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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarcSystems:
A friend of mine bought a Galaxy S6, and has used it for a few months now. He has it locked with the finger print scanner. I'm sure this topic has been covered here before. The scanner no longer recognizes his finger print, and his back up password doesn't seem to work for some reason. Both Verizon and Samsung say all he can do is a factory reset. Samsungs findmymbobile was not setup on his phone. Googles ADM is useless all of a sudden. It tells you that since the phone is locked, there's no need to lock it to the specified password. He's fine with doing a factory reset, however, he has a ton of photos (he never setup cloud storage either) of his kids he is desperate to save. He's asking for my help. I told him I'd take a look, but it's pretty tough to do much of anything when I can't enable USB debugging.

A couple questions;

When I boot into odin on the phone, there's an option to enable USB debugging. Does this actually do anything? It seemed to reboot the phone and just bring me to the password screen again.

Is there any way I can root the phone and remove the password, while maintaining the pictures on the phones internal storage?

Is there anything else that has made its way into the scene for dealing with this bug? I've done a bit of research, and it seems it's happened to quite a few people.

Apparently when you don't use the pattern lock, it does not give you the option to unlock your screen with your google account credentials. Google has been no help in this matter.

If this has already been answered in the past, I apologize.

Thanks for the help.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] steve233:
Hello i cant boot into Recovery mode, have try it with quick boot apps and holding key while booting, both dont work the phone just boot normally

info to my phone

root yes

bootloader open yes

st26i

11.2.A.0.31

rom manager installed

thank you
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
Rooting Lenovo A2010

1. Download the SuperSU zip file, for installing root through custom recovery: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu (latest) or http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu-stable (stable) and copy it to the SD card in your phone (or download it directly with the phone). Do not extract any files from the zip file, you will use it as it is.

2. Download a custom Recovery like TWRP for Lenovo A2010: https://yadi.sk/d/0WaK6e4Mkx5cx

Extract the files from the archive to your PC. In fact you need only 2 files, "Recovery.img" and "MT6735M_Android_scatter.txt"

3. Windows: Install the MTK VCOM USB driver, if it's not already installed on your computer: https://yadi.sk/d/c4o7TaGLreNzx , extract the files from the archive to a folder in your PC, then install the driver.

One way to install the driver is to turn off your phone, remove the battery, start the Device Manager in Windows, then connect the phone to the computer with a USB cable. A device called "MT65xx Preloader" will appear for a couple of seconds in Device Manager. Right click it before it disappears, select "Install driver", then "Have Disk" (the exact commands may vary depending on your Windows version), choose the folder where you extracted the downloaded archive.

You can also download and run this driver auto installer program, which will install more drivers, not only the MTK VCOM driver: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/31d13c2d78d9/Driver_Auto_Installer_v1.1236.00.zip

You may need to turn off driver signature verification though, as some of the drivers are not digitally signed.

Linux: see this thread http://xdaforums.com/general/rooting-roms/tutorial-how-to-setup-spflashtoollinux-t3160802

4. Download the program SP Flash Tool from here: http://spflashtool.com/ and just extract the files from the archive. No installation is needed.

Depending on your Windows language, you might want to make sure there's no non-Latin characters in the path. If that is your case, a short path like C:\flashtool is the best choice.

5. Run SP Flash Tool to install the custom Recovery.

You can watch this Youtube video, the difference is that you will only have one file to flash, the Recovery file.

[YOUTUBE]watch?v=LDaJFdcjAIM[/YOUTUBE]

You should also note that the phone has to be turned off, with or without battery, and at 0:35 in the video, when he clicks "Download", he then connects the phone to the computer.

6. Reboot to Recovery by holding the Volume Up button pressed while the phone is booting.

In the boot menu that appears, move the selection cursor to the [Recovery Mode] option, by using the Volume Up button, then press the Volume Down button to select that option.

You should now get into TWRP Recovery, that you flashed in step 5.

7. From TWRP Recovery, install the previously downloaded file (UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.xx.zip).

8. Reboot. Your phone is now rooted.

Method #2 (no PC needed):

The latest version of KingRoot seems to be working on Lenovo A2010.

After rooting you can install TWRP through rashr.

But if you have a PC and can install SP Flash Tool, I would still recommend the first method above.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] madprofessorus:
really great work,thanks a lot!I rooted mt phone,I would like to ask this,other ROMs you have checked offer any overclocking or different kernel with extra features?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Executable000:
You're so great :D . Thank you so much :laugh: . I'll ask questions later. :good:

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What's the best custom rom for you?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
These two that I posted so far seem to be the best, that's why I posted them first.

The second one (UmiOS) apparently has a random bug, the loudspeaker mode during calls wouldn't work sometimes. I haven't noticed that personally when I tested it, but it was reported by others.

I'm waiting for some major bugs to be fixed in CM, then I'll post it here too.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
I don't think ROM development for our phone reached that level, so no custom kernels or overclocking yet.

These are just ports of ROMs originally developed for similar phones.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] madprofessorus:
I see,well with root I can still do some adjustments to the CPU operation, so to achieve a bit better performance. the good thing is that I can finally move apps to SD card,which was a disadvantage of the stock ROM
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] truongtandat9a3@gmail.com:
Could you show some picture about these roms?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Executable000:
Why?

Until now, I can't figure out why my laptop doesn't recognize the driver of my device. Even when it is powered on. Before I installed different drivers from different sources (not from the russian forum), the drivers were fully recognized. I don't know how to revert it back. What should I do? I already tried uninstalling, reinstalling drivers. But no luck. Tomorrow, I will try to check if the drivers will be recognized on other computers.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] madprofessorus:
Maybe you need to remove the digital signature check, that worked for my PC

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I installed the doogee ROM and I can say that is better than stock,fast and smooth
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Executable000:
Doesn't work
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] madprofessorus:
Hmm,there is an utility to remove drivers from PC, Google it and try it

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There is an utility to remove drivers from Windows, try to remove all drivers that has to do with the phone
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Executable000:
I'll just gonna root it on the other laptop . lol .Thanks

Wtf. I rooted my phone. And it is successful. Now I tried to install X5pro, It says successful. But when I try to reboot, It says no OS installed? I tried to turn it on but it is bootlooped. Help?!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Executable000:
It's really scaring me. Now I am restoring my system. Anyway, thank you because I successfully rooted my phone because of you guys.

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SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED. But why do that happen to me? I followed your instructions carefully. I downloaded the zip file, and it is not corrupted. Then I boot my phone into recovery, the wipe > format(or whatever), then after that, I installed the zip file. Which is the "INSTALL_X5_Pro-R09.zip".
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Executable000:
Another is at the first place, It says "No MD5 file found. Skipping md5 blah blah", then it will be successful. But it shows no Os installed.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
No need to be scared, especially if you are still able to get into recovery, and you made a backup.

And even if you erased the recovery by mistake and/or didn't make any backup, there would still be nothing to be scared about, it's very easy to reflash the stock ROM once you have SP Flash Tool working.

By the way, just in case someone might need it, I'll post the latest stock ROM here too, for flashing with SP Flash Tool.

...

I'm not sure what went wrong, but you could just try downloading the file again and flashing it again. It should work.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Executable000:
Thanks. I tried the YumiOs, and it is working. But it is so buggy. I'll try to download the Doogee X5pro again.

Thank you very much it really helps me.

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Found the problem! The file was corrupted when transferred to my memory card. Now I successfully installed doogee X5pro. Thank you very much :DDDDDD

The problem is, the torch app doesn't work
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
Stock ROM Lenovo A2010 (S256)

This is for flashing with SP Flash Tool, so besides reverting to stock ROM and unrooting, it's also suitable for unbricking the phone.

Flashing the stock ROM will also replace the custom Recovery with the stock Recovery! If you don't want this, you can uncheck the Recovery option in SP Flash Tool.

Download link:

https://yadi.sk/d/TvdSyQVlnBASE

How to flash:

If you used SP Flash Tool already, there's no need to read this, you should already know what to do :)

1. Download the file from the link above. Extract the archive to a folder in your PC.

2. Turn off the phone. Pull out the battery, then put it back in the phone.

Or don't put it back yet, this should work with, or without battery.

Alternatively, just wait a while after you turned off the phone.

3. Start SP Flash tool.

4. Load the scatter file in SP Flash Tool. It is called "MT6735M_Android_scatter.txt" and, as usual, it is found in the same folder with all the other files to flash (target_bin).

5. Click "Download" in SP Flash Tool.

6 Connect the phone with the USB cable.

7. Wait for the process to finish. Restart the phone.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Executable000:
Thank you :laugh: . So how do they get the stock roms? I mean, if i am going to get my own phone's stock rom, how can I do it myself?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Executable000:
Why do our internal storage has only 4gb usable memory? Where is the other 4gb?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pavansk:
Yea got that ROM and just tried it's awesome ui is amazing everything works fine no lags not so much bugs as I thought but there is a serious bug of apps doesn't get opened in case of Facebook in case of games as clash of clans many status bar tint need to be worked out in respect of statusbar size of icons to be reduced which will make it more beautiful. Usage of widgets I loved them nd bootup screen should be changed. That's it for now.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pavansk:
These are some of screenshots of the rom
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
Does this rom has any useless feature like the Gestures or the Somatosensory or anything like that?

..........

There were useless features in Dogee,UMI and Zoppo ROMs.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pavansk:
No no there r no such useless features it's clean but some bugs related to app opening nd initially during setup wizard there is a bug if u want to skip wifi network selection it won't get skipped other than this everything is fine

from Lenovo a2010
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arnamr:
[MENTION=6767629]Pavansk[/MENTION]

Is it better than cubot??
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pavansk:
Yup better than cubot only with respect to ui other things are bit hand catching one like again nd again u need to prompt for network on mobile data installation apps is bit different

from Lenovo a2010
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
Got it. The WiFi bug can be fixed by flashing the FRP fix. I think W60 has posted it earlier. As for the apps they can be fixed by flashing the new gaaps.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pavansk:
How about having a fb group of all of us

from Lenovo a2010
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jopenci:
Candy5 rom port please..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
The setup wizard won't skip wifi network selection if your phone was connected to a Google Account and you had reset it in custom recovery. This is not a bug, it's a feature in Android 5.0+ called Factory Reset Protection.

To erase the information about a previous Google account, as Manish1708 already wrote, you can use my Frp_Fix patch.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pavansk:
Oh okay fine bro thank you it's fine I will do it how about apps not opening what shall I have to do for that

from Lenovo a2010

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And give me link for that patch

from Lenovo a2010
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
It's in this thread somewhere.

But here's the link again: https://yadi.sk/d/5AoYuv8Eonjqy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pavansk:
I think there is no such port or ROM made by anybody for this phone☺☺

from Lenovo a2010
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arnamr:
Thanks...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arnamr:
is there anyone who will,suggest me how to install xposed framework in YunOs beta 8....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
I think Xposed doesn't work with YunOS.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arnamr:
[MENTION=5911942]W60[/MENTION]

its pathatic....but its u.i is awsome.........

but cubot is much handy than it...as per me.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pavansk:
Am unable to install cubot 15 always stuck in boot loop what shall I do for that

It was installing before now stucks at boot loop
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
It happens sometimes but its not bootloop. All you have to do is to remove the battery and insert it again then restart the phone. Sometimes pressing the power button for 2-3 times while on boot screen also solves the problem.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] digyvijaykumar123:
Looking for Android Kitkat

Hello guys,I am looking for Android Kitkat Firmware for Lenovo A2010. I did little search but found nothing.Is there any Kitkat Firmware available for this device?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
No, there is no KitKat firmware available for our device. As for the future, there are no possibilities for our device to get KitKat because the device has lollipop as its base ROM. However we can get Marshmallow and Android N(Probably) in near future.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pavansk:
The same was happening with yun OS thought of trying it. Now will try that and one more thing is there any update of cm ROM I tried a fix posted in here but didn't work so can u please help me out in solving it

[emoji4] [emoji4]
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
No, I don't think so. There is no update for CM for now. I have not even heard about any news for CM on 4pda. But there might be a Marshmallow ROM for our devices soon because the Marshmallow ROM is available for Dogee X5 Pro.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
There won't be any Marshmallow any time soon for our device.

On the other hand, there IS an update for CM. I haven't tested it yet, but here it is:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6WF1qJW11OKRldYUDRaVW54MG8
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arshad99:
Which is the best rOM that has great ui except launchers i.e the status bar setting menu and all with no lags and the fastest when compared with stock ROM also .. Currently working on cubot rom
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Luan Dang:
Lenovo a2010 stock recovery

I really need Lenovo a2010 stock recovery to update new version t_S259_160309.I forgot to back up stock recovery when installing custom roms.Anyone could help me? Thanks for all!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
Here it is.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Luan Dang:
Thank you very much!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
This is the recovery from the S256 version, if you use it with another version it might refuse to run the update.

The full S256 ROM is here, in case you need it: https://yadi.sk/d/TvdSyQVlnBASE
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arshad99:
hey guys i lost my imei no. but maui meta 3g tool is not working i always shows ''boot ROM communication error[\B]" or "boot rom communication has passed but the device failed to respond[\B]" plz help me i fixed the problem using SN writter but plz give a complete guide as how to use maui meta tool in lenovo a2010 in stock rom am using windows 8..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
Hehe.....Sorry for that?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Luan Dang:
Thank you!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] manuraj gowda:
Hi I'm new to XDA and I'm using lenevo a2010 .my phones battery discharges from 35% to 0% in secs ,how to fix that

Please give a solution

Thanks in advance
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kossieh:
Well, I tried to google CM 12.1 to search for bug list and I've found this website.

There is file "fix.zip" which looks like a addon pack with required drivers. I am also attaching the fix.zip that I downloaded.

NOTE: I repacked it to 7zip and then packed in Zip, so I could upload it here.

Haven't tested it yet, but maybe it is a driver package..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
[MENTION=5911942]W60[/MENTION]

I have tried the new CM12.1. Some bugs seems to be fixed. Mass storage is working now, Hotspot is also working, USB tethering is working but it does not show that it is connected. Talking about GPS, it is still not working. I have tried to edit gps.conf but it's not working. Anyway to fix GPS because the ROM seems to be working perfectly.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
That's a fix for an earlier version, if you look at the date it's from February (2016-02-16).

It's obviously taken from the 4pda forum. I see they even mention my Zopo ported ROM there, which I had also posted on 4pda.

And the fix file is nothing more than the usual "porting patch". The ROM posted there is in fact meant for another phone, and you need to change some files to patch the audio, camera etc.

The guy who ported that ROM back then at the 4pda forum just didn't bother to include the patch in the ROM, so he posted the ROM and the patch separately.

So to sum this up, that fix.zip just contains some files from the stock ROM, which are included in the newer version by default.

...

The new version of CM is from April, doesn't need any patches, except it doesn't include Gapps, which you need to flash separately.

As for the bug list, it says GPS and WiFi hotspot not working: http://vk.com/wall-89575732_8023
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
Hotspot is working? :)

The guy who ported the ROM says it's not...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
Many people have a similar problem. At least my phone does that at 15%, not 35%.

This may be a battery problem, but also a software problem.

Deleting the batterystats.bin file doesn't seem to help.

Some people reported they didn't have that problem when using the Cubot ROM. But I'm not sure they had that problem when using another ROM. Maybe they just have a better battery.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
Yeah the first time I tried Hotspot, it was working. It works but most of the time it only says "starting hotspot" but it still works.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] manuraj gowda:
So do you think there are no solutions for that?

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Which is the best custom ROM for lenevo a2010-a ?

Please provide link and instructions with twrp 3.0

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Instruction to flash twrp recovery

Shall I flash with sp flash tool or rashr app?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
You can try to fully charge the battery, then delete the batterystats.bin file (/data/system/batterystats.bin), see if that helps.

You can also try different ROMs, see if that makes a difference,

This way you'll also find which ROM you like the most. I'd suggest Cubot or AOSP from post #2, or maybe Zopo with Xposed and GravityBox preinstalled, which I forgot to post here, so here's the link: https://yadi.sk/d/qt0wHVkpqKWns

If you can install SP Flash Tool, better use it to flash recovery.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] manuraj gowda:
Which is the best ROM from these ROMs?

1.cubot

2.zopo

3.aosp

Are there any new features in these ROMs?

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I have another problem .please if u can help me in fix it [MENTION=5911942]W60[/MENTION]

I rooted my phone with kingroot .but when we got new update of s257 I am unable to update,then I unrooted and tried but failure.Then I flashed stock and updated

After that again I rooted with kingroot .today I saw a new update of s259 .so before only I unrooted my mobile and when I tried to update ,the process went on an my phone got bricked again I flashed s243 stock which I have

So in order to update phone I have to flash stock again and again ..

Please suggest a solution

Thanks in advance
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Luan Dang:
A new bug in CM 12.1 : "Unfortunately,Google Play Store has stopped". I try flashing the latest gapps in TWRP recovery,signing in Google account but It doesn't work (I still can open Google settings or sign in other Google accounts).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
Yep, that's not a bug. It happens sometimes. Just remove account-->force stop play services and play store--->clear data(both)-->reboot--->add your account again--->the problem is now fixed...Cheers [emoji41]
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] manuraj gowda:
Will we r going to get 6.0 official or unofficial
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
[MENTION=5911942]W60[/MENTION]

There's a new ROM on 4pda. I have been testing it. The only problem I found is icons on notification header. Any way to fix it apart from editing systemui.apk
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] manuraj gowda:
Which is the best rom?

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But I cant find that file

/data/ is empty
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
/data cannot be empty. Are you rooted, and are you using a root explorer?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
I don't know.

I didn't test that ROM now, but I remember I ported that Blueboo ROM for myself about a month ago. The most interesting thing about it was a hidden app called WriteIMEIApp which could be very useful if you lost your IMEIs and don't have a backup.

If you make an icon for that app, you can very easily write the IMEIs directly in the NVRAM without a PC and a program like Maui META. And you won't lose them after a factory reset, like it happens when using the Engineer Mode method.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
Official - no

Unofficial - highly unlikely
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W60:
You mean to say that's not a bug of a particular ROM, but rather a bug in Google Apps? Because a bug it certainly is. :)