HOW TO ROOT THE LENOVO S880

If you think the ThinkPad is the only device running ICS that Lenovo has in its inventory, then you’re wrong. The Lenovo S880 is there running Android ICS out-of-the box, features a 1GHz processor and backed by 512MB of RAM. Lenovo fans would certainly rush to get their hands on this feature-packed device and if you’re one of the buyers of this device, then you’d probably want to root it. Rooting is like unlocking the true potential of your device, in fact, it actually is. Once you do so, you can load root-only apps, modify system files and have the control over all the files on your device. Sounds interesting? huh. Here’s how you can root your Lenovo S880 smartphone.

I. Before You Begin:

1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.

2. You should have appropriate drivers installed on your PC.

3. This works on Windows based PCs only.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Root Package (Download link’s given in the first post)

III. Rooting the Lenovo S880:

1. Download and place the Root Package archive onto your Desktop.

2. Extract files from the archive over to your Desktop.

3. Turn ON the USB debugging option on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.

4. Once it’s been enabled, connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

5. Now double-click on the file named TPSparkyRoot.bat that you extracted from the archive to your Desktop.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions to root your device.

7. And you should be rooted finally!

Congrats! Your Lenovo smartphone has been successfully rooted and to confirm the same, just look for the Superuser app in your App Drawer!

HOW TO ROOT LENOVO THINKPAD TABLET

Back in August 2011, Lenovo announced its series of ThinkPad tablets which came with Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS. If you have purchased one of these tablets and want to root it, then here’s a guide for you to do so.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have ADB installed on your PC. If you haven’t done so yet, then do it from here.

2. You will void your ThinkPad’s warranty if you root it. However, you can get back the warranty by either applying stock firmware or unrooting your ThinkPad.

3. Make sure your ThinkPad is charged at least 50% to go through the process without any problems.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the Single Click Root Package from here.

III. Rooting Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet:

1. Place the Single Click Root Package file on the Desktop of your PC.

2. Extract files from the package to your Desktop using any file extraction software, like WinRAR.

3. Enable USB debugging on your ThinkPad by going to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging, check-mark the box.

4. Connect your ThinkPad to your PC using the USB cable that came with it.

5. Now, from the files you extracted, double-click the run.bat file.

6. Follow the instructions displayed on your screen.

Your ThinkPad is now rooted and it’s time to cheer up as you can now enjoy the apps on this tablet which are specifically designed for rooted devices.

How to Install ClockworkMod Recovery on the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet

The official version of ClockworkMod Recovery isn’t out, yet for the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet, an unofficial version’s there to help you with your flashing tasks, though. If you’re just curious to know how well custom ROMs work on your device, this guide is going to be useful for you. Here we have compiled all the steps to install ClockworkMod Recovery on the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet. Here you go:

I. Before You Begin:

1. Your device must be running on the Android ICS.

2. It must be rooted in order for the following procedure to work. You can root it from here.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. ClockworkMod Recovery Image (It’s attached in the first post of the thread)

2. Fastboot

III. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet:

1. Place both the files you downloaded to the Desktop.

2. Extract files from the Fastboot archive to your Desktop. You will get adb.exe along with some other files.

3. Enable USB debugging on your device. Head to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging, tick-mark the box.

4. Connect the device to your PC with the help of the USB cable.

5. Open a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop. To do so, press and hold the Shift button on your keyboard and right-click on any empty area on the screen, then choose Open command window here.

6. Enter following commands into the Command Prompt Window:

adb push recovery.img /mnt/sdcard/
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.backup
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/recovery-<version>.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

7. Reboot your device and the procedure finishes here.

Awesome! You’ve successfully installed the ClockworkMod Recovery on your device, although it’s a ported version, it works fine!