yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[K3 Note General] suspect008:
actually you dont need pdanet+. just you need to get the drivers install to your computer and let the machine gets it recognize. best way I know is to disconnect the internet connection so windows wont search in the internet for drivers.

anyway seems your adb is working as you can already flash the CWM and the roms. yes after flashing the official rom it will over write the CWM. you have to follow the same procedure for 3 times to 1. flashing of official rom 2. rooting 3. Gapps.

As for gapps, I find that my device is working fine with minimal gapps 5.0. im sorry, but if you would read 4 5 posts above, you will see all these are already told in details rather than this short post.
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
Its only a small update, not a full ROM, but all I have seen so far. Might be other under the hood changes Ive not come across. Still cant get google play to load and services to run without error. We really could do with a Dev who can make a custom Rom form the vibeui releases. Anybody out there?
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
So even after flashing gapps,still it did not work?
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
Problem is that after Vibeui update, attempted to flash CMW and root using the usual instructions. It didnt work and now I have lost ADB divers for some reason. I have attempted to reinstall USB drivers and ADB but to no avail, so I haven't been able to flash gapps. Still working on it tho.
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
I see
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
Right Ive downloaded Lenovo smart assistant and it installed adb drivers and Ive managed to root and install CWM again. Just flashed gapps waitsing for device to reboot......stuck at momenet Vibe UI screen....

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Yep everything now works...
[K3 Note General] unstopable16:
just need a full english rom :(
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
yes that would be great - still a great phone even so. Only issue is that I cant get titanium backup to install?

Solved erased the “/data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup” and all is well
[K3 Note General] rob4x4:
This ROM in all in English (apart from the Engineering Mode in Spanish).

I've installed CWM, rooted and put on Xancin's AOSP v3 ROM: http://www.movilesdualsim.com/tema/custom-rom-aosp-v2-anadida-revision-v3.101635/

So far everything seems pretty good. The real issues that I've noticed so far are:

1. Notification LED does not work. It lights up when charging but otherwise nothing. This is a known issue on all K50 Roms unfortunatley and yet to be solved. You can still get notification sounds.

2. Touch capacitive buttons are not back lit. They never were!

3. BBC iplayer freezes when it tries to stream tv. It plays downloaded programs ok. Catchup TV app works fine though.

4. I couldn't get ringtones to work to start with. Seems you have to have vibrate and ring turned on to get the ringer to work.

5. After a call the screen stayed black until I pressed the home button. I think this is a known issue on all K50 roms

These are all issues I've noticed on the custom ASOP V3 ROM. I haven't tried them on the official VibeUI rom.

Some pointers to other custom ROM's out there...

This site it all in Spanish but Google does a good job at translating. There is a TWRP recovery too. Xancin is the key developer here but no longer has a K3 Note. However, members have clubbed together to buy him one for future ROM developments.

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

This site in all in Russian and harder to follow with Google translation: http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=659110

There are plenty of ROM's listed here and they seem to keep on top of updates.

This site is in Turkish: http://akilli.be/forum/forum-k3-note

Easier to follow than the Russian site. They tend to share a lot of content with each other. The Cyanogenmod 12.1 listed here is very buggy and early development.

Most of these forums seem to be reposting/tweaking ROM's found here: http://bbs.ydss.cn/forum-lemeng_k3note-1.html

Hope this helps people!
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
I'm building an index thread, click the link in my sig.
[K3 Note General] raperot:
Which ROM would you recommend gents?

I've used the Indian ROW ROM and tbf I dont really like it. I experience slow charging and less RAM available that the stock one.

Also, my PC cannot recognize the phone says no drivers.
[K3 Note General] goose25:
I think the general consensus is the limoncheolo (don't quote my spelling) rom.

After the bad experience with my first rom install attempt with this phone, I'm very hesitant to try again until a flawless rom is released.
[K3 Note General] maddnessfox:
i need help with missing baseband and imei. tried most of this thread guild still cant get it back.

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anybody can help me with getting my baseband back. or imei. or get my hp working again
[K3 Note General] xdarksun:
1. Try to flash original firmware

2. a.	Go to engineer mode (mtk)->Connectivity-->CDS Information-->Radio Information-->Phone 1

b. Type AT +EGMR=1,7,"imei number" and press Send At Command

c. Do the same with Phone 2

d. Reboot

ps : I am not responsible for anything :p
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Click the red link in my sig and choose...:highfive:
[K3 Note General] raperot:
Why cant my laptop recognize my phone all of a sudden?

Says the driver is not recognized. It was working fine a week ago.
[K3 Note General] maddnessfox:
bro u even get the imei and baseband problem righjht. how did u sovvle it. care to help?
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Did you tried what [MENTION=1523533]xdarksun[/MENTION] said?

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Which OS do you have? Installed Windows updates lately or other software?

Click the red link in my sig, download USB drivers and choose rom...
[K3 Note General] raperot:
I have WIn 7 and I dont think I installed anything recently.

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It was the cabel that caused the problem. I changed and now is ok
[K3 Note General] maddnessfox:
yup i am trying now. just installed. but trying to find the engineer mode

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it said this command is not allowed in userbuild
[K3 Note General] daniel1112333:
Any idea ho w to set vibe ui firmware to support multi language and w\o the chines apps? I don't like the customs roms, and ROW rom is... Meh. Prefer vibe ui.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Check the latest cuoco92 rom in my index thread

Sent from Hacker's K50-t5
[K3 Note General] maddnessfox:
i cant fix it. any body can help me. i install stock china stock ROW stock dev. all of them say command not allow in userbuild. i gogle it and they said add a space and still it cannot be done.
[K3 Note General] xdarksun:
You can replace your imei with MTK Droid Root & Tools

Your Phone must be rooted
[K3 Note General] maddnessfox:
oh my ****ing god. pls any one can help me. stuck in this missing baseband and imei for 5 hours already., i am going crazy
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
That also happened to me, the only thing that worked was chamelephon app, are you rooted?

I was talking about flashing a stock rom in SP Flash Tool with the option format all+download, have you done that?
[K3 Note General] maddnessfox:
rooted yes. i flashed to always all the stock rom. can u pls help me by giving me the link and the step. ty

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i just need the hp to work. just one will do. i am going mad./
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
I would agree with you. I bought this phone which was a couple of months after the selling starting date.

So I was some maturity on the software.

Installing the software was not easy but I think it was my ignorance. Thanks to the users of this forum I made it happen.

I think the most difficult thing was then locating a working url.

I had three weeks until I settled with limonchello. Still I have some issues but it's far better than what I had previously a.g. Italian 1.4

So overall, after a difficult start I'm reluctant to pursue anymore moding.

It's not that a full titanium backup works for everything, set aside the system apps. So besides the incomplete roms out there, you need to do a lot of work next to the disappointment.

My complain is the immaturity of the software from a well known company. I was really surprised from what I run into.

If ROW ever gets to a satisfactory level then I'll return on the subject. I suppose I will then ask about the process of install and annoy some.

I have bookmarked post 373.

I know that I'm not a passionate modder so my remarks are probably out of relevance. But I like understanding stuff

Sent from my Lenovo K50-t5 using Forum Runner
[K3 Note General] jerasimo:
Did chamelephon fix imei permanentely or only till the next format?
[K3 Note General] kanagadeepan:
I want to download stock recovery for Indian k3 note. Any link for [just] stock recovery? So that I can flash it to get ota on coming days..

Thanks ji

sent from Lenovo K3 Note using tapatalk
[K3 Note General] Cyberdyne:
I don't know where to find only the recovery but you can download the ROM and in PSF Tool you deselect everything but the recovery. That is a way to only flash the official recovery and keep the rest.
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
Here u go

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ca5h7vam20liuo3/recovery.img?dl=0
[K3 Note General] E.U.A:
Hello.

I have Chinese 1529 DEV rom but I found some problwm with GLONASS GPS satellites.

They doesn't appear! Device does not detect them. (another device sees ~15 satellites)

[IMG="GLONASS ISSUE"]http://oi61.tinypic.com/2vtpogg.jpg[/IMG]

It has to be see that satellites since chipset is compatible with it.

Does your device detect any glonass?

(Used https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androits.gps.test.free&hl=en )
[K3 Note General] Fexo:
Yes, the Chinese ROMs are known to have this problem. This was initially cured with the A7000 ported ROM. Don't know about the ROW ROM.
[K3 Note General] gurdeepsim:
Hi frnds can some 1 upload Indian row Roms theme engine
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
All feedback is good.

Permanently.

hp?

Sent from Hacker's K50-t5
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
So the recovery is also something that disables ota? When the ota package it's downloaded it only works with specific recoveries? Is the command to apply the package also different?

Sent from my Lenovo K50-t5 using Forum Runner
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
No, the recovery doesn't disable ota, you need stock recovery and to be unrooted in order to flash the ota.
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
So effectively both disable ota.

Somebody explained to me the reason for root but I never made the connection also to the recovery

Sent from my Lenovo K50-t5 using Forum Runner
[K3 Note General] E.U.A:
Can I have "A7000 ported ROM" image link?

I really want to use it.

Probably could generate patch for Chinese ROMs with it...

Edit: Okay, AOSP v3 have GLONASS GPS detection.

Will try to build patch from it's files...

Might be changing /system/lib64/hw/gps.default.so files could help.

Or does anyone know how to enable it in chinese roms?

Thanks.

Edit #2:

Nope! Changing /system/lib(& 64)/hw/gps.default.so files doesn't do the trick...

But might be it's related with firmware files. I find there are firmwares with gnss and gps words in it.

130|root@aio_otfp:/etc/firmware # grep -i gnss * -R
Binary file ROMv2_lm_patch_1_1_hdr.bin matches
Binary file modem_1_lwg_n.img matches
root@aio_otfp:/etc/firmware # grep -i gps * -R
Binary file ROMv2_lm_patch_1_0_hdr.bin matches
Binary file ROMv2_lm_patch_1_1_hdr.bin matches
WMT_SOC.cfg:wmt_gps_lna_pin=0
WMT_SOC.cfg:wmt_gps_lna_enable=0
Binary file modem_1_ltg_n.img matches
Binary file modem_1_lwg_n.img matches

Attack!
[K3 Note General] bazabaza:
​

Custom recovery allows so many useful things, first of all you can back up the entire ROM image and then if things go wrong you can just boot into recovery and restore your original ROM. So you can try custom ROMS and see which one suits, and then go back to the original.
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
I know for a fact that if you chose RU region in ROW rom you will get GLONAS working.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Let's get one thing straight, they don't disable ota as if you have custom recovery and are rooted and go to system updates you will get updates and can download them, it's just that when you want to flash them after the download it's not possible with the custom recovery and root. They don't disable OTA (over the air update), they disable the flasing of the downloaded ota, ok? It's clear now? good.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
I only catch GPS and BeiDou.

The phone is chinese, all the roms are based on chinese roms.
[K3 Note General] E.U.A:
That's really precious information. Worth to try.:good:

Do you mean choosing RU region in K50a40_S114_150618_ROW rom for example?

Wait a minute, how to choose "RU region"? From Date & Time settings?
[K3 Note General] anujyadava:
how to flash this image file??

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hi can u share the exact method to unroot and flash stock recovery ??
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
You need to dial ####682#
[K3 Note General] belmethos:
This is the outcome of ####682# from my sp flashed row rom.
[K3 Note General] chat1978:
Yes thanks for the clarification.

I had understood that thanks to your prior feedbacks and that I why I used the word effectively.

Sent from my Lenovo K50-t5 using Forum Runner
[K3 Note General] raperot:
Hi,

I Installed CouCo92 ROM based on Vibe 2.8.

I received a system update immediately after installation. Should I install it or not? DOnt know why I dont have an option to attach an image file to show you the screen shots.
[K3 Note General] Cyberdyne:
Which ROM did you install? His newest ROM is based on VIBUI 2.8_1529? If it is older this OTA might be the official VIBUI update. This update can be downloaded but it will not install (and that is good!) because you have a custom recovery. I know that he is working on his own OTAs to update his ROM but I am not sure how that works. If you have a version older then 1529 I would just download and flash this ROM. AFAIK you can do a dirty-flash when updating. You don't have to wipe system and data and you will keep everything (as if you had done an OTA update). This only works if you already have a CouCo92 ROM installed. If you are coming from an other ROM you have to wipe system and data before flashing!
[K3 Note General] Bidyadhar:
Bro pls give me the link of the rom u are talking about.. And where can i find such roms??
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
I don't know exactly why you are unable to change the region? because of root? or not having stock recovery. But safe way would be to flash 112 (don't update to to 114), then set region, restart and check again if region is set (some people reported that after restart they were back to default region).
[K3 Note General] belmethos:
I am at row rom, no root , no custom recovery everything stock. Maybe you flashed a modified Row rom???
[K3 Note General] raperot:
http://xdaforums.com/android/development/organized-thread-lenovo-k3-note-k50-t3158522

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HEre is my vesrion that I have it installed

VIBEUI_V2.8_1528_7.103.1_DEV-K50-T5

WHat do you think I should do? I dont want to lose everything and install all over again.
[K3 Note General] Cyberdyne:
As I already said: Download the new version of CuoCo92 ROM (1529) and make a dirtyflash (flash it and only wipe cache and dalvik).
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
I am talking about this K50a40_S112_150610_ROW

Or you can try this custom recovery rom https://yadi.sk/d/erSwMcachqvDQ

Based on 114 ROW. It already has RU region by defaul + root + gapps.
[K3 Note General] Fexo:
See post #585
[K3 Note General] dude_creative:
Guys, what is the hardware difference between K50-T5(china) and K50-A40 (Indian version) ?

or it is just software variation?
[K3 Note General] Fexo:
Just software.....................and a black case version!
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Software version...
[K3 Note General] neverhood11:
Guys there`s an icon showing up on my homescreen all the time.. I delete it and it shows up again. How to get rid of it?
[K3 Note General] aariss:
What icon ?
[K3 Note General] Cyberdyne:
Flash an other ROM without the chinese bloatware.

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CuoCo has released his own OTA updates for bugfixes. I would flash the newest firmware (1529) and install the OTA updates. AFAIK Problems with flashlight, mediaplayer and lockscreensettings got fixed (maybe more). Missing translations get updated step by step as well.
[K3 Note General] Cyberdyne:
I only know the problem with apps showing up again after deleting them from the chinese bloadware. Sorry!

If you could flash it from recovery than it is the right way! A ROM which has to be flashed using the SPF Tool cannot be flashed via recovery. But maybe you did something wrong while flashing?!

Did you wipe the System-, Data-, Cache- and Dalvik-partitions befor flashing the new ROM? That could be the problem!

AFAIK: When flashing a new ROM you should always wipe cache and dalvik-cache. If you switch from one ROM to an other, you must also wipe system and data. If you just flash a new version of the same ROM you might do a dirty-flash without wiping System and data befor flashing.

Please remember: If you want to wipe system and data you have to reflash the ROM afterwards! (You could try a factory reset first)
[K3 Note General] rockuman_ex:
Anyone on the ROW rom receives a new OTA?

I flashed mine with the indian ROW, then receives OTA immediately and today I received another OTA K50a40_S114_150618_ROW_TO_K50a40_S117_150706_ROW which is 296MB

I downloaded, then the phone rebooted to reovery (stock recovery), tried to update itself, then failed.

The first OTA I had was flawless, but this one failed.

Any idea?
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Ur phone rooted ?
[K3 Note General] rockuman_ex:
Yes. That's might be it eh? Forgot about that.

How do i unroot?
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Directly in the SU app you have that option. (Settings/cleanup/full unroot)

What's the changelog of the 117 update?
[K3 Note General] aariss:
SuperSU - Settings - Full Unroot
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
Atm there is not changelog avaliable for 117.
[K3 Note General] rockuman_ex:
Did full unroot, rebooted, installed root checker, said not rooted.

Tried to update ota again, but failed again.

Really don't want to do full flash again... :(
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
Quick question , I shall be using a 128gb sd card in my K3 , running sensation rom , Does anyone know if i format the card with the phone , will it allow me to download files bigger than the fat 32 limit of 4gb ? as some files will be 8 - 15 gb in size.

Or would I need to do a different kind of format , before putting the 128gb card in the phone.

TY :)
[K3 Note General] aariss:
Look like there's still supersu file left in /system folder...
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
So no one knows whats new with this update? Nice rom, nice OTA :eek:
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
Well I guess developers know and indians do, but I don't know their language and can't find any information.
[K3 Note General] sanke1:
You don't need to know any Indian language apart from English to understand that no change log was provided. I am installing the update as I type. Hopefully they will sort out few bugs and heating issues as well as theme Centre app being reported as spyware in Eset Security.

Few games like Farmville Country Escape show graphical glitches.

I will report once I use the updated phone.

Edit: Seems like a pathetic update. It added back some bloat apps like We Chat, ever note and many others. But we can uninstall them.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Indian ROW rom is so good! :D Here's 300MB of bloatware :eek:

I will try it later...:angel:

And then probably post a debloated and rooted TWRP backup.
[K3 Note General] moonk:
Guys, it is updated! i do not see any change except for those few games (bloatware) that comes for India. Anyway it is very easy to uninstall! Now I have a question, what internet speed do you have when you connect to internet on data? I have maximum "H+" I have never seen it 4G yet!!! Anybody has 4G?
[K3 Note General] n.vk1305:
do you use a 4g network? if yes you will get a 4g or lte icon....or may be that area has 3g coverage.
[K3 Note General] sanke1:
Airtel 4G on TDD LTE 2300 Mhz Band 40 gave me 65 Mbps on my Lenovo K3 Note. This was tested in Mumbai.

So yeah, 4G works on our Indian K50a40 model. That too brilliantly. This phone supports upcoming FDD LTE 1800 Mhz too so the phone is best for Indian 4G frequencies.

I am worried about high SAR value 1.59 of this phone. Permissible limit is 1.60 but do we know what is the average SAR value during normal call and day to day use?

Also, the phone does get hot near top ear speaker just after 2 mins of call. It gets unbearably hot while playing 3D games. Anyone notice this?
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
117 cwm/twrp flashable

https://yadi.sk/d/Vv22C6Ifhzpzz
[K3 Note General] justwondering:
Which rom is this ?!?
[K3 Note General] anujyadava:
How did u updated to s117 even after root.pls explain as I also need to update the same
[K3 Note General] rockuman_ex:
yeah I'd like to know too.

I did uninstall superSu as per suggestions on previous posts, but still couldn't install the OTA.
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
ROw (Indian)
[K3 Note General] Cutry:
Guys, i need ROW ROM download link on mega.nz please?
[K3 Note General] moonk:
My phone is unrooted ... i have never rooted it after I installed the ROW Rom
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
Can you post the link for the original thread so i can post it in my index thread? Thanks ;)

It's the K50A40 rom with 117 OTA debloated right?
[K3 Note General] dmnrmr:
Original thread on russian forum with rom discussion: http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=659110

Original post with different rom builds (row, st, dev): http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=659110&st=1740#entry40546209

The ROW build is debloated, changed font, added lenovo music player, default RU region, sd card write rules for non-system apps, root and gapps installed.
[K3 Note General] WearySky:
Have you checked your APN settings? I know that for my network (Rogers in Canada), the APN settings were incorrect. I had to fix them to get LTE.
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
I'm still waiting for you to register me on that forum!

Please PM me and i will send you my mail/user name, thanks:good:
[K3 Note General] hackerpower:
I just posted in my index thread a fix for Glonass Sats :highfive:
[K3 Note General] okahdidi:
For me I think the problem lies with the fact that ota survival has been disabled when flashing supersu and so even if u unroot,already ota survival has been disabled and so one has to find a way to enable it for ota to function effectively with lenovo recovery
[K3 Note General] WearySky:
I've gone back to using my P7000 as my daily driver for now, so I'm going to see if I can find a way to modify the OTA update script to ignore the fingerprint.
[K3 Note General] raperot:
hi, I still cant install OTA updates for LENOVO_K3_LOLLIPOP_5.1_1528-DEV_ROW_v1.7_CUOCO92

It said because my phone is rooted so I un-rooted my phone, when I select install the update, phone restarts and enters recovery and tries to install automatically but it cant.

ANy suggestions?
[K3 Note General] chrissss91:
Hi Raperot,

How is this ROM ? Smooth, MultiLingual ? On last roms, is there a non chinese font ?
[K3 Note General] raperot:
Its smooth and I like it a lot. Stable and veeery little chinese font (almost none).

Option to transfer apps to sd etc etc
[K3 Note General] meangreenie:
Is there a better link for row117? The yandex link is painfully slow, thanks.

Also will i have trouble switching to English if it's modded to be default Russian language?