[Question] Root Alcatel One Touch POP D5

[sergio27996]

Hi everybody, i want to root my Alcatel OT POP D5 but i tried a lot of methods and i can't root this device.
I tested the next methods:
vRoot
iRoot
TowelRoot
Framaroot
SuperOneClickRoot
Root Master
Kin Android Root
MTK Tools
Root SRS

I'm desperate but i think that may be some way, i need your help please

Regards and thanks

Note: Sorry for my english but i'm from of Spain and my english isn't very good

[tiefighter_85]

There is a last resort for rooting. Build custom recovery and install SuperSU.zip from SD card

[sergio27996]

There is a last resort for rooting. Build custom recovery and install SuperSU.zip from SD card

I'm not sure to install a custom recovery...

I dont know how can i install cwm...if i cause a brick in the phone...
If there are some way to root without the need of install a custom recovery, i will do it

Thanks for the reply!! ;)

[sergio27996]

Please i need help, someone who wants to help me!
I need root in this phone i don't know how to do it safe way...
Someone who has this phone can advise me how can i root this device.

Thannnnkkkkkksssss

[Trenzalore]

There is always a risk in everything. Even using auto root tools sometimes causes problems.

Going back to tiefighter's suggestion, here is a guide to building CWM while unrooted [Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

Some notes for this tutorial:
First, you will actually be making a complete backup of your phone while doing this method. This is a good thing.

After mtk droid tools processes the read back ROM, it will ask if you want to create cwm. Obviously you will say yes.
If droid tools offers to install patched boot, say NO.
If droid tools offers to install patched recovery, say yes.

If droid tools does not install CWM for you, you need to flash it to your phone using SP Flash Tool again.

Create a new folder anywhere on your PC. Copy your scatter file and patched recovery into that folder.
Make sure you only have those two files in it.
Then you rename the patched recovery to just "recovery"

Open Sp flash tool and load the scatter file from the new folder.
Take note that only recovery partition is ticked in flash tool.
Then you choose download and connect your phone.
If SP flash tool gives a warning that you are downloading incomplete firmware, ignore that.
If sp flash tool forces you to format anything, DO NOT do it. DO NOT Format anything. Just download CWM.

After that you take the supersu.zip file from the rooting tools forum and store it to the root of your SD card.

Boot into recovery and choose to install from SD. From there locate the zip file you saved and select it. Reboot after.

You might need to update binaries after rebooting. Just do the normal update.

[sergio27996]

Thanks so much, i will do this tutorial with yours indication.
I see that this turorial is very very difficult so first i will read slowly the tutorial and i will try to do... I think that is very difficult and dangerous but i will try.
Ah! I discovered a tutorial in internet there is in spanish, my languaje, and is for root devices with mtk.This involves removing the boot.img recovery.img with sp flash tools and and root the device with mtk flash tools. But first, for both methods, i want to do a backup of my system and if my phone is bricked during the process, i will can do recovery the system later.
How can i do a backup of my device??
Thankssss

[Trenzalore]

The method I indicated also does a complete backup of your phone.

[sergio27996]

Okey, i will try!!
;)

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The method I indicated also does a complete backup of your phone.

But the backup is only of recovery? Or is of all system?
Because if i have a brick during the process i need the backup of all system and not only of recovery
Thanks

[Trenzalore]

It would be of the entire phone.

From Step 12 in the method linked:

...End address will be the begin address of Cache minus the first 8 0's. For example, if cache begin address is 0x0000000037000000, then you will enter 0x37000000

So long as you do this, your readback will be complete.
You can post a screenshot of your SP Flash Tools when you are at step #6, so I can verify the End address you will use in step #12.