Root fully bricked zmax?

soulx · Jul 26, 2015

hey everyone. i don't post much on here but if there's a way for anyone to help me out it would be much appreciated
well it looks like i'm no longer the owner of a working zmax ...

after trying to flash
AICP 5.1.1 for ZTE ZMAX to my zmax from my stock metropcs 4.4.4 rom with perm root and xposed framework + modules and butterkat kernel, some weird thing happened once I chose the option to reboot into recovery from twrp 2.8.6.0... after wiping and installing aicp, it rebooted into the twrp 2.7.1.0 and from there clicking on reboot to system showed the "No OS Installed" warning and from then on stayed stuck on the "powered by android " screen. the device will no longer boot into recovery from a fully powered off state... volume up + power yields no results... the device doesn't seem to boot into FTP mode either and only always stays stuck on the "powered by android" screen...

again thank-you to anybody who can help me somehow, but i think this is the end for my zmax..

FERNIE01 · Jul 26, 2015

THE SAME HAPPEN TO ME BRO AND FINALLY ......AFTER A LOT EFFORDS FIND THIS PAGE WHY NOBODY WANTS TO HELP IN THIS PHONE ? IS NOT SO BAD IT ALL WELL AFTER THIS THIS IS THE PAGE YOU CAN RESTORE AND SAVE YOUR PHONE http://www.romzj.com (YEAH IS CHINESE STUFF BUT YOU CAN TRASLADE)

soulx · Jul 26, 2015

cool, thanks for the reply, i'll try it. :]

soulx · Jul 26, 2015

FERNIE01 said:
THE SAME HAPPEN TO ME BRO AND FINALLY ......AFTER A LOT EFFORDS FIND THIS PAGE WHY NOBODY WANTS TO HELP IN THIS PHONE ? IS NOT SO BAD IT ALL WELL AFTER THIS THIS IS THE PAGE YOU CAN RESTORE AND SAVE YOUR PHONE http://www.romzj.com (YEAH IS CHINESE STUFF BUT YOU CAN TRASLADE)

well i did a simple search of "ZTE Z970" on the website you provided and nothing comes up, so im clueless as to what i can do to help resolve the situation with my zmax, cant boot into recovery, cant boot into anything...

soulx · Jul 26, 2015

nothing comes up.

gizmo72163 · Jul 26, 2015

soulx said:
hey everyone. i don't post much on here but if there's a way for anyone to help me out it would be much appreciated
well it looks like i'm no longer the owner of a working zmax ...

after trying to flash
AICP 5.1.1 for ZTE ZMAX to my zmax from my stock metropcs 4.4.4 rom with perm root and xposed framework + modules and butterkat kernel, some weird thing happened once I chose the option to reboot into recovery from twrp 2.8.6.0... after wiping and installing aicp, it rebooted into the twrp 2.7.1.0 and from there clicking on reboot to system showed the "No OS Installed" warning and from then on stayed stuck on the "powered by android " screen. the device will no longer boot into recovery from a fully powered off state... volume up + power yields no results... the device doesn't seem to boot into FTP mode either and only always stays stuck on the "powered by android" screen...

again thank-you to anybody who can help me somehow, but i think this is the end for my zmax..

Try reading here at this thread. Maybe post the problem to see if someone can help.

http://androidforums.com/threads/stock-roms-for-unbricking-and-factory-restore.921272/

Fuziionz05 · Jul 28, 2015

If you made a back up from stock ROM you would be OK if not you should try to get butternoob ROM then wipe cache, dalvik cache, and storage then flash the ROM this should work after you have done this make sure it boots then flash aicp that should work

soulx · Jul 28, 2015

Fuziionz05 said:
If you made a back up from stock ROM you would be OK if not you should try to get butternoob ROM then wipe cache, dalvik cache, and storage then flash the ROM this should work after you have done this make sure it boots then flash aicp that should work

I actually cant boot into recovery or ftm. volume up + power from a powered off state does nothing..
same with volume down + power :/
Thank you though

soulx · Jul 28, 2015

maybe its possible to have too many mods and I just bogged down the phone with too many processes or something..

Edit: okay so now after leaving the phone off since this problem occurred the phone no longer stays stuck on the "powered by android" screen it continues to a completely black screen with the red led light being lit and doesn't progress any further

n9ots · Jul 29, 2015

I was stuck at a similar point.
Keep trying the power volume down.
Took me a bunch of tries to get to FTM mode
Once there the simple adb command "reboot recovery" got me going again

Masterchief87 · Aug 2, 2015

soulx said:
I actually cant boot into recovery or ftm. volume up + power from a powered off state does nothing..
same with volume down + power :/
Thank you though

What about holding the power button only, what happens then?

soulx · Aug 4, 2015

Masterchief87 said:
What about holding the power button only, what happens then?

hey everyone thank you for your help i really appreciate it...

Mastercheif87: The device turns on and stays stuck at the "powered by android screen" and it will not progress any further after. and to power it off I have to hold the power button on that screen and quickly remove my finger from it when the screen goes black or else it reboots and gets stuck on the "powered by android" screen again.

n9ots: I just tried it about three times in a row now and the third time I just kept holding down volume down and now the screen is completely black with the red led on, i plugged it into my laptop and it made a usb response sound. i'm wondering if that's ftm mode.. going to try and install adb and see if i can get into recovery that way.

soulx · Aug 4, 2015

not recognized by my computer although it does make a usb plugged in sound...

steventechno · Aug 5, 2015

Butterkat was for kitkat stock and not for lollipop. That's where you went wrong, I haven't had to do this on this phone, but see if you can adb push recovery.img? I bricked my old lg once but I had fastboot to save my ass. All I could do is drop a potential hint? Sorry, in not useful for much else right now, Im careful with this phone unlike that asstastic lg.

soulx · Aug 8, 2015

steventechno said:
Butterkat was for kitkat stock and not for lollipop. That's where you went wrong, I haven't had to do this on this phone, but see if you can adb push recovery.img? I bricked my old lg once but I had fastboot to save my ass. All I could do is drop a potential hint? Sorry, in not useful for much else right now, Im careful with this phone unlike that asstastic lg.

what i meant was i had butterkat kernel and xposed modules on my stock 4.4.4 rom and when i tried to flash aicp 5.1.1 this somehow happened..

Masterchief87 · Aug 8, 2015

@soulx Since you can't boot into recovery or ftm and adb doesn't recognize your phone, your phone is a permabrick and you are screwed.

soulx · Aug 9, 2015

Masterchief87 said:
@soulx Since you can't boot into recovery or ftm and adb doesn't recognize your phone, your phone is a permabrick and you are screwed.

well it was a great device while it lasted. :/
thanks for your help though everyone.
@Masterchief87 @steventechno @n9ots @Fuziionz05 @gizmo72163 @FERNIE01
at least i know if i need help on here it'll happen eventually.

antiHackmasta · Aug 9, 2015

I have a question hopefully you guys can help. My phone is able to boot to recovery but wont boot into the OS. It happened out of nowhere. I had cm12.1 installed and I have even tried to flash cm again after a full wipe and it just boots back into recovery. That's all it will boot into. Any help would be appreciated.

LOLZTE · Aug 10, 2015

accidentally accepted OTA update, now phone stuck on bootloop, FTM mode works and I have ADB access, but no root any suggestions?

Masterchief87 · Aug 10, 2015

If you don't have access to twrp and you can't get root in adb shell you might as well buy a new phone.

antiHackmasta · Aug 10, 2015

Masterchief87 said:
If you don't have access to twrp and you can't get root in adb shell you might as well buy a new phone.

But what if a can get recovery and root shell?

Masterchief87 · Aug 10, 2015

antiHackmasta said:
I have a question hopefully you guys can help. My phone is able to boot to recovery but wont boot into the OS. It happened out of nowhere. I had cm12.1 installed and I have even tried to flash cm again after a full wipe and it just boots back into recovery. That's all it will boot into. Any help would be appreciated.

When you first boot into twrp recovery, does the log say anything about being unable to mount system?

antiHackmasta · Aug 10, 2015

Masterchief87 said:
When you first boot into twrp recovery, does the log say anything about being unable to mount system?

Let me check that and I'll let you know I'm at work right now and dont have the phone. Thank you very much for your reply masterchief and all of your work in this community.

ThebananaEngine · Aug 10, 2015

not sure if this will help but i soft bricked my phone. i got on ZTE s website and chatted with tech support and told them i downloaded someting from google play store and now my phone is stuck in a boot loop they RMA ed it and sent me my phone fixed, good luck

antiHackmasta · Aug 11, 2015

Masterchief87 said:
When you first boot into twrp recovery, does the log say anything about being unable to mount system?

Sorry took so long to get back to you. Yeah it won't mount the system any more. Any ideas? I'm in twrp.

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