Le mercredi 16 décembre 2015 22:00:31 UTC+1, [email protected] a écrit : > Hi community, > > Feel free to redirect me if I'm on the wrong group. > > I own an TCL-built Alcatel OneTouch 6015X Fire E phone. It comes preloaded > with FXOS 1.3. Alcatel has released the source code [1], although it doesn't > seem to match the installed binaries and provides no build configuration. > Additionally the closed binary blobs aren't provided. FXOS 2.0 is delivered > as FOTA by a specific German carrier's release channel but I don't think the > source code has been released. BTW, who did the port to FXOS 2.0? TCL or the > German carrier? License-wise, will/should the source code be released as for > FXOS 1.3? > > All in all, I would like to play with custom builds of FXOS, including my > owns. But before breaking everything, I would like to first backup the > original FXOS partitions and this is where problems begin. > > With FXOS 1.3 loaded on the eMMC, I'm unable to boot TWRP recovery (to gain > root access) from fastboot to back up the original FXOS 1.3 partitions. The > phone kept stuck at the Alcatel splash screen and no more answer to adb nor > fastboot. Unlocking the bootloader didn't help. However, flashing the TWRP > recovery image to /recovery did the trick. Except that /recovery is no more > the original one so I can't make a backup of FXOS 1.3 /recovery. To work > around this, I also made a backup copy of the whole eMMC using dd on Linux > (HDD Raw Copy on Windows is also helpful). The strange thing is that if I > restore this backup copy to the eMMC, the phone kept stuck in download mode > at the end of the restoration process: the screen is black (no Alcatel splash > screen), the phone is detected as Qualcomm USB Storage and isn't recognized > by adb nor fastboot. The only solution is to repair the phone using Alcatel's > Mobile Upgrade Q software (takes _literally_ hours). > > How do FXOS relate to this? Well, FXOS 2.0 behaves differently. Indeed, I've > no problem restoring a FXOS 2.0 backup copy (still made with dd or HDD Raw > Copy) to the eMMC. The phone reboots correctly at the end of the restoration > process. I've also no problem booting TWRP recovery from fastboot to back up > the FXOS 2.0 partitions, without needing to first flash it to /recovery as > with FXOS 1.3. It's also noteworthy that with eMMC loaded with FXOS 2.0, > Alcatel's Mobile Upgrade Q no more works (the phone is disconnected from USB > right after the phone information is retrieved). And putting it in download > mode is nearly impossible. > > So, are these different behaviours between FXOS 1.3 and 2.0 related to FXOS > itself or related to the phone's firmware/bootloader/something else? Are > other 6015X owners experiencing the same issues? What other options do I have > to make working backups of the original FXOS 1.3 partitions: direct extract > from the dd image using the correct offset and byte count? > > Thanks, > > Émeric > > > [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/alcatel/files/OT_FF_6015X_20150403.tar.xz
I'm interested in what you have found about this phone. I want to have FOS 2.5 on this phone and be able to get the SMS (French Free carrier) because it does'nt work well with alcatel build. Thank you ! _______________________________________________ dev-fxos mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos
