yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] nameonPrime:
stock firmware for another tab

Same here buddy.

I took the fact that this tablet just seems like a Tab 2 A10-30F (TB2-X30F) with an extra gig of ram and ran with it, cause if i even search up the MSM8909 processor on it results come paired with the APQ8009 in the TB-X103F, they seem to be both Arm cortex A7 chips in the Snapdragon 210 family. I am currently in the process of trying to use the stock firmware available for that and see what happens if i try flashing to this tab, in theory it should work, right?....

To what end? especially since it may be a dead end build with no future updates from the manufacturer?

cause i just want to see what happens at this point, it would kind give me a peace of mind if it did work and had no issues with OTA updates unlike the situation i find myself in with the current firmware in there, either wat they would both have OS builds that have been as is since nov/dec 2016. Hech, migh not even be a sluggish mess like the newest builds.
[General Questions and Answers] BudShmoker:
having issues doing the walk thru.. need help from the droid gods

I prepared for 2 days reading and getting my files some how I managed to mess this up. I was going to just do the simple stock rom root now stuck at android recovery menu. I know you guys are about details:

lenovo TB-x103f 6.0.1

developer options all that on

I have android sdk,

I have unlocked the bootloader(double checked)Thanks 20tibby_gt06

I have jmo's stock recovery and rooted updated device img,bbelos's twrp img,and lineage on tap thanks guys

Ok, after bootloader unlock,I go to the stock image with root and updates link.This is where I made the biggest mistake. see I'd done a little homework so when I got to the part jmo poped off with " If you know what you are doing" I just knew he was talking to me. I was wrong. what he was saying "hey idiot take what i have laid out for you or you better know what you doing" so going backwards thru my internet history....

I downloaded twrp-3.0.2-tb-x103fbeta.img from xda

read up and it installed twrp

did not select read only option

following instructions I did backup, cleared everything but internal/external drive

here's where the trouble is. By the time I got twarp figured out I had got away from the thread and thought I was supposed to be installing jmos zip ( my user might help explain that)

So from here I go in to the usual noob panic. I scream, I yell, I throw img and zips at it. popped out my sd then twrp stopped reading it. all was rejected. I pushed so much thru adb you'd think I was having a baby. Finally thru fastboot I believe it seemed to take the stock rom img. I remember the question install on recovery or boot blindly still, I chose boot and it reset.from there it just boots to android recovery. Now your up to speed of where I am currently.

I have poked around and my files are still on internal from before i started.no twrp backup on ex sd..where that gem go? It shows up in adb mode with pc but not explorer. I've got a otc also if that at all helpful.

Im sure how to fix my tablet is probably common knowledge to you guys but this dummy could really use your help.

I promiss to listen to jmo and just take what the gods give me.

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Oh by the way,I havent seen it on this thread, the "FRP Bypass on Insignia Flex 10 + Possibly Others" confirmed works on this tablet.
[General Questions and Answers] BudShmoker:
ok i got it to do fastboot from lenovo screen. ran the flash all file from jmos stock with root. loading now. i keep you posted. It worked!!! It looks good now. Thanks again xda you all are the best at what you do. and extra thanks to you guys in this thread, no where else have I found such a dedicated team for my cheap little tablet.
[General Questions and Answers] nameonPrime:
Stock ROM from TB2-X30F

Heres an update:

Flashed stock rom that belonged to the Tab 2 A-10-30 (TB2-X30F).

Bad idea. Room seemed to boot at and all, seemed.... cause i could hear it boot and go to android factory OS setup page.

But it also seemed to kill the display, was a mess that blurred mess of color stretching from one side to the other, mind i mean KILLED, even flashing back to jmos rom didnt help, the deisplay must have been damaged during the process somehow.

Thrown my hands up at this point.
[General Questions and Answers] Roobeedoo:
Thanks

Hey Guys, Just joined XDA to be able to say a big, BIG thanks to all the folk that have contributed to rooting this tablet. I'd left off buying one due to it only having 1gb ram, but as soon as I saw the 2gb version in Argos in the UK at £99, I went for it. I think for the price it's a great device. However I found a few limitations with the tablet that I'd gotten rid of having rooted my Moto G3. So the last couple of days I've been looking at rooting the X103F, successfully unlocked the bootloader, but found installing TWRP to be a problem. It was only when I changed the filename of the TWRP img available in this thread to <recovery.img> that it installed without issue. :rolleyes: SuperSU flashed without a problem too. So, once again kudos to all involved. :):cool:
[General Questions and Answers] Roobeedoo:
Having done a couple of TWRP backups, I've noticed that the date and time-stamped name of the backup folders have an incorrect date and time, e.g. 1970-02-27-16.34.08_TB-X103F_S000034_171011_11ROW. Similarly, properties of the backup files show last modified dates of Tue, Jan 01 1980 00:00:00 a.m.

Rebooting to TWRP I notice that the time for UTC 0 here in the UK is wrong by -2 hours 15 mins. Setting it to UTC +2 and adding an offset of 15 corrects it. Is this something to do with the time bug mentioned earlier in this thread? Or is it a (known) separate issue with TWRP? When running in stock Android 6.0.1 the date and time are correct regardless of the Wi-Fi being on or off.

Thoughts anyone?
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
My backups for this tablet have always had 1970 for dates and the time on TWRP has never been right for me. Flashing backups has never been an issue though.
[General Questions and Answers] Roobeedoo:
So at least it's a known issue with TWRP on this device. I'm still grateful to be able to do Nandroid backups. Thanks for the info. :good:
[General Questions and Answers] 44hats:
Did you backup the stock boot, recovery, and system images? All have to be from the same version in order to update.

Don't quote me as I could be totally wrong here, but I think you could fastboot reboot into twrp recovery temporarily (instead of flashing the recovery). This would allow you to create a backup of stock boot, recovery, and system. If you flash the actual recovery, then do a backup of the recovery, you'll be creating a backup of twrp rather than the stock recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] N810E:
I made a full backup doing the temporary TWRP method and installed it on the old tablet. Installed fine, but still wouldn't accept OTA's.

I picked up a Fire HD 10, so I'm pretty much done with the Lenovo.
[General Questions and Answers] 44hats:
Any chance you still have this boot.img saved anywhere aslezak?
[General Questions and Answers] aslezak:
Doubtful, but I'll look around and see if I can find it. Pretty sure it's on a computer that I discarded..

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The link bbelos posted on page 9 still works.

That being said, I've re-uploaded the working boot.img to a site that isn't serving malware :)

Remember to extract the file from the zip, then rename it to boot.img...

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=74168421327446468747
[General Questions and Answers] 44hats:
Thanks for looking!

Hrmm I've tried a few times to download from that link, but it either sends me to a shady ad website, or downloads boot_161121_ROW.img.apk for 278kb, which I don't think is legit. The boot.img was around 6mb or so if I remember correctly.
[General Questions and Answers] bigitch:
Hi. I have a different problem with tb-x103f . I've changed digitizer from tb2 x30 that has the same chip goodix looks the same . Size the same . But the touch is flipped .mirrored mean i tap on one corner and it respond on other . Is there any way to change touch drivers in this tablet from tb2 . Or I just got a bad digitizer because they look and have same chip
[General Questions and Answers] johnnyboy4711:
no files

can you put this up again plz?

thanks

lineage stuck on boot loop
[General Questions and Answers] Moofu:
I am new to this and I am trying to get OTA updates, but it isn't working. I tried to use jmo's back up with bbelos boot.img, but I get a status 7 error.

The error is:

"EMMC:/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/aboot:435788:5c7a44a5c25beb31b96d82d6ad907808d4b502b:435788:9661fa93f672b7147ff58d04a7ee56fe703030ca" has unexpected contents.

I don't know what I did wrong. I also factory reset after installing the back up too. It also has no root access
[General Questions and Answers] ShazamXD:
Does anyone have a flashable zip file of the original firmware for this tablet? I want to return it to stock without root if possible.
[General Questions and Answers] RooterLeopold:
Root Lenovo Tab 10 TB-X103F (Tested)

Root Lenovo Tab 10 TB-X103F (Tested)

1. activate developer options on the Tablet

2. enable Bootloader-Unlock on the Tablet

3. download and install ADB und fastboot

4. latest usb driver on your PC

5. download TWRP TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70228684&postcount=65

6. download SuperSu zip file

Steps:

1.) boot to fastboot -> shutdown your device -> press on/off + "+" Volumekey → device restarts to fastboot mode

2.) connect to your pc via usb cable

3.) start command shell (cmd) in the fastboot instalation folder on your PC and check for the device connection with the command:

"fastboot devices"

4.) do the unlocking

"fastboot oem unlock-go"

5.) boot TWRP image file in the command line, showing the pathway to the file:

TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img

6.) Put SuperSu zip file in the device memory and flash SuperSu zip with TWRP, then restart the device. Done!!!!

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Root Lenovo Tab 10 TB-X103F (Tested)

1. activate developer options on the Tablet

2. enable Bootloader-Unlock on the Tablet

3. download and install ADB und fastboot

4. latest usb driver on your PC

5. download TWRP TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70228684&postcount=65

6. download SuperSu zip file

Steps:

1.) boot to fastboot -> shutdown your device -> press on/off + "+" Volumekey → device restarts to fastboot mode

2.) connect to your pc via usb cable

3.) start command shell (cmd) in the fastboot instalation folder on your PC and check for the device connection with the command:

"fastboot devices"

4.) do the unlocking

"fastboot oem unlock-go"

5.) boot TWRP image file in the command line, showing the pathway to the file:

TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img

6.) Put SuperSu zip file in the device memory and flash SuperSu zip with TWRP, then restart the device. Done!!!!

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Root Lenovo Tab 10 TB-X103F (Tested)

1. activate developer options on the Tablet

2. enable Bootloader-Unlock on the Tablet

3. download and install ADB und fastboot

4. latest usb driver on your PC

5. download TWRP TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70228684&postcount=65

6. download SuperSu zip file

Steps:

1.) boot to fastboot -> shutdown your device -> press on/off + "+" Volumekey → device restarts to fastboot mode

2.) connect to your pc via usb cable

3.) start command shell (cmd) in the fastboot instalation folder on your PC and check for the device connection with the command:

"fastboot devices"

4.) do the unlocking

"fastboot oem unlock-go"

5.) boot TWRP image file in the command line, showing the pathway to the file:

TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img

6.) Put SuperSu zip file in the device memory and flash SuperSu zip with TWRP, then restart the device. Done!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] damenc:
This a great, revived my Lenovo tablet I followed all the steps and managed to unlock bootloader, flashed the TWRP and install the latest Lineage rom, worked great until I went to install GAPPS and SuperSU, now it's really slow and screen flashes the odd time. Anyone having this issue? I might reflash the rom, using Lineage's lastest beta rom.

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Must have been the SuperSu I installed, reinstalled rom and gapps and all working nice. How and what version of SuperSu should I install? I downloaded the new version and it really slowed down the tablet.
[General Questions and Answers] Croftman:
Hi !

I made a full backup, but when I want to restore on another SAME tablet, the tablet don't find a backup ! Do you know why ?

Edit: mmm okay I just must rename the twrp folder with the good serial number, it's mandatory?
[General Questions and Answers] SynGamer:
Getting stuck at flash TWRP...nothing happens. I've renamed it to recovery.img, and I've also tried twrp.img. Nothing works. I reboot using adb reboot recovery and it goes back to the stock recovery menu.

I've tried flashing SU from there but I get a signature verification error and it aborts.
[General Questions and Answers] tigeer:
I made a guide for anyone interested.

https://xdaforums.com/general/rooti...03f-unlock-t3867659/post78171302#post78171302
[General Questions and Answers] Ozilly:
Someone tried to building on lenovo x103f lineage 15.1?
[General Questions and Answers] joelones:
Would this work with the TB-X104F running 8.1?
[General Questions and Answers] Jellypowered:
[Guide] How to go back to complete stock

Hey all!

I know there has to be others out here wondering, so I figured out how to go completely stock.

You will have to re-unlock the bootloader and root after this, but you will be bone stock 6.0.1 after this process.

Seems Lenovo officially supports our tablets now. I will assume you know how to do the basics like find drivers for the device.

First Step: Lenovo Smart Assistant Download and install this on your PC.

Second Step: Load Lenovo Smart assistant

Third: Click the flash tab (it loads a little slow)

Fourth: Select Tablets->Tab X103F

Fifth: Download the 1.1gb file listed for our device.

Sixth: Click rescue and follow the on screen prompts.

Congratulations your device is now bone stock.

Troubleshooting:

I followed the steps but the progress bar just sits never moving:

You don't have the Qualcomm QHUSB_Bulk driver installed.

Check your device manager: If you see a QHUSB_BULK listed with a triangle, you need a driver.

The flash completed, but it's taking forever to boot: This is normal. Just be patient. It seems to take up to 30 minutes the first time.

If you want to root:

After it boots up the first time (don't spend a lot of time setting it up, you'll have to do this again by the end, skip as much as possible) , follow the instructions in this thread to get TWRP 3.0.2 beta installed again, This Post #415 worked well for me. (skip step 6) (developer options->oem unlock, adb reboot bootloader, fastboot devices to check if it's listed, fastboot oem unlock-go, device will reboot, adb reboot bootloader, fastboot boot [twrp img filename and path here] once in TWRP flash the TWRP image again.)

Download Magisk 18.1 (latest stable)

Download Magisk Manager 7.0 (latest apk)

Put on SD or device storage.

Reboot to recovery

Flash Magisk 18.1 and wipe Cache/Dalvik

Reboot to system: Might take longer than you think but just let it sit, it'll boot.

Install Magisk Manager APK you downloaded earlier. Open it, you should have root, if not, flash magisk 18.1 one more time in recovery, it should be there. :)

Custom Rom Links:

[ROM] [UNOFFICIAL] LineageOS 14.X for Lenovo TB-X103F | Android 7.1.2 Nougat

[ROM] [UNOFFICIAL] Resurrection Remix OS 5.8.3 for Lenovo TB-X103F | Android N 7.1.2

[ROM] [UNOFFICIAL] AICP 12.1 for Lenovo TB-X103F | 7.1.2
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Thanks! I updated 3 times and managed to blindy flash SuperSU again!

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How is Xposed working for you, OK?
[General Questions and Answers] Brakelight:
Xposed 100% functional thus far. However only running:

YouTube AdAway

YouTube background playback
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
Xposed is working great. I use gravity box (only for immersive desktop) and n-ify. I installed Xposed with new Xposed installer directly from the app.

I would like to try FlashFire but where it says it is untested I haven't tried yet, Xposed was as daring as I will be without a working twrp.
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
Am I the only one that finds the battery life on this tablet to be crazy-good? The battery seems to last forever in this thing! :) Granted I'm not using it as my main tablet (still just "playing" with it), but damn...
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
I bought 2, the first on black Friday for my wife. I charged it up and she has used it all of twice, I picked it up the other day and it was at like 89 percent with something crazy like 40 days left on battery. Granted that is not being used but that is still crazy.
[General Questions and Answers] jmo:
FlashFire

I tried FlashFire... no luck. It runs but when it attempts to do anything, the screen goes blank and never returns. It seems there is something different about the video on this device that has yet to be determined.

Jonathan
[General Questions and Answers] chibot75:
Now we just need a custom ROM!
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
I've found that most games are pretty much unplayable on this tablet - it's definitely not a good tablet for gaming! :) But for general web-browsing, email, youtube and basic stuff like that, it's a really good tablet for it's price. Performance is definitely not a strong point, but battery life, build quality, screen brightness and audio are pretty good (especially after raising the Dolby equalizer sliders all of the way up - then it gets *plenty* loud).

This tablet really makes me want to get one of the older Lenovo Tab2 tablets - higher resolution screen and better performance while retaining the other good aspects of this tablet seems like a winner if you can find them cheap enough.

For a $79 tablet, the overall quality in fantastic - I've tried my share of sub-$100 tablets and usually it's immediately noticeable that it's a sub-$100 tablet - just from holding it. Not the case with this one - it's built really, really well.
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
I am playing oceanhorn on it right now as well as emulating n64 games and they are very playable for me but that's really all I play. You are right though, it feels like a nice tablet.
[General Questions and Answers] chibot75:
Has anyone tried using the smart cover on marshmallow? Mine didn't seem to work
[General Questions and Answers] Lust4Bst:
Lenovopad TB-X103F

Finally found someone else with one of these Tab 10's. WOO HOO!! I was beginning to think that there was little or no hope for mine. If anyone can help out this Noob, i would be grateful. Ok, heres my issues.

I cannot get into the developers options in my settings, Period. Nothing at all happens when i tap on the build number, or any of the others in that category either, except the three boats and a marshmallow. I have been trying for 5 days to simply Bypass the Google FRP previously synced email account page. I have tried almost every single suggestion out there, i called Lenovo support, who in turn put me on to Google, since its Googles extra security im told, then Google pointed me at you tube videos that explained how to bypass their FRP, but none of them worked, All of the links he sent to me were for a Samsung Tab. I cannot find any reference to this Tablet until i stumbled upon you guys. Now trying all available options, i ended up going for a system update, and im not able to get online at all anymore from the tab. I cannot transfer anything from my pc to the tab without enabling usb debugging, i believe, and thats in the developers options, that for some reason, does absolutely nothing when i tap the build number 7 times. I tried for 5 days now. If i can get some info on just getting by the FRP google account sync thing, that would be great. After i did a factory reset, i enter in my email that i synced with the tablet, and it keeps telling me that its the wrong password, and its not. Well im stuck on stupid here, so if anyone can help, i would love to hang out and follow up with the ongoing research, you guys are making progress, and i agree with you all about the Tab 10, Its well built, lacks a little in performance, struggles to multitask a bit, but overall, its worth it. I paid 99$ for mine at Wlly world out here in Phoenix, so $44 is a steal. Thanks guys if anyone can help me, maybe i can catch up with you.

Stuck like Chuck in Phx.
[General Questions and Answers] jmo:
I was wrong - FlashFire working

I tried FlashFire again and it is working. I updated SuperSU so that may explain why it didn't work previously. Also, if you try FlashFire, it will not work if your tablet is plugged into power (that may have been why it failed earlier). I have been able to make a great deal of progress and will soon be posting a rooted factory image that can be flashed via Fastboot (i.e. no need to swipe blindly at TWRP).

jmo
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
I so much want to like this tablet, but man, the performance is just so bad. Am I the only one having performance issues? I mean even my 4 year old devices blow it out of the water. Again, I realize it's a "budget" tablet, but regardless of how cheap it is - or how well built it is, it's real-world applications are really limited with such poor performance...
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
I am playing Minecraft flawlessly along with emulating N64 and under games just fine.
[General Questions and Answers] jtrosky:
I don't really even play games - but I tried installing a simple air-hockey game and it was basically unplayable (and I thought that would be an "easy" game). I also recently installed a Wheel Of Fortune game and while it's playable, it still performs poorly.

I'm mainly talking about "simple" things like installing apps from the Play Store (takes forever), trying to swtich between multiple apps is brutal. It just seems like the tablet struggles with everything.

In comparison, my Nexus 7 and HP Slatebook 10 will run circles around this thing - and they are 4+ years old. Granted, they were a lot more expensive, but I just expected more from a quad-core tablet from 2016...
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
That's strange, I am having the opposite effect. I had an Asus ZenPad that was terrible in comparison to this one. Installing apps seems average to me but then again I have never had any very good tablets. Minecraft was unplayable on my ZenPad but wonderful on this device. I also use Kodi for all of my music on my 128gb SD card and that works great as well. Strange that we get different results.
[General Questions and Answers] jmo:
Peformance

You might want to compare versions of the software. Mine had several updates with no documentation as to what changed. I am wondering if that could explain the differences.
[General Questions and Answers] GartimusPrime:
I am fully updated, I think I had 3 out of the box. I am certainly not saying it is super fast but I don't have much lag at all. Also, I don't know if it matters but I don't have much installed, I have frozen most bloat with titanium backup and I have Xposed installer with a few "performance" apps such as Lspeed.