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[Android General] cityrover:
Thanks to all involved - I have now rooted my Alcatel one touch Pop S3 (5050X) with minimum fuss, used TWRP 2.6.3.0 & have made a backup.

Just debating as to which sd linking app (Link2sd or Apps2SD:Link) to go for now !

Edit - just realised my TWRP nandroid backup isn't working, has anyone made a ClockworkMod nandroid backup of their stock/unrooted Alcatel Pop S3 ?
[Android General] Tatsun0x0:
Does anyone have a backup of the traceability partition?

Guys I've noticed that there are several partitions not included in the TWRP/CWM. Is the traceability partition important? It is located at

/dev/block/mmcblk0p3

. May someone please dump their traceability partition? I'm not really sure if it is important but I accidentally formatted it into a swap partition when I was looking for a swap partition on my device
[Android General] Omotb:
Will this method work on alcatel one touch pop star 5022D.

If no, pls help me wit a method that will help me out. Thanks
[Android General] ModernWorld:
Hi,

I can't really tell you it'll work as I didn't try with this device.

Nevertheless, you can try step 1 to 4. This doesn't change any setting on the phone nor any file system.

If, at the beginning of step 5, your phone reboot and display a white screen,

it may have worked

.

Step 4 doesn't install fastboot, so worst case scenario, you still can reboot your phone by removing the battery.

Step 5 is the dangerous one, because if you launch by mistake the wrong menu, you may end up erasing all phone data (maybe even brick your phone).

It's up to you, to determine if you want to take this risk.

Please comment on the main post if you successfully manage to root this particular phone.

Note: To find out where is the internal memory and where is the external, you can do the following:

- With your phone running

- From Android Play Store: install ES File Explorer

- Within the application, go to the Internal Memory and take note of every folder and file there is inside

- Do the same for External Memory

- Once in step 3: compare the return of command

adb shell ls /storage/sdcard0

to the notes you take

- Do the same with

adb shell ls /storage/sdcard1

=> You should be able to determine which on is the External Memory for ADB
[Android General] Huggable:
Thanks for putting up the detailed tutorial!

I'm from Singapore and my S3 pop model is 5050. I could get to step 4 to load the custom recovery with this command:

fastboot -i 0x1bbb boot cwm_recovery_6050y.img

However, after finish downloading the .img file, the phone will reboot itself without needing to press the power button. I saw the unstable white screen as described, and it will be fully lighted up in white. Does that mean that the recovery image was not correct for my phone?

I still proceed with step 5. After which, I rebooted the phone normally.

SU root checker showed that my phone was not rooted. :(
[Android General] Draky50110:
Normally after fastboot IMG the phone reboots automatically to recovery TWRP.

then you flash update. zip
[Android General] zeta274:
I still can't get into Fastboot though. The phone just restarts normally. I tried the button combo and I tried adb reboot. Any thoughts? :/
[Android General] Draky50110:
Which recovery.img do you use ?
[Android General] zeta274:
I haven't even gotten that far. I did manage to get into what looks like FastBoot mode in the past 5 minutes by entering "adb reboot bootloader". The phone restarted and now says "=> FASTBOOT mode..." on the bottom of the screen.

I am on a 5015x, using the 6050 flash, currently at the end of Step Three.
[Android General] Draky50110:
This tuto is for 5050...
[Android General] zeta274:
They're very similar, it's possible it'll work. Either way, I downloaded Alcatel Fastboot USB drivers and now it's working fine. I'll probably bother you guys again if I hit another wall. :P
[Android General] Draky50110:
No problem ;)
[Android General] zeta274:
Well I went 5 minutes... Jeez.

I'm in Fastboot, passing "fastboot -i 0x1bbb boot cwm_recovery_6050y.img" and/or "fastboot -i 0x1bbb boot cwm_recovery_6036y.img". This happens:

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.456s]

booting...

FAILED (remote: unknown command)

finished. total time: 0.459s

I'm a bit stumped. Thoughts?

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I feel a bit stupid replying to myself, but at least it might help someone who runs into these issues. I ran "fastboot oem unlock" and that unlocked the OEM allowing me to use Fastboot normally.

---------- Post added at 10:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:03 PM ----------

Aaaand I bricked it. I Fastbooted over the 6036. I rebooted normally and that's it, the phone is in permanent boot loop. No way out. Shame.
[Android General] Draky50110:
I told you it was a 5050 tuto.

And on page 2 you have a TWRP recovery in 2 .RAR files to use, it's better.

Try to reboot to official Alcatel recovery with VOLUME DOWN + POWER.

Then wipe all and reset to factory default.
[Android General] zeta274:
The real problem here is that Volume Down + Power does absolutely nothing. I got to Recovery earlier by using a fastboot command, now I can't do that. I know I can easily fix the phone if I can get into recovery, but for some reason pressing those buttons doesn't work. Either way, you've been of great help so far and I thank you. If you have more ideas, hit me. :)
[Android General] Draky50110:
Also try VOLUME UP + POWER.

And if you try another fastboob with another .img maybe.
[Android General] zeta274:
Tried Volume Up + Power. None of the button presses seem to be doing anything at all. The phone just boots to the logo screen, hangs for a minute then resets, forever. As for trying another fastboot with another img, I want to, but I can't access fastboot now. I accessed it earlier while the phone was on, but now I can't even do that.
[Android General] Draky50110:
Ok.

Your phone is dead then...
[Android General] zeta274:
Hahaha. Thanks for the reassuring words. I'll bring it back to the store Monday morning and ask them for help. This doesn't seem related to the recoveries at all; the issue with the button combinations not working was there to begin with, so chances are this is a model specific error that they can fix. Thanks for all the help, Draky.
[Android General] sbpetrack:
no your phone isn't dead. Dead things don't boot loop. Dead things are... well, dead. I

believe that you can use SP Flash tools to download a fresh good stock recovery image to the recovery partition of your phone. You should then be able to boot that good recovery that you just installed, and from that recovery, you can install a stock rom.

When you install the stock ROM via the stock recovery, that will install a good bootloader/preloader over the slightly messed up you have now, so you phone will be entirely back to normal.

In other words: you've messed up fastboot, so you can no longer boot images from it -- but fastboot is not so messed up that you can't use Sp Flash tools to download a stock recovery (and then have the device boot into that good recovery once its installed). And a good recovery is all you need to reinstall a stock image containing a good preloader and a good everything-else.

Just in case it's not obvious: you might need to fish the stock recovery.img from the stock "update.zip" file. it's the recovery.img file that you use with SP Flash tool; once you have a good recovery, you use it to install the FULL update.zip file. this step will replace your preloader with the complete one. in any case, after recovery has finished installing the update.zip, you reboot one last time and you're done. Well, done with the return to stock, anyway.

Then you can set about bricking your phone again. :)

Hope this helps, though I'm rather new at this myself.

scott
[Android General] zeta274:
I left it at the store, but if they don't fix it themselves I will attempt this and get back to you. Thank you so much. :)
[Android General] sbpetrack:
The only reason they wouldn't fix it would be that they decide that whatever you did to get to that state also voided your warranty -- or that they themselves are grossly incompetent. If you do have to do this yourself, don't be scared, but do be sensible and careful. For me, the most important element in "being careful" was actually bothering to understand each step I needed to do. Before I really understood, I did incredibly stupid things, and ended up with a recovery partition that was entirely 0s. (I glossed over the fact that some tools give/require file-sizes in hex and some in decimal; some tools give/require file-sizes in units that are bytes and some in units that are sectors! It's a jungle out there, so be careful) The single most important thing if you use SP Flash Tools yourself, is to make certain that your scatter file is correct. You have a popular phone, so this shouldn't be too hard. Let me know if you need to do the job yourself, and something isn't clear.
[Android General] zeta274:
Well I do need your help actually! You say I have a popular phone, yet I haven't found a single instruction, tutorial or recovery file for it. If you could direct me to any How-To on recovering it, now that I can't even get it out of boot loop, that would be lovely. Thank you.
[Android General] bam_:
Has anyone tried this with the one touch pop astro? (5042T)

Got mine rooted and would like to try a recovery without boot loop lol
[Android General] Vonkurt27:
Can anyone can give me how to root alcatel onetouch pop 3??? pls
[Android General] zeta274:
Be specific, there are quite a few variants. Which one?
[Android General] Vonkurt27:
alcatel one touch pop3 5015E
[Android General] AlaDyn172:
Hello,

I have a ROM for Asus ZenFone GO ZC500TG, but the touchscreen is broken.

Anyone have a ROM for Asus ZenFone GO ZC500TG to flash it with SP FLASH TOOL?

Because on Asus official page, it seems that they have just firmware, but these firmware files doesn't have scatter.txt/recovery.img/data.img/boot.img, and much more, that SP FLASH TOOL needs.

Any help for me, please?
[Android General] Draky50110:
Wrong thread.

Read title.
[Android General] AlaDyn172:
Help

I thought that someone could help me :(( :crying:
[Android General] AlaDyn172:
Help plsss

Someone can help me with this error??
[Android General] Draky50110:
No.

Wrong thread.
[Android General] eRalf:
Hello, anyone have a stock ROM for Alcatel POP S3 5050X please ?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricardones:
I have the xt 1097 with lollipop. My moto x has root and twrp. I want unroot and install the recovery stock. Where can i find the recovery stock for lollipop?

Sorry about my english.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juliospinoza:
Is stock lollipop or you just flash a different version of your phone model? Every zip with stock IMG files has the recovery.img you are looking for, just download the correct version for you.

Regards
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pardus:
[Q] Flashed kernel, get "seandroid enforcing", now nandroid not working, please help

I tried flashing arter97 kernel for Galaxy Note 3 on my International N9005 running N9005XXUGBOA5 Echoe Rom v.23 which I understand uses the AEL kernel. I'm now getting "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING, Set warranty bit: kernel" message and it doesn't boot, just stuck on N9005 screen. Read the kernel OP a few times and searched the thread but can't find a solution, did I miss something?

Then tried to restore my nandroid backup but it gets stuck on the Samsung logo, tried the N3 AEL Kernel v1 but get the SEANDROID message and no boot again, can someone please point me in the right direction as it's been a while since I've done this? :o
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pardus:
Well, this is the weirdest but simple fix to this bizarre problem, after nearly a full day struggling to get the phone to boot, even flashing a stock ROM with Odin I found an obscure post on a thread here on XDA which fixed it. The trick was to boot into download mode and then on the screen that shows 'up volume' to continue and 'down volume' to cancel, press 'down volume' to cancel and then the phone booted, that's it! How utterly odd!
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moonryder:
hi guys,

my problem is a little difficult to describe.

After flashing a custom ROM (RR, CM, Vanir, Slim, LiquidSmooth...) KitKat or Lollipop , everything seems to work normal, but after unlocking display the brightness is about 5-10%, It is very difficult to see something on the display. The only way is to reboot into recovery and restore a nandroid.

This issue appears with installed mods just like xposed modules and other stuff, BUT it also appears without them (completely fresh install - ROM and GAPPS).

Curiously no problem with stock ROMs like KitSlim, Dstriker, PrivacyGuard and RockZ1K.

This is very ANNOYING!

Anybody the same issue or an idea how to solve it???

Thx for your help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] don123161:
I have a Sprint Galaxy S3 sph-l710, for some reason when I try to flash any tw or stock based rom it asks for a password to access encrypted memory. I haven't encrypted it and it flashes any cm based rom just fine. I have tried everything I can think of, I even formatted everything except the external SD card.... Please help...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Check the i710 forum, this is for the i9300 only.
[P3600 General] DisTreSs:
Hi everyone,

I am about to buy my first PDA/phone, and the choice boils down to either the E-ten X500 or the HTC P3600.

The E-ten has got the lead where GPS is concerned thanks to SIRFIII but the 3600 has UMTS/HSDPA...

I have read as much as I could on the Qualcomm chip that is used in the P3600 and since the GPS feature is very important to me, I'm worried that the P3600 is not the way to go.

I would therefore like to ask your findings in the GPS usage, not only in Time Till First Fix (although ofcourse very important), but also in keeping the fix, re-acquiring a lost signal, etc...
[P3600 General] anakinz:
Have a S300+ (french vodafone version) with the original ROM and Radio version and for me it's less than a minute. ;)
[P3600 General] JeRoMe_aKa_JaY:
Hi,

TTFF is impossible under 30 sec (except A-GPS), 30 secs is the minimum to acquire ephemeride in good conditions.

If you are searching the best sensitivity, sure, take the ETEN (sirf III) !

But, with my french Renault Clio and its athermic heat shield, no big issues, no delay over than 10 meters, even in city, hot start less than 5sec (tunnel exit).

So really happy, it's nearly like a BT antenna (in same conditions)...

I will post tomorrow some pics showing differences between radio 1.38.00.11 and 1.41.00.11 on the same route, there is no changes in quality so all people can upgrade to 1.41.0.11 (for the gps part)
[P3600 General] sickboy555:
hi I have a P3600 and a separate Rikaline 6033 BT GPS. "the only 32 Parallel Channel GPS receiver in the world - Uses the latest Fujitsu Japanese chipset giving excellent precision

- Superior than the Sirf III Chipset with greater sensitivity and lower power consumption"

I can say (marketing blurb aside!) the Rikaline is a superb device, and the P3600 is almost identical.

It finds a fix very quickly from cold (unless in a moving car) and the sensitivity of the P3600 seems to be nigh on identical to the Rikaline BT device. I did own another BT GPS for a short period of time - but found the sensitivity poor so returned it for the Rikaline.

I have to say the P3600 is a great solution. My only gripe is to do with the poor Voda 3G coverage in the UK.

I would say that phone reception is slightly better on my M600 - but that's going on number of bars in the signal strength....
[P3600 General] Cyrus Kourosh:
Please put the full name: "Time To First Fix" I guess in addition to the abbreviation (TTFF) in your vote

It can be : Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation or something esle :D

We are in a PDA dedicated forum... and not every body is suited to understand such GPS abbreviations ;)
[P3600 General] DisTreSs:
:) post edited... Dunno if I can change the poll though.... ;)
[P3600 General] DisTreSs:
thx for the great info!

Can anyone back this up?

The reason I ask is that it is generally accepted that SirfIII is better than the Qualcom, and from a technical standpoint I can understand and accept this. However, if usage on a day to day basis shows equal or near-equal performance, I could care less about reputation and would go for the P3600 :D

Hell, some might argue that if the Qualcom gets the job done with less sattellites, it's actually a better solution for it :D

On the other hand, I already put an offer in on a used X500 and can't seem to find any decent priced used P3600's where I live, so that might end up being the deciding factor anyway. But still, if the GPS is fine and I do get a chance to purchase a used one, I won't hesitate ;)
[P3600 General] Cyrus Kourosh:
If it can help :
[P3600 General] anakinz:
I disagree with this test !

Got the S300+ SFR, and it works like a charm !

Depend of the radio version etc...
[P3600 General] DisTreSs:
I already saw that one but thanx anyway ;)

Actually, that was the review which caused me to start doubting the P3600 as far as GPS is concerned :)

The problem is that the only thing that is translated into real-world usage in this review is the slow Time Till First Fix they mention (though this is not reflected by the poll here I must say...Maybe thanks to the radio updates in the meantime...).

It does not really answer my questions on how GPS usage is affected on a daily basis.

Ok, there is deviance from a set route and you can witness that on the tracks they map, but how does this translate into the real world?

Does it point you in the wrong direction a lot?

Is it slow in giving you the right directions because of a more latent signal?

Does it lose its signal a lot?

Does it not reconnect quickly after connection is lost (tunnels and such)?

From what I'm seeing here on the forum (or from what I am not seeing actually: complaints ;) ) this GPS seems to perform just fine so what is the relevance of the findings of the gpspassion comparison?

I'm not questionning these guys' work though, they seem particularly tech-savvy when it comes to GPS and I appreciate what they do.

But I'm starting to wonder in how far the SirfIII is actually any better.

I just set an appointment to pick up the X500 this weekend though, so if you guys are going to stop me from buying it, the window of opportunity is fading :D
[P3600 General] Baxter:
I don't doubt that the X500 has better GPS but I'll never own an ETEN product again. Go with HTC.
[P3600 General] Moaske:
Argh....we've been down this road a lot on this board already....

There's no actual winner here... I've used both a BT GPS mouse and now the Qualcomm in Trinity, and i can tell you there's no notable difference in the normal usage scenario's...

But hell...if you wanna start a chronometer everytime you fire up the nav, go right ahead ;) Does it make you feel better if either one turns out to be just 5 seconds faster than the other ?

The P3600 is just as excellent (if not better) in keeping the fix and reacquiring it, it's got HSDPA/UMTS, it's already got WM6 by now, and just looks freakin' good as opposed to the freakin' ugly E-Ten...

Am I biased ? Hell no.... ;) :D
[P3600 General] Antzzz:
Looking at that review it appears they tested it in an 'urban canyon' - city with lots of tall buildings type scenario. In that environment it is no surprise that the SIRF3 outperformed the Qualcomm chipset.

So whether or not it will work for you depends what the environment is like that you'll be using it in. If you are spending a lot of time in a city with lots of tall buildings and short streets (ie you'll be turning a lot) then maybe a SIRF3 based device is for you. But if you spend most of your time in the suburbs or open space then don't worry, the difference will be negligible.

My answers to your question would be no, no, no and no...

Having used both a SIRF3 BT GPS module and the internal GPS on the Trinity I would say there is absolutely no difference in performance in the environment I use it in, which is mostly suburban driving with occasional trips into the city.

Also TTFF I found was negligible between the 2 - cold time was ~3mins on both, warm < 30s on both.

Only real difference I noticed was that inside my house I can get a fix on the SIRF3 in most places, with the Trinity internal GPS I can only get a within fix 1 - 2m from a window. But since I don't have much use for the GPS inside this is kinda irrelevant!
[P3600 General] cs_e2:
Hello:

my answers are NO, NO, NO and NO.

I get a faster fix when I'm not moving but it is always under 2 minutes (always with TT6).

The whole "fix-discussion" depends on where the satelites actually are and how many of them are "available" in the sky...

I did not recognize any differance between the radio roms for the GPS...
[P3600 General] cs_e2:
Good point....
[P3600 General] Cyrus Kourosh:
No at all... (No signal lost, No wrong direction, No slow redirection, No slow reconnection ...)

For me, It is my first GPS... I never had one before, so I can not compare.

However, this GPS does not have such problems.... and works really perfect for classical/personal use.

I am using it extensively for months, and It fits all my needs and expectations.

Also, I do not have any experience with Eten.

But for me... the HTC Trinity is the best and the most complete communicating PDA never constructed :D
[P3600 General] DisTreSs:
Now we're getting somewhere!

Thanks all for your great replies!!! Keep 'em comming ;) :cool:

I'm starting to think about cancelling the X500 now damnit :D

Just when I thought I had it all figured out....
[P3600 General] anakinz:
Except when you are drunk, it very useful to find the way to your bedroom Looooll :p :D
[P3600 General] DisTreSs:
Yes and you wouldn't want to get stuck in the hallway for 10 minutes waiting to get a fix :D
[P3600 General] saminegm:
The main problem for the GPS in this situation is to always show you the right direction while the world is turning, turning, turning....
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgwap:
What sound mod do u guess use to get good quality sound that makes the bass thump.. Htc and Apple phones do sound right and I was just wondering if we can tweak or phones to sound equivalent to that
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shelooga:
im on leankernel and using faux sound with my preferred equalizer settings. its bumps, but still is clear for all background instruments etc.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgwap:
Can i use faux sound on Franco kernel?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shelooga:
not sure. i havent really tried out franco on anything
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ktimque:
This is my first Nexus so I'm getting used to some of the flashable stuff.

I purchased my N6 through VZW so it came with 5.1 LMY47E.

Can I install a ROM with a LMY47D base, and then just flash the E radio over it?

Thanks for the help.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
you can flash any rom
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ktimque:
From what I've seen, I can't flash CM12 for example, because that's a 5.0.2 base.

But the radio can be flashed over the ROM I do install, right?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
you can flash any rom(again) and you can flash any radio. i was on 5.1, flashed a 5.0.2 rom over it, then later i flashed another 5.1 rom. i tried a 5.1 radio, didnt like it, so i reflashed the 5.0.2 radio. you can flash 5.0.2 roms.

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you cant downgrade your bootloader, thats why many cm ppl had issues, as older cm nightlies looked for your bootloader then tried installung an older bootloader. cm has since removed that script.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Themes and Apps] tutibreaker:
Hello guys, i want to share the S voice app extracted from my old grand ( GT-I9080L JB 4.2) i was looking for a working s voice but the others versiona dont work in the prime so a give a try to this and is working !!! Except the settings options ( see the attachemment for screenshots )

Download:

S Voice