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Great ROM
Hey guys, new to the forum. The best ROM I tried so far, took a while to get used to the many features that this rom offers, but is fast and stable, never had any problems with it. Though you need some basic experience to customize you phone using Phoenix rom, you'll end up with a device more efficient and great to use. I'd like to ask you one thing about the Ultra power saving feature (by the way is a great feature, it makes the phone battery in standby extremely efficient), is there any possibility to schedule this feature for example at night? It would be great to set it automatically between custom hours. I was impressed about how low consumption the phone has with this feature on. In my case during sleep, after 8-9 hours the battery percentage remained the same. Thanks and keep up the good work !
The dialer app doen't work, can't hear people
The dialer app doen't work, can't hear people on the phone, any solutions ?
Thank's
same problem
Thanks a lot
It works nice
Problem with Sd-Card on Phoenix Rom 9.4 Galaxy S4
Hey guys,
I have a problem with my ext-sd card.
When i try to write something on it, the sd is automatically remove!
So i can't update apps, download something....
Anybody can help me please?
compatibilidad con s4 at&t
Funcionara en un s4 at&t es mi duda
GPS doesn't work
Hy there. I installed Phoenix ROM v.9 and didn't have time to try all the functions of the phone becouse after 1 day or 2 I did the update to v.9.4 . Today I tried 3 navigation programs and did not conect to the satelites. What cand I do? Any solutions? Please help!!
Hi there. Can someone tell me how to really increase the volume of the line out jack? I have tried lot of mod like noozoxide viper4android also a modded apk snd_soc_msm_2x_Fusion3 but the volume it's still the same. I can't achieve the power full volume I had on my htc one m7
HI
I'm using other ROM then phoenix what can i do in recovery full wipe to instal a new ROM i have this option in philz not in cwr
i want return to philz but my phone don't want connect in download mode
phonenix rom the best!!!
тнηк уσυ ѕιʀ....
Hello guys
finnaly i have flashed my I9505 with phoenix rom but i have found bug in my device when i flash the second ZIP pack PhoeniX.ROM.I9505.XXUBMF8.Removed.Apps ............... i get message about story album ????? with FC when i try open it
help please
9.4 mms video resize
Hey guys in version 9.4 I could add a video to a mms and it would resize it
in version 10 it comes up with the option but it doesn't do anything when
you select the option. Other than that great rom I really enjoy it
its work on samsung s4 i9506?
Not being able to check/uncheck "Restricted Background Data"
Folks,
I've searched several threads for this one and could not find the answer, so I hope someone can help. I've got the Phoenix ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349584 and it works great! The only issue I am facing since I got the ROM is that I do not receive notifications regularly when using data. I only get them once in a while. As soon as I switch to Wi-Fi though, I am flooded with messages. I have checked and wanted to make sure that background data was not restricted, but when I got there I realized this option was not clickable. It's there but I don't seem to have a choice. Is there a way I can get this one active or is there a way I can fix the issue? Anyone faced same issue?
Flashlight issue
Hi there,
Just installed PhoeniX 10, it's just awesome! Big thanks to tamirda
Regarding the flashlight issue mentioned by several users, I think I have it too. It has something to do with turning the flashlight on from the power menu. Steps to reproduce:
1. Open power menu and turn on Flashlight
2. Open notification toggles. Bug: flashlight toggle is off even though flashlight is still on
3. Turn on flashlight from toggle (now flashlight is still on and the toggle is on too)
4. Turn off flashlight from toggle. Bug: toggle is off but flashlight is still on (it can only be turned off from power menu)
The torchlight app behaves the same as flashlight toggle when flashlight has been turned on from power menu
Funny stuff to try: turn on flashlight from toggle and then turn it on from power menu. The flashlight intensity diminishes! Turn off the flashlight from power menu and it's still on, but back to high intensity. Turn it off from toggle first instead of power menu and the flashlight remains the power menu one.
It seems like the flashlight from toggle/torchlight app and the flashlight from power menu are 2 different things. And that the power menu one has precedence over the toggle/torchlight app one.
I hope this helps! I'm a first timer with this rom so I hope I'm not saying complete crap
I have a SPH-720 on Sprint and would love to get a couple of things fixed on my phone with this ROM. I read the first 300+ posts, then read the last 10 pages of posts and I don't see anyone else having this issue. So I wondered if someone here could help. Here is what I have done so far
1. Installed v10 ROM
2. No 3G or LTE data, WIFI worked fine
3. Flash stock NG2 KERNEL for Sprint SPH-720
4. Lost ROOT somehow in the process installing new kernel
5. Tried to flash SuperSu.zip file to get ROOT back no go, tried Towel Root method but said it was an unsupport device
6. Couldn't find out where to enter in APN settins. I went inside the Settings/Mobile Networks but there wasn't an APN setting, so I installed a third party app called Change APN
7. Gained carrier data 3g & LTE after entering APN settings for Sprint
8. The only other issue I have found is I can't send text messages but I can recieve them just fine
I am wondering first how to get root back, I flashed the SuperSu.zip file in TWRP but I don't have root after reboot. I thought about flashing the v10 ROM zip again but then I would have to put the stock kernel and then fix APN settings again.
The other issue I have is sending text messages. I have tried other SMS apps and none can send, only receive. Same with Google Hangouts, I can receive but not send.
Is there something I am missing? I am not a experience ROM builder, but I have customized my phones for years. I am interested in trying to get a ROM for one carrier to work on Sprint, and I have a bit to learn still. Besides these two issues the ROM is awesome and for me it actually is worth it to stay on it even with these issues.
I am open to trying anything, even erasing everything and trying something new.
I cannot install V10
Hi,
I have V9.4 on my Samsung S4, I have downloaded new version V10. When I am trying to install it, everything is ok, I choose what I want to install but there is a problem in last point of installation. When I push INSTALL, after just ONE second it is done and there is written than V10 was installed and phone ask me to reboot. But offcourse It is not installed and everything is same as before installation.
Please help. Thank you
First of all congratulations, great rom !
Bugs: in the initial configuration dropbox crash
Normal power saving bug: settings app crash when power saving enabled/disabled
Been using the Rom for almost a week and so far the experience is great the performance of the phone even with touch wiz is superb the battery life is also better. Would just like to post this short feedback and show my thanks to tamirda for the great rom.
I just have one issue with the car mode always poping up I might have disabled it incorrectly still trying to check on it.
stuck in samsung logo
im coming from GE 45. i used CWM and philz recovery but im stuck in samsung logo and not going anywhere. i thought it was an aroma issue and tried to install the ROM again without wipe but same thing happens.. any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance!
[Q] "Dream Manager Service" keeps waking the screen up, how do I disable it?
I've looked for other posts on this issue, but none helped me very much. I have a Samsung S5 (international, sim-free), I recently flashed Phoenix Rom, version 6.3, build BOC7. Was on Omega Rom BOB7 previously. I'm also on BOB7 bootloader and modem. Don't know if it's relevant, but I'll mention it anyway. I don't have a PC, so it's difficult for me to use Odin, it's something I have to arrange days in advance. That's why I haven't updated bootloader or modem to BOC7 yet. And before anyone tells me to just go back to Omega Rom, Phoenix Rom is my absolute favourite Rom, it was my daily driver on KitKat, and I just discovered today that it had been updated to Lollipop, so I flashed it immediately.
Using Wakelock Detector immediately after booting, I find Android System, specifically "Dream Manager Service" the only thing which has woken the screen. So that seems to be the culprit, but I don't know how to kill it. It was never an issue before. Basic Daydreams (a Samsung process) is frozen via Titanium Backup. I don't use any other sort of daydream app or service.
It is clearly an issue with Phoenix Rom, but it didn't start until a few hours after I'd flashed it. So in the meantime something has happened, but I don't know what, and before I go through the hassle of reflashing it, I'd like to see how I could disable it. Things I've tried:
- Turning off ambient display - was not on when the problem started, I've tried turning it on and off, but doesn't help. I don't use it or want it, so I don't mind killing it somehow.
- Booting into safe mode. This helped, the problem did not appear when in safe mode. As far as I know though, it just doesn't allow "Dream Manager Service" to run. Not so helpful for finding out how to disable it.
- Revoking permission to "keep screen on" in App Ops for Android System. It seems to just ignore this, which seems to make the whole permission management thing a bit pointless.
When the screen does turn on, it looks different. The wallpaper is not displayed, and it's all in black and white.
Does anyone know why "Dream Manager Service" is doing this? And more importantly, how I can stop it? If you need any more information from me, just ask.
EDIT: Found reason: Ambient Display in Phoenix v6.3 was causing this bug, even after I turned it off. Downgraded back to 6.0, will skip 6.3 and wait for fix, hope it will be an option in the Aroma Installer next time.
Thank you! I found this information useful 2 years later in my Galaxy S7 running Ambasadii Nougat 7.0.
I am not responsible for anything that can go wrong... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
Introduction
When Alcatel released Android 6 for there Idol 3 phones the Fastboot commands required to root were removed making it impossible. Well I have found a way and I was quite surprised that it worked. In this guide I will give a step by step tutorial on how to 1) Flash TWRP Recovery 2) Flash a Custom Rom 3) Flash GAPPS onto the Custom Rom. If you have any questions please ask away!
For this tutorial we will be flashing the Resurrection Remix Rom onto our phone.
I will be using the 5.5 variation for this tutorial
For the 4.7 variation, the steps should be the same but you will need to download the appropriate files for your device
What you will need
• A Windows PC
• Administrator privileges on the PC
• Extracting Software; WinRAR, WinZIP, etc (I'm not including the link, they are easy to find)
• A good Internet connection (for files to download faster)
• An Alcatel Idol 3 4.7 or 5.5 running Android 6.0.1
• A MicroSD card in your phone (To hold a backup and to hold our Flashable files)
• The Alcatel Drivers installed
• Files provided by link down below
Files Needed
*Note: Non of these links are mine, but they all worked and seemed safe to me*
*The links send you right to the download page, not to the forum where they came from*
• Sahara & Firehose Test [Broken] | New Sahara & Firehose Test [Uploaded by XDA Member]
• TWRP V3.1.1 for Idol 3
• Open GAPPS (Platform: ARM64, Android: 7.1, Variant: Whichever one you want (I'd recommend Stock)
• Resurrection Remix a.k.a the ROM
Getting things ready on Windows
Step 1: Drag all your files onto your desktop (To keep things tidy put them into a folder)
Step 2: Extract "Alcatel_Flasher" (Password: decker.su)
Step 3: DO NOT Extract the ROM or GAPPS
Preparing Phone
*Note: Make sure your phone has at least 70% Battery, if the battery dies during a flash it can break things*
*Make sure you device is also plugged into the computer*
Step 1: Turn off your device completely
*Note: Since the device is plugged into the computer it may "Turn on" again, this is just the phone going to the battery screen*
Step 2: Push and Hold the Power and Both the Volume Buttons
*Note: You should now see a Red Screen*
Step 3: Release All Buttons
Step 4: Quickly Hold the Volume Up Button until the screen turns Black
Flashing TWRP to the phone
*Now back to the PC*
Step 1: Open Alcatel_Flasher
Step 2: Next to "Device Model" select "Alcatel Idol 3 5.5" [OT-6045]"
Step 3: Click the "Detect" Button
*Note: Next to "COM #" there should now be something in the box*
Step 4: Click the "NPRG" Button
*Note: The console in the window should now have "Send done command" near the bottom of it*
Step 5: Click the "Get GPT" Button
*Note: The bottom of the window should now be full of Partition names and other information*
Step 6: Scroll down to "Recovery" (It might be 27 on the list)
Step 7: Scroll Across to "Filename"
Step 8: Check the Box next to "Filename"
Step 9: Double click inside the "Filename" Box
*Note: A prompt to select a .img file should have popped up*
Step 10: Locate the "twrp-3.1.1-idol3.img" file
Step 11: Open it
Step 12: Click the "Write" Button
Step 13: Click "No"
Step 14: Wait until the progress bar is full
Entering TWRP
Step 1: Hold the Power and Volume Up Buttons
Step 2: Wait for a vibration and then release the Power Button but continue holding the Volume Up Button
*Note: TWRP should have now opened*
*Note: If asked "Swipe to Allow Modifications"
Backing Up the device
Step 1: Press "Backup"
Step 2: Press "Select Storage"
Step 3: Select your MicroSD Card
Step 4: Press "OK"
Step 5: Select the Partitions you want to backup (I like to have a full backup)
Step 6: "Swipe to Backup"
*Note: Wait for the backup to complete, it may take a while but it's good to know that you have a backup if anything goes wrong*
Step 8: Press the NavBar Back button twice
Wiping the Storage
Step 1: Press "Wipe"
Step 2: Press "Advanced Wipe"
Step 3: Select "Dalvik / ART Cache", "System", "Data", "Internal Storage" and "Cache" (Nothing else)
Step 4: "Swipe to Wipe"
*Note: This Shouldn't take long*
Step 5: Press the NavBar Back button three times
Placing the Flashable files on the MicroSD Card
Step 1: Press "Mount"
Step 2: Press "Mount USB Storage"
*Note: "File Explorer" should have opened on your PC*
Step 3: Drag the "open_gapps-arm64-7.1-stock-20180216" and the "RR-N-v5.8.5-20171002-idol3-Unofficial.zip" into the MicroSD Card
Step 4: Wait for the transfer to complete and then Press "Unmount"
Step 5: Press the NavBar Back Button once
Flashing the ROM
*Remember that I am not responsible for anything that may happen to your device*
Step 1: Press "Install"
Step 2: Press "Select Storage"
Step 3: Select your MicroSD Card and then Press "OK"
Step 4: Select "RR-N-v5.8.5-20171002-idol3-Unofficial.zip"
Step 5: "Swipe to confirm Flash"
*Note: This might take a while*
Step 6: Press "Wipe chache/dalvik"
Step 7: "Swipe to Wipe"
*Note: DO NOT go on to flash GAPPS just yet, doing so can cause a boot loop. We will flash it later*
Step 8: "Reboot System"
*Note: The first Boot will take a long time, about 5 or so minutes*
*Note: Please keep your device plugged in to power during this time*
*Note: For some reason the phone is already set up*
Step 9: Choose a launcher
Flashing GAPPS
Step 1: Go back into TWRP
*Note: If asked "Swipe to Allow Modifications"
Step 2: Press "Install"
Step 3: Press "Select Storage" and choose your MicroSD Card and Press "OK"
Step 4: Select "open_gapps-arm64-7.1-stock-20180216"
Step 5: "Swipe to confirm Flash"
*Note: The "Super GAPPS" will open an installer for you to select which apps you want*
*Note: This can take some time*
Step 6: Press "Wipe cache/dalvik"
Step 7: "Swipe to Wipe"
Step 8: Press "Reboot System"
Step 9: Uncheck the 2 Boxes and Press "Do Not Install"
*Note: We do not need the app because we are using a version of TWRP that is modified to work on our device, so the app wouldn't do anything anyway*
Thaks a lot ^^*
Really appreciate you making this step-by-step noob-friendly guide. Worked for me exactly as advertised.
I had actually tried to flash TWRP and a custom ROM a few months ago after piecing together the necessary information from a few different threads scattered throughout the forum, but for some reason I couldn't get the Alcatel Flasher to properly read my phone's GPT. I spent hours trying different USB ports, different drivers, nothing. This time it worked flawlessly on the first try :victory: Maybe a Windows update between then and now fixed something.
It is so unbelievably nice to have a clean ROM for this phone after all this time. I've been doing my best to mitigate the malware stuffed onto it by Alcatel with the last few system updates and had finally reached the end of my tether. It's like a completely different device and plenty stable enough for a daily driver.
*edit* I think it would be nice if this thread was stickied since it consolidates all of the necessary information into an easy guide for novices.
thunderweasel said:
Really appreciate you making this step-by-step noob-friendly guide. Worked for me exactly as advertised.
I had actually tried to flash TWRP and a custom ROM a few months ago after piecing together the necessary information from a few different threads scattered throughout the forum, but for some reason I couldn't get the Alcatel Flasher to properly read my phone's GPT. I spent hours trying different USB ports, different drivers, nothing. This time it worked flawlessly on the first try :victory: Maybe a Windows update between then and now fixed something.
It is so unbelievably nice to have a clean ROM for this phone after all this time. I've been doing my best to mitigate the malware stuffed onto it by Alcatel with the last few system updates and had finally reached the end of my tether. It's like a completely different device and plenty stable enough for a daily driver.
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You're using the Rom suggested in the instructions, right? Which Provider are you using and have you noticed any issues? I've had a bad experience with an unofficial ROM in the past that ruined certain features on a phone, and I noticed there were still a few people saying there where things not working properly in this release and apparently no more work is being done on it? so I'm understandably hesitant because I'd hate to do it and end up just as irritated knowing the only options are live with it or go back to the poison Alcatel hit us with. Anything you can tell me about it would be helpful as I don't feel like much has been said since this thread started.
PN04 said:
You're using the Rom suggested in the instructions, right? Which Provider are you using and have you noticed any issues? I've had a bad experience with an unofficial ROM in the past that ruined certain features on a phone, and I noticed there were still a few people saying there where things not working properly in this release and apparently no more work is being done on it? so I'm understandably hesitant because I'd hate to do it and end up just as irritated knowing the only options are live with it or go back to the poison Alcatel hit us with. Anything you can tell me about it would be helpful as I don't feel like much has been said since this thread started.
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Yes, I'm using the Resurrection Remix ROM from the OP. I'm on a unlocked 6045I model; from what I've read a few users with the Cricket (6045O, I think?) variant have run into some quirks that other 6045 variants don't have, so YMMV. I'm in the US using a AT&T-based MVNO (H2O wireless) and haven't had any problems. It detected my SIM immediately on first boot, incoming and outgoing calls as well as mobile data (H+ and LTE) works. BT works. I don't use NFC, but the menu options for it are all there, so it probably works. Audio and video playback works. Camera works. Video recording works, but everything comes out about 3 shades darker than the still camera (this is a known bug on this ROM). Play Store works. I installed the nano GApps, so I can't speak to the full suite of Google services, but Gmail, Hangouts and Maps work. Other than that there's really not much I use on my phone, but Firefox and the handful of puzzle games I play all run just fine. App changes, screen changes and scrolling are all a lot smoother on this ROM than stock. I used to get a fair amount of lag doing those activities on both the old Lollipop and Marshmallow stock ROMs. The flip feature where you can answer calls with the phone upside down doesn't work, but A) I never used that feature on the stock ROM anyway, and B) it stopped working for me on the stock MM ROM after the last System Apps update a few weeks ago (the tilt sensor stopped working entirely in all apps except the camera, actually). I've yet to put the battery life to the test, but it would have to be absolutely atrocious to convince me to switch back, and I've seen no signs of that yet. After installing and spending probably 1-2 hours setting things up and screwing around testing features, the battery was at about 95%. To me it's no contest, the RR ROM is streets ahead of the factory ROM. I'd be willing to put up with a lot of quirks just to get rid of the Joy Launcher, but really the only minor issue I've run into is with the video recording, which isn't a big deal to me as I very rarely ever use it. Everything else is daily driver quality.
thunderweasel said:
Yes, I'm using the Resurrection Remix ROM from the OP. I'm on a unlocked 6045I model; from what I've read a few users with the Cricket (6045O, I think?) variant have run into some quirks that other 6045 variants don't have, so YMMV. I'm in the US using a AT&T-based MVNO (H2O wireless) and haven't had any problems. It detected my SIM immediately on first boot, incoming and outgoing calls as well as mobile data (H+ and LTE) works. BT works. I don't use NFC, but the menu options for it are all there, so it probably works. Audio and video playback works. Camera works. Video recording works, but everything comes out about 3 shades darker than the still camera (this is a known bug on this ROM). Play Store works. I installed the nano GApps, so I can't speak to the full suite of Google services, but Gmail, Hangouts and Maps work. Other than that there's really not much I use on my phone, but Firefox and the handful of puzzle games I play all run just fine. App changes, screen changes and scrolling are all a lot smoother on this ROM than stock. I used to get a fair amount of lag doing those activities on both the old Lollipop and Marshmallow stock ROMs. The flip feature where you can answer calls with the phone upside down doesn't work, but A) I never used that feature on the stock ROM anyway, and B) it stopped working for me on the stock MM ROM after the last System Apps update a few weeks ago (the tilt sensor stopped working entirely in all apps except the camera, actually). I've yet to put the battery life to the test, but it would have to be absolutely atrocious to convince me to switch back, and I've seen no signs of that yet. After installing and spending probably 1-2 hours setting things up and screwing around testing features, the battery was at about 95%. To me it's no contest, the RR ROM is streets ahead of the factory ROM. I'd be willing to put up with a lot of quirks just to get rid of the Joy Launcher, but really the only minor issue I've run into is with the video recording, which isn't a big deal to me as I very rarely ever use it. Everything else is daily driver quality.
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Thanks, this is helpful to know. The compass/rotation/gyro sensors are something I use fairly often for various apps, and is one of the reasons I haven't outright just bought a new phone (because It's been hard finding phones that have both and are reliable)... oddly enough this was one of the issues with the last phone I had where the custom rom, installed by the seller, disabled the compass sensor. At this point I'd be happy just going back to the stock version of the rom, but it seems like there are more difficulties in doing that.
Supposedly once you root the phone you can use another to delete (rather than just debloat) the offending apps causing all the trouble. Maybe if this can get me to that point I might be able to just delete them and continue using the phone normally?
PN04 said:
Thanks, this is helpful to know. The compass/rotation/gyro sensors are something I use fairly often for various apps, and is one of the reasons I haven't outright just bought a new phone (because It's been hard finding phones that have both and are reliable)... oddly enough this was one of the issues with the last phone I had where the custom rom, installed by the seller, disabled the compass sensor. At this point I'd be happy just going back to the stock version of the rom, but it seems like there are more difficulties in doing that.
Supposedly once you root the phone you can use another to delete (rather than just debloat) the offending apps causing all the trouble. Maybe if this can get me to that point I might be able to just delete them and continue using the phone normally?
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To be clear, the tilt sensor works perfectly in the RR ROM. It had gotten screwed up for me on the stock Marshmallow ROM with the last set of System Apps updates for some reason.
You can take a system backup once you get the TWRP recovery installed, so my recommendation would be to try the RR ROM and then keep your backup so you can flash back to the stock system if you need to. Rooting and debloating the stock ROM might be an option, but the RR ROM is complete enough that it's worth the upgrade to the Nougat base, IMO.
thunderweasel said:
To be clear, the tilt sensor works perfectly in the RR ROM. It had gotten screwed up for me on the stock Marshmallow ROM with the last set of System Apps updates for some reason.
You can take a system backup once you get the TWRP recovery installed, so my recommendation would be to try the RR ROM and then keep your backup so you can flash back to the stock system if you need to. Rooting and debloating the stock ROM might be an option, but the RR ROM is complete enough that it's worth the upgrade to the Nougat base, IMO.
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Okay, then I guess I'll give it a shot (at least once I can get a spare moment where I can be phoneless for the process to complete.).
I've managed to install the new ROM, and boy, was it an adventure. While relatively "simple" there were variances between the instructions an what actually occurred between the screens on both the phone and my PC. I'm still evaluating the phone itself, and I'll probably post about it later if I find anything that others might want to know, but I will say it's refreshing to no longer have to worry about Alcatel's crappy software.
On the subject of the actual update. Again it seemed fairly simple aside from the fears of the USB getting unplugged during some important step but I'd say the first place where things went off the rails was Alcatel's drivers. Plugging the phone into my computer resulted in a driver install error, forcing me to got to Alcatel's website to download them... surprise! their website is suspiciously broken, so I had to find another source.
Next I needed to manually install the Legacy Devices because of the driver install error, and the instructions I googled assume I've clicked on a device first otherwise the option doesn't appear in the menu (not an entirely obvious thing), there were a couple of other cheek clenchers as I still got a few errors, but despite ignoring them things went okay in the Flashing TWRP stage, but I had to double click the check box rather than the filename box which only required one. The instructions that refer to backing out via the Nav bar didn't match so in one case I think the instruction was to back out 3 times I only had to go once and where it said once I think I needed to back out twice.
After flashing the Rom and being given the option to reboot the phone, it asks right then if you want to install TWRP as a system app. I tried to back out thinking maybe I missed something and ended up flashing the software twice, because it's not mentioned in the instructions until the GAPPS installation section later, so I wasn't sure if this would cause a Boot loop error. I decide it's not the GAPPS so I figure it's safe to install, the phone reboots without a problem, I pick the Pixel launcher and then go back to TWRP ( thinking "hopefully this didn't bork anything").
During the installation of GAPPS it never gave me an installer list to select which apps I wanted, it just automatically gave me all of them as far as I can tell, but I guess if I have bloat at least it's Google bloat that adheres to the rules and only works when you want it to I'll probably end up disabling some of these but most I think are still technically useful.
After it completed the installation I was given the option to reboot, and that's when I realized that there were no check boxes or "Do Not Install" option, but there was back after I first installed the new ROM, and that's where this I needed to see this instruction. Again, I don't think this messed up anything, but I'm still wading through the new phone and it's options right now (holy crap, is there a lot in here). I predict there may still be a few more unintentional crashes on the horizon, like the phone app crashing every time I opened it after the first time swapping between photo and video modes (I did get it back working by using the power button double click method to start it).
Fingers crossed, this may have saved me enough cash to be able to by a new computer.
Installing the TWRP standalone app won't hurt anything, it's just useless on this phone since we're using a custom TWRP image that will never be updated. I ran into the same screen, but I had pre-read the instructions and recognized the option from the GApps section and unchecked it.
I didn't get any options to choose specific apps when I installed GApps either, but I assumed that was because I chose the nano image rather than the full image. If you don't like the included apps, you can always boot into TWRP and install the nano or pico GApps package. Those will give you a much more minimal installation that gives you access to Play Store and basic Google services, and then you can pick which specific Google apps you want from Play Store.
Since I mentioned battery life before, I can report that the battery life on this ROM is substantially better than the stock ROM. With my usage patterns, I usually charge after 6 days and at that time the battery is usually in the 15-18% range. On this ROM after 6 days of typical usage the battery is at 49%. Very happy with that.
thunderweasel said:
Installing the TWRP standalone app won't hurt anything, it's just useless on this phone since we're using a custom TWRP image that will never be updated. I ran into the same screen, but I had pre-read the instructions and recognized the option from the GApps section and unchecked it.
I didn't get any options to choose specific apps when I installed GApps either, but I assumed that was because I chose the nano image rather than the full image. If you don't like the included apps, you can always boot into TWRP and install the nano or pico GApps package. Those will give you a much more minimal installation that gives you access to Play Store and basic Google services, and then you can pick which specific Google apps you want from Play Store.
Since I mentioned battery life before, I can report that the battery life on this ROM is substantially better than the stock ROM. With my usage patterns, I usually charge after 6 days and at that time the battery is usually in the 15-18% range. On this ROM after 6 days of typical usage the battery is at 49%. Very happy with that.
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The weird thing is I didn't even get the option for the "nano" version. When I got to that point I expected at least that, but it just skipped passed that item in the instructions and installed everything. They didn't take up much room thankfully, but yeah, the option to remove the ones I may fond don't care for later is a relief.
I feel like I'm getting less battery life, personally. I still make it through most of the day but just checking my messages in the morning I seem to like 5% of my charge in the first 10 minutes and I only have my screen brightness on like 15% or 25%. I've even become a lot more cautious about what functions I leave active when it's idling (usually none), but the drop off seems much steeper than before.
As for other issues. the one major thing I've definitely noticed is that the Proximity sensor no longer works, I have to manually turn off the screen when I get a call. The sensor test app I tried even crashed when I tried to test it. I guess if any of my sensors had to go I'm most okay with this one. Double tapping the top of the screen to sleep is a little odd, I used the original Double tap to wake/sleep all the time before so not so much a flaw but this choice was awkward for me. I also experienced a weird situation where I had no mobile internet the first time I left the house with it, I could get calls and texts but neither my webbrower nor games that rely on an internet connection worked. I fiddled with a bunch of options that I'm not even sure apply to the US (I turned off some radio options that were meant for Brazil and India then tried to refresh my APN) and then finally rebooted before it finally worked. I have to see if it happens again next time before I get worried, though.
I run very few apps and the phone spends most of its time either idle or doing emails, so that might explain the difference in battery life. My screen brightness is set to auto.
I hadn't even noticed until you mentioned it, but I just checked and I get the same thing with the proximity sensor. I wonder if I've been hitting buttons during calls this whole time... Still an acceptable compromise as far as I'm concerned.
I had to manually input my provider's APN settings and toggle mobile data from off to on in order to get mobile data access, but that's the expected behavior. I had to do the same setup on the stock ROM. Haven't dropped the network once yet, and no issues with performance.
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I run very few apps and the phone spends most of its time either idle or doing emails, so that might explain the difference in battery life. My screen brightness is set to auto.
I hadn't even noticed until you mentioned it, but I just checked and I get the same thing with the proximity sensor. I wonder if I've been hitting buttons during calls this whole time... Still an acceptable compromise as far as I'm concerned.
I had to manually input my provider's APN settings and toggle mobile data from off to on in order to get mobile data access, but that's the expected behavior. I had to do the same setup on the stock ROM. Haven't dropped the network once yet, and no issues with performance.
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I shut down all my apps when I finish with them (sometimes even when I'm not done with them) so we're probably not that different in terms of usage I feel like maybe there's some setting I haven't tried. I don't use the auto because I find auto modes get darker than I want it to be and brighter than I need it most of the time so I stick with a low but consistent brightness to avoid wasting battery when it gets bright.
I wear a wired earbud a lot of the time so I didn't notice the lack of proximity sensor until I had to answer without it a couple days into the change. Depending on whether you're calling someone or answering the problem is a little different. On dialing buttons from the dialer or address book are at risk of being pressed, but when answering I think the only one I almost pressed was the loud speaker button.
Depending on who your Provider is it may already have the APN settings built in (T-mobile lte in my case) so you probably just have to register it to get your mobile data to start after a reboot. Today I did some grocery shopping and it didn't miss a beat so it seems to be working fine now.
THANK YOU. I am free from bloat ware and a botched root attempt with some other random tool that ended up installing more bloatware.
Possible change to the guide,
Flashing the Rom Step 8. vs Flashing the GAPPS step 9 uncheck the two boxes... maybe this step should have been in the flashing the rom part.
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xz3064 said:
Thaks a lot ^^*
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RobbieRobski said:
THANK YOU. I am free from bloat ware and a botched root attempt with some other random tool that ended up installing more bloatware.
Possible change to the guide,
Flashing the Rom Step 8. vs Flashing the GAPPS step 9 uncheck the two boxes... maybe this step should have been in the flashing the rom part.
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I'll look into it
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I run very few apps and the phone spends most of its time either idle or doing emails, so that might explain the difference in battery life. My screen brightness is set to auto.
I hadn't even noticed until you mentioned it, but I just checked and I get the same thing with the proximity sensor. I wonder if I've been hitting buttons during calls this whole time... Still an acceptable compromise as far as I'm concerned.
I had to manually input my provider's APN settings and toggle mobile data from off to on in order to get mobile data access, but that's the expected behavior. I had to do the same setup on the stock ROM. Haven't dropped the network once yet, and no issues with performance.
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The proximity is annoying, but still it's better than all that bloatware
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Really appreciate you making this step-by-step noob-friendly guide. Worked for me exactly as advertised.
I had actually tried to flash TWRP and a custom ROM a few months ago after piecing together the necessary information from a few different threads scattered throughout the forum, but for some reason I couldn't get the Alcatel Flasher to properly read my phone's GPT. I spent hours trying different USB ports, different drivers, nothing. This time it worked flawlessly on the first try :victory: Maybe a Windows update between then and now fixed something.
It is so unbelievably nice to have a clean ROM for this phone after all this time. I've been doing my best to mitigate the malware stuffed onto it by Alcatel with the last few system updates and had finally reached the end of my tether. It's like a completely different device and plenty stable enough for a daily driver.
*edit* I think it would be nice if this thread was stickied since it consolidates all of the necessary information into an easy guide for novices.
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Thanks, means a lot . I'm really glad to have gotten rid of the Alcatel software aswell!
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PN04 said:
Thanks, this is helpful to know. The compass/rotation/gyro sensors are something I use fairly often for various apps, and is one of the reasons I haven't outright just bought a new phone (because It's been hard finding phones that have both and are reliable)... oddly enough this was one of the issues with the last phone I had where the custom rom, installed by the seller, disabled the compass sensor. At this point I'd be happy just going back to the stock version of the rom, but it seems like there are more difficulties in doing that.
Supposedly once you root the phone you can use another to delete (rather than just debloat) the offending apps causing all the trouble. Maybe if this can get me to that point I might be able to just delete them and continue using the phone normally?
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If you already did it or not sorry for getting back late. The proximity sensor doesn't actually work, it's not the hardware just the software. Also when enabling video mode inside the camera made the app crash and made the app not open after that (even restarting the phone wouldn't fix it). But after installing it a second time it all worked.
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If you already did it or not sorry for getting back late. The proximity sensor doesn't actually work, it's not the hardware just the software. Also when enabling video mode inside the camera made the app crash and made the app not open after that (even restarting the phone wouldn't fix it). But after installing it a second time it all worked.
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Yeah so far that one crash was the only one I experienced on the camera app, using the shortcut of double clicking the power button fixed the issue for me. I'm learning to live without the proximity sensor but I'm still finding that I have to soft reboot my phone occasionally to get mobile data to work after leaving the wifi of my house. Also, another random quirk where the audio failed once, not sure what cased that, maybe putting it to sleep while running a game? I had to do a full reboot to get that back.