yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michaelrp67:
com.google.process.gapps

Wow! I wouldn't have any idea how to use ADB if it's the debug emulator thing I have read about.

I found a zip that was suppose to contain all the stock google apps that come with the system but none of the .apk's worked. Anyone know where to get working ones?

I'm wondering if I could install all the google apps again if that would solve the com.google.process.gapps error and enable the market to download again?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabicat:
Great to hear XBrav! Glad to hear your still working on it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XBrav:
You need to make sure your apks are compatible with 2.1. CM 5.0.8's latest one should work...

Once you have all the APKs you need, install them through adb using "adb install filename.apk"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michaelrp67:
com.google.process.gapps SOLVED!

Here is the answer to the com.google.process.gapps problem. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11510883#post11510883
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ionparticle:
Don't do this. Clockwork recovery does not have ROM images that are compatible with this phone.

You still need this? I've sent you a message.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XBrav:
Well, I can say we are able to flash unsigned recoveries and partitions, I just need the recovery now.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squigley:
I got the recovery partition (mtd2) off mine, do you need that, or something else?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabicat:
XBrav,

do you have a file repository setup or a wiki with any of the information/files you've put together?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XBrav:
Not yet. Been too busy. But if you get one going, I'll endorse it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabicat:
XBrav, you've got PM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XBrav:
Read and replied. Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mistix:
YAY keep up the good work guys!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banana-man666:
How are things going trying to get a custom recovery onto this??

I have just been given one by a guy from work as my old HTC gave up and would like to get rid of all the rubbish off it

Dave
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
Hi,

can anybody help me? I need OT-980 flash images.

recovery on /dev/mtd/mtd2

system on /dev/mtd/mtd4

custpack on /dev/mtd/mtd5

data on /dev/mtd/mtd6

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabicat:
Has anyone managed to get Barnacle to work on this phone? I've tried tons of changes but can't get it going.

So far: set lan and wlan manually, disable wpa supplicant, static ip, wep......

It shows as connected on both my xp and windows 7 laptops, but never gets an ip and never shows in the clients tab of barnacle.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maverick4lyes:
branacale

same issue as above was never able to get itouch to show upin clients list. Please help as this is all this phone needs wifi teathering.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docertabum:
guys, any news about custom roms? btw. how do you like your touchscreen? My screen seems high sensitive than it should be. It happens very often that the phone starts the app when scrolling etc. It a bit annoying...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
I'm working on custom rom, but I have only one thing working - Qualcomm bootloader (debuging USB serial port). I tried Alcatel Updater, but without succes. On boot partition there is broken kernel. It boots up and crash in a moment. On recovery partition is the same one (because I copied recovery kernel to boot partition - it was a big mistake). I can't enter fastboot mode.

I captured usb packets from Alcatel Updater. It loads Alcatel.bin and run it but then there is some problem.

Based on captured packets I'm writing loader that loads my own ARM code to

RAM. I'm not able to succesfuly run this code yet.

Does anybody know where is located Qualcomm bootloader? Is it in NAND?

It could be in OTP memory, but I'm not sure.

Is there any way to flash NAND memmory?

Does anybody know anything about boot up process of QCOM 7k processor?

It's hard work without datasheets.

Is there any way how to enter fastboot mode of bootloader? it may be automatic if there are clean boot and recovery partitions.

When I hold green call button and switch on, I'm in QCOM debug.

When I hold volume down and switch on, I'm in recovery mode and it's same as normal boot for me.

cd
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabicat:
I came from the HTC Vogue before this model. Martin, username "dzo", ported Android to the WM 6 based device and devised a nand package for that device, among many other incredible things. Since it was a MSM7 series device, perhaps he might have some insight?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
I found this:

processors overview and comparison

http wenku.baidu.com/view/ca68dc4ac850ad02de8041cf.html

boot of msm7k

http wenku.baidu.com/view/f982592acfc789eb172dc886.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viztelen:
Hello, your messages in the forum helped me a lot :)

But I can't remove twidroyd from the phone , just the update :(

I used root explorer and deleted the apk file from /custpack/app, but twidroyd is still in the programs, and launches everytime, and it annoys me a lot...

And could somebody tell me, is it draining the battery, if I put a lot of apps on the home screens (I killed those, what I don't with TasKiller, but it's easier to start from the home screen than start from the menu) ?

Thanks for your help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viztelen:
With Uninstall for Root, I deleted it, but when I tried to scroll in the app list, I deleted the com.android.providers.userdictionary file...

Than it came up with the following pop-up error:

the application Android keyboard (process com.android.inputmethod.latin) has stopped unexpectedly. please try again

<force close>

and it comes up every time I touch any key, or start an app...

I tried the factory reset with volume down+power button at boot, but it didn't help...

could somebody help me, what can I do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
Has anyone tried Alcatel Updater? I think there is a bug.

Updater sends plain partition command without partition table data.

updater:

hex:

7E 19 00 CE 4D 7E

ascii:

~..ÎM~

phone:

hex:

7E 0D 07 00 00 00 55 6E 6B 6E 6F 77 6E 20 65 72

72 6F 72 20 61 63 63 65 70 74 69 6E 67 20 70 61

72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 20 74 61 62 6C 65 FF 76 66

7E

ascii:

~.....Unknown er

ror accepting pa

rtition table˙vf

~
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viztelen:
The com.android.providers.userdictionary file is UserDictionaryProvider.apk , I deleted this file accidentaly.

It is the software keyboards file, so I downloaded another software keyboard, set the phone up to use that, and now I don't have the error.

But please somebody help me, how can I put back the UserDictionaryProvider.apk file ... (I need the file too, other android device file is not working to me...)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docertabum:
here you are...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viztelen:
thank you :)

Could you please tell me, how can I install it back? :S

I run the apk, it says it successfully installed, but the error still pops up :(

Or in this case I must re-install the firmware somehow?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docertabum:
Did you check for the file if it is installed in proper place? ( /system/app/..)

you can always make a backup with titanium backup and do reinstall of the system (have a phone turne off, push "r" + red button and phone is reflashed
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
Could anybody share boot, system and custpack images?

It can be done on rooted phone with "dd if=/dev/mtd/mtd0 of=/sdcard/mtd0 bs=4096" etc.

please please please please please please please

Thx

cd
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viztelen:
it's not in /system/app

I can make backup, but if the original software keyboard doesn't work (until I install another one) , I can't do much with it...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docertabum:
I have a rooted phone but it says "/dev/mtd/mtd0: cannot open for read: permission denied'
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docertabum:
can't you just copy a file with Root explorer to specific destination?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viztelen:
I copied the file to /system/app (I don't know, where it was, because I deleted it with uninstaller for root) with root explorer (mounted as RW), but I cannot see the file, if I copy it again, it doesn't say that the file exists ( for example if I do this in /sdcard, it pops up the warning that the file already exists)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docertabum:
hmm... sorry to say, Viztelen, but I have no more advices for you right know... The only solution is to make a backup of SMSs, phone numbers (in a case you do not use phonebook stored in your google account) and any other 3rd party software you've installed already. Then let the phone to be reflashed the way I described above(1. turn off the phone, 2. push (and keep pushed) R button on your physical keyboard and turn on the phone). You'll see the animation "unboxing the phone".
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabicat:
How much free space is indicated when you navigate to /system/app ? If there isn't enough, when I tried, the file just failed to show up.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viztelen:
i moved youtube.apk to SD card, and tried to copy the UserDictionaryProvider.apk file, but it doesn't appear.

And can't copy back the youtube.apk.

tried to move it back, but it disappeared from the sd card. and I forgot to make a copy, so now there is no youtube -.-

could somebody upload it please?

the power off, then power on+R button is the same as volume down(or up?)+power button, the apk still missing :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maverick4lyes:
I think the main solution for this phone is to install a full custom rom on this phone. He will end up losing data which i dont think is his main concern. custom rom (2.2 i perfer) should be enough to install the missing apk since it was a apk that android keeps referring to and doesn't know how to reinstall since it should never have been deleted. imho
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viztelen:
and do you have a ROM or know about one that works on this phone, because I didn't find any :(

I think everybody will be grateful if you could advice us a working 2.2 ROM :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maverick4lyes:
ur right

Ur right..... I think everyone would love to have a 2.2 custom rom or update for this phone. I do not know where to get the custom rom for the phone or if it exists. Although I have heard a rumor of alcatel releasing an update this year for 981 or 980 to 2.2. Not sure if its ture.

If there is anyone who knows how to make customs roms or know of one that works with alcatel 980 or 981 we would be very happy with it.

I don't even mind learning to make a custom rom even some one would like to teach me. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docertabum:
guys, I do not know much about GPL applied on Android stuff, but isn't Alcatel obligated to release a source code related to their ROMs or at least some part of it? HTC does such things...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
How to repartition nand filesystem? I would like to change size of MTD partitions.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tweakmyknob:
The woman's got one of these. Obviously not breaking new ground here given the progress you gents have already made, but I've rooted it, successfully removed the stock games and have seemingly successfully dumped mtd0 (boot) and mtd2 (recovery).

After unpacking and examining the init.rc from mtd2, it does seem to launch both adbd and recovery services.

The trick I guess here is figuring out how to boot that partition...? There must be some key combination we're missing here that boots the existing recovery partition, it contains a bunch of seemingly 'flash status' related .bmp files. How does Alcatel boot this bit to flash them?

If that gets booting, clockworkmod could be ported and injected onto that partition:

http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/10/porting-clockwork-recovery-to-new.html

I don't have a kitchen set up as of now, nor can I really risk bricking her phone (I don't really want to buy her a new one if it goes south)

I'd be willing to provide these dumps to anyone who could assist as well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ngoanhtuan_hn:
I have a Alcatel OT906(only available in VietNam)running with Android 2.2 Froyo.I changed DroidSans and DroidSans-Bold into tahoma and after restart,it didn't start successfully.I tried holding call-button and switching on and it stopped at Alcatel starting logo.Maybe it in Recovery mode.When I plugged in Windows 7,Windows reconized Android 1.0 driver and download it automatically.After installing ,device manager showed ADB Testing Inteface.But I can not use adb shell:error:device not found...Did I install driver correctly?And can some one send me driver that allow you to use ADB?Thanks.If u can not attach it there,you can send to: ngoanhtuan.bkhn@gmail.com.

Thanks so much! I hope I can discover Froyo in my Ot906 for running on OT980(with the same Ram,chip and screen resolution)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ngoanhtuan_hn:
If I can access to root folder,I can repare it by myseft,please help me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docertabum:
did you try one touch upgrade tool from Alcatel website? I guess you will loose your data when reflashing.... You can download it here:

http://www.alcatel-mobilephones.com/global/global/downloads

If I remember it right I also couldn't connect to OT-980 via ADB under winxp, but I think I had no problem under Ubuntu... maybe you can try before you use the tool above...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ngoanhtuan_hn:
Thanks for rep.I tried this tool but has no effect.I also use Ubuntu and which tool is useful on Ubuntu for connecting to OT980?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaXKilleR:
Hi,

I hope someone can help me.

I got an Alcatel OT-981a (for Wind Mobile). I tried to backup my rom using Rom Manager, and it just blanked out. Now when I turn on the phone it just loops on the Wind logo animation (basically soft brick).

If I try the reset combo people mentioned here (volume down + power) I just get a blank screen. At that point, I can plug it in to my computer and fastboot seems to work, but I can't do anything with fastboot without an existing backup.

I tried the One Touch Upgrade Q software for OT-980 (hold call + power) but it throws a network error (seemed to accept the phone though).

I am pretty new to android, so I am not sure what else I can do. Can anyone provide me with a backup or any kind of information that will unbrick my phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariop100:
Alcatel 980

hi

sorry to jump in in this post.

please does anyone know if is going to be available an Android 2.2 update for the alcatel 980 official or unofficial software. also anyone have an answer how to use abode flash player 10.1 with android 2.1. is is the reason why I wont to update my alcatel 980.

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ngoanhtuan_hn:
Alcatel Ot980 run with 600Mhz Processor,so it is not enough to install flash player.In case u try with all effort,it may be very lag when surfing web.:).

Some new models of Alcatel is available with 2.2 but there is no rom update for ot980.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariop100:
thanks for replying

I downloaded fladh player but it does not do anything. the only reason that i wanted it is because i want to watch some short video online that requires either flash player or silver player. other that that very happy with my alcatel..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
repair boot.img

I have created boot.img for testing. It can be used for repair of a bad filesystem.

There is full busybox and adbd available.

You can download it: http://www.uloz.to/8778784/boot-img

pass: ot980

enter bootloader with holding Q key and power on (or plug in USB cable)

Boot: 'fastboot boot boot.img'

(don't flash)

wait for penguin and connect using 'adb shell'

Then you can mount nand partitions or sdcard.

('mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system'

or 'mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard',

create corresponding dirs befor - 'mkdir /system').

You can see names of mtd paritions with: 'cat /proc/mtd'

Be careful - you are root.

Please try this boot image. I don't know if it's working on other phones than mine.

cd
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smnc:
The OT-98x CANNOT run Flash.

A combination of Android 2.1 and an ARMv6 CPU mean that it will never run full Adobe Flash.

It might be possible to run Flash Lite for video viewing though. I'll see what I can do.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaXKilleR:
What's the password?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
password is ot980
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaXKilleR:
I see the penguin but adb doesn't find the device.

When it was on before (looping on the splash) adb worked, but I had no root (even though I did root the device before). I tried to root through adb, but it looks like it disabled usb debugging.

I'm sure your boot works, but unless there is a way to enable USB debugging using fastboot, I got no adb now either. The only thing that will save me is flashing the original partitions.

Thanks though! At least I know fastboot works.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaXKilleR:
Someone on Hawards forum was kind enough to give me the partitions, but I still have problems...

I tried to boot from the img but i got:

# flashboot boot boot.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.282s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: incomplete bootimage)
finished. total time: 1.285s

Flashing the boot and restore img worked, but flashing system gave me this:

# flashboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (74240 KB)...
OKAY [ 18.596s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 33.042s

I do seem to have a working restore sequence, but i guess that the system partition is corrupt because when I try and boot, it just sits on the Alcatel white splash screen.

Anyone knows anything about these errors? I looked around and I didn't find anything.

He used these type of commands to create the img (if that helps):

cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/boot.img
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
Are you on windows or linux? If you are using linux you should have proper udev rule or run adb as root with sudo.

I have orig partitions, but I can't write it trough fastboot. Original system partition image is larger than my system partition. Last owner of my phone change it. I don't know how.

Nand partition size can be changed by kernel cmd line only for running kernel

...mtdparts=msm_nand:0x00500000@0x00000000(zacatek),0x00500000@0x04560000(boot),0x03200000@0x04b20000(cache)...

Fastboot can't see it and it use default partition sizes.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
It was my idea but it's not working.

I tried to unpack files from image with unyaffs tool without succes.

Better way can be creation of tar archive of system and custpack directory (partition). Who has good phone, help please.

Files than can be moved to phone on sdcard or via adb push with my boot.img.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tweakmyknob:
What exactly do you need and in what format? I can probably help with this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ngoanhtuan_hn:
How do I use adb?I use Windows 7 and when I turn off my phone,hold the call button and switch on,then plug in computer,Windows 7 downloaded and installed Android driver automatically.When it finished,in "Device manager",it showed that "Adb testing Interface".But I can not use adb shell.It showed "Error:device not found" only.Someone can help me?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
On my phone there are two bootloaders.

When I hold green call button and switch on phone is in qualcomm bootloader. This bootloader is used by Alcatel updater. It's low level bootloader.

To enter fastboot mode hold Q button and switch on.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
I need whole filesystem - all files and symlinks.

Good format may be tar or gzipped tar.

You must have root privileges.

You can create tar.gz archive of system and custpack:

'tar xzf /sdcard/system.tar.gz /system'

'tar xzf /sdcard/custpack.tar.gz /custpack'

You can use attached busybox.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariop100:
The OT-98x CANNOT run Flash.

A combination of Android 2.1 and an ARMv6 CPU mean that it will never run full Adobe Flash.

It might be possible to run Flash Lite for video viewing though. I'll see what I can do.

please what ever you can do is much appriciated.

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariop100:
Please if you can do something with flash lite will be very nice

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaXKilleR:
Is custpack.img also an yaffs img? I thought only system.img is, the other img dumps either have custom headers (boot, recovery) or are just raw partition dumps (I think).

Here is the boot, recovery, and system data from romdump (thanks to windian from Howard forums)

www(dot)mediafire(dot)com/?kospb4xch17ikr3

I repacked the system files with the yaffs tool, and it successfully flashed with fastboot. But I am still stuck on the white Alcatel boot screen, and the recovery loading animation stops after 2 seconds. I think the custom package is messed up or missing, so I need to flash it somehow.

I have a custpack.img made by 'cat' command, but it is too large (133mb) to flash with fastboot (fails on transfer due to size).

I tried to mount it (in ubuntu) so I can repackage it with less content

# sudo mkdir /mnt/custpack
# sudo mount -o loop ./custpack.img /mnt/custpack
mount: can't find /mnt/custpack in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

Any one has any idea how to deal with this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
It isn't possible to dump partition image with 'cat' from /dev/mnt/mtd* because 'cat' copy only data from nand block.

Nand blocks are made up of 2048 bytes of data and 64 bytes of spare data (OOB) that are used by yaffs. In this 64 bytes are informations about yaffs object (id etc.), isn't it true?

custpack is in yaffs format. alcatel system can't work without custpack, there are framework resources

boot and recovery are boot images for bootloader. there is no filesystem. there are header, kernel and initrd (see bootimg.h -- http://www.netmite.com/android/mydroid/cupcake/system/core/mkbootimg/bootimg.h)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaXKilleR:
Ok great. So I only have to deal with yaffs tools.

I packed a custpack.img file from the zip XBrav posted (page 7 I think) and if flashed successfully, but it is still stuck on the white Alcatel boot screen.

He used Root Explorer to zip the partition data, but I guess that's not good enough.

How else can it be done? You said busybox, I guess you mean the android app. I never used it and I got to put together instructions to my friend on Howard forums.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colddog:
Thanks. My phone is working now.

I used custpack from zip file (page 5 of this thread), but there were problems with permisions. I change permisions to 777 for all files in custpack.

It is't good but it works. It could be better to make tar archive of custpack from good phone.

cd /custpack

chmod 777 -R ./
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaXKilleR:
No problem, good to hear some good news!

The custpack is for Canadian Wind Mobile, so it should be quite different from what your device used to have (czech vodafone?).

I got adb again, thanks to your boot.img, and I restored system.tar.gz directly to the mounted partition (and did the permission set on custpack), and now it boots properly again!!!

Thank you for your help and info. I'll see if I can get the original custpack as a tarball.