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[Onetouch Idol 3 General] KashRaman:
another novice qn...

By flashing stock recovery and boot ( http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62133691&postcount=26 ) after full Unroot, will I be able to go thru system update?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
You do not need to flash ANYTHING...you only need to do a full unroot to download and install the update however failure to do a full unroot will brick the phone with no current method to get out of the resulting boot loop.

The other alternative is to wait a day or so and flash the already updated non root system image (assuming the mega download works).
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] purple.epod:
Just a bit of an update, I went so far as to flash the UER0 US Firmware from this thread, and the US boot.img to my Canadian 6045i, and it works just fine - but - the system update app tells me there are no updates available. I can only surmise that Alcatel is using some sort of IMEI-based system to determine which phones should get which updates. I restored a backed up boot.img of my Canadian firmware, and then re-installed my Nandroid backup and am back to full-on Canada mode.

It seems I'll just have to wait for the UE40 firmware to be re-uploaded, but it'll work fine after that - though OTA updates will *never* work for a Canadian phone flashed to US firmware, I suppose.

Famewolf, if Mega is giving upload issues, maybe try Google Drive or androidfilehost or the like? I'm not sure.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] techware7:
If you have TWRP installed, flashing stock recovery via fastboot is an option, then (or before) do a full unroot, update, flash TWRP then root again... but who knows you might break something :p Or just wait for wolf's updated image.

oh, forgot about a small detail: all system apps need to be there if ur going to play...
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
As stated before flashing stock recovery(or boot) before updating is unnecessary as the update does a checksum and replaces the recovery automatically if it does not match.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] techware7:
Yeah but it looks like he has twrp and wants to run the update. If he doesn't want to wait he can't just unroot and apply the update with twrp. He would need to flash stock then update.

-- Well that's how it went with older devices that i had when applying OTAs. You have/had to do it with stock recovery. --
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
twrp will flash the update just fine in the normal flow of things..stock recovery isn't required.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] techware7:
So if he has TWRP recov and wants to go ahead and apply OTA update right now, the update will download, reboot, replace TWRP and flash? If so, then that's something new...
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] capeorigins:
What I did was I restored the stock system over my current data, and it let me update just fine. It was simpler than I thought haha.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
What part of this isn't clear? "twrp will flash the update just fine in the normal flow of things..stock recovery isn't required. " Unroot, reboot, download update...it will reboot INTO TWRP and process the update which among other things will overwrite recovery...it will then reboot back into the rom.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] techware7:
Simple really:

"If you’ve read all this and still insist that you want to install an official update from your manufacturer, the recommended process is to first return your device to completely stock including replacing TWRP with a copy of the stock recovery. Because the methods for returning to stock vary depending on the device, you will need to use Google to locate a guide for returning to stock and/or finding and installing a copy of the stock recovery. Note that there is no “uninstall process” for removing TWRP. In almost all cases the process is to simply install a different recovery."

But if OTAs run on TWRP on IDOL 3 directly then that's great.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Please try the following link and see if you have better luck. I won't add it to the 3rd post until it's verified.

https://mega.co.nz/#!K9szRIKR!ZdjIiH2Ol0ZCNe2VTSl6cbRyQeZFtafG3Y9CM0ecCkg

This was uploaded via the web interface vs using their megasync app.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] KashRaman:
Downloading right now.. will update you shortly.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] purple.epod:
Downloading now, will report back soon.

Edit: Downloaded just fine, will flash and report back.

Edit 2: We have a fully functioning Canadian device with 100% more security running US firmware!

[IMG="Canadian 6045i on US Firmware"]https://i.imgur.com/945pb3O.png[/IMG]
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] raychang:
Could you please post your md5sum for 6045i_5.0.2-7SR4-UE40.rar ?

Hi famewolf,

Could you please post your md5sum for 6045i_5.0.2-7SR4-UE40.rar ? I am not sure if I downloaded it correctly. My result is:

56376824f7c10d8debaec6c3a7100e50 6045i_5.0.2-7SR4-UE40.rar

Thanks.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
It matches.

56376824f7c10d8debaec6c3a7100e50 6045i_5.0.2-7SR4-UE40.rar
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] KashRaman:
Thanks for sharing. flashed system_image and boot from the download and looks good so far.

P.S: Clear cache before reboot, network was not picking up in my case.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] purple.epod:
I didn't run into that issue, but I did a full wipe before I flashed. Did you remember to flash the boot.img as well? If you don't, the phone will still work, but you'll get errors applying future updates I expect.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] KashRaman:
boot.img was not visible in TWRP to apply.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] raychang:
Thanks a lot to famewolf and purple.epod http://xdaforums.com/idol-3/general/convert-canadian-6045i-to-6045i-updates-t3177979 for the instructions, the Firmware: 5.0.2.7SR4-UE40 with 08/10 update works very well in my 6045i (USA).

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Hi famewolf,

I restored the UE40 Boot and System image from TWRP with wipe on the cache partition only before restore Boot and System image.

I just found out that the Google Play Store stop to work normally. It does not show up in the usual page, but instead shows my gmail address and Redeem, Settings, etc. I try the Setting ->App to Force Stop, Clear Cache, Clear the Data and Uninstall updates, still cannot recover. The Clear Data button becomes gray out after I press that button, and never become visible again.

Is there anyway that I can restore my original firmware? I do have my UE30 System Image Backup and have the boot.image attached from post 33, in which order should I apply these two zip?

Thanks.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
It lets you select what partitions to restore in twrp and both system_image and boot should be checked. If you look at the instructions for backup they've been modified to stress the importance of this as you need to keep the kernel in sync with system.....it may still boot but you'll be missing some of the changes required to protect from stagefright.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
I'd first go into recovery and wipe the "dalvik and cache" there to see if it fixes the problem. If that doesn't then consider whether you want to do a factory reset and start clean to see if that fixes it (make your own backup so you can restore if it does not and in future always make your own backup before messing with the phone). In your case just flashing the older firmware should be sufficient but pretty sure one of the first two steps will resolve the issue.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] KashRaman:
I flashed the boot and system_image from your UE40 rar file. After that, I tried to lookup the boot.img from #3 in another twrp backup folder. I didnt get the boot option then. Should i have to place #3 boot.img and UE40 content in same backup location and flash? I was under the impression, your UE40 would cover the boot.img.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] mightymags:
I flashed the newest image (system and boot) and everything looks good so far. One thing I noticed was that the Alcatel update app says I have an update available. So without thinking, I clicked it... It started the update then failed. Was able to reboot and all seems normal. Just wondering, and I'm not sure if you guys will have an idea yet, but does that mean that I won't be able to take ota updates in the future? I'm not rooted currently.

For reference, I was one of those that only unchecked the SuperSU box but didn't fully unroot and let the update go through. Did a twrp restore to get working again.

The error from the update is attached if that helps anyone.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
UE40 covers both boot and system image. Older firmwares do not. In general going back to an older firmware should work fine with the existing boot.img....it doesn't work as well when going to a NEWER firmware..in that case you need to do both boot and system_image. Because of the possibility of bricking your phone I'd like to avoid folks flashing the older boot.img's via fastboot if at all possible.

For everyone: In post #4 I've linked to purple.epod's tutorial on restoring a twrp backup....his is directed at canadians but just restore the firmware you want using his basic instructions.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
It kept the UE40 update...just select to delete the update package(in system update checker) and it will revert to normal.

[MENTION=4431418]purple.epod[/MENTION] I added a post about this in your canadian thread.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] mightymags:
Got it, thanks. So the error was basically because it was trying to update an already updated system and the expected system stuff was not there?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
The first part was correct. You can't patch an already patched system. It errors out.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] mightymags:
Awesome, thanks for the help and info!
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] gecko702:
i unrooted and followed the steps it gave me an error takes me to TWRP home
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Why don't you just flash the already updated firmware? If I had to guess you've modified system files such as the build.prop and the update is refusing to continue....you can view the recovery log and see what the actual error was.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] techware7:
What's the error?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] gecko702:
i downloaded famewolf's file but it dosent show in my TWRP under restore so idk what happened so i unrooted and everything donaloaded the update takes me to TWRP and tries to instal it but it quickly aborts wihtout me looking at the actual error i ssaw red letters but it was to quick
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Requesting Assistance

Folks,

I'm gonna take a moment to request some assistance as this particular project seems to keep growing and I can't turn it into a full time job so if you see a question asked that you think you can answer please jump in and if someone helps you with an issue please make sure to hit thanks on their post. If folks have suggestions, tutorials, screenshots or video walkthroughs of any part of the process please let me know. I will endeavor to always post a non rooted post updated firmware when I can either by me for my specific model or when provided for others as I think it's the safest method to handle updates for folks who have rooted. Much of this will become less necessary once source code is available (I know, I know..the never ending refrain).

Thanks to all!
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
You have to unrar the file and then put the date timestamp folder in the same folder the backup you should have made FIRST went into(/storage/sdcard1/TWRP/BACKUPS/xxxxxx where xxxxx is your devices id) and you have to have twrp looking at external storage. As indicated...if you pick the option to view recovery log you can SEE the specific error.

Did you follow the instructions linked to in post #4? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62313284&postcount=1
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] techware7:
Are you sure you're in "restore" and not "install"? TWRP should have no problem reading the files. Now, I haven't downloaded his compressed file since I always do my own things but you should put it in your twrp dir/backups/YOUR-whatever-number/
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] gecko702:
im copying the files again and yes i checked on the restore tab and nothing showed ill see what i can do and i already before set it in my sd card and set the TWRP on extsd and nothing so ill see again
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] techware7:
Put it under your device ID under trwp/backup and don't create another dir
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] gecko702:
nothing again!!! its on ext-SD/TWRP/BACKUPS/xxxxxxxfolder
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
In the rom you should be able to take a screenshot from your file explorer...show us the folder and where it's at...mine for example is

/storage/sdcard1/TWRP/BACKUPS/408adcbe/

In that dir will be a folder named "1970-01-22--16-43-23_LRX22G_release-keys".

408adcbe is the id I see when I do an adb devices.

famewolf@HP810-135qe:/media/HTPC-L/HTPC > adb devices

List of devices attached

408adcbe device

Inside THAT folder should be the following files(mine has been renamed to have factory_Image at the end):

shell@idol3:/storage/sdcard1/TWRP/BACKUPS/408adcbe/1970-01-22--16-43-23_LRX22G_release-keys_Factory_Image $ ls -l

-rwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 33554432 1979-12-31 23:00 boot.emmc.win

-rwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 48 1979-12-31 23:00 boot.emmc.win.md5

-rwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 18492 1979-12-31 23:00 recovery.log

-rwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2874146816 1979-12-31 23:00 system_image.emmc.win

-rwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 56 1979-12-31 23:00 system_image.emmc.win.md5
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] gecko702:
ill give it a shot
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] techware7:
Ok so you downloaded the image (and boot i guess if fame has it seperate) extracted then took his extracted folder and placed it in xxxxxxxfolder and didn't rename it or anything? And inside that folder you have ur system_image.emmc.win etc?

The path should be:

TWRP/Backups/UR-ID/whaterverfoldername/system_image.emmc.win

If you have something like

TWRP/Backup/UR-ID/whaterverfoldername/anotherfoldername/system_image.emmc.win

It won't work. Make sure is just ID/folder name/then the image.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] gecko702:
ok im recopying again the files ill give it a shot

ok its flashing it was that damn id folder 407dcc1 thanks [MENTION=320962]famewolf[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4988013]techware7[/MENTION] ill give thanks on your replies back i apreciate the help guys youre the best
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] Mjme:
Thanks. This worked great. Followed instructions and made sure to unroot and reboot before installing the update.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] KashRaman:
I'm trying to MTP using linux machine. I'm getting "Unable to open MTP device '[usb:003,004]'" error message.

Before the upgrade, I was able to use it. adb is find the device though. Is anyone facing similar issue?

-linux:~$ adb devices

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

33a0eeaa	device
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
You need to start a separate topic in Q&A since the issue is beyond backing up or restoring the factory images. You always have the option to downgrade back to your previous version.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] Nikola Jovanovic:
Installed twrp without mount/read partition access, then flashed supersu.zip and wipe cache. After that got msh Android is upgrading, and it's very slow.. Did I just picked an update after I did root, or what ? If it's that I can't believe it as I checked the system update right before flashing everything..

EDIT: Works like charm. Follow the instructions and be sure u use right version for your device. I used v71 sdk21 arm64.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
I think you intended this post for the Xposed thread?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] avidichard:
Model 6045i build 7SQ9-UV93 - Backup

Model: 6045i

Build: 7SQ9-UV93

Link via Google Drive: drive.google.com/file/d/0B8Gqss1TYorTaXZrRFdBdDJ2Vnc/view

If any problems, please PM me, and sorry for the delay.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] neilownz:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pr...xz?r=&ts=1439784880&use_mirror=skylineservers

I assume this file is what we need.

OT_6039X_6045X_20150717.tar.xz
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

[MENTION=4487227]DallasCZ[/MENTION] [MENTION=6866672]petrov.0[/MENTION]
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Can you refresh my memory....UV93 was canadian yes? Is [MENTION=6867144]green3water5[/MENTION] from the tv show humans?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] neilownz:
That mirror is slow. Click another if you want it quickly lol.

Best of luck. Just got the email of the new file from sf.net email subscription.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] DallasCZ:
GOT EMAIL FROM SOURCEFORGE THIS MORNING..ALLREADY DOWNLOADED AND UNPACKING.

UPON THE BUILD DATE IT LOOKS LIKE 010 03 FW. WILL SEE. nOW WE CAN BUILD OUR CUSTOM DEBLOATED ROMS AND SEARCH FOR SOMEONE WHO WILL PORT CM.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Very Exciting Times. I personally am more interested in some custom kernels with additional governors/features. I've been adding in xposed modules since yesterday that have gone a long way towards setting my impatience for a custom rom for now. Another thing I'd like to see is Omnirom and Multirom...multirom with the ability to run ubuntu touch would be fantastic because we have the external sd's to easily support multiple rom/os choices. I was surprised they posted a combined 6039/6045 source file.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] DallasCZ:
but we need developers :)
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] avidichard:
Yes, I'm Canadian, a true Quebecer:D... And no, I'm not on the Red Green show, I'm not that very popular:confused: Lol!
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] Electriccars:
So I'm gonna flash the newest update from the mega.nz link, does it update everything? What if there's a new radio or something? Is that included as well?

And after I flash I just reflash SuperSU correct?

Do I have to unroot before I flash? (I'm 99% positive this is a dumb question and no I don't but I want to be sure)
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] Nikola Jovanovic:
First do full unroot, restart, update, restart, root. :)

Update with root will got your phone in bootloop!

Sent from hell
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
There's not a radio. Yes you just flash SuperSU after. No you don't have to unroot. The alternative is to FULLY unroot and reboot prior to downloading and installing the factory update. The factory update will reset your recovery to factory where the twrp backup image will not.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] Electriccars:
Got it, thanks!
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
Please pay attention to what the user is asking. He was asking about flashing the backup images. He would not need to "flash" the factory update which is the instructions you gave him. Just trying to avoid confusion.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] Nikola Jovanovic:
Sorry, my unintended mistake

Sent from hell
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] matchqq:
I just got my replacement and have upgraded to the latest firmware. I followed the instruction to back up my system but when typed in adb reboot-bootloader, it only rebooted to the initial booting screen showing "Alcatel OneTouch Android" and was stuck there. I typed in fastboot -i 0x1bbb devices and got nothing back. Any idea what's going on here? Appreciate the help.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] petrov.0:
What is the OS of the host ... Windows ? Probably you need drivers. Do you have any unrecognized devices in the device manager ?
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
If you are on linux put "sudo" in front of the fastboot commands. The screen you were "stuck" on is in fact the bootloader.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] matchqq:
Host is Windows 10. I did run into issues earlier. It seemed that the phone's adb driver wasn't installed successfully so USB debugging wasn't detected. I followed this guide, removed "Android device" in Device Manager, ran USBDeview to remove non working drivers, installed UniversalAdbDriver and installed adb driver manually from that (I chose one called ADB Testing Interface) then popup asking for USB access appeared on the phone. I granted it and was able to see my device using command adb devices and do reboot bootloader, but when got to that initial booting screen, adb commands didn't work. Now in my Device Manager, I only see "ADB interface" instead of Android Device? No unrecognized devices there.

Not on linux. Maybe as petrov.0 said, it has something to do with the mess of the drivers in my computer.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] petrov.0:
The vendor and product IDs are different when the phone is in the bootloader. Remove all drivers and install these shared by [MENTION=320962]famewolf[/MENTION] in post #2 in this thread. They should be OK with your device.

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Oh and the adb commands is normally not to work in the bootloader. Use fastboot.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] mrassol:
can someone make a backup for the Orange FR 5.5 inch version ? I have random reboot on mine with all the ROM :(
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] nanaki45:
Someone can help me please ... i think i did a big mistake by following a method of root for the 6045 for my idol s6039Y ... now i hawe only access to the twrp ( by flashing it each time the phone start ) and i cant use the backup ( error on flashing system and i cant even format the sdcard errno=30 ) ... is there a system image or something like that to use with the bootloader ? is there another way to do a factory reset ? thank you for help :))
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] famewolf:
If you search back through the thread [MENTION=6866672]petrov.0[/MENTION] posted a system image of his 6039 but I have no idea if your model (ie 6039i, 6039k, 6039Y) matches...the 6039 doesn't have a thread of stored images. You should have followed the root thread in android development that had [6039] in front...you should not follow directions that say [6045].
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] petrov.0:
Hello,

1. Why you are using this method when in the thread name is clearly stated that this is used on 6045 phones prior TWRP ?

2. What exactly you have done? Which recovery image do you use ? And why is necesary to flash it again and again ? Is it removed on reboot ?

3. Pull the recovery.log it's in the /tmp/ directory when the phone is booted with the TWRP recovery image and let's see what's inside.

----

Edit: Oops wrong thread :). The same question is in the development section. But my questions to [MENTION=3874437]nanaki45[/MENTION] remain the same.
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] nanaki45:
Thank you for your reply ...

1- it was by mistake but now i use the one for the 6039 ( i think that the problem can be due to drivers i'm on win 10 )

2- when i first unlock the bootloader everything was good but afterwhen i use the root.bat i was stuck on boot loop ... i try to flash the trwp the one for the 6045 nothing ... thenthe one for the 6039y ... and the phone started ... no more application works i was stuck on the home without any icon and with a 1970 time :p ... so i tried to do a backup with a file on this thread ( by doing a full wipe of course ) ... i cant acces to the trwp i must fash it everytime the phone start ( on bootloader when i try to acces recovery )

3- https://www.dropbox.com/s/ugqmdordc90bi90/recovery.log?dl=0

Thank you again :)
[Onetouch Idol 3 General] petrov.0:
Your data and system partitions are seriously broken. Both are empty:

/data | /dev/block/mmcblk0p37 | Size: 4857MB Used: 9MB Free: 4847MB Backup Size: 9MB

/system | /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 | Size: 0MB Used: 0MB Free: 0MB Backup Size: 0MB
Flags: Can_Be_Mounted Can_Be_Wiped Can_Be_Backed_Up Wipe_Available_in_GUI IsPresent
Primary_Block_Device: /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
Display_Name: System
Storage_Name: System
Backup_Path: /system
Backup_Name: system
Backup_Display_Name: System
Storage_Path: /system
Current_File_System: ext4
Fstab_File_System: ext4
Backup_Method: files

Later I will give you links to raw images which you should flash directly from your external sdcard. But you will need a bigger card at least 8GB. The current one with these 813MB is for nowhere.