Alcatel 3T 8 Tmo (9027w) - Can't upgrade
Alcatel 3T 8 Tmo (9027w) - Can't upgrade
(29-11-2021, 02:34 PM)kelvinchinedu Oga u will not do ota on a rooted phone,forget what magisk hide did, since the release of magisk 23 magisk hide does not have any effect.try relocking the bootloader again and see how u can find a way to recover the boot image.Hmm. Magisk hide still works quite well to allow me to use gpay NFC contactless payments, so I know it works. But hiding root from the built in updates app isn't really what I'm looking for. I'm quite confident that with an ota I can patch my firmware to the latest version.
And for the URL I don't think it will be available anywhere .u should have just save the ota somewhere outside Ur phone .
(29-11-2021, 04:41 AM)cheger32 ..
1. Would a bootloader unlock/modified boot image affect Mobile Upgrade S' ability to properly detect my device and upgrade my firmware?
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(30-11-2021, 10:20 AM)maxpayne FOTA app might just grind to a halt once modification is detectedThis just opens the Alcatel FOTA app. Alcatel removed the built in ota interface and replaced it with a link to their own app.
but if you're able to check Settings > About > System update and also get a message that you don't have an update
(30-11-2021, 10:20 AM)maxpayne then maybe Tmobile didn't release that update.I know this is not the case. When I received this tablet in 2019, I had a notification from the FOTA app. Having modified/unlocked/rooted/jailbroken all kinds of game consoles, phones, computers, etc over the years, I well knew that if I wanted to root this device, I should make sure I didn't allow the system to patch any potential exploits until I knew more. This was in fact the case, as I used the mtk-su exploit for a long time as a way to get a temp root on this device, an exploit that had a fix pushed for it. Eventually I found that script to switch the mtk boot mode and was able to properly root after a bootloader unlock. I haven't been able to get a message about an OTA since, but I do, for a fact, know that there are actually 4 revisions above mine. The one I'm after is one that fixes unlocking on device. To be clear: I have not updated since 2019. This is a US device, given to me by T-Mobile in the US, where I live (region/carrier should not be an issue here). The list of updates is here:
If the Alcatel update tool says that's the latest you have then maybe it is for your carrier / region
(30-11-2021, 10:20 AM)maxpayne else I expect it to state that your OS has been tampered and will be unable to install an updateThis shouldn't be the case, see the attached image. The Alcatel FOTA app tells me to use the mobile upgrade software BECAUSE the device is modified. It would be strange if they put that message there and then made it so the upgrade software wouldn't work on modified devices. The device is only modified in two ways: boot image and recovery image. I've since replaced the recovery image with stock (which i did have a backup of luckily.) This made no difference.
(30-11-2021, 11:23 PM)cheger32 The solution was to use Sugar MTK tool. It seems like this is leaked software, as it required a username and password (provided on the site I found it.)
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(01-12-2021, 03:54 PM)maxpayne I was going to suggest Sugar MTK but not found credentials for a recent version.
Mind sharing the one you used along with credentials?