Lenovo A6000 Lollipop Update Error Fix

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We have Lenovo A6000 Lollipop Update Error Fix if you’re unable to install the latest OTA update on your Lollipop based Lenovo A6000 and getting status 101 error or status 7 error then we have a solution to it. In the following guide for Lenovo A6000, Lollipop Update Error Fix we will let you know what is the problem which is not letting to install the OTA update for the device. It is probably due to the rooted device or the custom recovery which you have installed. To fix this status 101 and status 7 error on Lenovo A6000 while installing the Lollipop update we need to install stock recovery to be able to install the update without any error.

DISCLAIMER: In no means, we are responsible if you brick your phone or your SD card dies or your phone behaves abnormally. It is your sole and your own responsibility to root your phone.

Pre-requirements for Lenovo A6000 Lollipop Update Error Fix

  • Battery charged above 50%
  • Take the backup of your personal data
  • Enable USB Debugging on your device
  • Stock Recovery
  • Setup ADB and Fastboot drivers on your PC from here

How To Fix The Status 101 While Installing OTA Update On Lenovo A6000/Plus

METHOD 1 (Very Simple and Convenient)

Step 1: Install Lollipop Stock Recovery (Follow the guide here)

Step 2: Reboot your device and then go to System Update and download the update and install it.

Step 3: You are done

METHOD 2 (Download and Flash the update using Recovery)

If you are running on Kraft-A6000_S052_150825 then you can update your device to Kraft-A6000_S054_150915 which was released on 15th September 2015 and is the latest version so far.

Step 1: Install Lollipop Stock Recovery (Follow the guide here)

Step 2: Download the latest update Kraft-A6000_S054_150915 from here and copy it to your SD Card

Step 3: Switch off your device and then press Volume up + Volume down + Lock Button together for 3-5 seconds

Step 4: Now you will see Stock recovery menu where you will have to select update from sd card and then select update.zip and flash

Step 5: Once done, reboot and you will be on the latest version of Lollipop on your Lenovo A6000

There is another method if you want to freshly install the Latest Lollipop 5.0.2 Kraft-A6000_S054_150915 by downloading the entire package and flashing it using stock recovery. But for that, you should be on stock KitKat ROM on your device to be able to upgrade to Lollipop latest version on Lenovo A6000.

  1. Download the entire Lenovo A6000 Lollipop 5.0.2 Kraft-A6000_S054_150915 and copy it to your SD Card
  2. Install Stock recovery on your device
  3.  Switch off your device and then press Volume up + Volume down + Lock Button together for 3-5 seconds
  4.  Now you will see Stock recovery menu where you will have to select update from sd card and then select Kraft-A6000_S054_150915_techolite.COM and flash it
  5. Reboot your device (Note it might take 2-5 minutes to boot and another 2-3 minutes to upgrade the applications)

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16 thoughts on “Lenovo A6000 Lollipop Update Error Fix”

  1. I forgot to install stock recovery on my lenovo A6000 but already revert to kitkat now again i want to upgrade to lollipop i have tried through sdcard but it shows 101 error please solve

  2. Step 1 : Install Lollipop Stock Recovery

    Step 2 : Reboot your device and then goto System Update and download the update and install it.

    Step 3 : You are done

  3. I am using lenovo a6000plus on KitKat now I want to update on lolipop please tell me sir can I update not
    Tell me sir lollipop faster than KitKat

  5. I have tried many times .but my Lenovo a 6000 doesn’t updates.when I click on install update it goes recovery mode but doesn’t updates..please give me a solution for this problem.

  6. i recently updated my lenovo a6000 plus in marshmallo cm 13,it takes very large time on start … tell me about this problem plzzzzz…..

  7. Hey
    My mobile is lenovo a6000 plus i try to install stock rom but some error in this and my mobile is not responding
    Any thing is not working old help me fast

  8. i am having problem in installing cm13 in my lenovo a6000 plus.I have rooted my phone and after wiping i have deleted everything alongwith inernal storage by mistake..now it shows that unable to mount storage also it shows unable to mount ‘/data’.what i have to do next for unroot or get rid of this error..please help me

  9. I have a Lenovo A6000-1 . It took me a lot of time to figure out that it’s a different phone than A6000 or A6000 plus.
    Still when I try the update with any of those both roms i Get the Status 7: something like: “Your rom is A6000, and your phone is an A6000-1”
    Do you know any fix to this? I am afraid of rooting. I found a guy crying cause he did this and the updated failed and now he cant find the original stock for this 1 sim version of the phone

  11. Plz help me to update sir

    A new Update Available

    A6000_S054_150915 to Kraft-A6000_S059_160111

    When I installing this update it’s show an error
    Your phone has not switched carriersan
    Cannot be upgraded
    E:error in /data/media/lenevoota.
    zip
    (Status 101)
    Installation aborted

  12. hii i have upgraded my phone to lolipop 5.0.2 and most of my applications are not running properly ,heating problem, hanging problem is very common after upgradation…. do u have any solution for this?

  14. hi sir,
    my phone is lenovo a6000 is how new version but iam download thE version is show (we detected that your device may have already been rooted this upgrade may fail cause inability to boot up or cause other promblems are you sure you want to contuine) ya show this error my phone is rooted please help iam update to lollipop
    thnxxx

  16. sexy actually iwas struck with cm12.1 in my lenovo but that is too buggy wifi goes wrong such problems lead me to kitkat again and i tried for lollipop update many times but installation aborts and gets wrong but this worked for me thank you sooo much

  19. I successfully done.
    But, I am not satisfied with the look of the lock screen. because there is a black background on the name of the operator , and the size of the widget time becomes larger.

  20. SIr, about my lenovo a6000 : I think my recovery mode is been deleted. I tried to Start my phone on recovery mode but it stops at the lenovo screen. Also when i tried to do it with adb reboot recovery through cmd it still hangs at the lenovo logo . please help

  22. tried method 2 bt still showing ‘SYSTEM HAVE BEEN REMOUNTED R/W; REFLASH DEVICE TO EENABLE OTA UPDATES. (STATUS 7)

  24. Tried updating from recovery..update from sd card complete..rebooting device and poof no change or update when I check about phone ..

  25. i reverted back from lolipop to kitkat, while flashing kitkat, i made changes in the META-INF & SYSTEM file which is provided from this site, now i am trying to install ota updates for kitkat its saying error 7, i actually rooted my device using kingroot, and i unrooted my device before installing ota update, please get me a solution,…..
    ………….. THANKS in advance……….

  26. Please help me …. I had downloaded lollipop ROM kraft 52 and while flashing it with the recovery it still showing me error ( some words and in the end is device or recourse busy ) I don’t able to flash lollipop ROM plz help me

  28. I have tried your method, n successful. But unable to install system updates, I got 138 mb of Stability update over Lollipop. I have downloaded but after flashing it, it is the same old Lollipop version. Can you please solved this issue in my cell, It is now not rooted.

    Can you also told me, when we download update using system update, where is the that update saved in phone. Since I ave wasted my 140 mb of 3g Data.

    • Internal Storage > lenovoota

      Make sure you do not click the install now after the download completes. Copy it on your SD Card quickly as soon as it gets downloaded.

    • Internal Storage > lenovoota

      Make sure you do not click the install now after the download completes. Copy it on your SD Card quickly as soon as it gets downloaded.

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