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Root Successfully rooted ZTE Avid 4G (MetroPCS)

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kcurtis106

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This should be a fairly straightforward process with minimal risk of bricking your device, however, I am definitely not responsible for any damages incurred during this procedure.

Prerequisites: ZTE device drivers for USB. (Connect your phone via the USB cable and choose the "Install Driver" connection type from your device).

1: Boot phone into FTM (hold the Volume Down key and power on device).
2: Connect USB cable to your computer.
3: Download View attachment ZTE Avid 4g root (MetroPCS).zip and unzip.
4: Open a command prompt (Start+R) type "command".
5: From the command line, cd into the newly created directory and type root
6: While the phone reboots, be sure to hold the "Volume Down" button to boot back into FTM. If it begins to boot normally, pull the USB cable and power phone down to reattempt booting into FTM. Once you're back in FTM, plug the USB cable back in and the script should resume the process.
7: Once it's finished, let the phone boot into normal mode and verify root access. I used "Root Checker Basic".

Enjoy!
 
RedStorm2k12 said:
I'm typing command and cd from the command prompt window and unzipped folder, but it says not recognized as an internal or external command or batch file. thanks
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I edited my original post to help clarify this for you. 5: From the command line, cd into the newly created directory and type root

Hope this helps. Let me know.

In fact, double-clicking on "root.bat" should yield the same results. The reason I instructed everyone to do this from a command prompt is to view any error messages (should they encounter problems).
 
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Then you would type root and press enter.
 
kcurtis106 said:
I edited my original post to help clarify this for you. 5: From the command line, cd into the newly created directory and type root

Hope this helps. Let me know.

In fact, double-clicking on "root.bat" should yield the same results. The reason I instructed everyone to do this from a command prompt is to view any error messages (should they encounter problems).
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I simply typed root on the command line, followed the rest of the instructions and worked perfectly. Thank you.
 
would any custom roms like cyanogenmod work on this phone? and by the way thanks for the root it was easy and simple!!
 
Can someone pull these files for me:
Recovery.img
Recovery.fstab
Graphics.c
Postrecoveryboot.sh

Mostly interested in the recovery.img ;)
 
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