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[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
If you have twrp installed or can get to the bootloader to boot it via fastboot it has a file manager built into it that will allow you to copy files including the build.prop to /system. You may have to go into the settings and tell it to mount /system. If all else fails you can flash the stock 6045i backup and "start over"...it's been tested to work although you have end up having to do a "factory reset" in some cases after flashing it.

You should have both a twrp backup and a titanium backup handy before editing system files. I speak as someone who's been in your exact position after editing my build.prop with a "simple" change that stopped it from booting up....you also have the option to go into adb shell while the boot is "hung"(cause although it won't finish booting it still allows you into adb shell and you should be able to do a su to get root (would show you root@idol3 as the command prompt)....you could then do "mount -o remount,rw /system" which makes system writable and then copy the build.prop from somewhere like /sdcard (where you can push it from the pc if necessary) to /system.

All of that was said because right now there IS no way to create an update.zip because files we need for the meta-inf folder are not yet available...these would normally be taken from a stock rom or a custom rom.....which we have neither of...it's possible we might be able to work with the spanish rom but that's not definite yet.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] datkevjames:
I have stock recovery, no TWRP or CWM, when I try to boot the phone it stays stuck on the Alcatel logo /w powered by Android like it's in bootloader mode but it's not. It's in the Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode which, from researching, means a hard brick and very difficult to recover. I've tried messing with QPST but without a restore image with the proper files QPST requires, I believe I'm SOL. I've tried multiple times to sideload tweaked update.zip's from the spanish rom, other generic 'create your own signed update.zip' threads here and elsewhere, tweaked the updater-script to where I was able to get "cannot verify whole-file security" or whatever but still it wouldn't sideload. I felt I made progress right then and there but now I've hit a cement wall.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
When the phone is stuck are you able to hook it up to the pc, type adb shell on the pc and get a shell prompt to the phone? If so, you can do an "adb reboot bootloader". Once in bootloader you can follow the instructions in post #2 to BOOT TWRP. If you can get TWRP booted (which doesn't install it) you can use the file manager in it to repair/replace the file (I hope you made a backup of the file because if you edited it on a windows machine with an editor that doesn't maintain proper linux formatting there's your issue).

Again I'll ask why people are editing system files with no backup made. If you rooted, why on earth did you keep stock recovery?

Report back on whether you can get to bootloader.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] datkevjames:
I have a backup of the build.prop. I rooted and then right after rooting messed with the build.prop using 'Build Prop Editor' on the Play store to try to get the phone running faster/smoother since it was quite laggy. I rebooted the phone right after editing and this is when the madness began. Using an app specifically made for build.prop editing on the phone itself, how can it ruin the formatting? I cannot get to bootloader no matter what I try. Is there any key combination anyone knows of?

Any time I try doing 'adb reboot-bootloader' or 'adb reboot' or 'adb reboot bootloader' or 'adb shell' I always get this error, error: closed.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Did you have usb debugging enabled prior to editing these files? If you can't get to bootloader then you may have to send it in for warranty repair.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] datkevjames:
I am certain I had it enabled otherwise how could I root? I never flipped it back off after rooting...
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
When you see "adb devices" what do you see?

If you shows the word "recovery" next to your device name then you are in the sideload section of stock recovery and it will give you that file close error as it doesn't recognize "reboot bootloader" although it handles "reboot" just fine.

If you've rebooted your phone and waited till it's been hung a while so it gets as far as it can and build.prop is the issue you SHOULD be able to do an adb shell and get a prompt. I screwed up my build.prop previously and was in this exact situation...I finally managed to get a root shell because by default supersu does not allow root until it "finishes" but it finishes long before you ever see the gui. If you can't get a shell then I'm out of suggestions.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] datkevjames:
About how long did it take being stuck at the Alcatel logo did you hear the sound indicating it's connected to your computer? Or did you hear a sound? I notice when it boots the LED light is lit, then about 5 seconds later the light turns off... may not seem like much but it might indicate something important, who knows? I'll give it 15 minutes, that should be more than enough time for SuperSU to be 'finished'.

When I go to recovery and choose 'apply update from ADB" and I do 'adb devices' it shows me: (phone serial #) sideload, as it should.

Anything I do regarding 'adb reboot' 'adb reboot-bootloader' or 'adb reboot bootloader', it just gives me error: closed. Maybe can I trick windows 7 64bit into thinking the phone's in bootloader mode with a driver .inf switch? Idk, I'm at a loss. I've already e-mailed Alcatel for a replacement. They sent a blank response, go figure.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
I'm out of suggestions. Perhaps you should post a thread in Q&A specifically about your issue. As to Alcatel..if they are unresponsive file a claim under your credit cards extended warranty and explain that they are unresponsive.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] datkevjames:
Purchased the phone through Amazon from a guy who doesn't live too far from me. Maybe I should talk to him and see if he can help since he's the original owner?

Also, didn't you use a flashable update.zip with the build.prop in it to restore yours to working condition? If so, you used TWRP didn't you? I doubt you would've kept stock.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
As I stated, I went to adb shell on boot, su'd to root and copied the file from /sdcard to /system after pushing a corrected file to /sdcard. I didn't use an update.zip because no one has the update-binary file we need since alcatel has not released a full rom or source. This is veering off topic so how about creating a thread as requested in the Q&A.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] avidichard:
Searching to root my device Model: 6045I build: 7SQ9-UV93

As mentionned in first post, I'm posting my phone's info to attempt a root and finally have fun with my games. Thank you!
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Are you willing to provide a backup prior to rooting because UV93 is a build we currently do not have for the 6045i. If so the instructions are in post #2 and the backup will be useful to you to restore to when updates are available.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] petrov.0:
Thanks for the useful information in this thread. Here is a link The link has been removed due to the incorrect format of the archive.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] Maksim78:
Guys need helpflashuibg 6045I with 6045Y

Good morning!

First of all, my apologies if someone have already asked about this but I counldnt find anything (for a noob) on how to convert and flash Alcatel Idol 3 6045I (US) with 6045Y (EU) firmware. Is there a way to change build.prop and flash the phone with official tool without installing recovery or unlocking the bootloader? The phone is on 5.0.2 no root/no recovery/ locked bootloader. The reason I would like to convert the phone to 6045Y is because I need additional languages that US model lacks.

Any help/instructions would be greatly appreciated!
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
How to potentially turn my $250 phone into a paperweight.

Perhaps you missed this part from post #3? (Do not crossflash devices ie flash the 6045i image to a 6045K or 6045Y. We don't know what the results will be!):

In the case of the 1 person that accidentally flashed the wrong firmware they ended up having to do a full factory restore because wifi and cell radio were not working. There is the possibility of damaging the hardware. Alcatel is not going to be producing 4 different models if they could get away with making only 1 and just changing the software. You will have to wait for custom rom's to get alternate languages. Each model has their own kernel modules, recovery and boot.img among other things. One of the models is a dual sim phone.

Old Joke: Patient: Doctor it hurts when I do THIS. Doctor: Well then, don't do THAT.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
I'm not sure exactly what this is as it's not a valid TWRP backup...it also appears to be a "system" backup and not a "system image" which is what the file will be named if the correct choice was made. I'd be more than happy to post your upload but it needs to be in the format requested in the instructions which includes the .md5 and recovery.log files in a date timestamp folder.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] petrov.0:
Sorry for this. The backup have been made with the TWRP recovery from Decker.Kaluga, but I doesn't have a 'system image' option in the backup settings. I will make a dd copy of the system partition (mmcblk0p25) but it will be harder to be restored (probably instructions will be needed for some users). My phone is not rooted yet, but some of the pre-installed games & apps have been uninstalled already. Is this a problem? If it's not I will make a new upload with the dd image.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Ahh I see...the 4.7 model is using an older version of TWRP which doesn't have the system image option that was added to the newer version. The problem is this...if you are able to dd the system partition then you ARE rooted as otherwise it gives a permission denied error unless you are doing the dd from adb shell while the phone is in TWRP? That image would work but it's going to be about 2.7GB in size. The 4.7 model users should work to have someone build the latest version of TWRP using the boot.img and stock recovery. Perhaps someone could speak with [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] to see if they would be willing to do so. Also the uninstalled apps and games are not an issue provided they were only the ones installed to /data that allowed a normal uninstall. If however you've removed apps from /system then your partition is now modified and will be useless for the purpose of recovery to get OTA updates.

If the 4.7 backups are all going to end up being 2.7gb dd images someone else is going to have to head up accumulating backups for them as I'm not on high speed and don't have the bandwidth to grab 3gb images and reupload to mega for multiple models across multiple firmware versions.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] petrov.0:
The missing applications and games have been uninstalled through the settings >> apps menu. The system partition is untouched, so it should be good for restoration of modified (rooted) system. Yes, I will do the partition image over adb while I'm in the TWRP recovery (actually I did it already). The dd image of the system partition is 1.9 GB uncompressed, but probably the size will be cut to half of this after compression.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Ok...let me know the size after compression. I think I've got the space for the 4.7 images if they average around the 1gb or so compressed size the 5.5 models did. If not I'll just have to open another mega account specifically for the 4.7.

Oh another positive of the new version of TWRP is that it can flash .img files directly which would make restores easier.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] petrov.0:
The size of the image after xz compression is 854 MB. About the upload to filedropper. I think that an archive with a small readme, the compressed image and the md5 sum of its uncompressed variant is a good idea. What do you think about this ?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
I have no idea what xz compression is. Please keep in mind these images are used by Mac, Linux and Windows users. If we can stick to rar, zip or 7zip everyone should be able to handle them. Your idea of the md5sum of the full file and readme are good ideas. If you have time to document the general process you did to backup so it can be reversed for restore's that would be appreciated. I ask because you might require additional steps on the older version of twrp I won't see in the newer version.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] petrov.0:
Files compressed with xz can be decompressed on Windows with 7-Zip and on Mac with The Unarchiver. There are no special requirements to create the image of the system partition, however I've described how the same has been made and how can be restored. Here is the link to the archive (with the compressed image, a readme.txt and the md5sum of the uncompressed image) uploaded to filedropper:

filedropper.com/systembackup6039y
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
I make no promises but try this update.zip and see if it helps.......generated it with an app called "zipme". This was a 6045i..I don't remember what your model was but perhaps it would work long enough to get booted then get the right file back.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] datkevjames:
I sincerely appreciate and thank you for your efforts to help me get this phone back up and running.

Unfortunately, the update.zip you provided did not work. Stock recovery gave me the usual error: E?footer is wrong & E?signature verification failed.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
I thought on this some more and it looks like some of the other 4.7" model users are trying to get threads started for rooting and twrp on the 6039. Since the 6039 also has multiple models (Y and K at least) and you have a different method of rooting, a different version of twrp AND a different method of storing your stock images I think it would be best if the 6039 had it's own stock image thread being handled by a 6039 user that can verify things. It's also growing much more complicated and the potential for confusion with newbies is big if we tried to put it all in one thread so I'm going to mark the front of this thread with a [6045] tag and leave it at that. I'll be happy to help whomever wants to head up the 6039 models if they need assistance starting their own thread.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] Nikola Jovanovic:
Have anybody tried mobilego one click to root app?

Sent from hell
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Why would we need to? Since TWRP is out now people can just flash the Supersu zip directly and install the supersu app from google play.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] Nikola Jovanovic:
Just to have in mind what works and what doesn't

Sent from hell
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Better to ask here and more likely to get a response: http://xdaforums.com/idol-3/help/root-ability-phone-t3116179
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] phonepersonality:
The Stagefright OTA update seems to have installed on my previously rooted device.

I achieved root via TWRP, however I booted into it. I didn't flash it.

I unchecked the 'enable root' option in SuperSU and checked that an update was available.

Then I downloaded the update.

I went back into SuperSU and selected the 'full unroot' option.

After that I rebooted and ran the update installer.

The phone rebooted (slowly) to the update animation (Android with progress bar underneath) and updated successfully? (No errors).

My device has rebooted and is currently optimizing apps (147 out of 188).

I'll let you all know what happens when it completely reboots.

If this works, then it's possible that the recommended stock system restoration process prior to OTA may not be needed. At least, not for this specific update.

Stay Tuned.

****Update - Phone Booted Up Fine. No problems. I'm going to reroot.****
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
That would actually be good news....the recovery's are still useful for people restoring their phones from bad flashes etc and it's a heck of a lot easier to just unroot. I'll give it a try tonight when I try to grab the 6045i update.zip download to give folks the option of doing a sideload.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] purple.epod:
Awesome, thanks very much. I'll try sideloading it onto my Canadian 6045i after you upload it and report back.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] beesfan:
Thanks. That method worked for my 6045i also.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
I don't know that you want to sideload my update.zip on the canadian one....the update checker passes info to alcatel telling it what firmware you are on so it builds the update.zip to only include the changes you need (because patch won't apply a patch a 2nd time) so if you wanted to try the usa firmware you'll need to wait until I get a clean version of the full firmware uploaded or download one of the existing ones and go through the checker yourself. Make sense?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] purple.epod:
I just want the bloody stage fright patch without waiting over a month for my cell carrier to *maybe* okay it. This is frustrating.

---------- Post added at 10:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:11 PM ----------

Heck, I'd even be willing to flash a clean system image for a US model at this point.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] maigre:
I successfully went through phonepersonality's protocol for the update.

I had some trouble reestablishing root again, though. After fully and successfully completing phonepersonality's protocol, I went into TWRP and flashed SuperSU again. I rebooted and the system booted back up OK. But when I opened root dependent apps, they didn't acknowledge that the device was rooted and SuperSU didn't prompt me to grant permission for root access. I opened SuperSU and found that all the apps that had been approved for root access before the OTA were no longer listed. Not a big surprise. But nothing I could do within those apps would prompt SuperSU to ask again. Trying to use an app that would seek permission to access root made the phone slow down to a crawl, probably because of attempts to resolve the permissions issues. Ultimately, one of the apps did get the SuperSU approval prompt, maybe a minute after I'd opened it. But the screen didn't even respond to my press on the OK button. The phone was unresponsive by that point. I had to reboot after repeating these attempts a few times and seeing my phone slow to a halt. Finally, after the last of those boots, everything returned to normal. The SuperSU prompt came immediately upon request by a given app and I can now use rooted apps again.

Anyone else had any trouble?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] purple.epod:
OK I got both updates that have come out for US models, but they are .bin files, I need to figure out how to apply them.

Edit: never mind, they are just zip files named .bin
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] beesfan:
I noticed something similar, but all ok now.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] purple.epod:
Okay, so... I flashed the stock US firmware, which worked fine, however when I tried to apply the updates, I got errors with the device signature. I am not knowledgeable enough in how to modify the OTA update zips to not run that check to modify them. So I restored a Nandroid backup of my Canadian firmware, and all is back to how it was again.

I suppose I shall just have to wait.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
6045i_5.0.2-7SR4-UE40 (USA)

I'm currently uploading 6045i_5.0.2-7SR4-UE40 to mega and should have the link posted sometime tomorrow. For those willing to upload unrooted already updated system images for the 6045K and 6045Y users please ensure you backup both "system_image" AND boot (so the kernel matches the system).
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] capeorigins:
Awesome, I followed the guide and uprooted and updated.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
5.0.2.7SR4-UE40 Link added to Post #3

A link has been added to post #3 with firmware 5.0.2.7SR4-UE40. This is a non rooted system image + boot (they need to match so flash BOTH) with the latest updates already applied.

People who can upload a non rooted firmware for the 6045Y and 6045K if they also received a recent update please be sure to back up both system image and boot.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] KashRaman:
Sorry for being a novice.

I have flashed TWRP and rooted 6045i while back. I'm not clear on steps to apply the stagefright Patch. Can someone share the instructions?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
The simplest method NOW is to download the UE40 firmware I just uploaded in post #3..extract the folder to where your other twrp backups are and do a "restore" from that backup of the system_image and boot(the boot needs to match the system image because they made kernel changes). It's already unrooted and had the update applied....you can then flash the supersu root zip which for your convenience I'll attach to this message. This eliminates the factory update from wiping out twrp and any possibility of boot loops from the update.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] purple.epod:
I'm getting a 'decryption error' from Mega every time I try to download the UE40 firmware you uploaded. I've tried 3x in Chrome, trying Firefox now.

Edit: Yep, same error in Firefox. Is it possible to get a re-upload? I think something's not right. Also, it's only 1gb in size.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] matchqq:
So I was stupid and got my phone in bootloop and need your help. I uncheked root access in SuperSu and saw that I could upgrade to the latest firmware. Without doing a full unroot, I went ahead upgrade and when it's done and booted up, it's now stuck at boot animation "smart move." (how ironic). I rooted my device with the original method (a .bat with Chinese characters on screen) and I don't have TWRP installed. Is there any way I can solve the bootloop without losing my data? Thanks...
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Please clarify...are you getting an error when downloading or when extracting? It's supposed to be 1GB....the zip and rar were both around 1.3GB and the 7zip is 1.0GB.

The md5sum for the file is e7f9c1fabe87e1a9e25204c81f0b5a82 and I just successfully extracted it here on my linux pc. I'm not on hi speed so your talking about anywhere up to another day to re-upload the file so can someone else confirm whether the file is good or bad?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Several people have indicated they had boot loops after only unchecking superuser vs doing a full unroot. This is one reason I uploaded an already updated firmware. The bad news is without twrp and without adb access there currently is not a way to fix the phone. In the future we could probably flash a full factory image back to the device once alcatel has provided one but right now we can't. The only advice I can offer is to try and send it "adb reboot bootloader" over and over as it's booting to see if you can get it to bootloader where you can reflash twrp or boot into twrp to restore backups.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] matchqq:
I just download it twice and got "Decryption error" both time at 99%.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Ok I'll pull the url, use rar this time and the updated file will be up tomorrow or the day after.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] matchqq:
I don't know but can I download your factory image, load it onto micro SD card, then install it on recovery? They're probably not flashable zips right? :/
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] neilownz:
They uploaded the source for some device today, so I guess they didn't forget about sf.net. I'll just wait since everything works.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
No they are not flashable zips and they could only be restored using TWRP.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] KashRaman:
I'm also facing the same "Decryption error" at 99%. Will wait for the updated file.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
My concern is someone also reported a decryption error downloading the update.zip I put on mega as well and thats not a file I created....I just let the megasync app upload it to my mega folder...if something is screwed up on THEIR end not sure what I can do about it.