Hello Everyone ,
This is my first post here , i'm holding this device and not found a dedicated section section so posting here , like other users question my is also same , how to root it and get a CyanogenMod for it like most of device holding it , This device is similar in most of aspect of Moto X Pure (Style). will Moto X style ROM work on this device or how to port them
Thank you
insanelydeepak said:
Hello Everyone ,
This is my first post here , i'm holding this device and not found a dedicated section section so posting here , like other users question my is also same , how to root it and get a CyanogenMod for it like most of device holding it , This device is similar in most of aspect of Moto X Pure (Style). will Moto X style ROM work on this device or how to port them
Thank you
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Yes, it is bad that we do not have a dedicated section for Vibe X3 yet.
I think we should be able to use Moto X Pure ROMs on this phone easily but most probably the finger print sensors won't work and there might be issues with camera since they are using different sensors.
If you already have the phone, can you try any of the ROMs from the Moto X Pure ROMs. Please make sure you take a nandroid backup of your phone first before you do so.
I tried asking in Moto X forums, but they don't seem to be interested in this.
anantharam said:
Yes, it is bad that we do not have a dedicated section for Vibe X3 yet.
I think we should be able to use Moto X Pure ROMs on this phone easily but most probably the finger print sensors won't work and there might be issues with camera since they are using different sensors.
If you already have the phone, can you try any of the ROMs from the Moto X Pure ROMs. Please make sure you take a nandroid backup of your phone first before you do so.
I tried asking in Moto X forums, but they don't seem to be interested in this.
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Thank you for taking interest , except fingerprint everything is similar , i checked they both contains Sony IMX230 sensor for rear camera , i tried all available rooting tools but none of them worked , im still out of luck , help me to root it first , so i can help others too
insanelydeepak said:
Thank you for taking interest , except fingerprint everything is similar , i checked they both contains Sony IMX230 sensor for rear camera , i tried all available rooting tools but none of them worked , im still out of luck , help me to root it first , so i can help others too
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There is already a thread in XDA trying to root Vibe X3,check this out.
Take a look at this video to enter recovery mode and then you can try flashing Moto X Pure TWRP recovery. Make sure to take a backup of your phone first because anything may go wrong in the middle.
anantharam said:
There is already a thread in XDA trying to root Vibe X3,check this out.
Take a look at this video to enter recovery mode and then you can try flashing Moto X Pure TWRP recovery. Make sure to take a backup of your phone first because anything may go wrong in the middle.
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im aware of other threads available on XDA , likewise i said i tried all available rooting Methods 1.FramaRoot , KingRoot , iRoot , etc all attempts are failed , now looking for another way to flash recovery TWRP or else without rooting or may be able to root it . BTW Thanks
insanelydeepak said:
im aware of other threads available on XDA , likewise i said i tried all available rooting Methods 1.FramaRoot , KingRoot , iRoot , etc all attempts are failed , now looking for another way to flash recovery TWRP or else without rooting or may be able to root it . BTW Thanks
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Np Welcome to XDA, press the thanks button at the bottom right corner if you want to thank someone :good:
Anyways, try Autoroot and see if that helps.
If even that doesn't work, try going to the fastboot mode as shown in that video and flash TWRP recovery directly, then you can flash any rom that has root but that might be even harder
Anyways since Lenovo has already released the source code for Vibe X3, I think it is only a matter of time before someone comes up with a way to root the device.
Hopefully many people buy this phone and we get a good community support for this device...
anantharam said:
Np Welcome to XDA, press the thanks button at the bottom right corner if you want to thank someone :good:
Anyways, try Autoroot and see if that helps.
If even that doesn't work, try going to the fastboot mode as shown in that video and flash TWRP recovery directly, then you can flash any rom that has root but that might be even harder
Anyways since Lenovo has already released the source code for Vibe X3, I think it is only a matter of time before someone comes up with a way to root the device.
Hopefully many people buy this phone and we get a good community support for this device...
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Autoroot These are tottaly wasting time , yeah im going to do so , looking for tools which can do it best , I Can also help them but i don't know Android Programming i'm a OSX Dev only and a good jailbreaker , will gonna bit harder for me cuz its a different platform , im trying my best make it a Beast as it can , i really love this device
insanelydeepak said:
Autoroot These are tottaly wasting time , yeah im going to do so , looking for tools which can do it best , I Can also help them but i don't know Android Programming i'm a OSX Dev only and a good jailbreaker , will gonna bit harder for me cuz its a different platform , im trying my best make it a Beast as it can , i really love this device
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Oh then welcome to the Android world!
You may find that Android by default even without rooting is more customisable than iOS.
Let me know if you were not able to get root by AutoRoot also...
You can try directly via the fastboot method from that video or by the flashing tool for lenovo phones just use our Vibe X3 rom to flash instead of the Lenovo A850 mentioned in that link and I guess that should work.
And always backup your device before doing any of these since it may brick your device...
anantharam said:
Oh then welcome to the Android world!
You may find that Android by default even without rooting is more customisable than iOS.
Let me know if you were not able to get root by AutoRoot also...
You can try directly via the fastboot method from that video or by the flashing tool for lenovo phones just use our Vibe X3 rom to flash instead of the Lenovo A850 mentioned in that link and I guess that should work.
And always backup your device before doing any of these since it may brick your device...
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Yes , but i felt some Cons with Android OS , just used this for first time and from 6 days ,
1. you can install cracked apps or modded apps without rooting , but using Modded apps leads you to get banned , but in iOS we make tweaks which enhances your app feature never let get you banned except for Snapchat.
2.While Flashing Firmaware there is high risk to get bricked , but never in iOS either jailbreaking or if you get stuck just restore your device
now i downloaded TWRP for Moto X style cuz for Vibe X3 not available , also i don't have stock firmware VibeUI 3.0 , if anything happens how do i revert back .
no issues i don't give up , will definately find a way to make it possible
insanelydeepak said:
Yes , but i felt some Cons with Android OS , just used this for first time and from 6 days ,
1. you can install cracked apps or modded apps without rooting , but using Modded apps leads you to get banned , but in iOS we make tweaks which enhances your app feature never let get you banned except for Snapchat.
2.While Flashing Firmaware there is high risk to get bricked , but never in iOS either jailbreaking or if you get stuck just restore your device
now i downloaded TWRP for Moto X style cuz for Vibe X3 not available , also i don't have stock firmware VibeUI 3.0 , if anything happens how do i revert back .
no issues i don't give up , will definately find a way to make it possible
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1. Be warned that discussing cracked apps and circumventing payment methods are banned in xdaforums and your account might get banned if you discuss those here.
2. If you have a nandroid backup, you can do the same in Android devices too
insanelydeepak said:
if anything happens how do i revert back
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From nandroid backup.
anantharam said:
1. Be warned that discussing cracked apps and circumventing payment methods are banned in xdaforums and your account might get banned if you discuss those here.
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Np just sharing what i felt with andtoid apps
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i also know about this but don't have custom recovery installed ..
Now i found Stock Firmware for Lenovo Vibe X3 this will be very helpful for those looking like me but unfortunately not for X3a40 .
Update : Flashing Custom or TWRP Recovery Won't Works Vibe X3
i tried to flash Custom recovery but it fails , i donwloaded recovery for TWRP Moto X Style and Vibe S1 but with no luck
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insanelydeepak said:
i tried to flash Custom recovery but it fails , i donwloaded recovery for TWRP Moto X Style and Vibe S1 but with no luck
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Did you try unlocking the bootloader first?
anantharam said:
Did you try unlocking the bootloader first?
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yes i tried , it always stuck on
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem unlock
< waiting for device >
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insanelydeepak said:
yes i tried , it always stuck on
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Then I am not sure what else we can do, it might be that we require unlocker key to unlock the bootloader devices like some Motorola devices..
insanelydeepak said:
yes i tried , it always stuck on
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Did you make sure that you enabled the device to be OEM unlocked in developer options before you booted to the fastboot mode?
however i noticed a strange thing
From the Day i got this device when i use Volume Down + Power Button puts me to recovery as like in Video this using Power + Volume Up does nothing till
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj07lg2Rh40
But now i use Volume Up + Volume Down + Power Button this redirect me to Lenovo recovery see screenshot
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What this mean ?? i got my bootloader unlocked or still it locked ??
i tried to verify it using *#*#7378423#*#* or fastboot oem device-info , first does nothing and second stucks with waiting for Device
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Did you make sure that you enabled the device to be OEM unlocked in developer options before you booted to the fastboot mode?
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yeah this did nothing
What this mean ?? i got my bootloader unlocked or still it locked ??
i tried to verify it using *#*#7378423#*#* or fastboot oem device-info , first does nothing and second stucks with waiting for Device
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i got my answer
I guess you guys didn't follow my posts.
I'm pretty sure we need a developer version of ROM (like MIUI devices) to unlock the bootloader. Because everytime I ran the oem unlock command earlier I was prompted with an error saying I cannot run this command on the user version. And Lenovo calls the stable ROM as User version and they have Developer versions too. Atleast for the Chinese variants.
Everything is properly available for the Chinese variants of the phone here : http://www.vibeui.com/vibeui/download
But, there's nothing for the ROW variant anywhere.
I contacted the technical support via live chat to get the stock ROM so that we may attempt some dirty stuff(like trying to flash the Chinese variant's ROM).
The person told me to visit a service center for getting it. I contacted the service center and luckily they answered the call after multiple tries. They told I can come and get it from there.
I couldn't visit them that day, probably will try on 29th.
It seems we can get the stock ROM at first but yeah, you never know about these people. Maybe the person who received my call didn't really understand my request.
Let's see how it goes.
Stay tuned here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100327041031700631509
arpit_nnd said:
I guess you guys didn't follow my posts.
I'm pretty sure we need a developer version of ROM (like MIUI devices) to unlock the bootloader. Because everytime I ran the oem unlock command earlier I was prompted with an error saying I cannot run this command on the user version. And Lenovo calls the stable ROM as User version and they have Developer versions too. Atleast for the Chinese variants.
Everything is properly available for the Chinese variants of the phone here : http://www.vibeui.com/vibeui/download
But, there's nothing for the ROW variant anywhere.
I contacted the technical support via live chat to get the stock ROM so that we may attempt some dirty stuff(like trying to flash the Chinese variant's ROM).
The person told me to visit a service center for getting it. I contacted the service center and luckily they answered the call after multiple tries. They told I can come and get it from there.
I couldn't visit them that day, probably will try on 29th.
It seems we can get the stock ROM at first but yeah, you never know about these people. Maybe the person who received my call didn't really understand my request.
Let's see how it goes.
Stay tuned here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100327041031700631509
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yes you are right i'm also receiving same "I cannot run this command on the user version." forgot mention here , im totally new android , but still i tried what i can attempt as a NOOB , hope we get it early as it can . i also contacted Lenovo India but i think they are not interested in user request ..
Good Luck
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HI,
First of all im new to this android world.
I brought LG E455 two months ago and i rooted it successfully by using a chiana tool
and replaced the super user of china version into english version.
But when i tried to install any custom rom or even if i try to enter into boot recovery using the command "adb reboot recovery"
i end up seeing a red triangle over an android symboll..
how to solve this?
Is it possible for my device to install custom roms?
sai.kumar071 said:
HI,
First of all im new to this android world.
I brought LG E455 two months ago and i rooted it successfully by using a chiana tool
and replaced the super user of china version into english version.
But when i tried to install any custom rom or even if i try to enter into boot recovery using the command "adb reboot recovery"
i end up seeing a red triangle over an android symboll..
how to solve this?
Is it possible for my device to install custom roms?
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Just to clarify, is this what you are seeing?
4.bp.blogspot.com/-XU5LJWLFfrY/UDqpKMV2taI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/fiL5GNNDg6g/s320/AndroidRedTriangle.jpeg
If so you probably need to reflash your recovery.
Jedakiah said:
Just to clarify, is this what you are seeing?
4.bp.blogspot.com/-XU5LJWLFfrY/UDqpKMV2taI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/fiL5GNNDg6g/s320/AndroidRedTriangle.jpeg
If so you probably need to reflash your recovery.
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Im very thankful for your reply.
The image u posted is the exact error im getting. even i tried by going into cwm recovery and i ended up seeing the same symbol.
As i say im new to this android world. can u please sugesst me how to reflash my recovery step wise.
sai.kumar071 said:
Im very thankful for your reply.
The image u posted is the exact error im getting. even i tried by going into cwm recovery and i ended up seeing the same symbol.
As i say im new to this android world. can u please sugesst me how to reflash my recovery step wise.
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I apologize, my previous advice was generic for any phone. After looking in to your model I did not see any custom recoveries available for it, nor have I found anyone claiming to have a custom recovery running.
Can you post a link to the recovery that you flashed? Obviously it was not from the ClockworkMod site: clockworkmod.com/rommanager as there is no official recovery for your model. Of course, you might have found an unofficial testing version somewhere else. If so let me know and I will help you look into reflashing it.
Jedakiah said:
I apologize, my previous advice was generic for any phone. After looking in to your model I did not see any custom recoveries available for it, nor have I found anyone claiming to have a custom recovery running.
Can you post a link to the recovery that you flashed? Obviously it was not from the ClockworkMod site: clockworkmod.com/rommanager as there is no official recovery for your model. Of course, you might have found an unofficial testing version somewhere else. If so let me know and I will help you look into reflashing it.
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uptill now i only tried to set my phone into recovery by using the command "adb reboot recovery" only
since there is no official recovery for my model.
Please suggest me any unofficial testing version of recovery for my model
sai.kumar071 said:
uptill now i only tried to set my phone into recovery by using the command "adb reboot recovery" only
since there is no official recovery for my model.
Please suggest me any unofficial testing version of recovery for my model
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I could not find any. To my knowledge, it is not possible to flash anything but stock firmware to your phone, nor are there any recoveries aside from the one already on it.
Your phone is not too old, so someone might still develop a custom recovery and eventually 3rd party ROMs. However, it is worth noting that might never happen. If you wish to flash ROMs and such, it is generally a good idea to purchase a more popular device. More users = more devs = more customizations made.
Jedakiah said:
I could not find any. To my knowledge, it is not possible to flash anything but stock firmware to your phone, nor are there any recoveries aside from the one already on it.
Your phone is not too old, so someone might still develop a custom recovery and eventually 3rd party ROMs. However, it is worth noting that might never happen. If you wish to flash ROMs and such, it is generally a good idea to purchase a more popular device. More users = more devs = more customizations made.
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Thanks for helping me......
Is there any way i can play asphalt 7 in my device?
sai.kumar071 said:
Thanks for helping me......
Is there any way i can play asphalt 7 in my device?
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You are welcome. Does it claim to be incompatible with your device? It might not be able to physically work on your chipset, which means it will not work on your phone unless the devs release an update. If you would like to purchase it anyways just to try it out, you can download a modified Play Store APK that removes device/region restrictions. I have not used such an APK, so I cannot help much beyond linking you to the last one I saw featured here on XDA. That is a pretty old Play Store, so you might Google around to see if you can find a newer version like version 4.x or so. While I have not had much success with the application personally, Lucky Patcher might be able to remove the region/device checks from your current Play Store. If none of those options work, the only route left is illegitimate and not spoken of here.
I have the same E455 and I just want to enter that stock recovery. how do I do that?
I've tried every key combination possible . it just wont enter recovery.
LG site is no help at all about this. just look at the other south Korean phone maker.
the difference is day and night. everything is available for sammy devices . oh,well
Jedakiah said:
You are welcome. Does it claim to be incompatible with your device? It might not be able to physically work on your chipset, which means it will not work on your phone unless the devs release an update. If you would like to purchase it anyways just to try it out, you can download a modified Play Store APK that removes device/region restrictions. I have not used such an APK, so I cannot help much beyond linking you to the last one I saw featured here on XDA. That is a pretty old Play Store, so you might Google around to see if you can find a newer version like version 4.x or so. While I have not had much success with the application personally, Lucky Patcher might be able to remove the region/device checks from your current Play Store. If none of those options work, the only route left is illegitimate and not spoken of here.
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Hi,
Today i accidently switched on my mobile by holding volume UP + Quick access button + Power button
I ended up seeing LG logo and recovery mode at the left bottom......
but the whatever i do i didnt responded. Is there any luck for this behaviour of my phone to enter into a recovery mode????
sorry for my bad english.
Axims said:
I have the same E455 and I just want to enter that stock recovery. how do I do that?
I've tried every key combination possible . it just wont enter recovery.
LG site is no help at all about this. just look at the other south Korean phone maker.
the difference is day and night. everything is available for sammy devices . oh,well
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Hey Axims,
I`m also ended up on a dead end for this problem.
But yesterday i accidentally switched on my mobile by holding volume UP + quick access button + Power Button. I`m entered into recovery mode but i cant use that mode its only allows LG service representatives to use. Do u know anything about it??????...
It would gives us a clue to enter into our recovery...
If u know anything about it please reply......,
Thanking you.
Hmm, I'm becoming more and more suspicious that it's just a mock screen and not a real recovery.
otherwise, why we can't enter it?
why lg is so tight lipped about it?
some senior member here tried couple of days helping me make a cwm for it. he was always
complaining about the odd size of boot.img and recovery.img that something is not right there.
maybe he's right and lg screwed us . who knows
Hey bro, my name is Prakhar Singh could you please tell me how did u root your phone LG optimus l5 E 455...
Thank you
Sent from my LG-E455 using xda app-developers app
supernoobas said:
Hey bro, my name is Prakhar Singh could you please tell me how did u root your phone LG optimus l5 E 455...
Thank you
Sent from my LG-E455 using xda app-developers app
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Hi guys
if you are still following this thread, then I have started to work on the device
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48936664
If you have any new news let me know, I am still learning..
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Welcome to the BLU Life One Wiki: Where you can find all sorts of information about this device.
BLU Products Development Team is brought to you by G+ & Facebook.
We are an open community/group, this community is dedicated to anyone who owns a device made by BLU.
We are here to help in any way we can, so do not hesitate to ask questions.
Below I will post various Information/root tools/mods/ect for the BLU Life One.
***IMPORTANT READ BELOW***
Before we begin, to relieve some confusion with the information inside of the the links below: The BLU LIFE ONE is a device very similar to another phone called the Micromax Canvas 4 or should I rather say that device is very similar to the Life One, anyways I wanted to let you guys know because on some of the links posted down below you will notice that some of the ROMS/Root tools are for the Canvas 4 but do not be afraid. THIS IS NORMAL :good:, the Micromax Canvas 4 is the exactly the same as the Blu Life One. They both run on a MediaTek MT6589 A7 quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz. So ALL of the custom ROMS out for that device should & will work on our device
Need more proof? Check this out: http://goo.gl/cFcFIL
ANYWAYS LETS BEGIN!
DRIVERS:
Link 1: http://goo.gl/4gtpiy
Link 2: http://d-h.st/U8e
ROMS
Screenshots & more info about the individual ROMS are inside of each link
MIUI V5: http://goo.gl/XmMNSW
SPEEDV2 http://goo.gl/LzOwIv
LEWA OS http://goo.gl/uz0Lac
Team_Minha_Xtreme_SmAsHeR http://goo.gl/Xqpnd7
RECOVERY
TWRP 2.5.0.0 touch recovery http://goo.gl/Yln17A
BACK UPS/STOCK ROM
http://goo.gl/ggafOf
Root/Un-Root
Method 1: http://goo.gl/kR6lXc
Method 2: http://goo.gl/EngIUf
Method 3: http://goo.gl/i71DHd
TECHNICAL STUFF (FILES)
Insecure boot.img for Blu Life One, L120, version 6.1
Here is a modified boot.img with ro.secure=0 and ro.debuggable=1 set in default prop, to allow rooted adb. only of benefit if you need to capture boot logs etc. Kernel is unmodified.
This is from BLO software version 6.1 from the 8/08/13 ota update. If you're running something else, use caution.
After backing up your original (see below), apply by entering bootloader, holding down both volume buttons during power on, then go to recovery and select fastboot.
Then on your computer:
fastboot flash boot bootimg.BLO-L120.v6.1.insecure.img
fastboot continue
It works for me once flashed, but the normal caveats apply eg your new paperweight. If for any reason it doesn't work or you need to restore your original, you should hopefully be able to apply your backup bootimg with the same method. I cannot get this or the original bootimg to boot 'live' from fastboot, without flashing.
First, make a backup of your original bootimg on your phone with dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 skip=68608 count=12288 of=/sdcard/bootimg.orginal.img
and then
adb pull /sdcard/bootimg.orginal.img off your phone
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Insecure boot.imghttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Qzm6ig01GeRS1tOS1VdkZPd2c/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks to Matt G. For these files.
ProjectConfig.mk
/system/data/misc/ProjectConfig.mk contains what looks like the needed kernel config parameters for the phone's hardware.
posted a copy at
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ProjectConfig.mk http://goo.gl/CXB8Vn
Thanks to Matt G. For these files.
UNBOXING
www.youtube.com/embed/NhA31qYuPPs
FULL SPECS: http://www.gsmarena.com/blu_life_one-5358.php
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Hi, the link you provided for TWRP links to Micromax A110, Please let us know whether the same TWRP works for Canvas 4/BLue Life One
Will any of these root methods work on the Life One M? (L131)
vand3537 said:
Will any of these root methods work on the Life One M? (L131)
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They should work
Is it correct that one can use Micromax Canvas 4 roms?
Hi there, based on my experience you can use the Micromax Canvas 4 ROM's. We aware of one thing: in my case I've lost some of the radio 3G frequencies by flashing a Micromax ROM and I had to go back to the stock ROM. This may or may not affect you depending on where you are, in my case I lost AT&T's 3G and had to go back. NeroD is working on a fix, so we could basically flash the radio (modem.img), on top of any Micromax ROM and get all the frequencies back. I'll report once it's done.
Modem/Radio if you use a Micromax ROM
Hi there,
If you use a Micromax Canvas 4 ROM on the BLU L120 (Life One), you'll loose some of the phone radio 3G bands and, of course, the 3G data speed in the US (at least with AT&T). The phone will only connect at EDGE speeds. This happens because a different radio, specific for the Micromax, get's flashed with the ROM. This has been my experience.
There's a solution: I've created a flashable .zip file that you can use in CWM right after you have flashed your favorite ROM.
I've tried it with the PureXperiaZ2 ROM and it works perfectly fine! Again, just flash the ROM and, then flash the attached .zip and you'll have the stock radio for the BLU on a Micromax ROM.
Enjoy!
add additional language BLU Life One L120
Hello guys i'm writing you here because i'm having a huge problem with my phone. My phone is BLU Life One L120 DUAL SIM and it's running Android 4.2.1, the Kernel version is 3.4.5 (brought from USA - Unlocked) and is having only 5,6 system languages... and all i need is my Bulgarian language, because i want to give it to my mother to use it..
I've tried bunch of ****s and i've read a lot of stuff but it didn't change my language... for example, i've used app named More Locale 2., i've watched some videos and made some tries with Android language project app & etc... but it didn't help
I've rooted my device, i've installed ROM manager but he's not recognizing my phone so i'm having also problem there, because i can't flash anything and i don't know what to do...
I was planning to reinstall the OS and try all of that all over again, but without the ClockworkMod recognition i'm helpless and i can't do almost anything.. I've also installed app "Flasher", which in the begining started to work only with the .zip files (cause i was having 1,2 prepared zips from Android language project programme) but still it didn't helped
So... I'm asking you, can you please give me some advice how to fix this problem and give my ****ing phone to my mother finally, because she's very annoying somethimes..
Can someone help me? I tried rooting my phone using each method but they all say failed. My drivers are correctly installed and i followed each instruction correctly. Is there something else I can do?
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Here is big thread of clone of blu life one
http://www.hackleaks.in/2014/01/all-about-micromax-canvas-4-a210.html
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Just add your modem.img
Baseband version unknown
Hi,
I have a BLO L200 and I installed a custom ROM. Then the "Baseband version" has changed to "unknown" and I can't make calls. The SIM Card management doesn't work anymore.
So I flashed back a STOCK ROM and the problem remains.
(I have a backup of IMEI)
Can someone help me, please?
Hello,
I have a problem, my Wi-Fi connection is slower than before and i don't know the reason which made it like this.
(only takes signal from close distance)
I rooted the device before couple of months and my recovery is TWRP, i tried to do soft reset the phone, but it is not working either - actually it's doing it in the beginning, but when it restarts - nothing has changed, all the apps are there, everything's there
Then I moved forward to step two - hard reset, it's not giving me to enter the recovery mode (not TWRP, not CWM, nothing..) - it's showing the boot screen of BLU and again it runs normally without any change at all. I tried enter cwm/twrp from the phone, using the SyS Updater app, TWRP app, CWM app for factory reset and again, no change...
I removed the sim card & memory card, it's not that... i don't know what else could i do. It's dual sim phone, do you thing it has some meaning ?
Can you advice me somehow or have anyone having the same/similar problem ?
I need help
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Good morning , I hope someone can help me , my life one blu L120 , was root, and titanium backup , a process turned out the gallery , and the phone did not work anymore , so now this on blu logo and does not start . what can i do?
Hi there falks.... help please
I recently bought my Blu life one L120 (micromax canvas 4 a210/wico stairway clone) Gotta say is a very good piece of equipment!!....
I sucessfully rooted it with King Root... but, i couldn't flash any rom, neither cwm nor Sp Tools....
I've tried many rom's
.-Lewacanvas
.-ReBirth official
.-ReBirth custom
.-Dark Xperia Z3
.-Xperia Z2 lite
.-Miui V5
.- And the micromax canvas 4 A210 Stock Rom
Nothing...
Please can anybody guide me on the right path in order to accomplish flashing theRom..
You're quite a flasher there mate!
luke_cage said:
I recently bought my Blu life one L120 (micromax canvas 4 a210/wico stairway clone) Gotta say is a very good piece of equipment!!....
I sucessfully rooted it with King Root... but, i couldn't flash any rom, neither cwm nor Sp Tools....
I've tried many rom's
.-Lewacanvas
.-ReBirth official
.-ReBirth custom
.-Dark Xperia Z3
.-Xperia Z2 lite
.-Miui V5
.- And the micromax canvas 4 A210 Stock Rom
Nothing...
Please can anybody guide me on the right path in order to accomplish flashing theRom..
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Bro, it sure sounds like you: (a) do not have BUSYBOX installed on the phone, and/or (b) you forgot to turn USB DEBUGGING back on!
Don't forget to hit THANKS if I helped. Happens to the best of us. Duh! LOL.
Hi,
I know I'm late to the party but I just picked up a BLU Life One cheap. So far I like the phone but the one thing driving me crazy is that after about 10 seconds the screen dims - whether auto-brightness is checked or not. I've found that it corresponds to the capacitive buttons (back, menu, home) turning off. It's surprising that there is no setting to keep the lights on or off.
I have rooted and installed Xposed Framework but have yet to find the module that can control this. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Edit:
So I've discovered that the screen dimming issue is a BLU thing. After flashing a couple of the Micromax A210 roms, the screen dimming issue goes away. Unfortunately, my data speeds drop down to edge, as pointed out by cabegol. I tried flashing his modem fix, but to no avail. I will try again next weekend when I have more time to play with the phone.
Been looking for information on the new Blu Life One 4g LTE (Blu really needs to deal with their screwed-up phone naming scheme) with no joy. Suggestions?
looking at this phone for my kid
My daughter ended up with my gen one galaxy nexus.
now that i am equiping the kids with phones, I expected her to want an iphone. Nope, she likes her android.
So it looks like i need to pick a phone. This one looks pretty good.
Is everyone happy with it?
22350 said:
My daughter ended up with my gen one galaxy nexus.
now that i am equiping the kids with phones, I expected her to want an iphone. Nope, she likes her android.
So it looks like i need to pick a phone. This one looks pretty good.
Is everyone happy with it?
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I recently got the new Blu Life One. Is my first Android phone, and i choose it because it was really cheap on Amazon. I'm happy with it right now, but, if you want more info about it, you should look for a review or wait until it became more popular in this forum.
Hope this would help.
Hello everyone, i have a problem with soft & hard reset of my phone.
If my thread is not on the right place, move it then, i apologize.
I am going to give you as much as information i have. My phone is BLU Life One L120 which is having a duplicate Micromax Canvas 4 A210 which is having the same chipset as i read into my thread for my BLU. Basically what i want to do now is just to soft or hard reset my phone... it sound easy i know but i wouldn't be asking if i haven't got an issue.
First of all i am using stock version 4.2.1 and kernal 3.4.5
I believe that i am having my drivers which i found in my official BLU Life One thread - http://d-h.st/U8e , also i tried with All MTK USB drivers 2014 http://androidurdu.net/mediatek-adb-...t65xx-support/
However i am able to transfer files between my pc & phone but when i try to root the device (i tried with Kingo root/ One click root/ Framaroot) it isn't recognizing my device or is unplugged, which is not true. I remember that once ago i installed TWRP recovery but i can't access from there no longer and i don't know the reason of that, otherwise i would reset it from there. Eventually recently i uninstalled superSU app and now i don't have root access anymore, which grow as a problem also. I checked it with RootChecker app. Also when i was doing both the soft and hard reset i removed the both SIMs & SD card just to be sure that i am doing it right.
When i use the soft reset it's giving me the option to run it but when it restarts it's all the same, nothing changes. It's the same with hard reset when i try to enter into Recovery mode.
Q: Why do i want to soft & hard reset it ?
A1: The first reason is that not a long ago my wi-fi signal got weaker despite that i'm next to my router and it was not like that when i bought it firstly and i want to use it instead of paying for it. I read a lot of stuff, but i can't find anything exactly the same.. which is why that i believe that if i reset it, it may went back normally.
A2: The second reason is that i just want to change my factory rom with a custom one, because the phone is having a great performance
Latest information is that i rooted again the phone with Framaroot, i've checked it just to be sure, i've installed the TWRP img file.... and still - no change with the same steps i made before, i'm starting to think that its maybe a hardware issue ?
I do need your help and i'd be very satisfied if i get it :highfive:
There's been a lot of changes since I posted this thread!
We've now got a rom for LineageOS 14.X based on Nougat which can be found in its own thread here!
This thread is still useful because it provides links to the history of how the tablet was rooted and how we were able to get a custom recovery but all discussion on the LineageOS rom should take place in that thread from now on. When new roms are created I will add them to this first post for posterity so everyone can find them. Does anyone know how to best request our own forum? I think we're starting to get big enough one would be of use...
bornagainpenguin said:
Here's what we have so far....
First we unlock the bootloader, explained here. Thanks for the easy to follow summary, 20tibby_gt06!
Extracted stock recovery here. Thanks jmo!
Stock image with root and updates. Can be fastboot flashed here. Another debt of gratitude to jmo!
Working TWRP recovery image here. Thank you bbelos for getting this working for us!
A listing of items you might wish to freeze upon rooting here. Thanks Pegasus Epsilon for posting this!
Another list of apps you might wish to freeze or remove here. This time courtesy of GartimusPrime
Lineage ROM, Build one Current Build: lineage-13.0-20170219-UNOFFICIAL-x103f.zip All hail bbelos for hacking away at this and sharing the results!
As per usual all things related to rooting and installing roms is at the users' own risk. You also assume the responsibilities of administering your own hardware when you seize administrative rights and control. Be careful and responsible when undertaking any actions. These links are intended to help find discussed items in the thread, not act as an HOWTO. You must do your reading before acting on anything or the brick you create will be yours to hold.
PS: What else do we need to petition for an official section for our tablet? We've got root, unlocked the bootloader, and a mostly functional rom created via Lineage by that wonderful individual known as bbelos. What else do we need?
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bornagainpenguin said:
I've searched and searched the site and Google for answers before giving up and posting this thread.
I picked up the new Walmart Black Friday tablet, which is known as Lenovo TB-X103F or model ZA1U0000US depending on where you look. I'm mostly satisfied with it as is, but I desperately miss my adblocker and my xposed framework features, as well as the ability to move updated apks to the system partition so as to not have redundant apps wasting space.
Unfortunately there is very little information available about this tablet.
Walmart.com listing
Energy Star page.
Lenovo's own website doesn't seem to have much mention of it beyond the source code dump listed here. I run Ubuntu on my laptop and my TV box for Kodi but I couldn't tell you if the code has everything and it would be possible for someone to build something or if it's missing critical information making hopes of a new community rom or cyanogenmod rom impossible. Does anyone else have this model tablet and know how to root it, put in a recovery? The one that comes with the device is in Chinese so I powered it off because I wasn't sure how else to get out of there.
Thanks in advance for all help given.
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yes i am trying to figure out how to root this tablet but i am having no luck. i hope their are some solutions
volkstony said:
yes i am trying to figure out how to root this tablet but i am having no luck. i hope their are some solutions
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Do you have a Windows machine? Have you given Kingoroot a try from Windows yet?
I don't have a Windows box so I haven't tried it yet.
I did notice there's an option in Developer Options to allow OEM unlocking, which allows the bootloader to be unlocked but am not sure if it actually does anything or not.
Sent from my Lenovo TB-X103F using Tapatalk
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yes i have a windows laptop. i have had no luck with either versions of kingo root on this tablet. all my android items have been rooted and upgraded with no issues but this tablet has not been cooperating at all lol. i hope someone will have a solution for this tablet soon.
I also bought one of these "Lenovo TAB 10 (TB-X103X)" tablets from WallyMart for $100. It is an apparently excellent tablet, perfect for my intended purpose. Great screen albeit only 800 lines but rich colors and bright. And it is speedy.
I tried the following to root it with no success:
Towelroot: tr.apkKingroot: KingoRoot.apkKingroot: via ADB
Booting the tab into it's stock "Recovery(?)" (power + volume down) confronts the user with a Chinese language "Recovery" (in quotes because I don't read Chinese so it actually could be saying anything like "ROOT? HAHAHA"):
Here's a link to a picture of the recovery screen: tinyurl.com/jhfwgt7
Anyone care to translate into English? Please? Is one of these options for the purpose of installing a .zip file (like SuperSU)?
Another thing to try is installing a custom Recovery like TWRP and from that installing SuperSU. I have little confidence that TWRP will install on this device so using the stock recovery may be a better option, if it is an option at all.
I did manage to unlock the bootloader on mine (I think). I have not tried any root options without a firmware backup method in fear of a bootloop. Especially since it is my wife's haha!
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I was able to get the bootloader unlocked as well and have since confirmed that it is unlocked. However, I believe that is just the first step. We need a custom recovery made for it and then we should have no problem getting root. I don't know what is required to make a custom recovery but since the source code is available, it seems like this is something that someone smarter than I might be able to accomplish. Anyone know anything about custom recoveries?
Jonathan
Hm, same issue here, would love a way to root.
Also, I can't seem to enable multi-window mode, even in Developer mode. Any suggestions?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
This is an image of what I see when I boot from a shut down tablet with the volume down button and the power button held down. Does anyone read enough Chinese to tell us what it says?
Doing the boot from a shut down tablet and volume up and power button held gives a different screen, which is in English and resembles Clockwise recovery.
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Rough translation
bornagainpenguin said:
This is an image of what I see when I boot from a shut down tablet with the volume down button and the power button held down. Does anyone read enough Chinese to tell us what it says?
Doing the boot from a shut down tablet and volume up and power button held gives a different screen, which is in English and resembles Clockwise recovery.
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Good find. However, it seems to just be a diagnostic app.
1) Display backlight
2) Button
3) Motor
4) Display
5) After the camera (I am guessing back camera)
6) Front Camera
7) Speaker
8) Headset
etc...
I just used an app that would translate the text. Good to know but probably not helpful in obtaining root.
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Root/Recovery Bounty?
I could really use these tablet for a project that I am working on. However, I need root and custom recovery. It is a pretty nice tablet, especially for the price. I picked it up at my local Wal-mart for $79. They still have a stack of them. I have heard of people putting out "bounties" for rooting, etc. I am not rich, but I would be willing to put up some money. I could even provide a device to a qualified person to experiment on. Any other interest in adding to the bounty?
Well a good place for you guys to start would be finding out if the device bootloader is locked. If you have windows (don't know if you can do this on MAC or Ubuntu) you can download the Android SDK and when connected to the device with debugging enabled type in CMD in the adb and fastboot folder "fastboot oem status" to possibly find out if its locked and "fastboot oem unlock" to unlock it if you're willing to take the risk.
Get back to me with your thoughts on this and if this works and unlocks it/its already unlocked, check if the device has an MTK Chipset. If it does there's a tool to make custom CWM Recovery's for MTK devices and you could flash a SuperSU zip from there.
Best of luck guys!
Rooted Droid said:
Well a good place for you guys to start would be finding out if the device bootloader is locked. If you have windows (don't know if you can do this on MAC or Ubuntu) you can download the Android SDK and when connected to the device with debugging enabled type in CMD in the adb and fastboot folder "fastboot oem status" to possibly find out if its locked and "fastboot oem unlock" to unlock it if you're willing to take the risk.
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Don't currently have access to a Windows machine at moment. My stuff is all Linux or my MacBook (which I'm increasingly developing a loathing for). I take it that the 'unlock bootloader' option in Developer Options is not really something that does anything then?
Rooted Droid said:
Get back to me with your thoughts on this and if this works and unlocks it/its already unlocked, check if the device has an MTK Chipset. If it does there's a tool to make custom CWM Recovery's for MTK devices and you could flash a SuperSU zip from there.
Best of luck guys!
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OK, this I can answer. It has a Snapdragon 210 not an MTK. People were ragging down the tablet before Black Friday because of that so it stuck in my memory.
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bornagainpenguin said:
. I take it that the 'unlock bootloader' option in Developer Options is not really something that does anything then?.
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I really couldn't tell you if the unlock bootloader in developer options would really unlock it (though it defiantly would make sense to!) without checking the status in CMD.
If the "device status" CMD doesn't work then I'm pretty sure it means there isn't a bootloader lock/its always unlocked. There is an alternative for Mac and Linux os's to do this I think but I can't remember how its done. (Worst case scenario use a virtual machine to run these tests in windows).
After we figure this out, since you said you can't find anything on this tablet, there probably isn't a custom recovery. (There is a tool to make Recovery's but its for MTK chipsets, although there may be a tool or something now for snapdragon chips to make them).
If you are able to look into checking the lock status using Mac/Linux and you find it's unlocked/unlockable, then there is also a way for Mac and Linux (or a virtual machine) to push a superuser zip with the CMD.
Let me know if what I wrote wasn't straightforward enough because I confused myself a bit even writing it lol.
Best of luck!
Bootloader can be unlocked - Confirmed
Rooted Droid said:
I really couldn't tell you if the unlock bootloader in developer options would really unlock it (though it defiantly would make sense to!) without checking the status in CMD.
If the "device status" CMD doesn't work then I'm pretty sure it means there isn't a bootloader lock/its always unlocked. There is an alternative for Mac and Linux os's to do this I think but I can't remember how its done. (Worst case scenario use a virtual machine to run these tests in windows).
After we figure this out, since you said you can't find anything on this tablet, there probably isn't a custom recovery. (There is a tool to make Recovery's but its for MTK chipsets, although there may be a tool or something now for snapdragon chips to make them).
If you are able to look into checking the lock status using Mac/Linux and you find it's unlocked/unlockable, then there is also a way for Mac and Linux (or a virtual machine) to push a superuser zip with the CMD.
Let me know if what I wrote wasn't straightforward enough because I confused myself a bit even writing it lol.
Best of luck!
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I can confirm that the bootload can be easily unlocked. I have done this with my device and verified the status.
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Rooted Droid said:
I really couldn't tell you if the unlock bootloader in developer options would really unlock it (though it defiantly would make sense to!) without checking the status in CMD.
If the "device status" CMD doesn't work then I'm pretty sure it means there isn't a bootloader lock/its always unlocked. There is an alternative for Mac and Linux os's to do this I think but I can't remember how its done. (Worst case scenario use a virtual machine to run these tests in windows).
After we figure this out, since you said you can't find anything on this tablet, there probably isn't a custom recovery. (There is a tool to make Recovery's but its for MTK chipsets, although there may be a tool or something now for snapdragon chips to make them).
If you are able to look into checking the lock status using Mac/Linux and you find it's unlocked/unlockable, then there is also a way for Mac and Linux (or a virtual machine) to push a superuser zip with the CMD.
Let me know if what I wrote wasn't straightforward enough because I confused myself a bit even writing it lol.
Best of luck!
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I have tried flashing SuperSU on my device both before and after bootloader unlock. The factory recovery will only flash ZIP that are signed with their signature, so despite having the bootloader unlocked, I think we need a custom recovery to gain root access. Does anyone know of a recovery for the same chip? I am willing to put mine at risk, I just haven't found an option.
jmo said:
I can confirm that the bootload can be easily unlocked. I have done this with my device and verified the status.
I have tried flashing SuperSU on my device both before and after bootloader unlock. The factory recovery will only flash ZIP that are signed with their signature, so despite having the bootloader unlocked, I think we need a custom recovery to gain root access. Does anyone know of a recovery for the same chip? I am willing to put mine at risk, I just haven't found an option.
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That's good news to hear its unlocked, nothing will ever flash in a stock recovery unfortunately unless developed by the OEM, so now its the more difficult part.. I did a quick look around and I can't seem to find a recovery. I found out though, if you can find a recovery with the same chipset and the same resolution, it's able to be ported. (Pretty sure I read somewhere that twrp can't be ported so it'd have to be cwm, phillz or another one. Not entirely sure though).
A lot of the ones I came across while looking for a portable recovery were all guides for MTK devices and I haven't found a snapdragon one yet :/.
Also I appreciate you willing to put your device at risk, but I want to be damn sure its right first otherwise its not worth messing up your tablet!
We're making good progress here now
Any recoveries?
Rooted Droid said:
That's good news to hear its unlocked, nothing will ever flash in a stock recovery unfortunately unless developed by the OEM, so now its the more difficult part.. I did a quick look around and I can't seem to find a recovery. I found out though, if you can find a recovery with the same chipset and the same resolution, it's able to be ported. (Pretty sure I read somewhere that twrp can't be ported so it'd have to be cwm, phillz or another one. Not entirely sure though).
A lot of the ones I came across while looking for a portable recovery were all guides for MTK devices and I haven't found a snapdragon one yet :/.
Also I appreciate you willing to put your device at risk, but I want to be damn sure its right first otherwise its not worth messing up your tablet!
We're making good progress here now
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Anyone who finds any recoveries that are similar in hardware, please let me know.
jmo said:
I could really use these tablet for a project that I am working on. However, I need root and custom recovery. It is a pretty nice tablet, especially for the price. I picked it up at my local Wal-mart for $79. They still have a stack of them. I have heard of people putting out "bounties" for rooting, etc. I am not rich, but I would be willing to put up some money. I could even provide a device to a qualified person to experiment on. Any other interest in adding to the bounty?
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I went by WallyMart to buy (another)one for my wife. Was the $79. you paid a day sale or something? They're $99 in TX.
Local Wal-mart
pwillikers said:
I went by WallyMart to buy (another)one for my wife. Was the $79. you paid a day sale or something? They're $99 in TX.
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My local Wal-mart just has a stack of them out on the counter (approx 20) with the $79 price on them. They aren't going very fast but they don't have any display models out and you would have to look for them to find them.
Just got a new Lenovo s5 (k520 running ZUI 3.7.177 ST) but can't root it (tried KingRoot and Root Genius so far).
It has a nasty little OS (ZUI 3.7) which keeps killing apps it doesn't like. It took me two days to find an adblocker which would work (AdClear) after trying Dns66, Blokada and a couple of others which I can't recall. It's tightly locked down.
* Anyway, my question is... Has anyone had any luck with rooting this phone or OS?
* Or, has anyone any suggestions for apps or rooting options which might be more successful?
If there's any other people out there with this phone, I would seriously consider chipping in to buy one for a dev to work with... give me a yell if you're interested.
Cheers,
Specs:
OS ZUI 3.7 (based on Android O)
CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 2.0GHz Octa core
ROM 64GB
RAM 4GB
Edit: Hmmm, I was hoping that the latest Magisk beta (16.6) might help, but no luck. It does seem to get further along but fails with an 'unable to find boot image' message (my apologies for not being able to quote that accurately). Nothing seems able to find that .img. Can't back it up either as no app can find it. Yes, I need to brush up my adb skills ...my last effort ended in an error reporting lack of appropriate key, as I recall (sorry, have a bit of a flu just now). Anyway, has anyone else been able to look at this phone? Anyone have any ideas (or just thoughts) about what I can do here?
Thanks.
Just to update.... I have tried every simple rooting option I can find -with no luck.
I have found one reference to installing twrp & rooting this phone, but I'm unsure how legit it is ...it just looks a little like its put together by a script; but maybe they just copy/paste a lot when writing tutes? (I have written to them but have had no response from them in a week). The tutorial makes reference to a dev/group in China successfully installing twrp, but only on a Chinese release, not international.
Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone knows of the group or people referenced at
http://tutoraplikasi.com/cara-root-lenovo-s5/
or if anyone might have an idea of the dev(s) in China working on twrp & lenovo?
Just a shot in the dark, really, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
Cheers.
OK, looks like time for some more serious reading and brushing up of old, much neglected skilz... I will probably close this thread and open another ( if there's no objections) in the xda twrp forum.
If anyone is interested, I'm looking to compile twrp for this device with a view to flashing magisk. Hopefully, it will work. Seems that adb & unlocking the bootloader is the only way I'm going to get to actually see the partitions holding the IMG files etc. (Though I do have one or two ideas about escalating privileges/permissions, but that's a whole other bunch of research -and time which is always short.)
Anyway, if you have an interest in rooting this phone have a look for a thread under twrp Q&A.
Cheers.
Seems like it was just a matter of waiting... XN Logos has come up with a solution, it appears --
https://www.stupdroid.com/2018/07/root-twrp-lenovo-k520.html?m=1
At least I managed some in depth reading in the meantime. I'll report back on success of the procedure.
Hi I have also a Lenovo s5. I hated zui 3.7 too and I succeded in installing Lineage OS 15.1 by phh using only fastboot mode... I tried rooting It but unsuccessfully. Now I want twrp and if it would be possible even root. Did you succeed with XN Logos?
Piepoct said:
Hi I have also a Lenovo s5. I hated zui 3.7 too and I succeded in installing Lineage OS 15.1 by phh using only fastboot mode... I tried rooting It but unsuccessfully. Now I want twrp and if it would be possible even root. Did you succeed with XN Logos?
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Haven't actually tried yet. After all that looking for a root solution I now have been too busy. Will probably do it this Wednesday. I'll keep you posted. Did lineage work well? Any bugs or other issues? ZUI is a dog.
Yeah everything is okay... In the previous updates there was a problem with the audio in ear but now is solved. The only thing that is a little (but not dramatically) worse is battery life because in zui the fact that the os kills every app in background makes the battery last longer.
Hey guys, I know it is no the perfect thread for this yet this phone almost doesn't exist anywhere on the internet. I have the same issue with apps closing as you do. I wanted to install Lineage OS yet as there is no official release for lenovo S5. I would really appreciate some guidance on which release would I install and how. Would it be via the twrp? Thanks in advance.
maikelos27 said:
Hey guys, I know it is no the perfect thread for this yet this phone almost doesn't exist anywhere on the internet. I have the same issue with apps closing as you do. I wanted to install Lineage OS yet as there is no official release for lenovo S5. I would really appreciate some guidance on which release would I install and how. Would it be via the twrp? Thanks in advance.
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I'd say its this one, maikelos27...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...evice-development/lineage-phh-treble-t3767690
Should be able to use twrp, or via fastboot as mentioned.
ptpi said:
I'd say its this one, maikelos27...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...evice-development/lineage-phh-treble-t3767690
Should be able to use twrp, or via fastboot as mentioned.
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Thanks ptpi, I will try that probably today and see how it goes.
Lineage Lenovo S5
I'm from Brazil and I have a lenovo S5. I would like to know if someone installed Lineage on Lenovo S5 and could help me do that. thank you
ptpi said:
I'd say its this one, maikelos27...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...evice-development/lineage-phh-treble-t3767690
Should be able to use twrp, or via fastboot as mentioned.
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Hello, I'm a lucky owner of this beautifull beast, the Lenovo S5 K520, but with the horfull ZUI3.7. I always have been using Cyanogen and after lineage OS.
It did not luck for me to install it on the Lenovo S5.
I manage to install TWRP-3.2.2-0713 with the help of the S-Droid toolkit for Lenovo S5.
From there, I did try every rom from phh on this page : https://forum.xda-developers.com/project-treble/trebleenabled-device-development/lineage-phh-treble-t3767690
but the best I did get is the first logo of lineage OS going on and never stop for hours. I also did try AOSP treble Rom from this site : https://forum.xda-developers.com/project-treble/trebleenabled-device-development/experimental-phh-treble-t3709659, but there I'm getting the Android text changing of ligth theme, but bothing more.
Could you please tell us the procedure and the version of the software you are using so that you are able to use Lineage OS on a Lenovo S5 K520?
Thanks a lot.
Brisferr
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I'm from Brazil and I have a lenovo S5. I would like to know if someone installed Lineage on Lenovo S5 and could help me do that. thank you
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Hi i did in this way...
1)fastboot -w
2)fastboot erase modemst1
3)fastboot erase modemst2
4) fastboot erase system
5) fastboot erase boot
6) fastboot erase recovery
7) fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
8) fastboot flash boot boot.img
9) fastboot flash system {systemname}.img
The only thing you should do firstly is download the firmware from a video in YouTube whose name is like "ROM Lenovo s5" or something like that and extract the firmware in order to have both boot.img and recovery.img. Hope I could help
P.s. I used phh lineage latest build
Lenovo S5 global version stock rom
Hi everybody!
I was wondering if any of you have a copy of the original ZUI 3.7 non-Chinese stock firmware. I had trouble with my phone and contacted the customer service. Unfortunately, they've sent me the Chinese version (K520_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00011.0_O_ZUI_3.7.355_ST_180412_qpst) and now my phone is almost unusable as the rom only contains crappy Chinese stuff... :crying:
All apps are Chinese and it contains no GApps... I cannot even restore previously save config.
Please help me and send me a backup or the original non-Chinese firmware.
Thank you very much
I didn't even know the existence of an original firmware for non Chinese phones indeed when I bought it it came with a horrible chinese firmware with few translations. Did you find it? Because I want to try it too. If you didn't find it I'm also going to look for it
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Hi everybody!
I was wondering if any of you have a copy of the original ZUI 3.7 non-Chinese stock firmware. I had trouble with my phone and contacted the customer service. Unfortunately, they've sent me the Chinese version (K520_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00011.0_O_ZUI_3.7.355_ST_180412_qpst) and now my phone is almost unusable as the rom only contains crappy Chinese stuff... :crying:
All apps are Chinese and it contains no GApps... I cannot even restore previously save config.
Please help me and send me a backup or the original non-Chinese firmware.
Thank you very much
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How did you unlock your bootloader? Failing to unlock my lenovo s5 k520 bootloader
If I remember correctly just -fastboot oem unlock
dmilz said:
How did you unlock your bootloader? Failing to unlock my lenovo s5 k520 bootloader
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Piepoct said:
If I remember correctly just -fastboot oem unlock
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Thanks, rooted and now in bootloop .. Help with stock firmware
I've got only the Chinese one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15wNyeQ53SbB1xV3gCmXrb-opZSgx2gFQ/view
P.s. I never tested it
dmilz said:
Thanks, rooted and now in bootloop .. Help with stock firmware
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Piepoct said:
I've got only the Chinese one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15wNyeQ53SbB1xV3gCmXrb-opZSgx2gFQ/view
P.s. I never tested it
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will test.. thanks
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I consider buying a Moto G8 plus, or a G8 power. A disadvantage of the plus is that it only has Android 9, has not even received 10, and probably will never get 11. Besides, I read that Motorola's in general has a bad reputation regarding updating.
I came across the GSI/Treble topic. I have no experience with it. As I understand, it would enable me to the update to 11 myself. And keep doing that for later versions, or even 10 to start with.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
I found explanations like these.
Android 11 R GSI for Treble Supported Android device
Generic System Image
So my question are.
Is the G8 plus compatible to start with?
Has anyone actually used it already?
What did you do, is there a DSU?
Does it easily work? Did you run into problems?
How much did it influence functionality of your phone? For the Motorola part, GSM, other?
Thanks a lot!
Treble is supported by the G8 Plus, so if you can unlock the bootloader, you should be able to install it.
Unlock Bootloader code is available from Motorola.
Run a couple of GSI on other devices; Android 10.
Reluctant to try moto g8 plus. Carl
It is supposed to support treble project. But I must warn you. I got a G8 plus, unlocked the bootloader, tried to upgrade to Android 10 using a GSI rom and couldn't make it work. Not even with lineage, not even with the stock rom again. It is still semi- bricked without being able to make it work since couple days ago. There is something weird about this phone, all the things that should work and which do actually work on other Android phones , with this, they just don't.
EDIT//
I made it work again flashing all files from stock rom 1 by 1 after locking and unlocking bootloader again.
But i think for a long time i won't be in the mood to try and play with the system of this phone again.
Couchraver said:
It is supposed to support treble project. But I must warn you. I got a G8 plus, unlocked the bootloader, tried to upgrade to Android 10 using a GSI rom and couldn't make it work. Not even with lineage, not even with the stock rom again. It is still semi- bricked without being able to make it work since couple days ago. There is something weird about this phone, all the things that should work and which do actually work on other Android phones , with this, they just don't.
EDIT//
I made it work again flashing all files from stock rom 1 by 1 after locking and unlocking bootloader again.
But i think for a long time i won't be in the mood to try and play with the system of this phone again.
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I'm in the same situation. The most weird thing was that the GSI ROM from android official developers website worked. (but that ROM is just for testing apps on a simulator or something like that)
Even TWRP is not working 100%.. It boots fine into recovery but touch stop working after flashing into boot partition.
so I flashed back to stock rom and is running again.
I just managed to install the GSI from phhusson/treble_experimentations, but I had to flash vbmeta.
ecobos said:
I just managed to install the GSI from phhusson/treble_experimentations, but I had to flash vbmeta.
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if the GSI rom served you? could you give screenshots? and how did he do it?
I have gotten lineage os 17.1 successfully working on my g8 plus with the help of a unofficial build from Andy Yan I think. There was also a Android 10 gsi build but it wasn't as great as lineage os so I flashed lineage and it booted right up first try successfully working with root and mauronofrios build of twrp working so you get all things working with the g8 plus but nothing has released officially. Hope this helps!
SnowTalker said:
I have gotten lineage os 17.1 successfully working on my g8 plus with the help of a unofficial build from Andy Yan I think. There was also a Android 10 gsi build but it wasn't as great as lineage os so I flashed lineage and it booted right up first try successfully working with root and mauronofrios build of twrp working so you get all things working with the g8 plus but nothing has released officially. Hope this helps!
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Could you make a tutorial to be able to install it successfully? Thank you
chevy42 said:
Could you make a tutorial to be able to install it successfully? Thank you
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Yeah sure. Go to https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAAegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw26jTQFwtpMBNoOek36E-3g
And make sure you get the latest twrp build and download it, after that put the build on your PC and your phone. Then on your PC open a powershell or command prompt on your desktop (shift plus right click) put your phone in bootloader mode and on your PC do the following command: "fastboot boot name.img" name is the name on the build btw and if successful you should boot into twrp, after that click install and choose the twrp build img and flash it. After that reboot your phone and go to magisk manager and download the zip for root and go back to twrp and flash that and then reboot and you now have root.
As for custom roms just follow this tutorial I found from
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...Vaw1DjEbfH6672uJRqdf82EiX&cshid=1592440507846
I hoped this helped, if it didn't you can ask me about it
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Yeah sure. Go to https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAAegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw26jTQFwtpMBNoOek36E-3g
And make sure you get the latest twrp build and download it, after that put the build on your PC and your phone. Then on your PC open a powershell or command prompt on your desktop (shift plus right click) put your phone in bootloader mode and on your PC do the following command: "fastboot boot name.img" name is the name on the build btw and if successful you should boot into twrp, after that click install and choose the twrp build img and flash it. After that reboot your phone and go to magisk manager and download the zip for root and go back to twrp and flash that and then reboot and you now have root.
As for custom roms just follow this tutorial I found from
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...Vaw1DjEbfH6672uJRqdf82EiX&cshid=1592440507846
I hoped this helped, if it didn't you can ask me about it
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I'm scared to jump my phone haha, I wish there was a video tutorial to do it better.
chevy42 said:
I'm scared to jump my phone haha, I wish there was a video tutorial to do it better.
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Unless you do something really stupid with twrp or root, it really wasn't a bother, honestly it was pretty easy but it took me a while to find things as this was my first phone to root successfully... But it's up to you if you want to risk it. imo it isn't bad to try something new either
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Unless you do something really stupid with twrp or root, it really wasn't a bother, honestly it was pretty easy but it took me a while to find things as this was my first phone to root successfully... But it's up to you if you want to risk it. imo it isn't bad to try something new either
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How about the rom? Is it faster than the stock rom? What bugs does the rom have?
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How about the rom? Is it faster than the stock rom? What bugs does the rom have?
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The ROM plus flashed gapps (google apps) uses less ram then the stock ROM but it takes away motos core features including the double chop to turn the flashlight on and other things. Plus you can't use the ultra wide lense anymore and you would have to have a aftermarket camera (I use a google camera port) there is a lot of wins and losses but in the end I think lineage os is better than stock for the customization imo.
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How about the rom? Is it faster than the stock rom? What bugs does the rom have?
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Oh and I forgot, I have not experienced any bugs other than the system UI stopping randomly (very rare) so it's a really well bug free ROM (in my use).
Robert_X said:
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I consider buying a Moto G8 plus, or a G8 power. A disadvantage of the plus is that it only has Android 9, has not even received 10, and probably will never get 11. Besides, I read that Motorola's in general has a bad reputation regarding updating.
I came across the GSI/Treble topic. I have no experience with it. As I understand, it would enable me to the update to 11 myself. And keep doing that for later versions, or even 10 to start with.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
I found explanations like these.
Android 11 R GSI for Treble Supported Android device
Generic System Image
So my question are.
Is the G8 plus compatible to start with?
Has anyone actually used it already?
What did you do, is there a DSU?
Does it easily work? Did you run into problems?
How much did it influence functionality of your phone? For the Motorola part, GSM, other?
Thanks a lot!
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I personally don't recommend you to buy a Motorola. since Lenovo bought Motorola they are not the same and they all have connectivity problems. In addition, the moto g8 plus has problems with wifi, Bluetooth and screen burn.
felixp_ said:
I personally don't recommend you to buy a Motorola. since Lenovo bought Motorola they are not the same and they all have connectivity problems. In addition, the moto g8 plus has problems with wifi, Bluetooth and screen burn.
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I haven't had any problems with WiFi or Bluetooth, I haven't got a screen burn in yet (knock on wood) but I think you got a defected device. Lenovo isn't bad with they're new devices I think they are ok although I wasn't around when it was just Motorola
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if the GSI rom served you? could you give screenshots? and how did he do it?
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Sure, here's one
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One gotcha is that Bluetooth audio didn't quite work. I had to disable a2dp offloading and disable audio effects from the treble config to get them to work.
ecobos said:
Sure, here's one
One gotcha is that Bluetooth audio didn't quite work. I had to disable a2dp offloading and disable audio effects from the treble config to get them to work.
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How is the performance of the phone with that rom?
ecobos said:
Sure, here's one
One gotcha is that Bluetooth audio didn't quite work. I had to disable a2dp offloading and disable audio effects from the treble config to get them to work.
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Which GSI did you manage to install?
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How is the performance of the phone with that rom?
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It seems pretty decent, haven't had any perf issues. My brother has the same phone but with the stock ROM and perf seems similar. Anything in particular you were looking for?
merlinolillo said:
Which GSI did you manage to install?
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system-quack-arm64-ab-floss.img.xz from phhusson/treble_experimentations (sorry, I'd link but I'm a newb here so I still can't post outside links ).
I ended up installing google play services in the end because otherwise a 2FA app I need for work, plus a bank app would refuse to work, sadly. I used the "pico" variant of opengapps.