yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
No, i think you have 7 posts and 0 thanks ;)

I'm going to try/test the rom not use it as a daily driver (it will take a hell of a rom for me to quit limonchelo which is based on 1524 ST), don't think you know everything or that what you choose/like is the best, ok? It's the best maybe for you and that's it.

BTW if your method is the best, explain why do they post for download the entire roms of the new available dev/st versions?
[K3 Note General] ikduncan:
yet you ask me for advice???? tells its own story
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Curiosity is not doubt.

A question is not a call for advice. Live and learn.

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Didn't like this sentence. You're not better than anyone.
[K3 Note General] ukmotofan:
Yes I would like to get that version it looks good. Hope someone uploads it soon!!!
[K3 Note General] A Wild Willis:
Hi I flashed it and it boots and everything works except google play services. Whenever I open it it force closes it and apps like Snapchat won't work
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Update it via play store
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
Hello guys, good day to all of you,

New K3 Note user here, I ordered through pandawill and yesterday it arrived. so far performance is excellent, but higher on ram usage. only 400-500 free.

mine came with modded rom installation I think. version is VibeUi_V2.5_1511_5.444.1_ST_K50-T5

this does not have a update center or maxxxaudio mods. and stock player is missing too.

I see that there is 1522 update in the official site. I have still not rooted and I will install the recovery with above method.

can you please guide me on following issues,

1. As of now device works here in Sri Lanka on WCDMA networks. Would flashing new firmware from VibeUI site breaks the network compatibility? if any one of you flashed already, have you lose network? I ask this because my box states that its TD-LTE version but FDD-LTE is working.

2. advice me on updating procedure please, If Im going with 1522 update from vibeui, All I have to do is put it on internal storage and flash it through CWM? or do I have to use flashtool? VibeUi flashing guide does not give much information on how to update.

thank you very much. hope to share more to this affordable power house. asphalt dead trigger leo's fortune games runs beautifully. no lag at all.
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Well u have to root by following the procedures before u can flash any ROM. I have flashed a ROM and I didn't loose network. For the vibe ui u saw on the website, download and see if its flashable via cwm(which I doubt) or thru so flash tool(which I think is how that ROM was arranged)
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
I know, and I dont mind flashing through either CWM or Flashtool, im familiar with both methods, just im worried about losing wcdma networks if I mess with rom. asked the seller but they have no idea. they even said flashing rom may void warranty and not to mess with it. but whats the point of having an android if we cant update it with official firmware. anyway.
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
So do what's best for u
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
Got mine from geekbuying and thats the rom version I have. Mine is full of malware with popups all the time! Have rooted and deleted troublesome apps, but deleted theme centre by mistake. Can anyone extract the apk for me?

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Wild Willis - did you flash vias CWM or flash tool?
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
cant see the pictures attached. must be removed from the link. can anyone tell me do we have to change anything else other than checking "DA DL All with Checksum"???

thank you
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
hey willis, can you share how do you flashed it? Im trying for like 2 hours now but spflashtool cant seems to recognize the scatter. it just keep giving me "Invalid scatter" error. I have tried with latest flashtool and .30 .15 versions all the same.

or any one can light up some knowledge on how to flash the 1522 rom from vibeui? I dont have a upgrade center in my phone as they have instructed in the vibeui flashing guide. if so can you share the apk.
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
Same here invalid scatter
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
Figured out, its the compressing method of new lollipop. theres no single zip file with boot image recovery image and system file. its divided into some DAT compressed files. and without linux machine, we cant unpack delete or add what we need like before lollipop and then repack and flash.

as for our problem, I flashed it via CWM. there was some errors saying data mounting failed and stuff but it did flash was successful. and then again I flashed via lenovo upgrade app and all went fine. first boot takes about 7 9 minutes. so be patient.

for rooting again, after flashing recovery, do not reboot. it will reflash lenovo recovery. instead pull the battery and turn it off while in fastboot mode and boot to recovery by pressing buttons. then flash the SU Update. hope this helps. and system is much better than sellers rom and I have all the perks of UI. not yet tested network. so far so good. I will post back soon.
[K3 Note General] awais_2:
Can you use Linux Mint to install the Custom Recovery and ROM?
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
Yes flashed but rebooted and lost root and recovery, but Ill do it again. Now just to fix google services. Have attempted to reload but cant get play store to work yet?
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
I got it working with flashing minimal gapps. http://xdaforums.com/android/software/gapps-google-apps-minimal-edition-t2943330

dont forget to get the calendar sync from extras too. this lollipop is a real pain. I used to put all the google services in data/app so I could limit wakelocks from them. but its not working here. it just kept crashing what version I tried. if above does not work, try http://xdaforums.com/android/software/gapps-google-apps-minimal-edition-t2943330.

its from baidu. so should work just fine.
[K3 Note General] teo6389:
Hello everyone.

I just bought the phone and followed the guide from the first post in order to root it and have a cwm. I created a backup from the cwm, and today I tried to restore it, so I did a wipe on data and cache and then restored the backup . After that the phone only booted at the recovery, so I flashed the recovery that FeyoMx gave us at post #17, using the method from the first post. I booted into recovery and tried to restore the backup but it gave me the error "error while flashing boot image".

What can I do to restore my phone. Thank you all.
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
Thanks brilliant. Dont now seem to be able to flash recovery for some reason? Ill try again...
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
What I gather was both recoveries not working for restores. and second recovery even cant format my cache partition that gave me errors when flashing. but in my device, recovery in the OP is working well.

as for your situation, if you can get in to CWM, flash the rom with support of sd card if you cant mount the device storage while in recovery to get the rom in to the device storage. Or you have to have a flashtool flashable rom like in the OP and flash with spflashtool.

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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] suspect008:
of course but till you get adb and fastboot working on pc. http://lifehacker.com/the-easiest-way-to-install-androids-adb-and-fastboot-to-1586992378

linux should get the drivers installed automatically

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[K3 Note General] awais_2:
Thank you :).

I have a problem. I got the CWM recovery working and then installed the VibeUI ROM. After the install I tried going back into CWM to install GAPPS but the Lenovo Recovery had been reinstalled.

I repeated the steps to reinstall CWM it says it has sent and written the recovery 'okay' but when I try to enter CWM the Lenovo Recovery is still there.

Please can you help?

Thank you,

Awais
[K3 Note General] ikduncan:
i never implied i was better than anyone!

you implied i was wrong, and you knew better.

end of that discussion, please.

do you want to know the answer to your question or not, regarding invalid scatter file and stock roms ?
[K3 Note General] uan:
Yes. Please do share. I first thought sp flash tool is good, but with all the scatter file errors i think it the worst thing to have.
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
dev rom zip is to be flashed by recovery. never tried a st rom. I guess you can try with recovery. at first I thought also it should be flashed via spflash because of the scatter file and gave invalid scatter error. but its just recovery flashable.
[K3 Note General] ikduncan:
if you look on needrom

http://www.needrom.com/download/lenovo-k50-t5/

the official rom dated 04/29/2015

is version 1516 stock

it is in sp flashable format with 100% correct scatter file.

inside the folder structure is also the recovery img file for stock recovery which you can interchange with your custom recovery as and when you need to , e.g. ota, decrypting phone etc.

as long as you remember to re-root you can flash back and forth with flashify from the phone, and keep the two recovery files on the sd card.

you can also download the latest ota update apk file from vibeui.com, lets you swirch between stable/developer versions at your will.
[K3 Note General] Fexo:
A7000 port

There is a port of the A7000 ROW From on the official Lenovo Russian forum. On holiday ATM so don't know if this has been posted already. Apologies if so

http://lenovo-forums.ru/topic/13351-lenovo-k3-note-k50-t5-порт-прошивки-от-lenovo-a7000-s137-row/

Should do until Indian version is dumped.
[K3 Note General] uan:
If I understand you correctly, does this means i can copy the scatter file to other rom as well?

*Unfortunately, I have discovered that vibe ui is lacking of "usage stats" permission, which is required for acdisplay app.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Ok end of discussion, but i didn't implied you were wrong and i knew better, i implied i didn't want to go through all that trouble because i just wanted to test the latest dev rom, no problem with data and all of that, ok? I just want to test drive it to see if it's worth to change. :good:

To flash the 1528 .zip in stock recovery it has to be named update.zip and be stored in the internal storage, correct?

Because i tried yesterday very quickly and in stock recovery i wasn't able to flash the 1528 .zip from sd card it tells me to use the ota apk, because of know LP limitations.

Also just confirmed that the random mini lags and freezes in limonchelo were due to xposed framework.

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The rom in the 1st post (1949) is also in sp flashable format with 100% correct scatter file its stock 1511 i think.
[K3 Note General] ikduncan:
no harm done no hard feelings.

have never tried applying the update.zip from inside the recovery rom so dont know.

certainly works fine as on ota

reason i linked the 1516 rom was because i know it works and its the latest version found.

think that 1511 may have an older recovery partition as ive certainly had different ones on the phone at different times.

maybe thats why your update.zip didnt work?

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yes you can use the scatter file for other roms just change the files each partition points to in the spflash gui
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
VIBE2.8 1528 Developer Edition Lite

Rooted and TWRP/CWM flashable by liuxingghost (source:http://bbs.zuk.cn/k3note/t13536/)

Lang: EN/CN

Update log:

1. Based on official VIBE2.8 1528 Developer Edition streamline production

2. Built root privileges (SuperSu)

3. Add the advanced settings

The lifting of restrictions sd card

5. streamline some useless software

6. Add the Sina microblogging client (with tail)

Rom, TWRP & Busybox Patch

I will test it as soon as i can ;)
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
Lenovo K3 Note (K50-A40. India) - Official firmware USR_S112_150610_ROW

(from Russian forum) http://lenovo-forums.ru/topic/13387...дия-официальная-прошивка-usr-s112-150610-row/

You need FlashTool to install it.

DL link: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/7RTL/N474YBKte
[K3 Note General] Fexo:
Fantastic! Many thanks.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
10.06.2015

Don't know why is everyone so anxious for this rom.

It's android 5.0, nothing new.

Besides the multilang support that makes this rom have 1.1Gb in size, don't understand what's all the hype about...?

There's already plenty of roms with Dolby.

There's even a rom based on 1522 with Dolby, multilang support, rooted, tweaked and debloated, it's limonchelo.

BTW try this codes on your dialer to check/change your region code:

Check: ####5993#

Change: ####682#

Sent from Hacker's K50-t5
[K3 Note General] jerasimo:
[MENTION=4765301]dmnrmr[/MENTION] Many thanks mate!

[MENTION=5106992]hackerpower[/MENTION] Are you serious! At last we have a phone.. until now it was a phantom..
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
This latest vibe rom on 5.1 dev version is so so unique
[K3 Note General] jimmyln:
Just flashed the ROW ROM and it is quite different from the usual (china) Vibe UI roms. It's more AOSP-ish, just like Limonchelo.

[IMG="Lockscreen Comparison"]http://i.imgur.com/a81UGILh.jpg[/IMG]

While lockscreen is themeable in China Vibe UI, it does not allow for notifications to be shown. ROW ROM shows notifications on lockscreen without issues.

[IMG="Notification Comparison"]http://i.imgur.com/kERvelWh.jpg[/IMG]
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
You are praising a rom u have not used and u want others to use and give feedback. U Base your analysis on videos. Use it and compare before u convince us
[K3 Note General] jerasimo:
[MENTION=2045947]jimmyln[/MENTION] Lol. Do you even have a lemon? Lockscreen change depending on theme.

[MENTION=6328491]okahdidi[/MENTION] 100% true. Vibeui 2.8 is really grate. If this wasn't a ROW version, there was no way i could go back to 2.5!
[K3 Note General] moonk:
mates, I downloaded the official ROW ROM, could you please tell me step by step how to install it? My phone is already rooted. Many thanks in advance!
[K3 Note General] kasvet-efza:
is the row rom multilingual?
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
Why is there also a firmware?

Is this stable?

I'm looking forward for feedback. Looks more like AOSP which I really prefer.
[K3 Note General] moonk:
I tried the Indian ROW rom ... after I finished flashing it the telephone does not boot ... every 60 seconds, it vibrates like if it is trying to boot, but it does not :( .. what should I do?
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
That rom will never work for our build. Our build is k50-t5 while that is k50-a4 or whatever it is
[K3 Note General] moonk:
What is the solution now please? :( ... the phone does not boot up, it just vibrate every 1 minute but the screen still black .... i have installed the ROM which is sent in the first page in this thread (deal1949 ROM) without success, it does the same thing :( ... I need somebody to tell me step by step what to do please
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Look u have to download a rom first from the links here, u can check post 297 or so for link to a rom called limonchelo rom or if u have anyone, then no need. U have to flash twrp using flash tool. Also check this forum or check hackerpower signature, flash the recovery using flashtool then flash the rom directly from your phone. The rom u flash must be the one u downloaded, not this one that has caused a bootloop
[K3 Note General] moonk:
the Indian ROW ROM works like a charm :D ... thanks God ... it failed to boot first time because I forgot to check "DA DL All With Checksum" in the flash tool
[K3 Note General] jerasimo:
Do you change something after flash? ####682# or something?
[K3 Note General] moonk:
No,nothing ... What is this?!! I dialed ####682# and it shows me many country codes to choose from!! What is this???
[K3 Note General] jimmyln:
Sigh. No, I'm not praising anything, just giving an observation. That's why I was asking for feedback from people who bought this phone from India.

Not true. The original russian thread did say that the ROW rom works on the Chinese build (K50-T5).

Lockscreen can be themed, but ROW ROM allows for notification to be shown on lockscreen. This can't be achieved via themeing.
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Do ur xposed have everything in attached pic ?
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Unable to dload, maybe not open for share...
[K3 Note General] ikduncan:
nonsense please disregard.

please do not post stuff you are assuming without any fact.

the phone is default to "nonset" in the locale for ROW, phone is all in english,

think you only have to change locale for other countries e.g. russia, hong kong etc

the locale option for englishn doent even appear to be there using the #####choice

unless someone knows better you do not need to set it, as phone works perfectly in UK without

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also my antutu went up by about 1500 points on the ROW ROM, go figure

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fundamentally the phone /android is defaulted to ENGLISH US locale
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
Which version of lollipop is the official Indian rom for the k3, does it have much bloatware, does OTA updates work?

Worth updating from sensation rom?
[K3 Note General] jimmyln:
I just flashed the ROW ROM and it is basically identical to Limonchelo! It's running Android 5.0 Lollipop. Granted, Limonchelo comes pre-rooted, bloatware free and with some extra system apps. Also, don't change the region unless you really need to. It might affect the availability of future OTA updates.

More testing will be required for overall stability, battery performance and Xposed compatibility...
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Don't understand why you say our phone was a phantom...

As you can see by the many comments it's equal to limonchelo which is based on 1522

My antutu scores om limonchelo are always 45k+

I don't use minminguard module because it doesn't work, i use adaway.

Right now i have gravitybox(lp), greenify, blurred system ui (lp)

I just checked, the folder is public. Maybe you're doing something wrong...?
[K3 Note General] gurdeepsim:
pls tell how to hide wifi icon from status bar ???
[K3 Note General] almir1984:
I rooted my phone and install CWM,now I want to put VIBEUI V2.8 can you tell me what I need to da to install that.

Does I need to back original lenovo recovery or I can flash my phone via flash tool with new VIBEUI

This is version of my phone now

http://i.imgur.com/HNQs2Zi.jpg
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
I mentioned my problem also in the past with the italian 1.4.

When the battery level is around 50%, the phone starts going crazy when pressing the power button to wake up.

Sometimes it flashes the lock screen. Sometimes it is not responsive. When it starts this cycle, you don't know when the screen will come up back.

Either it goes to deep sleep or it does internal crashes. Often I have to remove the battery.

If I plug it in, then the problem stops although I'm not 100% sure, since I do a restart to be sure.

I sometimes see this warning screen about accidental pocket activation.

Initially I though this was a problem of the italian rom. When I installed limonchello, I didn't notice this problem and I'm 99% sure I operated the phone with 40% juice in the battery.

But yesterday evening, the funny staff started again.

I don't know what happened with the stock rom. I never worked with it long enough.

Has anybody encountered this behavior? I'm starting to think that I have a faulty phone but I don't understand what the fault is!
[K3 Note General] ukmotofan:
i really need some help flashing this indian rom as i have tried it on my k3 note and im now left wth a phone that vibrates every 60 seconds and wont boot......

moonk what version of flash tools are you using please?
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
The guide on that forum says that you need to use SP_Flash_Tool_v5.xxxx

In the options (CTRL+O) you need to check "DA DL ALL WITH CHECKSUM".

By default you have selected "Download only" and you need to change that to Firmware upgrade.

http://lenovo-forums.ru/uploads/monthly_07_2014/post-2-0-19868100-1405434118.png

Then select "Scatter-loading" from "target_bin" folder

http://lenovo-forums.ru/uploads/monthly_07_2014/post-2-0-16822000-1405434173.png

Also it is recommended to change region code.

P.S.

on other russian forum people said that they already received 114 ota update after flashing.
[K3 Note General] kavena78:
K3 (K50a40) root success anyone?

Have anyone got K3 (K50a40) root success. If so please let me know the steps followed
[K3 Note General] rockuman_ex:
can someone make the indian ROW rom flashable in CWR ?
[K3 Note General] kavena78:
Also Not able to flash CWM recovery , on k3 india version ,pleae help
[K3 Note General] ukmotofan:
On the latest version of flash tools that is version 5.*** there is know option to select the DA/DL check sum !!! Its just not there at all?

I must be using a completely different version.
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
A asume it should be there

http://lenovo-forums.ru/uploads/monthly_09_2014/post-2-0-50451600-1411490143.png
[K3 Note General] moonk:
I tried to install this ROW ROM on my K3 note this way and it works like a charm .. thanks God :D

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it has 5.0 and once I finished installing it, it updated via OTA to 5.0 but newer version ... no bloatware AT ALL and works like a charm .. do it bro .. it takes 10 mins ;)

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mate:

1. use SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1452.00.000

2. ensure that in option you check the DA DL ALL checksum, by default it is not checked

3. in the interface, choose "download only"

tell me the result
[K3 Note General] ukmotofan:
ok i will have another go using that version of flash tools if i can find it?

the version ive been using is v5.1516
[K3 Note General] gurdeepsim:
how to root indian version k3 note

none of all above mentioned method works for me pls helppppppp
[K3 Note General] danish319:
Guys any tutorial on how to unlock n root the Indian variant (k50a40). Not able to install CWM recovery using the methods mentioned.
[K3 Note General] ukmotofan:
Moonk you are a STAR !!!!!!!! The result is it works ? BIG BIG THANKYOU for you're help and info.
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
Do the notifications lights work with whatssap and 3rd party email programs?
[K3 Note General] moonk:
Glad that I could help ... most welcome anytime, mate ;)
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Can we have screenshot plz and how is its comparisons to that of limonchelo
[K3 Note General] Fexo:
Replacing the modem file in ROW ROM

I was wondering about replacing the modem files in the ROW ROM with those in the A7000 which also supports band 20. Anyone any idea if I will screw the whole thing up or will it just not work due to the antenna (Let's face it, the 2 phones are very similar and probably use many of the same components including antenna)?

If this is the case, then the A7000 port to K3 Note ought to support band 20.

Can it be this easy?????
[K3 Note General] zeeshanonlyme:
I'm on Limonchelo 5.0

The charging animation seems to broken and glitched when you charge it while powered off?

Anyone else have this issue?