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2016.08.08
Lenovo PROPRIETARY
Contents
OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1
1.2
SETUP ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
2.1 SETUP DETAILS ................................................................................................................................... 1
2.2 UPGRADE ............................................................................................................................................ 3
2.2.1
Manual Upgrade ......................................................................................................................... 3
2.2.2
Force Upgrade ............................................................................................................................ 4
Lenovo PROPRIETARY
1 Overview
1.1
System Overview
Lenovo Smart Assistant is a set of software tools applied on the Lenovo maintenance station. Its function
aimed at Update ROM, Device Rescue and Tips Online.
1.2
System Requirement
Lenovo Smart Assistant supports the following Windows operating systems along with their recommended
minimum configurations:
Operating System
CPU Frequency
Memory Capacity
Memory Size
Windows XP SP3
1GHz
256MB
256MB
Windows 7 (32/64bit)
1GHz
1GB
256MB
Windows 8 (64bit)
2GHz
2GB
1GB
2GHz
2GB
1GB
Windows 10 (64bit)
2GHz
2GB
1GB
2 Setup
2.1
Setup Details
Designate the installation path by click Change if required and click Next:
Continue with the installation and click Finish to finish the installation:
2.2
Upgrade
Click Install,
Please see 2.1 Setup Details for the following upgrade process.
2.2.2 Force Upgrade
After publish the force upgrade package, a new version dialog box will pop up automatically when user logs
in .Must Click OK to install the new version.
3 Plug-in Upgrade
Lenovo Smart Assistant can do upgrade for the Update ROM, Device Rescue and Tips Online Plug-in
Independently. It supports both force upgrade and recommends upgrade.
3.1
If a plug-in update mode is set to enforced, user have to click OK to install the new plug-in.
3.2
Click Cancel if you dont want to install the update right now. After click Cancel, will show an upgrade
icon as below. You can click the icon if you want to upgrade next time.
4 Function Introduction
4.1
Update Rom
Once loading is completed, the Welcome Screen will appear (no device connected):
When the users device is connected via USB, Lenovo Smart Assistant will automatically recognize the
device. If the device is of a supported model and there have one matching ROM available, a similar display
will appear:
When ROM downloading finished, it will transmit the ROM to connected device.
After ROM transmission finished, will start the ROM update process:
4.2
Device Rescue
User select the online image, then click download button, the image will be downloaded.
The image will be extracted automatically after the image is downloaded completely. It will enter connecting
device tip view after extract completely.
4.2.2 Flashing
There are two flashing ways for user to choose: Online Flashing and local image flashing.
After connecting the device to PC according to notice, the flashing will begin. An interface displaying the
flash progression will appear:
4.3
Tips Online
Tips Online will grab some data (Series information and SubSeries information) from Lenovo site through
API for Smartphone and Tablet.
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Will match the Solution information for Smartphone and Tablet after click Go,
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