I recently installed the viberom for my lenovo p780 and it comes with preinstalled japanese software, i deleted nearly all the japanese software and installed english alternatives however ive got the english secureit installed and when i delete the japanese secureit, no matter what i do, i wipe the davlik-cache, normal cache, i even delete all folders associated with the app manually and it still comes back upon every reboot of the phone, i want to know how to get rid of the app completely so when i reboot my phone it doesnt reinstall, thanks in advance.
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I recently installed the viberom for my lenovo p780 and it comes with preinstalled japanese software, i deleted nearly all the japanese software and installed english alternatives however ive got the english secureit installed and when i delete the japanese secureit, no matter what i do, i wipe the davlik-cache, normal cache, i even delete all folders associated with the app manually and it still comes back upon every reboot of the phone, i want to know how to get rid of the app completely so when i reboot my phone it doesnt reinstall, thanks in advance.
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I think you mean Chinese apps, there are no Japanese apps in the Vibe ROM. You can disable the app or uninstall the system app to prevent it from recovering back after your factory reset your phone, but be caution, removing wrong app will make your phone unusable.
Or perhaps you can try modded Vibe ROM, called X Vibe, those bloatware has been removed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/development/x-vibe-rom-lenovo-p780-t2665791
Ok, I'm new here and this is my first post, please be nice
Just got me a Guomi F3 (in Chinese, 国米 F3) and I'd like to do a clean install in English. I didn't know much about Android but I have been searching and learning to handle this situation I'm under..
I lost backup ROM and can't find a compatible one on the net yet.
This phone seems to be very new (and very minor) so I can't find a manufacture ROM or even manufacture's website..
Currently it keep showing an error message "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!"
The OS seems to belong to China Mobile (in Chinese, 引領3G生活) and it won't let me fastboot but I can access fastboot mode by ROM manager app.
Here's the spec of this phone;
- Platform: Android
- Android ver.: 4.4.4
- Android SDK ver.: 15 (Android 4.0.3)
- Kernel: Linux 3.0.8
- CPU: MT6592 2GHz Octa Core
- Root access: Yes
- RAM: 421MB
- System storage: 2.07GB
- Internal storage: 0.97GB
- External storage: 0.97GB
- GPU ver.: OpenGL LS 2.0 Spreadtrum Build
I need a custom ROM for the phone, any help would be very appreciated, thanks!
You should have done a backup before!!
Now you're helpless unless you get a stock rom or a custom rom
Use yuweng's recovery porting tool to get a custom cwm recovery(dont know whether it'll work on mt6592)
Then port a custom rom using a rom porting tool and try it
It'll be a long process but at the end of the day you'll get rid of the error and will have a custom rom too
Press thanks :good: if I've helped :highfive:
Hi arnabbiswasalsodeep, thanks for your reply :good:
I tried MT65xx Lewa OS Porting Tool but can't proceed it.. as there's no compatible lewa ROM, fails to install USB driver (Mediatek Driver Auto Installer) due to no unsigned drivers for win7.
I just hope that someone can modify or create ROM for this phone soon.. :fingers-crossed:
Use mtk firmware adapter
Many even port roms fron mtk6577 to mtk6589 using it
Press thanks :good: if I've helped :highfive:
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Ok, I'm new here and this is my first post, please be nice
Just got me a Guomi F3 (in Chinese, 国米 F3) and I'd like to do a clean install in English. I didn't know much about Android but I have been searching and learning to handle this situation I'm under..
I lost backup ROM and can't find a compatible one on the net yet.
This phone seems to be very new (and very minor) so I can't find a manufacture ROM or even manufacture's website..
Currently it keep showing an error message "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!"
The OS seems to belong to China Mobile (in Chinese, 引領3G生活) and it won't let me fastboot but I can access fastboot mode by ROM manager app.
Here's the spec of this phone;
- Platform: Android
- Android ver.: 4.4.4
- Android SDK ver.: 15 (Android 4.0.3)
- Kernel: Linux 3.0.8
- CPU: MT6592 2GHz Octa Core
- Root access: Yes
- RAM: 421MB
- System storage: 2.07GB
- Internal storage: 0.97GB
- External storage: 0.97GB
- GPU ver.: OpenGL LS 2.0 Spreadtrum Build
I need a custom ROM for the phone, any help would be very appreciated, thanks!
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I got the same phone. Ｉ tried and root the phone successful. Somethings went wrong in the process and the massage shows up "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!".
Have you fixed the problem? appreciate your help. Thanks
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I got the same phone. Ｉ tried and root the phone successful. Somethings went wrong in the process and the massage shows up "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!".
Have you fixed the problem? appreciate your help. Thanks
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Don't worry, your phone is perfectly fine. The system is NOT damaged at all. This iRoot chinese superuser crap is what is sending the scary message. The scare tactic occurs because you deleted some other chinese bloatware which came down via the iRoot software during the rooting process. There is one chinese app in particular which when deleted will download and reinstall itself. It is the one that pops up annoyingly every 10 seconds. It's like an appstore that's trying to force you to download chinese apps. You can uninstall it by putting the phone in airplane mode and uninstalling it.
When the chinese superuser sees that that particular chinese crapware is absent, it starts to send that annoying message that the system was damaged. Just ignore it. Of course, it is hard to ignore because it flashes constantly in the middle of the screen. But you can work through the nuisance.
You see, at this point, the phone is actually properly rooted! So what you do next is simply download a root file manager (Uninstall Master or ES File Manager for example), do whatever you needed while rooted then after you've done whatever you wanted to do in the first place, just use the root file manager to delete the chinese superuser program. It's called RL King or some such non-sense. THIS WILL SAFELY UNROOT THE PHONE. In other words, you will lose root, but it will get rid of the annoying fake message that your system was damaged.
Or you can root the phone, accept the chinese crapware and be happy. Me? i unrooted my phone. I don't want any chinese crapware on it. Who knows what other sneaky stuff iRoot is doing on there. I don't speak chinese so I have no idea what all the visible crapware was for. And if they get so upset that you delete the crapware that they would spitefully put this annoying message permanently on the phone, then I DO NOT TRUST THEM!!!
My advice is TO NOT USE iRoot or vRoot for rooting your phone. You will have no idea what nastiness they are inserting directly into the root of your system with superuser privileges!
Volte4G+ CPU: MT6589 4GB RAM, 120GB ROM 2.048GHz???
I have a message every 2 second saying "System is damage, please check!!!". The system is 100% OK besides this error message.
I have used iRoot. I have installed Uninstall Master to delete KingRoot but it does not help. There must be some more bugs?
The technical spec seems to be a fraud as well.
Please advise.
stentmartin
stentmartin said:
I have a message every 2 second saying "System is damage, please check!!!". The system is 100% OK besides this error message.
I have used iRoot. I have installed Uninstall Master to delete KingRoot but it does not help. There must be some more bugs?
The technical spec seems to be a fraud as well.
Please advise.
stentmartin
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What is your phone make and model? Can't help you unless you provide this info.
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System is damage, please check!!!
My Phone is a " Volte4G+". It is made by Spreadtrum.
The phone information is giving me the following info:
1. CPU: MT6589 (Spreadtrum 4G SC8830?).
2. ARM V7 architecture.
3. 8 cores
4. 2..048GHz
5. 4GB RAM
6. Internal Storage 120GB
7. 512GB micro SD Card (Installed by me)
The phone is bought from Malaysia.
Works perfect, but I can not find any tech spec that match this phone internal spec (can be fake?).
I have uninstalled KingRoot and it has nothing todo with the problem. I don't think iRoot or KingRoot is the problem (mybe emidiator). I have deleted all suspissios programs but there is of course hundreds other apps that can couse this problem!
You are absolute right about your assumption that a deleted malware program have triggered this messages.
stentmartin said:
My Phone is a " Volte4G+". It is made by Spreadtrum.
The phone information is giving me the following info:
1. CPU: MT6589 (Spreadtrum 4G SC8830?).
2. ARM V7 architecture.
3. 8 cores
4. 2..048GHz
5. 4GB RAM
6. Internal Storage 120GB
7. 512GB micro SD Card (Installed by me)
The phone is bought from Malaysia.
Works perfect, but I can not find any tech spec that match this phone internal spec (can be fake?).
I have uninstalled KingRoot and it has nothing todo with the problem. I don't think iRoot or KingRoot is the problem (mybe emidiator). I have deleted all suspissios programs but there is of course hundreds other apps that can couse this problem!
You are absolute right about your assumption that a deleted malware program have triggered this messages.
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I guarantee you that iRoot or KingRoot were indeed the source of the problem. What I said was, one of those programs downloaded the culprit without your knowledge. I know it for a fact because my own phone was completely free of all malware. I had a brand new, clean stock ROM flashed. I then tried to root with iRoot or vRoot. Immediately after rooting, I deleted a Chinese app that got installed by the rooting program. And as soon as I deleted that program, the annoying message began. So it had to be via the rooting process and it was because I deleted that crapware.
It's possible that it's an app that cannot be deleted even by AppMaster, or the root browsers even with root permission. This is because some of the virus apps install themselves into the system partition with an attribute of i (immutable) or a (annex only). You first have to remove the "i" or "a" attribute with a terminal emulator such as Terminal Emulator from PlayStore (but your phone needs to be rooted). The problem with those attributes is that a program like AppMaster, SD Maid or Root Browser will tell you the app was deleted, but once you reboot, you will quickly find out that the app was not deleted at all. Once you remove these attributes, you can delete the offending apps permanently. So to do this, you'll have to reroot your phone. Don't be afraid to reroot because once you're rooted, you can get rid of all the crap. Also, once you're rooted, make sure you also install busybox (download and install Busy Box X from PlayStore) because it gives you access to a better suite of Linux commands that you can use via the terminal emulator app.
There is another possibility for the problem. The annoying message may be a service and not an app. In that case, you need to discover what service it is and use the app called Disable Service to permanently stop that service from running (but your phone needs to be rooted). So you'll have to reroot and then use Disable Service.
Anyway, you have an absolutely beautiful phone. Love the specs. I wonder it it uses MTK or Spreadthrum architecture. If it's MTK you can easily and quickly flash back to stock with SP Flash Tool. Otherwise you have to use the Spreadthrum tools. You will need to find your stock ROM and flash it. That's the other way to deal with it.
Let me know how it goes. I can help answer questions at each step of the way. Just remember to take screenshots to help explain what's going on if you need help.
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System is Damage
First. My goal withe phone is to install Ubuntu Mate and have a combined phone & Ubuntu computer.
On all tests this powerful phone have extremely low score. Reason, the tests can not handle 4G phones @ 2GHz and 8-cores or the phone is a fake or scam?
I have contacted the Seller on eBay about the Stock ROM. Normally they don't know anything..
Also I am a normal user with some computer knowledge, not a hacker or aUnix programmer.
I have downloaded and tested all programs you have suggested. Note! my phone is rooted.
The problem:
1 To use Service Disable or Uninstall apps in settings I need to know what app is causing the problem and I don't have a clue witch app I shall disable.
2. I can not find the Stock ROM to my phone.
3. I believe the my phone is a MT6589 SoC MTK device with 8-cores 2048MHZ and 120GB local storage.
At least that is what the phone is telling me.
Anyway, this is the future of computer/phones.
Possible Solutions
1. Buy another similar phone. Cost only $52 on eBay.
2. Take. backup of the new phone ROM and restore the backup to the old damage phone (delete internal storage first to get rid of malware?)
3. Compare installed apps on the phones and delete the differences on the old damage phones..
Can I use the therminal emulator to find the program causing my problem? You told me they have the "i" and "a" attribute in the mode. Can I look for some distinct features in the mode and use RM to remove the app.
In what directory shall I look?
Please advise
stentmartin
stentmartin said:
First. My goal withe phone is to install Ubuntu Mate and have a combined phone & Ubuntu computer.
On all tests this powerful phone have extremely low score. Reason, the tests can not handle 4G phones @ 2GHz and 8-cores or the phone is a fake or scam?
I have contacted the Seller on eBay about the Stock ROM. Normally they don't know anything..
Also I am a normal user with some computer knowledge, not a hacker or aUnix programmer.
I have downloaded and tested all programs you have suggested. Note! my phone is rooted.
The problem:
1 To use Service Disable or Uninstall apps in settings I need to know what app is causing the problem and I don't have a clue witch app I shall disable.
2. I can not find the Stock ROM to my phone.
3. I believe the my phone is a MT6589 SoC MTK device with 8-cores 2048MHZ and 120GB local storage.
At least that is what the phone is telling me.
Anyway, this is the future of computer/phones.
Possible Solutions
1. Buy another similar phone. Cost only $52 on eBay.
2. Take. backup of the new phone ROM and restore the backup to the old damage phone (delete internal storage first to get rid of malware?)
3. Compare installed apps on the phones and delete the differences on the old damage phones..
Can I use the therminal emulator to find the program causing my problem? You told me they have the "i" and "a" attribute in the mode. Can I look for some distinct features in the mode and use RM to remove the app.
In what directory shall I look?
Please advise
stentmartin
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It's really difficult to tell which app is causing whatever problem you might experience on your screen.
There are a couple things you can try:
First look in Settings> Applications and flip over to the Running tab. Look for apps with strange names. Then find the app in the All apps tab and try to disable it.
Next, use a root browser and check the /system/app and /system/priv-app folders. Again, you are looking for apks that have strange names. You have to be really careful because there are some system apps that have strange names but they will often have an odex file with the same name right next to them. You can ignore these apps that have an odex sibling. WARNING: Don't delete any of the apk files in the system folders. First try to rename them to whatevername.bak. Be sure you have root permissions. If you can rename the file, then it is NOT the one you're looking for. Rename it back to whatevername.apk and try another suspicious file. If you cannot rename the file, it will throw a message like "operation failed"... THIS IS THE CULPRIT. And there could be several of them. These are the virus files that cannot be deleted by normal means because they have their attribute set to immutable or annex or both. (I'm assuming that you already deleted all the virus apps that can be deleted using a system app manager like App Master and only these stubborn ones are left).
I use ES File Explorer for my root browser. Just long click on the file you want to delete and select Properties. There on the file properties screen, I have the option to Copy Full Path. Click that to save the name of the file including the path (it will save something like /system/app/filename) so you don't have to manually type it later.
Then go to the Terminal Emulator app. Type su to get superuser privileges. Then type chattr -i -a /system/app/filename. This will remove the i and a attributes if they were on the file. Next type rm /system/app/filename. Obviously you can just paste the filename you copied to the clipboard instead of typing the whole thing and making mistakes on these tiny keyboards. Anyway, this is how to delete virus files that refuse to let you delete them. Lol. I have had to do this with infected phones that had 10 or more viruses permanently installed. This is why the copy full path is excellent. It removes the need for a lot of typing.
Let me know how it goes. But I did like your solution which was very effective....If these phones cost only $50 bucks, just buy a new one and extract the stock ROM from it. The only thing that concerns me is how could a phone so powerful only cost $50??? Sounds like a fake. I see a lot of Samsung Galaxy clones that show they have many GB of internal storage in the Settings. But if you run an app like Diskinfo on them, you'll see that they have very little RAM and very little internal memory. Some are so bad that you can't even install any apps on them because you'll get an insufficient memory error.
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ROM for corrupted phone
I have tried everything and can not find the virus.
Is not in the /Syste/app or /System/pri-app. If I delete all apps and goes to safe mode the virus is still there so it most be on the root level. The seller can not give me a new phone, they are out of stock and they are totally fake. They are even programmed to deceive you and the test program, a deliberate fraud or crime. It is 479MB not 4GB RAM and 1.2GB ROOM not 128GB. The CPU is a 4-core 1GHz not 8-Core 2GHz. And it is the same with all the Chinese phones I have seen. However they are nice low end phones payed by the ads you have big problems with. And as in my case, when you try you have this message "System is Damage" you can't get rid of blinking every 2 seconds.
The only way I can see now is to find a Stock ROM that works and that is not east to an MT6589 CPU.
Any suggestions?
stentmartin said:
I have tried everything and can not find the virus.
Is not in the /Syste/app or /System/pri-app. If I delete all apps and goes to safe mode the virus is still there so it most be on the root level. The seller can not give me a new phone, they are out of stock and they are totally fake. They are even programmed to deceive you and the test program, a deliberate fraud or crime. It is 479MB not 4GB RAM and 1.2GB ROOM not 128GB. The CPU is a 4-core 1GHz not 8-Core 2GHz. And it is the same with all the Chinese phones I have seen. However they are nice low end phones payed by the ads you have big problems with. And as in my case, when you try you have this message "System is Damage" you can't get rid of blinking every 2 seconds.
The only way I can see now is to find a Stock ROM that works and that is not east to an MT6589 CPU.
Any suggestions?
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If it's not one of the apps that shows up in your listings of Running apps, then it is a service which you need to halt.
There is a root app called OS Monitor which you can download from the PlayStore. It will tell you exactly which apps and services are running at any given moment. Use it to identify which service(s) is(are) running when this message pops up.
Then use Disable Service (also a root app from PlayStore) to block/turn off those services, thereby permanently stopping the message from appearing.
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y320
my friends huawei y320 u10 gapps and many other process keep crashing (android core is one of it). and its spamming error message
tried factory reset, it said reset success, but all my data is still there and the crashing persist.
tried flashing the stock firmware, it said success, but everything from before the flash is still there, and the crashing error persist. (tried adb ,and sd card)
and i also found that in the storage setting , there is an internal storage and phone storage. and i found that everything that is usually sdcard0 on my other phone.
there is an option to delete phone storage, but it also doesn't work (altough it said success.)
i also can't uninstall any app on that phone (currently there is : piano tiles, farm quest saga, instagram, weibo). everytime i tried to uninstall, launcher,setting,and nearly everything else crashes,
adb (at pc ) can't read the phone unless its doing install update from adb option (at the phone).
tried using ubuntu,kali , windows, mac (pc) and tried a lot of different usb cables)
help
elyas2u said:
my friends huawei y320 u10 gapps and many other process keep crashing (android core is one of it). and its spamming error message
tried factory reset, it said reset success, but all my data is still there and the crashing persist.
tried flashing the stock firmware, it said success, but everything from before the flash is still there, and the crashing error persist. (tried adb ,and sd card)
and i also found that in the storage setting , there is an internal storage and phone storage. and i found that everything that is usually sdcard0 on my other phone.
there is an option to delete phone storage, but it also doesn't work (altough it said success.)
i also can't uninstall any app on that phone (currently there is : piano tiles, farm quest saga, instagram, weibo). everytime i tried to uninstall, launcher,setting,and nearly everything else crashes,
adb (at pc ) can't read the phone unless its doing install update from adb option (at the phone).
tried using ubuntu,kali , windows, mac (pc) and tried a lot of different usb cables)
help
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Is the device rooted? Is it encrypted? Is the bootloader locked (by operator)?
Your EMMC may be corrupted. Forget factory reset. Hold down the volume DOWN key and then press power till the phone boots. You should see a menu. Select Clear or Wipe EMMC. Let us know what happens.
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I'm facing the same problem,system damaged,pleasw check.After re-root nothing happen,the massage still pop up.Try using Os monitor,cannot find weird apps running the massage.Only system running..please someone help
Qiba said:
I'm facing the same problem,system damaged,pleasw check.After re-root nothing happen,the massage still pop up.Try using Os monitor,cannot find weird apps running the massage.Only system running..please someone help
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The message about "system damaged" comes from a virus process that is installed by certain rooting applications. That application is triggered when you attempt to delete certain apps installed by the rooting app. Nothing is wrong with your system.
What phone do you have have bro? Can't help you unless you state the make and model of your device. Also, what did you root with?
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stentmartin said:
I have a message every 2 second saying "System is damage, please check!!!". The system is 100% OK besides this error message.
I have used iRoot. I have installed Uninstall Master to delete KingRoot but it does not help. There must be some more bugs?
The technical spec seems to be a fraud as well.
Please advise.
stentmartin
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If you put the phone in english and after you use iRoot. Try this:restore factory seting and root again but not change the lenguage
Hi guys,
That's a lot of text to read but when you guys advice me about that whole situation it can serve other people to plan and make their phone flashed without bricking it.
I need your opinion and advice on my move from Jelly Bean to KitKat. I have Lenovo P780 (China version) bought before 03.2014. My ROM is VIBEROM_V1.0_1347_3_ST_P780.
In general i'm happy with this rom, but after so long time of using it I would like to change it to more faster KitKat. And I would like to stick with VIBEUI because as i've said i'm happy with it. So I chose the newest: VIBEUI_V2.0_1512_7.149.1_ST_P780. I know it has only english and this other language but I don't use my native language even now when i have that option. Is it worth to flash it? Some people said about earlier version of kitkat it was buggy, and that JB is more stable than KK, but now after so much time of development it should be ready to smooth usage, right?
What I've done already:
I have istalled driver for preloader, lenovo usb drivers and adb drivers and then rooted with Kingoroot (of course on developer state and enabled usb debugging).
Then I made my copy of ROM through mtk droid tools, so I have istalled supersu but only for binaries (because mtk droid demanded them), then istalled busybox (from google play and hit install inside an app). And then I made copy of rom in mtk droid tools. But first hit „root” and then made backup, which was done without any error and is also prepared for SP Flash Tool. (I had trouble with backup because it ended with error but it was due to my default write disk in lenovo which was set on external storage, so mtk droid was writing image of ROM on built-in storage, which is, as you all know, very small, so i've changed default write disk and i was good to go).
I have done also backup of imei and nvram through mtk droid tools and backup of imei through mobile uncle tools.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE DONE. I didn't do anything besides this.
So first question: Is this enough? I mean root, drivers, backup of rom and imei.
Second question: What about „locked bootloader”? I've read a lot but in case of Lenovo P780 i've never read anything on locked bootloader besides one site but i can't insert url on my post because i'm new
So do I need to do sth with bootloader or it is unnecessary?
Next flashing: For downloading rom I used rather the most popular site with roms: needrom. I downloaded VIBEUI_V2.0_1512_7.149.1_ST_P780_OLK_W_3D22.zip. In this site is also scheme how to flash it. They say this stock rom should be flashed through CWM (I downloaded this recovery from their site):
Step 1: Download the custom ROM copied to an external SD card root directory
Step 2: the shutdown state. While holding down:
– Power button + volume button up, to enter the recovery mode.
– Wipe Data / Factory Reset -> delete all user data
– Wipe Cache Partition -> Wipe cache
– Advanced -> Wipe Dalvik Cache
Step 3: Return to recovery main interface Install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard -> Select your ROM
Step 4: Brush complete, restart the phone Patience required – first boot takes a while
Is this complete scheme? Because in xda i've found other way:
Install Vibe ROM, same as step 4 and then:
Step 5. Install Gapps
Step 6. Install SuperSU
Step 7. Wipe data/cache (Factory Reset) and reboot. Done
Sorry for carefullness but i don't want to brick my lenovo and it's better to ask with stupid questions than don't ask and flash. Also my brother had lenovo s650 but after conneting charger with electric socket it burned → then send on warranty to china --> then nothing... So... yeah i'm cautious.
I'm planning to flash cwm from needrom (same page as for stock rom) through mobile uncle tools (of course i will backup my contacts and other stuff). Or maybe it's better to create cwm recovery through mtk droid tools?
Then flash new vibe ui. Should I done this way or is it better other way? Like using stock revovery (but phone is rooted, i know i can remove root but i don't know if this rom is modded in any way so xda users didn't recommend to flash with stock recovery) or doing factory reset and then flashing with stock recovery ( i suppose doing factory reset can be done no matter if rooted, modded, etc., am i right? Then i should be available to make update through system settings?)? Asking because some guys said thay haven't managed to flash stock rom through cwm.
Now let's skip to Kitkat. Supposing i have done flashing properly through cwm i will have Kitkat vibe in stock version. So what then? I suppose i will need to:
1. root it (with kingoroot or iroot or sth like that because there are some problems with root on kitkat, right?)
2. get rid of ****ty china apps through root (suppose there will be around 10 apps to delete, so i will just run ie. kinguser and delete this system apps?)
3. install compatible recovery through mobile uncle tools (cwm or twrp, but in xda rather reign twrp) to flash gapps and maybe supersu if it's possible? Because i've read there are problems with framaroot on vibe but this regards only to framaroot or supersu too?
4. maybe restore imei, if it's lost
5. flash new modem (suppose this one i have now: V52?)
That's rather all, right?
Thanks in advance for your patience in reading and your opinions !
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Hi guys,
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Now let's skip to Kitkat. Supposing i have done flashing properly through cwm i will have Kitkat vibe in stock version. So what then? I suppose i will need to:
1. root it (with kingoroot or iroot or sth like that because there are some problems with root on kitkat, right?)
2. get rid of ****ty china apps through root (suppose there will be around 10 apps to delete, so i will just run ie. kinguser and delete this system apps?)
3. install compatible recovery through mobile uncle tools (cwm or twrp, but in xda rather reign twrp) to flash gapps and maybe supersu if it's possible? Because i've read there are problems with framaroot on vibe but this regards only to framaroot or supersu too?
4. maybe restore imei, if it's lost
5. flash new modem (suppose this one i have now: V52?)
That's rather all, right?
Thanks in advance for your patience in reading and your opinions !
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Hi. Alot of writing here! My eyes are like snail eyes now after all this reading!
1. KingoRoot will do fine! Framaroot is not working in KitKat.
2. Before eliminate china apps try to do a full backup of your firmware.
3. Install TWRP, you will find here some.
4. IMEI is lost only if you flash firmware with FlashTool! Not your case.
5. Flash modem... look for my post and you have there alot of KitKat modem software!
6. Yes in general this is all!
7. More tweaks are made, by every user. Depends on every user choices!
8. Good Luck.
I'm after upgrading to kitkat and.... all i can say is:
1. upgraded to kitkat VIBEUI_V2.0_1512_7.149.1_ST_P780_OLK_W_3D22 through cwm (carliv for p780 cn, you can found them on www|ambrand|net/Android) and a nightmare came...
2. i was able to install Kingoroot but i wasn't able to flash any gapps (i had in system apps google play services but only this and after manual install of google store it: "unfortunately stopped" every time) and superuser... and when rebooted into recovery throug mobileuncle tools my binaries for kingoroot where lost so every time I needed to root again...
3. kingoroot helped only with uninstalling user apps not system apps... titanium backup kept saying it works only with supersu...
4. tried flashing gapps with different cwm and twrp --> no success...
5. generally vibe ui is very beautiful, and works slightly better than vibe JB
6. after like 8 hours of trying to get my kitkat to usable state, I gave up...
7. through searching the internet i found VIBEUI_V2.0_1512_7.149.1_ST_P780mix_pansy_1_pl_ 28_03_15, so installed and now it seems to be good, it is mostly for polish users but there is also english inside and it has:
-root
-gaaps
-Xperia keyboard
-Titanium Backup
-Root Explorer
-Sony (Walkman)
-Lenowo launcher 6.8.289
-Lenovo dialer 3.8
-browser Dolphin
-Android browser
-SYNCit 1.1.14
-it has a lot of apps deleted, as you can see it has walkman from sony, so lenovo music app is gone, but performance of whole system is good, so if nothing wrong will happen i will stick with it
8. also it has kinguser (not from kingoroot) installed, but i think from zip named: Android_4.4_x_root, i haven't flashed this zip so now i slightly regreted because it might work then, but maybe some day i will do a backup and waste another day to challenge with stock rom especially with finding working gapps...
fictionch said:
I'm after upgrading to kitkat and.... all i can say is:
1. upgraded to kitkat VIBEUI_V2.0_1512_7.149.1_ST_P780_OLK_W_3D22 through cwm (carliv for p780 cn, you can found them on www|ambrand|net/Android) and a nightmare came...
2. i was able to install Kingoroot but i wasn't able to flash any gapps (i had in system apps google play services but only this and after manual install of google store it: "unfortunately stopped" every time) and superuser... and when rebooted into recovery throug mobileuncle tools my binaries for kingoroot where lost so every time I needed to root again...
3. kingoroot helped only with uninstalling user apps not system apps... titanium backup kept saying it works only with supersu...
4. tried flashing gapps with different cwm and twrp --> no success...
5. generally vibe ui is very beautiful, and works slightly better than vibe JB
6. after like 8 hours of trying to get my kitkat to usable state, I gave up...
7. through searching the internet i found VIBEUI_V2.0_1512_7.149.1_ST_P780mix_pansy_1_pl_ 28_03_15, so installed and now it seems to be good, it is mostly for polish users but there is also english inside and it has:
-root
-gaaps
-Xperia keyboard
-Titanium Backup
-Root Explorer
-Sony (Walkman)
-Lenowo launcher 6.8.289
-Lenovo dialer 3.8
-browser Dolphin
-Android browser
-SYNCit 1.1.14
-it has a lot of apps deleted, as you can see it has walkman from sony, so lenovo music app is gone, but performance of whole system is good, so if nothing wrong will happen i will stick with it
8. also it has kinguser (not from kingoroot) installed, but i think from zip named: Android_4.4_x_root, i haven't flashed this zip so now i slightly regreted because it might work then, but maybe some day i will do a backup and waste another day to challenge with stock rom especially with finding working gapps...
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I understand what you deed! But here in development area, are alot of firmware! Clean firmware, rooted firmware, etc,
My posts are in Development section.
Hi guys,
just sharing my latest adventure with kitkat...
VIBEUI_V2.0_1512_7.149.1_ST_P780mix_pansy_1_pl_ 28_03_15 was not working on 100% because for example I wasn't able to receive incoming calls...
so flashed again*VIBEUI_V2.0_1512_7.149.1_ST_P780_OLK_W_3D22 <-- stock version, and managed to make it work 100%
so in cwm (used "recovery_cwm_kk_mod_P780":
1. Wipe data/ factory reset
2. Wipe cache
3. Wipe dalvik cache
4. install zip from sdcard "VIBEUI_V2.0_1512_7.149.1_ST_P780_OLK_W_3D22"
5. install zip from sdcard "Android_4.4_x_root" <-- that is 100% working root, not like kingoroot...
6. after installation of root phone rebooted automatically
7. back to cwm and install zip from sdcard "YourZgappsXS-4.4-2014.06.18" <-- that also 100% working gapps
8. deleting china apps if you haven't done after first reboot ;p
9. make backup !! ;p
Those mentioned zips you can download easily with the help of uncle Google
Thank you guys for advices, especially stympy
Hey guys,
I would like to buy ZenPad Z580CA - 8'' IPS - 64 GB - Wifi and it will be my first Android tablet. Can you tell me if it's "rootable" or not? And if it is, Are there any ROMs available for it?
Anyone guys?
Yes, it is easily rootable. Just follow instructions in "Zenpad S root achieved". You will need a 8gb sdcard in fat2 format to put the chainfire updated su zip file on.
I actually bricked mine already by removing bloat with titanium backup. Fortunately asus provided factory image on their web support site soi was able to restore it with root method above.
The tablet is great after you freeze thd bloatware. I kind of like the asus enhancements. I disabled lock screen and configured wake up when double tapping the black screen, could not do that on my nexus 7.
However i dont like asus launcher so i use nova launcher instead.
mulperi, thanks a lot for the info and the reply, very helpful. I have a question: you said you bricked your tablet when you tried to uninstall Asus apps, should I avoid it and try to freeze the bloatware? The SDcard should be formatted FAT32?
Titanium Backup hung when trying to restore my uninstalled system apps. So my recommendation is to forget titanium and instead use the android built in ordinary application disable. I was able to disable everything i consider bloatware, also many google apps.
Yes avoid disabling/freezing asus apps (color, ui...) and especially asus launcher.
I think the flash tools use an old version of cwm, that can only work with max 8gb sdcard formatted as fat2. At least my other 64gb sdcard was not recognized at all.
Go luck, its a great tablet!
Thanks a lot man for the help and the good advice!
Cheers!
Guys, have you tried to install xposed on it? I'm trying but I've failed so far. I get a message "Xposed int not (yet) compatible with Android SDK version 21 or your processor architecture (x68)". Any ideas?
I succeeding in installing xposed-v79-sdk21-x86.zip using temporary cwm recovery. Before rebooting remember to clear cache and dalvik cache. Then install xposedinstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk
Now it has been a year the tablet is rooted but still nobody has thought to port a new rom. It's a shame, because it is a good tablet but even rooted, Marshmallow sucks and the tablet has a lot of lags. Furthermore, I have been seeing to buy a new tablet, but I realize that the specs of the new ones, are not that different than the specs of this one. So, I'm asking to those great creators of Lineage OS, who ported the Z380 could you please port the Z580CA? thank you in advance