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Root New "ZMAX system enhancement"

fino8129 said:
the small update right maybe is for band 12 who knows
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What you said.

My wife has the same exact phone. The newest patch seems to give it better signal. Which would be band 12. I can't help but to wonder if there is a exploit to root this phone with.
 
Out of curiosity, how much better of a signal are we talking about here?
Do you recall doing speed tests before the update? after?
Does it seem to be significantly better in areas where it wasn't previously?
 
If this is finally Band 12, it sucks because we have to make a choice. Band 12 or root. This phone is nice but I got it for band 12 and once I went root I can't go back. I have my eye on the Stylo now, even though it doesn't have a light sensor.
 
I'm In the latest update still don't get band 12 live right next to a tower say the tower is band 12 but all I get is band 4
 
fino8129 said:
I'm In the latest update still don't get band 12 live right next to a tower say the tower is band 12 but all I get is band 4
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If the tower nearest to you is band 4 and band 12. If its as close as you make it out to be, then your phone will prefer to connect to a weaker band 4 signal than a stronger band 12 signal. The Weaker band 4 signal will be faster a lot of the time and has more bandwidth. A point that has been proven to me by the fact that one of my friends has a Galaxy S6 that is band 12 ready. at school we have 20+20 band 4 that has a signal strength of about -80 to -90dBm. It gets us up to 100 Mb/s. I manually switched it to detect band 12 and it connected to it. Its signal strength was far superior than the band 4 at -50dBm but. It only got us 30Mb/s. And we were most likely the only ones on that tower on band 12. The phone will much prefer band 4 over 12. Itsat the phones discretion whether you connect to band 4 or band 12. Until it deems its neccesary to, it won't
 
wrong my other zmax got the update for band 12 is way faster inside the house mines still no update band 4 hardly got signal inside the house
 
fino8129 said:
wrong my other zmax got the update for band 12 is way faster inside the house mines still no update band 4 hardly got signal inside the house
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So.....you have one T-Mobile ZMAX and one Metro ZMAX? if both of the ones you're talking about are metro, then they have band 12.
 
Andrewred772 said:
If the tower nearest to you is band 4 and band 12. If its as close as you make it out to be, then your phone will prefer to connect to a weaker band 4 signal than a stronger band 12 signal. The Weaker band 4 signal will be faster a lot of the time and has more bandwidth. A point that has been proven to me by the fact that one of my friends has a Galaxy S6 that is band 12 ready. at school we have 20+20 band 4 that has a signal strength of about -80 to -90dBm. It gets us up to 100 Mb/s. I manually switched it to detect band 12 and it connected to it. Its signal strength was far superior than the band 4 at -50dBm but. It only got us 30Mb/s. And we were most likely the only ones on that tower on band 12. The phone will much prefer band 4 over 12. Itsat the phones discretion whether you connect to band 4 or band 12. Until it deems its neccesary to, it won't
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yea exactly i been told people that band 12 bamdwith is lower. band 12 is just stronger signal that will penetrate wall more but its less data speed . most noobs think band 12 will make there speeds faster
 
HEADS UP

updating to B13 re-enables kingroot, just tried it, 50+ tries with b12 fail, 1 try with b13, = try to root button and failed to root.

GGGGGG

edit-- first full attempt = fail, will try to load more crap to cpu/ram before final root process
 
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traajik said:
HEADS UP

updating to B13 re-enables kingroot, just tried it, 50+ tries with b12 fail, 1 try with b13, = try to root button and failed to root.

GGGGGG

edit-- first full attempt = fail, will try to load more crap to cpu/ram before final root process
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huh this makes no sense what do u mean reenable king root ? im lost
 
ghet2rockuu said:
huh this makes no sense what do u mean reenable king root ? im lost
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ok^^ as said in a few previous posts, if you were on metro and updated to build version B12, the entire rooting method wasnt possible because KINGROOT would not show the "try to root button", thus, grinding the process to a halt.

after the recent update to B13, the button is visible, and you can attempt "try to root"
 
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i'll add here that after multiple attempts and 4 different versions of KR, it still cannot produce a green checkmark indicating successful root, maybe some other poor unfortunate B13 soul will have better luck.
 
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traajik said:
i'll add here that after multiple attempts and 4 different versions of KR, it still cannot produce a green checkmark indicating successful root, maybe some other poor unfortunate B13 soul will have better luck.
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Maybe it's possible to root it, if KingRoot is selecting a a root method then maybe it is possible, but maybe it requires multiple attempts. If not, then you either have to wait till devs discover a new exploit for some other root app that works on the zmax, OR till the developers of kingroot update their app to have include a new exploit that will work on our device. Remember, our previous kingroot may have required heavy strain on the system to work, chances are this may not if it's a different exploit. Also, remember kingroot requires a strong internet connection.
Happy Rooting!!! (Hopefully)
 
Andrewred772 said:
Maybe it's possible to root it, if KingRoot is selecting a a root method then maybe it is possible, but maybe it requires multiple attempts. If not, then you either have to wait till devs discover a new exploit for some other root app that works on the zmax, OR till the developers of kingroot update their app to have include a new exploit that will work on our device. Remember, our previous kingroot may have required heavy strain on the system to work, chances are this may not if it's a different exploit. Also, remember kingroot requires a strong internet connection.
Happy Rooting!!! (Hopefully)
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thats false cuz i rooted my zmax with no strain onit at all and it rooted first try
 
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