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[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Romagnolo1973:
yes, at reboot I have twr installed and perfectly working and is not vanishing (as I read in some MM case) at reboot is still alive and kicking :) on my MM rom (is september 2016 rom, last available)

Another strange and lucky things is that now I have 16GB rom when previously my devica was 8 GB (we know easy expandibleq but I dos nothing about it and magicly is unblocked)

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I have read thise guide and do all the step

https://xdaforums.com/idol-3/help/flashing-twrp-rooting-6039y-to-unlock-t3504527

runnig the tool as admin and in compatibility mode 7 (i have 10 on my pc) and when I push the read button it made a backup on my desktop (as I have set so) and push write choosing twpimage.

The first time it does not work, at reboot I have TWRP but booting on system it was blocked at bootlogo for 30 minutes. I had reinstaled alcatel TWRP using Sahara (write button)and I used "Alcatel Mobile Upgrade Q" tools to download last MM image and installed it, at the end of this action (it need 1 hour) I have a brand new alcatel as it is first time you buy it. Probably in this case Alcatel tool download a 16 GB Rom image and unblocked my chip that's why now I have 16 Gb rom.

I try again with Sahara writing on my device TWRP image and this time it boot well, I reboot in TWRP and installed SuperSu that previously I don't installed because coul be the cause of my issue and well my device is now rooted, I uninstall all crap apps by Alcatel and installed mine favourites.

Everything ok, in case of trouble use the backup of the original Alcatel TWRP if you can get it and use Alcatel Upgrde tool to revert in a factory state.

Update: pitty!!! after a SuperSu update i loose Root so I try install SU again but via recovery and booom, device stay at boot logo forever. Definitively there is something wrong with TWRP or SuperSu and MM in Idol 3. It's hard to get rooted phone in this case. Now I revert back to stock factory state thanks original recovery image bckuped with Sahara and using Alcatel update tool

I don't want spend too much time trying Sahara again and is a torture for Idol integrate battery all this download mode, reboot, plug to pc ...

To solve probably we need a bumpboot something like Lg G2 have to avoid problem flashing SuperSU and manage partitions well
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Romagnolo1973:
I have an original Alcatel recovery image backup get using Sahara (and some users are unable to get it) so i have though update it here

http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/XNlmFLce/file.html

is a 32 MB image

MD5: 705002a52b62d4dfa582742d236809e8

SHA1: f4515530b9896254fb594cfe51a3e0a0dc4a680a

Please check MD5 or Sha1 before use it

Ad usual i don't respond if it does not work and\or you damage your device it is at your own risk.

I don't think recovery is imei dependant so i think this image (don't rename it) will work on every Alcatel Idol 3 6039Y EU. I have used it 2 times and it works: go to Sahara made all step, find this recovery.img stored in your pc and push write button to rewrite it on your device. After that use Alcatel Mobile Upgrade Q tools and install on ypur device connected via usb cable last MM official stock rom, at the end it needs 20 minutes or so to bott (it stay at alcatel logo all this time) and now you have a untouched MM device (and probably is axpanded to 16 GB rom and not more 8 GB as it happens to mine Idol3)

Hope this helps people to get a good way to root our device trying some action.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] redboys333:
its work on canadien 6055A variant i have reset all the phone without put a password or log into gmail account and now its work
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Nickdroid86:
Why can't I find this friggin Sahara tool anywhere???
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] kt-Froggy:
You mean anywhere except the direct download link in the OP?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Nickdroid86:
None of the downloads I see, say Sahara.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] kt-Froggy:
Alcatel_Flasher
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Nickdroid86:
OK ty
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ciclolars:
I have a 6045Y with stock 5.0.2 and for me it is imposible to backup partitions (recovery, boot, etc) with Sahara Tool. However, i have successfully written TWRP recovery to my phone with Sahara., very weird as i didn't expecto to get it done. I guess that the same would happen in 6.0.1, am i wrong?

Anyway, i'll provide feedback as soon as i try it.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] jani0417:
yep, same happend with my 6039y - as i wrote it here 1-2 pages earlier decker recommended in a russian forum to skip the backup if it hangs.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ciclolars:
Which android version did you tried to backup, LP or MM?

Thanks for your feedback.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] jani0417:
MM
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Oblemay:
I tried with an alcatel 6070K but there is absolutely nothing happening unfortunately. I hope that someday the Sahara & FireHose will work with because not being able to install Adaway is very disappointing, bravo anyway for this very good program.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Trapezious:
Don't have the models supported, but working on a program for other alcatels. How are you reading software imei? Is it a firehose command, or reading from a partition?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Nikola Jovanovic:
Guys, do you know why the tools are crashing after clicking get nprg button?

And will I be able to flash root (systemless) on stock MM (got it after repair).. ?

THANKS !
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] h0m:
Hello there!

Did someone succeed to run this tool under Linux with Wine? I'm trying but without any success unfortunately.

Thanks!
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] DeckerSU:
This is because 6070K not supported in current release.

p.s. For all who interested in 6070K support in Alcatel Flasher and in building TWRP for Alcatel Idol 4S - i was launched a small crowdfunding campaign. Detailed explanation of targets and rules available here: TWRP Idol 4S Crowdfunding. At this moment main paper available at English and Russian languages, if somebody can translate it to other langs, pull requests are welcome.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] DeckerSU:
To run this tool you are required a Windows-based PC, it will not work under any virtual environment, like VirtualBox, VMWare, and shouldn't run under Wine also.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] DeckerSU:
What version of 6045 do you have? Mean, 6045Y, 6045K, anything else? Cricket variant or not?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] skulls13:
very cool tool

i used this to root a cricket idol 3. was alot easier than the other methods. thank you very much!:D
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ThaHaloMilitia:
Cant get NPRG

I have the 6055U and I cant get it to put the NPRG onto the device. Is their something I'm missing?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] kobebryant:
Hi all :)

Can i install twrp wit this tool on cricket alcatel idol 4?

p.s. With cricket idol 3 works fine...
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] noobfromfar:
can you make same software for pop 2 (4.5) ot-5042d please
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] cristymc:
Hi.I also own an idol4s and I miss root privileges...but I use adguard premium apk and it's ok
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ArchangelPT:
I used this program and wrote TWRP into the "boot" which i was told would allow be to get to the bootloader after "holding the power button + volume up". The issue seems to be that it ALWAYS boots into it without pressing anything and i can't get to the android anymore.

I was trying to install the Ressurection remix rom but now i'm afraid i've done something wrong. I'd really appreciate any help
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] nazipoako:
hello po is there a way to revive my dead alcatel idol 3 6045 phone? I cannot enter into the download mode. Help me po please
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] cristymc:
Yes there is a way... Look for a threat about panasonic eluga switch.... There are all the steps you need
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] mcarden2006:
Will you be doing anything for the Alcatel idol 5?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Siraj Enriq:
I am from india, using 6045k, lost duel sim support due to flashing of marionette's Rom. Still trying to get duel sim back, tried eluga firmware also, but unfortunately i didn't get any error at 45%. Now i am using flyos 2.0, its working like charm. But only one sim is there, i tried several software upgrader versions, but server is not connecting (or very slow), its always stuck at 20%.

Its been a year that i am trying to get to stock rom. I have done searching in several threads and contacted some senior members but it didn't help,

Pls help me, how can i get back to stock rom and get duel sim Support back??
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ecozturk:
Hello everyone,

I am quite a noob in tempering with Android but have done a lot of reading, though haven't understood everything (mea culpa!) :)

Now i have questions. Since all the info about rooting the Idol 3 is scattered in many threads, sorry if i am not posting at the right place...

- My Idol3 5.5 (6045Y) was on Android 6.0.1. => No fastboot commands available so i was stuck.

- I used Alcatel_flasher tool to write TWRP 3.1.1 on the recovery partition.

Several times, after i did write TWRP and rebooted the phone it was back with the old, stock recovery tool.

I tried several times and finally i was able to keep TWRP installed. (as far as i understand, if something is not done (like what? installing superSU?), the first install of TWRP is some kind of a "live boot" and not a real persistent installation ?)

- Now I have TWRP installed, now it is there everytime i reboot the phone and enter recovery.

- I then installed SuperSU (this version : UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip).

- Wiped cache/dalvik

- Rebooted.

And the phone is stuck on some kind of bootloop, on the white, Alcatel screen.

I can reboot and enter recovery (TWRP) though.

I don't understand a few things. Is the phone actuelly rooted ? How to know?

Do I have to go back to stock ROM (with the Panasonic thingy) or can i try to install a custom ROM ?

If yes, are there prerequisites? Like i MUST install a 6.0.1 custom ROM ? Or any version is OK ?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ecozturk:
OK... I was able to get the phone back on with Mobile Upgrade Q 5.1.8.

So what now... ?

Still need to remove all this bloatware garbage...
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ciclolars:
If you got stuck after flashing a zip in order to get root access, it may be that the first time in booting is longer than usual.

However, I'd recommend you to get root via magisk so you don't modify /system partition, so you can pass safety net, read Magisk subforum to clear your mind.

Nevertheless, I would like to know if you where in the last build of stock Android MM before using Mobile Upgrade Q 5.1.8, i mean build 22 with security patch from November 2016, thanks in advance.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ecozturk:
Well, i think i messed up in TWRP. I clearly remember that the first time i launched it there was a prompt about mounting system in read/write and i said yes (didn't know what i was doing, clearly).

I guess that's what messed up the process.

And about the first boot being a bit long, indeed, when i was able to get the phone back on it was long but nor THAT long. Previous time, when i was stuck, i let it boot all night long... ended up with the battery empty (thoug it was conneted to PC via USB and charging.. seems that wasn't enough).

To answer your question : Yes i was on build 22 from nov 2016.

cheers
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ciclolars:
Many thanks for your clear reply,

This weekend I'll try to reflash my build 22 but I'm root so let's hope Mobile Upgrade Q allows me, last time i couldn't because it prompted that i had already the latest software version, but if you got it may be me too... I hope.

Anyway, i think that you're right and next time do not allow TWRP to modify your /system, next step would be a normal boot and then, try to root via Magisk, good luck!

Cheers
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ecozturk:
You are welcome :)

Q1 : Why Magisk rather than SuperSU ?

Q2 : I am also looking for a place/page with some explanations about rooting/flashing custom roms.

My current pending question is : If i get to manage rooting the phone the way explained up here, will that meen that i can flash a rom through the custom recovery that i'll have installed ?

I read everywhere that to flash a custom rom, bootloader needs to be unlocked. And with this method (TWRP via Alcatel flasher) we skip the part where we unlock the bootloader (as explained here, for instance, in the classic method).

I'd like to understand the dependencies between all these steps (custom recovery, fastboot, bootloader, rooting, custom rom). I still don't get which one requieres which other exactly.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ciclolars:
With Magisk you can get root without modify /system partition and it seems to be more promising as SuperSU is becoming less popular. The developing is moving to Magisk, as you can pass safety net verification. I recomend you to read this thread https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445

Root is a privilege that allows you to modify system protected files/folders, vague explanation, as if you were administrator in Windows.

In order to flash a ROM, there are some ways, via a custom recovery such as TWRP, via a tool leaving the phone in download mode (ex: Using the software Sahara & Firehose), via fastboot straigth from your phone or remotely. As you can see, there are many ways. However, as Alcatel has removed fastboot comands after the upgrade to Android MM the only way I know is using the software Sahara & Firehose (follow the steps in the OP). First, flash the TWRP recovery with oftware Sahara & Firehose and then flash a custom ROM with TWRP, but make sure you flash a compatible ROM (6045Y, right?).

Anyway, I recomend you to flash the Stock ROM and then modify as much as you desire the ROM (Root, Xposed, mods, etc)

Good luck
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ecozturk:
Thanx for all those info. Pretty clear :)

When you say "flash the Stock ROM", you meen a stock Android and not a stock ROM for my specific phone refurbished by Alcatel right ? (and yes, i'm on a 6045Y)
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ciclolars:
Stock ROM is the manufacturer ROM, Stock base ROM is a ROM based on the manufacturer ROM but modified by a developer, Custom ROM is a ROM made by a developer.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ecozturk:
Now i'm confused. Why flash a stock ROM then ? Isn't that the one already on the device ? Why not just root the device and keep the ROM that's already there ?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ciclolars:
That's the key, i prefer to stay stock with root. As you desire, there are good ROMs out there but better to ask somebody about this matter.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] ecozturk:
My question wasn't about the choice of the ROM itself

I meen why flash then ? If i get it right, that would be flashing the same ROM as the one already installed.

Better stop there and take no risk, right ? You get root and that's the major +
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Dubstepwolf123:
Thanks

WOW!!! Thank you so much, this has cured my pain from the Android that Alcatel has made!
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Sillik:
Hello!

I used your tool to install TWRP and it worked, so thanks!

But then I tried installing an aboot image to restore fastboot commands, but my phone is now bricked.

I still can see it in this tool though, but when I try to read or write the aboot, I get a message saying that the partition is skipped and "This is a DEMO limitations ..."

How can I flash a new aboot image then?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] zorro_tj:
Thanks

Thanks a lot DeckerSU, by your job now i enjoy an Idol 3 OT-6045K (dual sim) with Sailfish OS installed, run very fast!

Grazie! Ciao :) Antonio from Italy
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] jcabia:
Links are offline :( Is this tool still relevant to unlock bootloader and flash a cfw on alcatel idol 3?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] nemesisprime001:
I'm not allowed to post link so :

mega.nz/#!R2ZTQCyS!AzLa5reMt2MnBnfLrfPJq17Pz5cao6t1bqbUA8HMtVM

pass : decker.su
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] SuperDroid519:
Does anyone know where to get the twrp download these days?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] lowrck:
i downloaded the tool linked above from mega but it freezes when reading nprg, don't know whats wrong maybe im just impatient but it seems to be taking a very long time. [MENTION=5660972]DeckerSU[/MENTION] is there any chance you still have the tool knocking around that youd be willing to reupload as the yandex link is dead.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Josh Opray:
Mind restarting this?

I'm trying to install iOs on an Alcatel GoFlip. I wonder if you could share that program with me that you made.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] sejolino:
I would like to install LineageOs on my Idol 3 but I can't really understand how it works. Every guide is different and links are often missing!

Can anyone help me step by step please? I'm totally newbie here :P
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] kirill448:
Очень нужна программа для idol 3 6039y.

Очень нужна программа для idol 3 6039y. Где ее можно скачать? Сейчас ссылки не работают даже на старую версию.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Duddly:
Check your private messages!
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Fen4eR:
hi all , give me link software pm pliz
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Fernando Negro:
Complementing this how-to,

1) The installation instructions for GNU/Linux on the "bkerler/edl" github are incomplete. Since that, I had to also install,

1.1) The "gcc" package, in order to solve the following error:

"error: Setup script exited with error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed: No such file or directory"

1.2) A python dependency ("pip install pylzma") in order to solve the following error:

"pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'pylzma' distribution was not found and is required by edlclient"

2) Also, I had to add "--skipresponse" to the 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 "edl" commands listed on this how-to, in order for these commands not to be stuck on the following part:

"firehose - Trying to read first storage sector..."

But, having said this,

I get the problem listed in the "troubleshooting" section of fastboot constantly giving me the error "remote: unknown command". Like, for example, when trying to execute "fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxx.img", I get the following output:

Sending 'recovery' (15904 KB) OKAY [ 0.582s]

Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')

fastboot: error: Command failed

(In fact, the only reason why I think I have been successful in installing the bootloader with fastboot enabled, is because when I execute the command "fastboot devices" I do get a response, of an alphanumeric code followed by the word fastboot - that I think it's identifying the connected device.)

I did install the latest lk2nd bootloader from the "msm8916-mainline/lk2nd" github ("lk2nd-msm8916.img" file, created on December 26, 2022). So, it can't be the problem of the fastboot from the bootloader being too old.

What is the problem I'm experiencing, then?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] mtek89:
It really sounds like your device isn't properly unlocked. Does `fastboot oem unlock` do anything?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Renate:
Virtual com port drivers? Blech! :eek:

Why talk to COM30 when you can just talk to the device?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Fernando Negro:
Not even the command "fastboot oem device-info" would work (it gave me the same error, of "remote: 'unknown command'").

Following your how-to was the first thing I did, before anything else (with an unmodified Idol 3 5.5" running Android 6.0).

Since that, in order to unlock the bootloader, I read somewhere else on this forum (https://xdaforums.com/t/6045-guide-unlock-bootloader.3161878/#post-61966640) that one would need to also use the fastboot command. (And, first of all, one has to be able to use this command...)

Is it possible to, anyway, unlock the bootloader (with Android 6.0.1 installed) before following your how-to?

And, should I have done this first, then?

Anyway, having failed to do this yesterday, I realized that I won't have time, after all, to finish doing what I wanted with this phone, before going on vacation... So, I'll have to put this issue on hold, for about 3 weeks.

Thank you, very much, for your quick response.

I'm very interested in testing alternative ROMs on this phone - and therefore, I'll return to this forum after my vacation, in order to (try to) solve my problem.

Until then - and thanks again, for your time.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] mtek89:
There's a chance my phone was already unlocked before I did any of those steps I listed above.... but at the same time there's:

So unlocking the OEM should have already been done at the beginning of my guide.

I think it might just be that your phone is ever so slightly different than mine.

Maybe you can try:

where you use a different image?

Anyway, have fun on your holiday and tell me how it goes after
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] Fernando Negro:
Hello, again.

First of all, just to add something,

Having in the meantime read another post in here, where a well-known developer called the attention for the specific type of ".img" file used (https://xdaforums.com/t/get-fastboot-back.4091787/) I still tried resorting to an alternative download (from the "msm8916-mainline/lk2nd" github) of a "lk2nd-msm8916.tar" file with only a "boot.img" file inside, but this resulted in the same error messages.

(So, what I did afterwards, was to use the edl command again, as listed on step 4.5 of the guide, to rewrite the boot partition with the backup I had made of the original - so that I could return my phone to its original state.)

Responding to your post,

The OEM step at the beginning of your guide only makes us activate an option that allows the unlocking.

What it says in the corresponding field, in the Developer Options, is:

OEM unlocking

Allow the boot loader to be unlocked

(So that one can later use the fastboot command, that actually performs the unlocking.)

And, if (like it's said in a hyperlink I already posted: https://xdaforums.com/t/6045-guide-unlock-bootloader.3161878/#post-61966640) one needs to use the fastboot command to unlock the bootloader, that means that one can use this command even if the bootloader is locked. So, from what I understand, this can't be a problem of the fastboot command not working because the bootloader is locked.

As for my phone possibly being ever so slightly different from yours, I can add that: mine was one of the last available models being sold as new online, I bought it in 2019, it's a 6045I model, and it might have come with Android 6.0 already installed(?).

As for the alternative bootloader image you proposed, from the SUGAR program, it's from the personal Google Drive of a user that only made 31 posts in here, and received 15 approvals. So, unfortunately it's from a source that doesn't inspire much trust in me (unlike the cases of the "edl" program and the "lk2nd" bootloader, that are hosted on github and have many people involved in creating them).

Having searched this forum for alternatives, I found a post by a well-known developer, that has a zip file where another bootloader is included: https://xdaforums.com/t/6045-bootloader-mm-hybrid-bootstack.3436808/

But, I don't know if I can use the listed "boot.img" file alone, without causing problems on my phone...

Can this be a problem of the "lk2nd" bootloader itself, from the "msm8916-mainline/lk2nd" github, not working well? If so, I can ask about this on that project's "Issues" section, on github.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Android Development] oopps24:
Pls reupload all files.