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[K3 Note General] vonuzu:
You have uninstalled something that shouldn't be uninstalled.

You can try dirty flash the same rom.

As for stability, the dev roms are quite stable for me. But you can try them all, and stick with the one that suits you best.
[K3 Note General] surcha:
Thanks, I will try it. But a bit annoyed that a custom ROM has so many apps.
[K3 Note General] vonuzu:
Vibeui 2.5, vibeui 2.8 and vibeui 3.0 are official lenovo roms, they are not custom roms.
[K3 Note General] surcha:
Ooh, apologies, I didn't know that. Now comes a really basic question..

What is the advantage of rooting and flashing these ROMs over the original ROM the phone came with?

Is there a reliable custom ROM that I can try?
[K3 Note General] vonuzu:
You should head over to the index thread for the k3 note. It's all about roms there.. You have all the links and stuff..

As for me, I'm using stock rooted vibeui 3.0 rom. Don't like the custom stuff too much. So I can't tell you anything about custom roms. You should try and experiment a little.. :)
[K3 Note General] Marg3latu:
The rom that comes with the phone has lots of bloatware/adware. The original rom has only a few Chinese system apps but nothing annoying imo. What you probably did wrong right now is uninstalling the theme center, which I believe you can try replacing with Zedge. Not 100% sure it will work but at least is easier to try this than flashing a new rom. Good luck.
[K3 Note General] surcha:
thanks, much appreciated.

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thanks, will try that.
[K3 Note General] soldierson:
i had same problem too

try reflash new rom and use this to remove chinese aps https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp&hl=tr

remove one by one . after removing one, use phone 3-4 min. if you dont get error remove another. if you get error use recyle bin to get back last program you had deleted
[K3 Note General] stone age:
Did a OTA from VIBEUI 15?? to VIBEUI 1544_5.192.1_ST.

Could not flash TWRP,so I thought what can I do?

Decided to flash it back to the previous version via SPFT

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Sorry about this!

Said and done.Installed the previous version,now I assume I bricked the phone.All it does is vibrates once in a minute.

Can not see it trough pc all I see is the reach it drive.Tried install recovery by ADB,could not find the device..Can not turn on the phone.

Any help from sombody! please!
[K3 Note General] Lord AJ:
I tried using the method to root the phone but it isn't working. The recovery transmission occurred perfectly but when I reboot into the recovery, I am faced with the stock Lenovo Recovery. I also tried using twrp but got the same result. Any ideas?
[K3 Note General] killswitx:
hi which rom can i install that would support led notifications for apps like whatsapp, fb, hangouts and so on...please? i have now aospv3 lemon and there is light flow and thats not working.
[K3 Note General] blindox:
My lenovo k3 was updated to the verion 2.8_15544_5.192.1_STK_K50_T5 and with that my google play stoped to work, as was expected. With this update I lost the CWM recovery for the Stock recovery. I used the SPF tool to flash the CWM recovery, the CWM was downloaded correctly but after the first boot I received the message '' TOOL DL image Fail!". So, with that error was necessary to flash the Stock ROM,and with that I lost everything. Now my K3 updated to the 2.8 version again. How you install the google play service and avoided that situation ? :confused:

Thanksss!
[K3 Note General] Marg3latu:
Go to hackerpower's index thread and install TWRP recovery via adb. Everything else that you might need is there.
[K3 Note General] waj1234:
Thanks, I better go root and install cwm first lol. Need to do it as this custom messed with rom is not right. Any launcher I install will not allow widgets to install and I have to have nova or google now:laugh:
[K3 Note General] piskr:
Sure, you must be rooted and have cwm or twrp if you want to flash a new rom. There is more than one method to achieve root, I use this: http://www.boardsforphones.com/lenovo-lemon-k3/ As far as launcher is concerned, I use epic, it's lightweigh an has many options in free version.
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
Anyone got the link for english version TWRP?

Also Ive attempted to doenload the current DEV version 1524 but when I look in /levoota its the 1523 version, which wont then install.? I take it because 1523 is already there.
[K3 Note General] Greight:
Looks easier. You used it and it's working fine? No extra steps needed?
[K3 Note General] waj1234:
Any decent working links to official 1522?
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
Try this http://www.needrom.com/download/lenovo-k50-t5-vibe-ui/
[K3 Note General] piskr:
That's all. You just have to be sure you have driver installed properly. And follow instructions thoroughly. I used it many times whenever I started with official rom after deleted too much system bloatware.
[K3 Note General] Greight:
Have you tested CWM restore? Does it work or it is a general problem of all CWM for k30 no matter how you install it?
[K3 Note General] piskr:
Whenever I tried to use restore I got the bootloop. I successfully used other functions like wipe and flash though. Now I have twrp which looks more promising. I haven't performed restore since but I will next week before installing the new rom.
[K3 Note General] Greight:
How did you install TWRP? I thought it's not available for K3 :confused:
[K3 Note General] waj1234:
Is there a certain gapps needed as not sure where to get them?
[K3 Note General] 00sand00:
Downloaded one from needrom. Stock rom with correct scatter file. After that flash ota or download full rom and flash from mob (menu in system update app).

If you want gapps use flash tool to flash cwm and enter immediately when powering on phone. Flash gapps. . If you root ota will not install so I chose not to.

Recovery will be overwritten I think on first boot by stock recovery automatically.

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I'm using it. Few posts back you'll find info how to flash stock and have ota.
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
I couldn't get the lenovo stock recovery. Plz help so that I can flash ota
[K3 Note General] gajkax:
You have the stock recovery in the link for sp flash tool firmware that I posted.

Inside the firmware.zip there is a file called recovery.img,

that is the stock recovery.

You CAN NOT receive OTA if your device is/was rooted.

You MUST flash stock firmware from the link that I posted,then you'll be able to receive OTA updates

Reminder,

The original firmware doesn't have play store.
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
I now understand, in that case after flashing the ROM,I have to root to flash gapps den unroot so that ota can work properly. Is that OK?
[K3 Note General] gajkax:
I don't think that unrooting after root and flashing gapps via cwm or twrp is a good idea.

You can try to unroot and flash stock recovery,

but you might encounter battery issues/battery drain and wakelock,because when installing gapps you're modifying the system.

Also,

after updating via OTA I think that you will loose

google play services/gapps because OTA needs to clear data.

Anyway you can try.

If you want to always have the newest firmware,

I advice you to flash it via

sp flash tool when firmware is available.

Follow Chinese and Russian forums like ydss and 4pda,

you can also follow one Turkish forum akilli.

You must use google translate in this forums.
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Try use advance restore n untick recovery

Via flash_tool
[K3 Note General] piskr:
You can get the twrp from one mexican site: http://www.movilesdualsim.com/tema/twrp-espanol-2-8-6-0-para-k3.99361/. You must register and it's in Spanish. But you can get along, words are understandable and configuration is standard. I took one with material design and flashed it from win computer via fastboot.
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Just dload it frm here…

http://www.mediafire.com/download/4ixqc4m0nf03mf6/K3NOTE_CWM_Recovery.rar
[K3 Note General] piskr:
It's cwm, i was talking about twrp.
[K3 Note General] Rpanchal3:
cannot download supersu and adb minimal fastboot files from Mega
[K3 Note General] Lord AJ:
Some help here please.
[K3 Note General] Marg3latu:
Try TWRP again.
[K3 Note General] Lord AJ:
I did try doing it more than once with twrp and Cwm as well. I also tried using SP Flash Tool to flash the recovery using the Scatter file that is present in the twrp zip but even that didn't work as spf tools seem to be stopped forever at downloading....

My device shows as Lenovo k50a40, if that means something..
[K3 Note General] Lord AJ:
Thanks bro. You just made my day.

If it isn't obvious to someone, is like to add that this also works with TWRP.

I think this should also be added to the OP as many phones could suffer from this.
[K3 Note General] salespalace:
Hi guys, how do i update? i don't see an option to update through settings -> about phone.

can anyone help please?

thanks
[K3 Note General] amatarp:
the file is already dead, could u please re upload it?

thanks
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Click on the last line of my sig.
[K3 Note General] amatarp:
ok

thanks
[K3 Note General] Dr.Kalai:
Androium 5.1 is the best rom..
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
I have the v2 and it was the first time I felt I had a trustworthy phone.

Full functional led notification would be great but as it's a mere inconvenience for me.

As far as I know v5 doesn't offer anything better so I'm not updating.

Sent from my Lenovo K50-t5 using Forum Runner
[K3 Note General] Dr.Kalai:
I installed androium 5.1 with much hesitation as full features and bugs are not clearly mentioned in the sites where I searched. But after installing this rom I was left in awe..

Apart from led notification, I didn't come across any bugs, this rom has fm radio pre installed but I have check out whether it's working or not.. I think green LED notification works.. Again have to test it..
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
There is limited functionality based on instructions.

I say limited because as long as an app has an every in the notifications, like weather or Viber, the the led is always on which beats the purpose.

I set it up only for sms and calls but I rarely any so I don't bother.

As I mentioned before, who cares? I don't even remember led not notifications. Who doesn't open the phone when stressed out bored?

Sent from my Lenovo K50-t5 using Forum Runner
[K3 Note General] l3t0m:
Record a video, then open the stock gallery app and try to play the video. Is it working? Last time i tested Androium the built-in video player couldn't playback any video. Also, the videos are recorded in .3gp format which is lower quality than .mp4 (the format all other roms use).

I hope a future update will fix these 2 cons.
[K3 Note General] Dr.Kalai:
Video is in 3gp format.

Play back is not working in built in player. But I prefer mxplayer so no problem..
[K3 Note General] DanielDEV:
SuperSU:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

Fast boot and:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42407269#post42407269
[K3 Note General] Dr.Kalai:
Androium 6 is out...!!!

Gonna install and post my experience...
[K3 Note General] kyro:
http://www.needrom.com/download/androium-6-k3n/ looks like Androium 6 is released . can anyone test and tell improvements in this ? worth it ?

still says "LED notification is a bug" there. :(
[K3 Note General] kpkeerthi:
Currently I have CWM. I'm looking to flash TWRP instead so I can test out Androium 6. If I just reflash TWRP recovery image using fastboot as noted below, will it fully and properly replace CWM?

fastboot flash recovery twrp-recovery.img
[K3 Note General] dhirajmn05@gmail.com:
lenovo k3 note root

While rooting k3 note... At 'fastboot devices' command it is not showing the device number.... So what to do .... I have installed drivers properly and first two commands are also worked....Thanks in advance
[K3 Note General] Lord AJ:
Yes you can. You need to have the twrp recovery file named as twrp-recovery.img and you need to have drivers installed.
[K3 Note General] Dr.Kalai:
in androium 7,

LED and double tap to wake not working

Trebuchet launcher replaced by nova launcher

video recording still 3gp.

supports layers themes.

I'll stick to Androium 5....
[K3 Note General] l3t0m:
I agree with you! If you compare Androium's 6 changelog to Androium's 5 one, the only difference is that Nova launcher replaced Trebuchet launcher who replaced Nova launcher in the previous version of the rom. :eek:
[K3 Note General] thinkgadgetsme:
I currently running Dev ROM 1548 and i have observed that whenever i receive a phone call it is automatically answered after 8-10 seconds. I tried to search any settings for this but i couldn't find one. Can anyone suggest what is the issue here?

Whenever there is a call waiting, call is answered automatically after few seconds. Is there any setting to disable this? It's bit annoying as well as a problem as this leads to answering a call even if i do not want to attend. I have all checked all settings option but i could not find any setting for this.

Has anyone else facing this issue?
[K3 Note General] thinkgadgetsme:
Finally managed to find the setting. It was there in the EngineeringMode -> Telephony -> Auto Answer
[K3 Note General] smchdh:
Update the links of root package please.
[K3 Note General] Ferdzz:
Will this work on a7000 plus?
[K3 Note General] -KimieMio-:
Hello , newbie here .

Anyone , is there any solution on how to fix "Unfortunately , WLAN has stopped" on the first boot up , which is after the latest update (VibeUI 2.8 ST 1544 , and after performing facfory data reset in order to opt out "Error -505" on Google Play Store when downloading Google Play Games ?

Currently re-flashed my K50-t5 with VibeUI 2.5 1516 ST .

Anyone please help
[K3 Note General] jackgerald:
First wipe system,data,cache and dalvik then flash the ROM, reboot to system (1st boot takes about 10 min) then reboot to recovery again and flash GAPPS, reboot, Done!

P.S:- Don't flash the ROM & GAPPS all at once, do it as mentioned above :)
[K3 Note General] cloudinio:
Hi,

I have the same problem when trying to root k3 note. Drivers are installed. When run ADB DEVICES it shows device number. But when device goes to fastboot mode with command fastboot devices is not showing any number. And it is not responding.

Please advise what to do, I am totally new to this topics..

Thank you in advance.
[K3 Note General] Lord AJ:
I can't say why this is happening. Try uninstalling the drivers (check the option to delete driver files in the uninstall dialog box) . Now reboot your PC, install drivers and try again. Many times a reboot/reinstallation is enough to solve an unknown problem.
[K3 Note General] cloudinio:
Thank You.

I tried to uninstall/reboot/install/reboot, turn off anti virus, firewall and different PC's. The same problem. Des the phone must be connected to PC when installing drivers? I noticed that when phone goes to fastboot mode windows starts looking for drivers and do not find it. On regular mode drivers are ok.

Thank you for any help.
[K3 Note General] Lord AJ:
When windows searches for drivers and doesn't find them, go to device manager, select your phone and install drivers manually by browsing to the folder where you Extracted the archive. Also, your phone should be connected to the PC.
[K3 Note General] REXCONNOR:
If you want to root your Lenovo k3 note(indian version) then you have to download kingoroot or vroot from Google search

First you have to open debugging mode from setting in developer option

Second connect your phone to your pc

And open the application then click on root option

Have a nice day!!!!!!

THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO ROOT YOUR MOBILE I ALSO TRY ON MY LENOVO K3 NOTE
[K3 Note General] cloudinio:
Hi,

Thanks again. Drivers are installed now properly. I use MTK_UsbDriver_autorun_1.0.14_internal drivers. But situation is the same, on fastboot mode device is not responding. Not possible to flash recovery.img

I tried different applications for rooting but no result.

Now I have VIBEUI_V2.5_1512_5.495.1.

Any ideas?
[K3 Note General] Lord AJ:
I tried vroot. Didn't work for me.
[K3 Note General] elrasho:
My app icon notifications aren't working. For example in Facebook I dont get a little number next to the icon to show someone has commented on my status. I bought Nova Launcher and TeslaUnread but they haven't fixed it either.
[K3 Note General] l3t0m:
This may sound stupid but after buying TeslaUnread did you also enable it from within Nova Settings or not? If not, go to Nova Settings->Unread count badges->enable (top right corner) and then, under the same menu, go to TeslaUnread Settings and choose the apps you want to get unread badges for.
[K3 Note General] elrasho:
Yep done that. I noticed for the Outlook App it works but only when I open the App and see I have some unread emails. When I close the App I see that number in the Outlook icon. I want it to automatically check and notify me of unread emails.

I cant see any sync schedules for the Outlook App :(
[K3 Note General] marskingbeatgates:
Stuck in FastBoot mode

There seemed a lot of cases recently that the phone didn't respond or lost connection to PC after it's in FastBoot mode. Using fastboot devices shows nothing, have to pull out battery. Weird
[K3 Note General] kamran0010:
Afert getting rooted...

Going to SuperSU and performing Full Unroot...

Will this remove the custom recovery and Unroot lenovo k50a40 so that I can officially update to Marshmallow ??
[K3 Note General] -KimieMio-:
Unable to use my SIM card .

Hello . There's a post before where I was stuck with the Error -505 , but now after installing various of ROMs , it's an okay . Guess that's the problem with Vibe UI . Okay , now that problem is gone , now I'm facing another problem , whereas my phone isn't detecting the SIM cards (I have two , none of them are usable at the moment) after I flashed Nexus ROM v1 (from AOSP v3 by xancin) . Right after this problem were detected , I immediately goes to cwm recovery , wipe my data , cache , and dalvik cache on the menu there . Flashed the AOSP v3 back , the problems still persist to exist . Before I flashed AOSP v3 , I wiped/format the data on cwm -> mounts and storage -> selected everything from mount /system till mount /protect_s and then I formatted every single of this . After that , I flashed AOSP , the problem still exist , so I thought by flashing the stock ROM , the problem might gone for good . But , even after flashing the stock ROM , the problem is still existing .

Now , down to the business , I'm on VibeUI 2.5 1516 ST ,

1) How do I get my cellular services back ? It's a big problem for me since I can't get verification code through SMS :(

2) Should I have not touch the format /protect_s or /protect_f ? Does this have anything with the SIM card ? :(

3) Can this be solved through adb ? If this can , I would like to know how :D

I'm accepting any answer as long as I can fix this . :)

P/S : I can't attach any photos since I'm a new on this forum =/
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
You lost your IMEI's, it's a common Mediatek problem after flashing.

Check the 2nd post of my index thread (sig) for the fix, also if you have wifi nvram error after connecting wifi, the fix is also available in that post.
[K3 Note General] mikeloud9:
I'm considering buying this phone and seeing such an active community around it makes me almost certain that I will! I do have a couple of questions though, and it would be awesome if those of you who have used this phone for a longer while could answer me:

1. Does the touchscreen malfunction at times? (E.g. not detecting taps, or detecting them in the wrong place)

2. Does it ever feel sluggish or slow at opening common apps? (Whatsapp, Chrome, SMS, not going to play games on it)

3. Are there any issues/bugs that can't be fixed with a custom ROM and some work? (WiFi, 4G, MMS and GPS come to mind)

4. Is there anything I should check right away upon receiving it to make sure it's not faulty?

5. Are you happy with it? :)

Thanks a lot!
[K3 Note General] kiaunel:
1. No

2. No

3. No

4. Don't know

5. Yes... Coming from Samsung galaxy s3 and i îs the best choise for me.
[K3 Note General] saakki1:
I recently encountered this problem that will make my K3 Note, well, not useless but anyways, I have to change the phone. Camera is quite a big part of the whole smartphone arena anyways.

So, one day I was using my phone like any regular day and noticed that my camera had turned black. When I open it up, it is just black. If I reset the settings and clear the chase etc. it will automatically set it to front (selfie) camera and the picture is upside down. Rear camera does not work at all. When I reset the settings, the camera crashes and usually it says "Cannot Connect to the Camera". I flashed a new ROM and it did not help. I also tried to diagnose the problem with Lenovo Companion and it says something like "Camera un-usable".

Any insights? Why would the camera die suddenly? Software or hardware issue? Should I try and do something or is this the end of the road for this phone. I was able to use it for less than four months. Not a really good lifespan for a phone.
[K3 Note General] mikeloud9:
Does double tap to wake work fine on Vibeui 3.0?
[K3 Note General] kiaunel:
Yes
[K3 Note General] vonuzu:
Also the double tap to lock works. :)
[K3 Note General] Philman74:
Brom error: S_ft_da_no_reponse ( 4001 )

Hello

I have a Lenovo K50 - t5 ( VIBEUI_V2.5_1512_5.495.1_ST_K50 -T5 )

I wish to pass under the K50a40_S112_150610_ROW ROM .

I tried but I SPFLASHTOOL with an error " BROM ERROR: S_FT_DA_NO_REPONSE ( 4001 ) " !

The phone connects well SPFLASHTOOLS but the update procedure stops on this error.

I realized that my phone was sold me ROOT .

Is the fact that he ROOT can produce this error?

Is that the mistake could come from PRELOADER or BOOT ?

Would you have a solution for me?

Thank you
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
You don't have the proper Mediatek Preloader USB VCOM Drivers installed. Google it up.
[K3 Note General] Philman74:
Thanks for your reponse!

I tried several drivers and have always the same mistake.

I also tried on several PCs .

I already did this on another K3 notes without any problem !
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Then try another SP Flash tool version, it's a known fact that some newer versions give problems/bugs.
[K3 Note General] tbmiso:
Check folder names in spflashtool!

Ипратено од Lenovo K50a40 користејќи XDA Forums Pro.
[K3 Note General] sarnz:
indian k3 note

Will this work on indian k3 note?

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The original rooting guide,does it work on indian k3 note?
[K3 Note General] manish dalvadi:
I not root my mobile

I am root my lenovo k3 note by minimal ADB , but error flash recovery not load

Please help me
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
Has anybody tried miracast on this device? I have andronium 2.1 installed.
[K3 Note General] shanky664:
TRY ON LENOVO K3

try rooting as per ur method .bt when phone start with key combination there will show

1. reboot

2.install update package

3.wipe user data

4. power off

when click on install update package its show "now system will install update.zip of root directory from sdcard2.because of android L encrypt, system do not support ota from sdcard.in order to ota from sdcard,please get back to android ota client to do"

and on down its show yes or no

press yes

show fr sec waiting updates

then INSTALL FAILED

I NEED HELP .PLZ RESOLVE IT
[K3 Note General] vonuzu:
You are trying to root with stock recovery.

You need to install custom recovery.
[K3 Note General] kleomenis2:
failed to root

can anyone provide me with some help regarding rooting the lenevo k50-t5???

I followed the tutorial at the beginning of this thread and I got this error message...

remote: download for partition 'recovery' is not allowed﻿

thanks in advance

btw I tried kingroot and iroot and both failed