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[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
How is yours looking team fail? I switched to go launcher to try or out on this rom. The 3D glass transition sucks me in every time.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
I kept mine simple. I have Epic Launcher, which is close to AOSP, and it's nice and simple.

I also modified the DPI value in my build.prop to 370 from the original 480 it was at. I don't like a cluttered UI with large tiles and buttons and whatnot.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
Nice. If you change icon size and grid size through your launcher it does the same thing while keeping it at 480.

I think. Lol.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
Epic Launcher allows me to change the size of icons and text, so it's never an issue for me.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
I installed a mood for soft keys on this phone. Kind of a waste of half inch of the screen but I like the matching colors.

By the way have you had any issues with the xda free app?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
If you want to add the actual softkeys, you can modify build.prop to do that:

qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

Then reboot.

As for the XDA app, I don't really use it, so I couldn't say if it's giving me that issue or not.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
OK. Will that build prop modification allow me to use mods like the xperia soft key mod from closed with no issues?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
Which one would that be? Does it replace the keys with Lollipop-styled softkeys?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
No. Here
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
It may work. Enable the keys, then the module and try it. If it bootloops your device, restart it, and just after the Idol X logo disappears, hit the volume button a few times. If the device vibrates with each keypress (Up to a max of 5 times), then you should be able to deactivate Xposed and get into your OS.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
They work together its just quirky
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
Has anyone truid over clocking this phone yet?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
Not that I'm aware of, but I do know there are apps to change the CPU scheduler. I haven't played with it too much yet though.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
What's your average antutu benchmark score? I average 18k
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
I got something around 16590. I'll have to double check, although I also have a ton of apps installed, so that'll reduce my score a bit.

As for the XDA app, I'm getting the same issue, oddly enough. I noticed that it apparently gets moved to the SD card according to the Settings menu, but when the app is moved back to internal memory, it apparently does not exist. I'm assuming that there's something in the ROM that's uninstalling it. I'll see if I can find a fix for it.

Edit: Found the issue. For some reason, the XDA app is being installed to the SD card by default instead of internal memory. If the app is working at any given time, head into Settings, then go to Apps. Under your Downloaded Apps, find the XDA app, then select it. Then, tap "Move to Internal storage". After it's done, it shouldn't be lost on reboot anymore.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
You da man
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
I've been reading a few things about cyanogen mod 11 working with the MT6589 chip set. Any one willing to give it a whirl?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
OP updated with flash tool tutorials.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
If I knew how to make ROMs, I'd give it a whirl, but I don't. If anything, I'd go to 4PDA about that. That, or else talk on the CyanogenMod website and see if anyone there can build for MTK6589 chipsets.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] DeLoreanQC:
Hey guys, with the slimkat rom, is it possible to install gravity box ?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
Oh yea. Every xposed mod I've tried on slim cat had worked.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] DeLoreanQC:
what xposed version do you use ?

i've heard that some users have bootloop problem with xposed :)

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I've noticed a high battery drain on slimkat...do you guys have the same issue ?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
With slim cat I have the latest versions installed of both.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
The bootloop issue is only on stock ROM. We don't have that issue :D

As for battery drain, I have noticed a slightly higher usage, but I charge my phone every night so it's not much a concern. I have had issues with time sync and my SIM card sometimes not being read and requiring a full reboot.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
No issues with the battery. Or just I don't notice because the last ROM I was using was insane on power
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
So I did something weird to my phone lol. I was testing the resolve of this rom so i managed to boot loop my phone by installing xblast and Gravity box along with two conflicting system font mods, fonter and I font. The recovery partition was inaccessible after so I had to flash another ROM with a custom recovery using flash tool and then load into recovery and flash slim cat. Now when my phone boots it's has the boot logo as the tcl one rather than the one that says slim cat, but still loads my slim cat back up. What happened?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
Some kind of odd conflict between the boot partition and the ROM that's loading. If it's much an issue, flash with Mobile Upgrade S and re-root.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
I forgot to mention I actually did that as well
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] ronald_halbal:
hey Super, Ronald here.....think i wanna give SlimCat a try but, seeing some issues with u guys...Can u guide me through these issues please?

I've already located and saved my "modem_1_3g_n.img" to my memory card

Do i just replace this file in the same root folder i got it from after i flash SlimCat?

Are there any other known issues i should know of and the fix?

My device is 6040 (single sim)

btw: u should give dimkin a try.....sweet rom also.........u guys made me VERY eager to try SlimCat tho

thx in advance
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
The dimkin ROM is confusing me. Provide another link for me please.

And there after no issues with slimcat. The only issues I've had are because I've intentionally installed conflicting apps and pushed slimcat to beyond its limits. It's small, fast, efficient and best of all compatible with everything.

And yes. Replace slim cat modem img , set permissions to 644 and reboot.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] ronald_halbal:
Removed
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
I've never seen those instructions. I'll try it tonight.

Slim cat link is in the op of this thread.

Very simple.

Make sure you have custom recovery.

Download zip to your phone and save to SD.

Boot to recovery, wipe cash, delvik, factory.

Locate slim cat zip

Flash and wait until it's done.

Reboot and you're good to go.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] ronald_halbal:
SlimCat is SWEET! very fluid........all seems well so far.............thx

one thing though, i would like to use google launcher.

i cant seem to set it, is Nova the only launcher that can be used?

i downloaded the google launcher, followed the instructions, but clear defaults is greyed out.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
In the settings menu, there's a "Home" option. You can chose your default launcher there.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
Hey bro in gunna have to ask you to remove your links to the dimkin room ASAP. It's not safe.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] zXiC:
For SlimCat is is Gapps already on there? If not where do I get it?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] ronald_halbal:
thx Team Fail but, i'm not seeing any "home" option.

i checked in the phone settings......nothing there. The initial instructions was to go to apps---scroll to Nova----scroll down to "clear defaults" and select---then i could enable google launcher. But, the "clear defaults is greyed out (cannot select it)

i checked in the Nova settings and saw "select default home" but when i select it, it opens and goes to the top of the nova settings page.

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OK.....i got it to work guys...there was not a Home option in my settings. I downloaded another launcher , then i went back to apply google launcher and it worked.

weird though, i can now see the "Home" option in my phone settings

and on that weird note..

.i didnt have to move/edit my modem file.

...connected to network like normal, received sms and calls

SUPER rom....thx for all the assistance
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
No, not on Slimcat. Since it's a Kitkat-based ROM, download either of the two CM11 packages here and flash it in Recovery.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] DeLoreanQC:
Slimcat and wifi problem

Well, it's more an annoyance than a problem but...i'm in slimcat and when the phone go back from sleep mode, the wifi nor the data don't reactivate. I have to do it manually.

I've tried with and without powersave enabled, but it's always the same...the weird thing is the problem occur randomly, but at least 5 or 6 times a day, whn i wake up the phone with the power button...
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
This had not happened to me yet
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] zXiC:
I got an error installing Gapps. (status 7) Installation aborted. The Gapps being as you suggested CM 11 20140606.

Though upon boot I have playstore and the other Gapps.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
Try updating Google app through play store.

What ROM was it that you installed
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] zXiC:
Installed SlimCat. I've updated all the apps. I think it's fine just strange to see the error.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
What is the real point of flashing gapps? When I install slim cat it spray has play store and then I sim ply install Google from there and I'm good

Sent from my Alcatel OT 6040A using SlimCat v2.1
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] zXiC:
Oh, I was told it didn't have play store.

Anyways I'm bootlooped now. Is there any way to boot into recovery from power off state? I tried power and volume up and down.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
It's tricky. Try it this way.

Power off ACD wait a minute

Press and hold power on and and vol up count two 4.

Right on 4 release power but hold vol up still

Continue holding.

What else did you install before boot loop?

Sent from my Alcatel OT 6040A using SlimCat v2.1
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] zXiC:
lool.

Just so you know your iRoot.zip has a shortcut in there not the actual exe LOL.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
I was drunk when I uploaded. Sorry I'll fix soon

Sent from my Alcatel OT 6040A using SlimCat v2.1
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
Did you get into recovery?

Sent from my Alcatel OT 6040A using SlimCat v2.1
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] zXiC:
Thanks SuperDroid519 and Team Fail for your work on the guide :). I'm very happy with SlimCat.

As to why I was bootlooped I believe Titanium Backup restored something that didn't agree with SlimCat. Instead of trying for recovery I flashed back to stock, rerooted (I actually have the original Vroot from the first rooting Idol X guide) and flashed again.

Now everything's perfectly fine.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
Nice. Enjoy it.

Sent from my Alcatel OT 6040A using SlimCat v2.1
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] zXiC:
Never mind. Phone factory reset itself upon boot.

I really don't understand why as it's not the first time I rebooted but it did. Then I tried booting into recovery and Cavliv automatically factory reset the phone again.

I don't get it. Going to do this all over again with Phil.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
Yes Phil is recommended

Sent from my Alcatel OT 6040A using SlimCat v2.1
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
OP updated

I tried Dimkin. Don't like at all. Doesn't have external SD
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] DeLoreanQC:
Hi people !

Anyone here know if and where we can have news and updates about slimcat ?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
There's probably some discussion on it on the 4PDA thread, I'd keep my eyes open there. Speaking of which I should be doing that. :eek:
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
[MENTION=6667685]SuperDroid519[/MENTION] So I've been having a funny issue with my phone as of late, and I'm not sure how to go about solving it. For some reason, the WiFi reception on my device became extremely weak to the point that I basically do not have WiFi access on the other end of the apartment, while all my other Android devices do. I've tried Safe Mode on the SlimKat ROM, and I'm considering reflashing stock and seeing if the issue persists. I thought I'd check to see if you've had this issue first though, because I may send in my phone for repairs (YET AGAIN) if this keeps up.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
the modem.img workaround didn't work?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] SuperDroid519:
By the way has anyone ported any new ROMS for this phone?
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Incineroar:
I was going to look at the 4PDA thread now that I have my phone back, but I can't seem to get the site to load right now.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] Vasilij05:
Bricked Alcatel OT 6040X

Hi everyone,

I wrote about this topic on other thread but it seems that no one there is active anymore. Hope I will find answer over here :fingers-crossed:

I'll try to be as much as precise and detailed to explain what happen'.... I'm not an expert and please do not judge me :rolleyes:

Some time ago I decided to flash my Alcatel Idol X (6040) single sim version in order to install custom ROM. I found somewhere (might be on this forum ) instalation guide to install Kit Kat, and followed it step by step and successfully installed custom rom made for TCL 950.

Phone worked like a charm, but recently two things happened... First, HDD on my computer died and I've lost all installation files, including bookmarks of pages where I downloaded them. And second one is that I bought new phone and decided to give this Alcatel to my mother.

As I done it numerous times before I did factory data reset and expected to have clean phone with refreshed Kit Kat. However, I overlooked the fact that I've installed custom rom before.

I had Philz touch recovery (v. 6.57.9) and I've noticed from the first days of use that I can't enter the recovery menu like I did it before (power+volume up button) but I didn't care about it because I don't use it frequently. Now, I see on many pages that shortcut for the entering into the Philz touch recovery is power+volume up+home button?! But, as you know this phone doesn't have home button so I can't enter into the recovery mode. When I turn on the phone all I get is Alcatel Idol X logo and that's it....

UPDATE: Because no one answer on the first call, I tried to do it same as I did before. Installed SP flash tool, formatted the phone and tried to install new ROM and recovery. Now I get error msg: "Error 4032: Enable DRAM failed". And now I can even turn on the phone :(:(:(

And how could everyone suggest Philz recovery as the best option for Alcatel when this model doesn't have hardware home button? :confused:

Does anyone had similar problem and is this the end of my beloved Alcatel? :crying::crying:

Thanks to all in advance, and I'll appreciate any kind of help :good:
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] al.islam.333:
are there any lollipop roms or marshmallow ??? i think these will work better than kitkat
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] kdm6389:
Lolipop here

I have US version of 6040A with 5.1.1 Build No M5KUAK2

i am looking for TWRP > Philz > CWM
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] kdm6389:
dont use 4share

kindly upload philz-recovery to some reputed site mediafire, dropbox, or, google-drive

:( :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] kdm6389:
Here my alcatel 6040A specification (http://specdevice.com/showspec.php?id=a4ae-a071-76c0-8ea70d0bf7d9). It has Qualcomm cpu, unlike MTK,

and fastboot says

$./fastboot -i 0x1bbb oem device-info

...

(bootloader)	Device tampered: false

(bootloader)	Device unlocked: false

(bootloader)	Charger screen enabled: false

(bootloader)	Display panel:

OKAY [ 0.004s]

finished. total time: 0.004s

$ ./fastboot -i 0x1bbb oem unlock

...

FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.000s

$ ./fastboot -i 0x1bbb oem device-info...

(bootloader)	Device tampered: false

(bootloader)	Device unlocked: false

(bootloader)	Charger screen enabled: false

(bootloader)	Display panel:

OKAY [ 0.004s]

finished. total time: 0.004s

i want any recovery TWRP ot Phliz or CWM or any with which i can use adb in recovery mode
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] kdm6389:
MY Alcatel_6040A has Qualcomm SoC
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] bokili96_MNE:
SlimCat is by far the best rom for idol x it only has one bug you cant change the wallpaper but otherwise supersmooth and snappy.
[Alcatel Idol X Guides, News, & Discussion] RxBx:
Bootloop

I have the canadian version of this phone and i flashed TWRP-2.8.7-4060A recovery appears to be functional but the phone bootloops, i did a wipe, flashed all the roms i could find on xda (most fail but the stockish backup restores fine) and nothing seems to work, im worried about flashing other recoveries while i dont have a bootable operating system as i wouldnt want the phone hard bricked... Do i have any options other than learning to build Lineage myself?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blaqdymun:
I had the Galaxy Note 4 since released and I really should have stayed on Jellybean. I hate not having full access to my ExtSDCard and while I have tried Foldermount and custom roms (using Alliance Rom Currently)I still can't figure this out. 30gigs or 64gigs isn't enough storage for me. I leaned toward the Android devices because of the external option. Honestly I hate the phone now. Had I known this was going to be the route Android was going to to take, I would have made other choices. I have searched for fixes all over the internet, youtube, XDA and I can not find anything that helped. If there is anyone with a SPRINT NOTE 4, running Lollipop that has been successful in getting the external sd cards to work, Please let me know. I am ready to make this phone a very expensive door stop!:(:mad:

I know some of you will bash me for not searching I HAVE.

I know some won't agree, remember this is my personal experience.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GhostAssassin:
I have 64gb card n i haven't had any problems adding or removing files from it

So far so good

Sent from my SM-N910P using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blaqdymun:
what rom are you using? stock? custom?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blaqdymun:
What Rom are you using, custom, stock, rooted?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoniinfante:
What do you mean by not having full access to the ExtSDCard? I can do w.e I want on my sd card with Root Explorer, and if you need access for Titanium Backup then try this app, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix&hl=en

hope it helps, cheers:fingers-crossed:
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GhostAssassin:
I was on alliance afew days ago

Now I'm on the notorized rom

In both the external sdcard works great

Sent from my SM-N910P using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanalan82:
Ummm yeah, where to start. First it came with KitKat. this phone now is way more amazing on alliance with emotion kernel than when I got this phone on launch day. I've had zero and I mean zero problems on a custom lollipop rom moving anything around from a 128gig sd, especially alliance which is amazing. I can't possibly leave alliance ever and go back to the horrible colors of lollipop. My phone craps all over every other phone unless I were to run into someone that has a rooted/romed/kernel note 4 that has done as much to it as I have.... Still probably craps on it, LOL. KitKat had the problems with access to sd but that was fixable with root, but u didn't have to have a custom rom if u didn't want to. Lollipop corrected the sd limits that KitKat screwed up. I use folder mount but probably not what ur looking for. I use it because I have a lot of big games and the internal sd goes pretty quick so folder mount will move and link the big data folder for that game to the external sd.

Either u have some kind of hardware issue like maybe a fake sd card or something is wrong with the phones hardware and need an exchange, or should just go back to an iPhone.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blaqdymun:
SD Card not working on lollipop.... it could be damaged!

Thanks for the reply, while I also had the note 3, I am probably getting the OS confused. So yes, you are correct. The 4 did come with KitKat. Jellybean was the last OS I did not have SD card R/W issues with. I too love the Alliance rom, its fabulous but I cannot understand why my SD card refuses to work. I reformatted it and tried it with several other Roms just as well. I do know its a SanDisk 64gig which appears to be original. I will purchase a new one and give that a try. Although, I would like to think I wouldn't purchase a fake SD card, at least not intentionally.

Follow-Up: (4:46am): SO I tried an old SD Card SanDisk 16gigs and Whella!!! I use FX File Explorer and enabled Write Access and was able to create a new folder without issues. It is not an ULTRA XC card like the 64gb card but at least I know that it isn't the phones hardware and I also checked to ensure the 64gb was an original and from the videos I have reviewed it appears to be. It could very well be damaged. I placed the non-working sd card in my pc and I received a message "There is a problem with this drive fix & repair to prevent data loss" or something to that effect. I tried to run the repair program and it didn't work. I have chalked this experience up to "a damaged SD card"; however, I was able to copy everything on it to a folder on my PC and will be transferring it to a new card. I am interested in 128gb as well, if you can offer the brand you are having so much success with, I'd appreciate it. ;)

Signed,

Falling In Love Again :o
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanalan82:
Glad to here I figured out out. I have a 128 gig SanDisk with the highest r/w speed,. They made several versions so shop around.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigMosley:
I am stock Lollipop without root and X-plore file manager works perfect for me.
[ONE General] TerrorApple:
Hello,

I was just thinking of flashing an new ROM and remembered I used to run ViperROM on my HTC device. It had pretty many settings available and so now I was wondering which ROM ist the most customizable one for the 1+1? The more settings the better :)

Cheers