[ROMs] [Guides] TCL Idol X s950 / Alcatel One Touch Idol X

[bryanjay420]

device offline

after installing kitkat 4.4.2 adb recognized my phone but offline. i cant root it. anyone experience the same?tried almost all method but i cant root my phone also i cant install twrp recovery. tried flashing with sp tool with success but when i go to recovery mode still showing stock recovery

 

[laav]

after installing kitkat 4.4.2 adb recognized my phone but offline. i cant root it. anyone experience the same?tried almost all method but i cant root my phone also i cant install twrp recovery. tried flashing with sp tool with success but when i go to recovery mode still showing stock recovery

Do you have the right scatter file? See my MEGA link in sig for the right one.

 

[bryanjay420]

Do you have the right scatter file? See my MEGA link in sig for the right one.

what recovery? cwm? so twrp is not working? in the post it links to twrp recovery

 

[laav]

what recovery? cwm?

In flash tools you're using an scatter file to flash files to you're phone, when you're using the wrong one the file (recovery for you) will be flashed to a wrong partition.

So you need the right scatter to flash the recovery in to the right partition. The one that work for me is listed below in the MEGA link.

 

[bryanjay420]

In flash tools you're using an scatter file to flash files to you're phone, when you're using the wrong one the file (recovery for you) will be flashed to a wrong partition.

So you need the right scatter to flash the recovery in to the right partition. The one that work for me is listed below in the MEGA link.

yeah i remember i used that file yesterday. put the folder on desktop and load scatter file. then hit download
connect phone powered off. show green ring. but when i go to recovery still the stock

 

[laav]

yeah i remember i used that file yesterday. put the folder on desktop and load scatter file. then hit download
connect phone powered off. show green ring. but when i go to recovery still the stock

Thats weird, you can try the format and download but that will wipe the phone and the current (working?) rom.

 

[bryanjay420]

just flashed again by the link u said but still on stock recovery

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Thats weird, you can try the format and download but that will wipe the phone and the current (working?) rom.

the kitkat 4.4 is working and stable for me but cant add google play coz it requires root. and tried rooting methods but now work now for this rom. also adb see my phone as offline so i cant run commands. also tried to fix but failed. maybe try to install whole package again

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is it ok to flash userdata? coz in the 1st page its not ticked for flashing

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problem with device offline solved by updating adb debug bridge version to 1.0.31 now trying to root my device. can we cwm for kitkat 4.4.2?

 

[bryanjay420]

help?

1. how to root kitkat rom 4.4.2 on alcatel 6040d? tried almost all apps and tutorials but i failed to root.

2. how to install custom recovery? flashed the twrp recovery in the attachment but still i have the stock recovery.

3. tried to install cwm via mtk tools and sp flash tools but i always got factory_NONmodified_recovery.img as result. no modified recovery created.

--->>> Connect to device <<<---
--- The preservation folder on the computer: C:\Users\bryanjay420\Desktop\Alcatel\MtkDroidTools\backups\TCL-S950_140926_ForFlashtoolFromReadBack_141012-005842\
--- scatter is write to the file:
C:\Users\bryanjay420\Desktop\Alcatel\MtkDroidTools\backups\TCL-S950_140926_ForFlashtoolFromReadBack_141012-005842\MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txtcopying is complete
-- preloader.bin ...it is copied ... cut OK
-- MBR ...it is copied
-- EBR1 ...it is copied
-- pmt ...it is copied
- PMT tables found
- PMT tables OK, 23 blocks found
--- Kernel Block Map to PMT mismatch!
-------------------------------------------
BlockName Offset
-------------------------------------------
Kernel: __NODL_BMTPOOL 0x00000000FFFF00A8
PMT: Not present! ??????????
-------------------------------------------
--- scatter from PMTis write to the file:
C:\Users\bryanjay420\Desktop\Alcatel\MtkDroidTools\backups\TCL-S950_140926_ForFlashtoolFromReadBack_141012-005842\MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc_PMT.txt
- Use it if SP FlashTool errors of 8038 or 4050 occurs
-- pro_info ...it is copied
-- nvram.bin ...it is copied
-- protect_f ...it is copied
-- protect_s ...it is copied
-- seccfg ...it is copied
-- uboot.bin ...it is copied
-- boot.img ...it is copied
--- ERROR :No find KernelGZ
--- ERROR :No Split Boot Image
-- recovery.img ...it is copied
-- secro.img ...it is copied
-- misc ...it is copied
-- logo.bin ...it is copied
-- EBR2 ...it is copied
-- custpack2.img ...it is copied
-- mobile_info.img ...it is copied
-- expdb ...it is copied
-- system.img ...it is copied
--- task is complete ---

 

[warlord2045]

I used SP Flash Tool to upgrade my TCL S950 to Kitkat rom downloaded in this thread.
After loading the Kitkat rom scatter file, manually click on the recovery to point it to the path of TWRP recovery you downloaded in the thread too.
Click download and wait for the green ring to appear that indicate completion of flashing.
Upon first boot into phone, copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip to phone.
Reboot into recovery, flash file UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip using TWRP recovery.
Rooting is tested and worked for me.

This is the worst part for me, I had tested more than a dozen of Gapps, all does not work, either it has error message or after flashing, play store is not there.
Lucky, I came upon this site, xxx.needrom.com/download/gapps-slimroms, download the GApps Slimroms-4.4.2, only this GAPPS works after tested more than
a dozen of them. Replace xxx with www

 

[bryanjay420]

Thats weird, you can try the format and download but that will wipe the phone and the current (working?) rom.

my phone is alcatel idol x not TCL thats why i cant install it?

 

[Cuoco92]

wrong post, sorry ?

 

[bryanjay420]

finally

after tons of flashing i managed to flash the twrp recovery! dont know how it happen im about to give up and go back to stock rom. will try now gapps

---------- Post added at 07:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:17 PM ----------

I used SP Flash Tool to upgrade my TCL S950 to Kitkat rom downloaded in this thread.
After loading the Kitkat rom scatter file, manually click on the recovery to point it to the path of TWRP recovery you downloaded in the thread too.
Click download and wait for the green ring to appear that indicate completion of flashing.
Upon first boot into phone, copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip to phone.
Reboot into recovery, flash file UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip using TWRP recovery.
Rooting is tested and worked for me.

This is the worst part for me, I had tested more than a dozen of Gapps, all does not work, either it has error message or after flashing, play store is not there.
Lucky, I came upon this site, xxx.needrom.com/download/gapps-slimroms, download the GApps Slimroms-4.4.2, only this GAPPS works after tested more than
a dozen of them. Replace xxx with www

this is also working fine for me

 

[didi58]

Akku

super

 

[bryanjay420]

i made a thread for kitkat 4.4.2 discussion. if you like to discuss something please go to this

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/rom-t2904511

 

[Aliante]

I just want to report that I am currently running Xposed 2.6.1 on my 6040d without any bootloop.

How I got there:
- from Xposed Installer I performed the installation of version 2.3.1
- kept using version 2.3.1 for few days
- upgraded to version 2.6.1 (from Xposed installer) and, surprisingly, no bootloop

I have 2.6.1 running since more than a month without problems, I cannot tell you why it is not bootloping on my device, but that's what I did....
Therefore if you feel adventurous and know how to recover from bootloops, maybe you can try installing 2.3.1 first and then update to 2.6.1 to see if it works for you as well.

Note1: DO NOT TRY THIS if you don't know how to get out of possible bootloops !
Note2: I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP you if you get in a bootloop !

I am using the following modules together with 2.6.1:
- Greenefy (2.4.4)
- Unbounce (1.3.2)

I am not using GravityBox module, I cannot comment on this.

 

[nlooooo]

I just want to report that I am currently running Xposed 2.6.1 on my 6040d without any bootloop.

How I got there:
- from Xposed Installer I performed the installation of version 2.3.1
- kept using version 2.3.1 for few days
- upgraded to version 2.6.1 (from Xposed installer) and, surprisingly, no bootloop

I have 2.6.1 running since more than a month without problems, I cannot tell you why it is not bootloping on my device, but that's what I did....
Therefore if you feel adventurous and know how to recover from bootloops, maybe you can try installing 2.3.1 first and then update to 2.6.1 to see if it works for you as well.

Note1: DO NOT TRY THIS if you don't know how to get out of possible bootloops !
Note2: I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP you if you get in a bootloop !

I am using the following modules together with 2.6.1:
- Greenefy (2.4.4)
- Unbounce (1.3.2)

I am not using GravityBox module, I cannot comment on this.

Ok, I'm using Xposed 2.7.1 without issues, but It's like that only with certain modules. Gravitybox, Xblast and a few others produce bootloop.

I got help from one member how to get out of bootloop:
-Press power button for 10+ seconds to reboot device
-After reboot keep pressing some of hardware buttons (power for instance) until you get one short vibration
-repeat pressing the same button (not holding it) for 4-5 times until you get one long vibration, that's the sign that xposed framework is turned off.

 

[bryanjay420]

I just want to report that I am currently running Xposed 2.6.1 on my 6040d without any bootloop.

How I got there:
- from Xposed Installer I performed the installation of version 2.3.1
- kept using version 2.3.1 for few days
- upgraded to version 2.6.1 (from Xposed installer) and, surprisingly, no bootloop

I have 2.6.1 running since more than a month without problems, I cannot tell you why it is not bootloping on my device, but that's what I did....
Therefore if you feel adventurous and know how to recover from bootloops, maybe you can try installing 2.3.1 first and then update to 2.6.1 to see if it works for you as well.

Note1: DO NOT TRY THIS if you don't know how to get out of possible bootloops !
Note2: I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP you if you get in a bootloop !

I am using the following modules together with 2.6.1:
- Greenefy (2.4.4)
- Unbounce (1.3.2)

I am not using GravityBox module, I cannot comment on this.

in my experience runnning 4.2.2 installing latest version of xposed will not give you bootloops. installing gravitybox will be

---------- Post added at 05:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:27 PM ----------

Ok, I'm using Xposed 2.7.1 without issues, but It's like that only with certain modules. Gravitybox, Xblast and a few others produce bootloop.

I got help from one member how to get out of bootloop:
-Press power button for 10+ seconds to reboot device
-After reboot keep pressing some of hardware buttons (power for instance) until you get one short vibration
-repeat pressing the same button (not holding it) for 4-5 times until you get one long vibration, that's the sign that xposed framework is turned off.

or you can do this trick:

Plug the phone to your charger
Press the power button, the screen will turn off and the notifiaction led will light
As soon as the led turns on, unplug the charger (one has to be very quick)
wait a bit to be certain that the phone stays off
Plug the charger again and wait some seconds that the screen turns on, as soon has the screen is on, unplug the charger.

Now you should be out of boot loop
start the phone in recovery mode (power + Vol+) Wipe data/factory reset

or when you are in the recovery you can flash the xposed disabler thats already in your phone upon installing xposed (in the root of your phone memory)

 

[bryanjay420]

editing systemui.apk

how to make transparent background like this in the picture or change the background to black? using kitkat 4.4.2

this is the default dropdown curtain for my rom

 

[nlooooo]

Hi, I need stock gps.conf file, cause I messed it up somehow.

 

[mmsandi]

Did anyone else flashed recovery successfully with this method? I flashed the KK ROM and recovery 4-5 times and can't seem to enter recovery. Probably it didn't flash right. Is there any other way to root it except with flash of su update?