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Root ZTE ZMAX Pro (Z981) root discussion

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Changing with a 0 it wii grant access
 

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I can compile custom kernel , cm or even anything that can come to your mind but the question will stay the same how to flash it , fastboot was removed (not hidden) even if king root can give root access on this device it will be a temporary root that get lost on reboot, i have dealt with phones from at&t , metro , verizon and t-mobile , metro does not lock their phones or their bootloader (at least for the phones i dealt with) so i think it was zte decision to remove fastboot which is the only way to unlock the bootloader.
this, my friend allegedly got root access but it reboots after 20 seconds or so however if this is true I believe it's enough to change selinux. and provide permanent privilege.
 
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I can compile custom kernel , cm or even anything that can come to your mind but the question will stay the same how to flash it , fastboot was removed (not hidden) even if king root can give root access on this device it will be a temporary root that get lost on reboot, i have dealt with phones from at&t , metro , verizon and t-mobile , metro does not lock their phones or their bootloader (at least for the phones i dealt with) so i think it was zte decision to remove fastboot which is the only way to unlock the bootloader.
I put the device in download mode and plugged it in after messing with my core prime in odin. However I unplugged the galaxy core prime and never closed odin. When I plugged the device in it was recognized. Here's a pic
 

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Can you push systemless root (SU) in 20 seconds?

I'm sleep deprived with a serious cold but if I remember correctly modifying system with a locked bootloader will cause an error or bootloop.
I think Chainfire has a bootloader patch but we'd still need a way to get at it.
Once again, I'm sick and have a high fever so I apologize if I'm not helping... I'm sure this is old news: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/wip-android-6-0-marshmellow-t3219344/
 
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I can compile custom kernel , cm or even anything that can come to your mind but the question will stay the same how to flash it , fastboot was removed (not hidden) even if king root can give root access on this device it will be a temporary root that get lost on reboot, i have dealt with phones from at&t , metro , verizon and t-mobile , metro does not lock their phones or their bootloader (at least for the phones i dealt with) so i think it was zte decision to remove fastboot which is the only way to unlock the bootloader.
I'm thinking there was no fastboot/bootloader access on my ZTE obsidian (which ran 5.1.1) either, however KingRoot would give permanent root. The issue was that any OTA would then send the phone into bootloops.

So now I'm guessing our only hope is for ZTE to enable fastboot?
 
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The adb command is "adb reboot fastboot" then when your in fastboot mode "fastboot oem unlock". We are far past that. Those days are over unless you buy an unlocked device online that is independent of a carrier. :)
Not true in the case I'm remembering. We had to zero out or change from 0 to1 or something to that extent to even get fastboot to work.
 
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Hey, just a thought--and I have indeed been keeping up with this thread, but do not remember if this has been covered before--have you guys used the -i <vendor id> switch when trying to use fastboot? I.e.,

fastboot -i 0x19D2 devices

See this for the list of vendor IDs:


I'm guessing this is a long shot, but wanted to mention...

For that to work, we'd have to be able to get to fastboot mode I believe. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong)
 
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