EugenStanis
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I ordered mine on saturday 26th of november, they created shipping label and handed it to aircraft at 3rd december. It was delivered at 6th december. It took exactly one week to ship my order.
Legion Y700?
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It moved! Looks like I'm getting it Dec 14th. So if bought on Dec 1 it took 13 days from date of purchase to get from giztop. Not bad!
In my case, I installed the original stock rom with Chinese and English languages because the global version with which I bought it on AliExpress does not work in realm game mode or I think it only works in English, the rest did work.
Regarding the update to Zui 14 Android 12, I have it installed in the stock rom, English language, and everything works. In my case, I did nothing. I updated and everything worked normally with Google services, play store, etc., and if there is an error, just update the services. from google and that's it.
It doesn't work in PC mode but it does work by connecting it with a cable to a screen.
Everything else works, the game mode also works....
manually update it via ota
you have to have version 13.1.578 installed on your device
https://mobile-ota-cdn.lenovo.com/firmware/2022101219855345-2631.zip
You need to place the update zip in the root of the main storage and rename it as update.zip and then in update click on the 3 dots above and look for the file update.zip
Hi All,
Just got one of these myself yesterday. It actually wasn't too bad to make it all English etc. I don't know I am getting push notifications, but for what I use it for it doesn't really matter.
ANYWAY - I have a question only the elite hackers and XDA can answer. For the love of God - WHAT DOES THE SWITCH ON THE SIDE DO?!
As payment for answering this difficult question, here is a charging stand I designed for it:
www.thingiverse.com
xnappo
Just got one of these myself yesterday. It actually wasn't too bad to make it all English etc. I don't know I am getting push notifications, but for what I use it for it doesn't really matter.
ANYWAY - I have a question only the elite hackers and XDA can answer. For the love of God - WHAT DOES THE SWITCH ON THE SIDE DO?!
As payment for answering this difficult question, here is a charging stand I designed for it:
Lenovo Y700 8.8 Tablet Charging Stand by xnappo
This is a horizontal stand for the Lenovo Y700 8.8 inch tablet. Admittedly it is a bit specific because of the not-so-popular tablet and the use of a NetDot Gen10 magnetic USB cable. One could use this with USB-C directly - but I do really recommend that (likely stress on USB port).
www.thingiverse.com
xnappo
Search "switch" in the settings app. You can bind one of three functions to it.Hi All,
Just got one of these myself yesterday. It actually wasn't too bad to make it all English etc. I don't know I am getting push notifications, but for what I use it for it doesn't really matter.
ANYWAY - I have a question only the elite hackers and XDA can answer. For the love of God - WHAT DOES THE SWITCH ON THE SIDE DO?!
As payment for answering this difficult question, here is a charging stand I designed for it:
Lenovo Y700 8.8 Tablet Charging Stand by xnappo
This is a horizontal stand for the Lenovo Y700 8.8 inch tablet. Admittedly it is a bit specific because of the not-so-popular tablet and the use of a NetDot Gen10 magnetic USB cable. One could use this with USB-C directly - but I do really recommend that (likely stress on USB port).
xnappo
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hello there, i already read all previous pages but i am not well apt in flashing; i only know adb for removing bloatwares... my y700 comes with seller said global 13.0.586 and already unlocked bootloader. from what i read here this rom is not official china rom at all thus i cannot update the zui system at all with this ver, (theres no ota update system option in the setting)
will this rom really update using apply update to sd card option? with the official update bin that you guys post i mean
is there any way that i can revert to official chinese rom then
will this rom really update using apply update to sd card option? with the official update bin that you guys post i mean
is there any way that i can revert to official chinese rom then
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Hmm, smells fishy. So your saying from order date in 6 days it was shipped to China customs, cleared in one day, hit a jet liner came to the USA cleared our China customs ( with 20,000 other packages ) and was delivered all in 3 days of hitting US shore's?
Is that what your Selling?? Yea, sure thing
. Ive heard some Whoppers but that takes the cake. Unless God handled your shipping cause your special I'll have to call bullshit on that one. November 26 plus 10 days to be delivered to your doorstep from China thru AliExpress. Like the commercial on Robocop the first film "I'll buy that for a dollar"
Legion Y700?
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...
forum.xda-developers.com
EugenStanis
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Yes, I do live in Poland. It takes one day to come from Hong Kong to Poland thru Germany. No idea about statesWell that sure makes sense
Makes sense - there is a lot more overhead in customs on both sides shipping to the US.
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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.1
They are installing some other ROM I think, otherwise there would be no need to unlock the bootloader. Obviously (I hope) this is not a real 'Official Lenovo Store'. Again my advice if to get a sealed box. Others please chime in here..1
On AliExpress, Lenovo Pro Business Store sell the Chinese firmware version.
I ordered one from them a few weeks ago & it arrived sealed. Once it's powered on and the setup process starts there's an 'English' button in the top left corner iirc.
After the setup was all done with, I used Google Lens on my phone to translate text that was still in Chinese.
I'm only using it for PS2 emulation & Moonlight / Steam Link streaming though, so my use case is limited.
If moist_line is planning on using it as an all-round tablet for gaming , browsing, tv streaming, etc... then there's a few hoops to jump through now and again going by what others have posted here in the past.1moist_line said he messaged 'Lenovo Official Store', not 'Lenovo Pro Business Store'.
And to confuse things even more, if you search for 'y700 128gb' on AliExpress, along with the above 2 stores there's also 'Lenovo Online Store', 'Lenovo Tech Online Store', 'Lenovo Smart Life Store', etc.. all selling the tablet.
No wonder there's no copyright laws in China... -
5Okay. 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!!3Use this apk to switch between modes
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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 14.2
without proper TWRP swift/titanium is the only backup we can get, restoring from swift is limited, i dont think you can restore system apps, so restoring magisk or anything else seems impossible -
11Bricked 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 typingWithout the brackets.Code:cd (here you'll type in the location of your ADB folder)
3. When located, type inYou should see your tablet in the list.Code:fastboot devices
If not, try using another cable or USB port on your PC.
4. Now type inRestart your tablet, and it should now say "unlocked" under "DEVICE STATE" in the bootloader.Code:fastboot oem unlock-go
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:
Your main window should look like this:
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 typeIt should now show your device in the list.Code:adb devices
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!8Hi 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)5I 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.5Greeting Y700 users
I found an article regarding y700 with gsi
but it is in japanese
very detailed guide
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Yep. The information is all in this thread.
If you tried looking yourself its pretty easy to find. No one here owes you anything.
That said - we need our own forum
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Okay @alex4723717 , here are some important posts:
91, 135, 226, 240, 264, 331, 343, 379
