how to root lenovo vibe k5 note ?

[anujmankotia]

the ota update for vlote
is it available for lollipop version????

 

[atf2m4]

Any progress for root?

 

[anujmankotia]

naaa

 

[hk.happy]

Some hope that a nougat update might come eventually. Nothing concrete , but gives hope...
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/K-and-...enovo-Vibe-K5-Note-nougat-update/td-p/3584078

 

[romsurfer]

Any news for nougat? Or root?

:crying:

 

[solidsample]

Please keep trying Guys!
Thanks for the efforts of all Devs.

We definitely need Root for this device.

 

[atf2m4]

Thanks for developers

 

[romsurfer]

Anyone working on root or the thread is dead?

Are devs working on root or the topic is dead can anyone confirm?

 

[thaiwolf2010]

I thing you can forget this Phone

Lenovo nothing help for open the Bootloader and you look the very Bad systemrecovery. For me is this the last Phone from Lenovo. I stay in Thailand and I want buy a Tablet. The Lenovo is very sheep but I have buy a Samsung Tablet,because i am know Samsung have no Recovery from China. When you want no Problem you no look to Lenovo Phone. When you want buy a Notebook you can buy a Lenovo this is great

Are devs working on root or the topic is dead can anyone confirm?

 

[romsurfer]

Lenovo nothing help for open the Bootloader and you look the very Bad systemrecovery. For me is this the last Phone from Lenovo. I stay in Thailand and I want buy a Tablet. The Lenovo is very sheep but I have buy a Samsung Tablet,because i am know Samsung have no Recovery from China. When you want no Problem you no look to Lenovo Phone. When you want buy a Notebook you can buy a Lenovo this is great

I saw upgrade chart on official Lenovo website and there's no nougat upgrade for our device is coming.lenovo k6 series is getting nougat

 

[hk.happy]

Yeah. Its official now. K5 note will not receive a nougat update.

https://support.lenovo.com/in/en/solutions/ht501098?cid=ww:display:1tf0ay

Pathetic on part of lenovo, this phone is not even a year old since release in India in August 2016 .
Even if Lenovo had provided a way to unlock bootloader and install cuatom ROMs, users could have tried to stay happy with that, but no, we cannot do even that .

I will be advising all my friends and family to stay away from Lenovo phones , and try to sell off the one that I bought .

 

[romsurfer]

Yeah. Its official now. K5 note will not receive a nougat update.

https://support.lenovo.com/in/en/solutions/ht501098?cid=ww:display:1tf0ay

Pathetic on part of lenovo, this phone is not even a year old since release in India in August 2016 .
Even if Lenovo had provided a way to unlock bootloader and install cuatom ROMs, users could have tried to stay happy with that, but no, we cannot do even that .

I will be advising all my friends and family to stay away from Lenovo phones , and try to sell off the one that I bought .

Devs still working or this topic is dead can you confirm?

 

[hk.happy]

Devs still working or this topic is dead can you confirm?

I'm not sure but I think no one is working on this right now. Unless if there is some dev who bought this phone and is hellbent to unlock the bootloader, I don't think anything is going to happen in this thread.

 

[romsurfer]

I'm not sure but I think no one is working on this right now. Unless if there is some dev who bought this phone and is hellbent to unlock the bootloader, I don't think anything is going to happen in this thread.

Well that's bad news .we need root and recovery ?

 

[hk.happy]

Well that's bad news .we need root and recovery

Bad indeed. I don't know myself how to do it. Have passed the phone to a family member, and bought myself a redmi note 4, much more mod-friendly. Lenovo can not even dream of competing with xiaomi if they don't even let people unlock bootloaders. I do hope that someone here on xda can manage to unlock the bootloader, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[atf2m4]

There is no root for this phone. pathetic. I am planning to sell this phone.

 

[comprocks]

Yeah. Its official now. K5 note will not receive a nougat update.

https://support.lenovo.com/in/en/solutions/ht501098?cid=ww:display:1tf0ay

Pathetic on part of lenovo, this phone is not even a year old since release in India in August 2016 .
Even if Lenovo had provided a way to unlock bootloader and install cuatom ROMs, users could have tried to stay happy with that, but no, we cannot do even that .

I will be advising all my friends and family to stay away from Lenovo phones , and try to sell off the one that I bought .

Wow, that's just sad. I've never seen a lazier dev team for any phone I've purchased.

My schedule is almost cleared up. I'll get to rooting this device in April, once I'm totally free. I'm hell-bent on doing it too, I just don't have the time right now.

Who knows.... maybe I'll even design my first ROM and keep this phone alive? We'll just have to wait and see if rooting works out first.

 

[hk.happy]

Wow, that's just sad. I've never seen a lazier dev team for any phone I've purchased.

My schedule is almost cleared up. I'll get to rooting this device in April, once I'm totally free. I'm hell-bent on doing it too, I just don't have the time right now.

Who knows.... maybe I'll even design my first ROM and keep this phone alive? We'll just have to wait and see if rooting works out first.

I think it's a management thing , lenovo must not have put up any dev team for k5 note (and other recent phones) at all . They might be able to save some revenue by doing that , but in the long run dissatisfied customers will only dissuade people they know from buying lenovo. Nothing beats word of mouth publicity , either good or bad .

If you are able to root and compile a new ROM that'll be super-awesome mate. Fingers crossed.

 

[comprocks]

I think it's a management thing , lenovo must not have put up any dev team for k5 note (and other recent phones) at all . They might be able to save some revenue by doing that , but in the long run dissatisfied customers will only dissuade people they know from buying lenovo. Nothing beats word of mouth publicity , either good or bad .

I think they just don't want to support devices beyond one version upgrade. Much less expensive that way, as you've said, but only in the short run. I'm also going to steer away anybody planning to buy a new phone from Lenovo. Horrible update policy, don't you think?

If you are able to root and compile a new ROM that'll be super-awesome mate. Fingers crossed.

Fingers crossed, indeed.

 

[hk.happy]

I think they just don't want to support devices beyond one version upgrade. Much less expensive that way, as you've said, but only in the short run. I'm also going to steer away anybody planning to buy a new phone from Lenovo. Horrible update policy, don't you think?

Some sets like Vibe k5, vibe c, vibe c2 are not going to receive even one major upgrade .

Doesn't matter , what goes around comes around , sooner or later .