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[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WalterWh1te:
[Request] Update Links, please?

Some of the links posted are dead. MEGA being the share site. If you could please check the links and reupload if necessary and update the post for us!

I'm gonna be getting my K3 Note tomorrow, hopefully, and I am planning on using this guide to root it and to go ahead and install Custom ROMs.

Thanks in advance! :)
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odegeorgela:
Okay, I'm quite new to android, and was wondering that what does st, dev and row stand for? Tried googling without any luck.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anujyadava:
St -stable rom

Dev-developers rom with some bugs

Row-rest of the world rom(other than china rom)
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odegeorgela:
Aha! Thanks a ton! Are the dev roms debloated, or does one have to go on and do that oneself? (Running the custom androium for now, but thought about maybe flashing the vibe if and when marshmallow arrives on it :) ) only ever experienced the stock rom on the phone, besides a couple of custom roms.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scorchgid:
Okay so phoenix rom isn't flashing xposed. Any suggestions?
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] che-78:
Tried that, but....

...it didn't work. Seems to be a hardware issue. 'Cause when I shake it I can sometimes hear something. So I need the Gearbest Rom. Anybody can help? Pleeease... :(
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valansch:
Push? :(
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kodaro:
I cannot answer completely to your question but I had problems with recovery flashing over fastboot too. I decided to just quit that and flashed another recovery (twrp from AtlonX2) with spflashtool. Otherwise I don't know exactly what your question is.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valansch:
Sorry, maybe i need to clarify:

I HAD fastboot on there. But the new ROM overwrote it with the stock recovery. But with that i don't know how to flash another rom onto it.

I can't put fastboot on it again because i can't open settings because i'm stuck at the installation. New i need a way to flash it or put fastboot on. Otherwise i'm pretty much screwed until they update the rom, which might work.

Here is a short video of what it does: youtube.com/watch?v=6zKhMk7mois
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kodaro:
My answer remains the same. Flash a new recovery with spflashtool if you can't get fastboot to work. Simple as that
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony32:
Is there any rom or camera app that lets you record high fps video for slow motion footage like the iphones? I've tried a couple of roms, and when they at least had the option for high frame rate slowmotion recording, the app just crashed when pressing record. Anyone know a way to do this? And NO, im not talking about recording 30 fps and slowing it down..
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valansch:
Thank you. I actually tried that before and it didn't do anything. I reinstalled the driver and it works. :)
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WalterWh1te:
Battery Issues.

Hello everyone.

HELP!!

I am on the stock K50a40_S121_150813_ROW ROM and my battery sucks at the moment. My device is just 2 days old. Got it on the 24th of October.

I had around 52% battery life as soon as I powered it up. I didn't charge in a hurry. I started using it and flashed TWRP through ADB. And backed up the ROM and installed 4-5 other ROMs while plugged into the charger. As the device is mostly powered off while I'm in the recovery, my device charged and I had around 60% battery. It had dipped to some 23% before I plugged my phone in and started flashing various ROMs.

The one strange point I have noticed is, when I switch off my phone and connect it to power outlet, the phone charges as it should. But when it is powered on, even though the screen is off, it takes decades to charge even 1%. I charged my battery to 99% while switched off, unplugged it and used it for sometime so that the battery dipped to 83%. Now it says 1 hour and 16 minutes until full. What could be wrong with my phone? Or is it normal with all the users?

If it is unusual, I'll place a replacement order on Flipkart. Thanks in advance.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chilling:
hello, everyone. i've never rooted or flashed a phone before, so seeing all these things is quite overwhelming for me.

i have a couple of questions and it'd be great if someone can provide some enlightenment. :angel:

phone will come from china, so it's a given that it'll have bloatware, etc. how will i get rid of those? can i get it to its clean, default state? what should i do first rooting or flashing? what rom should i use (and how???)? help pls.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odegeorgela:
Hi everybody, got one problem with my K3. A couple of weeks after I had received my phone, the touchscreen started pressing a point on the screen by itself. This started occurring more frequently, so I contacted the retailer (gearbest) and they offered to give me a refund, if I were to ship it back to them. So I went on and sent it per mail (from Finland) only to find that per some (bs) IATA regulations Li-Ion batteries can't be shipped on an aircraft, so the phone was returned to me. Asked gearbest if they would refund me if I returned the phone without the battery, but they didn't agree to this, and therefore I got to keep the device and got a 20% refund.

I have tried to flash new ROMs, and done reboots, hard reboots but nothing has solved the problem. The problem itself occurs randomly, without any prior indication and disappears (at least on most occasions) by locking the screen and turning it on again.

So does anybody know if this can be fixed by some software, or is it a hardware problem, and if a hw related problem, can it be solved by changing the digitizer for example?

I hope someone out there has some solution to this, cause I quite enjoyed the phone prior to this problem.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WalterWh1te:
Hey there,

You will have to download the Fastboot software :

Here

After you have that, download a Recovery image :

Here

Once you have both of them, download the final file, the ROOT file itself :

Here

After you have downloaded the root zip, put it on your SD card.

Now enable developer options on your phone, and check the ADB debugging box. (To enable developer options, open your About Phone and go to Device Information and tap on the Build number 7 times. Go back to the settings page and you should see Developer Options.)

Run the .bat file on your laptop or computer. After that, it might install it on your PC.

Plug in your phone through a USB cable to your computer/laptop that you have the tools on.

Open the tool and type :

adb devices

You should get a response with a code and "device" next to it, if you get it, continue, or else go back and redo the developer options step again till you get a accurate response.

adb reboot bootloader

This will switch off your device and there will be a black screen with "Fastboot mode" or something similar written in a small font on the bottom left of your screen. IF you have that continue typing in the codes in the terminal on your computer.

fastboot devices

This should return the same code you got for the first code with "fastboot" next to it. Continue.

fastboot flash recovery <path to your recovery image that you downloaded previously.>

Easiest way to insert the path is, type the code, and then drag the .img file to the cmd window. This will add the recovery image's address to the code and then press ENTER.

fastboot reboot

Before you press ENTER after typing in the code, make sure you are pressing down both the volume keys and then hit enter. This will reboot you into TWRP recovery.

Now press Install and go to the zip file you put on your SD card and select it and flash it. Once you have done this, you have successfully rooted your phone.

Now reboot system and once the phone is booted up, you will see SuperSU icon somewhere between all your other apps. Now go to Google Play store and search for "System app uninstaller". Install the app of your choice and open that app. There you will be prompted to give the app Root permissions, go ahead and you can uninstall all the bloatware and the unnecessary apps you don't want. That's all you have to do!

Cheers and have fun! :D

Most probably the digitizer issue. Had a similar problem on my Micromax Canvas 2 Colours. Tried all the ROMs available and all the attempts to fix the screen went in vain. It should be resolved by replacing the Digitizer, but I'm not sure, I sold my old phone and got the K3 note. Anyway, hope you can get it fixed.

Cheers!
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaim_superman:
Help me, i need stock rom for lenovo k30-w and how to flashing to stock rom.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odegeorgela:
Yeah! Let's hope that fixes the issue. Thanks though!
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chilling:
[MENTION=7008196]WalterWh1te[/MENTION] thank you, dude. i'll give it a go when my phone finally gets here. :good:
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odegeorgela:
I had a question about the dev roms: are these debloated or does one have to do this oneself and if, which applications/services can be frozen/uninstalled?
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyingsu:
so cool

thx~
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WalterWh1te:
Sure! :D Let me know if you have any doubts.

And one very very important note : Try to

avoid using SP Tools aka Smart Phone flash Tools at all costs

. If you have/want a ROM which is SP tools flashable only, then use the "Download Only" option if, that doesn't work, "Firmware Upgrade".

Never use the "Format All + Download"

. You could brick your device easily that way. I'm speaking from experience there. ;)
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psarogen:
Is that producing a perma brick? I still don't know when I should use these 2 options. Anyone sure about that?
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chilling:
first off, thanks [MENTION=7008196]WalterWh1te[/MENTION] for helping me root my phone and install twrp. :good:

i decided to flash a custom rom which is VIBEUI_V2.8_1540_LTT_LEMONADE using twrp. after flashing said rom, i'm now stuck at the lenovo logo. i've never flashed a rom before so idk what to do next. i followed some youtube vids, waited for 15 mins while stuck at the logo, removed battery, wiped it again, to no avail. i've done these things for like 5 times now. help pls.

edit:

i fixed it by flashing another rom which is LENOVO_K3_LOLLIPOP_5.1_R1540D_ROW_v15.40_CUOCO92. i'm very satisfied so far. really learned a lot about this stuff.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vonuzu:
Is there a way to install Dolby instead of Maxx Audio on the dev roms?

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Download the latest st rom, and flash with twrp. Go to the index thread for download links and stuff.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackerpower:
Try this: http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/mod-dolby-atmos-t3109446

But IMO MAXX Audio is far better and more customizable.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simplybhanu:
Can anyone please share the Stock ROM for lenovo k3 note which can be installed through CWM recovery mode without using flash tool.....my lenovo k3 norte is rooted and now i want to revert to stock ROM.....I have tried flashtool process but its not working out so please someone share the .zip file which can be installed via CWM recovery mode
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackerpower:
my index thread is your friend.

Sent from Hacker's K50-T5
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thinkgadgetsme:
trouble installing OTA

I have been using k50a40 (ROW ROM S117) for quite sometime which i successfully rooted, also tried Dev ROM 1539 but some i like the ROW ROM more. i came back to S117 and now want to update to S121 (for which i am getting a notification). May be on this thread or some other XDA thread i need to go fully stock in order to apply OTA updates. Here is what i did -

1. Flashed the stock lenovo recovery using adb method (found this at index thread of [MENTION=5106992]hackerpower[/MENTION])

2. Went to SuperSU and and did a full unroot (Root Checker says "Sorry! Root access is not properly installed on this device")

3. Downloaded the OTA update packed (settings -> about phone -> system update) -- this fails after phone reboots

4. Downloaded the OTA zip file from index thread of hackerpower, renamed it to update.zip and placed it to the root folder. Rebooted to lenovo stock recovery and try to flash the update.zip file. It goes till 94/96% and fails

Conclusion - All I want is to update to S121 but I am unable to do it till now.

Can somebody suggest if I am making any mistake? Guide me what to do? I can search how to do it. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WalterWh1te:
I'm not sure if it will produce a permanent brick or not, but I couldn't get my phone working even after flashing the Stock Firmware around 6-7 times with the Download Only and Firmware Upgrade mode. It left me with the screen not turning on. I could only get a haptic feedback when I tried to power on my phone.

Then I flashed the VIBEUI_Xancin version and it booted up. Then I had to reflash TWRP to the phone and get it back. It is a headache, so I would ask you to please not use to "Format all + Download" option ever. You might just want to ask a question here on xda before you do something like that.

And you would have to use the "Download Only" option for most of the time. It should work. If in any case, it does not, then and only then try the "Firmware Upgrade". In my knowledge, you should be fine with these two options, but go for the first one as much as possible.

No problems man!

You probably would want to back up your stock ROM just in case. Flash the ROM version which your device came with and back it up with TWRP, if you are still in warranty period, this will help you in any such situations. :)

As for the bootloop, it could be due to a dirty flash, the next time you are flashing a ROM, go to "Wipe" option in TWRP and swipe to clear up the previous ROM's settings. Do not try the advance flash or stuff. And you might want to backup your data, if you have anything important such as pictures etc. To do that, just go to "Backup" option in TWRP. Hope that helps.

Hope you understand your device more! Most of the times, you will have solutions to problems you encounter, just don't lose your calm and do something in panic. :D
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psarogen:
Thanks for the valuable answer. Does anyone know for sure the difference between download only and firmware upgrade? I mean there has to be a difference.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WalterWh1te:
Got this off of SPFT's welcome page.

·

Format All + Download

Function

Format Whole Flash and download all images.

·

Firmware Upgrade

Function:

Aim to protect important data from to be lost.

Prerequisite:

Phone could boot up to home screen.

Phone has been written calibration data.

Scenario:

Case1- Layout Not Changed:

· Normal Visible Regions: Format ->Download

· Normal Invisible Regions: Format

· Bootloaders/Protected Invisible/Reserved Regions: No Action

· Kept Visible Regions:

Check: Format->Download

Uncheck: No Action

Case2-Layout Changed:

· Bootloaders/Normal Visible Regions: Format ->Download

· Normal Invisible Regions: Format

· Reserved Regions: No Action

· Protected Invisible Regions:

Partition Changed: Readback->Format->Restore

Partition Not Changed: Format->Download

· Kept Visible Regions:

Check: Format->Download

Uncheck: Pop up error message and stop the operation.

And I am assuming "Download only" will not format any of the important parts or data of your phone like the NAND, EMMC and SDMMC stuff. It will just erase and write the Android System files. Although, This might not be true or partly true. I am just assuming.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satyamtg:
CM

Is there any chance for Cyanoogenmod on this device......Also, will this method work on K3 note Music??
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WalterWh1te:
There is CM12.1 Beta 1.2 for Lenovo K3 Note. I am not sure about the K3 Note music.

Check the index thread for the K3 Note version.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scorchgid:
How stable is CM12.2b?

Additionally I have a question in regards to the Camera.

When I take a picture in the dark the flash (torch) is supposed to come on for a few seconds the camera takes the picture. However, what happens is the flash goes on then off and then the camera takes the picture. So in effect the camera is taking a picture in the dark because it is reacting too slowly. (Leaving the torch on does not help as when it takes a picture it turns it off)

Finally, I've found phoenix ROM to be quite laggy. But I do not know is this is due to the number of applications I have on the phone or if it is due to the ROM. Does anyone else have this issue?
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WalterWh1te:
Hey, from what I used, there are obsolete translations to English. As the ROM is from a Chinese dev, you can notice the Chinese font every now and then, which is not something I would want.

The problem might be with the ISO settings. If it is not set to auto or it isn't appropriate, the camera shutter might be reacting slowly, and the flash is not working in flow with the camera, although it should. Check the ISO settings once, if that does not help, then it might be a problem with the ROM. Try doing the same with a different ROM.

I'm on Androium 5, and I haven't experienced any lag as of now. And on a side note, I might start working on the development of CM13.0 for K3 Note. Don't expect a fully stable build anytime soon though. And the work will start once I have all the resources. I'm using a bad internet connection, so, I've to wait for it download fully.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thinkgadgetsme:
Can anyone help me with my trouble?

~ please ignore this post.

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Can somebody help me with this issue? Am i doing something wrong here?
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafioso:
I want to buy k3 note. Switching from LG G2. I know, k3 note has GPS problems, it doesn't do turn by turn navigation very well. Does the GPS fix get rid of the problem ? Also how stable are custom roms for this phone ? are the Android 5.1 roms bug free ?
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odegeorgela:
Haven't noticed any GPS problems, but then again, I haven't used any tbt navigation. There are some good roms, and I think the Androium 5 is great!
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chilling:
has anyone tried using blurred system ui (lp) module on their device? i'm using it now and it doesn't blur the notifications, while the rest works fine.

also, while we're on about modules, do you guys use gravitybox (lp) on your custom roms?
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackerpower:
It worked a few versions back, before 1540 i think, but i would get notification center has stopped whenever i changed some quick setting.

I attached a SS of the modules i have running without problems.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chilling:
i see, thanks. i installed blurred system ui to blur the notifications, sucks that it doesn't work.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freegame619:
Google Play Problem

After the recent Google Play Update to 5.10.30, whenever I try to install an app from the store, ie when i press the install button, the permission screen comes up, after accepting it, the play store force closes, I thought it might be a software conflit, so I unistalled a number of apps, removed xposed and such, finally i even performed a factory reset of the device after reverting back to stock recovery, even after that the same problem persist.

I tried clearing all data of play store, play services, google frame work, download manager, download etc, changed the date to pervious and back to original, removed and added google account many times, its frustrating that it is the only google app that does not work, I also uninstalled the play store and installed it as a user app.

At times it gives me the server error for which I performed the remove and add account thing, please some one help.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackerpower:
Flash/try different gapps package.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freegame619:
Google Play Problem

My phone is the indian version K50a40, build K50a40_S114_150618_ROW, I tried to flash "Slim_zero_gapps.BETA.5.1.build.0.x-20151023" via CWM, but an error occured,

"The Gapps version adn ROM does not match", coul you please suggest which is the correct Gapps version for my ROM.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackerpower:
Try opengapps
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kodaro:
Simple. The row is Android 5.0 and the gapps are for 5.1.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freegame619:
Play Store

Thanks, I don't know how I missed that, but tried opengapps and it worked, but to be sure, I simply reflashed my firmware, till now there seems to be no problems, thanks for the help form the community.

NB: Is there any problem in using x32 ARM build of GAPPS for Lenovo K3 as its a x64 bit phone (I don't know about android, but in windows its fine, most probably it will also be fine too, but i want to clarify.)
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackerpower:
Of course there's a problem. Don't compare potatoes to onions. :eek:
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freegame619:
Play Store

Thanks for all the help and the confirmation.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackerpower:
No problem, anytime.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dartsu:
The links to SuperSU and Minimal ADB & Fastboot + K3 Note Recovery (CWM): are down

Ace tutorial, i tryed to download the files needed for the root but it failed the top one still works but the bottem ones dont (see my quote).

could you please update the links?

i could google for the files but i trust the guys at xda more then some random site :)

had to update the post cant post url links yet. but i think you get the idea.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marg3latu:
Just go to hackerpower's index thread and you will find everything you need there (and more).
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQDavid:
I was wondering if there is a way to enable RDS on this phone by rooting or something?

what are some good ROMs that wont cause losing some of functionalities and in the same time they look good?

Is it safer to multiboot?
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damanrico:
I'm using 1544 DEV atm. Is there a way to disable the annoying Securityit permission stuff?

I'm trying to restore my apps using Titanium Backup, and it keeps popping up asking me if I want to install the app, and then my whole restore batch hangs and never completes.

Disabling Securityit doesn't work, then I can't restore any apps.
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romano19:
Hi. Do you know how to direct root on k3/a7000 plus? Don't use PC. Tks
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odegeorgela:
Ok, so I updated the Androium to 5.10 from 5.06 using the OTA updater and after that I had the R for roaming appear at the signal symbol, and can't connect to internet using mobile data except when I turn roaming on. Any solution to this?

Much obliged!
[K3 Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chapot2000:
Root : OK, install ROM : OK. Space left : KO

Hi,

I've rooted my Lenovo K3 Note with CWM (with ubuntu), installed Lemoncello 5.1 ROM. So everything is fine. Except that when I plug my phone on my computer I see :

- "0" folder which contains the old stock ROM files + my CWM backup ROM I made before flashing the new ROM. This is the directory viewed by CWM when I boot in recovery mode.

- The other folders of my new Lemoncello ROM.

Total Space available : 11,2gb

Space left : 7,5gb.

It's supposed to be a 16GB phone so is there something wrong ? Why CWM is not pointing on my "new" ROM folders ? Is it possible de delete all the old stock ROM files ?

Thanks a lot for your answers.

Julien