I've also bricked mine... kind of.
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In the quest to acquire a different rom than stock, I managed to install MIUI (on my 5020T, even though I used the 5020E rom), and it worked marvellously, except for now. I messed around with the engineering settings too much and did dun brokest it good :/ I am no longer able to connect to any mobile network using it but other than this it is okay. To clarify, this is my definition of 'bricked', as it no longer functions as a cell phone... more as an expensive mini tablet thinger lol
I've got a few things to say. (1) I will explain my method/path, even though I'm still a newbie too, and one or more steps may not actually be necessary, and I'll post as many links as I can (hopefully the forum will not restrict this) of my sources. This way someone may be able to replicate my momentary success and be able to pull a 'nandroid' thing as they call it above. (2) I'm going to ask for the default engineer-mode setting screenshots. I need to get mine working again. (3) I have a plan to un-brick mine, and it may work, and if it works I'll share
SO, to start out, how I bricked mine:
I used this guide:
http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/170867-tuto-maj-root-tweaks-alcatel-ot-mpop-5020x/ even though it is in French, Google Translate helps....
You will need a few things:
SP Flash tool, and flash, flash backup, and scatter files:
http://gbt78r.1fichier.com/ (Site is in French, go to bottom click download)
Now that you have followed the French version, take a look at this one, its in English but a lot more tech-involved, doesn't make much sense to me, so I just used the French version. But here's the English:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38337401&postcount=5
Here's another french one:
http://pastebin.com/E8KaP0tZ
NOW USE CWM TO GET A BACKUP, AND SHARE!!!!!
Okay so now that you know how to get a backup, and share it, don't mess with anything else until one of us here on the forum has confirmed that your backup works with my phone and vice-versa, let's all collectively agree to leave one of these phones in-tact.
A FAVOUR FOR A NEWBIE, I would like to ask one of the newbies who has an un-touched phone to help me with this.
In this step, I will be asking for screenshots of your Engineering Mode settings, such that I may fix my phone and hopefully connect to networks once again, it may be below-rom-level.
If you are concerned for the safety of the ownership of your phone, please feel free to block-out / edit-out your IMEI numbers and IPs and other sensitive info, I have no desire to know it, only the default settings.
Dial *#*#3646633#*#*
Go into the Telephony tab / menu
Take screenshots of all of the menus and sub-menus available in this section, post to here.
Thank you SO much in advance. This will help me fix mine, which will in turn help more fix theirs.
THIRDLY
My current plan of action, which I need a couple pointers on as well...
I've been following closely this guide:
http://www.techlila.com/compile-android-rom-from-source-code/
My plan is to compile either or both of the AOSP and / or the CyanogenMod roms for the 5020T phone.
I've never compiled before...
I've successfully gotten down to the step where it says "I am considering your device’s kernel source, device source and vendor libs for Android 4.3 to be at"
...but I don't know where he gets these values from, if someone with a little more experience wants to look into this I would be more than welcoming of the assistance. I would like to post these roms online if I get it to successfully work on mine such that others may use it.
Lastly, here are all of Aclatel's source files for most/all of their phones, but I don't know if these have the kernel source, the device source, or the device-common source or the vendor source that the guide speaks about. List:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/alcatel/files/
I've downloaded OT-5020T, it was 86MB, extracted to 1.5GB, and now I don't know what I'm doing lol.
I've done all these download things and repo editing and browsing stuff on a windows computer, the ubuntu I fired up just for following the guide exactly, only on the ubuntu-specific things though.
Let's all work together on this, there are outlined a few ways that I believe some may be able to contribute, and I shall contribute what I can as well. Thanks!!!