***PLEASE DO NOT SKIP THE INSTRUCTION THAT SAYS MAKE A BACKUP*****
Lots of people are requesting help after not making a backup. And while people are able to help, the files are very large and takes up considerable bandwidth. Much better to EASILY create your own backup.
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First of all a BIG thanks to @ionioni, this is all his work i am just re-uploading files and some sort of instructions. Much of the instructions are also lifted from ionioni, so thanks from me too!
That's right sources here: https://twrp.me
There Is currently no xposed support for intel 64 bit android
Neither I or the developer take any responsibility for damage to yourself or your tablet, by carrying out anything written here you accept full liability for your actions. I am quite sure xda forums feel the same.
****BIG WARNING , This is ONLY for the Yoga Tab 3 Pro models YT3-X90(F|X|L) Intel Atom powered CherryTrail SoC devices flashing any of these files to another device will more than likely result in BRICK!!****
ANOTHER BIG NOTE.....lollipop can only be rooted using supersu version 2.46 whilst marshmallow version ,as of writing, can ONLY get root using magisk!
You should backup all important data before attempting any of this as you will be losing all data during the process. Titanium backup is good for backing up and restoring apps, other personal files can be moved to external sd or copied to computer.
First off you will need to have fastboot installed on your PC if you havn't already. Find it here......
For windows. https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
For Mac. https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip
For Linux. https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip
To gain ROOT access.....
1. download and extract the twrp.img file from the zip attached (YOU MUST EXTRACT FROM THE ZIP!!!) and copy supersu.zip or magisk.zip to tablets external memory card. https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/ (LOLLIPOP only supersu v2.46 is supported, other versions cause bootloop) or https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445 for MARSHMALLOW.
2. unlock your tab if is not unlocked (this is mandatory in order to boot custom images like TWRP recovery):
a) Enable developer options ( Go settings, at bottom select "About tablet" then press "Build number" 7 times. congrats you are now a developer.)
b) Go back to settings and now at the bottom there is a new option "developer options" in developer options enable "OEM unlocking"
3.Restart in fastboot mode (hold volume + while powering on tablet)
4. In the same foler you have extracted your TWRP.img (in windows) hold shift key while right clicking in the explorer window, select open command window here.
5. At the command prompt (black window that opens) type "fastboot oem unlock" for LOLLIPOP or "fastboot flashing unlock" for MARSHMALLOW. at this point you will be prompted that you want to delete all data, this is obviously a security measure that cannot be avoided.
6. go to step 7.
7. In command window (the little black window you opened earlier) type "fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img" your tablet should now boot to TWRP. ( This is a live session TWRP has not been flashed to your tablet)
******MAKE A TWRP BACKUP!!!!!!!!!!********* DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP.
Modifying system files will mean that you are unable to take Lenovo OTA Updates, the only way to install new updates is to later restore your TWRP stock backup, then reROOT. thats just the way it is i am afraid.
8. in TWRP install SuperSU.zip (lollipop) or magisk.zip (marshmallow) located at your external memory card.
9. Thats it enjoy Your rooted tablet.
10. If you experience time changing upon reboot use your favourite method to edit build prop, I used buildprop editor found in the playstore. Find "persist.sys.timezone" and change it to your location, I had to set mine to Europe/London.
PS...your tablet will hang on every boot at bootloader error 3 to warn about the unlocked bootloader, PLEASE DO NOT lock your bootloader, this is a small annoyance and makes brick recovery much easier. (just restore your lovely TWRP stock backup.
In order to install new Lenovo OTA update you must restore your TWRP stock backup, then take the OTA, then go through the root process again making a new TWRP stock backup after applying the new OTA.
Just one more BIG WARNING, this twrp comes with an option to reboot to bios. Be warned if you don't know what you are doing and you mess something up in there, FULL BRICK! no one will be able to help you recover.
PPS...there seems to be some issues with using magisk modules on our tab. To install them one must download them and then manually install them from twrp.
https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/
Now for the real magic.
this can be achieved with or without root! just make sure, as per the ROOT instructions, the first thing you do in TWRP is make a full backup.
As a yoga tab 3 pro owner you know that your tablet lags, crashes and is generally buggy, mine would frequently crash during periods of long sleep.
there is a solution to this problem that is rather simple but seems to yield huge results. if we just run our tablet with the data partition unencrypted it runs like any other nice android device.
once again myself or the developer take no resposibility for your actions if you would like to try this.
instructions by ionioni.
""encryption of the 'data' partition (the one that holds your installed apps, personal stuff etc) is forced on these devices (even with no password set) the 'data' partition is automatically encrypted at boot time if it 'sees' an un-encrypted 'data' partition. in order to disable the enforced 'data' encryption i made a script that will disable the forced encryption flag in the existing boot (partition) image (encryption can still be triggered by the user in the Settings->Security panel). this will not decrypt an encrypted 'data' partition! will just allow you to boot having an un-encrypted 'data' partition."".........ionioni
1. make sure that when you make your TWRP backup that you include the boot partition (it will be patched by the script to disable forced encryption).
2. copy attached x90-disable_encr.zip to your tab and install from TWRP (once finished it will create also a backup of your original boot partition in the folder where the zip is located, however this is only a safety backup as you should have already backed up your Boot partition when making your TWRP backup)
3. **DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP** to finish, reboot in fastboot mode and input "fastboot format data" in order to have a clean(un-encrypted) 'data' partition on the next boot (and it will no longer be automatically encrypted as long as you have the modified boot)
alternatively you can format 'data' from within TWRP if you use the attached 'data' enabled TWRP.
i can confirm that since i have been running my tablet unencrypted using ionionis zip that i hav had no lagging, no crashing. runs just like any other android device. The kernel memory hog still remains but it works silky smooth.
Should anything go wrong stock rom for MARSHMALLOW can be found here...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/thinkpad-tablet/general/yoga-tab-3-pro-debrick-method-t3776951
Thank you for continuing the work !
Do you have compared the difference between encrypted/decryptet - is it worth to do all the stuff (root, etc.) ?
If you have to say a number in percent, how faster will it be ? You've tested multi-user (2nd user) ? If i setup a second user the tablet is nearly unusable - it's better with disabled encryption?
Sorry that i have a lot of questions, but it sounds not that easy and i think about it if its worth to do it
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if i make a full backup - where is the backup of TWRP stored? Do i need a sdcard? Will it be overwritten by OTA/Update/Rooting/Decryption?
thx for your answers already.
I havnt tried with a second user. I could try for you.
before unencryption performance was sluggish. after unencrypted its just fine.
I know it seems like a lot of detail but it is actually easier than it sounds.
You don't have to have root to run the unencrypted stuff but you still need to oem unlock and make a full backup. Backup must be on external media, either ext sd or usb otg.
Your data would not be mountable in twrp unless unencrypted already. And then if you ever accidentily encrypted you ay be forced to format losing your backups.
External media is the way to go.
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If i try "decryption" than root is not far away (so i also get rid of some "lets say useless" system apps)
If ýou can try to check for multiuser you should have running facebook on both accounts (cause fb need a lot of ram and cpu)
maybe i will try it on weekend. i'll think about it....
What about the other peoples who own this tab?
gtx, juergen
Well I would always go ROOT, as it offers more choice, but of course the choice is ultimately yours.
I can try multi users but unfortunately I am one of those weirdos that does not use facebook. I guess I could try a couple of instances of chrome/Firefox.
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Ok just set up a new user switched between them ran chrome on both with several tabs open. didn't seem too bad.
Indeed more feedback from other users who have benifitted from unencrypted data partition would be useful.
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Thanks for your effort.
Hello,
BIG THANKS for your Root solution !
All working !!! thanks !!
All thanks to ionioni, this is all his work, i was just the guinea pig. Glad you have root, did you run the unencryption zip?
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Thanks ionioni and joesnose!
I rooted my device and ran the unencryption zip, it definitely makes everything a little smoother.
Also, I successfully mounted my exFAT sdcard with the help of lurker0's post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3126394.
Nice. Thanks for the exfat find.
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Indeed more feedback from other users who have benifitted from unencrypted data partition would be useful.
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Since the old thread is locked, I'll repeat myself here:
I rooted my YT3-X90F and decrypted it as well. Result is better overall performance (some1 asked rating in percentage, I would say +40% speed & +60% response).
But, sadly, it still needs restart every ~24hours, because all the freezes and lags come back with time.
Advise:
For those who want to root this device only to make it work with Sixaxis controller - don't even start. Yoga T3 doesn't support required bluetooth drivers (huge shame on Lenovo).
doesn't seem to connect to the ds4 either. Just sticks at pairing.
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Hi Joesnose and thanks for putting the instructions up (and of course, thanks to ionioni).
I have a couple of questions.
EDIT; oh pants, I have some more (possibly stupid) questions - just to be sure I know what I'm doing !
In the very first instructions about rooting:
1. I download the twrp.img.zip to my PC and unzip it to PC right ?
2. And the SuperSu goes in my ext SD card, not on the PC ?
3. I assume I must connect the YT3 Pro to the PC at some point ? When would that be ??
4. I don't understand instruction 7. It says type "fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img". Do I need to have that file downloaded or something ? What is twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img file ?
And what does it mean, "This is a live session TWRP has not been flashed to your tablet" ?
I can see that in the section about unencrypting the data partition that there is a file with a similar name to " twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img' but it has the words "data-enabled" in the fine name. I'm not sure what to do with this ??
5. At what point do I take a back-up of the original YT3 Pro stock image ? It's listed between 7 and 8 ? Do I do it right after 7 ? How do you make the back-up please ? And I guess I better store another copy somewhere safe, off the SD card too ?
6. If I just root this, can I then get OTA updates normally ? (without having to restore to stock).
7. And, if I do root and/or data unencryption, can the YT3 Pro be put back exactly how it was before changing anything ? Including it getting OTA updates normally ?
8. How do I make back-ups of apps while the YT3 Pro IF I wanted to restore those apps later on on an UNrooted YT3 Pro ? I don't know why I'd want an UNrooted YT3 Pro in the future, but for instance, if I used Titanium Backup, that needs root right ?? For instance, if I want to restore data from a Titanium Backup on an UNrooted YT3 Pro, will it work ? Or can I use something else ?
Sorry about all the questions - I can't believe I've rooted and installed custom ROMs for 4 devices - for some reason this seems different to the others and it was a while ago !
Thanks in advance
Frenchdroid said:
Hi Joesnose and thanks for putting the instructions up (and of course, thanks to ionioni).
I have a couple of questions.
EDIT; oh pants, I have some more (possibly stupid) questions - just to be sure I know what I'm doing !
In the very first instructions about rooting:
1. I download the twrp.img.zip to my PC and unzip it to PC right ?
2. And the SuperSu goes in my ext SD card, not on the PC ?
3. I assume I must connect the YT3 Pro to the PC at some point ? When would that be ??
4. I don't understand instruction 7. It says type "fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img". Do I need to have that file downloaded or something ? What is twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img file ?
And what does it mean, "This is a live session TWRP has not been flashed to your tablet" ?
I can see that in the section about unencrypting the data partition that there is a file with a similar name to " twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img' but it has the words "data-enabled" in the fine name. I'm not sure what to do with this ??
5. At what point do I take a back-up of the original YT3 Pro stock image ? It's listed between 7 and 8 ? Do I do it right after 7 ? How do you make the back-up please ? And I guess I better store another copy somewhere safe, off the SD card too ?
6. If I just root this, can I then get OTA updates normally ? (without having to restore to stock).
7. And, if I do root and/or data unencryption, can the YT3 Pro be put back exactly how it was before changing anything ? Including it getting OTA updates normally ?
8. How do I make back-ups of apps while the YT3 Pro IF I wanted to restore those apps later on on an UNrooted YT3 Pro ? I don't know why I'd want an UNrooted YT3 Pro in the future, but for instance, if I used Titanium Backup, that needs root right ?? For instance, if I want to restore data from a Titanium Backup on an UNrooted YT3 Pro, will it work ? Or can I use something else ?
Sorry about all the questions - I can't believe I've rooted and installed custom ROMs for 4 devices - for some reason this seems different to the others and it was a while ago !
Thanks in advance
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Ok let me see if I can help.
1. Yes
2. Yes
3.you must have the yt3 connected to your pc as the commands will be sent from your pc. Tablet must be in fastboot mode.
4. Yes sorry, when you extract the twrp.zip the file is called "twrp-2.8.7.6(0)-x90.img"
the twrp recovery is not flashed to your tablet it is just loaded temporarily, in a live session. Once rebooted it is gone. Normal recovery is not overwritten.
To run the unencrytption script one must be in twrp.
5. As soon as you get twrp loaded make a backup to either external sd or usb and yes not a bad idea to have a backup of your backup.
6. No
7. Yes, simply restore your backup before taking an ota update.
8. not sure about this one.
Indeed it appears like a lot of instructions but once you get into it its just like any other device.
Hope that helps.
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Big thanks for the answers - makes more sense now, especially the bit about a recovery session as I'm used to installing clockwork and using it on the device.
You can install twrp to your device but only do this after you have made a backup from a live session, making sure of course that your backup contains the original recovery.
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joesnose said:
You can install twrp to your device but only do this after you have made a backup from a live session, making sure of course that your backup contains the original recovery.
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Oh, ? At what point does twrp get installed and how do you do that?
And is it obvious how to include the original recovery in the backup?
I thought I had it nailed!
Related
So I wanted to create a thread dedicated to performing this function. I know as someone who does this quite often, I like to have all my ducks in a row to ensure everything works perfectly. I'm not big on fragging my phone and then frantically trying to find a way to undo all the chaos. I do a lot of research and ask a lot of questions before doing anything.
On that note I would like to first thank all the amazing people on here, whether they be developers or just experienced Tech Guru's, everyone is always a big help. I take absolutely no credit for any of the awesomeness that can be found on XDA, I'm just creating a thread that I hope will help folks find everything in one place for this function. So here we go, I'm going to explain the way I did it, which is the way I have been doing stuff like this for years. I have a preferred method as it has always resulted in perfect flashes and no bricks, not even soft bricks. So I feel it works pretty well.
Just so it is understood, this is for the Moto X Pure, which has been bootloader unlocked and has TWRP and root installed. Also it should be noted that you need to have Developer Options enabled and USB Debugging enabled. You should also be familiar with the ADB process, to some extent, maybe you have at least heard of it.
Steps to follow:
1. Use Titanium Backup and backup all your User Apps, NOT SYSTEM APP's, system apps will not restore across updates and will most often corrupt your new install.
2. Make a Nandroid backup using TWRP, I backed up system, boot, data, and EFS, but I don't think EFS is necessary.
3. Make sure you have the Motorola Drivers installed, get them from here http://www.motorola.com/getmdmwin
4. Get Shawn5162's Restore to Stock Tool, I know others have said it's not necessary to perform a complete restore, but this is part of my process that I have always done, and it's always worked. Get it here by using one of the mirror's created by patt2k in post 6, and don't forget to thank him for the mirrors http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/windows-tool-moto-x-style-pure-edition-t3199905
5. Unzip Shawn5162's zip to a folder on your desktop, and before you move onto the next step, make sure you have backed up everything valuable on your phone, such as pictures, messages, etc..., because everything is going to be erased in the next step, except for the stuff on your MicroSD. I'm so anal, I even remove the MicroSD before flashing. Connect your phone to your computer using a USB and make sure you have USB debugging enabled under Developer Options.
6. Inside the folder you created run the FLASH-ALL.bat, which will reboot your device to the bootloader and begin the restore to stock flash. This will remove root and TWRP, but will not remove the fact you have an unlocked bootloader. Your phone will reboot when complete and should boot back into your system within a short period of time.
7. Once you are rebooted, you may need to do a little setup before you get the message that a System Update is available. DO NOT waste your time installing any apps, wait until you have full root on MM before doing any of that. Once the Update message appears, accept it and download the MM update file, then install it once it is finished downloading and asks if you want to install.
8. The update takes about 20 - 25 minutes so be patient. Once complete your phone will once again boot back to system, now you have MM in it's complete unrooted greatness.
9. Now go into settings, about phone, and tap on build number a bunch of times to enable Developer Options. Then go into developer options and enable USB Debugging.
10. Next download a bunch of stuff from the following links, if you desire to install TWRP and regain root.
TWRP 2.8.7.1 here https://dl.twrp.me/clark/twrp-2.8.7.1-clark.img
Modified Boot Image from here, required to perform systemless root , not sure about the Cowboy hat dude, but click on him, it will download the file.
SuperSU 2.52 from here https://download.chainfire.eu/743/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.52.zip?retrieve_file=1
11. Next copy the modified boot file and SuperSU file directly to your internal or external SD on your phone, either works fine, although I prefer my External SD.
12. Next copy the TWRP file you downloaded into the same folder you made for Shawn5162's files. This folder has all the adb and fastboot files you need to perform the TWRP flash. Now hold shift and right click and choose open a command window here. Then ensure your device is detected by running the command adb devices, it should show your phones S/N and the word device. If it doesn't, you may need to look at your phone and respond to the prompt about allowing your computer to have access to adb. Try the command again after that. Then run the command adb reboot bootloader, which should reboot your phone to bootloader fastboot mode.
13. Once it fastboot mode run fastboot devices just to make sure your device is still detected, then run the command fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-clark.img. That will flash TWRP to your recovery partition. Then type the command fastboot reboot twrp-2.8.7.1-clark.img or use the volume rocker to toggle to recovery then select the power key to boot to it. Make sure you choose the slider at the bottom to allow modification. Once on the main screen you can choose reboot and then select recovery. This makes sure that you have booted to TWRP at least once, and ensures by rebooting to it, you can get back to it.
14. Now perform a Nandroid Backup, using the TWRP Backup option, of your completely stock MM system, data, boot, and EFS partitions. Enable compression if you like and store it to your External SD if you have one. This allows you to have an unrooted backup on your SD, which is good for future updates. After the Nandroid is complete now flash the modified boot image zip using the TWRP Install feature, and when it's complete, then flash the SuperSU zip file. After I always perform the option to erase Dalvik and Cache, I just think it is a good thing to do, it's probably placebo, but I do it anyhow.
15. Go back to TWRP Home and choose reboot and select system. Your device will reboot and you now have a fully updated and rooted Moto X Pure on MM.
Thanks go out to all the folks who have contributed to the many threads that contain this information. Special thanks to Shawn5162, DaMadOne, Chainfire, and Hashbang173 for their awesomeness. Hope this helps folks that are concerned about performing these procedures. I can say that it worked perfectly for me with no issues at all, but of course I take no responsibility if it doesn't work for you and causes your device to fail. Again these are similar steps I have taken in the past with other devices and I have never had a single brick, so hopefully it works for others as well.
Enjoy!!
I have a Moto X Pure as described with the bootloader unlocked and rooted. The popup message to upgrade to MM comes up constantly now - what happens if you just let it try to update?
I think I am in way over my head. I am receiving my phone Friday and was looking to unlock to root but from the looks of it, I will not be able to do that.
I've never unlocked & rooted a phone before. So all that looks like the bible to an uneducated man "me".
superkev72 said:
I have a Moto X Pure as described with the bootloader unlocked and rooted. The popup message to upgrade to MM comes up constantly now - what happens if you just let it try to update?
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If I'm not mistaken it will download to your phone but not be able to be installed because of an error
Is there no way to upgrade from LP to MM without a wipe?
superkev72 said:
Is there no way to upgrade from LP to MM without a wipe?
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Yeah, if you rooted already, you must reflash the original boot.img. Then update, and then restore your root. Read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...t-moto-x-style-xt1572-br-marshmallow-t3259380
At the bottom of the post, you get the original file you need and it is mentioned here:
And enjoy!
Now you have a rooted MotoX Style Marshmallow. To apply any OTAs, you only need reflash stock boot.
K?
Why would you want to update without a wipe? You must like sluggish performance
i have no wifi after this
No WIFI either
I ended up with no WIFI after following these steps also.
is it true, we cannot downgrade from 601 to 6.0 or 5.1.1?
skimaniaz said:
I ended up with no WIFI after following these steps also.
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Same here. Anybody got a fix?
So the last three posts complain of no wifi yet people keep using this method?
The modified boot zip breaks the wifi. You can root by flashing superSU 2.62, I think, or any SuperSU zip that is specifically systemless.
ilovemeow said:
is it true, we cannot downgrade from 601 to 6.0 or 5.1.1?
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Not true.
lafester said:
Not true.
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coz i tried before, it fail in first 2 flash steps
Are you unlocked?
ilovemeow said:
coz i tried before, it fail in first 2 flash steps
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The partition always fails. Just ignore it. You should be able to downgrade the bootloader. I have been able to so I don't know why you would be having issues with that unless your bootloader is locked/re-locked.
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So is this safe or not?
lafester said:
Are you unlocked?
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yup, it's unlocked, but currently fine for using android M at this moment
Hello guys.
I have successfully ported TWRP 3.0.0-0 for our Smart Prime 6.
It's 100% working !!
There are NO BUGS !! :good:
DOWNLOAD
NEW LINK: DOWNLOAD
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How to install
Via app:
1) Download TWRP 3.0.0-0 from the link above and place it on internal storage of your phone.
2) Download Flashify app from Google Play Store.
3) Open Flashify app.
4) Grant root permissions.
5) Click "Recovery image" and then click "Choose a file"
6) Navigate to the folder where you placed TWRP 3.0.0-0 and choose the .IMG file.
7) Press "Yup!" button and wait.
8) After a while the phone will require reboot. So click "reboot" button.
9) Phone will reboot and automatically boot into TWRP, so you can press reboot to system.
10) Enjoy!
Special thanks to Oneb1t for modded .fstab file! :highfive:
edit: you can use Flashfire app too instead of Flashify, but it's not recommended, because the latest version of the Flashfire app is not flashing properly.
Brilliant! Thank you so much! Do you know any custom ROM what is better than the factory ROM?
There is no custom ROM for this phone yet.
But I'm trying to make LITE ROM.
Adreno306™ said:
There is no custom ROM for this phone yet.
But I'm trying to make LITE ROM.
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Do you think it's easier/possible to adapt a ROM from a similar device like say, the Alcatel
Pop 2 (5) Premium ? I don't know if there's any ROM for that phone tho, but since it's branded as Alcatel you might get more support from the community here than by using Vodafone's name.
Hello, Demonlord6.
I have tried to make a stock flashable ROM via dumping the system folder and the boot.img file, but without success.
It does not boot properly.. when I tried to flash it without dalvik/system wipe everything was as before.
When I tried to wipe /system and dalvik first and then flash the ROM, it causes bootloop.
So now I'm trying to fix this issue..
I don't know where the problem is.
So when this issue will be solved I will try to build a ROM from Alcatel phones with same specs.
Adreno306™ said:
Hello, Demonlord6.
I have tried to make a stock flashable ROM via dumping the system folder and the boot.img file, but without success.
It does not boot properly.. when I tried to flash it without dalvik/system wipe everything was as before.
When I tried to wipe /system and dalvik first and then flash the ROM, it causes bootloop.
So now I'm trying to fix this issue..
I don't know where the problem is.
So when this issue will be solved I will try to build a ROM from Alcatel phones with same specs.
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Hey, Andreno306
I don't know much about Rom's in that level of expertise I'm afraid :/ but I did some digging and came across this simple tutorial on XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387941
I imagine it does not work for every single device out there, at least not with modifying stuff after, but it might be a good starting point I think, in fact I would try to actually make one myself had I a working PC currently at home. But even if I did I had no way of testing it because this is currently my daily driver phone.
Just wanted to say that I'm also very interested in getting a slim ROM for this device. I can't offer any expertise I'm afraid! Just wanted to show that there are people interested in your project.
:highfive:
Stock Kernel
Thanks, it works great.
This is little off-topic but does anyone has the stock kernel, i flashed NeoKernel but it is not that good and i forgot to make a backup do can anyone please link me to the stock kernel?
vojta_horanek said:
Thanks, it works great.
This is little off-topic but does anyone has the stock kernel, i flashed NeoKernel but it is not that good and i forgot to make a backup do can anyone please link me to the stock kernel?
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I have one
https://mega.nz/#!tMJD3B4T!f6m2ELYCVupqGCcN2aGbkrNzEqijLu7au-7usEfeVL0
But I recommend to restore it with the flashify app, because that's how the backup was made.
If, for some reason, you don't/can't restore it, then you can always try Sugar on the PC which basically restores everything to factory settings (recovery, kernel, etc, it all gets reset)
Demonlord6 said:
I have one
But I recommend to restore it with the flashify app, because that's how the backup was made.
If, for some reason, you don't/can't restore it, then you can always try Sugar on the PC which basically restores everything to factory settings (recovery, kernel, etc, it all gets reset)
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Restored and my phone keeps turning off after boot(once i saw the turn off screen, other times it just vibrates at boot screen), isnt it the wrong file? (flashed wia flashify)
I was able to restore the boot from TWRP (lucky i made a backup this time)
vojta_horanek said:
Restored and my phone keeps turning off after boot(once i saw the turn off screen, other times it just vibrates at boot screen), isnt it the wrong file? (flashed wia flashify)
I was able to restore the boot from TWRP (lucky i made a backup this time)
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Sorry there about the bootloop but glad u could restore it from TWRP, maybe it was because we have different ROM versions ?
Demonlord6 said:
Sorry there about the bootloop but glad u could restore it from TWRP, maybe it was because we have different ROM versions ?
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I got this one: http://www.needrom.com/download/vodafone-smart-prime-6-vf-895n-debloatedclean-stock/#
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I got this one: http://www.needrom.com/download/vodafone-smart-prime-6-vf-895n-debloatedclean-stock/#
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Yeap, that's not the same version as my ROM, mine is not 130FNN etc. Maybe that's why it didn't work
Enviado do meu GT-S5280 através de Tapatalk
Sorry for the stupid question but... does it works on Smart Prime 7 too?
Has anyone installed that linked ROM? It seems to be what we are looking for... a slim debloated rom.
I presume we need to be rooted, install this TWRP, then flash that ROM?
It mentions unlocking the bootloader, I dont think I've seen any info anywhere about unlocking the bootloader.
Can anyone give a quick lowdown on all the steps required to install that ROM please?
Hi everyone, I discovered that Elephone Trunk and Smart Prime 6 have (almost) identical specs: https://www.devicespecifications.com...ison/c584481c6
So it would be great to "port" (or build ?) the official Nougat-OmniROM for Trunk to VF-895N: http://dl.omnirom.org/trunk/
Last but not least, here's official Vodafone Smart Prime 6 sources: Vodafone_Smart_prime_6_20150413.tar.xz
TWRP for vodafone smart max 4 990N (coolpad 8890u).
I tried this recovery image for vodafone smart max 4 990N (coolpad 8890u).
The phone is in a bootloop state. I think i have usb debugging enabled already.
So, in fastboot mode i can see the device in my pc in adb fastboot cmd.
Im trying to ''fastboot boot recovery.img" but it stops in ''booting..''.
Dont know whats the problem but for sure i can not find a specific twrp image for this device.
If i enter fastboot oem device-info it says ''(bootloader) Device unlocked: true''.
Any ideas ?
hi i was wondering if you could share how you did this or if you can make one for the Vodafone smart n9 (VFD720) it would help a lot of people out looking for this
Needed to root a Vodafone Smart Prime 6 (VF 895N) (got it from a friend because it became unresponsive from all the updated google play stuff ) to get linux-deploy running. Just wanted to leave a big thank you here for Adreno306 for his TRWP 3.0.0-0. it did the job very well!
Only the procedure to get it installed differed quite a bit for me, since Flashify is no longer available.
I wanted to preserve boot and just flash trwp to recover, what worked quite well.
The first thing I did was to boot the phone manually in recovery mode (Power+Vol up) and reset it to factory settings from there. It takes a little while. Then follow the setup, go to phone settings, enable developer mode and set usb debugging. If "unlock oem" is not available there, reboot into recovery again, set unlock there and reboot into bootloader.
The prerequisites are adb and fastboot, both must work. Means adb devices and fastboot devices must show the phone. What can make problems under win10 as it sometimes does not detect the phone in bootloader mode. An actual google usb driver is needed, as provided by google.
For me adb worked well, but when rebooted into bootloader with adb reboot bootloader, fastboot didnt detect the phone. With the phone still connected, the windows device manager showed an unknown device with and exclamation mark (!). Right click, install driver, select driver manually, select driver from device list, mark all devices (first entry) and click "disk", then point to the usb driver director and select "ADB fastboot driver". ( A more comprehensive description is available here )
Once adb and fastboot detect the device, it is time to prepare it. Boot to system (normal operation) first. Make sure that the TRWP 3.0.0-0.img is renamed to trwp.img and then
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot boot trwp.img
Now the phone should show the trwp menu, set it up to root the phone and install SuperSU. Reboot into bootloader and
fastboot flash recovery trwp.img
fastboot reboot
Verify with adb reboot recovery, you should see trwp now. Reboot to system.
Now finally go into the app selector, start SuperSU, and root the phone. SuperSu uses trwp recovery mode to install its image and root is done.
Again, big thanks for providing the TRWP image!
Adreno306™ said:
Hello guys.
I have successfully ported TWRP 3.0.0-0 for our Smart Prime 6.
It's 100% working !!
There are NO BUGS !! :good:
DOWNLOAD
NEW LINK: DOWNLOAD
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How to install
Via app:
1) Download TWRP 3.0.0-0 from the link above and place it on internal storage of your phone.
2) Download Flashify app from Google Play Store.
3) Open Flashify app.
4) Grant root permissions.
5) Click "Recovery image" and then click "Choose a file"
6) Navigate to the folder where you placed TWRP 3.0.0-0 and choose the .IMG file.
7) Press "Yup!" button and wait.
8) After a while the phone will require reboot. So click "reboot" button.
9) Phone will reboot and automatically boot into TWRP, so you can press reboot to system.
10) Enjoy!
Special thanks to Oneb1t for modded .fstab file! :highfive:
edit: you can use Flashfire app too instead of Flashify, but it's not recommended, because the latest version of the Flashfire app is not flashing properly.
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Hi, I would like to try your tutorial but I can't root this phone (which is an important step in the tutorial), is there any way someone could help me??
Thanks
I just bought the Honor 8 and immediately unlocked and rooted it via Magik. Of course not long after that, I get a notification that there is an update available. You obviously cannot update the phone by simply pressing the "update" button since we have a non-stock recovery. I did a fair amount of research to find out how I could get the update and I wanted to share what I found. All of this information is out there already, but generally speaking it is spread out in many different threads. Hopefully these directions can help someone else.....
First, the usual disclosures.....
Code:
I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this GUIDE
before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
1) Make a NANDroid backup using TWRP: if the new update locks the phone, you will need this backup to restore data after unlocking it
2) Unroot your phone: honestly I did not do this step myself because I simply didn't think about it. The update process worked for me without unrooting but I am also using Magik which doesn't alter the system files. To ensure success I would definitely recommend you unroot. You will have to reroot the phone after the update regardless if you unrooted or not, so you aren't saving any steps by keeping root at this point. If you have used a different root method besides Magik, you must unroot prior to attempting an upgrade.
3) Obtain stock recovery.img file: the update won't work with TWRP as your recovery, so we need to flash the original Huawei recovery to replace TWRP. If you already have a copy of the stock recovery skip to step 4. If you are like me you don't have a copy of the stock recovery image on hand and we will need to extract it from the stock ROM image. Using a computer (not your phone) download the stock ROM image for your device. This website seems to have a list of recent versions and it is where I downloaded the L14 B389 version that I used.
Download the Huawei Update Extractor software and unzip the folder on the computer. Open the HuaweiUpdateExtractor app and use the software to extract the "Recovery.img" file. Here is a Youtube video showing how to do this. Please note, although the video shows several files being extracted you only need to extract the "Recovery.img" file for our use. Move the stock recovery image to your ADB folder so you can flash it in step 4.
4) Flash the stock recovery image: use the stock recovery file and flash it to recovery using the same instructions as you used to flash TWRP in the first place. If you need a refresher, look at section 2 (parts 1-5) of the first post in this thread. Just make sure you substite the name of the stock recovery image instead of the TWRP.img
5) Reboot into system
6) Install Update: go to the Settings - System Update menu on your phone. In the upper right corner, click on the three dots and it will bring up a menu where you can choose "Download latest full update". Click on this. This will start the update process by downloading the full ROM and not just the smaller update package. For me the package size was approaching 2gb, so make sure you are ready to handle that size transfer. After the download is complete, start the update process. I was nervous at first, but everything went fine. If for some reason the update fails, I would reboot and try again. I did have one failure, but I cannot explain if it was a bad download, or something I did wrong (like not unrooting the phone prior to attempting the update). It worked fine the second attempt.
7) Reboot: the phone will reboot and you should check the status to make sure you are on the latest version.
8) Flash TWRP recovery: I read where people said full updates would lock your phone and you would have to start from scratch unlocking it (and therefore wiping all data). This was not the case for me and this update using this method. I was simply able to flash TWRP again. You should be a rock star at flashing recoveries by now so get to it and flash TWRP again. If your phone is locked, then read the note at the bottom of this post.
9) Reboot into system
10) Flash Magik zip: reboot into recovery and flash Magik zip to get SuperSU.
11) Install Magik modules: reboot into system. Reinstall any Magik modules you use as they don't get carried over from the previous installation.
12) Enjoy your updated phone
If for some reason the full update did lock the phone, then you will need to unlock it again before you can flash TWRP. You have already done this before, so use whatever method was successful for you. Obviously this will fully wipe your phone. After flashing TWRP and Magik, I would make a backup of that raw "stock" image just in case this next step doesn't work. After making the backup, you can try to restore just the data partition of the NANDroid backup you made in step 1 (click restore in TWRP, select the backup made in step 1 but deselect everything except the "data" partition before starting the restore process.) I have never done this, but I have read it will recover all your data (apps, etc) without affecting the system partition and therefore it won't mess up the upgrade. I would not recommend doing this if going from Marshmallow to Nugget or Nugget to Oreo however. In those cases, it is better to simple start fresh and redownload all of your apps.
Thank you for this thread.
Hello sic,
I am having the same issue with my Huawei GR-5 2017 and like you, I have my fair share of researching for weeks now and I was really happy to stumble on this thread.
Before I start with the process, I have a few questions for you. I hope you could help me (even though this thread is half a year ago).
Can you elaborate steps 1 and 2 or could you provide me a link on how to do those?
I got xposed installed im on emui 8 i also tried flashfire but it only turns the phone off.. Ist it eneugh to uninstall xposed? And can i get the recovery img from fullota? And must i restore images in magisk? I will try it without xposed installed. And a theory: is the information abaut bootloader unlock stored in a partition like oeminfo? If it is we could restore oeminfo.
Hello,
I have recently moved to the A1, really nice so far.
I followed the guide to root using Magisk and got it all rooted and set-up nicely (I think it was this one).
However, I did not install TWRP and now when I was searching the forum, doing a full backup (to be prefectly recovered to the backup point) it always refered to TWRP (or equivalents), yet the installation of TWRP requires me to "go back" to the unrooted device.
I am looking for a solution to create a complete, full backup (same way TWRP does), on the phone in it's current state before I keep doing any other changes.
Help a noob out
TheWhitestOfFangs said:
Hello,
I have recently moved to the A1, really nice so far.
I followed the guide to root using Magisk and got it all rooted and set-up nicely (I think it was this one).
However, I did not install TWRP and now when I was searching the forum, doing a full backup (to be prefectly recovered to the backup point) it always refered to TWRP (or equivalents), yet the installation of TWRP requires me to "go back" to the unrooted device.
I am looking for a solution to create a complete, full backup (same way TWRP does), on the phone in it's current state before I keep doing any other changes.
Help a noob out
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You can go to Twrp without installing it, just with fastboot, run "fastboot boot twrp.img" on cmd and you can do a backup of your phone on sd card, bootloader must be unlocked.
If you have an unlocked bootloader, you can backup every single partition in the device (and I mean everything, TWRP only does a few) via EDL mode. Search for EMMCDL tool.
If you're willing to wait a few days, I will be releasing a guide for this.
Hi I have tb-x304f.
I installed TWRP to get root access and by mistake I deleted my backup and now I can't update to 8.1.
So can someone give me backup img?
Thanks :good:
AlmogEd said:
Hi I have tb-x304f.
I installed TWRP to get root access and by mistake I deleted my backup and now I can't update to 8.1.
So can someone give me backup img?
Thanks :good:
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They don't have images like Google devices, but flashable firmwares.
http://lenovo-forums.ru/files/category/287-lenovo-tab4-a10-tb4-x304l/ has it, second from the bottom, underneath all the OTAs. Double check that you got the 4F and not the 4L one.
I don't have this device so I cannot help you with it if you have issues, nor can I say this will work for you. I also really don't profess to be any kind of an expert so do ask in one of the other Tab 4 threads if needed... but I do have the TB-8704F & have restored it to stock several times and I would assume the devices to be identical in process so I can give you a guide if needed! The general path is:
Download the zip and extract it
Download and install Xiaomi Mi Flash (some say to use QFIL but it often throws up errors and sometimes requires flashing in multiple passes, when Mi Flash doesn't)
Plug your device into your PC
Put your device into Emergency Download Mode, easiest way for you is probably to first reboot to TWRP which you luckily already have installed
In TWRP go to Advanced>Terminal>type Reboot EDL
Open Mi Flash and it should see your device. Click Select, open the images directory in your extracted firmware and it should detect the flashing process XML
Click Flash, then leave everything to complete
I will warn you that you will lose everything on your device. There's no way around this that I know of, nor would I suggest it anyway. Just back up everything before doing the restore.
+ Good luck! But honestly I'd first weigh up whether you really want to update to 8.1 since you're already on a perfectly-working device. They already pushed the OTA once and had to retract it because of the amount of serious errors it had - but that's your call entirely.
AlmogEd said:
Hi I have tb-x304f.
I installed TWRP to get root access and by mistake I deleted my backup and now I can't update to 8.1.
So can someone give me backup img?
Thanks :good:
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bro help me unlocked the bootloader yesterday and flashed recovery but then decided to downgrade the system with system sparse image in fastboot mode provided by o.p. of rooting thread, but now it is not booting up just showing lenovo logo and in fastboot mode again