yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[K3 Note General] chetan_dua:
1. Install drivers

https://mega.co.nz/#!O4lmBaZa!jCUk1z0BB6wsBgP1P3e5BdoJQtBY_xi6TXuwcBOCv5k

And extract this file(adb and fastboot drivers)

https://mega.co.nz/#!rs0lHZrI!hE3Ux99skP-q3RYsgb9KNwX2Dnji192uU0KJB3iQNdo

2. Download flashable supersu 2.46 and place it in ur external or internal memory card

https://mega.co.nz/#!b8tSiYZJ!yr3okwkxmoR8NqSN10PCEtxsLl25aZ3VUSALqTKszsM

3. Flash custom any custom recovery recommend twrp

https://mega.co.nz/#!NwgkwK6Z!MusMUj828ui2n8GppdvbRhhJqftxSb_C6KTBubbOmcg

To flash custom recovery connect ur phone in usb debugging and open the folder u extracted in step 1(abd and fasfboot folder) and type following commands

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot flash recovery TWRP2.8.7.0_cheshkin_SevenMaxs.img

4. Now power off ur device and when it completely power off hold vol up+vol down+ppwer button till lenovo appears

5. It will boot into recovery

6. From recovery choose install and then navigate to flashable supersu package u downloaded in step 2

7. Swipe to flash

8. Reboot system and u r rooted now

PRESS THANKS IF I HELPED U

INBOX ME IF HAVE ANY DOUBTS
[K3 Note General] FeyoMx:
comrades, it seems important to stop by here the ROM VISNU LEMONADE , is based in s118 of k50a40 but seasoned with viper4android, lspeed2.3 and more tweaks.

for more information or more LEMONADES come here
[K3 Note General] alienzdator:
Could anyone please upload the lenovo snapit camera & see it gallery apk from the Limonchelo ROM? Thanks a lot
[K3 Note General] gurdeepsim:
this method is for k50a40 ???

bro iam using lenovo k3 note k50a40 version ..

this method works for me??
[K3 Note General] sinapcs:
Thank man. my TWRP version is 8.6.0. can I do restore with this?

I am now on limonchelo and I'm happy with this rom. I now you were happy too. Now I have a question. what is this ROW rom's advantage? how is battery performance? how much it uses the ram?
[K3 Note General] Bidyadhar:
Guys I have ported Flyme os, Amigo 3.5 and vivo x5 pro rom.. where do i upload them..?? Yes Are there any dev here who can fix apps not installing in sd card..??

I think its a mount issue..

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Guys I have ported Flyme os, Amigo 3.5 and vivo x5 pro rom.. where do i upload them..?? Yes Are there any dev here who can fix apps not installing in sd card..??

I think its a mount issue..
[K3 Note General] dragon-tmd:
Take this one, which is based on Android 5.1, multilanguage, twrp included, google apps, pre-rooted and is also offering 90% german language UI. The best you can get :D

https://mega.nz/#!utRhgKzB!LC7n18LqEcJIfs9rUqsabFkU_2ivJNqQT8CyP_GXEXc

You have to flash using SPFlash-Tool, after that it may take up to 10 minutes before the first boot ends.
[K3 Note General] kaobiore:
Ahm. I've downloaded the .zip - and it looks to me like update.zip (installation with custom-recovery) - there is NO scatter-file?!?

Thanks.
[K3 Note General] Cyberdyne:
Sounds great! I will test it!

It is based on VIBEUI 2.8 ROM, right? Is VIBEUI included or is it more like AOSP? Any known bugs? BT and SIM working? Have you tested it yourself?

Can't wait to get home and test.

Flashing like the ROW ROM, right? That should not be a problem. Thank you very much!!!

(Is www.mobile-reviews.de your page?)

Have you unzipped the file and looked in every subdirectory? In the ROW ROM it was "hidden" in target_bin.
[K3 Note General] anujyadava:
Hi kanagadeepan

It seems you have rooted ur Lenovo k50a40.can u confirm the method for rooting and installing custom recovery. Also is there any better rom than the s118 in terms of battery and performance.

Also is it possible to update the OS after rooting or do we need to flash stock recovery.

Thanks
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Here you go:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5oTMOqjH0_TVkxsWFZ5dC1vODA

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5oTMOqjH0_TeHRHeU9VZkpGMjA

No, you have to flash recovery via SP Flashtools, this rom flashes a file that reflashes the stock recovery after reboot, i made a post about it a few posts back, search for TWRP 2.8.6.0 (post #692)

Yes of course, as long as it's TWRP no matter the version.

I don't saw any advantage, i'm back on Limonchelo, performance is equal or less.

It uses a little more RAM, also it has a bug on lock screen that makes settings fc when you try to change the lockscreen wallpaper after you have chose pattern lock, in Limonchelo you can have the same wallpaper for lockscreen and homescreen.

Also don't like not having the screen stand by time shortcut on quick settings like Limonchelo has.

It's pretty much the same but because it has functional OTA, everybody's crazy about it. Besides it only has one 17MB update that nobody knows what it does and i bet it will stay like that for a long time.

I also had to debloat/clean this K5-A40 rom, don't use google now, google+, google play, email shortcut app, etc...

So when some people complain about junk chinese apps on Limonchelo, etc , in this rom it's the same thing, you just remove them with titanium or whatever.

Stick with Limonchelo, it's not worth the change IMO.

There's a fix for that, ask [MENTION=5087169]FeyoMx[/MENTION] from movilesdualsim, he puts that fix on every custom rom.

Or you could just search here in XDA, for example:

http://xdaforums.com/shield-tablet/general/fix-ext-sd-write-support-2-0-lollipop-t2946250

You also have foldermount app, etc...

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Yep it takes about 2-2:30h to fully charge, form the wall socket, not from USB, that takes forever depending on the voltage.

No problem, i'm happy i helped someone :highfive:
[K3 Note General] kaobiore:
Well, I know. I have the indian firmware installed ... and it was in target_bin :o

But the mentioned rom (LENOVO_K3_LOLLIPOP_5.1_1527DEV_ROW_REL_v1.5_CUOCO92.zip) comes (I think) from here:

http://www.androidiani.com/forum/lenovo-modding/467838-lenovo-k3-note-firmware-cuoco92.html

And this needs to be installed with a custom-recovery (I think).
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Does anybody know how to download files from this forum:

http://4pda.ru/forum/dl/post/6476321/Logo+fix.zip

I want to register so i can download, i think that s the problem, but it has a russian captcha :(

They posted the fix for the offline charging screen logo.
[K3 Note General] Cyberdyne:
I think you are right!

I found the same website and there is a link to an installation instruction. This instruction is about installation from custom recovery. Has anyone tested this ROM already? I will Flash it as soon as I am home.
[K3 Note General] chetan_dua:
M also having the same model and used above method.......

Press thankx if i helped
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Uh, just noticed that the beautiful and perfect ROW indian rom has offline charging screen with chinese characters, LMAO :D
[K3 Note General] kaobiore:
I wonder where these ROW-firmwares (which seem to support more languages) are comining from? Can they be downloaded from any official site? :eek::confused:

Because the firmwares from the official vibeUI-site support english (in poor quality) and chinese only. :confused:

And ... can the idian-firmware (for the k50-a40) be downloaded from an official site? :confused:
[K3 Note General] Rakesh251:
indian lenovo k3 note rooting and recovery process

please any one suggest me and provide me the process for the indian lenovo k3 note model : k50a40 :confused:, i ready this thread and little bit confused that which file to be flashed and which process working:rolleyes: , please any one
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Check post #662
[K3 Note General] Rakesh251:
ok aariss, but post #702 is that working with indian k3 note? bcz i show that so many try to flash via sp tool and gets stuck, so thats why i am asking the working method:confused:
[K3 Note General] kanagadeepan:
OK... As many friends are asking the steps by PM, I am posting here...

Actually the OP is cent per cent correct. But in most cases people get back LENOVO stock recovery even after flashing CWM recovery, due to simple mis-understanding...

So follow OP till the fastboot command to flash CWM recovery by

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

After this step, we have to reboot the phone using

fastboot reboot

command. But immediately after issuing the reboot command by pressing the enter key, PRESS AND HOLD BOTH VOLUME BUTTONS. Then only the phone will reboot to recently flashed CWM recovery. Else the reboot will be normal reboot and during that process, our CWM recovery will be overwritten by stock lenovo recovery.

After successfully entering the CWM recovery, select ENGLISH as language and then give the command to flash the SuperSU zip file and reboot... HURRAHH, now your phone is rooted with CWM recovery...
[K3 Note General] gurdeepsim:
thanxx alott brother,,,finally my phone is rooted

now pls tell mexhow to install custom roms?

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pls post some k50a40 custom rom download links?
[K3 Note General] maddnessfox:
dude. use the bloodly search function before u waste their time. this is the least u can do right.
[K3 Note General] daniel1112333:
Any idea how to change K3 note T5 (china) firmware to the ROW one?
[K3 Note General] blastoise91:
I can't install ota update on row rom. Device is not rooted.

Here is error:
[K3 Note General] rockuman_ex:
I think that's because you have custom recovery
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Firmware = recovery ?

OTA will fail if hp got cwm/twrp or rooted...
[K3 Note General] daniel1112333:
My mistake... I ment if its stable to do that.

Anyway I followed a tutorial about it, and it works great on t5 edition (china)

Lenovo K3 Note K50-T5 : From Vibe (stock china firmware) to ROW (stock worldwide)

https://www.reddit.com/r/lenovok3note/wiki/stockroms

took me 10-15min for that, just follow the "FlashTool" instructions only (if you have stock recovery)

Edit: teana version works good (the ceramic speaker)
[K3 Note General] jerasimo:
Atlast someone is reading my posts!
[K3 Note General] alienzdator:
Thanks a lot for the lenovo snapit and see it apk. Takes a lot of my time to look for this APK but cannot find it. :good::victory:
[K3 Note General] blastoise91:
Can I just flash stock recovery back without affecting rom now? Because i restored all applications and all is set up :)
[K3 Note General] aariss:
I'm also thinking the same...

If u free, can u perform below :-

- ensure hp not rooted, if rooted perform factory reset

- ensure hp aldy flash with cwm/twrp

- run flashtool

- select da dl all checksum

- load india rom scatter file

- untick all

- tick recovery only

- select firmware only

- click download

Once completed, off hp...

Press vol up down power n check...
[K3 Note General] blastoise91:
Yeah, I will try that tonight. I also rooted phone but after failing to install OTA I successfully unroot phone with SuperSU app and option Full Unroot. (If somebody needs to unroot also)
[K3 Note General] aariss:
But I heard still left supersu file in system folder...

U need to remove that files too...

Or u can google on how to unroot...
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
I don't see any captcha there, here you go: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2j7DGLuirqnQkN6V05sLUtMdTg/view?usp=sharing

Also on that forum people say that they DON'T have Chinese when charging so I assume this is coming from previous rom you used.
[K3 Note General] blastoise91:
I will check that. I know that after unroot supersu is deleted and when I try to reboot system from twrp, they ask me to install supersu before reboot if I want.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
When opening that link i always got file deleted or not found, must be because of my location, i tried chrome vpn plugins but they didn't worked.

The captcha appears when you try to register in the forum as a new member.

That's impossible because i wiped and formated everything before flashing the K50A40 ROW rom with SP Flashtools.

The chinese characters are on the button in the offline charging screen bellow the battery and animation.
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
I am at work so there is limited access to file hosting. I can send it via email if you want.

Did you choose "download" mode when you flashed in SP tools or "firmware"? I think you need to take the firmware one.
[K3 Note General] Scorchgid:
Okay so I'm having some major issues.

First I cannot tell if I am now S-Off.

PDA.net is stating

It was suggested that I should install LeTools. When I plug the phone in it says "

(although now after I had installed LeTools it is throwing

Second.

Now on the subject of ADB I am able to send the phone commands.

inimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes sending 'recovery' (9226 KB)... OKAY [ 0.284s] writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: download for partition 'recovery' is not allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.291s

On the phone it says

USB Transmission OK

Third

When trying to use:

fastboot oem unlock

After the volume control conformation it states:

Unlock failed returning to fastboot

I have exhausted a lot of options so any productive suggestion would be much appreciated.

My phone does boot normally but it isn't rooted which is what I am aiming for so I can install Google Services etc.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
I was referring to the russian link i posted first not yours. I've already downloaded it and installed.

Doesn't matter, i'm back on limonchelo, more free ram, all apps are able to write sd card and i can have the live wallpaper on homescreen and lockscreen.

Good luck with that on A40 rom.

Sent from Hacker's K50-t5
[K3 Note General] Rakesh251:
Help Guys 3rd time asking

please guys yaarr, some one tell me to root and recovery for indian k3 note k50a40. :confused: waiting
[K3 Note General] aariss:
To write to sd card just install NextApp SdFix...

I need A40 rom coz it fixed my no with country code...
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
That's one problem down, all the others are still up.

Fixed your number with countrycode? it appeared +351 21334453 instead of the contact name when someone called/messaged? is that it?

If it is you could have fixed it with a simple edit of build.prop...
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Edit aldy but still failed...

language=en

region=US
[K3 Note General] anujyadava:
just check post no 722 on page 73 for rooting indian lenovo k3 note
[K3 Note General] gurdeepsim:
is there any solution to package duplicate permission error??
[K3 Note General] guy0770:
Can't fash the recovery

B"h hello.

I did all the steps, put the device into fastboot mode.

When I write the flash command I get the response "waiting for the device"

And that's that noting happens

Can someone please guide me through
[K3 Note General] blastoise91:
Successfully flashed back stock recovery and installed OTA update. (Y)
[K3 Note General] jerasimo:
Actually i have posted this method many times since post #363. But people are too lazy and need it to be posted every day.
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Good... So can write the proper step ?

Bcoz thread starter "kangel" nvr update 1st pg anymore...

Maybe can ask mod to close this thread n u can open new thread with details info in 1st pg...
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Plz I need the email app on d vibe ui,the one used in the dev version. Thank u
[K3 Note General] FeyoMx:
Here, he waited to be useful.
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Thank you so much
[K3 Note General] mvasim007:
Can any one provide k50a40_s112_150610_ROW stock rom. ???

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any way to get stock rom of k50a40_s112_150610_ROW [k3 note Indian version (k50a40)] ??
[K3 Note General] kanagadeepan:
^^^^

Sorry.. Don't have the link as We are already using Indian K3 Note...
[K3 Note General] FeyoMx:
in my opinion it is better to try the LEMONADE is based on the S114, is more current
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Lemonade is good but it didn't solve my country code no...

What the diff between indian & lemonade rom ?

Why indian rom can recognize country code no while lemonade cannot ?

Build.prop aldy edited but still failed...
[K3 Note General] anujyadava:
I think people are more sceptical rather than lazy as most of them are newbee or rooting for first time

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Hi,can u share the stereo by step method for installing/flashing stock recovery.

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Hello everyone

As most of us are done with rooting out k3, has anyone tried xposed???if yes ,which module is working.

I installed exposed successfully and found that only greenify is working ,for other modules it results in boot loop.
[K3 Note General] blastoise91:
Maybe I can write steps tonight that I use.
[K3 Note General] Scorchgid:
bump

bump
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
http://android.wonderhowto.com/inspiration/complete-list-lollipop-compatible-xposed-modules-0160380/

Right now i have, greenify (after every restart i have to tick every xposed box in experimental features back again), gravitybox, blurred system ui and fix lollipop memory leak.

Have you all the drivers installed? And ADB drivers? Is your phone recognize by your PC when you connect it? Which OS do you have?

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Sorry but i don't understand what is the issue? Can you be more specific? Are you trying to unlock bootloader? Why? Have you tried flashing recovery via SP Flashtools? Almost every K50 comes with bootloader unlocked. Which rom do you have?
[K3 Note General] anujyadava:
Hi gravity box not working for me.after restart screen stuck at boot screen.any way out
[K3 Note General] Cyberdyne:
You don't know if you have a locked Bootloader?

No, you don't!

The K3 Note has no locked bootloader!

There is no need to do a "fastboot oem unlock" because it is not locked!
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Did you install the xposed-v67-sdk21-arm64.zip via recovery?

And then installed the app XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4 ?

If yes you have to use the Gravitybox LP version.

Links in my sig...
[K3 Note General] Cyberdyne:
Thank you very much! This ROM is great! Android 5.1 with german Translation included, no chinese apps and pre-rooted. No bugs fund till now. Perfect!

But no, you don't need the SPF-Tool. It is flashed via custom recovery.
[K3 Note General] Scorchgid:
Cheers! :)

What about the rest of it :(

Would anyone know what steps I could take to investigate the current state of my partition recovery. Perhaps if it's full or some such issue from the previous recovery.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Read my answer above.

Sent from Hacker's K50-t5
[K3 Note General] anujyadava:
Earlier I was using v66 but now I installed v67 with same results. Other modules working fine except gravity box.don't know what's wrong??
[K3 Note General] Scorchgid:
I haven't as I thought that was post installation of recovery (Part Two) which is on the first page of this thread..

My rom is the stock dev rom. : VIBEUI_V2.8_1528_7.103.1_DEV_K50-T5

Running on Android 5.1
[K3 Note General] psolord:
I've lost my root for no reason and cannot seem to be able to get it back.

I reflashed superSU, after removing it completely but it does not help.

Cleaned caches as well.

What I am experiencing, is that I get not SuperSU prompt. For some strange reason only Better Battery Stats seems to work.

Titanium stays at asking for root rights forever. Root checker times out after two tries, total commander cannot get a directory list from the root folder and so on and so forth.

Any ideas?

Rom version 1520.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Oh that's different, not everything in gravitybox works, its just working partially. Right now i have clock centered, direct unlock, double tap statusbar to sleep and a few others.

Sent from Hacker's K50-t5
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Look like ur root uninstall not complete...

Try factory reset...
[K3 Note General] Scorchgid:
Oh and to answer your question, I am trying to flash recovery .img

and superuser
[K3 Note General] VINU1900:
decryption key

hey can you plz share mega decryption key for download the files! pda, adb minimal, cwm all are asking for decryption key
[K3 Note General] gurdeepsim:
hi frnds is there any xposed module to hide wifi range signal pls help
[K3 Note General] Bidyadhar:
Hello guys here are a bunch of themes for lenovo k3 row rom.

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B9nEOPekbIRRaWxHVTdJaTJBdDA&export=download

Extract in sd card and select import in theme centre
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Thanks
[K3 Note General] jvkuijk77:
Hi fellow k3 note owners. Dont know if the following link was allready shared, but it has the latest ROW roms;

http://www.androidiani.com/forum/lenovo-modding/467838-lenovo-k3-note-firmware-cuoco92.html

Have fun!
[K3 Note General] maddnessfox:
thank you for this info. i am so ****ing in love with u

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i can only thank you once. =(

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omg. i format the storage. redo my custom rom. i dont know some how my baseband is gone. imei informatioon gone. baseband version gone. and i use the chamelephon app to try to insert the imei. it didnt work. i dont know what else to do. any body free to help me out
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
wow you re fast. seems net connection is about 50mbps or so. I had to wait an hour to get the rom. anyways, yes it happens. please read two post above of my replies, you will see the workaround.

"I only had to flash the recovery twice. now CWM of mine sticks. does not get replaced by stock recovery. do not reboot after flashing in fastboot. after recovery flashing completed, pull the battery and then boot to recovery with Vol up+Vol Down+Power. that should do it."
[K3 Note General] teo6389:
Password at first post doesn't work, does anyone have a working one?
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
new rom update available on vibeui.com
[K3 Note General] teo6389:
Will I be able to flash this rom with spftool? for some reason I cant open vibeui.com. Can you provide a link? thank you
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
http://www.vibeui.com/vibeui/rom?key=k3 note

flash with CWM or stock recovery. not for flashtool
[K3 Note General] teo6389:
For some reason the download link doesnt work. I reflashed the cwm from the first post, and when I try to flash a rom I found from here https://mega.co.nz/08db5521-1ed0-4333-b788-c105103b6977, I get

I: using /data/media/0 for /sdcard/clockworkmod/.last_install_path

I: /data/media/0 for /sdcard

I: Cannot load volume /misc.

I: cant partition non-vfat: /storage/sdcard1 (vfat)
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
I cant see that mega link you posted. just a blank screen. anyway i have no idea what would that be. try downloading from different browser. or clear browser data. vibeui site works just fine
[K3 Note General] teo6389:
suspect008 thank you so much, the download link finaly worked and flashing was a success!!! now where can I find and how can I flash google play services???

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I tried to follow the first post and I downloaded the pdanet+ from here and everything worked without an error, but when I enter the recovery mode, I enter at the original recovery and not cwm
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Plz what are the improvements on this new ROM? Am more particular about this notification light for 3rd party apps like WhatsApp etc then the backlight too,not just design improvement
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
It looks like changes to notification bar and lock screen rotates images
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Only?