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Root ZTE Zmax Pro Official Root Discussion

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Does issuing the command

<br> Adb reboot bootloader

<br> Send you to fastboot or it just reboots back to system
Wasn't there a setting regarding unlocking the bootloader or something in Settings. For most of us that setting didn't do anything but I wonder for the original FW phones?

Info posted on this post. Part 1.
https://androidforums.com/posts/7474252/#post-7474252
Settings/Developer Options/OEM Unlocking
 
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Wasn't there a setting regarding unlocking the bootloader or something in Settings. For most of us that setting didn't do anything but I wonder for the original FW phones?
Info posted on this post. Part 1.
https://androidforums.com/posts/7474252/#post-7474252
That doesn't unlock the bootloader. If it did, we would've had root like 7 months ago. That is just a switch to say "yeah I might want to flash unsigned stuff in the future"
Any chance to slow down the cpu within that time... Or some trick like a "Do Loop" type of command to keep it from initiating a reboot?
This is bootloader level stuff, so no.
My charger crapped out on me, so I have to get a new one. However I did come across the Google source site that says we need the dev key for signing recovery images, it's for Oreo, but maybe it can help us to remove verity or get rolling on a permanent root for our 981. https://android.googlesource.com/platform/build/+/oreo-r6-release/target/product/verity.mk#17
Wanna break into ZTE and steal the dev key? lol
"of which theory does exist....you require a button
boi whatre you doin
 
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Does issuing the command
Adb reboot bootloader
Send you to fastboot or it just reboots back to system

It reboots system.

This is my main phone it is on b01 but in about a month anyone can use it for testing.
 

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That doesn't unlock the bootloader. If it did, we would've had root like 7 months ago. That is just a switch to say 'yeah I might want to flash unsigned stuff in the future'

Was just wondering if that OEM option might only work or might be needed switched to on in the original B01 and B03 FW that suppose to have an unlocked Bootloader.
 
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Just gave me an idea, the battery saver on our phone has to have some type of low level access to reduce the CPU clock or core parking and hence "reduce performance" Has anyone tried to elevate the it's privileges ? Seems like the kind of thing they wouldn't worry too much about someone exploiting.

Battery saver just changes the CPU governor to a power saving governor.

They usually only ship with 3 defaults.
 
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Have we actually been able to confirm this does anything at all? I have a feeling a flag may need to be set before this command does anything?

Well according to zte kernel source this command still exist. So trying worth it..

Only works on ftm mode with privilege elevation.

Won't work on userland, which is why it worked on the original zmax when the shell was exploited to stay on root privilege
 
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