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Root ZTE Zmax Pro Official Root Discussion

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iancc86 said:
You know a great deal more than I do. If there's something I can do to help, point me in the right direction.
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I'm at ends right now. TWRP is a massive priority, but I have no idea on how I would go about it, let alone anyone else
 
I've been so focused on root that twrp took the back burner. Maybe I'll start playing around with messi's twrp he made for us.
 
Alright, Axontools did not work. I did get in to EDL mode, but my phone could not be found. But, this is progress. EDL mode does work and apparently exposes the partitions.
 
iancc86 said:
I've been so focused on root that twrp took the back burner. Maybe I'll start playing around with messi's twrp he made for us.
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EDL mode seems to be key to ZTE devices. I wish ZTE would stop being difficult and just release factory tools.
 
Sorry. My wording was off but yes EDL mode is key and TWRP is needed in order for us to gain root. Apparently it's the new hung before gaining root. The Samsung and most 6.0 device and up does so. So we need to unlock bootloader first. Install TWRP the. Flash the root script. The method it shows that doesn't unlock the bootloader is more risky. I feel we need to compile the correct bootloader unlock so we can flash TWRP. The bootloader looking for signature verification which TWRP does not carry. So tomorrow after work I'll be seeing what can be done. ZTE must have the source files somewhere. It's PUBLIC info.
 
JayBondzeWell said:
Sorry. My wording was off but yes EDL mode is key and TWRP is needed in order for us to gain root. Apparently it's the new hung before gaining root. The Samsung and most 6.0 device and up does so. So we need to unlock bootloader first. Install TWRP the. Flash the root script. The method it shows that doesn't unlock the bootloader is more risky. I feel we need to compile the correct bootloader unlock so we can flash TWRP. The bootloader looking for signature verification which TWRP does not carry. So tomorrow after work I'll be seeing what can be done. ZTE must have the source files somewhere. It's PUBLIC info.
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The kernel was posted a few pages back.
 
JayBondzeWell said:
Sorry. My wording was off but yes EDL mode is key and TWRP is needed in order for us to gain root. Apparently it's the new hung before gaining root. The Samsung and most 6.0 device and up does so. So we need to unlock bootloader first. Install TWRP the. Flash the root script. The method it shows that doesn't unlock the bootloader is more risky. I feel we need to compile the correct bootloader unlock so we can flash TWRP. The bootloader looking for signature verification which TWRP does not carry. So tomorrow after work I'll be seeing what can be done. ZTE must have the source files somewhere. It's PUBLIC info.
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At least we have a focus now. That's better than just blindly attacking everything in sight.
 
Charles367 said:
U def need root for twrp messi built us one not sure where to find it. But hasn't this all been tried before??
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Yes.. I was going to say that. But it's good to see everything that has been attempted being tried by a fresh set of eyes.. someone might see something that got overlooked.. if we can get the right firehose file, we can root with qfil. And what's with the ZTE lawsuit? Is it possible it's karma for not giving us the bootloader unlock? Lol.. like you guys said.. they f*cked up and lost customers for life..
 
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