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[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Phone is in service center now... Damn they will take 8 to 10 days to fix it.

They will change the board.

Am lucky phone was in warranty
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
Any updates on rooting?

Also when I enable power saver, an annoying Orange status bar appears.. Any idea how that can be removed?
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Sach refer to post 315 there is a way to root k920
[Lenovo K900] djshorty:
It is unsafe, 2-3 people tried and end up with bricked phone!
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
I am one of them.

But still there are people with success too
[Lenovo K900] djshorty:
Did you manage to bring it to life?
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Needed to wait the whole day till battery died.

Second day connected it to the laptop and pressed the volume u button. I came to recovery options.

No i didnt completely got the phone back to life coz i dont have much knowledge about flashing, but i wiped the data so service center guyz cant figure i was trying to root it and gave them my mess.

But if you know how to flash stock rom back, U can get it back to life after the battery of phone is completely drained.
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
help

Hi everyone!

I brought my vibe z2 pro (k920) to an authorized service center here in manila. Its because the screen is blinking. I got it back a week after. They replaced the board.

However, (though the blinking's gone), i noticed some discoloration in the upper and lower parts of the screen, which is very visible if you view dark pictures and dark videos. So i returned it to them.

After more than a week, i picked it up again, and they said they replaced the lcd module. However, the discoloration/light shade is still visible in the upper part of the screen. They are now insisting that they compared it with other k920 units, which have the same light shade. But they failed to show me those units. So i didn't accept the phone.

I am pissed because that discoloration problem was never present before they repaired my unit. So what caused it is the way they handled the unit.

Is it true what they are saying? You have that light shade in the upper and lower parts of your unit?

Thanks for the reply.
[Lenovo K900] littlejon:
They are not telling the truth, no display problems on my unit.
[Lenovo K900] djshorty:
Not any problem on mine.Everything OK
[Lenovo K900] Muty_:
Yeah the root works fine on my device too.
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Yeah root is working.. Better u see the screenshot in the link so u just don't screw things up.. I screwed it and my board needed to be change...so beware and even I did root my phone now.. Everything is good
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
There is a forum for Vibe Z2 Pro created!

Did you guys know this???

http://xdaforums.com/t/k920:D
[Lenovo K900] slavislavi:
Please fix link in your post.

How did you find this? Search does not return any results about k920
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
Link is proper! I opened it and checked again.

Search for Lenovo Vibe Z2 pro.

Not many threads there, but hopefully we will start seeing some custom roms!
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
Saw it! When was this created?

However, i do notice that there are no categories as in other phone's forums (e.g. Development, themes and apps, general, etc.).
[Lenovo K900] lockhrt999:
I'm not getting Green LED notification for calls. It's only blue. Have they removed the green with lollipop update?
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
Tried this - But then its giving error - device not found. Any pointers?
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
It was supporting lollipop update that 1.23gb one... Don't know it supports the latest update also...
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
I reformatted my phone.. And installed the update and then rooted.. Worked fine!
[Lenovo K900] bm-zbemil:
Hi dear friends!

I am thinking of ordering this phone from a chinese store but i really need to know some things before doing so:

The phone comes with multilanguage rooted Kitkat from China and running on chinese version (not Row).In order to update to Lollipop,what do i have to do?Is the update possible since the phone is rooted?If yes,Lollipop will automatically unroot the phone,right???And what about Google play store?Will it be erased too in Lollipop??If so,then the phone will be totally useless without play store....

I would be quite grateful if a friend could answer to my questions.Thank you in advance.
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Never get the Chinese version it's network band are different then us.. Better get the ROW version (row stands for Rest of the world) its officially English one with google apps installed.. Chinese one doesn't have google apps install and if u update, google apps are removed so u need to have proper knowledge on how to install it.. Better go for ROW version only
[Lenovo K900] bm-zbemil:
Dear friend,first of all thank you for your kind reply!

Unfortunately ROW version is very expensive in my country comparing to the chinese one.When you say "proper knowkedge on how to install it",could you propose me a site which shows the procedure to flash GAPPS please?
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
With all due respect, its not worth saving some hundred dollars and always be on a risk to brick your device. Plus we don't even know that the Chinese band will support your network.

This phone is around 33k INR around 500 usd in India.. Even sites like aliexpress offers it but that's a way lot premium they add on.

But paying that amount is safe as u even won't get the warranty in your place if anything bad happens to the Chinese one
[Lenovo K900] bm-zbemil:
Ok my friend,thank you for your kind help!
[Lenovo K900] lockhrt999:
Mobile is not being sold anymore in India.
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Yes thats true just noticed it maybe Vibe z3 pro is on its way or vibe shot
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
The custom settings for display saturation doesn't work now right?
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
no not till now. Lenovo is working behind it as per forums
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
New update is here.

Auto call recording is back, sim 2 network issue is fixed and even the gallery focus issue is fixed.

Great Job LENOVO Dev!!!
[Lenovo K900] realista87:
shal, excuse me can you clarify if it's an OTA update for the chinese version or the ROW version?

i ordered today the chinese version.....at a good price. with google play installed (as seller say).
[Lenovo K900] sanioclement:
can you tell me the buyer link I am also looking for one
[Lenovo K900] realista87:
it's grossoshop . net but i don't know if can ship to you..... it's specialized for italian shipments. i paid 360$, included DHL shipment, arrured to be free of custom fees!!!

it's called DHL Delivery Duty Paid. a new shipment method where the sender pay for custom fees. NEVER THE CUSTOMER.
[Lenovo K900] realista87:
sorry. you can always try to contact them.... and see the response. maybe they can ship to you
[Lenovo K900] sanioclement:
thank you I will try .
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
Updated.. And phone got bricked! Not going post the lenovo logo at the start!

When I tried to run a system check from recovery, it says sd card failed!

Shucks!
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Sach go to the service center tell them update stucked at 75% and phone is stuck on boot logo.. They will take 7 days and change the board.

I have done it once.

Just remb to wipe down cache and user data so they can't figure that it was rooted.

BTW i have requested a feature which is there in Yoga Tablet 2. That rooted phone will get a popup and cant just update the phone
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
I tried wiping sd card and factory reset from recovery, but it gave error that sd card failed. So no idea!

They said they'll need 5-7 says! Hopefully it'll be covered under warranty,
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Good luck sach.. Am damn sure it will be fixed the main prob is that then u have to do 6 - 8 OTA updates.

Still its nice, enjoy the new board.. Haha
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
I'm back to using my faithful note 2.. The screen is just awesome! Without the color saturation setting in z2 pro lollipop, the screen appeared too washed out!

Amoled display is awesome! Hope they fix the saturation customization atleast in vibe z2 pro!
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Hope for the best ??
[Lenovo K900] MARIUSEON:
So, buy one with ROW version not Chinese version wich have logo on back China Mobile, CPU is XIAOLONG 8974AC not QUALCOM! In china is now 369$ + 20$ DHL, in Europe with ROW version is 550$ but you have warranty 2 years, China v. is 1 year and you must to send back the phone, pay dhl, tax to china coustom, and dhl back to you, tax to your custom.
[Lenovo K900] yassero:
I am looking for Kitkat stock rom for my Vibe Z2 Pro. I have been suffering since Lenovo upgraded to Lollipop and I was wrong making OTA upgrade without waiting for feedbacks. This phone with the Kitkat was the best ever.

Anybody can provide a link?
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
www.needrom.com
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
Awesome! http://www.needrom.com/category/lenovo/serial-k/k920/

My mobile will be given back on Saturday it seems!
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Sach as per my knowledge the phone will have some august update installed.. So its like 6 to 7 more OTA u have to do it yourself to be back on lollipop
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
I don't mind! I think I'll stick to kitkat as of now, if I have an option.. Lesser bugs than lollipop.. Performance wise, I didn't much of a difference between kitkat and lollipop in this..
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
Is it just me? Why do find the lollipop update better than the kitkat one? The lolli made my z2 pro to run smoother and faster. Its even less buggy for me.
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Even I liked the lollipop update.. Best is that Tasker like application in feature... Am happy with what lenovo devs are doing and also got auto recording feature back.....

Battery life is a bit reduced coz they removed power manager app that's it.. Rest all is good
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Sach is your phone still on KitKat... Then I need you to go to developer settings and find screen off gestures... Is there anything such... Am on lollipop and nothing such on my phone... Sach can you get to me asap
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
Will be getting the phone today or tomo.. Will check what OS I'll be on then and update!
[Lenovo K900] Photoneutron:
Just To add on:

regarding 16MP camera -

SAMSUNG ISOCELL

1.087 micro metres

Airtel / Aircel 4G may not /wont support in India TDD 40 @ 2300MHz

http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/e25d2cfd

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...sensor-is-on-tap-for-future-flagships_id49134

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks#Asia

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...s-soon-Mukesh-Ambani/articleshow/33918268.cms

Rdosti:

I am waiting for your review regarding

whether we can tweak the frequency support of 4G,

whether we can install software on USB & run after connecting

DUAL sim 3G/4G is it an software tweakable option
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
Thanks rutz272 for your answers!

We have the same phone, galaxy note 2. I am deciding between vibe z2 pro and huawei ascend mate 7 (coz galaxy note 4 is too costly).

May i ask 2 more questions regading vibe z2 pro?

1. Are your settings/configurations for your lenovo ui and google ui retained even if you switch back & forth those two uis?

2. Is there a way to wake the phone other than pressing the power button (like lgs knock code for instance?)

Thanks again.
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
How fast does the battery charge? Given that it's a huge 4000mAh better, I wanted to know how fast it charges..
[Lenovo K900] Rutz272:
Glad to help.

vince_junior:

1) All settings are retained.

2) You can unlock the phone by face recognition. Don't know about any other options.

sacthegreat: I may test it later. The phone is now fully charged.
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
Thanks! Do let me know! I am using a htc one max right now.. Just ordered the vibe z2 pro! So was wondering how the phone was with respect to my current one!
[Lenovo K900] takugt:
Information

Hi everybody !

To Lenovo vibe z2 pro owners , i have 2 questions :

-does the phone support exfat or ntfs (if use nexus media importer app in playstore) disks via OTG ? (i want read files > 4gb)

-in Google UI mode , can we calibrate the screen color like the vibe UI ?

Thanks for yours anwsers !!
[Lenovo K900] viruscmotu:
just got one

Hi

I just got the lenovo z2 pro. its feels nice. the ram usage seems pretty high according to me. The google stock ui mode in the phone is not "Stock" as Lenovo has put it rather, another skin which looks like the Google Ui. The apps remain the same. There seems a lot i mean a lot Bloatware on the phone. The ram usage also as put by Fellow User Rdosti is quite high. On Boot its just under 1Gb but quickly climbs up to around 1.6 to 1.8 gb ram. the camera is OK .As a whole for the price i think its VFM.
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
No thread yet dedicated for the lenovo vibe z2 pro?
[Lenovo K900] Rutz272:
It's impossible to discharge this phone :laugh: It runs the third day and still above 15 % battery. Basic usage - WhatsApp, FB, music, photo, email, calendar.
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
Wow! Thats amazing rutz! How long have you had the z2 pro? So far so good?

I was reading some comments in gsmarena. A few users complained that:

1. The power button is a little loose.

2. Light is leaking from the capacitive buttons.

Can you confirm if those were your case, too?
[Lenovo K900] Rutz272:
I've bought it the day it came out in our country, which is 10th October. The phone feels great! I can confirm the power button is a little loose in comparison to volume button. I haven't noticed any light leaking from the capacitive buttons.

The reason for me to buy this phone over Galaxy Note 4 is the brushed aluminum unibody design and thin bezels. It's thinner and features 6-inch display within bassically same dimesions (height, width) as Note 4 with 5,7-inch display.
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
Now i am sold! Going to get mine this weekend!

Did you consider the huawei ascend mate 7 too? Coz i was really looking into that device too.
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
Thank you for that comprehensive review, spariant.

1. Yeah, to be able to receive OTA you should go back to stock. I think we still dont know if stock rom/recovery is available somewhere and if we can flash it already to receive ota from lenovo. That's why for me, when i get my unit, i wont root it yet.

2. The heating issue for camera use is common, also reported by users in gsmarena. But for me, its tolerable as long as the unit does not malfunction (coz my note 2 heats up when im on heavy browsing @ 3g).

3. I would like to request for a separate thread for vibe z2 pro, too. Do you know how to go about it?

4. Vibe z2 pro is currently @ 30k pesos here in Philippines, way cheaper than note 4 (38k) and xperia z3 (37k). It is at same price point of lg g3 16gb/2gb (z2 pro @ 32gb/3gb combo), but i think the huawei ascend mate 7 would have a lesser price (though not yet release here).

5. I am a bit worried about the power button. Users really complained that its wobbly for a brand new unit. I think there is no way you can wake the phone unless you press the power buttom (i was hoping that there's tap tap code as lg's). Given this, one will use the.power button many times. I wonder now how long will the button last.
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
I am worried about the heating issues. A lot.of users are complaining about it. One indian tech blogger even posted it in his fb, and he sought for a replacement.

Is it really heating too much?
[Lenovo K900] Spariant:
The power button aint so wobbly to fall out. it just has a play side ways. probably due to bevelled side edges of the phone. But by that logic the volume button too sould have the play but that does not. ANyway its not a deal breaking issue. Neither is the heating part. Its not so hot to render it useless. Being metal its only noticeable, more than a plastic phone.

The only deal breaking issue is the lack of dev support for this phone. Makes me wonder if i should have waited for nexus 6 to launch :(... And the camera aint so good as i was (over?)expecting.
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
Agree. The lack of dev support is a dealbreaker. That is why people patronize the phones from popular manufacturers, bcoz of guaranteed dev support. Sigh.
[Lenovo K900] viruscmotu:
same here.. the power button moves a little .. but not something to be worried about...

I used the google ui initially ... but then moved to the vibe ui... i kinda like it now .. its one of the best interfaces.... very white and clean.. is very beautiful to look at. Would have loved if they made the icon size smaller so that we could have more icons on the screen .. kinda feels like they took a 4 inch screen ui from their earlier phones and just enlarged it to fit the 6inch screen...

The contacts (phonebook) application doest merge the phone contacts with same friends names on facebook. so basically u have a friends profile with number etc and then another one with facebook and whatsapp separately..kinda frustrating. Lg and Samsungs contacts app let u link the contacts from facebook and google with same names.. hope they update the app with the link contacts feature.

also there is no clipboard feature to copy and paste different instances
[Lenovo K900] takugt:
Hi everyone !

I think there is an option in features (in settings) to wake up thé phone by using thé volume button , could you verify if this features works or not?

And one more thing , in Google ui can we calibrate the display like in vibe ui?

Thanks
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
The rooting procedure already exists? Can you please update as to how to do that?
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Sach have heard there is double tap to wake on KitKat ... Hidden inside developers option.. Can u confirm it..

If its there its worth coming back to KitKat for it
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
I don't think so.. I had checked that previously and couldn't find any such options, but Will confirm tomo!
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Had a talk with lenovo staff from forums he confirmed it was there but was removed..
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
According to a poster in the lenovo forum:

"To turn on the "screen off" features you had to tap several times on the features tab under settings. Similar to the way you tap multiple times to activate developer mode on your phone."

Screenshot:

http://prntscr.com/7cnkfi

This feature was subsequently removed because, according to a lenovo staff:

"Even in KK, this feature is a hidden feature that we don't want to expose it to all the users as there are many side effects."
[Lenovo K900] sanioclement:
I am going to buy vibe z2 pro from Aliexpress . could you please tell over all how is camera , battery and display works ? thanks

is lollipop works good ?
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
I just got my phone back and it's on 4.4.2!! Will check it out right away!
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
It exists!
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Guyz i Have a good newz for all who downloaded LOLLIPOP on K920.

I just grabbed a link full of themes working on Lollipop Theme Center.

Its almost 1gb and themes have chinese font but that works just perfect as fonts arent changed.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8Dw4qrLYBahVXRVLWw5a0dUMDg/view

Am currently downloading it, will review it as soon as its done

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Bro does double tape to wake actually works!!!

damn we are so much behind this feature and it was hidden deep inside..

Does it lags or works perfectly ?

Thx Sach

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Bro dont you take any steps without going in details.

Only buy ROW version.

I know flipkart isnt selling this right now but Its better u try a second hand (with warranty) rather than importing a wrong version from china.

Actually, i bricked my phone twice and as it was in warranty, Levono service center changed the board and fixed it free of cost.

Then its upto u, But u only prefer ROW version only.
[Lenovo K900] sanioclement:
oh !. thanks Bro I changed my mind but want to know what is ROW version ?
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
There are 2 version of the phone Chinese and ROW Rest Of the World version,

Chinese one doesn't have the network band which supports outside world 4g and hence its risky whether will work with Indians network band.

Even the software are made different Chinese has VIBE UI which doesn't have google apps and rest of the world has ROW version software with google apps preinstalled.
[Lenovo K900] sanioclement:
you saved me . thanks again
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
Double tap I enabled. But doesn't work.

There's another thing called multi window! And that works perfectly. But only limited apps!

Hopefully they all Will come back in later updates of lollipop!

Some of the bugs I am seeing in lollipop:

1) Display saturation doesn't work

2) On Call volume gets preset to 50% and doesn't change when we increase it too.

3) Too many random reboots when I use maps and call via Bluetooth.

4) Freq network drops

5) Call recording cannot be set to default

6) Freq Wi Fi drops

Anything else that you guys are seeing?

Till the time these are fixed, I think I'll stick to kitkat!
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
Yeah, they said that the tap to wake feature is unstable and does not work all the time.

But im surprised that there is multi window support! Why did they remove it?

Agree also in the lollipop bug in the oncall volume. Its quite annoying really.
[Lenovo K900] lockhrt999:
Lol I didn't even know such feature was present in KitKat version.

About the lollypop update, I have found it to be extremely reliable and stable. in fact the mobile hasn't crashed not even once since the update. .I'm very happy with the lollypop update.

The only two bugs I have found are,

Battery drain while using YouTube app. I think YouTube app lost ability to use hardware acceleration for videos. Second bug which might be my mistake, I'm getting blue led notification for calls too.

I'm not using call over Bluetooth so don't know about that. The only app that crashes on my mobile is Google app while the WhatsApp call is going on. But it's crashing since the KitKat and not an inconvenience.

Btw, a new update of about 50 mb is available since yesterday. Anyone done that? What are the changes?
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
Damn! The volume keys are not working now!
[Lenovo K900] lockhrt999:
Where's the setting for auto call recording?

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What did you do?
[Lenovo K900] sacthegreat:
Nothing at all! Just discovered that it's not working! Got it back yesterday after they replaced the motherboard!
[Lenovo K900] Mittul Shah:
Call recording is in settings - call settings - auto record - on
[Lenovo K900] lockhrt999:
Oh yes. I hadn't done the last ota.
[Lenovo K900] vince_junior:
I'm sure it doesn't apply to all lenovo service centers, but here in the Philippines, they are not that good.

1. About two months ago, i brought my unit to service center because the screen is blinking. They replaced the motherboard.

2. However, the replacement brought discoloration in the screen. So i brought it back to them. So they replaced the lcd module.

3. The discoloration in the screen remained, so i brought it back to them. They replaced the entire unit.

Hopefully, i won't have any more problems, as the warranty is expiring in 4 months.
[Lenovo K900] djshorty:
Here in Macedonia Lenovo service SUCKSSSSS.They hold my phone over a month to change motherboard.still waiting to get back