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Root Root Zte warp elite N5918

Kobalt_K said:
Yeah, I tried that too but still no boot. There's not anyway I can fix it without a signed boot.img from ZTE. I just gave up and got a S5 for $150 that I could root and install roms on. It's a much better phone IMO :)
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Do you still have the n9518? Would you be willing to do some testing since it is bricked? Not right away, but in the near future.
 
GrimGrem said:
I've got a different phone as my daily. My warp is a glorified mini tablet at this point. Let me know if you have something to try.
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Well I have a kernel cooked up, but I don't want to brick anyones phone. We need twrp. I think every partition besides userdata and cache is encrypted so they will need to be formated before flashing so.... yeah its do or die.
 
So we can get temp root. Has anyone been able to pull recovery and bootloader and modify them? Possibly unlock the bootloader and reflash after temp rooting again?
 
We have source code so if someone could compile kernel( which should be compiled as a debug or eng build or selinux permissive and aboot with the right boot configs flags marked, and find a way to format kernel and boot. Then just dd them and twrp( when messi2050 can compile it) Then we're all set.
 
I have a update.zip that is rooted and debloated and deodexed /system. Also has a permissive kernel, but there is no way to flash it at the moment.

GrimGrem said:
So we can get temp root. Has anyone been able to pull recovery and bootloader and modify them? Possibly unlock the bootloader and reflash after temp rooting again?
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Heckerpead said:
I have a update.zip that is rooted and debloated and deodexed /system. Also has a permissive kernel, but there is no way to flash it at the moment.
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Does flashify with temp root work? Or possibly using adb to install the update.zip? I'm assuming the latter will get blocked by the system checking the file first..
 
Damn, have had this phone since Oct 2015. Can't believe there is not a root yet. That temp root just soft bricks the phone..
 
woodgaser said:
...most have been tried...Kingo is only one giving temp root so far...but I am afraid the new update will change that.
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Has anyone tested that? About a week ago I installed the update...something about a google patch. Anyways, I haven't attempted to gain temp root since... So I was just wondering if anyone has tried.
 
RealWelder said:
Has anyone tested that? About a week ago I installed the update...something about a google patch. Anyways, I haven't attempted to gain temp root since... So I was just wondering if anyone has tried.
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Which update? I'm on b12, and kingo takes a few tries and takes a lot longer to do. I did happen to pull the usb when it was about 88-90% and caught a ton of the scripts that it uses to do the rooting, before it could clean up.

On another note I've been checking out a way to trick app_process and zygote and other early boot scripts and services to get install-recovery.sh to install a permisive kernel to the recovery partition. Just dd'ing doesn't work and and the recovery partition just gets rebuilt upon reboot.
 
Unfortunately #root is the least of our worries. There's the issue of the system being mounted as ro even as root, there's dmverify...We have to have a unlocked bootloader and a writable system partition. Has anyone tried psneuter or dirtycow?Or has anyone tried pushing su and superuser to data/local/tmp and mounting with Nautilus and tried moving su/super user from data to system? I'm in the field without my laptop but that's my 2¢...
 
HDguy181 said:
I hope this is the right place for this sorry if not. I have searched throygh the pages here, but thought asking to make sure wouldn't hurt. I just picked up the Zte warp elite n9518 and I am wanting to root it to get rid of all the bullshit they put on it. Is the root guide sticky the right one for this model. And if yes, should I be worried about it freezing like the guide says?
Thanks y'all
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HDguy181 said:
I hope this is the right place for this sorry if not. I have searched throygh the pages here, but thought asking to make sure wouldn't hurt. I just picked up the Zte warp elite n9518 and I am wanting to root it to get rid of all the bullshit they put on it. Is the root guide sticky the right one for this model. And if yes, should I be worried about it freezing like the guide says?
Thanks y'all
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GrimGrem said:
I was keeping an eye on GitHub for a finished Android version and never saw one. There are a few on there with partial success, if you are planning to give it a try.
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Well I think I've seen several kits that can be used but you need a Linux machine there's no windows based solution that I've seen. Once I get back the first week of February if no one has attempted it I'll give it a shot. I do have the drammer apk for checking the devices vulnerability to dirty cow. You guys can google it I think it's on Reddit.
 
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