[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shelton90:
Good day,

I am currently using a 'vodacom power tab 10' which i think is a rebranded 'alcatel one touch pixi3_10' . The device is unrooted and the bootloader is Locked.

There is currently no stock firmware available online for either of the above devices.

I have tried various tools to root it : MTK droid tools CF-auto root(i cannot find my supported device so scared to try it)king root , kingoroot ,i root, srsroot,framaroot and quite a few other tools .

I have found a recovery that i wanto try to flash to the phone, but before i start tinkering i need a way to backup the stock firmware, i am not too worried about the stock system , but i am scared to mess up the bootloader / boot.img and standard recovery because there is no stock downloads available online for this device .

all the backup otions i have found require a rooted device . But i have not found a root option or recovery built for this device so i plan on trying to make my own or try recoveries for similar devices but it all comes down to me needing a backup version of my stock rom before i can play.

please help me find a rooting option or a way to do a full backup with an unrooted phone .

below is something i pulled off my device ... i dont know how but i hope it helps :)

20160112073659 ro.secure : 1

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20160112073700 MTK partition info :

/system/bin/sh: cat: /proc/dumchar_info: No such file or directory

dev: size erasesize name

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20160112073700 MTK CPU Info : Processor : ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)

processor : 0

BogoMIPS : 33.76

Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt

CPU implementer : 0x41

CPU architecture: 7

CPU variant : 0x0

CPU part : 0xc07

CPU revision : 3

Hardware : MT8321

Revision : 0000

Serial : 0000000000000000

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20160112073700 build.prop Info :

# begin build properties

# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh

ro.build.id=LMY47I

ro.build.display.id=LMY47I release-keys

ro.build.version.incremental=vCAT-0

ro.build.version.sdk=22

ro.build.version.codename=REL

ro.build.version.all_codenames=REL

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ro.build.date.utc=1443401662

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# use ro.product.cpu.abilist instead.

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ro.product.cpu.abilist64=

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ro.wifi.channels=

ro.board.platform=mt6580

# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device

ro.build.product=voda_tab

# Do not try to parse description, fingerprint, or thumbprint

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ro.build.characteristics=tablet

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def_auto_change_agpsprofile=false

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ro.camera.interpolation.enable=1

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def_http_header_UAProf

ro.sys.usb.bicr=yes

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persist.sys.language=

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sim.default.suffix.support=true

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ro.only.telcel.url=0

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ro.config.notification_sound=Tethys.ogg

ro.config.alarm_alert=Platinum.ogg

ro.wifi.dhcp.least.time=120m

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def_browser_ua_svn_enable=1

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def_string_for_movistar_171=Policia

def_string_for_movistar_811=At. Cliente

def_string_for_movistar_88=Saldo

def_string_for_movistar_411=Cliente Datos

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def_string_for_movistar_2428=Chat de Voz

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def_string_for_movistar_113=Servicio 113

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# from device/tcl/pixi3_10_emmc/system.prop

#

#

# system.prop for generic sdk

#

rild.libpath=/system/lib/mtk-ril.so

rild.libargs=-d /dev/ttyC0

# MTK, Infinity, 20090720 {

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# MTK, Infinity, 20090720 }

# MTK, mtk03034, 20101210 {

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# MTK, mtk03034 20101210}

# MTK, mtk03034, 20110318 {

ro.mediatek.wlan.p2p=1

# MTK, mtk03034 20110318}

# MTK, mtk03034, 20101213 {

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# MTK, mtk03034 20101213}

#

wifi.tethering.interface=ap0

#

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# Power off opt in IPO

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ro.sys.usb.storage.type=mtp,mass_storage

# USB BICR function

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# USB Charge only function

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ro.audio.silent=0

ro.zygote.preload.enable=0

# temporary enables NAV bar (soft keys)

qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

ro.kernel.zio=38,108,105,16

#ro.kernel.qemu=0

#ro.kernel.qemu.gles=0

ro.opengles.version=131072

#ro.boot.selinux=disable

# Disable dirty region for Mali

debug.hwui.render_dirty_regions=false

ro.sf.lcd_density=213

#

# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES

#

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dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=128m

dalvik.vm.heapsize=256m

ro.mediatek.chip_ver=S01

ro.mediatek.version.release=ALPS.L1.MP6.V2.17_TCL8 321.EMMC_P17

ro.mediatek.platform=MT6580

ro.telephony.sim.count=2

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ro.btstack=blueangel

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