How to root ZTE Score using Zergrush

surgerush · March 10th, 2012, 12:43 PM

I've taken this information from various sources and experience from rooting my Exhibit II, I do not take any credit for any of the information.

1. Install the ZTE Score drivers. When you plug your phone into the computer, the drivers should install automatically, if not, I have included a link to the drivers on ZTE's site.

2. Open Menu>Settings>Applications>Development an check USB debugging. I've also checked "Unknown sources" on the page before that, I don't know if it is needed, but I've seen in different locations that they recommend this as well.

3. Extract Zerg rush root to your desktop and open it.

4. Run ZergRush TempRoot and let it do it's business. When it's done, if all went well, you should now have root access and superuser will be installed on your phone. You MAY need to restart first.

Drivers: http://www.zteusa.com/support/mp/201202/P020120216436387234095.exe

Root: http://199.91.153.236/br819ou17glg/2pyj6p3vanu6d7x/Zerg_Root_OneClick.zip

Edit: I've done this to my girlfriend's phone and I can verify that it works.

Edit: I highly recommend installing Titanium Backup and backing up everything before you decide to start uninstalling anything. I REALLY recommend buying the paid version and freezing stuff first, but that's really up to you.

Titanium Backup Free

Titanium Backup Pro

surgerush · March 10th, 2012, 12:51 PM

Haven't played with it too much, but here are some pretty simple system apps I've been able to remove so far..

Obviously, if you remove the app, you remove what the app does, but if you use another app in place of it, you shouldn't need it.

Books
Bubble Bash
Cricket 411
Documents To Go
Email
Gmail
Home screen tips
Music
MuveMusic
Poynt
Sound recorder
Storefront
Uno

I should be able to play with it more later tonight and I'll update when I can.

Alex S · March 17th, 2012, 04:24 PM

I tried to root it and it did every thing it was spouse to and i tried using superuser to delete some apps and it wont show any apps in the list. So then i rooted it again same problem any help? For ur info i have usb turned on and dubugging mode is on aswell.

surgerush · March 17th, 2012, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex S

I tried to root it and it did every thing it was spouse to and i tried using superuser to delete some apps and it wont show any apps in the list. So then i rooted it again same problem any help? For ur info i have usb turned on and dubugging mode is on aswell.

You're not going to use superuser to delete the apps, you have to install a third party app like titanium backup.

Alex S · March 17th, 2012, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surgerush

You're not going to use superuser to delete the apps, you have to install a third party app like titanium backup.

Oh ty lol i think i ****ed up my phone i rooted it a 3rd time lol and now it just keeps restarting.

Edit:I pulled the battery out and it restarted so im going to download that backup. And that backup will let me delete apps?

Alex S · March 17th, 2012, 05:04 PM

I got everything working and i downloaded the titanium backup and i'm deleting apps that came with the phone ty very much.

surgerush · March 17th, 2012, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex S

I got everything working and i downloaded the titanium backup and i'm deleting apps that came with the phone ty very much.

Good to hear, don't forget to back up all those apps before you delete them and just be careful what you delete.

slutyman · March 26th, 2012, 09:02 PM

i get this and i cant root help

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb wait-for-de
vice

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb push zergRu
sh /data/local/
662 KB/s (21215 bytes in 0.031s)

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell chmod
777 /data/local/zergRush

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell rm /d
ata/local/tmp/*sh

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell /data
/local/zergRush

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root
[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00016118[*] Scooting ...[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...
[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb wait-for-de
vice

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell sleep
1

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell mount
-o rw,remount rootfs /
mount: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell mount
-o remount,suid /dev/block/mmcblk0p29 /system
mount: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell chmod
4755 /system/bin/sh
Unable to chmod /system/bin/sh: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb push ./su /
system/bin
failed to copy './su' to '/system/bin/su': Permission denied

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb push ./su /
system/bin
failed to copy './su' to '/system/bin/su': Permission denied

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb push ./busy
box /system/bin
failed to copy './busybox' to '/system/bin/busybox': Permission denied

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell chmod
4755 /system/bin
Unable to chmod /system/bin: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell chmod
4755 /system/bin/su
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell chmod
4755 /system/bin/su
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb push ./Supe
ruser.apk /system/app
failed to copy './Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Permission deni
ed

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb install ./a
ndroidterm.apk
1932 KB/s (92780 bytes in 0.046s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/androidterm.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb wait-for-de
vice

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell sync

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

surgerush · March 26th, 2012, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slutyman

i get this and i cant root help

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb wait-for-de
vice

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb push zergRu
sh /data/local/
662 KB/s (21215 bytes in 0.031s)

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell chmod
777 /data/local/zergRush

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell rm /d
ata/local/tmp/*sh

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell /data
/local/zergRush

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root
[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00016118[*] Scooting ...[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...
[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb wait-for-de
vice

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell sleep
1

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell mount
-o rw,remount rootfs /
mount: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell mount
-o remount,suid /dev/block/mmcblk0p29 /system
mount: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell chmod
4755 /system/bin/sh
Unable to chmod /system/bin/sh: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb push ./su /
system/bin
failed to copy './su' to '/system/bin/su': Permission denied

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb push ./su /
system/bin
failed to copy './su' to '/system/bin/su': Permission denied

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb push ./busy
box /system/bin
failed to copy './busybox' to '/system/bin/busybox': Permission denied

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell chmod
4755 /system/bin
Unable to chmod /system/bin: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell chmod
4755 /system/bin/su
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell chmod
4755 /system/bin/su
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb push ./Supe
ruser.apk /system/app
failed to copy './Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Permission deni
ed

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb install ./a
ndroidterm.apk
1932 KB/s (92780 bytes in 0.046s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/androidterm.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb wait-for-de
vice

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>adb shell sync

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Zerg_Root_OneClick\ Zerg rush root>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

Can you tell me exactly what you did step by step.

slutyman · March 26th, 2012, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surgerush

Can you tell me exactly what you did step by step.

i installed the drivers then i allowed unknown sorces and i pluged my phone in to the computer with debugging mode on

surgerush · March 26th, 2012, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slutyman

i installed the drivers then i allowed unknown sorces and i pluged my phone in to the computer with debugging mode on

Did your computer recognize the phone?

slutyman · March 26th, 2012, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surgerush

Did your computer recognize the phone?

ya is there another way to root my phone

surgerush · March 26th, 2012, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slutyman

ya is there another way to root my phone

I have no idea, if you followed the instructions correctly, there's no reason it shouldn't have worked. I don't actually own this phone, my girlfriend does, so I don't know a ton about it.

slutyman · March 26th, 2012, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surgerush

I have no idea, if you followed the instructions correctly, there's no reason it shouldn't have worked. I don't actually own this phone, my girlfriend does, so I don't know a ton about it.

does it matter if my phone is from metro pcs

surgerush · March 26th, 2012, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slutyman

does it matter if my phone is from metro pcs

It definitely could, your phone may need different drivers, didn't know there were slightly different models of the phone, I'll update when I'm at a computer with the other drivers if I can find them.

slutyman · March 26th, 2012, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surgerush

It definitely could, your phone may need different drivers, didn't know there were slightly different models of the phone, I'll update when I'm at a computer with the other drivers if I can find them.

thanks update me if you could root zte score m

surgerush · March 28th, 2012, 12:54 AM

I'm not able to find the drivers for that model. When you connect your phone to your computer, are you able to see the phone's files and stuff?

slutyman · March 30th, 2012, 05:09 PM

has anybody rooted score m yet
and can i flash the cricket recovery for the m without root

gbiggie · March 30th, 2012, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slutyman

has anybody rooted score m yet
and can i flash the cricket recovery for the m without root

Going to test that out in a few...trying to get this phone to be recognized by the CPU. Might have to do hard reset. As the phone is similar to the Huawei M860 was thinking of trying CM7 on it. We shall see

slutyman · March 30th, 2012, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbiggie

Going to test that out in a few...trying to get this phone to be recognized by the CPU. Might have to do hard reset. As the phone is similar to the Huawei M860 was thinking of trying CM7 on it. We shall see

tell me how it goes

gbiggie · March 30th, 2012, 11:38 PM

Tomorrow's another day..ohh wait it is tommorrow ...anyway being stubborn ...will dive back it after some zzz

slutyman · March 30th, 2012, 11:47 PM

does anybody no how to get into stock recovery

gbiggie · March 31st, 2012, 12:06 AM

Trying to find that also..have to get it out of the pattern screen lock.first

Same thing before with a M860 ...just a matter of time

slutyman · March 31st, 2012, 11:35 AM

has anybody rooted score m yet

lnr4e · April 3rd, 2012, 11:06 PM

Try using super one click 2.3.3 it has the zurgrush exploit.

slutyman · April 4th, 2012, 04:58 PM

i have but no root

gbiggie · April 4th, 2012, 05:04 PM

Making some dinner but will post up the tool later

slutyman · April 4th, 2012, 06:00 PM

u fixed up ur phone and you rooted it

dreary66 · April 17th, 2012, 02:46 AM

I already have zergrush installed on my phone but I need to remove it. I cant get the downloads to work for the uninstall. Does anyone have a link that works please?

gbiggie · April 17th, 2012, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreary66

I already have zergrush installed on my phone but I need to remove it. I cant get the downloads to work for the uninstall. Does anyone have a link that works please?

Plug your phone into your CPU and enable USB storage and delete it that way.

PlayfulGod · April 25th, 2012, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreary66

I already have zergrush installed on my phone but I need to remove it. I cant get the downloads to work for the uninstall. Does anyone have a link that works please?

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbiggie

Plug your phone into your CPU and enable USB storage and delete it that way.

umm hard to uniinstall sumtin thats not installed. Zergrush is an exploit not an app, thus it installs nothing. Now a script or SoC installs su and superuser.apk so you have perm root n apps can be given su access.

gbiggie · April 25th, 2012, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PlayfulGod

umm hard to uniinstall sumtin thats not installed. Zergrush is an exploit not an app, thus it installs nothing. Now a script or SoC installs su and superuser.apk so you have perm root n apps can be given su access.

The file/exploit can be put on the external sd.
Was not exactly sure what he was referring to though. Figured that's what was meant

PlayfulGod · April 25th, 2012, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbiggie

The file/exploit can be put on the external sd.
Was not exactly sure what he was referring to though. Figured that's what was meant

umm but why put it on the sdcard?? lol, everything I seen that uses it runs from the pc

gbiggie · April 25th, 2012, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PlayfulGod

umm but why put it on the sdcard?? lol, everything I seen that uses it runs from the pc

Ikr...I don't ask anymore why some things are done

holden190 · May 7th, 2012, 07:49 PM

Okay, my phone is now rooted.

One question: how can I get my SD card to see all 4 gigs? Right now it's only seeing one, since the rest is reserved for their stupid music service.

Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by surgerush

Haven't played with it too much, but here are some pretty simple system apps I've been able to remove so far..

Obviously, if you remove the app, you remove what the app does, but if you use another app in place of it, you shouldn't need it.

Books
Bubble Bash
Cricket 411
Documents To Go
Email
Gmail
Home screen tips
Music
MuveMusic
Poynt
Sound recorder
Storefront
Uno

I should be able to play with it more later tonight and I'll update when I can.

MoniJay · May 15th, 2012, 02:13 PM

SuperOneClick v2.1.1.0
Checking drivers...
Failed
Killing ADB Server...

OK 0.63s

Starting ADB Server...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

OK 4.19s

Waiting for device...

OK 0.05s

2.3.4
Getting manufacturer...
zte
OK 0.03s

Getting model...
ZTE-X500
OK 0.02s

Getting version...
eng.ztemt.20120320.104259
OK 0.02s

Checking if rooted...
False
OK 0.04s

Installing BusyBox (temporary)... - Step #1
201 KB/s (1062992 bytes in 5.149s)

OK 5.20s

Installing BusyBox (temporary)... - Step #2

OK 0.06s

Rooting device... - Step #1

OK 0.10s

Rooting device... - Step #2

OK 0.14s

Rooting device... - Step #3
288 KB/s (16830 bytes in 0.057s)

OK 0.15s

Rooting device... - Step #4

OK 0.03s

Rooting device... - Step #5

OK 0.02s

Rooting device... - Step #6

[**] Gingerbreak/Honeybomb -- android 2.[2,3], 3.0 softbreak

[**] (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew. All rights reserved.

[**] Kudos to jenzi, the #brownpants-party, the Open Source folks,

[**] Zynamics for ARM skills and Onkel Budi

[**] donate to 7-4-3-C@web.de if you like

[**] Exploit may take a while!

[+] Detected Froyo!

[+] Found system: 0xafd17fe9 strcmp: 0xafd37365

[+] Found PT_DYNAMIC of size 232 (29 entries)

[+] Found GOT: 0x0001536c

[+] Using device /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmc_host
[*] vold: 0083 GOT start: 0x0001536c GOT end: 0x000153ac

OK 377.37s

Rooting device... - Step #7

OK 366.59s

Remounting /system with read-write access...
mount: Operation not permitted
FAILED

Can anyone tell me what's wrong?

gbiggie · May 16th, 2012, 11:07 AM

Have an alternative that may work for you-will get it posted up when I get home later

TsarProdigy · June 5th, 2012, 03:12 PM

I might be reviving an old thread, but I'm new here and I have a bit of a problem it looks like.

Followed all the instructions, and I've been sitting here for about 10 minutes and nothing is happening...

Got all the way down to:

C:\Documents And Settings\TsarProdigy\desktop\Zerg rush boot>adb install ./androidterm.apk
1159KB/s <92780 bytes in 0.078s>
pkg: /data/local/tmp/androidterm.apk

Nothing is happening...
Also, I'm doing this on a different PC as the one connects to the internet has temperamental USB ports that occasionally turn off...

Yes, Debugging is on.
Though this has given me a notification: (on the phone)
SD Card safe to remove: you can safely remove SD card.

I'm too afraid to do anything, as I don't want to brick my phone...
Help?

gbiggie · June 5th, 2012, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TsarProdigy

I might be reviving an old thread, but I'm new here and I have a bit of a problem it looks like.

Followed all the instructions, and I've been sitting here for about 10 minutes and nothing is happening...

Help?

Welcome to AF TsarProdigy

You might want to give this a try for root(as they are the same ZTE model)
[GUIDE] How to root the ZTE Score M

Recovery is also available

[GUIDE][CWM] ZTE Score M X500

khriztian704 · June 30th, 2012, 11:46 PM

hey guys... when i download the zerg rush zip file, am i supposed to run the zerg rush temp root only? or what about the adb file that came with it?? what i do with that or i just leave that alone... any help.

stedman420 · July 1st, 2012, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khriztian704

hey guys... when i download the zerg rush zip file, am i supposed to run the zerg rush temp root only? or what about the adb file that came with it?? what i do with that or i just leave that alone... any help.

Just run the ZergRushTempRoot.bat file. You shouldn't need to mess with the rest in the folder. Also if your interested I have modified a Zerg Rush to also flash the recovery for this phone However this has only been tested on the cricket version as rooting methods for the scores seem slightly different. The cricket version seems to me at least to be slightly easier. Anyway here's the link to the modified zerg. There's also some fairly detailed instructions on how to use it at the post :-)

Modified Zerg Root Rush to also flash recovery could use more testing

Hope this helps :-)

khriztian704 · July 1st, 2012, 04:42 PM

Hey guys i get errors while triyng to root... some error ...adbfile not recognized......superuser apk not recognized..any help?

stedman420 · July 1st, 2012, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khriztian704

Hey guys i get errors while triyng to root... some error ...adbfile not recognized......superuser apk not recognized..any help?

Ok to start which version of this phone are you using and what version of windows. And what steps have you already done I'd like to help but need more info.

khriztian704 · July 3rd, 2012, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stedman420

Ok to start which version of this phone are you using and what version of windows. And what steps have you already done I'd like to help but need more info.

Never mind and thanks for trying to help... I have figures it out... I didnt have the drivers installed on my comp... I thought the drivers install when i plugged my phone to the comp.. but it didnt.. so i downloaded it and prob sloved... But hey one question.. i have rooted the phone right.. i have downloaded this app wifi theter.. im trying to share internwt with my laptop. But when i star the app and i connect to the internet on my laptop, i get this messege from cricket that says my plan does not support thetering!.. and i am not able to share internet... Any help as to what i can do???

stedman420 · July 3rd, 2012, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khriztian704

Never mind and thanks for trying to help... I have figures it out... I didnt have the drivers installed on my comp... I thought the drivers install when i plugged my phone to the comp.. but it didnt.. so i downloaded it and prob sloved... But hey one question.. i have rooted the phone right.. i have downloaded this app wifi theter.. im trying to share internwt with my laptop. But when i star the app and i connect to the internet on my laptop, i get this messege from cricket that says my plan does not support thetering!.. and i am not able to share internet... Any help as to what i can do???

Glad to hear you got rooted

As far as tether goes it's $10 more a month and apparently a friend of mine could only sign up for it online or over the phone. Not in the store

otherwise as far as I know there's no work around sorry. Hope this helps