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[General Questions and Answers] Sahil khaira:
Hello

We need to have the backup of stock rom so that if anything goes wrong with the phone (like not booting up), or you soft brick your phone which can happen with a rooted phone, we can restore our back completely the way it was when you used it first time. Rom back up is highly recommended and I suggest you too not to use to many tricks or mods if you have rooted your phone as it can soft brick your phone.

The normal backup just keeps your apps and works only if your phone is working.

Their are many apps that can do it result. Just google it.

If you have anything about p81, please share.
[General Questions and Answers] sasays:
backup mentioned above is for the entire system so that you can restore in case of soft brick, which is quiet possible while playing with a rooted phone.. if your phone does not boot these backup can be flashed through PC ( first you can always try hard reset through recovery ) .. the data backup on Google is completely a different story..

about removing of apps:-

preloaded apps you can directly uninstall through settings/apps/downloaded..

system apps which you don't use can be disabled from settings/apps/all apps tab..
[General Questions and Answers] ngajjar:
boot p81 in recovery mode

We can boot the P81 in recovery mode by

a) press VolUp button followed by Power button, keep them pressed untill you see android robo picture with red triangle in middle and text 'No Command". It taks about 12-15s on my phone to start it in recovery mode

b) press power button to see different recovery options, I see following on my screen

Android system recovery <3e>

Volume up/down to move highlight;

enter button to select

reboot system now

apply update from ADB

apply update from sdcard

apply update from cache

wipe data/ factory reset

wipe cache partition

backup user data

restore user data

Considering we have above recovery option available out of the box, do we still need to take a manual phone backup before rooting a phone. Is there any possibility other than h/w failure that above option may not work.

Thanks

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Well my query was about removing the manufacturer's provided apps, in case of p81 i am referring to below apps

- Internet (default phone browser)

- Sales Tracker 1.0

- Location Engineer Mode 1.0

- 3D live weather 4.2.2-62

I removed these apps using App Master app available in google Play on rooted phone, we need to provide root access to App Master to remove above apps. You will not get a option to uninstall manufacturer provided app in default app management app "settings/apps/all apps tab".
[General Questions and Answers] sasays:
since there is no development/data available for these device as a precaution system backup may be helpful and as you mentioned factory reset from recovery would be my first option..

have you tried voldown+power? on my lg mtk device voldown+power directly factory resets without giving any prompt..

for apps which has no option to be disabled I would recommend freezing it with titanium backup unless you require to free some memory in system partition ( system partition has 300mb free ).. uninstalling some of them may cause force close issues.. with tb you can defreeze when required..
[General Questions and Answers] Sahil khaira:
Thank you alot.

I have successfully backed up the rom through your given method.

Is it possible that I would face any problem flashing it back through sp tools?

Thanks again.
[General Questions and Answers] Sagar_Patel:
Auto-made CWM installation in Panasonic P81

Hello my friend,

Just follow the beautiful post provided by Kingston1 as below and you will have CWM installed in your device.

Link:- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2519432

Thanks to Rua1 for making wonderful MTK Droid Root and tools

Thanks to Kingston1 for the mentioned post.

Thanks me if i helped you :)

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Hello friend,

Rua1 has made really a wonderful tool by which you can not just only take nandroid backup of your MTK device but also able to install CWM in it!!!

Ditto

Follow beautiful post from Kingston1 as below

Link:- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2519432

Thanks to Rua1 for wonderful MTK Droid Root and tools

Thanks to Kingston1 for beautiful post about auto-made CWM installation through MTK Droid Root and tools

Thanks me if i helped you:)
[General Questions and Answers] Sahil khaira:
Thanks mate.

Just wanted to whether you have managed to install any custom rom?

And is there any way we can use led notification lights for other apps than msg and missed call.
[General Questions and Answers] Sagar_Patel:
How to make your own Custom rom

Hello!!!

Nope, still i dont install or make any custom rom but the following post and tools may help you...

Please follow the beautiful post of GuneetAtwal for making your own custom rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2195858

Thanks to GuneetAtwal for sharing valuable information

Thanks to dsixda for giving us wonderful Android_kitchen

Thanks to maker of APK tool (elesbb? Please point me in pm if you know the right person)

Thank me if i helped you...:)

Thank you :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] xxglocoxx:
I just d/l agile messenger. its a pretty good program. great at sending pics but why cant i receive pics? im looking for a instant messenger that has those capabilities. anyone know of any?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Martin Neil:
i flashed a custom rom.http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-galaxy-s5-mini-12-edition-buy-s5-t2669724

after that the phone wont boot up anymore. it wont power on, it wont go to download or recovery mode either. Is there anyway i can still fix my phone? i have at&t sgh-i747. last working rom is s3rx v4.0. Please help me

thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LARMYV:
I think you flashed the wrong rom for the I747. The rom in the link appears to be for the S3 mini.

You can try the steps in the link below on how to unbrick your S3. Good luck.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Martin Neil:
thanks! will give it a try. since the phone is already brick theres no much to lose now :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonage:
Hi to all.

I have some issues with my S4 and want to have it treated on warranty, but the major issue is the USB connector NOT working.

It is charging somehow, but disconnecting and connecting all the time.

Another issues I have are the switching between Edge and HSPDA+, which is mostly not working, I have to switch it manually to H+ or GSM.

Also my screen is blinking, so I will send it back and never want to se that again.

But the problem is, that the original rom I had was Polish (it is unofficial distribution in my country) and I flashed it a few times, rooted, tried several ROMs but reverted back to original. Now there is German Rom installed - the official one, no Root or recowery, but I think the internal counter (Knox or how is called) is set up.

Is there any way to put it to the original shape with only access through SD card? Or do you think, will the service look for that counter?

Thanks for your replies.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkkg1994:
The problem is, this counter is just for the services and seller... if Knox is 0x1 they wont repair it without costs. But you can try it anyway :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonage:
How to check the knox?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkkg1994:
Shut down your phone. Press Power + Volume Down until the screen turns on. Than there is a Warning, ignore it and go ahead. There will be the Knox and everything :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonage:
Thanks, I forgotten about that.

Yes, there is Know Warranty void: 0x1

Current banary: Samsung Official, System status: Official
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkkg1994:
If I help you, I would appreciate if you click thanks :D

So maybe your seller wont repair your phone...I would make a full wipe in your case and see if the problems still exist.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonage:
Another thought, maybe the download mode connection to computer is working.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkkg1994:
Try it, if yes, go to recovery and wipe all your user data, clicking clean to install a new rom (In philz touch recovery) and than flash the latest software from sammobile, searching your provider :)

than flash it in Odin3.09, select AP and than choose the downloaded rom (it must be a tar.md5 file.)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonage:
Yeah, but now I read there is no way to set the knox trigger back, anyway.... :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkkg1994:
No, there is no way. Most of people say it's en eFuse chip and when you flash any custom thing, this chip will be destroyed and it will be destroyed for ever.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limestar:
Hi,

This phone is brand new and is the WCDMA version of the Golden Warrior. Best value 4G and spec available in mu opinion.

I had the phone delivered to the UK today from China.

I can't for my life root the phone using any method. I also tried to flash the TWRP from china but no luck. Just goes to the original recovery.

It doesn't come with Gapps which is what I am trying to load.

Anyone can help to translate a rooting/recovery from this forum please? http://bbs.lenovo.com/a8
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limestar:
Actually I managed to flash the recovery and can now root :P
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vian11:
try flash
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limestar:
I did. If found the SP flash tool and a tutorial on how to flash the chinese recovery. Worked perfectly. I am now rooted and loaded up Gapps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krudanze:
can you please link me to the tutorial? im planning on buying this phone too. its very surprising for me that it doesnt come with google apps (do you mean google play - google store - by that?) i though that every android phone comes with this application.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limestar:
I used the tutorial in here http://bbs.lenovo.com/a8/t402705/?pid=8512163#pid8512163

You have to flash the recovery twice in a row. There is root and gapps in the same forum.

You need to use Google Translate if you can't read chinese.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhbgvf:
Can you upload the files and send us the links?

The files I am downloading from the Chinese website are corrupted.

(also if possible to give guide on the chinese TWRP, and what to do with it).

Also it will be very helpful if you could send the exact URL to the Root guide

and the exact URL for the how to install gapps guide.

Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gman2207:
I'll be needing this in a few weeks, I ordered one yesterday. Coming from an iPhone too, so it'll be a bit different for me, I wanted a cheap powerful 4G/LTE handset and this seemed to fit the bill quite well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeterMarkoff:
the phone ain't really that great, my piece has at least one dead pixel, shiny slippery back is just horrible (waiting to buy as soon as possible some replacement), headphones output is just horrible with constant noise/hiss not possible to listen unless you are deaf (compared to zero noise in TCL S950), brightness of display is quite weak (again compared to TCL S950) and let's not forget heavily customized Androd 4.4.2 with tons of crappy Lenovo software (unlike Coolpad F1 which has AOSP Kit Kat), but at least after root you can disable the evil Lenovo app Security which will try to make you commit suicide (btw. don't upgrade it, unless you speak Chinese, since Lenovo engineers are so amazing they can't even provide English from within the update and let's not forget horrid English localization in general and missing any other languages than Chinese and English)

here I wrote review of my new Lenovo A8 aka A806 (WCDMA/FDD-LTE) Golden Warrior bought for 111EUR (shame there is nothing available in better body with normal sound even if I would be willing to pay 20-30% extra for design and better sound) and tutorial HOW TO ROOT LENOVO A806/A8 it with links provided (I am using URL shortener service since XDA won't allow me to link my own tutorial because apparently I am spammer when I wanna help other people):

dwz DOT cn/la806root

Oh, yeah and thank you so much XDA for using Recaptcha which is blocked in China, it makes posting anything useful soo much easier from within China.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeterMarkoff:
I reuploaded mtk fladh tool + twrp recovery with img and scatter file to bunch of international mirrors, link to them is in my review and howto root tutorial on my blog linked in my post above. Whole ZIP package is misding only USB driver which is not rrally necessary and its on plenty of websites to dpwnload.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhbgvf:
Thank you PeterMarkoff !!

Can you explain me in stage 1: what is "+ choose MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin"? I didn't understand what it is and I didn't see this file anywhere else.

Thanks again :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeterMarkoff:
I am sorry but because of Recaptcha I must post from mobile (where I have free proxy only for few mins), so can't write long posts and they are full of typos, if you have questions better write on my blog.

Open MTK flash tool, change language to ENG which should there already as well in Settings/General/Download "DA DL All with checksum" should be checked. Then just choose as Download-agent MTK Allinone DA bin which is supplied together with MTK flash tool and Scatter-loading file choose alston_fddopen which is in TWRP Recovery folder. Whole process of flashing 2 times is quite straightforward, only major thing which needs to be said is that battery needs to be removed to completely shut down phone (and do this also when phone starts automatically booting after successful flashing), otherwise it didn't worked for me no matter how many times I successfuly flashed phone there always stayed original Lenovo recovery.

In this Chinese thread you have picture tutorial in first post which is selfexplanatory even in Chinese:

bbs lenovo com/a8/t402705/ (replace missing spaces with dots)

Hahah, I see the guy added also photos for Chinese TWRP for international users, since he saw my posts there. :) Not sure what is possible to see wihout registration to forum. Here is my screenshot how it should look after successful flashing when you can remove battery and do it for 2nd time and then after 2nd time boot into TWRP recovery.

oi57 tinypic com/2z8tix0.jpg (replace missing spaces with dots)

Btw. yesterday I already tried Xposed, but it informed me that A806 is running probably Aliyun OS (CN crap) fork of Android so it's not recommended to install Xposed to avoid bootlops and other things, which I am not missing since it's similar situation with TCL S950 my wife has, she can't run anything higher than Xposed 2.3.1 otherwise it would end up in bootloop, but at least it seem like proper Android and not some Chinese fork.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhbgvf:
Special thank you goes out to my Slovakian friend who lives currently in China. You totally nailed it with your tutorial.

Thanks again to you Markoff :good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blyx21:
a808t

A have a8 golden warrior but td-scdma version. Is td-scdma hardware related or software? Can I flash a806 firmware with a808t unit? Ty in advance
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeterMarkoff:
No, you CAN NOT flash A806 firmware into A808T and vice versa, they are different. But there are actually tons of A808T ROMs on Chinese websites, much more than for A806 which is not that popular option in China. You should also know that 3G and 4G in your phone will work ONLY in China, everywhere else in world you have just 2G phone even without 3G.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blyx21:
ic. Is there a custom recovery in english for a808t/a806? The one I saw the that site is chinese
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solleh.mc:
Im hoping that there's any kindess developer would come out with a stable cm rom for A806
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watusi:
i saw in the net....

http://www.markoff.biz/pivot/entry.php?id=1719&w=my_weblog

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i have now this phone.....

first impression....

display not good compare to huawei honor 3c and zte v5

sound is loud compare to honor 3c....

or you can try this tutorial.....

SP too]

MTK tool...

later i will feedback you before i used that!

UPDATE!!!!!

do not follow my link....my phone now bootloop

to recover i just follow Chinese Site...it is now ok

next...back up my rom using SP flasher.....

is our phone is locked bootloader?

Note:

Cant install busybox...so cannot backup the ROM
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhbgvf:
[MENTION=4262815]watusi[/MENTION]

you said that you Cant install busybox...so cannot backup the ROM

Maybe you can backup your ROM using TWRP recovery?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watusi:
update....can instll busy but different version

now i have back up my ROM using MTK tool

i have problem on TWRP in chinese word

before i have problem....only stuck up logo...i flashed only system data...now my phone ok
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tennoemi:
TWRP Recovery does nothing. Cant do backup (left it for half a day and still 0 byte in the backup folder), won't let me flash the new rom update or even updating superuser bin. Wiping data took nearly an hour. I downloaded MTK Engineering Mode from store to customise the baseband frequency to fit with my telco (uses EURO Band when in 4G, Auto in normal WCDMA only mode) requirements.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhbgvf:
you can flash English TWRP recovery from here: https://mega.co.nz/#!QtYF0LLR!u0NBtWpBXbZFKVeP9RQ3xXZx0l1LzROG-7PHNZbrPcQ

it was made especially for lenovo a806. (this is the source where I have found the english TWRP: http://www.needrom.com/download/recovery-twrp-mds-2-8-0-0-lenovo-a806/)

* just in case i will need your method of different version of busybox, can you upload the busybox that is working for you?

* can you try to backup your rom with online nandroid backup? (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.onnandbup&hl=en)

thank yoy
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watusi:
thanks...i have now english recovery....regarding busybox file......just seach "busybox x" in play store or mobogenie

...i already have backup file using MTK tools or SP tools
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zulhusnain:
Thank you guys...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdl_f:
Is it absolutely impossible open 3G or LTE bands to Lenovo A808t? It has the same modem, or not? I know there’re mobiles with networking bands canceled and they can be open.

:confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GUZGUN:
i installed by mistake xposed installer and now it stuck in Lenovo logo. what can i do now?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kandilak:
http://www.myphone.gr/forum/showthread.php?p=5695011#post5695011
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ydur1:
Are you all happy with this phone?

How about GPS?

How is battery life?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solleh.mc:
Yup, almost happy of this phone 9/10. GPS, LTE run smoothly. The battery is ok, since it's quite new. Noticed that the wakelocks also not much compared to others androids phone. It's give me same performance as Note 3. Done the rooting, install english TWRP recovery, update the superuser with no problem at all. Managed to delete some of chinese apps + security. The best of it's average.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeterMarkoff:
there is AOSP Beta 1 (ported VIVO?) Kit Kat ROM available for A806 and A808T in one package, more info in this thread:

http://bbs.lenovo.com/a8/t476045/

direct download link for one ZIP containing ROM for both models Lenovo_A808T_AND_A806_AOSP_BETA1.ZIP (464MB)

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1pJju4xP

here is untouched ZIP file reuploaded by me:

http://www.mirrorupload.net/file/JC2BS6QC/#!Lenovo_A808T_AND_A806_AOSP_BETA1.zip

don't use OTA automatic update after flashing this ROM!

Xposed still should not work, gestures on switched off black screen should not work, except Weather and some Mobile phone assistant (flashing tools?) ROM should be pure Kit Kat without Lenovo **** since it's ported from VIO phone (?)

there should be also some issue with notification bar freezing phone when opening Wifi settings, here is patch for it (although I red about different issue about reported wrong storage capacity 8GB instead of 16GB)

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1o6sQaUm

password: 91zl

and here is untouched ZIP file with patch for notification bar reuploaded by me:

http://www.mirrorupload.net/file/NHQXFMVZ/#!zip

for issue with Wifi disconnecting in Advanced wifi settings you should set ALWAYS connected, no energy saving or anything
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watusi:
now there is official update for vibe UI...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jazli Jaafar:
Help please :( Yesterday while I'm using my phone , it stuck :crying: So I just press on/off button a few times and it turn off by itself . I turn on again but it just vibrate and not show anything . No lenovo logo just black screen . How to fix that ? Is that a bootloop or what ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kandilak:
pull of battery for 10-15sec and install it again . Then power on the device. Ensure that your battery is charged enough.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jazli Jaafar:
Okay i'll try :) Thanks for the reply

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Thanks bro , my phone has come back to normal :D I enter the recovery mode , wipe dalvik cache , wipe data factory reset , wipe cache partition and reboot :good: