Root ZTE ZMAX Pro (Z981) "off topic" root discussion

jdoggthemaster4089 · Jan 18, 2017

Krista Watts said:
Wish I could root this phone!

Should not root because there is no way to restore the firmware.

Djoec3683 · Jan 18, 2017

jdoggthemaster4089 said:
Should not root because there is no way to restore the firmware.

That's not accurate, there is a way to restore firmware with the ota file that's floating around. Manually boot into the stock recovery and flash it from SD card.

jdoggthemaster4089 · Jan 18, 2017

Djoec3683 said:
That's not accurate, there is a way to restore firmware with the ota file that's floating around. Manually boot into the stock recovery and flash it from SD card.

Yes but nobody flashes official ota on a root device. It could brick. If it was on a flash tool like samsung odin less risk

jdoggthemaster4089 · Jan 18, 2017

I'll wait for a reliable restore method and new updates

Djoec3683 · Jan 18, 2017

It's not going to brick anything, it will restore and unroot your phone.

jdoggthemaster4089 · Jan 18, 2017

I will take your word for it but I will wait for root...want to update my phone

cyanidekid · Jan 18, 2017

Nintendo1889 said:
Ah so it's for getting the update from their server, not for signing it.

Here's qualcomms quadroot scanner results, showing that the phone has vulnerabilities that can be potentially exploited:

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/587d4f91c8fa0/Screenshot_20170116-175450.png?

Are you on B08 or B12? B12 has no vulnerabilities it says

cyanidekid · Jan 18, 2017

lambo352 said:
For those who need v4a.. give this a shot. I haven't had time to test it.. my daughters keep me busy.. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/viperaudio-viperatmos-3-8-sq-driver-t3289075

We don't have permissive selinux. Did I miss it? Was there a no root viper4android mod/port? I'm sorry I just NEED Viper! Lol

lambo352 · Jan 18, 2017

cyanidekid said:
We don't have permissive selinux. Did I miss it? Was there a no root viper4android mod/port? I'm sorry I just NEED Viper! Lol

I think there's one that works on enforced.. I'll take a look and narrow it down..

lambo352 · Jan 18, 2017

Here's a screenshot where it's mentioned.. it should work..

mhrf90 · Jan 18, 2017

lambo352 said:
Sorry bout that..
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0PLOoNmK7L8LVQxY3YyTEpESjQ/view?usp=drivesdk

Thanks. Is it supposed to work though? It force closes.

lambo352 · Jan 18, 2017

mhrf90 said:
Thanks. Is it supposed to work though? It force closes.

Yes there's alot of versions on there.. but some are for root and atleast 1 should be no root but the one we need, we have to manually place the driver files in the data folder.. I saw one said driverless.. I'm figuring out the hard way which one will work for us.. I'm having a hard time figuring out the difference between them

cyanidekid · Jan 19, 2017

lambo352 said:
Yes there's alot of versions on there.. but some are for root and atleast 1 should be no root but the one we need, we have to manually place the driver files in the data folder.. I saw one said driverless.. I'm figuring out the hard way which one will work for us.. I'm having a hard time figuring out the difference between them

They will work if our kernel was modded. Still need permissive...**edit** The kernel needs to be permissive to install viper4android properly.

Nintendo1889 · Jan 19, 2017

cyanidekid said:
Are you on B08 or B12? B12 has no vulnerabilities it says

B8. This build has many bugs. For example , play services crashes when you attempt to create a location-based reminder in Google keep.

cyanidekid · Jan 19, 2017

Nintendo1889 said:
B8. This build has many bugs. For example , play services crashes when you attempt to create a location-based reminder in Google keep.

I hear you. I scanned my zmax with quad root scanner app also. When I updated to B12 all those vulnerabilities disappeared. I truly hope I didn't screw myself out of root by upgrading to the 12

Nintendo1889 said:
B8. This build has many bugs. For example , play services crashes when you attempt to create a location-based reminder in Google keep.

Do you get the screen glitches?, kind of like adaptive brightness? I had that play services issue. I cleared data/cache in setting and that stopped.

lambo352 · Jan 19, 2017

cyanidekid said:
We don't have permissive selinux. Did I miss it? Was there a no root viper4android mod/port? I'm sorry I just NEED Viper! Lol

Try this.. works like v4a.. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0PLOoNmK7L8SWRnR2hVOUl0ak0/view?usp=drivesdk

bcrichster · Jan 20, 2017

Djoec3683 said:
It's not going to brick anything, it will restore and unroot your phone.

You've not done ZTE much have you..??

Djoec3683 · Jan 20, 2017

bcrichster said:
You've not done ZTE much have you..??

I've had every ZMAX phone.

Spec2nirvash · Jan 20, 2017

Lol yeah... Kyocera and ZTE have a common denominator with their firmware: run a script it doesn't like or go poking around where you shouldn't be and you're in brick city lol. Them two companies are not nearly as nice as LG with firmware, web updates and flash tools. With that said... If you guys do end up getting root access, be careful. ZTE left a surprise for the poor suckers who rooted the Obsidian. Big fat perma-brick if you flash a mod or touch a prop file lol... Who knows what the hell they coded into the zmax pro, I suspect mass casualties before the war is won.

cyanidekid · Jan 21, 2017

Spec2nirvash said:
Lol yeah... Kyocera and ZTE have a common denominator with their firmware: run a script it doesn't like or go poking around where you shouldn't be and you're in brick city lol. Them two companies are not nearly as nice as LG with firmware, web updates and flash tools. With that said... If you guys do end up getting root access, be careful. ZTE left a surprise for the poor suckers who rooted the Obsidian. Big fat perma-brick if you flash a mod or touch a prop file lol... Who knows what the hell they coded into the zmax pro, I suspect mass casualties before the war is won.

You hit the nail on the head lol. I have an obsidian that I used supersume to replace kinguser with supersu and now gets stuck on white metro screen. I can still get to stock recovery. Tried factory reset and wipes. Didn't help. ZTE has no ROM available. Can't even get any device owners to pull OTA for us. Smh

cyanidekid · Jan 21, 2017

lambo352 said:
Try this.. works like v4a.. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0PLOoNmK7L8SWRnR2hVOUl0ak0/view?usp=drivesdk

Wow. Not bad with decent buds. Nice find

cyanidekid · Jan 21, 2017

Djoec3683 said:
It's not going to brick anything, it will restore and unroot your phone.

I'd love to find a metro pcs obsidian OTA.
Maybe I'll find one looking for info that might help us root zmax pro!

enesha · Jan 21, 2017

lambo352 said:
Here's a screenshot where it's mentioned.. it should work..View attachment 114998

So I looked at the screenshot and saw some others tried it and failed. Correct me if I'm wrong but those are not for our android. It says what version number to use for android 4 or 5 but we are neither on the zmax pro.

cyanidekid · Jan 21, 2017

enesha said:
So I looked at the screenshot and saw some others tried it and failed. Correct me if I'm wrong but those are not for our android. It says what version number to use for android 4 or 5 but we are neither on the zmax pro.

If we had permissive selinux to install it properly there's a good chance a 5.0 would work on some 6.0 devices. I'm a viper4android user since 2014. Until we get root @lambo352 posted link to a pretty good app call Equalizer Fx

Chris5046 · Jan 23, 2017

Does anyone have the Z981 MetroPCS B08 OTA zip file? I'm on B12 and having a lot of issues

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