yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squigley:
I'm trying to get the image off, dd doesn't work because the mtd block devices can't be read (perhaps because they are mounted, but I would still expect dd as root to be able to read them), and tar doesn't help much, because the tar function in busybox doesn't interpret the --exclude or -X parameters to exclude the sdcard dir (to avoid a recursive tar), and to exclude /proc and /dev and /sys.

I'm going to try to cross compile tar for android and hope to get a backup out that way.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maverick4lyes:
Hi guys new to the scene and planning to get this phone as a low budget andriod device.. I hope you guys will be able to find a way to develop for this phone and more importantly upgrade it. It would be a big help! Thanks for all your hard work so far!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kanelbulle:
Yes, I had some luck downloading the APKs from freeware lovers and installing them with adb. Maybe it works even without adb.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Any links ? PM if not public ;)

What is ADB ?

Thanks a lot :)

EDIT : found ADB explainations :) but APK can always be installed from phone...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokedude911:
Yep, any big .apk file fails on my OT-980
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kanelbulle:
Froyo?

Hi Pokedude,

is Froyo arriving in July????
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokedude911:
Apparently so. I have heard rumours, but I think that Froyo may come in August when Alcatel release their new flagship, the OT-990 - which is coming with a skinned Froyo ROM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Mmm new phone with new ROM is equal too old phone getting new rom ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokedude911:
You must remember the OT-980 will be second best to the 990, however, it should still be supported. HTC update thier older phones from a longer period of time, so I think alcatel will support us:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Just tested APNDroid... and it doesn't work : clicking on the button turns off 3G but it comes back even if the apndroid button is "not enabled" state...

Did anyone tested this behavior ? :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokedude911:
APNdroid works fine for me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
ok, another problem : on WinXP : installed PC Suite with drivers.

I just plugged the phone and nothing happened on WinXP !

Is it normal ?

EDIt : another problem : APN Droid is OK but when I try to install a widget on desktop, I press long, then "widget" then... force close :( on "parameters"...

Other mean to install widget ?

Thanks :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokedude911:
Bump!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eternalnoob:
I'm afraid no updates for the OT-980 are currently being planned by Alcatel. A friend of mine recently bought his first Android mobile (shortly after I got my hands on my first device) and it was the OT-980, which, frankly, is a great phone compared to dumbphones one can get for the same price. So I dropped a message on their website and asked if an update to FroYo or above was in the works. The reply was:

"Regrettably there is no plan to upgrade OT-980 from Anroid 2.1 to 2.2 at present. We sincerely apologize the inconvenience!

Should you have another request, do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you for choosing Alcatel!"

Anyway, I appreciate the fact that they provided a clear and honest reply instead of some marketing newspeak like "we always work for your satisfaction but cannot provide a schedule right now, kthxbye".
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
For information : you can install Maps up to version 5.5.0.

After, it works but the "widget" on desktop features crashes the com.settings...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syfyfan:
can anyone get live wallpaper for 981a
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XBrav:
So all you need is a boot image to build clockwork? I'm sure I can extract mine. Since I've borked the recovery partition on my tribe anyways, might as well try. My phone boots fine without a working recovery.

*EDIT*

Ok, did some more online scrounging, got some slick stuff.

Firstly, to boot to FASTBOOT MODE:

When powered off, hold the "q" key and power the device on. The screen will be black, and a generic fastboot driver will install.

Secondly, to get development via ADB:

Download this file: http://www.mediafire.com/?5i1hz44plc6k9cs

Using FASTBOOT, boot the image in the above archive (still trying to find the source of this build). Mr. Linus will show up on your Alcatel's screen, and you'll now have ADB access.

With this working boot image, I now know we can build a recovery, without an issue. I just need the time to set up an environment, and guess and check. Then, we can talk ROMs. However, I am a really busy guy, so please don't expect me to deliver at a crazy rate. I can, however, provide dumps of non-personalized areas of my phone so that we can get this show on the road. Anybody else interested?

*EDIT 2*

Flashed that above image to recovery. Now, whenever I boot using Vol Down + Power I get Linus. Hooray :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Wow :)

But you can't now reset to factory settings now !

But if you want help I can try to help you, if you guarantee that I will still be able to use my phone at least... as a mobile phone LOL because I don't have any other phone even an old...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XBrav:
Thanks for the offer. At the moment, I just need coders to help getting code running! It's really tricky. Honestly, if I brick my device, it would be for a good cause.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
No problem, if you need tester, do not hesitate to ask me :)

Have an OT-980 / 2.1 stock + french slide keyboard (AZERTY) ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokedude911:
So we are making advances... yay!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sai69:
hi sir.. can you help me unbrick my ot 980? its stuck in a boot loop. thank you in advance
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
I think things are going well but you have to wait... maybe for a good time before some results come...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imyahm:
I have livewallpapers on my OT-980A (2.1 update-1), i searched the forum and find some useful stuff and made a compilation of it.

Also I installed an app called link2sd(needs root) and as i couldn't understand how to partition the SD on Windows i just opened diskutility on Mac and make 2 partitions to the SDcard both in windows format and... FUAAAA!! it worked

I'm very happy with my ot980a now with LiveWallpapers and Apps saved on SD!! :D it makes waiting for froyo not annoying at all ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sai69:
okay sir.. but is it fixable? :( ive been searching for months...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XBrav:
It might be. Have you tried booting from Vol Down + Power? It'll boot the recovery, which factory restores the phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
To be more precise, in case of misunderstanfing : shutdown your phone if not, press volume down and, keeping the volume down pressed, turn on your phone pressing few second the power button then release the volume down button :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylechina:
i dont know whether it rooted。。if so，just kick some apps。

just enjoy it。 no more expectation
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tawhid111:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1144773
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CorsicaBia:
Hello

I have a OT980, i have rooted it and i want to remove somes games and soft. So i try with Titanium Backup, he show me all the apk, i can select one, but when i want remove it, titanium say me "not find APK" or something else.

It is possible to remove apk from the alcatel OT980 ?

I can remove the apk in /custpack/app ?

Thanks very much and sorry for my very bad english.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Sorry, i found, i use root uninstaller.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hello from Corscica
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imyahm:
I saw a message yesterday it says something like this:

"Alcatel Mobile Philippines: OT-980 is now upgradable to Froyo 2.2."

it has date of march 18th ¿how is it possible that we don't have it yet?:confused:

¿fake?:(

I just upgraded my relative's ideos s7 to 2.2.2 and i was so jealous:(

Ive been trying to get fastboot to flash/extract software and help developing but no matter what key combination I use (that I've seen here) it just get factory reset :mad::mad:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Where did you see this message ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squigley:
It's on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.119173068139001.19939.116990021690639 Says "Alcatel Mobile Philippines ‎@Cy: Hi! OT-980 is now upgradable to Froyo 2.2. Thanks! :)"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Ok, wait & sera...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tawhid111:
check for one touch upgrade tool on alcatel website ....

http://www.alcatel-mobilephones.com/us/content/view/full/25287
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
No one confirmed this version upgrade 980 to 2.2...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getochkn:
It would be nice to get 2.2 or 2.3 running on my OT-981A. Wish I was better at this kind of dev to help out. I don't want to buy a new phone just for a small OS upgrade but it sucks when companies just create phones and don't ever support them.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atv:
hi

i have 2 ot-980a but i need help because both of them come already in 2.1 and its ok, already tried to update, both say, its already to the last version, and no option to reinstall same version, but both have the issue that after some days like 3 of use it doesn't delete or cycle the calls and msjs registry so i have to manually delete the calls registry to be able to restart retrieving last numbers dialed or received.

so i make and receive calls but the registry of numbers remains in the day and numbers where it filled (i think the calls capacity record maximum number), so i delete them manually and keep going until it stops again, so maybe until the maximum calls capacity is used it doesn't start deleting the oldest to start recording the last new one, how to fix?

as well does any body knows how to sim unlock them i already received the unlocking codes but none of them works.

i already tried hard reset, and it remains the same issue, maybe reinstalling the same 2.1 version from another that works

thanks

another issue i did not mention is that the clock reset as well to 01-09-2010, but the gmt selection stays and no automatic selected, both phones as well
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariop100:
hi

please i nees help with my alcatel 980. I installed Fonts Changer to make fonts larger. I changed the screen densety 120 which was the default to 140 with fonts changer. the problem was that 140 made everything to big so i tried to restore the default densety 120 but fonts changer has changed the phone screen default densety 140 permanently and it wont revert back. i have reseted the phone to factory but the densety wont change it stays 140 and everything nis to large cant use the phone. please any help

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imyahm:
i had some similar problem, I solved it accidentally by using the Alcatel upgarde tool, when I opened the AUT it showed the message "there is a new software version for your device" or something(I thought there was an update to 2.2 but nah), just plugged my phone to the pc and then just wait until the software was downloaded and installed in the device, then it was like the first time I turned it on, I installed then all my stuff back and did my tweaks.

saludos y suerte

when i did this i think somehow i could catch the download but i really don't know how :S (still trying to update to 2.2)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imyahm:
I had the same issue with 7 I just used a pc running XP installed both programs from alcatel (APCS and OTU) installed qualcomm drivers by attaching the phone turned off an then try the upgrade, now I don't know if this had something to do but i had it rooted and with livewallpapers (that may triggered the popup of new upgrade available but I'm not sure) anyway give it a try

Suerte
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mutt5:
hey can you help me. i rooted my phone and i deleted all files in root explorer. now my phone is not booting android os. what should i do? please help!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariop100:
hi

window xp worked but alcatel says no new software available. i need to find a way to reinstall android 2.1 in my phone. please if anyone could help

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pl8715:
I am getting one tomorrow. What's the story regarding custom roms for this device?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
No custom rom and... probably never...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pl8715:
Why is there no dedicated section in the device area?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Maybe because there is nothing on hacking this phone.

Only rooting is working...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stefek99:
Got Alcated OT 980 and Windows 7 64bit (some time ago tried also on XP pro).

Downloaded PC suite 9.5.

Some problems during installation: i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/stefek99/Alcatel-OT-980-PC-Suite-Windows-XP-7.png

PC: "Trying to connect to handset."

OT980: "Connecting to handset manager"

"Device driver was not successfully installed"

Where to go? What to do next?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getochkn:
the PC suite won't work on 64bit because the device drivers won't install properly but it should work fine on 32bit of xp/vista/7 np.

Looks like any hope for anything else on this phone is dead. I have the 981 version from Wind and will probably use it for a while then get a new phone that may actually have support like the Nexus Wind offers or something instead.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stefek99:
This is a great failure for Alcatel that their phone is not supported by the most recent (and very popular) Operating System, that is Windows 7...

Any hope it will change soon? I even tried to call their hotline alcatelonetouch.com/support/hotlines_repaircenters.html - but there is no such number :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Hey guys !

We here all bought an TCT Mobile phone : it is a low cost cheap phone !

What do you expect ? Same support as HTC/Smasung, etc. ?

Chinese product = chinexe company = one time buy = trash :)

I personnaly paid about 80 € this phone... I don't expect à 400 € like support !

I just use it like a low cost android phone so... and it works flawlessly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pl8715:
I beg to differ about Samsung, their support seems to be terrible on some devices and brilliant on others. My Galaxy Tab P1010 has terrible support with no official rom or custom rom of Gingerbread 2.3.3.

My only complaint with Alcatel OT-980 is the Facebook app doesn't seem to be very responsive, when you want to comment on somebody's status you have to press about 10 times for it to respond.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Same here : problem with FB app, but it is a problem with FB, not the phone because the previous FB app version was OK !

The new one is just a **it with GPS auto connecting with false info LOL
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariop100:
hi

i will need some help. I messed up my alcatel 980. I deleted all google application after root my phone because i wanted to try to see if the battery would last longer without all the google app. The answer is yes, the battery lasts for days now. the problem is that i want to install back the google application but the phone wont let me. tried everything even tried to reflash the phone with alcatel tools but no new software available. I want to use the android market the UK market to download some application like british gas and nationwide building society apk that are not founded on other markets. please how can i install all google application bacl to the phone i cant find the backdate voice anymore the one required by google market I think that it got deleted.

thanks for the help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariop100:
hi

please can someone help. I need to reflash my alcatel 980. I replaced some missing file in the custpack folders with the canadian custpack posted on post 5 of this tread. I thought that would cure the problem I had, the phone did not let me install or delete apk because it says there is no application to open this file, and also some market file were missed form the phone. i bought it second hand like this. however after i installed the canadian custpack file with copy and pest, my phone is not working. the 3 hard keys menu, home and back keys dont work so i could not select anything. I did a restore but there is no restore, when i press volune down or the R key and the red on key, the phone comes on and it says alcatel and then says android and it says the application android keyboard has stopped working, then stuck on the touch screen calibration menu. it asks me to press menu key to continue which does not work. I tried adb but can find device because i cant turn on usb debugging. I tried alcatel onetouch tools but it says no great software available for your phone you have the latest software.

is there a way to install a recover image from the sd card or any other way to fix this phone. alcatel tells me to wait for the upgrade but which upgrade if they said that the alcatel 980 wont be updated to android 2.2 please if someone could help.

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ulgsm4u:
Hi MaX,

Could you elaborate how did you " restored system.tar.gz directly to the mounted partition (and did the permission set on custpack) " ?

Thanks a lot!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loofy:
Hye, I have the alcatel's kernel source code of OT-980 if you want it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariop100:
hi

any news of any customer rom for the alcatel 980. my phone wont boot into recover. just stucks at the calibration screen none of the hard key working.

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ulgsm4u:
I installed a linux on my computer and tried the "adb push" again,

this time /system and /custpack could be pushed without deadlock but the phone is still not working.

It keeps looping recovery for ever....

:(

btw

I could not find a download either for the source code of fastboot for linux or the binary for linux.

If you have the info please give some help!

Your kindness will be appreciated! Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pl8715:
I emailed Alcatel to ask if there any plans to release an official 2.2 Foyo firmware.

They replied with there's no plans to update from 2.1 to 2.2.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loofy:
This is the URL for DL source code of kernel for your OT 980 :

h t t p://sourceforge.net/projects/alcatel/files/OT-980.tar.xz

Don't forget to delete space in "h t t p"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nobula:
tethering

to those who are looking to tether, "easy tether" with a USB worked for my 0t981a to a xp pc. couple other tethering app didn't work. cheers..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getochkn:
Seems all dev on a custom rom or upgrade for these phone is dead eh.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokedude911:
Ikr. This phone is dead - no devs at all. You can still customize it with WidgetLocker lockscreen tho :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getochkn:
Link2SD works and that was one of the main things I wanted from 2.2 was the ability to move apps to my SD and save system memory. Go Launcher lets you customize it a bit better, so it'll do for now for me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokedude911:
Look guys, this phone is never gonna get dev's attention :( but I personally don't need a custom rom atm. Thanks to some of you guys on this forum I have rooted my OT-980, backed it up with titanium backup, changed the fonts, moved apps to the SD card, enabled Live Wallpapers and I have the Galaxy Nexus bootanimation installed - not bad for no ROM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cricketer09:
Please help me get live wallpapers on my OT-980, I've been trying for the past month with no luck :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pl8715:
I thought you had to have 2.2 Froyo to get the live wallpapers?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokedude911:
To install live wallpapers, you need to follow the procedure posted on another page - but I will post it here for convienience.

Credit goes to imyahm:

Just unzip the attatchment and follow the insturctions provided.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diamondbacc:
Yea i just rooted my ot980 with superoneclick. It worked like a charm. Thanks guys.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasoulitos:
Hello.

Is there anyone facing charging problems? (well, not quite the same model, but similar).

I mean, the maximum it can gets is 95%. Can't go over this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Hello

Big problem : made a hard reset, all seems ok but...

clicking on "Market" open and then closes the market, without asking me to enter my google ID :(

In "Account", I can only add 2 types of accounts "Enterprise" (exchange) and "Facebook".

How can I add a Google account and access the market ? :(

OT-980 / Eclair 2.1 but... no Google anymore ? :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokedude911:
Goodbye!

Sorry guys, but I have a ZTE Skate (Orange Monte Carlo) now, so I won't be on this thread anymore. see ya around.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Idontknow186:
Froyo for OT980

Hi,

I have been able to get Froyo running on this based on the OT-908 ROM. I'm probably going to push out a clockwork recovery for this device tomorrow. It might take a week or two to get the ROM setup so you can just flash it as a Update.zip (it is probably recommended that you wipe the data and cache to apply it). The challenge with this phone is that the system partition is really tiny so you need to symlink stuff from custpack to make Froyo fit. If sufficient interest exists I'm going to probably port Gingerbread via Cynogenmod. The recovery is based on the original kernel (the froyo build uses a modified kernel to add froyo bits and runs much fsater). Everything seems to work in Froyo other then the Camera, a Gingerbread port shouldn't suffer from this limitation.

Idontknow186
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Wow awesome !

You mean with 980 you can run Froyo without any problem and it is not slow ?

I thought it was not possible due to slow proc...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Idontknow186:
Not slow at all it runs much better because of driver improvements in Froyo for the Adreno (Note: I installed Zeam launcher after updating). You have to remember the 908 released last year has the same CPU (also a bunch of phone which have Gingerbread ROMS have the same CPU (MSM7227) Xperia X10 Mini). I'll see if I can get the Update file up faster since I just realized I can get away with completely reflashing the custpack partition. I'll post the recovery for sure today so people can back up the contents of their phone with clockworksmod (you'll need fastboot to flash it).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhyrePhox:
Excellent work! I can't wait for Froyo or even GB on this brick!