yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] nannycrick:
Thanks for the faith buddy! I still have it sitting by my desk.....staring at me! I've been busy with work, family, and Windows 10 upgrades now that the deadline for free W10 is coming at the end of this month. I'll fix it I hope....as long as there's been no motherboard damage. The puny display on the Nexus 7 isn't enough to satisfy my needs, although I like running CyanogenMod 13! The overwhelming size of keyboard in landscape mode is a bummer, and Xposed for 6.0 is still buggy so no Fancy Style keyboard module. I run a "dark glass" theme on the Nexus called Material Glass which makes the keyboard semi transparent. I can see thru it to the work underneath Not bad! I'll fix it my Tab2. It's too good a machine not to!
[Android General] Tzul:
TWRP will have renamed the file /system/recovery-from-boot.p to /system/recovery-from-boot.bak, in order to avoid getting overwritten by the stock recovery.

That means your system partition was changed and the mentioned update will fail. You could try this:

Boot into TWRP, mount /system, use the file mananger (Advanced menu) to rename /system/recovery-from-boot.bak to /system/recovery-from-boot.p.

Then unmount /system and turn off the tablet with a long press of the power button. If you leave TWRP via the reboot menu, it'll just rename the file again, so you cannot do that.

Then boot Android. The stock recovery should be automatically restored now. Confirm by booting into the recovery. You should be able to install the mentioned update now. No scatter file needed, as it is an OTA update.

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Like [MENTION=1454767]Old faithful[/MENTION] said, this message means that there's a discrepancy between partitioning given by the scatter file and the actual partitioning on the device. Are you sure that you have the same tablet (Lenovo Tab 2 A10-70) and the correct scatter file?

The "Firmware Upgrade" mode in the SPFT is used to apply the partitioning given by the scatter file to the device. But I wouldn't do that until I knew that it is necessary.

Thanks for the nomination. My time is limited, too, but I do what I can. I think [MENTION=3924647]bigrammy[/MENTION] is right and I would have to start a new topic.
[Android General] Sparkrite:
Yep, I read about that alright, but as I never suffered from that (it does sound painful though) I actually forgot

to mention it. :)

Cheers.
[Android General] suhridkhan:
Please feel free to start the new thread at your convenience. If you like to recycle the texts in the OP, I shall send it to you via PM, so you don't have to write everything from scratch. I won't mind the least if you use my writings as a starter.

When the new thread is up, I shall delete the texts in the OP and put a link to the new thread there.
[Android General] skullnbones75:
Thank you Tzul :good: it worked fine!
[Android General] Old_guy-TAZ:
Thank you
[Android General] skullnbones75:
Now my build is A10-70L_S000117_160226_ROW and the system seems to be updated to latest version according to update manager.

I thought there was a later update called A10-70L_S000117_160226_ROW_TO_ S000118_160504_ROW (I saw it in Lenovo Tab 2 A10-70F Forum on android-hilfe.de) but I can't download it (got error 'The specified XML file apparently does not have an associated style sheet').

Does this update still exist?
[Android General] Tzul:
[MENTION=7475748]skullnbones75[/MENTION] Apparently the file was deleted from Lenovo's server! I don't have it anymore, maybe someone else here does. Or maybe it'll return in a few days...
[Android General] skullnbones75:
Indeed...I hope there aren't bug problems with it.

Don't know if rooting my Tab2 or waiting for this update first.
[Android General] Old faithful:
I'm not sure about the L version of the tablets, but the F version has definitely proven its stability under any operating system, KitKat or Lollipop.

There used to be a Wi-Fi problem with the first Lollipop version, but it has been corrected long ago.

In any case, rooting the tablet is the first step to gain full ownership and with the listed instructions in the original post, should be a no-brainer.

And if you want to update your tablet afterwards you can always do that as [MENTION=5919159]Tzul[/MENTION] explained it so well.
[Android General] charlestek:
Tab 3 Business is released by Lenovo

[MENTION=4717484]nannycrick[/MENTION]

I haven't been keeping up reading the threads, but sorry to hear this. For myself, I did pay for a square trade 2 year accidental damage plan for $40 with a $25 deductible, meaning if I dropped the thing, I would be getting my purchase price of $180-65 = $115 paid out, which is marginally worthwhile, if I am butterfingers, or a real accident happens.

In any case, new the Tab 3 10 Business is out, with guerrilla glass (?nannycrick-proof).

BTW, I hope you have like a leather case for your new tablet, I don't know if you had one for the Tab 2, but the case I have for the Tab 2 makes the thing more grippable, standable, and a has reasonable amount of cushioning, if it drops a small distance.

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/tablets/lenovo/a-series/tab3-10-business/

[MENTION=5919159]Tzul[/MENTION]

Any speculation on the processor it is using?
[Android General] nannycrick:
Thanks Charles for the temptation, but I'll try fixing mine first.....IF the motherboard still has electrical continuity.

I've also got three Windows PCs, and a refurbished Kindle Fire 1st gen. (You know, the model that has tons of Android roms written for it!) When I sell some of my refurbished toys, I'll think of taking a look at the Tab3. Hopefully some very nice dev will have root & recovery ready!
[Android General] charlestek:
Repair of some systems is covered here: https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Lenovo_Tab_2_A10-70

and the Lenovo support page had the full service manual , but it looks like it disappeared. Let me know if you want it and I will post a link.

The problem is where are you going to get a new display at a price that is low enough not to justify buying a new unit??

My advice is to go to Best Buy when your husband is asleep, and hide all transaction records from him......

If he sees a new tablet, you can claim you repaired the old one.

Unfortunately right now the Tab 3 10 Business is only available directly from Lenovo. The price is also higher than the press releases in January suggested.

Once it is available at Amazon and Newegg, perhaps the price will be lower than list.
[Android General] nannycrick:
The new glass was $47 USD and a new digitizer is another $20. I have a very good multimeter I can test it for electrical continuity. If that tests that electric flow is broken, then it's a new Tab3! I've kept my MTK drivers in my new PC...just in case!
[Android General] Tzul:
[MENTION=7184758]charlestek[/MENTION] The MT8161 looks like a slower version of the MT8165. Definitely not an upgrade for performance. Maybe for battery life...

And while Gorilla Glass is scratch-resistant and quite durable when hit from the front, it can shatter even worse than normal glass when an edge gets nicked in a fall.
[Android General] charlestek:
[MENTION=5919159]Tzul[/MENTION],

Hmm, the processor model info is very disappointing. Could it be that Marshmallow is a lot more efficient?

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I reverse googled the filename of the hardware maintenance manual.

You still can get it here: https://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles_pub/lenovo_tab_2_a10-70_hmm_en_201505013.pdf

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Having the replacement components may be the easy part. Since the tablet is basically glued and snapped together, you may have to dismantle from the back inward to get at the screen, the Fixit does tell you, I haven't read it in awhile. You need to have a plastic guitar pick or get an inexpensive set of phone repair tools from ebay and hope you can get things apart and put them back together.
[Android General] nannycrick:
I got that plastic tool when I bought the glass. It's a kit.

Hey charlestek...I already did that "swap a roo" with the first Kindle Fire (bought for $10 ), which I hard bricked trying to reset it. I bought another for $20, and he thinks it's the first one....repaired! And I took the first Kindle apart for the glass & battery for my daughter in laws's! They don't know.....and I'm glad they don't read this forum!

Thanks Tzul for that link on that manual. Got it downloaded!

As far a the info on the Tab3. If it's slower, then I'll pass on it!

And Marshmallow really isn't more efficient. I have CM 13 60.1 in the Nexus 7 and it's better than stock but not faster.
[Android General] charlestek:
I just read the ifixit. It "looks" not terrible, but when you get to the part about the chassis being attached to the screen with 10 pieces of tape, I guess you hope the tape is still sticky

if you remove it and put it back. Of course what looks easier in pictures may not be when you do the operation. I replaced the capacitors in the power supply of an old viewsonic monitor, but the "instructions" that tell you to pry the case apart, don't tell you that it does not unsnap easily and the plastic snaps break easily.

I see you are skilled at hiding things from your family, sounds good.

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What's even more weird is that they now are selling both a 7 inch and an 8 inch Tab 3 besides the 10 inch. All with the same processor apparently.

Why would you market both a 7" and 8"?

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/tablets/?menu-id=tablets

I see what you mean about the MT8161. It looks like Lenovo downscaled their tablets maybe in favor of the Yoga's.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mediatek-MT8161-Tablet-SoC.145089.0.html
[Android General] nannycrick:
I had to completely disassemble my HP AIO B100 to upgrade the 4GB memory with two 4GB solid state memory cards. What a pain! I had to unclip & remove the plastic bezel around the big display. The bezel fractured when a clip broke. Super glued it back together then reassembled.

And I've been married for 36 years. I've learned that "disinformation" is the key to effective politics! For the record...I never his anything from him that WASN'T electronic! hehehe!
[Android General] Sparkrite:
Here you go, (attached) .

" Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70 Hardware Maintenance Manual "
[Android General] Old faithful:
That's the secret - you do your thing he does his. In my case it's reversed - I do things and as long as it works out for her she's happy, since it invariably saves money and the hassle to be without a computer. We've got several laptops as well, some for parts, since the kids are gone the three extra bedrooms have been turns into storage/stockrooms. Since I don't have a garage part of the house is one ;) I still can't believe how many times I've had to take her laptop apart because of spilled coffee, beer or other miscellaneous liquids and how many times I've fixed miscellaneous things she broke because she tried to "make things fit". You know the type "If it doesn't fit in right one way just persuade it to fit", hahaha. She's a brilliant, kind woman but a total klutz when it comes to practical things :)

BTW I found a link for a refurbished Tab 2 on ebay, seems to be in perfect shape, $115 if you're interested.

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Indeed it is, thanks a milllion!!!

The link that [MENTION=5919159]chalestek[/MENTION] posted before is the same, albeit from Lenovo directly. With those two links we're covered should Lenovo decide to pull it out! :good::good::good::good:
[Android General] Old faithful:
$%%#%@$%^% dolby atmos!!!

So I've spent two hours to get Dolby Atmos working after it failed yet again and this time, there simply is no go and I really don't feel like taking out a TWRP backup and restoring every thing bit by bit from Titanium.

I have tried:

- clearing cache and data from Dolby Atmos and Dolby system apps

- clearing cache and data from Google Play Services and Google Play Store

- uninstalled my favorite music app (not that I care - it stutters pretty much all the time on bluetooth, but that's another issue I haven't been able to get to the bottom of)

- cleared out android cache and Dalvik cache in TWRP

- restored the app and data in Titanium Backup from a backup that used to work when it failed before.

All to no avail. Of course, there is hardly any sound coming out of the speakers at this point and when starting Dolby Atmos, the app briefly "lights up" and immediately greys itself out completely.

Honestly, I've had it with this piece of $||1T that calls itself an 'App', and a Ssyetm One on top of that and would LOVE to totally disable it and replace it with something that actually works, but strangely, Titanium Backup won't even freeze it anymore!

When it rains, it pours!!!

Any advice before I restore my tablet using TWRP?
[Android General] charlestek:
[MENTION=234500]Old[/MENTION]faithful

Easily googled, the viewsonic service manual is here http://michaeljaylissner.com/archive/viewsonic-manuals/VP2030b-1_SM_1a%20.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZXHOEfOvnU

That monitor is older than mine, it looks like it was made when dinosaurs roamed the earth and Tzul was in diapers.

:laugh:

Do yourself a favor, get this montor, it is highly onsale from Newegg and IPS, I don't do gaming, so I don't care if it is ultrafast.

I have two of them, can't say enough good things. The power supply is an external dc retangular thing, so there is no supply inside the monitor.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236583
[Android General] pjadec:
I got my dolby atmos working. First removed 2 atmos apps and flashed http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3683965&d=1458053892 or https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24549084345926075 in recovery.

Set selinux permissive if it not work. Then it should.
[Android General] loner.:
This worked well for me.

http://xdaforums.com/lenovo-a7000/development/viper4android-lenovo-a7000-t3253287
[Android General] Bjur:
Hi what is the Newest link to the Bliss pop Rom on english for the normal tab 2 a10-70 model. And is it recommrnded to use instead of stock?
[Android General] 1novca1:
hey guys, I got a little problem... let's say I am watching youtube, I turn the sound down using the hardware volume down button and the sounds gets turned off but it disables my audio profile meeting and enables general for no reason....

tried wiping etc but still when i turn down volume in application it turns on the system volume
[Android General] philje123:
I also get Bluetooth stuttering using stock music app, Spotify, video player or YouTube! I also notice that the WiFi speed is very poor while Bluetooth is in use but shoots up as soon as Bluetooth is disabled.
[Android General] charlestek:
http://intelligenthospitaltoday.com/can-bluetooth-and-802-11bgn-wi-fi-devices-coexist/

That's because bluetooth uses the same wifi frequencies in the 2.4Ghz Wifi Band, not to mention that in the tablet the bluetooth antenna and wifi antenna must be pretty close physically.

Try setting your router to a different 2.4 Ghz channel. Or use the 5 Ghz band if your router can supply it.

KitKat or Lollipop and which build of either???
[Android General] 1novca1:
no idea what to do with this? should I return the tablet or?
[Android General] zMILWAUKEE:
Here is an English TWRP backup of blisspop, do not use unless your on lollipop first. And also wouldn't suggest it. It works OK for a while but then gets laggy and I was having overheating issues. But if you want to use it go ahead. Make sure that after you restore it do a factory data reset after it boots the first time. http://www.mediafire.com/download/s88s06zt9998x3z/Patched_BlissPop_TWRP_Backup.zip
[Android General] Bjur:
Okay thanks for the Link. So you are suggesting to use normal
[Android General] charlestek:
Normal behavior

On my tablet when i turn the volume all the way down, the machine goes to the silent profile, one notch

Up in volume the profile goes to meeting, and any subsequent presses of volume up make the profile go to general.
[Android General] 1novca1:
yea mine does that too... but when im turning down the volumein applications by holding volume down button , it goes down and when it's down completely it for no reason jumps up by one space and turns the system volume from meeting, which I have set before, to general...

will try to explain using picture... on pict 1 i have system volume set at meeting, on pict 2 i watch youtube with application volume set up (notice on not. panel that system volume is still meeting), on pict. 3 im turning down the application volume by holding the volume down button and when the app volume is completely down, it jumps by one space to the right as seen on pict 4 and you can notice on the not. panel that system volume went from meeting to general, as can be also seen on pict 5 (i just hold the volume down button, i dont release it even once, i dont quit youtube... just holding it down in app reduces the volume of app and then turns on the system volume during one hold...)

http://imgur.com/zs8A0wH
[Android General] philje123:
I'm on the latest lollipop build and I use 5ghz WiFi. But could be my 2.4 GHz band interfering. I also have Philips hue lights which work over zigbee that also shares the same frequencies as WiFi so maybe that's interfering too.
[Android General] nannycrick:
Woo Hoo forum mates! I found a replacement tablet....a Lenovo tab2 A8-50F! Gotta do updating before rooting. Downloading drivers, etc, and preparing for rooting now! Not as big & glorious as the A10, but still fast! I'm selling the Nexus 7 as it has two drawbacks...no expandable storage, and too small a display for me. I found the A8 on my local Craigslist for $75 USD! Now I can get use of that 32GB class 10 sd card!
[Android General] Old faithful:
It certainly is an upgrade from a 7 inch tablet, besides it's got 16/10 format which is a good compromise for pictures, movies and squarish enough to show full page documents, albeit with lower resolution than the A10. If you don't need that resolution, it will certainly be fine. Heck, I used to work on a 6 inch B&W TN VGA screen and I was able to great things with it, even CAD work running TopDraw under Windows for Workgroups... Those were the days!

As a matter of fact, I briefly had that very same tablet for a week and loved it in general but found it was just still a bit too small and low res to truly replace paper in my workflow, which uses letter size reports and service agreements(lots of small type in these), which was the idea behind getting a tablet in the first place. So when I realized the A10 didn't just have a larger screen but a much higher resolution one as well, as a matter of fact, at 1920x1200 the same resolution as my workstation laptop, when it came on special at CAD100 off the next week, I realized I could finally ditch the printer and the scanner for good and with still have a screen sharp enough to show full page documents simply by rotating the screen, I was instantly sold and returned the A8 for the A10... The only thing I miss from the A8 is its handiness and ruggedness, as I find the A10 just a tad too big to hold securely with just one hand ;)

On top of that, the fact it has an external SD card slot and its productivity friendly character with its native, no-fuss USB mass storage mode, it truly has everything one would need to be productive and to say this tablet has simplified my life would be an understatement: I've eliminated 50 pounds worth of printers and scanners, relegated file cabinets for archival use in a back room and lightened my on-site load by half, I do pretty much everything now with just my camera and tablet, not only can I show my pictures on it, but I even use it to dictate the rough text of my reports now :) )

The only thing missing is a good photo with audio play app (I take pictures and record comments with them and use ThumbsPlus to show them on my PC) and I'm looking into maybe loading Windows 95 on it for use with my old CAD :)

OK, enough rambling on, glad you got something better especially at that price, if the A8 works great for you that's the most important thing, if you can live with the smaller screen and lower resolution, I'm sure you'll love it just as much if not more, plus it's going to be less prone to breakage, I'm sure ;)

PS: LOVE the case :good:
[Android General] charlestek:
Looks excellent! Did you actually already purchase the replacement screen for the A10?
[Android General] nannycrick:
Yes. I did open the back up as in the video from YouTube. It didn't have any continuity in the motherboard! It's done! I sent the replacement part back for refund.

I like it's "little sister"! It's a real sweetie, although I'll miss the resolution of the bigger tab2, but I'll enjoy this baby!

Maybe I'll hang on to it better cause it's smaller!

I hope!

Now....to wait until our McDonald's opens, and use their wifi to load lollipop before rooting!
[Android General] SphinxRa28:
Lenovo Tab 2 A10-70F

Hi,

I am new here so a world is opened up for me :silly:

I rooted my phone a week ago with KingRoot apk, well never again for sure, it gave me faulty screen/display errors (disorted lines/dots ?! hard to explain) this happened out of nowhere and more often

and the SuperUser App didn't work right to, so i thought ok unroot and go recover, off course it went south ways (TIME stopped working etc. after reinstall) and i was screwed and after a lot of google i saw this forum/thread) :D

I followed the first page (FlashTool - TWRP -SPDRIVERS etc.) and it all went ok for my knowledge, i only have SuperSU and TitaniumBackup Pro installed (bought it) for now, after deleting some bloatware

and play around and learn TB via wiki it happened again, screen went disorientated again (it's like it goes from the original resolution fitted in 200x200 or something, not readable and all pixels)

Sinds yesterday together playing on the Tab a few hours it happened a few times, to scared now to reinstall all apps as i have no idea if its the ROM or whatever, before all rooting experience it worked fine for a month for sure, so i hardly doubt its a hardware issue. :rolleyes:

Hope that someone had this experience to and solved it

Lenovo Tab 2 A10-70F
[Android General] nannycrick:
Never had that happen to me. I had severe screen flicker after tweaking and had to return to unrooted stock, then rerooted. I had mistakenly flashed wrong rom. one for my old RCA tablet. I realized my mistake and fixed it!

Make sure when you are downloading important files, do it over a really strong connection! Maybe your download isn't good and that's what you flashed?! Just a theory....
[Android General] SphinxRa28:
Thanks for the reply, but that theory is sadly not it, my connection is pretty fast, i done last night the steps again and today go play around with it, if it happens again i go back to stock and nomore root :(
[Android General] Tzul:
[MENTION=7551028]SphinxRa28[/MENTION] I've never experienced the screen error you describe.

I doubt that root is the cause. If anything, it's your "debloating". You might have deleted some apps you shouldn't have...

Or maybe your tablet has a hardware problem. But if it doesn't happen with an unmodified firmware, then it's probably software.
[Android General] SphinxRa28:
Hi Tzul, thx for the reply, good point yes, it's confusing all as i have this table for almost 2 months and never seen that, it all started with that King Root, this how and why i ended up here...

Anyway i started over all again with recovery, only have Titianum Backup Installed, and it did happened again (so not even started with bloatware), but this time i noticed when

i started TB it gave an error about USB debugging), i wanted to correct that setting and bam all screen goes insane again, i go install my standard apps now from playstore and going to concetrate

when it happens...