Install Android 8.1 Oreo on Lenovo Vibe K5/K5 Plus with Resurrection Remix v6.0.0

Alex Brian February 22, 2018

If you own a Lenovo Vibe K5 or K5 Plus and wish to install Android 8.1 Oreo on your device then we have great news for you. Unofficial Resurrection Remix v6.0.0 has been released for Vibe K5/K5 Plus, the ROM is based on Android 8.1 Oreo that gives you a chance to install latest version on Android on your device. Vibe K5/K5 Plus being a budget device gained much popularity for it’s vast development and affordability.

The ROM brings goodies of Android 8.1 Oreo including Picture In Picture mode, Auto fill, much optimized battery saver, revamped notifications shade and a lot more. The ROM is currently in the development stage but it works great. We have mentioned each and everything you need during the installation process including TWRP recovery, Google Apps and ROM zip along step by step instructions.

How to install Android 8.1 Oreo Resurrection Remix v6.0.0 ROM on Vibe K5/K5 Plus

Note: Team at Droidvendor will not held responsible if you damage your device during the process. This Note is not meant to scare you but to inform you that installing custom OS is a risky process so you must have a little knowledge about installing custom ROMs and it’s pros and cons etc.

Pre-requisites

Your device battery should be in good health (70%) to avoid the shutting down while in flashing process.

A TWRP custom recovery must be installed on your device, if you haven’t, follow this guide to install it.

Create a Nandroid back up of important data including complete System with all apps and messages, follow this guide to create a Nandroid backup via TWRP recovery.

Upgrade latest USB drivers for your device on PC. Download latest Lenovo USB drivers here [For a stable PC-phone connection].

Downloads section:

Download Resurrection Remix v6.0.0 ROM for Vibe K5/K5 Plus

Download Android 8.x.x Google Apps

Now transfer both file on your device storage.

Install Section.

It’s the time to turn off your device completely and boot into TWRP recovery.

Once your device boots into recovery mode then follow this guide to flash Resurrection Remix v6.0.0 on your Vibe K5/K5 Plus via TWRP recovery.

Solution to a failed boot issue.

Follow this guide to solve the bootloop issue. [If you think your device stuck at boot animation for quite a long time]

That’s it! We hope this guide helped you. Give us your feedback about Resurrection Remix v6.0.0 ROM on your Vibe K5/K5 Plus and stay tuned for more updates.