yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[K3 Note General] vonuzu:
There is a index thread for k3 note here on xda, in that thread there are links for sp tool for flashing, twrp recovery and gapps for 64bit 5.1. First install the custom recovery (twrp) via sp flash tools, than flash the slim mini gapps via the recovery and you'll have the playstore and Google services.
[K3 Note General] E.U.A:
I have some notification issues on Chinese roms on some programs. Some apps doesn't send any notification. Any one noticed?
[K3 Note General] vonuzu:
Set everything in security app
[K3 Note General] E.U.A:
I check it also and I find nothing wrong.

I uninstalled and reinstalled the app. That fixed the issue.
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
Time for a rom update.

Looking at the ROM index page, I'm between ROW and maybe AOSP. Its been a while since I started following everybody comments about the roms. To be honest I'm pretty tired with this phone and I would like to park myself into a ROM that works.

I see ROW has stopped at 117 which I remember for some time now. Is it that good or Lenovo simply stopped being interested. Is it Android 5.0?

Looking at the sources, I see a zip file for S112 and then an OTA subfolder. I suppose you flush with SP tools the S112 and then with the OTA files? Do you need to apply all files in sequence or only the last one?

Can someone install the ROW from the TWRP link and then manually install the OTAs? Would this negate the limitation of OTA and root and custom recovery? We just need to wait for the OTA zip?

How do we install the OTAs? From TWRP or SP tools?
[K3 Note General] vonuzu:
The best way to install row is to install 112 via sp tools and than ota update to 121.

And after that install twrp and root.
[K3 Note General] AlexG7:
i just flashed 1535 stable and everything looks ok. Is there any guide or something to see what i can freeze/uninstall without making any problem to the system?
[K3 Note General] soldierson:
now i am using 1538 dev . it seems ok but old gassp not working. i need working gapps
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61890086&postcount=2
[K3 Note General] soldierson:
ty for answer

i have tried some 5.1 gapps but they didnt wok

can you give me download link

[MENTION=5106992]hackerpower[/MENTION]
[K3 Note General] vonuzu:
In the post above your las post is a link for the index thread. In that thread there are links for 5.0 gapps and 5.1 gapps. Vibeui 2.5 is 5.0, and Vibeui 2.8 is 5.1.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
The gapps i have now: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347817907
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
And then? install rom (like overwrite) over sp tools?

Is ROW worth it? I get too much mixed feedback
[K3 Note General] vonuzu:
1. Install row 112 with sp flash tools

2. Update via ota till it say there is no more updates. (it will be version 121)

3. Than if you want install custom recovery and root.

For me the best rom till now is Vibeui 2.8 1535 ST. Row rom is too lagging for me.
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
No I understand the steps. Lets say you are at step 3 and a new update comes.

What then? Can you just install the OTA through SP tools or revovery? As far as I know, the OTAs don't work with root or custom revovery
[K3 Note General] k@iserex:
You can install OTA trough custom recovery but you have to update the updater script prior of flashing.
[K3 Note General] soldierson:
i am using 1538 now. it is quite ok

But low battery reminder always disturb after %15

How can i disable it
[K3 Note General] k@iserex:
I use gravity box module for xposed but I'm not certain if xposed is working whit your ROM. Did you try to disable the warning in settings?
[K3 Note General] Honusnap:
Someone got an idea when they will upgrade the indian rom to 5.1 ?
[K3 Note General] soldierson:
ty

i cant disable it

i will try gravity box

[MENTION=2956675]k@iserex[/MENTION]
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
no warning here with gravity box...

Sent from Hacker's K50-T5
[K3 Note General] soldierson:
can you please give me link for gravity and framework that you use

i have installed gravity [lp] and need framework now i think
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Just check post #2 of my Index Thread, everything you need is there.
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
[MENTION=2257431]kangel[/MENTION]

Link not working for ADB minimal+k3 cwm. Plz any 1 reupload. Ok got it via [MENTION=5106992]hackerpower[/MENTION] thread. But now confused between both process.

Kangel says to install pdanet+ but hackerpower doesnt mention it. What to do? Dont want to brick my new device.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
What do you want to do?
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
[MENTION=5106992]hackerpower[/MENTION]

Thanks buddy you replied. Want to root and get cwm. My mobile is new with already lollipop.

Plz guide.

Thanks again.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Flash recovery, then flash SU in recovery.

Sent from Hacker's K50-T5
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
Hmm, you didnt get my confusion. So what I need to do is :

1. Install ADB and Lenovo's usb driver

2. Click install.bat

3. Then flash SU from cwm.

Thats all? Where does the pdanet+ come?

Thank you
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
PDAnet+ comes in if your PC doesn't recognize your phone under fastboot mode with the normal USB drivers.

Don't forget if you are on Windows 8 or higher you need to restart and boot without verifying driver signatures in order to install all the drivers properly.

See here: http://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how...8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/
[K3 Note General] GrimEire:
hey guys just got this phone but was unable to collect it from the post depot today but i will be collecting it tomorrow.

i wanna root it when i get it and i just wanna know should i put a custom rom on to it and if so which one.

when choosing a custom Rom i just want speed and no bloatware any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks
[K3 Note General] GrimEire:
guys im having a problem its says my device is unauthorized but i have debugging on??

any ideas?
[K3 Note General] ran011:
You must confirm key (something like MAC address) on your phone when you first time connect phone with computer.
[K3 Note General] GrimEire:
thanks man.

i got it working but now my phone is stuck on a black screen with fastboot mode in small writing down the bottom left corner.

here is what it says in cmd line
[K3 Note General] GrimEire:
sorry i thought i was after bricking my phone but it worked again after i pulled out battery.

i managed to get to finish installing the custom recovery but when i go to install the supersu.zip it boots into lenovo recovery i guess that means i didn't install the custom recovery so???

everything seemed ok when running the commands but i still dont have the custom recovery??

id be greatful for any help.

thanks
[K3 Note General] SagiGo:
Hey everybody,

so far my K3 note does the job but:

Recently I've noticed while running that my GPS simply doesn't function properly, it is not presenting my route as accurate as it should also

that sometimes it marks my route completely wrong.

(A picture is added to represent the problem)

1. The phone is a new condition, didn't feel even once, being kept very good.

2. I've already ran all of the routes with my old I 9300 galaxy s3 and didn't have any problem- the reception is good and enough satellites are being recognized to get an accurate lock.

***By zooming in you will be able to see the route and the problem of course***

I've tried many things such as unglonass and installing some apps to update the epo, none helped.

It is important to point that my GPS lock very fast, it is the accuracy during movement(running) that simply isn't accurate at all ,

looking at the picture showing how the GPS "cuts corners".

Is there anything to do ?

Thanks.
[K3 Note General] psarogen:
Same issue here man. I really don't know what it's causing it. Last time I remember my GPS working well was with my second rom (Indian)
[K3 Note General] SagiGo:
I'm running the indian version of the rom....

I'm pretty exhausted because I cant seem to find any solution also i'm sure that this problem is related to all of k3 note but they owners

didn't notice it yet I believe.
[K3 Note General] SagiGo:
Please,any help XDA professionals ?

Thanks.
[K3 Note General] pratikmore:
Sorry for wrong post.
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
This thread is not for such type of queries, dont hi-jack the thread. But you can ask your doubts at android kitchen and so threads. Not booting ROM may have various issues, you need the adb-log to see at which line it is stuck. I am not an android developer but my IT knowledge suggests it.
[K3 Note General] crashmekiran:
Flash custom recovery

Remove battery

Put battery back on

Reboot into recovery by pressing the volume and power buttons
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
[MENTION=5106992]hackerpower[/MENTION]

Everything goes smooth but as some one said above..it yet has Lenovo recovery. Below I am giving the screenshot of my CMD and ADB execution.

[IMG="cdm screenshot"]http://i61.tinypic.com/2rmnme0.png[/IMG]

It boots back in lenovo recovery, there is no cwm :(

---------- Post added at 02:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:39 PM ----------

@GrimEire

Did you managed to flash cwm?

I am stuck too :(

---------- Post added at 02:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:41 PM ----------

Nop, its not working, its indeed Lenovo's recovery :(
[K3 Note General] k@iserex:
If you have successfully flashed custom recovery through adb then it has to work right after you reboot if you press the right button combo. Flash superSU and you are ready to rumble. Its no rocket science.
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
And that's why I m asking here. Seems the recovery given by hackerpower is Stock one, if you have cwm flashable via adb plz upload here. The one is working has this Stock recovery.

Thank you
[K3 Note General] k@iserex:
First of all I do not recommend cwm, but more stable and modern TWRP. Flash that using adb commands. You can find TWRP flashable img in index thread.
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
You mean just any recovery.img extracted from flash able zip would work?
[K3 Note General] GrimEire:
Hey yeah I managed to get the cwm on it. When restarting after entering the last command in the command line then u have to press the button. Someone mentions it in a previous post that's how I figured it out.

So while its rebooting from fastboot then u press the buttons to enter cwn recovery.

Sorry I should of updated ye all that I got it sorted but I have been pulling out my hair with trying to restore my Viber msgs. Still haven't managed to do it.
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
Plz elaborate i m not getting wot button to press? plz tell in steps
[K3 Note General] GrimEire:
Volume up, volume down and power button all together.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
I have no CWM recovery, only TWRP. You have to enter recovery right after flashing it.
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
Finally done. A big relief :)

Thank you guys!
[K3 Note General] yash8796:
Hey your mega links are not working... Please help...
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
[MENTION=6010657]yash8796[/MENTION]

Download from the thread of [MENTION=5106992]hackerpower[/MENTION] (index thread).
[K3 Note General] wasim7956:
guy, i installed twrp & also rooted the device. k50a40_S121_150813_ROW.
[K3 Note General] real_sam:
[MENTION=5520188]wasim7956[/MENTION] how ??? Can u tell the procedure ??? Is the procedure same as mentioned in this thread ?? I aslo wanna root my k50a40 ...

Thnx
[K3 Note General] panchalgl:
Even after following the procedure, I am unable to flash Recovery.

Please help.
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
I m sure you are booting back to Lenovo recovery, correct? Just dont click the install batch file but give one command at a time n just after you use last command hold the both volume '-' and '+' buttons on mobile till it doesnt boot into twrp or cwm.
[K3 Note General] panchalgl:
Can you guide me to root my Indian version with Android 5.0, I am unable to install TWRP recovery & root my phone.

I have tried all methods.

---------- Post added at 02:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:48 PM ----------

Thanks,

It worked

Can you update the procedure? so that others like me will not struggle for it.

Thanks again
[K3 Note General] pkb_always4u:
Nop, not my thread that I can update. I req same to OP to update the thread. Anyway community is friendly so just chill.
[K3 Note General] Sukarn:
Guys, I'm considering buying this phone but videos on youtube show that gaming performance suffers on this phone, that games start lagging after a few minutes when the device heats up, and that the ear-piece heats up so much during phone calls that talking becomes painful after a few minutes. I've seen people recommending A7000 over K3 Note because of the graphics performance issues.

So, my question is: Is there any custom-ROM (or have there been official updates) that properly deals with both of these issues and also supports XPosed?

I would preferably like to run a ROM like Resurrection Remix or something else that has support for Cyanogen Theme Engine.
[K3 Note General] k@iserex:
Go to index thread and see for yourself whats cooking there, I think youll be surprised :) ? And yeahh buy this phone, I do recommend it coming from lg g3 and resurection remix ROM there, so Ill even go as far and say its on par whit g3 on the matter of performance, gaming is very good and battery life is better on k3 for me, ofcourse camera is nowhere near g3 apparatus, so go click on order button ?
[K3 Note General] Saurabh Shah:
I am not able to get into CWM,

Whenever I press volUp+volDown+Power the default Lenovo Recovery shows up every time.

Update:

Nevermind, fixed it :) Thanks OP
[K3 Note General] ashwinaugustine540:
Hey mine is Indian version and rooted using your procedure. Titanium backup can't uninstall or back up any apps. Is this because i put my default memory to sdcard?
[K3 Note General] vleutmans:
How stagefright proof is this phone's ROM? What does stagefright detector say?
[K3 Note General] ftechno:
all Roms are vulnerable to stagefright 2.0. except jiayu s3 ported ROM (AOSP 5.1.1) is safe.

update: 1542 Dev rom not vulnerable to stagefright 2.0
[K3 Note General] SVR:
[MENTION=2956675]k@iserex[/MENTION] Does rooting K3 Note voids warranty?? I ask this question because Xiaomi Phones can be rooted without voiding warranty.. Please clarify..
[K3 Note General] k@iserex:
I think every tinkering, changing stock software as it arrived from shop, factory will be seen as violation of warranty terms, cos if something goes south and you have changed stuff even with rooting it will be a valid point for reseller, manufacturer to void you from warranty. Then again if you inspect shop ROMs which are full of crap and have sometimes little to do with stock lenovo ROM it could also, by meare logic be seen as violation of warranty terms, but guess that is how they set up things in conjuction with Lenovo to be able to ship phones with malware. On the other hand, how I see it, if you buy the phone you essentially buy the software so it is up to you to mess around with it as you see fit. So to recap, rooting will probably void your warranty BUT you can always go back to stock ROM, unroot and go back to factory settings. Only in the case that you have faulty MBO, hardware failure with already installed custom or rooted ROM that could potentially be a problem for you. There are methods from a service group to check if you have rooted or installed custom ROM and even if your hardware failure has nothing to do with custom software or rooted one. In that case they could reject your right on warranty. Any software bricking can be recovered trough software so you are good to go. Hope I have helped a bit :) ?
[K3 Note General] SVR:
Thank you. I understand all that but Xiaomi in India provides warranty even after rooting the phone and they have a built in root toggle in their ROM, hence I asked is this the same with Lenovo.
[K3 Note General] k@iserex:
Well Im not from India so I cant comment about that. You could check with your Indian Lenovo partner/reseller I think flipkart would be a good start point, if you bought the phone from India,ask them or the reseller that sold you the phone, if you bought it in thw first place. But my guess would be its a violation of warranty terms. But as I have already stated its not a big deal, it wouldn't be a big deal to me :)
[K3 Note General] SVR:
Yeah! from Flipkart. I'm trying to find the answer in Lenovo Forums.
[K3 Note General] kyda75:
I already installed CWM, can I install TWRP on top of it without issues?

If so, I appreciate any links on the procedure, I did a search but there was too many hits and it was hard to find the answers I need.

Thanks heaps.
[K3 Note General] k@iserex:
Yes you can. Go to index thread there you will find links for twrp.
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
Is there someway to change the assignement of 4g from one sim port to another without physical manipulation?

For example, currently if the 4g is assigned to sim1, then sim2 is only capable of 2g. To switch it you need to do

Switch the device off

Remove sim1

Boot. OS assigns 4G to sim2

Switch the device off

Re-insert sim1

Boot. OS maintains the assignment 4g/sim2

Obviously to switch back you need to the same by removing sim2.

I use the dual sim with providers from different countries. This process is not the best while driving around.
[K3 Note General] raghuM:
Are there any roms supported by k50a40 version of k3 note?

If there is then plz tell me where i could get them because i really want to install a rom since i have rooted my device with cwm installed.
[K3 Note General] psarogen:
The Indian and Chinese version is the same hardware wise. Flash freely.
[K3 Note General] shoelace1999:
bricked i need help i flashed the VIBEUI_V2.8_1542_7.282.1_DEV_K50-T5_WC2A rom from needrom and i get TOOL DL IMAGE FAIL

i need help my phone keeps vibrating but doesnt turn on i flashed and older rom with sp flashtool but it still does this
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
Scratch that. Apparently I was always going after this from another configuration path.

I went through the default calls, messages and data dialog.

But if you go through data usage card and switch the mobile data on from sim 2 while sim 1 is on then the 4g assignment gets changed
[K3 Note General] BILLieve-I-DO:
Try the SP flashtool, and stock rom, from rootjunky.com
[K3 Note General] Mr.trololol:
mediatek cant improve drivers cause mali blobs are closed sources only kernel portion is open which can't do much , even mediatek does not release kernel sources for their soc's , anyways mali t760 mp2 has enough capability to handle 1080p , maybe your cpu is not processing enough frames to it .
[K3 Note General] WalterWh1te:
I dealt with that too. Did you try to flash it with SPFT? With Format All + Download option?

If you did that, you may have a chance to get your device back. Try flashing the Stock ROM with SPFT on Download Only or Firmware Upgrade mode. Try doing it a couple of times each at least.

If that too doesn't work, here is what worked for me. I flashed the Stock ROM about 7-8 times and it didn't work. Then I downloaded the VibeUI_Xancin version from the Index thread and flashed it through SPFT and voila! It started working again. Hope this helps you! :)

Cheers!
[K3 Note General] hotphil:
So I got a SMS today on my SIM2 advising that the network provider is turning 2G off in a few weeks. Am I right in thinking it's a hardware limitation that I can't have 3G (voice, don't care about data) on SIM2?
[K3 Note General] 911-Future_Maker:
Triple booting on K3 Note YAY :D The Rom in the screenshots is MIUI 7 Stable Port 7.0.6.0
[K3 Note General] WalterWh1te:
If I'm not wrong, you can have upto 4G in both the SIM slots. Including 2G.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Never understood the need for having dual roms.
[K3 Note General] 911-Future_Maker:
You can try a new ROM without the need to completely overwrite your current setup. Yes Titanium Backup is always handy in such situations, but it's just simply better to me to install the new rom in it's own separate location and delete it if you don't like it without any affect to the primary rom rather than wiping and restoring apps. A huge advantage for me. Especially for phones with many roms available like K3 Note, current flagships and others with wide community behind them developing great stuff . BTW I'm surprised how well various of Lollipop roms are running installed on my Evo 64GB sd card! No lag whatsoever.:laugh:
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Yes, but it's for testing purposes only, eventually you will choose only one.

I'm talking about users that always have dual boot.

I have a Kingston SD and performance is almost as good as the stock nand.
[K3 Note General] 911-Future_Maker:
Yes, the DualBoot app itself is not free of bugs or incompatibility issues. For example we need to edit the updater-script of the roms we're installing as secondary otherwise they always fail the flashing process. Also when you're going to wipe the secondary rom within the app it clearly says this is an experimental feature and eventually can wipe not only the rom, but the entire sd card lol! :D
[K3 Note General] hotphil:
i worded my question very badly... should have asked if both slots can be 3g simultaneously? i know both can be 3g-capable.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
No, only one at a time. If you have 3/4G in sim1 , sim2 will only work in GSM and vice versa.

Sent from Hacker's K50-T5
[K3 Note General] hotphil:
Thank you for the clarification. Looks like I'm on the hunt for a new device.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
There are very few devices with dual 4G at the same time.
[K3 Note General] SteveCoops:
I've been on the Nexus v2 ROM for nearly a month and it's by far the best ROM in my opinion. Apart from the common LED/double tap to wake not working I've only had one issue where my voice quality is sometimes very poor after it's been on for a few days but a reboot clears it.

I tried the latest official and the customised CUOCO92 one and I still don't like it. Random Chinese text, can't get notifications on the lock screen, odd crashes at least once a day (mainly Google Play Services), fails to match a phone book entry with incoming call unless it's dead right (e.g. +country code at the front messes it up) and battery life nowhere as good as the Nexus ROM.
[K3 Note General] k@iserex:
In my opinion androium is even better...
[K3 Note General] BILLieve-I-DO:
I agree, didn't try version 2 but with version 1 nexus rom i was always getting real bad data reception.
[K3 Note General] SteveCoops:
I didn't get on with that at all - really unstable.
[K3 Note General] preditcon:
I had the same issue with connection breaking up on my side on Nexus v1. Switched to Phoenix v1 because of it. Much better though not without problems.
[K3 Note General] k@iserex:
Weird, cause for me it works 100% stable for now and believe me I do stress my phone a lot trough the day, every day, its not just sitting in the pocket or on the table, but I guess your phone, your preference :) ?
[K3 Note General] pipi upsang:
some of the links are not working i mean no file on the link. Can any one guide me to Supersu.zip link. and i have other which was for previous phone will it work. any way really very thanks for the guide
[K3 Note General] killswitx:
can somebody help i have rooted the phone and has cwm tried different roms like aosp lemonade, limocello or aosp ck also cm12.1 non of the when i insert the sim card detect it or it shows no sim card ... anyone knows how can i fix this ?
[K3 Note General] Lord AJ:
The download links aren't working. It shows name not resolved error. Please fix them. Thanks.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Check my Index Thread...
[K3 Note General] surcha:
I've flashed VibeUI 2.8 ROM and saw quite a lot of chinese apps, so used root access to uninstall some. Now I am getting errors sometimes, line when I change notification tones for whatsapp or alarm etc. Is there an easy to fix this apart from reflashing and rooting again?

Also, is there any other recommendation for a stable ROM to try?