Lenovo P780 -MT6589 device hard bricked - Need help - Lenovo P780

Hi, I think I am in deep trouble now. My p780 8gb is completely dead after trying to flash a TWRP recovery in to it using a flash tool. Not sure what went wrong I fiddled with some settings in flash tool like 'firmware upgrade' and 'download' and at last saw a Dram failed message. I was using the latest s226 Kitkat ROW. Now all I can see is a red led charging light glowing while connecting it to a computer. The device is not getting recognized by VCOM drivers so no use with flash tool any more. Tried to reboot in to recovery and meta mode but the phone simply does not turn on. Anyone knows how to unbrick this, kindly help.

xperimen said:
Hi, I think I am in deep trouble now. My p780 8gb is completely dead after trying to flash a TWRP recovery in to it using a flash tool. Not sure what went wrong I fiddled with some settings in flash tool like 'firmware upgrade' and 'download' and at last saw a Dram failed message. I was using the latest s226 Kitkat ROW. Now all I can see is a red led charging light glowing while connecting it to a computer. The device is not getting recognized by VCOM drivers so no use with flash tool any more. Tried to reboot in to recovery and meta mode but the phone simply does not turn on. Anyone knows how to unbrick this, kindly help.
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Hi. Please tell me if your phone is made in 2014. From what i see all phones made in 2014 must be flashed with another preloader. The simptoms you are described here seems that way. Waiting fro reply...

2014 vesrsion
stympy said:
Hi. Please tell me if your phone is made in 2014. From what i see all phones made in 2014 must be flashed with another preloader. The simptoms you are described here seems that way. Waiting fro reply...
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Hi stympy,
Yes it is a 2014 January version. But to be honest I was using a ROM with 2013 version preloader but never faced any problem, Today purposefully changed it to the new 121kb 2014 preloader and everything was fine till I used the v5 flashtool to flash the twrp and I think I selected the upgrade option in it and flashed the twrp> found the ROM and preloaders from needrom.com from the uploader xxxsadistxxx .It worked flawlessly and then after first booting I configured the wi-fi settings again turned it off and tried to install the custom recovery. Now completely helpless because the phone is not getting detected by VCOM drivers.

xperimen said:
Hi stympy,
Yes it is a 2014 January version. But to be honest I was using a ROM with 2013 version preloader but never faced any problem, Today purposefully changed it to the new 121kb 2014 preloader and everything was fine till I used the v5 flashtool to flash the twrp and I think I selected the upgrade option in it and flashed the twrp> found the ROM and preloaders from needrom.com from the uploader xxxsadistxxx .It worked flawlessly and then after first booting I configured the wi-fi settings again turned it off and tried to install the custom recovery. Now completely helpless because the phone is not getting detected by VCOM drivers.
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Look what you have to do!
Hi. The think was someting like this:
0. Unzip/Unrar those 2 archives.
1. First i install the .exe file from archive LenovoUsbDriver_autorun_1.0.10.zip. Reboot PC.
2. Plug the phone to your PC and new hardware wizard has appeared. Install the drivers by pressing automaticaly search the drivers.
3. Now power off the phone, and open the Device Manager, in Ports section.
4. With the Device Manager open, plug the phone this time powered off.
5. At this time in Device Manager/ Ports section, appeared for a second or two not in USB area something with.. MTK65...
6. Double Click fast on it because that will desapear very fast . If you missed the click for the first time unplug and replug the phone after about 5 seconds.
7. After you clicked on it all you have to do is update driver from MTK_USB__Driver_GOOOOODDD.rar archive, and voila you have drivers installed and now all you have to do is to flash you ROM.
Hope this will help you.
Tell me iff something goes wrong.
Good luck.

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stympy said:
Look what you have to do!
Hi. The think was someting like this:
1. First i install the .exe file from archive LenovoUsbDriver_autorun_1.0.10.zip. Reboot PC.
2. Plug the phone to your PC and new hardware wizard has appeared. Install the drivers by pressing automaticaly search the drivers.
3. Now power off the phone.
4. Again plug the phone this time powered off.
5. At this time in Device Manager appeared for a second or two not in USB area something with.. MTK65...
6. Click very fast on it because that will desapear fast.
7. After you clicked on it all you have to do is update driver from MTK_USB__Driver_GOOOOODDD.rar archive, and voila you have drivers installed and now all you have to do is to flash you ROM.
Hope this will help you.
Tell me iff something goes wrong.
Good luck.
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1) Hi, thanks for the troubleshooting steps but for the 3rd and 4th step, the phone is always in a switched off mode only. It simply doesn't get turn on in any mode.
2) I am using Windows 8.1 OS and Lenovo Usb Driver1.0.10 and VCOM drivers are already installed in it after turning off the digital signature check in win 8x OS and now nothing is happening after clicking on install option of LenovoUsbDriver_autorun_1.0.10.exe Is it a problem or in other OS also it wont prompt to click next or something like in a regular driver installation.
3) Phone is not getting detected in device manager after connecting it, so cant update drivers
Please suggest me what to do next.

xperimen said:
1) Hi, thanks for the troubleshooting steps but for the 3rd and 4th step, the phone is always in a switched off mode only. It simply doesn't get turn on in any mode.
2) I am using Windows 8.1 OS and Lenovo Usb Driver1.0.10 and VCOM drivers are already installed in it after turning off the digital signature check in win 8x OS and now nothing is happening after clicking on install option of LenovoUsbDriver_autorun_1.0.10.exe Is it a problem or in other OS also it wont prompt to click next or something like in a regular driver installation.
3) Phone is not getting detected in device manager after connecting it, so cant update drivers
Please suggest me what to do next.
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Ok. Try this:
1. Open the back case of your phone.
1.1 Open the device manager on your PC.
2. You will find there an small red button.
3. Now plug your phone to your PC.
4. After you plugged the phone press the red button for 20 secconds.not optional
5. Release the button and see what is going on in your device manager.
6. Iff your preloader is messed up something should going on.
7. Should appear something like new hardware detected, that is the point when you update the drivers, and your phone will be detected by your PC
8. Try this and tell me if something goes wrong.
Good luck.
Sent from my Lenovo P780

TWRP magic
stympy said:
Ok. Try this:
1. Open the back case of your phone.
1.1 Open the device manager on your PC.
2. You will find there an small red button.
3. Now plug your phone to your PC.
4. After you plugged the phone press the red button for 20 secconds.not optional
5. Release the button and see what is going on in your device manager.
6. Iff your preloader is messed up something should going on.
7. Should appear something like new hardware detected, that is the point when you update the drivers, and your phone will be detected by your PC
8. Try this and tell me if something goes wrong.
Good luck.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Hi thanks a lot stympy. I am glad that you were spending the time and effort to help me. I saw that red button trouble shooting post in your TWRP thread and luckily for me after clicking on different options in device manager while setting a complete format in sp flashtool the device suddenly got detected and format was done. After the format the device has lost its imei number, BT code and Wlan codes. That was going to be a hectic job to reinstall imei with imei repairing tools and usage of Hexa editor for BT and wi-fi codes just because some drivers were not getting installed properly.. But to my sheer luck I had a "Data' back up in TWRP with my previous version prerooted rom . I was not that confident to get a restore of imei , BT and wlan codes because it is just a 'data' back up not full ROM. I ticked the md5 checksum and voila after installing the back up 'Data' everything , absolutely every single code in my p780 got reinstalled automatically .LONG LIVE TWRP DEVELOPERS......... May be even after formatting the complete flash drive of the phone it still keeps the imei and other codes in factory mode. I am not sure. Now phone is in perfect condition and I am ready for another go. Stympy please create a 2.7.1 twrp for 2014 preloader p780 8gb. thanks again for all your help

xperimen said:
Hi thanks a lot stympy. I am glad that you were spending the time and effort to help me. I saw that red button trouble shooting post in your TWRP thread and luckily for me after clicking on different options in device manager while setting a complete format in sp flashtool the device suddenly got detected and format was done. After the format the device has lost its imei number, BT code and Wlan codes. That was going to be a hectic job to reinstall imei with imei repairing tools and usage of Hexa editor for BT and wi-fi codes just because some drivers were not getting installed properly.. But to my sheer luck I had a "Data' back up in TWRP with my previous version prerooted rom . I was not that confident to get a restore of imei , BT and wlan codes because it is just a 'data' back up not full ROM. I ticked the md5 checksum and voila after installing the back up 'Data' everything , absolutely every single code in my p780 got reinstalled automatically .LONG LIVE TWRP DEVELOPERS......... May be even after formatting the complete flash drive of the phone it still keeps the imei and other codes in factory mode. I am not sure. Now phone is in perfect condition and I am ready for another go. Stympy please create a 2.7.1 twrp for 2014 preloader p780 8gb. thanks again for all your help
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WARRNING This are only for 8GB PHONES.
Here you are.
Try to flash with scatter files one by one till works.
Use only SP Flash Tool 5.
After flashing TWRP do not reboot the phone, start the phone with Power button Vol + and Vol - pressed. NOT OPTIONAL
Be carrefoul to select Download not Firmware Upgrade.
Good Luck.

Thank you stympy master
stympy said:
WARRNING This are only for 8GB PHONES.
Here you are.
Try to flash with scatter files one by one till works.
Use only SP Flash Tool 5.
After flashing TWRP do not reboot the phone, start the phone with Power button Vol + and Vol - pressed. NOT OPTIONAL
Be carrefoul to select Download not Firmware Upgrade.
Good Luck.
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whoaa...that worked.. the 1st scatter file just worked..thanks a lot Sir stympy. Thank you very much

xperimen said:
whoaa...that worked.. the 1st scatter file just worked..thanks a lot Sir stympy. Thank you very much
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You are wellcome. Glad to help

stympy said:
You are wellcome. Glad to help
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Hey Stympy, you seem to know quite a lot about this! I have the same problem with my p780 4GB. After flashing everything seemed ok, as I got a green circle in SPFlash tools. However now I am not able to boot anymore. When connecting my phone to my computer the red light goes on and Device Manager shows a new MTK USB Port. When pushing the red button it immediately disappears. Does not matter if I push it for 20 seconds, as soon as I let go its bak in device manager.
When trying to reflash using SPFlash, it seems to recognize my phone, but when trying to format or Upgrade or Download, the red bar only loads up to 141776 Bytes and stops. Sometimes I have to push the red button for the phone to get recognized.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
ps: CMIIT ID on the battery says 2013xxxxxxx so I guess its a 2013 model?

jeerome88 said:
Hey Stympy, you seem to know quite a lot about this! I have the same problem with my p780 4GB. After flashing everything seemed ok, as I got a green circle in SPFlash tools. However now I am not able to boot anymore. When connecting my phone to my computer the red light goes on and Device Manager shows a new MTK USB Port. When pushing the red button it immediately disappears. Does not matter if I push it for 20 seconds, as soon as I let go its bak in device manager.
When trying to reflash using SPFlash, it seems to recognize my phone, but when trying to format or Upgrade or Download, the red bar only loads up to 141776 Bytes and stops. Sometimes I have to push the red button for the phone to get recognized.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
ps: CMIIT ID on the battery says 2013xxxxxxx so I guess its a 2013 model?
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Hi. Can you tell me what firmware did you have ?
From what you described your phone seems to be from 2014. This are the simptoms when the preloader is messed up.
Look what you should try:
Download from here the preloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/help/lenovo-p780-chineese-speed-version-t2874161
Replace your Curent ROM preloader with the one you downloaded.
Drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/len...ial-kitkat-t2835605/post55587780#post55587780
Try this one and tell me if somethin goes wrong.
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stympy said:
Hi. Can you tell me what firmware did you have ?
From what you described your phone seems to be from 2014. This are the simptoms when the preloader is messed up.
Look what you should try:
Download from here the preloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/help/lenovo-p780-chineese-speed-version-t2874161
Replace your Curent ROM preloader with the one you downloaded.
Drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/len...ial-kitkat-t2835605/post55587780#post55587780
Try this one and tell me if somethin goes wrong.
Waiting for Reply.
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Excellent! Did exactly what you said, works like a charm. You made my day Sir! Thank you very much!

jeerome88 said:
Excellent! Did exactly what you said, works like a charm. You made my day Sir! Thank you very much!
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You are wellcome!

Friend HELP me also
xperimen said:
Hi, I think I am in deep trouble now. My p780 8gb is completely dead after trying to flash a TWRP recovery in to it using a flash tool. Not sure what went wrong I fiddled with some settings in flash tool like 'firmware upgrade' and 'download' and at last saw a Dram failed message. I was using the latest s226 Kitkat ROW. Now all I can see is a red led charging light glowing while connecting it to a computer. The device is not getting recognized by VCOM drivers so no use with flash tool any more. Tried to reboot in to recovery and meta mode but the phone simply does not turn on. Anyone knows how to unbrick this, kindly help.
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I also want get rid of this bricked p780 8gb updated to kitkat 4.2.2 . Kindly, help me also with step by step procedure I'm totally new to this world. My phone is stuck at Lenovo logo... that it.... Please help me... ;(

apsaujla08 said:
I also want get rid of this bricked p780 8gb updated to kitkat 4.2.2 . Kindly, help me also with step by step procedure I'm totally new to this world. My phone is stuck at Lenovo logo... that it.... Please help me... ;(
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Hi. Download the rom you need for your phone from here !
Download SP Flash Tool 5 from here!
Download drivers from here and here !
BE CAREFUL USE ONLY WINDOWS 7 ! THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL! IF YOU DONT HAVE WINDOWS 7 LOOK FOR VMWARE AND INSTAL THERE A VIRTUAL MACHINE !
Install first the drivers!
Open SP Flash Tool with admin rights!
Use this tutorial! If you dont manage PM me !
Good Luck!

help me too
jeerome88 said:
Excellent! Did exactly what you said, works like a charm. You made my day Sir! Thank you very much!
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@stympy your statistics are impressive 1 greeting / 2 posts.
I've hope that I'll be more than just grateful. I've problem with modem in P780 "SIM ME locked, do you want to unlock" after unbricking.
It ask me about SIM pin and after no signal.
Regards

ungbar said:
@stympy your statistics are impressive 1 greeting / 2 posts.
I've hope that I'll be more than just grateful. I've problem with modem in P780 "SIM ME locked, do you want to unlock" after unbricking.
It ask me about SIM pin and after no signal.
Regards
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Hi. Please tell me what rom do you have in this moment. How did you soft brick your phone?
Sent from my Lenovo P780

stympy said:
Hi. Please tell me what rom do you have in this moment. How did you soft brick your phone?
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Fool me. I've tried to run CN on russian LiFE ROW with TWRP. You can laugh very loud.
1. unbricked with P780_S136_140306_Lang
cleared IMEI
2. IMEI recovered with Droid Tools
after reboting no gsm signal
3. NVRAM recovered from backup
No success.
SIM cards works fine on other mobile, 911 cal also work on this phone
now running on:
ROM: P780_S226_Life_XVIBE_by_Xakep
Baseband: P780.V23
Last idea is clone p780 (colleague has one) with IMEI change, mac address and sn. Now with which tool it'll be easier?

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ungbar said:
Fool me. I've tried to run CN on russian LiFE ROW with TWRP. You can laugh very loud.
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Last idea is clone p780 (colleague has one) with IMEI change, mac address and sn. Now with which tool it'll be easier?
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Last idea also faild.
And I have done it again.
1. Full format
2. Download Rom P780_S136_140306_Lang
3. Change IMEI
And it works.

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P780 Bricked and not recognized in PC

Hello,
I bought a Lenovo P780 some days ago from china.
The phone came with many pre-installed Chinese apps that simply annoyed me, moreover I kept getting email has stopped, settings has stopped error messages. It was running on a VIBE firmware.
I checked online on how to Flash the phone to international version and downloaded some ROMs to do the flashing.
I managed to get the Flashing done, with this ROM, P780_ROW_S110_130629, but afterwards the Phone was completely unusable.
The problems are as follows,
1. The Phone does not boot up at all after pressing the power key, nothing on screen!
2. Pressing the power and volume keys shows nothing!
3. when plugged to the computer, i get the USB device not recognized error message! (I have all the necessary drivers installed)
The computer only see the phone as follows, Alcatel Single RNDIS Interface in the USB Device not Recognized window.
4. The computer keeps playing the plugged in devices sounds, plugged sound the followed by unplugged sound, repeatedly, and that is when the phone is still connected.
It´s only later I found some tip saying that one cannot flash a device produced 03.2014 and later with the ROM I used. Mine happens to be such a device Prod. Date 09.03.2014!
I have read through some almost similar problems but have not encountered my specific problem.
I am hoping to have someone who knows a workaround share with me how to get the phone back up running. I will highly appreciate your Help.
Solution Found!
Found solution :laugh:
1. Restored the comp to 3 days ago, before installation of any drivers
2. Downloaded and installed this driver, http://www.mediafire.com/download/lbdo0sglhdhrje9/MTK+Divers.rar
3. Downloaded my ROM here, used this one, P780_S123_ROW_131231
http://www.needrom.com/mobile/lenovo-p780-2/
4. I downloaded a newer version of Flashtools from this forum,
5. I downloaded this preloader,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2744499&d=1400125492
6. I prepared the files for flashing as usual, (USB speed set to „do not switch speed“), changed the preloader´s location to the one I downloaded, (Trying to flash with the one in the ROM gave an error)
7. I removed the Phone´s back cover, plugged the usb cable to the phone, and holding down the reset button, connected the usb cable to the computer
8. Then released the reset buton and VOILA!, the flashing began :fingers-crossed: and ran without any errors.:laugh:
9. The greatest moment was to see the phone reboot fully after this. :victory:
After rebooting and connecting to the internet, I upgraded the FW and everything is running smooth.
I liked the preinstalled VIBE ROM, only that it had some flows here n there, plus the preinstalled Chinese apps annoyed me! I am now getting used to the original P780´s ROM.
Anyone who lands in my previous mess,- Flashing with wrong ROM and cannot get Phone to boot up, or get it recognized by PC, can try out my solution, of-course at YOUR OWN RISK!
PS, Always take time to inform yourself fully before performing this task, it will save you some Headaches!
Happy flashing
Uritam said:
Found solution :laugh:
1. Restored the comp to 3 days ago, before installation of any drivers
2. Downloaded and installed this driver, http://www.mediafire.com/download/lbdo0sglhdhrje9/MTK+Divers.rar
3. Downloaded my ROM here, used this one, P780_S123_ROW_131231
http://www.needrom.com/mobile/lenovo-p780-2/
4. I downloaded a newer version of Flashtools from this forum,
5. I downloaded this preloader,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2744499&d=1400125492
6. I prepared the files for flashing as usual, (USB speed set to „do not switch speed“), changed the preloader´s location to the one I downloaded, (Trying to flash with the one in the ROM gave an error)
7. I removed the Phone´s back cover, plugged the usb cable to the phone, and holding down the reset button, connected the usb cable to the computer
8. Then released the reset buton and VOILA!, the flashing began :fingers-crossed: and ran without any errors.:laugh:
9. The greatest moment was to see the phone reboot fully after this. :victory:
After rebooting and connecting to the internet, I upgraded the FW and everything is running smooth.
I liked the preinstalled VIBE ROM, only that it had some flows here n there, plus the preinstalled Chinese apps annoyed me! I am now getting used to the original P780´s ROM.
Anyone who lands in my previous mess,- Flashing with wrong ROM and cannot get Phone to boot up, or get it recognized by PC, can try out my solution, of-course at YOUR OWN RISK!
PS, Always take time to inform yourself fully before performing this task, it will save you some Headaches!
Happy flashing
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So you can confirm that the P780_S123_ROW_131231 version works on a Chinese model ?
No problems with bad signal, SIM not detected and so on ? I'm trying to figure out if it is safe to go ROW.
And as I see your steps, it would also be an option to remove the drivers again I think.
For me, it worked by simply plugging the device into a different port, and then I could install the drivers (as a regular Mediatek USB device, not as the Preloader device).
......confirm?.......
casaben said:
So you can confirm that the P780_S123_ROW_131231 version works on a Chinese model ?
No problems with bad signal, SIM not detected and so on ? I'm trying to figure out if it is safe to go ROW.
And as I see your steps, it would also be an option to remove the drivers again I think.
For me, it worked by simply plugging the device into a different port, and then I could install the drivers (as a regular Mediatek USB device, not as the Preloader device).
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I can confirm with my device, I bought it directly from China and as I mentioned earlier, it had several Chinese apps that really annoyed me. I was really stressed up trying to configure what to do. But after reading several forums and stitching the different opinions together, I managed to do what I did earlier on today and everything is working out fine.
I had not done any backup of IMEI and co before flashing my phone yesterday, and that worried me the more. But after re-flashing it with the above ROM, everything got back together and even the IMEI was found automatically without further hustles.
Please do some more reading before trying my steps, my tryout worked good with my Phone, cannot tell whether it will with yours!
Saying this coz am not really sure whether the date written at the bottom of the Accu. represents the phone´s production date!
Uritam said:
Please do some more reading before trying my steps, my tryout worked good with my Phone, cannot tell whether it will with yours!
Saying this coz am not really sure whether the date written at the bottom of the Accu. represents the phone´s production date!
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Well pretty sure the unbricking works, you got the preloader from my post
I'm now testing with VIBE 1.5 (KitKat), pretty good (almost not Chinese there) but some battery issues. Next step is to find out if I can get the 3G 900Mhz band to work.
Not sure if I'm going to switch to ROW, don't see any reason now.
Thanks for the feedback!
casaben said:
Well pretty sure the unbricking works, you got the preloader from my post
I'm now testing with VIBE 1.5 (KitKat), pretty good (almost not Chinese there) but some battery issues. Next step is to find out if I can get the 3G 900Mhz band to work.
Not sure if I'm going to switch to ROW, don't see any reason now.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Sure it worked out just fine. Didn´t notice you were the same person with almost the same problem in the post with the preloader.
I will be checking out this pages to see how the Kitkat versin goes. Am am curious just how it will be.
Have a great week!
Thank you, you saved me!
I have bricked my lenovo p780 while trying to change the rom.
It was shipped from china with Vibe rom, I tried to install S113 rom and the phone went dead.
I have followed your guide and it worked. The phone is working!!!!
Edit: Just to add some more details in case some one else is having the same issue.
I made it with windows 8.1, drivers from this post, and S123 Row rom.
Then the firmware had 5 or 6 updates to 4.4.2 Kit Kat.
I have 2 more to go.... Total of 3 phones. Will update if any changes are found.
Also I will keep the software in case some of the links does not work or the code can't be found.
i dont understand the part where you hold the reset button and release it.
Uritam said:
Found solution :laugh:
1. Restored the comp to 3 days ago, before installation of any drivers
2. Downloaded and installed this driver, http://www.mediafire.com/download/lbdo0sglhdhrje9/MTK+Divers.rar
3. Downloaded my ROM here, used this one, P780_S123_ROW_131231
http://www.needrom.com/mobile/lenovo-p780-2/
4. I downloaded a newer version of Flashtools from this forum,
5. I downloaded this preloader,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2744499&d=1400125492
6. I prepared the files for flashing as usual, (USB speed set to „do not switch speed“), changed the preloader´s location to the one I downloaded, (Trying to flash with the one in the ROM gave an error)
7. I removed the Phone´s back cover, plugged the usb cable to the phone, and holding down the reset button, connected the usb cable to the computer
8. Then released the reset buton and VOILA!, the flashing began :fingers-crossed: and ran without any errors.:laugh:
9. The greatest moment was to see the phone reboot fully after this. :victory:
After rebooting and connecting to the internet, I upgraded the FW and everything is running smooth.
I liked the preinstalled VIBE ROM, only that it had some flows here n there, plus the preinstalled Chinese apps annoyed me! I am now getting used to the original P780´s ROM.
Anyone who lands in my previous mess,- Flashing with wrong ROM and cannot get Phone to boot up, or get it recognized by PC, can try out my solution, of-course at YOUR OWN RISK!
PS, Always take time to inform yourself fully before performing this task, it will save you some Headaches!
Happy flashing
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when did you install the drivers cuz im having the same problem . i already opened my phone and coudlnt find the said button not the same lenovo though i have a lenovo a360t with same problem , the pc do not recognize mtk port but the alcatel single thing . pleaseeee hellp . im so glad i found this . thank you sir.
Uritam said:
Found solution :laugh:
1. Restored the comp to 3 days ago, before installation of any drivers
2. Downloaded and installed this driver, http://www.mediafire.com/download/lbdo0sglhdhrje9/MTK+Divers.rar
3. Downloaded my ROM here, used this one, P780_S123_ROW_131231
http://www.needrom.com/mobile/lenovo-p780-2/
4. I downloaded a newer version of Flashtools from this forum,
5. I downloaded this preloader,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2744499&d=1400125492
6. I prepared the files for flashing as usual, (USB speed set to „do not switch speed“), changed the preloader´s location to the one I downloaded, (Trying to flash with the one in the ROM gave an error)
7. I removed the Phone´s back cover, plugged the usb cable to the phone, and holding down the reset button, connected the usb cable to the computer
8. Then released the reset buton and VOILA!, the flashing began :fingers-crossed: and ran without any errors.:laugh:
9. The greatest moment was to see the phone reboot fully after this. :victory:
After rebooting and connecting to the internet, I upgraded the FW and everything is running smooth.
I liked the preinstalled VIBE ROM, only that it had some flows here n there, plus the preinstalled Chinese apps annoyed me! I am now getting used to the original P780´s ROM.
Anyone who lands in my previous mess,- Flashing with wrong ROM and cannot get Phone to boot up, or get it recognized by PC, can try out my solution, of-course at YOUR OWN RISK!
PS, Always take time to inform yourself fully before performing this task, it will save you some Headaches!
Happy flashing
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But you said your pc was not recognizing your phone. Then how did you flashed the rom with sp flash tool because it requires connecting the phone to the pc via usb cable. How did you solved it ? I haved bricked my phone. Its not turning on or charging in off mode either..help :crying:
Suvam Mondal said:
But you said your pc was not recognizing your phone. Then how did you flashed the rom with sp flash tool because it requires connecting the phone to the pc via usb cable. How did you solved it ? I haved bricked my phone. Its not turning on or charging in off mode either..help :crying:
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What did you done?
How the phone "died"?
Bad flash?
stympy said:
What did you done?
How the phone "died"?
Bad flash?
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Solved
Dont know how the SP Flash tool flashed the firmware even after the pc was showing could not recognize device
help flashing not starting and pluged in pluuged out sounds are coming
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Uritam said:
Found solution :laugh:
1. Restored the comp to 3 days ago, before installation of any drivers
2. Downloaded and installed this driver, http://www.mediafire.com/download/lbdo0sglhdhrje9/MTK+Divers.rar
3. Downloaded my ROM here, used this one, P780_S123_ROW_131231
http://www.needrom.com/mobile/lenovo-p780-2/
4. I downloaded a newer version of Flashtools from this forum,
5. I downloaded this preloader,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2744499&d=1400125492
6. I prepared the files for flashing as usual, (USB speed set to „do not switch speed“), changed the preloader´s location to the one I downloaded, (Trying to flash with the one in the ROM gave an error)
7. I removed the Phone´s back cover, plugged the usb cable to the phone, and holding down the reset button, connected the usb cable to the computer
8. Then released the reset buton and VOILA!, the flashing began :fingers-crossed: and ran without any errors.:laugh:
9. The greatest moment was to see the phone reboot fully after this. :victory:
After rebooting and connecting to the internet, I upgraded the FW and everything is running smooth.
I liked the preinstalled VIBE ROM, only that it had some flows here n there, plus the preinstalled Chinese apps annoyed me! I am now getting used to the original P780´s ROM.
Anyone who lands in my previous mess,- Flashing with wrong ROM and cannot get Phone to boot up, or get it recognized by PC, can try out my solution, of-course at YOUR OWN RISK!
PS, Always take time to inform yourself fully before performing this task, it will save you some Headaches!
Happy flashing
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help flashing not starting and plugin out sound is coming
I know this is a very old thread, but, I was fixing up a P780 for a friend (he was constantly getting gapps.com stopped working and such) so I flashed some (stock?, Lenovo_P780_S115_MT6589_20130807) rom I found via SP Flash tool. It worked fine. So the next thing I was supposed to do was write IMEIs back, and for the life of me, i couldn't get that to work ( i would always get to "start searching kernel com port and handshake", and after that would get something like enter AP meta mode fail default, or something like that) so I started looking for alternatives, and found that one of the easiest ways is to root the phone, and install mobile uncle or MTK tools or whatever, anyway, I download twrp, flashed it using SP Flash Tool, and now the phone won't turn on, can't be detected by the Flash tool, it is in a way detected by windows (Unknown USB Device, Device descriptor Request failed), although it sort of goes on an off. LED lights up when connected to a charger or PC via USB

[Q] lenovo p780 chineese speed version, _s136_140306, flashing rom

hi all! im new here to xda,
so i recently got my lenovo p780 with loads of bugs and chinese bloatwares, sim toolkit not working, and it keeps restaring all the time, i tried factory reset but no help, so i want to flash a different rom, at least a working and more stable one, what are the guidelines for rooting and flashing on these "speed versions of lenovo p780? since i heard that a different method must be used
android version: P780 S136_140306
on its pacage it says 2014.05 with some chinese characters,
any help is very much appreciated!!
michael90g said:
hi all! im new here to xda,
so i recently got my lenovo p780 with loads of bugs and chinese bloatwares, sim toolkit not working, and it keeps restaring all the time, i tried factory reset but no help, so i want to flash a different rom, at least a working and more stable one, what are the guidelines for rooting and flashing on these "speed versions of lenovo p780? since i heard that a different method must be used
android version: P780 S136_140306
on its pacage it says 2014.05 with some chinese characters,
any help is very much appreciated!!
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Hil You can flash any rom you want iff you have the right preloader..
Here is the preloader and what you must do: download any flash tool rom and replace original preloader with this one.
Iff is an stock rom you must delete checksum.ini. allso.
Tell me iff something goes wrong.
Good luck.
stympy said:
Hil You can flash any rom you want iff you have the right preloader..
Here is the preloader and what you must do: download any flash tool rom and replace original preloader with this one.
Iff is an stock rom you must delete checksum.ini. allso.
Tell me iff something goes wrong.
Good luck.
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Hi all, I have a same problem and it is annoy me.
I have downoaded ROM and flash tool as weel, but cant put files in tho rows.
ído we need something else or just we need ROM, flash tools, preloaded file, and thats all?
Thanks
flyboy126 said:
Hi all, I have a same problem and it is annoy me.
I have downoaded ROM and flash tool as weel, but cant put files in tho rows.
ído we need something else or just we need ROM, flash tools, preloaded file, and thats all?
Thanks
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That is all !
stympy said:
That is all !
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Thanks a lot.
Do I need save donw my IMEI and conf files before?
Could you suggest me a stable ROM even if its cooked?
I would like to use it in Europe.
Appreciated
flyboy126 said:
Thanks a lot.
Do I need save donw my IMEI and conf files before?
Could you suggest me a stable ROM even if its cooked?
I would like to use it in Europe.
Appreciated
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Hi. Iff you want stable ROM for Europe look here:
Android 4.2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/development/life-rom-lenovo-p780-t2666626
Android 4.4.2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/development/life-xvibe-v0-9-rom-t2847904
Modems just in case your network signal have problems:http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/development/how-modems-t2757923
Modems must be flashed from TWRP.
This ROMs i have tested. Stable with no errors. I live in Europe.
stympy said:
Hil You can flash any rom you want iff you have the right preloader..
Here is the preloader and what you must do: download any flash tool rom and replace original preloader with this one.
Iff is an stock rom you must delete checksum.ini. allso.
Tell me iff something goes wrong.
Good luck.
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thanx alot stympy!
but silly question here; where do i put the preloader, and what flash tool would you suggest?
thanx again
michael90g said:
thanx alot stympy!
but silly question here; where do i put the preloader, and what flash tool would you suggest?
thanx again
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Custom preloader must replace the original one in the target_bin folder.
I suggest the SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1304.0.119. You can download from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/help/rooting-tutorial-kitkat-t2835605
Good Luck.
stympy said:
Custom preloader must replace the original one in the target_bin folder.
I suggest the SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1304.0.119. You can download from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/help/rooting-tutorial-kitkat-t2835605
Good Luck.
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ok, i have now rooted the phone, i downloaded the LiFe_v07_for_P780_for_PC_Flash.7z but how am i supposed to add the preloader here?
i downloaded a different rom, found the "target bin folder", do the PRELOADER have to have the same name as the original one??
original preloader; "preloader_prada_row"
michael90g said:
ok, i have now rooted the phone, i downloaded the LiFe_v07_for_P780_for_PC_Flash.7z but how am i supposed to add the preloader here?
i downloaded a different rom, found the "target bin folder", do the PRELOADER have to have the same name as the original one??
original preloader; "preloader_prada_row"
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Take this preloader and delete the preloader fom Life and put this one !
Many Thanks!
stympy said:
Take this preloader and delete the preloader fom Life and put this one !
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you saved my butt... i got black screen, then i use you preloader file and it just worked!!! thanks a lot!
strikey69 said:
you saved my butt... i got black screen, then i use you preloader file and it just worked!!! thanks a lot!
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You are wellcome.
stympy said:
Take this preloader and delete the preloader fom Life and put this one !
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i did as you told, and it works!! no sudden restarts, clean nice, with no bloatware had to flash the v51 modem for 860 due to bad connectivity, but works now THANK YOU FRIEND!! :good:
michael90g said:
i did as you told, and it works!! no sudden restarts, clean nice, with no bloatware had to flash the v51 modem for 860 due to bad connectivity, but works now THANK YOU FRIEND!! :good:
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You are welcome.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
help
stympy said:
You are welcome.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Hello,
Just now I studied above topic, because I have a some problem. So according to your discussion I have only one way. But I am only a phone user, not expert concerning the above issue. But I have bit or minimum knowledge so I think I can do it. But I need some help, and direction what and how have to do it. Please let me know from where can I download the best and fixed ROM, (which is the better, 4.2 or 4.4) how can I use flash tools and preloaded file. Please help me or send me a link about video where I can obtain more solution. But it will be better if you provide me some support because I can forward some question If I have a problem. I would be appreciated.
Thanks
ginagina said:
Hello,
Just now I studied above topic, because I have a some problem. So according to your discussion I have only one way. But I am only a phone user, not expert concerning the above issue. But I have bit or minimum knowledge so I think I can do it. But I need some help, and direction what and how have to do it. Please let me know from where can I download the best and fixed ROM, (which is the better, 4.2 or 4.4) how can I use flash tools and preloaded file. Please help me or send me a link about video where I can obtain more solution. But it will be better if you provide me some support because I can forward some question If I have a problem. I would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Hi. I think that i should explain THAT THERE IS NOT AN FIXED ROM just tested ROM. . I reccomend 2 of this ROMS. Life v.07 for Android 4.2.2 and Life v.09 for android 4.4.2.
FIRST READ THIS TUTORIAL AT LEAST 2 TIMES. :laugh:
Now step by step how to doit. This is the hard part for beginners:
1. download in your computer the drivers(i have uploadet to you)
2. install drivers
3. restart your computer (just to be sure) (skip steps 1.2.3 iff you have allready installed drivers)
4. now... turn off your phone
5. plug your USB cable in your computer
6. plug your USB cable in your phone
7. new hardware detected should appear... and should install drivers automaticaly
8. after the drivers are installed unplug your cable from the phone and restart your computer (just to be sure)
9. after restart of your computer download the ROM ,unzip to a known folder,
10. now download the preloader file from this post
11. unzip preloader file, go to target_bin folder and delete existing preloader(preloader_prada_row.bin), and add the preloader you downloadet, and delete any file from target_bin directory with the name Checksum.ini.
12. now load scatter file from ROM directory(should be target_bin directory)
13. check DA,DL WITH CHECKSUM (NOT OPTIONAL)
14. press Firmware Upgrade button (NOT DOWNLOAD BUTTON)
15. now just now plug usb cable to your phone.
16. firmware flash should start.(some red and other color lines should appear)
15. iff the firmware is not starting remove the back case of your phone and hold pressed the little red button from the right side, for about 20 seconds then release. All this must be done with cable pluged in to your phone.
17. after flash is done a green circle should appear
18. disconect your phone and power on your phone
19. lenovo logo should appear. then you should be pacient because it will took some time before android boots for the first time.
20. after this let the phone reboot at least once.
21. now plug cable in to your phone and copy zip archives(example: for life v.09 you must copy P780_s221_LiFe_XVIBE_v09 archive and P780_s223_LiFe_XVibe_v1.1 archive on the media storage or SD Card, on sdcard is better)
22. after the archives are copied reboot your phone to recovery. You can istall Reboot Manager from app store and reboot to Recovery.
23. After reboot to recovery you must go to install and select first archive P780_s221_LiFe_XVIBE_v09. Install and reboot the phone at least once. With the seccond archive P780_s223_LiFe_XVibe_v1.1 the steps are the same.
24. Reboot at least once then your phone is ready to work HARD.
25. Good luck. Hope This Helps You.
26. Do not be afraid. This phones are hard to HARD BRICK. Most of them are SOFT BRICK.
I have uploadet some pictures for 2 tipes of Flash Tool.
So driver is downloaded. Comp is restarted. Device is turned off and plugged on Comp. But automatically install not started. Device started recharge only. ((
ginagina said:
So driver is downloaded. Comp is restarted. Device is turned off and plugged on Comp. But automatically install not started. Device started recharge only. ((
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Step 15. iff the firmware is not starting remove the back case of your phone and hold pressed the little red button from the right side, for about 20 seconds then release. All this must be done with cable pluged in to your phone.
909
stympy said:
Step 15. iff the firmware is not starting remove the back case of your phone and hold pressed the little red button from the right side, for about 20 seconds then release. All this must be done with cable pluged in to your phone.
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I do not want to be a hard event but Red button was pushed but ....nothing
ginagina said:
I do not want to be a hard event but Red button was pushed but ....nothing
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hmm... something is wrong here.... what ROM do you try to flash?

P780 Brick "enable dram failed 4032"

Hello, I have a big problem with the phone. It's no turning on after trying to flash.
I can see it as MTK USB Port (ComX), but there is no way to flash it again because of "enable dram failed (4032)" in FlashTool.
How to fix it?
pawelb93 said:
Hello, I have a big problem with the phone. It's no turning on after trying to flash.
I can see it as MTK USB Port (ComX), but there is no way to flash it again because of "enable dram failed (4032)" in FlashTool.
How to fix it?
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Remove the back cover and connect your phone with the pc through data cable and kept pressing the red button for 10 secs which is near the sd card slot and release it. It will vibrate and lit up after 2-3 secs then remove the cable and start it.
Manek88 said:
Remove the back cover and connect your phone with the pc through data cable and kept pressing the red button for 10 secs which is near the sd card slot and release it. It will vibrate and lit up after 2-3 secs then remove the cable and start it.
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It doesn't work. No vibration at all.
pawelb93 said:
It doesn't work. No vibration at all.
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Prepare the rom to flash, then press firmware ugrade, plug your usb cable, keep pressed the red button for 20 secconds to reset preloader and tell us what is going on ?
stympy said:
Prepare the rom to flash, then press firmware ugrade, plug your usb cable, keep pressed the red button for 20 secconds to reset preloader and tell us what is going on ?
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Now, I am also having the same problem. I followed your instruction but persist the same error DRAM FAILED 4032 and also I dont have any nandroid backup. Whether it will be related to preloader issue ?
Hi pawelb93 and Manek88,
+1
I'm having the same problem as well. I was using this tuto and all went fine because I got the big green circle of success from Flash tool. Then I unplugged my phone and it hasn't booted since. It was :crying: a 4GB international version with Jelly Bean 4.2.
d8v8n8 said:
Hi pawelb93 and Manek88,
+1
I'm having the same problem as well. I was using this tuto and all went fine because I got the big green circle of success from Flash tool. Then I unplugged my phone and it hasn't booted since. It was :crying: a 4GB international version with Jelly Bean 4.2.
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My problem has been solved.
Hii d8v8n8 have you tried pressing the red button by plugging to pc ??
If you have a 4032 dram problem you need to format whole drive using sp flash tool and install a fresh stock rom.
Manek88 said:
My problem has been solved.
Hii d8v8n8 have you tried pressing the red button by plugging to pc ??
If you have a 4032 dram problem you need to format whole drive using sp flash tool and install a fresh stock rom.
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Hi Manek88,
Yup, I pressed and pressed the red button, once even for a full minute without a break but to no avail.
However and fortunately from another poster, stympy, I got the suggestion that it might be a driver problem. For the unfortunate user, please click on the embedded links for the steps it took me to get things sorted out.
I wish sincerely for the wary who landed here to be able to solve his or her issue with our trials and errors posted here. Thank you all.
Club of anonymous brickers
Hi, I just wanted to leave a comment about how I unbricked my Chineese p780 4Gb. Maybe useful to somebody.
Flashed the wrong ROM, got the brick, the only sign of life was a red LED when connecting to USB. After the second flashing got the same DRAM_FAIL (4032) error. Finally, after finding the right ROM I got phone's screen blinking for a second, but still not loading and not functioning.
So, after some experiments I found out that fresh driver/tools versions do matter a lot and I managed to flash the same needed ROM with fresher tools.
Setup (can't post links, I downloaded these from lenovo-forums dot ru):
- driver SP_Flash_Tool_Driver_Auto_Installer_v1.1236.00
- SP_Flash_TOOLS v5.1352.01
- very nice light and functional ROM LiFe v0.7 with modified preloader
- alternative modem V51 S820
Good luck!
1eqinfinity said:
"Club of anonymous brickers"
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:highfive:
1eqinfinity said:
(...) Finally, after finding the right ROM I got phone's screen blinking for a second, but still not loading and not functioning.
So, after some experiments I found out that fresh driver/tools versions do matter a lot and I managed to flash the same needed ROM with fresher tools. (...)
Good luck!
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Thanks 1eqinfinity for confirming this :good: and I'm glad you were successful as well .
hello dear
I have samsung note3 clone sm-n9006 fcc id a3lsm-n9006 no way to flash it because of "enable dram failed (4032)" in FlashTool.
now phone is dead
How to fix it?
Please Help me Also
I rooted and Suddenly reset My phone My phone was Only showing Logo and i also Dont Have Any backup And I download Stock rom From Internet And Flashed My Phone By sp flash tool But After It Not Starting Please Help and Thankss Please
ShreyashM576 said:
I rooted and Suddenly reset My phone My phone was Only showing Logo and i also Dont Have Any backup And I download Stock rom From Internet And Flashed My Phone By sp flash tool But After It Not Starting Please Help and Thankss Please
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Look for your phone on uncle Google and see what kind of hardware do you have....
After that you can repair the phone...
stympy said:
Look for your phone on uncle Google and see what kind of hardware do you have....
After that you can repair the phone...
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My Phone Has Mt6582 Chipset And android lollipop
And It Doesnt Start
But Shows Com port On my pc i tried Flashing again By Sp flash tool but it say D Ram Fail
ShreyashM576 said:
My Phone Has Mt6582 Chipset And android lollipop
And It Doesnt Start
But Shows Com port On my pc i tried Flashing again By Sp flash tool but it say D Ram Fail
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Can you tell me how many Gb have the internal memory and how much RAM?
NVM.
Try to flash one of this 3 Firmware. LINK HERE!
If you dont see anything inside the folders tell me! Or wait one hour to get uploaded!
stympy said:
Can you tell me how many Gb have the internal memory and how much RAM?
NVM.
Try to flash one of this 3 Firmware. LINK HERE!
If you dont see anything inside the folders tell me! Or wait one hour to get uploaded!
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It has 1Gb Of Ram
And 8Gb Of internal Storage
Links To download Rom Is Not Showing
Will they work For my phone
ShreyashM576 said:
It has 1Gb Of Ram
And 8Gb Of internal Storage
Links To download Rom Is Not Showing
Will they work For my phone
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Press on the "LINK HERE". Should take you to Google Drive.
Try second and third.
Should work.
ShreyashM576 said:
It has 1Gb Of Ram
And 8Gb Of internal Storage
Links To download Rom Is Not Showing
Will they work For my phone
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It worked? How about some feedback?
And witch one!
Giving Brom Error S NOT ENOUGH MEMORY when using Third rom with given Flash Tool and I tried It with The Latest version Of Flash Tool but Its Not working Now Trying Second Rom
ShreyashM576 said:
Giving Brom Error S NOT ENOUGH MEMORY when using Third rom with given Flash Tool and I tried It with The Latest version Of Flash Tool but Its Not working Now Trying Second Rom
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Ok. Waiting for feedback.

[Q] Lenovo P780 bricked

Hi there,
I need help on my Lenovo P780. I flashed it with P780_ROW_S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps ROM, procedure seemed to be ok but, after the green circle, I cannot switch on my smartphone anymore. Power+volumedown doesn't work and power+volumeup+volumedown as well. Now it's not recognized on my win7 pc! I tried to "uninstall" from device manager on my OS and then use the drivers contained in the .rar file "MTK_USB__Driver_GOOOOODDD" suggested some threads ago... but nothing happens, it's still an "unknown device" for Windows.
The only signal of life is the red light when the smartphone is connected to my laptop.
Please help me to solve this brick, I really do not know how to proceed.
Thanks in advance,
enricogambero said:
Hi there,
I need help on my Lenovo P780. I flashed it with P780_ROW_S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps ROM, procedure seemed to be ok but, after the green circle, I cannot switch on my smartphone anymore. Power+volumedown doesn't work and power+volumeup+volumedown as well. Now it's not recognized on my win7 pc! I tried to "uninstall" from device manager on my OS and then use the drivers contained in the .rar file "MTK_USB__Driver_GOOOOODDD" suggested some threads ago... but nothing happens, it's still an "unknown device" for Windows.
The only signal of life is the red light when the smartphone is connected to my laptop.
Please help me to solve this brick, I really do not know how to proceed.
Thanks in advance,
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Reflash again with the corect preloader. You will find one around here.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
stympy said:
Reflash again with the corect preloader. You will find one around here.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Hi stympy and thank you for your kind reply.
Actually I can't flash my phone because my SP Flash Tool doesn't move from 0% in its process.
Shall I try to format it?
Could you please help me explaining the process step by step?
Thanks in advance
enricogambero said:
Hi stympy and thank you for your kind reply.
Actually I can't flash my phone because my SP Flash Tool doesn't move from 0% in its process.
Shall I try to format it?
Could you please help me explaining the process step by step?
Thanks in advance
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Hi there again!
Seems to me that you have some problems with :
1. SP Flash Tool
2. Drivers!
Tell me what drivers do you use, and what FLASH Tool. In detail!
If this dont work maybe we can establish a connection with teamviewer, so i can see what tools do you use and what ROM.
stympy said:
Hi there again!
Seems to me that you have some problems with :
1. SP Flash Tool
2. Drivers!
Tell me what drivers do you use, and what FLASH Tool. In detail!
If this dont work maybe we can establish a connection with teamviewer, so i can see what tools do you use and what ROM.
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Hi stympy,
I'm using SP Flash Tool V3.1304.0.sn119 (build: 2013/01/28 11:26 r1073)
About the drivers... I'm using "MTK USB driver" folder that you shared in a thread some time ago... where can I get the version? Here you can find in attachment a png screenshot, as you can see date modify of the files in the package. Unfortunately I can't get info from my Windows device manager because of the actual "unknown device" recognition of my P780
just in case, ok for the teamviewer session, thank you for your availability!
enricogambero said:
Hi stympy,
I'm using SP Flash Tool V3.1304.0.sn119 (build: 2013/01/28 11:26 r1073)
About the drivers... I'm using "MTK USB driver" folder that you shared in a thread some time ago... where can I get the version? Here you can find in attachment a png screenshot, as you can see date modify of the files in the package. Unfortunately I can't get info from my Windows device manager because of the actual "unknown device" recognition of my P780
just in case, ok for the teamviewer session, thank you for your availability!
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Hi there,
it seems that now the device is recognized by Win7 because it finished its driver installation.
In the device manager now I see a "MediaTek DA USB VCOM (Android) (COM11)"; anyway, I downloaded the latest version of SPFTools (v5.1352.01) but both of the instances stops at "searching" time and 0% of the flashing process.
Could please someone advise?
Thank you!
Try to make sure the device is fully turned off. try to press the red button beside the battery. And then reconnect the cable while it is in the mode "Searching".. if it does not connect .. try unplugging and replugging it again.
handshake1234 said:
Try to make sure the device is fully turned off. try to press the red button beside the battery. And then reconnect the cable while it is in the mode "Searching".. if it does not connect .. try unplugging and replugging it again.
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After pressing the red button it got it up, thank you handshake1234. But flashing process stops later with the same error of the last ROM I tried to flash yesterday (attached).
Is that meaning I used another time a uncompatible ROM?
(Yesterday) S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps
(Today) P780_ROW_S123_131231_rooted_twrp_gapps
both for ROW.
Can anyone say something about the attached png error?
Thanks!
enricogambero said:
After pressing the red button it got it up, thank you handshake1234. But flashing process stops later with the same error of the last ROM I tried to flash yesterday (attached).
Is that meaning I used another time a uncompatible ROM?
(Yesterday) S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps
(Today) P780_ROW_S123_131231_rooted_twrp_gapps
both for ROW.
Can anyone say something about the attached png error?
Thanks!
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Try to flash with this preloader!
stympy said:
Try to flash with this preloader!
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It worked!!! Thank you both very much for your help! You saved my phone!
enricogambero said:
It worked!!! Thank you both very much for your help! You saved my phone!
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enrico, what did you do to let win7 recognize your phone ?
did you change try sereval cables etc ?
thank you
khubayb1 said:
enrico, what did you do to let win7 recognize your phone ?
did you change try sereval cables etc ?
thank you
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hi khubayb1,
I only pressed for a few seconds the small red button near the battery. I think it's like a harder reset. after pressing it, I tryied back to connect the phone to my pc and... voilà!
enricogambero said:
It worked!!! Thank you both very much for your help! You saved my phone!
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I have the same problem. Sh1ts started when I try to make backups. First, Mobileuncle said: no sd card?' No sdcard0,nosdcard1. So I didn't make backup on my IMEI's. But that is is my little problem. Generally, I saw that there were 2 versions: 4gb Chinese and 8gb row. So i opened explorer and saw 8gb storage. I thoght that I'm row. But I coudn't see version of my rom. Whatever, I decided to flash Russian version VIBE 2.0 lite etc. with replaced files for 8gb. Instled drivers and flashtool. It always gave me same error: DRAM FAIL 4032. Then, I tried to flash cust. recovery for the model. After flashing recovery it wen into a brick or bootloop. Now the screen wan't turn on. I read your guidens above, but when I try to flash stock rom it says: dram fail 4032, cant change preloader with yours couse mdchecksum doesn 't get right. When i try to flash to flash Russian VIBE with your pleloader it says not enogh space 1011. I think the drivers work properly, because spft recognizes the device and see it on com8 etc...
I am really upset... please anwer. Thank you for being there for us.
Go_to_sleep said:
I have the same problem. Sh1ts started when I try to make backups. First, Mobileuncle said: no sd card?' No sdcard0,nosdcard1. So I didn't make backup on my IMEI's. But that is is my little problem. Generally, I saw that there were 2 versions: 4gb Chinese and 8gb row. So i opened explorer and saw 8gb storage. I thoght that I'm row. But I coudn't see version of my rom. Whatever, I decided to flash Russian version VIBE 2.0 lite etc. with replaced files for 8gb. Instled drivers and flashtool. It always gave me same error: DRAM FAIL 4032. Then, I tried to flash cust. recovery for the model. After flashing recovery it wen into a brick or bootloop. Now the screen wan't turn on. I read your guidens above, but when I try to flash stock rom it says: dram fail 4032, cant change preloader with yours couse mdchecksum doesn 't get right. When i try to flash to flash Russian VIBE with your pleloader it says not enogh space 1011. I think the drivers work properly, because spft recognizes the device and see it on com8 etc...
I am really upset... please anwer. Thank you for being there for us.
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Hi.
Go there and download your firmware !
Flash it !
For custom recovery go there and download ROW ONLY recovery(openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0rev2-p780row.zip)!
Creeate one folder, unzip the recovery img and Copy the scatter file from your firmware in that folder.
Here is one "small" tutorial for rooting!
If its not working PM me !

[HELP PLS!!!] LENOVO P780 4GB CN - Not booting up

Hello everyone,
Before reading this, please be advised that I have read every topic related to this phone and tried everything (step by step) but I couldn't find any solution yet for the problem I have, so here it is:
Bought this phone one year ago and I'm very pleased about his performance. Yet, some months ago i might flash a ROW ROM version - I didn't had any clue what I'm doing - and the problems started...
Since one month, I'm flashing my phone every day trying to get it work but without success phone is Lenovo P780 CMIIT ID : 2013CP5888 - I assume it is made in 2013 and the details on the back are written in chinese.
The problem : all apps crash after installing stock rom (china version) and once the phone is off it won't boot (after repeatedly pressing the red button sometimes it starts). Every time after flashing it works for a few hours then it stops (freezes/restarts and keeps the logo picture untill I press the red button under the back cover)
My last flashing attempt (few hours ago):
Step 1. I have installed P780_S129_130710 ROM with SP flash tool
Step 2. I have installed LiFe_v07 4GB CHINESE ROM with SP flash tool
Phone is off now, I can't boot it since some hours and have left it to charge.
PS: i have all the drivers for flashing correctly installed
I'm very frustrated because i'm having the same every day and I can't seem to solve it yet. If someone would guide me through solving it I would be very happy :good::fingers-crossed:
Update:
Just flashed again the step 2 ROM, here is the SS of current ROM version
Sent from my Lenovo P780 using XDA Free mobile app
Awthentik_87 said:
Update:
Just flashed again the step 2 ROM, here is the SS of current ROM version
Sent from my Lenovo P780 using XDA Free mobile app
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Can you flash Baralabi KitKat firmware? Or do you want JellyBean ?
Hi Stympy,
To be honest, I just want my phone to work (without any app crashes)
I would try any Roms if stable enough, I'm just tired of flashing all day
Sent from my Lenovo P780 using XDA Free mobile app
Awthentik_87 said:
Hi Stympy,
To be honest, I just want my phone to work (without any app crashes)
I would try any Roms if stable enough, I'm just tired of flashing all day
Sent from my Lenovo P780 using XDA Free mobile app
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Can you establish a team viewer connection ? PM me if you can !
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Can you establish a team viewer connection ? PM me if you can !
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Yes I can, I'll pm you in about 1h if u are around and available
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Yes I can, I'll pm you in about 1h if u are around and available
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I'm here for like 2-3h more
Also I think I can't PM you...
Awthentik_87 said:
I'm here for like 2-3h more
Also I think I can't PM you...
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I am here now ! I will be afk in one hour! family business !
Hi @stympy,
I would like to take a moment to "Thank you !" " for all your efforts while sharing all these posts on Lenovo P780 forum.
Few days back, I faced an issue during rooting my P780 and phone went to "Charging light ON rest NOTHING" condition.
I referred numberous posts and solutions on this forum and then found a way of flashing stock ROM using SPFlashtool.
I was using Windows 10 on my laptop and SPFlashtool didn't worked well (tried v3 & v5).
The reason being, due to "Driver signature verification" as it didn't allowed to load mediatek driver.
Once I disabled it, the flashing tool work flawlessly and I was able to bring the phone back to life.
I spent around 2 days troubleshooting this issue. While searching solutions for this issue, I came across your MANY posts which were very helpful.
So, I would like to THANK YOU from bottom of my heart for being so much active while helping others on this platform.
Keep up the great work !! Have a great time ahead. !
way2shree said:
Hi @stympy,
I would like to take a moment to "Thank you !" " for all your efforts while sharing all these posts on Lenovo P780 forum.
Few days back, I faced an issue during rooting my P780 and phone went to "Charging light ON rest NOTHING" condition.
I referred numberous posts and solutions on this forum and then found a way of flashing stock ROM using SPFlashtool.
I was using Windows 10 on my laptop and SPFlashtool didn't worked well (tried v3 & v5).
The reason being, due to "Driver signature verification" as it didn't allowed to load mediatek driver.
Once I disabled it, the flashing tool work flawlessly and I was able to bring the phone back to life.
I spent around 2 days troubleshooting this issue. While searching solutions for this issue, I came across your MANY posts which were very helpful.
So, I would like to THANK YOU from bottom of my heart for being so much active while helping others on this platform.
Keep up the great work !! Have a great time ahead. !
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Hi there!
I am glad that my advices or any post helped you!
And you are wellcome! :good:
PLZ HELP!!!
Hi guys,
I have been using lenovo P780 since last 1 year. Last month I recieved an update to kitkat for stock rom, after which the phone went haywire. No range for mobile, battery life reduced drastically and many more issues. After a month of going through all this i decided to downgrade to jellybean again.
I did the procedure i found in one of the post here and flashed the stock rom for jellybean 3 days ago. The phone still had issues with Mobile range. But since yesterday night it would not BOOt up. Guys please help...!!!!
yokunal said:
Hi guys,
I have been using lenovo P780 since last 1 year. Last month I recieved an update to kitkat for stock rom, after which the phone went haywire. No range for mobile, battery life reduced drastically and many more issues. After a month of going through all this i decided to downgrade to jellybean again.
I did the procedure i found in one of the post here and flashed the stock rom for jellybean 3 days ago. The phone still had issues with Mobile range. But since yesterday night it would not BOOt up. Guys please help...!!!!
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Hi. Go to development section.
There you will find stock firmware for your phone 8 or 4 gb. Download the one you need.
After download go to q&a section on rooting tutorial for kitkat and download spflah tools 3 an 5. Those are the tools recommended for this phone. Those are modified tools for Lenovo P780. Download. Be careful to check if your NVRAM is intact. Settings/about phone. Look in IMEI area and see if your IMEI is there.
If not this is another problem to solve.
If your IMEI is lost look for my post tools for recovery IMEI.
Good luck.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
stympy said:
Hi. Go to development section.
There you will find stock firmware for your phone 8 or 4 gb. Download the one you need.
After download go to q&a section on rooting tutorial for kitkat and download spflah tools 3 an 5. Those are the tools recommended for this phone. Those are modified tools for Lenovo P780. Download. Be careful to check if your NVRAM is intact. Settings/about phone. Look in IMEI area and see if your IMEI is there.
If not this is another problem to solve.
If your IMEI is lost look for my post tools for recovery IMEI.
Good luck.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Hey thanks so much for the prompt reply.
For NVRAM issue how do I see that... my phone doesn't boot up. How to check for IMEI no then???
yokunal said:
Hey thanks so much for the prompt reply.
For NVRAM issue how do I see that... my phone doesn't boot up. How to check for IMEI no then???
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You cannot check now. You must flash firmware again.
stympy said:
You cannot check now. You must flash firmware again.
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Hi Good Morning,
Thanks for all the help dude. But am facing an altogether different issue here. My phone is not being detected in the PC itself. Sorry but I am a noob in all this. I did read all your post for rooting & NVRAM also. Please guide forward.
HiI have looked for all the posts here with same issue.
My phone mfg date is march-2014. I tried using Flash tools to flash
but it doesn't give any response for 8gb stock rom
But as soon as i connect the device after downloading all the files there is no response
the bar stays at 0% saying searching only.
Have i bricked my phone????????
yokunal said:
HiI have looked for all the posts here with same issue.
My phone mfg date is march-2014. I tried using Flash tools to flash
but it doesn't give any response for 8gb stock rom
But as soon as i connect the device after downloading all the files there is no response
the bar stays at 0% saying searching only.
Have i bricked my phone????????
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No. You did not brick your phone.
You must reinstall the drivers.
Before reinstalling drivers try this: when you flash the phone you must press red small button located on the back of the phone under the back case, metal back case. Start spflash tool, load scatter file, select firmware upgrade, press download and now press the small red button for 20 seconds. Tell me what is going on.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
stympy said:
No. You did not brick your phone.
You must reinstall the drivers.
Before reinstalling drivers try this: when you flash the phone you must press red small button located on the back of the phone under the back case, metal back case. Start spflash tool, load scatter file, select firmware upgrade, press download and now press the small red button for 20 seconds. Tell me what is going on.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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I did try this. THanks. But the problem i am facing now is once I connect my phone to the PC no device is detected in the Device manager.
yokunal said:
I did try this. THanks. But the problem i am facing now is once I connect my phone to the PC no device is detected in the Device manager.
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Try this:
1. Open device manager
2. Leave the window open
3. Power down the phone
4. Plug the phone to your USB cable
5. Look now on device manager window on ports section
6. In ports section will appear something like MTK 6.5.x.x preloader or MTK 6.5.9.2 com port x, where x is a port number.
7. This thing will appear for max 2 seconds, then will disappear.
8. Tell me what you have there so i know what you have to do.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
stympy said:
Try this:
1. Open device manager
2. Leave the window open
3. Power down the phone
4. Plug the phone to your USB cable
5. Look now on device manager window on ports section
6. In ports section will appear something like MTK 6.5.x.x preloader or MTK 6.5.9.2 com port x, where x is a port number.
7. This thing will appear for max 2 seconds, then will disappear.
8. Tell me what you have there so i know what you have to do.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Did above all steps...
Got a message saying all drivers are upto date
Then Opened SPFT v5
Loaded the scatter file
pressed download
Also connected the USB at same time
Now it gives error saying(" BROM Undetected rom ")
Update :
Hi the phone started
All i did was just change to download in SPFT v5 & it worked voila...
The IMEI number is still intact, It does show in settings of the phone..
The only problem i have now is i dont have a WLAN MAC address ,Bluetooth address & IP address in the status in settings
Update:
The phone now as i have tested so far does not have any range for the mobile network
Phone memory & sd card is though showing properly.
What course of action to be taken forward. Kindly advice.

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