TCT -Alcatel Move FRG83G custom ROM

ruscan.calin · Apr 25, 2012

sfuportuguese said:
!? in menu application called PHONE...
with phone dialer, call log, contacts ,favorites..

themes on market are only for launchers look! settings, status bar ... and whole look of ROM must be changed with diferent pngs

let me guess you set an order here ? if then will cost you exactly 50 buc

ks
will take a lot of time to customize all things there and this is not my purpose
I intend to make a rom who is
1.clean
2.stable/ fast
3.enhanced in funtionality

I will change some things about look but not all because there is a lot of work and I'm not sure will meet users requirements by ex some people say they want black status bar some original/ stock status bar etc
It is up to you to change someway these things although there not to many tools for this phone
themes are for HTC etc
You have to understand this is not a well-known phone so less tools to customize
also I think phone.apk is ok I like it what to change there ?
I think you should read some papers before ask these things

PS a phone is not like a car

bidulç& · Apr 25, 2012

Hello,
your job is very interesting, I have a OT-908f from orange france and it restart randomly when I use heavy app like sygic or Orange cinema Series app.
So I'm very interesting for your job.
But it seems that users from russia managed to obtain a official 2.3.4 rom from alcatel:
http://alcatel-fun.ru/news/vyshlo_o...29-131&usg=ALkJrhjR9WS4L56zwOBqcHLtwi0Zzt42hQ

So shall we expect a custom ROM in 2.3.4 for our OT-908 devices?

Thank you.

ruscan.calin · Apr 25, 2012

bidulç& said:
Hello,
your job is very interesting, I have a OT-908f from orange france and it restart randomly when I use heavy app like sygic or Orange cinema Series app.
So I'm very interesting for your job.
But it seems that users from russia managed to obtain a official 2.3.4 rom from alcatel:
http://alcatel-fun.ru/news/vyshlo_o...29-131&usg=ALkJrhjR9WS4L56zwOBqcHLtwi0Zzt42hQ

So shall we expect a custom ROM in 2.3.4 for our OT-908 devices?

Thank you.

yes but this is on alcatel-fun site so what is that about ? a joke I think
also I do not know how to enter service menu there should be an option to change region code - to Russia so to get updated (??)with 2.3.4 by fool

ish update server to think you are in Russia
only jokes I think will stay a long time on 2.2.2...

ruscan.calin · Apr 26, 2012

mod update

write this patch/update by CWM
before wipe cache/Dalvik-cache just in case...
will take a while at first startup for system to reconstruct Dalvik-cache
I will complete this post soon ... how to change clock font to white and remaining gray buttons

what is new

-changed bootanimation so system starts up faster and get +2M space

-themed status bar
-changed system fonts etc

hope will appreciate or not

bidulç& · Apr 26, 2012

I 'am not sure it is a joke : http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=280998&st=440
but the gingerbread version seems to be buggy

marinalin85 · Apr 26, 2012

ruscan.calin said:
write this patch/update by CWM
before wipe cache/Dalvik-cache just in case...
will take a while at first startup for system to reconstruct Dalvik-cache
I will complete this post soon ... how to change clock font to white and remaining gray buttons

what is new

-changed bootanimation so system starts up faster and get +2M space
-themed status bar
-changed system fonts etc

hope will appreciate or not

Maybe some screenshot, with that theme for status bar?

duducordos · Apr 26, 2012

Hi!
Some questions too:
seems i canot put CWM on my phone (908F).
The button sequence for my phone to enter fastboot or CWM seems to be different; wich one is my "Menu" button that i have to push topgether with volume up or down? is it the "F" button?

a step by step guide for dumbs like me would be gr8!

Thanks!

ruscan.calin · Apr 27, 2012

duducordos said:
Hi!
Some questions too:
seems i canot put CWM on my phone (908F).
The button sequence for my phone to enter fastboot or CWM seems to be different; wich one is my "Menu" button that i have to push topgether with volume up or down? is it the "F" button?

a step by step guide for dumbs like me would be gr8!

Thanks!

Hey what is that dumb

I know only about people who want to know!

fastboot is a way to make a lot of things by ex to write CWM to phone will work even if phone is not rooted to enter fastboot turn off phone then press Power Button until buzz then quickly Vol Down + Home (maybe you have "f" on phone think about the biggest button on you phone) for about 10-15s then release buttons now there is nothing on screen but you are entering fastboot mode
now it's time to connect phone to PC so can write CWM but you need fastboot executable on PC

will be continued...

ruscan.calin · Apr 27, 2012

marinalin85 said:
Maybe some screenshot, with that theme for status bar?

this weekend it's time to make a detailed post how to customize this status bar -with screenshots

ruscan.calin · Apr 27, 2012

bidulç& said:
I 'am not sure it is a joke : http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=280998&st=440
but the gingerbread version seems to be buggy

single useful thing from that forum is *#*#4636#*#* but this is not code for engineering/service menu..
I don't believe they have 2.3 but promise to make a custom rom if this 2.3 update will be here
I think 2.3 is in some kind of zombie status

for OT-990 no 2.3 update and this is BIG

phone not like 908

look here how they managed to add 2.3 to this phone but I think that is...it

duducordos · Apr 27, 2012

Thanks for the fast answer / help!
Indeed it seems i managed to instal CWM form fastboot but i was just unable to enter its menu; i was pressing all 3 buttons at once, or just two of them but not the required two; finally your post made explicit for me to FIRST power up THEN quickly press vol+ and biiig blue F button; after that installing new ROM was piece of cake, it's on the phone and working great so far!

Many thanks (moving from windows mobile to android for the 1st time...)

ruscan.calin · Apr 27, 2012

how to change status bar

I suggest to flash update.zip from post #44 to see differences
if you don't like that just see picture below
create /temp folder anywhere extract zip content here

1. change clock color from black to white -because status bar background is already black

requires services.jar from phone to get on PC enter command line
firstly check that phone is connected to PC by
adb devices
List of devices attached
xxxxxxxxxxxxx device
if not something is not ok usb drivers/sdk/USB debugging-active

now to get services.jar enter this
adb pull /system/framework/services.jar services.jar
copy this file from adb folder to a temp folder somewhere
extract from services.jar classes.dex file
important I use 7.zip but don't extract all files in jar archive only classes.dex leave archive as it is
I mean packed because extracting as usual will result in losing package signature so it have to be signed pack -yes this is possible to sign again
open command line in /temp folder and enter
java -Xmx512M -jar baksmali.jar -o classout classes.dex
there will be a folder named classout navigate to
com/android/server/status and see StatusBarIcon.smali
open in editor I use Notepad++
search for const/high16 v6, -0x100 and replace by const v6, -0x1
save and close file in the same /temp folder
now insert command to pack back classes.dex
java -Xmx512M -jar smali.jar classout -o classes.dex
add new classes.dex to services.jar by same way you extracted
now write back to phone services.jar file
adb push services.jar /system/framework/services.jar
adb restart and see results now clock has white color

2.changing colors to buttons on status bar

need framework-res.apk to get from phone use
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk framework-res.apk
check for these files in apk archive - do not extract archive only these files located in /res/drawable-ldpi

status_bar_switch_apps_bluetooth_half.png
status_bar_switch_apps_bluetooth_off.png
status_bar_switch_apps_bluetooth_on.png
status_bar_switch_apps_gps_off.png
status_bar_switch_apps_gps_on.png
status_bar_switch_apps_plane_off.png
status_bar_switch_apps_plane_on.png
status_bar_switch_apps_volume_mute.png
status_bar_switch_apps_volume_normal.png
status_bar_switch_apps_wifi_off.png
status_bar_switch_apps_wifi_on.png
switcher_plate.png

extract to /temp folder then use any editor to modify as you wish but keep the same name/extension or get from attachment modified files and copy to apk archive back
now it is time to put on phone modified framework file- this is very important to Android interface corrupted file results in infinite loopback -phone will not pass from bootanimation so take care!
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb reboot

also I'm changing text color for notifications to white and update
this is status bar of next version for custom ROM

ruscan.calin · Apr 27, 2012

browser homepage

how I changed browser homepage to google.com

for this phone browser homepage is set in browser-res.apk file
get from attach open in any hex editor search for m.origo.hu- default homepage in this case
replace 6D 2E 6F 72 69 67 6F 2E 68 75
with this 67 6F 6F 67 6C 65 2E 63 6F 6D
save and close now homepage is set to google.com this is the way I changed default homepage in browser

PS will not work on any phone model

milireno · Apr 28, 2012

Thanks

for your tutos ,and update ...

Question:
-when you make your update ,did you signed it ,and how ?
-do you know where is the default wallpaper ,because I would like to replace by a live wallpaper?
-do you know a method to open file .img ,like boot.img ?

for OT-990 no 2.3 update and this is BIG phone not like 908

In forum.hardware.fr ,in french ,they put 2.3.4 in OT990,so may be ,one day,in 908....

ruscan.calin · Apr 28, 2012

benchmarking

I tested in Quadrant 2.0 Standard Edition
As someone can see custom ROM is faster than stock ROM
I tested this final custom ROM finally released today compared to stock ROM T-Mobile Hu
+10 % points but this version is not optimized for performance yet
next version is focused on system improvements
for me it's enough to have 150 MB free and a lot of functionality

Hey!!
TEST your stock ROM Cosmote/Globul/T-Mobile or whatever and POST to compare between them!!
BUT use only Quadrant 2.0 Standard from Market not 1.0 so we can compare to each other

milireno · Apr 28, 2012

Great !!

I have found some responses from your post about TCT-Alcate Move ...

ruscan.calin · Apr 28, 2012

milireno said:
Great !!

I have found some responses from your post about TCT-Alcate Move ...

sorry ...I'm reading now to try answering ..I was a little busy with my previous post

as I see you found some answers so tell me how can help also if you have link to French forum post it
to see it
anyway default_wallpaper resides in /custpack/framework/framework-res.apk in /res/drawable
but you can not change this by live wallpaper for this install an app from Market
live wallpaper consists of some images and a script to animate them
wallpaper is a simple image file

leonhot · Apr 28, 2012

Hello.
I would really like to try your Rom out. I have been trying for the past 14 hrs and I get the same message "The user hosting this
content is out of bandwidth."
Great job though. The Phone is great but the bugs in the official rom make it unfriendly.
Keep up the great work.
OT-908S

ruscan.calin · Apr 28, 2012

to marinalin85 or how to check ADB interface is working in Windows

HERE is original USB/ ADB interface driver or install Android Manager & One Touch Upgrade from HERE

milireno · Apr 29, 2012

Hi,

Hey!!
TEST your stock ROM Cosmote/Globul/T-Mobile or whatever and POST to compare between them!!
BUT use only Quadrant 2.0 Standard from Market

I try running QUADRANT ,but the screen is small,I can't push on the button

Help !!!

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