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DISCLAIMER : What you do with the content of this thread is your own responsibility.
WARNING : Tested only with the 4GB version of Lenovo P780
Personal Plea : Please do not PM me for every little thing. Please post your queries in this thread instead, and READ before PM me. I will ignore you if your questions are already answered here.
What are these?
These are pre-rooted Flash Tool images for Lenovo P780 4GB. They also have TWRP recovery by default. Apps installed on first boot are also removed. They can be installed from the Play Store and those included are already outdated anyway.
The Chinese version also has GApps installed as it did not originally come with GApps.
What is VIBEUI?
These are MIUI-like ROMs created by Lenovo for their later phones (phones released after our P780). They were kind enough to port them over to our P780 but as of now only available officially for Chinese base.
The one I'm sharing below is new Android 4.4.2 based VIBEUI V1.5. They are BETA QUALITY. They are rooted, with GApps and TWRP, debloated somewhat like before. They also have Chinese radios. Flash a different one in recovery that you like.
In addition to that, framework.jar was modded to have minimum number match for caller id to be 10 instead of 11 (Credit to @C3C076 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2268120)
Note : Removing Lenovo Safe Center/SecureIT creates an annoying overlay that says "Security Problem" on our phone. That's why I left it in. You can freeze it however, the overlay won't show.
What are they good for?
These are good as backups. Or if you want to change your base from Chinese to Worldwide and/or vice versa. Or you have soft-bricked your phone. Or you just don't know which recovery works with your phone.
Why would I want to change my base ROM?
The custom ROMs you can find on the internet for the Lenovo P780 are meant for specific ROM base ONLY. For example, most of the ROMs from needrom, or Mobile Uncle forums (or even MIUI from the official website), are meant for the Chinese base. Most of the ROMs from Russian 4pda or lenovo-forum are meant for the Worldwide base. Flashing a ROM meant for the wrong base will cause your phone not to boot properly. Flashing a recovery image meant for a wrong base will also cause your phone not to boot. Flash with one of these base ROMs, then flash the ROM of your choice/specific base from TWRP. These images got you covered.
Where are they?
HERE :
Chinese version :
P780_S135_130917_rooted_twrp_gapps.7z
VIBEUI_V1.5_1419_5_DEV_P780_rooted_twrp_gapps.7z
Worldwide version :
P780_S119_130929_rooted_twrp_gapps.7z
P780_ROW_S123_131231_rooted_twrp_gapps.7z
P780_ROW_S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps.7z
How do I flash these to my phone?
You will need :
Windows PC (Windows 7 tested, may or may not work with others)
Smart Phone Flash Tool (get it here)
Smart Phone Flash Tool USB Drivers (get it here)
A good quality micro USB cable and a working USB port on your Windows PC
Step by step guide :
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.
Uncompress all the files you downloaded from this thread into a directory where you can remember. Including the ROMs.
Shutdown your phone if its not in a bootloop. If it is skip this step.
Open "Device Manager" on your Windows PC.
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!
Recognize the device tree where it appeared, and wait for it as you unplug and plug in your phone again (if bootloop, its automatic!)
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.
Assuming the drivers are correctly installed, run the Smart Phone Flash Tool.
Click on scatter-loading and choose the scatter file "MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt" of the ROM you want to flash.
Make sure the checkbox "DL DA All With Check Sum" is CHECKED
Click on "Firmware->Upgrade" button.
Plug in your powered down phone via the USB cable again. See it flash.
When a big green circle appears on the screen, your are done!
How do I flash a custom ROM after this?
First of all, always allow your phone to boot up at least ONCE after a fresh flash. Otherwise flashing from custom recovery will fail by some partition errors.
After that, shutdown your phone, then power it up with both up and down volume button press, releasing the power button after the screen lights up. That is TWRP. Happy flashing!
My signal has become very bad after switching base!
According to some Russian forum, phones from China has a different GSM module, and switching base may affect the signal strength since you flash also the modem image in the process.
Lucky for us, the Russians have us covered. Pick a modem of your choice and try them until you find one that works well for you:
Прошивка радиомодуля P780
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Good to see a topic for Lenovo P780 in the XDA So I use the SLXROM from the Russian forum nearly perfect. Do you know it?
west76 said:
Good to see a topic for Lenovo P780 in the XDA So I use the SLXROM from the Russian forum nearly perfect. Do you know it?
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Actually that's the one I was using before I switched to the one based on JiaoYu G4 by "savyol". Reason being my iPega BT controller doesn't work on SLXROM (but that's fair because it didn't work on Lenovo stock either) but it worked in this ROM (and also MIUI).
However I could be switching back soon since the newer release of this they cranked up the auto brightness to an eye piercing level when in complete darkness and i hate it!
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Actually that's the one I was using before I switched to the one based on JiaoYu G4 by "savyol". Reason being my iPega BT controller doesn't work on SLXROM (but that's fair because it didn't work on Lenovo stock either) but it worked in this ROM (and also MIUI).
However I could be switching back soon since the newer release of this they cranked up the auto brightness to an eye piercing level when in complete darkness and i hate it!
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Hi, JiaoYu G4 is for chinese version? Where do you downloaded? How do i know if my phone is chinese or world version? I bought my phone with LiFe_v05... Thanks.
conny005 said:
Hi, JiaoYu G4 is for chinese version? Where do you downloaded? How do i know if my phone is chinese or world version? I bought my phone with LiFe_v05... Thanks.
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The JiaYu ROM i was testing is for ROW, I found it here:
http://forum.china-iphone.ru/post1223015.html#p1223015
If your phone is running LiFe it should be ROW version. Just flash in recovery should do.
Heck, if you screw up, reflash it again in Flash_Tool, hence the purpose of me sharing the above ROMs
satanduck said:
The JiaYu ROM i was testing is for ROW, I found it here:
http://forum.china-iphone.ru/post1223015.html#p1223015
If your phone is running LiFe it should be ROW version. Just flash in recovery should do.
Heck, if you screw up, reflash it again in Flash_Tool, hence the purpose of me sharing the above ROMs
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But how can i be shore ? Is there any aplications or somethnig to tell me. I am afraid to do samething with out be shore. I want to mention that when i press up button and power connected on the laptop , on phone screen apears something in chinese... Thanks in advance and sorry for my english.
conny005 said:
But how can i be shore ? Is there any aplications or somethnig to tell me. I am afraid to do samething with out be shore. I want to mention that when i press up button and power connected on the laptop , on phone screen apears something in chinese... Thanks in advance and sorry for my english.
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If you have official firmware, it can be determined by the number, i.e. S110, S116, S119 (ROW), and S125, S129, S135 (Chinese)
You have a custom ROM installed. This is probably not there, or changed by the ROM creator.
By experience LiFe is based on ROW. Unless somebody ported over to Chinese base and flashed it on your phone.
The point of this thread is to share those bases. So that you can decide and switch base. So that it DOESN'T MATTER what base you are CURRENTLY on, just change to the one needed by your intended custom ROM.
PS : The JiaYu ROM has EBR included in it (partition table) so in theory it should work on either base
satanduck said:
If you have official firmware, it can be determined by the number, i.e. S110, S116, S119 (ROW), and S125, S129, S135 (Chinese)
You have a custom ROM installed. This is probably not there, or changed by the ROM creator.
By experience LiFe is based on ROW. Unless somebody ported over to Chinese base and flashed it on your phone.
The point of this thread is to share those bases. So that you can decide and switch base. So that it DOESN'T MATTER what base you are CURRENTLY on, just change to the one needed by your intended custom ROM.
PS : The JiaYu ROM has EBR included in it (partition table) so in theory it should work on either base
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This is the rom you refered to?....Just download, put on sd card, wipe every thing and flash the rom? Thanks.
PS JiaYu rom have english language?
conny005 said:
This is the rom you refered to?! https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5l5EfGG-gaad2VaX29NVTFrZWM/edit Just download, put on sd card, wipe every thing and flash the rom? Thanks.
PS JiaYu rom have english language?
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I think the ROM maker requested people do not share his ROM on other forums.
When in doubt, use google translate.
satanduck said:
I think the ROM maker requested people do not share his ROM on other forums.
When in doubt, use google translate.
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Yes sorry, I delete the link; but i wasn't shore, if it is a rom or just an update to an old version..., please confirm me..
it's full ROM
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Hi Satanduck,
thanks for the roms and procedure. Worked flawlessly !
However, I can't seem to find the "developer options" in the settings ? Is it simply not there or hiding some place else ?
Thanks!
this is standard "feature" of Android these days, hiding developer stuff from innocent users... go to about phone, keep tapping on build number until it appears!
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Excellent
Those sneaky bast**ds ! Thanks a lot!
Can somebody please confirm if this ROW version has multilingual support? I am interested in Romanian.
Thank you.
No Romanian...
Just checked, no Romanian...
ybres said:
Can somebody please confirm if this ROW version has multilingual support? I am interested in Romanian.
Thank you.
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Hey again Satanduck,
I'm having very bad reception on one of my sim cards...
Any suggestions where to download just basebands ?
Also any good tutorial to follow to just change basebands ?
Many thanks!
satanduck said:
this is standard "feature" of Android these days, hiding developer stuff from innocent users... go to about phone, keep tapping on build number until it appears!
Sent from my Lenovo P780 using Tapatalk
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@satanduck - I have bought the Lenovo P780 and facing an unusual problem. I am not able to move the Apps from the App Drawer to the Home Screens of Lenovo Launcher at all. When I long press the app icon in App Drawer, they dance with a X symbol in each user app but when I drag it up or down, I don't see an Option to move to Home or the Home Screen? The phone is not rooted yet.
your advice on this would be much appreciated.
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@satanduck - I have bought the Lenovo P780 and facing an unusual problem. I am not able to move the Apps from the App Drawer to the Home Screens of Lenovo Launcher at all. When I long press the app icon in App Drawer, they dance with a X symbol in each user app but when I drag it up or down, I don't see an Option to move to Home or the Home Screen? The phone is not rooted yet.
your advice on this would be much appreciated.
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Select the app, and drag down on wich screen you want, they are small on the bottom, or you can press menu, add app., you can select one or more..
It was a headscratcher for me too!
What works for me :
1. Long press on any of the homescreens (empty space)
2. A menu appears at the bottom with several tabs, by default it is on "Add"
3. Select what you want to add to the homescreen (multiple select possible), Apps, shortcuts, folders, widgets, etc...
conny005 said:
Select the app, and drag down on wich screen you want, they are small on the bottom, or you can press menu, add app., you can select one or more..
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well i do the same with ydrargyros in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2580761
Hi people, please help!
"I recently bought a rebranded iNew i3000 smartphone (1,5GHz quadcore MTK 6589 based, 1GB RAM, Dual SIM). Unfortunately the rebranding shop here had their own ROM installed (Greek/Turbo-X brand) which had no Gapps installed so i decided to flash the ROM to the original stock one, downloaded by the official site of iNew. After the flash, the new ROM works better than expected, with Gapps installed and some tweaks as well, but my capacitive buttons are now dead. Any ideas on how to resurrect the "menu"/"back" buttons?"
the problem with capacitive buttons ι solve it with button savior,
but my problem is the front small camera dosent work (in the camera application dosent exist anymore the button to change front or back camera) any help because front camera is necessary for skype calls,
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well i do the same with ydrargyros in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2580761
Hi people, please help!
"I recently bought a rebranded iNew i3000 smartphone (1,5GHz quadcore MTK 6589 based, 1GB RAM, Dual SIM). Unfortunately the rebranding shop here had their own ROM installed (Greek/Turbo-X brand) which had no Gapps installed so i decided to flash the ROM to the original stock one, downloaded by the official site of iNew. After the flash, the new ROM works better than expected, with Gapps installed and some tweaks as well, but my capacitive buttons are now dead. Any ideas on how to resurrect the "menu"/"back" buttons?"
the problem with capacitive buttons ι solve it with button savior,
but my problem is the front small camera dosent work (in the camera application dosent exist anymore the button to change front or back camera) any help because front camera is necessary for skype calls,
thanks
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Hi
I have Z7 mini with Mokee ROM version 44.4-nx507j (unofficaial)
It's a very good ROM but i see one anoying problem.
Youtube on TV as stopped working after the ROM change (it was working before i changed the ROM)
it says both on my TV on on the device that my device firmware is not updated to support this future.
this seems odd as with previews ROM it was working.
any idea if i can update the firmware? or any other suggestions?
Many thank!
daklondi said:
Hi
I have Z7 mini with Mokee ROM version 44.4-nx507j (unofficaial)
It's a very good ROM but i see one anoying problem.
Youtube on TV as stopped working after the ROM change (it was working before i changed the ROM)
it says both on my TV on on the device that my device firmware is not updated to support this future.
this seems odd as with previews ROM it was working.
any idea if i can update the firmware? or any other suggestions?
Many thank!
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Any idea?
I'm deeply puzzled, and a bit annoyed my shiny new Z7 Max doesn't seem to have working infrared. I can see the thing, but software can't.
Bought the phone off Feebay, has a "Westone" logo on the back, along with China Mobile. ROM seems stock, shows as Android 5.1.1 and has no obvious bloatware.
The reception seems no better than on my old THL T6 pro, but the GPS is vastly better (can even get a lock indoors). Both hate having two sims (from the same provider) fitted - Another reason I upgraded, and another irritation, but one I can live with.
There was something about explore Nubia OS when it first started, and I'm used to KitKat, so there might be some tweaks or other away from stock I don't know of.
What's bothering me is I can't find any sign of an IR app on it, and anything I've downloaded just says the phone doesn't have an IR port.
Anyone got any ideas? Or known working/ stable roms where the IR *does* function?
I'm using MoKee, and it seems to work; can control my tv, which is all i've used it for. The app that comes with the ROM is called Infrared control.
This is the one I bought ebay.co.uk/itm/272424574812
I can't find any hint of IR software on the phone as it reached me, so will see if the seller can help (unlikely) and then.. Gasp.. invalidate my warranty by finding a rom that *does* operate the features the phone was sold as having.
I imported mine, but it also came running android 5.1 and with play store. Unfortunately I didn't try out IR before installing custom ROM, and can't remember if there was any IR app installed.
The app which comes with MoKee appears to be a Nubia app though.
barryburton said:
I imported mine, but it also came running android 5.1 and with play store. Unfortunately I didn't try out IR before installing custom ROM, and can't remember if there was any IR app installed.
The app which comes with MoKee appears to be a Nubia app though.
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I can't find a download for the IR app that came with the phone, so may as well go for a different rom I guess.
Are there any known/ annoying bugs in Mokee?
Nothing I've noticed, but there's some stuff I haven't tested, like second SIM, Bluetooth audio and tap to pay. Probably other stuff too. Do a backup first and you've got nothing much to lose.
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I'm deeply puzzled, and a bit annoyed my shiny new Z7 Max doesn't seem to have working infrared. I can see the thing, but software can't.
Bought the phone off Feebay, has a "Westone" logo on the back, along with China Mobile. ROM seems stock, shows as Android 5.1.1 and has no obvious bloatware.
The reception seems no better than on my old THL T6 pro, but the GPS is vastly better (can even get a lock indoors). Both hate having two sims (from the same provider) fitted - Another reason I upgraded, and another irritation, but one I can live with.
There was something about explore Nubia OS when it first started, and I'm used to KitKat, so there might be some tweaks or other away from stock I don't know of.
What's bothering me is I can't find any sign of an IR app on it, and anything I've downloaded just says the phone doesn't have an IR port.
Anyone got any ideas? Or known working/ stable roms where the IR *does* function?
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I recieved mine yesterday from GearBest. It also has the Westone logo on it and aside from missing the IR app was also missing the FM Radio.
After a little searching around I found a German forum from where I downloaded the, what seem to been stock, apks.
Now my FM Radio is working fine, but IR is still not functioning. An IR Romote App sugested a library is missing....
P.M. If you want the links, since I cannot post them due to new member restrictions.
I wasn't worried about FM radio, but did notice there was no sign of it.
I looked around for the IR app, but kept getting rather suspicious looking, definitely not, IR things in disguise.. Sigh.
It sounds like you've made some inroads though, fingers crossed there's a solution to this (though slapping a non stock rom on isn't a problem, *if* all features work relaibly).
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I've found an official ROM and copied the control and control test apks from it.. But although the app loads/ runs, there's still no sign of life from the IR led itself. No doubt I'm missing something the OS requires, it's been a while since I played with these things (and I wasn't very good at it then!).
I have same problem i extracted from 3.84 romofficial the 2 apk ir control and zfm radio only radio works hope there is a solution out there....
I bought the phone from china bangood and no help is provided...
Infrared works on z7 Max bought from banggood on CM12.1 ROM (www.needrom.com)
But i like the 5.1.1 oficiall rom is there any way to make it work i fixfmradio by finding an zfwapp.apk from previous official rom i also install ircontrol.apk and its the nubia one but is notworking pls help me enable ir here
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But i like the 5.1.1 oficiall rom is there any way to make it work i fixfmradio by finding an zfwapp.apk from previous official rom i also install ircontrol.apk and its the nubia one but is notworking pls help me enable ir here
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this is the infrared apk (cn.nubia.control v3.0.1.1011) from the CM12.1 that works 100% in the CM12.1 ROM, you can try it on your ROM and see.
Note: - i beleive it has to be a system app but you can try installing as normal and see if it works, if not then you will have to make it a system app, also the Z7 Max has to be rooted to be able to do as below.
Here's how to make it a system app -
1). Install the attached app as usual.
2). use an explorer app like 'Root Explorer' and
move "ZTE_IRControl.apk" (which will very likely be in /data/app)
to /system/priv-app
then restart phone and then try the infrared app.
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I can't install apk ..... Phone is rooted
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This apk doesn't install I have the phone rooted and my ircontrol.apk that I got from previous ROM I install it doesn't work then move it to system/priv-app reboot still not working I'm loving this phone but I don't like that ir is not working
I got mine from Banggood as well. Here's how I got both FM and IR working. All referenced apps unless otherwise stated can be found on Needrom under the Z7 Max section.
Phone needs to be rooted - use the utility "Z7 Max All In One Tool v3.3.0" to root and install TWRP, followed by SuperSU ZIP file from Chainfire via TWRP.
Extract the nubia_IRControl1.apk and nubia_ZFM.apk from the Stock ROM V3.89. Place them in your SDCard/microSD card.
Under Settings > Security - Allow installation from Unknown Sources, install the IR and FM APKs.
I used 3C Toolbox Pro from Play Store to move both apps to the system folder. Both runs nicely in the stock Nubia 3.96 that came on the phone.
Further on, I flashed the ResurrectionRemix Nougat Rom dated Feb 03, 2017, both IR and FM apps are already included and working. Both the stock and RR ROMs were working nicely, I just wanted the latest security patch by moving to RR.
For starters thank you very much for your help I already root my device with kingroot and I copy the twoapks from previous ROM 3.89 and install them then made them system apps by copying them to priv-app with root explorer
The problem is that the IR still not working can you help me skittle bit more cause I don't won't to change ROM I like this 3.96 please advise...please
finally I flashed the ResurrectionRemix Nougat Rom dated Feb 03, 2017, both IR and FM apps are already included and working...do you have a link of official rom 3.96??
Unfortunately I cannot find a download for 3.96, the latest available is 3.89 from Needrom.
hi
i too have the same issues, basically the IR has not been built into the lollipop rom. any help greatly appreciated as i love this rom
Radio is working on 3.96 but not ir only in RR nougat
Had other things take my attention off this problem - Glad to see lots of useful info in the thread now
I'd better get downloading and faffing.
Hello, I have successfully ported Resurrection Remix OS v5.8.5 made for Tecno W2(Android 7.1.2) to my Itel S11 running android 6.0 but there is one bug that I wasn't able to fix which is when I record a videos with my camera the red and blue colors on the video become switched. the bug does not appear in the photos or any where else. I have tried changing all the .so files in the /system/lib directory (That I thought would relate to the camera) but no luck. Also the problem seems to occur when I port an android 7 rom. I ported AndroidOne rom(android 6.0) but the problem doesn't occur. Please help
Please anyone help I searched everywhere and tried every tutorial that I could find but I was not able to fix the problem.
Edit: I was able to fix the problem(well kinda). I installed another camera app called footej camera and every thing worked