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[General Questions and Answers] gnick666:
I've written an article about enabling multi user support yesterday :D
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
Thanks !

But i can't agree with Kingo Root :p
[General Questions and Answers] gnick666:
Me neither, but on the Lenovo Forum there aren't many people familiar with the good work of the devs here at XDA, and we can't expect them to do seemingly complicated flashing. Thus Kingo Root will serve it's purpose, it also doesn't seem to install any cr*p or malware.

Also, once I've had TWRP running, I went for ChainFire's SuperSU immediately, but I left that one out of the guide ;)
[General Questions and Answers] thp@1997:
You can use settings editor module.

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Added few lines in build.prop too
[General Questions and Answers] thE_29:
Yeah. I read that also yesterday and that is why I was confused because the Module did not work for me... Was the too old XPosed version ;)

Yeah! Added it with that module + used the icon from here: https://lh4.ggpht.com/T_a6KNqVdgfCUxRvK8Q3GTAB9IMnYUc2It24n6RMCTBsAxzBoE4uJ2Y32soi-oDc_Io=w300

Is there a possibility to make an update or do I have to flash it again with the flash-tool? Will then everything be overriden?

Another question: Is there a distance or magnetic sensor for auto lock/unlock with magnetic covers?
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
If you want to update to the latest rom, you need to use SP Flash Tool.

You won't lose your data if you only flash the "android" partition (ie : uncheck al other partitions in SPFT).

The changes are only app and xposed updates, and built TWRP included in package.

If you already have TWRP installed, updating the whole rom is not needed : you can flash xposed and update TWRP flashing the img file, using the already installed TWRP.

These updates are mainly for newcomers, so they have less updates to install after flashing the rom.
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
moved
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
Lenovo must have read your tutorial... multiuser is enabled in today v57 OTA update :D
[General Questions and Answers] thE_29:
Great to hear that..

Another question: Does the tablet support OTG? Like a micro-sd-Adapter so that i can copy videos from my drone to it?
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
It does
[General Questions and Answers] gnick666:
Now I'm actually afraid to do an OTA update... there are some videos on youtube of people who rooted their devices while on KitKat and ended up bricking their devices with the update to LoliPop...
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
Install non root stock first, then ota.

I created a thread for stock roms, you'll find a spft flashable v57... or wait for some more, I am working on a stock/custom ROM update too
[General Questions and Answers] elomaniak:
Can you Link the thread?

Also

When I install non root Stock and then make the ota Update. Does this delete my data and Apps?

Cheera
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
Your new homepage :) : http://xdaforums.com/t/lenovo-a710

All threads that are tagged with "lenovo-a710"

These OTA updates won't delete your data (they explicitly say so), but IMHO, they should : many users reported crashing apps when upgrading. There is no problem with a clean install.

So choose and try what you want, but keep in mind a clean install is always better, and remember to backup any important data first.
[General Questions and Answers] arj2jony:
Thanks bro.... looking for it for long time...:)
[General Questions and Answers] nikolaf7:
My tab is rooted with king root, what should I do before this new ota update?

P.s.

I did unroot but it messed up everything - every app force closed, system apps, launcher...

Sent from my Z5
[General Questions and Answers] prmbasheer:
My Tab was rooted. But a week back I did the OTA update of around 900MB. I lost root and I am no more able to root using iroot or kingroot or kingoroot. Anyone managed to root after latest update? If so, please let me know how? I badly need root access.
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
I successfully got root on latest version with frameroot.

You can try flashing supersu by twrp too.....
[General Questions and Answers] prmbasheer:
Are you sure you updated to the latest version (892MB OTA) ?

I tried root using the latest framaroot from XDA. It says the device is not vulnerable to this root exploit?1?

How did you manage?

Also can you let me know how to root using twrp? I have never done it before.
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
Yep i am on the latest version that is v57. Just download latest kingroot.apk and try it will definitely do the job.

Or, install twrp by sp flash tools and flash latest SuperSu.zip.
[General Questions and Answers] prmbasheer:
If I install TWRP, how do I boot into twrp recovery?

Also to install TWRP, should I remove the original recovery in the flash file, insert the TWRP recovery into the unzipped ROM folder and use the Roms scatter file, select only recovery and flash. Is that right?

Update: Tried Kingroot as you suggested but root failed for both PC app and phone app.
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
to install TWRP refer to its thread for instructions. To boot into TWRP, power off your tab, then hold both volume buttons and then hold power button too without leaving volume buttons, when the tab vibrates leave the power button and keep holding volume buttons until you see recovery opening....
[General Questions and Answers] lastm4n:
Hello there,i just bought the tablet and i want to root it.Because are 38 pages,can you help me in which page is the solution?

It will be the 1st time that i will root a device.

Thanks for your time.
[General Questions and Answers] Ahrar Muhammad:
Need an OS for Lenovo Tab 2 A7 10

I wanted to install custom ROM for my Tab but unfortunately I messed up. I downloaded the Tab 2 A7 10F ROM instead of Tab 2 A7 10 ROM. I wiped out the stock ROM and no OS is installed right now. And I'm getting error for flashing the other ROM because the device 10F and just 10 are different. To solve this problem, I need a custom ROMor a stock ROM in order to get my tab running again. In short, I need an OS for Lenovo Tab 2 A7 10 and not Tab 2 A7 10F. ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
:good:

I think changing 10f to 10 in the updater script of custom rom would solve the problem. It will be flashed successfully then
[General Questions and Answers] Ahrar Muhammad:
I have no clue how to change it, please help
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
In the custom rom's zip go to meta-inf/com/google/android and open updater-script. In this file change 10f to 10 everywhere. Done :good:
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
Dont update through OTA , it normally will cause softbrick. I normally upgrade my version through SPFlash Tool version ROM. Most MTK device which denotes with 3G and WiFi only WILL use 2 different SoC e.g. MT8382 for models with 3G , MT8127 for WiFi only version. If you flash the WiFi version ROM on a 3G models, it will cause the lost of IMEI ( since no VRAM files) and the kernels are for different SoC. You were lucky you can still boot up, in most cases it would not even power up.
[General Questions and Answers] Galaipa:
No, I could'tn backup nothing so I decided to risk. I installed the recovery using the app Flashify(On Google Play). Te recovery is not working %100 OK. I can't make backups.
[General Questions and Answers] marking133:
thanks

thank you for trying and letting us know. in my case i have only rooted but no custom recovery. but i tried xposed module and it works fine. no issues so far! cant use a device without xposed anymore!
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
Are you serious? Sounds crazy.. if so, there's not point installing it.. You should post on the guy that made it to complain, this is insane :eek:
[General Questions and Answers] venasmeky:
Kingo ROOT

I root device with program Kingo ROOT and device is rooted :)
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
Still no working/unsuspicious custom recovery for this tablet?
[General Questions and Answers] Lemonato:
So after trying Kingo Root over and over and many other apps I still couldn't get root. Even though Kingo Root said success, I couldn't get SuperSU or even busybox to work.

It could be my A7-10 is a different variant (bought in Australia), software version T2-A7-10F_150106.

Anyway, finally achieved root with iroot (formally vroot) (if you are using chrome it will probably warn you about harmful sites and software).

It did install it's own superuser app and a chinese browser, but that was easy fixed but getting superSU from the play store and then installing the SuperSU binary within the app, then using titanium to remove the crap installed by iroot.

Thought I would post this just in case anyone else has issues with Kingo Root.
[General Questions and Answers] ScourgeOz:
Is there any Way to unroot this tablet Using any of the methods mentioned
[General Questions and Answers] xyomguix:
My own experience : Difficulties with KingRoot which said it was ok but it was not... I managed to install supersu manually though adb shell afterwards.

Now I have backed up my entire system with MTK Droid (including original recovery.img) but I cannot generate a scatterfile so for now I cant restore.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=61105360#post61105360
[General Questions and Answers] xyomguix:
Installed Philz recovery from Rohan Arya & backup went fine. I did not test anything else yet.
[General Questions and Answers] ferossan:
Got rooted my Lenovo Tab 2 A10-70F (2015 version)

Used KingRoot (KingRoot-4.1.0.249-release-nolog-201505211812_105001.apk from http://www.kingroot.net/down) and later replaced with SuperSu using a script from here: http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html

Had to run the script twice.
[General Questions and Answers] ScourgeOz:
OK, so I followed farossen's instructions and everything seemed great. Tablet was rooted and everything was working fine.

I restarted about 3 hours after rooting and ended up on the Lenovo startup screen and can't get past. I have tried using the recovery menu and recovering with no luck whatsoever.

Has anyone got any suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] ScourgeOz:
I found an original firmware and I'm trying to flash via SP Tool but can't even get it to recognise my device. Any assistance would be great :(
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
Interesting, but what does it change? Can you backup recovery then (impossible normally)? ScourgeOz sorry, no clue. Where'd you get that firmware file? Link please!
[General Questions and Answers] ferossan:
I didn't want to keep KingRoot on my tablet for compatibility reasons, there are reports some apps doesn't work fine with the root of KingRoot, besides, it installs several others things that I didn't want to keep.

Be aware that the script that replaces KingRoot with SuperSu, installs the beta SuperSu 2.49 version http://xdaforums.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133 (it's included in the script package).

Been SuperSu beta in this case is important because the 2.47 improved the KingRoot removal, see the Changelog:

----------------------------------------------------------

Changelogs

28.04.2015 - v2.49 - BETA

- Fixed some audits on 5.x (found on S6)

02.04.2015 - v2.48 - BETA

- TWRP/M9 issue fixed

02.04.2015 - v2.47 - BETA

- Improved King removal

- Detect 'OEM' (bad) TWRP

---------------------------------------------------------

Having SuperSu you can trustly use Titanium and backup whatever you want, including the recovery, the problem is flashing it back. Still didn't try very much but looks like regular ADB commands don't fully work here (a suspicious more than a practical fact). I understand Lenovo has it's own tools but I could be wrong.

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Where is it? Link please.
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
So you confirm you could backup recovery? And why flashing it back is a problem? Did you try the available Philz custom recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] ferossan:
No, I didn't try yet. Don't need to because I didn't try to change the original recovery as long the Philz custom one is not for my device. Philz recovery has stopped its development long time ago and may or may not work on a Tablet released just 2 months ago.

I will not try a custom recovery until there is not an updated candidate.

Even if I can (eventually) backup the recovery, don't know if the ADB regular commands will work to put it back if is necessary, don't want to try until there are more resources available (original or custom images) in case things go wrong.

Besides, there is some confusion among some people because very similar names of different tablets: "Lenovo IdeaTab A10-70" is a very different than the "Lenovo Tab 2 A10-70"
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
I guess you meant A7-10..! Anyway, someone made a port for this tablet, look for A7-10 custom recovery/philz on Google and you'll find it!
[General Questions and Answers] ferossan:
My device is the 10 inch "Tab 2 A10-70"

http://www.gsmarena.com/lenovo_tab_2_a10_70-7089.php
[General Questions and Answers] ScourgeOz:
I can't post a link as I don't have enough posts, however check xposedgeek how to root guide for this tablet. The firmware link is posted by rohan in the comments
[General Questions and Answers] ferossan:
Here is it:

http://www.xposedgeek.net/how-to-root-lenovo-a7-10-tablet-2/

Be aware that there is more than just one in the comments.
[General Questions and Answers] Ahrar Muhammad:
Cannot go to Recovery

I have TWRP recovery installed but unable to get into it. My device is Lenovo Tab 2 A7 10(not 10F, many confuse with model 10 and 10F). There is no OS, everything is wiped. The problem that I face now is that I cannot goto recovery mode. I've tried all combinations of buttons but cannot get into recovery. When the power runs out, it switches off, and when I plugin the charger again, I get the Logo of Lenovo and I'm back to where I started. Someone please help me into getting into recovery mode please!
[General Questions and Answers] Ahrar Muhammad:
Got Into Recovery

Sorry my bad, the last that flashed to my mind is that there might be a button problem. Got into recovery after finding out fault with the volume button. Hehe
[General Questions and Answers] Ahrar Muhammad:
Getting error

I'm getting error telling that the file updater binary not found, but I checked that the file is present in zip but I get error while flashing through TWRP. Please help
[General Questions and Answers] Glow8:
Nice amazing thread!
[General Questions and Answers] Ahrar Muhammad:
Need OS for Lenovo Tab 2 A7 10 (not 10F)

Someone please help me out. It's almost 6 months that my Tab is without OS. I've been searching but till now had no luck in finding stock OS or custom ROM. Normally while flashing through TWRP, I get error that ROM is not for this device. Tired of searching for ROM. I need stock or custom, anything is fine. Please help me find any ROM that doesn't give an error while flashing it.
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
Have u tried my method of changing the device name in updater script....?
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
https://xdaforums.com/t/lenovo-a710

Edit : i don't know this "not F" variant, can't find any reference to it.
[General Questions and Answers] mayank22:
Its just the recovery providing different names. I too had this problem.
[General Questions and Answers] manuuu90:
Is there any Tutorial to Root this Tablet (with latest firmware) ?

I am searching for it, but cant find it
[General Questions and Answers] techfreak13:
Flash SuperSU

There is TWRP 3.0.0.0 available for the A7-10F. You can flash the SuperSU zip from the recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] pix106:
Twrp 3.0.0 was a port from some other device.

Twrp 3.0.2+ is built from source, you'll find it here
[General Questions and Answers] AlinTecsan:
fix broken link for twrp already i got bricked the lenovo then reflashed so invalid sd error help and renew the 2.8.7.0 twrp
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
philz recovery was done by same person
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
I just installed SuperSU. Indeed had to do it two times. But NO I still can't backup recovery, same error as before! You said you could..?
[General Questions and Answers] RedPandaFox:
So is there a custom ROM anywhere to run on this device? I really hate the stock look of the device. Also I'm installing this tablet in my car and I need to get Headunit for AA running on it. Stock ROM wont work with it.
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
No customs si far...
[General Questions and Answers] Tomek0000:
Root on Tab2 a7-10

My first try was with kingoroot and it's app : kingouser. I found the same guide like all of you about rooting using this software. It was a mistake. The device was rooted but in specific way - I found only LINK2SD worked with no problem. Is this enough ? The link2sd pro is the only app , which every one user of 4.3.x and 4.4.x has to have . No choice. It was good root in this perspective, but what with the rest apps ?

I removed kingoroot and used iroot (old named vroot) without problem and device was rooted. It's app called kinguser/kingroot worked much better in compare to kingouser. We can find one , two ... apps correct working with kingouser and the same way we can find one , two ... apps not working with kingroot. But it is still not the best solution.

I was able to install supersu.apk but not able to replace preinstaled kingroot with new supersu. Update binaries do not work, script for replacing do not work .

I decided to install the only existing custom PhilZ recovery (talked about in this thread) . Please remeber this is bugged recovery because it will not be able to backup and restore nandroid!

Using this recovery I installed supersu.zip and replaced kingroot with this supersu app.

Now all work correct.

My conclusion. The only sense rooting is by custom recovery. Please do not use ideas from China if you do not have to. If you have to, use iroot and never kingoroot.

(Antiviruses reports a problem in the iroot's kingroot.apk. Is it possible , the android's app can be a virus for windows ? Please define exception and ignote this.)
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
Hey, you say that philz can't backup and restore, did you try both on internal and sdcard? I backup successfully but didn't try restore yet.
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
Rooting any Lenovo MTK SoC

If you want a hassle free root from future problems please DO NOT USE - KINGOROOT (I dont know why in the West you guys always like to use Kingoroot!) use iRoot/Vroot. It is easier to install SuperSU after this. Bcoz if you use Kingoroot the superuser app is named "Kingroot.apk" and "su" binaries is named "ksu" binaries and when SuperSU = "Superuser.apk" is t be installed , there will be 2 Superuser app one named Kingroot.apk the other Superuser.apk. It will also create a conflict in su binaries "ksu" and "su". iRoot uses a version of Kingoroot too but is correctly named as "Superuser.apk" rather than "Kingroot.apk".

I do a lot of pre-rooted firmware for LENOVO MTK devices and iRoot (used to be Vroot) is the only one that has 98% success rate for MTK devices (use PC version not Android version) http://vrootdownload.info/
[General Questions and Answers] Tomek0000:
[MENTION=4365424]goja[/MENTION]

Please read the info from the author of this version of PhilZ for tab 2 a7-10 about the bug with mounting sdcard for backup/restore procedure.

http://www.xposedgeek.net/philz-recovery-for-lenovo-tab-2-a7-10-all-bugs-fixed/
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
He wrote this 3 months after releasing, despite knowing from beginning! And there's not much details, that's why I ask..
[General Questions and Answers] adithyan25:
Try using Kingo Root:-

u can download it from their website..

Connect your phone to your pc after installing this..

Make sure that developer mode is enabled. and usb debugging mode is also enabled.

Then click ok and follow the steps given by the software

hope this help:):)
[General Questions and Answers] javojoker:
Yep I try do the backup and I have that problem . I hope someone fix this
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
I asked if you tried both internal and external?
[General Questions and Answers] xyomguix:
I also backup successfully on internal flash memory with PhilZ recovery (I did not have an external SD when doing the backup).
[General Questions and Answers] GoJo ^^:
So backup to both fine and restore from both not fine?
[General Questions and Answers] Mandami:
For the last days I've searched an original, unmodified firmware for this tablet, other than the Chinese versions.. The purpose is to have a "backup" in case I'd like to go back to an unrooted, "clean" tablet. Here are my conclusions for the moment:

the Lenovo A7-10F Stock Firmware from XposedGeek, it's not a Stock firmware, but rather a modified pre-rooted version.

and it's based on the version: T2-A7-10F_USR_S000036_1412221147_MP10V1.8_BMAIN_ROW

there are many Chinese versions, but they have Chinese apps (I can't use them :confused:), and many other apps are missing:

T2-A7-10F_USR_S000035_1412041553_MP10V1.8_BMAIN_PRC

T2-A7-10F_USR_S000040_1501061900_MP10V1.8_BMAIN_PRC

T2-A7-10F_USR_S000042_1503171523_MP10V1.8_BMAIN_PRC

I'm personally searching

A7-10F_S000034_141204_ROW or A7-10F_S000040_150106_ROW or any other version, but an original and having Google services installed.
[General Questions and Answers] Tomek0000:
cracktech public version S0041 on own page :

http://malaysianandroidsupport.blogspot.com/2015/07/lenovo-a7-10f-no-cellular-options-wifi.html

but without info if this is eastern or european version.
[General Questions and Answers] cracktech:
A7-10F European version (limited multiLanguage)

The version is definitely European - ROW version , my BLOG dont deal with Chinese version unless otherwise stated Full GApps, language Russian/English/EU languages /Indonesian/Vietnamese/Simple Chinese. I deal mostly in Lenovo MTK devices and one of it are Vibe Ui version(Vibe Ui stock are 100% Chinese only version but I convert them to 100% AOSP minus all the bugs like Calendar cannot Sync/use of Google Maps versus Baidu Maps,use of Google Camera, ect >>100% AOSP convert). To answer your question it is Western ROW version.
[General Questions and Answers] Tomek0000:
The firmware from russian server always starts in default configuration for ??? country. The set of apps and launcher layout is specific. I have had no LTE on my yoga 2 after it. But default language is english :)

If you want to change the setting to EU add new contact :

####6020#

confirm

select "de"

confirm.

Tablet will do restart and return to default settings . (All your changes will be erased).

The eastern version does not have google apps but default language is chinese ... and find a way to change it to english ;)