How to Root.
Please do consider pressing thanks. Thank You.
WARNING: Here's the classic: Do With Your Own Risk.
NOTE:
METHOD1: If this is your first time EVER to root.
METHOD2: If you already have CWM.
METHOD1:
This is the easiest f*cking way EVER! to root since my 1st time on developing. RECOMMENDED for total NOOBS
Credits to Mr. Andrew Casal
Originally Created By: alephzain @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276
1. download Framaroot and install it on your phone.
2. Open it and choose Superuser or SuperSU (SuperSU recommended but not required, you can choose whatever you want) then press Gandalf.
3. Reboot and Enjoy a rooted phone. Now wasn't that oh so easy!?
METHOD2:
1. download my RootStock and copy it to your sd card.
2. enter CWM and flash it like any other rom.
3. reboot and enjoy!
This is the work of annson24(annson08). Please, for Christ's sake, don't steal my work, especially Mr. Vipul Verma. Give proper credits to me, better if you press thank too if anyone wants to remake the tut.
Installing CWM Recovery.
DWYOR.
For now, only chinese version is all we have but the devs are working on translating it to english.
UPDATE: We now have a working english CWM, thanks to Lava XOLO devs.
Installation
NOTE:
METHOD1a: If this is your first time flashing CWM.
METHOD1b: If this is your first time flashing CWM. <~ EASIER METHOD, REQUIRES PC
METHOD2: If you have already flashed Chinese CWM before.
(WARNING: Procede to method 2 if this is your first time flashing CWM)
METHOD1a
Need a Rooted Phone. Root procedure HERE.
1. Download a28.img and copy it to your sd card.
2. Install terminal emulator from Play Store. It's free.
3. Open Terminal Emulator and type the following. Be sure to grant Superuser Permission.
Code:
su
[Press Enter]
dd if=/sdcard/a28.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16
[Press Enter]
4. You now have English CWM Recovery v6.0.1.2. You can enter the recovery by turning off your phone, hold vol.down+power button, release after the phone vibrates or power up.
Enjoy!
Video tutorial by Mr. Keiven Adrian Docos Busita again. Thanks for this awesome video.
METHOD1b
(Thank you sir Andrew Casal for the info)
1. Download a28.img
2. Download Universal Android AIO Flasher Tool
3. Turn off phone
4. hold vol.UP+power button, Download mode should come up
5. Connect phone to PC
6. Open Universal Android AIO Flasher Tool
7. Under "Fastboot Flasher (NANDroid Restorer)" Select Recovery
8. Click "Select File" button then locate the "a28.img".
9. tick/check the checkbox "Erase".
10. Click "Flash".
11. Reboot phone to recovery (NOTE: power button doesn't work on download mode, remove battery first the insert it again and hold vol.DOWN+power button, once the BURST page comes up, release your hold..)
12. You now have English CWM Recovery v6.0.1.2.
Enjoy!
METHOD2
1. Download this flashable zip file
http://d-h.st/3Eb
2. Flash it like any other rom (no need to wipe data)
3. Reboot.
4. You now have English CWM Recovery v6.0.1.2.
How to Change Bootanimation.
STILL DWYOR
Update: Video tutorial by Mr. Keiven Adrian Docos Busita. Watch it Here. Thanks Keiven.
First of all I will start this thread at changing the bootanimation since it's this thread's first purpose. Rooting, build.prop, init.d, scripts are to follow if ever i feel like adding them. Rooting on the other hand will be added for sure because we need a rooted device to change bootanimation.
Requirements:
1. Cherry Mobule Burst/Lava Xolo A500 (Duh!)
2. Root permission (Guide on rooting at OP)
3. Root Explorer
4. Good Understanding.
Procedures:
Step 1
Install Root Explorer an open it.
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Browse for /system folder, open it up and browse for /media folder open that up too and you should find:
/audio
/video
bootanimation.zip
shutdownanimation.zip
turnoff.mp3 (not sure what's its real name, I forgot, I deleted mine)
turnon.mp3 (not sure what's its real name, I forgot, I deleted mine)
Step 3
Download custom bootanimation you want, any size will fit.
Step 4
Delete(not recommended) or backup(recommended) your stock bootanimation.zip to your PC or micro sd, and copy your downloaded bootanimation.zip to that folder (/system/media).
Note: You can also delete the shutdownanimation.zip to skip shutdown animation.
Step 5
Reboot and Enjoy.
Note: The "BURST" that comes out during turn on cannot be replaced because it's a bootsplash and can only be tweaked inside boot.img which is where our kernel lies. Custom ROM is the only way to replace that. If someone have already replaced that, you can freely share it here.
General Note: If root explorer displays this: "bootanimation.zip cannot be moved/deleted because the file system is read-only." tick first the [Mount R/W] Button on the upper right until it becomes [Mount R/O].
Available ROMs for our device.
Unofficial ICS Stock Rom for Cherry Mobile Burst. Procedures present @ Origina Thread.
AndroTronic Credits to Mr. Jov1N. Original thread HERE.
DWYOR.
Need CWM.
1. Download rom located at the original thread. I won't be mirroring the download to respect the creator.
2. Download THIS. <~~~ it's a fix for lcd density and boot.img, for the rom to fully work on our device.
3. copy both files on your SD card.
4. Enter CWM by pressing vol.down+power button simultaneously. The phone must first be off (duh!)
5. Wipe Data. (Important!)
6. Install the rom.
7. Install the fix.
8. Reboot and enjoy.
MIUI by Mr. Jov1N again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39960803&postcount=21
Procedure of installing, same as AndroTronic but without the fix.
NOTE: need the cherry burst boot.img to work, replace first before installing. I'll elaborate the procedure later.
Re: [Guide]Rooting, CWM, Bootanimations, mod, etc. for Cherry Mobile Burst/Lava Xolo
This CWM is not quite working.
The partition table is a bit different
kank_fraud said:
This CWM is not quite working.
The partition table is a bit different
Click to expand...
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It's working just fine sir, everyone on our facebook pages are already using it.
Very Useful
Did you modify anything to work properly
Cuz as far as I can see, it works only with the sdcard
it cannot see the emmc and one more partition.
The partition table is a bit different
I corrected and am using it.
Well if you did, well n good
I did post in a couple of sites
dude, bakit iba yung mga pictures ng CWM sa actual na gamit ko ngayon?
annson08 said:
Installing Custom Rom.
DWYOR.
AndroTronic Credits to Mr. Jov1N. Original thread HERE.
Need CWM.
1. Download rom located at the original thread. I won't be mirroring the download to respect the creator.
2. Download THIS. <~~~ it's a fix for lcd density and boot.img, for the rom to fully work on our device.
3. copy both files on your SD card.
4. Enter CWM by pressing vol.down+power button simultaneously. The phone must first be off (duh!)
5. Wipe Data. (Important!)
6. Install the rom.
7. Install the fix.
8. Reboot and enjoy.
NOTE: I'll be providing a slightly slimmed version of the rom for better responsiveness and with the fix already in it.
MIUI by Mr. Jov1N again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39960803&postcount=21
Procedure of installing, same as AndroTronic but without the fix.
NOTE: need the cherry burst boot.img to work, replace first before installing. I'll elaborate the procedure later.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How to Install the fix??
same with me cwm is not permanent
kank_fraud said:
Did you modify anything to work properly
Cuz as far as I can see, it works only with the sdcard
it cannot see the emmc and one more partition.
The partition table is a bit different
I corrected and am using it.
Well if you did, well n good
I did post in a couple of sites
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Kank, as you can see we now have english cwm, but the table is still messed up, how'd you managed to fix yours?
Well sorry for the extremely late reply
Been out of station and will again soon
well i have flashed the CWM, the latest one, and its perfect.
Before flashing I even checked the partition table and its perfect.
Nothing needs to be changed.
Only thing, emmc support is not there in this one, but otherwise its perfect.
BTW I am talking abt the XOLO A500 not the CM Burst
CM Burst has a slight different partiton
When you flash the cwm select reboot system now
It'll say the system may flash back stock recovery . Do you want to prevent this from happening select yes
sent from my super advanced mini fridge
annson08 said:
How to Change Bootanimation.
STILL DWYOR
Update: Video tutorial by Mr. Keiven Adrian Docos Busita. Watch it Here. Thanks Keiven.
First of all I will start this thread at changing the bootanimation since it's this thread's first purpose. Rooting, build.prop, init.d, scripts are to follow if ever i feel like adding them. Rooting on the other hand will be added for sure because we need a rooted device to change bootanimation.
Requirements:
1. Cherry Mobule Burst/Lava Xolo A500 (Duh!)
2. Root permission (Guide on rooting at OP)
3. Root Explorer
4. Good Understanding.
Procedures:
Step 1
Install Root Explorer an open it.
Step 2
Browse for /system folder, open it up and browse for /media folder open that up too and you should find:
/audio
/video
bootanimation.zip
shutdownanimation.zip
turnoff.mp3 (not sure what's its real name, I forgot, I deleted mine)
turnon.mp3 (not sure what's its real name, I forgot, I deleted mine)
Step 3
Download custom bootanimation you want, any size will fit.
Step 4
Delete(not recommended) or backup(recommended) your stock bootanimation.zip to your PC or micro sd, and copy your downloaded bootanimation.zip to that folder (/system/media).
Note: You can also delete the shutdownanimation.zip to skip shutdown animation.
Step 5
Reboot and Enjoy.
Note: The "BURST" that comes out during turn on cannot be replaced because it's a bootsplash and can only be tweaked inside boot.img which is where our kernel lies. Custom ROM is the only way to replace that. If someone have already replaced that, you can freely share it here.
General Note: If root explorer displays this: "bootanimation.zip cannot be moved/deleted because the file system is read-only." tick first the [Mount R/W] Button on the upper right until it becomes [Mount R/O].
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thxxx for the tutorial... Successfully changed the bootanimation
professor_proton said:
When you flash the cwm select reboot system now
It'll say the system may flash back stock recovery . Do you want to prevent this from happening select yes
sent from my super advanced mini fridge
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Click to collapse
select yes sir so it wouldn't bother you anymore
Sagarvaghela said:
Thxxx for the tutorial... Successfully changed the bootanimation
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
anytime sir.
please reupload the fix for androtronic. the link is down. t.i.a
this was not a MIUI in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39960803&postcount=21.
Nandroid Backup Not completed
Hey i installed english clockworkmod recovery in xolo a500 & when i run backup all it only make backup of 27 mb....dont know the problem...plz help me
itsgauravjain22 said:
Hey i installed english clockworkmod recovery in xolo a500 & when i run backup all it only make backup of 27 mb....dont know the problem...plz help me
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Select the default backup format to tar . Might help you.
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Clockwork-mod recovery for Motorola XT530/531 and XT532.
Code:
You've already messed up with your phone.
Now if something happens don't point your finger to me.
All I can do is to laugh at you, as loud as possible.
So always keep in mind that you do changes by your choice.
Thank YOU
After 7amdoun's successful finish on fixing bootmenu bugs, I proudly present the easiest way to have bootmenu on these phones.
First of all check out that you have all the things required :
1. A Motorola XT530/XT531 or XT532.
2. Must be rooted.
3. If you don't know how to root. Check out here [Thanks to 008Rohit]
4. A PC.
If you are done with above things you can proceed further.
There are two ways to get bootmenu on your device
First
Steps are very simple :
1. Just download "Bootmenu_v2.0.2.zip" and extract it.
2. Double Click "Bootmenu Installer.bat"
3. And follow the onscreen instructions.
Second:
[Special thanks to andrewidya for making the .apk]
Either refer to the installation video made by andrewidya
OR
This is easier way, you ought to have busybox installed:
1. Download the "Recovery Installer_1.0.apk" file from the attachment.
2. Install it on your phone.
3. Open "Recovery Installer" from App drawer
4. Tap "Install Recovery"
5. You've CWM installed.
You are DONE
Congratulations, You are now having Custom Recovery in your phone.
Using Bootmenu:
Turn Off your phone.
Switch on the phone. While you see the "M" logo the soft buttons leds will light up.
Be quick enough to press the Volume down(-) button as you see the leds being lighted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Touch will not work in bootmenu.
Use volume keys to navigate and power key to select.
Special Thanks and credits to:
Gentrylamp for creating bootmenu.
7amdoun for his great knowledge and fixing all the bugs in bootmenu.
andrewidya for making the installation simple with a simple .apk.
Mazen.kh for everything he did.
Mr.Indigo for giving us hopes.
And all other members whom I forgot to mention here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you face any problem you can ask me anytime.
Wait... Where are you going? Downloading ...??
Please don't forget the Thanks button.
And please go and thank other members also, it wouldn't have been possible without them.[/B]
Change log:
Code:
Bootmenu 1.1.5 : Was only available for testing.
Bootmenu 2.0 with CWM 6.
Bootmenu 2.0 with CWM 6 Backup bug fixed (Thanks to 7amdoun)
Bootmenu 2.0 with CWM 6 Restore bug fixed.
Bootmenu 2.0.2 with CWM 5 Most of the bugs fixed.
Made Installing the bootmenu simpler than ever with Installer script v1.0.
Installer script v1.0.2 with no requirement of busybox or Pimp My Rom.
Installer script v2.0.0. Removed bug of contradiction with other apps.
Apk made by andrewidya for simpler installation
CWM 6 flashable available in attachment
CWM recovery for fire xt
Hi, I did everythng as mentioned but aftr reboot i didnt get any recovery mode instead normal screen turned up and phone wrkd as normal..
plz suggest wat to do..
Recheck from up to down.
And please redownload the the attachment that 97bootmenu had some mistake before
Hey aweosomeabhijeet,
Can you develop a cwm for Motorola Defy Mini XT320 as I don't know how to port it.
rootdefyxt320 said:
Hey aweosomeabhijeet,
Can you develop a cwm for Motorola Defy Mini XT320 as I don't know how to port it.
Click to expand...
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Give your recovery dump.
Or you can do it on your own it's too simple.
1. Dump your recovery
2. Go to builder.clockworkmod.com
3. upload the img there.
Have some tea or coffee and it will get ready soon.
Download the files and you are done.
CWM recovery for fire xt
I falashed my phone with XT531 SBF from Brazil, will dat make any difference?? my phone is shown as XT531 in info..
varun1989 said:
I falashed my phone with XT531 SBF from Brazil, will dat make any difference?? my phone is shown as XT531 in info..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Only that service center people will not accept it if you are not from brazil. And network switching might have problems.
Sent from my XT530 using xda app-developers app
can u upgrade kernal or not
Here's a slightly improved bootmenu (with one important variable fix for the XT530).
Try selecting 2nd-init in bootmenu and tell me what happens.
BTW, are you able to unmount /system partition once you load CWM?
7amdoun said:
Here's a slightly improved bootmenu (with one important variable fix for the XT530).
Try selecting 2nd-init in bootmenu and tell me what happens.
BTW, are you able to unmount /system partition once you load CWM?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I didn't tried but was able to flash zip(s).(see the video)
I think while flashing it did unmounting /system
Sent from my XT530 using xda app-developers app
yup tried it 2 times but phone starts normally
aweosomeabhijeet said:
I didn't tried but was able to flash zip(s).(see the video)
I think while flashing it did unmounting /system
Sent from my XT530 using xda app-developers app
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Click to collapse
There is a manual option somewhere in CWM to unmount /system. Try it and see if it works.
Also, using the new bootmenu I uploaded, try selecting 2ni-init and see if phone boots normally (without ADB).
7amdoun said:
There is a manual option somewhere in CWM to unmount /system. Try it and see if it works.
Also, using the new bootmenu I uploaded, try selecting 2ni-init and see if phone boots normally ie. into OS instead of bootmenu.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I also tried it before . It didn't worked. The phone gets stucks at bootlogo
Error ! unmounting /system
BTW, andrewidya figured out how to get the normal OS to boot without ADB , he needs some time.
And he is building installer script for bootmenu
Edit : Why people are not able to boot in bootmenu? Have I done something wrong?
vishal.kulkarni30 said:
yup tried it 2 times but phone starts normally
Click to expand...
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Did you set the permissions correctly?
one doubt!
aweosomeabhijeet said:
Hey Guys
All your wait is over.
Here I'll tell you how to get CWM for Moto Fire XT.
Disclaimer : I'm not responsible for any damage to your phone. I have tried it and finished successfully.
Try only if you know little bit about android.
Required things
1. Rooted Fire XT
2. Pc
Download these things on your phone:
1. Terminal emulator
2. Busybox(Open it and install)
3. Root browser
4. Pimp my Rom
You can find all of them in the Play Store.
If you have done with it download the attachment.
Now main work.
It is not easy though but I think everyone can do it.
Steps:
1. Extract the attachment and copy it to your sdcard
2. Mount /system as RW.
3. Open Root Browser and copy bootmenu folder from sdcard/XT530 and paste it in /system.
4. Open /system/bin and locate to logwrapper
5. Rename it as logwrapper.bin
6. Open Terminal Emulator and type:
Code:
su
ln -s /system/bootmenu/binary/bootmenu /system/bin/logwrapper
sync
exit
exit
7. Open Pimp My Rom and Add universal init.d support.
8. Copy /sdcard/XT530/97bootmenu and paste it in /system/etc/init.d .
9. Change permissions of 97bootmenu to rwx r-- r--
10 . Reboot your phone.
Now your phone will start at bootmenu.
Select Recovery>Custom Recovery
PS: If you want to get back the phone to boot normally. Just connect it to PC, open CMD and type
cd path-to-adb.exe
adb shell
rm -R /system/etc/init.d/97bootmenu
exit
adb reboot
I succeeded here's the video:
http://youtu.be/OyHwMqkBArk
Sorry for poor camera quality.
Thanks to all the members.
Special Thanks to:
Gentrylamp for creating bootmenu.
7amdoun for his great knowledge and modding bootmenu for XT530.
andrewidya for correcting me at every point.
Mazen.kh for everything he did.
Mr.Indigo for giving us hopes.
And all other members whom I forgot to mention here.
If you face any problem you can ask me anytime.
Now I'm building a custom Rom and will finish soon.
Give your ideas to make it look better.
Wait... Where are you going? Downloading ...??
Please don't forget the Thanks button.
And please go and thank other members also, it wouldn't be possible without them.
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after d last step when i rebooted...my mob booted as normal...it didnt show any recovery mode...
Ok everybody I think 97bootmenu is the problem.
Solution :
Create 97bootmenu manually.
Steps:
1.Open /system/etc/init.d
2. Create a file, name it 97bootmenu.
3. Open the file as text
Type:
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
stop
exec /system/bootmenu/binary/bootmenu
4. repair permissions.
5. Restart your phone and tell me the situation.
how!?
i tried ... same situation. .
krishnak1 said:
i tried ... same situation. .
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Okk I will figure out what's the problem?
And will release it correctly soon.
CONFIRMED WORKING ON XT535 currently backing up Via CWM. Backup complete. Problems are: have no backlight in CWM. when scrolling down with the volume keys the text moves across to the middle. Many thanks guys! info: /system/ is not manually unmountable in CWM, and selecting 2nd init on recovery, the phone hangs at the boot. Be sure to check correct permissions mine didnt work the first time because of perms on 97bootmenu
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using XDA Premium HD app
Cool.
To Everybody
Don't forget to change the permissions please.
This thread is for discussion for the development of this device. All interested devs are very welcome to join and help.
I started working on this device since I got it day 1 on March 11, 2013. Slowly, I progressed to every step in learning more about this device. Since then, many have joined finding ways to make this device better.
UPDATE:
This thread is old and very few to none uses this device anymore. I will leave this thread here for your reference.
All of the developments of this device will still be posted here so always keep in touch with this thread for great news.
Cheers! :good:
Unbrick theory...
trying the one touch upgrade utility. it wipes all data in phone and installs a fresh and latest ROM for the device. i guess this will also fix a bricked device somehow.
after this i will try to root it again using MTK tools and ap flash tools with a different idea in my mind... hope it works this time...
[EDIT] UNBRICK METHOD CONFIRMED WORKING!!!
One touch Upgrade
Hello there I'm a total noob in rooting and unlocking bootloads. I just got the same phone as my first android phone and wondered how to root it and I end up here. Now I'm asking how did you get the one touch upgrade software. I've searched the whole alcatel website but I keep getting on the FAQ page. Would you be so kind to put up the link for the software because I kinda bricked my phone here. I was also wondering what speed did you use during your Bin4ry script root attempt? Normal or Special? Keep doing a good job. Thanks for having the time to look for ways to root this phone.
sabinbp said:
Hello there I'm a total noob in rooting and unlocking bootloads. I just got the same phone as my first android phone and wondered how to root it and I end up here. Now I'm asking how did you get the one touch upgrade software. I've searched the whole alcatel website but I keep getting on the FAQ page. Would you be so kind to put up the link for the software because I kinda bricked my phone here. I was also wondering what speed did you use during your Bin4ry script root attempt? Normal or Special? Keep doing a good job. Thanks for having the time to look for ways to root this phone.
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I tried the normal mode as Bin4ry said that the others might brick the phone it it wasn't the right model. did you brick it using the srcipt? any way. still trying to root it and finding help from rua1 that has a great knowledge in MTK phones...
here's the link of the upgrade utiliuty... just install it and choose alcatel 4030 (if your phone is s'pop) then power of the phone remove the battery and follow the instructions on PC and wait till it says plug the phone while powered off.. plug the usb (without battery) then wait for it to detect the device. when it loads, put the battery back and wait for it to download the firmware.. it will take hours to download it.. it's about 2+gigs... good luck on unbricking.. hope it works...
Phone unbricked
Many thanks for the software. My phone is now back to stock rom. for the Bin4ry I also tried Normal because I thought it was for tabs only. So MTK is the only course of action? Any news on fixing the 2 point horizontal bug? and the alcatel FAQ says there's this TCL calibration that you can activate to you know "calibrate" the touch screen. Do you also get the problem where in the stock alarm app alarms but you can't dismiss it ( I set it to crazy mode ) where you need to press 3 buttons to dismiss but still won't stop I really need to pull the battery out. Help please Thanks in advance.
sabinbp said:
Many thanks for the software. My phone is now back to stock rom. for the Bin4ry I also tried Normal because I thought it was for tabs only. So MTK is the only course of action? Any news on fixing the 2 point horizontal bug? and the alcatel FAQ says there's this TCL calibration that you can activate to you know "calibrate" the touch screen. Do you also get the problem where in the stock alarm app alarms but you can't dismiss it ( I set it to crazy mode ) where you need to press 3 buttons to dismiss but still won't stop I really need to pull the battery out. Help please Thanks in advance.
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Great. So my theory really worked. Glad you unbricked it. I'm getting closer to rooting it. Just having problems flashing the cwm. Ones I managed to flash it, rooting may be successful. I use Mtk tools and flash tools and get help from rua1. Didn't use my alarm before so i'm not sure about the bug. Maybe you don't have to set it in crazy mode..
I tried to set the alarm in crazy mode and everything works fine. Just dismiss, unlock, and tap the three buttons with numbers and your done..
Rooted, finally!!
I finally rooted the alcatel spop. I will make a guide maybe later how I did it...
[GUIDE]How to flash CWM recovery and root Alcatel One Touch S'POP 4030
How to flash CWM recovery and root Alcatel One Touch S'POP 4030X(Glory 2)
Disclaimer: Your warranty is now void. You do this in your own risk. I do not take any responsibility to your device. This will definitely brick your device which is normal but follow the right instructions to make it work again.
Credits: This is tuts would not be possible without the help from the creator of MTKdroid tools, rua1 from XDA Developers. Thank the guy for his wonderful tool. If you wanna know how I did it, go to his thread right here. I also wanna acknowledge The Solutor and rimmon1971's efforts for porting the TWRP to our device. You can find The Solutor's work here.
Requirements:
1. A windows based PC
2. MTK Droid Root & Tools & SP Flash Tool
3. Universal ADB driver
4. One Touch Upgrade S
5. Root script
6. Patience
7. Most important! Use your brain!
Important!
To make this work without errors, don't use other drivers available in the web. Just install One Touch Upgrade S first. It will install the USB VCOM preloader driver. It will be needed by the SPFT to detect the phone. Use the provided ADB driver for the MT65xx_android_phone. If ever you get stucked in an error and your device wont boot anymore, just use One Touch Upgrade and your phone will be as good as new...
Guide: CWM/TWRP recovery
1. Download MTK Droid Root & Tools & SP Flash Tools, ADB Drivers, One Touch Upgrade S, and the Root script. Extract them anywhere in your computer.
2.Install ADB driver.This step is now optional to get adb working. You can now skip to step 5 if you just want to get rooted with CWM/TWRP recovery installed.. In your phone, go to Settings>Development. Set to on and check USB debugging.
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3. Connect device to PC. Driver will fail to install (thats normal). Install UniversalAdbDriverSetup6.msi
Note: in Windows 8, this will pop-up. do this:
4. After installing the Universal ADB driver, go to device manager of your computer. Follow the images as descirbed.
ADB commands should work now (if you have ADB installed) and you won't have any problems about MTK droid tool not detecting phone.
5. Be sure that you have already installed One Touch Upgrade S before this step. Open SP Flash tool and select the scatter file by clicking on the Scatter-loading button.
6. UNCHECK BOOT and leave RECOVERY checked. Disregard what is on the photo. There's are reports that the latest firmwares are incompatible with the uploaded patched boot.img.
Note: By default, the CWM recovery will be selected in the SP Flash tool. If you want the fully working TWRP-recovery (I recomment this because CWM recovery is not fully functional), just click RECOVERY and replace it with this file.
7. Click Download button. Click yes on the download warning. Turn off phone, remove battery and connect the phone (without battery) and wait until SP Flash tool detects the phone and watch as it flash the image.
8. If everything passes without errors, unplug the phone, reinsert battery and boot to recovery by pressing power + volume up.
9. You should boot in CWM/TWRP recovery. We are ready to flash the Superuser app to gain root.
Guide: Superuser
You can use mtk droid root and tools here. Just plug in phone to pc while still in CWM recovery. Run mtk tools, wait to detect phone, click superuser, then build.prop, then delete china. Your done. Or use the guide below if you have problems with it.
Using CWM recovery to flash superSU
1. While still on CWM recovery, plug the phone into PC again.
2. Navigate using volume up and down buttons. Press Power button to select and Back soft key to go back.
3. Select mounts and storage>mount USB storage.
4. Copy the root-glory-2-4030E.zip to your sdcard.
5. After copying, select unmount and go back.
6. Select install zip from sdcard>choose zip from sdcard>root-glory-2-4030E.zip and select yes - Install root-glory-2-4030E.zip
7. It will flash the app to the system including all needed binaries. I also included the fix-permissions banary which is missing from the ROM.
8. Reboot the phone and wait. It will boot normally and no data will be lost. You will see superuser app in your app drawer. You are now rooted!:thumbsup:
Using TWRP recovery to flash superSU
1. While still on TWRP recovery,Connect the device to PC.
2. Tap mount in the screen then Mount USB storage.
3. Copy the root-glory-2-4030E.zip to your sdcard.
4. Press back on your device softkeys.
5. Tap install and select root-glory-2-4030E.zip
6. Wipe to confirm flash.
7. Reboot>System.
8 You're done.
Screenshots:
Guide to Unroot
Requirements:
1. Windows Based PC
2. SP flash tool (included in OT-4030 ROOT&CWM RECOVERY)
3. Stock recovery.img
4. Unroot script (Unroot-glory-4030E.zip)
Urooting
1. Copy Unroot-glory-4030E.zip to the root of sdcard.
2. Reboot to CWM recovery.
3. Select install zip from sdcard>choose zip from sdcard>Unroot-glory-4030E.zip and select yes - Install Unroot-glory-4030E.zip
4. On your PC, Open SP flashtool and select the scatterfile.
5. Remove check on BOOTIMG and click RECOVERY and select the stock recovery.img. Click download button and disregard download warning by clicking yes.
6.Connect the phone to pc without battery. After the download finished dialog, your done!
Links:
OT-4030 ROOT&CWM RECOVERY
Universal ADB driver
One Touch Upgrade S
Root script
Unroot script
Stock recovery.img
Mirror to all files
TWRP-recovery
I get this error after #3 of CWM recovery installation:
warfab said:
I get this error after #3 of CWM recovery installation:
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Please attach log...
cyberangel22k said:
Please attach log...
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Here are my logs...
Guide updated!
added some more steps for error 4050...
Anyone still getting errors, I will help today. you can send a PM on my personal G+ so I can answer quickly to your concerns...
boot_logo changed!
tried to change the boot logo and it worked! thanks to balamu96m for his guide.
This is my new boot logo
bootanimation problem!
I changed my bootanimation and tried if it works using these commands which i normally do with my past android devices.
Code:
adb shell bootanimation
the animation works fine but when i hit:
Code:
adb reboot
the animation showed was just android mask or android shine which shows when you don't have bootanimation.zip inside /data/local or /system/media. it's like a default bootanimation.
so once I booted, I tried again
Code:
adb shell bootanimation
the bootanimation works but when I reboot, it's back to default.
I tried replacing back the original bootanimation.zip but it still the defaut bootanimation. It's very weird. I haven't encountered this before...
cyberangel22k said:
Anyone still getting errors, I will help today. you can send a PM on my personal G+ so I can answer quickly to your concerns...
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Me and many others are still waiting for your help at symbianize...
can't access symbianize since saturday
Dito muna kayo magpost ng mga tanong.. humihingi din ako ng tulong kay rua1 re: sa error 4050.
fixed!
cyberangel22k said:
I changed my bootanimation and tried if it works using these commands which i normally do with my past android devices.
Code:
adb shell bootanimation
the animation works fine but when i hit:
Code:
adb reboot
the animation showed was just android mask or android shine which shows when you don't have bootanimation.zip inside /data/local or /system/media. it's like a default bootanimation.
so once I booted, I tried again
Code:
adb shell bootanimation
the bootanimation works but when I reboot, it's back to default.
I tried replacing back the original bootanimation.zip but it still the defaut bootanimation. It's very weird. I haven't encountered this before...
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Found out the cause of this issue. The stock ROM has no fix_permissions binary. So I pushed the binary and tried to fix perm again and now custom bootanimation.zip works!
4050 fix
to get past the 4050 error update the SPFlash Tool to this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982576
To those having problems with MTKDroid not detecting their phone download and install PDANet for Windows (any version would suffice)
just rooted my phone \^0^/
Omega HD root
Disclaimer: I will not be liable for bricked devices. Follow these instructions at your own risk. ROOTING VOIDS WARRANTY, as per Cherry Mobile. Please be guided accordingly.
This tutorial is not recommended for newbies. Knowledge of basic adb and fastboot commands is helpful. Better if you have previously installed ADB drivers.
Downloads (http://www.mediafire.com/?ar2ccya8395d1):
SuperSU zip
TWRP
SP Flash Tool
MTK Drivers
MTK 6577 scatter file
if the driver didn't work download this http://www.4shared.com/zip/YXlLFoLm/6577driver_install_3_steps.html
install folder step 1 to 3
Place the scatter file and TWRP recovery in the SAME FOLDER.
rename twrp recovery to recovery.img
1. While the phone is still on, enable USB debugging (Settings > Developer options) then plug into PC. Allow drivers to install. Install the MTK drivers as well.
2. Mount phone as USB storage. Copy SuperSU zip to internal or external SD card. Unmount USB storage, then unplug phone from PC.
2. Turn off phone. Remove the battery.
3. Start SP Flash Tool. Under "Scatter-loading," choose the MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt. You will see that RECOVERY has a check beside it. Click on "Download." A warning will appear, proceed anyway.
4. With your phone still off and the battery out, plug it in to the PC. Flashing should start. It will only take a few seconds. You'll see a green circle when it's done.
5. Unplug USB cable and put the battery back.
6. Enter recovery mode by Power and Volume + button. Release both buttons when you see the boot menu. Use Volume + to highlight "recovery." Then use Volume - to confirm.
7. Click "Install." Choose the appropriate tab (internal or external SD card).
8. Select UPDATE-SuperSU-1.25 zip. Swipe to confirm the update. It will flash. Go back to main menu of TWRP.
9. Click "Reboot system." Wait until you are fully booted into your homesceen.
10. Once booted, you should see SuperSU in your app drawer.
credits to ish gridote
OmegaXtremeHD
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s3 bootanimation n sound
s3 boot logo
Jelly bean icons
iphone ringtones
google play music
dolphin browser
apex launcher
deodexed
busybox
rooted
init.d
signal tweaks
3g tweaks
battery tweaks
gpu rendering
dns tweaks
media tweaks
v6 supercharger
kickasskernel
crossbreeder
reorganized build.prop file
uploading
http://www.4shared.com/folder/dJXI2ODd/_online.html
try open first in case of corrupt file
remove crossbreeder for much better battery
flash uninstall zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113150
and underclock for much longer battery download setcpu or no frillcpu or anything u want i dnt care..
save rom in SD card
reboot to CWM/TWRP
install rom via SD card
reboot
I'm not responsible for any loss of data or brick....
i think this only works on iq6A
do you already own this phone?
Cherry mobile Omega HD info states that its a dual core phone while all info about i-mobile IQ6 states its a single core phone. does anyone know which mediatek chipset the Omega HD uses? It's GPU?
yes i had it
How?
How can we flash the CWM to the Omega HD if you don't even give us a flashtool? Is this Rooting process tested? is it working?
Please help me
Wil53664 said:
yes i had it
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Sir, can I have a copy of the Setting.apk of your Cherry Mobile HD? i've accidentally forgot to have a backup of it and now, i've accidentally just erased it. please help me. thankyou very much
Pretty Please?
Wil53664 said:
yes i had it
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please post the Settings.apk of the Cherry Mobile Omega HD sir. I really need it it would be appreciated if you post it here.
How to Backup the phone
just bought the phone yesterday
do yo guys know how to back up this jellybean phone?
Hey guys, if you have FB we have a group with most of oHD users. Just search "CherryMobileOmegaHD" in FB (can't post links yet. sorry)
There are custom roms in the group, the usual rom cooked from dsdixda's kitchen (zipalign, deodexed, rm bloatwares)
@cyzarine
What do you mean with backup? We have the stock rom in the group, you might want to check it out.
Bummer! I'm stuck at step 3!
You will see that RECOVERY has a check beside it. Click on "Download." A warning will appear, proceed anyway.
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-- umm... NO, I DON'T!! There must be a step that's missing... :-S
edit:
nevermind. I forgot to rename TWRP file to "recovery"
Thanks for this!
anyone have a kernel that have oc"?
In need...
Woke up to a drained Omega HD today.
Plugged it in to have it charged.
Switched it on afterwards.
"OmegaHD" flashed before my eyes, followed by a blank screen with the familiar Cherry Mobile tune playing on the background. And then nothing! NO DISPLAY! I touch the screen and there are sounds playing to confirm each press, which means I am pressing on the right places -- only that there is NO DISPLAY APPEARING.
I switch it on and off, still the same results.
Wiped cache. Nothing... Since it's practically new, I go ahead and factory-restore the thing... still the same results. NO DISPLAY! :-S
What else can I do to this device to have it work properly?!
Have you installed any custom rom or any other zip files with your phone?
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Have you installed any custom rom or any other zip files with your phone?
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do have stock rom can you give plsss......
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Wil53664 said:
Omega HD root
Disclaimer: I will not be liable for bricked devices. Follow these instructions at your own risk. ROOTING VOIDS WARRANTY, as per Cherry Mobile. Please be guided accordingly.
This tutorial is not recommended for newbies. Knowledge of basic adb and fastboot commands is helpful. Better if you have previously installed ADB drivers.
Downloads (http://www.mediafire.com/?ar2ccya8395d1):
SuperSU zip
TWRP ported by me
SP Flash Tool
MTK Drivers
MTK 6577 scatter file
if the driver didn't work download this http://www.4shared.com/zip/YXlLFoLm/6577driver_install_3_steps.html
install folder step 1 to 3
Place the scatter file and TWRP recovery in the SAME FOLDER.
rename twrp recovery to recovery.img
1. While the phone is still on, enable USB debugging (Settings > Developer options) then plug into PC. Allow drivers to install. Install the MTK drivers as well.
2. Mount phone as USB storage. Copy SuperSU zip to internal or external SD card. Unmount USB storage, then unplug phone from PC.
2. Turn off phone. Remove the battery.
3. Start SP Flash Tool. Under "Scatter-loading," choose the MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt. You will see that RECOVERY has a check beside it. Click on "Download." A warning will appear, proceed anyway.
4. With your phone still off and the battery out, plug it in to the PC. Flashing should start. It will only take a few seconds. You'll see a green circle when it's done.
5. Unplug USB cable and put the battery back.
6. Enter recovery mode by Power and Volume + button. Release both buttons when you see the boot menu. Use Volume + to highlight "recovery." Then use Volume - to confirm.
7. Click "Install." Choose the appropriate tab (internal or external SD card).
8. Select UPDATE-SuperSU-1.25 zip. Swipe to confirm the update. It will flash. Go back to main menu of TWRP.
9. Click "Reboot system." Wait until you are fully booted into your homesceen.
10. Once booted, you should see SuperSU in your app drawer.
credits to ish gridote
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Hi. Can you please post a mirror on the twrp-omegahd.img file? All of the other files have been downloaded except for the img file. Error comes up.
bakes5981 said:
Bummer! I'm stuck at step 3!
-- umm... NO, I DON'T!! There must be a step that's missing... :-S
edit:
nevermind. I forgot to rename TWRP file to "recovery"
Thanks for this!
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please hit thanks if this helps
OmegaXtremeHD link issues
OmegaXtremeHD link is not working .... 509 error .... any mirror or alternative links?
Wil53664 said:
Omega HD root
Disclaimer: I will not be liable for bricked devices. Follow these instructions at your own risk. ROOTING VOIDS WARRANTY, as per Cherry Mobile. Please be guided accordingly.
This tutorial is not recommended for newbies. Knowledge of basic adb and fastboot commands is helpful. Better if you have previously installed ADB drivers.
Downloads (http://www.mediafire.com/?ar2ccya8395d1):
SuperSU zip
TWRP ported by me
SP Flash Tool
MTK Drivers
MTK 6577 scatter file
if the driver didn't work download this http://www.4shared.com/zip/YXlLFoLm/6577driver_install_3_steps.html
install folder step 1 to 3
Place the scatter file and TWRP recovery in the SAME FOLDER.
rename twrp recovery to recovery.img
1. While the phone is still on, enable USB debugging (Settings > Developer options) then plug into PC. Allow drivers to install. Install the MTK drivers as well.
2. Mount phone as USB storage. Copy SuperSU zip to internal or external SD card. Unmount USB storage, then unplug phone from PC.
2. Turn off phone. Remove the battery.
3. Start SP Flash Tool. Under "Scatter-loading," choose the MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt. You will see that RECOVERY has a check beside it. Click on "Download." A warning will appear, proceed anyway.
4. With your phone still off and the battery out, plug it in to the PC. Flashing should start. It will only take a few seconds. You'll see a green circle when it's done.
5. Unplug USB cable and put the battery back.
6. Enter recovery mode by Power and Volume + button. Release both buttons when you see the boot menu. Use Volume + to highlight "recovery." Then use Volume - to confirm.
7. Click "Install." Choose the appropriate tab (internal or external SD card).
8. Select UPDATE-SuperSU-1.25 zip. Swipe to confirm the update. It will flash. Go back to main menu of TWRP.
9. Click "Reboot system." Wait until you are fully booted into your homesceen.
10. Once booted, you should see SuperSU in your app drawer.
credits to ish gridote
OmegaXtremeHD
s3 bootanimation n sound
s3 boot logo
Jelly bean icons
iphone ringtones
google play music
dolphin browser
apex launcher
deodexed
busybox
init.d
signal tweaks
3g tweaks
battery tweaks
v6 supercharger
kickasskernel
crossbreeder
download link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8q1c6db45uegepk/OmegaXtreme.zip
updated link
save rom in SD card
reboot to CWM/TWRP
WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET
install rom via SD card
reboot
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Hey buddy,
Where's the file..??
StanleyD said:
Hey buddy,
Where's the file..??
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will update link later
having trouble with some apps working on my Omega HD. a couple of my Android mainstays are Haxsync and Swiftkey. on my Omega HD, they run no problem, but if the unit powers off for whatever reason, when I turn it back on, my Haxsync account (under Settings/Accounts) disappears, requiring me to set up the app again, and Swiftkey is no longer activated as my default input. any help?
DISCLAIMER:
Rooting your phone and using custom Recoveries and ROMS 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 knowledges about phones and phones utilities too.
Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.
This guide may be obsolete now for the new MTK SOC's powered phones, but it will give you some ideeas about how MTK phones world works (especially if you are new to this).
Why this thread?
- Because of all those PMs I receive with questions about how to do this or how to do that.
These things aren't they covered here on XDA?
- Some of them are, some don't, or they are spread over the forum in different sections, different threads. Also I will present here my vision about how to do things, and in some parts is different than the others existent.
I tried to document all steps with images for a better understanding, and to make it easy for people who don't understand well English (also I don't claim that my English is very good, but I'm trying).
1. If you want to use your phone as you buy it, then this thread is not for you, but if you want to use a custom recovery, to install a custom ROM, or some modds, keep reading.
2. First big step in our journey is to root your phone, which most of you know that means to get root (administrator) access to your phone's OS - just a simple definition. With an unrooted phone, you can't do much, and that means you will use it pretty much as you buy it - see first point.
There are multiple methods to root your phone, through an application from your phone, with an executable software from your PC or by flashing a zip modd from recovery (only for custom recoveries).
A. The best rooting application at the moment (in my opinion), is Framaroot.apk, developed by alephzain - please stop by his thread and drop a thanks, or if you can buy his donnation app from Playstore to support his work. You can download this app from official thread.
B. For rooting with a software from PC, I know three big candidates: oneclickroot, kingoroot and srsroot. I know there are more, but I mentioned only the best known.
C. Rooting zip archives are two, to choose from: chainfire's and koush's. Although, these require to have a custom recovery installed.
Any method you choose, be sure to check the phone models reported to work for, and look for your model.
Next, I will present step by step what I call "the beginner's routine":
root the phone;
make a nvram backup;
make a stock ROM backup;
generate a custom CWM and flash it;
patch to unsecure the boot and flash it;
get a Root File explorer;
create a custom recovery by porting one.
Prerequisites:
you must have an account on XDA; if you don't, then create one - and remember, at beginning you will not be allowed to post but you can hit Thanks for people I will mention here.
use a computer with Windows XP or 7 (I don't know if it will be any problem in vista or windows 8, but I didn't tried them, so I can't tell).
a phone with MTK CPU, obviously!
these tools:
MTKDroidTools of rua1's - download it from his thread and hit Thanks or donate to him, please
SPFlashTools or MTKFlashTools.
MTK USB Drivers and your phone manufacturer's USB Drivers if they provide that.
For MTK USB Drivers, there are many sources, but I couldn't find any official source. Few known sources: here and here.
* ADDED: For windows 7 and xp I repacked all MTK needed drivers, bundled with latest google usb drivers and using windows driver installer. Some of the drivers are not digitally signed, so when the prompt window ask you if you want to install unsigned driver (it will be several times) select yes or ok. The advantage is that this method is easier than manual method and also will create an entry in installed programs, and later if you want you can uninstall them in control panel uninstall program. Before installing this you need to remove old drivers installations - use usbdeview (download it x86 or X64), and look for VendorId 0bb4 and 0e8d, and uninstall every device with these Ids. Packed drivers are attached to this post; take what corresponds to your windows version. Unpack the archive, open the folder and run dpinst.exe. More info inside: read info.txt (especially for XP).
Install all needed drivers.
A good text editor (Notepad++ or Geany) installed.
Adb installed in your computer from Android: here, here and here you can learn how.
Credits and Thanks:
@alephzain - Framaroot developer
@rua1 - developer of MTKDroidTools
@Chainfire - SuperSU developer
@Koush - so many things!!!
@michfood - developer of Boot Recovery pack/unpack tool
and, even if it is not presented here, but because I use a lot his tools in Linux:
@bgcngm - for his Unpack/Repack scripts
1. Root the phone.
For this step I choose to use Framaroot.apk, first because I don't like to install unnecessary software on my computer, and second because it supports a very large number of MTK phones. So, go to alephzain's thread and download the apk, then connect your phone to PC with USB debugging enabled, turn on USB Mass storage and copy Framaroot.apk to your sdcard root, or in internal storage if you don't have a sdcard in your phone. Eject phone's USB storages from PC, and turn off USB Mass storage from phone.
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Go to apps drawer, find File Manager, open it, navigate to location where you placed Framaroot.apk touch on it and install it. After that go back in apps drawer and open the newly appeared Framaroot. In that window you have to specify which exploit to use for getting root access. If you don't know it's not a problem, you can try each one until you see the Success message (for me was Barahir). If none of them works, then you have to find a different method to root. After success patching, reboot the phone and then you will see SuperSU.apk in your apps drawer. Now you have root access!
2. Install a Root Explorer.
I prefer ESFileManager, but you can choose what you like. This can be installed free from Playstore, or if you have it downloaded in your PC, use same steps as in Framaroot case, and install it.
Then open the app and let's activate the Root Explorer in it.
But, here you can choose a different view style instead of default big icons - I like Medium Icon view.
Touch on Globe symbol from upper left corner to open Advanced Tools menu, and select Tools (last one). In the list that opens, scroll down until you see Root Explorer entry and touch "OFF" button to activate it. You will be prompted to Grant Superuser access - Grant it! Then, touch on "Root Explorer" text and in the popup window select Read/Write, and in next window select all radios from RW column.
That's it, ESFileManager is now a powerfull Root Explorer.
3. Make a backup.
This means actually make two backups, one for nvram and one for the whole stock ROM. Why to make a backup for nvram? Because it is very easy in MTK phones to mess up with it, and you may loose IMEI, mac address or to have other connectivity issues. This backup will be your insurance.
For this you need MTKDroidTools. Download it from rua1's thread (link in OP) and unzip it in a folder named "MTKDroidTools" on your primary (system) partition - this is important, and in other locations you may experience errors and malfunction.
Connect your phone in usb debugging mode to PC, then start MTKDroidTools as administrator and wait untill you see that MTKDroidTools recognize it and loads its data. The following pictures will show you how to check if you have usb debugging activated, and how MTKDroidTools looks with loaded phone data. In most of the phones, adb gets root access immediately, but in some "branded" ones that has to be achieved by click on the "ROOT" button next to "Adb Terminal" - Notice that if you don't see that ROOT button, that means you have already "root in shell". Also, if you have chainfire's SuperSU you will be prompted in the phone to grant root access to adbd, but if you have koush's Superuser, adbd gets root access by default.
Now, as I said first thing is to do a nvram backup. Click on "IMEI/NVRAM" button and next select both methods (bin and zip folder) and click on "Backup".
After that, it's time to do a stock ROM backup. This is important if you are going to try different custom ROMs and modds. This will assure you that you always have a way to start from the beginning in a clean state. Also makes easy to unbrick your phone if you have the misfortune to brick it.
Click on "root,backup,recovery" tab, and click on "Backup" button, then wait to finish. Be patient, this will take a while, and you can see progress logs in side window. At the end, a popup will prompt you to pack the backup. Now you know it is finished. I don't pack these backups, but you do what you think.
In this stage first thing I do is to generate a scatter file. You have one in that backup made before, or you can get one from stock firmware archive if the phone's manufacturer provide that, but let's see how to do it as it is, to understand the process, or to learn how to get one if we loose it or we are unsure if the one we have is good for our phone (this is important, because using a wrong scatter file it may damage your phone).
So, return to "Phone Informations" tab and click on "Blocks Map" button. A window opens with your phone partition structure. Click on "Create Scatter File" button and save it somewhere in your computer.
Mission complete for backup; you are assured now.
4. Generate a custom recovery.
This is mandatory if you want to use an easy way to backup, restore, flash or wipe ROMs and modds. Fortunately, rua1 has included in his tool all you need to generate one for your phone. This method is successfull for almost every MTK phone, but not for all. There isn't an universal method for anything.
So, enter again in "root, backup, recovery", select the radio "To choose the boot.img file" - by default is selected "Install already prepared files" - and click on "Recovery and Boot" button.
When prompted, select the boot.img from previous backup folder and click Yes to make CWM recovery automatically. First you will be prompted to flash a patched boot.img in your phone - click Yes to get an unsecured boot, then next message will ask you to install the new created recovery in your phone. Click Yes and Yes to reload the phone in recovery mode.
The phone will shut down and reboot in recovery. Now you can see your custom recovery in place.
GOOD TO KNOW: you can't generate a recovery everytime you want to flash one, to use MTKDroidTools for flashing, and the adb method may not work for many MTK phones.
The most known method to flash a new recovery is by using SPFlashTools or MTKFlashTools, and an alternative method is with MobileUncle application from phone, but I will show detailed the FlashTools method. One thing though: if you want to use MobileUncle application, you have to use it from /system/app folder, not from /data/app. Many users say that the MobileUncle doesn't work to flash recovery: it show success, but rebooting to recovery reveal the old one. The reason? They installed MobileUncle from market, and that place the app in /data/app as a user app. In custom ROMs where the app is placed in system by ROM developer, the problem won't manifest. So, if you want to use MobileUncle, make it a system app not user app.
In order to do that, grab a copy of any of these tools from DR_MOOSAVI's thread (link in OP), unzip it in a folder "MTK_Flash_tool" in your primary(system) partition (C in my case), and notice the name have to not contain any spaces or special characters. In that folder create a new folder "Resources" or ROM or whatever name you want, also without spaces or special characters, and place in it your scatter file and recovery img you want to flash. Open Flash_Tool executable as administrator.
IMPORTANT: Your phone is not connected to the PC now. Swtich it off and wait, you will connect it later.
Continue in next post.
In Flash_Tools program window click on load scatter file, navigate to that folder you created and select your scatter. Now you can see your phone's partition structure. If the recovery you want to flash is named "recovery.img" it will be selected automatically, if not you have to click on recovery row in Location column and select your recovery from that folder.
Then click on "Download" button.
Now connect your phone to PC, just like that in power off. Some models enter automatically in download mode and the flashing process begins, but others don't. For some it is necessary to connect them without battery (battery removed), other need to press briefly Power and Vol Down button at same time and release them immediately. That you have to find for your phone from forums, other users, or by trying. When the phone enter in download mode you will see a red bar down in Flash_Tool window, followed by a yellow or other color one (that means the flashing process is taking place).
At the end a popup with a green circle or green checkmark will let you know that the flash was a success. Deconnect the cable and reboot the phone, or reboot it in recovery to see if the wanted recovery is installed. The most common method to boot in recovery from power off is to press Power and Vol UP at same time, and keep them pressed untill you see the logo, then release Power but keep pressing Vol Up untill the recovery UI appears. If Power and Vol Up doesn't work for you, start the phone normaly and connect the phone to PC, then open a command prompt window, and type " adb reboot recovery", then hit Enter during bootanimation. The phone will stop loading and will boot in recovery.
5. How to port a custom recovery.
Check my new guide.
Check my new guide.
Awesome Tutorial!!! U did it again....
Thanks!!!
Thank you sir I will try to port cwm to my mtk mobile
Sent From MTK-MT6572
---------- Post added at 03:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:01 PM ----------
Sir now my mobile with ext4
Now in your thread about porting carliv cwm.. there is only custpack and ubifs ...!! Where is for ext4
Sent From MTK-MT6572
carliv grt work hope u add this post too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49081376
[email protected] said:
carliv grt work hope u add this post too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49081376
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Thanks, but that is not something for begginers. Maybe meteos method with his app will be, but I'm not sure. Though, if someone want to procede to do that, you can edit your post and give more details, for people to know what is about, and to follow your link if they are interested.
Great guide @carliv.
Just a bit confused, as I usually flash custom recovery first before rooting my MTK phones (same goes for all my android devices). So, maybe, rooting and flashing custom recovery is interchangeable as the first step for MTK phones depending on their availability.
iZLeeP said:
Great guide @carliv.
Just a bit confused, as I usually flash custom recovery first before rooting my MTK phones (same goes for all my android devices). So, maybe, rooting and flashing custom recovery is interchangeable as the first step for MTK phones depending on their availability.
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Yeah, well the next step in my guide is "do a stock ROM backup", and if you flash a custom recovery, that will not be a complete stock backup. With my method, any time, after flashing the stock backup, unroot and you will be in stock initial state.
I hope it's more clear now.
carliv said:
Yeah, well the next step in my guide is "do a stock ROM backup", and if you flash a custom recovery, that will not be a complete stock backup. With my method, any time, after flashing the stock backup, unroot and you will be in stock initial state.
I hope it's more clear now.
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Got it. So this is more suited for those who do not have the original firmware for restoring their devices in case something goes wrong which is so like MTK phones. In any case, your guide is spot on. Hope the moderators would give this a sticky, if possible, since MTK phones are scattered all over xda.
How to Port to Device that have recovery-from-boot.p
Hello Everyone, and hello to @carliv,
Thanks to this Tutorial I have Manage to port in on a MT6582 and MT6572 Device with ext4 partition, but I just want to share some tips when porting the latest build of the carliv the tutorial here is complete except for one thing just in case you are ending up on a custom recovery not booting up and when you use the MTK Droid Root and Tools you will see this
-->Connect Device<--
there is a file blah blah - recovery-from-boot.p <----
Now that mess up the things but before we dig into that let me first share on how I got my Carliv Custom Recovery to Bootup
on the Tutorial there is a section that you need to use the MTK Unpacked tool right now once you have done that do all the other things that is written in the tutorial it will guide you on the whole process but on my end even though I followed the tutorial and all are correct I still end up on a Bootloop well I discovered that you need to copy the init file from the RUA1 CWMR that you got from the MTK Droid Root and Tools and overwrite the one on the Carliv Recovery after that once you have finish until on the Overwriting of the Kernel and Kernel header pack your Carliv Recovery using the MTK pack tool and now Flash it on your Device it will now boot :highfive:
BUT WAIT!! yes! it will boot but it will boot on the STOCK RECOVERY and that is because like what I said the recovery-from-boot.p is the culprit of the issue now you need to root your device which is on my end I used framaroot and then download the ES file manager and also follow the instruction of carliv on how to have the full ROOT R/W access and on your device, once your have done that got to this folders and delete this 3 files.
Be sure you have the R/W access or else this files will not be deleted
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/recovery-install.sh
/system/etc/recovery-resources.bin <--- I am not just sure if this is the right filename but it is almost the same will check it once again once I got to stock rom again :fingers-crossed:
and now once you have rebooted your smartphone to recovery mode it will now boot to the Carliv Custom Recovery.
But also take note that if you don't have that 3 files on your device your just good to go and it will boot to Carliv Custom Recovery without any issues.
it's just that 3 files makes the custom recovery always boot to stock recovery even though you do something else
hope this tip helps for some people having issue on a bootloop carliv custom recovery on doing the manual porting
and don't forget to hit the thanks button if this helps :victory:
rnovino said:
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/recovery-install.sh
/system/etc/recovery-resources.bin <--- I am not just sure if this is the right filename but it is almost the same will check it once again once I got to stock rom again :fingers-crossed:
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Removing recovery-from-boot.p is enough, I think. Besides, CTR asks if you want to disable recovery-install.sh. That prevents the ROM from flashing stock recovery.
iZLeeP said:
Removing recovery-from-boot.p is enough, I think. Besides, CTR asks if you want to disable recovery-install.sh. That prevents the ROM from flashing stock recovery.
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it depends on the unit, I just deleted the recovery-from-boot.p and still it boots up on the stock recovery that's why I needed to trace other files that still makes it boot on stock recovery, but then again not all units will have the same issues as mine
Thanks for your help, it works with my Huawei Honor 3X (mtk6592) !
Thanks Man!
Error
Please help me in porting recovery.I am getting error "the syntax of the command is incorrect " in all four files.
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TWRP 2.8.1
RIGHT SIDE UP
As always, i will not talk much. You know what is TWRP and custom recovery, that's why you are here.
Please consider thanking on these threads as this was not possible without them:
# Recovery is right side up and created using this:Easy Magic TWRP Installer for all MediaTek Devices ONLY
# Material theme source is also the same thread and ported to our device resolution by me (dark only for now), light theme is also there if anyone want to port that, go ahead and tell me too if you get it aligned fine. Otherwise, wait 3 days, i will add it too.
# EMMC (internal sd card) and Micro sd card are swapped to backup .android_secure when default storage is selected as external in phone setting.
Bugs (period):
1. EBR backup
2. Uboot bakcup
3. USB Mount not wroking (But you can use MTP, much better) <---- I will try to fix this first :fingers-crossed:
Requirements:
1. Go here and learn a bit about what you have done till now/what you have missed till now and get back here. Specially first 2 threads. Press thanx EVERYWHERE or you will forget something and will get bootlooped (I CURSE YOU) :silly:
2. Learned enough? Repeat after me:
a. I know how to backup my phone and restore the backup if anything bad happens.
b. I know what rooting and custom recovery is and i also know how to use SP Flash tool.
c. I have installed preloader drivers from the first 2 threads mentioned above.
d. I can manage to google a bit before asking foolish question directly.
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Ok now, you are good to go to next step.
Procedure 1 (USING COMPUTER):
1. Download the recovery (obviously ) in pc or move it to pc.
2. Start SP Flash tools.
3. Load kitkat scatter in it.
4. Select only Recovery to flash (tick in front of it)
5. Click on download and connect the phone in Switched off state.
6. When done, you will see a circle and you will hear a sound too (turn the speaker up )
7. Press volume up + volume down + power on. Then press volume up to go to recovery.
8. Root your phone, if needed.
Procedure 2 (USING PHONE-ROOT NEEDED):
1. Download the recovery in phone or move it to phone.
2. Download Flashify (mobile uncle tool should work too, rename the TWRP.img to recovery.img and place it in sdcard root)
3. Open flashify and follow the screenshots.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
4. Reboot to recovery.
Procedure 3 (USING PHONE/PC-CUSTOM RECOVERY NEEDED):
1. Download Recovery Flasher.zip
2. Download TWRP Recovery and rename it to "recovery.img" (all lower case, small letters)
PC-
3. Open Recovery Flasher.zip in PC using 7zip and drag and drop recovery.img to it.
4. Place this Recovery Flasher.zip and flash it in your custom recovery.
Phone-
3. Extract Recovery Flasher.zip using ES File explorer or any other archive handling app (Ex. zarchiver).
4. Copy/Move recovery.img to this extracted folder. So you will have META-INF and recovery.img in this folder.
5. Now zip this folder and with no compression (store only). NOTE:ZIP THE CONTENT i.e. META-INF AND recovery.img NOT THE FOLDER ITSELF.
6. Flash this prepared Recovery Flasher.zip in recovery.
Material theme:
Material theme is taken from the same thread and ported to unite 2 resolution.
Still, we should thank the original developer:[THEME][TWRP] TWRP Materialised - Dark / Light / Play [10/11/14]
Steps (taken from official thread of material theme):
1. Download the theme of your choice and rename it to "ui.zip".
2. On SD card, open TWRP folder and create a folder called "theme", without capital letters.
3. Copy ui.zip to theme folder.
4. Restart to recovery.
Screenshots:
Downloads:
1. TWRP 2.8.1
2. Material DARK Theme
PS:
1. Follow me on twitter now, to get new posts notifications and updates.
2. Do not mirror without asking or i will stop posting from now onward. Even if you are redirecting to this thread, ask me first, i don't bite.
3. If you are thankful PRESS THE THANX BUTTON and rate the thread if you like it.
Sudeep Duhoon said:
TWRP 2.8.1
RIGHT SIDE UP
As always, i will not talk much. You know what is TWRP and custom recovery, that's why you are here.
Please consider thanking on these threads as this was not possible without them:
# Recovery is right side up and created using this:Easy Magic TWRP Installer for all MediaTek Devices ONLY
# Material theme source is also the same thread and ported to our device resolution by me (dark only for now), light theme is also there if anyone want to port that, go ahead and tell me too if you get it aligned fine. Otherwise, wait 3 days, i will add it too.
# EMMC (internal sd card) and Micro sd card are swapped to backup .android_secure when default storage is selected as external in phone setting.
Bugs (period):
1. EBR backup
2. Uboot bakcup
3. USB Mount not wroking (But you can use MTP, much better) <---- I will try to fix this first :fingers-crossed:
Requirements:
1. Go here and learn a bit about what you have done till now/what you have missed till now and get back here. Specially first 2 threads. Press thanx EVERYWHERE or you will forget something and will get bootlooped (I CURSE YOU) :silly:
2. Learned enough? Repeat after me:
Ok now, you are good to go to next step.
Procedure 1 (USING COMPUTER):
1. Download the recovery (obviously ) in pc or move it to pc.
2. Start SP Flash tools.
3. Load kitkat scatter in it.
4. Select only Recovery to flash (tick in front of it)
5. Click on download and connect the phone in Switched off state.
6. When done, you will see a circle and you will hear a sound too (turn the speaker up )
7. Press volume up + volume down + power on. Then press volume up to go to recovery.
8. Root your phone, if needed.
Procedure 2 (USING PHONE-ROOT NEEDED):
1. Download the recovery in phone or move it to phone.
2. Download Flashify (mobile uncle tool should work too, rename the TWRP.img to recovery.img and place it in sdcard root)
3. Open flashify and flash it damn it
4. Reboot to recovery.
Material theme:
Material theme is taken from the same thread and ported to unite 2 resolution.
Still, we should thank the original developer:[THEME][TWRP] TWRP Materialised - Dark / Light / Play [10/11/14]
Steps (taken from official thread of material theme):
1. Download the theme of your choice and rename it to "ui.zip".
2. On SD card, open TWRP folder and create a folder called "theme", without capital letters.
3. Copy ui.zip to theme folder.
4. Restart to recovery.
Screenshots:
Downloads:
1. TWRP 2.8.1
2. Material DARK Theme
PS:
1. Follow me on twitter now, to get new posts notifications and updates.
2. Do not mirror without asking or i will stop posting from now onward. Even if you are redirecting to this thread, ask me first, i don't bite.
3. If you are thankful PRESS THE THANX BUTTON and rate the thread if you like it.
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Only touch bug everything works..
Here is the Philz touch recovery v6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/philz-touch-v6-57-9-cwm-advanced-t2954150
Awesome. Waiting to see more from you Dev
harsh0143 said:
Only touch bug everything works..
Here is the Philz touch recovery v6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/philz-touch-v6-57-9-cwm-advanced-t2954150
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you don't have to quote complete thread.
Ok
There are other themes as well, see here, here and here, Any theme with 480x800 should work fine
sufoalmighty said:
There are other themes as well, see here, here and here, Any theme with 480x800 should work fine
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Yup.
TWRP is them-able, they should work.
You can follow same steps.
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
Got the Installation guide ! Working fine for me ! If any one gets error watch the above video !
Thanks @op and video maker @UnKnOwN :fingers-crossed: :laugh:
new touch supported recovery THNX
Download link
Dear all,
Where is the download link to get the rom? Thanks in advance
@Sudeep Duhoon, after flashing this special version of TWRP on the Wiko Bloom (which is in fact the same hardware as the Micromax Unite 2), I am experiencing this nvalid block device error. How to fix that?
Sudeep Duhoon said:
TWRP 2.8.1
RIGHT SIDE UP
As always, i will not talk much. You know what is TWRP and custom recovery, that's why you are here.
Please consider thanking on these threads as this was not possible without them:
# Recovery is right side up and created using this:Easy Magic TWRP Installer for all MediaTek Devices ONLY
# Material theme source is also the same thread and ported to our device resolution by me (dark only for now), light theme is also there if anyone want to port that, go ahead and tell me too if you get it aligned fine. Otherwise, wait 3 days, i will add it too.
# EMMC (internal sd card) and Micro sd card are swapped to backup .android_secure when default storage is selected as external in phone setting.
Bugs (period):
1. EBR backup
2. Uboot bakcup
3. USB Mount not wroking (But you can use MTP, much better) <---- I will try to fix this first :fingers-crossed:
Requirements:
1. Go here and learn a bit about what you have done till now/what you have missed till now and get back here. Specially first 2 threads. Press thanx EVERYWHERE or you will forget something and will get bootlooped (I CURSE YOU) :silly:
2. Learned enough? Repeat after me:
Ok now, you are good to go to next step.
Procedure 1 (USING COMPUTER):
1. Download the recovery (obviously ) in pc or move it to pc.
2. Start SP Flash tools.
3. Load kitkat scatter in it.
4. Select only Recovery to flash (tick in front of it)
5. Click on download and connect the phone in Switched off state.
6. When done, you will see a circle and you will hear a sound too (turn the speaker up )
7. Press volume up + volume down + power on. Then press volume up to go to recovery.
8. Root your phone, if needed.
Procedure 2 (USING PHONE-ROOT NEEDED):
1. Download the recovery in phone or move it to phone.
2. Download Flashify (mobile uncle tool should work too, rename the TWRP.img to recovery.img and place it in sdcard root)
3. Open flashify and follow the screenshots.
4. Reboot to recovery.
Procedure 3 (USING PHONE/PC-CUSTOM RECOVERY NEEDED):
1. Download Recovery Flasher.zip
2. Download TWRP Recovery and rename it to "recovery.img" (all lower case, small letters)
PC-
3. Open Recovery Flasher.zip in PC using 7zip and drag and drop recovery.img to it.
4. Place this Recovery Flasher.zip and flash it in your custom recovery.
Phone-
3. Extract Recovery Flasher.zip using ES File explorer or any other archive handling app (Ex. zarchiver).
4. Copy/Move recovery.img to this extracted folder. So you will have META-INF and recovery.img in this folder.
5. Now zip this folder and with no compression (store only). NOTE:ZIP THE CONTENT i.e. META-INF AND recovery.img NOT THE FOLDER ITSELF.
6. Flash this prepared Recovery Flasher.zip in recovery.
Material theme:
Material theme is taken from the same thread and ported to unite 2 resolution.
Still, we should thank the original developer:[THEME][TWRP] TWRP Materialised - Dark / Light / Play [10/11/14]
Steps (taken from official thread of material theme):
1. Download the theme of your choice and rename it to "ui.zip".
2. On SD card, open TWRP folder and create a folder called "theme", without capital letters.
3. Copy ui.zip to theme folder.
4. Restart to recovery.
Screenshots:
Downloads:
1. TWRP 2.8.1
2. Material DARK Theme
PS:
1. Follow me on twitter now, to get new posts notifications and updates.
2. Do not mirror without asking or i will stop posting from now onward. Even if you are redirecting to this thread, ask me first, i don't bite.
3. If you are thankful PRESS THE THANX BUTTON and rate the thread if you like it.
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how to get the scatter.txt file ? i have rooted unite2 with lollipop 5.0, 4gb model
Hey when i tried to flash custom rom I got an error of unable to locate emmc and stops what to do???