[Lenovo A328 Guides, News, & Discussion] gkalen:
Hi , to all users of Lenovo A328 .

I own this phone just 10 days and i will describe in few words , how to take a backup , install twrp and install a custom rom on Lenovo A328.

1. THE MOST BASIC

The most basic of all is to know that you have an mtk device.

This means , that you must first of all , install MTK DROID TOOLS .. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160490 , SP FLASH TOOL ... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2650125 and VCOM drivers ... http://forum.innjoo.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=3853 , to your pc.

There are a lot of guides out there , some of them below...

http://www.arykblog.info/2014/10/mtk-droid-tools-root-backup-and-recover.html

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1982587

2. HOW TO TAKE A BACKUP WITH MTK DROID TOOLS

To take a backup with Mtk droid tools it's very easy , BUT there is a little different than on other phones.

You must firstly flash a modiffied ( unsecured ) boot.img because with the stock boot.img MTK droid tools don't let you to take a backup.

So you must download first , this boot.img ... http://d-h.st/jkoe

Then add this boot.img to MTK droid tools folder.

Connect your phone with usb debbuging ON , and start MTK droid tools , in few seconds the program will recognize your phone.

Then hit , blocks map button and in the new window hit , create scatter file button and you will be fine.

Then open SP flash tool and hit the , scatter loading button.

Tick only the boot.img in the new window , then double click the boot.img's line and choose the boot.img which you download before.

That's it , TURN OFF your phone and disconnect it.

Then hit download button on SP flash tool and connect your phone with usb without turn it on.

That's it , in few seconds will be completed , the boot.img is allready installed on your phone .

Now you are ready to backup you rom with MTK droid tools.

Turn your phone on , and connect it with usb debugging on and open MTK droid tools.

Now hit , root backup recovery , button and hit the backup button.

That's it , after some hour your backup will be ready.

3. HOW TO TAKE A BACKUP WITH TWRP

You can also take a backup of your stock rom with TWRP recovery.

Download TWRP recovery 2.8.1.0 from here .... http://lenovo-forums.ru/topic/8754-lenovo-a328-кастомное-recovery-twrp-root-root-shell/ , give thanks to savyol for this.

Then follow the same steps as in section 2 , but you must flash with SP flash tool , the TWRP recovery ( recovery.img ) now , instead of boot.img.

After you finished with flashing TWRP , then you can enter TWRP recovery by holding BOTH volume buttons and power on for 10 seconds , then release power button and continue to hold volume buttons , in few seconds lenovo logo will appear and phone will enter in TWRP recovery , release volume buttons.

Choose the backup and restore button and then choose , backup.

That's it , wait until backup finish and you are ready with your backup.

Save your backup to pc and you will be just fine.

4. HOW TO ROOT YOUR DEVICE

Download the zip for CWM,TWRP.. from here ... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 , and give thanks to chainfire.

Put the zip in your sdcard , install it with TWRP , reboot your phone and you'll be fine.

For unrooted phones you can also root your phone with MTK droid tools by choosing the root button.

There are also apps that you can root your phone , like dingdong root , kingroot etc.

5. HOW TO FLASH A CUSTOM ROM

Download the rom.zip FOR YOUR DEVICE and put it in sdcard.

Enter into TWRP recovery.

Choose wipe , and do a factory reset.

Then choose , install , choose the rom.zip and flash it.

Wait for installation to finish.

Then choose wipe cache and dalvik.

Then choose reboot system and wait for rom to boot ...

Enjoy your new rom !!!

THANKS and GREDITS

we must give gredits and thanks to Savyol for TWRP , i can say that he save me some time with this and i would like to give him , my big THANK !!!

KAJUS KAJUSEVIC , for below guide.

GUIDE from Kajus Kajusevic for Linux users.

There's easier way to backup your stock rom and flash twrp recovery, especially if you are a linux user:

1. Root your phone - kingoroot works nice

2. Enable developer options (Settings>About phone, tap several times on Build Number, then enable USB debugging in newly added developer menu)

3. Backup your stock recovery with adb:

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/recovery of=/sdcard/recovery.img bs=1024 count=10240
exit
exit
adb pull /sdcard/recovery.img

4. Download twrp image from russian forum (as a new user, I can't share the link, it's the same file you would use with SP Flash Tool)

5. Push recovery.img to device

adb push recovery_A328_KK.img /sdcard/recovery.img

6. flash it

adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/recovery
exit
exit

7. And reboot to your new recovery!

adb reboot recovery