There's been a lot of changes since I posted this thread!
We've now got a rom for LineageOS 14.X based on Nougat which can be found in its own thread here!
This thread is still useful because it provides links to the history of how the tablet was rooted and how we were able to get a custom recovery but all discussion on the LineageOS rom should take place in that thread from now on. When new roms are created I will add them to this first post for posterity so everyone can find them. Does anyone know how to best request our own forum? I think we're starting to get big enough one would be of use...
We've now got a rom for LineageOS 14.X based on Nougat which can be found in its own thread here!
This thread is still useful because it provides links to the history of how the tablet was rooted and how we were able to get a custom recovery but all discussion on the LineageOS rom should take place in that thread from now on. When new roms are created I will add them to this first post for posterity so everyone can find them. Does anyone know how to best request our own forum? I think we're starting to get big enough one would be of use...
Here's what we have so far....
First we unlock the bootloader, explained here. Thanks for the easy to follow summary, 20tibby_gt06!
Extracted stock recovery here. Thanks jmo!
Stock image with root and updates. Can be fastboot flashed here. Another debt of gratitude to jmo!
Working TWRP recovery image here. Thank you bbelos for getting this working for us!
A listing of items you might wish to freeze upon rooting here. Thanks Pegasus Epsilon for posting this!
Another list of apps you might wish to freeze or remove here. This time courtesy of GartimusPrime
Lineage ROM,Build oneCurrent Build: lineage-13.0-20170219-UNOFFICIAL-x103f.zip All hail bbelos for hacking away at this and sharing the results!
As per usual all things related to rooting and installing roms is at the users' own risk. You also assume the responsibilities of administering your own hardware when you seize administrative rights and control. Be careful and responsible when undertaking any actions. These links are intended to help find discussed items in the thread, not act as an HOWTO. You must do your reading before acting on anything or the brick you create will be yours to hold.
PS: What else do we need to petition for an official section for our tablet? We've got root, unlocked the bootloader, and a mostly functional rom created via Lineage by that wonderful individual known as bbelos. What else do we need?
Original post quoted below:
I've searched and searched the site and Google for answers before giving up and posting this thread.
I picked up the new Walmart Black Friday tablet, which is known as Lenovo TB-X103F or model ZA1U0000US depending on where you look. I'm mostly satisfied with it as is, but I desperately miss my adblocker and my xposed framework features, as well as the ability to move updated apks to the system partition so as to not have redundant apps wasting space.
Unfortunately there is very little information available about this tablet.
Walmart.com listing
Energy Star page.
Lenovo's own website doesn't seem to have much mention of it beyond the source code dump listed here. I run Ubuntu on my laptop and my TV box for Kodi but I couldn't tell you if the code has everything and it would be possible for someone to build something or if it's missing critical information making hopes of a new community rom or cyanogenmod rom impossible. Does anyone else have this model tablet and know how to root it, put in a recovery? The one that comes with the device is in Chinese so I powered it off because I wasn't sure how else to get out of there.
Thanks in advance for all help given.
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