Lenovo P780 Official Stock + Vibe ROM's & Guides
DISCLAIMER:
*Your warranty is now void, BUT will regain if you flash back the proper stock ROM.
*What you done to your phone is at your OWN RISK, you choose to do this modifications to your phone and don't blame me if anything goes wrong.
Preface:
Hi guys, I created this topic in order to help those who has difficulty finding stock ROM's for their P780. Plus I will tell you some info some precaution before you try flashing custom ROM's. -For All You Need Thread- :victory:
**I no longer own this phone, but I will still update this thread regularly. Still a power beast though
First thing first, before you download the ROM's please give me a :good: and read through my explanation about P780 ROM's ok?
All right, so you guys know P780 have shipped with 2 version, which is China version and International (ROW) version, and the P780 can use both version of ROM's vice-versa. (Alternatively, you can flash Vibe ROM as well. Its a stock ROM from Official China Lenovo.) Well, so what's the difference between China ROM's and International ROM's?
ROM [4GB]:
China ROM release history:
Does not include majority of Google apps, such as Play Store, Play Music, Search etc, but have many China bloatwares. Includes some useful features such as volume rocker wake. And only available in English & Chinese language. Other than that, it's just as same as the ROW version.
4GB partitioned as Data 2.5GB, Media 1GB
Available Versions are:
P780_S125_130529
P780_S129_130710
P780_S308_130814
P780_S135_300917
International ROM release history:
Includes Google apps, and it's multilingual, no China bloatwares, no extra features such as volume rocker wake but still got those free apps like Camscanner etc. Other than that, it's just as same as the China version. ROW - Rest Of World
4GB partitioned as Data 2.1GB, Media 1.4GB
Available Versions are:
P780_ROW_S110_130629
P780_ROW_S116_130828
P780_ROW_S119_300913
P780_ROW_S123_131231
P780_ROW_S124_140403
Vibe ROM
China based, does not include majority of Google apps, such as Play Store, Play Music, Search etc, but have many China bloatwares. Includes some useful features such as volume rocker wake. And only available in English & Chinese language. Refined UI. Read more at post #2.
4GB partitioned as Data 2.5GB, Media 1GB
According to some sources, China and ROW version have different type of baseband file which will affect your mobile's reception signal.
Recovery [4GB]:
Please note that China and ROW uses different type recovery, flashing wrong version will causes bootloop.
China
CWM version is 6.0.2.8
CTR - CWM based version 6.0.4.4
ROW
CWM version is 6.0.1.5
TWRP version is 2.6.3.0
CTR - CWM based version 6.0.4.4
Downloads Link Below
Warning: Do not flash for 4GB devices mod on 8GB devices or 8GB devices mod on 4GB devices, will causes bootloop and IMEI problems etc.
Booting Modes:
Power + Vol UP = Factory mode, which test, diagnostics, the device & phone info. (but it is in chinese)
Power + Vol DOWN = Meta mode, Mediatek specific mode, which used to perform some NAND alternative flashing process such as re-writing IMEI
Power + Vol UP + DOWN = Recovery mode.
Phone OFF + Connect USB Cable, SP flash mode.
Warning, this is really important for whom intended to flash custom ROM's, please read.
In XDA, there aren't many Custom ROM's available for our P780, but at the site needrom.com does have 10+ available ROM's at the moment, but many of it doesn't meant to flash over ROW version of base ROM, direct flashing custom ROM without changing your base ROM will result in soft-brick, which means boot-loop and the most common one is No IMEI, No baseband. This is an serious issue because No IMEI, No baseband will result your phone converted to an Android OS version of AndroidPod, because you can't make calls, SMS and data etc. If you didn't backup your IMEI and baseband before you flash custom ROM will result in PERMANENT SOFT-BRICK, the solution was to send back to service center for servicing. *Just like my phone, you wouldn't want that.
EDIT: Good news, my new discovery. Not permanent soft brick anymore, refer here if you want to revive your phone. :victory:
For current custom ROM's available on other sources please visit:
http://www.needrom.com/phone-roms/lenovo/serial-p/p780/
ALWAYS make a full backup before modding your phone, please visit here and read post #3 and follow all the steps.
Additional Backup Insurance:
Backup IMEI using MobileUncleTools
Backup entire whole stock ROM using CWM/TWRP
Alright now you are assured, good luck on flashing.
For flashing a stock ROM over PC, you will need SP Flash Tool and drivers to do that, for instruction, download links for the SP Flash Tool and custom stock ROM, please visit here and give @satanduck a :good:.
Note:
@satanduck ROM's already pre-rooted, debloated and have TWRP recovery installed by default.
Rooting:
You can use Framaroot to root your phone and choose Barahir exploit. (Only works on Stock ROM)
For custom ROM such as Vibe ROM, please use vRoot to root your phone. (Works on any ROM)
If you have CWM installed, you can flash this zip. (Works on any ROM)
Repartitioning (4GB only):
Repartition to 2.5, 3, 3.5GB for /data partition.
ROW based - Link.
China based - (removed, because not working)
Battery Graph:
on stock rom, doesnt matter which stock, row/chinese based or vibe based the battery option is hidden. All you have to do is; Download Dashclock and then Dashclock Battery Extension , customize your widget on your homescreen with the battery thingie, and then just tap the battery icon on the widget, it will bring to you the stock battery app
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Language Changer for China Based ROM:
*It will not change all System UI / Apps language because of some limitations.
Locale&Language : Set language Playstore removed, but I still have the *.apk.
Fix Caller ID mismatch, no Advanced Developer Mode etc & mods:
Download Gravity Box.
Note:
Strongly NOT recommended that you do OTA updates if the phone is rooted, modded or have custom recovery. It will possibly crashes your phone and causes your phone bootloop.
Downloads:
Official Unmodified Stock ROM's:
[4GB]
China:
P780_S125_130529
P780_S129_130710
S135 *Unavailable
ROW:
P780_ROW_S110_130629
P780_ROW_S116_130828
P780_ROW_S123_131231
S124 *Unavailable, please update via S123 OTA
[8GB]
Visit here.
Recovery's [4GB]:
Not flashable, extract and install it using MobileUncleTools.
China
CWM 6.0.2.8
ROW
CWM 6.0.1.5
TWRP 2.6.3.0
Carliv Touch - Includes both China and ROW based, select the proper recovery before flashing. (Also flashable by SP Flash Tool)
CTR 6.0.4.4 (Not tested by me) ~ Credits to @BesFen
**Please inform me if the links are dead, will try to re-upload for you guys.
Official Stock Custom Vibe ROM for P780
The "Official Stock Custom Vibe ROM" is almost stable without bugs. Tested on 4GB P780, unsure will it works on 8GB version or not, if anyone tested let me know .
Screenshots:
**Sorry none, as I don't own this phone already.
V1.5 4.4.2 KitKat screenshot:
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More screenshot here.
AGAIN... DISCLAIMER:
*Your warranty is probably void although it is official stock custom ROM from Lenovo, because your local phone dealer might not accept those customizations.
*What you done to your phone is at your OWN RISK, you choose to do this modifications to your phone and don't blame me if anything goes wrong.
Note:
Well, from official Vibe ROM website, it claimed that you can flash directly in stock Android recovery. However, if anyone willing to try let me know whether does it work or not. Below is the method I used when I am flashing Vibe ROM. But still, it is because those are China based ROM, so if you are on International ROW ROM, I still suggest you change base before flashing.
Installing ROM:
Coming from ROW ROM proceed with 1st step.
Coming from China ROM proceed with 4th step. Make a backup if necessary.
1. Turn On USB Debugging mode (ask Uncle Google if you don’t know how to do it)
2. Backup everything with MTKDroidTools IMPORTANT, DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP! Read here post #3.
3. Flash any China based ROM S125 (Stock or @satanduck ROM) and above with SP Flash Tool (post #1)
4a. Boot into the China ROM you’ve flashed (Let the ROM at least clean boot once)
4b. OR you can skip to the 7th step in stock recovery and flash Vibe ROM, BUT it's not recommended because you probably cannot flash SuperSU zip or Gapps in the stock recovery, unless you want to have a clean, unrooted device)
4.5 (If the ROM is not rooted then you should root it first before installing MobileUncleTools
5. Install MobileUncleTools (post #1)
6. Flash CWM 6.0.2.8 (post #1)
In CWM
7. Install Vibe ROM
8. Install Gapps
9. Install SuperSU
10. Wipe data/cache (Factory Reset) and reboot. Done
*OTA updates are AVAILABLE if your phone is not rooted, modded or have custom recovery etc.
Rooting:
Framaroot DOES NOT work on Vibe ROM.
Credits to @Chainfire for the rooting solution. Thanks to him. :victory:
Note:
Strongly NOT recommended that you do OTA updates if the phone is rooted, modded or have custom recovery. It will possibly crashes your phone and causes your phone bootloop.
Downloads:
Lenovo P780 Vibe UI | Mirror
Current Version:
Stable: P780_VIBEUI_V1.5_1423_9_ST (2014-6-5)
Developer: VIBEUI_V1.5_1421_DEV_P780 (2014-5-22)
*Choose the 2nd one（稳定版下载）to download which is stable version, the 3rd one（开发板下载）is developer version.
**For changelog, please click the mirror link to view.
Vibe UI V1.5 download:
Stable:
Vibe UI V1.5 1419 DEV | Mirror
Vibe UI Website
soralz said:
-Lenovo P780 Stock ROM's & Guides-
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[4GB Version]
China ROM:
Does not include majority of Google apps, such as Play Store, Play Music, Search etc. And only available in English & Chinese language. Other than that, it's just as same as the ROW version.
Current Available Versions are:
P780_S125_130529
P780_S129_130710
P780_S308_130814
P780_S135_300917
International ROM:
Includes Google apps, and it's multilingual. Other than that, it's just as same as the China version.
P780_ROW_S110_130629
P780_ROW_S116_130828
P780_ROW_S119_300913
P780_ROW_S123_131231
According to some sources, China and ROW version have different type of baseband file which will affect your mobile's reception signal.
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QUESTION:
Is Vibe ROM a stock rom provided from LENOVO because I am confused. If yes how can you get that?
Hi, nice initiative!
However I feel compelled to tell you that ROW and Chinese base has quite different partitioning layout, not just simply having different language and apps. As a result :
1) Custom recoveries are different
2) Re-partitioning tools are different
Failing to observe this may result in softbrick.
However when you flash from Flash Tool u flash also the partition layout. If you flash from recovery, some ROMs come with it (i.e. official vibe seems to) some don't.
Also worth noting before flashing any custom ROM is the factory ROM that came with the phone, if its ROW it may work better with ROW based radios, even if u do change base in the end.
Keep up the good work!
Difference Between 4gb & 8gb
soralz said:
-Lenovo P780 Stock ROM's & Guides-
Hi guys, I created this topic in order to help those who has difficulty finding stock ROM's for their P780. Plus I will tell you some info some precaution before you try flashing custom ROM's. -For All You Need Thread- :victory:
DISCLAIMER: What you done to your phone is at your OWN RISK, you choose to do this modifications to your phone and don't blame me if anything goes wrong.
First thing first, before you download the ROM's please give me a :good: and read through my explanation about P780 ROM's ok?
All right, so you guys know P780 have 2 version, which is China version and International (ROW) version, and the P780 can use both version of ROM's vice-versa. Well, so what's the difference between China ROM's and International ROM's?
[4GB Version]
China ROM:
Does not include majority of Google apps, such as Play Store, Play Music, Search etc. And only available in English & Chinese language. Other than that, it's just as same as the ROW version.
Current Available Versions are:
P780_S125_130529
P780_S129_130710
P780_S308_130814
P780_S135_300917
International ROM:
Includes Google apps, and it's multilingual. Other than that, it's just as same as the China version.
P780_ROW_S110_130629
P780_ROW_S116_130828
P780_ROW_S119_300913
P780_ROW_S123_131231
According to some sources, China and ROW version have different type of baseband file which will affect your mobile's reception signal.
Warning: Do not flash for 4GB devices ROM on 8GB devices or 8GB devices ROM on 4GB devices
Warning, this is really important for whom intended to flash custom ROM's, please read.
In XDA, there aren't many Custom ROM's available for our P780, but at the site needrom.com does have 10+ available ROM's at the moment, but many of it doesn't meant to flash over ROW version of base ROM, direct flashing custom ROM without changing your base ROM will result in soft-brick, which means boot-loop and the most common one is No IMEI, No baseband. This is an serious issue because No IMEI, No baseband will result your phone converted to an Android OS version of iPod, because you can't make calls, SMS and data etc. If you didn't backup your IMEI and baseband before you flash custom ROM will result in PERMANENT SOFT-BRICK, the solution was to send back to service center for servicing. *Just like my phone, you wouldn't want that.
For current custom ROM's available please visit:
http://www.needrom.com/phone-roms/lenovo/serial-p/p780/
Personally, I am not recommended that you flash custom ROM. It is because the risk of soft-bricking it is high, unless you are really curious / hand itchy to do so. Else a Xposed mod will be enough.
Still wanna go on a flash Then you should make a full backup, please visit here and read post #3 and follow all the steps.
Alright now you are assured, good luck on flashing.
For flashing a stock ROM over PC, you will need SP Flash Tool and drivers, for instruction, download links for the SP Flash Tool and custom stock ROM, please visit here and give @satanduck a :good:.
Note:
@satanduck ROM's already pre-rooted, debloated and have TWRP recovery installed by default.
Rooting:
You can use Framaroot to root your phone and choose Barahir exploit.
Recovery:
Current CWM version is 6.0.1.5
Current TWRP version is 2.6.3.0
Downloads Link Below
Note: Flash it using MobileUncleTools.
Repartitioning:
Download and read this guide carefully.
Downloads:
Official Unmodified Stock ROM's:
[4GB]
China:
-None ATM-
ROW:
P780_ROW_S123_131231
[8GB]
-None ATM-
Recovery's:
Not flashable, extract and install it using MobileUncleTools.
CWM 6.0.1.5
TWRP 2.6.3.0
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Hello can you clarify something for me please can you get the 8gb version in black or is it only white? and vice versa have got my funds stocking up to get this phone, and now heard it will be getting KitKat in the not so distant future.
Thanks
i can just back up my current Stock n flash the ROW123 isnt it?
stakou said:
QUESTION:
Is Vibe ROM a stock rom provided from LENOVO because I am confused. If yes how can you get that?
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I think it's official provided for by Lenovo, because the website is from Lenovo. I am using this ROM and I found it was actually better than stock ROM that came with our Lenovo P780. This ROM was actually perfect so far I have used for 1 day, found no bugs at the moment, Radio, Dual-SIM functionality is working perfectly. See above screenshots post #2.
satanduck said:
Hi, nice initiative!
However I feel compelled to tell you that ROW and Chinese base has quite different partitioning layout, not just simply having different language and apps. As a result :
1) Custom recoveries are different
2) Re-partitioning tools are different
Failing to observe this may result in softbrick.
However when you flash from Flash Tool u flash also the partition layout. If you flash from recovery, some ROMs come with it (i.e. official vibe seems to) some don't.
Also worth noting before flashing any custom ROM is the factory ROM that came with the phone, if its ROW it may work better with ROW based radios, even if u do change base in the end.
Keep up the good work!
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Yeah, I've updated 1 more China CWM recovery, still trying to understand the partition layout though.
spock81 said:
Hello can you clarify something for me please can you get the 8gb version in black or is it only white? and vice versa have got my funds stocking up to get this phone, and now heard it will be getting KitKat in the not so distant future.
Thanks
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Probably we will receive KitKat update in the near future, but Custom Vibe ROM already works perfectly.
michael9413 said:
i can just back up my current Stock n flash the ROW123 isnt it?
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You can flash stock ROM via SP Flash Tool, it won't brick your phone, just make a backup incase anything goes wrong.
Why the file extension is *.7s?
Can I flash it using TWRP?
Please help...
I'm using Windows 8.1...
Hi, I am currently on S119 rom, rooted and installed CWM. How can I upgrade to S123 rom ? I can't do OTA right ?
michael9413 said:
Why the file extension is *.7s?
Can I flash it using TWRP?
Please help...
I'm using Windows 8.1...
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7-Zip files aren't flashable with TWRP neither CWM, please let me know where is the ROM you have downloaded from?
If it is @satanduck ROM's, you will have to flash it via SP Flash Tool.
s_john8686 said:
Hi, I am currently on S119 rom, rooted and installed CWM. How can I upgrade to S123 rom ? I can't do OTA right ?
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Theoretically cannot, because the recovery is different.
soralz said:
Screenshots from "Official Custom Vibe ROM" almost stable without bugs. Tested on 4GB P780, not sure about 8GB.
This prove IMEI still remain and RIL works after flashing, confirmed safe to flash:
AGAIN... DISCLAIMER: What you done to your phone is at your OWN RISK, you choose to do this modifications to your phone and don't blame me if anything goes wrong.
Steps to flash:
*Please follow the instruction carefully, will brick if you didn't use the proper base before flashing.
Coming from ROW ROM proceed with 1st step.
Coming from China ROM proceed with 10th step. Make a backup if necessary.
1. Root P780 with Framaroot
2. Install MobileUncleTools
3. Backup IMEI
4. Backup everything with MTKDroidTools
read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50322787&postcount=3
5. Flash CWM 6.0.1.5
6. Backup everything with CWM
6.5 *Optional, repartition Internal Storage
7. Flash China ROM S135_TWRP_Gapps w/SP Flash Tool
8. Install MobileUncleTools
9. Restore IMEI
10. Flash CWM 6.0.2.8
11. Install Vibe ROM via CWM
12. Wipe data/cache
13. Reboot
14. Clean boot once, root via Vroot
15. Install MobileUncleTools
16. Restore IMEI
17. Flash CWM 6.0.2.8
18. CWM Flash Gapps
19. Done :good:
**Tested on 4GB Lenovo P780 only, not tested on 8GB, if anyone willing to try let me know if it works or not.
Issues regarding about root:
Currently only the China Superuser (vRoot) works on Vibe ROM, whenever I tried to install SuperSU it will encounter fail to update binary and losses root, if anyone found a solution to change the vRoot to SuperSU I will be glad. Thanks
Framaroot DOES NOT work on Vibe ROM.
Downloads:
Lenovo P780 Vibe V1.0_1407_2 Stable
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You might want to mask out your IMEI from the screenshots...
satanduck said:
You might want to mask out your IMEI from the screenshots...
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Incase if you haven't noticed, I already removed the last 4 digits of my IMEI no.
soralz said:
Incase if you haven't noticed, I already removed the last 4 digits of my IMEI no.
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silly me, indeed you have!
Sent from my Full Android on C6603 using Tapatalk
Help please
soralz said:
Screenshots from "Official Custom Vibe ROM" almost stable without bugs. Tested on 4GB P780, not sure about 8GB.
This prove IMEI still remain and RIL works after flashing, confirmed safe to flash:
AGAIN... DISCLAIMER: What you done to your phone is at your OWN RISK, you choose to do this modifications to your phone and don't blame me if anything goes wrong.
Steps to flash:
*Please follow the instruction carefully, will brick if you didn't use the proper base before flashing.
Coming from ROW ROM proceed with 1st step.
Coming from China ROM proceed with 10th step. Make a backup if necessary.
1. Root P780 with Framaroot
2. Install MobileUncleTools
3. Backup IMEI
4. Backup everything with MTKDroidTools
read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50322787&postcount=3
5. Flash CWM 6.0.1.5
6. Backup everything with CWM
6.5 *Optional, repartition Internal Storage
7. Flash China ROM S135_TWRP_Gapps w/SP Flash Tool
8. Install MobileUncleTools
9. Restore IMEI
10. Flash CWM 6.0.2.8
11. Install Vibe ROM via CWM
12. Wipe data/cache
13. Reboot
14. Clean boot once, root via Vroot
15. Install MobileUncleTools
16. Restore IMEI
17. Flash CWM 6.0.2.8
18. CWM Flash Gapps
19. Done :good:
**Tested on 4GB Lenovo P780 only, not tested on 8GB, if anyone willing to try let me know if it works or not.
Issues regarding about root:
Currently only the China Superuser (vRoot) works on Vibe ROM, whenever I tried to install SuperSU it will encounter fail to update binary and losses root, if anyone found a solution to change the vRoot to SuperSU I will be glad. Thanks
Framaroot DOES NOT work on Vibe ROM.
Downloads:
Lenovo P780 Vibe V1.0_1407_2 Stable
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I am on P780_ROW_S123_131231 downloaded from the link provided by you. Handset is 4gb indian version. How do I switch to viberom now.
sahavaasi said:
I am on P780_ROW_S123_131231 downloaded from the link provided by you. Handset is 4gb indian version. How do I switch to viberom now.
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Replied via PM.
Stock rom 8GB boleh dapat kat sini bro : http://www.lepakspot.com/showthread.php?tid=470
soralz said:
I think it's official provided for S930 and some one ported it to work on our P780 at needrom site. I am using this ROM and I found it was actually better than stock ROM that came with our Lenovo P780. Because S930 spec is almost the same as our P780 (except screen size, battery and some minor difference). This ROM was actually perfect so far I have used for 1 day, found no bugs at the moment, Radio, Dual-SIM functionality is working perfectly. See above screenshots post #2.
Probably we will receive KitKat update in the near future, but Custom Vibe ROM already works perfectly.
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Nice instructions. Will probably try as soon as I have mine delivered (a couple of days more waiting).
About official vibe rom: What confuses me is the official web page w.w.viberom.com. Over there it has several lenovo models. Who supports that? (I am newbie in this so I can talk nonsense...)... I had also read somewhere that Lenovo is moving to vibe roms (I do not know what this means)
Is vibe rom power efficient as original lenovo roms (If vibe is not officilal or backed up by lenovo)
What is a bit frightening is than in your instructions (post #2) you have something about IMEI restore. So during this process do we loose IMEI's
Do you know if with VIBE roms supports 900 WCMA networks
Finally, VIBE rom is not yet at 4.4.x. Do you mean we will be updated by Lenovo or Vibe rom?
Thank you for your time!
stakou said:
Nice instructions. Will probably try as soon as I have mine delivered (a couple of days more waiting).
About official vibe rom: What confuses me is the official web page w.w.viberom.com. Over there it has several lenovo models. Who supports that? (I am newbie in this so I can talk nonsense...)... I had also read somewhere that Lenovo is moving to vibe roms (I do not know what this means)
Is vibe rom power efficient as original lenovo roms (If vibe is not officilal or backed up by lenovo)
What is a bit frightening is than in your instructions (post #2) you have something about IMEI restore. So during this process do we loose IMEI's
Do you know if with VIBE roms supports 900 WCMA networks
Finally, VIBE rom is not yet at 4.4.x. Do you mean we will be updated by Lenovo or Vibe rom?
Thank you for your time!
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From the website, I can confirmed it's provided by Lenovo. And I've edited post #2.
If wanna flash directly via recovery, I will suggest you will need to change to China based ROM S125 and above before flashing Vibe ROM (If you coming from International ROW ROM) and make a full backup of your stock ROM, this is because Vibe ROM is China based, no Gapps or root included by default, and have a lot of Lenovo bloatwares, but it also includes some amazing features and apps as well.
I take so many precaution with IMEI issues this is because last time I bricked my P780, so now I make a full backup in case if anything goes wrong.
Regarding about WCDMA 900MHz networks, I have no idea, probably it's hardware based limitation. If the hardware supports 900MHz networks then it should be working on 900MHz networks.
4.4 KitKat, no idea.
Thak you for the info!
soralz said:
Probably we will receive KitKat update in the near future, but Custom Vibe ROM already works perfectly.
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So, this custom Vibe ROM is KitKat version? And the first part of your sentence referred to OTA official P780 custom ROM? (Because I notice it's 4.2.2). So, if not, is there any 4.4 custom ROM available that seems to work smoothly?
soralz said:
You can flash stock ROM via SP Flash Tool, it won't brick your phone, just make a backup incase anything goes wrong.
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Backup what? The personal data or system image?
Also have you/someone tried it on 8GB ROW version?
TheFakeer said:
So, this custom Vibe ROM is KitKat version? And the first part of your sentence referred to OTA official P780 custom ROM?
Backup what? The personal data or system image?
Also have you/someone tried it on 8GB ROW version?
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1. The Vibe ROM is Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, which is more stable than 4.2.1.
2. Everything.
3. Nope, no idea will it works on 8GB or not ATM.
EDIT: For those of you who want the ROM, I've uploaded it in the thread on this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/rom-hisense-hs-u980-t3147968
hi every one
I recently got an android, it seems to be a china-android
its called Hisense, hs-u980
the detailed specs are in these links:
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http://www.hisense.es/es/electronica/moviles/item/124-u980.html
http://www.dspecs.com/sp/735/Hisense-U980-Features-and-Specifications.html
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the OS is old and boring 4.2.1 , I searched for a custom ROM but no luck
BUT I found THIS site, and it seems to have ROMs for it:
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http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kw=海信u980&mo_device=1&pn=0&
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3039480252?lp=5028&mo_device=1&pn=0&
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3079914712?pn=0&
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but its Chinese so I don't understand a thing, even with Google translate, because I have little - but hopefully enough- experience with custom roming and rooting, and the translator messes with the words
so pleeeeease anyone help me
: D
after getting used to it and studying some roms and development stuff
i found that its not that boring afterall
actually it looks like its based on kitkat theme
but could there be Roms for it
or at least roms that work on it but for a similar device
cuz actually i think its based on some other official android phone but i dont know which one
any help would be appreciated, THX
sgmarouf said:
after getting used to it and studying some roms and development stuff
i found that its not that boring afterall
actually it looks like its based on kitkat theme
but could there be Roms for it
or at least roms that work on it but for a similar device
cuz actually i think its based on some other official android phone but i dont know which one
any help would be appreciated, THX
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Got mine last week. It's actually pretty nice for Android 4.2.1, hoping Hisense will upgrade to 4.4
saa044 said:
Got mine last week. It's actually pretty nice for Android 4.2.1, hoping Hisense will upgrade to 4.4
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Hello do you experience red zones with the camera ?
Tank you
strong22 said:
Hello do you experience red zones with the camera ?
Tank you
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Sorta at times yes. I installed camera JB+. Pictures are a bit better, but I mainly got it for the option to record video with flash. Camera360pro now that will always give you crisp pictures, even on my Huawei Y300, I was amazed.
Hi not sure if this is too late for you:
MLS-Team-Miuiv5-4.1.18-Hisense-HS-U980.zip
h**p://pan.baidu.com/s/1kT9J3z5
MLS-Team-LeWaOS5-14.01.17-Hisense-HS-U980.zip
h**p://pan.baidu.com/s/1o6jUQ7o
MLS-Team-Google-AOSP-Hisense-HS-U980.zip
h**p://pan.baidu.com/s/1dD3PKu1
I have tried all these Chinese developed custom roms and they all work nicely on my Hisense U980.
It is a nice phone but too bad not many roms support.
There are some other roms like ColorOS and other versions of MIUI which I have not tried. But I can share the links if you are interested. Contact me if you are interested.
dualmp said:
Hi not sure if this is too late for you:
MLS-Team-Miuiv5-4.1.18-Hisense-HS-U980.zip
h**p://pan.baidu.com/s/1kT9J3z5
MLS-Team-LeWaOS5-14.01.17-Hisense-HS-U980.zip
h**p://pan.baidu.com/s/1o6jUQ7o
MLS-Team-Google-AOSP-Hisense-HS-U980.zip
h**p://pan.baidu.com/s/1dD3PKu1
I have tried all these Chinese developed custom roms and they all work nicely on my Hisense U980.
It is a nice phone but too bad not many roms support.
There are some other roms like ColorOS and other versions of MIUI which I have not tried. But I can share the links if you are interested. Contact me if you are interested.
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Thanks a lot for this. how do you install the rom? Upgrade via SD, Root? And where?
hi
below are instructions from my memory and links from untested roms. follow at your own risk. cheers
Vaguely, the steps are:
1) Rooting: I used Baidu 1 click root (chinese) . Some guy used Framaroot and works on u980:
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/how-to-root-chinese-hisense-phones-t2889998
2) After rooting, install Mobile Uncle Tools (below)
3) Use Mobile uncle to install the u980 twrp recovery (CHinese version only below)
4) copy roms to root of sd card
5) Boot into recovery and install downloaded roms from SD card
Some links:
U980 MIUI V5_4.4.3升级版.zip ---- not tested
hxxp://pan.baidu.com/s/1mgnyHHe
u980 miui_v5 04.5.2.zip ---- not tested
hxxp://pan.baidu.com/s/1qWz22ZE
u980 recovery chinese version
hxxp://www.4shared.com/file/w__6AjXjba/recovery.html
Mobile uncle for flashing above recovery
hxxps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox&hl=en
Not sure if the below works and whether it has similar CWM or TWRP you can use
[ROOT] Rashr - Flash Tool
hxxps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools&hl=en
and btw is there a cm for this phone
Could anyone help ? By mistake I installed the HTC 816 cwm recovery on my hisense u980 isthere any solution for this
thanks
dualmp said:
below are instructions from my memory and links from untested roms. follow at your own risk. cheers
Vaguely, the steps are:
1) Rooting: I used Baidu 1 click root (chinese) . Some guy used Framaroot and works on u980:
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/how-to-root-chinese-hisense-phones-t2889998
2) After rooting, install Mobile Uncle Tools (below)
3) Use Mobile uncle to install the u980 twrp recovery (CHinese version only below)
4) copy roms to root of sd card
5) Boot into recovery and install downloaded roms from SD card
Some links:
U980 MIUI V5_4.4.3升级版.zip ---- not tested
hxxp://pan.baidu.com/s/1mgnyHHe
u980 miui_v5 04.5.2.zip ---- not tested
hxxp://pan.baidu.com/s/1qWz22ZE
u980 recovery chinese version
hxxp://www.4shared.com/file/w__6AjXjba/recovery.html
Mobile uncle for flashing above recovery
hxxps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox&hl=en
Not sure if the below works and whether it has similar CWM or TWRP you can use
[ROOT] Rashr - Flash Tool
hxxps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools&hl=en
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Thanks alot
It seems Baidu is the one source for china android roms
Nice tutorial you provided
And thanks alot for the links
And for the rooting part
I used FRAMAROOT and it worked just fine
dualmp said:
below are instructions from my memory and links from untested roms. follow at your own risk. cheers
Vaguely, the steps are:
1) Rooting: I used Baidu 1 click root (chinese) . Some guy used Framaroot and works on u980:
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/how-to-root-chinese-hisense-phones-t2889998
2) After rooting, install Mobile Uncle Tools (below)
3) Use Mobile uncle to install the u980 twrp recovery (CHinese version only below)
4) copy roms to root of sd card
5) Boot into recovery and install downloaded roms from SD card
Some links:
U980 MIUI V5_4.4.3升级版.zip ---- not tested
hxxp://pan.baidu.com/s/1mgnyHHe
u980 miui_v5 04.5.2.zip ---- not tested
hxxp://pan.baidu.com/s/1qWz22ZE
u980 recovery chinese version
hxxp://www.4shared.com/file/w__6AjXjba/recovery.html
Mobile uncle for flashing above recovery
hxxps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox&hl=en
Not sure if the below works and whether it has similar CWM or TWRP you can use
[ROOT] Rashr - Flash Tool
hxxps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools&hl=en
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Hi!!
Thanks for all the info but Im having some hard time finding the drivers to detect the phone on my PC.
The thing is that I read that to make a backup, I need first to use "MTK Droid Root & Tools" which would also allow me to root my phone. But that software doesn't detects my phone at all.
I connected my phone as CD drive, then it shows the drivers for it, installed but nothing changes. Device manager detects my phone.
Could you please help me a little on this? I would like to backup the whole ROM and phone before doing any risky changes and also want to backup the IMEI just in case.
Thanks in advance!
Well
Do like i did
Install FRAMAROOT from here
forum.xda-developers.com/apps/framaroot/root-framaroot-one-click-apk-to-root-t2130276
And try an exploit and it will work
As for the Recovery Mode
I think The link in a previous reply - mobile uncle - will only install a Chineese recovery mode
Would that work for doing backups? I am really more interested in being able to backup my phone than anything else.
Also, my main objetive is to repartition the phone since it comes with 2GB for apps and 6GB as storage. I would like to use that other memory to be able to install more apps since I have SD card and these 6GB are there laughing of not being used at all lol. It's verya nnoying to have so much memory and not being able to use :/
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Would that work for doing backups? I am really more interested in being able to backup my phone than anything else.
Also, my main objetive is to repartition the phone since it comes with 2GB for apps and 6GB as storage. I would like to use that other memory to be able to install more apps since I have SD card and these 6GB are there laughing of not being used at all lol. It's verya nnoying to have so much memory and not being able to use :/
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HOW TO USE CHINESE RECOVERY
hXXp://xrecovery.net/jiemian/
Hisense u988
Hi guys i couldn't resist the u980 pure so i bought one 5 days ago.
I see Hisense have released the u988 infinity H3.
I would have taken that one but that CPU....
I have a question and bear with my ignorance.
This model has an inferior snapdragon 200 1.2GHZ cpu but runs KIT KAT.
Other then that, its the same phone.
Would it be possible to download the stock rom for the U988 and flash it with the U980?
Please assist as this is my intention and i have already rooted via framaroot.
guys, can anyone help me here? my u980 is stucked bootloop when i tried to flash aosp version. pls help
dualmp said:
Hi not sure if this is too late for you:
MLS-Team-Miuiv5-4.1.18-Hisense-HS-U980.zip
h**p://pan.baidu.com/s/1kT9J3z5
MLS-Team-LeWaOS5-14.01.17-Hisense-HS-U980.zip
h**p://pan.baidu.com/s/1o6jUQ7o
MLS-Team-Google-AOSP-Hisense-HS-U980.zip
h**p://pan.baidu.com/s/1dD3PKu1
I have tried all these Chinese developed custom roms and they all work nicely on my Hisense U980.
It is a nice phone but too bad not many roms support.
There are some other roms like ColorOS and other versions of MIUI which I have not tried. But I can share the links if you are interested. Contact me if you are interested.
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Hi,
please can you share the links for the other roms ?
i'll try again guys do you have a flashable via mtkdroidtool backup for this phone?? will really appreciate it
hey,i can please get links for the u980 Cwm recovery please
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cwm custom recovery
J73 said:
i'll try again guys do you have a flashable via mtkdroidtool backup for this phone?? will really appreciate it
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I am still on stock firmware, but rooted. Any way I can help you?
Hi,
i was using Mokee 4.4.4 and since a few weeks I'm using Mokee 5.0.2
It is a rom like CM12 but with some customization, not as many as AOKP but still more than in CM12
It is multilangual and as stable as cm12
It was updated recently : http://www.yirom.com/rom/index/344
did someone already download it ? If yes is it possible to upload it somewhere else like mega ?
Thank you in advance
I'm running the 23/3 version of Mokee 5.02 as of a few hours. So far so good!
Does dual sim works well?
And battery consumption is similar to 4.4.4 RC7?
Did you detected any bugs?
Is it stable enough for a daily device?
Lord_Snake said:
Does dual sim works well?
And battery consumption is similar to 4.4.4 RC7?
Did you detected any bugs?
Is it stable enough for a daily device?
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I'm using the previous version (1st march) and I used it daily
i don't use 2 sim cards.
I had 1 reboot (not a wished, it was because of a crash) in nearly one month
Lord_Snake said:
Does dual sim works well?
And battery consumption is similar to 4.4.4 RC7?
Did you detected any bugs?
Is it stable enough for a daily device?
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The previous version dual SIM worked very well. I'll know if the dual SIM will work well for the new version later this week as I will be travelling.
Yes I'm using it for a daily work phone as I rely on it. Thou I have my ultra-stable iPhone 6 as my personal phone/backup :victory:
can someome upload it ?
EDIT: Someone post a mirror in other topic
I used this one : http://www.gamefront.com/files/24894999/MK50.2-nx507j-201503230233-UNOFFICIAL.zip
I think I get more spontaneous reboots with this new version than with the last version. However, it could be due to the memory leak issue all Android Lollipop phones have and isn't fixed until 5.1
Hoping to see Mokee 5.02 upgrade soon to 5.1 and integrate native dual SIM support...
Hello, I like the mokee rom,
If you have the file MK50.2 or more, please post it !
sdchew said:
I think I get more spontaneous reboots with this new version than with the last version. However, it could be due to the memory leak issue all Android Lollipop phones have and isn't fixed until 5.1
Hoping to see Mokee 5.02 upgrade soon to 5.1 and integrate native dual SIM support...
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This has been confirmed in several posts on some of the Chinese bbs. Apparently, someone has released a temporary fix; although, I haven't tried it yet. I agree, I'm having the same problem. Additionally, it vibrates for everything. I currently have it set to vibrate only on phone and SMS, yet it does for everything and I cannot find out how to make it stop.
pedrud said:
This has been confirmed in several posts on some of the Chinese bbs. Apparently, someone has released a temporary fix; although, I haven't tried it yet. I agree, I'm having the same problem. Additionally, it vibrates for everything. I currently have it set to vibrate only on phone and SMS, yet it does for everything and I cannot find out how to make it stop.
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I didn't noticed this kind of error
but I admit this is because of my config => my phone does not vibrate and it is my xiaomi MiBand who vibrate for specific notifications
does anybody have a custom recovery that works with android 5.0 on z7 mini.
I have stock 5.0 installed and wanted to flash the newest mokee. but when i want to make a backup through the old mokee cwm, but it always says "cant mount data".I would thing thats because of the changed partitions.
Anyway, is there any (non-chinese) recovery that i can use with stock 5.0?
sancho777 said:
does anybody have a custom recovery that works with android 5.0 on z7 mini.
I have stock 5.0 installed and wanted to flash the newest mokee. but when i want to make a backup through the old mokee cwm, but it always says "cant mount data".I would thing thats because of the changed partitions.
Anyway, is there any (non-chinese) recovery that i can use with stock 5.0?
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Here in the z7 mini rom thread on post 781 (top) is a link to TWRP 2.8.5.0. However, I don't know if the new mokee works after flashing the nubia version of 5.0 because I don't think (someone can correct me) the mokee uses unified storage yet. Can someone verify this?
Thanks, trying TWRP right now.
So anybody knows if i can flash Mokee 5.02 after flashing Offical 5.0 with the new kind of partitions?
pedrud said:
Here in the z7 mini rom thread on post 781 (top) is a link to TWRP 2.8.5.0. However, I don't know if the new mokee works after flashing the nubia version of 5.0 because I don't think (someone can correct me) the mokee uses unified storage yet. Can someone verify this?
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sancho777 said:
Thanks, trying TWRP right now.
So anybody knows if i can flash Mokee 5.02 after flashing Offical 5.0 with the new kind of partitions?
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I did not tried it right now as i'm still discoverng this android 5 by nubia...
i just tried it 1 min and can already say that I may switch to mokee soon (I'll try the nubia rom 1 week I guess..)
the UI feels slow
I don't like the nubia theme
and beside of that, the French translation f(cuoco92 rom) is partial and canadian only (other timezone, other clock format, other keyboard layout...)
nubia's rom seems more unstable than mokee (from the first comments I read on cuoco92 facebook page)
it is also very BIG (double the size...)
If you are afraid of bricking the phone, you can also use the stupid chinese tool to install again kitkat on the phone, then install again mokee
but i guess (not sure !!!! ) that it should be possible to install mokee without doing this pain in the ass trick :/
sancho777 said:
Thanks, trying TWRP right now.
So anybody knows if i can flash Mokee 5.02 after flashing Offical 5.0 with the new kind of partitions?
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No, you cannot. See this thread on the Nubia forum. CM12 and Mokee are still technically considered 4.4 because they do not use the unified storage. You will most likely brick the phone if you attempt to flash it. You have to first use the Nubia updater to go back to at least 1.82, then you can use CM12 or Mokee.