Hi XDA,
Just got my self another android phone. It's Vodafone smart II 2 running Android 2.3.7. I found it hard to root using z4root or superoneclick... Anyway did somebody root this phone yet? Is there customized ROMs for this phone? I was messing with this phone and at least I found how to get into recovery ---> Volume up + Power It looks like it has Alcatel one touch hardware I think.... So help me to root this phone please Can I upgrade this to Android 4 ICS?
14/06/2012 - Update 1: I tried the universal androot from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747598"] But did NOT
work it has been used to root Alcatel OT-981
- Update 2: I tried the same method used to root Alcatel One Touch Glory 918N from this link http://jcyberinux.com/rjdreyes/how-to-
root-alcatel-one-touch-glory-918n.html BUT I did NOT get anywhere
- Update 3: I tried different superuser.zip files and tried to install from recovery BUT unsuccessful
- Update 4: I tired to install Marina ROM for Alcatel OT990 downloaded from the following link http://forum.xda-developers.com
/showthread.php?t=1556460 But failed to finish the process, the result the phone would NOT reboot. So I had
to restore it.
Is anybody else working on this?
Video tutorial on how to root the device.
http://youtu.be/0LX7_Pn2j4g
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The root is done. I will make a Youtube tutorial whenever I have a bit of time. Promise!!!
bassalh123 said:
The root is done. I will make a Youtube tutorial whenever I have a bit of time. Promise!!!
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Thanks! I've been trying to understand how android devices work since this is my first one and was about to ask you how you have managed to restore your phone after your little accident with it not booting.
Now I read the you have managed to root it!
My main objective is to update some custpack applications with newer versions and remove others. I'll wait for your youtube tutorial.
By the way, I just came across a link to the kernel sources from Alcatel:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/alcatel/files/
I got it from another thread here at xda and it was nice to find out that the Vodafone Smart II is there!
Root + kernel sources = ???
How to root Vodafone smart 2
fpb said:
Thanks! I've been trying to understand how android devices work since this is my first one and was about to ask you how you have managed to restore your phone after your little accident with it not booting.
Now I read the you have managed to root it!
My main objective is to update some custpack applications with newer versions and remove others. I'll wait for your youtube tutorial.
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The tutorial is now available on Youtube under the title How to root Vodafone Smart 2 II it's Published on 17 Jun 2012 by bassalh2025.
XDA would NOT let me to post outside links cause I have less than 10 posts.
To restore it Boot into recovery then choose backup & restore It's an easy process anyway. I suggest to make a backup first just in case if you have an accident like I did with Marinia ROM then it can solve the problem in the future cause as far as I know there is no ROMs available yet for Vodafone smart 2
Splendid! After rooting it I have already managed to update Gmail, Twitter, Facebook and OfficeSuite without wasting precious memory. I simply replaced the /custpack/app versions with the new ones, reboot, et voilá!
Thanks for the root method!
Hello,
Can you please explain how to recover if phone it is stuck on boot ?
Now just Android image it is displayed on phone and can't enter to boot menu with Power ON + Volume UP buttons.
I jut tried to make backup with CWM got error and now phone it is stuck on boot.
If I connect to USB on PC it prompt for driver but can't find yet any compatible to try fastboot.
thank you.
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Hello,
I have the same problem aswell, do you know exactly the cause of your issue? i think mine is that i used SUPERRECOVERY (a program for another android phone) that messed up my soft and i cannot boot to the RECOVERY mode, key combinations aren't working and i get stuck at green android image logo so i have to remove the battery every time ... Did the root work for you? i presume you rooted your phone before you tried to backup the CWM ? PS: i tried to ROOT my phone with that program SUPERRECOVERY, that is why i messed up my soft, did not had a chance to try the root method provided on this thread ...Vodafone Smart 2 here.
Hi,
I had no chance to root the phone, just made backup and after that I try to make backup with CWM and this one killed the phone.
Now I have backup files *.img but I can't find a solution to program this files.
I try to connect to PC but no drivers are found for this device even I try to point to drivers from phone SD card.
It look's like I need drivers for VID_0A5C&PID2132 to try to flash my recovery.img with sw from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144773
but I can't find it.
But how did you even manage to use ClockWorkMod because this program can't be used unless your phone is rooted, and what was the point in making a backup with that CWM if the phone already has the Alcatel recovery v1.0.0.0. preinstalled.
I had no idea that CWM will kill the phone if used on Alcatel V860 / Vodafone Smart 2, I just wanted to be sure I have 2 backup source... now I have one backup & one bricked phone that I did not even turned ON to see the menu how it looks... and 2 years Vodafone contract
Anyway, i had mine returned to the Vodafone center i bought it from, i will tell you how much they had my phone in service, but i am pretty sure by tomorrow or tuesday it will be back in my pocket it is pretty wierd because CWM is an app from Google play (android market) ... in my case i have no doubt that the program i used was made especially for noobs like me to use and Brick my phone ) Again that program that bricked my phone is called : SuperRecovert NOT Superrecovery, i made a mistake the first time sry ...
Look's like my phone will also go to Vodafone service because I can't find available any info, drivers or program to flash this Alcatel V860 phone... it's to new.
Yes, it's the best solution for now ... they will solve the problem pretty fast i'm sure ... we gotta' pay more attention next time
does the battery life is also bad for you?
for me it drains 1% for every 1 minute of calls...
Battery drain problem appear after you Root the phone or it is "feature" from new ?
Voda_Smart_2 said:
Battery drain problem appear after you Root the phone or it is "feature" from new ?
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Mine last about 3 days with normal use: About 1 hour with wifi on maybe playing media for few minutes + Few phone calls + few texts /1day and I always have my phone powered off at night about 7 to 8 hours and I always use 2G GSM + killing the Apps running in the back ground with Task killer.... And I have it rooted for a couple of days now. Usually the smart phones battery doesn't last so long unlike the old Nokia.
I noticed the battery capacity for this phone is only 1200mAh!!!! It is actually ok cause it's not 700mAh, but you get what you pay for in the end of the day it is a cheap phone. I knew that there is what they called Gold battery but this is for the previous Vodafone smart phones the Huawei versions with 2430mAh for something like 13pounds this can last for about one week with normal use.
@bassalh123
i followed your guide and working fine. thank you.
Parents got one of these and lot of crap on it also Volume very low
Cannot access you tube but is the root message extracting file to phone and then using file manager to run it or is it via Odin?
When rooted can the volume be increased and can Titanium be installed to remove all the crap also can the start up vodafone splash screen be removed
Thanks
funkyirishman said:
Parents got one of these and lot of crap on it also Volume very low
Cannot access you tube but is the root message extracting file to phone and then using file manager to run it or is it via Odin?
When rooted can the volume be increased and can Titanium be installed to remove all the crap also can the start up vodafone splash screen be removed
Thanks
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Hi Mr Irish man,
In one word Rooting android gives you access to system files. So you can uninstall pre-installed Apps like Vodafone music ... Some Apps maybe needed by the operating system so don't uninstall them!!! so be careful.
Refer to Youtube video and learn how to root your vodafone smart 2 it's under the title how to root vodafone smart 2 II
I'm having a problem with my Vibrant. I've looked through the threads & can't find exactly what I'm looking for. I bought my phone second-hand so I don't know how it was rooted, or what was done to it before I got it. It was 'clean' when I got it, so there were no added apps or files or anything. I started having problems with storage space. I would get a warning, but when checking there was plenty of space. I did a factory reset, & I got a force close, so I did another factory reset & it was fine. It's running Open Kang ICS. It was on it when I got it, & was still there after factory reset. I used Titanium to back-up & restore my apps. (I've backed up with GO backup too, but didn't use it to restore). Since restoring I've been having issues with my phone rebooting randomly. It's happened in the middle of a phone call 4 times now (so far). I also have an issue with not being able to turn my screen on. I try to unlock the screen & nothing happens (but it's still on) & I have to take the battery out & put it back in & turn it back on. My brother suggests a new ROM, but I have no idea how to do any of this. I didn't flash this one, & I didn't root it. My brother didn't root it either (he rooted my previous phone) so he doesn't know how it was done. Any help would be appreciated (including step-by-step in language I can understand LoL). I have tried installing ClockworkMod Recovery but for some reason I can't get it to work on my phone.
The vibrant bible thread has a tutorials section that links to some pretty good tutorial.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547730
and the Vibrant AIO toolbox is a great program to help with rooting and flashing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
Mentalmama said:
I'm having a problem with my Vibrant. I've looked through the threads & can't find exactly what I'm looking for. I bought my phone second-hand so I don't know how it was rooted, or what was done to it before I got it. It was 'clean' when I got it, so there were no added apps or files or anything. I started having problems with storage space. I would get a warning, but when checking there was plenty of space. I did a factory reset, & I got a force close, so I did another factory reset & it was fine. It's running Open Kang ICS. It was on it when I got it, & was still there after factory reset. I used Titanium to back-up & restore my apps. (I've backed up with GO backup too, but didn't use it to restore). Since restoring I've been having issues with my phone rebooting randomly. It's happened in the middle of a phone call 4 times now (so far). I also have an issue with not being able to turn my screen on. I try to unlock the screen & nothing happens (but it's still on) & I have to take the battery out & put it back in & turn it back on. My brother suggests a new ROM, but I have no idea how to do any of this. I didn't flash this one, & I didn't root it. My brother didn't root it either (he rooted my previous phone) so he doesn't know how it was done. Any help would be appreciated (including step-by-step in language I can understand LoL). I have tried installing ClockworkMod Recovery but for some reason I can't get it to work on my phone.
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Here are some codes you can use just like you are dialing a phone number. You can even perform a factory reset. http://androidforums.com/vibrant-ti...ck-built-day-time-firmware-gps-test-more.html
Use with caution, I personally have never used these codes.
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Hello there,
I'm using a rooted LG Optimus 4X HD - P880 with the stock firmware. Or should I say I was using :crying:
Well everything started when I decided to flash some good looking roms into my rooted LG, I needed to unlock my bootloader so I did. ( I was using Os V20D_00 as I remembered but definitely a version newer than V20A_00) Everything was fine my phone got restarted and obviously then the Setup Wizard started.
That's ok till now. But after that, whenever I try to setup my phone, cause there's no way LG would let me access settings or any possible menu without setting it up, and "Unfortunately, LG Setup Wizard crushes " everytime I tried.
I should say that I have had uninstalled lg's base home launcher before (but replacing it with another app), and couple of google apps like hangouts and google plus. I never touched to G play or anything but I guess home launcher might be a/the problem, only guessing though and even if so I don't have the solution that's why I'm here :laugh:
I tried hard reset
I tried to reinstall stock firmware from using kdz V20A_00 and V10F_00 both
I tried to redo all rooting and unlocking bootloader processes. Yeah they work but the problem is I'm not able to flash any custom roms or gapps also cause my PC sees my phone only when it's on S/W Upgrade mode.. That to with no access to internal memory somehow, I can see its connected to LG Mobile Support Tool though.
So I'm pretty troubled right now. I wasn't using any recovery also.. (yeah, very noob thing to do, as I am kinda noob)
Device is on warranty but since I bugged my bootloader and all, I can forget about it if it needs to go and get fixed I guess..
So I would like to know if there is any solution that any of you knowledgeable gentlemans and ladies out there know..
I would be really glad if anyone can help me out.. :fingers-crossed:
Thank you.
I rooted it using IOroot last night, factory reset this thing and now it says that. Anyone have any idea why?
htcdesirezgeorge said:
I rooted it using IOroot last night, factory reset this thing and now it says that. Anyone have any idea why?
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If all you did was root the phone and factory reset then no idea. You didn't freeze anything or mod the phone in any way?
- Tapatalked from the G3
I actually froze a bunch of LG stuff because I didn't like them... Apparently I froze LGSetupWizard or uninstalled it and now I am sitting with a shiny new brick. Hopefully I can unbrick it when I get home; tried at work and the flash tool wouldnt see the device so I was stuck at the log in screen.
htcdesirezgeorge said:
I actually froze a bunch of LG stuff because I didn't like them... Apparently I froze LGSetupWizard or uninstalled it and now I am sitting with a shiny new brick. Hopefully I can unbrick it when I get home; tried at work and the flash tool wouldnt see the device so I was stuck at the log in screen.
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Yea you will have to put the phone into download mode and use the LG Flash Tool to flash the .TOT. I had a similar problem after I tried to edit the build.prop (less than 24 hours with the phone and had just finished setting everything up...) and since the file is so large Root Explorer can't open the whole thing and saved an incomplete build.prop. Couldn't get through the setup wizard either after factory reset so had to flash the .TOT.
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Yea you will have to put the phone into download mode and use the LG Flash Tool to flash the .TOT. I had a similar problem after I tried to edit the build.prop (less than 24 hours with the phone and had just finished setting everything up...) and since the file is so large Root Explorer can't open the whole thing and saved an incomplete build.prop. Couldn't get through the setup wizard either after factory reset so had to flash the .TOT.
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can someone please help me i have an lg g3 d851 (tmobile). i just got this phone like 3 weeks ago and rooted it..i think i used lg one click root . about a week ago i started having problems with my wifi where some apps would connect and work fine but other apps would not connect. i decided to factory reset (since i didn't have anything on the phone anyway) and when it booted back up i went through the setup process and at the last screen it fails and says "Unfortunately LGsetupwizard has stopped working." and it takes me back to the first screen. I have no idea what to do should i take it to tmobile will they fix it or should i try one of the methods above? if so which method should i do? i dont reallty remember but i think i deleted t mobile my account and google play musi and google play books
Try over in the t- mobile lg g3 area: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3
For Verizon we have options to flash a .tot or a .kdz file. Your phone likely has the same options, but you should look in the area with the right carrier- specific info.
Good luck, it's a great phone!
Hello everyone, i have a problem with soft & hard reset of my phone. If my thread is not on the right place, move it then, i apologize.
I am going to give you as much as information i have. My phone is BLU Life One L120 which is having a duplicate Micromax Canvas 4 A210 which is having the same chipset as i read into my thread for my BLU. Basically what i want to do now is just to soft or hard reset my phone... it sound easy i know but i wouldn't be asking if i haven't got an issue.
First of all i am using stock version 4.2.1 and kernal 3.4.5
I believe that i am having my drivers which i found in my official BLU Life One thread - http://d-h.st/U8e , also i tried with All MTK USB drivers 2014 http://androidurdu.net/mediatek-adb-usb-vcom-driver-pack-mt65xx-support/
However i am able to transfer files between my pc & phone but when i try to root the device (i tried with Kingo root/ One click root) it isn't recognizing my device or is unplugged, which is not true. I remember that once ago i installed TWRP recovery but i can't access from there no longer and i don't know the reason of that, otherwise i would reset it from there. Eventually recently i uninstalled superSU app and now i don't have root access anymore, which grow as a problem also. I checked it with RootChecker app. Also when i was doing both the soft and hard reset i removed the both SIMs & SD card just to be sure that i am doing it right.
When i use the soft reset it's giving me the option to run it but when it restarts it's all the same, nothing changes. It's the same with hard reset when i try to enter into Recovery mode.
Q: Why do i want to soft & hard reset it ?
A:
The first reason is that not a long ago my wi-fi signal got weaker despite that i'm next to my router and it wasn't like that when i bought it firstly and i want to use it instead of paying for it. I read a lot of stuff, but i can't find anything exactly the same.. which is why that i believe that if i reset it, it may went back normally.
The second reason is that i just want to change my factory rom with a custom one , because the phone is having a great performance
I hope that i gave a lot of information, thanks in advance :good: