yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
Hello mrdoubleb. How did you Unpack the new-boot.img?

I'm trying to do it with your file, and also with one extracted from my phone throught adb. But It allways generates an invalid ramdisk.gz... :(

Regards

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Be carefull! Update your recovery. Probably you had lost it. It depends (sometimes is restored automatically on everyboot). Try to boot in recovery mode. Power+Volup

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You can not use unyaffs with boot. This will only work on system.img, data.img, and cache.img
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mn.code:
Like I said, I want to unpack system.img, not boot.img...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
True, you are right. I have the same problem extracting boot.img...but with split_bootimg.pl

It allways generate a non valid kernel and ramdisk. :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroBeta:
Bro, can you tell me the version of your OT updater, or you could send it to me zipped?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/es/downloads/otu/one-touch-upgrade-s-1-8-2-setup.exe

It will download a lot of img files in the download directory.

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Hello everyone,

Did anyone extracted the boot.img from our phone?

I'am not able to extract a valid kernel and Ramdisk. I tried every method but it allways generate and invalid gz ramdisk.

am I missing somenthing especial in our ROM? :)

non-standard headers on their boot images?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
Finally I have got it! I have done by hand with a hex editor. XD
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
Boot image with app2sd

Hi everyone,

finally I have a new boot image with A2SD support.

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B4Mx65V6aE-mRHU3dTdEcHc2cFk/edit?pli=1

Filename boot-sd.img

Please be carefull

:

1) I don´have the 991D. So I can no test it by the moment.

2) It is the vulnerable image+app2sd DT.

3) Allways have the "new-boot.img" by mrdoubble by hand. Just in case you need to rollback.

4) Use flash tool to apply it.

There is somenthing strange with our boot.img so I have to separate the kernel from ramdisk by hand with hexeditor. Remove 2ks header. Anad separate kernel form ramdisk.gz

I have done the new image with mkboot, so I don´t know if Alcatel it is not using the standard headers it is going to work.

You have to do a partition in your SD to store the apps (ext2). Try it and use app2sd gui to test if everything works.

Use at your own risk. If somenthing goes wrong. You can allways update using flash (to replace with new-boot.img). And in the worst case scenario use Alcatel update, but you will lose the root so you will have to root again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Difermo:
can som1 help me!!!

when i turn on OT 991 i have bar for clock and battery, wireless...

this one: http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1195/9912.png

but after some time not using phone is normaly gou to pasiv mode!! but when i start using it that bar isn't there

even if i push down finger and try to pull it back.

is there any options for that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
try a double tap in free space on screen
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NdotGdot:
I'm still doubting, but I think I'll buy this phone (Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray is better, but a little bit above my budget, I think the Alcatel OT-991 is the best alternative).

Is the FM Radio good?

It's good to see a developer working with it, I'm sure he can create a nice ROM :). Maybe we can even create an ICS or JB ROM with the people here :fingers-crossed:.

Good luck everybody and have fun! ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PANCIO:
the FM RDS radio is not good ... is VERY good (high sensitivity and very good dynamic audio) !!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goce.nakov:
Hmmm you are not quite straight with explanation. Maybe you should try to explain the process step by step.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammerguzy:
Can someone post an update.zip file for Alcatel 991? thx.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Difermo:
i'm sorry if this isn't place to ask!!

On my ALCATEL OT-991 (phone isn't rooted), when i gou to camera it says: "Connection with camera can't be establish"

Does any1 know what is problem!!??!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinoid:
Hi Guys,

please a little help. I want to disable some processes which start in auto like whatsapp or viber when i power on the phone.

Before of doing someting wrong can you show me how to disable the autorun of these services or which appz can do this action?

Many thanks in advance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hekinen5830i:
i dont know how to turn of the autorun but if you intsall a task killer or a memory cleaner then you must click one button and than all process is off and the memory is cleaned .

I hope helped for you :)

The app name is AutoKiller_Memory_Optimizer_8.0 This is a good app

if you want i give you a download link
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Difermo:
after i instal rom manager will i be able to flash CWM. I need 100% backup.

or is there another way
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NdotGdot:
I have a deal to get a cheap Samsung

Galaxy S

Omnia 7 with Windows Phone:D.

I won't buy this phone, but I'll check this thread once in a while.

I wish you all good luck and fun!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
It is the same process described before. The one used with new-boot.img to update to a vulnerable boot.img. Using the Flash utility.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manti111:
Somehow this boot img makes my 991 hang. Not sure what is wrong. Using the so called new-boot.img makes the phone boot fine. I have the T-Mobile version of it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Difermo:
can som1 give me instruction how to make full (100%) backup of my android !?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brad87:
Hello everyone I have a little doubt about the flash tool I could specify how to load the boot.img on my mobile phone OT 991 (single sim) and done what it says on the tutorial but when I look at the nose like boot.img do not specifies where to put it would greatly appreciate your help greetings and thank you very much and sorry for my English :) :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroBeta:
Use SP_Flash_Tool to ReadBack whole flash memory. Thats all.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brad87:
thanx zerobeta
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brad87:
I have a root problem I have now but the problem is the sigiente SIM does not recognize me I can do to fix this?

I followed all the steps in the manual and you have explained such as forum and even created the file itself for expansion and everything else except for this probelma right now I do not recognize the SIM'm from Spain do not know if will be for problem region? puedaon hopefully help me thank you very much to all!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slingeraap:
Dead phone

I have now a boot problem with my OT 991 when I connect the phone by USB the charge led is blue, but my phone will not boot anymore so nothing happen when I try switch on my phone.

With flash tool I try to download a new boot but after some seconds I get an error message SP FLASH TOOL ERROR Android cannot find USB port.

When I try to update with one touch Upgrade 1.8.2. I get the message that my software is actual so the driver work for USB.

Than when I listen the sound in flash tool the USB connection go every 30 seconds on and off.

I think I kill my phone:(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brad87:
test to look in the Device Manager if you have properly installed the appropriate drivers sipodrias also try to uninstall and re-install again after the ONE TOUCH instalaes S 1.8.2 Upgrade local disk where is located the software are the other drivers as necessary in this case you have to install manually as I had to do from the device manager I hope that I can run if the if it does work you'll have to start the program ONE TOUCH S 1.8.2 Upgrade once started with the phone completely off continuing to the next step and connect the USB and within seconds it should start the upgrade process to me but the process takes quite a mistake not given me any time a greeting!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
Yes you are right. I had tested tonight with the 991D. It does not boot...so I had removed the boot-sd.img file.

I will try to investigate it.:crying:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Difermo:
is there CWM for OT 991 ?!

How to do full (100%) backup ?!

Can any1 give instruction or some link?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brad87:
hi can help me with this problem after I put boot.img in the sim OT-991 is not recognized is a single sim would appreciate your help I am desperate attempt to turn back with one touch alcatel tool upgrade and suggestions will effect ago it twice and still the same
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
here a user can obtain ext2 support with a mtk6573 phone...

i hope this can be helpfull for our 911 developer
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goce.nakov:
Anyone tried this?

http://www.askstudent.com/how-to/resolve-phone-storage-space-is-getting-low-on-android-phones/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
That is not very usefull. The problem is that our motherboard makers decided to remove support for a2sd. That mixed with few free memory is a pain for the users.

We have two steps to integrate support to move applications to SD:

1) Extract a valid boot.img vulnerable. Already done by mrdoubleb. Just to root.

2) Modify Kernel to implement support for ext2 (even ext3 or 4, but really don't mind we can use ext2).

a) Modify init.rd to include support for a2sd

b) Include DT scripts.

c) Include ext2 kernel support.

The main problem is that Mediatek removed support...in the kernel (in Froyo it is included by default).

I had done a and b...but I need more time to compile a module for our board. And also "steal" my wifes pone to test. XD

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Very usefull!!!! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Difermo:
how to delete system apps? some of apps from market are not free and they are not compactible with OT 991.

Is there any other way?

phone is rooted
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
try root unistaller
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
any new about the ext2/3 and swap support?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] databaiz:
Guys, simply amazing, thanks for the feedback and I've been here since page 1 and bought this device in Spain when I lost my blackberry, managed to unlock it earlier today and rooted it at least twice, i have a bit of a problem though.

My device is OT-991 and not 991D so I've successfully rooted the device, but before to that, every time I flash BOOTIMG I lose network connection, i get no sim/no service. It's not the simcard as I have the original simcard and a new one tried both but neither works after I flash BOOTIMG

I did try the already alcatelretriver and the text provided, tried naming the file that extract from alcatelretriver but still no luck

Can someone explain?

One more thing, for creating a ROM, please who's on the project make a very simple rom with only android keyboard and what's necessary as for a low memory device, this sure has a lot of nonsense built into it.

anyone having memory problem, follow this TUT http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1476121

I managed to split my 16 GB to 8/8 and had a 8GB memory for apps on the OT991, i tottaly recomment it way better than apps2sd IMHO, not anymore since I used OT upgrade software to get the Sim card to work again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
Nope. I am completely stopped.

The main problem is that I am not able to generate a valid boot.img with my moddified kernel and ramdisk. I had separated the boot.img by hand with and hex editor.

I had 2 ks header + kernel + Ramdisk.gz. I had moddified everything to support ext2. rc.init+DT Scripts+ext2 module.

But there is a problem generating the new boot.img. I don´t know if I had miss somenthing doing it by hand. Every tool I had used, generates an invalid ramdisk. So I had used the standar header to split the file. It seems to work. But I thing that I am missing the boot parameters (If there ares any parameters).

Also I'm abe to generate a boot.img with the moddified files. But I do not boot. So somenthing is wrong with the file itself.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goce.nakov:
And how you managed to split the card, sense you need to have ext2 for link2sd to work and we don't have Recovery yet?

Can you please explain the process? ---- NVM
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
the only help that i can give you is to ask in the various mtk6573 thread

there are costum rom and recovery for mtk6573 and i hope that is possible to use in uor 991but i don't have any programming skill
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] databaiz:
The link i provided has a full Tutorial,

using a media card reader and a MiniTool Partition Wizard
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katergaris:
Sorry for the newbie question but since the Link2sd moves the apps to SD card anyway, why do we need to create the partitions to the card? Why can't we leave it as it is?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroBeta:
You can leave it that way. But the difference is when you boot your mobile, the applications which need to start up, they won't. And also apps will be shown after 1-2 minutes after boot while the system reads the SD Card.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goce.nakov:
Because Link2SD to work he need partition where he will link apps, dalvik cache etc (ext 2)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raising_angel:
network problem after root - went back, continuing experiencing problems

Hey guys,

rooted my phone thanks to that topic, and started experiencing network problems (in SIM management). Sometimes phone looses second SIM.

Went back with Alcatel tool, but haven't solved yet.

Any clues?

Anuone experiencing this,

thanks for replies

edit: continuing investigating, seem to be related to band search problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PANCIO:
I have the same problem.

When I use Internet access (internet.wind MMC: 222 MNC: 88) with the function of synchronization active for applications like gmail etc.. etc.. the phone freezes (both sims)

There are also users with Tim (MMC: 222 MNC: 01) that having the same problem :rolleyes:

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: the problem occurred even without the root :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] databaiz:
Lets say you have 16 GB, if you made 2 partitions you can use one for files and the other for apps, the first partition acts like a internal memory as the second as files directory

So putting it manual helped?

Same problem, i had to switch to 2G and even with 2G I seem to get HSPA+, I have to switch the phone off-on to make it work everytime i try to call, so i had to shut down my data and it seems to work good for the past few days, but every time i try to enable data it goes away, that only happened after rooting, even though when i restore the phone and updated it same thing.

I still couldn't figure how to root without losing my network connection on OT-991
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raising_angel:
I tried swapping the two SIMs. Now I have my data SIM on 2G slot, and my voice SIM in 3G SLOT, and everything is working fine.

When I put my data SIM in 3G SLOT and voice SIM in 2G SLOT I have problems.

Maybe is something wrong in the phone?

Maybe I deleted some system app, I should not touch?

Is there an official app list from stock ROM.

Is there someone who can post those apps?

thanks

EDIT: get root. Deleted some apps. Now data goes well on both SIM slots, but I can't get incoming voice calls on BOTH SLOTS.

This phone is just a little piece of junk!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PANCIO:
@raising_angel

you're welcome :(

We are with you in four users that report the same problem.

this event happens even phones without root
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hetfield666:
right, same for me with TIM and WIND sims (italy). in 2G mode (even if data is in 3g slot) everything is fine. Alcatel just told me to return the item. ****.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raising_angel:
I have Vodafone (Italy). Sent an e-mail yesterday to Alcatel, waiting for a reply. In 2G mode it works flawless. In 3G I got SIM problems.

Somewhere on an Italian forum I read the problem could be related to ROM. Since I become having troubles after update procedure for a bad root, I'm convinced it could be ROM related.

So if someone can post a stock ROM (old version) maybe we can try flashing and see...

cheers

EDIT: the freeze of SIM seem to be related to RIL on our phones. Can someone drive me throught how to modify RIL???
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mavida:
Please help

I am asking for you help in reviving my phone. I read this thread and I managed to achieve root without problems. The problem appeared after I tried to implement a script optimization (V6 supercharger), found and appreciated on this forum.

After the first reboot the phone did not respond to incoming calls, in theory it was rooted, but the applications could not access the root phone. I used adb and saved partitions, trying to rewrite only system.img.

After this step the phone could not be turned on, SP flash tool does not let me download only one partition now, it asks for all files, so I had to manually restore scatter file. Downloading works up to 75%, where the error is, consequently I can not write nand memory. One Touch Upgrade will not start an update because it reports that the phone has the latest version. I also tried the original files posted by @ sacreew, but...the same result.

my new scatter file:

PRELOADER 0x00000000

{

}

DSP_BL 0x00040000

{

}

pro_info 0x00100000

{

}

NVRAM 0x00180000

{

}

SECCFG 0x00480000

{

}

UBOOT 0x004A0000

{

}

BOOTIMG 0x00500000

{

}

RECOVERY 0x00B00000

{

}

SEC_RO 0x01100000

{

}

MISC 0x01220000

{

}

LOGO 0x01280000

{

}

EXPDB 0x01580000

{

}

ANDROID 0x01620000

{

}

CUSTPACK 0x08920000

{

}

WATCHDOG 0x11A20000

{

}

CACHE 0x11B40000

{

}

USERDATA 0X15740000

{

}
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz.inga:
Driver problem

I did every step of the process, installed all drivers, successfully load the new-boot.img with flash tool, rebooted and everything stil work as it was, no problems. But than I plug the USB, with USB debugging on and with Mock locations on (is this the one you refer to simulated ubication from page 25 last post?), and I start the SuperOneClick. First I went to Check drivers and the following mesage apears:

*** "The folowing device does not have drivers installed:

Alcatel Android phone

Driver source:

C:\...\SOC 2.3.3\Drivers\android_winusb.custom.inf

Would you like me to instal it for you?" ***

I click "OK". And than this:

*** "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)" ***

Can anyone help with this?

TNX
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nencho_ivanov:
HELP

Hello, Can anyone tell me why when I give the factory settings when the phone is root, the phone restarts and the Android logo comes nisho happens. And how can I calculate the cache, because even after uninstalling applications place almost not released?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vamate223:
Help me PLS!!!!

How??????? PLS Help me, got the same problem! :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz.inga:
I had that problem. What a did was, just turn off the phone, take your battery out and after a few secs put it back, dont turn on the phone just plug in the usb and it will note you for hardware instalation. You will need mt65x3 usb vcom drivers. Click that you will instal them from location and find the driver you need in that folder, you need to unzip it first. After that repeat the proces with flash tool. Worked wor me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
has someone be succeed to install a recovery?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ultra_Kirk:
Please help

What did you do, i have the same problem. :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbosoft:
I Rooted the phone and everything was well. I deleted some apps and also the packageinstaller.apk. And that was stupid.

Now i can't download and install any apk from the market anymore?

Someone an idea what to do?

Greetz

Henny
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goce.nakov:
Restore the ROM via Alcatel update manager and root it again
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baur.s:
Maybe someone can help me. I have a big problem. My alcatel don't start and my backup is lost. Ist there somebody who can send me a backup of the original Alcatel 991 d software. Then i can install with the sd-card?

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goce.nakov:
You can't because there is no recovery, restore your phone via Alcatel Update Manager
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baur.s:
There come always the message that the software ist the newest one, but not a message with restore? Sorry it is a big problem for me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bushycata89:
mt65 preloded help!:((

hello! please can someone help me with mt65xx preloaded driver? i can't instal it, i tried everything:( thx
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
there are a new firmware update via OTA
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz.inga:
How to...? What to do?

I manage to root the phone, have SuperUser. How to install the Root Uninstaller? Because when a try to download and install it, says insufficient storage space. I have 23MB free space, and RU is 1MB, even tried the smaller one of 250 KB. Is this not enough?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] detomis:
i rooted my phone alcatel one 991D

I rooted my one 991d .....one time...wrong...because sim don't worked than one touche new orginal soft (ok)

and two time i rooted ok....

instal bysybox run

instal link2sd run

after that i tryed partition sd card

mini tool partition - i tryed ex2/ex 3/ex4 my 8 GB snadisk and nothing

than i partition sd card 1 partition fat 32 ( 4,60 GB ) second partition fat32 too...( rest of 2,68 )

and link2sd mounted my sd card....

now i can move to sd ..etc google play ( 10 mb) all what i want....

thx
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliaksika:
Hello, I do not know much English. Can you tell where it is to take a file new-boot.img? Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
Look in a previous post for mrdoubled image file. Or you can access to my GDrive public drive.

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B4Mx65V6aE-mRHU3dTdEcHc2cFk/edit

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Requirements:

----------------------

1) Rooted phone.

2) Partitioned SD Card (FAT32+FAT32 or FAT32+EXT2). See tutorials in Internet about doing it. ¡WARNING! Do a backUP of your files before partitioning. You can use on windows MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 7.6 or Disk manager from windows. In linux...you know how to do it :). For example I had partitioned my SD (8Gb) 7 FAT32 + 1 FAT32

3) Install Link2SD from Market. Just in case, install Busybox (But I am not very sure if you need it).

STEPS:

------------

Now you can copy back your backup files to your SD card.

If you have all the requirements. Just launch Link2SD (grant root access), it will ask you wich is the format for your second partition (FAT32 or EXT2 in our case). It will reboot and mount our second partition. Launch Link2SD and select applications to move to your second partition. Be carefull not to move boot applications (for example widgets that you use for your desktop), just to have a fast boot.