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Root ZTE ZMAX Pro (Z981) root discussion

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What about adb/fastboot to unlock our bootloader
asianrocker said:
I just googled unlimited skipping in Pandora and even in spotify and there are apps for this with no root. Some weirdo here went apeshit on me on the other site just coz this phone can't be rooted. LOL.
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I use a hacked Pandora. Unlimited skips and can download any song that plays. No root needed
 
cyanidekid said:
There's a no root O.G. YouTube app and MicroG app for download that allows background play and also downloading and convert to mp3
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Look harder...yes there are... Mozilla for background, there are literally dozens of apps that pride themselves on recording screen/audio even in real time, and im sure you can find an app to convert files to even more than mp3 once you have this recorded file or extension... All is possible, roots going to make it waaaay easier tho!
 
cyanidekid said:
What about adb/fastboot to unlock our bootloader

I use a hacked Pandora. Unlimited skips and can download any song that plays. No root needed
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Sadly the device is recognized in adb but not in fastboot, under dfu or ftp. Zte purposely took the ability of fastboot out.. Some devices that even had fastboot before recent updates had their fastboot ability removed first chance zte had. Its horrible of zte but god their devices are so awesomely budgeted and capable. I read somewhere there was a way to re enable fastboot or even give a device fastboot capabilities. Its important to remember to run an adb command in shell before trying ANY exploit, we have no real confirmation if the cmd actually affects our device as it does most zte devices but it doesnt hurt to be for sure. In adb shell or terminal -reboot disemmcwp- without the dashes, this will disable write protection on reboot, as so awesomely discovered by Hroark13
 
I got excited then it just stopped..
 

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crealah said:
It's nothing. Me and other people got to 100% with it saying root successful. It is just a bug. No root from kingroot yet
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Yes with one constant change.. when it gets to the 3rd step, processing, it tries different strategies. Mine 1st did 2, then 4, then 3, then none. Might also be another bug though..
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Odin89 said:
Sadly the device is recognized in adb but not in fastboot, under dfu or ftp. Zte purposely took the ability of fastboot out.. Some devices that even had fastboot before recent updates had their fastboot ability removed first chance zte had. Its horrible of zte but god their devices are so awesomely budgeted and capable. I read somewhere there was a way to re enable fastboot or even give a device fastboot capabilities. Its important to remember to run an adb command in shell before trying ANY exploit, we have no real confirmation if the cmd actually affects our device as it does most zte devices but it doesnt hurt to be for sure. In adb shell or terminal -reboot disemmcwp- without the dashes, this will disable write protection on reboot, as so awesomely discovered by Hroark13
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. Newbie here but I know some devices like my lg k10 have a write protection built-in but can be disabled inserting a line withe es file manager then reboot. Not sure if that has anything to do with what u said but maybe can help
 
Charles367 said:
. Newbie here but I know some devices like my lg k10 have a write protection built-in but can be disabled inserting a line withe es file manager then reboot. Not sure if that has anything to do with what u said but maybe can help
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Can you insert the line without root? It sounds like you referring to editing the build.prop which need root access..
 
lambo352 said:
Can you insert the line without root? It sounds like you referring to editing the build.prop which need root access..
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Charles367 said:
. Newbie here but I know some devices like my lg k10 have a write protection built-in but can be disabled inserting a line withe es file manager then reboot. Not sure if that has anything to do with what u said but maybe can help
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Might be possible. If you put es file manager files with adb files. Right? or wherever you put the es file manager files. The command might work.
 
I'm a newbie to root but what is this?(If complicated please try to break it down in the simplest form yet informative so I can learn lol the)
 

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Actually I had to do that to get kingroot to work on the k10. I never tried on the zmax pro because it let me write /move/copy files anywhere out the box. And root explorer and show hidden files works on es with out root??? Idk man I just really want this phone rooted it's pretty cool especially if it was rootable or custom roms like CM
 
Seeing as how we can edit root files is there any way to manually root
 

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Have you edited any root files? We've been able to see them in some file managers but without root none of us have been able to modify root files, that I know of.
 
In play store is an app Quad Rooter Scanner. It finds CVE vulnerability. I scanned and it does find like 4. Any chance we can use this to make a current rooting app work or make a script etc????
 
cyanidekid said:
In play store is an app Quad Rooter Scanner. It finds CVE vulnerability. I scanned and it does find like 4. Any chance we can use this to make a current rooting app work or make a script etc????
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I just tried it and it says no vulnerabilities. Metro variant, B12 firmware.
 
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