Fisrt of all thank all of you guys for the information I have found here it's been very helpful.
Second, after finding and utilizing information found here to modify my HTC PRO I was forced by a keyboard failure to get a replacement. I tried everything I could figure out to transfer my set-up from the old phone to the new with no success. I was hoping to not have to go through the whole process of finding and installing all the different features and programs I had installed. I was hoping to simply overwrite the new phone with the old. Is there a means to do this? If there is..... could someone explain the process step by step as I am a complete nimrod when it comes to all of this?
Note: when I try to pull up the old phone while connected to my laptop it shows up as a removable drive and is no longer identified as "HTC PRO" and the abbility to drill down into the file system is limited. The new phone appears as it should. I have tried to copy the contents of the old phone to a folder then plug in the new phone and overwrite the file system but there are several files that I get a "file cannot be overwritten" errors.
Any suggestions?
Thanks again guys.
KrakinAces said:
Fisrt of all thank all of you guys for the information I have found here it's been very helpful.
Second, after finding and utilizing information found here to modify my HTC PRO I was forced by a keyboard failure to get a replacement. I tried everything I could figure out to transfer my set-up from the old phone to the new with no success. I was hoping to not have to go through the whole process of finding and installing all the different features and programs I had installed. I was hoping to simply overwrite the new phone with the old. Is there a means to do this? If there is..... could someone explain the process step by step as I am a complete nimrod when it comes to all of this?
Note: when I try to pull up the old phone while connected to my laptop it shows up as a removable drive and is no longer identified as "HTC PRO" and the abbility to drill down into the file system is limited. The new phone appears as it should. I have tried to copy the contents of the old phone to a folder then plug in the new phone and overwrite the file system but there are several files that I get a "file cannot be overwritten" errors.
Any suggestions?
Thanks again guys.
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Do you have any backup utility like SPB backup? Some of them (I think Sprite backup) have the ability to backup programs you've installed as well, and that kind of thing is likely to be your best bet. Replacing files manually is unlikely to bring you success though.
EDIT: There's some discussion here that might be of interest.
Hi people,
I'm trying to write this message with links to the relevant guides I used, but since this is my first post I can't add links to this. I hope it is still kinda clear what I mean.
I've got an HTC Desire Z (or G2 as I think it is called in the US). I bought it new from a store here in the Netherlands without any contract so there is no connection with any carrier. I now want to root my phone so that I can put Cyanogen mod on it. For this I followed some guides which led me to do a firmware downgrade. A guide on the cyanogenmod website worked all well, until I got to step 8: "Select Bootloader to flash the 1.34.707.3 firmware.". After doing this my phone gives an error saying the following:
CID incorrect!
Update Fail!
Press power to reboot.
So after some searching I found that I need to spoof a CID using a "Goldcard". And here I'm kind stuck.
I searched around for goldcards and I found a lot of guides using some sort of Goldcardtool. This however, only works on windows, and since I am on (Ubuntu) Linux I can't use that. I tried to follow a youtube guide, which when typing "cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid", ended in a "No such file or directory" error.
I then found a guide on the Droid-den website ("Android Guide: How To Create a Gold Card") with which I created two .img files after which I needed to do some hex editing. For this I installed a hex editor called ghex. I can open the .img files I downloaded, but I am not able to select my micro sd card in the hexeditor. I tried Bless hex editor as well, but no luck there either.
So my questions:
Do I absolutely have to use a goldcard (even though my phone is not carrier branded) or am I simply doing something wrong?
If absolutely needed, what am I doing wrong in creating the goldcard? Is there another (preferably easy) way to create a goldcard on Ubuntu?
All tips and hints are welcome!
Hi!
Use "cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc2:*/cid" or "cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2/mmc2:*/cid"
Hello everyone,
I bought this tablet on ebay and it seems that the ROM preinstalled is a test ROM.
I searched the web to find a custom ROM but I couldn't find much info.
I found the way to root the tablet but that's all.
Is there anyone who can indicate me a link to a stock rom or a good custom one?
Thanks for those who will read and help!
What do you mean by TEST ROM?!!! this is ridiculous, I have the tablet and it's working like a charm even I received over air update yesterday, the only odd is that I can't use it as a phone because Lenovo has no license yet for that it's available only in the Chinese version, and I think this will be solved later when they start launching their mobile phones all over the world.
Hello mmis,
Test rom is not the correct terms but I didn't know how to call that !
The problem is that every widget I put on the desktop is loading but never display anything.
The information in "About tablet" are the following :
Model number : IdeaTab A2107A-H
Android Version : 4.0.3
Baseband version : MAUI.11AMD.W11.50.SP.V13, 2012/05/25 01:09
Build number : A2107A-H_S307_120605
If I search for system updates, it doesn't find anything. If I click on firmware update, the settings FC.
I made a factory reset but no luck.
That's why I thought it wasn't a stable version.
As long as you tried the factory reset with no luck, I think in your case its better to get back to Lenovo customer service or your local dealer if it's under warranty, they should be able to help you. it's a new device in the market and it will be difficult to find custom ROM for a while or even someone to give model-specific help. Good Luck
Would you mind linking to the instructions on how to root this thing?
Sure, no problem !
After several hours of search and difficulties to register onto Chinese websites
I managed to find the attached file. I take no credit for the tool because it was developped by someone else (SNARL I guess)
It was missing the superuser apk inside so I put it back and also translate the steps to English.
Here are the steps :
- Connect the tablet in Debug USB mode
- Launch root.bat
- The device will reboot at each of the 3 steps
If you need more info, don't mind to ask!
Here is the link of the original thread :
http://3g.lenovo.com/thread-69003-1-1.html
Fantastic, thank you very much.
LePad Chinese Model A2107A-H
I have a Chinese issue model of the A2107A-H that has the dual sim card cellular feature. I've been trying to get it rooted to get rid of the Chinese apks on it, but normal rooting software has not been successful so far, including the one posted here from SNARL via Ichi go's post. I get a "device not found" error message and in device manager on my PC it indicates that there is no driver installed for the device. I have "debug" turned on and the USB link seems to be working as I can see file folders on the device, but the rooting software will not run. I've tried several of the most well known methods with no luck. Any ideas on this would be appreciated and in particular, if there is a driver I need to have installed to get the rooting software to work??
TIA!!!
Rob
First of all many thanks to you ichi go it was very easy to root this device as instructed, but as the one I have does not have the phone calling capability, I replaced the phone.apk with different one but now the device does not recognize the sim card at all, I tried to push many versions of phone.apk to system folder with no luck, it seems even if I put the apk in the system folder the device will not launch it at all, could you please help me in that.
I've had this tablet for a while and love it. I just got the OTA update and its downloading now.
I'm a also keen on rooting it and inns installing a custom ROM. I guess once its a bit more common, we can expect a dedicated Dev community here on XDA
The update failed to install. I'm not rooted or anything but upon restart it gave a signature verification error.
Any way to fix this?
Edit: got it! was a path error since i had changed the default storage.
but i can't figure out any changes
robh41 said:
I have a Chinese issue model of the A2107A-H that has the dual sim card cellular feature. I've been trying to get it rooted to get rid of the Chinese apks on it, but normal rooting software has not been successful so far, including the one posted here from SNARL via Ichi go's post. I get a "device not found" error message and in device manager on my PC it indicates that there is no driver installed for the device. I have "debug" turned on and the USB link seems to be working as I can see file folders on the device, but the rooting software will not run. I've tried several of the most well known methods with no luck. Any ideas on this would be appreciated and in particular, if there is a driver I need to have installed to get the rooting software to work??
TIA!!!
Rob
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How does your device appear in the device manager? For sure, the adb driver isn't installed. If it's not the case, download android sdk and then the Google USB driver in the extra section.
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mmis said:
First of all many thanks to you ichi go it was very easy to root this device as instructed, but as the one I have does not have the phone calling capability, I replaced the phone.apk with different one but now the device does not recognize the sim card at all, I tried to push many versions of phone.apk to system folder with no luck, it seems even if I put the apk in the system folder the device will not launch it at all, could you please help me in that.
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I didn't try to make phone calls for now with it but I will test and come back to you if I find something interesting.
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FM Tuner - perfect for in-dash?
The in-dash car tablet people should be happy to hear the A2107 has an FM Tuner. It's one of the few tablets that has a radio tuner, and the only modern 7" that I know of. I just ordered one. I will report back.
The Chinese stock rom I installed has the phone ability and that works very well! The problem of this stock rom is that the Google services aren't there. I'm trying to find a way to install the zip file but I need to know the exact path of the recovery partition.
I tried to find it with the cat /proc/emmc command but this partition isn't listed.
If anyone has an idea...
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So I understood that you managed to flash the Chinese stock ROM, am I right?!! please tell me how to do as I am facing serious problems with my device, I managed to root and then I changed the phone.apk (what the hell I was thinking of) and now I have the the error message android.process.acore stopped working and sometimes the sittings force closed, I tried to re root, factory reset and deleting cache of almost everything with no use, even I contacted the Lenovo CS to reinstall the original firmware, I think they will charge me for that :crying:
by the way I don't have contacts anymore (I installed it manually) and the most impressive thing that the device doesn't recognize the SIM card (I cleverly deleted the original one phone.apk :silly and what ever apk I push into the system/app folder and change the permissions it will not install after reboot.
So...what do you think guys?!! any help?
I've confirmed this does work on the A2107-F.
I had some trouble with the ADB driver. I can't post links, so you will have to google it, but I used adb_driver_20110720.zip for the drivers. I forced it to install via Update Driver > Browse my computer > let me pick > have disk > pointed to the android_winusb.inf file > selected the thinkpad option, it was the bottom of the two.
I also had to manually turn the tablet back on after the first reboot, but it went fine after that.
ichi go said:
The Chinese stock rom I installed has the phone ability and that works very well! The problem of this stock rom is that the Google services aren't there. I'm trying to find a way to install the zip file but I need to know the exact path of the recovery partition.
I tried to find it with the cat /proc/emmc command but this partition isn't listed.
If anyone has an idea...
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app
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can someone show me where to get the rom?
in the chinese forum, i cant register, because lenovo login is buggy for me. maybe because of location,,
mmis said:
So I understood that you managed to flash the Chinese stock ROM, am I right?!! please tell me how to do as I am facing serious problems with my device, I managed to root and then I changed the phone.apk (what the hell I was thinking of) and now I have the the error message android.process.acore stopped working and sometimes the sittings force closed, I tried to re root, factory reset and deleting cache of almost everything with no use, even I contacted the Lenovo CS to reinstall the original firmware, I think they will charge me for that :crying:
by the way I don't have contacts anymore (I installed it manually) and the most impressive thing that the device doesn't recognize the SIM card (I cleverly deleted the original one phone.apk :silly and what ever apk I push into the system/app folder and change the permissions it will not install after reboot.
So...what do you think guys?!! any help?
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Hi mmis,
I will upload tonight (if i have the time to) all the needed files to install the Chinese ROM (tools and procedure included).
Btw, I managed to install all the Google services and all is working well! The only thing is that the OS can only be put in English. All other languages are Chinese variants.
Hi I just flash tablet with a chinesse rom A2107A_H_S121_120525 and right now the device don't turning on anymore. The flashing is still possible. So I need a stock rom please
I got this phone (Lenovo A606) about a month ago with the following problems:
1) Modem (the one with the SIM card) doesn't work, status in the about section shows "invalid IMEI" and "unknown baseband". SIM card settings are greyed out in the settings.
2) Wi-fi works fine, but i always have an additional SSID in wifi menu that says 0x010 something error
According to previous owner, it went bad after bad flash or update, but he might have been lying and modem is physically dead due to some reason.
3) Serial number is also a blank
So far i've tried:
1) Flashing different stock firmwares with full flash format and DA DL flags checked/unchecked in SP Flash tool
2) Fixing nvram/trying to restore IMEI and SN through numerous tools of different versions: Maui Meta 3g, SN Writer tool, SN Station Writer tool, infinity box CM2MTK, etc - every one of tools that i've tried (i've also tried different versions of the same tools) show me different errors, best solutions online for which are "check your drivers, change usb cable or change computer" all of which i've obviously tried with the exact same result
3) Fixing nvram by deleting nvram folder in /dev/nvram
4) Replacing MP0B_001 in the nvram folder (rather putting it in, the target folder is empty after stock flashing)
5) Using nvram fixes through both custom and stock recovery menus prepared by the poor bastards like me, but with more knowledge about this stuff
6) Flashing nvram from a donor working phone through SP Flash tool
And since i'm making this post nothing of the above has worked.
So far i've came up with two possibilities:
1) The modem is physically dead and i lost in total 72 hours of my life on a goose chase. If this case is true, how can I make sure of it? Is there a low-level recovery menu or a factory mode that can confirm/deny it?
2) I'm doing something wrong and there is a simple fix for it. In this case, I ask for help guide me in the right direction, if possible with exact instructions.
fdxcd said:
I got this phone (Lenovo A606) about a month ago with the following problems:
1) Modem (the one with the SIM card) doesn't work, status in the about section shows "invalid IMEI" and "unknown baseband". SIM card settings are greyed out in the settings.
2) Wi-fi works fine, but i always have an additional SSID in wifi menu that says 0x010 something error
According to previous owner, it went bad after bad flash or update, but he might have been lying and modem is physically dead due to some reason.
3) Serial number is also a blank
So far i've tried:
1) Flashing different stock firmwares with full flash format and DA DL flags checked/unchecked in SP Flash tool
2) Fixing nvram/trying to restore IMEI and SN through numerous tools of different versions: Maui Meta 3g, SN Writer tool, SN Station Writer tool, infinity box CM2MTK, etc - every one of tools that i've tried (i've also tried different versions of the same tools) show me different errors, best solutions online for which are "check your drivers, change usb cable or change computer" all of which i've obviously tried with the exact same result
3) Fixing nvram by deleting nvram folder in /dev/nvram
4) Replacing MP0B_001 in the nvram folder (rather putting it in, the target folder is empty after stock flashing)
5) Using nvram fixes through both custom and stock recovery menus prepared by the poor bastards like me, but with more knowledge about this stuff
6) Flashing nvram from a donor working phone through SP Flash tool
And since i'm making this post nothing of the above has worked.
So far i've came up with two possibilities:
1) The modem is physically dead and i lost in total 72 hours of my life on a goose chase. If this case is true, how can I make sure of it? Is there a low-level recovery menu or a factory mode that can confirm/deny it?
2) I'm doing something wrong and there is a simple fix for it. In this case, I ask for help guide me in the right direction, if possible with exact instructions.
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Changing IMEI numbers is illegal and can not be discussed on xda so we have to be careful. If you have the original IMEI number it may be possible to restore it with an octoplus box or something similar but we are limited to what can be discussed on xda
Regards
Sawdoctor
sawdoctor said:
Greetings and welcome to assist. Changing IMEI numbers is illegal and can not be discussed on xda so we have to be careful. If you have the original IMEI number it may be possible to restore it with an octoplus box or something similar but we are limited to what can be discussed on xda
Regards
Sawdoctor
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Never tried to change it, since there wasn't any imei in the firmware to begin with. I only fruitlessly trying to return sim functionality
I have made a mistake trying to change a rom for my device (huawei g8 ri0-l01).
I thought my phone was gone, but step by step I was able to bring it back to life.
Now I have a working rom and I set back the IMEI's, but I still have "no service".
After reading a lot, I understand that I need to recover my "NVRAM" and to do so, I need for somebody to send my a file called "NVRAM.IMG" which applies to my device.
I can't find this file anywhere on the net.
Can somebody please send me?
umerbloch said:
I have made a mistake trying to change a rom for my device (huawei g8 ri0-l01).
I thought my phone was gone, but step by step I was able to bring it back to life.
Now I have a working rom and I set back the IMEI's, but I still have "no service".
After reading a lot, I understand that I need to recover my "NVRAM" and to do so, I need for somebody to send my a file called "NVRAM.IMG" which applies to my device.
I can't find this file anywhere on the net.
Can somebody please send me?
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bro there is no NVRAM.img partition in phone
You probably mean efs folder
we need modem modem1 and modem2 files. if your phone is rooted you can use partitions backup in play store. it automatically marks them yellow. on the wrench key choose img format. and share it with us. I will strongly apreciate you.