[Lenovo P780] anilyarki:
Lenovo P780 and Kit Kat 4.4.2 – Complete Installation and Root Tutorial with download links -

i have written a nice article with proper download links to manually update your Lenovo P780 to Kit Kat. Head over to the link at bottom and taste your piece of Kit Kat !!

Pre Requisites – very important if you are a noob !:

Lenovo P780 4GB or 8 GB version. works for both.

Phone needs to be updated to S_124_ROW firmware. The update to Kit Kat will never succeed if you are any thing below S_124_ROW firmware. Check your phone settings and search for update manually if you still haven’t received it. I got OTA updated.

At least 25% battery charge. You don’t want a brick then ensure you have at least 25% charge on the battery before you start flashing.

External Memory Card. The internal memory will be wiped off. Talking of wipe please backup all your data on the internal phone storage as this will be washed away.

Little patience !

What is good about this :

So far everything works fine. LED works for missed calls and SMS

Battery Life is amazing. It took me 2 full days to drain from 100% to 10% with moderate usage. Always connected to Wifi.

Felt a little lag in UI if using stock vibe UI, changed to Nova launcher for butter smooth operations

All Sensors work. Magnetic sensor too.

What is bad about this :

You tube playback. Sometimes the video and audio is out of sync. However if you play it via browser every things cool.

Head over to this link for full tutorial and download links : On request by lot of members i have removed the social lock from page. The page can now be accessed directly.

http://studioscue.com/lenovo-p780-8gb-indian-version-kitkat-4-4-2-installtion-and-rooting/

Got updated to S221_ROW - Here is my observation after using it for 2 full days. -

1. After switching the run time to ART, Phone is much smoother to operate.

2. Battery Back up seems to have increased marginally.

3. Huge improvement in camera section. Macro shots are really awesome.

4. Over all there seems to be a lot of improvement in responsiveness.

5. Higher frame rates in games.

6. In short a great package. Must do it now !!

Got updated to S222_ROW - Here is my first observation after using it for two days (21-Aug-2014) -

1. You tube audio sync issues finally seem to be resolved. Yeiahhhhhhhhhhhh !!

2. Excellent memory optimization. Free available RAM moves up to 500MB

3. Batter endurance good enough.

4. ART run time further improved.

5. Rooting is a hard but this time. You need to use older version of SP flash tools with self made scatter file from MTK droid tool.

6. Removed Lenovo camera. Crap software with lot of footprint here and there. Instead using Camera HD ultra from playstore. great camera package with minimal features and memory footprints.

7. Over all an excellent update package. Recommended for all. :good::good:

Got updated to S223_ROW - What's New and improved (9-September-2014) -

1. User 0 thing in the notification bar is gone.

2. More responsive.

3. Battery endurance just about same.

4. If you find your phone lagging or slow to launch frequently used apps, i suggest go to power manager and disable smart endurance. Doesn't make a lot of difference to Battery backup but does make the phone significantly faster to launch frequent apps.

5. Rooting done via scatter file loaded from S222_ROW and latest version of SP flash tools. Compatible version is TWRP 2.7.1.1

6. I already have removed all the bloatware from phone including Lenovo Camera. Using Nexus Gallery and Camera HD ultra.

7. Much better performance with ART set as runtime in dev options.

Got updated to S226_ROW - What's New and improved (26-September-2014) -

1. UI is now based on Vibe UI 2.0 which is lenovo's answer to MIUI.

2. Although the UI is based in Vibe there is no visual change in how the phone interface looks like.

3. Major improvement in Camera section. Camera can now lock focus even in pitch black darkness.

4. Smoother UI with almost zero lags under normal operation. You might find a little lag while browsing system properties and running apps.

5. Rooting done via scatter file loaded from S226_ROW and latest version of SP flash tools. Compatible version is TWRP 2.7.1.1

6. Battery endurance increased. Make sure you calibrate battery using the built in power manager.

7. You Tube works fine.

8. Also please go to Google Settings and opt out of advertisement section, this will free up a lot of RAM.

9. With all basic apps installed and phone in ready to use condition, i have around 450MB of free RAM. Check the screenshot