yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zanderion:
If you can get there, you should be able to flash a new ROM onto it.

Did you update to JellyBean 4.1.2?

If you DID update before, there's a good chance the ROM in my previous post would work on your phone.

It's "supposed" to work for both k860 and k860i. I have not been able to verify for k860 however.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37194070
[Miscellaneous Android Development] AprieBN:
nice ,, like it, thank you :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amoyan:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

well ... not really ... with gmaps ... no gps . tap the icon on the top right corner ..

if it says 'Please turn on My Location sources in system settings ..' its not working 100%. for some unknown reason the gps on/off is gating wifi/network location ... without this lbs is a pain
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zanderion:
Hi, GPS is OFF and I tapped the "locate me" icon.

But it did not prompt for Location sources.

It displayed no message whatsoever with WIFI enabled alone. (no SIM card either)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amoyan:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zanderion:
Hi,

I do not have that error message.

My location is shown with no errors. Only WIFI is enabled. Nothing else.

Hope this helps!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] angelsel:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

Did you select factory reset from your Settings? What did you do?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amoyan:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

@zanderion

thanks. can i confirm exactly what release or steps you have taken for your k860/i ...

have been trying to isolate the cause...

i use stock china ota with gapps and a tweak.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ivantastic:
yes i think it'll work fine ;)

have you try to flashing Lidroid 4.2?

i have posted it before

How to? :

1. extract the 7z file (password is www.lidroid.com)

2. put the extracted file into a folder (you must name the folder as sdfuse) inside <4GB sdcard

3. boot your K860 by press & hold power + vol up buttons, get into bootloader

4. choose sd update, don't touch anything, let it go!

5. your K860 will reboot auto by it self, and when first boot = wellcome to Lidroid 4.2 ;)

6. choose language (english), DONE! :D

*have a nice flash ;)

---------- Post added at 08:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:57 PM ----------

have you try using <4 GB sdcard? you can try it out;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xxx-man-by:
Its ok. I get it by myself. New firmware after every reboot restores stock recovery, which is why your recovery is not working.

Now it works perfectly, thank you again. :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jbctiong:
"Overseas" firmware released (English users) for K860. gapps included.

Use Google translate. http://bbs.lephone.cc/thread-427761-1-1.html
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mentholait:
Can we install a Custom ROM on the k860 ?

It's a good phone for take pics ?

Thank you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mentholait:
Up please, can we put a custom ROM and can we hide the "android bar" in game ?

Thank you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Holandeserrante:
Lenovo K860

Hola Superbienator,

Like you I live in Spain too and I´ve just bought the Lenovo K860 on a Chinese website (Etotalk).

They said they´d send it to me rooted and with a custom multilanguage MOD ROM installed including Spanish.

After a few days of e-mails (have to admit the comunication is very good) they now say the phone can be rooted and have Google Play installed, but they are not able to install Android in Spanish, only in English.

The thing is I speak English, but for my wife it´s more complicated.

Furthermore you know that in Spanish we have the letter " ñ " which in English doesn´t exist.

My questions to you are various;

Are you able to put Spanish language in the phone?

Does the keypad have the option to use the " ñ " ?

Is it possible to upgrade the phone from the fabrics installed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the new 4.1 Jelly Bean?

Hope you can help me here.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kaustubh2good:
supports CyanogenMod 10

does this phone supports other Custome ROMS.. :confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] superabienator:
Hi, by the time there`s no way to put spanish in the phone. But don`t worry about the ñ, it's on the keyboard.

The root is very easy to do with TSparkyroot, just one click. I tell you that because if Etotalk want`s you pay for it, if you want I`ll tell you method.

There are few roms of 4.1 and also a 4.1.2 but only chinesse, and a overseas 4.1 rom in english, anyway the recovery mode is only in chinesse by the time. I'll recommend you wait for a english recovery, be pattient, and wait for a MIUI release. I think is question of time.

Anyway, the OS is based in MIUI as far I can see, is fast as hell and a beast playing apps and games.

Good purchase, enjoy it, and if you want more info, here I am.

Sorry my very very bad english, I don't talk in spanish for respect the others, if you want contact me and make a minispanishforum, send me a private. BYE!!!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jbctiong:
CM10 (4.1.2) for K860 is out at http://bbs.lephone.cc/thread-476971-1-1.html

Support multi language. Minor bugs.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] eduardma08:
rom

Hello i've bought a Lenovo K860 too, it works fine in Spain. i can't put google play store in the desktop. What can I do? thanks.

abaut custom rom which is the best?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] superabienator:
Ok, first of all, are you rooted?

If yes, you must put the gapps apk (all of them, gmail.apk, vending.apk, market.apk...) in /system/app and change the permissions to the same as the other apps have. I mean: Read= Owner,group, others Write=Owner Execute=None

If you want explain in spanish, send me a private.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] carlikos:
Google Play for Lenovo K860

Hey guys, first of all I want to say thanks for all your posts helping people to use K860.

I've already rooted the phone according to your instructions, but I dont understand how to run Google Play. Could you explain a little steps how to do it? I apologize for my ignorance, but i had before a Nokia 3100 and now this Lenovo it's a really high jump...help please. Also, Im from Spain (BJ living now). Thanks for all,

Carlos
[Miscellaneous Android Development] duduts:
k860 ram

hi

just bought the phone and succesfully rooted it, but when i run antutu benchmark its said that the ram is 691mb rather then 1gb, also in other sysinfoo tools showing same number, my query is, is this phone really hadn1gb ram,and probapy need some patch or just 691 mb of ram,

thanks in advance
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Arne_B:
I know that many android devices show less RAM in the system then on the specification list. Like my Galaxy Mini, which shows 280MB instead of the 384MB it should have. But I guess this has to do with the fact that some RAM is used for the OS by default and maybe some hardware resources or I/O.

Some phones have more left, others don't have that much.

Btw, my K860 order was a scam, luckily got my money back. But I bought another phone now, so won't be able to give any, experience related, support for this device.

Also for all the people here that asked for custom ROM's or how to add the Google Apps, please read this topic from the beginning, there are already several posts explaining how to solve these things. Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] n3llyboy:
I took the plunge on this mobile a week ago. It is lovely indeed. Just waiting for custom roms to appear in english and I will flash away. The phone updated yesterday to a new version. K860_1_S_2_001_0264_121030 if that helps anybody update root tool.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] duduts:
Hi Arne

Ya i think thats explain about the amount of total memory,thanks

Still wait for update release for this

Sent from my Lenovo K860
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hpitaliano:
Hi everybody!

I´ve got my k860 few days ago, i.ve rooted it (Tnx because of the information in this thread). I want to install the ROM refered in this thread, the one wich is also in english. I've installed the root explorer in the phone, i donwnloaded the ROM, but if I'm right ... i need a recovery for completing the process, and it's only in chinese. Am i right? can anybody help me? it`s so frustrating for me to have this jewell inside the box :-/

tnx in advance!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] n3llyboy:
I am on the standard rom which I rooted. Awaiting the magic from cyanogenmod and other supertalented people. The phone is coming to market now in asia now so roms will come soon. I am loving the camera.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hpitaliano:
What about make the recvery by ourselves? I saw a forum (sorry the web dont allow me to put links untill i have 10 posts) that expain how to do it, looks so simple, but no sure its gonna work for the new rom, i'm pretty lost :-/

PS: Camera is awesome.. :laugh:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] n3llyboy:
I am not sure about that. Waiting for the handset to sell loads them the rom developers might take a look at it seriously and make cm compatible.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jbctiong:
1. K860 English version ROM2:

http://translate.googleusercontent....146322&usg=ALkJrhjf-SK51GJHJHc80ckLGOW5sLeksw

Click on the right White button to download. Extract password: bbs.lenovomobile.com

Full Market, stable but with limited language support.

2. AOKP ROM with minor bugs (ear plug not working, sudden reboot) :

http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=128376&uk=3910139059

with more Language support. Nice ROM but still not very stable.

3. CM10 ROM with minor bugs (volume need to activate once, Gravity sensor not working).

http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=122477&uk=3910139059

with more Language support. Nice ROM but still not very stable.

Update Method:

1. Create a new Directory name: /sdfuse in your SD card;

2. Copy ROM with .szb extension to the new directory (keep only one file in the directory);

3. Press Power+VolumeUp button together until Menu appear;

4. Using Volume buttons to scroll to "SD update" and select using Power button;

5. Just wait till it complete and reboot (be patient). DONE!

Caution: If there is error message("fail bootloader") , re-format your SD card with FAT32, 16K cluster for a 16G card and re-try again or change a new SD card.

Back Up before Falshing. Internal memory may be deleted. Do it at your own risk!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kakandariko:
Hello

I've tried to root my K860 and failed.

Spoiler content hidden.

Can you help me whats wrong with my step..

thx
[Miscellaneous Android Development] angelsel:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

Delete /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amoyan:
K860 row ota:k860_1_s_2_03_0178_130116

the updates are stated as

GMS upgraded to R6 【Modification】

1.Optimized Power management

2.Fixed USSD mess code issue

3.Optimized call audio parameter
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kiemthu123:
That is the ROW ROM for k860, isnt it? Im using K860_1_S_2_03_0178_130116 on my K860i
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xxx-man-by:
K860_1_S_2_03_0178_130116 is the firmware for the Lenovo K860, but another one was created for K860i.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zanderion:
happening wsripsc

Hi Amoyan,

This one.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37194070

Cheers to a fellow SGer. I miss Shanghai!

Zan
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vikrant82:
Cell standby power usage

Hi Guys,

Typically I am able to get through a day on this device. But I am wondering what everyone's power profiles shows regarding "Cell Standby". If I am leaving the device alone for 3-4 hours, I am noticing 40-50% power usage in "Cell Standby".

My phone is also sleeping well as I have 30-35% times for "Phone Idle".

Now I do understand "Cell Standby" can be high in a bad network situation. But I am getting good signals around my house around -70 to -75 dBm.

I thought it could be a misconfiguration just like on galaxy s3, where they reported incorrect reporting on Cell standby times.. But that config element is properly configured on our devices.

I would try to get a different SIM tonight and see if it's really a network situation.

Meanwhile, how's "Cell Standby" times for everyone else?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amoyan:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

@vikrant

if you left the phone unused for a few hours then all that it is consuming is cell standby assuming your phone is not in airplane mode. and if its left for longer then it would approach 100% for cell standby.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vikrant82:
Well I am not sure, I thought when the device goes to deep sleep it adds more to "Phone Idle". So if device did nothing,100% should be theoretically divided into Cell standby and Phone idle - may be like x for phone idle and 100-x for cell standby. One related to maintaning your network, other related to keeping your phone ON.

So, on airplane mode, i should see 100% on "Phone idle"

I am feeling that I am seeing more percents in Cell standby than Phone idle - compared to my older devices. The reason for that could be that chipset on this device is much more efficient so it spends less in idling than cell standby or there could be something wrong with my network.

But still would like to see other people's numbers to compare Cell Standby and Phone idle on their K860s.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kchiou:
Does this update removes the root privilege ?

Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vikrant82:
Yes. For some reason it even reset my device to factory. I did an OTA upgrade.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] highbud:
can it be rooted again with 1st page rooting method?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vikrant82:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

Yes..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kiemthu123:
I get into the link you offered and the file name was "K860_1_S_2_002_0041_121114_R.7z" ; I think it is the older rom for k860, isnt it? I used to flash that ROM and do a OTA update to K860_1_S_2_03_0178_130116
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amoyan:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

@zanderion

This is what you will see when u use this ROM... which is basically a MIUI-ified LenovoK860/i China release with GMS... one more tweak is needed to remove the incompatibility message in Play Store but Google Maps will have the issue I have been facing ..

sg-er 2 sg-er ..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dewadewi:
Battery menu?

I can recall someone has asked about it, but is it just me or the stock ROW ROM doesnt have battery menu, such as usage graph or per aplication battery consumtion-running time or do I missed something?

also the developer's menu seems limited as I couldn't find force gpu rendering mode that I ussualy found on other ICS based device

oh and one last question, is it still safe to use exynos abuse for root on the latest OTA update (K860_1_S_2_03_0178_130116)?

thank you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kiemthu123:
I use exunosabuse for root and there is no any problem, only the magnetic sensor dose not work, I dont know it is the root or the ROM issue because Im using K860i with the K860_1_S_2_03_0178_130116 ROm :cool::cool::cool:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xxx-man-by:
Check it out: http://r.virscan.org/1ca2674508b7da54e75fd1c34c2d8eee.

You to decide. I use a different method.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amoyan:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

rom issue. u r using k860. it does not have a compass or magnetic sensor
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dewadewi:
thanks, tested and it's working like a charm

thanks for your concern but i guess it's fine, since exynoss it self got security whole which isn't fixed by the stock kernel... 4.1 ROW stock where are you..? hehe :)

I need root to use gl2sd, since i think swap method is unpractical for me as I had to restore to default each OTA upgrade if I'm not mistaken...

how about the battery menu? it's not available was it... if it the gpu rendering I can understand, but the battery menu too? come on... it's a very standard feature we've missing there...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vikrant82:
Even I noticed missing battery menu. I simply created a shortcut to system settings - > Battery on my home screen.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zanderion:
Amoyan,

I thought I should mention that I did not use the Play store to download Google Maps. I used the MI-Store.

Could that be the reason I don't have your issues?

Secondly, have you tried sticking a Singapore SIM card in the phone and try to download stuff?

I can see and download many softwares on my HTC by using a non-Chinese SIM card. Stuff that I cannot see nor download with a Chinese SIM.

Just thought I'd mention this in case if have not tried that.

Zan
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Remanon:
LED notifications

Guys,

since our devices has not notification LED icon maybe somebody will find this app called NoLED usefull. I tested it and its higly customizable and works fine.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sZWQubm90aWZ5Il0.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vikrant82:
What about power implications- Would it prevent phone from going to sleep ? Would it keep the screen on ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Remanon:
There are plenty options in settings. You can watch video how it works.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amoyan:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

@zan

all the discussions i have been having is based on

- non china sim

- use stock lenovo rom for china modified to work in the ROW with GMS (Google Mobile Services)

short of having cm10, this is as close as we can get. with the cwm recovery working on this phone, we hope to go on to build cm10 for k860, time permitting.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zanderion:
Hi Amoyan,

Alright. No idea about Google Maps. I do not have any issues with the location stuff without GPS enabled.

As for Play store, I will find out soon when I get to test the phone with a SIM card in the next few days. All the ones I have now are microsim sized. LOL.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dewadewi:
so the feature is still there all this time, just lack of shortcut menu, wonder why they hide it...

thanks bro, I follow your trick and now I have battery usage graph again :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] androidneo:
Lenovo k860i Root and Flashing

Hi to all.. I recently ordered a k860i from China and now just waiting to receive.

I just want to ask if the rooting and flashing procedure of the k860 is applicable to k860i? Sorry for the stupid question, just want to make sure. :o

Anyway, i will surely try the ROM's shared here once i get my device and hope you guys can help me step by step since i'm quite new to these things.

Thank you in advance. Cheers! :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] orgod:
CM10 v.2.5 ROM for K860

A new CM10 (4.1.2) V.2.5 has been posted in the LePhone forums:

bbs.lephone.cc/thread-517538-1-1.html

Download link:

pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=254959&uk=3910139059

You might want to check it out.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kiemthu123:
Welcome. it is totally same and even you can flash K860 ROM to your K860i. Im using k860i with the k860 ROW ROM
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Holandeserrante:
Hi guys,

Just a warning; do NOT install the app "Beats Audio™ Installer ★ root" on the K860.

At least not if you´re using the original ROW ROM, which I´m running currently.

It messes up the phone.

After installment of the app and rebooting, the phone gets stuck at the initial Lenovo logo screen and doesn´t go any further no matter what you try.

Since I couldn´t get into my phone in any way, had to reflash the ROM and install everything I had installed all over again which is quite anoying and a waste of time.

Don´t know why my phone crashed with the Beats Audio app, probably some incompatability issue.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amoyan:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

Or the AOKP v2.5 ... with gapps_JB is stable so far. No major issues.

update:

1. headset audio not working. if you have valuable headset DONT plug it in. your headset may be damaged.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peane:
Forum and download link please? :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amoyan:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

i suggest you dont use this ... headset audio totally not working. :thumbdown:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] p13rr0t:
http://bbs.lephone.cc/thread-510759-1-1.html - anyone tried this rom? looks interesting but i just want to know it contain english or not?

UPD : Just installed it: 4.1.2 based on latest chinese rom. English is present, it is possible to delete lenovo store and other chinese stuff. Launcher almost the same.

One more issue in latest CM port is: problems when connecting phone via USB, workaround is following: switch device to MTP mode
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peane:
PLEASE HELP.

I just installed CM10 2.5 android 4.1.2... There was no Google play... So i downloaded and installed google play 3.10.10.apk but when I click it, it opens and closes in one milisecond....

And second issue... I cant add google account!?

PLS thank you very much the rom seems to be more stable than CM10 2.0 but i cant use it :(

THX much
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vikrant82:
Hiding nav bar etc

Hi Guys,

I finally found a great app which lets me recover the space used by nav bar. I can easily replicate all keys on nav bar like Menu - A swype towards right from left edge, Back - A swype to left from right edge etc... I can select which apps always hide nav bar.. Or with a simple double tap in certain region I can hide all bars etc... Really awesome and I really liked it.

Its called : GMD Gesture control
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peane:
So I have one BIG issue. When I try to install some update.zip (original recovery (cm10 2.5 recovery) or CWM recovery) it never boot the system... It will loop booting Recovery... Anyone same problem? Only sollution is reinstall system via image -> sdfuse folder.

I am android newbie.. but why still booting to recovery??? THX
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jbctiong:
gapps-jb for 4.1.2/CM10/AOKP ROM

For anyone who needs it. Flash via Recovery zip update.

gapps-jb-signed.zip

FaceLock removed to reduce size as it is not working for me.

If u need full package do a search in Cyanogen.

Good Luck!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zek13:
For those of you who have problems with installing rom,

I tried an 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB microsd card, trying different allocation sizes,

but always received the "fail bootloader".

But it worked great with a 2GB microsd card. Good luck!

Thanks everybody :highfive:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] orgod:
You need to flash gapps (link provided by jbctiong). Install CWM provided by angelsel first and reboot to recovery. Install gapps (install zip from sdcard > navigate to gapps-jb-signed.zip) and reboot.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] angelsel:
Re: [ROOT][ROM's] Lenovo IdeaPhone (LePhone) K860 root

Did you mean via adb? There is no way to enter recovery via fastboot.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peane:
Hi, I have read all the thread again but i dont know how.. Can you PLS tell me how to enter recovery via ADB/fastboot? I have no idea what does it means.. THX much
[Miscellaneous Android Development] orgod:
Sorry for the confusion, I apparently skipped describing several steps;

- adb reboot bootloader

- fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (from the CMW you created).

- fastboot reboot

reboot to recovery and install the zipped gapps.