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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfan.y:
I was rooted my acer z120, its work.

Note: please save your 'scatter file' because different device have different memory address.

Yesterday I just brick my z120-stuck on acer logo, and try to restore android.img its work.

Have a nice to cook your acer z120.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scotyard:
Edit: No longer needed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svensonic1:
Hello can you help root my acer liquid i dont want to do it on my own because i dont want it to brick ;(

I can give you my Teamviewer ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dryice213:
[HOWTO][GUIDE] Root & Backup of almost EVERY MT65xx based Device

"=>TOOL DL image Fail!

=>uboot is blocking by dl info"

sir i tried to format whole flash using SP flash tool because some of the famous roms for lenovo s720 http://www.needrom.com/phone-roms/lenovo/s720/ were not working properly to my MT6577 phone.what must I do to fix my problem?please help me!see attachment(apologies for the poor quality image.i don't have an extra camera to take a screen shot):confused::crying:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dryice213:
[HOWTO][GUIDE] Root & Backup of almost EVERY MT65xx based Device

is there anyone here knows how to place this files in my lenovo s720(mt6577)? (see attachement).thanks in advance for your help:confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dryice213:
[HOWTO][GUIDE] Root & Backup of almost EVERY MT65xx based Device

sir after following your thread the only part that did not work is the SUPERUSER part.the super user button is locked so i did not finish the steps. I just searched for another thread just to root my phone. thanks anyways.:confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo2cv2004:
[HOWTO][GUIDE] Root & Backup of almost EVERY MT65xx based Device

Hy,

thankyou for your useful tutorial.

I have some doubt about steps 13-16-19 20

Step 13 "insert battery and connect USB". The device stay OFF or it must be switched ON ?

Step 16 "reconnect device to USB". But It should be already connected from Step 13 since at Steps 14 and 15 there is no cation on device.

Can you confirm ?

Step 19 "...shout down.... ". Does it means the device was ON (from Step 16 or even before from Step 13 ? Can you confirm ?

Step 20 "insert battery, connect to USB". Again, device is OFF or shall be switched ON ?

Sorry for these boring question but I am new to android OS and I want to be sure to make the procedure without mistake.

Bye Paolo
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
13: after clicking on "readback" in flashtool, insert battery into phone and don`t turn it on. then connect the usb cable to your device, phone should autmatically boot into download mode, if the driver is correctly installed.

16: since the device was in download mode, it should not automatically boot up. maybe it will go into "loading mode (where the battery animation for loading is) " but it will not boot up. so you need to boot it up first.

19: for this few steps, device maybe is not used, but i always connect it, so metk droid tools knows what it deals with. droid tools will modify the boot.img, which you backed up before, so maybe device isn`t needed, but its better to connect it anyways.

20: yes, again, phone is needed in download mode, so it must be shut off. same as step 13.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
if superuser isn`t working, device is not rooted, adb drivers are not installed or USB debugging isn`t enabled. droid tools uses the adb connection to push files to device (e.g. ADB push C:/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk). this will only work with a rooted device and working adb drivers. something in the earlier steps must have gone wrong.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maine_Coon:
my two 6575 are totally rooted.

many thanks to OP.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] attitude12:
Alcatel Tpop

Hi guys. I have an Alcatel Tpop (Vodafone 875 or Smart mini) and i kinda bricked it. I have all the files backed up with MTKDroid Tools, but i'm missing my DSP_BL file. I mean, i have it, but the SP Flash Tool won't load it. The phone just hangs in logo screen. Any help? Anyone with this phone could be so kind and upload preloader.bin and DSP_bl from it? Thanks in advance. (Sorry for my bad english, i'm from Romania)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
if you are refering to my tutorial - i never mentioned you have to flash dsp_bl or preloader??? on alcatels, this will maybe brick your device, even if you have backed up your preloader or DSP_BL. you can try to recover your smartphone with the alcatel update tool, since it shows something it isn`t killed already. what have you done to brick your device?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] attitude12:
I installed ChainFire 3D and it just restarted and then hanged on boot screen. And i couldn't flash dsp_bl.. I flashed everything, except DSP_BL and the phone just hangs. The thing is that if i plug him he shows the charging screen and my pc sees it every time. MTK Droid Tools sees it, it just doesn't have IMEI.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
try the alcatel flashtool. this will instal stock firmware onto your device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] attitude12:
Could you provide a link for me? I can't find anything on google or xda..

EDIT: I got Alcatel Upgradet Tool from their website but i can't seem to find my phone. I've downloaded the upgrade tool for t'pop but i can't find it in the application. I found one that looks alike but when i try to upgrade the program says that the phone has already the lastest firmware. As for the alcatel flashtool i can't find anything on google.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonipin:
HELP V875 aka smart mini

Can Someone help me Root my V875 aka Vodafone smart mini...pls i really need help i cant do it by myself.... :(

If someone wants to help add me on skype: jonipin
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
[MENTION=464943]attitude[/MENTION]: i mean't the upgrade tool you are refering to. try to google around, the answers to your problem should be somewhere. since alcatels got a different partition layout and stuff, i cannot help you out here. [MENTION=5370977]jonipin[/MENTION]: if you foolow this tutorial, it should not be that hard. are you stuck somewhere?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bejarj:
Best tutorial ever!

Thank god for posting this tutorial so damn well explained, I always felt afraid to do this to my smartphone but seeing yours it seemed easy & safe and... it definetely was! And i'm no expert in this kind of stuff, got my N9770 4.1.1 mt6577 rooted successfully and I'm very thankful to you for that. :good:

Just do step by step and it will end working like a charm, I just didn't installed the CWM, I choosed the normal way. :cool:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beirajunior:
One more question!

So, im almost getting all things done. But when i try to download the images, i got this error, and the green bar dont appear. STEP 20 of the tutorial.

Any suggest ?

Thanks :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
don`t try messing around now, or you will brick your device!!!! this is telling you that the partition layout from your scatter file is different from your smartphones. flashing anything here maybe! kills your device. i would suggest you are trying another rooting method here, because you got a alcatel(based) smartphone and there are always be problems.

cause its different pfrom your device, you need to make a FULL DOWNLOAD of all partitions. flashing preloader will brick alcatel devices, so make sure you dont flash preloader or DSP_BL.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bejarj:
going a little offtopic but... do you have a thread showing how is the working going on that rom that you're making? I would like to see some screenshots, etc.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
no, i don`t have a thread and not released yet. i hate those ****storms when something isn't working and i "need to fix it". thats why I keep it a secret til' i release it. you can experience Vanilla android, without any branding (especially N9770 with jellybean got some ****ty fake touchwiz UI), fully theme support (even XML files in every System APK, so you can make it , e.g. iOS like with one klick and then go back to stock, just like cyanogenmod theme manager), massive tweaks, customizable stock launcher, customizable IME, framework and system UI tweaks, much much more... i got huge wlan problems (phone gets killed when screen shuts of, laggy UI...) but they are gone and i`m working on it. you can become a "beta"tester if you want. just PM me if you are interested.

EDIT: saw you got also my device and rooted it successfully ;) if not done yet, just press "thx" in first post , no need to thank me directly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyber71khan:
mtkdroidtools updated to 2.48

nvram backup easy :) Be sure to backup :good:

---------- Post added at 02:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:16 AM ----------

mtkdroidtools --> create scatter android_scatter_PMT.txt and use spflashtool and finish :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
there you go! but if i mentioned before, never flash preloader or DSP_BL on these kind of devices. it will most likely brick it!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Polv89:
Only root, or do you have flashed a rom?

thanks ;)

i'm italian too
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciolo15:
vodafone smart 3(975)

Hello!

Please help me !

I tried to root my vodafone smart 3 (975) and at the last step when click Download an message appeared who said something like this: not all the files where .... somthing... This may cause problems on boot. I clicked Yes but I did not realised this ( because in that step said something about Ok, or something like that and I thought that this is the message and I don;t have to worry). After this, when I turn on my phone, it get stucked on Logo screen over and over again....can u help me to solve this, or I bricked my phone and there is nothing I can do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
open your scatterfile in flashtool and does it look like the one posted few posts ago?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciolo15:
like the one in the steps? or what scatter file?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
sureyou read the whole tutorial clearly, if you did not know what i meant in my previous post? :P

you obtained a scatterfile with mtk droid tools. open this one in sp flashtool and check the partition layout.

is it the same like that one

http://i.imgur.com/DIbriiJ.jpg

or without custpack, mobile_info etc. partitions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciolo15:
sorry, I knew what you ment, but I think you reffered to that error message on that picture. Everything is on his place: custpack, mobile infor, android, everything appears
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
then you should refere to the first few lines in the starting Post. its clearly said that those devices are NOT supported in this HOW-TO.

i don`t know how i can help you out, you just google it yourself. sometimes taking scatter_blabla_PMT will help you out.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciolo15:
a friend of mine had the exact same phone and rooted with this method and it worked perfectly...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
if it was exactly the same, then there are 2 possibilitys:

a) you did something wrong

or

b) even if the phone looks exactly the same, it sometimes isn't the same.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciolo15:
and if I did somehing wrong, and the phone blocks on logo screen and it tries to boot but what he can do is logo screend, what can I do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steph124404:
Help please

Please can i use this method to ROOT my Vodafone 875 i need reply before i proceed please.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
don`t ask me that. i never got an alcatel ( or a branded one) device. all i know, from mt6573 devices some time ago, that reviving an alcatel is pretty difficult sometimes.

@steph124404:

look into this thread, i think someone already rooted it successfully. since its an alcatel, i cannot say it will work and maybe you will end up with a bricked device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Klown80:
This works on MTD and EMMC partition layouts...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38337401&postcount=5

Can we give credit to Rua1 for MTK Droid Tools too? Without him most of this would not be possible! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maine_Coon:
Works fine.

My F7100 is rooted, recovery is flashed.

But for the life of me I cannot go into recovery, no matter what I do.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
[MENTION=4227150]Klown80[/MENTION]:

yes, but not for this tutorial. you cannot flash back the downloaded files, and i don`t wanted to explain every little thing. thats why i was reffering to rua's thread in my first post, where you can go if you got an mt6573 device or a mt6575 with mtd partition layout (i think its the same link)

if you want to thank him, donate him a coffee via paypal. ;)

( btw. i dont't want to say this is "useless" but I personally do NOT use Droid tools. great tool, though. i un/repack all the stuff my self, i basically just needs Flashtool, ADB and Linux. for most people the tool will help a lot, thats sure. )
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Klown80:
I was one of the first of very few to donate FYI :good: I understand you may not personally use his tool, yet you have a link to it in your post lol. I was simply suggesting you link to his post for downloading MTK DT since it has been updated higher than the one you have posted anyways, plus if anyone else felt like buying the man a coffee they can too! :)

I agree, I prefer to unpack repack myself as well as using Bgcngm's unpack and repack scripts or mitchfoods TWRP scripts too. ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
thats gr8! yes, this is because a lot people here never done such things, and in this case, droid tools is definately the way to go. and yeah, i will surely do that, but there is also a bad thing behind that - the support isn't that good, in my case. i made this tutorial with 2.3.7 or so, and , for example, the "auto recovery" script was totally new for me, because i only used V 2.3.7. then a user wrote me a PM what he needs to do, because it was not explained in my tutorial. :P

i hope you know what i wanted to say, not that easy if you are german.

i will update the first post with a link to his thread, if somebody wants to download newest version. ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maine_Coon:
Sorry to bump.

Anyone has an idea how to solve my problem?

BTW, I have found out that 65xx devices can be rooted by one click using motochopper tool http://hexamob.com/how-to-root/motochopper-method/. It will not be able to push Superuser.apk to your MTK6575 phone ( at least it was not able on mine), but it will push the exploit. You'll need to download and install Superuser or SuperSu from the Google Play.

Chrizzly92, not meant to undermine your method. You did a great job, thank you. I was able to root my F7100 using your tutorial before I found out about motochopper.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
Yeah, and if you kill your device with the exploit, you end up creating a thread called "bricked device after rooting"

Sure you can do that, but you backup all necessary files before making changes To the system With "my" method.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steph124404:
Thank for this awesome Tutorial. I hope this work on my Alcatel V875? Don't wanna brick my phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
sometimes i think i am talking to a wall. your question is explained in the first few linies in Post #1 !! you can try it on an alcatel device, but maybe it will brick and you won't get any help in this thread.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MKinyua53:
Thank you.

I used the procedure to root Alcatel T'Pop 4010D and it worked,I only had to download SP FLash Tool 3.1316.0.150 since 3.1224.01 refused to work on the device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datsoy:
Working! thanks a lot!

My phone is Alcatel OneTouch Soleil 5021e.

I used the procedure and it worked! though i have a MTK6567 and the v1.224 giving me error flashing boot&recovery.img's.

only the latest(what i know) flash tool worked for me wich is v3.1304.0.119

Thanks a lot!

Edit:

I try to do it again this time with CWM. it flash succesfully and i can go in recovery mode but the problem is when mounting sdcard it says "error mounting /sdcard!

i dont know what to do, i do search hours now but icant find a workaround for this.

I need help with this. thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
as i already wrote earlier and in first post, this is because those alcatel devices has different mountpoints and a different partition layout. recovery will boot, but you need to get a working one for your type of device. on mt6573, there were made some custom recoverys for alcatel devices. i don`t know how about mt6575 or mt6577, but im sure you will find them somewhere. maybe you need to port them first to your device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datsoy:
Sorry its working now!

There's no problem.

only my sdcard wont recognize in cwm'r, i dont know why.

I just change my memory card to a new one and its working now.

maybe the class of mmc matters.

Again, Thanks alot! And regards.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crissbride:
Hi!

I have ACER LIQUID Z120 with single sim card and i think i lost everything from he.s memory.I try to install again a new rom but the smartphone said " unmount system,unmount data".I can not create partition on sdcard.What can i do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
[MENTION=5297624]datsoy[/MENTION]: did you created you cwm-r with mtk droid tools? never knew it will support alcatels partition structure. ;) [MENTION=5147385]crissbride[/MENTION]: do you lost it through this tutorial? or what have you done? flashed with flashtool? flashed a zipfile through custom recovery? if you want some help, we need some more informations.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy905:
Has anyone used this method to root a Lenovo P780 mtk6589 quad core phone yet?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crissbride:
my acer z120,is brick.no logo,no nothing is happened.With SP Flash Tool we can unbrick?But i need the custom boot.img and recovery.img.Then,the custom ROM for Acer Liquid Z2,kernel 3.4.0.Now,MTK Droid Tool v2.48 dont see my phone on usb.

Thanks for your help!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
yeah, and HOW DO YOU BRICK IT???? with this tutorial or what have you done? i know its a brick, but i need to know what you did to brick your device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crissbride:
i found it on mediafire a files boot.img and recovery.img for acer and with sp flash tool i was change on phone from usb the old files.so in this moment there is no movement.is dead.i think is not the custom files.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
if you only flashed boot.img and recovery.img, your phone is not bricked. you need to find the correct files for your device.

this is why i ALMOST try to tell everyone

"MAKE A BACKUP FIRST!!"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crissbride:
yesterday i was at Custom Orange Center Service to repair my phone.After one week i will be able to get back like a new phone.

i wish to Thanks for help!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
hope they will get your device repaired. for the next time - make a backup first. (e.g. with mtk droid tools) and then start flashing custom files. if they are not working, just reflash your backed up ones and everything will be alright.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crissbride:
i hope will be fine.see you next time and..Thanks again!:cool:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAROCANU:
Rooting Vodafone 875 aka smart mini aka Alcatel t'pop

Jonipin: go to srsroot on google, download program, install, connect your phone, press Root device (all method), and when ask you , press the name that appear on the phone display, wait until root completed... Enjoy!!!

---------- Post added at 12:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:12 PM ----------

Hi Chrizzly,

I have root my vodafone smart mini (875) with srsroot one click.

Now, if you know a link and want to share, plz help me with original stock rom for this device! i flashed a custom rom, i make a backup, and when i tried to restore, the rom install but don't have camera, galery, and work bad.

THX!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heraklejon:
Shortcut if you have a working ROM

Since I have had flashed a custom (but not rooted) ROM into my phone, I was able to cut some corners by skipping some steps of [MENTION=4747675]Chrizzly92[/MENTION] 's instructions (here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2332783)

Please notice that this was possible only because I have the ROM files and, as them was previously been flashed into the phone, I was certain that the phone was fully working.

Press button to see what I did. Do it only if that's your case. Otherwise you might end up with a bricked phone.

This worked for me. It should work for you if you're on the same case, but I make no promises.

1. Phone On, USB unplugged. On the phone, enable Android's USB-debugging under Settings-Development->USB debugging.

2. Plug the phone to USB and make sure it gets recognized as "Android Phone - Android Composite ADB Interface" -> if this is a Unknown Device, you should install the ADB drivers..

3.Open MTK Droid Tools

4. Switch to "root, backup, recovery" tab in MTK Droid Tools.

select "to choose the boot.img" and press on "Recovery and boot". select boot.img and recovery,img from your ROM files. MTK droid tools will patch boot.img, so you obtain permanent shellroot.

(optional) a window will pop-up and ask you, if you want to install CWM-r. i cannot tell you if that will work, but you can try it, since you backed up your recovery before. ;) )

(optional) a window will pop-up and ask you for the name of your device(you connected it before starting droidtools, so this should not ask you for the name). you can just press enter or you can enter a name for your device.

5. Droid Tools should have modified the boot.img. "--a task is complete--" text should show up in the right of droidtools.

6. Backup your ROM's boot.img and recovery.img to somewhere.

7. Replace boot.img and recovery.img on your ROM's dir by those generated by MTK Droid Tools. They should be in a directory named recovery under MTK Droid Tools own directory.

8. Phone off. Battery unplugged and then plugged again. USB unplugged. Open SP Flash Tool, select scatter file, press "Firmware->Upgrade" button first, connect USB cable later in order to flash the new ROM.

9. Phone on. USB plugged. Back to DroidTools, switch to "root, backup, recovery" again and press on "SuperUser". this will push superuser, SU binary and busybox to your device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
yeah, but this tutorial aimes for users which does not have an already made backup. also, if you got the wrong files, device will brick in the worst case...

but there are easier ways than yours. personally, i just mount the backed up system.img and boot.img in dsixda's kitchen, unpack the boot.img, modifiing default.prop, repacking the boot image and then i will flash it with flashtool or an selfmade zipfile. ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pluticoman:
Testing on my Acer Z120 MT6575 base, It totally worked, My Acer z120 is now rooted. thx ....any custom roms for my device????(acer liquid Z2) and i install CWM and it's working well thx again
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlsvcbbn:
Excellent Job

Thank You.

It works on Vodafone Smart Mini (875).