Root ZTE Zmax Pro Official Root Discussion

[SapphireEx]

It seems encrypted, but perhaps we can just outright delete it and hope for the best

 

[Nthall]

Maybe.

 

[loonycgb2]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxeDOZaHE8y5Nzh1eTY0bnNLTnc/view?usp=drivesdk

There's my verity_key

Verity key is used for secured boot, it is what stops root. If you happen to remove it then the device will fail to boot since the bootloader is locked.

 

[SapphireEx]

Maybe.

Still mounted read only, so that seems like a dead end.

 

[Nthall]

I'm trying to check if it's the same as mine.

 

[SapphireEx]

Verity key is used for secured boot, it is what stops root. If you happen to remove it then the device will fail to boot since the bootloader is locked.

It still has to be dealt with irregardless. Either we dump the entire main partition, clone twrp into recovery, then resign the key with the new hash, or we outright avoid it.

 

[Nthall]

It appears to be the same as mine and I'm on a different build.

 

[Nthall]

 

[loonycgb2]

It still has to be dealt with irregardless. Either we dump the entire main partition, clone twrp into recovery, then resign the key with the new hash, or we outright avoid it.

Its not that simple as you would have to decompile the bootloader and recreate the hash/key used with it.

You will have to code a new bootloader for the device.

 

[SapphireEx]

Its not that simple as you would have to decompile the bootloader and recreate the hash/key used with it.

You will have to code a new bootloader for the device.

If it has to be done, it has to be done

 

[Nthall]

I'm at work but you might be able to pull the keys out of this.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1y9UZcPevdRMnVnbWpDRlBDQk0

 

[SapphireEx]

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That key came off my B08 spare, not my B14.

 

[Nthall]

I'm not on either, so they're probably all the same.

 

[AustinZY]

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I was browsing this thread and saw you need someone that knows mandarin chinese, I am willing to pitch some help for us. BTW the screenshot seems like a scramble mix of chinese and korean characters.

 

[SapphireEx]

I'm not on either, so they're probably all the same.

That would imply that it doesn't actually do anything then. B8-yours-B14 are completely different hashes. Unless it's looking for one very specific file that doesn't change

 

[SapphireEx]

I was browsing this thread and saw you need someone that knows mandarin chinese, I am willing to pitch some help for us. BTW the screenshot seems like a scramble mix of chinese and korean characters.

It's encrypted as far as I can tell.

 

[Nthall]

It's encrypted. I think some are even Arabic. That's just how the text editor displays it.

 

[Nthall]

That would imply that it doesn't actually do anything then. B8-yours-B14 are completely different hashes. Unless it's looking for one very specific file that doesn't change

I think it compares everything to the stock recovery. I'm not positive though.

 

[SapphireEx]

I think it compares everything to the stock recovery. I'm not positive though.

We have proof that the recovery gets patched though. Someone decompiled an update.

 

[Nthall]

Yeah. And it updates the system partition when you reboot from what I can tell. That's why you can't roll it back.

 

[SapphireEx]

We have proof that the recovery gets patched though. Someone decompiled an update.

Just pulled my B14 key. It's different (I formatted it because word wrap wasn't working)

 

[SapphireEx]

It seems to be missing the first 10-20 characters from B08 and yours

 

[Nthall]

Weird. I'm on the one that comes with an NDA.

 

[SapphireEx]

Weird. I'm on the one that comes with an NDA.

Ah. You wouldn't be able to ahem upload that update ehem would you?

 

[Beany23]

Ok so I'm starting from scratch and was just eliminating steps /procedures and noticed when I boot into ftm mode and try to adb devices and I get "????????????? No permissions"
Then when I tried "adb reboot ftm" I get
Insufficient permissions for device? What's that mean.