Finally it's possible to root Alcatel OT-908 with Windows7
After much research I discovered little information about rooting the phone,
seemed like It was like finding a needle in a haystack.
It had led me trying al kinds of Apps supposedly for rooting, I tried
and tried but none seemed to work.
- tried Z4root did not root
- tried lots of others like Universal AndRoot, but the result ... no root
- tried the latest Gingerbreak v.1.2 , This will work on OT-908 with old Firmware (FRG83G.v61S-0)
However it did not root my Alcatel OT-908 from the store because it had the latest Firmware (FRG83G.v63N-0)
To make it work you must use SuperOneClick, read below on how-to.
STEP 1 :
Turn on USB DEBUGGING op your phone :
(in the menu, then settings, then applications, then development, and then making sure USB debugging is on).
STEP 2 :
You must have ADB DRIVERS installed.
See download links below
STEP 3 :
You must have ALCATEL QUALCOMM USB DRIVERS installed.
See download links below
STEP 4 :
Download and extract the latest version of SuperOneClick.
The version that I used was SuperOneClick v2.2 ,
See download links below
FINAL STEP :
Once the ADB Drivers and QUALCOMM USB Drivers are installed, you can simply rightclick SuperOneClick.exe as administrator
(Important , run as Administrator!)
And when SuperOneClick opens , simply press the Root button, and the rooting process should start automatically
and just wait until everything finishes you will get a message if it's been successfull.
It will ask to install busybox. (This is optional)
Congratulations, you are now equipped with a rooted phone, and you should have superuser access on your android phone´s program list.
If it fails ......
ALTERNATIVE STEP :
Bring your phone into recovery mode ;
You will have to shut down the phone make sure it's off,
then turn it on holding the POWER + VOLUME DOWN buttons and holding them until the screen goes on
As soon as the screen goes on and you see lights, press the HOME button and you are in recovery mode,
quickly plug in the phone on your computers USB port.
This is where the drivers must be installed.
If you have not installed the ADB and ALCATEL drivers windows will at this time ask for drivers and you should just let windows try and find the driver online, let it search and in most cases that is all you need. If it still doesn't recognize all the drivers you should point to the ADB folder in SuperOneClick or in the extracted ADB Driver folder and the ALCATEL QUALCOMM USB DRIVERS folder.
Once the ADB Drivers and QUALCOMM USB Drivers are installed, you can simply rightclick SuperOneClick.exe as administrator
(Important , run as Administrator!)
It's important you do this right after you booted, or the superoneclick program might freeze i've tried it many times and I'm sure this is when it worked, so right after you turned it on through recovery.
(power on + volume down until screen goes on, release and press HOME)
Right after you have done this little procedure correctly you hook it up to USB on your PC and quickly open superoneclick (rightclick administrator open)
and quickly press the ROOT button. (Do this very fast as waiting too long will not work)
You will see it run multiple tasks and when completed it will tell you it's completed and your phone is rooted.
It might ask you if you want busybox to be installed, you can choose
yes or no, but i recommend to just have it installed it may make things easier for you in the future if you plan to do more then just rooting your phone.
That's it.
Once it's completed, you should have the superuser application in your menu.
You can test to see if you have rooted successfull with root checker from the Android Market (a Freeware APP which lets you test if you've got a successfully rooted android phone).
If you have succeeded I recommend rebooting.
You should be having the pleasure of having a rooted Alcatel OT-908
If there are any questions, problems please reply and i will be back from time to time to answer questions.
Good luck to you all !
D.
Can't seem to get your steps to work..
Update: It is all in the timing - for me (after making sure antivirus wasn't clearing out the exploits folder) I had to start superoneclick while it was booting, say during the "WIND" animation screen.
Thanks!!
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Hi,
Trying to follow your steps to root my alcatel ot-908
The first method doesn't work for me - the superoneclick log stops at step #5.
Every other attempt I've made results in superoneclick simply freezing after clicking 'root'.
Can you clarify your 2nd method?
1) How long are you holding the power+volume combo?
2) When you say "screen comes on", what do you see on the screen? If I hold for 30 seconds, I continue to see a dead black screen, with lights ON. Home button has no apparent effect. I have to remove the battery to reset.)
3) Are you connecting the USB and starting superoneclick with the android screen blank? Once I got a screen that had a graphic with an android character and a box with a green arrow flowing into the box.
Any help is appreciated, thanks
Maybe I don't know much, but I can't find any executable file in the ADB drivers.
Thank you for sharing with us!
I have a alcatel 906, this method will work on it?
Hi, I'm on froyo 2.2.2 with kernel frg83g.w635-0 (I updated with the build q 1.9.4, downloaded from alcatel site) This firmware cannot be rooted?
I have the version 2.3.4, and tried all disponeble the net and could not and would need to downgrade to a previous order to rooting the terminal
vasoulitos said:
Maybe I don't know much, but I can't find any executable file in the ADB drivers.
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Install this one:
download. clockworkmod. com/test/ UniversalAdbDriverSetup.msi (Remove the spaces)
It worked for me, i just rooted mine 5 minutes ago.
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Recently i've been seeing ALOT of queries about how to root the Softwiner EVB Android Tablet
I have one myself and found a way and have tried and successfully completed the process myself.
This is an easy 6 step process. Basically this is what you do.
1. Back your tablet up, probably to your PC, laptop or whatever.
2. Factory reset it so everything is wiped, it should restart
3. It should be rooted after its restart!
4. Restore everything so you can get your apps back
5. Download a root check app from Google Play (it should confirm your device's root) or use SuperOneClick as a fake attempt to re-root your tablet, when it is about to start rooting your tablet a message should pop up saying that your device is already rooted
6. That's it! Have fun and buy a root beer or something
If this helped please click the "Thanks" button, i'll do the same if you just ask me, it's only one click and would mean a lot to me
if you need me for more Softwiner EVB information or information about any android devices (and blackberry devices but i don't know what will bring you here but just in case): follow me on Twitter and DM me @LordwinOfficial
Rooting nuclear softwinerevb
Not working for me. There is no superuser soft or icon after factory reset.
My Tablet is
Manufacturer: unknown
Model: SoftwinerEvb
Android Version: 4.1.1
Build ID: nuclear_evb-eng 4.1.1 JRO03C 20130504 test-keys
Board ID: nuclear
Chipset Platform: exDroid
I tried to root it using SRS Root software. It says that my tablet is root and have superuser icon.
But that superuser irself didn't have a root access.
Is there any ideas how to completely root it.
Thank you
mrlee2k said:
Not working for me. There is no superuser soft or icon after factory reset.
My Tablet is
Manufacturer: unknown
Model: SoftwinerEvb
Android Version: 4.1.1
Build ID: nuclear_evb-eng 4.1.1 JRO03C 20130504 test-keys
Board ID: nuclear
Chipset Platform: exDroid
I tried to root it using SRS Root software. It says that my tablet is root and have superuser icon.
But that superuser irself didn't have a root access.
Is there any ideas how to completely root it.
Thank you
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Same here
Problem Solve
My problem solved.
I found out that SRSRoot software really did root my tablet. the problem is the Superuser.
So when I update superuser (apk and binary) from 3.0.3.2 to 3.1.1 manually using adb push, the Superuser
thing works fine.
I'm a ahppy man now....
Good luck tou you all
Cheers
[ROOT][GUIDE] How to root non-prerooted SoftwinerEvb Tablet
This is a Root Tool for Android 4.0/4.1 devices.
How to use it:
1. Download and install ADB Driver.
2.Restart your computer once adb driver is successfully installed.
3.Have your device charged to at least 50% to ensure no power interruptions.
4.Backup your device to your computer or external sdcard (I like My Backup app from the Play Store).
5.Download and extract Bin4ary Root Tool to a new folder on your computer.
6.Power on your device and enable USB debugging (Settings>Developer Options>USB debugging>OK).
7.Connect your device to your computer via MicroUSB to USB cable in MTP mode (option will appear in notification bar when you plug your device into your computer).
9.Your computer should automatically install drivers using the previously downloaded and installed adb driver. It may popup a install wizard; follow the wizards prompts. Let Windows update search for it. The computer may say it can't install MTP device; that's ok, click finish or cancel. Then another wizard will popup to install ADB device and will sucessfully install.
10.Double-click "RunMe.bat" (it may just say "RunMe") in the downloaded Root Tool you extracted to a new folder and follow all instructions you see on the application (for SoftwinerEvb tablet choose option 1 by pressing 1 key and then enter/return key on your keyboard).
I've succesfully rooted my SoftwinerEvb (4.1.1 JB) Tablet with it. I haven't flashed any custom recovery, rom, or kernel yet.
HAVE FUN!!
I'll try and answer any questions if I can.
ADB Driver universal
Do I need to worry about "unknown publisher"? Thank you.
How to use it:
1. Download and install ADB Driver.
2.Restart your computer once adb driver is successfully installed.
3.Have your device charged to at least 50% to ensure no power interruptions.
4.Backup your device to your computer or external sdcard (I like My Backup app from the Play Store).
5.Download and extract Bin4ary Root Tool to a new folder on your computer.
6.Power on your device and enable USB debugging (Settings>Developer Options>USB debugging>OK).
7.Connect your device to your computer via MicroUSB to USB cable in MTP mode (option will appear in notification bar when you plug your device into your computer).
9.Your computer should automatically install drivers using the previously downloaded and installed adb driver. It may popup a install wizard; follow the wizards prompts. Let Windows update search for it. The computer may say it can't install MTP device; that's ok, click finish or cancel. Then another wizard will popup to install ADB device and will sucessfully install.
10.Double-click "RunMe.bat" (it may just say "RunMe") in the downloaded Root Tool you extracted to a new folder and follow all instructions you see on the application (for SoftwinerEvb tablet choose option 1 by pressing 1 key and then enter/return key on your keyboard).
I've succesfully rooted my SoftwinerEvb (4.1.1 JB) Tablet with it. I haven't flashed any custom recovery, rom, or kernel yet.
HAVE FUN!!
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No you don't.
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Custom Recovery
Is there a custom recovery for the softwinerevb yet? I have one that came with 4.1 this tablet needs a downgrade bad. Very slow. Not happy wit it at all so far. I have root using Bin4ry method. It worked very well. The bad thing is that the creator has posted the file on a site that never lets you download it. You can find it other places tho.
Kingroot worked as well
Sent from my Nexus 5X using XDA-Developers mobile app
This is a Root Tool for Android 4.0/4.1 devices.
How to use it:
1. Download and install ADB Driver.
2.Restart your computer once adb driver is successfully installed.
3.Have your device charged to at least 50% to ensure no power interruptions.
4.Backup your device to your computer or external sdcard (I like My Backup app from the Play Store).
5.Download and extract Bin4ary Root Tool to a new folder on your computer.
6.Power on your device and enable USB debugging (Settings>Developer Options>USB debugging>OK).
7.Connect your device to your computer via MicroUSB to USB cable in MTP mode (option will appear in notification bar when you plug your device into your computer).
9.Your computer should automatically install drivers using the previously downloaded and installed adb driver. It may popup a install wizard; follow the wizards prompts. Let Windows update search for it. The computer may say it can't install MTP device; that's ok, click finish or cancel. Then another wizard will popup to install ADB device and will sucessfully install.
10.Double-click "RunMe.bat" (it may just say "RunMe") in the downloaded Root Tool you extracted to a new folder and follow all instructions you see on the application (for SoftwinerEvb tablet choose option 1 by pressing 1 key and then enter/return key on your keyboard).
I've succesfully rooted my SoftwinerEvb (4.1.1 JB) Tablet with it. I haven't flashed any custom recovery, rom, or kernel yet.
HAVE FUN!!
I'll try and answer any questions if I can.
Does this work for yely kernel on softwinerevb 4.0.4
south956 said:
Does this work for yely kernel on softwinerevb 4.0.4
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Can you please tell me how to reset an android tablet stuck through sdk? The key combination does not work.
Phone.apk
Hello to all! I have some problem with softwinerevb 13. Can't use 3g modem after deleting Phone.apk . So needed Phone.apk version 4.0.3. Please someone upload there that apk .ps.sorry for bad english ok
Thank you!
It works for me! :laugh:
Thanks it worked,
Had some trouble with drivers,
Had to use samsung usb driver to get the device recoginsed
worked after that :good::good::good:
Hello All,
I have a car mirror that has a 5inch screen running SoftwinerCvr Android 4.0.4.
The above instructions helped to root this device, I choose option #5
Thanks
Been looking and still looking, how can I flash a custom recovery?
Which one should be used?
T.I.A.
Play store
How to install the Google Play Store on it please ? It doesn't work with a simple apk :/
This might be a long situp to write this, but i've experienced that a lot of the excelvan users do not really know, where to get support for their device. I've bought this device because the price was low. And so is the quality. It is assembled with a JTY mt10 smarphone mainboard, connected to a 10,1'' touch display.
I've bricked the device and getting help to retrieve it back to life was a pain. No support from excelvan, so I've experimented with it, to find the best possible solutions. In order to help you save time on rechearching this issue, I'll now post this, hoping it helps you getting the tablet back to life and running.
Notice: this is for excelvan mt 10 tablet only. I have no idea, if this works for any other product, so don't ask me, just look around the forum to find help. If the real hardware is bricked, this won't work either, your device should be repaired by qualified service persons to proceed with this.
1 setup your pc to get started.
I've installed the following software on my windows 10 desktop pc:
- The MTK Droid tools, links are supplied by this forum
- The MTK Sp Flash tool, you'll find links for that in this forum or get it from mediatek
- Philz recovery, use google to find it
- Kingo Root, you'll find it at the kingo root home page
- The Mediatek VCOM USB Drivers for Windows 10 (As for my PC) at Mediatek.
- The stock rom for excelvan mt10 tablet, you'll find it on needrom, download for registered users only
Installation of the software on your pc is straight forward, just follow the on-screen installation instructions and you'll be good to go.
Probably your device is bricked already, so no further action needs to be taken on your device.
The first thing you'll have to do is to see, if your drivers can connect to the device. To achieve this, follow the procedure below.
1. After setting up the drivers package, connect the device to your PC, using original USB cable. There are a lot of cables around there, but please use the original provided cable, as it is not sure, that other cables have all pins connected for this, so do yourself a favour...
2 Go to the device manager in your pc and look for your phone's name or the mediatek VCOM driver to run. If the device is booted up, you'll find them, if your device is bricked, you'll have to initiate the META mode of the 6572, to establish the connection. Luckily, the device has a reset button, so if it is bricked, you'll need to connect it to your PC, open up the device manager and press the reset button. (I've opened the device the very first time, to unsolder the battery leads, but I didn't know then, that there was a reset button...) The reset button is located between the micro USB and the Headset connectors on the right upper side of the device, the little hole there, use an insulated papar clamp to press it. In the device manager, you will see the driver popping up and after a short time, shut down. This is normal operation, sometimes it starts reconnecting over and over again, but that's allright.
3. First, you should try to get the preloader back on the system. This is very useful, many devices are bricked by shooting off the preloader. Open up SP Flash Tool, load the scatter file from the unzipped stock rom image for the device. You'll see the used blocks and partitions used by the software in the right pane of the flashtools program. Uncheck all blocks first, then click the checkbox at the 'Preloader', the first entry in the right pane..
4. Now connect your device with the USB cable to the pc. Yes, this comes first. Now press the 'Download' button, the dropdown bar should tell you 'Download Only'. If not, please select this from the dropdown and press download. Now the program waits for the connection, so press the reset button of your device. If all is setup correctly, your device will connect and download will start. First, you'll see a red bar running at the bottom part of the programs's screen, shortly followed by a yellow bar, showing progress of the download. If the download was successfull, you'll be notified accordingly. Disconnect your device and wait 10 seconds, then reconnect it to the pc. If your download was successfull, your phone will be recognised and stay connected, please look in your device manager on your pc, to see connection startup. You'll see the battery charging icon on your device, so it shows, that it is recovered back into it's life.
5. Now it comes to flash the rest of the firmware, so go back to SP Flash Tools, select the scatter file again, check all blocks EXCEPT the preloader and flash it to the device the same way, you've flashed the preloader. Now that you've selected more blocks to flash, you'll see that this takes much more time to download. So please be patient, do not tamper with anything, go ahead, get yourself a coffee or a beer and relax. If everything is okay, flashtools will inform you if the download of the firmware is successfull. If yes, you are good to go, for the first startup of your device.
Disconnect the device from your pc and power it on. If all is right, it will boot up android and you're ready to install and customize it for you.
But sometimes things just don't work this way, what can you do ?
Well, in my case, I've shot my preloader at the first try to flash the stock rom. Yes, I did not obey the rule that I should not tamper with this preloader, so it was checked also. This was a big mistake, after unsuccessfull download, the device did not react any more. The second time (I've bricked it again, because I would like to know, how to restore a bricked file system). So I've formatted all partitions, reinstalled everything and it worked fine. You can do this with the SP Flash Tools also.
I was tired of the 'Factory Recovery Mode', a standard piece of software, which seems to be some sort of rudimentary, so I'd like to install a CWM recovery for that. It would let me install a ZIP Update from the SD card, so it seems more usefull than that rudimentary factory recovery, but how to establish that ?
Searched the web for a long time. Used MTK Droid Tools for that, but this didn't work on the device. It could not create the recovery because of two errors:
- No found kernel GZ
- No found split boot image.
The search for the solution to these both errors resulted in just one thing: There seems not to be a solution for that.
If I can find the time, I will try to solve this but in this moment....
In this case, you'll have just one option left, install Philz Recovery. It brings touch capab8illity also, so it just seems ideal to have that. Besides the fact, that you can use the touch interface, the software brings a ton of usefull options with it, so it is the best choise for your device. I've extracted the ZIP file and dropped all items on my desktop to have a quick access to it.
This can only be done on a routed device, so you'll need to root it before continuing. Not rooting the tablet will result in hanging up the recovery program, so no use. I've rooted the device using kingo root. It runs on my pc and the only things installed on my device are the kingo root super user module and the kingo link module, for connectivity. The latter installations are done by kingo root and your PC, so you'll not have to do this yourself.
Rooting the device will take some time, so be patient. My device is connected as a JTY MT 10 Smartphone, when kingo root recognises it. It can take up to an hour to root. Probably there are other rooting programs out there, which could do the same, but I've tested a few of them, nothing else worked properly. I'll be using kingo root for this device in the future. Be aware, that the rooting with kingo root is session dependable, so after rebooting your device, you'll have to root it again.
You may now run the setup program for philz recovery. It can take more times starting up the program to successfully install the recovery on your device. I had to start the program 5 times, to get it installed completely, so if it is not working the first time, don't panic and start it over again.
The standard recovery image from the stock rom is not the same size as the recovery from philz. The program warns you for getting IMEI lost, so if you don't want this to happen, quit installation here. If you know what you do AND you have a backup of IMEI (NVRAM folders of the device) just go ahead. If installation of the recovery was successfull, you'll be notified by the program running on your pc. Now you can boot your device into recovery, by hitting the apropriate button presented by philz recovery setup program on your pc. To do this on the device itselft, power it off, wait 20 seconds, press the VOL + button and hold this while then pressing the power button. Hold these untill your screen lights up and select 'Recovery' from the menu, use VOL + for selecting, use VOL - to confirm. If the program starts, you'll notice, that it is 'Upside-Down'. That should not bother you, for this little inconvenience you get paid with a superb recovery.
In the next section of this post, I'll cover the backup and restore issues, using MTK Droid Tools, explain how to reinstall an IMEI, how to install a new MAC adress on the device. So stay tuned...
Joshi
Does anyone has custom recovery for Excelvan MT10?
Once you got into android modding, an unrooted phone becomes almost useless.
Now my problem is that I´ve got one.
Couple of days ago my Elephone P9000 arrived from amazon but I can´t connect it to a PC since it says that no device is detected.
Yes, the drivers are installed properly!
I thought that isn´t a problem because there is Kingroot.
Turns out the following rooting apps don´t work for me:
Kingroot (Kingoroot), iRoot, z4root, Framaroot, Towelroot, Oneclickroot, Universal Androot, Root Genius, Baidu
Custom Recovery isn´t installed because, of course, no root.
Now how do I root?
ThisIsMyMaster said:
Once you got into android modding, an unrooted phone becomes almost useless.
Now my problem is that I´ve got one.
Couple of days ago my Elephone P9000 arrived from amazon but I can´t connect it to a PC since it says that no device is detected.
Yes, the drivers are installed properly!
I thought that isn´t a problem because there is Kingroot.
Turns out the following rooting apps don´t work for me:
Kingroot (Kingoroot), iRoot, z4root, Framaroot, Towelroot, Oneclickroot.
Custom Recovery isn´t installed because, of course, no root.
Now how do I root?
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The first thing you need to accomplish is to get your PC to recognize your phone, rooting from there is going to make life easier, but yes, I know you already know that. If your using windows 10, maybe check this thread out on Elephone Forum:
http://bbs.elephone.hk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=12240&page=1&ordertype=1#pid129322
jotei66 said:
The first thing you need to accomplish is to get your PC to recognize your phone, rooting from there is going to make life easier, but yes, I know you already know that. If your using windows 10, maybe check this thread out on Elephone Forum:
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That´s the tutorial that I was going to do but when my phone is shut down, my pc doesn´t detect the device and flash tool neither.:crying:
ThisIsMyMaster said:
That´s the tutorial that I was going to do but when my phone is shut down, my pc doesn´t detect the device and flash tool neither.:crying:
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Firstly is your PC finding your phone ok with the PC on? If yes.. all good - if no you need to sort this out first.
Then, ensure you have installed the MTK driver on your PC (these are the Media Tek drivers which will find your phone when it is off) instructions here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p9000/how-to/how-to-guideline-install-mtk-drivers-t3344042
Then flashtools should work fine with your phone off.
Just a tip using FlashTools (Im on windows 10 - I dont know if this applies to other windows)
In flashtools, press download first (without phone connected), give it 5 secs and then connect your phone to your PC with the volume up button pressed at the same time. Once you see FlashTools starting to flash your phone, release the volume button. I have to do this all the time in order for my phone to be found on Windows 10.
jotei66 said:
Firstly is your PC finding your phone ok with the PC on? If yes.. all good - if no you need to sort this out first.
Then, ensure you have installed the MTK driver on your PC (these are the Media Tek drivers which will find your phone when it is off) instructions here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p9000/how-to/how-to-guideline-install-mtk-drivers-t3344042
Then flashtools should work fine with your phone off.
Just a tip using FlashTools (Im on windows 10 - I dont know if this applies to other windows)
In flashtools, press download first (without phone connected), give it 5 secs and then connect your phone to your PC with the volume up button pressed at the same time. Once you see FlashTools starting to flash your phone, release the volume button. I have to do this all the time in order for my phone to be found on Windows 10.
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To start of, I am using Windows 10 as you do.
When I connect my phone when it´s turned on, I get the small icon in the taskbar that allows me to remove the device safely or open devices and printer.
There, my device is put to a section called not specified and it has a small yellow icon.
Only is it called "P9000" which is alright.
Windows explorer acts like no device is connected at all.
When I connect my phone as it is turned off, I still get the notification "USB Device wasn´t recognized." and
windows explorer still doesn´t care as well as the flash tool.
The link you gave me isn´t the one I previously used to install the drivers so I gave it a try.
There are two different ways mentioned in the posts #1 and #4 so I started with the first one.
(Spoiler: Both don´t work for me!)
Everything worked until a step almost at the end where I am told to connect my off-switched phone to the pc.
The tutorial tells me that there should now be a preloader unknown device or something at Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) that I would need to proceed further.
I didn´t get that one.
Dead end for me so I went on to the next tutorial in post #4.
In that post I am told to remove a MTK USB Port at Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) right after installing the .inf driver files (Yes, I installed the 64 bit version and do have a 64 bit PC).
Ignoring that step didn´t help any of the problems I had before so I got a dead end here, too.
The "Volume-Up-Trick" did help me neither, probably cause of the not working drivers.
ThisIsMyMaster said:
To start of, I am using Windows 10 as you do.
When I connect my phone when it´s turned on, I get the small icon in the taskbar that allows me to remove the device safely or open devices and printer.
There, my device is put to a section called not specified and it has a small yellow icon.
Only is it called "P9000" which is alright.
Windows explorer acts like no device is connected at all.
When I connect my phone as it is turned off, I still get the notification "USB Device wasn´t recognized." and
windows explorer still doesn´t care as well as the flash tool.
The link you gave me isn´t the one I previously used to install the drivers so I gave it a try.
There are two different ways mentioned in the posts #1 and #4 so I started with the first one.
(Spoiler: Both don´t work for me!)
Everything worked until a step almost at the end where I am told to connect my off-switched phone to the pc.
The tutorial tells me that there should now be a preloader unknown device or something at Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) that I would need to proceed further.
I didn´t get that one.
Dead end for me so I went on to the next tutorial in post #4.
In that post I am told to remove a MTK USB Port at Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) right after installing the .inf driver files (Yes, I installed the 64 bit version and do have a 64 bit PC).
Ignoring that step didn´t help any of the problems I had before so I got a dead end here, too.
The "Volume-Up-Trick" did help me neither, probably cause of the not working drivers.
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Ok first things first, lets make sure your P9000 is fine with your phone on. You said:
When I connect my phone when it´s turned on, I get the small icon in the taskbar that allows me to remove the device safely or open devices and printer. There, my device is put to a section called not specified and it has a small yellow icon.
Only is it called "P9000" which is alright.
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(make sure in dev options on your phone USB debugging is ON and USB config is MTP)
So from that you simply need to (In Device Manager) right click > Update Driver Software > Browse My PC for Driver Software > Let me pick from a list of device drivers from my PC > then choose MTP USB Device
Once windows installs this, a box should pop up showing your P9000 internal storage and SD Card (if you have one in phone)
To ensure that your PC is now finding your phone ok, restart PC and plug your phone in - you should be prompted by windows to choose a default action when this device is connected (I choose transfer files or something similar). Then everytime you connect your phone, a box will pop up showing allowing you to access your P9000.
Now onto when your P9000 is switched off... (the important part for flashing etc)
I followed the instructions at post #4 as I believe due to the anniversary update on windows 10 (the January update I believe) .. if you do not have the January update installed on your PC you would use the instructions #1
Don't worry too much if you receive "USB device not recognised" initially, (from what I have understood this is normal with the Anniversary addition of windows 10) it should disappear after few seconds or so. From what I worked out following post #4 you are kinda installing a MTK device (just so you can install the drivers) and then uninstalling that device BUT keeping the drivers installed (its VERY important when you uninstall the device you untick the delete drivers too, otherwise you have essentially deleted the MTK drivers & would have to start from scratch from post #4)
For me, when I connect my p9000 when its off it still shows "USB device not recognised", then after a few seconds this goes away and I dont have any errors under Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) & flashtools works fine as long as I press vol up as I connect my phone.
Hope this helps, I had a headache when I tried to install MTK drivers with my windows 10 (Anniversay Update Edition) - good luck, it was kinda trial and error
jotei66 said:
Ok first things first, lets make sure your P9000 is fine with your phone on. You said:
(make sure in dev options on your phone USB debugging is ON and USB config is MTP)
So from that you simply need to (In Device Manager) right click > Update Driver Software > Browse My PC for Driver Software > Let me pick from a list of device drivers from my PC > then choose MTP USB Device
Once windows installs this, a box should pop up showing your P9000 internal storage and SD Card (if you have one in phone)
To ensure that your PC is now finding your phone ok, restart PC and plug your phone in - you should be prompted by windows to choose a default action when this device is connected (I choose transfer files or something similar). Then everytime you connect your phone, a box will pop up showing allowing you to access your P9000.
Now onto when your P9000 is switched off... (the important part for flashing etc)
I followed the instructions at post #4 as I believe due to the anniversary update on windows 10 (the January update I believe) .. if you do not have the January update installed on your PC you would use the instructions #1
Don't worry too much if you receive "USB device not recognised" initially, (from what I have understood this is normal with the Anniversary addition of windows 10) it should disappear after few seconds or so. From what I worked out following post #4 you are kinda installing a MTK device (just so you can install the drivers) and then uninstalling that device BUT keeping the drivers installed (its VERY important when you uninstall the device you untick the delete drivers too, otherwise you have essentially deleted the MTK drivers & would have to start from scratch from post #4)
For me, when I connect my p9000 when its off it still shows "USB device not recognised", then after a few seconds this goes away and I dont have any errors under Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) & flashtools works fine as long as I press vol up as I connect my phone.
Hope this helps, I had a headache when I tried to install MTK drivers with my windows 10 (Anniversay Update Edition) - good luck, it was kinda trial and error
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I am running the Anniversay Update Edition and don´t get an popup window when connecting my phone turned on.
As far is I can tell, a working connection with the device running is more important in the first place.
Now I don´t quite understand your instructions at this point:
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So from that you simply need to (In Device Manager) right click > Update Driver Software > Browse My PC for Driver Software > Let me pick from a list of device drivers from my PC > then choose MTP USB Device
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In Device Manager right click, but where?
Blank space? Definetly not.
According to the linked tutorial, I´d have to right click on something like "unknown device" or something similar.
But that doesn´t show up in my list.
In the next section you said:
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you are kinda installing a MTK device (just so you can install the drivers) and then uninstalling that device BUT keeping the drivers installed
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I can understand the point but after installing that driver package, there is no MTK device in my device manager that I could uninstall.
I seriously need to thank you for wasting so much time on me:angel:
When you plug your p9000 (while its turned on) into your laptop/pc... in Device Manager, probably under Universal serial Bus Controllers do you see a unknown device, or anything with a question mark / unknown device beside it ? If so, that's where you right click and follow instructions above to get your PC to recognize your handset. At this point just concentrate on getting pc to recognise while its on, then hopefully we can then move to setting up when its off.
I seriously need to thank you for wasting so much time on me
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lol its all cool
PS: Just to make sure, in device manager, press View from top menu and "show hidden devices".. maybe it could be hidden?
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When you plug your p9000 (while its turned on) into your laptop/pc... in Device Manager, probably under Universal serial Bus Controllers do you see a unknown device, or anything with a question mark / unknown device beside it ? If so, that's where you right click and follow instructions above to get your PC to recognize your handset. At this point just concentrate on getting pc to recognise while its on, then hopefully we can then move to setting up when its off.
lol its all cool
PS: Just to make sure, in device manager, press View from top menu and "show hidden devices".. maybe it could be hidden?
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I can´t believe how stupid I am...
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Just to make sure, in device manager, press View from top menu and "show hidden devices".. maybe it could be hidden?
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Well, that solved all of my problems...
Almost...
Drivers are fully working for me now so I wanted to flash TWRP with SP Flash Tool to be able to flash the superuser .zip file.
Since drivers work now, flash tool started flashing and gave me the error you can see in the attached screenshot.
Fortunately, my phone isn´t bricked or anything.
Edit: After a couple of reboots of all my devices, I get back to where I was before: USB Device wasn´t recognized and Flash Tool doesn´t do anything.
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I can´t believe how stupid I am...
Well, that solved all of my problems...
Almost...
Drivers are fully working for me now so I wanted to flash TWRP with SP Flash Tool to be able to flash the superuser .zip file.
Since drivers work now, flash tool started flashing and gave me the error you can see in the attached screenshot.
Fortunately, my phone isn´t bricked or anything.
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All cool & its an easy thing to miss when your not looking for it (or for that matter if you dont know that menu even existed)
That error is a preloading error, I'm assuming your flashing TWRP Recovery and like you I had similar issue - I shared a simple solution here that worked for me here (it should work fine as long as you are on Stock Elephone 2016810 Base onwards so I believe, Elephone changed the preloader or something like that in later ROMS)
So Basically, you download the Stock Elephone 2016810 Base ROM from HERE & unzip
Grab Flash Tools ver v5.1612 (if your not using that version) HERE - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424940027
Then download TWRP_3.0.2.8.zip HERE & unzip
Copy the the "MT6755_Android_scatter" & "recovery.img" from TWRP_3.0.2.8 folder into the Elephone_P9000_2016810 Rom folder.
In Splash Tools, first flash the Elephone_P9000_2016810 Rom open "MT6755_Android_scatter" from _810 file & ensure the recovery section location points to "recovery.img" in the _810 folder also
Once your stock _810 ROM is flashed successfully, you then flash TWRP (with only recovery ticked) and ensure the recovery location points to "recovery_TWRP_3028_P9000" and your TWRP should flash fine. Make sure your using Flash Tools ver v5.1612, that worked fine for me.
There maybe an easier solution someone can point you too, but I know this worked for me no problems - you should now have TWRP recovery on stock _810 ready for you to flash your chosen ROM
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All cool & its an easy thing to miss when your not looking for it (or for that matter if you dont know that menu even existed)
That error is a preloading error, I'm assuming your flashing TWRP Recovery and like you I had similar issue - I shared a simple solution here that worked for me here (it should work fine as long as you are on Stock Elephone 2016810 Base onwards so I believe, Elephone changed the preloader or something like that in later ROMS)
So Basically, you download the Stock Elephone 2016810 Base ROM from HERE & unzip
Grab Flash Tools ver v5.1612 (if your not using that version) HERE - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424940027
Then download TWRP_3.0.2.8.zip HERE & unzip
Copy the the "MT6755_Android_scatter" & "recovery.img" from TWRP_3.0.2.8 folder into the Elephone_P9000_2016810 Rom folder.
In Splash Tools, first flash the Elephone_P9000_2016810 Rom open "MT6755_Android_scatter" from _810 file & ensure the recovery section location points to "recovery.img" in the _810 folder also
Once your stock _810 ROM is flashed successfully, you then flash TWRP (with only recovery ticked) and ensure the recovery location points to "recovery_TWRP_3028_P9000" and your TWRP should flash fine. Make sure your using Flash Tools ver v5.1612, that worked fine for me.
There maybe an easier solution someone can point you too, but I know this worked for me no problems - you should now have TWRP recovery on stock _810 ready for you to flash your chosen ROM
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I´m going to try this now.
Do I have to go back to Stock 20160810 if I have 20161107?
Do I have to go back to Stock 20160810 if I have 20161107?
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I guess if you download the 20161107 ROM it should work, I'm really unsure, its a newer ROM so I guess it should
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I guess if you download the 20161107 ROM it should work, I'm really unsure, its a newer ROM so I guess it should
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It didn´t work.
I did all the steps you´ve told me and ended up with the exact same problem I´ve experienced before: USB Device not recognized and SP Flash Tool doesn´t do anything after pressing the download button.
I was going to reinstall the drivers like you told me form post #4 here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p9000/how-to/how-to-guideline-install-mtk-drivers-t3344042
That didn´t do anything, I still have the same problem of my pc not recognizing my phone.
At least connecting my phone when it´s running works now.
you have to press and keep vol + when connecting the turned off phone to the computer after clicking download in FlashTools.
Regards
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you have to press and keep vol + when connecting the turned off phone to the computer after clicking download in FlashTools.
Regards
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Tried it, didn´t help
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Tried it, didn´t help
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MMmmm .. have you tried a different USB port? maybe a different lead if you have one? (I have two leads and I know one doesnt work for me, dunno why)
Also, after pressing download in SplashTools.. count to say 7-10 secs and then press Vol UP and connect your phone.... (I know this sounds bit stupid, but it works for me, if I connect straioght away I get errors too ref driver )
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MMmmm .. have you tried a different USB port? maybe a different lead if you have one? (I have two leads and I know one doesnt work for me, dunno why)
Also, after pressing download in SplashTools.. count to say 7-10 secs and then press Vol UP and connect your phone.... (I know this sounds bit stupid, but it works for me, if I connect straioght away I get errors too ref driver )
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No, that doesn´t help either.
I think it has to do something with installing the drivers cause after installing them, in Device Manager no new drivers are displayed except for two Mediatek Preloader USB VCOM Port (COM5) and (COM6).
But those only become visible when I check "show hidden devices".
The tutorial said that some more things should have been installed but I didn´t get any error messages so I don´t understand what shouldn´t have worked.
Sorry Im at a loss really, maybe follow this tutorial my brother followed to reinstall the MTK and try again with all the above steps, good luck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbJCbdfPlF8
Make sure your PC is in driver signature disable mode when flashing etc btw
jotei66 said:
Sorry Im at a loss really, maybe follow this tutorial my brother followed to reinstall the MTK and try again with all the above steps, good luck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbJCbdfPlF8
Make sure your PC is in driver signature disable mode when flashing etc btw
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Didn´t help either.
Current state:
Phone On > Everything working, I get the popup window and data transfer works :good:
Phone Off > USB wasn´t recognized, Flash Tool isn´t working, no recognition in windows explorer, phone is charging, vol+ doesn´t help
MTP and USB Debugging are activated
While installing the drivers I got no error messages and everything looked same as in the tutorial
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Didn´t help either.
Current state:
Phone On > Everything working, I get the popup window and data transfer works :good:
Phone Off > USB wasn´t recognized, Flash Tool isn´t working, no recognition in windows explorer, phone is charging, vol+ doesn´t help
MTP and USB Debugging are activated
While installing the drivers I got no error messages and everything looked same as in the tutorial
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Good to hear you can atleast use your phone to transfer etc while on
Just curious (although Im sure you have followed the video / other tutorials to the letter) but
(1) did you ensure when following video tut that when uninstalling the legacy device you unticked the driver box to ensure the drivers were actually kept installed?
(2) Check Device Manager, under the Ports (COM & LPT) section and remember you shouldn't have anything referring to a MTK device in there - ie like MTK USB Port (Com 3) ? (If you have it needs uninstalling)
(3) Seems obvious I know but you are connecting your phone and using FlashTools when your Windows Driver Enforcement is disabled? ( Literally restarting with advanced options & choosng Disbale Driver Enforcement) Many users think once you have installed the driver you can use it with Windows Drivers enforcement enabled, but you have to be in disabled mode.
Finally if you doubled checked all of those, then maybe try a different version of FlashTools (worth a try) and also try running FlashTools as Administrator when you open it - good luck
Hello, I own a RCA Viking Pro 10 tablet with Android 6.0 installed (RCT6303W87M7). I am having a lot of trouble rooting it for two key reasons.
1. It seems to be incompatible with most "One-Click" root applications.
2. It requires a special type of A-A USB cord, so it can not be connected to any computers.
I have looked through many root methods, but none of them seem to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I have the exact same tablet and came upon those same two problems. I have, however, purchased a USB A-to-A cable and tried connecting it to a PC. I noticed that if the tablet is on when you connect it, the PC wont recognize it, but, if the tablet is turned off, the PC sort of recognizes it and begins to download and install drivers. The problem is is that once the drivers and installed, I can't find the tablet in my device manager.
One-click APKs don't work. I've tried, King Root, Kingoroot, One-Click Root, Towel Root, iRoot and virtually any and every one-click root that I come upon in the wild. I've also tried the PC root method with the USB A-to-A cable. I've used iRoot, King Root and Kingoroot. These obviously don't work because of the PC connectivity issue mentioned above.
It's a real nice tablet to dabble with, just a damn shame that there is virtually no information on it out there. If you do a google search, you will more than likely end up at this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...e-rca-viking-pro-rct6303w87dk-t3325158/page52 . Unfortunately, this thread is dedicated to an older model of this tablet running Lollipop. The only thing to do would be to keep searching and re-searching until we find something on it. Hope this helps.
so i'm still trying to root the RCT6303W87M7. i'm not really trying to install custom roms on it, i just want root access. so to update, i finally got my pc to recognize the device; but i dont beleive that it's recognizing it properly. here's what i did, making sure that USB debugging & OEM unlocking are both enabled in the developer options, i did this:
1. hold the 'power'+'volumeUP' buttons until you get into recovery mode
2. once in recovery mode, go to and select 'Reboot to bootloader'
3. when the 'Fastboot mode' message appears at the bottom of the screen, plug in the USB-A male to male cable to the PC
4. if you have your device manager open, you will notice that it is recognized as 'Android Phone'/'Android Sooner Single ADB Interface"
i tried rooting with three different 'one-click root' pc applications: iRoot(v1.8.8), Kingoroot(v1.5.0), and King Root(v3.5)
these are the results i got:
-iRoot: it connects but the message reads 'Not support mode'
-Kingroot: it detects the device and trys to connect but gets stuck in a loop trying to connect
-Kingoroot: this detects the device as 'HTC Device'. i click the 'Root' button and it trys to root, but it only gets to 19% and then it fails
i'm theorizing that maybe if i get some different drivers for the pc or maybe making sure that the 'one-click root' applications are the latest versions might help. i dont know, we'll see.
again this is for the RCA RCT6303W87M7 running Android 6.0.
if anyone tries this and has more success, please let me know.