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Note: This Tutorial is for the Lenovo S8 A7600(M) MOBILE Only! Theres a Tablet named the same, dont get confused.
Warning: Your Warranty is void. I am not responsible for any kind of bricks or software failure! Only for MTK6752 ! And not for the same Numbered Tablet. this guide is for the Phone.
The Lenovo S8 7600 Golden Warrior is a very nice phone with some quite good specs. Only cons I could find was that it has none of community and tons of bloatware which is unremovable. Yet!
Lets root it, Guys.
You Need:
Model A7600 Only:
1.The Lenovo Firmware including Chinese TWRP which is provided here by me:
(Thats the only one i could find. If anyone is Brave enough to make an English Version and wants to upload it for this thread fell free to do it.)
Firmware:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzt5QqUHjbg3SzZWVElUeXpyekU/view?usp=sharing
English TWRP:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzt5QqUHjbg3azNMbGcxdXlNSDg/view?usp=sharing
Chinese TWRP:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzt5QqUHjbg3TDl2X2FqS21BR00&authuser=0
Model A7600M:
Firmware:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzt5QqUHjbg3elY2SzA2S1c2REk/view?usp=sharing
TWRP Recovery(Chinese):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzt5QqUHjbg3aXRTMkFSczZoZWM/view?usp=sharing
2.SP Flash Tools. This will be Needed for flashing the Sock Rom Incl. Recovery. Version 5.13xxxx Minimum Requied.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/zx5m9mp3x5p413h/SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1452.00.zip
3. The Meadiatek Driver(Explains itself i think)
http://d-h.st/1PN
4. The SuperSU.ZIP (Thanks Chainfire, we love you)
https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip
5.(optional) If you want to use the Google Apps i recommend Downloading the GApps Mini for 5.0 from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/gapps-mini-t3089612
Now Lets get Started:
1. Unzip the Driver Package and Run the Exe. After Installation, restart you Computer. If using Windows 8, disable Signaure Driver Enforcement.
2. Turn Off you device. Open the SP Flash Tools Folder and run Flash_tool.exe as Administrator.
3. Now Unzip the VibeUI Firmware Package. In SP Flashtools klick on Scatter Load. Navigate to the VibeUI Folder and choose the MT6752_Android_scatter.txt.
Edt: Some People Including me had Problems with the Scatter File. However, If getting errors, try creating your own scatter file referring this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2151251
4. Check if every Downloadfile exept the System is Checked, else you will get an error.
5.IMPORTANT: Go to settings, Download and CHECK the DA DL All with Checksum.
6. Klick on Download.
7. NOW the Tricky Part. Remove the Battery. Insert it again. Now leave the Phone Turned off and plug the USB Cable in, but holding the Volume UP button.
8. If you get a Red Bar and a Yellow followed by some grey in SP Flash tools you have done it right. If the Flash was successfully, you will get a green tick mark as passed.
9. Now unplug USB and take the battery out and pop it in again. Boot the Phone. Dont get shocked if it doesn't boot up fast, it usually takes about 6-8 Minutes. Be Patient!
10. If the Phone Boots up successfully, configure it and Connect it as a MTP Device on the Computer.
11. Now Copy the GApps.zip and the SuperSu.Zip to the Root of the Phone Memory.
12. Boot into Recovery (Holding VOL UP AND DOWN while turning the Phone on) and flash the two Zips. Its in Chinese but you will
only need to flash it once. Flash Zip is the Upper Left Button. Choose your GappsZip and use the Back Button to get to the main Screen. Now flash the SuperSA.zip.
13.Reboot. If you dont know how to just take off the battery ( Its quite risky so better try using the Buttons. The Layout is the same as in the English Version)
Finished!Now your Device is Rooted and got the Gapps on it. Download Titanium Backup and remove the Chinese Crap Bloatware. You are now the Master of your Device. I would be really happy about Donations, since It was very Hard to get Hands on these Roms and Recoverys.
INFO: Some People Complained about the lost IMEI, Thank you Soyer88 for the fix! Sorry that I was away for too long, I got my finals.
Soyer88 said:
For those of you who lost the IMEI address on this phone, or ANY other, here is simple guide witch solved my problem:
1. Download this http://www.4shared.com/file/aNRAdrvgba/sn_gen.html , or search sn_gen.exe (Dont worry, the program is not translated that isn't a problem)
2. In the ??IMEI 1 field write your original imei address (behind the battery)
3. Click on ??MP0B_001?? - It will create a file on your desktop named MP0B_001.
4. Copy the file in your phone, Install Root Explorer, send the file in data/nvram/md/NVRAM/NVD_IMEI/ and change the permission of the file (check all boxes)
5. Restart the phone.
Thats it ! This phone is very tricky to flash (or recover) , because of the chipset.. its very rare
I had a lot of problems to fix it, You have to use the right version of Sp flash tool !!!
Here is a russian forum with ALL the custom ROM's (including the official chinese) and support for this phone - http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=657464 it helped me a lot!
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Be sure to donate him a Beer!
Thank you for tuto.
About ROM - it is have Multi Langue?
Great tutorial :good:, but what about people with MTK6752M?
rom corrupt
Hi, when i extract this rom i recive one message "system.img is damaged"
what can i do?
thank's a lot.
XxpikaachuuxX said:
Note: This Tutorial is for the Lenovo S8 7600 MOBILE Only! Theres a Tablet named the same, dont get confused.
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Hey
Could someone tell me what to do? I flashed a rom and recovery via Sp Tool (not from this guide) on my S8 A7600. It was a custom rom with removed bloatware I found on a Russian site (google translate).
Now I find that my baseband is unknown and no IMEI's either. I didn't notice this in the beginning though, I did root the phone first and cleaned up even further with Titanium Backup, including the default phone and
contact apps.
Don't know if this could have had an impact or not, but my impression is that it has to do with modem driver, which might be a different one (it seems the custom rom was built from chinese rom). Both scatter files (rom and recovery) does not seem to touch the nvram area, although this mtk flashing stuff is completely new to me.
Have any tips? This chipset is new for IMEI repair, so is unsupported from what I gather.
I flashed another rom I found and the IMEI came back, hurray :laugh:
Good to know its not some permanent lame fault the mtk engineers would have missed (unlikely). Well now back to customizing romz, the default lenovo rom is far from what I consider usable.
NIKO_BG said:
Great tutorial :good:, but what about people with MTK6752M?
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I will upload the MTK6752M Rom too. But you will have to wait 3-4 weeks since im at vacation at the moment. I will also Provide CWM for both models then. Greets
askermk2000 said:
I flashed another rom I found and the IMEI came back, hurray :laugh:
Good to know its not some permanent lame fault the mtk engineers would have missed (unlikely). Well now back to customizing romz, the default lenovo rom is far from what I consider usable.
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I actually like the Design tho. If i can ask, did you use my Stock rom from this thread?
XxpikaachuuxX said:
I actually like the Design tho. If i can ask, did you use my Stock rom from this thread?
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Actually I think I said that wrong. I am now using this rom: VIBEUI_V2.5_ _USR_ST1524_5.1460.1_1506111858_MP6V3_CU_CN_otafull
This is the latest official stock rom directly from Lenovo. I was referring to one of the rom's that's flashed by those shabby vendors, full of adware, malware and viruses.
I was not aware of this situation as this is my first china phone.
To Op: No I did not use your Rom. I've tried a few others and the *Real* stock ota rom from lenovo was the best for me, also the latest stable build. I found it here btw: lenovo-forums.ru(can't post full link)
Also I'm looking for this: A7600_TWRP2.8.7.0_2015-07-18.7z <--- This is the only recovery I've found that has english language. It was posted on 4pda.ru but link is down. Also seen it on those chinese sites, but requires account to download.
askermk2000 said:
Actually I think I said that wrong. I am now using this rom: VIBEUI_V2.5_ _USR_ST1524_5.1460.1_1506111858_MP6V3_CU_CN_otafull
This is the latest official stock rom directly from Lenovo. I was referring to one of the rom's that's flashed by those shabby vendors, full of adware, malware and viruses.
I was not aware of this situation as this is my first china phone.
To Op: No I did not use your Rom. I've tried a few others and the *Real* stock ota rom from lenovo was the best for me, also the latest stable build. I found it here btw: lenovo-forums.ru(can't post full link)
Also I'm looking for this: A7600_TWRP2.8.7.0_2015-07-18.7z <--- This is the only recovery I've found that has english language. It was posted on 4pda.ru but link is down. Also seen it on those chinese sites, but requires account to download.
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My Suggestion would be: Download and try my Rom and Recovery. Then download SuperSu/.Zip and try to flash it via Chinese TWRP which i am providing. you can locate the buttons from any other TWRP, even from other phones. If done, you could et root uininstaller and remove the crappy bloatware like i did. then install gapps
XxpikaachuuxX said:
My Suggestion would be: Download and try my Rom and Recovery. Then download SuperSu/.Zip and try to flash it via Chinese TWRP which i am providing. you can locate the buttons from any other TWRP, even from other phones. If done, you could et root uininstaller and remove the crappy bloatware like i did. then install gapps
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I already have chinese TWRP, and I'm rooted. The rom I'm using also does not have any insidious bloatware, except a few chinese apps that don't even require root to remove. Besides I seem to remember the system.img file in your rom was corrupt, tried to download several times.
Just saw this at 4pda.ru:
Port of K3 Note VIBE 2.8 1530 A7600 5.1】 【07/15/25
Download: yadi.sk/d/ULLundAAi5dk6
Will upload the File again, sorry to hear that.
where do you download the latest firmware?this phone doesn t have ota?no need to use flash tool if it s the case..you can root it easily with an apk
so i don t understand you manip
Mine was really hard to root, none of Kinroot or any other tool/app worked.
so could you say use what did you use for rooting it?
i just to order one so i would like to erase all chinese apk
are you happy with this phone?
Like I said, the Rom provided here is Pre Rooted and has TWRP included. With twrp you can root any rom, but seems like the file is corrupt so ill have to upload it again as soon as i get home
XxpikaachuuxX said:
Mine was really hard to root, none of Kinroot or any other tool/app worked.
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XxpikaachuuxX said:
Like I said, the Rom provided here is Pre Rooted and has TWRP included. With twrp you can root any rom, but seems like the file is corrupt so ill have to upload it again as soon as i get home
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thanks for you help
yes i you have the good file could you add a link for everybody?
http://www.tmallbox.com/brand-phone/18401-mtk6752-lenovo-a7600-4g-let-octa-core-1280720-2g8g.html
it s what i have bought
but the soc is not the same describe in the first page..do you have the same?
New full firmware package available: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5Lqys5p5m_YU2xxZ3d4T0V5WjA
VIBEUI_V2.5_1532_5.1797.1_ST_A7600_CU
I got this as ota update yesterday, on official lenovo rom. Btw, this needs to be flashed with stock recovery (rename file as "update.zip")
Actually, you can flash it with TWRP/custom recovery, just tried it
Also, you should flash Gapps after the initial boot and setup, or it may cause problems.
Here is also the TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery with English language: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5Lqys5p5m_YR0VfSXFPZ0RIZEk
The new firmware is good. So far I've noticed it has solved a big bug with launcher. Previously I could not use widgets with 3rd party launcher (settings fc), now I can.
The launcher bug is still present, but not with Google Now Launcher when flashed with gapps.
PS: Is it ok for me to post this here? Perhaps better to make new thread?
Aosp rom
I found what seems to be a recent AOSP based rom: A7600-ZP-15.08.06.zip
Though only so far seen it on Chinese sites, like this: http://pan.baidu.com/wap/link?uk=1393301215&shareid=1110457716&third=0
Don't think I will bother getting account for that, but just letting you know.
Man thank you! If you could download this and pack it in one zip, upload it on your google drive and test it again we could privide yours! Because i sold mine so i cajt test it. Else im still ready to upload it
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I just bought this tablet on amazon flash sale and I can't find any other development thread so I decided to make one.
Note: All of these are tested on the A7-30F Variant. Only Kingroot is tested and working for all variants.
1. Root
Root 4.4.2 and 5.0.1 (Make sure to use the desktop version):
http://kingroot.net/
Replace Kinguser with Super Su:
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html
2. Recovery
Thanks to @SpontaneousMixx for finding this
Easy Magic TWRP Installer
Download
ONLY FOR 4.4.2
1. Extract TWRP.zip
2.Run as administrator
3.Select auto mode
4. Let it run until you have to select screen resolution
5. Select a Screen res lower then 600x1024
6. select no for mirrored recovery
7. Finished and you now should be booted in TWRP Recovery
3. Roms
Stock Rom 4.4.2 (Thanks @gmincca )
4.4.2 OTA files
5.0.1 OTA Files
Use ADB sideload to install
Note: Android file host does not have the A7-30 is its database so all files uploaded will say its for the 9770
4. Boot Animations
Google Play bootup and shutdown animations
Note: Android file host does not have the A7-30 is its database so all files uploaded will say its for the 9770
5. Accessories
Fintie Lenovo Tab 2 A7-30 Case (Good build quality for $10 and still holding up after three months)
I will give this a whirl this weekend if I can unlock the bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943625
Nickco43 said:
I just bought this tablet on amazon flash sale and I can't find any other development thread so I decided to make one.
1. Root
On another thread someone confirmed Kingo root worked for 4.4.2 (EDIT: Confirmed working)
http://www.kingoapp.com/
2. Recovery
No know recoverys
3. Roms
No know Roms
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Just got this same Tab for my son & have been looking around for the best ways to root. It's actually a nice little tablet. For $65 I'm quite impressed.
Couple questions for you if I may.
-Does this download have any prerequisite downloads, surveys or ads before it's installed on my PC? You know, junk & not just the program.
-Which super user app is installed?
Kingo root comes with all the files you need with no surveys or bloatware. It installs its own super user program but I deleted it wit ha system app remover and installed super su from the play store. If you can, after you root your tablet can you pull the stock lenovo launcherHD and upload it to here. I deleted mine and you need it to change the lock screen wallpaper.
hI guys!
Good to see topic about our tab 2. Small question - any1 of you got lolipop update already? Week ago Lenovo said it's ready... I have so annoying touch bug and hope update gonna fix this.
The update is not out yet but lenovo said late summer so I would think it would come out sometime in august. Once it comes out can someone try kingo root on it, I'm not updating if I can't get root.
Nickco43 said:
The update is not out yet but lenovo said late summer so I would think it would come out sometime in august. Once it comes out can someone try kingo root on it, I'm not updating if I can't get root.
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Lolipop is out, but not in every region yet. Sadly, not in mine too (Poland).
forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Android-based-Tablets/Lenovo-Tab-2-A7-30GC-Touch-Input-Problem/m-p/2117299/highlight/true#M24873
Well I tired to get a recovery on the tablet but failed. Mtk tool and sb flash didn't work since the tablet is write protected and also I don't think is works for media tek 8 series chips like it does with 6 series chips. I was going to build twrp but you need a unlocked bootloader to flash it and when I run fastboot OEM unlock it returns three dots. I think my fastboot drivers got messed up after I unhard bricked my OnePlus and that's causing it to return 3 dots. I will try another pc and report back.
Nope it still returned the three dots. Well I'm out of ideas to unlock the boot loader. Maybe a more experienced dev can do it or we can ask lenovo nicely.
Bootloader
According to a thread on the lenovo community... the device has a mediatek proceesor, which can be flashed without unlocking anything using their SP flash tool. Only downside is any custom roms would have to be built for mediatek and using a "scatter" file.
Thread: forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Android-based-Tablets/how-to-unlock-the-Lenovo-A3000-bootloader/m-p/1588718/
Stock Rom: androidxda.com/download-lenovo-stock-rom-models
Flash Instructions: androidxda.com/flash-stock-rom-using-smart-phone-flash-tool
The rom's source is also available on the Lenovo support site.
Unfortunately, I'm not expert at anything to make anything happen with this information.
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Then again, all that may have nothing to do with the A3300, since it's all based on the A3000... but same processor type? doesn't seem like mediatek has any info on their site about it either.
TWPR Success
Nickco43 said:
Well I tired to get a recovery on the tablet but failed. Mtk tool and sb flash didn't work since the tablet is write protected and also I don't think is works for media tek 8 series chips like it does with 6 series chips. I was going to build twrp but you need a unlocked bootloader to flash it and when I run fastboot OEM unlock it returns three dots. I think my fastboot drivers got messed up after I unhard bricked my OnePlus and that's causing it to return 3 dots. I will try another pc and report back.
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It was like pulling teeth, but I FINALLY got TWRP running on this tablet. It was EXTRA painful for me because the tool I use asks you to select your device resolution and like a dummy, I actually picked 1024x600 (which is the device's resolution in landscape, but not portrait mode.) When the thing finished installing TWRP and booted up, I was locked out of the tablet because the touch elements for twrp to actually restart or even unlock the device ran off the screen making using them impossible. I had to wait seven hours for the battery to finally die before I could access the thing again, (thanks for skipping the reset button on the a7-30F, Lenovo!)
In a nutshell though, I started with Kingo Root, which was successful, and then used Easy Magic TWRP Installer made specifically for mediatek devices, found on another xda thread. JUST MAKE SURE that when it says "Unable to detect your device resolution" that you choose the highest res below 600x1024 (it was like 546x964 or something like that. I can't remember exactly.) After I had a working TWRP, I switched to chainfire's SuperSU
I hope this helps.
@SpontaneousMixx Nice Adding it to master list
I'm going to try to port cm 12.1
Nickco43 said:
I'm going to try to port cm 12.1
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Let me know how it works...
The biggest challenge with installing a ROM methinks though, is that you have to use the SP Flash tool to actually upload a rom. I could be wrong... I haven't tried through TWRP. It took me so long just to fix my screw up that I put it down for a while. The SP Flash Tool needs some kind of Android Scatter file, (probably a Lenovo specific MT8127_Android_Scatter.txt), which I have been unable to find or figure out from the source. I'm just not that talented.
It IS entirely possible that just applying a rom via TWRP will work fine, but it's also likely that the system will bark at you. I'm curious to see what happens.:good:
Usually you can get the scatter file for mediatek device with mkt tools but the option is blocked out when I plug the tablet in. I downloaded the cm source but I ran into my first hiccup when I use cat /proc/mtd to extract the boot.img it won't show any of the partitions.
Nickco43 said:
Usually you can get the scatter file for mediatek device with mkt tools but the option is blocked out when I plug the tablet in. I downloaded the cm source but I ran into my first hiccup when I use cat /proc/mtd to extract the boot.img it won't show any of the partitions.
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Yeah, I think the mtk tools app is unable to access the root shell on the device for some reason, keeping it from being able to grab the scatter. I'm not sure why it's not working though. I got SuperSU installed and running on the tab, but that application still fails to get to the root shell.
I can't find any time to work on porting cm to the A7-30; Can anyone else give it a shot.?
Nickco43 said:
I can't find any time to work on porting cm to the A7-30; Can anyone else give it a shot.?
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I would love to, since I have downloaded the source... unfortunately I don't have the technical know-how to really work on it.
I've got the scatter file
SpontaneousMixx said:
Yeah, I think the mtk tools app is unable to access the root shell on the device for some reason, keeping it from being able to grab the scatter. I'm not sure why it's not working though. I got SuperSU installed and running on the tab, but that application still fails to get to the root shell.
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I've got the scatter file...
It was dumped into the 'last_log_r' file from my last update. Then today I downloaded the lollipop OTA and pulled the scatter file from that (this is what I attached here).
ammmze said:
I've got the scatter file...
It was dumped into the 'last_log_r' file from my last update. Then today I downloaded the lollipop OTA and pulled the scatter file from that (this is what I attached here).
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How is the update? Is it worth it?
Hello. This Alcatel Pixi 3 tablet was meant as a gift add-on to an Orange (PL) LG G4c / Spirit LTE phone.
What is really weird is that there is no such model on Alcatel's website. It seems that this version was very unpopular.
It came with Lollipop 5.0.1 onboard. On boot screen it says ALCATEL onetouch Pixi3(8). on the back there is a sticker with Model: 8070 and some other numbers, but the thing is:
I was simply being an impatient one and i wanted to have this white boy rooted so i installed newest KingRoot. And it worked!
But then I've seen there's an app that does the magic and replaces kinguser with supersu. And it was called 'SuperSU Me', kind of.
Unfortunately it must have been a very old version (i tried the newest on my phone and it comes in two stages so it's different). After using it i don't remember if I ran su binary update but i think i did and then reboot. And of course it all went wrong after that.
It was stuck at the Alcatel boot animation, repeating itself endlessly. And instead of looking for solution i did something else. I went to the bootloader mode (vol+ and power) which lets you go into recovery or fastboot and i went to recovery. Where it actually says Android system recovery <3e> with additional line saying LRX21M and options apply update from ADB, sdcard, cache and some others.
So here's what I did: at first I wiped cache partition and then I wiped data ('wipe data/factory reset'). And this is mess.
There is no Alcatel animation, no more. Now it won't go further than this boot screen and it would just display this ALCATEL onetouch Pixi3(8) logo until it runs out of battery power. So i guess, that's my first bricked device for being naughty and too greedy to have some rooted stuff happening.
Please, is there any hope? Help?
Same Problem with Alcatel Pixi 3 (10) Model:8079!!!!
You might be able to restore ROM using Mobile upgrade tool from Alcatel. Or you can flash it with phone flash tool.
Hi @dam85 I found and downloaded "Mobile Upgrade S" tool from Alcatel's server directly (v4.2.8) but I cannot make the tool detect this Pixi 8070 model. The main Alcatel site doesn't have this model, so I got their tool from the Pixi 3 (8) 3G page. However, not sure what is missing as there seems to be a driver needed for the Alcatel tool to detect the table. Any idea? This 8070 model apparently uses quad-core MediaTek MT8127 processor.
I have purchased this device from a local shop, not via operator. Model is "TCL" and "8070" in the menus.
@Bethain: I had a friend who had to wipe and re-install the ROM on an Alcatel D5 phone, due to some boot loop like yours; and he was able to do that using the Alcatel Upgrade tool. Please try this and let us know how you did it and more importantly, which drivers you used on Windows! Thanks and good luck.
konsti said:
Hi @dam85 I found and downloaded "Mobile Upgrade S" tool from Alcatel's server directly (v4.2.8) but I cannot make the tool detect this Pixi 8070 model. The main Alcatel site doesn't have this model, so I got their tool from the Pixi 3 (8) 3G page. However, not sure what is missing as there seems to be a driver needed for the Alcatel tool to detect the table. Any idea? This 8070 model apparently uses quad-core MediaTek MT8127 processor.
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It's true that this model is buried for some weird reason. You can't find anything specific for this model (pixi 3 (8) wifi), only for the 3g edition that is totally different hardware if I remember correctly.
I can suggest another option. I've managed to read back the stock rom from mine. I could send it to you and you can try to flash it with SP flash tool. If you're interested, pm me and I'll guide you.
Hi @dam85 thank you for posting back, it's great to hear that someone managed to work on this.
For the sake of information with others, can you kindly share info on the tools, versions (and if not asking too much, links here in XDA) that you used to extract the ROM? There's tonns of crap on the internet and some confusing driver versions found here, too...
I was battling with MtkDroid Tools 2.5.3 but I think I've installed the wrong VCOM driver, not sure if it supports the device (MT8127 processor) or perhaps I am doing something wrong.
The official Alcatel Mobile Upgrade S (v4.2.8 that I've installed) has a generic "One Touch Pixi 8" entry as you can see in the screen shot but I get some error when trying to connect my device. This is supposed to allow a download of an image to re-flash Alcatel devices... Perhaps this tool isn't compatible, as you say.
I have contacted Alcatel asking for support....
I haven't rooted nor I want to mess with that. Just wanted to make a safe backup of the current ROM. When I entered (official) the Recovery menu of the device (POWER + VOLup) there wasn't any entry in the options to "dump" the ROM on the SD, unfortunately.
konsti said:
For the sake of information with others, can you kindly share info on the tools, versions (and if not asking too much, links here in XDA) that you used to extract the ROM? There's tonns of crap on the internet and some confusing driver versions found here, too...
I was battling with MtkDroid Tools 2.5.3 but I think I've installed the wrong VCOM driver, not sure if it supports the device (MT8712 processor) or perhaps I am doing something wrong.
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I'll post a mini guide later on how I did it. Also, I'd like to see a user with a bricked pixi to try and flash back the ROM to see if it can be revived!
konsti said:
The official Alcatel Mobile Upgrade S (v4.2.8 that I've installed) has a generic "One Touch Pixi 8" entry as you can see in the screen shot but I get some error when trying to connect my device. This is supposed to allow a download of an image to re-flash Alcatel devices... Perhaps this tool isn't compatible, as you say.
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Yeap. I tried this one too, with vcom drivers up and running, but nothing happened. Maybe we'll have to wait for an update.
konsti said:
I have contacted Alcatel asking for support....
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Looking forward to hear their answer.
konsti said:
I haven't rooted nor I want to mess with that. Just wanted to make a safe backup of the current ROM. When I entered (official) the Recovery menu of the device (POWER + VOLup) there wasn't any entry in the options to "dump" the ROM on the SD, unfortunately.
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Just to make it clear. There is no way to dumb the rom with droid tools or sp flash tool without root. The most easy and safe way to root this tablet is with Kingroot v4.5. It's safe to use because there is an option for unroot inside the app (I've done it several times, it works flawlessly).
I am having the same exact issue and followed the same steps as you to get into this mess! Only difference is i am on a onetouch Pixi 7 i got from tmobile for free. Were you ever able to flash it back to stock and can you tell me how you did it if you were successful?
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I am having the same exact issue and followed the same steps as you to get into this mess! Only difference is i am on a onetouch Pixi 7 i got from tmobile for free. Were you ever able to flash it back to stock and can you tell me how you did it if you were successful?
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Hi @waldosdad I suggest you try obtaining the official Alcatel Mobile Upgrade S software from their site, this will hopefully download and restore your device. Please kindly post details on your model, CPU, which drivers you eventually managed to make work, on which Windows, etc.
http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/fr/assistance/telechargements/pixi_7.html
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There's no ROM available for flashing except whatever backups private people do... Haven't found custom recovery either... I personally haven't rooted my Pixi 3 (8) to avoid that exact issue...
IMPORTANT EDIT:
I was browsing through the downloads section of Alcatel One Touch and found that for some reason, they have released more versions of the same "Mobile Upgrade S" for some other devices, rather than keeping a unified version across all platforms/tablets/products.
For example, found versions v4.3.0, or v4.4.1 in other devices, which could imply "newer" database or detection, inside Alcatel Mobile Upgrade S. As @dam85 told me, there may need to be a newer version of this proggie to detect Pixi 3 (8) -- will try it soon...
Hi guys i have the same tablet but i'm having problems rooting it. Tried many differnet apk's with no luck. @dam85 how you managed to root it?
Some extra info just to be sure:
Manufacturer: TCL
Model: 8070
Android Version: 5.0.1
Build ID: vN4BH2-AndroidL-KR080-EMEA_GREEK
Board ID: 8070
Chipset Platform: mt8127
Edit: Ok, it seems that i have used different versions of Kingroot (4.1, 4.8) except 4.5 that you mentioned. It worked now. Dumb me i guess..
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Hi guys i have the same tablet but i'm having problems rooting it. Tried many differnet apk's with no luck. @dam85 how you managed to root it?
Some extra info just to be sure:
Manufacturer: TCL
Model: 8070
Android Version: 5.0.1
Build ID: vN4BH2-AndroidL-KR080-EMEA_GREEK
Board ID: 8070
Chipset Platform: mt8127
Edit: Ok, it seems that i have used different versions of Kingroot (4.1, 4.8) except 4.5 that you mentioned. It worked now. Dump me i guess..
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Καλησπέρα @spithash, I suggest you try backing up your ROM now that you've rooted it, as @dam85 did already, as there's no ROM available for flashing back in case of bricking... I personally haven't rooted yet. If you manage to install proper Windows drivers etc. please let us know what you used i.e. SP Flash Tool, Mtk Droid Tools etc. Thanks!
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Καλησπέρα @spithash, I suggest you try backing up your ROM now that you've rooted it, as @dam85 did already, as there's no ROM available for flashing back in case of bricking... I personally haven't rooted yet. If you manage to install proper Windows drivers etc. please let us know what you used i.e. SP Flash Tool, Mtk Droid Tools etc. Thanks!
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So, i made a backup using MTK Droid Tools.
Is there a known way to flash a custom recovery on this device?
If i hit Recovery and Boot button in MTK Droid Tools it gives me this error: ERROR :Not read Block: bootimg
Yes
mohamedwinners said:
Yes
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What is the "Yes" for? You managed to flash a custom recovery?
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So, i made a backup using MTK Droid Tools.
Is there a known way to flash a custom recovery on this device?
If i hit Recovery and Boot button in MTK Droid Tools it gives me this error: ERROR :Not read Block: bootimg
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You can flash it with SP flash tool. Read all my post first and then act.
Open the app, hit "scatter-loading" button, choose your droid tool-creater scatter file with the name of the cpu mt8127 (make sure you have the exctracted rom backup with it), then wait a few secs till the app done loading the files, check if the check boxes are checked and loaded with the appropriate image files as shown in the image.
Leave any unchecked box as is. Make sure to rename factory_NONmodified_recovery.img to recovery.img before doing the above process, or else the program won't load it automatically.
Then, press the green download arrow and connect the device switched off and the process will start automatically.
I can't guarantee the success of the process because I haven't try it yet, but I know that this process is correct for this type of devices.
So, you can take the risk if you want (if it's bricked already, you won't have anything to lose I guess) and you can give as feedback.
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You can flash it with SP flash tool. Read all my post first and then act.
Open the app, hit "scatter-loading" button, choose your droid tool-creater scatter file with the name of the cpu mt8127 (make sure you have the exctracted rom backup with it), then wait a few secs till the app done loading the files, check if the check boxes are checked and loaded with the appropriate image files as shown in the image.
Leave any unchecked box as is. Make sure to rename factory_NONmodified_recovery.img to recovery.img before doing the above process, or else the program won't load it automatically.
Then, press the green download arrow and connect the device switched off and the process will start automatically.
I can't guarantee the success of the process because I haven't try it yet, but I know that this process is correct for this type of devices.
So, you can take the risk if you want (if it's bricked already, you won't have anything to lose I guess) and you can give as feedback.
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I think my backup is not right, there are many files missing. I tried several times.
Follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38337401
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Follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38337401
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Create scatter file in MTK Tools is greyed out
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Create scatter file in MTK Tools is greyed out
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Edit the config file, remove every other mt entries and add the 8127 and try again
I've attached mine, if you want to use it.
dam85 said:
Edit the config file, remove every other mt entries and add the 8127 and try again
I've attached mine, if you want to use it.
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i managed to create a scatter file from the firmware.info from backup using MTK Rom Studio but it doesn't seem right:
Edit: It gives me the same scatter file if i add the 8127.
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I've attached mine, if you want to use it.
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When i open yours is the same as mine.
My hardbrick incident
I had a mediatek phone few years back.I found in some website or somewhere else the word "root" and benefits of rooting an android device.So I searched the internet and found several apps to root android phone.I found a chinese app called vroot.I ran the app and successfully rooted my phone.So the es file explorer app now does not bother me to activate root explorer feature.I navigated many system directories where I could not go in past without root.I deleted the framework-res.apk file from the /system/framework folder.Then all the apps on my phone just started to close.I got a feeling that I had done something wrong by deleting that file and if I rebooted now my phone would never boot again.But I still rebooted my phone with the hope that everything would be all right after the reboot.But the feeling became true and my phone never booted.I visited many local phone repairing stores but could not get my phone repaired.I thought this is not fair,all the hardwares within my phone were all right,it was just a software problem but still I had to throw my phone away because the local phone shops could not repair it.I disagreed that and kept my phone safe.I managed to get my parents to buy me another phone.Few months after I rooted that phone as well and this time a knew the importance of the system files.So I did not ever tried to delete any of the system files again.But as I had seen in the system tuner app that changing the lines in the build.prop file can make your phone faster.I changed probably the dalvik.vm.heapsize parameter to a much lower value from within the system tuner app.And I rebooted the phone and this time I faced the pain again,loosing the phone,listening to the bad comments of my sister,mother and father.Again no local phone repairing shop can repair it although all the hardwares in my phone were perfectly ok.I again disagreed to the choice of throwing the phone away.Few months after I got a Laptop.Then I tried to search about repairing the last phone.I found that these problems are very common in the internet although very rare to all the local phone repairing shops.I downloaded the entire rom of my device and flashed the rom by following each provided instruction.I learned about the sp tools program in the process.I proved to my family that I did not break my phone,it was just a software problem.I leaned about making back ups of the whole rom using sp tools and mtk droid tools programs.I learned about custom recovery and how to make a cwm recovery using the sp tools and mtk droid tools.I made one cwm recovery with mtk droid tools and sp tools and flashed it using the sp tools.I learned about custom roms.I found a custom rom and the guide to port it for my device.I learned about dsixda's Android Kitchen from the guide.I successfully ported the rom for my device but could not flash it using the cwm recovery that I made with sp tools and mtk droid tools.The solution was to get a latest working twrp or philz recovery using magic twrp program or magic philz program.So I got a latest working twrp using magic twrp program.I flashed the rom I previously made successfully.Meanwhile I found some where about the word "hardbrick" in which situation my phone would respond to nothing no physical button not even charger,and I would not be able to flash my back up rom from the computer anymore.I did not believe in that.I thought how was it possible whenever my phone would not boot I would always be able to flash the backed up rom using sp tools.So I found android to be non breakable at the software level.I also successfully downloaded and flashed the stock rom of my first soft bricked phone.
Few months after I had a phone named LYF F1 but this time it was a qualcomm phone.Before even getting the phone in my hands I planed to get a backup of the stock rom using the sp flash tools and mtk droid tools.Now when I got the phone in my hands I did as I planed.But mtk droid tools could not identify the phone.I wondered what was happening.After searching the internet I found qualcomm phones can not be backed up using sp tools and mtk droid tools these tools are for mediatek devices.So I searched the internet for few days in hope that I would found a way to backup my qualcomm phone.I found only one video tutorial to backup any non-rooted qualcomm phone using qpst tools otherwise there were many back up solutions if the phone is rooted.I tried to root my phone using almost each and every provided apps in the internet but failed,and also the back up method for the non-rooted qualcomm phones also failed.I searched the internet to found the stock but I failed.Then I downloaded some custom recoveries made for other devices with same cpu.By following some post at some where I tried to port it for my device,but again porting the recovery needed me to have my stock recovery.I thought if I could only flash the downloaded recovery and the recovery worked then I would get root access and I would be able to back up my stock rom.But the only way to flash the downloaded recovery to my qualcomm phone was to use the fastboot commands.But computer can recognise my device with the command "fastboot devices" but any other fastboot command just failed with an error remote device unknown command.Few weeks after I found the stock of my phone in the internet with someone's help.So I downloaded the whole rom,ported the recovery successfully and flashed it using the provided qcmdl program by replacing the stock recovery from the stock rom's folder with the twrp recovery.Then I got root in my this phone after a long wait through the twrp recovery.Now I tried to port a rom for my this phone.But I could not found a rom provided in the internet in the sense that it could be ported to any qualcomm device with same cpu.All the roms were made for a particular device and they were saying not to flash it on any other device.It was not the case with the mediatek phones that I had because I always found some roms which were provided in the internet in the sense that it could be ported to any mediatek device with same cpu and even the full guides to port the roms for my phone were also provided with each rom.I since then already ported many roms for my mediatek phones by following the guides provided with the roms.I took a rom made for the same device whose twrp recovery helped me to port my phone's twrp recovery.The phone was ZTE nubia z11 mini.The rom was mokee 7.1.2,the zip file contained boot.img,system folder,cmnlib.mbn,emmc_appsboot.mbn,file_contexts.bin,hyp.mbn,keymaster.mbn,modem.img,rpm.mbn,sbl1.mbn,splash.img,tz.mbn.Now when I flashed that rom I was thinking I had only seen system folder and boot.img before when I ported roms for my mediatek devices.So what were those other files? I thought they would probably make the rom work better.There were no informational file neither inside that zip file nor at their website which could suggest me what those other files were and what could happen to my device if I flash them.I flashed the rom successfully through twrp and rebooted into system.After few moments I saw my phone yet had not started to boot.I pressed the power button for few seconds and there was no response,I got a thought that my phone has hardbricked.So I tried again and again to power it on but my phone was really hardbricked.The fact that I refused to accept when I was working with roms for my mediatek devices,just came in reality.My phone would not respond to anything not for any physical button,not for charger,I could not restore the stock rom from my computer.I searched the internet day and night and tried almost each provided method and programs to restore the stock rom from my computer or from sd card but each of the methods and programs failed.Fortunately I found a fact in many places from other users in the internet that in a hardbrick situation if my phone is under warranty then service centre would repair the phone with minimum cost or without any cost at all.I send the phone to the LYF care and was thinking what did I do wrong when flashing the rom,which of the files in the zip file caused this.I searched the internet to know what are the exact work of those partition files but could not found what I was looking for,I tried my best to know the exact file with in the zip for which my phone was hardbricked,but I failed to know that.LYF service centre was saying that they had found some trace of liquid in the phone which had caused my phone to be dead and I have to pay a huge amount almost the actual price of my phone to get it repaired under warranty,I knew this was not true.So I contacted higher LYF consumer services to know them that my phone was never near any liquid so that my phone could have been harmed by it,they took the phone from the service centre and checked again,they now said some different reason and increased the amount to be paid to get my phone repaired under warranty.So I have to pay a huge amount to get my phone repaired,I do not know which of the files or the folders within the zip file caused that hardbrick,I have not been able to sleep well for last one month,and I have completely lost all faith on myself to flash anything in my phone,listening bad comments from my parents.Yeah that's my hardbrick incident.
It's a too long story bro, maybe you can find a IT-guy and ask for help
Do you expect any1 to read it all? You could just make it short, so some1 helps
Sent from this galaxy
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My hardbrick incident
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Hi @Tarasantan! Dude You only mentioned trying to use the power button! do you still have the phone? If you do;
Try holding All three buttons for 50 secs.
Then, connect it to the charger for at least an hour (let it gather some juice).
Now try holding the Power and Volume Down button! for like another 50 secs!
In a few moments it should run! If it didnt PM me we will Discuss A few things! and I really appreciate If I have a new friend!
What we are doing here is draining the battery and discharging the phone! thus a HARD reset! like we do it with PC!
Next letting it take Up Juice to give it a Defibrillator kinda treatment!
Not resetting it by the Combo! (Power & Volume Down)
Reply Man! I can understand how worried you are I recently bought a new phone so I could use Beta Stuff on my phone! you are the reason for my phones root!
You are older member Here (atleast older than me!) I respect you Bruv! Imma Try helping you as much as I could. You give soo much and people seem TOO damn busy here! -.- I hope More active people become my BFFS!!! (^_^):highfive: (^_^)
Disclaimer this is my first time posting here so pls pardon me I don't know how to post and I promise to edit this post if there is something wrong.
Information about device is in the attached pictures.
What I am Requesting:
Can someone teach me how to install Android 8(Oreo) Go Edition on my tablet please.
Why am I asking help and not researching and do it myself:
Because it is a unknown brand so I dont have any references and I very scared of bricking the device I spent my college savings on.
Back Story:
Bought a cheap tablet from China which turned out to be fake in many ways than one. Its running on android 5.1. It has a ton of bloatware just to keep up the scam of being android 11. Instead of going through the hassle of returning product I decided to just make it better and install Android 8(Oreo) Go Edition to get some new features and remove all the bloatware while I am at it.
What I know about the device:
(Additional information, Not including IMEI, is in the attached pictures.)
It uses a octa core MT6592 32 bit CPU Android 5.1
Why Oreo Go:
Go is a stripped down version of android and since the tablet is kinda *JUNK* I figured its perfect to use Go edition on it.
Why Oreo, because I couldn't find a 32 bit version of android 9 to 12 Go. I assume bit version is important
What is the source of the Android Oreo Go rom:
Its the Wiko Y50, because it seemed close enough in specs and I was able to download the .pac file and extracted the boot.img file from it.
Links to specs
Wiko Y50 - Full phone specifications
www.gsmarena.com
Wiko Y50 - Full Specification, price, review, comparison
Wiko Y50 is released in the month of December 2018 and surely it looks like a gift for Christmas to all smartphone users. The display shows Egypt for...
www.gizmochina.com
Link to Rom
Wiko Y50 W-K130 Stock Firmware ROM (Flash File)
Download the official Wiko Y50 W-K130 Stock Firmware ROM (Flash File) for your Wiko Mobile. We also provide all other Wiko Stock Firmware for free.
firmwarefile.com
In my opinion, it is a waste of time and health for such an experiment. You must accept the failure of buying a fake device. This will be your experience for the future.
Bloadware try to deactivate with ADB AppControl.
ze7zez said:
In my opinion, it is a waste of time and health for such an experiment. You must accept the failure of buying a fake device. This will be your experience for the future.
Bloadware try to deactivate with ADB AppControl.
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I don't mind wasting my time. I am in college learning technical skills are useful. I like to learn the skill for the future. And I honestly almost had this covered using tutorials but I got stuck at finding my original stock rom and fastboot loader rom for this specific device.
Can I use this?
How to Go Back to Stock Android From a Custom ROM: 3 Ways
Want to remove a custom ROM and get your Android phone back to its original state? This is the easiest way to get your phone back to stock.
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I got the stock rom of the Wiko Y50 which is the Wiko Y50's boot.img file, couldnt I simply switch out my original stock rom from this instruction to that of the Wiko Y50's?
Im not trying to download a non custom firmware like lineage so wouldnt it just work if I used the method of flashing stock rom when the firmware I want to to install is a stock rom of another phone?
First you should:
1. make root (if possible) to make a full backup of all partitions and learn about partition organization.
2. learn how to restore the system from the backup done.
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First you should:
1. make root (if possible) to make a full backup of all partitions and learn about partition organization.
2. learn how to restore the system from the backup done.
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Thanks used your advice. Heres an update
I was able to root using kingroot it was a pain looking for the real legit one.
next followed this vid to install twrp
it ruined my recovery mode. well the tablet still works but recovery is dead.
I followed it because the title mentioned same kernel and same cpu but it was a scam. the part where he was using twrp was fake...
well regardless tablet is rooted and still works just need to find a way to repair recovery mode.
next i downloaded official twrp recovery from playstore. saving boot keeps failing any advice?
I was thinking of using the recovery.img of the symphony h300.
because same cpu, kernel, and android version.
i found a source here
Should I attempt to repair recovery using this?
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Should I attempt to repair recovery using this?
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Somewhere on the XDA forum I saw a thread about how to make TWRP yourself based on your own boot.img.
Other than that, checking if TWRP is working is done via adb. Your screen may show the result of not working properly in graphics mode.
[GUIDE]Porting TWRP without source
Yes, I know XDA is filled with such guides. But you can only port a TWRP if you implement parts of all the guides. This guide is a summation of all those guides. NOTE: I would be using AIK-Linux in this tutorial, since I don't recommend Windows...
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How to Create and Port TWRP Recovery to any Android Device
In this tutorial, we will show you detailed steps to create and port TWRP Recovery for any Android Device using Android Image Kitchen tool.
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