- Title: LeTV X500/1S
- Listed: November, 2015
- Last modified: 11/27/2015 2:38 pm
- Version: 5.5.008S
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LeTV X500/1S – Original ROM from LeTV – 5.5.008S
- Android 5.0.2
- Build: 5.5.008S
- Only English & Chinese language
- Not rooted & no gapps (but follow my guide further down to get both!)
If you have the LeTV X500/1S with an unoriginal ROM (from one of the shops who install a modified ROM with multilanguage) but want the original ROM from LeTV follow these steps:
1. Enable USB debugging on the phone.
2. Download the file from here called "S1_x500-CN-OP-DBXCNOP5500811172S-5.5.008S.zip". Rename it to "update" (with the extention it is named "update.zip") and copy the file to the root of the phone.
3. Shutdown the phone.
4. Hold volume up and the power button together, as soon you see the LeTV bootlogo, let both go again, and it should boot into the stock recovery.
5. Now check Clear Data so both Update system and Clear data are checked – and then press the Start button
6. Now it will start flashing, now just wait for 10 minutes, and it should boot up and you have a clean new original LeTV system – done!
Now let's install TWRP so we can get ROOT and also install the GAPPS:
(You can also install Gapps via the "Google Installer APK" here http://www76.zippyshare.com/v/DqMeYkMQ/file.html – IMPORTANT: follow the videoguide here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZidFOzl-k but with that it will not be permanent, so if you factory reset the phone, the Gapps will be gone, and you need to use the Google Installer again to reinstall the Gapps. If you use the method for TWRP it will be permanent and stay!)
1. Enable USB debugging on the phone.
2. Be sure to have installed ADB drivers, you can install http://pdanet.co/a/ for that (this is important to have a working ADB or it will not work!)
3. Download TWRP_ROOT.rar from in here. Unpack the rar file on the PC to C:TWRP_ROOT
4. Connect phone with the PC, copy the "X500-ROOT.zip" file (found in TWRP_ROOT.rar) into the root of the phone and also copy the ui.zip to the phone and place it in Phone storage/TWRP/theme/ui.zip (this will make the TWRP recovery english when you enter it, else it will be displayed in all chinese)
Copy also "open_gapps-arm64-5.0-nano-20151114.zip" to the root of the phone and "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip"
5. Still connected, run the recover.bat on the PC inside the TWRP_ROOT directory
(If there comes a popup on the phones screen just set allow always USB debugging on the phone)
- A commandpromt screen also appears on the PC
- Press Enter there will be a black screen on the phone with a tiny text on bottom left saying fastboot.
- Enter 2 in command prompt and then press Enter
- On the phone there will be a black screen with tiny texts in the middle.
- Press Enter again and the phone will reboot in TWRP recovery mode that should be displayed in english
6. If you want to ROOT the phone (you can also skip this if you want) then choose in TWRP the Install button and flash the file in root (sdcard) called "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip" reboot and the phone will be rooted.
7. If you want to flash Gapps/Play Store then choose in TWRP the Install button and flash the file in root (sdcard) called "open_gapps-arm64-5.0-nano-20151114.zip" and reboot
8. Done!
9. IF you should experience battery drain because of a WiFi BUG, you can also via TWRP try to flash the file called "x500_wifi_fix_flashWithTWRP.zip"
If you want to remove TWRP recovery, and flash the stock recovery:
Then go into the C:TWRP_ROOT folder and there you find recovery.img and TWRPrecovery.img – where the recovery.img is the original one. Just swap these 2 files, and run the recover.bat again from step 5. And it will flash the original back on the phone! /Guide by s7yler
If you want the X500 ROM with multilanguage and an app drawer then download the:
"Letv_X500_multilanguage_rom(but_no_OTA).rar" but the bad thing is that this ROM doesnt support any OTA, and it may also be missing some few features, like the IR blaster and QR scanner app is not included. So I recommend to use the official LeTV ROM instead.
You can also try BB72's multilanguage/pre-rooted ROM on Grossoshop's page – for instructions on how to install – just translate the page to english (all credits for the ROM goes to BB72). They also have an easy installer for TWRP.
http://blog.grossoshop.net/come-installare-rom-bb72-su-letv-x500/
※Please make a backup of your device before installing or updating ROM
Hey Sir, First I just want to say I love your reviews, one of the best on youtube. Im trying to update to the original and root the 1S, I think i did everything right, but something is bothering me, the keyboard is not fully in English, it has chinese sign still, like on the ENTER key its in Chinese. How do i fix that to English? Thank you so much
Just install "Google Keyboard" instead from the Play Store, and in the settings switch to that one instead of the built-in LeTV keyboard. Problem solved!
Hello. Thank you for the ROM and the instructions: very clearly written! The ROM is much better than the one my S1 / X500 came with (presumably the International market one). I've followed the above instructions a number of times. The first time I did it, it ran fine before the dialer stopped working (pressing the phone and contact icons would bring up "unfortunately, dialling has stopped". I repeated the instructions again, thinking I didn't do it right. The second time, Google apps started to play up. Google Play Services stopped and so Play Store was not useable no matter how many times I rebooted. So, thinking third time lucky, I put the ROM on again, only to find the dialing error coming up. The dialer does work after a reboot. The only apps installed (in addition to the open_gapps file above) is the Chrome brower. (Google and Baidu maps have been updated via the Play Store.) I've cleared cache / Dalvik cache at various times as well, without any change in the above.
Has anyone come across these problems? Would anyone have a suggestion / solution?
Just an update on the above. It doesn't seem to be Google. But, switching the GPS off seems to take care of the problem. So, presumably a conflict within the ROM itself. I suspect this will just mean waiting till this gets fixed in by Letv. Any other thoughts?
So the original ROM supports OTA updates but the multilanguage one does not right?
Right.
Only stock ROM support OTA (with stock recovery, without root).
To return X600 to orignal should I use the ROM from this link: http://bbs.letv.com/zt/eui/le_.....1.html ?
Other than using the specific X600 ROM, are all the downloads and steps applicable to the X600? I can use the TWRP download link provided for the X500?
Re my X600, I have downloaded TWRP. It contains the file "X500-ROOT zip, will this work on the X600 or will I have to use one specifically for my model?
Hi
is there anywhere a german instruction?
tanks a lot!
Try to use google translation – copy and paste text there and thats it!.
Alright i actually wiped my entire phone, can someone please tell me what to do now?
I have managed to update from 007s to 008s and flash the gapps. The phone downloaded 009s and after a couple of attempts it installed it. Playstore was playing up wouldnt sync so I flashed the gapps again. The one problem I now have which quite a big problem is that the phone cant dial out or receive calls as the dialer app keeps falling over. I don't know if this is a settings issue or a corruption.
Can anyone please help me??
disable location and dialler will work.
Hey can someone help me? When I run recover.bat I get this message