DISCLAIMER : What you do with the content of this thread is your own responsibility.
WARNING : Tested only with the 4GB version of Lenovo P780
Personal Plea : Please do not PM me for every little thing. Please post your queries in this thread instead, and READ before PM me. I will ignore you if your questions are already answered here.
What are these?
These are pre-rooted Flash Tool images for Lenovo P780 4GB. They also have TWRP recovery by default. Apps installed on first boot are also removed. They can be installed from the Play Store and those included are already outdated anyway.
The Chinese version also has GApps installed as it did not originally come with GApps.
What is VIBEUI?
These are MIUI-like ROMs created by Lenovo for their later phones (phones released after our P780). They were kind enough to port them over to our P780 but as of now only available officially for Chinese base.
The one I'm sharing below is new Android 4.4.2 based VIBEUI V1.5. They are BETA QUALITY. They are rooted, with GApps and TWRP, debloated somewhat like before. They also have Chinese radios. Flash a different one in recovery that you like.
In addition to that, framework.jar was modded to have minimum number match for caller id to be 10 instead of 11 (Credit to @C3C076 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2268120)
Note : Removing Lenovo Safe Center/SecureIT creates an annoying overlay that says "Security Problem" on our phone. That's why I left it in. You can freeze it however, the overlay won't show.
What are they good for?
These are good as backups. Or if you want to change your base from Chinese to Worldwide and/or vice versa. Or you have soft-bricked your phone. Or you just don't know which recovery works with your phone.
Why would I want to change my base ROM?
The custom ROMs you can find on the internet for the Lenovo P780 are meant for specific ROM base ONLY. For example, most of the ROMs from needrom, or Mobile Uncle forums (or even MIUI from the official website), are meant for the Chinese base. Most of the ROMs from Russian 4pda or lenovo-forum are meant for the Worldwide base. Flashing a ROM meant for the wrong base will cause your phone not to boot properly. Flashing a recovery image meant for a wrong base will also cause your phone not to boot. Flash with one of these base ROMs, then flash the ROM of your choice/specific base from TWRP. These images got you covered.
Where are they?
HERE :
Chinese version :
P780_S135_130917_rooted_twrp_gapps.7z
VIBEUI_V1.5_1419_5_DEV_P780_rooted_twrp_gapps.7z
Worldwide version :
P780_S119_130929_rooted_twrp_gapps.7z
P780_ROW_S123_131231_rooted_twrp_gapps.7z
P780_ROW_S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps.7z
How do I flash these to my phone?
You will need :
Windows PC (Windows 7 tested, may or may not work with others)
Smart Phone Flash Tool (get it here)
Smart Phone Flash Tool USB Drivers (get it here)
A good quality micro USB cable and a working USB port on your Windows PC
Step by step guide :
If your phone is not already soft bricked, back up whatever you want. External SD card is fine. If your phone is soft-brick then say goodbye to your data and skip this step.
Uncompress all the files you downloaded from this thread into a directory where you can remember. Including the ROMs.
Shutdown your phone if its not in a bootloop. If it is skip this step.
Open "Device Manager" on your Windows PC.
Plug in your phone through the micro USB cable. A device will show up for a few seconds in "Device Manager". After that, it will disappear again!
Recognize the device tree where it appeared, and wait for it as you unplug and plug in your phone again (if bootloop, its automatic!)
Catch it with a right click as it appears! Then choose "Update Drivers" and pick the directory where you uncompressed the drivers you downloaded above. Its ok if after catching it the device disconnects. You only need to install the drivers now.
Assuming the drivers are correctly installed, run the Smart Phone Flash Tool.
Click on scatter-loading and choose the scatter file "MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt" of the ROM you want to flash.
Make sure the checkbox "DL DA All With Check Sum" is CHECKED
Click on "Firmware->Upgrade" button.
Plug in your powered down phone via the USB cable again. See it flash.
When a big green circle appears on the screen, your are done!
How do I flash a custom ROM after this?
First of all, always allow your phone to boot up at least ONCE after a fresh flash. Otherwise flashing from custom recovery will fail by some partition errors.
After that, shutdown your phone, then power it up with both up and down volume button press, releasing the power button after the screen lights up. That is TWRP. Happy flashing!
My signal has become very bad after switching base!
According to some Russian forum, phones from China has a different GSM module, and switching base may affect the signal strength since you flash also the modem image in the process.
Lucky for us, the Russians have us covered. Pick a modem of your choice and try them until you find one that works well for you:
Прошивка радиомодуля P780
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Good to see a topic for Lenovo P780 in the XDA So I use the SLXROM from the Russian forum nearly perfect. Do you know it?
west76 said:
Good to see a topic for Lenovo P780 in the XDA So I use the SLXROM from the Russian forum nearly perfect. Do you know it?
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Actually that's the one I was using before I switched to the one based on JiaoYu G4 by "savyol". Reason being my iPega BT controller doesn't work on SLXROM (but that's fair because it didn't work on Lenovo stock either) but it worked in this ROM (and also MIUI).
However I could be switching back soon since the newer release of this they cranked up the auto brightness to an eye piercing level when in complete darkness and i hate it!
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Actually that's the one I was using before I switched to the one based on JiaoYu G4 by "savyol". Reason being my iPega BT controller doesn't work on SLXROM (but that's fair because it didn't work on Lenovo stock either) but it worked in this ROM (and also MIUI).
However I could be switching back soon since the newer release of this they cranked up the auto brightness to an eye piercing level when in complete darkness and i hate it!
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Hi, JiaoYu G4 is for chinese version? Where do you downloaded? How do i know if my phone is chinese or world version? I bought my phone with LiFe_v05... Thanks.
conny005 said:
Hi, JiaoYu G4 is for chinese version? Where do you downloaded? How do i know if my phone is chinese or world version? I bought my phone with LiFe_v05... Thanks.
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The JiaYu ROM i was testing is for ROW, I found it here:
http://forum.china-iphone.ru/post1223015.html#p1223015
If your phone is running LiFe it should be ROW version. Just flash in recovery should do.
Heck, if you screw up, reflash it again in Flash_Tool, hence the purpose of me sharing the above ROMs
satanduck said:
The JiaYu ROM i was testing is for ROW, I found it here:
http://forum.china-iphone.ru/post1223015.html#p1223015
If your phone is running LiFe it should be ROW version. Just flash in recovery should do.
Heck, if you screw up, reflash it again in Flash_Tool, hence the purpose of me sharing the above ROMs
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But how can i be shore ? Is there any aplications or somethnig to tell me. I am afraid to do samething with out be shore. I want to mention that when i press up button and power connected on the laptop , on phone screen apears something in chinese... Thanks in advance and sorry for my english.
conny005 said:
But how can i be shore ? Is there any aplications or somethnig to tell me. I am afraid to do samething with out be shore. I want to mention that when i press up button and power connected on the laptop , on phone screen apears something in chinese... Thanks in advance and sorry for my english.
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If you have official firmware, it can be determined by the number, i.e. S110, S116, S119 (ROW), and S125, S129, S135 (Chinese)
You have a custom ROM installed. This is probably not there, or changed by the ROM creator.
By experience LiFe is based on ROW. Unless somebody ported over to Chinese base and flashed it on your phone.
The point of this thread is to share those bases. So that you can decide and switch base. So that it DOESN'T MATTER what base you are CURRENTLY on, just change to the one needed by your intended custom ROM.
PS : The JiaYu ROM has EBR included in it (partition table) so in theory it should work on either base
satanduck said:
If you have official firmware, it can be determined by the number, i.e. S110, S116, S119 (ROW), and S125, S129, S135 (Chinese)
You have a custom ROM installed. This is probably not there, or changed by the ROM creator.
By experience LiFe is based on ROW. Unless somebody ported over to Chinese base and flashed it on your phone.
The point of this thread is to share those bases. So that you can decide and switch base. So that it DOESN'T MATTER what base you are CURRENTLY on, just change to the one needed by your intended custom ROM.
PS : The JiaYu ROM has EBR included in it (partition table) so in theory it should work on either base
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This is the rom you refered to?....Just download, put on sd card, wipe every thing and flash the rom? Thanks.
PS JiaYu rom have english language?
conny005 said:
This is the rom you refered to?! https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5l5EfGG-gaad2VaX29NVTFrZWM/edit Just download, put on sd card, wipe every thing and flash the rom? Thanks.
PS JiaYu rom have english language?
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I think the ROM maker requested people do not share his ROM on other forums.
When in doubt, use google translate.
satanduck said:
I think the ROM maker requested people do not share his ROM on other forums.
When in doubt, use google translate.
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Yes sorry, I delete the link; but i wasn't shore, if it is a rom or just an update to an old version..., please confirm me..
it's full ROM
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Hi Satanduck,
thanks for the roms and procedure. Worked flawlessly !
However, I can't seem to find the "developer options" in the settings ? Is it simply not there or hiding some place else ?
Thanks!
this is standard "feature" of Android these days, hiding developer stuff from innocent users... go to about phone, keep tapping on build number until it appears!
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Excellent
Those sneaky bast**ds ! Thanks a lot!
Can somebody please confirm if this ROW version has multilingual support? I am interested in Romanian.
Thank you.
No Romanian...
Just checked, no Romanian...
ybres said:
Can somebody please confirm if this ROW version has multilingual support? I am interested in Romanian.
Thank you.
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---------- Post added at 07:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:53 PM ----------
Hey again Satanduck,
I'm having very bad reception on one of my sim cards...
Any suggestions where to download just basebands ?
Also any good tutorial to follow to just change basebands ?
Many thanks!
satanduck said:
this is standard "feature" of Android these days, hiding developer stuff from innocent users... go to about phone, keep tapping on build number until it appears!
Sent from my Lenovo P780 using Tapatalk
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@satanduck - I have bought the Lenovo P780 and facing an unusual problem. I am not able to move the Apps from the App Drawer to the Home Screens of Lenovo Launcher at all. When I long press the app icon in App Drawer, they dance with a X symbol in each user app but when I drag it up or down, I don't see an Option to move to Home or the Home Screen? The phone is not rooted yet.
your advice on this would be much appreciated.
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@satanduck - I have bought the Lenovo P780 and facing an unusual problem. I am not able to move the Apps from the App Drawer to the Home Screens of Lenovo Launcher at all. When I long press the app icon in App Drawer, they dance with a X symbol in each user app but when I drag it up or down, I don't see an Option to move to Home or the Home Screen? The phone is not rooted yet.
your advice on this would be much appreciated.
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Select the app, and drag down on wich screen you want, they are small on the bottom, or you can press menu, add app., you can select one or more..
It was a headscratcher for me too!
What works for me :
1. Long press on any of the homescreens (empty space)
2. A menu appears at the bottom with several tabs, by default it is on "Add"
3. Select what you want to add to the homescreen (multiple select possible), Apps, shortcuts, folders, widgets, etc...
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Select the app, and drag down on wich screen you want, they are small on the bottom, or you can press menu, add app., you can select one or more..
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Hello, I'm new here and english is not good. So patient, please.
My problem:
I have a ZTE V967S with Max Flavour 4.1 Slim from carliv. I have installed rom&gapps (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47705705&postcount=4) with carliv's intstruction. When I have installed it, and download apps from Play-store a few times, I cannot get into it more. Play-store says no connect,,,
Can you say where is problem?
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Hello, I'm new here and english is not good. So patient, please.
My problem:
I have a ZTE V967S with Max Flavour 4.1 Slim from carliv. I have installed rom&gapps (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47705705&postcount=4) with carliv's intstruction. When I have installed it, and download apps from Play-store a few times, I cannot get into it more. Play-store says no connect,,,
Can you say where is problem?
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It usually happens many times.
Just clear the data of Playstore from Application setting.
& then restart your Phone.
Hope this will solve your problem.
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Hi All,
I found very interesting ROM for Galaxy Noted Edge N915SKL korean version in this link below,
Anyone have tried and install it successfully in their device??
i have tried to install it and follow the instruction but stuck at the first registration menu,and being annoyed by "Coctailbar service XXXX (in korea letter) and also "System UI is not responding' so cant continue the registration and back to HK Rom V3.0
i am thinking perhaps it is the kernel problem since in the instruction, the developer didnt give any link of the correct kernel, but you can see them on the screenshot,
Well at least you might try and let us know how to install them correctly.
Btw the link is in Vietnamese language, but you can translate the link thru google translate.
http://vninew.com/threads/sm-n915sk...l-special-edition-by-huylee-14-11-2016.10507/
have a great day and good luck
chou
Downloaded it and had the same issue with cocktailbar service stopped working (i managed to change the language to english by fast tapping and selecting ?)
It maybe the rom not uploaded properly or the apk is corrupted and the developer forgot to upload the fix
I reverted back to v2.0 from same developer as it has theme store support like the note 5 and still has an active edge panel
Using HK rom v2 with latest prime kernel v4.8.0
Hello everyone !
I read this post because i love the Miui v8 UI, but i have a problem with this.
I tryed alls versions of this rom from de S7 EDGE EXYNOS forum ( beta1 , final beta and the others based on stock samsung rom) and,
When i want to make a call, i hear nothing and my interlocutor hear nothing too.
I tryed a lot csc in the aroma installer, many full wipe, reinstallation...
I do not know what to do
I have reinstalled the stock nougat rom waiting a solution.
Google play not work too. I followed all of the instructions for the Force closed problem, and when its ok, the google play app don't want to update or download any applications. I have tryed many error code tutorials for resolves this ( error 963, 927 ) and nothing .
Please help me ! thank you in advance and sorry for my bad english ^^
EDIT : i use TWRP 3.0 flashed with Odin.
EDIT 2 : Helpers : @MigoMujahid
fredericID said:
Hello everyone !
I read this post because i love the Miui v8 UI, but i have a problem with this.
I tryed alls versions of this rom from de S7 EDGE EXYNOS forum ( beta1 , final beta and the others based on stock samsung rom) and,
When i want to make a call, i hear nothing and my interlocutor hear nothing too.
I tryed a lot csc in the aroma installer, many full wipe, reinstallation...
I do not know what to do
I have reinstalled the stock nougat rom waiting a solution.
Google play not work too. I followed all of the instructions for the Force closed problem, and when its ok, the google play app don't want to update or download any applications. I have tryed many error code tutorials for resolves this ( error 963, 927 ) and nothing .
Please help me ! thank you in advance and sorry for my bad english ^^
EDIT : i use TWRP 3.0 flashed with Odin.
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It's simply a MIUI 8 rom issue, it should be listed in the rom bugs in the thread.
Thank you
Thank you for your quick answer. You think to its was resolved in next version ? I was afraid to be single with this issue.
fredericID said:
Thank you for your quick answer. You think to its was resolved in next version ? I was afraid to be single with this issue.
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If the rom is still being updated, and newer versions will come, then it should be fixed in next updates, and you said it works in stock nogut, then it's definitely a rom issue.
PS: you should QUOTE my post or mention me in your post by adding @MigoMujahid in your post so that i can get some notification that you posted.
Ok.
Sorry but, the Miui's roms are based on Marshmallow, not Nougat...
Its the stock rom official from samsung installed after for waiting a solution for miui . Sorry for the not good explaination ^^"
fredericID said:
Ok.
Sorry but, the Miui's roms are based on Marshmallow, not Nougat...
Its the stock rom official from samsung installed after for waiting a solution for miui . Sorry for the not good explaination ^^"
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No i understand you well
I meant if it's working in stock nogut, then it's a MIUI 8 rom issue.
Everything it's ok for me now !
Before, my installation of twrp and miui, was from marshmallow stock samsung. And, with this way, i have so many errors.
But, with twrp installed on the Nougat stock rom, i don't have any problem, calls working, google apps working too !
resolved for me
Hi,
Please anyone with easy method or steps to uninstall Google dialer and message and replace with MIUI dialer and message.
I don't like Google dialer on my Redmi Note 10
Anyone help
I'm still searching i haven't fount yet. you can use third party MIUI theme dialer it's on the get app store. but i never tried, try it your own risk key word to search
" Dialer MIUI lite ".
The original Miui software is dependent on the Miui system.
Google Play is one of the few alternatives.
If You install Indonesian fastboot rom after unlocking bootloader there is miui dialer and miui messages app but Indonesian rom is buggy and has serious issues and you have to restart your device three times a day or else there is no sound I used this rom for three days it is not worth it. Sorry for my bad English.
what is the best miui version and of what region
Try using this app. TRUE PHONE DIALER & CONTACTS AND CALL RECORDER ! Yes that's a long name ! Perfect app. ! Has inbuild silent call recording too
There is no official way.
You have to flash the Indonesian MIUI ROM to get them back. To do this, you have to unlock the bootloader and it voids the warranty.
More info at https://www.geekdashboard.com/install-miui-dialer-contacts-messaging-apps-on-xiaomi-phones/
Guys, if anyone knows where is the audio file that says recording is on. and if possiblly we can replace the file with a blank file.
suggestions.
I_think said:
Guys, if anyone knows where is the audio file that says recording is on. and if possiblly we can replace the file with a blank file.
suggestions.
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No
Hay bolaid,
Just flash miui 12.5.4 eu rom lot of things working for me after flashed the eu rom
I need google miui dialer and meg for poco m4 pro 5g...i dont like google dialer so please...help me...my device doesn't have any Indonesian rom,have russin,taiwan india all are global roms only,and i cant flash all roms and test which 1 have miui dialer.
Bolaide said:
Hi,
Please anyone with easy method or steps to uninstall Google dialer and message and replace with MIUI dialer and message.
I don't like Google dialer on my Redmi Note 10
Anyone help
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Install Xiaomi.EU