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[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Have you attempted to enter recovery and do a factory reset?

As of right now there is no stock ROM and firmware is not available from lenovo. If factory reset doesn't work for you, you may be able to flash twrp and either flash someone's twrp backup from stock or install lineage which works just as good as stock IMHO.

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As of right now, no stock ROM exists for this device. Best case scenario is flashing someone else twrp backup
[General Questions and Answers] mmidgley:
The tablet is in warranty and Lenovo agreed to fix it via their Depot Warranty policy. If a similar issue occurs after warranty coverage I suppose I'd be trying out Lineage or some other rom. It sure would save me (and Lenovo) money and time if they'd just let me download the rom. They do it for their other products via their recovery windows app! thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] vampirefo:
I am surprised as many people here use this tablet, no one has made a stock rom.
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
If I even had any idea how to do it, I would. Lots of people have a use for one.
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
I was under the impression that you could restore this tablet to stock default using the Smart Assistant that you can download from here (for this device):

http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/tablets/a-series/tab-10/downloads

Is that not the case?
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Someone a few posts back said that it doesn't recognize our tablet ad a supported device
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
That's strange - because that is how I found out about that site - it detected my device and took me there - so I assumed it would restore our device... I'll have to take a closer look later and see if I can restore mine... Will report back.
[General Questions and Answers] kgorilla:
Not really sure what one would be missing with the stock ROM as I found it overall so sluggish it made the tablet unusable.

I edited a couple lines in build.prop and now directvnow works, which was the only app I came across that had issues with a custom ROM.

GartimusPrime, any way to get that latest rev of lineage? I'm digging it very much, thanks!!
[General Questions and Answers] hognot:
I know its a stretch, but if someone could port Kali nethunt for this tablet...... Now that would be something!
[General Questions and Answers] Sinned383:
Which xposed SDK did you install? I've had problems with booting up after installing.
[General Questions and Answers] DorfPilot:
I should have said that earlier; factory reset runs successfully, but does not fix the problem.

I cannot properly boot up the device to enable USB debugging. In ADB, "adb devices" does not display the device. However, I do get a response trying to sideload a file, after selecting "Apply update from ADB in the recovery menu:

"E: unknown volume for path [/sideload/package.zip]

EL footer is wrong

E: signature verification failed

Installation aborted"

I am trying to work out what other recovery options I might have.

Any insights?

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The Lenovo Smart Assistant only covers a very limited selection of devices. As far as I can tell from messing with the tool (trying to get it to fix several of the TB-X103F) this is the complete list of devices it recognizes:

A6000

A6010

A6020a40

A6020a41

A6020a46

A6020l36

A6020l37

K920

P1a42

S60-a

S856

Z90a40
[General Questions and Answers] Yakuman:
I'm stuck with a TB-X103F that is passcode locked. I can't get into the bootloader and I can't do USB debugging. I also can't get to a settings menu in Android. Is there any way to reset this thing to factory defaults?
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
I believe the only way would be to try to flash TRWP and flash either Lineage or someone's twrp backup. With a locked bootloader though I am not sure that will work. Have you been able to access recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] Yakuman:
Nope. Can't do anything. This was an unfortunate decision by Lenovo not to allow access to restore device. At least with an iPad you can connect to iTunes and wipe the device if you don't have the passcode.
[General Questions and Answers] ownjoouk:
I'm on the latest stock ROM. Can I still unlock the bootloader after the update?

Also is the performance difference worth it? I find the stock ROM super laggy.

Also can anyone point me to the latest lineage ROM?
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
I find that lineage is better than stock but it is all personal opinion. Currently I have 29 days of battery left in stand by mode.

I have been building the lineage roms but only with the upstream changes and security updates. Only [MENTION=4000778]bbelos[/MENTION] can do fixes and such. I haven't been posting any because there doesn't seem to be a lot of interest and I don't have good upload speed so I have to do it at a friend's house.

As far as I know you should be able to still unlock your bootloader I don't believe Lenovo really cares if we do.
[General Questions and Answers] ownjoouk:
Thanks for the response.

I took the plunge. Just about to install xposed.

I had a little trouble getting twrp on but I booted to it after install and all is fine.

Shame there's no take on this but at least there is a fully working lineage rom so thanks for the updates.

It definitely seems better than stock so far.
[General Questions and Answers] fullflex:
I just want to thank everybody for their work.

When i first purchased the TB-X103F I didn't think I would be able to mod this tablet but here I am with with a custom recovery, a rooted and bloat-less operating system with xposed frame and all the modules I need!

Thanks again!
[General Questions and Answers] r0man123:
hi, noob here, trying to root this tablet, have a question

First we unlock the bootloader, explained here. Thanks for the easy to follow summary, 20tibby_gt06! - all done

as i understand now i need to flash "Fastbootable image" (post 59) (i am new user cant post link), however folder is empty but there is another file from jmo - called 201601011902-FASTBOOT-TB-X103F_S000021_161121_ROW.zip - is this the file i need to install?

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Not quiet sure what you are asking. Should be just as simple as unlocking the bootloader and either flashing twrp to the device or just booting it. Then you can flash supersu to acquire root. After that it's up to you to flash a custom Rom or stay stock with xposed.
[General Questions and Answers] Bfef:
I'm interested in your roms :) please continue to upload :good:
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Here is a recent build I did for the 5th, remember, no fixes, just upstream changes and such.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B83FI26rMA8ZT1hkb2tiaFhHNmc/view?usp=drivesdk
[General Questions and Answers] r0man123:
i unlocked bootloader, now i need to install supersu, but i get message "failed to verify whole file signature " so this means i need to install this twrp, or no or what should i do? i am using fastboot to install twrp file provided in this thread

C:\android>fastboot flash recovery TWRP-3.0.2_TB-x103f.img

target reported max download size of 262144000 bytes

sending 'recovery' (11706 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.371s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.224s]

finished.

nothing hapeneds... what am i doing wrong?
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
If you did fastboot flash then that means you have flashed twrp to your device. You now need to enter recovery (twrp) and flash supersu. I believe it is power + vol up.
[General Questions and Answers] r0man123:
thats right, but problem is it gets me to same recovery screen as before, no twrp, and supersu does not work... looks like twrp never installs, or i am doing something wrong, are there any other ways to install twrp for this device (google gives me odin but thats now going to work)? thanks
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
For now I would try fastboot boot recovery.img and flash twrp from there. That will temporarily flash twrp to your device
[General Questions and Answers] r0man123:
You are The Man. :good: thanks, it worked
[General Questions and Answers] hizzur:
Hizzur's question

what is lenovo tablet? please answer
[General Questions and Answers] Yakuman:
The tablet was a one-off released for Wal-Mart's Black Friday sale in the USA last year. They were on a display and were sold at around $100 while supplies lasted. It is not part of Lenovo's regular product line.
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Refurbis...Android-6-0-Marshmallow-Slate-Black/305166749
[General Questions and Answers] Bfef:
It's still available in the UK from Argos, see here:

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5315666
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
That is a different tablet. Looks the same but it's a different model (it's an A10-30). For example, it has 2GB of RAM whereas the "Walmart Lenovo" only has 1GB of RAM and I'm sure that there are other differences as well (it's probably higher resolution, etc).
[General Questions and Answers] Bfef:
Apologies, you are correct. Thought it was the right one from memory.... :o
[General Questions and Answers] bornagainpenguin:
Well speaking for myself, my local Walmart still has something like twenty or thirty of these they're still trying to get $109 for.
[General Questions and Answers] Bfef:
Well there's something strange going on, I think the Lenovo Tab A10-30 is the same thing as the TB-X103F.

I checked my tablet just now after getting home from work and my tablet and the one I linked on Argos are the same thing.

Mine has a serial sticker on the back that says "Model: Lenovo TB-X103F" but Argos are selling it as an A10-30.

That is to say, I bought an A10-30 but on inspecting the back it says TB-X103F.

It certainly takes the Lineage ROM from this thread OK. Maybe that's why I had so much trouble finding ADB drivers for it?

The specs are:

CPU = quad core ARM A7 (Qualcomm APQ8009) at 1.3GHz

Graphics = Qualcomm Adreno 304 at 456MHz

Display = 1280x800 160dpi

RAM = 2GB

ROM = 16GB

Camera = 5Mpix rear / 2 Mpix front

So it seems that the Walmart tablet is an A10-30 with 1GB RAM but otherwise identical......?!
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
That's interesting! Maybe they are the same except for the RAM amount?

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Wait a minute, when I look up the A10, I see that it has these specs:

Specs

CPU 1.5GHz MediaTek MT8165 Processor (64-bit, quad core)

RAM Included 2GB

Storage Drive Size 16GB

Storage Drive Typee MMC

Display Resolution 1920 x 1200

Graphics ChipMali-T760 MP2

Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n

Has BluetoothYes

OSAndroid 5.0

Camera Resolution8MP

Front-Facing Camera Resolution5MP

Ports3.5mm audio jack

Card Readers microSD

Warranty / Support One year

Size 9.72 x 6.73 x 0.35 inches

Weight 1.1 pounds

So if you bought an A10, it almost sounds like they sent you a X103F instead! Are you sure yours has 2GB of RAM in it? The A10 has a higher res screen, different/faster processor and graphics processor....

EDIT: My bad - there is an A10-70 (specs above) and an A10-30, which sounds like it's the same thing as the x103f with 2gb of RAM instead fo 1Gb - so yes, I think that you are 100% correct!
[General Questions and Answers] Bfef:
Thanks jtrosky - but the mystery deepens....

The Argos listing for the A10-70 only says 1GB RAM in the detail spec but 2GB in the general spec, lol what's going on!!!

Why can't Lenovo keep the RAM consistent! Looks like a nice tablet for two hundred smackers though :)

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/4123691
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
Honestly, if you want a nice tablet for ~$200, look into a Chuwi Hi10 Pro. All metal, quad-core Intel tablet with 4GB RAM and 64B storage that dual-boots Win10 and Android 5 (or RemixOS 2). Plus they have an available keybord dock for it.... I have (2) - and a Chuwi Hi10 Plus (a little bigger). LOVE them. Only drawback is that they are stuck on Android 5.x because Intel quit supporting Android after that...
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
But I must say, with these quad-core intel tablets, you'd be lucky to get 5 or 6 days standby/idle time (compared to month on the Lenovo!)... The Intel tablets are much faster while using though... Pros/cons, I guess. I've never seen a tablet last as long in standby/idle as this Lenovo. Not even close.
[General Questions and Answers] ownjoouk:
I too am also interested in your builds. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] mrew42:
I just bought this http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6779469

Which is essentially the same as above. But a different model number and mine is defo an TB-X103F
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
LineageOS 14.1 [Nougat 7.1.2]

For anyone who may be interested, [MENTION=4000778]bbelos[/MENTION] has been kind enough to get LineageOS 14.1 Nougat ported to our device. I have started a new thread dedicated to discussion and bugs.

https://xdaforums.com/general/gener...o-tb-x103f-t3607253/post72307486#post72307486
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
New build is up in the new thread with fixed time bug! Thanks [MENTION=4000778]bbelos[/MENTION]!
[General Questions and Answers] racereed:
Bootlaoder Not Changing

Hey, I'm kind of new to this and I managed to update to the Legacy Drive with flashboot. I think it worked and I've got root access and able to replace the bootloader.zip file for a custom bootloader, but I keep getting the old Lenovo bootloader. I'm not sure what to do from here. i know it's replacing the file because the size is a lot smaller and you can see that with RootBrowser. Seems like I'm booting up a recovery or something. I'd really appreciate some help.

Thanks for sharing the Lineage ROM! This is a pretty important project for me, we are actually trying to modify these tablets with our software to build a prototype for our own product. Really need the bootloader changed.

I've been through all of this. To be honest, I don't really know what I'm doing.
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
I'm not quite clear on what you are trying to do..

We don't replace the bootloader - we simply unlock it so that we can then root and/or install a custom ROM. It sounds like you've already accomplished that part if you now have root access.

What is "Legacy Drive"?

just to clarify - are you now able to boot into stock android and does it have root capabilities? If so, what else are you looking to do?

Exactly what steps have you done? I think there is some terminology confusion here at a minimum...
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Anyone interested in Resurrection Remix for our tab? I successfully built it and it works great. I thought about opening a new thread for it but wanna see if there is any interest?
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
What is it exactly? I understand that it's a ROM, but what advantages does it have over stock and/or Lineage?
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
It's really just an alternative Rom. It has a few extras built in, uses Substraum for theming. Multiple ways to change the look and feel all around. Just thought I would throw it out there as an option.

http://www.resurrectionremix.com
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
In my opinion, you can never have too many ROM choices! :)

I'm sure that I speak for everyone when I say that we appreciate the work that you put into building it - might as well share it!
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Awesome! Also trying to figure things out with the other thread. I would love to know if people are using lineage and if they are having issues. Shoot me a reply in the thread. Let's get some discussions going!

I also need to know if there are any flashaholics like myself out there. Do we want weeklies or nighties or nothing at all haha. Let me know stuff in the other thread!
[General Questions and Answers] bornagainpenguin:
There's interest! More roms are a good thing!

I plan on making links to the other threads at the first one of this thread I've just been busy as heck.
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
So possibly tomorrow I will upload my Resurrection Remix build here just to see if people like it or not. If you do I will start a thread for it with one disclaimer: [MENTION=4000778]bbelos[/MENTION] does not use RR, therefore if there are any bugs, I will do what I can to fix it but I am not quite there yet for doing fixes. As of right now, everything seems to be working great.
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
So I am having issues uploading it with my work WiFi and my WiFi sucks. I will try to do it this evening from my churches WiFi (weird, I know).
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Ok do as promised and a bit late, here is my first build of Resurrection Remix. If enough people like it and there is enough interests, I may start a new thread for it.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120732755
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Anyone have an opportunity to try it??
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Just an FYI. I have created a new thread for our Tab. This time for Resurrection Remix! Come visit!

https://xdaforums.com/general/gener...8-3-lenovo-t3609826/post72370729#post72370729
[General Questions and Answers] racereed:
A little problem

Thanks for the build. I sure hope someone can help me get this going.

I'm on a Marshmallow 6.01 TB-x103f.

When I'm installing this in the TWRP, I'm getting a "updater process ended with error 7". I went with the fix here. Then I just got another error.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2522762

Any ideas on what's happening wrong? Not sure that it matters, but I'm using fastboot to access twrp.img. And I'm accessing the Rom from downloads folder in the tablet.
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Check this thread out, should answer some questions.

https://xdaforums.com/general/general/rom-lineageos-14-x-lenovo-tb-x103f-t3607253/page1
[General Questions and Answers] racereed:
Done

Sorry guys. Everything is all good. I was just making a mistake on the upload. Just in case someone is a dummy like me, maybe this will help. Of course i should have tried the instructions first! http://www.lineageosdownloads.com/install-lineage-os/

Thanks a lot!!
[General Questions and Answers] Vorlor:
Help

I accidently formated my tablet. I was able too fastboot bbelos fatstboot image but now I have no display. I read somewhere that I lost my calibratoin data. Can anyone Help me plz.
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Well, I got another rom cooked up but unfortunately it's not very good. The Rom is mokee, as of right now there is no customizations and there own mokee center app is full of ads.
[General Questions and Answers] racereed:
Boot Logo

Can anyone tell me where the bootlogo.bin (might be called something else, but the boot logo file) is located on this tablet? I've tried to find it with no luck. Please note that I'm not talking about bootanimation.zip.

I sure would appreciate it.
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Are you trying to get rid of the nastly orange lenovo screen? That would he cool. I have no idea where that is located unfortunately.
[General Questions and Answers] williamfold:
try this:

https://xdaforums.com/android/software-hacking/guide-how-to-create-custom-boot-logo-t3470473
[General Questions and Answers] racereed:
thanks

That was helpful. I sent the splash.img over to them. Hopefully they will work on it. Thanks for the post. I couldn't find it.

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Still working on it. Keep you updated.

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Yeah it is ugly. It's here

/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/splash

Now I've just got to figure out how to change it without bricking my device.
[General Questions and Answers] racereed:
Change Splash.img Ugly Lenovo Bootloader

Here you go guys. Have at it! Worked well for me!

https://xdaforums.com/general/gener...-to-create-t3618989/post72597452#post72597452
[General Questions and Answers] wellfcuk:
Question

Has anyone else has trouble trying to get to the boatloader screen? Everything I use "adb reboot bootloader" the tablet just seems to get stuck with the "lenovo" logo.
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
I believe it goes to that screen for the bootloader.....
[General Questions and Answers] williamfold:
Does anyone have an unmodified boot.img backup from the last update? TIA
[General Questions and Answers] ilan316:
as anyone willing to do a tutorial on how to root this device , im lost.
[General Questions and Answers] nannycrick:
Okay. Just got this tablet after my beloved Tab2 A10-70 died a terrible death. A bit easier to root and install TWRP. Got my nandroid backups done (an unrooted one, and one rooted. just in case) but couldn't flash Lineage Nougot in TWRP. Tried to debloat but Google Now Launcher uninstall took it out of commission for a while. Got it to boot TWRP and restored with my rooted namdroid. Is there a way to get rid of Google Now launcher?

BTW.....thanks TONS for everyone who worked hard to get stable root & recovery for this thing! You guys are AWESOME!
[General Questions and Answers] nannycrick:
Ian..I think I can help you. A couple of things you'll need to download into a Windows pc first....

Minimal ADB for Windows, (downloaded from the internet)....install by right clicking the download and choose "Run As Administrator" then reboot the pc

Download... Stock & TWRP recoveries, (both recovery links are posted on the first page of this discussion)and SuperSU latest version, (downloaded from the net),and put in a folder on your desktop. Label that folder Lenovo TB-X103F so you can always find your stuff.

Copy SuperSU to root (base) of your sd card.

Go back into your folder and right click TWRP to copy in same folder, and rename...recovery.

Right click the recovery copy you just made, choose CUT, then open C:/ and find the adb folder, and open it. Paste the recovery there. Then close C:/.

Go to Start/Run window and type cmd, enter. A Windows Command Line icon will appear. Right click it and choose "Run As Admin". A black window will appear.

Type in cd C:\adb hit enter. Then type

adb fastboot and hit enter.

Connect your tablet with it running.

Type in adb reboot bootloader then hit enter. The tablet will reboot to Lenovo splash screen.

Type in fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and hit enter. Fastboot will flash the recover to your tablet. The window will say finished when done.

Type in fastboot boot recovery then hit enter. Your tablet should boot into TWRP recovery

Before you do anything..set your timezone in settings. Then go back to main screen and make a backup. Choose external sd storage. Check ALL the boxes, and hit go. This is your unrooted backup. Store it in your pc folder. It's your butt saver!

When it's done hit the Back button to install SuperSU.zip you stored on your sd card. Install it, and reboot. You've just joined us in the happily rooted world!
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
There is now way that I have found to uninstall Google now. Did you get an error when trying to install nougat? Right now I have been running my Resurrection Remix builds and they have been flashing fine.
[General Questions and Answers] nannycrick:
Yes I did get that error. I also tried Resurrection Remix and got the same error.

How did you uninstall Google Now?

And how did you flash RRN?

I tried installing...thru TWRP..by flashing Lineage OS & Resurrection from the root of the sd card, and root of the internal memory. And both failed each time. I even tried to wipe first. Some roms require it. I'm backup so I was able to recover. I'm missing an important step in this somewhere.

Sent by my Sammy J3 running J3 Lite v3.