I'm not one to usually give up but this phone is starting to get to me. I will never purchase another zte phone in my life. I'll make sure nobody in my family does either.
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Root ZTE Zmax Pro Official Root Discussion
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lambo352
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It more than that.. Messi ask for MBN to use qfil to flash twrp. From the g4 I'm working on I found out his theory works. We just can find our MBN files.. both threads I posted show us how to create it.. obviously it's for pros but the read gave me a warm feeling inside.. if steps are followed correctly we pretty much getting root some day soon I'm guessing..
lambo352
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I'm with you on that.. but the key is the MBN which I just figured out how to create.. just need one of you to put it together. Messi already on it.. have faith.
Messi is the king. I'm just discouraged that I couldn't break this phone. I put in a lot of time and effort and I couldn't crack ztes coding. On the other hand, they do have great programmers that make good money.
lambo352
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I tested some MBN stuff and it seems brick proof. The most you get is an error.. it's almost guaranteed to work.. just the way I found it was Devine intervention of fixing the g4 bootloop. As I read the thread I quickly realized I was reading exactly what we've been searching for.. since no fastboot.. and the testers were able to access twrp to unbrick. Messi theory is guaranteed to work ask long as we take our time in the kitchen.. read both threads carefully.. mostly the beginning of the 1st and the entire second..
lambo352
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That's exactly the ROM I got my eye on.. and a few spin-offs..
something i keep trying to explain and not to tear down your ideas, but with the bootloader being locked still..
YES a made firehose mbn file will allow you to recreate the partitions and flash any data you want, but in the end the bootloader still has secured boot.
This in the end pre-checks all partition data like a md5 check to see if the data is in fact authentic.
If you flash an unsigned twrp onto the recovery then the device will not boot. A genuine firehose file signs the partitions as they are flashed.
YES a made firehose mbn file will allow you to recreate the partitions and flash any data you want, but in the end the bootloader still has secured boot.
This in the end pre-checks all partition data like a md5 check to see if the data is in fact authentic.
If you flash an unsigned twrp onto the recovery then the device will not boot. A genuine firehose file signs the partitions as they are flashed.
What do we do then? Obviously zte will not release the firehose for us to use.
There's something's that just gotta be waited on.
Especially if this is the first phone you are actually attempted to root. This phone is fully secured compared to other phones.
This is the type of phone that will require a system level exploit since most of the obvious parts of the system have been secured.
Once y'all have a more experienced person with the phone it will help much more then getting closer to something that will brick others phones.
A valid mbn formatted file will be accepted by the phone, but once you try to use it and flash it then you will brick your phone to a even worse state.
Take the time to read the links jcase linked to as he gave info on system lever buffer overflows and kernel panics.
If you can cause a kernel panic for even a millisecond just long enough to copy a valid su file to xbin and chmod it correctly then you will be able to fully root the phone.
That's how kingroot and all other one click apps root the phones.
Do you happen to know what page jcase posted that on?
lambo352
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I think the Creator signed them himself.. thought it was mentioned somewhere in the threads I posted.. just check their sources and try to communicate with the Creator offering due credit.. I have the g4 with the factory defect.. some people said put it in the freezer and it worked.. my guess is in rushing the 1st production the rushed and forgot thermal protection.. I'm going to put in some thermal pads for a permanent fix. You guys do have the option of wait for or pros and testers to say yay or nay.. lack of faith puts us exactly where ZTE want us..
lambo352
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I got an idea.. might look like a stab and twist of the knife at ZTE.. what if we make a new petition to help ZTE make their court fines in record time. All they have to do, is give us what we want and every carrier customer on a budget would buy out the z981.. I mean if the market team had half a brain its really a no brainier.. I was befriending a cricket sale manager.. talking shop and mods.. he said 6 customers came in before me to cancel service cause they could not root.. he wanted the root to.. just a thought.. to help them of course.. lol
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Nthall
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I think they have plenty of money for the fines. They're a huge company.
MustangLife
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I know there is alot of smart guys on here but it's gonna be that one guy who figures out an exploit and save the day.
2 years or so back when I had a ZTE Max/Iconic phone. The $100 6 inch phone back in 2014-2015 it was "SuperR" that saved all of us.
Nobody could do much with the phone. This one guy came out with everything for our phone. Custom deodexed, debloated ROM, all the files, flashes, links, everything. Than when we got 4.4 he did the same thing. Than he gave us a OC kernel with some other tweaks. Without him, that one guy our phones would have been just like our scenario now.
This is kinda off topic but it just gives me that deju vu feeling with this ZTE also.
The talk above about overclocking and govs makes me miss root so much. I'm not a dev, I'm a tweaker. If this discussion was more about swappiness, gov tuning, clocking, etc etc I can chime in alot more. Still hopeful one day while I own this phone we get root. Xposed alone is worth it
2 years or so back when I had a ZTE Max/Iconic phone. The $100 6 inch phone back in 2014-2015 it was "SuperR" that saved all of us.
Nobody could do much with the phone. This one guy came out with everything for our phone. Custom deodexed, debloated ROM, all the files, flashes, links, everything. Than when we got 4.4 he did the same thing. Than he gave us a OC kernel with some other tweaks. Without him, that one guy our phones would have been just like our scenario now.
This is kinda off topic but it just gives me that deju vu feeling with this ZTE also.
The talk above about overclocking and govs makes me miss root so much. I'm not a dev, I'm a tweaker. If this discussion was more about swappiness, gov tuning, clocking, etc etc I can chime in alot more. Still hopeful one day while I own this phone we get root. Xposed alone is worth it
Is this what you're looking for?
http://androidforums.com/threads/recovery-twrp-v3-for-zte-zmax-pro.1086861/
lambo352
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True but I still wouldn't want it to come out of my pocket if I ran a company like that. If they didn't care bout the money they would have paid 1st day in court in an attempt to keep it quiet.. on the other hand.. if I can release a fastboot or bootloader unlock and start adding the billions more I'd make.. I'll tell everybody under me to feed the wolves so I can make instead of losing it. or people are gonna get canned so I can make instead of losing it.. I'm just hoping their trolls read this and deliver.. but on a on topic note.. I think people should be working on creating the firehose file with Messi. In my opinion if no one help him it'll be a long wait. All they gave us is a test MBN APK. Through research and testing we knew Messi theory was gold and the guy that mentioned it in 1st thread. We couldn't figure out how to get the right firehose. Ask around no info.. I got the g4 which had the manufacturer defect out the box.. trying to fix that without going through lg got me to the post about creating firehose MBN.. yes the theory was meant for an unbrick. Now think bout this.. how you think the know how came from.. obviously cause ZTE techs don't get stuff out the sky. They make it like OTA.. this guy on g4 figure out how they make it.. same way I fix the g4.. my method plus other methods to make sure the fix stuck for years without lg help.. limits are shackles we bind to ourselves..
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SapphireEx
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Anything of value yet? I'm at a complete dead end here
ZTE as a company is only legally allowed to its limits able to be named as the manufacturer and brand owner.
But it sold all other rights to the telecom owners thru an agreement to sell the phone.
So I'm other words its T-Mobile/metropcs/family mobile who choose whether they allow bootloader unlocks or release of firmwares not under GPL.
This is one reason why if you email zte they will not help out other then on the phones that they sell as prepaid phones.
But it sold all other rights to the telecom owners thru an agreement to sell the phone.
So I'm other words its T-Mobile/metropcs/family mobile who choose whether they allow bootloader unlocks or release of firmwares not under GPL.
This is one reason why if you email zte they will not help out other then on the phones that they sell as prepaid phones.
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SapphireEx
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Any word from Messi? I'd make it myself if I knew how
asianrocker
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I also stumbled upon a link on how to create mbn just this morning. Do you have the link. You can DM to me if you can't link it here. I am using it to unbrick my alcatel though. Better if you have all programs needed?
So.... What you're saying is we need to spam the hell out of metro pcs and T-Mobile until they cave?.?.
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