yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
Didn't you report issues with the AOSPv4?

What is it better from Limonchello? On other words why did you stay with AOSPv4?

After digging a bit around, I found that I didn't have an email app. Strange I would say but I restored one from the titanium backup from the italian rom.

I don't if I did good but the corporate account options appeared.

Is there something else that provides the options for this kind of accounts? I wouldn't like to depend on the apps from a custom rom.

I still can't find where my corporate settings were backed up with titanium. Any ideas on how to restore the two accounts I had?
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
1527 available - understand this is 5.1 and breaks root.
[K3 Note General] aariss:
I'm using MailWise...
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
Looks like a nice mail client but I'm not looking for one.

Besides, will add the corporate account support?

Here is my standpoint. Assuming I don't want to use email/synch, why do I need an email client for the corporate accounts?
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=77645
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
I have followed Jins video, but neither of the files downloaded from the wiki page, iroot or king root have rooted my phone, will I be wasting my time trying to root the phone using root junkys method?

Any other apk options to root the phone? Jins video makes it look a breeze real easy :(
[K3 Note General] 00sand00:
Type mail (before called blue mail).

Has exchange and other good features
[K3 Note General] jerasimo:
Auto brightness issue

Hi anyone having problems with auto brightness? At certain light conditions my display turns off automatically . And it refuses to turn on no mater how many timed you pres the power or DT the display. Until you change position and is OK again. Its 100 % auto brightness problem because it never happens with manual light. Any idea? The
[K3 Note General] Aung Ye Kyaw:
Guys? Which recovery do you use? I'm on CWM now and it is having restoring issues. BTW I'm an English language user.
[K3 Note General] stephendt0:
See here:

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

What ROM are you using? No problems here with Limonchello - check out the link I posted above for more info.
[K3 Note General] jimmyln:
Hi, this is Jin from that rooting video!

I understand that you have not been able to root the phone. It seems like you are not alone in this: in both this thread and K3 Note subreddit, I've seen users having difficulties rooting with both my method and RootJunky's method. (I would think that Rootjunky's method should work without an issue, but I do not have the time to test it myself). Nevertheless, it seems like the newer Lenovo stock ROMs are somehow blocking root access.

If you still want to have root and don't mind using Limonchelo, then do this:

1) Flash your device to an older stock ROM. This link should provide you with all the tools you need. This was the ROM I was using in the rooting tutorial.

2) Proceed with all the steps I outlined in my video.

Good luck! :good:
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
Hi Jin, Thank you for your reply, brilliant YouTube, thank you for your advice, I shall have a free day this coming Tuesday, I shall try Rootjunkys video and hope for success, then use the old rom as my backup plan.

Thank you once again for making such a easy to follow and informative video, I am sure it has been extremely helpful for lots of other k3 note owners :)
[K3 Note General] jimmyln:
Here are my reasons:

1) AOSPv4 is smoother than Limonchelo. That is not to say Limonchelo is not smooth, but AOSPv4 is even smoother and makes the device feels like a Nexus 4/5.

2) I always use Xposed with my ROMs. When I was using Limonchelo (with Xposed installed), I found the phone to have random lags from time to time. This is not common, because most users here report Limonchelo being very fast and smooth. I believe one of my Xposed modules was causing the lag, but I'm not sure.

3) While I'm also facing issues on AOSPv4 with Xposed, these issues are purely cosmetic with zero performance impact.

4) While AOSPv4 also lacks features such as Double Tap To Wake and LED notifications, I personally don't use those features anyway.
[K3 Note General] stephendt0:
I think once the AOSP ROM works out the DTTW and LED notification issues, that would be the easy go-to winner ROM for this device. I personally find those features useful but I wish it was a little closer to stock Android.
[K3 Note General] rob4x4:
I'm on AOSPv3 and get basic led notification using light flow lite. Set it as direct mode on, root mode on, run every command as root, in the app root settings. Just a solid green light for emails /missed calls etc. I think you need to purchase the full version for WhatsApp notification to work. Not tried it though. I also read someone suggesting that if you convert WhatsApp to a system app then notifications work then as well,although I've no idea if that causes other issues as again I've not tried it.

I'll upgrade to AOSPv4 when I have time later.

Also, I know it's not the same as double tap to wake, but volume rocker wake in xposed framework gravity box works.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
No problems here on Limonchelo, auto brightness works perfectly.

Sent from Hacker's K50-t5
[K3 Note General] Cutry:
Great! :good:

Removed from my Limonchelo with ES File Explorer.
[K3 Note General] jimmyln:
Great, a fellow Xposed user! Do you experience issues like this one (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61584011&postcount=395)? I'm not sure if Xposed is causing it, or its because I've set DPI to 400.

Also, have you tried using GravityBox for LED light control?
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
On the subject of exchange active synch or corporate accounts.

To clear something first. I don't want to actually use a mail client. Type mail for example consumes outlook.com through its own.

I want synch for my calendar and contact. This is something that microsoft's app don't do well, and the only way that has ever worked for me was corporate account as they were known with Android 4.2

The italian rom had this support through the com.lenovo.email application. This is an app that I took a backup with titanium, so if I restore it I get the options.

If I install gmail, then I get probably the same functionality. Three new "exchange" accounts appear that don't seem to have differences.

If I install Email 6.3-1218562 then I get again three options that don't appear to have any differences.

I tried following instructions from referenced links and google, but none seems to be working.

I installed for example com.google.android.email-7.0-1669963-7008110-minAPI14.apk but nothing. I installed com.google.android.email-7.0-1669963-7008110-minAPI14.apk but it just redirected me to gmail.

But no matter I got to setup an corporate or exchange account, it won't connect to the target url. It's like the url doesn't resolve. Of-coarse I have setup wifi and everything should be working.

I have been going on this the entire day. It is simply impossible to use them

Does anybody have any ideas?

Consuming microsoft services from android has always been idiotic but this is setting a new record.
[K3 Note General] rob4x4:
I tried gravity box LED control but I couldn't get it to work.

Not had any issues in that post that you linked to but I haven't changed my dpi either.
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
After an day almost lost, I fixed my issue by using Nine- Exchange Outlook Mail

It turns out that this is even better than before because it provides more rich options about what to synch. e.g. Task and notes are also synched by Microsoft Exchange Server.

Overall, I want to give a summary about limonchello.

First thanks to any help you provided. I appreciate it.

Limonchello for me is far superior to cuoco92. The reasons are what I perceive as things to be where you expect them.

Lock screen work better. I can control my notifications.

Right drop down works better.

It also feels more lightweight.

When the battery level drops under 50%, it doesn't go grazy as with cuoco092. To a point that made the phone unusable.

Smart launcher works and I think Launcher 8 Pro will also work. With cuoco092 they were crashing

I still can't install ING bank for Belgium. I think this might be related to the app searching for safety. I suppose there are still items in the OS which break some privacy concerts.

For those who are interested, watch out if you are using outlook.com services or an exchange server. Nothing fill fix it except installing either the Nine app mentioned above or a couple of other ones.

My next modding appointment is AOSP v4 if and when some issues are solved or when the Indian Rom is released.

I still believe that this phone is awesome from the hardware perspective but from the software it sucks.

One of the reasons I wasted an entire day is because while I was restoring from Titanium I broke, or at least I though I did, the rom.

I still can't figure how to backup all the phone with titanium.

Many apps don't maintain their credentials. E.g. outlook.com, OneNote, OneDrive. Some do but on the second round of restore, they might lost their authentication token.

Especially for system settings, I don't really get its usefulness. Once I tried to restore all system data and immediately gapps where crashing all over the place.

Also, it didn't matter what I did all accounts would also disappear.

I would like to have something that really accelerates the restore process. Currently I only get the user apps installed massively and for a lot their data maintained.

Also, best to change titanium process model to indirect. Often with the default, titanium restore action would hang for ever.

If I use TWRP to take a backup, which partitions do I need to select? Boot, System and data are enough? Once I tried all and the protect_s was left hanging.
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Plz am asking, how do u get led light to work on WhatsApp for those using limonchelo ROM? Thanks
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
It should work like any other app.

Display->Led Notification -> Check also Other.
[K3 Note General] blastoise91:
Check Settings->Display->LED notifications.
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Checked already but still not working, change my led colour to green in WhatsApp settings but not working

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Not working plz
[K3 Note General] jimmyln:
Great to hear that you solved your Outlook issues! I'm not a user of them so I wasn't able to provide much help.

As for restoring process, I've never been able to get many apps to maintain their credentials. I've tried both Titanium Backup and oandbackup. At this point, I have learnt to live with it and reauthenticate after flashing. Also, to anyone using these backup softwares, don't backup data for system apps, because it will just cause problems when you restore them later.

Anyway, if you want to do a backup, boot, system and data will be sufficient. However, you should also add logo and nvram. I believe nvram holds your IMEI information.
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
We also need a patch to flash so as to solve the problem of showing battery percentage when charging the phone once it's off because if u charge the phone when its off,u see no percentage of your battery
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
http://www.movilesdualsim.com/tema/solucion-problemas-varios-modificando-build-prop.104665/
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Weird coz mine is working with green LED notif...
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
Hi , Anyone using Sensation rom ? I am finding Gmail and other email apps will not Push emails , Fetch works fine , I have checked all the account and general settings for email sync......

Anyone help ?

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Is it possible to update CWM to Twrp without causing any issues ? , I have CWM currently installed and working , with Sensation rom , But i do not really want to upset things if it will cause a issue....

Anyone done updated CWM to Twrp before ?
[K3 Note General] jimmyln:
It's possible update from CWM to TWRP. Or from any recovery to any recovery!
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
You can change recoveries whenever you want whithout afecting the rom/system. But the backups made with CWM won't work with TWRP, and vice versa.
[K3 Note General] dvl2dhaval:
Will this device get android M update?
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
PlZ does anyone have d stock rom email app so that I can download? Thanks
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
Does anyone know if the k3 will accept a 128gb sdcard?
[K3 Note General] Fadox:
Guys, do we need to wipe any malware in limoncello rom?
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
root/system/app/lenovoserver/ delete apk

Sent from Hacker's K50-t5
[K3 Note General] stephendt0:
Yep, I tried one and it works great.

Has anyone on the Limonchello ROM (or any ROM for that matter) found that sound output via the headphone jack is comparatively low? I have to have my device turned up around 20-30% more compared to other phones.

Lastly, has anyone got Viper4Android to work on this ROM?
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
I think is time for limonchelo to create a ROM based on 5.1 because we now have stock vibe on 5.1
[K3 Note General] rockuman_ex:
I currently (been using it for the last week) this rom:http://www.movilesdualsim.com/tema/vibeui-2-8-5-1-ltt-mdsteam.105668/

Everything works, no Chinese malware found to my knowledge.

Fast and snappy, never experience any lagging, much faster than sensation rom
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Did you ever tried Limonchelo?

There are lots of users reporting bugs and malfunctioning apps in that rom.

Does the phone heat up a lot when performing demanding tasks like playing hd games, like it does in all the other roms?

Were you able to install Xposed on this rom? Does it work without problems?

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You have to have the Dolby turned on.

Yes, look for it on movilesdualsim forum.
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
Do the notifications lights work with that rom
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Plz is anyone currently using xposed installer on limonchelo ROM?

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I won't use vibe ui for now

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I wish I can get a push email client,anyone who can help me? This gmail app is not helpful
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
I've been using "type mail" app although push not working, the fetch options are really good.

Why is it push is not working for email apps on the K3?
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Look at my sig...:eek:
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
Based on what i have been reading about GMAIL sync issues , I have found a link that explains how to fix it , BUT it is not possible on the Sensations rom as you cannot disable google services , basically uninstalling the last update then re-enabling , therefore re-installing the lastest update......that is ment to fix it for lots of people.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/nexus/YxQt3tg_HLQ/XwvnPoV3V1QJ

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/pRiCxXZUiyI
[K3 Note General] rockuman_ex:
No, haven't tried Limonchelo.

No, the phone doesn't heat up with VibeUI 2.8 5.1 LTT MDSTEAM, but then again, I don't game much, so can't really tell. But from normal use, eg, browsing youtube, etc, the phone never heats up.

No, I didn't install Xposed, as I found the rom is very stable already and have everything I need.

The only problem I had with this rom is that I wasn't able to add a second Gmail account to the phone. It just FC every time I tried to add a second Gmail account (in GMAIL)

Yes, even works with WhatsApp

Any reason why? I found it stable, fast and everything works (eg. double tap to wake, led notification etc).

Other rom might not have them enabled...
[K3 Note General] alienzdator:
which version of xposed are u using right now? is it 2.6.1 or 2.7 experimental?

do u know why i get this error in xposed?

I'm using Limonchelo ROM and installed xposed-sdk21-arm64-20150430 file
[K3 Note General] gooru2:
Can anyone tell me which dac is used in this phone?
[K3 Note General] zeeshanonlyme:
Change recovery.
[K3 Note General] alienzdator:
What is the compatible recovery are u suggesting? Right now i'm using TWRP 2.8.7.0 by cheshkin & SevenMaxs. When i flashed xposed before this, it wasn't give me any error.

Below is the error that i got
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Once again have you clicked the Xposed link in my sig? It takes you directly to the post that has the Xposed framework i use.

Download sdk21 arm64 for android 5.0 and sdk 22 for 5.1

Then you have to flash it in recovery, you can't install the framework normally.

After that the reboot will take a long time, once it has booted install the xposed installer 3.0 alpha:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811

That's it!

Right now i have framework 66 with installer 3 alpha 4.
[K3 Note General] neverhood11:
Hey guys, I'm new to this phone. Where can I download the newest vibeui rom? Thank you.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Don't know which DAC chipset is used in this phone, just know its supported.
[K3 Note General] gooru2:
Thanks - I need cheap phone with good sound quality. And I found Lenovo k3 note and vibe x2. Note have 2 advantages: sdcard slot and better battery, But I'm not sure the sound qualitty.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
http://bbs.lenovo.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&fid=921&tid=557109 (in chrome, right click, translate to english)

http://www.movilesdualsim.com/foros/roms-lenovo-k3.739/

http://www.needrom.com/category/lenovo/serial-k/k-50/
[K3 Note General] xsirxx:
Sound quality in terms of the speaker? I love it. By far the best of any phone I had but thats not saying much considering I am just now coming from the LG G2 which has prolly the worst speaker of all phones released ever hah.
[K3 Note General] gooru2:
No in terms of earphones/headphones? Any readed or watched review don't tell about audio
[K3 Note General] xsirxx:
I am not sure, headphones are generally whatever you make of it in my experience. On my calls I listen to about half volume but I still have good hearing. My parents I believe also turn it down a tad. As far as call quality, I have never really heard a difference in any phone to tell you the truth. I use the LimonCelo which has the dolby atmos stuff added in. Unless you are looking for some sort of audiophile sound, I dont think you will be disappointed.
[K3 Note General] TheJakeG92:
Is there a way to flash a rooted 5.1 (or 5.0) stock android rom onto this phone?

I'm thinking about buying it but seriously would prefer simple stock android! :D
[K3 Note General] xsirxx:
There are lots of AOSPs out now yes. I havent had the best luck with them and using google play but some people have. I still would like a link to an AOSP that has WORKING google play.
[K3 Note General] alienzdator:
Yes. I got those xposed files from your signature's link. But i just flashed sdk21 file only. Do i need to flash both files, sdk21 n sdk22 in order for xposed to works?
[K3 Note General] moonk:
Guys, today this phone was released in India, do you have any idea what official ROM it has? I hope it does have a ROW ROM :D
[K3 Note General] xsirxx:
I have no clue, I ordered 4 of them and 3 of them had different roms.
[K3 Note General] jerasimo:
India

Are they the indian version? k50a40 from flipkart?
[K3 Note General] xsirxx:
I got them off amazon from china sellers...
[K3 Note General] xdarksun:
1. Install the XposedInstaller_3.0-alpha4.apk

2. Flash from Recovery xposed-v66-sdk21-arm64.zip for 5.0

OR

xposed-v65-sdk22-arm64-by-romracer-20150702.zip for 5.1

3.Reboot and wait for 5-10min
[K3 Note General] alienzdator:
thanks for the instrunctions :)

I manage to make the Xposed works. My mistake was, after i installed the Xposed apk, i update the Xposed installer in Download section to version 2.6.1 :p
[K3 Note General] Shrihari007:
For custom ROms:

http://xdaforums.com/android/develo...ustom-roms-t3153387/post61772211#post61772211
[K3 Note General] rob4x4:
New Review of Phone

There is a new review of the Lemon K3 Note posted on Gizchina.com

http://www.gizchina.com/2015/07/08/lenovo-k3-note-review-best-mt6752-device-date/

Sounds like we got a good one! :D
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
The headphone audio quality without any mods (Dolby, Maxaudio, etc) is a bit low volume.

But it has good definition and distinction between the bass, treble and it has awesome mids.

Of course you need a pair of decent in ear headphones to experience it.

I have the a-jays one+ and dolby atmos on with the music option and intelligent equalizer in open, nothing else turned on.

Also check the Audio part of this review:

http://www.gizchina.com/2015/07/08/lenovo-k3-note-review-best-mt6752-device-date/

I leave here SS of both Antutu and Antutu X benchmarks of my K50-t5 on Limonchelo rom :victory:
[K3 Note General] arefin_sajib:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=475868215910084&set=o.426227004203364&type=1&comment_id=475938782569694&ref=notif&notif_t=photo_comment[IMG="Battery usage stats"]https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=475868215910084&set=o.426227004203364&type=1&comment_id=475938782569694&ref=notif&notif_t=photo_comment[/IMG]

Why i am getting so poor battery life

i didnt play any HD games

i played talking tom and such time small games for a little time and some browsing internet

is it a REAL 3000MAH battery ??
[K3 Note General] moonk:
I need the ROM of the K3 Note which was sold on filpkart in india. Anybody can help please? The ROM name was k50a40_s112_150610_ROW. Thanks in advance!!
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
Guys I'm sorry but I can't find the post.

It has been mentioned how to delete a malware found on the limonchello.

I know we can do it from EZ File Explorer, but I can't find the path of the malware app.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
AOSP: /system/app/SystemServer/SystemServer.apk

Limonchelo: /system/app/LenovoServer/LenovoServer.apk

I would like to try Maxaudio by flashing the latest stock stable rom (VIBEUI_V2.5_1524_5.955.1_ST_K50-T5_WCA8), but i always get scatter file invalid on SP Flastools.

Have tried all the SP Flastools versions and always get error on scatter file. Are these zip files recovery flashable? How to flash the stock rom?
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
ΟΚ. THanks. I removed the LenovoServer folder and did a restart
[K3 Note General] ikduncan:
official 1528 DEV just out installing now
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Xancin is angry someone posted his rom on needrom without his approval. Anyways I believe this limonchelo rom is based on st 1524 or better still a modded version of 1524
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
How do you install it?

Sent from Hacker's K50-t5
[K3 Note General] ikduncan:
1528 is an OTA from 1527 DEV
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
And how did you install 1527 Dev?

BTW if you root your phone you are no longer able to update via ota right?
[K3 Note General] ikduncan:
phone will update if rooted wont update if you have custom recovery

phone flashed originally with factory 1516 from sp flash / needrom

flashed custom recovery

flash gapps

flash su

flash stock recovery back on

then ota with the system update tool from Lenovo.

choose developer version inside tool rather than stable...

after ota you lose root and gapps so need to flash custom again reflash gapps,su and reflash stock recovery
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
You don't need all that, just flash the stock recovery and flash via stock recovery the st/dev rom you want.

Much easier than doing all that just to use the lenovo ota apk.

Where can i get the stock recovery?
[K3 Note General] ikduncan:
obviosly you think you know better than i..:)

although not sure how you are getting google services, or indeed root back on the phone from that position...

also you are having to backup restore each time if you update.. ota keeps your data..

the stock recovery image can be found inside an sp flash restorable copy of a lenovo stock rom.....