Root Root Zte warp elite N5918

bcrichster · Jul 13, 2016

deansouth8 said:
Sorry for spamming the forum. My brain works like this and I just can't help it. I'll stop after this.

disemmcwp
Who was the first to discover it?
More importantly, how & where did they discover it?
Doubt it was by accident and likely not provided as a result of a support call. If the info just leaked then meh.

I'm thinking that if there is a place this command was discovered at, for example looking at a flat file that exists on the original phone. We maybe could look there with our temp root and see if it's there or changed, maybe.

This was discovered by @hroark13 .. And he's a very well known & respected Dev here in the forums. He's also been trying to help us ZTE users achieve better Root access. [emoji85] [emoji86] [emoji87]

http://androidforums.com/index.php?posts/7317521

Heckerpead · Jul 13, 2016

deansouth8 said:
Sorry for spamming the forum. My brain works like this and I just can't help it. I'll stop after this.

disemmcwp
Who was the first to discover it?
More importantly, how & where did they discover it?
Doubt it was by accident and likely not provided as a result of a support call. If the info just leaked then meh.

I'm thinking that if there is a place this command was discovered at, for example looking at a flat file that exists on the original phone. We maybe could look there with our temp root and see if it's there or changed, maybe.

Yes. It is there in one of the executables, I don't remember which though.

hroark13 · Jul 13, 2016

deansouth8 said:
Sorry for spamming the forum. My brain works like this and I just can't help it. I'll stop after this.

disemmcwp
Who was the first to discover it?
More importantly, how & where did they discover it?
Doubt it was by accident and likely not provided as a result of a support call. If the info just leaked then meh.

I'm thinking that if there is a place this command was discovered at, for example looking at a flat file that exists on the original phone. We maybe could look there with our temp root and see if it's there or changed, maybe.

https://github.com/hroark13/android_kernel_zte_draconis/blob/master/arch/arm/mach-msm/restart.c

line 375

deansouth8 · Jul 14, 2016

hroark13 said:
https://github.com/hroark13/android_kernel_zte_draconis/blob/master/arch/arm/mach-msm/restart.c

line 375

You Sir. are a "FARKING GENIUS". Lol. Thanks! Alas I am not.

Going through some things searching
root@warp6:/ # grep -r -l "restart_reason" /system/*

Found...
/system/lib/ligcutils.so
Saw...
bootloader recovery ftmmode disemmcwp emmcwpenab ftm_read_ztecfg_bootmode ftm_write_emmc_wp_flag ftm_write_ztecfg_bootmode ftm_erase_ztecfg write_ztecfg_data_to_emmc ftm_read_ztecfg_dload ftm_read_ztecfg_full ftm_write_ztecfg_dload

At least I can tell there is reference to the command switch.

In libcutils.so I found...

bootloader recovery rtc ftmmode disemmcwp emmcwpenab

So I tried some and only these that were apparently working for me that I could tell...
reboot ftmmode
reboot recovery

These files look like they have a lot of goodies but, I don't know how to apply any of what I see in them or recognize what's viable. Not sure what else there is to do but tinker like a fool.

deansouth8 · Jul 14, 2016

Oops. Bad post by me. OMG Android forums app sucks so very badly.

Wookie48 · Jul 18, 2016

Got a new outcome in running the newest version of Kingroot apk. Not really a positive thing though. After a couple failed root attempts, King root did power off my phone, only to have it stuck in a boot loop when it tried to restart. I did get it to boot to recovery menu, however the only option from there that worked for me was the factory reset. Just putting this out there for a potential word of warning for those that try every version of Kingroot that comes out,like me.... It is something new and different, but not really in a good way. Hope you all have better luck than I did!

GrimGrem · Jul 18, 2016

Wookie48 said:
Got a new outcome in running the newest version of Kingroot apk. Not really a positive thing though. After a couple failed root attempts, King root did power off my phone, only to have it stuck in a boot loop when it tried to restart. I did get it to boot to recovery menu, however the only option from there that worked for me was the factory reset. Just putting this out there for a potential word of warning for those that try every version of Kingroot that comes out,like me.... It is something new and different, but not really in a good way. Hope you all have better luck than I did!

Has anyone tried the PC version? Does kingoroot update the app and pc versions at the same time?

Millertime904 · Jul 18, 2016

GrimGrem said:
Has anyone tried the PC version? Does kingoroot update the app and pc versions at the same time?

No you can't and you can get temp root with kingoroot PC only....The app just restarts your phone like its rooting it but with this phone we can't get the System Writable to finish writing the root to make it Perm. I'm in the Process of trying to get a Max or Grand Max ....I can't take it not having full root of my phone.

JRyan433 · Jul 18, 2016

OK so I tried kingroot and got this

JRyan433 · Jul 18, 2016

JRyan433 said:
OK so I tried kingroot and got this

I have actually made it further than this according to kingroot I had root access but almost immediately after my phone freezes and I end up having to power it down when it restarts it goes into a boot loop and the only way out is to factory reset from recovery menu

iamjohnm · Jul 19, 2016

So are you rooted?

JRyan433 · Jul 20, 2016

6th_Hokage · Jul 20, 2016

so still no root guys?

JRyan433 · Jul 21, 2016

I was able to remove bloatware which is one main reason I wanted root. But only with the king root uninstall tool. Still can't authorize any root apps

iamjohnm · Jul 21, 2016

I used KingRoot a little bit ago. I suggest not using it right now unless you want to hard reset. Luckily I backed up my phone just in case. It will give a "temp root" I guess but once you restart it will not boot.

6th_Hokage · Jul 21, 2016

iamjohnm said:
I used KingRoot a little bit ago. I suggest not using it right now unless you want to hard reset. Luckily I backed up my phone just in case. It will give a "temp root" I guess but once you restart it will not boot.

the temp root won't give you access to use Flashfire or something similar?

iamjohnm · Jul 21, 2016

6th_Hokage said:
the temp root won't give you access to use Flashfire or something similar?

I did not try. You can give it a shot if you want, just back up anything you don't want to lose..

iamjohnm · Jul 21, 2016

Is there a way to remove the update notification?

GrimGrem · Jul 22, 2016

iamjohnm said:
Is there a way to remove the update notification?

I think if you long hold it, you can get to the setting for it and disable the notification. My old LG was that way. Is this a new update?

GrimGrem · Jul 22, 2016

So it looks like an update was released on 7/20 per boosts phone update page. It just says Android security patches. Maybe someone can get the update package and find out a way to use the vulnerability it patches to get us root.

iamjohnm · Jul 22, 2016

I didn't update it, yeah I had to block notifications from Google Play Services to turn it off.

TheWineLover · Jul 23, 2016

Adding another $20 to the kitty for successful root.

GrimGrem · Jul 25, 2016

Anyone checked out the adb root apk from this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3237760 away from my computer atm

iamjohnm · Jul 25, 2016

GrimGrem said:
Anyone checked out the adb root apk from this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3237760 away from my computer atm

I tried that a while back, it's not gonna work.

GrimGrem · Jul 25, 2016

iamjohnm said:
I tried that a while back, it's not gonna work.

Yeah finally got home to give it a shot. I was looking for ZTE phones released around the same time and how they got root. I'd like to believe the developers reused alot of stuff for each phone. Seems inefficient to make a brand new bootloader, recovery, etc. for each phone.

I'm assuming some items are specific to the kernel and phone being developed for, but bootloader and recovery seem like they could be interchangeable.

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