So I finally found new for sale a potentially rootable Tracfone with a decent sized screen at 5.5" and a user replaceable battery (it sounds possibly not meant for replacement, but replacements are sold and at least one video exists showing how involving disassembly) and now i'm trying to see if anything has apparently been done with it's rootability.
A couple searches for this model show multiple methods to root, but no custom ROMs I am aware of yet. I am wondering if there is anything "in the works" or coming up or if there is low interest in this phone unlikely to ever see anything? At minimum I was hoping to have it somehow update to at least 4.4 Kitkat because there is softwares specifically requiring that I would like to use on it. Possibly newer roms 5.0 or higher due to yet other things, but at least 4.4.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I have looked a lot for solutions so we can add Arabic language to zte z797c phone and I can not find. I hope to solve the problem and get a way to add Arabic language. can you help me?
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Hi.
This is my first post on xda, and I am hoping to learn a lot whilst I am here.
I am not expecting any help here, but there has been small hype about getting android onto this phone. And I understand that you may be critical about noobs like me expecting an easy fix from you.
I appreciate that the idea makes no sense from many perspectives, this is mine.
I purchased the windows 7 phone 3 months ago, I was a complete idiot and fell for the sales pitch, the salesman promised me the earth, he said I would be able to WiFi Tether on the next update, he told me it would be better then the android evo 4 that I wanted.
As you are probably aware, I am a complete fool. I have however spent many hours on the phone with a certain mobile phone outlett, and my provider, neither will help. And I am stuck with the phone till 2013.
The phone's buyback price has gone down to 1/3rd what it was on the day I bought the phone.
I have now made it my mission to get this phone to run android. I feel so strongly I may even remove the windows logo from the bottom of my touch-screen.
I have already researched some, and expect days more research before I'll be able to do, whatever it is I need to do.
I am and will be keeping a log, of all my research, and hopefully can use what I learn to help people out later on.
So....
Any comments, or questions or support?
CleverNoob
I have picked up a few things. And therefore want to clarify,
I don't want to dual boot the 2 OS's, I want to REMOVE windows 7 and replace it with Android.
From what I gather this means I need to develop an android ROM to work with the mozart, and then Flash it to the phone...?
So my logical mind tells me to look for the android ROM that works on the most similar spec phone.
I am however aware that the firmware or something is different in the mozart, from the HD7 and does not allow for certain android commands to work, therefore the ROM (gingerbread?) used on the HD7 will not be remotely compatible with the HD7?
It seems that there may be a few options for the actual flashing of the ROM already available... So I am going to concentrate on learning more about ROM development now.
If anyone wants to correct me, point me in the right direction, or hurl abuse at me... feel free to do so
I do not know all that much about ROM development.
What about drivers though? Sure it is fine for the chipset as there are Android devices with the same chipset (CPU and GPU)... Although the WiFi, bluetooth, radio etc. I guess it's built into the SoC?
Drivers for the screen, capacitive buttons, camera etc?
I think if you look around, you should be able to find a phone similar to htc mozart and the name which comes to my mind is Nexus one and htc desire...
Although it depends on you that you extract drivers from the OS of both of those android based phones then extract drivers from your mozart and compare if they have same chipset....
I really wonder if it's possible to do all this virtually instead of physically installing OSes on phones for development purposes.
You didnt give up did ya mate!
All of the Australia Telstra Community who got Conned into buying the Mozart over an iPhone due to This Service Provider not having a Contract with Apple are 'root'ing for your Success
just checking if i got it right...
you want android in the mozart just to enable wifi tethering.
well, FYI, its been done and done bro, just unlock your device and install any of the excellent custom ROMs here. my notebook is tethered to my mozart right now.
but if you want to further explore the capabilities of the hardware, no worries- many good samaritans are already doing that. explore the development forums here and thy shall learn!
take care!
Tethering is working now, even with Telstra and no unlocking (7720).
This is my first post too! I was about to post something like yours. I have an HTC Mozart too and I want to install an Android ROM on it though my reasons are different.
As a software developer I have no experience about ROM development but I'm very interested.
So what did you do until now? Any success?
Hi all, i need help.
I seek custom ROM on yarvik tab 410 because in work i need android 2.3.x/3.x .
I searched on web and forum but I have not found anything.
exist custom ROM on this device?
thanks for help
I would second this. A dutch friend of mine asked me to try to find a better rom for this than the stock Android 2.2 it's running (even though it was only released in Nov last year)
As he started telling me why he needed it I went "whoa... that shouldn't do that"
On further research, I found that this particular tablet is some sort of mutant. It's a cheap Chinese clone Flytouch sold under about a dozen different names including Superpad, Android 10, Flytouch 3, Yarvik 410, Mercury, and Ibex. The board is fairly standard for an early tablet (aside from the second SD Card reader), but the rom is the mutation. The advertising for these devices insist that it's "Android 2.3" but in fact it's a custom hack of Android 2.2 (confirmed by my friend) with some oddities in file handling and and labeling (particularly in how it displays the system informations to claim it is what it isn't.)
ANYWAY long story short, after exercising my Google Fu, I found these two links...
Android Tablets forum for Superpad II was the first relevant link I found. User "formigacareca" reported finding a working Firmware flash that was an Android 10 firmware, which made the pad work and removed a lot of the Yarvik-specific branding, but it's still the mutant 2.2 build. Unfortunately, formigacareca never reported back on whether or not ALL features were working on the 410, merely that it seemed to boot and work.
that in turn lead me to Slatedroid. There, user "IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo" has a post under Android tab 10 updated as recently as June 4 2012 which provides links to several other firmwares as well as a couple of ways in which to accomplish loading them. Unfortunately AGAIN, they all still seem to be the mutant build of Android 2.2 in various branding flavours. No one has developed any roms for this beast yet it seems.
My friend says that he is writing Yarvik a nasty letter about why they have not yet offered support or upgrades on this tablet and on why it came with 2.2 so recently, though I told him he is not likely to get anywhere with that.
Meanwhile, if anyone out there happens to find or build another rom for this, let me know please?
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I would second this. A dutch friend of mine asked me to try to find a better rom for this than the stock Android 2.2 it's running (even though it was only released in Nov last year)
As he started telling me why he needed it I went "whoa... that shouldn't do that"
On further research, I found that this particular tablet is some sort of mutant. It's a cheap Chinese clone Flytouch sold under about a dozen different names including Superpad, Android 10, Flytouch 3, Yarvik 410, Mercury, and Ibex. The board is fairly standard for an early tablet (aside from the second SD Card reader), but the rom is the mutation. The advertising for these devices insist that it's "Android 2.3" but in fact it's a custom hack of Android 2.2 (confirmed by my friend) with some oddities in file handling and and labeling (particularly in how it displays the system informations to claim it is what it isn't.)
ANYWAY long story short, after exercising my Google Fu, I found these two links...
Android Tablets forum for Superpad II was the first relevant link I found. User "formigacareca" reported finding a working Firmware flash that was an Android 10 firmware, which made the pad work and removed a lot of the Yarvik-specific branding, but it's still the mutant 2.2 build. Unfortunately, formigacareca never reported back on whether or not ALL features were working on the 410, merely that it seemed to boot and work.
that in turn lead me to Slatedroid. There, user "IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo" has a post under Android tab 10 updated as recently as June 4 2012 which provides links to several other firmwares as well as a couple of ways in which to accomplish loading them. Unfortunately AGAIN, they all still seem to be the mutant build of Android 2.2 in various branding flavours. No one has developed any roms for this beast yet it seems.
My friend says that he is writing Yarvik a nasty letter about why they have not yet offered support or upgrades on this tablet and on why it came with 2.2 so recently, though I told him he is not likely to get anywhere with that.
Meanwhile, if anyone out there happens to find or build another rom for this, let me know please?
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Has there been any update with this?
Don't think there has been any progress look at the dates when thread was opened and the reply.
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Don't think there has been any progress look at the dates when thread was opened and the reply.
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So what's the next step? finding its illegitimate twin brother's rom and using that? or reverse engineering? or something else?
Hello everyone - I purchased three of these Contixo tablets on Amazon for my kids because they had very good reviews and were inexpensive. I'm finding that even after removing the kid safe software that the performance on these things is terrible, they are mostly unusable. I really don't know why they had such high reviews on Amazon. So I'd like to try wiping them and installing a different version of Android to see if I can make them usable. They are running a custom version of Android 4.4 right now. I haven't been able to find anything online about rooting these devices so I'm wondering how I could go about doing this. If anyone could point me in the right direction I'd very much appreciate it, thanks!
Hello, I'm trying to find any resources for Alcatel A3(not the XL version), but I haven't been able to find any. I'm looking for a way to root the device, custom rom, anything. I've tried using KingoRoot and KingRoot, but with no success.
This phone is new to market and it's a budget phone. I would say there is very little chance, if any, to have custom ROM for this model.
I exchanged few emails with Alcatel technical support regarding upgrade to newer Android or potential improvments but never got straight answer. Usually same PR crap about listening to their customers.
I feel TCL will keep releasing more smartphones with more or less same specs as A3.
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This phone is new to market and it's a budget phone. I would say there is very little chance, if any, to have custom ROM for this model.
I exchanged few emails with Alcatel technical support regarding upgrade to newer Android or potential improvments but never got straight answer. Usually same PR crap about listening to their customers.
I feel TCL will keep releasing more smartphones with more or less same specs as A3.
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I can live without a custom ROM, the stock one isn't heavily modified, but is there any way to root this device?
I am not aware of any ways to achieve root on this phone.
As far I remember you could request your phone to be looked at by King Root developers.
Has anyone found a way to root an Alcatel A3(5046Y) yet?
hii, I first want to apologize for my bad english, it isn't my native language. secondly i wanted to ask if anybody here knows if lineageos or anything like these custom (nearly stock) roms is going to be available for the oppo find x and how long it would take before they will be released. I'm considering buying a OPX and i am pretty new to buying chinese phones, I heard a lot of complaints about not getting a notification of whatsapp or anything like this, I really don't like the idea that I would have to open whatsapp every time to see if i got a notification or not.
thanks for your help.
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hii, I first want to apologize for my bad english, it isn't my native language. secondly i wanted to ask if anybody here knows if lineageos or anything like these custom (nearly stock) roms is going to be available for the oppo find x and how long it would take before they will be released. I'm considering buying a OPX and i am pretty new to buying chinese phones, I heard a lot of complaints about not getting a notification of whatsapp or anything like this, I really don't like the idea that I would have to open whatsapp every time to see if i got a notification or not.
thanks for your help.
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No apologies needed,make yourself at home @maikonor ........... :good:
While I can't speak regarding Whatsapp,you can get timely notifications for email/other SMS/MMS messaging apps,but,a lot of digging around in the settings is involved. Nothing beyond most users expertise,it's just a lot of redundancy & repitition,but,once set-up,my notifications come through just fine.
As for development,it's not unheard of on Oppo devices,but,is it possible with this phone ? IDK if the current firmware/software will support it.
If the promise of root/ROMs is a must,it's probably gonna be a while before development takes grip,if it ever does.
I'm hoping once the phone becomes available in more markets (international release/ROM),we'll begin to see some hint of what the future holds.
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No apologies needed,make yourself at home @maikonor ........... :good:
While I can't speak regarding Whatsapp,you can get timely notifications for email/other SMS/MMS messaging apps,but,a lot of digging around in the settings is involved. Nothing beyond most users expertise,it's just a lot of redundancy & repitition,but,once set-up,my notifications come through just fine.
As for development,it's not unheard of on Oppo devices,but,is it possible with this phone ? IDK if the current firmware/software will support it.
If the promise of root/ROMs is a must,it's probably gonna be a while before development takes grip,if it ever does.
I'm hoping once the phone becomes available in more markets (international release/ROM),we'll begin to see some hint of what the future holds.
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thanks for your reply, root/custom ROM is not a must for me if, I (in the netherlands) at least can change my home launcher.
Hey buddy, This is my second OPPO variant. From my previous experience on R11P, it was pretty nasty. Nothing was released from OPPO to support unlocking or Root the device. However, with Find X, OPPO has launched globally. It might change its perspectives regarding playing around with the systems. who knows. I hope they do, I love flashing ROMs, lolz!
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Hey buddy, This is my second OPPO variant. From my previous experience on R11P, it was pretty nasty. Nothing was released from OPPO to support unlocking or Root the device. However, with Find X, OPPO has launched globally. It might change its perspectives regarding playing around with the systems. who knows. I hope they do, I love flashing ROMs, lolz!
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Thanks for your reply, I hope they do change perspective and otherwise I will buy an oneplus 6.
The Find 7 was unlocked and they provided a rudimentary support for unlocking and rooting, this is the last vairiant that I'm aware of that saw wide release. Realistically that's all we need to obtain root, which is pretty easy via magisk. The Chinese launcher restrictions wont exist on the international handsets, those are for the Chinese market only and you'll be able to use the phone pretty much as normal in the Android world. It's all about whether or not the bootloader is unlocked. If yes we should be able to get root ourselves without special skills. From there it's just a matter of whether anyone with skills decides to pick up the phone and develop for it and then you've got TWRP and possibly a rom or two to play with.
I hope Oppo could release international version of the Find X rom
The chinese rom is pretty much unusable in North America
If it's like OPPO's other phones from the last few years, it will have a locked bootloader with fastboot removed and they won't release any kernel source.
Chinese OPPO fans tell you，It is very hard to request a root access or source code from OPPO，or just wait a loooong time:crying:，OPPO has always been like this，and sorry about my bad English，i want say more but i do not known how to
Explain in eglish(+_+)
Hard to do in China, there are rules there prohibiting that very thing and even when those don't apply Chinese companies are rightfully afraid to do something their dictator doesn't want because their executives would like to remain among the living. Chinese leaders are pragmatists however who enjoy the riches they deny the masses which means their products need to sell on a global market so they can keep enjoying all the things their populace is denied. The last product Oppo released in the world market was bootloader unlocked and they provided support for rooting. This does not mean the same will happen now but have no doubt they are well aware that their practices with Chinese phones will kill any hope at all of selling in the international market. Something to think about; One+ is owned by Oppo. They are unlocked and fully supported.