yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] Barbiox Dogg:
Thanks so much for your work and effort. I really appreciate it.
[Android General] AC-Zepp:
[MENTION=5515628]kirito9[/MENTION] I see there's no information about the Pixi 4 7'' (9003A) on the first post, are there currently no ROMS or a way to root this specific device? Also, thank you for your great work!
[Android General] kirito9:
I've had no one to test my stuff so I cannot add it to the first page :). If you're willing to test my recoveries then I'd be willing to provide you with links.
[Android General] Zer0Bytes_:
twrp and supersu yea...
[Android General] kirito9:
That's why the OTA fails. You need to return to stock to flash OTAs. I think the latest twrp had support for OTA but I never received one to check.
[Android General] mquinn13273:
Alcatel Pixi 4 Plus Power (5023)

May I ask if and where the ROMs for Alcatel Pixi 4 Plus Power are in this post? Or are there no custom ROMs for this phone in development? Just asking and thank you in advance :).
[Android General] khaidirkahi:
[MENTION=5515628]kirito9[/MENTION] Do you still have Alcatel Pixi 4 (5) 4G aosp rom? I would like to test it out since I will be getting a new phone asap. Sorry for asking since I didnt found your post about it. Thank you in advance
[Android General] nhail47:
On the 4060w, Pixi 445 model. If you hold Volume Up and Down and plug it in, you get a weird screen. I haven't been able to figure out the next step yet tho.
[Android General] kirito9:
No ROMs as yet but it runs the same chipset as Pixi 4 4"/5" so porting shouldn't be too much hassle. Search XDA for porting guides for MT6580 or better yet I'll post them. Just keep checking the first post.
[Android General] kirito9:
Hmm I removed it since I didn't get anyone to test.
[Android General] kirito9:
Can you post a pic?
[Android General] AC-Zepp:
Thank you for your reply! Yes, I would really appreciate it if you could provide the files. Thank you again!
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Hello. I have a question or two. I recently got a Alcatel Pixi Unite from Safelink and this seems to be the exact same phone is the Pixi 4 4 inch. Now the question I have is can this and the custom recovery be safely flashed to the Pixi Unite and if so what else do I have to do? I haven't really dabbled into phone flashing for a while and just did tablets. Back in the day I had a LG Optimus from MetroPCS and you had to do all kinds of trickery to get firmware flashed or you'd lose all your contacts and maybe even your phones ability to make calls or even be activated anymore, such as if you didn't backup and flash your PRL or what not. Will I run into these problems if I attempt this? I just got the phone and would hate for it to get bricked or lose my service.
[Android General] kirito9:
The ROMs won't work neither will any of the recoveries available. Reason being, your phone runs a different SoC. Your phone uses the Qualcomm SoC while those phones use Mediatek. Your phone cannot be rooted either unless you have 5.1 then you maybe have a chance but no root available. No unlocking of the bootloader either.
[Android General] Zer0Bytes_:
is theare a twrp port that is 3.1 version?
[Android General] kirito9:
Yes there is. It's the latest twrp 3.1.
[Android General] Zer0Bytes_:
theare is only a 3.0.2 for the 5010 theare is a new version 3.1.0
[Android General] kirito9:
I didn't share the new version for the Pixi 5010. I will have to rebuild as twrp updated the 3.1.
[Android General] Zer0Bytes_:
ok thanks for the info gona wait for the new version :D
[Android General] kirito9:
Unpack the zip and flash the .img file in already existing twrp.
[Android General] Barbiox Dogg:
[MENTION=5515628]kirito9[/MENTION] i successfully flashed twrp recovery on Pixi 4 (5) but anytime i turn the phone on, it goes into twrp recovery by itself and this is the message i see and it continues like this foerever. Please help me! What do i do now?

Please click the link below to see what the message i am seeing in twrp recovery.

http://imgur.com/a/qKxI1
[Android General] kirito9:
The image does not load..

Edit: Go to wipe, advanced, select data and format it. Reboot recovery then reboot system.
[Android General] Barbiox Dogg:
The problem is once i insert the battery back into the phone it goes into twrp recovery by itself and show this message and it continues like that forever.
[Android General] kirito9:
Before inserting the battery hold the volume down (-) button then insert it.
[Android General] Barbiox Dogg:
The phone is in bootloop and i can't go into twrp recovery. Please how can i flash stock rom back?
[Android General] kirito9:
Use the mobile upgrade tool by Alcatel.
[Android General] Barbiox Dogg:
[MENTION=5515628]kirito9[/MENTION] i think you should be made a moderator. You reply to messages quickly and you know so much about these particular phones.
[Android General] kirito9:
Moderator? ?? I think that's a bit too much on my plate now. I only know so much from experience :D. Your phone is back and working?
[Android General] InfernoShark:
DAMN DAMN DAAAAAMN! :P thanks though.
[Android General] Drunkpilot:
I have 2 Alcatel phones and the pixi unite- a466bg (pixi4_4tf) has the mt6580, while the Tru- 5065n (pop35) has the Qualcomm msm8909. So, maybe there is a chance for the pixi unite-.
[Android General] kirito9:
The Pixi unite has an mt6580 SoC? Well then sure, root and recovery will work. Make a backup of the full firmware and then I can work on the recovery/root.
[Android General] kirito9:
My bad, your phone does run an MTK SoC so root and recovery should be possible. I saw Tracfone when I researched your phone and automatically thought of Qualcomm. Tracfone phones are usually locked down with no possibility of modification.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Oh so what now? I just flash the recovery then the rom and I should be fine?
[Android General] kirito9:
Either backup with https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-13347.html or https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-15723.html then upload the recovery.img and boot.img to me.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Roger Wilco. A bit late here so I'll tackle it in the morning. Thanks buddy.
[Android General] kirito9:
No problem, whenever you get the time. No rush ;).
[Android General] jrk190:
I have to be THAT guy, but has anyone made progress with the 4060w?
[Android General] paktam13:
[IMG="Alcatel​ Pixi 4 5" LTE Backup folder"]https://i.imgur.com/sVD5QwX.jpg[/IMG]

My friend device got brick.

And there no specific rom yet for 5045t.

Can I use my backup to save his phone?
[Android General] Martin1307:
Hi Kirito,

I have get up a build environment using the info from Jackeagle to which you gave me a link.

Part of his instructions say...

So.. I'm hoping you can give me a pointer to where i can get that info for the Pixi 4(4) - so I can then have a got at building a vanilla CM11 to start with. I'm concerned that I would pick up the wrong bit of info, and I'm not sure if the "device forum" refers to the Phone or to the devices within the phone.

cheers

Martin
[Android General] kirito9:
Sure, you can. As long as he can boot to CTR recovery.
[Android General] kirito9:
Yeah, the device forum is a dedicated place for a specific device where you can find everything relating to that device. It's not like a separate thread like this Pixi 4 thread.

The pixi 4(4) doesn't have a device tree as yet but the pixi 4 (5) has one. They're both similar in specs so you can use the Pixi 4 (5) as a guide to make a tree for the 4(4). I will edit this post with a link to those trees (device and vendor).

About the ROM you want to build, CM11 won't work as your device came with Marshmallow. CM11 is KitKat which is before MM. You can only build MM based ROMs. So you can continue following the guide but make necessary changes for MM, like cloning cm-13.0 branch instead of cm-11.0. There's no updated guide for building CM13 that I know of that's why I sent this one, also one of the most complete guides out there.

Edit: Device tree: https://github.com/mishurov/android_device_TCL_5010D

Vendor tree: https://github.com/mishurov/android_vendor_TCL_5010D
[Android General] kirito9:
Nothing so far. Does holding the volume down button then plugging in the device into the PC do anything?
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Neither of these tools seem to be working for me. Miracle Box just kinda never starts and Aladdin just says "Scanning Mobile USB Port", Says the phone is connected to COM3 but not doing anything that I can tell.
[Android General] kirito9:
Have you installed the preloader drivers?
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Yeah I followed the one page with the instructions and got the Code 10 error but it said it should still work. :\
[Android General] kirito9:
Yeah it should, disable any antivirus you may have installed.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
I have none. I've tried restarting my PC and my phone numerous times and that didn't work either.

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Does it matter if my phone is in MTP or PTP mode?
[Android General] kirito9:
The phone should be off, not in either of those modes.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Oh.... well let me try that and reinstalling the drivers.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Shut the phone off, plugged the phone in, uninstalled all the drivers with usbdeview, reinstalled only the Preloader driver and tried again and got what's in the screenshot. "Can not find phone port" :confused: Does it look like I have all the settings right?
[Android General] kirito9:
Close Aladdin, open device manager, plug in your phone with the battery out. Do you see the preloader drivers pop up? If no, then they are not correctly installed, if yes then something is wrong with the Aladdin tools and you should use Miracle Box. These tools don't always work but they're the best ones to get a backup of your device since no other tool works for MT6580 with 6.0.1 firmware.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Wheeeeee. My PC is looping. Well what I mean is I hear the notification sound of it connecting then disconnecting to the USB over and over again and every time it connects "MediaTek USB Port (COM7)" shows up in the device manager. :silly:
[Android General] kirito9:
Alcatel Pixi 4 (7) 3G (9003) Root & Custom Recovery

DISCLAIMER:

Rooting your phone and using custom Recoveries and ROM's have risks and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturers. In case of any mishap I am not responsible if you brick/ruin your phone in any way.

Basic computer skills are required and minimal knowledge about the phone and phone utilities also.

Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

Requirements

:

- PC running Windows 7/8/8.1/10 | You can use linux but I cannot guide you as how to setup adb drivers or preloader drivers.

- USB cable

- TWRP recovery

- SP Flashtool ( SPFT)

- MT6580 scatter file (see below)

- MT65XX preloader usb vcom drivers

NOTE: Everything should be extracted except the superuser.zip.

Flashing TWRP

1. Download the MT65XX preloader drivers from here and follow the guide on how to install. Download all other attached files.

2. Download the new SPFT from here and extract it anywhere.

3. Open the SPFT folder and locate flash_tool.exe and run as administrator.

4. If it says anything like cannot locate scatter, press ok and ignore that message. Go to scatter loading and select your MT6580 scatter file you downloaded.

5. Download TWRP recovery from the attached post and place on desktop.

6. Select the recovery by pressing the little box next to it and then move over to location of the recovery and choose the recovery.img

7. Power off your phone, wait 1-2 minutes and then connect your usb cable to your PC. Press Download at the top and then connect your phone to your PC. If you have the battery in and it doesn't work, wait until the logo of the phone shows up then try again. If that doesn't work then try again without the battery.

8. Wait until the download is finished (you will see a red bar, then a green bar to confirm) and then reboot your phone.

Rooting

:

1. Download superuser.zip from the attached files and place it on your SD card.

2. Reboot your phone to recovery using the command "adb reboot recovery" or do it via external buttons.

3. Navigate using volume buttons and select using power button, or touch if you want. Go to install zip, then choose zip from SD card. Select the superuser.zip you downloaded before. After flashing you will reboot your phone.

4. Install this phh superuser app and that's it. You will be rooted. Enjoy :)

Credits

arturych1993@4pda

Original post@4pda
[MENTION=7591580]Miro2210[/MENTION] - for the link to the working superuser.zip.

If I forgot anyone, send a PM so I can add them here.
[Android General] kirito9:
That's good, then that means the drivers are installed. If you're having trouble with Miracle Box starting, watch this video.
[Android General] kirito9:
[Resurrection Remix][MM 6.0.1] [MT6580] Pixi 4 (5) 3G (5010)

DISCLAIMER:

Rooting your phone and using custom Recoveries and ROM's have risks and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturers. In case of any mishap I am not responsible if you brick/ruin your phone in any way.

Basic computer skills are required and minimal knowledge about the phone and phone utilities also.

Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP! ROM BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE

Requirements

You must be rooted.

You must have a custom recovery installed.

You must have experience flashing but if not, feel free to ask questions before flashing.

Features

All Android Marshmallow.

Busybox

Root

Not working

Let me know so I can update this

Bugs

Let me know so I can update this

Installation

Download rom from here: Yandex

Download Gapps from OpenGapps: http://opengapps.org/, choose ARM and Android 6.0

Boot to recovery

Wipe data/factory reset

Install rom then gapps

Reboot

Credits

MarkMironov@4pda

Original post
[Android General] gokart2:
Could someone with a Pixi 4 Plus Power......or other similar device with Arkamys Audio do a getprop dump and link me the txt?

Incase you don't know how, easiest way without adb is:

Must be rooted with SU.

Download THIS

Open app, type "su" without parenthesis, and hit enter

SuperUser will pop up, hit OK/Give it permission

Type "getprop" without parenthesis, then hit enter

Bunch of jargon will come up on the screen, copy it to a .txt file

Upload/Link me the file

I would very much appreciate it!
[Android General] Martin1307:
Doh!

I've kicked off a pull of CM13. - but on my 'milli'-bit broadband it may be a while.

thanks for the other links.

! ref links... There are a lot of layers to this thing. I'm going to have to read the pages about the software architecture.

cheers

Martin
[Android General] kirito9:
[Ported Stock ROMs][MM 6.0.1] [MT6580] Pixi 4 (5) 3G (5010)

DISCLAIMER:

Rooting your phone and using custom Recoveries and ROM's have risks and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturers. In case of any mishap I am not responsible if you brick/ruin your phone in any way.

Basic computer skills are required and minimal knowledge about the phone and phone utilities also.

Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP! ROM BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE

Requirements

You must be rooted.

You must have a custom recovery installed.

You must have experience flashing but if not, feel free to ask questions before flashing.

Features

All Android Marshmallow.

Stable

Not working

Let me know so I can update this

Bugs

Let me know so I can update this

Installation

Download :

Blu Neo X: MEGA

GO502HD Port: MEGA

Boot to recovery

Wipe data/factory reset

Install rom then gapps

Reboot

Credits

GETAKGT1
[Android General] kirito9:
[Ported Stock ROMs][MM 6.0.1] [MT6580] Pixi 4 (4) 3G (4034)

DISCLAIMER:

Rooting your phone and using custom Recoveries and ROM's have risks and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturers. In case of any mishap I am not responsible if you brick/ruin your phone in any way.

Basic computer skills are required and minimal knowledge about the phone and phone utilities also.

Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP! ROM BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE

Requirements

You must be rooted.

You must have a custom recovery installed.

You must have experience flashing but if not, feel free to ask questions before flashing.

Features

All Android Marshmallow.

Stable.

Not working

Let me know so I can update this

Bugs

Let me know so I can update this

Installation

Download :

Blu Neo X: MEGA

GO502HD Port: MEGA

BMOBILE 685: MEGA

DOOGEE X6: MEGA

Boot to recovery

Wipe data/factory reset

Install rom then gapps

Reboot

Credits

GETAKGT1
[Android General] kirito9:
[Resurrection Remix][N] [7.1.1] [MT6735] Pixi 4 (5) 4G (5045)

DISCLAIMER:

Rooting your phone and using custom Recoveries and ROM's have risks and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturers. In case of any mishap I am not responsible if you brick/ruin your phone in any way.

Basic computer skills are required and minimal knowledge about the phone and phone utilities also.

Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP! ROM BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE

Requirements

You must be rooted.

You must have a custom recovery installed.

You must have experience flashing but if not, feel free to ask questions before flashing.

Features

Android Nougat with RR features

Stable

Not working

Let me know so I can update this

Bugs

Let me know so I can update this

Installation

Download : Yandex

Download Gapps from OpenGapps: http://opengapps.org/, choose ARM and Android 7.1.1

Boot to recovery

Wipe data/factory reset

Install rom then gapps

Reboot

Credits

SANYA445@4pda
[Android General] kirito9:
[Mokee][N] [7.1.1] [MT6735] Pixi 4 (5) 4G (5045)

DISCLAIMER:

Rooting your phone and using custom Recoveries and ROM's have risks and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturers. In case of any mishap I am not responsible if you brick/ruin your phone in any way.

Basic computer skills are required and minimal knowledge about the phone and phone utilities also.

Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP! ROM BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE

Requirements

You must be rooted.

You must have a custom recovery installed.

You must have experience flashing but if not, feel free to ask questions before flashing.

Features

Android Nougat with Mokee features

Stable

Root

Built Substratum Theme Engine

Not working

Front flash

Let me know so I can update this

Bugs

Pink camera

Let me know so I can update this

Installation

Download : Yandex

Download Gapps from OpenGapps: http://opengapps.org/, choose ARM and Android 7.1.1

Boot to recovery

Wipe data/factory reset, wipe system, wipe cache

Install rom then gapps

Reboot

Credits

SANYA445@4pda
[Android General] kirito9:
[CyanogenMod][MM] [6.0.1] [MT6735] Pixi 4 (5) 4G (5045)

DISCLAIMER:

Rooting your phone and using custom Recoveries and ROM's have risks and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturers. In case of any mishap I am not responsible if you brick/ruin your phone in any way.

Basic computer skills are required and minimal knowledge about the phone and phone utilities also.

Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP! ROM BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE

Requirements

You must be rooted.

You must have a custom recovery installed.

You must have experience flashing but if not, feel free to ask questions before flashing.

Features

Android Nougat with CM features

Stable

Not working

Let me know so I can update this

Bugs

Let me know so I can update this

Installation

Download : Yandex

Download Gapps from OpenGapps: http://opengapps.org/, choose ARM and Android 6.0.1

Boot to recovery

Wipe data/factory reset, wipe system, wipe cache

Install rom then gapps

Reboot

Credits

SANYA445@4pda
[Android General] InfernoShark:
OMG! This is giving me fits. Got Miracle Box working but still not connecting. Am I supposed to have the battery out when I try to do this or is it supposed to be off with the battery in it? There's conflicting methods it would seem. Do I have to change the baudrate? How come I can't change the COM port next to the Connect button? Do I have to press the Connect button before I push start? Do I have to hold or press the power button while pulling the phone in after pressing Start? Sorry with all the questions. I'm starting to think this is impossible.

EDIT: I'm starting to think it's my PC. Might try my girlfriends. We both have Windows 7 but I had a problem flashing a tablet once on mine and her's worked flawlessly. :\
[Android General] kirito9:
Lol, I understand the questions. I'll attempt to answer all. The battery can be both out and in to do this. The baudrate shouldn't be changed. I think the COM port is automatically detected. With GSM Aladdin, you do have to push the Connect button before pressing start. No need to press the power button but on some mtk devices this is necessary.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Okay. On to the GF's PC. I'm hoping a different chipset will do the trick.
[Android General] kirito9:
If it doesn't I'll search the internet and see if I find another way to backup. I also had my own trouble with this initially.
[Android General] kirito9:
Maybe have a look at this vid as well.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85USAcWAcPU
[Android General] InfernoShark:
GSM Aladdin is working on her's. Say's "Downloading First Boot" and is on 21%. :D
[Android General] kirito9:
Haha, maybe that was what all you had to do in the first place.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Bruh....... Look at the screenshot. "8th boot (MT65xx & MT67xx/8127), the Boot not support the Phone, or CPU bad Select other Boot" :(
[Android General] kirito9:
What screenshot?
[Android General] InfernoShark:
It's there now.
[Android General] kirito9:
Try the 4th Auto detect.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Same result. It just switched to 8th after it detected the phone. I think I'm done for the day if not altogether. I don't know what the problem could be. I hate to quit now though. :mad:
[Android General] InfernoShark:
This is what I'm getting from Aladdin.
[Android General] kirito9:
Ok, that's strange. Let me search the error and see if I find anything.
[Android General] kirito9:
Concerning this one, what if you only select the recovery.img? Or does that option not show up until after it does the first download?
[Android General] InfernoShark:
I don't think it shows up till after but that time never comes because of the error.

I just found something that says the chip is secure whatever that means.

Locked bootloader perhaps. I have it unlocked in developer options.
[Android General] kirito9:
I'm not 100% sure if it's the same issue here but when I researched this device via model number it turned up Tracfone. They're a company usually prevent any modification to any of their phones by locking them to prevent flashing or even backing up. Another user in the Pixi 3 thread had one of these devices and with the simple SPFlashTool they weren't able to make a backup. They got some error about secure chip. It could be the same thing happening here.... Another way to go would be to manually create the scatter file for your device and try to get the backup of the recovery.img with SPFT.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
You know I'm gonna ask how to do that right? lol
[Android General] kirito9:
Ahh secure chip, I just spoke about that in my previous reply. Seems Tracfone secured it to prevent modifications.
[Android General] InfernoShark:
Well guess I'm done then. Thanks man. :)
[Android General] kirito9:
Ofc heh, I'm getting the method to detect the partitions on Android 6+ MTK devices.