yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
It is like any other Android App update. Actually the first time I root was by using an older version and then it autoupdate. Only then did I know that the 4.62 version was out and went to their website to download a copy for my Forum users (I closed my Forum down on 25-Dec-15 after being a PC addict for 5 years manning it and a further 13 years moderating for Archtablet Forum). Please do try my mods it is only cut and paste (bcoz we dont have TWRP/CWM) but be extra careful to check the permission and ownership setting afterwards. I wonder why SuperSU didnt developed this kind of app? But the Kingroot can root nearly almost anything thrown at it and yes it is working like clock work except for legacy (old) apps still remaining on Playstore.

If you are using HC/GC version I do have the Lollipop firmware in SPFlashTool format?? I mod my HC version so that it doesnt install 275Mb of bloatware, instaed I put in a dummy of 25Mb to get it to format the data partition as normal or if you want to just dont flash the data partition all together (original HC size is 1.2GB , my mod is only 980Mb)
[General Questions and Answers] Banshee67:
Thanks for your reply. Since I already have Marshmallow on one of my devices I think I'll put off updating to Lollipop right now...I'm not all that comfortable with flash tools atm. Updating Kingroot to the latest version was definitely my major concern as the older version I'm running sometimes gives problems where it has to keep on giving root permissions to app while I'm in the middle of running them (say with Titanium Backup, SD maid and I believe FolderMount too) and sometimes they say root is not available. I was skeptic about updating it but now i'll go ahead with it. After that I'll check out your forum as well. Even if it's shut now I'm pretty sure I can learn a bit from it. Thanks and a happy new year!
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
Sorry Banshee67,

I have deleted my BLOG totally on BLOGGER/Google++ , only remnants of FB postings are still there : https://www.facebook.com/groups/652466378195190/ I am in the process of deleting 2000 users from 2 FB Forums one by one (as it is the only way to delete a FB Group)
[General Questions and Answers] Banshee67:
Oh. Anyway, thanks for your reply. I have updated to the latest Kingroot and will be testing out FolderMount again. Hopefully it'll work now.
[General Questions and Answers] panchuckles:
Wow , a7 20f is still stuck on 4.4 in 2016 ... Poor update scheduler lenovo...
[General Questions and Answers] Banshee67:
I don't know about the 20f model. I have a A7-10f but as far as its updates are concerned, the Lollipop OTA has been available in practically most countries since August last year. I for one did not update due to personal preferences.
[General Questions and Answers] dedalos91:
Partitions Backup & Restore

maybe this app is useful for a backup (you can use it after with sp flash tool, is safer for big partitions like system, userdata...) or restore of small partitions (Boot, Recovery, EFS, Modems...)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.partitions
[General Questions and Answers] agraz9999:
can anyone port cm 12.1 rom of amazon fire 7 tablet

Can someone please port the cm 12.1 rom of amazon fire 7 2015. That tablet has the same processor of lenovo tab 2 a7-10, a7-20 tablets. can someone please port this rom.
[General Questions and Answers] pjcons:
Had lollipop on my a7-10f (OTA). Rooted with kingroot (not perfect as can't clean up bloat).

Installed RASHR, flashed twrp recovery from some Russian forum and have successfully backed up and restored my tablet.

Do we have a custom rom 4 this device yet?
[General Questions and Answers] shrimpcraft:
Hi pjcons, is it possible for you to msg me the link of that russian site to load twrp into our tab2 a7-10f?
[General Questions and Answers] panchuckles:
I think is lenovo.ru

Enviado desde mi D6653 mediante Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
The link to that is already posted in this thread.
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
We are 2 developers trying to build omnirom to it, we are a stuck for now trying to make wifi work.

Any developer help and/or advice would be appreciated, project is on github : https://github.com/PixNDom
[General Questions and Answers] MaRtYy01:
Thats really nice :D :good: !Im happy that we will finally get a custom rom for our a7-10 because the stock lollipop is just horrible...BTW I saw 3 roms for A7-30HC 3G on 4pda:

Galaxy6 LP

AOSP 5.0.2v3

EXCEPTION OS

Can you try to port them to our a7-10?I dont think it will be so hard since a7-30hc is just 3g version of our tablet with back camera.I dunno if I can flash them without porting...
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
For now it's far from working, we're no android guru, and it's my first building attempt... So don't be too enthusiastic for now :)

Porting is not what we are trying to do, we are trying to build a full rom.

Do you have links for these rooms, so I can have a look at them, and their github repo if there's any ?
[General Questions and Answers] MaRtYy01:
Sure:

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=675749&st=120#entry43375486

This one is for the s6 rom,but if you scroll up and click ''Неофициальные прошивки'' you will find the other 3 roms.''скачать'' means download.BTW all of the roms are ported from this device:

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=606941&st=8060#entry41829926

it has a ton of roms,lol.Interesting,it doesnt even have the same chipset as the tab 2 a7 tablets..
[General Questions and Answers] t-ara:
how to downgrade tab2 a7 10 from 5.0 to 4.4 ? i tried SP flashtool but my PC (win10) could'nt recognize my tab :(
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
This beginning to feel like a worn out record. (and a lot of smart Alex out there). Use SpFlashTool only with Win7 OS PC dont try to be smart by using a Win10. The best "newest" driver for MTK SpFlashtool can successfully support only upto Win8.0 (see that, I didnt write Win8.1??) Beg, steal or borrow. a Win7 PC.
[General Questions and Answers] gretan87:
hi, i just rooted this tablet with kingroot and then i tried flashing twrp from this link with RASHR.

the screen said it was a success. so to test it, i shut down the tablet and press volume down + power but it stuck at lenovo logo.

thankfully i can still boot to android if i hold the power button long enough, but i still can't enter twrp.

did i mess something up? or should i try flashing twrp again?

please help :)
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
Both volume buttons to enter custom recovery

I suggest you root your device using flashable supersu.zip instead of suspect King(o)root.

Envoyé de mon GT-I9300 en utilisant Tapatalk

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It shoukd be working, i did flash OSes several times.

Either you have driver issues, or you did not shut the tablet down properly before trying to flash (=shut it down from Android, not from recovery for exemple)
[General Questions and Answers] gretan87:
oh hey, it works. thanks :D

i did root with kingroot but after that i changed it to supersu using the method i found in this thread.
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
Why the trouble of using hardware buttons to go into recovery. If you have successfully root it using Kinguser/iRoot or SuperSU then just install (this only an example https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot) I hate using hardware buttons for obvious reason. Next, dont belief about the news you've heard about using RASHR is "dangerous". My experience on 10ich tablets, phones/phablets over the past 9 years (Amlogic, Rockchip, MTK) they all react differently to individual "specialised" apk's, more so for a Recovery flasher. I had RASHR working the first time on a device and on the next it totally fails. I cant say too much about your beloved QualComm because no recovery flasher can work on it(correct me if I am wrong)! You still need a PC to do the job.

Even on the the same brand SoC /models to models/ Android version to Android version.(like after an upgrade). It is trial and error (that is why when we post modified ROM we warned "it is at your own risk"!)if you are unlucky you might screw up your device, lucky and it might not flash and you are back in factory recovery . The biggest hype is using "Flashify" , I have so far not used Flashify in my short history with Android. I only use "MobileUncleTool" (for MTK = 3 seconds to flash), RASHR for RK3188 Rockchip, KANNAN for Amlogic M802 but that is history it not a hard n fast rule for newer SoC. "MobileUncleTool is made by MTK Engineers that is why it takes a matter of 3 seconds or less to flash recovery on any MTK device but CANNOT be used for any other brand SoC.

FYI : Only in USA is MTK SoC is MT8127 the rest of world our firmware is on MT8382 for the Tab2 A7. It is due to the GSM variant. So we are cannot support MT8127 firmware /kernels/recovery (rare instances only), modems. So if you visit us in Asian/Russian Forum be sure to state upfront what SoC you are using or it will result in brick.
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
NOTE :This is only for those users who has TWRP installed :

Read/Write to can be achieved through this simple update, without having to resort to "Xposed" (I never will put an Xposed mods on any of my devices even if you pay me to!) Use the file "ReadWriteSDCard.zip" attached and just "INSTALL" through TWRP.

If any of you want an 89 +1 language pack (Africa/Middle East/Western Europe/Eastern Europe/Russian/All Chinese/Koreans/Japanese/South East Asian/all variants of English dialect) install the attached "Language Pack.zip"

Screenshot of full language pack : https://yadi.sk/i/_1qHzemMo4QmJ (post pics here but it doesnt appear.)

READWriteSDCard.zip : https://yadi.sk/d/cQwodYBeo4RSe (install thro TWRP - DO NOT UNZIP!)

Language Pack : https://yadi.sk/d/kcKw9YPYo4Rh5 (install thro TWRP - DO NOT UNZIP!)

These link is only valid till 29/Feb/16

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Why do you use RASHR/KANNAN/FLASHIFY to flash recovery on MTK device? Just because it the "in thing"?Just because to show off tech savvy?" There is only one tool that will succeed in flashing a customs recovery on MTK device , it is "purpose/ specially" made for MTK devices by MTK Engineers : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox it will take less than 5 seconds to flash a new recovery on MTK device. If your customs recovery fails to work properly it is the recoverys problem (ask the developer of the recovery to correct it) NOT the flasher.
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
Does that mean that after flashing the readwrite zip i can move apps to sd card?
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
What it means is that you dont have to "move" apps only to sdcard card . It is like having your normal JellyBean storage access. Example if an app has the build-in option to save to external sdcard , you just select that option and it will do so without you having to do celestenics/gymnastics. I give you a real world example - I use HERE Maps and I download the offline maps data which is about 500mb and by selecting "save to external sdcard" the data is deposited there. No secondary action required. by doing this if the app build in option has "save to external sdcard" just select it. And in your Android settings "preferred installation storage" there is internal and external option. This is not a gimmick I run a Forum from Malaysia (but now semi retired) that support Android tablets, phones, phablets Forums in Indonesia and Philipines and our users are using them already ( the trick is in the permission). I dont have to convince anybody here on XDA as most are "gurus" I am just sharing a simple way to do it (like I said I wouldnt put Xposed on any of my 11 active Androids even if you pay me to). You have the choice to use it or not , free country. Anyway the link has got time limit.
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
French A7-10 has mt8127 SoC too, and so has russian version.

Afaik asian version has mt8382.
[General Questions and Answers] MaRtYy01:
Hey guys I have an update for the roms which I found in 4pda.Tried all of them but I always get stuck on lenovo powered by android and after this it reboots to the same screen.So yeah no luck with them...but twrp backup and restore works fine.Also I tried [MENTION=4464600]cracktech[/MENTION] 's fix sd card read and write fix but it messed up many other things,the home laucher deleted itself(says 0.00 bytes in settings) and just fcses.Recent apps caused system ui fc until I made a full hard reset.After all I found that Ive got a huge incompability in google play after the hard reset because apps like mkx,asphalt 8 and maaaaaany others which were able to be installed before the hard reset now were incompatible...and I somehow got a battery saver app which I think I didnt have before flashing the zip...so yea all of this stuff is really weird 0_0...anyway I found that es file explorer can access the sd card without flashing the zip.
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
What model are you running? My sdcrd read/write zip is only for A7-30 Lollipop MT8382 (but actually universal for MTK Lollipop firmwares) models but it shouldnt have messed up big time on anybodys phablet. The battery saver app is a Lenovo A8-A5500 app that is working on A7-30 HC/GC tested and confirmed it is not bloatware. If you run it on KitKat then I wouldnt know. Your problems lies in the statement you made "......I found in 4pda.Tried all of them but I always get stuck on lenovo powered by android and after this it reboots to the same screen" All users on my Forums uses this ROM as base (I modified them a bit to eliminate 250Mb bloatwares) and disseminate them to Indonesia/Phillipines/India A7-30 Forums users or A7-20/A7-10 . If you cant flash the firmware and get it working your "special" A7 then I dont know where else you can get the firmware for your "special" A7. Everybody else reports success! But I did have to reflash it 3 times before my phablet stabilised with no FC after my upgrade from KitKat to Lollipop but now it is a breeze. Like I said my zip is only for Lollipop and MT8382 as most of our models in Russia/Asia/Middle East is powered not the MT8127 variant in some EU and most US models.. What model are you and what MTK SoC are you running. This is a watered down page of my support BLOG as I am semi retired from this support thingy : http://malaysianandroidsupport.blogspot.my/ It says ONLY for MT8382 Lollipop NOT MT8127.
[General Questions and Answers] MaRtYy01:
Well that makes sense.I have the mt8127 variant of a7-10f,probably that caused the problems.Anyway,gl to sd fixed the sdcard access without problems and now it works just fine.
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
By the way sdcard read and write doesnt mean only for ESFile Explorer/RootExplorer (they are suppose to be able to do with root) but when we say read n write to sdcard card it means any applications plus your Android KitKat/Lollipop should be able to access the sdcard freely (as you are aware it is by Googles design that they restrict read/write sdcard on Lollipop and AOSP variant KitKat/Lollipop for security reasons) I accidently put my old mods from JellyBean on KitKat and never notice the complains of other users that they cant write to sdcard on KitKat so after studying files by files and line by line of the JB firmware I found out that it is only a few lines of scripts were missing from KitKat and Lollipop so I put it back in and it all worked well.
[General Questions and Answers] panchuckles:
On 5.0 lollipop (tab 2 a7 20f) :

Success installing kingroot.

Success remplaced by supersume.

Supersu can give me access to root without problems, but when I reboot, im stuck in a bootloop, every time when i use supersume im stuck in a bootloop again

On 4.4 supersume works like a charm :/

Fo the moment the solution is use kingroot and deny the Internet acces.
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
i can use supersu without any such issue.......
[General Questions and Answers] panchuckles:
Do you have 20f model and android LP?

Can you give me the steps if you have 20f modelo please.
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
No i have 10f model but it should work bor both. I followed the steps given in this thread.
[General Questions and Answers] panchuckles:
Me too, I followed this tutorial posted in this thread:

" http://androidmtk.com/replace-kinguser-with-supersu "

Its weird cuz on 4.4 works...

Edit: i think the problem is when i update the binaries.
[General Questions and Answers] :
Will A Custom Rom Ever Be out:(
[General Questions and Answers] rly:
My tablet is Lenovo Tab2 A7-10F with MTK8127 (Indonesian version, bought from Lazada). For those unsure about the rooting method that actually works, here's my experience so far:

Step 1

Download iRoot PC version http://www.iroot.com/, install it on your PC

Step 2

Switch your tablet to Debugging Mode, connect your tablet to PC via USB cable, let the PC detect and installs all the necessary driver

Step 3

Open iRoot, wait till the software detect your device, then press ROOT button

Step 4

Wait till the progress done, your tablet will restart once only. Once the tablet powered back on, iRoot will verify the ROOT status and will show you whether the rooting process is success or not.

At this step, your tablet will show a popup options in Chinese. Since I dont speak nor read Chinese, I touch nothing, just WAIT till the process DONE.

Step 5

VOILA! Your tablet is now rooted

Uninstall all the chinese apps. If you want to replace the SuperUser (the one with lion icon) with SuperSU, you can use SuperSU-Me apps.
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
Dont try to use Supersume on any Android. I can tell you all it will cause unrecoverable bootloop until you reflash with SOFlashTool format ROM. You dont have to use PC to root Tab2 A7 just go to Playstore and install KingoSuperuser or download from iRoot.com the Android version and it will root it becoz sometimes using PC to root WILL fail! But dont try to use SuperSume becoz I had already discuss with the developer and there are many failures resulting in bootloop or losing root. More failures than success This is old story about rooting, just reminding users here.
[General Questions and Answers] rly:
Well, guess I'm just lucky then, to have my tab booted normally :victory:

Anyway, how are you backing up / restore the ROM? I know that the CWM / Philz are buggy. Can you tell me the best method possible to backup / restore ROM on Lenovo Tab2 A7-10f? :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
Install the twrp recovery mentioned in this thread and then make backup.
[General Questions and Answers] rly:
Why should I bake the tablet? :confused:

JK :laugh:

Is TWRP recovery compatible with A7-10? I have twrp 2.8.7 img from nexus, can I push that directly via adb command?
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
I am on A7-30HC full spec with TWRP 2.8.7 but also available TWRP 2.8.7 for A7-10F (MT8127) becoz I dont own an A7-10 therefore I cant tell you the the weakness of this TWRP (but based on the feedback here there is a problem on mounting internal sdcard although the rest should work, the problem for my A7-30 TWRP is cannot wipe dalvik-cache it will unmount the system partition, so still no perfect recovery)

A7-10 TWRP Recovery link (valid only till 31-Mar-2016) : https://yadi.sk/d/af8vlhlhqCbq3
[General Questions and Answers] rly:
Wow! Thanks cracktech! I'll give it a try

Can I backup stock recovery with SPflashtool?
[General Questions and Answers] iason747:
Hey,

i would really suggest to do not flash twrp, cuz i flashed it like 1 hour ago and it worked fine but after like 10 minutes my device just shut down and won't turn on anymore. Nothing happens no vibrate etc... It won't do anything...

PS: it's not even showing under device manager or spflashtool anymore
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
I have been using this twrp for months, it works fine.

To root, it's only needed to flash supersu.zip using twrp, no other software is needed.

Imho, for your problem, either you wait till battery discharges completely, either you open your tablet and disconnect the battery connector, back cover is not connected to anything, start opening it from the USB port
[General Questions and Answers] iason747:
Already did everything you said but it's completely dead :(
[General Questions and Answers] rly:
Is that true? I haven't done it yet so thank you for the precaution. I'll gather more reference before I execute.
[General Questions and Answers] pjcons:
That is not true... Twrp working fine 4 me and many others.

Backs up and restores fine. Flashes fine. But may be how ppl get it onto their tablet. Personally I flashed recovery using RASHR. Worked a treat... Don't have windows so hard no software on my computer.
[General Questions and Answers] rly:
What type is your device? Mine is A7-10f with MTK8127

Hope someone can confirm if TWRP work well on this tablet or not, especially for A7-10f

I already have root access, so I followed your guidance to update the recovery via MobileUncle Tool, which ends up in "no command" screen. I have to do the force reboot to get it back to the system. I can't figure out the cause for this problem :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
Maybe your battery is so low it can't start charging.

You can try charging it with an other charger, or using an external battery (a big one which can deliver high current).

Good luck :)

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Twrp works just fine on a7-10f mt8127 no internal sd but it works.

I used the vvizard version, a version i modified a bit (changed backup location and a few things in default.prop) from vvizard's, and also compiled twrp from omni sources with my building friend (build not made public for now), it works just fine.

You'll find a link a few pages back to my dealabs thread about this tablet. It's french, but translatable.

No real custom ROM, but some prerooted ROMs and lots of informations/howto and files gathered in my mega account.

There is NO other software needed for a clean root than twrp and supersu zip, nothing more, thanks to twrp.
[General Questions and Answers] rly:
Wow, you're trully way ahead. I found your thread at dealabs but Google Translate is kinda mess, so I think I need to ask you some questions:

- I've downloaded your TWRP v1.0.1, what method is suitable to flash the recovery image to my device?

- Do I need to backup the stock recovery first? How?

Thank you in advance :)
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
You'll find v1.0.2 (very minor, only a splash image change) in mega : /recovery/twrp/image/pix

The differences from vvizard's twrp are only in the default.prop where i changed "ZTE_Blade_L3" to "Tab2A7-10F" in many lines (so that backups are in a folder that is named after the tablet), and the splash screen.

img files can be flashed :

- using SP Flash Tool, with the scatter file from a ROM, or the one that is in mega /recovery/twrp/image/pix/

- using rashr (or flashify...)

- using twrp (choose "Flash image" instead of "Flash zip" on top of "Install" page).

You'll find flashable files (zip) for the different stock recoveries, in mega /recovery/stock
[General Questions and Answers] javojoker:
http://www.needrom.com/download/lenovo-tab-2-a7-10f-twrp-3-0-0_0/ this recovery work?

Enviado desde mi Tab2A7-10F mediante Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
Thanks ! If it works fine, it makes other versions obsolete.

Just flashed it, "Internal SDCard" is not mounted, it's usual and not a big deal (internal sd = /data/media/0), but in backup menu "Internal Storage" is listed. I have no time for further testing now, but it seems fine !

I may try to build it from sources too.... :)

Edit : backups are created in TWRP/0123456789ABCDEF

This version mentions ZTE_Blade_L3 in default.prop, as vvizard's 2.8.7.0 port.