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Root ZTE ZMAX Pro (Z981) root discussion

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messi2050 said:
I can compile custom kernel , cm or even anything that can come to your mind but the question will stay the same how to flash it , fastboot was removed (not hidden) even if king root can give root access on this device it will be a temporary root that get lost on reboot, i have dealt with phones from at&t , metro , verizon and t-mobile , metro does not lock their phones or their bootloader (at least for the phones i dealt with) so i think it was zte decision to remove fastboot which is the only way to unlock the bootloader.
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I'm thinking there was no fastboot/bootloader access on my ZTE obsidian (which ran 5.1.1) either, however KingRoot would give permanent root. The issue was that any OTA would then send the phone into bootloops.

So now I'm guessing our only hope is for ZTE to enable fastboot?
 
NeoZiggy said:
The adb command is "adb reboot fastboot" then when your in fastboot mode "fastboot oem unlock". We are far past that. Those days are over unless you buy an unlocked device online that is independent of a carrier. :)
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Not true in the case I'm remembering. We had to zero out or change from 0 to1 or something to that extent to even get fastboot to work.
 
To me, it sounds as though root may not happen without fastboot, so we can get bootloader unlocked... But I have been wrong before...
 
scary alien said:
Hey, just a thought--and I have indeed been keeping up with this thread, but do not remember if this has been covered before--have you guys used the -i <vendor id> switch when trying to use fastboot? I.e.,

fastboot -i 0x19D2 devices​

See this for the list of vendor IDs:


I'm guessing this is a long shot, but wanted to mention...
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For that to work, we'd have to be able to get to fastboot mode I believe. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong)
 
cyanidekid said:
I saw that.. I think it's a fastboot patch that allows fastboot access /use for ZTE axon.......Could we possibly hack it to work on zmax pro?
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Yes you are correct. It was mentioned to far to read back in the post. I think fastboot is there, just disabled to the average user and I'll put money on it the devs can enable it for personal use. There's a possibility we can do with the right information. I also read somewhere patch files can be made on linux following a guide. I have no clue the limit of the type of patch files that one can make. Another theory is to see if we can compare the partition structure of the axon 7 to zmax pro. If they come back identical, we might be able to get away with modifying the fastboot patch from axon to work on zmax pro if signing won't be an issue.
 
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cyanidekid said:
I saw that.. I think it's a fastboot patch that allows fastboot access /use for ZTE axon.......Could we possibly hack it to work on zmax pro?
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There's an Official and Unofficial bootloader unlock for the Zte Axon. Google it. We may be able to use both versions to maybe patch or bypass
 
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