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Root [STATUS UPDATE 6/6/15, See OP] BUTTERNOOB Stock 4.4.4 v2

I'll be attempting King Root tomorrow (or more likely late tonight). Hopefully I'll get lucky and this phone has been around for awhile. I don't know how well these have sold, so maybe there's a chance. I hope they can't update them while they're sitting around on the store shelf!

Edit: OK King Root works for me, whew! I'm going to install TWRP now and hope nothing breaks! I'll post again with success or questions!
 
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OK so I successfully (I think) installed Butternoob. I have a couple of followup questions, but here's how it went down:

1. I got so excited when I saw TWRP boot that I didn't bother to wipe any cache or anything
2. I also didn't do a nandroid backup
3. After flashing, TWRP gave me the option of flushing the dalvik cache (and possibly something else), which I did.
4. The apps I've already installed from before the flash are still there and appear to be working.
5. I can't get AdAway to write to the hosts file no matter what I do.

So the questions:
1. Can I expect bad behavior since I didn't wipe all those things I was supposed to?
2. Should I uninstall and reinstall the apps that were downloaded and still present (Firefox, etc.)?
3. King Root and Purify were still installed after the flash (because I didn't wipe something somewhere, I understand). I uninstalled both without doing anything else with them. Is that good enough?
4. Is anyone else here using AdAway, and if so, any advice?

I run AFWall+ and I've confirmed that it's working properly, and I can still answer phone calls, so I think I might be okay. If you advise that I go back to TWRP and wipe/backup/flash again, I'll do so happily.

Thanks for this ROM and I hope I didn't screw up too badly!
 
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McMick said:
OK so I successfully (I think) installed Butternoob. I have a couple of followup questions, but here's how it went down:

1. I got so excited when I saw TWRP boot that I didn't bother to wipe any cache or anything
2. I also didn't do a nandroid backup
3. After flashing, TWRP gave me the option of flushing the dalvik cache (and possibly something else), which I did.
4. The apps I've already installed from before the flash are still there and appear to be working.
5. I can't get AdAway to write to the hosts file no matter what I do.

So the questions:
1. Can I expect bad behavior since I didn't wipe all those things I was supposed to?
2. Should I uninstall and reinstall the apps that were downloaded and still present (Firefox, etc.)?
3. King Root and Purify were still installed after the flash (because I didn't wipe something somewhere, I understand). I uninstalled both without doing anything else with them. Is that good enough?
4. Is anyone else here using AdAway, and if so, any advice?

I run AFWall+ and I've confirmed that it's working properly, and I can still answer phone calls, so I think I might be okay. If you advise that I go back to TWRP and wipe/backup/flash again, I'll do so happily.

Thanks for this ROM and I hope I didn't screw up too badly!
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Welp. If so far it hasn't messed up, you're good. Though, never do that again, that was risky. Though, congratulations, your phone rooted. By any chance did you make a backup of your stock ROM? So we can see your kernel info and the rest?
 
I fixed the Adaway problem with a solution I found on the internet, which creates a symlink between a writable directory and system/etc (where hosts file is kept). Worked great for me! Article link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60079855

Sadly, I didn't remember to nandroid so no backup of factory ROM, though I saw on the box that the manufacture date was June 24, 2015. It was running 4.4.4 still and I hadn't yet received any update notices (though AFTER flashing, I got one for ZTE Media or something like that -- it was a notification from Google Play Services, so I simply disabled notifications from it).

So apparently the /system partition is not writable even as su. I don't know if that means anything or not. I worked around my AdAway problem and all the apps I've installed thus far are working just as expected, so fingers crossed!

P.S. to anyone who reads this, I feel that my posts are a testament to how good butternoob is. I completely botched the installation and still wound up 100 percent OK!
 
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Well!!!!.. The lollipop DEV's may have completely left the building.....
Without sounding demanding.....
Will SUPERBUTTER ever burst from it's cocoon and drizzle us with SuperMon Sauce?.....
I loved jellybean... Kit Kat was ok..... Lollipop is decipherable in a NON stock form.. Even thou it seemed hurried and unfinished..... I don't care about "M"... It'll never see my phone..
ZTE and most other device manufacturers have adopted the throw away lighter concept....
And I don't wanna buy another shiny new object..
I'm not done with this one
 
I have installed Twrp for ZteZmax but when I try to install 4.4.2 it has a bunch of errors such as SU binary out of date and Chrome browser not working. I also can't use playstore. When I try to download 4.4.4 I don't know if its installing or not but 4.4.2 installed in 10-20 seconds but 4.4.4 takes almost forever. I never actually waited it out so if anyone can help me out that would be great. Thanks
 
prawnit said:
I have installed Twrp for ZteZmax but when I try to install 4.4.2 it has a bunch of errors such as SU binary out of date and Chrome browser not working. I also can't use playstore. When I try to download 4.4.4 I don't know if its installing or not but 4.4.2 installed in 10-20 seconds but 4.4.4 takes almost forever. I never actually waited it out so if anyone can help me out that would be great. Thanks
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Good things come to those who wait. Just hang in there and it will install.
 
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