[ tutorial ] Lenovo Vibe X update to android KitKat with play store

Vibe x flashing new rom

Lenovo vibe x smartphone was introduced in quarter end of 2013. As you all know, Lenovo is a Chinese company that well known in computer industries. Well no wonder that this phone has heavily customized Chinese ROM in it with no play store.

If you already buy this phone, and feel frustrated, wait..

Read first my post, hope it will change your experience in using vibe x smartphone. As I already mention, this phone is heavily customized Chinese ROM, so you will feel the lagging even with the quad core cpu. To minimize it, there are many ways, one is to replace the ROM.

Instruction to update your lenovo vibe x
smartphone to android kitKat.
( recommended to use this tutorial with video here )

Alert ! Be alert that, by doing this you may void phone warranty and brick it. Use it at your own risk

Step 1:
-Download your file here

-extract lenovo vibe x zip file with password : pagestuff.blogspot.com

-IMPORTANT read first the READ ME FIRST doc to get the password to extract vibe x ROM 4.4.2 with recovery plus root.. Inside there still have 5 more file including link to download the ROM...

Step 2:
Turn off your phone

Step 3:
-Right click my computer
-Click manage
-click device manager
-connect the USB cable
-quickly find the mt preloader and right click
-click update driver
-choose to install from a list
-choose don't search. I will choose the driver to install
-click for ports
-click have disk
-click browse
-search and click usb2ser_2kXP.inf
Finished installing the ports..

Step 4:
Disconnect USB cable

Step 5:
Extract all zip except root.zip

Step 6:
-open flash tool
-make sure click DA DL box
-click scatter-loading and find the scatter file in the ROM
-make sure all box are tick
-click download. Wait for it to loading the ROM
-make sure phone are completely off and connect USB cable
-flashing process take place. Wait around 10 min
-when you see green circle, that means flashing process is done

Step 7:
-disconnect USB cable and turn on phone
(First start up take several min. Just relax)

Step 8:
Hahaha... Just enjoy your newly android KitKat with play store...

To root watch here

Note: 

1. If can't install vcom for window 7 or later, you have to disable digital driver signature at window setting.

2. If you experience bad signal reception, to solve :-

 a) recover imei using MTKdroids tools.

 b) must have twrp recovery already installed in your phone not the stock recovery.

 c) flash the v51 modem file. Go here [ http://www.androidrookies.com/2015/04/modem-file-for-lenovo-s960-vibe-x.html#.VwVMfpx97IU ]

Thanks for your time. Feels free to comment or suggestion..

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