Location of Android 9 images for Lenovo M10 x606F?

Codenul · 15 Oct 2022, 21:09

Thats a shame - wish this device would get official support. From going through couple different cellphone models, and now couple tablets, the x606F has been the smoothest, best performance of UT that i have experienced.

Not sure where to put this, but here are the steps that I took to get Ubuntu Touch on the 606f

Required Files

Download the latest artifacts for the project HERE
Download Android 9 Roms files that were previously mentioned HERE
Lenovo LMSA Software HERE

Steps

Using LMSA, i was able to downgrade to Android 9 by downloading the newest update for the 606f (Android 10) and replacing the files with the Android 9 Roms files within the directory and perform an "rescue" on the tablet. Once booted, Android 9 was installed.
Once Android 9 was installed, the usual procedure took place. Enable Developer Mode, unlock the bootloader reboot into Fastboot and flash the required files within the Artifacts folder.

OEM Unlock command : fastboot flashing unlock

I coudlnt get the SP Flash program to work correctly both in Windows and Linux and was surprised about the downgrade with LMSA.

Keneda · 15 Oct 2022, 23:27

@codenul
I recently needed a tablet, and seeing that the 606f has an UT port, and is still sold pristine at a good price, i bought one.

Sad if the port is not mentained anymore and won't reach stable state, i lost my bet lol.

I'll keep it under android though.

ykmsr · 17 Mar 2024, 18:16

Re: Location of Android 9 images for Lenovo M10 x606F?

I just searched a lot on google I went on the same site and there two x606f devices listed the drive link wasnt working for some reasong so I just downloaded the file from https://drive.usercontent.google.com/download?id=18_vFVhQia5Zkedjy9Vz05x_wlNrN-sxe&export=download&authuser=0 I downloaded it extracted it to the rom zip folder created by the rescue tool and rescued my device with it now I'm on android 9

kugiigi · 19 Mar 2024, 08:18

@ykmsr What is this for? Is there a recent development with the UT port for this model?

Luksus · 20 Mar 2024, 13:23

@kugiigi there seems to be recent activity in a fork:
https://gitlab.com/yassinrezai71/lenovo-x606

I just remember, that the different issues with this device led me to drop the idea of bringing it the installer someday and I sold it again.

kugiigi · 21 Mar 2024, 07:01

@Luksus Oh nice. Looks like someone else picked it up. Mine is usually collecting dust and only use when I need to test on tablets. It's still in xenial though
Good luck to the new porter. Hopefully we can get focal. I think one of the main issues is that Lenovo sucks at releasing kernel sources that their supposed to do

rogue_ronin · 16 Jun 2024, 06:11

@kugiigi

I was trying to buy an M10 HD and accidentally bought this instead...

Gonna give this a try, hope it works.

Assuming I properly downgrade to Android 9, will the installer work or do I have to manually install?

MrT10001 · 16 Jun 2024, 08:09

@rogue_ronin The installer won't work for this device. There is a port for it, but it has not been kept up with. The installer only works for the TB-X605F or TB-X605L. 3GB RAM, 32GB storage.

The installer also has a port for the TB-X306F 4Gb RAM 64Gb storage, which is a better option as the TB-X605F or L can be a pain to boot from cold or reboot.

At the current moment with the Focal port the cameras don't work on the X605 either.

rogue_ronin · 10 Jul 2024, 19:25

@MrT10001 Thanks for the reply!

Been busy, just got back to this as the new tablet arrived yesterday - I used the installer for the x306f and it seems to have gone very well.

Does do this weird thing where I power it off and when I place it down it comes back on. I am absolutely not touching the edge of the screen - my hand is completely on the underside. I had double-tap to turn on enabled, but even with that disabled it still does it. Is there another setting somewhere?

Also, is there a reliable guide somewhere to try UT on the HD Plus?

If not, would a tablet donation contribute to adding it to the installer? I can't use it as-is with standard Android.

MrT10001 · 10 Jul 2024, 19:58

@rogue_ronin said in Location of Android 9 images for Lenovo M10 x606F?:

Does do this weird thing where I power it off and when I place it down it comes back on. I am absolutely not touching the edge of the screen - my hand is completely on the underside. I had double-tap to turn on enabled, but even with that disabled it still does it. Is there another setting somewhere?

Yes its a bug. Mine does it, I tried a bootloader that seemed to resolve it from the porter, but it may have regressed. Just keep the updates going on a regular basis.

rogue_ronin · 7 Nov 2024, 01:12

@MrT10001 Very good, I will await updates. Thanks for your guidance!

First impression of UT on the x306f is excellent. Gotta try out some browsers - is Firefox or IceWeasel available somewhere? Or, dare I hope, Ungoogled Chromium?

Been searching for an open-source tablet to use with my D&D game (5e.tools, DungeonMastersVault, etc).