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[Q] HELP!!! Cant access recovery mode & WiFi isnt connecting at all [MIUI 1.11.25]

[Q] HELP!!! Cant access recovery mode & WiFi isnt connecting at all [MIUI 1.11.25]
After I upgraded to the new MIUI rom, I noticed that the Gmail app and the Email app where crashing all the time so I thought it would be a good idea to to wipe the Dalvik cache, do a factory reset and reinstall the ROM...
I wanted to clear everything and start new... so I wiped the sdcard, sd-ext, data/cache, dalvik... then i flashed the Miui rom and made a new sd-ext3, made it 1Gb... the phone restarted normally, i installed the a2sd on the sd-ext3, everything was fine, I started re-downloading my programs. but then I restarted the phone and all the program I had installed were gone... and the a2sd+ partition was showing 0.00B of space while myy sdcard was showing that there was 1Gb missing... worse, the gapps (gmail, market etc) were gone... thought another factory reset would solve the issue, so I went into the settings/system/about phone/factory reset... it brought the gapps back but the a2sd was still showing 0.00B of space. not only that, but I couldnt connect to my wifi anymore (it keeps saying "obtaining ip adress")... also, ever since, I cant factory reset anymore... as soon as I do, the phone restart and is stuck in a bootloop... so I have to take out the battery and put it back to switch it on properly...
I tried to reboot it in recovery so that i could both reflash the MIUI ROM and re-install the sd-ext3 with less memory this time... but I couldnt get into the recovery mode no matter what. it was amon ra v2.2.1 recovery... I downloaded Rom Manager from the internet so I could switch recoveries, and I switched to clockworkmod, but still couldn't access the recovery. I thought Rom Manager wasnt not working properly so I tried flashing new recovery image through adb and fastboot, but it wouldnt even let me do it... looked for ways to bypass the recovery mode and flash the rom but it still wouldnt work... So now im stuck with the phone unable to go into recovery mode.
The phone otherwise still works, I still get and can make phone calls, but I cant connect to the internet unless using my credit, and even that for some reasons does not allow me to connect to google servers, meaning that I cannot use the Market...
How can I get My phone to work properly again?

I know you might have done this but I gotta ask the following:
- Did you pull out the battery, put it back in, and hold POWER + Trackball + Volume Down until you got to fastboot. Then select the recovery option?
- Can you please tell me what exactly it said when you tried to flash a new recovery to your phone via adb? What commands did you use to flash it in the first place.
Please provide more details so we can help you.

Is your phone unlocked? If so, the easiest way is to just reflash a recovery image using:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery "C:\location\to\recovery.img"
Then you can boot directly into the new recovery by changing the flash command to boot.
Code:
fastboot boot recovery "C:\location\to\recovery.img"
Then I would wipe the /system partition and reinstall MIUI.

Start a fastboot mode:
+ Download the fastboot http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8180983/N1/fastboot.zip
+ Extract the contents of fastboot.zip to some directory of your
preference
+ Download the su.zip http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8180983/N1/su.zip
+ Copy to the root of SD * Do not extract the contents, simply copy
to the root of SD *
+ Turn off your phone
+ Press and hold the trackball, press the power
+ The phone will connect in fastboot mode
+ Plug the USB cable
+ You will see a highlighted message "USB fastboot"
2 Unlock your bootloader:
<WARNING - This procedure below deletes all your
SETTINGS!>
+ At the command prompt / terminal, go to the directory where you
Drew fastboot.zip
+ If rWindows:
+ Go to Start> Run> cmd
+ Use the cd command to access the directory where you extracted the
fastboot.zip
+ Type-windows.exe fastboot devices
+ In the list will show your device
+ Type fastboot-windows.exe oem unlock
+ If it is Linux:
Run the + terminal of your choice
+ Use the force, become as root (su -)
+ Go to the directory where you extracted using fastboot.zip
cd
+ Enter. / Fastboot-linux devices
+ In the list will show your device
+ Enter. / Fastboot-linux oem unlock
+ If Mac, use the same steps as replacing the Linux
for fastboot. / fastboot-mac
+ Confirm unlocking
+ Now your phone will accept any customROM
3 Install any custom recovery:
- I used ClockworkMod, but there are others, such as Amon_Ra's.
http://mirror1.kanged.net/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.4-passi ...
+ If linux:
+ With the phone connected to usb fastboot mode and type:. /
linux-fastboot flash recovery <caminho/ para/ o/ arquivo/> / recovery-
clockwork-2.5.1.4-passion.img
+ If windows:
+ With the phone plugged into usb mode and type fastboot: fastboot-
windows.exe flash recovery <caminho/ para/ o/ arquivo/> / recovery-
clockwork-2.5.1.4-passion.img
+ If MAC:
+ With the phone connected to usb fastboot mode and type:. /
fastboot-mac flash recovery <caminho/ para/ o/ arquivo/> / recovery-
clockwork-2.5.1.4-passion.img
+ Okay, you installed a custom recovery and now has several
features such as nandroid backup / restore and etc..
- Accessing the custom recovery
Press + power and return to the bootloader menu, you will see an option
called RECOVERY, select it using the volume buttons and press
power to start the customrecovery
+ Will load a black screen with an exclamation point, press power
and the volume +
+ You are on the menu, scroll using the trackball or the keys
volume, to select, press the trackball

demoneyes905 said:
I know you might have done this but I gotta ask the following:
- Did you pull out the battery, put it back in, and hold POWER + Trackball + Volume Down until you got to fastboot. Then select the recovery option?
- Can you please tell me what exactly it said when you tried to flash a new recovery to your phone via adb? What commands did you use to flash it in the first place.
Please provide more details so we can help you.
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I could get to the fastboot and was selecting the recovery option, but then it was stuck in a bootloop. When I was trying to flash using the command prompt it was saying that there were errors. but Dont worry, I fixed it. Turns out the errors were due to the fact that the command couldnt find the location of the image...

[Guide] How to unlock Boot loader and flash custom ROMs.

Here's a guide to unlocking the bootloader, flash a recovery image, and install a custom ROM on your Incredible s.
If you're not experienced with this sort of thing I advise you get help or not do it at all. I'm not responsible for anything that happens to your phone, but it is highly rare that anything will go wrong
1. Go to www.htcdev.com and log in/create an account. When logged in, click on 'Unlock Bootloader'
Now simply follow the on screen instructions provided by HTC. Some of the process requires getting some files from the Android SDK and you will needs the HTC drivers which come with HTC Sync, but this will all be explained through the process.
Now as I said, you need some files from the SDK which you can get here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4263022/HTC Dev Tools.zip
I recommend putting these somewhere easy like the root of your C: drive in a folder called 'Android' like I will for the tutori. If you're still sure, select yes, and the process will complete.
2) you should see a little message pop up now asking if you'd like to go ahead and unlock the boot loader. Select yes.
3. Once done, your phone's bootloader will be unlocked, this will enable you to flash a recovery image.
4. Go to
http://download2.clockworkmod.com/re...0.2.0-vivo.img
and download the recovery image for the Incredible S. Put it in the "android" folder with the other files needed for the unlock process. This file is the ClockWorkMod recovery for the incredible s.
5. Shut down your phone. Plug it in via USB to your PC which you set up during the HTC unlock process. Hold volume down, and press power and the phone will boot into the bootloader. Wait for it to scan your SD card, then ensure "Fastboot" is highlighted and press power.
6. On your PC, load up a command prompt - open the Start menu, go to Run, and type "cmd".
7. In the command prompt window, type the following, assuming the HTC unlock files are all in C:android.
Code:
cd c:android
Then type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery <recovery_name.img>
Don't forget the .img on the end, and replace "recovery_name" with the specific name of the recovery image you want to use. For ClockWorkMod linked to in step 4, you'd type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivo.img
After a few seconds, ClockWordMod will have been flashed to your phone.
8. Reboot your phone, there should be an option in the fastboot menu (volume up and down to navigate, power to select). It should boot as per normal. Put it into USB disk mode, and download a ROM that you'd like to use. CyanogenMod is what I'm going to use: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/htc-incredible-s
Download the ROM and place it in the root of your SD card
9. Power off the phone. Hold volume down and press power to boot back into the bootloader. Use volume down to select "Recovery" and press power. ClockWorkMod recovery will load.
10. Using volume up/down and power to select, go down to Backup/Restore. Select it, then click backup. ClockWorkMod will backup your stock ROM in case there are any needs to switch back.
11. After that (takes about 5 minutes), go back to the main menu. Select wipe data/factory reset and confirm. Go back to the main menu, select Advanced > Wipe Dalvik cache
12. Go to the main menu, and select "Install zip from sdcard". Next choose "Select Zip from SD card" and select the ROM you'd like to install. Confirm this action, and ClockWorkMod will install your new ROM. When done, shut down your phone.
13. Ordinarily you'd be done after that, and you could boot into your new ROM. However HBOOT 1.16 does some random stuff and tends to cause problems. I think it interferes with the installation of the boot.img that ordinarily would be flashed with the ROM. Get the ROM that you downloaded earlier (CyanogenMod in this tutorial), and on your computer, unzip the file somewhere. Once done, inside you'll see a file called "boot.img". Put this in the same folder as your other Android tools that you used earlier. Power your phone on, hold volume down, but don't choose "recovery", choose "usb fastboot".
14. Open up your command prompt again (Start > Run > "cmd"), and type (using the "android" folder for this example):
Code:
cd c:android
fastboot flash boot boot.img
This will flash the boot.img to your phone.
Power off the phone, reboot it, and that should be it!
If this helps please leave a thank you.
Good luck
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda premium

Bad download URL for CWM...
The URL you have documented for CWM recovery image is giving an "Access denied" response.

Thanks a lot!
It's very useful for me :good:

This is a duplicate thread and copied too.... the actual guide is at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337105

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Recovery Mode/Boot Screen Loop

Hi all,
I have an HTC One M8. I bought it used and run a AT&T sim on Straight Talk. Previous owner had rooted it. I was trying to get the 4.4 updates and Sense 6.0.
The phone was already running HD Revolution 12.1 and Android 4.2.2 with TeamWin Recovery Partition v2.5.0.0
I downloaded and installed Android_Revolution_HD-One_71.1.zip.
I've run it several ways:
1. First w/o wiping from TWRP. (Factory reset settings)
2. Installed w/o "Wiping Userdata Partition" and then tried "Wiping Userdata Partition" from the HD Revolution installer.
3. SuperUser by Koush checked.
4. Stops at setting permissions "set_metsdata_recusrsive: some changes failed."
5. Finish
6, Zip Install details say "no MD5 file found".
7. Reboot System and it tells me "Root permissions appear to be lost. Fix root permissions now?" Yes....
Then reboots into white Bootloader screen. Anything selected here takes me to the Recovery page. Anything selected from the REBOOT menu in TWRP takes me to the Bootloader screen.
When this is done it reboots into the white bootloader screen. Any option I pick there takes me to the TWRP recovery.
I'm stumped. Any help /bread crumbs would be appreciated.
Bootloader shows:
**TAMPERED**
**UNLOCKED **
M7_UL pvt ship s-on rh
HBOOT-1.44.0000
RADIO-4A.14.3250.15
OPENDSP-v26.120.274.0202
eMMC-BOOT
May 3 2013, 20:01:28-1
Thanks
TJB

fastboot erase cache
Then flash TWRP 2.6.3.3
Then reflash the ROM.

TWRP 2.6
BenPope said:
fastboot erase cache
Then flash TWRP 2.6.3.3
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I'm actually trying to mount the phone so I can see it from the PC update the TWRP. I downloaded openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7.img but can't see how to load it to the phone.
PC sees the phone from Device Manager as a Disk Drive but it doesn't show up as a drive under My Computer.
I have Minimal ADB and Fastboot. Am I on the right track?
TJB

BenPope said:
fastboot erase cache
Then flash TWRP 2.6.3.3
Then reflash the ROM.
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I tried to install openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7.img but I can't see HTC from my PC. It shows up as in Device Manager but there's no way to write to it. I have Minimal ADB and Fastboot. Do I need a USB OTG cable. What else can I do from the PC side to see the phone?
Right now I'm just trying to get files to the phone. Am I on the right track?
THB

teebright said:
I tried to install openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7.img but I can't see HTC from my PC. It shows up as in Device Manager but there's no way to write to it. I have Minimal ADB and Fastboot. Do I need a USB OTG cable. What else can I do from the PC side to see the phone?
Right now I'm just trying to get files to the phone. Am I on the right track?
THB
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You cannot install like that, they have to be flashed via bootloader.
Do you have ABD installed on your PC?
If not you have two options.
OPTION 1
This guide for Windows 7 machine, this is the quickest way IMHO
Download the adb files for your respective PC from here : http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Once you have downloaded the correct one for your PC (i.e. 32 or 64bit) you will be left with a zip FOLDER named something like this adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522.zip (this is for 64 bit machine), Unzip it somewhere on your pc
Locate the unzipped folder and you should have/see the following inside
• Eclipse
• Sdk
• SDFK manager .exe
Open up the sdk folder and you will find 6 folders inside, cut the 'platform-tools’ folder , then double click my computer and then enter the C: drive of your PC. Paste this folder here in the C: drive and rename it Andriod-adb.
Then right mouse click my computer and go properties, then go and click Advance system settings located on left hand side this will bring up system properties box, click the Environment Variables… tab (it will open further details) and locate the Environment Variables list scroll down until you find path, highlight this then click edit.
Click mouse in here and scroll right to the end after the last entry
Type the following ;C:\Android-adb (noting only adding the first ; if not already there), if it is already there just type C:\Android-adb. Then hit Ok then OK again and your ADB should now be successfully setup.
To test this
From the windows start button, and in the search programs and files box type cmd and enter, this should bring up a command window.
Plug in your device and type adb devices, you should see it locate your phone
OPTION 2
Or try this, extract the attached file to your desk. place your recovery img in here and in a blank spot here hold the shift key down and right mouse click this should bring up list allowing you to "open command prompt here" then follow instructions below..View attachment 2850273
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Once you have ADB working via either of the above sorted from a
1. Command prompt you should be able to type adb reboot boatloader, if you phone reboots into bootloader go to next step
2. Place the recovery image "openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7.img " in the same adb folder as downloaded in option 2
3. Open a command prompt from within this folder and then type fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7.img
4. Once sent it should com back to prompt
5. Type fastboot erase cache, then when completed type fastboot reboot
Good luck

fixed!
I fixed it! Per the recommendation I was trying to upgrade TWRP to 2.6.3.3.
I plugged in the phone to the PC via USB and made sure the phone is in FASTBOOT USB mode from the bootloader menu.
I installed "Minimal ADB and Fastboot" on the PC. Running that from the command line (cmd.exe) you type "fastboot flash recovery " then drag the file in. (watch the youtube video "How to install TWRP recovery on the HTC One M8" by ROOTJUNKIE-it will make more sense). In my case it was the 2.6.3 TWRP.img file. That pushes the update to the phone. I already had the HD 71.1 zip on the phone. I installed that via the TWRP install and from there it booted up normally. Had to setup the phone again but my music/pics were still there. Thanks all for the help!

Asus MeMO Pad 7 unusable please help!

Hi,
I am really desperate! I turned on my rooted Asus MeMO Pad 7 ME176CX after several months of no use, but apps/services won't load (loads of error messages, all apps/services stopped etc.) like it was obsolete or screwed up. So I unrooted it and the issue got worse!
There is a Asus demo app in the notification bar that disables WIFI and software reset and says to plug in the power adapter (no difference, it won't go away).
1) I copied the necessary files to my memory card (to get rid of the Asus demo app as per other threads) but once I insert the memory card, even though it is recognized, it says no files present.
2) I did a hard reset with Vol - (or +, tried both) and Power but nothing happens (no recovery screen, it just stays black).
3) I removed the battery & waited 10 mins, no difference.
4) I formatted a card to FAT32 and copied the cleardata.zip unzipped files from Asus then rebooted pressing just Power but it just reboots normally like the card is not inserted.
Now basically the tablet shows a few apps (Calendar, Gallery etc.) and nothing else.
I cannot connect to wifi, bluetooth does not work, the memory card says no files present, vol + power does not work, cleardata trick did not work, I cannot send it back under warranty (ex-rooted) ... what else can I do??????
Many thanks!

Reboot into Droidboot (Volume Down + Power IIRC, could be up), boot the Temporary TWRP (http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096), flash ROM

After a few experiments gone wrong I have now bricked the tablet for good (erased all data).
I can ONLY go from the dead droid to 'Android system recovery' which shows:
- reboot
- apply update from ADB
- wipe data
- wide cache
After 'wiping' the only option available is 'Apply update from ADB', so I installed ADB on my Mac and downloaded a few ROMs from the Asus site (even though their page says ME176C not ME176CX, but there is no ME176CX page there).
If I run adb devices from the terminal I see nothing. Only if I select 'Apply update from ADB' on the tablet I see the device from terminal, I believe it opens a bridge to the computer only with this option running. The command 'fastboot devices' never shows anything regardless.
I run 'adb sideload update.zip' (tried with several ROMS) but it always fails AFTER the transfer (either with messages 'status 0' or 'end of footer not 0xFFFF' etc.).
So now I am stuck with adb sideload never working, is there anything else I can do????

boredfish said:
After a few experiments gone wrong I have now bricked the tablet for good (erased all data).
I can ONLY go from the dead droid to 'Android system recovery' which shows:
- reboot
- apply update from ADB
- wipe data
- wide cache
After 'wiping' the only option available is 'Apply update from ADB', so I installed ADB on my Mac and downloaded a few ROMs from the Asus site (even though their page says ME176C not ME176CX, but there is no ME176CX page there).
If I run adb devices from the terminal I see nothing. Only if I select 'Apply update from ADB' on the tablet I see the device from terminal, I believe it opens a bridge to the computer only with this option running. The command 'fastboot devices' never shows anything regardless.
I run 'adb sideload update.zip' (tried with several ROMS) but it always fails AFTER the transfer (either with messages 'status 0' or 'end of footer not 0xFFFF' etc.).
So now I am stuck with adb sideload never working, is there anything else I can do????
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Well, theres quite a lot of options do recover your tablet, before doing anyhing, if you have access to adb, then you should do: download .17 rom and extract it, after extracting go to META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script and open it with notepad, and remove the first 2 lines, then save, and make the zip file (rename it to update.zip {careful not to make the file "update.zip.zip"}), then put the zip file in adb folder (for me its C:\\adb) and do adb push update.zip /sdcard/ (make sure adb is working) after it finishes pushing, go to bootloader (if not there already) and run temp recovery (twrp or cwm), and then install the zip, then clear dalvik and cache, and reboot, if first reboot doesnt work, reboot again, if it still doesnt work, install update.zip again. Hope i helped, if u have any questions tell me :3
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if you really cant get out of recovery theres still a way of fixing your tablet (same problem happend to me today and its fixed), if you already did all the steps above on the download .17 and extracting and changing the file of updater script then its already almost done, to access the bootloader you need to shutdown your tablet, press Power, Vol+ and Vol- at same time, it will go to fastboot, copy the file "droidboot.img" from the update.zip and place it in the adb folder (for me its c:\\adb), then do "fastboot boot droidboot.img" and it should download the img to the tab and boot to droidboot (you need to do this a few times, because 5/1 only 1 goes to bootloader), after booting to droidboot you can easily recover from there, on bootloader you have adb access, which means you can push the update.zip to the tablet (with update.zip in adb folder already, do on cmd, "adb push update.zip /sdcard/") after pushing go to temp recovery and install the update.zip normally after installing. format cache and dalvik, and reboot, if its stuck on logo, shutdown and reboot, if still doesnt work install the update once more by turning your device off and go to bootloader normally, (it works now, because it has the software now, (to enter bootloader press press power + vol-), and load temp recovery and reinstall). i hope i helped

Root Lenovo Tab 10 TB-X103F

Root Lenovo Tab 10 TB-X103F (Tested)
1. activate developer options on the Tablet
2. enable Bootloader-Unlock on the Tablet
3. download and install ADB und fastboot
4. latest usb driver on your PC
5. download TWRP TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70228684&postcount=65
6. download SuperSu zip file
Steps:
1.) boot to fastboot -> shutdown your device -> press on/off + "+" Volumekey → device restarts to fastboot mode
2.) connect to your pc via usb cable
3.) start command shell (cmd) in the fastboot instalation folder on your PC and check for the device connection with the command:
"fastboot devices"
4.) do the unlocking
"fastboot oem unlock-go"
5.) boot TWRP image file in the command line, showing the pathway to the .img file (if not in the same folder):
fastboot boot TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img
6.) Put SuperSu zip file in the device memory and flash SuperSu zip with TWRP, then restart the device. Done!!!!

Stock recovery remains
RooterLeopold said:
Root Lenovo Tab 10 TB-X103F (Tested)
1. activate developer options on the Tablet
2. enable Bootloader-Unlock on the Tablet
3. download and install ADB und fastboot
4. latest usb driver on your PC
5. download TWRP TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70228684&postcount=65
6. download SuperSu zip file
Steps:
1.) boot to fastboot -> shutdown your device -> press on/off + "+" Volumekey → device restarts to fastboot mode
2.) connect to your pc via usb cable
3.) start command shell (cmd) in the fastboot instalation folder on your PC and check for the device connection with the command:
"fastboot devices"
4.) do the unlocking
"fastboot oem unlock-go"
5.) boot TWRP image file in the command line, showing the pathway to the file:
TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img
6.) Put SuperSu zip file in the device memory and flash SuperSu zip with TWRP, then restart the device. Done!!!!
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I have done all the steps but For some reason twrp is not installed and i still have the stock recovery. Please help

That's because the above only boots TWRP to root but does not install it. To install TWRP, when in booted with TWRP, you need to transfer the TWRP img to the tablet storage and then install it while in TWRP.

it is important to show the pathway to the file TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img in the command line, like:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Videos\TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img

Sorry for this newbie question.
Which part of the above rooting steps is rooting my tablet, what is TWRP doing and why do I need to install the SuperSU app?
During my first try I didn't boot the TWRP image rather I flashed it. But that didn't help at all.
After booting the TWRP image I was able to flash the SuperSU app.
The stock recovery is still in use.
Thanks in advance.

Read the steps carefully and follow the steps, it is a tested successfull strategy. To get deep knowlege about the background processes, please read the threads elsewhere in Web.

Yow how do you enter Fastboot on the tablet and i haved tied avery button on the tablet and i dont see the fastboot option

Entering Fastboot on Lenovo TB-X103F tablet
ShottaDopey said:
Yow how do you enter Fastboot on the tablet and i haved tied avery button on the tablet and i dont see the fastboot option
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Hi everyone. I just want to clarify something about this procedure There's a lot of people being confused on how to get into FASTBOOT on some things, and that's stopping them getting anywhere from the beginning.
The Lenovo TB-X103F tablet doesn't have a way of booting directly into FASTBOOT. Turning the tablet On while holding either volume key and the On button doesn't do it directly. . . . . Firstly, there's 3 buttons on the tablet, I call them VOL- VOL+ PWR (again, that's just to clarify things 100%)
here's what must be done (well it's this way on the 3 I have on my desk, so I assume all TB-X103F tablets are the same) . . . . .
1) Turn the tablet off completely.
2) Press & hold the VOL+ button (the middle of the 3 buttons).
3) Press & hold the PWR button, release the PWR button as soon as anything appears on screen - Keep holding VOL+ button.
4) After about 8 seconds the familiar green android lay down will appear. Then, your recovery menu will appear.
5) Release the VOL+ button anytime now.
6) Press either VOL button to select BOOTLOADER on the menu (Bootloader is the same as FASTBOOT on this menu, that's where the confusion lies for many users).
7) Got Bootloader selected? now press PWR and let the tablet reboot itself.
8) it will show the LENOVO logo, and appear to be stuck - it isn't It's in Fastboot mode.
9) Plug in your USB to PC cable, and it'll install appropriate drivers on the PC (hopefully eh?).
10) Once the drivers are installed, test it by getting a Command Prompt in your ADB/FASTBOOT folder on your PC . . . .
11) type the command FASTBOOT DEVICES It should show you that your device is connected, if it shows no devices then either it didn't install the drivers, or something
else is wrong (there's about 30 things that can have gone wrong here, too many to go through in this quick guide).
12) The tablet will stay in FASTBOOT/BOOTLOADER mode until you turn it off (or the battery goes flat lol). So stay calm, there's no rush
I've mentioned about there being no rush, because if you choose ADB connecting from the recovery menu, it disconnects automatically after about 5 minutes -
This is Important to know because it can disconnect while you're pushing/pulling files from the tablet, and cause really nasty problems. Bad design eh?
But we're in Fastboot mode, so nothing to worry about like that

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Successful root
It was hard, but I had finally had done it. I had figured it out it is easier just to go to the command prompt (I ran it under admin) and "cd C:/adb" (where you installed the adb fastboot software) while having the TWRP image file being placed there. I only wished that I had done it sooner. And for those who are new to the custom recovery it can be overwealming, but with patience and going through the files in the file explorer to find your main storage would lead you to the SuperSU file and successfully root your device.

I flashed TWRP...now what? I can't find any instructions on how to reboot into TWRP. I got into some sort of Chinese menu (PWR + VOL-) but I'm pretty sure this is the device test menu.

So I did the "fastboot oem unlock-go" command and adb said ok but my tablet just went to a black screen and won't turn on now and I'm not sure why. I also heard the Windows USB disconnect sound when i did it.

Would this work with the TB-X104F running 8.1?

Since a few months my tablet is stuck with the 'password changed, wait....' message. I had hoped that I could overcome this with the steps mentioned here. But unfortunately not
I can't start it anymore, so I'm not sure if it is in developers mode or not. Also, plugging the device in my mac didn't let it download the drivers.
Too bad, because when it was working it was a great tablet, now it's just a expensive drawer filler

SynGamer said:
I flashed TWRP...now what? I can't find any instructions on how to reboot into TWRP. I got into some sort of Chinese menu (PWR + VOL-) but I'm pretty sure this is the device test menu.
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its the vol+ not - you need to press with the power button

Steridroid said:
I have done all the steps but For some reason twrp is not installed and i still have the stock recovery. Please help
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so what exactly do i have to type at the command prompt to run twrp?,ive put the twrp img file in the same folder as the adb stuff.

3.) start command shell (cmd) in the fastboot instalation folder on your PC and check for the device connection with the command:
"fastboot devices"
fastboot shows notting

lenovo seems to have killed these tablets from the old lady next doors experience.. no wifi, no adb, no fastboot, no qualcomm, just unknown device, which loads NOTHING, no drivers work!!!