yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] Tzul:
Do not rely on horrendously obsolete operating systems that don't get any security updates anymore (Windows XP). At least not if you connect them to the internet.

And by the way, well-behaved 16 bit Windows apps should still run in Windows 10 - the 32 bit versions of Windows support 32 and 16 bit applications, the 64 bit versions of Windows support 64 and 32 bit applications, but not 16. Anyway, the better choice would be a virtual machine (VM).
[Android General] Old faithful:
Okay, I'll take you up on your challenge - could you tell me what, if anything, regarding security, can not be solved by using independent security software?

Stated another way - are you saying that no matter what we do security-wise, no matter what security software we install and use on our machines, even those that go deeply below the operating system, we are fundamentally subservient to the operating system inherent weaknesses and must 'comply with the update process or die', so to speak? That is hard to believe...

As for using 16-bit applications in versions of Windows beyond XP - my experience tells me otherwise. I have software that will only operate in Native XP or less, and gets all kinds of memory errors and other problems when using Vista and even worse on Windows 7. I can't imagine it could be any better on Windows 8 or 10. And that's for 32 bit Windows, not 64. Or am I missing something?
[Android General] bidav1:
guys can i install the TWRP backup from #3 on the L version?
[Android General] bora61:
I can not find stock rom 5..1..1 for my Lenovo Tab 2 A10-30F ?

What is the difference between A10-30F and A10-70 ?

Thank you.
[Android General] Old faithful:
There are two versions, the F (WiFi only) and the L (with cellular radio)
[Android General] tahir_blf:
Hi guys

Thanks for this post looks very comprehensive with all the links etc. One question, my A10-70 is showing a dead android (failed Lenovo update), so I can't actually get root access on it. How can I recover? The tablet was on KitKat before it died.

Actually I just managed to connect to it via fastboot (d/l with Lenovo LE Tools) but fastboot oem unlock hangs on both tablet and PC
[Android General] Tzul:
You can, but you shouldn't. First, you'd lose functionality (the backup is for the F version, which doesn't have 3G / mobile internet), and second, there have been newer firmwares released in the meantime.

The Tab 2 A10-70 has a 1920x1200 screen, 2 GB of RAM, and uses a MediaTek chip.

The Tab 2 A10-30 has a 1280x800 screen , 1 GB of RAM, and uses a Qualcomm chip.

The "dead android" image is usually displayed by the stock recovery. You could try to flash TWRP as custom recovery.

You do not need to do a "fastboot oem unlock". The bootloader on this tablet is unlocked by default.

I recommend you find out what tablet you have exactly (is it really the Tab 2 A10-70F, or the Tab 2 A10-70L?), and then use the SPFT to flash a complete firmware.
[Android General] bora61:
Here is what I have :

Lenovo IdeaTab2 A10-30 TB2-X30F MSM8909 QC 1.3GHz/10" IPS HD/1GB/16GB/WiFI/2MP+5MP/Android 5.1/Blue

EAN: 889800563324
[Android General] tahir_blf:
The back of the tablet says it's an A7600F, it's WIFI only so it's the A10-70F isn't it?
[Android General] chris5s:
The A7600F is a different model to the Tab 2. Check out the specs on gsmarena or somewhere :good:

Peace.
[Android General] tahir_blf:
Thanks Chris, according to Lenovo website it's:

A10-70 (A7600) Tablet - Type Z0B1 HJA4KQCR
[Android General] clsA:
Agreed it's not the Tab 2 we are discussing here..

http://m.gsmarena.com/lenovo_a10_70_a7600-6282.php

It's much older

This is the Tab 2 in this thread

http://m.gsmarena.com/lenovo_tab_2_a10_70-7089.php
[Android General] chris5s:
That's it.

[MENTION=7807468]tahir_blf[/MENTION] your device has different processor, among other things, so prob not wise to flash anything from this thread. You may at worst end up with a paperweight...

Peace.
[Android General] tahir_blf:
Thanks guys, a bit new to this. Seems a bit ridiculous of Lenovo to call them all A7600.
[Android General] Destinee77:
System UI closed

Hey Community,

I am asking myself if anybody encounters the same Problem (no search results):

LENOVO Tab 2 A10_70L (the cellular Version), not rooted yet

After update to latest official Lollipop I sometimes do get System UI force closes when I'm on the train with 4g connected! It seems that this force closes are related to the changing of the radio mast (I hope this is the right Term :))

That takes me back to lockscreen and I have to unlock the tab. Sometimes it happens up to 4-5 times in a row what is really annoying.

No force closes with 4g without movement or WiFi connected. Sounds weird isn't it?

Would appreciate any suggestions to my problem.
[Android General] bigrammy:
Actually this is quite a good question.

I cant give you any definitive answer as I do not have the cellular version but I can offer some theory which may help a little with understanding.

When speeding along in a train the cell masts will change quite quickly and sometimes very quickly also they will no doubt use different bands some been 4G/2G only some 4G/3G some 3G/2G etc etc unless you have 100% 4G nation wide coverage which I doubt.

Most 4G bands have quite a short range too as a rule the higher the frequency the shorter the range so lte band 7 (2600) has a shorter range than band 20 (800) but band 7 will be faster.

I suspect the radio refresh rate cannot keep up with speed at which your "cells" are changing so you would need to increase the refresh rate but this would impact on your battery.

What you need to do is find out what is your providers best coverage as a % so if they have 98% 3G coverage and only 75% 4G then for smoothness of transition between "cells" choose the most common 3G in this example.

As for the 4G WiFi question.

Although it says 4G what you are actually on is 2G voice with data been sent via the WiFi only when you turn off WiFi will you be returned to 4G .

I have tried to put this in a Very Simple way as the realities are far more complicated. :eek:
[Android General] Destinee77:
Understood :good:

As far as I know my provider uses 2600mhz in towns and 800mhz in the countryside. My daily route is from one Town to another with countryside inbetween ;)

Of course sometimes I do have 3g available only...

I will test to use only 3g on train but for my Information: what is the best way to increase refresh rate?

I guess I'll have to root and change settings in any prop file with root explorer?

Thanks again for the hint with refresh rate... Perhaps I'll talk to the train driver to slow down a little bit :cool:
[Android General] bigrammy:
I found this article which may explain your situation about handing over from "cell" to "cell" on 4G http://www.3glteinfo.com/soft-handover-lte/
[Android General] Persizi:
There is already Android 6.0 for Lenovo Tab 2 A10-70L.
[Android General] chris5s:
Cool :good:

Let's hope an ota gets pushed for the F
[Android General] dirlan2001:
It's an AOSP, homemade, so no OTA...

Cheers
[Android General] chris5s:
Hm, guess I got fooled by the "official" claim, and "created" by Lenovo...
[Android General] gerardo54:
Is there a possibility to install Marshmallow on this device? Until now I was not able to find a possibilty.
[Android General] loner.:
Absolutely, if anyone ever decides port Marshmallow for this device. Even 5.1.1 or any custom ROM would be nice.

Sent from my Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70F
[Android General] Diabblo:
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http://xdaforums.com/android/software/cyanogenmod-12-1-lenovo-tab2-a7-10f-t3478841
[Android General] clsA:
A7 not the same
[Android General] lazostat:
But still i see some lag on Clash Royale game.. Not 100% smooth.. I am so sad..

Also some frame drops while viewing 1080p movies with VLC.
[Android General] Tzul:
[MENTION=5945816]lazostat[/MENTION] Have you tried some other players? I much prefer MX Player over VLC. MX shows clearly whether or not hardware-accelerated decoding is used, for example. If software decoding is used to play a 1080p video, then frame drops would be no surprise. And if you try to play a 60fps video, then "frame drops" are no surprise either, even with hardware decoding. The reason is that the tablet's screen operates at a refresh rate of about 56.25 Hz, which makes it impossible to show 60 full frames per second.
[Android General] gerardo54:
And what is the best way to do so?

I mean, how to get Marshmallow on this tablet.

Sorry I reacted to quick, I just noticed this http://xdaforums.com/andr...7-10f-t3478841
[Android General] Len:
Is this A10-70L_S000212_161020_ROW legit? (link)
[Android General] bigrammy:
Seems legit if you have a Lenovo Tab 2 A10-70L try it and see.

Sadly the wife has the Lenovo Tab 2 A10-70F (WiFi Only Model) and I have not tried booting the "L" kernel on her "F" model due to strict instructions "Not to mess with my tablet!!" She hates me messing so since it's her's I must respect what she says :(
[Android General] charlestek:
Latest Lollipop Version SPFT pkg from Tzul??

I have been away from the forum for many months. I have an A10-70F that had the original Kit Kat plus the first incremental installed. I just decided to upgrade to Lollipop with SPFT using Tzul's A10-70F_S000121_151222_ROW.7z from http://1drv.ms/1Zemqtg, which I thought was the latest version which Tzul moded slightly. When the upgrade was done, I found there was an incremental update available

A10-70F_S000121_151222_ROW_TO_A10-70F_S000122_151222_ROW as an OTA, so I just ran that OTA. However, I'm not if doing so erased the special mods Tzul made to the A10-70F_S000121_151222_ROW.7z

Is there a later SPFT package for A10-70F_S000122_151222_ROW from Tzul???

Also what is the latest version of twrp? twrp300 or twrp2870?

Thanks,
[Android General] Nodevski:
Clone Tab?

Hi, I have this tab and it is fully updated to the latest Lollipop, I have the TWRP recovery environment installed, it is rooted and I have Xposed installed.

I have just ordered a second tab with KitKat installed and I want to clone everything from the first tab to the second.

How do I do this? I was thinking:

- Write a TWRP backup (which partitions?) from Tab1 to an external SD card.

- Flash latest Lollipop stock ROM on Tab2 and update via OTA (or flash the updates?).

- Install TWRP on Tab2.

- Switch the SD card from Tab1 to Tab2.

- Write TWRP recovery backup from SD card to Tab2.

Would this be the correct procedure? Please tell me if I'm missing something.
[Android General] brunoballe:
Poor Wifi reception??

Hello

I just wanna check if someone else have noticed if Tab2 A10-70 got poor wifi reception?

I got

no

problems with dropouts etc.. (ver5.0.1)

But if im standing like 1meter from the router, the signalbar is moving between 1 to 2.. And if i move to the room next door, the signal nearly goes down to zero.. Phones, computer, another tab got excellent reception where Tab2 fails..

Anyone recognize this??
[Android General] Tzul:
I doubt that it is legit. It tries to sound official with that complete firmware ID, but as far as I know, Lenovo does not actually use "S0002xx" for their Android 6 firmwares.

I didn't really "mod" anything in my firmware releases. And I'm not updating the files on OneDrive anymore.

You can find the current files on AndroidFileHost.

TWRP 3.0.0 is obviously newer than 2.8.7.0, and so far the latest build for this tablet.

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Yes, you could do that, but you probably shouldn't. I wrote about it here.

In short, the problem with copying/cloning the data partition is that you will cause the tablets to share IDs that should be unique on each device. That could lead to problems.

I've created a little script that can be run via TWRP's "install" function which tries to delete those IDs. You could run it on the original tablet before you create a backup, or run it on each "cloned" tablet after the restore/clone process, but before you boot Android. In any case, I recommend creating a complete backup of everything before you try it.
[Android General] charlestek:
[MENTION=5919159]Tzul[/MENTION]

Hey I did get the upgrade to take successfully with SPFT, thanks to your previous documentation and work Tzul,

so I do owe you a lot of thanks. It did get me nervous when the tablet booted to the splash screen and the progress indicator got stuck 3/4 of the way for a long while, I was worried that

I had a bad flash.

Unfortunately the TWRP versioning is not obvious to me as

recovery_twrp300 vs recovery_twrp2870, is not clear unless you know there are decimal points

in the versioning, as you have now provided me in your quoted reply. I would also expect the versions to be named TWRP 3.0.0 and TWRP 2.8.7 or 3.0.0.0 and 2.8.7.0 to

be consistent.

So what tablet have you moved on to? I have not read the specs on the rest of the yoga 10 inch tablets, I think they may have made one of those with a fast processor that is worthwhile vs

the Tab 3 10" Pro which is a slow machine disaster.
[Android General] Nodevski:
Clone Tab?

Allright Tzul, thanks for the insight. Seems to me that cloning one single tab is more trouble than it's worth, so I decided to set the system, data and recovery partitions of the second tab up from scratch, and then restore settings for some apps with oandbackup. Thanks again!
[Android General] mr_adriang:
freeze and reboot

Hi, my A10-70F tablet freezes and then reboots itself after around 60 seconds at least once a day. This is happening in various apps ranging from games (e.g. Clash of Clans) to simple news readers. The screen becoes garbled, with straight vertical lines and loud audio looping artifact.

I would like to ask if anyone else suffers the same or only me (I suspect it might also be a hardware issue particular to my sample)?

I have searched the net for same reports, but didn't find, this is why I am asking here - any advises on what to try?

I have tried

- factory reset on stock Lollipop (latest)

- reverted back to stock Kitkat (latest)

- disabling unused apps (Play Music, Newsstand, Books, etc.)

Thanks,

Adrian
[Android General] supaet:
there's a new ota for this tablet suprisingly

s000123_160921_ROW

a little over 100mb
[Android General] Zub236:
I just got the update too, but it failed while installing. 100% stock, never rooted.
[Android General] chris5s:
Any better changelog than "fix bugs and increase device stability"?!

Edit: update failed here too, apparently my tablet is identifying itself as the " L" model during update process, hence the failure (update is looking for "F" model, ie WiFi only version). All build.prop entries are correct tho for F, so no sure where the misinformation is happening - possibly TWRP recovery? Would stock recovery be required for official update?

Peace
[Android General] heisert:
Same here... F Model. Update failed. No root. Solutions? Whats wrong with Lenovo..
[Android General] Zub236:
Mine said something about unexpected contents in apphide.apk or something.
[Android General] CCliff:
Thanks for the info
[Android General] Mika:
Same here non rooted and Apphide.apk problem?
[Android General] ArchieGodfrey:
Tab 2 A10-30F stock rom

Thanks sorry I missed your reply. Can I flash a stock rom on this device?
[Android General] heisert:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Android-based-Tablets-and/A10-70f-OTA-Update-failed/td-p/3476509

Were not alone
[Android General] Tzul:
See the version number info at the bottom of this page.

I haven't moved on to another tablet, I'm still using this one.

Perhaps you have flashed the "L" version of TWRP. I made two versions, for the 70F and 70L, precisely because the ID info is stored in a prop file in the recovery itself, and not taken from /system/build.prop. And yes, to install official incremental updates, you generally should use the stock recovery. We've discussed this before in this thread. If you know how to modifiy the updater script, you can get them to work in TWRP.

Anyway, this update is broken, don't bother trying to install it. Pretty much all the patch files it contains (around 160) were made for a different file version and cannot be applied to our S000122 files. Hence the "unexpected contents" error message. It's not just AppHide.apk, it's way, way more.

Lenovo already messed up the Tab 2 A10-30F update, and now the Tab 2 A10-70F, too...

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Sorry, I don't know about your tablet.
[Android General] chris5s:
You're correct, that is exactly what I did...

Out of interest, whereabouts is the incremental update stored when downloaded via the updater app?

Peace.
[Android General] Tzul:
[MENTION=1795513]chris5s[/MENTION] In /data/data/com.lenovo.ota/app_otapackages/, as mentioned at the bottom of this post. ;)
[Android General] chris5s:
Are you referring to this post?

Peace.
[Android General] Trainingwheels:
TWRP Installation fails within SPFT. Cannot 'Tick'

Several times I have attempted to install TWRP (recovery_twrp2870_for_LenovoTab2A10-70, and recovery_twrp300_for_LenovoTab2A10-70) and have been unable to 'tick' any of the items under Name. When I click 'Download' a popup says 'Please select one ROM at least before execution'. My SPFT version is v5.1640.00.

Will you please suggest what I am doing incorrectly?

Thank you.
[Android General] ArchieGodfrey:
Tab 2 A10-30F

I meant Tab 2 A10-70F. Its MT6752 so should flash with SP - but I cant get it to! Read somewhere could be something to do with USB 3.
[Android General] bigrammy:
With the scatter file loaded in SPFlashtool.

Goto the far right of the recovery line and tap in the end box.

This will launch a window that will allow you to Navigate and Choose the file/recovery you wish to flash.

Place a tick in the recovery box.
[Android General] loner.:
Has anyone successfully updated with this update?

Sent from my Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70F
[Android General] Tzul:
You have unzipped/extracted the files first, right?

The error message you got indicates that you haven't loaded any files.

You have to select files for each partition in the SPFT by clicking in the "location" column, as explained here.

The Tab 2 A10-70F actually has an MT8165, the MT6752 is just an older "compatible" one whose ID is used in a few places like the scatter file.

Many people here have successfully used the SPFT with this tablet. If USB3 ports make a difference, I don't know.

No, it's impossible. The update is broken and useless. The patches it contains were created from unknown file versions, not the S000122 file versions they should have used. Thus, it cannot be applied to S000122 (and neither to older versions; I've checked S000118 to S000121, none of them match).
[Android General] peterpao:
I update successfully my tablet. Everything fine here.
[Android General] zMILWAUKEE:
A10-70 Marshmallow

Ok everyone, ive looked long and hard for this, and here it goes. Stock Marsmallow for our tablet. http://www.mediafire.com/file/a4hlhrvz70qcxhq/A10-70_6.0.7z ..Ive been on it all day and everything is working like a charm. This is for the L varient, and as you can see my tablet is the F and the flash went perfect and all is working great. Now if could get the magician Tzul to get TWRP running, that would be awesome. I did flash his 3.0 and it boots into TWRP just fine, it just wont mount data. So happy flashing....
[Android General] loner.:
So is this ROM direct from Lenovo or from the carrier that provides the sim card for the tablet?

Sent from my Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70F
[Android General] zMILWAUKEE:
Its stock straight from Lenovo.
[Android General] loner.:
Then shouldn't there be one soon for the F version?

Sent from my Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70F

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Can you provide a link plz?

Sent from my Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70F
[Android General] zMILWAUKEE:
Not sure why they would roll out a 6.0 for just the L version. But from what i could gather, this is kind of a 6.0 beta released in Ukraine and Russia only so far. That link you asked about a few posts back had me scouring the web since the second i saw it. So thanks to you i found it.. Im going to try rooting and debloating, although this version dosent come crammed with that stupid app jar folder loaded with crap we all get rid of the second we root. Sorry that was a guy named Len back in post |#1481 that brought it up, sorry my mistake..
[Android General] Tzul:
How old is your tablet? Is it new and arrived with S000122 preinstalled?

This is only possible if there are two different versions now...

Here's an extract of the updater script of the past few updates.

The format of the lines is "apply_patch_check(filename, new_hash_value_after_update, old_hash_value_before_update)".

You can see that everything is consistent, i.e. the "new_hash_value" of S000118 to S000119 becomes the "old_hash_value" of S000119 to S000120, and so on, until it reaches the S000122 to S000123 update. The old hash values there are not the ones produced by the S000121 to S000122 update.

[MENTION=5353647]zMILWAUKEE[/MENTION] Where did you find this? Looks like a copy of what was already posted a few pages back:

http://xdaforums.com/android/genera...10-70-root-t3279322/post69359418#post69359418

http://xdaforums.com/android/genera...10-70-root-t3279322/post69450356#post69450356

I just looked a bit more closely at it, and despite the weird numbering, it could be official after all!
[Android General] zMILWAUKEE:
To be honest, Im not sure what the site was i found it on. It was some Russian or similar Lenovo support page. Wait here is the link, found it, https://vk.com/lenovo_a10_70 then there is a link in the firmware tab. The guy that uploaded it deleted his profile right away, so maybe a leaked firmware and we are not supposed to have it yet. He posted the firmware back on the third, im shocked no one else has it yet. And like i said my tab is the F version and everything from bluetooth to gps is working flawlessly. So why would they put out that broken update if they have this sitting around...
[Android General] peterpao:
Yes, it's new with S000122 preinstalled. I bought it last week.
[Android General] loner.:
How did you flash it? SP Flash tool or twrp?
[Android General] zMILWAUKEE:
SPFT...
[Android General] Tzul:
Thanks for the quick reply! A new version... that's very interesting, and a bit unsettling, because it makes things more complicated.

Is there any chance that you could make a readback of your firmware and upload it for us? Only the partitions that don't contain personal information, of course.

If yes, I'll tell you how. :)
[Android General] supaet:
well, surprised that we get mm for this tab, good job Lenovo

I think it's worth losing root (temporally hopefully) for mm
[Android General] supaet:
data is not mounting is because this mm firmware some how encrypts the data system. can't find any option in the option to unencrypt.
[Android General] loner.:
The cm 13 nightly for the HTC one A9 started forced encryption a while back and I started using a flash able updater patch for the HTC one A9. Every time I flash a new nightly I also flash the patch and don't worry about encryption.

Here is a link, it's a patch only for HTC but maybe someone can alter it to work here?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=68588082

Sent from my Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70F
[Android General] bigrammy:
[MENTION=5353647]zMILWAUKEE[/MENTION]

I have patched the MM boot.img by removing forceencrypt

You will need to re-flash the boot.img and the userdata.img.

TWRP should now mount data.

Patched MM boot.img Here
[Android General] zMILWAUKEE:
Dang that was fast work. Thank you Rammy, It's guys like you and TZul that make this site what it is, and why we have the best community out there.
[Android General] zMILWAUKEE:
Rammy how am flashing this. Flash TWRP first then flash boot.img with TWRP.