yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] rickyking1:
Hi is that the jelly bean rom that you been talking about
[Android General] ShilohDaniel:
No, that was the last ICS rom I made.
[Android General] Ebrio:
Link ROM A2107A-F

Warm greeting: Thank you for your effort, I want to change the ROM of my A2107A-F that will not let me change the settings TTS, quits unexpectedly, for that reason I appreciate if you give me the link to download your modified ROM.

Thanks from Colombia

Edwin
[Android General] ShilohDaniel:
Just a heads up, I've made progress with the JB rom. Having random issues with boot loops though.
[Android General] ShilohDaniel:
Edwin, if you look a couple posts ago, you'll see the link for the last BareBones ICS rom.
[Android General] Ebrio:
Dude Continue

Thanks, was that the link was wrong lacked gion between D and H, and I downloaded but when I enter factory mode on the tablet can not find the option to install from the card, only the following appears; Full Test, Test item, Test Report, Clear eMMC, Version, Reboot and Cap-firmware Download, I will continue investigating, the other question is on what you call V6 and V7, to which they refer, is necessary?.

Thank you again.
[Android General] Ebrio:
Restore ROM

Thank help me with the instructions to put the ShilohDaniel rom in my A2107A-F, which software should I use for my table does not have the option to restore from the SD Card. thanks
[Android General] Ebrio:
Ayuda con la ROM

Por favor si alguien puede hacerme el favor de indicarme los pasos para poder subir la ROM de ShilohDaniel, les agradezco, no tiene que ser con dibujos ni tan detallada, solo los pasos y los programas básicos.

Gracias
[Android General] laguerra5:
como instalar recovery en a2107a-f

como instalar el recovery o clockworkmode para instalar una room (BareBones) en 2107a-f ?? he intentado de muchas formas pero nada que puedo

nota: la tengo ruteada.

can somebody help me to install CWM or recovery into may lenovo 2107a-f in oreder to install another rom (BareBones) i have it rooted but it's imposible to me install cwm o recovery or another firmware that permits install a rom

please help me
[Android General] daoliverio:
Shiloh. How's the new ROM coming?
[Android General] ShilohDaniel:
Right now I'm still dealing with boot loops. Not sure of the cause but I'll get it though.
[Android General] ShilohDaniel:
You need to have CWM installed to use my rom.
[Android General] daoliverio:
Thanks. Good luck!
[Android General] nashy10:
Mod delete

Delete
[Android General] ursulavasey:
You are in the wrong mode, I believe. You are entering factory mode, but you need to enter recovery mode. I have the IdeaTab A2107A-H, and to get to recovery mode, I need to switch off the tablet, press the power button for three seconds, then while holding the power button, press the volume up and down buttons. As soon as I press the volume keys, I release the power button, which puts it into recovery. This only works if you have cwm recovery on your tablet already. Also, I don't know if the process to get into recovery on your tablet is the same as on mine. I am simply trying to point out that you need to get into recovery mode to install a rom, not into factory mode.
[Android General] eternal8:
iphone hotspot

Rooted factory image.

I can get it to connect and remain connected It gets a ip address dns etc. No traffic passes, cant ping the iphone. My other android decivce stops working soon ans the a2107a connects.

Outside of the a2107a connecting hotspot with any other device works great.

Any ideas to fix this?
[Android General] onthesub:
made an account here just to say thanks to Shiloh for the awesome barebones Rom. The lag on the stock Rom was really annoying me, and the ROM you made helps everything run a lot smoother. Can't wait to try your jellybean Rom!!
[Android General] Ebrio:
TTS Bug

Thanks for your help, and went up Shylon ROM, my device does not show the Voice configuration option for settings, language and text input, if not only happens to my table or A2107A-F all have that problem ?, I thought she fixed up the ROM but did not happen. Any of you have enabled this option to change the parameters of TTS? Is Voice synthesizer default android do not like and would like to put on the table Ivonna Penelope but hangs when going to that configuration.

thanks
[Android General] syserr:
If someone has a stock A2107A-F (unrooted or rooted)... I'd like a copy for analysis. It'd actually be better if it was a fresh "factory reset" - that way you wouldn't have any of your information in it.

I made a backup of mine before I broke it, but the backup didn't get everything and I'm not sure if it got the partitioning right.

What do you get out of the deal? You get a full backup of you tablet before you break it... AND...you learn how to make a full rom backup the easy way!

Thanks!
[Android General] syserr:
Is that for CWM 6? Currently I can only run my -F with -H partitioning and -H recovery. I'd actually like to get an SP Flash Tool backup so I can get it partitioned correctly (for a -F) with the ability to get to recovery. I've been able to run CWM 5 and e3 recovery -- but for -H. And I also can't seem to get the Factory Mode working either, the -H one test -H hw and freezes when you try to get Version information.
[Android General] D1358531:
I'm not exactly sure...I just remember saving this when I had to restore my tab. :confused:
[Android General] syserr:
eternal8,

I would try no encryption temporarily to see if your A2107A acts better. It may be that WPA2 is forced to go TKIP or AES. If it works with no encryption on, try forcing it TKIP or AES. Other things, make sure you can use two devices at a time with your wifi tethering.
[Android General] adm1nb3k:
Hi!. How to install CWM and where it was taken?
[Android General] obbashe:
borebone rom fac folder

hi guys sorry for my bad English I'm from Venezuela and recently flashee borebone rom on my IdeaTab A2107A-F and I noticed that in the system there is a folder named FAC and within it there is another set of folders that are already in route System, and installed engine but rather improvements in the road system instalarce these are installed to the FAC and because of this mod installed improvements do not work as they are installed in the folder mentioned above (FAC ) and not on those routes that are in System

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Hola amigo saludos disculpa por mi mal ingles soy de venezuela y recientemente flashe tu Rom en mi ideatab A2104A-F me e dado cuenta que en el sistema hay una carpeta con el nombre FAC y dentro de ella hay otras carpetas que ya estan en la ruta System, e instalado un motor de mejora pero el mismo no funciona ya que se instala en la carpeta que mencione anteriormente (FAC) y no en las rutas correspondientes de la ruta System.

Agradeceria tu aclaratoria de la funcion que cumple la carpeta FAC y el por que la misma tiene otras capertas que ya se encuentran en System ejemplo: init.d, lib,xbin etc....
[Android General] nashy10:
Not trying to annoy anyone here, i know the differences between the 2 -h variants and our f variant, but if i were to flash a h rom would it even boot or run?
[Android General] anil@aol.com:
No
[Android General] ssenemosewa:
To elaborate a bit: There are MANY mentions of woe and heartache in the other 2107 threads where folks have tried this. Some have tried it on purpose and others have done it by mistake.

Don't do it. I have the F and it's a strange beast. For whatever reason, methods that work fine on the H models (and other Android tablets in general!) do not work on this one. Until someone figures it out and finds repeatable methods of flashing/recovery, I recommend caution.
[Android General] daoliverio:
I've even contacted Lenovo and unlocking the bootloader for the -F. Got the run around.

Surprise.
[Android General] tatocasta:
Link Rom Download

Hey... Great idea man.... Where can i find the link to download the Rom?

Thanks and regards.... :good:
[Android General] dan1239:
Ubuntu

I know this is probably way off topic of what ya'll are talking about but shiloh, how about making a Ubuntu rom or whatever like you know how Ubuntu is making it for tablet, well maybe you could become a developer or whatever for it and help put it on this tablet so it could probably run waaaaaaay better than Android... I know its waaaaay off topic.
[Android General] daoliverio:
I love the idea of a Ubuntu ROM. But we don't have the boot loader unlocked yet. I don't know much about being a dev
[Android General] dan1239:
Yeah I guess... I really hope that someday it'll happen.
[Android General] ChaosInteractive:
rulatch can

indeed
[Android General] nashy10:
NexusMod

Hey everyone, I just have been working on a little cook off of shilohs barebones rom that mimicks the nexus 7. Its really beta right now but it uses a phone ui sort of like the nexus, works better with this size of screen. It includes xposed framework and tweakbox for per app dpi cause some apps are just too big, trying to fix this. Anyways, if Shiloh doesnt like this ill take it down and keep in mind you may want to download kii keyboard cause stock doesnt work too well with the ui.Also modded the framework so that the rom is themed like a nexus (status bar, animations and stuff)

Download here
[Android General] syserr:
Origins of A2107A-F_S483_121115_SP.7z ?

I found a file in my A2107A working directory:

A2107A-F_S483_121115_SP.7z

I'm wondering where I obtained this. During a flurry of hacking on this stuff around Aug 29, I seem to have obtained it from dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jv0mw4gnrolan7a/A2107A-F_S483_121115_SP.7z

There are currently no links to this file on xda that I can see. Google knows nothing. The newest file, scatter file, was made in March 2013.

It looks like good stuff, just wondering. Who's is this? Who posted it?

Thanks,

syserr
[Android General] puntxo:
Hi, syserr, I downloaded that file from XDA four days ago since I've just bought a A2107A-f refurbished for 80 bucks and I'm looking forward to having it at home. (In fact, I downloaded ten files or so... to root, etc...)

So, the file will be in one of the threads of xda, just for sure.

Thanks for your thread trying to gather all the info about this tablet.:good::good::good:
[Android General] daoliverio:
nashy, I'm download now and will put it on today. Thanks for the work!

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Ok. Everything came up just fine. I pushed a version of Google Play and installed all of my apps. Replace the launcher (because I don't like it) with APEX. Everything is working just peachy right now.

It's definitely a more familiar interface. Next up will be V6 Supercharger. Will post later on today.
[Android General] syserr:
Just curious, Which ROMs don't come with Google Play? I thought all the stocks would, and didn't think a custom cook would leave it out?

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If you'd like... take good notes on how and where you get the info. I'll follow your notes and post it to the FAQ.
[Android General] syserr:
Thanks! I do a search on xda, but can't find that text of the file name. You would think the search engine would pick it up. Or maybe the post was deleted or updated to not have that file. :(
[Android General] daoliverio:
The only "stock" rom is the Lenovo rom..which came fully loaded with GAPPS and Lenovo's apps. Shiloh's latest stable rom came with GAPPS but not the stock email client I don't believe. This nexus style rom doesn't but is really easy to use root explorer to get it everything up in running in just a few minutes.

I will post on what I've run into with this nexus style rom in detail tomorrow evening or Sunday. Keep the roms coming. I've said it before...i'm not a dev but I will flash the **** out of this tablet to test ROMs.
[Android General] syserr:
Hi nashy10,

I've flashed -H onto -F. It runs. You can see that the FM Radio works too! It has audio skips with any audio output (not just FM). It is NOT smooth at all.

makbro helped Camborg80-Trey back in March get back to a -F rom. It was painful, and painful to read about.

When I did it, I had nothing to lose. It was because I had broken my -F with some destructive test inside of SP Flash Tool. I had clobbered more of the flash than there was -F restore for. So, I flashed -H ClearSky to see what would happen.

I purchased another -F to fix my -F. I made a totally stock -F firmware image (SP Flash Tool style) that I'll have to make available. It took quite some time to understand all the nuances of SPFT.

If you have time to burn, I can help you get to -H and back. ;)

I'm gathering essential information for the FAQ in my sig. Most of this info is there too. I wouldn't mind help in making it better.
[Android General] puntxo:
Yeppa, I am not authorised to put links so...h t t p : / / d - h . s t / Q 4 t

I hope it works.:)
[Android General] puntxo:
Ohhh, you were looking for the user...

Ok. Although I am a bit confused with using the web,links and so on..

Take a look at...

Android Development and Hacking > Android General > Lenovo IdeaTab a2107

Message 1204:good:
[Android General] nashy10:
Sorry about the gapps not being included, this is something that ive been wondering about cause im pretty sure i cooked them into it, will look into this. buut yeah, its not too hard to find a playstore apk that works, i will continue development on this rom and i know the launcher is kinda crap idek if the nova i put in it worked
[Android General] syserr:
I really appreciate the try, but this is for:

A2107A-F_S483_121115.zip

not

A2107A-F_S483_121115_SP.7z

I'm moving past it. I suspect the _SP file was probably by makbro too.

(I think you may have to post 10 times before you can post a link. Thanks (and thanked) for your effort)
[Android General] daoliverio:
I like this ROM. The system feels smoother. The Nav bar of the bottom is just a little too tall and looks weird.

V6 still isn't 100% for some reason but I haven't looked into it all that much. Any way we could get some CM on this tab? I think we would see great improvements with a CM ROM.
[Android General] syserr:
New ROMs

I'm going to post 2 ROMs I've been working on. But maybe a little feedback might be helpful.

1. Totally stock of A2107A-F_S486_130221 (from SPFT dumps off of a fresh unit)

- I could make a version to rewrite the recovery too, for people that want to go totally stock?

- I could make a version that would format the 5GB FAT partition.

(Note on the 5GB FAT: one of my OTAs way back Lenovo hosed this for me. It was supposed to have drivers when mounted on PC, but instead it gives a drive letter but won't mount and same with Linux.)

2. A stock A2107A-F_S486_130221 ROOTED SCRUBBED

- Remove Nortons, SugarSync, GetAPK, Flash, etc

- All the APKs that you'd never see on Cyanogen removed. Most GAPPs removed, but keep Play so you can install what you want.

- Not replacing anything, no new apks, launchers, etc

- Leaving most wallpaper

- It's at about 236MB right now, so it's meatier than Shiloh's BareBones.

Thoughts? Wishes? These are the first, I'm planning on investigating V6 and FM Radio. Maybe look at: Holo launcher, Apollo (music).
[Android General] puntxo:
Hi, syserr, I've not received the tablet yet but I hope to do do in no more than two days and then don't doubt that I'll give a go to them. By the way, the idea of having a FM radio receiver is awesome.

Thanks for all your efforts.
[Android General] syserr:
Thanks for the thanks!

I'm excited about the FM receiver hardware. This is hardware that was never acknowledged in the -F by Lenovo. I'll get it working, because it works with the -H firmware on the -F hardware. (not recommended, don't do it) My only concern is if the -H kernel is required for FM and.. the -H kernel is what is responsible for the jitter I saw while running -H on -F. Then... there may not be a solution that gives FM without the side effects.

I'm pretty comfortable with the -F and -H at this point. I feel like I can get them restored from any mess.
[Android General] :
Totally stock 2107A-F would be flipping amazeballs!
[Android General] syserr:
So one for SP Flash Tool? Or CWM Recovery? I think I'll release both. But keep this in mind:

SP Flash Tool is nice, in that you don't have to have a working recovery. It can rewrite parts of flash that typically CWM style ROMs don't write over. It can even rewrite your NVRAM partition block. But it is hard to setup.

A stock ROM for use with CWM would not rewrite NVRAM, so whatever NVRAM you have -- you keep. It would be easy, but they don't normally go flashing everything -- just the boot, system, and sometimes recovery. ;)
[Android General] puntxo:
Well, I received the tablet yesterday and although it may not have the best screen in the world, I'm quite happy with it. Good finishing, better speakers and enough memory for a current user (read books, listen to music, browse the net or use it as a GPS,...) . I used Barebones ROM

(thanks, Siloh, your efforts are always appreciated

).

A FM radio would be the sweet on the top of the cake.

Thanks again to everybody who lose their spare time to help others.
[Android General] puntxo:
No movements here?:crying::crying:
[Android General] syserr:
puntxo,

It seemed like you were happy. What's wrong?
[Android General] puntxo:
Ohhh, nothing at all. Nowadays, I'm trying to put the tablet on the dashboard car, in front of the vents. With a GPS included and taking advantage of an AUX exit from my radio CD I will be able to listen to the music of my lenovo so, up to now, I'm very happy with it.

My comment was to make notice of lack of movements in the thread. You know, like it was a bit dead. Sorry, I didn't want to worry you.

What about your ROMs? Have you got something?

Thanks again:cool::cool:
[Android General] syserr:
puntxo,

That is exactly what my plans are too. I've already got a double DIN to mount my tablet in. This is a 1 year project now, since I don't seem to have enough free time and I get distracted... by things like making ROMs. ;) I have a -H that I plan on using with the FM Radio, but I want to get the FM Radio working in the -F too.

Where I'm at:

A2107A-F_S486_130221_SP_SE.7z a SP Flash Tool ROM to go totally STOCK (for -F of course)

A2107A-F_S486_130221_SE_STOCK.7z a CWM ROM

A2107A-F_S486_130221_SE_ROOTED_SCRUBBED.7z a CWM ROM

The last two, I made with Android Kitchen and aren't very reproducible. I've about got versions built with scripts that are reproducible.
[Android General] armyofpunk:
Fm radio would.be awesome I have a2107-f installed in my dash as well
[Android General] puntxo:
Just a new challenge. It dawned on me that the only lacks of the tablet were, and I know I'm asking for too much, the FM radio and.....the chance of using the tablet as a hands-free bluetooth set allowing the user to make and receive calls.

I haven't found any answer to both of them yet and it can be deemed as usual since that the first one is just a problem of this device but regarding the other it seems to me that having the Lenovo or any other tablet working as a hands-free set would be amazing.

I've read IceCream allows HSP profile so..........anyone dares?:cowboy::cowboy:
[Android General] syserr:
Mixing ROMs like some mix songs... :)

I have to say, after playing with my A2107A-H quite a bit today... it's very smooth. It's the single SIM version sold for use with AT&T in the US. I flashed ClearSky on it, which granted is very old and it turned into a dog. But with the newest OTA 4.0.4 it seems faster than -F which only got to 4.0.3 in the US at least.

Why should A2107A-F people care?

Because the -F was quite slow when running -H ANTIK*/Clearsky also. (The -F also had some audio studdering problems while running ANTIK* ROM.) But... what if the -F folks can steal pieces of -H?
[Android General] puntxo:
Tried and tested and works flawlessly!!!

A good deal of free room in my RAM memory now. (nearly 250 Mb) so pretty happy!:good::good:

Thanks for youe efforts.
[Android General] syserr:
Thanks for the appreciation. If you are running the "SE_SRS*" Stock Rooted, then you should grab another copy... as the root works better now. I don't plan on any more updates to these roms. Now the fun begins on fixing/hacking forward on new roms.
[Android General] nashy10:
I think the next step towards development is creating an unsecure kernel or possibly even a custom one. I know over clocking would work wonders on this tablet, we should round up all the people willing to help and try to create some kernel developments
[Android General] iehtn-xdadeveloper:
Restore Tablet

I have clockworkdmod installed and a modified ROM. However, I need to get back to stock so that the tablet can go back for warranty repair. Can anyone help me with some details on how to do so? I had followed this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35406316 to root, install CWM and the new ROM so I have a backup created using the gscript provided there. I tried to restore using CWM however each time I try, after it checking the MD5, it always shows the error, "Error restoring /system".

I appreciate any help. I have been try to search the forums and online and I am coming up with no good information.

Thanks.
[Android General] syserr:
I think that would be awesome. I feel a bit bad that I wasn't all over this tablet 9 months ago before several players left. Me... I have experience compiling the Linux kernel over the last 18 years. I don't know if not having the MTK framework source is a problem or not. Maybe we can slip a different kernel under everything? And I'd wonder about MTK drivers -- if that source code is available. In the mean time, I'll keep posting improvements on my thread. I'm learning a lot! ;)

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In my experience the GScript backup isn't quite right. You can probably hack the image files etc from the GScript backup to work. What model do you have? I use SPFT a lot to backup and restore. If you provided me with files, I could probably fix stuff so you could restore with SPFT if not CWM.

If you want to make the files available to me, PM me. You don't have to send me your NVRAM or USERDATA or CACHE, so I'm not asking for your secrets... ;)
[Android General] daoliverio:
Thank you all for your hard work on our neglected tablet. Makes me want to pick it up again and feed my hunger to flash new rome and basically whatever you all put on here haha

I'm available to test anything.
[Android General] syserr:
Good to know. My current plan is to get the FM Radio on -F working. Also, get more of the -H AT&T ROM working on the -F. I'm not sure why the AT&T 4.0.4 ROM is fast, but I intend to figure it out.
[Android General] nashy10:
Dear syserr youre rom truly trumped most on this thread. I sincerly thank you for your contributions to this tablet, but after running your rooted rom for a bit I noticed the play store will not install apps for me no matter what app or version of play store, I always get error 500 which is unusual on a tablet
[Android General] syserr:
Hi nashy10,

Which ROM? I think you have -H hw, but this topic is -F. Let me know and I'll try to track it down. I've been flashing so frequently I haven't been installing anything.
[Android General] nashy10:
I have the f model and i have even cooked a little rom for it before, I flashed the proper rom. Its completely smooth and well made I flashed the sesrs rom and it works perfect ***update after letting it settle a day it is now downloading apps properly, sorry about that false alarm
[Android General] syserr:
:good:
[Android General] daoliverio:
How are we coming with the FM radio? Thank you for your work..I wish I had the knowledge because I think this tab could be fine with some features.

And 4.3...and an OC'd kernel lol
[Android General] Contra1971:
X2