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Custom Rom for Alcatel T’POP

Custom Rom for Alcatel Onetouch (OT) T’pop

Custom Rom for Alcatel T’pop have been very elusive. Searching it online can be very frustrating but you don’t have to worry any more. This rom is Cynogenmod (Xperia Z) rom modded to work with Alcatel Onetouch (OT) T’Pop (4010A, 4010X, 4010D, 4010E) also known in some regions as Alcatel Glory 2S. This Custom Rom has been modded to use m2sd which increases alcatel t’pop internal memory by using the sd card to store Apps.

I wrote this article to guide you through the installation methods, but first you have to have your phone rooted and CWM recovery installed.

How to Root Alcatel (OT) T’pop

To root your Alcatel T’pop you must have a pc running Windows. Since Window does not have Alcatel drivers, download them from here.. After download execute the file and reboot your pc if necessary.

The next step is to install Ishuaji root. download from this link

The next step is to turn ON the USB debugging option on your device opening Menu > Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging.

Open Ishuaji.

Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.

5. Now hit that little green button which appears in the bottom-right corner of the app.

6. It should start rooting your device.

7. You should now be rooted! Excellent! Your device’s been successfully rooted and you’re all set to enjoy the customization of your android.

Installing CWM

Download Cwm from here (link below)

Extract the archive which contains two files (mobile uncle tools.apk and recovery.img) . Install mobile uncle and make sure to move recovery.img to the root of your sd card.

open the mobile uncle application and grant it superuser permissions. Just press the left option (that is the “allow button”.

Click continue then choose “flash recovery from sd card”. Choose recovery.img. Well-done you now have cwm 5 installed on your phone.

Removing Chinese Super User

Download Super User (google for it/playstore/or use the forum)

Switch off your phone.

Press the volume up button and the power on button until the phone enters recovery mode.

Select “Install Zip From Sd Card” option and go to the downloaded super user.zip. Thats All.

INSTALLING XPERIA Z MOD FOR ALCATEL T’POP

Now that you have a rooted phone and CWM recovery installed lets play with custom roms. To install a custom rom is simple but sometime things can go wrong. First you have to save your current rom. Switch off your phone and Press the Volume Up and Power button to enter recover mode. Select Backup and Restore, then Backup and wait for CWM to backup your current ROM which can be used to restore your phone to an earlier state.

Download the Xperia Z custom rom for Alcatel T’pop from here(link below)

Extract the RAR archive which contains XPERIA ROM MOD BY VIKTOR DOMINGUEZ.zip and a Folder named RESTORE containing other files. Create a Folder with the name clockworkmod in root of your sd card if its not yet available. Open the folder and create another named backup.

Copy the Restore folder you extracted to clockworkmod>backup.

Copy XPERIA ROM MOD BY VIKTOR DOMINGUEZ.zip to the root of your sd card, do not extract the zip file.

Installation

Switch off your phone.

Press volume up and power buttons at the same time until you enter recovery mode.

Do the following first -Wipe data/factory reset -Wipe cache partition if any

Select the option INSTALL ZIP FROM SDCARD. Select XPERIA ROM MOD BY VIKTOR DOMINGUEZ.zip.

Install the zip

When complete select go back until you find the option BACKUP AND RESTORE.

Select Restore and select Restore/ .Wait until the operation is complete and reboot your system.

THATS ALL. ENJOY YOUR CUSTOM ANDROID. (STAY TUNED FOR OTHER CUSTOM ROMS)

HERE IS ANOTHER CUSTOM ROM I UPLOADED FOR ALCATEL T’POP(4010A, 4010X, 4010D, 4010E ). THIS MOD CAN BE USED AS STOCK ROM.

The installation is the same as shown above

download mutacion.zip from here(link below)

save the zip in root of sd card.

download Restaurar folder from here (link below)

copy/move it to /clockworkmod>backup

reboot your phone to recovery mode and wipe ALL cache , Wipe data/factory reset .

the next step is to install mutacion.zip. procedure is shown above.

still in recovery mode, go to backup and restore and restore your device with the files you downloaded shown as /Restaurar

reboot your device and enjoy.