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Huawei Ideos U8150 Recovery Guide

Many people seem to be having a lot of trouble flashing recoveries for their Ideos so I figured I would write this thread because I haven't found any other guides for flashing U8150 recoveries.
Method 1
1. Install Terminal Emulator from the market.
2. Install Root Explorer from the market.
3. Download the recovery of your choice and copy the recovery.img to your sd card. (if its not named recovery.img rename it)
4. With Root Explorer, navigate to where the recovery is and copy it to /system/bin/ (remember to select mount as R/W first in order for it to copy.)
5. Open Terminal Emulator and enter the command "su" (without the quotes)
6. After that enter the command "flash_image recovery /system/bin/recovery.img" (again without the quotes)
7. That's it, the recovery has been flashed. Reboot in recovery to confirm.
8. Once you've confirmed the recovery flashed properly remember to delete the recovery.img from /system/bin/ (using root explorer, and mount as R/W)
Method 2
I find this method much easier because you don't have to go through the trouble of installing drivers. Also you don't need to connect your device to your PC. Your device needs to be rooted though. If your device isn't rooted simply download z4root from the market and root it.
1. Download and install ROM Manager from the market.
(If you simply want to flash the latest working ClockworkMod Recovery and not an older version or UltraJack skip to step 6.)
2. Navigate to the folder /clockworkmod/download/mirror.sea.tdrevolution.net/cm/recoveries/ (create the folders if they are not already there)
3. Delete any files in that folder.
4. Download the recovery you want to use from the recovery links below. Unzip the file. Rename the "recovery.img" file to "recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-ideos.img". (See note below)
5. Copy the renamed "recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-ideos.img" into the recoveries folder (/clockworkmod/download/mirror.sea.tdrevolution.net/cm/recoveries/)
6. Open ROM Manager and select Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. It will bring up a list of devices, just scroll down until you find Huawei U8150 Ideos and select it.
7. ROM Manager will flash the recovery image for you and you're done.
Now you have a working recovery. To test select Reboot into Recovery from ROM Manager.
Since you are renaming the recoveries remember to keep track of which recovery is currently in the recoveries folder.
Note: recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-ideos.img is the name of the latest ClockworkMod Recovery in rom manager at this time (28/04/2011). If it is updated and I haven't updated the thread, change the name of the recovery to the latest version.(i.e if the latest recovery is ClockworkMod 3.0.2.5, rename the img to recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.5-ideos.img instead of recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-ideos.img)
Method 3
Installing Drivers
Windows 7:
Download and install PDANet. That should install the drivers for you.
Alternatively, you could download the drivers and install them manually. First download the drivers for your OS from here.
Drivers Windows 32-Bit Mediafire Multiupload
Drivers Windows 64-Bit Mediafire Multiupload
Connect your device(you don't need to turn on USB storage) then open device manager. Right click on your device and select properties, select the hardware tab and then select properties. Select the drivers tab, then select Reinstall/Update Driver. Choose the option (Browse my computer for driver software) and select the drivers you just downloaded. (Extract the zip file first)
MacOS
Download and install PDANet. That should install the drivers for you.
Linux
Follow this guide by bloodychaos to get ADB working.
Flashing Recovery
1. Once you have the drivers installed download the recovery of your choice from the links below.
2. Extract the zip file and open the folder.
3. Turn off your phone.
4. Connect your phone to your PC.
5. Reboot your phone in bootloader mode. (Turn it on while holding the Volume Down button and the End(Red) Key.)
6. Run the install-recovery file/script for your OS found in the extracted recovery folder.
7. Once it flashes your phone should reboot.
N/B If you have trouble with the drivers or any other problems try Method 1.
Now you have a working recovery. To test turn off your phone, then turn it on while holding the Volume Up Key and the Green(Call) Key.
Recovery Links
ClockworkMod 3.0.2.4 (by marcnvidic)
Download Mediafire Multiupload XDA Thread
UltraJack 6.2.2 (by Ultrakiller)
Download Mediafire Multiupload XDA Thread
ClockworkMod 3.0.1.(by udK)
Download Mediafire Multiupload
Credits
marcnvidic, Ultrakiller, udK for making the recoveries. bloodychaos for the Linux ADB guide. Koush for ROM Manager. f1ng3r for pointing out the terminal emulator method.
All other Ideos devs who've helped me along the way because I picked up a lot of this info from random threads.

Reserved for future use.

Thnx, very informative

No Huawei U8150 Ideos on the list of ClockWorkMod
wachw said:
6. Open ROM Manager and select Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. It will bring up a list of devices, just scroll down until you find Huawei U8150 Ideos and select it....
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I've just downloaded Rom Manager Premium c4.2.0.2 (latest) from the market and i can't find the Huawei U8150 Ideos on the list of ClockWorkMod
Am i missing something? I copied the image file to the directory specified.
cheers,
Simon

sayo9394 said:
I've just downloaded Rom Manager Premium c4.2.0.2 (latest) from the market and i can't find the Huawei U8150 Ideos on the list of ClockWorkMod
Am i missing something? I copied the image file to the directory specified.
cheers,
Simon
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For some reason the ideos does not appear on the list, I have no idea why, you might have to try one of the other methods to flash a recovery.

wachw said:
For some reason the ideos does not appear on the list, I have no idea why, you might have to try one of the other methods to flash a recovery.
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Thanx for the quick reply, i ended up using method 3.
Just one thing about method 3, the batch file doesn't exist in the ClockworkMod 3.0.2.4 (by marcnvidic) link as it's only an .img file. So i simply downloaded the ClockworkMod 3.0.1.(by udK) zip file, and replaced the image with the newer 3.0.2.4 after unzipping it.
Thank you for the guide, i've successfully flashed clockworkmod, and backed up the phone. now all i have to do is choose a ROM.
which ROM do u suggest???
cheers,
Simon

sayo9394 said:
Thanx for the quick reply, i ended up using method 3.
Just one thing about method 3, the batch file doesn't exist in the ClockworkMod 3.0.2.4 (by marcnvidic) link as it's only an .img file. So i simply downloaded the ClockworkMod 3.0.1.(by udK) zip file, and replaced the image with the newer 3.0.2.4 after unzipping it.
Thank you for the guide, i've successfully flashed clockworkmod, and backed up the phone. now all i have to do is choose a ROM.
which ROM do u suggest???
cheers,
Simon
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That was the official link from marcnvidic, the multipuload & mediafire mirrors should have the batch files. Anyway, for the rom I would suggest FUSIONideos or Dronix 0.4, there's a poll somewhere on this forum and those are the most popular, Gingerman V4 is also pretty good but I wouldn't suggest it as your first rom because its still relatively new and is still being improved so it isn't perfect as a daily use rom yet. I switch btw fusion & gingerman, but I can tell you fusion is pretty stable. One thing to note however, if you are not using gingerman or another cyanogenmod port, I would suggest using clockworkmod by udK as your recovery, cwm 3.0.2.4 has some issues making backups of other roms.

Mate, I'm loving this
So far i've flashed CM6.1 port, Fusion, and Dronix 0.4! hehe i'm addicted now! Right now i'm back to CM6.1, but will try Gingerman V4 soon
Thanx for your help mate, you're a champion.
EDIT: thought i'd explain why i'm on CM6.1. Reason being is that I even though i think Fusion is the better one so far, I can't seem to have a solid 3G connection.
I'm from Sydney Australia, and with Optus. The APN seems to be correct and all, but the phone keeps switching from 3G to H.

tq for this information...i have done it

thanks !!!!!

I'm having a bit of trouble.
I was trying method 2 and clicked the wrong phone model. I went to change it but found that "Huawei IDEOS U8150" is not listed. Now I cannot access my recovery menu, and cannot install clockwork recovery. How would I fix this? I've been searching for hours and only found ways to remove it via the recovery menu.
Everything is functioning fine so it's not a big problem, I just can't get to the recovery menu/boot loader.
Also, I attempted method 1 because it doesn't involve the use of the recovery menu. It says, "flash_image: not found" when I type the command.
Nevermind, put about another hour into searching. Thank you so much for this guide it helped me alot.

I installed ROM Manager and pressed "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery".
It downloaded some files and flashed the Mod.
(I have my u8150 rooted using SuperOneClick)
Now it shows that my ClockworkMod Recovery version is 3.0.2.4
BUT the problem is that:
1>If I press reboot into recovery, the phone reboots and I end up staring at the IDEOS logo for ... like ever.
2>I pressed Backup Current ROM and after giving it a name (Stock ROM), I pressed OK and again the same result.
3> I found on the internet that to go into the recovery mode I need to press the SEND (green button) and the Volume UP together and then press Power.
I did it, even held the three buttons in the next try... but sadly every time the phone got stuck and I ended up looking at the IDEOS logo.
and the only way to get the phone working again was to take out the battery and press Power. (the phone itself is running fine)
PLz kindly help me out on this.. am I missing something??
Thnx

That means the recovery didn't flash correctly. Are u sure u selected the right phone from the rom manager list. Try flash recovery again. But first u need to delete everything in the clockworkmod/download directory on the sd card. Or if you know how to, just delete the recovery image in that folder.

yes I selected the corret phone i.e. Huawei u8150 Ideos
i deleted everything in the clockworkmod/download directory on the sd card
re-flashed..
still the same problem
btw.. during flashing, twice I got a pop-up asking me to either "force close" or "wait" and I pressed "wait" both times.
P.S. I just noticed after removing the battery that it says the model of my phone is U8150-D. I wonder what the "D" stands for?

It shuld not be force closing. Maybe rom manager has a problem. Try reinstalling it. If that doesn't work I suggest trying one of the other methods to flash the recovery.

ok so ive just tried Method 1 and followed every step... and the funny thing is that when I enter the following command in terminal emulator:
flash_image recovery /system/bin/recovery.img
.. it says
flash_image: not found
lol
now im downloading ultrajack
Update:
Ive tried Method 3:
and for 10 minutes now.. my command prompt is still showing this message:
< waiting for device >
:-(

For method 3 try running the bat file first then when it shows you the waiting for device message turn on the phone in bootloader mode.

just did as you said, i turned off the phone.. ran the bat file, when it said waiting for device I plugged in the phone (battery charging started), then I pressed power while holding Red and Volume Down...
the result is the same..
(the same was the result when running ultrajack)
>im just wondering... do I need to install any kernel or something before doing this??
>also I noticed that the CWM's recovery.img that I got from this forum is 3.94MB, while the one I downloaded through the Rom Manager was 3.71MB (on both tries).
P.S. how do I completely remove CWM and its files? so i can start the process fresh. I read at some forum that there is some file related to this called update.zip... whats that?
(Sorry for being a bother and thnx for your help)
UPDATE !!!
Its done... its finally done. Yattaaaaa!!!
ok so here is is what I did....
>I deleted everything in the clockworkmod folder like you once mentioned before.
>You said that while flashing I shouldn't be getting a pop-up that asks me to either force close or wait.
>So I had a hunch that the popup that appeared during the flashing might have been caused due to the screen timeout set at 30 sec (i mean a clash of two processes)
>So, i set the screen timeout to 30 minutes (hehe) and pressed Flash ClockworkMod Recovery from the Rom Manager.
>It flashed without any pop-ups and it successfully booted into recovery mode (and the first thing I did was to backup my phone)
Once again thnx for your support wachw.
... and if you don't mind can you help me with one more thing (if it's convenient for you)... plz guide me how to install multitouch for my phone provided here (coz nobody at that thread has been generous enough to guide me ;_; )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1014183
[i have downloaded the multitouch patch and the complied kernel, plz guide me on what to do next. thnx ]

Sorry about the delay, been busy, but, if you send me the link to your provider's rom I can make a multitouch version for you. Why don't you want to install a custom rom?

here is the link to my provider's rom:
http://webftp.myppc.it/index.php?dir=Ideos/ROM/
direct link
http://webftp.myppc.it/index.php?dir=Ideos/ROM/&file=U8150 V100R001C230B828SP02(Pakistan Ufone ).rar
custom rom, hmm.. well ive heard about them but for now i want to see how much can the stock rom be modified xD
btw is it really possible to edit the rom and remove the simlock
someone here says so:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850110&page=5

[ROOT] Guide For Rooting myPhone A818

The credit does not goes to me.
It goes to SuperGuko of symb.ph
You can say thanks to me anyways.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YR BLASTS OR WHATEVER HAPPEN
YOUR WARANTY AND BRAIN IS NOW VOID.
What is Rooting and its benefits? —its like jailbreaking but its your Android phone, unlocking the capabilities of your Android device with the apps and tweaks that requires root access to the Android system. Its not necessary but if time came and you realized that you need to root your phone, then it must be it.
What is CWM recovery? – cwm is short for clock work mod recovery. All Android phones have recovery mode already but clock work mode is better and you can do more with CWM, like installing patches, updates, and tweaks on your device.
Rooting myPhone A818
First, you must download these files:
SP Flash Tool — extract once downloaded. This is the app used for flashing an Android phone.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dridzg1tdokf2up
MT65x3 USB VCOM drivers –extract then install. We need these drivers so that the phone will be read by the SP Flash Tool once connected to the PC.
http://www.mediafire.com/?9wi60a5dtst2aw6
CWM based Recovery –this is the working CWM recovery (recovery.img) for the myPhone A818
http://www.mediafire.com/?jt482l02ls8kl4h
MT6573_Android_scatter.txt –we need this scatter text file.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?tkizuj24vntmt9r
Root A818 –update file for rooting the A818.
http://www.mediafire.com/?kmbkj29lccsaili
Steps
Once the drivers are properly installed and the SP Flash Tool is already extracted and accessible, turn off your myPhone A818 and remove its battery.
Run SP Flash Tool.
Click the Scatter-loading button and navigate to the downloaded MT6573_Android_scatter.txt file.
Be sure that the RECOVERY is the only one selected, click on it and browse on the downloaded recoveryNonTouch.img file.
Click the Download button and just ignore the warnings.
Attach the battery again and connect the phone, be sure not to turn it on yet.
Wait for the process to complete. You will see a Green Circle with a label saying download okay. Normally, this process doesnt takes too much time and not more than 5 minutes as you were just writing a small-size recovery.img file.
How to enter into CWM recovery
Be sure that your phone is turned off.
Press Volume up + Volume down and power button until a set of choices appears then just press the up button to enter recovery.
With the CWM recovery, you can easily make a full back-up of your phone. This is as well called as Nandroid back-up. Just be sure you have enough storage on your SD card. Just select Select backup and restore, then choose back up and wait for it to finish.
How to root myPhone A818
Copy the RootA818.zip file on your SD card.
Enter CWM recovery.
Select install zip from sdcard, choose zip from sdcard, then locate RootA818.zip.
Select Reboot system now.
To know verify if the rooting process is a success, look for the SuperUser app in your drawer, or just check root access with the Root Checker app from the PlayStore.
Enjoy!
REFERENCE: http://www.symbianize.com/showthread.php?t=851383

[ROOT] Guide For Rooting myPhone A818

The credit does not goes to me.
It goes to SuperGuko of symb.ph
You can say thanks to me anyways.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YR BLASTS OR WHATEVER HAPPEN
YOUR WARANTY AND BRAIN IS NOW VOID.
What is Rooting and its benefits? —its like jailbreaking but its your Android phone, unlocking the capabilities of your Android device with the apps and tweaks that requires root access to the Android system. Its not necessary but if time came and you realized that you need to root your phone, then it must be it.
What is CWM recovery? – cwm is short for clock work mod recovery. All Android phones have recovery mode already but clock work mode is better and you can do more with CWM, like installing patches, updates, and tweaks on your device.
Rooting myPhone A818
First, you must download these files:
NOTE IF ANY DOWNLOAD IS HAVING ERROR THEN download it urself using google
SP Flash Tool — extract once downloaded. This is the app used for flashing an Android phone.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dridzg1tdokf2up
MT65x3 USB VCOM drivers –extract then install. We need these drivers so that the phone will be read by the SP Flash Tool once connected to the PC.
http://www.mediafire.com/?9wi60a5dtst2aw6
CWM based Recovery –this is the working CWM recovery (recovery.img) for the myPhone A818
http://www.mediafire.com/?jt482l02ls8kl4h
MT6573_Android_scatter.txt –we need this scatter text file.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?tkizuj24vntmt9r
Root A818 –update file for rooting the A818.
http://www.mediafire.com/?kmbkj29lccsaili
Steps
Once the drivers are properly installed and the SP Flash Tool is already extracted and accessible, turn off your myPhone A818 and remove its battery.
Run SP Flash Tool.
Click the Scatter-loading button and navigate to the downloaded MT6573_Android_scatter.txt file.
Be sure that the RECOVERY is the only one selected, click on it and browse on the downloaded recoveryNonTouch.img file.
Click the Download button and just ignore the warnings.
Attach the battery again and connect the phone, be sure not to turn it on yet.
Wait for the process to complete. You will see a Green Circle with a label saying download okay. Normally, this process doesnt takes too much time and not more than 5 minutes as you were just writing a small-size recovery.img file.
How to enter into CWM recovery
Be sure that your phone is turned off.
Press Volume up + Volume down and power button until a set of choices appears then just press the up button to enter recovery.
With the CWM recovery, you can easily make a full back-up of your phone. This is as well called as Nandroid back-up. Just be sure you have enough storage on your SD card. Just select Select backup and restore, then choose back up and wait for it to finish.
How to root myPhone A818
Copy the RootA818.zip file on your SD card.
Enter CWM recovery.
Select install zip from sdcard, choose zip from sdcard, then locate RootA818.zip.
Select Reboot system now.
To know verify if the rooting process is a success, look for the SuperUser app in your drawer, or just check root access with the Root Checker app from the PlayStore.
Enjoy!
REFERENCE: http://www.symbianize.com/showthread.php?t=851383
STILL HAVING TROUBLE SEE THIS [urlhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38365926#post38365926][/url]

[Q] note 10.1 stuck on samsung logo

Hi guys, I need your help. I've got galaxy note 10.1 tab. I stupidly tried flashing cwm through rom manager, even though it wasn't compatible! Now, I'm stuck on the samsung logo when booting up. It is rooted via exynos abuse. Its on stock rom and no custom recovery. I can get to download mode and the android recovery. On top of that, I've been trying to install odin on my computer, but its not working, keep getting Korean message, and when I click ok, the odin window comes up for a split second, then disappears. I really need some help please.
Thanks in advance

Try googling about download mode and fastboot utilite from Android Development Bundle
With this utilite you can try to flash recovery image

Result!!!
Firstly thanks to xxxTy3uKxxx for the prompt reply to my question. It helped me look in the right direction to sort my blunder! In the end I couldn't use the above method because it required to have the tablet in "USB DEBUGGING MODE" which I couldn't do because I couldn't get the damn thing on!
So, now that I've fixed it (if I didn't my missus would have killed me) I wanted to share with all as there doesn't seem to be a lot of solutions around to fix this problem!
From the above post you can see what the problem was, I was only able to get to either download mode or the android stock recovery, and the phone was not booting past the "note 10.1" logo
- I basically had to download the "rootgalaxynote10.1" zip file from rootgalaxynote.com.
- Then, using Odin I flashed the "highonandroidCWMrecoveryGTN8000.tar" file. This gave me custom recovery (you can't flash roms with stock android recovery)
- From here I downloaded a rom for my N8010, and put in on a micro sd card. Put this in the note 10.1, then used custom recovery to flash this rom
NB. I encountered a problem with Odin, and that was I couldn't open it on my lap top! I downloaded numerous files/versions, but no luck. Some forums said to run as administrator or switch off firewall/anti-virus, but nothing worked! I then tried it on a different lap top and VOILA! I don't know why, but it worked on different lap top!
I hope this helps someone out in the future
PS. Hit thanks if I saved your back side

Biggup to u both. Almost thought id lost my tablet after I committed the very same crime

mimik1 said:
Firstly thanks to xxxTy3uKxxx for the prompt reply to my question. It helped me look in the right direction to sort my blunder! In the end I couldn't use the above method because it required to have the tablet in "USB DEBUGGING MODE" which I couldn't do because I couldn't get the damn thing on!
So, now that I've fixed it (if I didn't my missus would have killed me) I wanted to share with all as there doesn't seem to be a lot of solutions around to fix this problem!
From the above post you can see what the problem was, I was only able to get to either download mode or the android stock recovery, and the phone was not booting past the "note 10.1" logo
- I basically had to download the "rootgalaxynote10.1" zip file from rootgalaxynote.com.
- Then, using Odin I flashed the "highonandroidCWMrecoveryGTN8000.tar" file. This gave me custom recovery (you can't flash roms with stock android recovery)
- From here I downloaded a rom for my N8010, and put in on a micro sd card. Put this in the note 10.1, then used custom recovery to flash this rom
NB. I encountered a problem with Odin, and that was I couldn't open it on my lap top! I downloaded numerous files/versions, but no luck. Some forums said to run as administrator or switch off firewall/anti-virus, but nothing worked! I then tried it on a different lap top and VOILA! I don't know why, but it worked on different lap top!
I hope this helps someone out in the future
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OMG. Thanx for your experience but I have no computer with windows now Are there any ideas how to flash a recovery with Linux?

OK. I've found an alternative to odin called Heimdall and succesfully flashed the Darkman's recovery. However it is not able for some reason to mount the /system and /sdcard partitions (which I'd like to back up first). Any ideas?

flashcactus said:
OK. I've found an alternative to odin called Heimdall and succesfully flashed the Darkman's recovery. However it is not able for some reason to mount the /system and /sdcard partitions (which I'd like to back up first). Any ideas?
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Sorry mate, not to familiar with that. Might need one of the more experienced guys to help you out. Good luck:good:

Sorry for writing so late and in such a for dummies manner. I want this thread to be helpful for absolutely everyone who bricked his device like this.
COMPLETE SOLUTION:
First, you can try to flash your ROM (stock roms can be found here. There's another topic with more stock roms but I can't find it) with Heimdall, excluding the data partition to preserve... erm.. your data:
Install Heimdall with its graphical frontend.
Connect your device to your computer via USB cable and put it in download mode (ODIN mode) (Power+VolumeDown).
Open the Heimdall frontend, go to the Utilities tab.
Press Detect device. The device detected radiobutton to the left should be checked.
Under Print PIT check the Local File radiobutton and select where to save your device's partition data to (I named the file n8k.pit) in the browse dialog under it. Then press the Print button.
Now go to the Flash tab. Select the file you just created in the browse dialog under Options/PIT.
unpack the .zip containing your ROM. Then unpack the .tar.md5 that was inside it. You'll get several .img files.
Press the Add button. Select 'SYSTEM' from the Partition Name list. Select the system.img file you just unpacked under File (system.img).
For each entry in the following list, do the previous step, substituting 'SYSTEM' and system.img by:
BOOT and boot.img, respectively;
CACHE and cache.img, respectively
Take a deep breath and press Start.
And then you can go the hard, perverted&interesting way, and that's the way I went.
download this zipfile and unpack it. Find highonandroidCWMrecoveryGTN8000.tar among the unpacked files and unpack that. You'll get a recovery.img file.
download another version of CWM reccovery in an Odin-flashable format, unpack it to get the recovery.img
download PhilZ Touch Recovery for your device in ODIN-flashable format. Unpack and get the recovery.img.
Do steps 1-6 from the instruction above.
Press the Add button. Select 'RECOVERY' from the Partition Name list. Select your recovery.img file under File (recovery.img).
Press the Start button and wait for the operation to finish.
If you did not flash the PhilZ recovery right away, download it in CWM-flashable zip format, put on your SD card, load your new recovery and flash the zip.
Open the recovery, go to Backup and Restore => Custom Backup and Restore => Custom Backup job
Uncheck everything except backup data and optionally backup recovery, then press >> Start Custom Backup Job <<[/color].
Download a ROM of your liking, wipe data&cache, flash it, try it.
If you like it, try to restore data. Get the recovery going, go to Custom Restore job => uncheck all except data => >> Start Custom Restore Job <<[/color] => find your backup => data.ext4.tar) and reboot the device. If it doesn't bootloop, congratulations. If it does, GOTO 8.
Remember to hit the [:good:Thanks] button if this guide has saved yer arse.

flashcactus said:
Sorry for writing so late and in such a for dummies manner. I want this thread to be helpful for absolutely everyone who bricked his device like this.
COMPLETE SOLUTION:
First, you can try to flash your ROM (stock roms can be found here. There's another topic with more stock roms but I can't find it) with Heimdall, excluding the data partition to preserve... erm.. your data:
Install Heimdall with its graphical frontend.
Connect your device to your computer via USB cable and put it in download mode (ODIN mode) (Power+VolumeDown).
Open the Heimdall frontend, go to the Utilities tab.
Press Detect device. The device detected radiobutton to the left should be checked.
Under Print PIT check the Local File radiobutton and select where to save your device's partition data to (I named the file n8k.pit) in the browse dialog under it. Then press the Print button.
Now go to the Flash tab. Select the file you just created in the browse dialog under Options/PIT.
unpack the .zip containing your ROM. Then unpack the .tar.md5 that was inside it. You'll get several .img files.
Press the Add button. Select 'SYSTEM' from the Partition Name list. Select the system.img file you just unpacked under File (system.img).
For each entry in the following list, do the previous step, substituting 'SYSTEM' and system.img by:
BOOT and boot.img, respectively;
CACHE and cache.img, respectively
Take a deep breath and press Start.
And then you can go the hard, perverted&interesting way, and that's the way I went.
download this zipfile and unpack it. Find highonandroidCWMrecoveryGTN8000.tar among the unpacked files and unpack that. You'll get a recovery.img file.
download another version of CWM reccovery in an Odin-flashable format, unpack it to get the recovery.img
download PhilZ Touch Recovery for your device in ODIN-flashable format. Unpack and get the recovery.img.
Do steps 1-6 from the instruction above.
Press the Add button. Select 'RECOVERY' from the Partition Name list. Select your recovery.img file under File (recovery.img).
Press the Start button and wait for the operation to finish.
If you did not flash the PhilZ recovery right away, download it in CWM-flashable zip format, put on your SD card, load your new recovery and flash the zip.
Open the recovery, go to Backup and Restore => Custom Backup and Restore => Custom Backup job
Uncheck everything except backup data and optionally backup recovery, then press >> Start Custom Backup Job <<[/color].
Download a ROM of your liking, wipe data&cache, flash it, try it.
If you like it, try to restore data. Get the recovery going, go to Custom Restore job => uncheck all except data => >> Start Custom Restore Job <<[/color] => find your backup => data.ext4.tar) and reboot the device. If it doesn't bootloop, congratulations. If it does, GOTO 8.
Remember to hit the [:good:Thanks] button if this guide has saved yer arse.
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So i've done all this, but its still stuck on the samsung logo, i have no recovery... only can get into odin mode.

Alcatel Flash or 6042D Stock ROM, ROOTING, CWM RECOVERY

I am not a android guy but faced lot of challenge in finding the Stock ROM for Alcatel Flash or TCL 6042D or Alcatel 6042D. Found one here but having few corrupted files due to which "settings" "message" and few others didn't worked well and in fact frequent crash. Fortunately I had another 6042D to my relative and I took CWM backup of that device and would like to share with you.
Please follow the following steps and don't do otherwise, as only these settings worked for me, other settings may not work. Please Note That these steps are applicable provided that required driver for that device is installed properly.
STEP-A: Download these three files. Please add https: to all links.
1. Stock Recovery and Scatter File package.
//drive.google.com/file/d/0B-BBKAO9380FSkI0UUMxNDc4WEk/view?usp=sharing
2. SP Flash Tool Software
//drive.google.com/file/d/0B-BBKAO9380FRjV2dF81c1VLY1E/view?usp=sharing
3. CWM Backup package
//drive.google.com/file/d/0B-BBKAO9380Fb0NoWTNTLWhtQjA/view?usp=sharing
4. Extract the three files
STEP-B: Recovery Install. No root required
1. Go to sp flash tool folder and run it.
//drive.google.com/file/d/0B-BBKAO9380FMU1NUlFZQzFVNWc/view?usp=sharing
2. Then load scatter for the device from "SPtool_stock_recovery_scatter_OT6042D" folder.
//drive.google.com/file/d/0B-BBKAO9380FRFZPRElfdDAwR0E/view?usp=sharing
//drive.google.com/file/d/0B-BBKAO9380FWmhXZmlDLU5oQzQ/view?usp=sharing
3. If scatter file loaded successfully then you will see "boot" and "recovery" is marked. You must unmark or deselect the boot file. Then double click the recovery file to choose a recovery. Do not choose the recovery from "SPtool_stock_recovery_scatter_OT6042D" folder.. Choose the recovery from "\clockworkmod\backup\2015-10-16.14.26.59\recovey.img". Then press download button.
//drive.google.com/file/d/0B-BBKAO9380FUmtsMHI2WTRMakU/view?usp=sharing
//drive.google.com/file/d/0B-BBKAO9380FQzJLNjB2cDNiQ2M/view?usp=sharing
4. Connect your phone to Computer USB. Then turn the Phone completely OFF. Then after few seconds you will see the SP flash tool is working and sending file. File transfer rate and status will be shown in status bar.
5. If things are ok then you will see a Green Circle as "OK" symbol. And you are done with installing CWM recovery. Now turn the Phone ON.
STEP-C: Installing Stock ROM
1. Copy the extracted "clockworkmod" folder to the root directory of microSD card.
2. Turn OFF the Phone and wait for vibration. After vibration press "UP VOLUME + DOWN VOLUME + POWER" key same time and wait to see Alcatel logo. Release the buttons.
3. You should see the CWM recovery screen. Now follow the steps
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
Goto Advance then wipe dalvic cache and go back
backup or restore
restore
Choose the file from "clockworkmod\backup\2015-10-16.14.26.59"
chose yes in confirmation screen
Wait to see "restore from SD card complete"
4. reboot system now. First boot will take some time . Have patience.
Links are from Google drive. Sometimes google does not allow download of zip files. Let me know if it happens.
Thanks and Jajakallahu Khairan

1$ payment error
i have flashed the image file, and the system prompts for making 1$ payment, however the system prompts an error system ui not responding, now i am unable to make payment and unable to use the phone either