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I cannot find a sub-forum for this specific tablet, so I thought I'd post it here.

This is a Chinese-only 8-inch tablet with Snapdragon 870 and a 120Hz screen. I would very much like a small form-factor tablet with high refresh rate and this one seems to be the only one I can find on the Internet.

Lenovo Legion Y700 - Full tablet specifications

www.gsmarena.com www.gsmarena.com

It is just launched in China this month and there's not much information I can find about it outside China. I read Chinese so it is not a problem for me but I need to have Play Store on it as I live in the U. S. It looks like Lenovo has some track record of shipping their Chinese SKUs with GMS included so it is trivial to install Play Store from the ZUI app store. The P11 itself seems to be an international variant of such a Chinese SKU.

Does anyone have experience with this particular tablet? Or Lenovo's (Chinese) tablets in general?

Thanks!

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touchris

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Hi,

I own the Lenovo Tab 4 8 Plus (TB-8704F). I'm also looking for a replace of this old tab but there isn't any hi-spec option until the Y700. FYI one down side of Lenovo machines is that the firmware is 'PRC' version if you buy it from Chinese market while they will have the 'ROW' version (rest-of-world) firmware for anywhere else.

AFAIK the difference is ROW version will have all g-apps preloaded and of course the play store. Yet you can't simply flash ROW version into PRC machine. My TB-8704F is from taobao so it was PRC firmware. I struggled several weeks to load the ROW firmware and luckily I made it. I've loaded the LineageOS also. However, I remember that certain variant of TB-7804 (TB-7804V as I remember) cannot load the ROW firmware. So I'm not buying the Y700 atm.

If google revivals the lovely Nexus 7 product line I definitely will wait for it.
 
Linuxkek

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I was about to order a Ipad Mini 6 64GB for 550€. After I saw 60Hz and no vibration, I try to get a Y700.

On Aliexpress you can get it for 425$ with tax and shipping but from 10 days shipping it's now 35 days.

I saw some chinese videos. They compare the speaker with Ipad Pro.

You can also get it already from Giztop but I never order from there and 30$ shipping + already overpriced price. I will wait but this will be my new tablet because 8.8 inch 16:10
 
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mickey36736

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Asus Zenfone 9
NisseGurra said:
How is Lenovo's bootloader policy?, can be unlocked and rooted?
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Given that Xiaoxin pad pro 2021 (which has snap 870) can be unlocked from this method. But you do lost OTA like some other OEM does (Asus for example)
forum.xda-developers.com

Lock+Unlock Bootloader - Xiaoxin Pad Pro 2021 [TB-J716F]

How To Lock and Unlock Bootloader - Xioaxin Pad Pro 2021 - TB-J716F Since I found out that the Tablet supports Project Treble I'm trying to get a GSI-ROM running on it. Currently with many trial and error I got LiR-ROM to boot. The first step is...
forum.xda-developers.com forum.xda-developers.com
I think Y700 should be able to unlock too.
 
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NisseGurra said:
I ordered an Y700 from Giztop, take some 2 weeks to get it tho
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I used a Chinese freight forwarding service. It was supposedly shipped last Saturday but nothing showed up in tracking yet. Customer service said because of COVID lockdowns, tracking may not be updated until after a week...
 
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Hi all.
I just got this tablet yesterday.
Language available on tablet are chinese and english maybe (morelocale2 could be useful)
Google play services can be download directly from ZUI app store inside the tablet.
Widevine L1.
not sure about root or unlock bootloader (didn't use android device for a long time)
 
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rwonderz said:
Hi all.
I just got this tablet yesterday.
Language available on tablet are chinese and english maybe (morelocale2 could be useful)
Google play services can be download directly from ZUI app store inside the tablet.
Widevine L1.
not sure about root or unlock bootloader (didn't use android device for a long time)
Click to expand...
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Are you going to unlock and root it?
 
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rwonderz said:
Hi all.
I just got this tablet yesterday.
Language available on tablet are chinese and english maybe (morelocale2 could be useful)
Google play services can be download directly from ZUI app store inside the tablet.
Widevine L1.
not sure about root or unlock bootloader (didn't use android device for a long time)
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Since you can install Play store from the ZUI Appstore, is it worth it to pay more to have the Global Ron version with Google Play store pre installed?
How easy it is to install Google Play store from the ZUI app store?
What option do you have for multitasking? Can you have split screen in portrait mode with an app on top and the other at the bottom? Can you customize the side of each app?

Thank you




sling?
 
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Supaaman said:
Since you can install Play store from the ZUI Appstore, is it worth it to pay more to have the Global Ron version with Google Play store pre installed?
How easy it is to install Google Play store from the ZUI app store?
What option do you have for multitasking? Can you have split screen in portrait mode with an app on top and the other at the bottom? Can you customize the side of each app?

Thank you




sling?
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Personally, I think the meaning of "Global Rom" from seller are just they will help you install google relate stuff and add more language(no sure which method) to the device.
The google stuff you can just install from the ZUI app store as I mentioned. (easy as 1 tap download normal app for playstore)
Splitscreen can use on both portrait and landscape mode. Size can be adjust as well.
 
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    Nekeed
    Gosh, i finaly got it !

    After spend like 7H to try to flash without result, i was desperated ...

    I try many tutorials and nothing.


    I followed this one : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/legion-y700.4418573/post-87618177


    So i go back from the strart and download all files and soft and i try one more time for the day.

    I also do something else i did't do before, i put the tablet in EDL mod after setting GFIL.

    I don't know if it's this or the redownload, but this time it's works !


    I'm a noob on this, it's my first CN device and it's my first reflash too. If my mistakes can help ^^
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    quintinliono
    quintinliono
    Okay. I have managed to do everything from combined insights. So, let me save you guys the trouble I had by writing my proces down (and for myself for the future).
    I came from the 'global rom'. And wanted to end with 13.1.578 ROOTED

    1. Download this file. It contains the stock firmware on 13.0.586. Unzip it, and find the recovery.img as we need it later.
    2. Upgrade all the way you like through OTA.
    3. Flash TWRP from here. Know that it is a 'faulty' version with only a line on top of the screen. And this vbmeta file. Place both files in your ADB folder.
    4. Use ADB to extact the boot.img from the version you are on.
    4.1 Boot into the bootloader (adb reboot bootloader).
    4.2 disable AVB (not sure this is necessary, but it worked for me) by sending the following commands:
    fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
    fastboot erase userdata
    4.3 Instal TWRP by sending this command : fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (note that you use the name you gave your TWRP file)
    4.4 reboot in recovery mode (fastboot reboot recovery/manually on the tablet)

    Now the TWRP recovery should load, with only a line on top, and nothing else.

    4.5 In the TWRP recovery enter: adb shell (you should see a # appearing in the line)
    4.6 Send these commands out:
    dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img
    adb pull /sdcard/boot.img stock_boot.img

    what this does, is extracting the boot.img of that specific version you are running, and placing a copy of it into your adb folder.
    4.7 send these commands to get back to the bootloader:
    twrp reboot bootloader

    5. Flash back the stock recovery. If you followed the guide, you have the stock recovery from step 1. Give it a fancy name, and place that file in your adb folder and sending this command:
    fastboot flash recovery yourfancyname.img
    fastboot reboot

    Now it may give some warnings and errors. It told me to do a factory wipe, wich was okay for me. After that the tablet starts normally. Stock firmware, but still on the same version I wanted.

    6. Now the easy part starts. The stock_boot.img you got in step 4.6, should be on your pc. After the inital setup on the tab, place that in your root folder. Download Magisk and install it on your tablet. When it is installed, click on 'install' and 'select and patch a file'. Select the stock_boot.img you moved to the root of your tablet. The patched file will be in your download folder. Transfer that patched file to your adb folder on the computer.

    7. Go into adb and boot the tablet into recovery mode (this should be the stock recovery again): adb reboot recovery.

    8. In recovery mode, go to fastboot. It'll say fastbootd on top.

    9. Enter this command: fastboot flash boot patched-file-of-magisk.img

    10. Restart the tablet. Congrats, you now have rooted your desired version.

    It might be to much info, but I wish I had these steps. It was late yesterday. Very late...So to save you the troubles, I present you my humble guide. If you have improvements in the steps or instructions, please let me know!!
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    xnappo
    moist_line said:
    Why Chinese rom and why the annoyance? lol I'm US user so if I do, can I switch it to English?
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    Chinese ROM because there is no actual global ROM and your really don't want some reseller installing some random crap, you can just do that yourself when you get it. You can easily switch to english and install Google Play store on chinese ROM.

    Annoyance because the notification pulldown is a bit janky and notifications don't always seem to show up like I would expect. Plus every once in a while there will be something in Chinese you need to translate with another phone or take a snapshot and send to Google translate to see what it is telling you (aka new version released etc).

    Even with the above it is a super nice piece of hardware. I would love a real global ROM, but at the same time I am totally happy with the device.
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    pikachurin
    pikachurin
    Kajman said:
    How did you manage to get pc mode back??
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    PcModeSwitch1.0.0

    MediaFire is a simple to use free service that...
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    Use this apk to switch between modes :D
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    xnappo
    Nightf0x_007 said:
    Hello guys, would u recommend getting this tablet now or should i wait for newer v2 or something releasing in 2023 (actually i dont know if there is any talk about new one or no), TIA
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    Haven't heard a peep about a new one, and honestly it is the ONLY 8 inch Android tablet in it's class right now, so not much choice.

    The hardware is superb. I do wish there were a real global ROM, but I am fairly happy with Zui 14.
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    asseforlife said:
    hello I ordered a lenovo legion y700 and I wanted to ask feedbacks for the people who has y700 for minimum one year ; does it still work good?
    Do you know if we can change battery easily please? (can't find any teardown video).

    I ask because I'd like know if it's durable (2 years minimum) and if we can repair it ourself, planning to unlock bootloader and install crdroid gsi on it
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    There are disassembly instructions here. I see easy to disassembly
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    Joncka
    Bricked Lenovo Y700? Follow this guide.


    Windows guide, might work for other aswell.

    I finally solved my problem with my Lenovo Y700 tablet being stuck in bootloop mode due to trying to flash Magisk boot with a mismatched firmware version. This resulted in the UI constantly crashing, and I could not connect to Wi-Fi, and other problems...
    I tried flashing back to stock with QFIL, which put the device in a bootloop. I will explain why later on.

    I also lost recovery mode due to trying to solve the problem, and now I was stuck with either showing the bootloader screen, or restarting the tablet, which brought me back to the bootloader.

    So the tablet was now genuinely useless. This is what I did to bring back the stock ROM and later flash to crDroid 8.10.
    Flashing boot.img, system.img or recovery.img was no luck.

    First off, there is no need to have unlocked "USB debugging" before your tablet bricked.
    Second, you don't need to have your "sn.img" file from Lenovo, you can unlock the bootloader using fastboot commands.
    Fastboot commands works on the bootloader screen, without having ADB connection.

    Start by downloading these four files:
    Platform tools r33.0.2
    QPST_2.7.496
    Qualcomm_USB_Driver_v1.0
    Lenovo Y700 tablet stock ROM


    We'll start by unlocking your bootloader. You can do this from the bootloader screen. If you for some reason can enter recovery mode, enter fastboot.

    1. Connect your tablet to your PC.

    2. Open a terminal windows in the ADB folder. On Windows 11 this can be done by right-clicking inside the ADB folder and select "Open in terminal". If you don't have that option, try Shift + Right-click. If that doesn't work, you can always start the terminal by pressing Win + R, and type in "cmd" without citations. Now you have to navigate to your ADB folder by typing
    Code: 
    cd (here you'll type in the location of your ADB folder)
    Without the brackets.

    3. When located, type in
    Code: 
    fastboot devices
    You should see your tablet in the list.
    If not, try using another cable or USB port on your PC.

    4. Now type in
    Code: 
    fastboot oem unlock-go
    Restart your tablet, and it should now say "unlocked" under "DEVICE STATE" in the bootloader.

    5. Now you can start by installing the programs on your PC, QTPS, Qualcomm driver and platform tools.

    6. Extract ALL files from your stock ROM to the "bin" folder in QTPS location (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\QPST).
    This will help with Sahara errors in QFIL.

    7. Open QFIL from your QTPS bin folder, it installs with QTPS. Don't worry if it shows "No Port Available", we'll get to that. Your configuration should look like this:

    QFILconfpng.png


    Your main window should look like this:

    qfil.png


    Don't worry about the "status" window.

    Hit "browse" in the "Programmer Path" window, and navigate to your QTPS bin folder. Select "prog_firehose_ddr.elf"
    Hit "Load XML", and navigate to your QTPS bin folder. Now, select ALL of the "rawprogram" files (my first mistake, I only selected the "rawprogram_unsparse0.xml" file on first flash)

    In the next window, select ALL of the "patch" files (my second mistake, I only selected the "patch0.xml file" on first flash).
    Without doing this, you will only flash a portion of the ROM, and not all of the partitions needed.

    8. Now it's time to reboot you tablet into EDL mode to be able to flash. Start your tablet by pressing VolUp + Power button.
    If you can't turn off your tablet when connected to PC, just select "Power off", and just hold the VolUp button as soon as the device vibrates and reboots, keep holding until the screen flickers and turns off.

    9. Now QFIL should detect the Qualcomm 9008 port. If not, hit "Select Port" and select the Qualcomm 9008 port.

    10. Hit the now available "Download" button, and the flashing should begin. Allow it to run its course, and it should reboot the tablet when done. Might take a while.

    If flashing won't start properly, you might have waited too long between entering EDL mode and hitting the "Download" button.
    If so, disconnect your device, which might now be "dead".
    Don't worry, you can fix this be holding VolUp + VolDown + Power button for a long time, say about a minute to be sure. Release the Volume keys some second before releasing the Power button.
    Hit the power button again, and the tablet should boot to bootloader screen again.
    Repeat the steps to enter EDL mode, and now hit the "Download" button in QFIL when it becomes available, don't wait too long.

    You're done! ​

    I recommend opening "Settings", enable "Developer" option, by pressing the "Build number" on the "About tablet" screen repeatedly until a pop-up appears saying "You are now a developer".
    Open "Developer options" and hit "Enable USB debugging", it will allow you to run ADB commands from your platform tools folder.
    If you want, you can again open the terminal in the platform tools folder and type
    Code: 
    adb devices
    It should now show your device in the list.

    Now you can uncheck the "OEM unlocking" in the "Developer options" which should let you get OTA updates when available.

    There are plenty of guides on how to flash different GSI's like crDroid, so I won't cover that here.

    Enjoy your tablet!
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    rwonderz
    Hi all.
    I just got this tablet yesterday.
    Language available on tablet are chinese and english maybe (morelocale2 could be useful)
    Google play services can be download directly from ZUI app store inside the tablet.
    Widevine L1.
    not sure about root or unlock bootloader (didn't use android device for a long time)
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    quintinliono
    quintinliono
    Okay. I have managed to do everything from combined insights. So, let me save you guys the trouble I had by writing my proces down (and for myself for the future).
    I came from the 'global rom'. And wanted to end with 13.1.578 ROOTED

    1. Download this file. It contains the stock firmware on 13.0.586. Unzip it, and find the recovery.img as we need it later.
    2. Upgrade all the way you like through OTA.
    3. Flash TWRP from here. Know that it is a 'faulty' version with only a line on top of the screen. And this vbmeta file. Place both files in your ADB folder.
    4. Use ADB to extact the boot.img from the version you are on.
    4.1 Boot into the bootloader (adb reboot bootloader).
    4.2 disable AVB (not sure this is necessary, but it worked for me) by sending the following commands:
    fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
    fastboot erase userdata
    4.3 Instal TWRP by sending this command : fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (note that you use the name you gave your TWRP file)
    4.4 reboot in recovery mode (fastboot reboot recovery/manually on the tablet)

    Now the TWRP recovery should load, with only a line on top, and nothing else.

    4.5 In the TWRP recovery enter: adb shell (you should see a # appearing in the line)
    4.6 Send these commands out:
    dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img
    adb pull /sdcard/boot.img stock_boot.img

    what this does, is extracting the boot.img of that specific version you are running, and placing a copy of it into your adb folder.
    4.7 send these commands to get back to the bootloader:
    twrp reboot bootloader

    5. Flash back the stock recovery. If you followed the guide, you have the stock recovery from step 1. Give it a fancy name, and place that file in your adb folder and sending this command:
    fastboot flash recovery yourfancyname.img
    fastboot reboot

    Now it may give some warnings and errors. It told me to do a factory wipe, wich was okay for me. After that the tablet starts normally. Stock firmware, but still on the same version I wanted.

    6. Now the easy part starts. The stock_boot.img you got in step 4.6, should be on your pc. After the inital setup on the tab, place that in your root folder. Download Magisk and install it on your tablet. When it is installed, click on 'install' and 'select and patch a file'. Select the stock_boot.img you moved to the root of your tablet. The patched file will be in your download folder. Transfer that patched file to your adb folder on the computer.

    7. Go into adb and boot the tablet into recovery mode (this should be the stock recovery again): adb reboot recovery.

    8. In recovery mode, go to fastboot. It'll say fastbootd on top.

    9. Enter this command: fastboot flash boot patched-file-of-magisk.img

    10. Restart the tablet. Congrats, you now have rooted your desired version.

    It might be to much info, but I wish I had these steps. It was late yesterday. Very late...So to save you the troubles, I present you my humble guide. If you have improvements in the steps or instructions, please let me know!!
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    FIERA03
    FIERA03
    I have flashed a lot of GSI on this tablet so far.
    Here is a summary of the bugs and other issues that I have noticed in them.
    ※All of them are Android 12L except for the ones without special notes.

    ①Corvus OS, Descendant OS, Cherish OS...Lock screen does not rotate. Probably because it is based on Google Pixel ROM. Corvus also does not have face unlock. The latest Corvus also added this.
    ②Ancient OS(Android 12.0)...Lock screen does not turn to landscape. Also, when I change the username or photo at the top of the settings, the settings app crashes. Also note that the settings app crashes if you change the username or photo above the settings.
    ③Proton AOSP...When I restarted to set up Magisk, the settings app repeatedly stops. Deleting app data and cache had no effect.
    ④Havoc OS(Android 11)...The startup logo does not appear in the first place and comes back to the bootloader.
    ⑤Superior OS...It started, but the FPS dropped extremely. I judged that it is difficult to use regularly.
    ⑥Pixel Experience…The screen is still not landscape. Also, it seems that it is not optimized for tablets any more than Descendant, and when I call the dock while launching an app(the feature of 12L), the icon looks like it has been split in half.
    ⑦All of NipponGSI...Like Havoc OS, it comes back to the bootloader. It may be a bad compatibility.
    ⑧Lineage OS…There was a switch "Rotate lock screen" in the settings. But I don't use it, because the "su" binary is still in the root file and can't delete it ,so interferes with SafetyNet.
    ⑨Arrow OS...This also allows the lock screen to be turned landscape and is also very light. Although the lack of face unlock is a demerit (LSPosed module didn't work→https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/11-universalauth-face-unlock-for-all-roms.4419343/).But there are few complaints for me. So I'm using it regularly.

    I'm sorry if it's hard to read because I'm not good at English. Thank you.
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    xnappo
    scarbutt11 said:

    Legion Y700?

    I cannot find a sub-forum for this specific...
    forum.xda-developers.com forum.xda-developers.com

    If you tried looking yourself its pretty easy to find. No one here owes you anything.
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    Yep. The information is all in this thread.

    That said - we need our own forum :D

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