[CWM/ROOT/OTA] Alcatel One Touch Pop S7 / Vodafone Smart Power

[vickdu31]

Hi everyone, We rooted the Alcatel OT Pop S7 !
thanks goes to my friend @danycmoi who helped me to get this device rooted !

Reminder : We are not responsible if your device get damaged while rooting it...

Here's all you need :
- Recovery.img+le Scatter File (For POP S7 ONLY) : http://d-h.st/BPN (You can try it on Vodafone Smart4Power but backup your phone first !)
- Root_KitKat_4.4.zip : http://d-h.st/vkQ
- MTK Driver_Auto_Installer_v1.1236.00 : http://d-h.st/p3m
- SP FlashTools V5.XX : http://mtk2000.ucoz.ru/down11/SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1352.01.rar

How to flash :

0- Copy "Root_Kitkat_4.4.zip" in your SD card.
1- Make sure you have USB debug option checked (in settings/developpers options).
2- Open and install the MTK Auto-Drivers
3- Turn off your phone and connect it to your computer (this will load up the MTK drivers).
4- Remove your phone from computer and make sure its turned off
5- Make sure you have extract "SP Flash Tools" and "recovery.img+scatter.zip"
6- Run SP Flash Tools AS ADMIN
7- Click on "scatter-loading" and select "MT6582_Android_scatter_emmc.txt " from the previously extracted "recovery.img+scatter.zip"
8- Check "RECOVERY" box ONLY, double click on the empty green space on this line and select the file "recoveryCWM__Alcat_POP_S7.img"
9- Click the "Download" button
10- Connect the phone (make sure it was turned off)

You'll see a red line loading and then a yellow line loading. At the end, you will see a green circle saying "OK" !
Congratulation, you have installed the CWM Recovery !
Now, let's root it :

11- Remove the USB cable
12- Turn on you phone by holding VOL+ and POWER button - You will enter the CWM recovery !
13- Select "install zip from SD Card"
14- Select the file "Root_KitKat_4.4.zip" and confirm its installation.
15- Select "reboot to system now"

Your device is now rooted ! Congratulations !

Stock Recovery :

If you want to get the stock recovery back, there you go : http://d-h.st/Fun

About OTA Updates

Alcatel released one more OTA update, you can't flash it directly.
However, here is the .zip (http://d-h.st/Dcc) update 0003 for PopS7, i flashed it with CWM !
It didn't first work because i deoxeded my phone, so i flashed system.img back and it worked.
Warning : This will flash a new recovery, you can flash CWM again using SP Flash Tools.
You can try this EXPERIMENTAL .zip with no recovery flashing (didn't test it) : http://d-h.st/9NSA
They updated some libs (like camera) and some system apps.

Don't forget to thanks my friend @danycmoi

 

[danydum7@hotmail.com]

Tuto

Danycmoi

 

[Andrei221]

do you have the stock recovery img too?

awesome cwm. works for alcatel's "clone" (vodafone smart power). installed root right now

 

[costyprj]

when we see a android lollipo costom rom for this phone?

 

[Ratchet66]

when we see a android lollipo costom rom for this phone?

I doubt it would be anytime soon but I would very much like to see cyanogenmod 11 for this phone.

 

[vickdu31]

I don't know about android 5.0 and we don't yet have any custom rom !
I think, there will be problems while porting rom because there are only a few mt6582 phones with LTE support... There's a CM11 build for mt6589 but we are far from getting it in our PopS7.
MTK devices are becoming more customisable with time! This is a good point !

Here is stock recovery : http://d-h.st/Fun

 

[Andrei221]

Can't we port it from android l? Same mt6582 chipset.

 

[MorpheusOp]

Links are dead!

@vickdu31 the links are dead, i tried downloading and it says: This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!
The recovery its working on the branded Vodafone same phone? Thanks!

 

[vickdu31]

Hi all, i'm uploadig files again.
I didn't try it in the vodafone, If you backed up your recovery, you can give it a try . @Andrei221 says it's working !)
@Andrei221 , i don't really understand what you mean. Porting android L ? We didn't port any rom to it yet ! You can start working on something if you want but i think our chipset is a bit different than classir MT6582 because it has 4G LTE support !

 

[MorpheusOp]

Backup

Hi @vickdu31 . Thank you for re-uploading the links. I`m trying to backup my stock rom from Vodafone. I created the scatter file with MTK Droid Tools. I want to get boot.img and recovery.img but they are 20 MB the both. When i try to create CWM recovery with MTK Droid Tools, loading the files boot.img and recovery.img in right log it says :

- Boot kernel version =3.4.67
It is created: C:\Users\Bogdan\Downloads\mtkd\MtkDroidTools\recovery\vvff_boot_patched_141130-123050.img
It is created: C:\Users\Bogdan\Downloads\mtkd\MtkDroidTools\recovery\vvff_recovery_141130-123050.img
--- ERROR :Recovery doesn't match by the size
--- task is complete ---

I dont know why they are 20 MB. Can you help me with this? Thank you!

 

[Andrei221]

The stock recovery images are 20mb indeed.

But just flash the recovery from the topic. I have vodafone and IT works flawlessly

 

[MorpheusOp]

Recovery and boot

I think its working now,

It is created: C:\Users\Bogdan\Downloads\mtkd\MtkDroidTools\recovery\Vodafone-985N_140606__boot_patched_141130-124415.img
--- test recovery OK !
It is created: C:\Users\Bogdan\Downloads\mtkd\MtkDroidTools\recovery\Vodafone-985N_140606__recovery_141130-124415.img
--- task is complete ---

They have 5.43 MB boot patched and 6.10 MB recovery image.

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Now when i try to flash the cwm recovery image it says : pmt changed for the rom it must be downloaded. Do you know why? I dont understand what that means.

 

[MorpheusOp]

I dont know how can i flash the cwm, it keeps this error: pmt has changed, i tried to remove from the scatter the preloader part, but no use. Maybe someone can help! Thank you!

 

[MorpheusOp]

Finally, i have used your scatter file and its working, but when i`m trying to backup the stock rom it says :

- nodl_otp - ERROR : Zero file, no space left on device!
--- We keep folders contents copying on PC
- /data/nvram
- /system
--- task end with ERROR ---

What is that error? I had prepare blocks for Flash Tool and its copied everything.

 

[vickdu31]

Stock recovery is 20mb but the custom recovery is 6.xx mb this is normal. Partition size is 20mb but you can flash the cwm anyway ! You need a scatter that end with ...emmc.txt

 

[MorpheusOp]

Stock recovery is 20mb but the custom recovery is 6.xx mb this is normal. Partition size is 20mb but you can flash the cwm anyway ! You need a scatter that end with ...emmc.txt

Thank you vickdu31! And how can i find or create the scatter with the ending emmc?

 

[vickdu31]

Check this link : http://www.china-devices.com/Thread-ROOT-CWM-Readback-your-ROM-with-SP-Flash-Tools?pid=3380
Especially the video.
If you have mtk droid tools, download it again from this page. I think they have different versions.
This will show you how to create your scatter file proprely.

 

[Andrei221]

https://translate.googleusercontent...g=ALkJrhiSbucfX_2TazOcol8OTGniQY6Jvg#p1533986


i saw that there is an update for this phone but my ote does not recieve it. can somebody give me the update.zip ?

LE: nevermind, i didn't read the first post. thanks, but i cannot install it. package fingerprint error

 

[vickdu31]

Hi, is your phone alcatel or vodafone ?
This OTA update apply only on the alcated.
Try to rename the file update.zip and you can also try the other file and rename it too.

Maybe each phone needs his own update.zip from OTA, i don't know !

 

[MorpheusOp]

Scatter and CWM

Check this link : http://www.china-devices.com/Thread-ROOT-CWM-Readback-your-ROM-with-SP-Flash-Tools?pid=3380
Especially the video.
If you have mtk droid tools, download it again from this page. I think they have different versions.
This will show you how to create your scatter file proprely.

Hi! I have done exactly as in the video, the same method with mtk droid tools, i had installed pdanet drivers, read blocks and created the scatter file, i`ve made the cwm, but when i try to download with sp flash tools it says:

pmt changed for the rom it must be downloaded

I dont know where i`m getting wrong!