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Yesterday, I rebooted my rooted Android phone, the Lonovo P770, and I could not get the keyboard to work because the Language & Input settings kept crashing. I tried to do a factory reset but forgot that I uninstalled some of the Lenovo's stock apps including the stock launcher and keyboard. So, after the reset finished, the phone was useless because I could not open any apps. Basically, I couldn't do anything with my phone except for the settings app. But as a Linux user (proudly face :D) I wondered there is any way to install and configure my phone from a computer. And here it is: The Android's ADB ADB allows me to do a lot of things with my Android phone from a computer including install apps (apk packages) and apply some settings (for example: change keyboard, set language...). Here are the steps: 1. Install adb utilities in Ubuntu 14.10 (or 14.04) $ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot 2. Setup driver for my phone (Lenovo P770) ...

Today, after a while, I decided to root my Lenovo p770 which is running Android v4.1.1. I followed the guide from the xda forum:  http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2220275 Here are some issues I faced along the way: 1. At step 4a (Guide for rooting your phone (using CWM) and Google Apps (optionally) , install the   Root_by_javum.zip file : When booting to CWM, I saw the menu "apply zip from sdcard" instead of " “install zip from sdcard ", and the menus are in yellow or brown color. After awhile re-tried the 3rd step of the guide ( 3) Guide for Winflash recovery flashing, including CWM (Clockwork Mod Recovery)  ), I finally saw the corrected menu ("install zip from sdcard", and the menus are in blue color ) 2. Step 4b, install Google play: Have to start the 3rd step again. 3. After my phone had been rooted, all of apps stopped working: - I forgot to adjust the correct date/time settings. After set the right date and time, e...