Root ZTE Zmax Pro Official Root Discussion

Unforgiven · Mar 10, 2017

iancc86 said:
So.... What you're saying is we need to spam the hell out of metro pcs and T-Mobile until they cave?.?.

We don't advocate harassing ODMs or carriers here. Respectful communications only please.

iancc86 · Mar 10, 2017

Unforgiven said:
We don't advocate harassing ODMs or carriers here. Respectful communications only please.

Didn't you help us on the original zmax?

lambo352 · Mar 11, 2017

SapphireEx said:
Any word from Messi? I'd make it myself if I knew how

Nothing yet.. he probably working on the MBN..

lambo352 · Mar 11, 2017

asianrocker said:
I also stumbled upon a link on how to create mbn just this morning. Do you have the link. You can DM to me if you can't link it here. I am using it to unbrick my alcatel though. Better if you have all programs needed?

Yes.. I'll link you later today.. I've been up for 2 days working on phones and chasing my kids.. body shutting down at random..

iancc86 · Mar 11, 2017

lambo352 said:
Yes.. I'll link you later today.. I've been up for 2 days working on phones and chasing my kids.. body shutting down at random..

Story of my life brother

Nthall · Mar 11, 2017

iancc86 said:
Is this what you're looking for?
http://androidforums.com/threads/recovery-twrp-v3-for-zte-zmax-pro.1086861/

It was. I found them.

jhgfrtu · Mar 11, 2017

SapphireEx said:
Any word from Messi? I'd make it myself if I knew how

Speaking of Messi..
I want to personally thank Messi for his hard work on Root, TWRP and now a custom rom.
Im realy loving this phone. Once you release the LineageOS rom ill port over my custom OC'd kernel and get this Stylo 2 Plus going strong.
I've learned alot reading all your post. Hopefully more devs will help too. Also thanks to Rmontoya for his input as well.
LG
Lifes Good
Question Messi?
Is your rom based off 10i or version 10p?

jhgfrtu · Mar 11, 2017

MustangLife said:
I know there is alot of smart guys on here but it's gonna be that one guy who figures out an exploit and save the day.

2 years or so back when I had a ZTE Max/Iconic phone. The $100 6 inch phone back in 2014-2015 it was "SuperR" that saved all of us.

Nobody could do much with the phone. This one guy came out with everything for our phone. Custom deodexed, debloated ROM, all the files, flashes, links, everything. Than when we got 4.4 he did the same thing. Than he gave us a OC kernel with some other tweaks. Without him, that one guy our phones would have been just like our scenario now.

This is kinda off topic but it just gives me that deju vu feeling with this ZTE also.

The talk above about overclocking and govs makes me miss root so much. I'm not a dev, I'm a tweaker. If this discussion was more about swappiness, gov tuning, clocking, etc etc I can chime in alot more. Still hopeful one day while I own this phone we get root. Xposed alone is worth it

Like i stated 8 monts ago.
The original zmax was rooted via kingroot via software kernel panic exploit. That only worked on kit kat 4.4.2 The zmax pro will never get dev suppport like the original 5.7 inch zmax.
mondilger, MasterChef,hroark,dfuse and ethanbanker..they brought the zmax to life..the odds of it happening again. Its been 10 months ..do the math
Also the the zmax pro has a Locked Bootloader. the original was Unlocked..

Unforgiven · Mar 11, 2017

iancc86 said:
Didn't you help us on the original zmax?

Nope. You must have me mistaken for someone else.

iancc86 · Mar 11, 2017

Unforgiven said:
Nope. You must have me mistaken for someone else.

I'm sure it was one of the many phones I've worked on. Maybe the one touch fierce xl?

NitroS · Mar 11, 2017

If the ZTE Pro were to be rooted (eventually) would the same apply to the ZTE 2? Or would it be just as difficult.

SapphireEx · Mar 11, 2017

NitroS said:
If the ZTE Pro were to be rooted (eventually) would the same apply to the ZTE 2? Or would it be just as difficult.

Every phone has a different procedure. If the 2 supports FTM/EDL, and we can build a firehose, it'll work the same. If it's using classic fastboot, it'll be a different method and so on. I haven't worked on the 2 so take what I say with a grain of salt. Just my speculation with working with android.

loonycgb2 · Mar 11, 2017

NitroS said:
If the ZTE Pro were to be rooted (eventually) would the same apply to the ZTE 2? Or would it be just as difficult.

If root is found before the 2 comes out officially then it would need not be released publicly till the pro 2 is out.

Everytime a new phone is released they patch the exploit/procedure to root from the previous phone.

NitroS · Mar 11, 2017

loonycgb2 said:
If root is found before the 2 comes out officially then it would need not be released publicly till the pro 2 is out.

Everytime a new phone is released they patch the exploit/procedure to root from the previous phone.

There's only been speculations and rumors about any type of "Release date" but if a root were possible I'm not so sure it will be held untill the 2 drops.

People are on the edge as it is with ZTE so holding the release for a root when there hasn't been any talk on release dates for the successor will make people anxious. But then again , it being this difficult to root a budget phone the genius behind the root might take that precaution.

SapphireEx · Mar 11, 2017

loonycgb2 said:
If root is found before the 2 comes out officially then it would need not be released publicly till the pro 2 is out.

Everytime a new phone is released they patch the exploit/procedure to root from the previous phone.

The firehose method can't be patched out as it's the official way of restoring a phone from Qualcomm
Other than that, it's fair game.

messi2050 · Mar 11, 2017

SapphireEx said:
The firehose method can't be patched out as it's the official way of restoring a phone from Qualcomm
Other than that, it's fair game.

According to tennfar who shared the axon 7 edl package, zte is signing the firehose too.

Unforgiven · Mar 11, 2017

iancc86 said:
I'm sure it was one of the many phones I've worked on. Maybe the one touch fierce xl?

If anyone ever relied of me for gaining a root method there would be enough bricks to build a new Great Wall of China.

Jimmy Dixx · Mar 11, 2017

I have a new problem about not having root now. I bought a USB-C thumb drive, and apparently, ZTE has that capability disabled in software.

420247 · Mar 12, 2017

Jimmy Dixx said:
I have a new problem about not having root now. I bought a USB-C thumb drive, and apparently, ZTE has that capability disabled in software.

i would complain to the carrier or manufacturer

anubis2048 · Mar 12, 2017

Jimmy Dixx said:
I have a new problem about not having root now. I bought a USB-C thumb drive, and apparently, ZTE has that capability disabled in software.

ZTE changed the way that some of the pins are wired up in the USB C port. I'm guessing if you find out exactly what they changed, you could make an adapter and OTG could be restored.

peekay19 · Mar 12, 2017

So Wikileaks just released some CIA Hacking Tools including Android Exploits. Hopefully the devs here can find something that will help in our cause. Here is the link:

https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/

Also included in the leaks are some Android Exploits and Hacking tools that are redacted at the moment, but could soon be published.

https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/cms/space_11763721.html

There is some stuff on privilege escalation in android. Maybe we could have some leads.

mkhtfld76 · Mar 12, 2017

I've been using android since Froyo and the main reason I love android is open source + root. I paid Metro cash for this phone so if I want the bootloader unlocked they should unlock it. I know I wont buy another ZTE.

ExLegionAir · Mar 12, 2017

mkhtfld76 said:
I've been using android since Froyo and the main reason I love android is open source + root. I paid Metro cash for this phone so if I want the bootloader unlocked they should unlock it. I know I wont buy another ZTE.

With the B15 update being an Android security patch it's going to be even harder to root.

mkhtfld76 · Mar 12, 2017

ExLegionAir said:
With the B15 update being an Android security patch it's going to be even harder to root.

No bootloader,no fastboot,write protection on the system files...it may never get root.

SapphireEx · Mar 12, 2017

mkhtfld76 said:
No bootloader,no fastboot,write protection on the system files...it may never get root.

We have EDL and FTM. That's more than enough

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