Thank you so much. On 18.11.2013 17:10, Johannes Bauer wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > what I did was surprisingly easy with the help of the images that Bruno > sent the link to. They are from the "VegnuX" project that is hosted at > http://b2g.vegnux.org.ve/ -- I've since tried to use the v1.2 images > (which worked nicely). Here's what I did in short: > > 1. Download the v1.2 image from > http://b2g.vegnux.org.ve/downloads/hamachi/v1.2/ (I've used > images-hamachi-v1.2-20131028.zip md5sum b1efa31e6e11a66f76a437829cad8bcd) > > 2. Extract the ZIP to a temp directory. You'll see that included is a > "system.img" and "userdata.img" file. > > 3. Disconnect the phone from USB, shut it off (maybe remove the battery > if it doesn't shut off). When completely off, hit the "volume down" key > and turn it on. Keep "volume down" pressed for a few seconds. You should > see the phone display the Alcatel logo and hang there. The phone is now > in fastboot mode. Connect it to the PC via USB. > > 4. Verify the phone is in fastboot mode by issuing: > $ fastboot devices > (you should see one device connected) > > 5. Now flash the image from vegnux: > $ fastboot erase cache > $ fastboot flash system /tmp/images-hamachi-v1.2-20131028/system.img > $ fastboot flash userdata /tmp/images-hamachi-v1.2-20131028/userdata.img > > 6. After flashing completed successfully, restart the phone: > $ fastboot restart > > 7. Your phone should boot up (but only have English and a few other > languages that I all don't speak available). SIM functionality should > work with this image. > > 8. Build B2G with your locale (German in my case), I've also used > BRANCH="v1.2" > > 9. Flash the phone using the adb flashing mode (simply invoke > "./flash.sh" after having booted into a ro.secure=0 image, as is > described on http://k.japko.eu/alcatel-otf-hackers-guide-1.html in nice > detail). > > 10. You should now have a phone that works again with your own B2G > version and your desired locale(s). > > I might add that while I do have plenty of embedded linux experience, > I'm a complete novice with smartphones. So this howto may contain errors > and/or inaccuracies. Please correct if encountered. > > Hope that helps, > Best regards, > Joe > > > On 18.11.2013 16:54, T.L. wrote: >> Hi Johannes, >> >> if you have the time, could you maybe do a little howto on the process >> you used? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Thomas
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