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[General Questions and Answers] Hurricaine:
I am trying this now and my zmax is broadcasting WiFi signal and I am able to connect to it with my moto g. But, the moto g won't load any websites or anything else. Can anyone else try this?

Edit: Didn't read throughly. One post above States data isn't working via drop down menu button trick. I guess I'm just confirming it doesn't work.
[General Questions and Answers] John Laurinaitis:
Have you tried this out from earlier post? i never got to test it since im paying for the hotspot feature :p
[General Questions and Answers] DroidHackalot:
When you run out of gigs for hotspot usage does it slow down bad or can you even notice it on metro? Since we have 4g and all.. because I used to use it back on cricket when 3g was still around and used to play online on my ps3 and it hardly lagged on cricket when I would run out of gigs for hotspot.

THE ZMAX WILL RISE!!
[General Questions and Answers] DroidisLINUX:
I have the T-Mobile unlimited plan, WiFi tether works great, but after 5 GB of tether only other androids will connect using WiFi tether hack for unlimited tethering using the APN mod. I think if you get the Firefox browser to change browser to android type it might work,but I can't confirm that. I get the T-Mobile tether page after I use up 5 GB on my Xbox one, and computer, only my tablet will connect and work after I use my 5gb hope that helps
[General Questions and Answers] John Laurinaitis:
For now, my speeds aren't bad. I'm getting around 20mb according to speedtest.net with my lte, I am close to reaching my 2.5gb tethering limit. I read somewhere that they do not slow you down, you only get redirected to a tmobile/metro asking you to buy more tethering data. If this does happen, I might cancel the tethering and try out the method i quoted and test out fiddler to bypass the upsell page on my pc lol... but for gaming consoles and such, i'd try out a vpn.
[General Questions and Answers] kardeef:
Sigh was playing with the phone ,but didn't get a chance to verify
[General Questions and Answers] DroidHackalot:
Ohh well I'll just wait till we get root for unlimited hotspot usage lol

THE ZMAX WILL RISE!!
[General Questions and Answers] reefdog87:
has any one root and bricked there zte zmax? Just asking because I tried like 8 different root apps an to no success.
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Read the thread please.
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
Read the last 163 pages, it should answer your question :)
[General Questions and Answers] smallyetzon:
Anyone having issues with screenshots after update??? Mine wont work anymore :(
[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
Not to bad for a $100 dollar phone.
[General Questions and Answers] mjsell2:
Just took one
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Just took this one. Running Android 4.4.4 on Metro
[General Questions and Answers] smallyetzon:
I fixed it!! It was my sd card full ?

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Nice!! What launcher??
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Tethering is part of your plan. Don't change your plan either, because you won't be able to change back. When I signed up, I was with the $70 Unlimited plan with 2.5gb tetherhing. I changed to a plan with more tethering (before I figured out how to make it unlimited), and when I wanted to change back they had done away with the $70/2.5gb plan so I had to go with the $80/5gb plan.
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Nova Launcher - my own theme to match my computer
[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
I have a friend that wants to get the zmax but has sprint. Is it compatible basebands?
[General Questions and Answers] billb23ok:
Sprint, Verizon are CDMA

AT&T and T-Mobile are gsm

totally different
[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
So that's a no gotcha
[General Questions and Answers] Meep70:
You have gotten no answer, because not everyone can check the forum every minute of the day. When you ask a question, please be patient for an answer, or try this:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=zte+zmax+waterproof

The best I can tell, the answer is a fuzzy "No."
[General Questions and Answers] rfunderburk39:
http://www.liquipel.com/
[General Questions and Answers] D33PTHAWTE:
Is there any way to remove the system update notification.

I am not taking the update for various reasons, and the constant notification is driving me crazy.
[General Questions and Answers] AndroidSystemDeveloper:
Root Exploit

Does anyone got an idea of who is working on a exploit for this device?
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
No one. They gave up. After the questionable post about ZTE possibly releasing an unlock, the only person working on it stopped.

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Long press the notification and choose 'app info' then uncheck 'notifications'.
[General Questions and Answers] D33PTHAWTE:
Many thanks.

I did not expect it to be Google Play Services...
[General Questions and Answers] Lesharoturbo:
Did I miss something? I have been watching this thread for months and I don't remember anyone staying they stopped working on root. My understanding is jcase is quietly working in the background. Did this change? I have not seen a post from jcase indicating he gave up.
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
He said so on his twitter, sadly.

Justin Case (@TeamAndIRC) tweeted at 10:43 PM on Fri, Feb 13, 2015: [MENTION=425193]Fate[/MENTION]_Zero998 yes progress, no to release, as ive been informed that they are unlocking the bootloader officially

(https://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC/status/566442623506710528?s=02)
[General Questions and Answers] Lesharoturbo:
Thanks for the update. I don't use stalker systems like twitter so I did not know. Thanks for posting it here.
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Stalker system? What?
[General Questions and Answers] Lesharoturbo:
Twitter. Instagram. Glorified stalking. After all you get "followers" right? Some are people you don't even know. And you tell them all about your life and what you are doing.
[General Questions and Answers] ubigred:
Stalker is a bit much. Appropriate term is social media.

Stalker Lmao

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Jcase gave up. Now I'm giving up. Root will never come.
[General Questions and Answers] kardeef:
I thought they had a root that wasn't sticking...plz do not tell me they gave up..if they did could they release what they have so far..I am waiting for ROOT patiently ..don't the all me they gave up.,. I can wait as long as its coming...
[General Questions and Answers] Lesharoturbo:
Just calling it as I see it. Changing the name does not change what it is ;).
[General Questions and Answers] treezy26:
Do you guys have issues unlocking the phone? Whenever I press the power button to unlock, it can sometimes take up to 10 secs to unlock. Anyone else have this issue?
[General Questions and Answers] DarkFireBrah:
Probably an update for t-mobile devices.

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Hearing that jcase has stopped trying to get root is a let down.. Let's hope these rumors of ZTE unlocking the bootloader officially are true. If they aren't then jcase might continue his work.
[General Questions and Answers] clockcycle:
He says since they are officially unlocking bootloader, he stopped working on root. No need to work on it anymore since we get it done officially and can then use any rooting app that already exists...
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Name one time in history any corporation upheld their word and did so in a timely manner.

Just one.
[General Questions and Answers] Lesharoturbo:
No issues here. Check your Apps, some like to use a lot of resources
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Furthermore, there is no official word...just CSRs in emails posted to this thread that are, in fact, dubious at best.
[General Questions and Answers] richm052569:
Let's see where this goes http://dottech.org/174796/how-to-unroot-zte-zmax-guide/#comment-1027991 I'm the "Rich" in the comments...
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
Root is being worked on, I spoke with a vulrix I think is his name. The root process is not one click, and it doesn't stick. Its not even user friendly and its kind of pointless since the bootloader lock forbids it from being permanent.

Short answer, root is being worked on... Its a game of patience.
[General Questions and Answers] Alfa Droid:
Root

Honestly I found work arounds for just about everything I need root for. Even unlimited tethering. And custom status bar like in xposed and 3 mint. Lastly having my Zmax working with Samsung Galaxy gear. What do you guys need root for?
[General Questions and Answers] billb23ok:
I went to ZTE website but couldn't find a firmware. anyone know we're to get it?

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what did you do for tethering? I would like to know since it's only 2.5 g

I just used t-mobiles apn settings
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
[The download] doesn't exist. They haven't put it up there
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
what is all the ways to get a custom status bar without root?
[General Questions and Answers] johnb380:
I hope my taxes come quick since well probably never see a perm root or temp one for that... O well Nexus 6 here I come!

I guess I'll just keep this phone for a backup.

If [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] stopped working on root because some random guy got a Chinese CSR that said were gonna get an unlocked boot loader then root is hopeless now. As he was our best shot. I can't believe whoever even took the CSR word as truth as they will say anything to get you off the phone. I mean come on seriously so guy got an operator to say were gonna unlock the boot loader that's not proof of **** people. That CSR may not of even known wtf they were talking about honestly.

O well at Tmobile I can get the N6 for 270 or 280 down and the rest as 24 monthly payments so that's not to bad. I just gotta wait another month for money. This phone isn't to bad without root anyways.

Good luck everyone I've officially lost any reason to follow this thread so see ya later people.
[General Questions and Answers] jcase:
I was informed it was in response to FCC complaints, and complaints to tmobile. They were pretty sure of it, to the point that I went on to other projects
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
why cant you come out with temp root for now till bootloader comes out the release the perm-root i rather have a temp root than no root just saying?
[General Questions and Answers] jcase:
im waiting on you to come out with one
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
can you give us a reasonable answer in why not realease the temp root for now cause we heard you got the temp root working on it?
[General Questions and Answers] jcase:
a) I dont think i made any such announcement

b) I release things on my own schedule, sometimes that is instantly, in some cases ive waited years before doing so.

c) I dont currently have time, I have more important things for myself to be doing right now
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
im sorry i guess theres a little troll on this forum then.have you had any luck on the zmax we all would love to know.what is the status with the root for the zmax?
[General Questions and Answers] DarkFireBrah:
Everyone else in here was being a little rude.. Thanks for trying to root the ZMAX! Hopefully ZTE does unlock the bootloader officially so we won need a hack around it. :)
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
Why are devs being interrogated...
[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
I seriously laughed so hard haha

But anyway just wondering what's going on with this phone. I'm not asking where your at or the ETA but what have you seen or found. Have you ever seen something like this before. Is it different coding what's keeping the root and bootloader unlock from happening. I know its something to do with the R/W but I just like a little more info. Nothing extravagant just like to know. If its not to much to ask.
[General Questions and Answers] DarkFireBrah:
Seems like people really and I mean REALLY want root.. haha
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
Lol were gonna look up and people will start using CIA torture tactics for it lmao
[General Questions and Answers] Alfa Droid:
Like you the t-mobile apn as well as foxfi. Make sure you add the pdanet to the desk or laptop. Dotvpn to a chrome browser.
[General Questions and Answers] John Laurinaitis:
Probably getting myself a oneplus one now. Since they are selling in Tuesdays with no invitr
[General Questions and Answers] nobreak1970:
Legit questions
[General Questions and Answers] billb23ok:
is it working on a tablet with no VPN? Foxfi gives an error when starting so I am not using it and am only using native. the account and phone are with metro pcs. no real need to use a desktop.
[General Questions and Answers] DarkFireBrah:
I wouldn't be surprised if that started happening haha.
[General Questions and Answers] johnb380:
Well thank for your time [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION]... I now know why so many REAL DEVS turn their backs on projects now. You people here are disgustingly rude and inconsiderate. I can't believe this is the community of people we have for this phone. And I don't understand how you guys can be so demanding and judgemental and so greedy to this guy who was literally our only hope at getting any headway toward root.

It amazes me, it truly does, to see the lack of home training and accusatory tone toward our only ally on the Dev front on XDA. I bet we won't get another Real Dev to help this community again. Thank you guys for truly sealing our fate of no root before BL unlock (if that really does EVER HAPPEN)!

[MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] let me apologize for the rude and overzealous folks in here seriously I'm sorry!

With that I say

GOOD DAY SIR...

(PAUSE)

I SAID GOOD DAY!
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
I was serious... Until the end, had to laugh lol
[General Questions and Answers] billb23ok:
+1
[General Questions and Answers] voidcomp:
Great news. Now the trolls (who have resurfaced unsurprisingly) can go elsewhere and we can enjoy the phone for what it most ably provides.
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
im sorry that i was ambushing jcase with questions about root for the zmax i though we all would of liked to know

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what are all the ways to get custom status bar without root
[General Questions and Answers] D33PTHAWTE:
After reading this thread over the course of the past two months and seeing what everyone likes about it, I'd like to recommend a different phone: the Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G.

I owned it before an unfortunate accident that led me to purchase the zmax. Please don't misunderstand, the zmax is a good device. It's a real shame about root, but it has a nice display and very good battery life. But what the zmax does well, the Ascend Mate 2 does even better. Bigger battery, on- screen nav keys, and root!

There still aren't any custom roms for it, but many xposed modules work great. It's carrier unlocked from the manufacturer. Gets great 4G LTE reception and is just a super nice device. You can buy it directly from Huawei so there is no carrier bloat. I've owned many Androids and it is by far my favorite.

I've gone for 3+ days on a single charge!

I just thought it worth mentioning.

Anyone want to buy my ZMAX ;)
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
how much?
[General Questions and Answers] D33PTHAWTE:
What? To buy the Huawei or my ZMAX?

The Huawei is $299 directly from Huawei website but you can often get bonus items when ordering.

As far as my Zmax goes I wouldn't want to get cited for posting an item for sale in the wrong place + I guess I better hang on to it as a backup.
[General Questions and Answers] Alfa Droid:
Super status bar

U

I have endless fun with this. More of my screen shots on the Google plus forum.
[General Questions and Answers] ben7337:
As someone who's watched this thread on and off since hearing of the Zmax, it's nice to know there are other large screen format options out there for cheap. Sadly it seems the 5" screen crowd won't find any such luck, and unfortunately for the huawei ascend mate 2, it is pretty limited in the sense that it doesn't support band 12, which the zmax is supposed to do, and which is one of the big draws to getting it, as so few phones, least of all affordable ones, support all of tmobile's lte bands.

Also the ascend costs $100, over 50% more.
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
i found out how to get custom status but my status bar is nice and simple but customize without root
[General Questions and Answers] Milly7:
What app are you using to customize the status bar?
[General Questions and Answers] kardeef:
Could you plz tell me what app or loader u r using to get more then 4 apps on the bottom launch bar :)
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Nova Launcher - you can have up to 7 without root. Here is an example:
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
I will buy it for 50$...
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
color status bar from google play store heres the link

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thirstystar.colorstatusbar
[General Questions and Answers] kardeef:
Thankie ;)
[General Questions and Answers] rfunderburk39:
http://bgr.com/2015/02/18/us-carrier-unlocking-scorecard/
[General Questions and Answers] T3mpr1x:
Isn't that referring to a SIM unlock, though, and not necessarily bootloader?
[General Questions and Answers] rfunderburk39:
I'm not sure, which is why I shared it.
[General Questions and Answers] kardeef:
Bought the nova launcher... Incredible. Hate to ask a nub question. If anyone has the time could ya explain how to do screen shot, thanks in advance :)
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
They have to be talking about carriers unlocking, but on that case Verizon sucks because you can't really use it on other carriers in the US...
[General Questions and Answers] gizmo72163:
Press and hold power and volume down button at the same time for screen shot.
[General Questions and Answers] DkjDroid:
Actually I have 2 Verizon phones that came with unlocked bootloaders that I am able to use on T-Mobile/Metro. Galaxy S5 and LG G2. However I was extremely surprised the bootloaders we're unlocked. They were sim unlocked too just popped in a T-Mobile sim card and it worked.
[General Questions and Answers] jcase:
Bootloader locks have nothing to do with baseband locks. Consumer Verizon s5 certainly came with a locked bootloader
[General Questions and Answers] DkjDroid:
Yes I meant sim unlock, that's why I edited the post.... G2 didn't have locked bootloader though. My bad on the S5.
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Take a look at my set up AH!

EDIT: sorry for the Quality I could not find the screen shot folder....
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Oh...
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
what phone are you using because i noticed you have cpu tuner running and this is a zte forum and as far as i know there is no root to run cpu tuner
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
I like having apps like that installed so when I do get root I will be ready, I did the solame thing with my moto g till I found the mod string that rooted (yes I was the first find the mod string to the moto g) ...
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
what music app are you using?
[General Questions and Answers] clockcycle:
Themes on zte zmax using launcher 8 free
[General Questions and Answers] misterrmac:
Strange issues with ZMAX

I just got this phone a week ago and so far love it... but I have ran into three distinct and strange problems. The one I'm after a fix/solution for has to do with Bluetooth.

Main problem: Bluetooth connects and plays in my car without any issues however none of the skip/advance/pause/play buttons in the car work on any music app (I have tried with Pandora, Spotify and the default "Music" app). The controls in the app work fine and I don't think it's a car issue as I previously had an LG with 4.2 paired to my car and everything worked just fine. The only noted difference here being it appears the ZMAX controls the pairing (supplies the pass code) where as with the LG I had to enter the pass code supplied by the car. any help here would be appreciated; not being able to use the car's controls is frustrating.

These other two issues were able to be worked around:

1. The first ever WIFI connection made fails. The phone connects to the wireless router but does not shut off the mobile connection and there is no internet. Deleting and re-adding the same connection does not work. Clearing cash and resetting the phone does not fix it. Only setting a static IP for that router or connecting to a second (different) router seems to resolve the problem. I have tried this with two totally different WIFI routers, each time immediately after a phone reset and had the same problem each time.

2. On two separate attempts (due to phone resets) the very first app I installed (Spotify) crashed when launching right after installing it. Other apps worked fine and Spotify worked fine after a restart of the phone.
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Well in the screenshot the built in ZTE one I was playing Miss America by J Cole, mainly I use iHeartRadio because t mobile dose not throttle it...
[General Questions and Answers] drbones:
Hi BrandonLee96,

What are you using for an app for the quick toggles in the notification drawer?

Thanks!

DrB
[General Questions and Answers] Alfa Droid:
Here are a few more themes i put together tablet mode on my Zmax.
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle
[General Questions and Answers] OHNONONO:
Aahman

z97∅ · tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Found it wow its so much better, I did not know that that was possible I thought that would be server controlled and not through the app! ☺

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Nice.?
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Here goes my notification bar quick settings....
[General Questions and Answers] DosCadenaz:
I got the ZMax a week ago from MetroPCS. I had been waiting for root. After today I no longer need root acess. I'm now able do everything I wanted without it. I can tether and have Spotify tablet mode on my phone. :victory:
[General Questions and Answers] vanessaem:
Hello all,

Thread cleaned.

I don't know where some of you think you are but this type of vulgar language and assorted profanity has no business on this website. Please get back on topic and be more respectful to one another. If you find that is something you'll have trouble doing, perhaps this site may not be the best place for you.

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] kardeef:
Thanks for the info for doing the screenshots..now to find it... Lol :)
[General Questions and Answers] BigDaddyE40:
Why was my message deleted, it didn't even use profanity. I was commemorating everyone for keeping the forum alive
[General Questions and Answers] Ranger1189:
I'm convinced we are never going to get root. :(
[General Questions and Answers] Lesharoturbo:
You are more than welcome to experiment yourself. There is really no need to wait around for someone else to do it for you.
[General Questions and Answers] k2kevinnn:
How'd you get tablet mode working ?
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
a launcher
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Yeah I have been experimenting like hell trust me you never know what you are able to found out as a I say in a pervious post, I rooted the moto g using towel root and no body though it was possible...