yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MadK9:
Well, I think they're located in system.img file, the others in data.img.

But in order to extract the content of the *.img file you need a special program install in your pc, forgot the name...

Best of luck!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gamemaniak:
2.3 in Poland

Hi,

Maybe someone know, will the 2.3 be avalible for polish people?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] justmechiry:
2.3

Why not ? It`s same phone for all countries , except brand: Alcatel, cosmoteMove. etc , and I guess the language will not be a problem ,

25.03.2012 IS TODAY. I`m waiting !!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MadK9:
How come???

Why Move is excepted from this upgrade to 2.3??? Be more specific, please!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] justmechiry:
move

What is meant is that the phone is the same, only the manufacturer being different
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gamsti:
So why aren't we getting the upgrade to 2.3 yet ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kenshinta:
Basically, the first draft was incomplete - if you had chmod 06755 to the su binary the first time it would have worked. The superuser update you mentioned does this which made it work. The OT-990 guide now reflects this.

---------- Post added at 04:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:30 PM ----------

Great info, only knew part of these - should also be applicable to the OT-990
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
Quest

Quest for ROM flash and backup utility for generic MSM7627 based device.

ZTE Blade and some huawei devices for starters.

Experienced hardware hackers please drop in.

OT-980 , OT-990 has similar chipset , if somebody has a working third party flash utility , feel free to share info.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] snkiz:
I screwed up

I flashed the clockwork recovery for the 990 thinking it might work... It did not. now my soft buttons are non-functional and my screen calibration is screwy.

But I spoke to the guy who made it, he's gonna help me try and make a proper recovery image for my phone. ButI don't know if its going to work because I already flashed the wrong one.

He gave me this lInk http://android.podtwo.com/romdump/

To dump my rom. if someone with a clean (other than rooted) rom could try it and post that would be helpful.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] snkiz:
Made a call out on google plus

Looking for help :)

https://plus.google.com/u/0/105507097221940492572/posts/MxFDMgCpbBi
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
Dump

I'll gonna damp mine and upload somewhere asap.OT-990 is Qcomm MSM7227 and we have 7627 ,might not be fully compatible.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] snkiz:
we made another attempt with out a clean image, and killed my phone. I got another one under warranty I'm gonna dump it soon as I get home. I haven't touched it yet, not even my google credentials.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
re dump

Did you flash a full 990 firmware or just the /recovery ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
git problem

Looks like kernel.org sucks for a while, IT HAS BEEN HACKED !!! Dunno who and why should do something like that , i think M$ guys now are LOL and FOF .

Anyone who has not yet set up and synced a full Gingerbread build environment should consider

http://php.webtutor.pl/en/2011/09/05/kernel-org-hacked-how-to-get-android-repo/

I'll be back if really works.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
?

Talked to the koush guy ? Pls tell me what did you use for flashing ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
On second thought: just dumped with romdump my /boot and /recovery , but they don't work fastboot sais 'incomplete boot img'. Romdump is a great tool , but still needs some cosmetics LOL.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
care

Snkiz did you succeed in recovering your phone ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] snkiz:
nope bricked it. But I got another one, sebastian has my clean dumps from the new one. I was out for most of the week last week, and he is away this week. I have a clockwork image to test but honestly I'm skittish after bricking two phones, and sebastian not around.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] snkiz:
hmm fastboot didn't work for me

. I used recovery manager to flash, it was the 990 clockwork image. witch was a bad idea (I have the right One now). see this what worries me, no fastboot, no access to recovery from the hardware. basically if you lose adb access your screwed. The image I asked sebastien to do should have adb on by default, but if it isn't and something goes wrong...

then what?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
Then what ? Official support

Finally , Alcatel pushed out some official update !! LOL.It is not really an update ,is exactly my version of firmware.But , however it works and i've tested it.So , if your phone has the bootloader intact , turn it off, press pwr+vol- until touchbuttons lit,plug in the usb , install 'move upgrade 1.3' from official site on a Windows machine, run the app and flashes beautifully the firmware.You have 1 stock phone.Just tested it a few minutes ago.Problem is ,that it takes over 1 hour (sux).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] snkiz:
That's good, but you have a move do you not? I'm not sure the move updater would work on a 908 the updaters read identities from the handset. the 990 guys got alcatel to release kernel source in the near future. That's what we need if we want to do more than just fiddle with the default ROM. I still haven't heard back from my first email, I'll send'em another one tonight. I'd have done it already but its been a busy week.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
Yippeee k yeeeeah !!!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
When you manage to recover your precious gems , could you please

adb pull config

and post the config.gz here ?

So we could compare hardware piece by piece ...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] snkiz:
no problem, here had it around. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4595398/romdump/system-config.tar.gz

I can pm you the recovery if you wanna try it out

Oh to clear up abit of confusion its not kush who's helping. It's the same guy who did the clockwork mod for the 990. (unofficial build) I'm very grateful. From what I read about him, he doesn't really want to do ROM development. I was surprised when he offered to do what he has.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mortisia:
Hello to everybody,

I've come across this thread by pure luck. I am completely ignorant when it comes to Androids etc., so please bear with me. I have an Alcatel OT-908. I have been searching for a custom ROM to install, but with no luck so far. From what I read, you guys are trying to develop one based on CyanogenMod. My question is this: I want to backup my current ROM before I try a custom one. How can I do it? Power + Vol Up combination is only for hard reset, and the ROM Manager app I tried does not support my phone. Any ideas?

I wish you all good luck with the development of a new ROM and if there is something I can do to help (even though I am a total noob and I will probably need serious tutoring...) let me know.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djada80:
mortisia , there is NO available ROM backup tool currently that makes a flashable ROM image for our devices ,or to be more accurate i have not found one after hundreds of hours internet search.Although there are some apps which dump the various mounted ROM partitions and that's all.DO NOT use romdump or dd or other tools , they make no usable backups (yet).Alcatel seems to be using sort of chunked ROM files during a flash, a complete firmware is about 512 Mbytes split into 64k chunks.It looks similar to an unpacked nb0 file.If you don't fick up the bootloader, then a complete reflash can be done with the official Alcatel update tool.

http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/contents/download/otu/One Touch Upgrade Q 1.5 Setup.rar

It takes terrible long ,about 1 hour , to complete ,and unfortunately preserves provider specific restrictions.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bobiavmkd:
does anyone got it?

If anyone got the update to android 2.3 for our Moves please write on this thread.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bobiavmkd:
is this valid?

@profglavcho, where did you get this information? is the source of this info trustworthy? Maybe it was just a spoiler :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MadK9:
Never thought of that...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
This is part of communication between users of the forum 4pda.ru and TCL Support Center .date of the update was delayed several times...end of February .. March 8 March 17 ..Мarch 25.last news from TCL is:gingerbread code is in the google headquarters for approval
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bobiavmkd:
ok

OK, sims legit

Добре е комшо ;) мерси за инфото
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
Tomorrow(28.3) night we expect update ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] justmechiry:
2.3

Is for really this time ? Or just speculation ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
:)2.3.4 is here:) only for russia :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kicu92:
How do you know?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bobiavmkd:
for T-Mobile brand phones?

is it for t-mobile branded phones or for some other mobile brand? or maybe is for Alcatel OT-908 non-branded?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] justmechiry:
2.3.4

Here where? Give us a link or something.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
update is available only for users from russia. :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] justmechiry:
2.3.4

Ok i understand that, but for example : you are from russia and you want to upgrade your phone . How do that ? Give me more details please
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
upgrade normally via onetouch upgrade 1.9.0(you can download this application from official alcatel site)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] V3R:
can we use russian upgrade in some way :)?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bobiavmkd:
not for Move

I've tried it on my T-mobile Move and it can not be done.

I've downloaded and installed the upgrade tool from the russian site and when I started it, in the first screen I've selected OT-908 model and after a while it says that there is no upgrade available for my phone :(

I then started it again, this time I've selected TCL 908A model and again the same message.

I guess that the upgrade doesn't work for branded phones (T-mobile, Cosmote or Globul) OR doesn't work for phones outside Russia.

If someone with non-branded Alcatel outside Russia would try to upgrade, he or she can post the result here, so we will have clearer picture of what is going on, is it problem with branded ones OR with country.

@profglavcho - Have you tried to upgrade your phone with this upgrade tool? Your phone is branded for Globul, right?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] V3R:
I've tried to upgrade few minutes ago, but upgrade was unsuccessful. OTUpgrade froze and stuck :p

I'm going to try again but later...

(sry for edits. F***in ipad's autocorrect.)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] justmechiry:
2.3

If you want to upgrade your phone you need to get russian firmware , but the problem is I dont find nowhere this firmware. Maybe profglavcho can help us .I searched in russian pages for this firmware but GOOGLE translate doesn`t help to much to translate from russian to english .
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
still waiting for someone to make a recovery backup of the new rom

cyanogenmod recovery for ot-908 not working at gingerbred :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] justmechiry:
bobiavmkd I have same problem . I've selected One Touch-908 and OT-908m second time and it says "that there is no upgrade available for my phone" . I guess only chance to upgrade phones from outside Russia is to change firmware, like i said upstairs.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ruscan.calin:
I do not think Alcatel have some interests to release a 2.3.x version for phones like OT908/Move even if Russian one :

1.This is a cheap phone so why to invest more is this profitable ?

2.Android is avid of resources RAM/CPU usage so a 600 mhz cpu is not enough for 2.3.x to do that there is need for a 800 mhz cpu or more

also

1. use one touch upgrade to update Alcatel OT-908 phones only; OT-908/Move are pretty similar but not the same in terms of server update

if you need Move upgrade tool here is it

http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/uk/support/download/move.html

2. at this time no news by using move upgrade 1.5 still have Android 2.2.2- checked by me

as a conclusion for me is not so interesting an update to Android 2.3.x for Move
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] FormerSlacker:
Firstly, the 908 is, technically, more then capable of running GB. Secondly, the phone is relatively new, less then a year old, so you'd expect at least one upgrade release, budget phone or not. The galaxy mini got a GB upgrade and it's almost identical to the 908.

Thirdly, many assumed that this phone would at least get GB so that was one of the reasons they got it. If it never comes, so be it, but personally I'll never purchase another Alcatel again and I suspect many other customers won't either.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] PMester:
4. samsung galaxy mini, zte blade, htc wildfire has 600MHz arm cpu, and those phones has the gingerbread.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MadK9:
Sadly it appears to be a lack of interest for this phone regarding the upgrade to 2.3 from Alcatel. But we have to mention also the carriers who branded OT908... they also play a major role in this story. If they don't put pressure on Alcatel to release an upgrade due to some bugs on the actual software (bugs reported by us, their clients!), than nothing will happen'...

We alone have to put this wheel in motion by asking our providers to do somenthing about this phone.

But there is more... Alcatel redraw any type of support for 908 branded phones (MOVE)! And you cannot upgrade it with onetouch upgrade from OT908 due to touch buttons layout differences!!! Alcatel support confirmed personally this fact. They are aware that trying to upgrade move with OT908 upgrade tools "might not work"!? But they redraw support for MOVE??? Because bassically they're the same!!! But you cannot upgrade MOVE anymore... :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

Dear Claudiu,

We know about our product and have already confirmed move and one touch 908 belong to the same series of the project. The difference you mentioned doesn't mater anything. Both of them use the same user manual/one touch upgrade/Android manager.

You can use one touch 908's one touch upgrade to upgrade your move, if they don't match, one touch upgrade can't detect move. And please take it easy,there is no damage on your phone if one touch upgrade can't detect your move, but actually it will detect your phone.

SOOO, WE'RE DEAD IN THE WATER!!! (US, owners of branded phones...)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
samsung mini..samsung fit has the ICS :) unofficial cm9
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MadK9:
So what???

We own Alcatel phones!!!!

Alcatel is not Samsung and Samsung is not Apple... and so on...

We're just observing so many discrepancies between big brands... but we don't have the final say... as much as we like to believe, this is not up to us...

In future we have to choose better when it comes to phone's brand!

Some bought Alcatel for it's price some for tests and so on... and many of us we are using it just for its main purpose: PHONE CALLS! EVERYDAY PHONE CALLS!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] FormerSlacker:
Well I've emailed the Canadian support of Alcatel, so we'll see what they say.

I don't really know the difference between branded and unbranded models. Mine looks exactly like the one in the picture here : http://www.gsmarena.com/alcatel_ot_908-3797.php

There is no visible branding on the phone itself, just the rom's bootup logo.

Yeah, this is true. This phone was meant as an in-between/backup unit for myself waiting for the next crop of ICS phones, and I was going to get the galaxy mini but I thought I'd take a chance with the Alcatel.

I think I've made a huge mistake. :/
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ruscan.calin:
yes this is true but I am talking about phones able TO CARRY Android 2.3.x

do not choose from these phones if you want a 2.3.x powered device you will get lags after installing some apps 600 mhz is not enough from my experience

by example try at least Galaxy Y or LG Univa for Android 2.3.x
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MadK9:
This might be true. An OS has hardware requirements. Don't know which are this for GB but maybe ruscan is right about this! Take windows for example...

You won't be able to run smoothly a version or other without some minimum hardware specs!

---------- Post added at 07:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:23 AM ----------

Hey, we heard nothing about the starters of this this thread since the first 3-4 pages or so...

Seems they did a lot of good things for the users of this phone.

But there are no signs of them for a long time! Where are they? We need them now more than ever if we want to squeeze some more knowlodge about our Alcatels phones! And to get improvements specially!

WHERE ARE YOU DJADA80??? :D:D:D:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ruscan.calin:
maybe they have sold this phone :p

I tested IN MY HAND at least 2 phones powered by Android 2.3.x series

1.Galaxy Y- 830 mhz

2.Huawei Sonic -600 mhz

Galaxy Y is ok and this is all about but Sonic ... got lags by installing apps yes this is true a lot of apps.. because I do not like to make jokes when testing phones :D

do not get me wrong I'd better buy Huawei Sonic+lags bonus :D

3.5 inch Gorilla Glass screen/ NFC support/ Android 2.3.5 ... something more for 500 RON ?!

some people read here about Android 2.3.x improvements

http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html

and think would be 600 mhz enough ? ... from my experience this is not true!

BTW nu instalati Windows 7 pe un computer cu 1ghz cpu:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
configuration file for building kernel 2.6.35.7 (from new udate) :cool:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MadK9:
Yeap, exactly my point ruscan!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ruscan.calin:
would be interesting build.prop file to see what is this release about

nothing to do with kernel config files because there is a lot of work building a ROM from scratch even Alcatel even they have problems to do that :D

for people who can't wait anymore for 2.3 release I recommend to consult this link to buy a real phone

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_google_nexus_s-3620.php

any comments ?:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] V3R:
@yes. If i had enough money, i'd buy even better phone than that nexus. but i don't have, so I'm waiting for update for one i have. and this is thread about this phone, yup?

at this budget level, 512 mb ram is at least good. galaxy mini etc got 2.3, so what's wrong with waiting for update for ot908?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ruscan.calin:
yes you are right but must remark some signs in my post meaning that I m just kidding :D

regarding Nexus series...are considered flagship Google phones these phones are coming free of manufacturer/ carrier personalization, unlocked bootloader for better customs ROMs, faster upcoming OS releases etc recommended by Android Open Source Project for software development so in my opinion this is the solution for this topic :eek: -just kidding :D

PS for 100 EUR OT908/Move have 10/ 10 price/ performance score but I don't think 2.3 Android is the best choice- my opinion
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] V3R:
@up. chill ;) to be honest, I also think 2.3 wouldn't have amazing performance :p there are only 2 reasons why I'm waiting for it - improvements in editing text (selecting, moving cursor etc- on a such small screen this is really annoying...) and black status bar :p ( I'm not an eagle in editing framework , tried to do it by myself but got so many bugs that I gave up ;p)

If someone (or you ;) ) could help with at least one of these problems I would stay on froyo for better performance...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ruscan.calin:
what do you mean by bugs?

files involved are

/system/framework/framework-res.apk

/system/framework/services.jar

replacing some pngs in 1st file get black color for backgrounds

editing 2nd file you will change font color for clock/ notifications from black to white

say basically what you did

PS to solve 1st problem you can write a book so is that we invite Google & Co to accomplish this task :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ruscan.calin:
also I got answer from Alcatel:

Dear Ruscan,

Now we haven't developed software to upgrade one touch 908 from Android 2.2 to android 2.3, but it has been under the plan.We plan to make it done with one touch upgrade or FOTA. You can try them later. Please note that not all 908 will be upgraded as it depents on the requirement from service provider.

Please upgrade your phone with one touch upgrade which can be downloaded from the following website later:http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/global-en/support/download/ot-908.html

You can also refer to the following FOTA FAQ to upgrade your phone:

http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/global-en/support/faq/fota.html

Q3How can I use FOTA to make phone upgrade?

If your phone Android OS version isn't updated after the upgrade, then it means your phone doesn't support Android OS upgrade at that moment.

Should you have another request, do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you for choosing Alcatel!

www.alcatelonetouch.com
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MadK9:
Ha-ha... got the same answer today!!!

They used copy-paste operation to answer us!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
new images

nandroid backup images of russian update

RESPECT for arhigiza from 4pda.ru

http://4pda.ru/forum/dl/post/1599384/boot.img

http://4pda.ru/forum/dl/post/1599415/system.img

or

http://www.mediafire.com/?is8fzcefvfb8ssz

http://www.mediafire.com/?mcf5763533sy8c8
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] FormerSlacker:
Alcatel hasn't replied to my inquiry as of yet.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
i have problems with boot.img :confused:

glavcho@glavcho-G41T-R3:~/sdk/platform-tools$ sudo ./fastboot devices
[sudo] password for glavcho:
???????????? fastboot
glavcho@glavcho-G41T-R3:~/sdk/platform-tools$ sudo ./fastboot boot boot.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.473s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: incomplete bootimage)
finished. total time: 1.475s
glavcho@glavcho-G41T-R3:~/sdk/platform-tools$ sudo ./fastboot reboot
rebooting...

any idea?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] justmechiry:
ot 908

profglavcho what sofware was used to make boot.img and system.img ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
clockworkmod recovery

boot.img is too large 5.8 MB :confused:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ruscan.calin:
so you are kernel developer huh ? :D

please be more specific:

1.where did you get that boot.img ?

2.that log is not enough provide more info

3.have you ever used yaffs tools to pack/unpack .img files?- because you are using linux

4.your phone will not boot for now ?

sure that file is not too big...

in case phone not booting ... do you have a backup from clockwork to write back?

have you combined .img files from different backups/phones ?

PROVIDE MORE INFO
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] profglavcho:
boot(and system)images are CWM backup of russian update,but i have no md5 checksums to restore back.