Root [Tutorial] How to root the ZTE Warp Sequent. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

[shinru2004]

Use the update tool posted on ZTE's site put your phone in FTM mode and reset it to factory.

 

[rlphbgby]

Use the update tool posted on ZTE's site put your phone in FTM mode and reset it to factory.

Is this what I would use to say unroot my phone if I chose to?

Add* Do you or anybody have a link to the right file?

 

[benjiu3]

so i tried to run the script and all it says is "waiting for device"
i disconnected/connected the phone. restarted the phone, restarted my computer, unplug/plugged phone and now i dont know why it wont work. anybody have any suggestions on how to get it to identify my device?
i already have the correct adb drivers installed too

 

[SuperR]

Is there a way to use this method in Linux? Maybe convert the bat to sh using the same adb commands? I started converting the file but I am terrified to try it for fear of ruining my brand new phone.

Does anyone have experience with this?

 

[gamikzone]

i cant get it to work this is what i get
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# CONFIRM ALL THE ABOVE THEN
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--- STARTING ----
--- WAITING FOR DEVICE
The system cannot find the path specified
--- creating temporary directory
The system cannot find the path specified
--- cleaning
The system cannot find the path specified
--- symlinking tmp directory
The system cannot find the path specified
The system cannot find the path specified
--- Rebooting
The system cannot find the path specified
--- WAITING FOR DEVICE TO RECONNECT
--- PLEASE WAIT, THIS MAY TAKE A WHILE
if it gets stuck over here for a long tim
disconnect usb cable and reconnect it
toggle "USB DEBUGGING" (first disable
The system cannot find the path specified
--- DEVICE FOUND
--- enabling emulator hack
The system cannot find the path specified
The system cannot find the path specified
--- Rebooting
The system cannot find the path specified
--- WAITING FOR DEVICE TO RECONNECT
--- PLEASE WAIT, THIS MAY TAKE A WHILE
if it gets stuck over here for a long tim
disconnect usb cable and reconnect it
toggle "USB DEBUGGING" (first disable
The system cannot find the path specified
--- DEVICE FOUND
--- pushing busybox
The system cannot find the path specified
--- correcting permissions
The system cannot find the path specified
--- remounting /system
The system cannot find the path specified
--- checking free space on /system
The system cannot find the path specified
The system cannot find the path specified
The system cannot find the path specified
--- copying busybox to /system/xbin/
The system cannot find the path specified
--- correcting ownership
The system cannot find the path specified
--- correcting permissions
The system cannot find the path specified
--- installing busybox
The system cannot find the path specified
The system cannot find the path specified
--- pushing SU binary
The system cannot find the path specified
--- correcting ownership
The system cannot find the path specified
--- correcting permissions
The system cannot find the path specified
--- correcting symlinks
The system cannot find the path specified
The system cannot find the path specified
--- pushing Superuser app
The system cannot find the path specified
--- cleaning
The system cannot find the path specified
The system cannot find the path specified
The system cannot find the path specified
--- rebooting
The system cannot find the path specified
ALL DONE!!!
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[shinru2004]

Make sure you have debugging enabled in developer options

 

[gamikzone]

Make sure you have debugging enabled in developer options

I didn't but now i do and im getting a different error i edited my orignal post above .

 

[gamikzone]

On another note i already had the sdk installed but i went ahead and used the sdk manager to uninstall sdk tools -platform tools and google usb drivers and reinstalled them but im still have this path issue.

 

[uknow]

so i tried to run the script and all it says is "waiting for device"
i disconnected/connected the phone. restarted the phone, restarted my computer, unplug/plugged phone and now i dont know why it wont work. anybody have any suggestions on how to get it to identify my device?
i already have the correct adb drivers installed too

Try reinstalling device drivers

 

[SuperR]

I have converted the runme.bat to runme.sh for Linux users. I have NOT tested this file to achieve root for this phone as I am scared of bricking. Could someone take a look at it and let me know if it should work? I don't have access to a windows box, so I am kinda screwed if I can't get it up and running in Linux. Thanks

edit: here is the new file. I am fairly sure it will work and will test later and report back

 

[gamikzone]

i have resolved my first problem but now im getting this

--- correcting permissions
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
--- installing busybox
/system/bin/sh: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
rm failed for /data/local/tmp/busybox, No such file or directory
--- pushing SU binary
cannot stat 'files\su': No such file or directory
--- correcting ownership
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: Read-only file system
--- correcting permissions
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: Read-only file system
--- correcting symlinks
rm failed for /system/xbin/su, No such file or directory
link failed Read-only file system
--- pushing Superuser app
cannot stat 'files\Superuser.apk': No such file or directory
--- cleaning
--- rebooting
ALL DONE!!!
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[sean82007]

using the drivers from pc software mode fixed the connection issue for me

 

[killcrow]

thank god for you sir. i have been looking for a way to root my phone some time and this did it in seconds.... thank you so much for the help and i hope more good updates come along, once again thanks for the help... worked for me and im happy

 

[safari___]

Took it 2 times but did the job! It worked ZTE Warp Sequent has been rooted.Thank You for the post and DoomLORD's script. Now NObloat time.

 

[SuperR]

The Linux script does NOT work for me as is. It gives me read-only filesystem errors and will not push the files.

However, I got the phone rooted using the method in this post on a 32-bit Windows 7 box Thank you very much for the wonderful tutorial and download !

Observations: The Superuser.apk is an outdated version (according to Play Store) and I was notified of an update. I proceeded with the update and everything seemed to get slow. My wifi connection went from 8Mbps to 2, opening apps took 10 seconds, games were choppy, etc. Things seem back to normal after an uninstall and reboot. Anyone else have this happen?

 

[SuperR]

Observations: The Superuser.apk is an outdated version (according to Play Store) and I was notified of an update. I proceeded with the update and everything seemed to get slow. My wifi connection went from 8Mbps to 2, opening apps took 10 seconds, games were choppy, etc. Things seem back to normal after an uninstall and reboot. Anyone else have this happen?

After re-installing again it seems to be ok. I also updated the su binary through Superuser app with no problems so far

 

[benjiu3]

its still not detecting my device. i installed and reinstalled the adb drivers and still nothing. can someone make like a youtube video showing the entire process lol i need help

 

[benjiu3]

it still says "waiting for device" i even reinstalled the adb drivers but still nothing. can someone please help me

 

[SuperR]

it still says "waiting for device" i even reinstalled the adb drivers but still nothing. can someone please help me

Is your phone in Media Transfer mode? Mine only connects to adb in this mode. Hope it helps

edit: also make sure you have installed the phone drivers. I used the ones on the phone by choosing PC Software mode, installed the drivers, changed to Media Transfer mode, adb connected

 

[benjiu3]

Is your phone in Media Transfer mode? Mine only connects to adb in this mode. Hope it helps

edit: also make sure you have installed the phone drivers. I used the ones on the phone by choosing PC Software mode, installed the drivers, changed to Media Transfer mode, adb connected

i did exactly what you said, and it still says waiting for device.

 

[SuperR]

i did exactly what you said, and it still says waiting for device.

Did you follow the link in the OP to get ADB setup correctly?

 

[benjiu3]

Did you follow the link in the OP to get ADB setup correctly?

you mean the link that ultimately takes me here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830108

if so then i did half of that. i installed the adb driver that way but i didnt install the android bootloader interface driver. is that whats missing?

 

[benjiu3]

i found out what the problem was. i didnt restart my pc for all the changes to take effect. now im rooted yay!! but now what. how do i remove all my bloatware

 

[SuperR]

i found out what the problem was. i didnt restart my pc for all the changes to take effect. now im rooted yay!! but now what. how do i remove all my bloatware

I think we wait for deodex instructions to remove bloatware

http://androidforums.com/warp-sequent-all-things-root/649627-deodex-instructions-plz.html

 

[gamikzone]

i still cant get this script to work. i have tried 2 different computers and im getting the same errors.