Monday, August 10, 2015

How to Unbrick and flash Stock ROM on Lenovo K3 Note (k50-t5)

If you are familiar with the rooting process, you probably know that rooting and changing the ROM in android phone remove the manufacturer warranty. But if the phone already have official ROM the warranty will never void.

The official ROM for Lenovo K3 Note smartphone is now available. At below I have given the procedure to install the stock ROM on your phone. By installing this ROM you will back to official ROM.

PRE-REQUISITES:


1. First ensure the battery of your phone is above 75%, so then it will never get switched OFF during the middle of the process.

2. Next take full backup of your phone.

3. Also backup the important data like SMS messages, Whatsapp messages, Contacts etc., as this would be formatted during the process.

4. Next install the drivers for your phone using Lenovo K3 Note drivers.

Disclaimer : Follow the given below procedure at your own risk. I would not be held responsible for any damage that occurs to your phone, in case you do not follow the procedure properly.

REQUIREMENTS:


1.  Official stock ROM (K50a40_S112_150610_ROW.7z) Lollipop 5.0 Indian version : download link Click Here to Download
2.  Lenovo K3 Note Drivers : Click Here to Download (Check the files section on fb group)
3. SP Flash Tool download link: Click Here to Download (Check the files section on fb group)
4. A Windows PC
5. A Lenovo K3 Note (obviously)

Install Driver :


Install the driver then restart your PC, then connect your phone to PC via USB cable and wait till Windows configures it. Make sure the USB Debugging is enabled in this process. Once the configuration has completed, again restart your PC.

If you are using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 then you may face problem to install the driver so follow these steps to install an unsigned driver.

For Windows 8:

1. Win + I -> Change the computer settings -> General -> Special boot options -> Restart Now.

2. When you turn off the tap Diagnostics -> Advanced Settings -> Boot Options -> Restart.

3. A menu appears, select it in the “Disable the mandatory driver signing checks” – for this you have to press F7.

For Windows 8.1:

1. Win + I -> Change the computer settings -> Update and Restore -> Restore -> Restart Now.

2. When you turn off the tap Diagnostics -> Advanced Settings -> Boot Options -> Restart.

3. A menu appears, select it in the “Disable the mandatory driver signing checks” – for this you have to press F7.

PROCEDURE TO INSTALL STOCK ROM ON LENOVO K3 NOTE SMARTPHONE:


1. Next extract the Stock Rom folder
 
2. Extract and open the SP Flash Tools and run "flash_tool.exe" as administrator.

3. In SP Flash Tools, just click the “scatter loading” it will ask you the location of the scatter loading file for your phone.

4. In the extracted folder of the stock ROM, go to the folder named “K50a40_S112_150610_ROW” and in there go to target_bin folder select the file “MT6752_Android_scatter.txt”(it is our scatter loading file).

5. In the menu “Option” tab, go to “Download”, and put a “tick” in the “DA DL All with Checksum”.









6. Next Switch off your phone .

7. Make sure Download only option is selected in SP Flash Tool as shown in the image below. Now hit the Green Download button.

















8. Connect your phone now to PC via USB. The Flash tool will start the flashing process, you can see the progress at the bottom of the flash tool.

9. Don’t disturb the process until it get finished, otherwise it will brick your phone.

10. Once the process is finished, a green check box  will appear in SP Flash Tool, which implies the installation of stock firmware on your device is successful.

11. Now, disconnect your phone from USB Cable and Power On your phone.

12. Njoy! You have successfully installed the stock ROM or Official ROM on Lenovo K3 Note.

FB Group : Lenovo K3 Note Official Group [India]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Lenovo.K3.Note.Official.Group.India/

18 comments :

  1. is there any difference between K50-T5 (Chinese ) and K50-A40 (indian/ROW) at
    ROM and recovery level?
    please confirm ???

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  2. No it's the same phone just different software same hardware.

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  3. I have succeeded in installing both the Chinese and ROW versions of the rom on my K50-T5. After flashing I turn on the phone and I can hear it bootup. The phone vibrates and responds to touch and buttons but the screen has a gray background with black vertical stripes. The screen was working fine before the first flash. I have tried flashing it multiple times with roms download from different sites and different versions of SP flash tool. Does anyone have any idea whats going on here?

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  4. This code (Code: fastboot reboot) will reboot your phone and do not allow it to reboot. Just remove your battery.

    Step 4 - Insert the battery again and put back your back cover.

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  5. I am trying to flash my Lenovo k3 note..instaling Indian version but after instalation Chinese version appears...Please help me how to install Indian version firmware and where to download it?

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  6. I am trying to flash my Lenovo k3 note..instaling Indian version but after instalation Chinese version appears...Please help me how to install Indian version firmware and where to download it?

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  7. when I installing 6.0 zip file its show your device is lenovo k3 note k5-t5 .. & this package is for k3note k50a40 . this type of error coming any solution

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  8. when I installing 6.0 zip file its show your device is lenovo k3 note k5-t5 .. & this package is for k3note k50a40 . this type of error coming any solution

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  9. i have flashed k3 notw but its not starting what can i do?

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  10. my K3 note was stuck after i tried to root it, later factory reset did not work...it was stuck in initializing....I have followed the about steps and it worked for me....thank u verymuch

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  11. success file thank you.................

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  12. how to fix lenovo k50-t5 gray and black screen after flashing the rom

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  13. If it is soft bricked how can u able to make USB debugging sir

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    1. i have the same problem..my phone is soft bricked..can u help me out...i dont want to lose my data i had before

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  14. Thanks for your valuable information. This informattion is really helpful. To get more information about how to root Lenovo k3 Note see this blog also.

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  15. I tried so many roms including the original one with sp flash ota and twrp recovery but my phone always stuck on Lenovo logo
    any solution

    Thanks

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