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Another Brick Hits The Wall

Howdy folks,

Yesterday, I was the proud owner of a sleek little TCT.Alcatel OneTouch A554C, formally know as a Virgin Mobile Venture running Android version 2.3.5.

It was successfully and surprisingly easy to root by utilizing 2 cool little apps, Ministro and Poot-Debug.

After root, I subsequently downloaded some root tools (eg., Titanium Backup Pro, Superuser Elite, System App Uninstaller).

That was last week.

Yesterday, I got a bit cocky. I needed to clear up some internal memory so I used "System App Uninstaller" to uninstall a few apps. If I remember correctly, the apps were as follows: Google Maps, Google Maps Street View, Calculator, Digital Clock, Setup Wizard, Android Live Wallpaper, Live Wallpaper Picker, Magic Smoke Wallpaper, Music Visualization Wallpaper, and the TouchPal Keyboard French and Spanish Language Packs.

So far so good, right? However, I believe I may have snarfed-up when I uninstalled the Setup Wizard. But I'll get to that in a minute.

Now with Titanium Backup, I moved some apps to the sd card. Included was the stock launcher, Smart Launcher Pro, SPB Shell, AVG Anti-Virus, and Superuser Elite. Then I rebooted through Titanium Backup and I haven't viewed any pornographic material since!

After reboot, the phone got stuck on the final boot animation frame. I panicked, pulled the battery, booted into recovery then rebooted a 2nd time.

This time it booted to the pull-down lock screen. I unlocked and seen:
"Sorry! The application com.android.setup wizard has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." Along with a "Force Close" option. I forced closed and the screen went black with the exception of the status bar. The phone is still on but otherwise...nada.

When I press the power button, same thing happens: pull-down lock screen, screen goes black. Or sometimes, it will turn on and boot loop.

Major panic time!!! I booted into recovery again and performed a factory reset to no avail.

Another clue to note: I can connect & access the sd card via usb to desktop.

Also, I did have the good sense to backup all apps, system and user, through ES File Explorer and stored them both on sd card and in the cloud via Yandex Disk prior to this bricking fiasco. Now, what do I do with them? I now realize it was possibly a mistake moving all 3 launchers to the sd card. How do I get the stock launcher back to the phone?

Or, should I:

1- Attempt a base rom reinstall or
2- Attempt a custom rom install or
3- Use it solely as a time piece/mass storage device or
4- Throw it very hard and very ******* far away from me!?
 
reflash it to stock again and start over do u have cwm instaled


Nope. Already checked and CWM isn't even compatible with this phone. Or at least it isn't listed in supported devices. No matter anyway.

So where can I find a reliable stock rom? During my prowling of 3 different android forums, the downloadable stocks that I thought I had found turned out to be no longer stored at each respective link address.

I'm was getting a bit discouraged. It's tough being broke when you foolishly over-tweak your brand new phone/toy that you got from the California Lifeline Service knowing that you don't have a solid dime to put towards another phone.

Yup. I'm a dumb-ass.

Anyway...if I do find a stock rom, then all I have to do then is to place it on the sd card and flash from there using the install update from sd card option from recovery, correct?

And thank you for your reply.
 
Oh wait...I suppose ClockWork is required for the flash since I can't get past the signature verification part of flashing. You're able to toggle that off with CWM, correct?
 
give it A try I have cwm on mine I have to look for it and the tool to flash it and I have A couple of rooms to give me some time to get them I'm not using that phone any more after two years I'm on an zte awe do u know how to use adb comands pm me or email me talbottdw@gmail.com I found that in venture every thing root the cwm post file link is still Active and the Dr Android from link still active there is a flash utility flash cow. I have to find it it is in the forum a link which is on play store
 
Right on, roadkill. Thanks for hanging in there with this amateur, a.k.a. Me. I'm kinda bouncing back & forth here and on XDA. After I relayed your suggestion of flashing a stock rom, dude over there helped me out with some good direction. Pointed me towards a stock rom, ADB and a CWM.

You can read the thread HERE.

I ran through it on Friday but deduced that it may have been a driver issue. I didn't download & install the drivers because the laptop was recognizing my phone. At least while it was in normal mode. Not sure if it was recognizable when in recovery.

Gonna give it another shot today. However, my chance of getting on the same laptop today is really slim. I'm in this program's comp lab with limited abilities again. Lack of admin privvies really blows. So restraining! That's why I got rooted.

Will heed your last post & I'll be in touch.
 
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