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/

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How to Factory Reset Lenovo K3 Note or other Android phone with Chinese Recovery

1. Switch off your phone,

2. Press and hold the 'Volume +' and 'power button' at the same time.
3. Press these keys and hold them until you are in the Chinese recovery menu.
4. Chinese recovery will look like as shown in the below image.



5. Now you can navigate through the menu by pressing 'volume up' to move up the menu and 'volume down' key to move up the menu.
6. You can use Power button to enter any of those options.
Translation of each of the options in the Chinese recovery menu is shown in the diagram below.

• Manual Test: this option is used to test whether the selected aspect of the phone is working perfectly.
• Individual test: this one narrows the test to individual items such as the LED lights.
• Test results: this option gives the overall test results of the functionality of the phone.
• Debug test options: Tests the debug functionality of the phone.
• Wipe eMMC: this option is the one used to factory reset your phone and is easy to identify because it has eMMC in it. eMMC basically means internal memory.
• Version Info: This option shows basic information about the android phone including the software version, build time, IMEI number, just to mention a few.
• Reboot: U can use this option to reboot the phone.

7. Now to Factory reset your phone navigate to 'Wipe eMMC' option using 'volume up' key and 'volume down' key and press the power button to perform Factory reset.

8. Your phone will reboot now . If not select the last option in the Chinese Recovery Menu to reboot your phone.

WARNING : Resetting your phone, means your going to eraser everything your phone have. So you need to copy first contact to your sim card, copy your audios, videos, and pictures. I am not responsible for any kind of data loss in your phone.

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

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How to install Theme pack for Lenovo K3 Note

Instructions : 

• Download file Theme pack from links given below.
• Save file .zip (don't extract or unzip) in storage0.
• Go to Theme Center.
• Click Button ••• in top right corner.
• Import theme.
• Choose theme.
• Wait the process to complete. 

Links to download theme :

• https://www.dropbox.com/s/cdymhebs1nj23ir/265.zip?dl=
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/29m5z9flu6iduif/280.zip?dl=
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/4e63izn09yjdk63/302.zip?dl=
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdc8ndzdk4yb1bn/306.zip?dl=
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/nfp9lx6elje8c18/360.zip?dl=
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/crzno93vpoefkzp/473.zip?dl=
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/5m6h4mtzbbjn6em/540.zip?dl=
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/wn8jtgvckfycxv7/566.zip?dl=0
• https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B9nEOPekbIRRaWxHVTdJaTJBdDA (New Themes)

FB Group : Lenovo K3 Note Official Group [India] 

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

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List of KitKat Based Custom Roms for Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus

Custom ROM KitKat 4.4.3  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : uoyl) (dev : chenxi838)
Custom ROM KitKat 4.4.3  (pan.baidu.com) (dev : lailai)
Custom ROM KitKat 4.4.3  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : 04t6) (dev : fdnx009)
Custom ROM KitKat 4.4.3  (drive.google.com) (dev : himura05  (www.kaskus.co.id))
Custom ROM VIBE 4.4  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : g660)
Custom ROM Jiayu 4.4.2  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : 9k7c)
Custom ROM Jiayu 4.4.2  (drive.google.com) (dev : himura05  (www.kaskus.co.id))
Custom ROM Jiayu 4.4.2  (www.mediafire.com) (dev : Mishop Ivishop II)
Custom ROM VIBEUI 2.0  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : ygho)
Custom ROM 4.4.2 Full Gesture  (drive.google.com) Patch  (www.dropbox.com)
Custom ROM HTC 4.4  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : uirq)
Custom ROM Super 4.4_V2.0  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : 76b6)

Tutorial for how to flash CWM recovery for Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus Click here

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List of Jelly Bean Based Custom Roms for Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus

 

Custom ROM MYUI G2.1H_4.5.23  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : q0wv)
Cusrom ROM Samsung  (www.needrom.com)
Custom ROM MultiLanguage  (www.needrom.com)
Custom ROM AOSP  (www.needrom.com)
Custom ROM Color OS  (bbs.coloros.com) (pilih yang paling baru berdasarkan tanggal build)
Custom ROM Vibe OS  (www.mediafire.com) (credit to Mishop Ivishop II (Grup FB Octa))
Custom ROM Vivo FunTouchOS  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : 1n4i)
Custom ROM Pure AOSP  (www.kaskus.co.id) (credit to himura05  (www.kaskus.co.id))
Custom ROM Amigo OS  (pan.baidu.com)
Custom ROM YUN OS  (pan.baidu.com) (Pass : 6q6h)
Custom ROM Mlais  (www.needrom.com)
Custom ROM Samsung N9002  (www.mediafire.com) (credit to Mishop Ivishop II)
Custom ROM Xperia  (www.mediafire.com) (credit to Mishop Ivishop II)
Custom ROM Touch UI Indo Mod  (www.4*shared.com) (credit to : Mart Ind Larocha)
Custom ROM Samsung Note 3  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : 62yo)
Custom ROM Cool OS  (pan.baidu.com)
Custom ROM Vivo FuntouchOS 1.20.0  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : u2z8)
Custom ROM Samsung S5  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : qgx0)
Custom ROM Baidu v5  (pan.baidu.com)
Custom ROM Samsung TouchwizuUI  (pan.baidu.com)
Custom ROM JB 4.2.2 AMOI  (drive.google.com)
Custom ROM GALAXY S5  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : lbs3)
Custom ROM CoolLife5.5  (pan.baidu.com) (dev : wangxiaoli520)
Custom ROM CoolLife5.5  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : pg2s) (dev : jjixdd)
Custom ROM Swordsman OS  (pan.baidu.com)
Custom ROM Baidu Beta 5.3  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : mrft)
Custom ROM MyUI G2.1H_4.7.17  (pan.baidu.com) (pass : l0xt)
Custom ROM FuntouchOS1.21.2  (pan.baidu.com) 

Tutorial for how to flash CWM recovery for Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus Click here

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Tutorial To Install Stock ROM On Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus

 

Install Stock ROM On Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus

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 Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus 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:

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

    Next take full backup of your phone.

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

    Next install the drivers for your phone using Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus drivers Click Here to Download

    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 (Karbonn_Titanium_Octane_Plus_978128_9404_KK_V031005) JB 4.4.2 :download link Click Here to Download
2.  Canvas HD Drivers : Click Here to Download
3. SP Flash Tool download link: Click Here to Download
4. A Windows PC
5. A Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus (obviously)

Procedure to install Stock ROM on Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus smartphone:

1. Next extract the Stock Rom folder

    Optional:

    If you want to install CWM along with official ROM, then replace recovery.img with CWM recovery (Download the updated version of CWM from this page and Learn how to install CWM in your Octane Plus on this page).

  
2. Extract and open the SP Flash Tools and run 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 “www.moulnisky.com_978128_9404_kk_V009061” and select the file “MT6592_Android_scatter.txt”(it is our scatter loading file).

5. Next Switch off your phone (To make it sure just remove the battery).

6. In Flash tool, go to options and click USB mode so that it is enabled. Click options again and then go to DA, Download All>Speed and finally select High Speed.

7. Click the download option (present on the right of firmware upgrade option) and flash the tool will start looking for your phone.

8. Connect your phone now. 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 ring will appear on your phone, which implies the installation of stock firmware on your device is successful.

11. Now, disconnect your phone and enjoy.

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How to install CWM and root your Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus

Follow these steps to root your phone.

 

Preparation of flash/update:

1. Take a backup of your phone.

2. Your phone battery should charge 80% minimum.

3. Read all steps then do it careful.

4. Make sure proper power backup of your PC.

Download:

1. MT6592 Scatter file(MT6592_Android_scatter.txt) Click here to download

2. SP-Tool(Flashtool.rar)  Click here to download and USB  Driver(Karbonn-Usb-Driver.rar) for Octane Plus Click here to download

3. CWM Recovery for Octane Plus(recovery.img) Click here to download


4. Root Kit -SuperSU(UPDATE.zip) Click here to download

How to Root and install CWM recovery on Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus KitKat:

Step 1: Install drivers in your PC and Enable USB Debugging on your Phone. Go to Settings >>> Developer options >>> USB debugging check it . After then switch off your phone.


Step 2:  Download SuperSU file and copy in your phone memory card. Now Download CWM recovery and scatter file of your phone and extract these file in a folder where you want. Extract and open the SP Tool. Sptool.exe Run as Administrator.

Step 3: You will see an SP tool window, now click on the scatter-Loading option in the SP tool. Then you will get the new tab of SP Tool which you ask the location of the scatter file on your PC. Now select the "MT6592_Android_scatter.txt"  file.


Step 4: Now connect your switch off phone with PC via USB cable (Make sure your phone is switched off).


Step 5: SP Tool detect your phone and process will start. If Sptool is not recognize/detect your phone then install USB  Driver for Octane Plus driver.


Step 6: Now start installing recovery in your phone by flashing.


Note: - Don't interrupt this process as it can potentially brick your device. Make sure no power interruption takes place.

Step 7:  After the process complete, a green ring will appear.

Here have successfully installed CWM Recovery  in your Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus.

Now let's start to Root your Titanium Octane Plus:

Step 8: Disconnect your phone.



Step 9: Do not start your phone. Press and hold vol. up + power button then select “recovery mode” (If your touch not work then use volume up and down key for menu up and down and Power button as a enter button)

Step 10. Click on install button/ choose install and select UPDATE.zip file from your save location on your SD card and install this file. Now  reboot your phone.


Enjoy Rooted phone.

Note: I am not responsible if you make Mistakes and Bricked Devices.

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