kat, but I don't want to use it, so I have to find something older to use.
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Hi all ! Try this 2 tools and give us some feedback!
How to install this fixes? I can't do it into recovery.
grafcheto said:
How to install this fixes? I can't do it into recovery.
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You cannot install from TWRP ? What error do you have ?
Nothing. Just "instalation aborted". I don't think that I had success to install anything using recovery.
grafcheto said:
Nothing. Just "instalation aborted". I don't think that I had success to install anything using recovery.
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What kind of recovery you have?
It is strange, because this zip files are for recovery.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
I don't kno how to see which type of recovery I have. But I think, that there is a problem with it. As I sad, nothing installs via this method.
I think, that the recovery comes with row s136. I installed some type of CMD recovery ver. 6, but after I try to use it, the second time the phone brokes and it won't star. So I have to flash again with row s136. Maybe I have to change the recovery with some other?
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I don't kno how to see which type of recovery I have. But I think, that there is a problem with it. As I sad, nothing installs via this method.
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TWRP is looking like this picture.
Do you have recovery like this ?
No. Mine was with the android robot on his back. I installed TWRP, than use it to install the fix file. Everything looks ok. After that I have message in the consol, that my phone wasn't rooted and if I want to root it. I swipe for yes, reboot and now it freeses on the lenovo logo... I have to flash again.
Second attepmt - the same. Something makes the phone to stop working, after I use recovery.
On the 3-4 attept I succeed to install some things, including CameraFixFull 15 - 08.2014 phones.zip - [Click for QR Code] , but nothing changes. I think, that maybe the recovery is not rigth? It says, that the instalation is successifull, but nothing appears to be changed.
I have similiar problem but after installing patches, the phone is becoming bricked and I had to restore beckup system... Any other ideas. My OS is Life 0.7
jpiter said:
I have similiar problem but after installing patches, the phone is becoming bricked and I had to restore beckup system... Any other ideas. My OS is Life 0.7
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Try to flash stock KitKat firmware. After flash see if the camera is working. If not... my opinion is that you have on big hardware problem.
Hey guys! I am newbie of this forum just got heard from my friends to share u guys about my problem. Let me tell everything detailed. Last night i have installed Andvance tool pro from a site it required root access. Well my phone is rooted so i gave root access i tried to do some tweaks. First the app reuired a restore i did at the last i restored it but it doesnt happen anything. I was just getting Phone has stopped pop up so i restarted my phone. After i got to see the home has gone nothing is working all my system apps had deleted and only a few left. I can go to recovery option. Now tell me how do i get my system apps to install from recovery and whats the way to install. My phone is INew CXQ U1 version 2.0.0 Mt5672 os 4.4.2. I didnt keep backup so i am badly need of ur help guys. Please i am so much worried about this. I am using it as a useless phone now. Keyboard has gone launcher has gone. Huhu
Alaminkhan said:
Hey guys! I am newbie of this forum just got heard from my friends to share u guys about my problem. Let me tell everything detailed. Last night i have installed Andvance tool pro from a site it required root access. Well my phone is rooted so i gave root access i tried to do some tweaks. First the app reuired a restore i did at the last i restored it but it doesnt happen anything. I was just getting Phone has stopped pop up so i restarted my phone. After i got to see the home has gone nothing is working all my system apps had deleted and only a few left. I can go to recovery option. Now tell me how do i get my system apps to install from recovery and whats the way to install. My phone is INew CXQ U1 version 2.0.0 Mt5672 os 4.4.2. I didnt keep backup so i am badly need of ur help guys. Please i am so much worried about this. I am using it as a useless phone now. Keyboard has gone launcher has gone. Huhu
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Seems like you need to install a new rom on your phone. Do you have a custom recovery? If yes, what recovery do you have?
I can give you a new rom and instructions on how to install it, but you will need CWM or TWRP for that.
Cheers,
Kuba P.
KiwiTheOne said:
Seems like you need to install a new rom on your phone. Do you have a custom recovery? If yes, what recovery do you have?
I can give you a new rom and instructions on how to install it, but you will need CWM or TWRP for that.
Cheers,
Kuba P.
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Unfortunately, I didnt install any custom recovery into my phone. ?? Is there any way left to fix?
Alaminkhan said:
Unfortunately, I didnt install any custom recovery into my phone. ?? Is there any way left to fix?
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If you don't have any custom recovery then you want to flash stock rom of your android.
Ashwinrg said:
If you don't have any custom recovery then you want to flash stock rom of your android.
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No matter bro I will flash with stock rom. Please tell me process and files to use. I never ever flashed before so this will be the first time for me. I will go with your process step by step. I have pc also but it will be better by my phone only.
Alaminkhan said:
No matter bro I will flash with stock rom. Please tell me process and files to use. I never ever flashed before so this will be the first time for me. I will go with your process step by step. I have pc also but it will be better by my phone only.
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You need to do some research before you make things worse. You will have to have a pc. Then it is a simple matter of flashing the device which will wipe it completely.
Alaminkhan said:
No matter bro I will flash with stock rom. Please tell me process and files to use. I never ever flashed before so this will be the first time for me. I will go with your process step by step. I have pc also but it will be better by my phone only.
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Watch these YouTube video. You get flashing procedure in SP flash tool and download link of stock rom in video description.
You need SP flash tool to flash your android.
Download from here
Sorry for saying this , but you should be aware that Rooting a device has its own ups and down/
You should have researched more and must have had a custom recovery incase things go awry.
Now that things have gone bad , the only option you have is flash a rom for your device using SP Flash Tool.
Google for your phone model and download firmware and flash the rom
If you have any trouble finding a rom or flashing it , please feel to contact me.
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7IRNMn_vYgSLVVEdE5UQm5HTms/view?usp=drivesdk
Download the above file , extract it and follow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3bxYYX9Xk8
Make sure you have driver for your device installed properly.
Guys Thanks a lot. I have successfully flashed my phone with SP tools. It has been a great experience for me as I did it for the first time even I was really excited. I really knew it that u guys help will really work. Thanks once again and love u all. Now I wont dare to flash my phone with custom rom well I will install CMW first haha
lesson learned.