Root [Osiris] Guess what ( 2 owe Osiris $5 each )

kraziejedi · Mar 22, 2013

WE HAVE ROOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have to Say This....
DISCLAIMER, Neither myself, Team Osiris, kcurtis106, or Android Forums are responsible for anykind of malfunction or bricking of your device. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

Now we got that out the way....
Here are the steps needed
( orginal post from kcurtis106 http://androidforums.com/avid-4g-all-things-root/678268-successfully-rooted-zte-avid-4g-metropcs.html )

I Did Copy and Paste the Instructions from kcurtis106's post in the Avid forums but I made the changes needed for the Force

Prerequisites: ZTE device drivers for USB. (Connect your phone via the USB cable and choose the "Install Driver" connection type from your device).

1: Boot phone into FTM (hold the Volume Up key and power on device).
2: Connect USB cable to your computer.
3: Download ZTE Avid 4g root (MetroPCS).zip and unzip.
4: Open a command prompt ( start>All Programs>Accessories... assuming Windows OS being used
5: From the command line, type cd into the newly created directory ( this is where the ZTE Avid file contents extracted is located, for example C:\Users\(username)\Desktop\ZTE Avid 4g root (MetroPCS)\6 ) and type root
6: While the phone reboots, be sure to hold the "Volume Up" button to boot back into FTM. If it begins to boot normally, pull the USB cable and power phone down to reattempt booting into FTM. Once you're back in FTM, plug the USB cable back in and the script should resume the process.****
7: Once it's finished, let the phone boot into normal mode and verify root access. I used "Root Checker Basic".

If you need any help, don't be afraid to ask or PM me or rest of Team Osiris. I get on here often now so I will be checking up with the Forum

****This Step I did forget to hold Volume up to make sure it booted back into FTM. But the Force did reboot itself until I caught it. Trust original instructions but if this happens to you. don't be alarmed....
Enjoy!

It worked!!!!!!!! May The FORCE Be With Us All
-Funny.... a Jedi let everyone know how to root the Force.....AWESOME

Special Thanks Goes Out To kcurtis106 for originally posting this method for the Avid. THANKS HOMIE!!!!!
Also thanks out to Team Osiris ( which includes me )

Donations to Team Osiris for future Developments are VERY welcome

Team Osiris

kraziejedi · Mar 22, 2013

im the first with a rooted force.... I feel special! LOL

zimlokks · Mar 22, 2013

cuz ur awesome! lol

great job!

Dm47021 · Mar 22, 2013

zimlokks said:
cuz ur awesome! lol great job!

We are powered by the Curse of the mummy ..lol

GoatTheHero · Mar 22, 2013

fleapower · Mar 22, 2013

PayPal work for the $5?

I'm going to attempt root this afternoon.

kraziejedi · Mar 22, 2013

fleapower said:
PayPal work for the $5?

I'm going to attempt root this afternoon.

yes, paypal works... I posted a link to it on the orginal post

kire13162 · Mar 22, 2013

This is fantastic. Thanks so much! This was the only thing keeping me from upgrading to the Force. Any word on a recovery module?

Deleted User · Mar 22, 2013

kire13162 said:
This is fantastic. Thanks so much! This was the only thing keeping me from upgrading to the Force. Any word on a recovery module?

We are working on it

fleapower · Mar 22, 2013

Rooted! Easily worth $5.

Dm47021 · Mar 22, 2013

i built CWM last night... just gotta get it working

Dm47021 · Mar 22, 2013

can someone do me a favor. if you are already rooted. i need a propper system dump. can someone use nandroid online backup and create a system backup for me. please lol

GoatTheHero · Mar 23, 2013

Still need that DM?

Doctordon · Mar 23, 2013

kraziejedi said:
yes, paypal works... I posted a link to it on the orginal post

how bout with out paypal?

GoatTheHero · Mar 24, 2013

Still working on cwm?

MyKidsAreTeens · Mar 24, 2013

is there any way to know if this would root a ZTE Flash?

zimlokks · Mar 25, 2013

checking dont think it will tho

MyKidsAreTeens · Mar 25, 2013

Thank you for knowing how.. is way beyond me.

AMOCO · Mar 30, 2013

I'm having trouble with this.File not being found.Plus can I download this from my phone And transfer the file to my computer?Cause I only have internet on my phone right now.

skriglitz · Apr 1, 2013

YES!!!! Rooted and working! :3 ( Well... Twice Actually.. first time was before activation which reset my phone to factory .-. ) Now to wait for that recovery image to be finished and paycheck so I can donate for this

AMOCO said:
I'm having trouble with this.File not being found.Plus can I download this from my phone And transfer the file to my computer?Cause I only have internet on my phone right now.

If I need to I can upload it to my dropbox and give a link. And yes you can. It's a zip file that contains all the files you will need (minus drivers preloaded on the phone)

GoatTheHero · Apr 2, 2013

I'm not really worried about a custom recovery right now. This phone was pretty good on its own and root made it perfect for what I need it for. Still looking forward to what this phone is actually capabe of. Thank you guys for hooking us up with root and working on the "hard" stuff lol.

AMOCO · Apr 3, 2013

skriglitz said:
YES!!!! Rooted and working! :3 ( Well... Twice Actually.. first time was before activation which reset my phone to factory .-. ) Now to wait for that recovery image to be finished and paycheck so I can donate for this

If I need to I can upload it to my dropbox and give a link. And yes you can. It's a zip file that contains all the files you will need (minus drivers preloaded on the phone)

Thank you skriglitz I got it done,finally.I didn't have the USB driver installed,Once I got them in I just double clicked the root file and it started the root in CMD.
Now I'm rooted,Thanks to you all.

jerryag · Apr 6, 2013

kraziejedi said:
WE HAVE ROOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have to Say This....
DISCLAIMER, Neither myself, Team Osiris, kcurtis106, or Android Forums are responsible for anykind of malfunction or bricking of your device. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

Now we got that out the way....
Here are the steps needed
( orginal post from kcurtis106 http://androidforums.com/avid-4g-all-things-root/678268-successfully-rooted-zte-avid-4g-metropcs.html )

I Did Copy and Paste the Instructions from kcurtis106's post in the Avid forums but I made the changes needed for the Force

Prerequisites: ZTE device drivers for USB. (Connect your phone via the USB cable and choose the "Install Driver" connection type from your device).

1: Boot phone into FTM (hold the Volume Up key and power on device).
2: Connect USB cable to your computer.
3: Download ZTE Avid 4g root (MetroPCS).zip and unzip.
4: Open a command prompt ( start>All Programs>Accessories... assuming Windows OS being used
5: From the command line, type cd into the newly created directory ( this is where the ZTE Avid file contents extracted is located, for example C:\Users\(username)\Desktop\ZTE Avid 4g root (MetroPCS)\6 ) and type root
6: While the phone reboots, be sure to hold the "Volume Up" button to boot back into FTM. If it begins to boot normally, pull the USB cable and power phone down to reattempt booting into FTM. Once you're back in FTM, plug the USB cable back in and the script should resume the process.****
7: Once it's finished, let the phone boot into normal mode and verify root access. I used "Root Checker Basic".

If you need any help, don't be afraid to ask or PM me or rest of Team Osiris. I get on here often now so I will be checking up with the Forum

****This Step I did forget to hold Volume up to make sure it booted back into FTM. But the Force did reboot itself until I caught it. Trust original instructions but if this happens to you. don't be alarmed....
Enjoy!

It worked!!!!!!!! May The FORCE Be With Us All
-Funny.... a Jedi let everyone know how to root the Force.....AWESOME

Special Thanks Goes Out To kcurtis106 for originally posting this method for the Avid. THANKS HOMIE!!!!!
Also thanks out to Team Osiris ( which includes me )

Donations to Team Osiris for future Developments are VERY welcome

Team Osiris

You should be able use Avid's touch cwm recovery as well.

fleapower · Apr 6, 2013

jerryag said:
You should be able use Avid's touch cwm recovery as well.

Have you tried it?

jerryag · Apr 6, 2013

fleapower said:
Have you tried it?

I'm an Avid user. But, this phone is identical in specs to the ZTE Avid 4G Software and hardware wise. So assuming that our root worked for you guys our Touch CWM Recovery would work just as well.

Original CWM Thread
http://androidforums.com/avid-4g-all-things-root/702537-working-touch-recovery.html

CWM Download Link
totlth Touch CWM(Avid) Possibly Force 4G as well

Thanks to totlth for this.

For dd:
Copy touch-recovery.img to the root of your SDcard.

adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/touch-recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
reboot recovery

For fastboot (touch-recovery.img in the same folder as your fastboot.exe)
- Method does not work for Windows 8 users

adb shell
su
reboot bootloader (The screen will be black but, that's how our bootloader looks)
fastboot flash recovery touch-recovery.img

I am fairly certain it will work for you guys, are any of you brave enough to test the theory?!

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