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Root ZTE ZMAX Pro (Z981) root discussion

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So I was looking in cpu x and it says bootloader unknown is it possible that we dont even have a bootloader or is it a necessity
 
[adb shell or Terminal Emulator for Android ] getprop | grep -i bootloader should reveal ro.boot.bootloader and/or ro.bootloader to display the specific bootloader version number.

Here's the output for my N5 and my Nexus 6P:

ScaryAlien@LV-426 ~
$ adb shell
~ # getprop | grep -i bootloader
[ro.boot.bootloader]: [HHZ12k]
[ro.bootloader]: [HHZ12k]
~ #

ScaryAlien@LV-426 ~
$ adb shell getprop | grep -i bootloader
[ro.boot.bootloader]: [angler-03.54]
[ro.bootloader]: [angler-03.54]
[ro.build.expect.bootloader]: [angler-03.54]

:)
 
Krlypumaa said:
Yes. But finding the key its the task... We would have2 have a Nasa Dev or an insider :p
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i was thinking we did based on some discussion way back, guess not. no chance in getting that.

the only options i have, is 1) kingroot gets lucky and we get a root, 2) someone with alot more experience dealing with qualcomm's edl come and helps us out, i can tell it's possible to pull firmware based on the axon 7, just the tools to do so don't work on our phone more then likely need to be customized.
 
UndacoverBrother said:
I was looking into this as well.
I get error GetTickCount64..DLL error..
I guess I have to buy a new CPU running windows 10 at least.
Xp will not execute the commands. You need vista or up.
Well this phone has forced me into upgrading to keep up with the new devices that only support the latest or newest operating systems.(OS)
Sorry windows 10 I'm going notebook Mac pro.lol
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his program doesn't work for our phone i tried it, i asked if there is any chance of being able to edit this for other phones waiting on a response.
 
jaykoerner said:
his program doesn't work for our phone i tried it, i asked if there is any chance of being able to edit this for other phones waiting on a response.
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if he says, yes i'll ask him to at least release source for his file on git hub, or if he's willing to work on a port.
 
UndacoverBrother said:
Was hoping his dump functions would work on this device to pull the stock recovery and write to the partition in edl mode.. Man I got excited for a second ..Didn't know edl has some functionality.
The qualcomm 908 drivers did install and showed my com port was 16 when I entered the command adb reboot edl.. If you hear back about the port from the dev on XDA..we can be rooted also.
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root is going to require some img's get cooked up, but yes if we can pull them with edl we "should" have root.
 
UndacoverBrother said:
Was hoping his dump functions would work on this device to pull the stock recovery and write to the partition in edl mode.. Man I got excited for a second ..Didn't know edl has some functionality.
The qualcomm 9008 drivers did install and showed my com port was 16 when I entered the command adb reboot edl.. If you hear back about the port from the dev on XDA..we can be rooted also.
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also just fyi, i don't think we even know if our bootloader is unlocked, and rooting/ flashing via edl(at least the axon 7 does) seems to need signed img's somehow that person had the key for the axon 7, the hope would be that the same key/s are used, no clue how he got it in the first place. anyone with any knowledge that can tell me the likelihood that the same keys are used on more then one device?
 
alright. so, i got this phone yesterday and its amazing so far. almost stock android with some exceptions, but the main problem, which is why i disliked at&t is that the phone has no root/custom recovery. didn't do much research before purchasing the device, but im fairly impressed and is a huge improvement from my galaxy s4. im quite an android power user so if theres anything i could try to help please tell me. im desperate to root, lol. i dont know anything when it comes to development of things like root/recoveries. if theres any guides i could follow to get started on to learn the basics to developing a root method or something along those lines please dm me or quote me here and provide me with the links. thanks :)
 
There's no root yet . We have some awesome people working on that , be patient and cheer them on ..
svnxn said:
alright. so, i got this phone yesterday and its amazing so far. almost stock android with some exceptions, but the main problem, which is why i disliked at&t is that the phone has no root/custom recovery. didn't do much research before purchasing the device, but im fairly impressed and is a huge improvement from my galaxy s4. im quite an android power user so if theres anything i could try to help please tell me. im desperate to root, lol. i dont know anything when it comes to development of things like root/recoveries. if theres any guides i could follow to get started on to learn the basics to developing a root method or something along those lines please dm me or quote me here and provide me with the links. thanks :)
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Keep up the great work everyone, I am a zte max duo user and just got done reading what has been tried and most of it is certainly related to my phone as well, so I believe once this root is established, then many other zte models will have mutual success. I'm rooting for ya!! Lol 20+ phones and rooted them all, but this one is a killer.
 
svnxn said:
@Masterchief87 have you tried something like this to root? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684210 also, is there any way to flash a stock rom? just wondering if something like odin is an option for us.
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what we have is edl, it's like odin but for qualcomm based devices, and 1) we need a bootloader img and / or system img to make use of it, 2) it may require signed img's 3) we can't tell if our bootloader is locked(as far as i know, please tell me otherwise) since we don't have fastboot(if we had fastboot everything would be way simpler)
 
jaykoerner said:
hmm... i wonder if that was the same on the axon 7, i saw something about a fastboot patch via edl for it.
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I wonder if that's the case if something similar would work I'm pretty sure just like all of the devices out there that one method would work for all the same manufacturer like for instance Samsung root is pretty much the same for all devices Samsung just a matter of editing
 
ajamie234 said:
So I'm able to view the root folder of my phone is there anything I should be looking for specifically, just out of curiosity
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everyone can view the root, we just cant mess with the files,, what we need is to be able to pull the recovery.img and boot.img.
 
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