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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacreew:
Root with new Updated ROM

Hello everyone,

yesterday I had updated the 991D with the new ROM versión using the Alcatel Update tool. (The OTA update through the phone doesn't work, allways detected an invalid Update.zip ?? ). As expected I had lost root. But using the previous method for rooting still it is working (using new-boot.img).

Regards
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
hi are you shure that ext partition work?our kernel support ext partition?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliaksika:
file "new-boot.img" did not help. Phone loses IMEI. I did everything according to the instructions
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrdoubleb:
You probably flashed IT wrong

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PANCIO:
hi

the same is for me.

my kernel version (2.6.35.7 android-bld1@aclgcl-ubnt61 #1), however, is remained the same as the previous, even after the upgrade with tool.

But even In other two 991D, without roots, has not changed.

The OTA update, in these two 991D, it worked regularly.

To you, what happened about the version of the kernel ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] severijan:
help!

Please man tell me how did u fix usb problem. i have same problem and cant solve it. please help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adi.v:
Hi all,

I'm Adrian and i'm new on this forum, and i have a rooted Alcatel Ot-991 (thanx to mrdoubleb), and i have 3 questions:

1. what do you all think about making a swap partition and incress your ram with swapper2 or similar app's? (whit a class 6 or 10 sd)

2. does anyone have the experience/knowledge to make a custom ROM that supports swap?

3. as far as i understood we have no RAM and the phone is using internal mem with swap. Have i got this right?

thz for any help and cheers to all for all info so far
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lnng:
original recovery.img

Hi,

can anyone put here the ORIGINAL "recovery.img" from OT991. I managed to damage the one from my phone, and now i cannot do a factory reset. It's just hangs at the android logo after up+power reset.

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LerikalBless:
OkView attachment UPDATE.zip
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LerikalBless:
Here : View attachment UPDATE.zip
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dejan13:
How to download update.zip Cant download.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hekinen5830i:
Thx but where we can download the file?The other forum page?sry now i use phonexddddd
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NdotGdot:
I'm getting 404 error on my pc. Can you upload it on a site like mediafire, 4shared, skydrive or google drive?

Somebody found out the right key combination?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hekinen5830i:
pls upload the zip file because we got 404 error
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NdotGdot:
Maybe it is on every SD card provided with this phone.

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If the .zip file doesn't work or we can't find the key combination, we can try:

Google for 'root mtk6573' and try some methods

Google the errors we get with rooting

Ask Alcatel
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hekinen5830i:
I know the key combination

Push the power bottom and the volume up bottom together and rhyn yo got the cwm menu or i dont know what is that XDDD:eek:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hekinen5830i:
I find this link in google

LINK
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NdotGdot:
It is a Chinese root app with a link to this site. Since the app is Chinese, I can't work with it.

Other links with methods that may work are:

Second Post

This video

First Post

Working Super One Click (latest version) is mentioned too.

Good luck with trying to root!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NdotGdot:
The .zip file from LerikalBless can be downloaded again, I uploaded it here for sure.

You need to do the following (almost like this):

Enable Unknown sources on your phone (Settings -> Applications -> Unknown sources)

Transfer the update.zip file to your phone via Wifi, Bluetooth, micro SD Adapter or USB cable and put it in your SD card

Turn off your phone

Press and hold the power button and the volume up button

After a couple of seconds you will see your phone booting in recovery mode

Move in the menu with the volume buttons to scroll up and down and choose "apply update from sdcard" with the Home button and choose the update.zip file and press once again the home button to apply it

You will see the message "Install form sdcard complete"

Press on "reboot system now"

???When you open SuperSU it will ask you to upgrade the SU binary just press continue your phone will reboot once and you are done!???

I don't know if we need to do the last step too.

If this doesn't work, try some other .zip files from the XDA forum and the three links from my previous post.

WARNING: If you update your rooted phone, the root will be gone and if Alcatel fixed the root in the update, we can't root it anymore.

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I looked in the .zip file and it seems to be for Avast Android Anti-Theft instead of root (look in app folder in system folder). You can try to root with it, but I don't think it will work.

I hope one of the three methods in my links will work!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NdotGdot:
Now I'm just waiting for katergaris and hekinen5830i to test the .zip file and the three links. :fingers-crossed: Maybe I can find another method, but I don't think there is much more :(

You can find and edit the progress here.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frrà:
*Maybe* i found the correct Update.zip. But there's a problem. It gives me "Signature error". Can anyone try this file?

BTW you need to press the Menu button to confirm operations in the recovery

:fingers-crossed:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NdotGdot:
I think that's the problem: Alcatel has made some changes in the hardware and/or software so we can't use the MTK6573 methods and the methods for every Gingerbread phone.

This .zip file is for rooting (if you open it on your computer, you can see supersu and rootvalidator in the app folder in the system folder), but I don't think it is good for this phone. Where did you find it?

So far (can be found here, first two need to be renamed to update.zip):

FRRA.zip: Rootvalidator and SuperSU, wrong signature

LERIKALBLESS.zip: Avast Android AntiTheft, maybe good signature

universal_gb_root_v20.zip: Rootvalidator and SuperSU, I think wrong signature

I can try to compile a few .zip files from the non-root validation part and the root-app part, but I don't know how to do it yet.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katergaris:
OK, the story so far.

The new version of SuperClickOne (the one that is described in the video) stops at Step #7.

The TPSparkyRoot when finishes the loading, brings the message "Your device is rooted". I was really happy for a few seconds and then I realised that it just wasn't rooted. :eek: I did it again but nothing new.

I didn't try the Flash tool method at all. I've bricked two telephones with a flash tool and I don't want to brick another one :D

And now the funny thing. I cannot get into the recovery mode. I don't know what's wrong but when I press "Power+Volume UP" it brings me the image with the Android with an exlamation mark and stops. I had to remove the battery twice to turn it on again.

Let's hope that some else is luckier than me and root the phone soon.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hekinen5830i:
i have a ide meybe we make a chanages in the zip but we need than some help .some elit dev xd

sorry for my english grrXD
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hekinen5830i:
I read something how why stop the superoneclick in step 7 maybe try that how when connect the usb then must be off the mobile and than turn it on when connected and when booting the android than start the superoneclick i read this in a hungarian forum but i dont know :\ i try this and dont stop the step 7 but give me a error i dont know why somebody maybe success :highfive:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NdotGdot:
We can:

Try the method from the video

Make sure everything is tested by at least two persons (here)

Search error's

Search for more MTK6573 methods

Ask good devs for help

NOTE: If you have Windows Vista or 7, sometimes you have to use 'run as Administrator'

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I think you mean this. Can somebody else try it?

I sent a message to the maker of this method, I hope he can help us!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hekinen5830i:
okey now to me success the superoneclick i dont get error nothing but only make 7 steps and then finis the 7 step i got this

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock12 /system > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

export TEMPRANDOM=71926

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

mount: Operation not permitted

END:71926

this is the last few lines

(But now dont freezing the superoneclick)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katergaris:
Which video you mean?

I tryied it. Nothing happens, still freezes in step 7
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5A5_sniper:
Getting SOC to work on Alcatel OT-991

To make it so that Superoneclick works first you must flash your phone,

email me and i will email you a link to tutorial and all needed software, as i'm new here and cannot post link
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
good news! we have a recovery!

thank to yuweng we have cwm recovery for our 991D

for install cwm install mobile uncle tool

than copy the recovery.img in the / folder of your sd card

and than flash the new recovery with uncle tool

here you can find how to add the ext support to our kernel and make a2sd work for increase internal memory

don't forget to thanks yuweng for is work!

i'm only sharing his work
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aramissxd:
:good::good::good: I Rooted my Alcatel OT991 !!! I dont know what root is for, but if all the people wanted , i say i will give it a try. and i have no problem. Thanks mrdoubleb for posting the video on youtube. Thanks a lot men ! God Bless you :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5rusin:
Hi guys

i have rooted phone, everiyhing worked fine.

I wants to move some aplications to sd card and I used link2sd.

Link2SD was not able to move YouTube aplication to sd card so I used RootUnistaller to unistall it. I was thinking that I will install it again from Play Store, but when I try that it says "Your device is not compatibille with this version".

I used OneTouch Upgrade S1.8.3 in order to reinstall ROM and all aplications back, but it says that I allready have latest version of ROM and stops upgrade.

Any idea what to do to bring back YouTube?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qltsar:
Dear mr doubleb!

Please tell me why is there '__NODL_CUSTPACK 0x8920000' in the scatter file?

Is that possible to flash back the custpack partition if i rewrite the scatter file manually?

And one more question, i've tried the manual method to make a scatter file, i saved the cat /proc/mtd output to a file (firmware.info), and made a scatter file, with mtk rom studio. I have succesfully backed up the device, but i cannot flash back anything to the phone.

But fortunatelly, i have found your little tool, but i don't understand why did you ban the custpack partition from the scatter file.

Thanks,

qltsar
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leolipop:
will this method of routing work on a single sim ot991 ? (not 991D)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justgb:
This works on an Alcatel OT-991 single sim. I did it, and it worked great.

By the way, that cwm, could it be a virus?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adi.v:
here you can find how to add the ext support to our kernel and make a2sd work for increase internal memory

@gp.triple cand you pls help me, i'm a noob and even after i've read yuweng thread (really apreciated) i can't figure it out how to do it. Can u help me with step by step walkthrough plssss.

i really wana do this but i don't understend how. I understood how to root my phone, and idi it thz to mrdoubleb but this i dont understend how. I'ved thied to reply in yuweng thread but i'm not allowed, so if u did it pls help me out.

I have alcatel pc suite installed and SOC.

thz gp.triple for share yuweng's work here.:good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eroperop:
I am trying to root my daughter's 991, but when I launch download on the smartphone flash tool and connect a switched off phone via USB, nothing happens. I have installed the USB divers and enabled USB debugging. The phone is recognized by the PC. Any ideas how to start download?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrdoubleb:
Phone have to be turned off when connected

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eroperop:
The phone is indeed turned off. I unplug the battery, then put it in and immediately connect USB
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justgb:
I am not sure what might be the problem, so I will tell you how I rooted my 991 at that point.

As the instruction said, take out the battery and place it back in after a few seconds. DON'T BOOT THE PHONE. Next, click the download button on the SP Flash Tool, and after the counter is done, plug the micro usb cable inside the Alcatel OT-991. I hope this fixes your problem. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qltsar:
ROM dump vF47-0

I've got an update today, so this is the newest ROM-dump from an unlocked OT-991.

Scatter file: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?dj48d2zez4bfzf1

Boot: http://www.mediafire.com/?z4yekzxtkh4g65h

Recovery: http://www.mediafire.com/?ql3pphm3y5hw8kt

System & Custpack: http://www.mediafire.com/?z9u1kpdhzd9rf7p

Also I've rooted the newest boot.img, so you don't need to do that if you want root access with this ROM: http://www.mediafire.com/?2zfmgznl2v1cs0b

Cheers!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrdoubleb:
Please post version numbers and such so people can check if they need to update. I heard more people about a update in this forum but there never has been an real update.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zipixel:
Hi Guys,

I rooted the phone as specified in the previous posts and everything works fine.

I installed also Link2SD and formatted 2 Fat32 partitions and extSD work fine.

Just a little problem, when i try to uninstall TouchPal Keyboard and related languages from the phone via Link2SD menu or Application management i receive the following message: application can't be uninstalled...! :(

Any help is welcome!

Regards ZiPiXeL
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
soory for the long time but i have few free time

at first you must install mobile uncle tool and flash recovery

than make a nandroid backup from recovery

for the app2sd or try the various scipt

download file from yuweng post

unzip it

and run the exe

than boot to recovery and flash the zip of the mod that you choose

i hope that you understand me...

---------- Post added at 05:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:24 PM ----------

install root uninstaller from market

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsIm5hbWUuZG9oa29vcy5yb290dW5pbnN0YWxsZXIiXQ..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iliabvf:
Please explane somebody, how to flash img files ? I found something about fastboot utility, but I dont know how to activate fastboot mode. Pls, help, I want to flash images to my locked phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qltsar:
The version number is located at the begining of the post

...but if it's not enough, every file contains the build #.

I.e.:

etc....

You can easily flash back the boot, rooted boot & the recovery images from SP Flash Tool, with the provided scatter file.

The system and the custpack partitions can be flashed from a custom recovery via unyaffs binary. I don't know if these partitions can be flashable from SP Flashtool, I didn't tried it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrdoubleb:
can't see that header when checking post through tapatalk. and I meant the versions shown in the phone menu. not only for me but also for other people it's much easier to check.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iliabvf:
I flashed sys.img and boot.img with costum recovery, and its not working, phone loads to animated Alcatel logo, and keep's restarting.

Can you pls give full instruction? What to do with cus.img ? and other images ?

I know only boot, system and recovery...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrdoubleb:
READ!! don't flash in recovery but with flash tool

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iliabvf:
You mean SP-Flash-Tool ? If yes, I tried, but when I open Android_2.3.6_MT6573_Android_scatter_991D.txt,

it dont have System and Custom roms.

Maybe System = Android ? :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foner81:
I have a question: are Alcatel stock roms odexed or deodexed? I need to know this before I buy an Alcatel phone. I need a deodexed rom to be able to edit framework.jar and *.so files.

Do these have init.d support?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PSXandMobile:
Alcatel 991 pattern lock

I have alcatel 991 pattern lock but i cannot hard reset it. I'm going to that menu but when i highlit the wanted action i cannot go any further. Im pressing power button but nothing hapens. How to is there any tutorial or so????

:confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adi.v:
soory for the long time but i have few free time

at first you must install mobile uncle tool and flash recovery

than make a nandroid backup from recovery

for the app2sd or try the various scipt

download file from yuweng post

unzip it

and run the exe

than boot to recovery and flash the zip of the mod that you choose

gp.triple - i'm sorry but i still have some questions

first you must install mobile uncle tool and flash recovery - NO prob

than make a nandroid backup from recovery - i guess using flash recovery i have to make a backup....right?

for the app2sd or try the various scipt download file from yuweng post - NO prob

unzip it - NO prob

and run the exe - NO prob

than boot to recovery and flash the zip of the mod that you choose - everything so far seems to happen to my pc, and then i have to boot my phone in recovery and flash the zip (i guess of one of the mod's that i choos from yuweng's post).

Will i have to connect my phone via usb to my pc while running the exe? and if i unzip them how will i have a zip on my phone (on sd card i guess)?

thz for help and sorry for being such a noob, but i've just got my first smartphone.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ripkosr:
thank you i root my phone

one question, are there any custom rom for 991 ? like cyanogen or anything alse ? where too find fabric/stock rom, i have some rom from telenot mobile network. i have rooted my phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adi.v:
anyone know the transfer rate speed of the sdcard on Alcatel ot-991? (i wana buy a new sdcard and it would be pointless to buy a class10 or so if the phone cand't handle 10MBp/s or so)

thz for any replys
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iliabvf:
The roms that you have from telenot are locked for network? If not, can you backup them and put for download ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
soory for the long time but i have few free time

at first you must install mobile uncle tool and flash recovery

than make a nandroid backup from recovery

for the app2sd or try the various scipt

download file from yuweng post

unzip it

and run the exe

than boot to recovery and flash the zip of the mod that you choose

gp.triple - i'm sorry but i still have some questions

first you must install mobile uncle tool and flash recovery - NO prob

than make a nandroid backup from recovery - i guess using flash recovery i have to make a backup....right?

no reboot the phone and enter in recovery(hold the up volume and then press power)

go to backup and restore

and make backup

for the app2sd or try the various scipt download file from yuweng post - NO prob

unzip it - NO prob

and run the exe - NO prob

than boot to recovery and flash the zip of the mod that you choose - everything so far seems to happen to my pc, and then i have to boot my phone in recovery and flash the zip (i guess of one of the mod's that i choos from yuweng's post). yes

Will i have to connect my phone via usb to my pc while running the exe? yesand if i unzip them how will i have a zip on my phone (on sd card i guess)? i dont understand

thz for help and sorry for being such a noob, but i've just got my first smartphone.

you are welcome!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aden1982:
helped me a lot
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PSXandMobile:
991 stuck on pattern lock

I have 991 stucked on google screen i cannot hard reset. Please help me anyway
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
Flash it whit the alcatel official tool
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PSXandMobile:
911 pattern lock problem

How can i flash this garbage?

Or tell me how to reflash it becaouse when i try it said that I have latest version of soft.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yrsmarte:
I also need help with this, how can i get a stock rom from alcatel?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishu28nmv:
Thank YOU!!!

Thank you! It worked for my Alcatel OT 991 single SIM!!!:laugh:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justgb:
Is there a possibility that chainfire will work on the alcatel ot 991?

Also, I got a problem with my sound recorder. Sometimes when I record something longer than 3 seconds. And when I want to play it back, it's pitch has increased and the recording time is less than the original time.

By the way, did anyone make a custom ROM for this phone yet?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinaander35:
kgs utility v6.6, sorry so late.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yrsmarte:
i uninstalled the stock browser and somehow i managed lose root, how can i restore the stock rom?

onetouch upgrade s 1.8.3 does not want to work.

pls help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iliabvf:
You cand restore factory rom, power + volume up. OR you can flash roms that qltsar posted before, with flash-tool, but I don't know how. It has already rooted roms.

Can pls somebody explane how to flash system.img with flash-tool ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yrsmarte:
i don't think you can restore a modified /system that way.

i want to try that but should i flash the cmwrecovery first? if so how do i do that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gp.triple:
you can enter in recovery??

hold the volume up button and start the phone

if you enter in recovery you can do a factory reset