yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deni_NS:
Works for me. Clear cache and data for Play Store, not for application market unlocker. Launch Play Store and u should see paid apps and all apps on Google Play Store.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
You can also try to edit your "build.prop" and modify the name of your device. Change "alcatel... " by a compatible phone.

I never try it but I read this solution on a Website or a thread (sorry I don't remember exactly where).

Answer me if you try it and it's work ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulkun:
i really don't have an idea on how to do that thing.. are you using a stock rom or a custom rom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
On your phone directly, you can use ES EXPLORER. Go in phone/system/.

Find and long press on BUILD. PROP.

Choose open "like a text".

At the beginning you read: ro.product.Model= ALCATEL...

Write the new kind of phone.

MENU, save, reboot, then test...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deni_NS:
Well first of all for this action he needs to root :D

Poslato sa jednog veoma kul telefona koristeći Tapatalk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulkun:
it works bro.. great!

can you help me how to install a custom rom? i want to use droidvpn but it has no tun.ko version of our phone.. i would like to use a rom which has a tun.ko compatible.. hope you can help me.. thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
Sorry, at that time, I think you can't find a custom rom for our device. I want so, but we need to wait and hope.

For the tun.ko, I don't know what it is, so I need to learn...

Can you write which kind of phone do you use in order to solve your previous problem? And if you have juste modify only: ro.product.device=... ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulkun:
okay.. so we have to do right now is hope and wait for our custom rom.. LOL

tun.ko is needed in order to have a freenet on your phone here in our country..

sorry but i did not try the way you suggest.. i just searched the app in the google and i found the full app and installed it on my device..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blindedfox:
Any news on a custom ROM for this thing? :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deni_NS:
Did u see news? I don't see, so the answer is NO.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blindedfox:
Well thank you then.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pylorus:
Changing / installing Language

Hello everyone, I just bought this wonderful phone few days ago. I was about to change phone language to Czech, but I was surprised, that there are only few (10) languages listed. The usual ICS has much larger language-choice. Any Idea how to add new language like Czech, Polish, Dutch …

Thanks in advance

Martin

PS. Thank you all for this cool thread! :good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Past3Li:
Yes I've also notticed that..I have alaso notticed that alvatel 997d has a sensitivity i n charging by different chargers.When i tried to charge 997d with my samsung original charger thw screen gone mad.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
Yesterday I received an update notification.

As my phone is rooted and I changed my bluid.prop; I knew the update would not work. I tried it and it didn't work.

But...

Strange, today my battery drains very quickly and take very long time to load.

Is it a coincidence or my battery is dead after a month and a half? :silly:

Many of us have the same problem, but for me, I checked the update is not active.

When I will have a little time, I'll use One Touch Upgrade on my PC and see if my battery, returning to the original version, returns good.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naurilf:
Hello

Is there a way to adjust the Grid size (4x4 or 5x5 etc) without any Launcher? Are there settings in Build.Prop for example?

Akis
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jman0:
That's a launcher specific option, not an Android feature, so you can't get it on launchers which don't include it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
vBF4-0 ota zip

For anyone who wants to mess with the latest OTA patch vBF4-0 (that upgrades vB5Y-0 version) here it is:

update.zip (13.56 MB)	http://www.multiupload.nl/F6SBEUS87B

Since I haven't a full dump of the original /system and /custpack filesystems I can't upgrade, so I have to use Alcatel utility to do a full flash..

I have a backup, but build.prop checksum doesn't match the one in the OTA. :rolleyes:

These are first steps to get a custom stock rom............. anyone interested?

update: I've found the other ota I've done on december 2012, since it was left on my internal memory.

It could be useless, but here it is, vB5U-0 to vB5Y:

update_vB5Y-0.zip (22.06 MB)	http://www.multiupload.nl/8RV2KXSADY
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
restore with different build.prop ?

Today, I used the lastest upgrade. So now my version is vBF4-0.

I rooted my phone once again and apply the CWM. All is OK.

But I had a little problem when I wanted to restore a backup saved with the old version.

Before my softkey bar was hidden, so my build.prop was different than the original.

when I applied the restore, the status bar application stop (both: top and bottom).

So I'm not sure, but I think my problem is due to the build.prop

Do you know if it is possible to reload a old backup in recovery, but with the new the build.prop inside?

:confused:

Tomorrow, I'll try this:

copy the new build.prop, load the old backup and paste the new build.prop directly in place of the old.

But if that doesn't work, I'm good for more than 1 hour with One touch Upgrade... :crying:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
Do you have root on vBF4?

I've lost root, mtk droid tools don't work anymore and also restore binary v18.. :(((((

What you have restored?

You have to restore only /data and not /system and /custpack... If you restore them you'll obtain if you are lucky the old version.

Perhaps I don't know how much the restore function works well... Maybe you have a broken link (/system/build.prop is a symlink to /custpack/build.prop).

I don't think that your problem is build.prop. Maybe other data cause problems on new rom.

Use titanium backup for example and restore only user apps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blindedfox:
Is there some link where we can see what changed in this latest update?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunder141:
Can't applay this update.zip though having restored with one touch upgrade to stock.

Error in Application-provider.res.apk in custpack

???
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
Yes I root the phone with vBF4.

I tried to reload a full backup ".tar" in recovery mode.

I don't know if it's possible to restore only /data with this kind of backup.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blindedfox:
Did you get this update OTA? As for me I always get no update available (although I got the OTA update from vB5T-0 to vB5Y-0).

Maybe a regional/country thing?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
Yesterday, I downloaded One touch upgrade S 2.7.0, before I had S 2.6.3. I took it on the Alcatel French Website.

And I used One touch 997, there isn't 997D

Before my phone was in vBF1-0, I never had vB5T-0.

In order to root the phone, I did exactly the same manipulations with MTKdroidTools.exe.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
That's strange, after using one touch upgrade I got vBF4 (directly without otas), and then MTKdroidTools (tried version 2.3.0 and 2.2.8) haven't worked...

I'll try again!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
new root procedure

Finally I've found how to flash cwm recovery from SP Flash Tool (3.1224.01). Before today I always got errors from it, and I was able only to read data from phone.

Now I know how to flash things, and that's great news!

Once you have flashed cwm you can boot on it (power on button + volume up) and flash supersu zip (I used CWM_SuperSU-0.96.zip, I know it's old).

Now I'm doing a nandroid backup using jman0's script.

Here are instructions how to do it:

SP FLASH TOOL IS A DANGEROUS TOOL, NEVER FLASH ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO!

NEVER FLASH PRELOADERS...

- Download SP Flash Tool v. 3.1224.01 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1982576 (generic tutorial here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1982587)

- You can find right VCOM drivers using the Alcatel Update tool (I've installed ONE TOUCH Upgrade S 2.7.0).

- Use the scatter file attached in this post (got from the ONE TOUCH Upgrade S 2.7.0 directory, it's called EMMC6577.sca)

- backup your recovery (optional, it's reflashed by stock rom at every boot) with readback tab. Create an entry that starts on 0x0000000001C8C000, length 0x00600000.

- flash jman0's cwm recovery for alcatel 997 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2046865 using download tab, double clicking on RECOVERY, and choose CWM_recovery_OT-997D.bin

- once successfully finished, poweron phone in recovery mode (if you power on it in normal mode cwm recovery will be overwritten by stock rom).

- once in cwm you can flash supersu zip and what you want. You are free ;)

Here you can grab latest supersu cwm zip: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

nb: I forgot, this method is better that mtk droid tools since you have not to wipe your data.... Or at least it seems that it's not necessary for me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
Thank you for this great job! :good:

But I need more information:

What does it do exactly ? It's just an other way to root the phone or you can go further with it and plan a custom Rom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
You can always root your phone, like Odin on samsung phones, or nvflash on tegra2 phones/tablets.

You can flash custom recoveries, and why not you can also flash a complete rom.

To be honest you can do even more with sp flash tool, like repartitioning your phone and so on.

Maybe someone could try to port roms from other mtk6577 phones and so on.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmykar:
hi

hello guys!

i download the ONE TOUCH Upgrade S 2.7.0 and i try to update to vBF4-0 from the vB5Y-0

BUT I CAN NOT

in the end of the update procces the phone remain with the vB5Y-0....

i use the option ONE TOUCH 997

can anyone help me?

the phone is rooted and with custom recovery

and something else ...my compass does not work.

thank you!!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
There is something wrong, it's impossible that one touch upgrade will exit successfully without flashing anything.

Perhaps it gave you some error...

Driver problems?

When one touch upgrade works, you will get a full stock phone with no data inside (complete factory reset).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmykar:
thank u very much about your quick answer my friend

the one touch upgrade procces is successfully but the problem is that it flash again the vB5Y-0....that allready have

i wonder why i can not flash the new one...the vBF4-0

something about the compass?....my does not work!

thanks again!!!:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
maybe they have not released it in your country.

We should definitely build a custom rom (with a cwm flashable zip)... Time is the problem!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jman0:
And where are you from? I'm from Spain and the same happened to me. Onetouch upgrade installed vB5Y-0 again and not vBF4-0
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schalkerjung1984:
AW: Alcatel OT-997D Root and Rom development

in Germany the same problem :confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmykar:
i am from greece my friend
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
I just found the wiko cink peax. It looks like our 997D. I know that lot of people develop on other wiko, so I don't know if it's possible, but perhaps that will help us...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
italy and it installs vBF4...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dagokent:
maybe Italian mobile devices have different hardware (es. screen)... I read somewhere on italian alcatel facebook page. I have one bought from Amazon.de and I can't upgrade to vBF4
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
you can always try to update using zip I provided some posts ago. You can flash it using stock recovery and maybe also with cwm (I haven't tested them).

If you get assertion errors flash the phone with alcatel one touch upgrade before.

Please let us know if it works.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
Why there is no custom rom for 997d till now ?

is it because the device is still new or what ?

and how about the updates for 997 , does they suits 997d or not ?

pleasr i need answers
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
997 rom is the same as 997d. It only lacks a sim slot as I know. 997d ultra = 997d

It seems that there are not so many devs that own this phone. We must thank jman0 for cwm port.

Personally, I'm trying to do what I can..

Does anybody know if inside /system and /custpack are stored sensitive data (like mac addresses and imei)?

(I'm trying to prepare a cwm flashable zip based off on vBF4)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schalkerjung1984:
AW: Alcatel OT-997D Root and Rom development

i send you an pm :)

Gesendet von meinem ALCATEL ONE TOUCH 997D mit Tapatalk 2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pylorus:
Any Chance of adding another languages (like Czech) to the custom ROM?

Thanks :) Martin
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbisz41:
Also I'm interested in more languages, out of Polish. Is there any chance the new 4.1 JB?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
sometimes the phone changed the ringtone to the default one , but i think it is for the new call numbers , is it true ?

and if not , is there a way to solve ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbisz41:
Ringtone problem occurs after reset, for me, not always. This is not the way, from what I've read here, do not even help the manager ringtone applications.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
Perhaps you can try to modify the default ringtone in your built.prop, but place before your choice in the good directory...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbisz41:
The phone must be root, not all have. Other solution?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
can someone who made updating to the device by FOTA support us with these updates , and tell us the differences that occurred .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
there were a complain of the compass , but after using the navigation once the compass worked well .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
a workaround that many people say that works is to disable "fast startup" on accessibility settings menu.

I have not tested it since I use a standard ringtone and I'm fine with it. It just rings ;)

---------- Post added at 10:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:45 AM ----------

compass is broken on version vB5Y and fixed on vBF4.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blindedfox:
The compass works fine for me. I'm on vB5Y-0. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
Maybe you are lucky, maybe you have not see that compass always say that nord it's on the upper right part of the phone, even if you rotate it as you want..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blindedfox:
I guess I'm lucky then. The compass behaves properly. :) i really hope JB arrives soon..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
how about your battery?

it drains in a strange way , using the phone like keeping it in sleep mode .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blindedfox:
Battery is okay too. I don't notice any significant change on usage. I usually go to work with the battery on full charge. i leave the wifi on during office hours. i usually have around 45 to 50 percent when i get home.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
when can we see a custom rom for our device?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbisz41:
I do not use a compass. Only applications for navigation: Tomtom, Automap, iGO Primo, etc.. no problems, smooth operation.

The battery works about 48 hours per charge is a drop from 100% to 90% for 1-2 hours even when not in use.

Do you know when you might be JB?

For me there is no update, still have vB5Y-0.

One more question: whether the updates to JB will do the wi-fi?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
has anyone the stock rom of the device ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadMav88:
R: Alcatel OT-997D Root and Rom development

For a lot of user there's a consistent battery drain in first 10/20 minutes of usage. There are 2 types of battery drain:

1) the battery seems to be fully charged (100%), but if u unplug the 997D in 1 minute u get 93/94%. It means that the battery it's not correctly charged. This issue happens just in the case of switched off device recharge. A way to avoid this issue is unplug the device for a while and plug it again for the complete recharge.

2) the battery is fully charged, but in 10/20 minutes the percentage switches from 100 to 95 with a medium usage. The the battery drain is more linear.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
MadMav88

did you find a solution to the second issue for the battery drain ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
Many phones don't charge battery to full 100% to preserve its duration.

Also my nexus s is not charged to 100%.

Maybe someone could check on kernel sources if there is something that controls that. On nexus s some devs created patches to extend charge to 100%.

For me that's not an issue, since I often get 50% of battery left after a full day of work with medium usage and 2 sim active. That's good for me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
I used to stay from 3 to 4 days charging with my skate , so it is an issue , and i hope that anyone could help either with a custom rom , or at least a solution .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbisz41:
The problem is only with the quick discharge from 100% to 85-90%.

Then the battery is operating normally, and the drop is even.

It seems that this is a problem in general most phones with ICS and JB.

No tricks, no help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
just buy additional batteries, they are very cheap from aliexpress. If you buy the TCL branded ones, they are original (search TLiB5AF Battery)..

You can charge them with an external charger.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbisz41:
My questions still unanswered:

Is is possible to update systems through phone- setting> update via wi-fi?

Is anything known about the date of the update to the JB?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear_factory84:
1. if it's the rom is unmodified (fully stock), yes. If not update will probably fail.

2. no
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbisz41:
The remaining case of the missing languages.

Perhaps the update JB give up, that probably no one knows.

If not, is to wait for the modified roms.

So far, there is no possibility to add their own language, with GooglePlay applications do not work in practice.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
How can i get a stock rom ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadMav88:
R: Alcatel OT-997D Root and Rom development

Nope, there's no way to reduce the battery drain, or better not for that range. I think that on start-up there are a lot of processes, so the CPU is more stressed. IMHO the battery has a long lasting, so no problem so far.

I use Juice Defender with personalized settings and my average lasting is about 48h and medium(-high) usage. I don't know more devices that we could say the same..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikec_thebest:
I have a problem with lagging on this phone. Can someone help?

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyqvmTYbm_U[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbisz41:
For me it seems that it is the same.

Exactly what is the problem?

Do you have a hidden bar with buttons?

How did you do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
Before try the following advice, be sure that all functions of LMT or button savior work (back, home,...).

For me it didn't work until I replaced SuperUser by SuperSu.

In order to hid softkeys, You can use differents applications, like: HID bar, GMD gesture... But I don't like it because it always remove your deskop or hide the top and bottom bar or others bugs.

Me I use this one, but read till the end:

Full screen toggle: http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1497558

After disable nav bar, you need to restart your phone.

But It's little bite more difficult, because the app doesn't restore the softkeys bar.

In order to retrieve the bar, I use ES explorer with root permission.

I go in system folder, and I modify build.prop.

You juste need to write directly on the phone:

qmenu.hw.mainkeys=0

Save in ES explorer, reboot, the bar reappears.

After you go to the same file and add:

##qmenu.hw.mainkeys=0

Next time you want to restore the bar just delete ##.

enjoy the full screen!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbisz41:
Unfortunately I do not have root.

Is to wait for updates and do root.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m-blade:
Rooted it,

Managed to after I got my phone from Service centre!! Was previously stuck on Alcatel logo and had to take it in.

the GScript gave me a nandroid should the device act up

Apps i'll not try - Rom Manager and any Font Changer app
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
Did you try to modify the animation speed in development menu?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulkun:
live wallpaper support

does the other 997D unit supports live wallpaper? because my device is not supported.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctibor:
How to root the latest official ROM?

I updated my OT-997D with the One Touch Upgrade Tool to the latest official ROM (vB5Y-0). But I certainly lost the root after the upgrade. The problem is that I could not root it again with the previously used method ('Root_with_recovery_by_bin4ry').

Could someone help me? Which method/tool should I use to root my phone again?

Thanks in advance!

Edit:

OK, finally I did it with MTK Droid Tools.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
of course it does.

if there is a problem , you can reset your device , then prepare it , if it doesn't work , you have to go to the agent to solve this problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blindedfox:
Use mtkdroidtools instead. I was in a similar situation before. I re-updated my phone thru the onetouch upgrade using a pc, then rooted it thru mtkdroidtools and i got root again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jman0:
Just a question for the people using the new vBF4-0 version. Where are you guys from? I'm beginning to think that the vBF4-0 version is not available worldwide, since a lot of us didn't get it when we used Onetouch upgrade or OTA updates.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
France
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaza78:
I have 997D from Germany,and we didn't get vBF4-0.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadMav88:
R: Alcatel OT-997D Root and Rom development

Italy!

I think that Alcatel released it just for some countries, for example on Alcatel Italia (Facebook page) a lot of users were concerned about compass (wasn't working properly) and HTML e-mails.. The new vBF4-0 version fixed these bugs (sure for compass, less sure for HTML). Maybe in other countries no one talked about these bugs, so for Alcatel everything is working pretty good. It's a supposition, personal supposition!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikec_thebest:
Одг: Alcatel OT-997D Root and Rom development

I tried that already and nothing...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
Does the version BAJ-0 NEEDS has updates ?, cos alcatel update tool doesn't show 997d in its menu.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toysnic:
Update worked for me with the choice: one touch 997 (without D), but previously I had vBF1 version.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogamycool:
Does it mean if i choose 997 to upgrade my device would not be harmed? , especially i did not find 997d to choose .