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[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
I know jcase is on a mission to get us root, but just a reminder that I've been bombarding ZTE twitter, email and facebook with out petition for bootloader unlock. So keep signing or get anyone you know to sign to help us out!

https://www.change.org/p/zte-usa-an...urce-and-bootloader-unlock-for-zte-zmax-phone
[General Questions and Answers] Velrix:
Root will come soon enough, Give it a little time. The phone is still fairly new and a lot of developers are loyal to more popular brands (sad truth). Spec wise this phone is really solid and I think time will show this, heck even stock its really fast and I have not noticed any lag browsing through apps, web, gallery. I am confident once we get root, then recovery, an unofficial port of CM/Slim/ect will be in the works. That is when this phone will really shine.
[General Questions and Answers] jc33777:
there is metro hotspot app, metro web browser, metro411, metro app store, metro block it, metro zone, my metro and metro visual voicemail and that is odd i did notice that about the version of android

i will go sign it now

yeah i really enjoy the phone however i have had youtube freeze up and it has randomly closed i wasnt even watching a video it was over i was just reading comments and i couldnt scroll down or up then it just closed
[General Questions and Answers] BenisHeger:
I've been doing the same (Twitter / email bombs) so far they are just ignoring me :mad:
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
Would someone that uses metro please upload their apk for WiFi calling? Thanks to someone who can do this.

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[General Questions and Answers] Llamalover87:
Finally a ZTE ZMAX root!!!

Hello everyone!

I'm also into rooting/jailbreaking/modding etc, etc. I've been doing this for about 2 years now. Every phone I've ever had I've rooted and flashed custom roms. Admittedly I've bricked one device in my two year tenure. Anywho I've been reading everyone's thread and I think I found a way to root.....AND I install Android 5.0..

Before I get everyone's hopes up higher then what they are now allow me to see if this works...you all will be hearing from me ASAP!!! :fingers-crossed:
[General Questions and Answers] Velrix:
I would suggest everyone stay as far as you can away from this guy its spam and reported do not trust what they post.
[General Questions and Answers] 70cutty:
Is it done yet:D
[General Questions and Answers] misterbjm:
It's been done. Lol it never started.
[General Questions and Answers] Llamalover87:
I PROMISE you I'm not spam or a spammer...I

I've spent 72 hours researching a way to find out how to root the ZTE ZMAX...just as you all have been..the reason why I made the statement about me wanting to try it first is because I didn't want the "open mouth insert foot" syndrome. I'm not gonna take credit for this man's discovery nor do I want to, I will be more than obliged to c&p the link where I found my study and you guys or the seniors can try it out for yourselves. When it comes to rooting and all that stuff im just a rook lol. I want to one day create my own ROM ...but anyway I'll post the link.

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Wow
[General Questions and Answers] Velrix:
I have been digging, consoling to this phone, and researching all day. If you found something please link it as it may help.
[General Questions and Answers] hroark13:
this is what I am gonna do, I am gonna get one of these phones, hop in my time machine, and go one year into the future, by then the phone will be rooted and have some custom roms and stuff, I will save all those goodies onto the phone and come back to this time and upload everything for you guys

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ok, just got back from 2016, sorry everyone I could not get any updates or root, there was a nuclear war and damn dirty apes rule the planet, I almost did not escape

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[General Questions and Answers] shabbypenguin:
Careful with your words, more often than not we people show skepticism towards this kind of stuff end up getting the brunt of clueless folk's anger. The mysterious person will claim he is taking his ball and leaving and the clueless people will blame the doubters for causing issues instead of realizing things werent as they seemed.

Had his claim only been "i think i figured out how to get temporary root but ill need to test and see if i can turn it into something more!" it would have been believable, but full on root, bypassing the write protection and installing a rom that anyone with a history with ZTE should know isnt coming. It starts to sound like it began with "Once upon a time..."
[General Questions and Answers] Velrix:
I totally agree but the reason I knew that is I knew exactly what he would link and he just PM'd it to me for obvious reasons do not follow what it tells you but if you google search it will show up with promised root results and lollipop.

This is the body of the PM from him. I will say it again DO NOT USE THAT LINK.

zte zmax root

http://www.how-to-root.club/mp3-0/zte-zmax-6697.html

Here's the link that I found earlier
[General Questions and Answers] _ck_:
the entire "how-to-root.club" website is a scam and obviously written by a bot

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:how-to-root.club

they use the same template for many phones that do not have existing root, the are just monitoring searches for these things

some of the links on the page are for firmwares to other phones to make it seem semi-legit but it's not

everyone just needs to report the site to google's malware list so the searches get blocked

https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/

the domain also needs to be blocked on xda
[General Questions and Answers] Llamalover87:
Everyone I stand corrected. I had just been informed that the site I found was bogus and a spam site, (thank you velrix for setting me straight. ) I was just excited that I finally (or so I thought) found what we all have been looking for...but ima keep looking
[General Questions and Answers] hroark13:
believe it or not it was the Pope, no one knew that he was stock piling nuclear weapons, he got all pissed off because Jimmy Falon made a joke about him, and he went ballistic and launched all his nukes, the Damn Dirty Apes saw this as their chance to takeover Earth, they currently have a secret base on the Moon, and are waiting for a good time to strike.

Please someone contact the government and let them know this information, so that we can save ourselves, I would do it myself but I have to go get a haircut tomorrow
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
Lol seems I've been away a bit too long. I apologize for my absence. I have had to put in more working hours recently, but I am still talking to ZTE CN (bet ur tired of hearing about that song and dance). Based on what they are saying, they are still "awaiting a response". But its amazing that so many of you are contributing to getting this done. I can promise ROMs if we get root lol. Thank you all so much for standing by the device!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] hroark13:
Oh and ShabbyPenguin you survive this catastrophic event, but you do get a sex change operation, and change your name to Shirley
[General Questions and Answers] ubigred:
This thread is going downhill?

Sent from my SM-N910P
[General Questions and Answers] BenisHeger:
Yeah I found that link first day I bought this and new it was bogus. At this point in time, I'm not about to give up on a root method, however after 77 pages and 700+ posts, when will this device finally see its own dedicated thread? I think this would really be of great benefit for all of us. If needed, I have no problem making a donation to XDA to at least get this part rollin'
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
Gentleman, one of the best devs on Xda just purchased this device. When he exploits the phone he will post. Jcase is an excellent member (probably the best we could have with the device in his hands). It will be done. We've waited this long so with no gains. He will get it done. He's got a lot going on but I know he will crack this device. Be patient. The best is yet to come.

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[General Questions and Answers] Velrix:
I have 100% faith in him as well, I know he will do it soon enough. Now if we could get our own forum...
[General Questions and Answers] hroark13:
is that a question ?

based on the OP

the topic of this thread is

99.9 percent of the posts are Off topic
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
It's basically the only thread going on discussing development on this phone. Neither I nor my friend ever got this phone anyway, so I'm perfectly fine with the directions it's taking (well...mostly)., and don't really consider this my thread anymore. I am following it though, because if the dang phone ever does get root, I might be interested again.
[General Questions and Answers] Furik:
I know it's probably a while back in the thread but has anyone got an update on that petiyion?
[General Questions and Answers] ubigred:
Why didn't you get the phone?

Sent from my SM-N910P
[General Questions and Answers] perrisiam:
Good news and I feel a little foolish, I am guessing, since there is dual mic noise cancellation, if I hold the phone away from my mouth the mic thinks it's ambient sound and cancels, so I guess trying to be a distance from the mic cuts it out, I think I have this sussed, thanks everyone for trying to help

also, VERY excited it looks like we will have root in the near future, I think someone might mention to the zte team that they the only real thing holding back popularity for this phone is lack of root and they might sell a good amount more once we can play

I am told, in the corporate world, believe it or not, Money motivates.
[General Questions and Answers] DroidisLINUX:
great phone

I just bought mine, love it such a large screen decent memory and long life on battery you can't ask for much more than that, I hope we get root cause this phone diserves a thread and some attention
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
I just want to be able to install xposed and xposed modules and I'll be a happy camper, as well as some custom kernels and be able to tweak the device and possibly even more battery life :D
[General Questions and Answers] mhaner:
Just ordered mine. My brother in law got one and I've messed with it some. I decided to "downgrade" from my Note 4, I never use the stylus and it's not worth the extra $24+ a month to me for the Note over the ZMax. I much prefer stock android over the Samsung Interface anyway.
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Various reasons. I bought a used Note 3 but quit my job and had to sell it. I liked it, but it was just a hair too big, and the ZMAX isn't any smaller. When I can afford to (probably soon, when I do my taxes), I plan on getting an LG G2 or maybe a OnePlus One. Plus, as of yet, there's no root for this phone. I need root, because my phone is my internet, so I need some method of bypassing tethering provisioning. Plus stuff like adblock and the convenience of transferring app backups from device to device.
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
Its not much, but its a response back from ZTE that isn't their usual response. It was a very long email that I had originally sent to mobile@zte.com.cn
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
Go to settings, about phone, system updates, check for update.

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Nice to see this thread has hit 3k views!!! We def need a sub forum for this phone.
[General Questions and Answers] recepo1:
No i mean the new device forum for the Zte max
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
If/when we get root first thing I'm doing is disabling these capacitive buttons and finding a set of on screen replacements!
[General Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Yeah their not that responsive as i would like
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
I'm not a fan of the button arrangement. I don't know why manufacturers can't agree on where to place the back button and the recent/menu button. Google puts the back button on the left, but Samsung, the largest Android manufacturer, puts it on the right. Motorola used to put the back button on the right, but now they put it on the left. LG lets you choose, which all manufacturers should. I don't like the back button on the left, especially on a large device, because it's such a long way to reach with my thumb. But mainly, I just want consistency. I've got 2 phones and a tablet, with plans to get 1 or 2 more phones in the near future. Different button arrangements would frustrate the living crap out of me. As good a phone as this ZMAX appears to be, I'll most likely never get one, if only because of where the buttons are (although on-screen buttons might change that).
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
I can not believe I bought this device.
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
I agree Raider, impulse buy for me and I'm completely happy with it minus root and they keys, both of which can be fixed. I'd be willing to chip in $10 toward getting a Dev a phone.
[General Questions and Answers] jbyers5355:
Just to let everyone know I tried towel root with every combination in the mod string minus the limit offset and the temp root settings and I still don't have root but it was worth a try
[General Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Wow almost in the same boat sold my G3 and saw the ZTE max in the Tmo store and also made an impulse buy. Very pleased with this device reminds me of a phone i wanted the sony xperia z ultra. I believe this will get root the phone hasnt been out really long and once it gets more attention.. developers will be making custom roms
[General Questions and Answers] rumitg2:
Aside from ROM support do you think we will get an official update to android L from ZTE?
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
All depends on if ZTE is going to put development into android L
[General Questions and Answers] JoePUNK:
lucky me

I am soooo lucky my impulsive buy today was the zmax. The dolby sound thingie boosts my headphone volume so nicely. I am Not sure if that is just a kit kat thing or not, but it is cool feature nonetheless. Never thought I would get a phablet, but this thing is the bomb. I didn't know about the root issue until after I bought it, but I know one will come. Probably through framaroot. I am a previous Nexus 5 user, and I just posted it for sale on Craigslist. I cannot wait to read it so that I can unlock the potential of this beast.I have had it for about 10 hours now and I can't put it down. I will be tuned in to this thread watching for root and the custom roms.
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
I can't believe I bought this.
[General Questions and Answers] angort14:
Root

Try geohots towel root it worked for my lg l90 and its kitkat .I want to buy the phone im just waiting for any development to happen.
[General Questions and Answers] disco_dan:
Most of us have tried Towel Root. It just says device unsupported for me.
[General Questions and Answers] kevyreil:
No root

Yes, we've tried framaroot, towelroot, towelroot + modstrings, etc.:p
[General Questions and Answers] stinkbud:
If there is an easy root method out there, I am fairly certain someone has tried it. Keep up requesting a device specific forum and hopefully with enough demand, developers will join in the fray.
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
What was I thinking.
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
Ya I'm really missing my Vipersound mod.....lol and I really wanna do away with these hard keys and replace em with the on screen keys.
[General Questions and Answers] shabbypenguin:
Have you see the zenphone 2? might be the one for you ;)
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
I'm glad they forwarded you to mobile. Like I said, they are much more helpful, but you have... And I mean HAVE to be persistent or they will brush you off (not rudely, but you get the idea. Keep emailing them, they will respond, and make your case. I'm sure this sudden influx of emails requesting Root has to get annoying, and they will give in, because as a community with flashing disorders lol, we won't accept anything else.

Great job though! Keep it up everyone. I know it seems like a long haul, but dedication will carry us through. Great job!
[General Questions and Answers] voidcomp:
When that phone will be available is anyone's guess. It could be months following the release in March.
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
I just got the zte zMax and I was wondering is there any way to get this phone rooted I've tried almost every root tool out there but nothing work
[General Questions and Answers] QuickNET Tech:
Not yet, but we have one of the best developers in our community working on it.
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Yeah. Looks too good to be true, especially if the rumored pricing is to believed. 2015 is going to be an interesting year, that's for sure. I'm also hoping T-Mobile gets their butt into gear rolling out band 12.
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
Did the developer himself say he was working on it
[General Questions and Answers] afox27:
I can confirm that they are working on it jcase an most likely beaups to from the way they where talking in IRC chat
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Actually, if I went with Asus, I'd get the ZenFone Zoom. Same phone, but with a 3x optical zoom camera. Not as impressive as the Galaxy K Zoom, but it's has a lot slimmer profile.
[General Questions and Answers] mhaner:
Which IRC channel are you guys on?
[General Questions and Answers] Ra.burt86:
Going to send jcase a little donation in advance. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Root_Junkie:
Hey guys I am new to XDA I'd first like to say thank you for all of your help with getting this phone rooted. I also signed the petition and posted it on my blog and pretty much everywhere else I could. I emailed zte as well as called T-Mobile about the violation of the GPL by XTE. This is a great phone and an even better community of people surrounding it. Thanks guys and I look forward to working with all of you to make this phone prosper.

I am in desperate need of some xposed in my life.
[General Questions and Answers] rfunderburk39:
Maybe we should all report ZTE & T-Mobile for violation of the GPL. Anyone more familiar with the process should pipe in. Here is the link. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
Temporary fix until Rhapsody is updated.

https://secure-static.rhapsody.com/Rhapsody4.15.1.292.apk
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
I was waiting to see how the petition turns out, cuz that's a lot of info to collect to report the violation in details lol
[General Questions and Answers] rfunderburk39:
That's what I was curious about. But feel it's the next step.
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
I did send ZTE a nice reminder of the petition and GPL not too long ago. Surprisingly they've been good about emailing me back within a day or so.
[General Questions and Answers] nobreak1970:
Ummmmm....and what does that say by chance?
[General Questions and Answers] Root_Junkie:
Really we just have to get the link for the petition out to as many people as possible right now its at 166 supporters so get it out as much as possible. At some point they will get so annoyed with us that they will have to listen. And them releasing code source is a lot easier than lawsuit. It just takes persistence and that's one thing we do have.

I can't post links yet but the links for the peteion and the email to contact zte are posted a few pages back.
[General Questions and Answers] afox27:
I have the z667g a distant cousin to the zmax that is locked down just as bad or worse I've already started collecting info for the reports for zinger,whirl2,prelude2,zmax if you guys want me to wait let me know an I'll hold off
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
My opinion: Have at it! ZTE has been holding out and trying to drag this on from my communications with them.
[General Questions and Answers] afox27:
If you guys find any other phones on there website that doesn't have sources or unlocked or anything that violates the GPL let me know an I'll make a report for it *cough go look pls cough* xD lmao most of the info is gonna be the same for the reports just different model numbers #ZTE gonna be #REKT hopefully
[General Questions and Answers] jcase:
Android is not gpl, doesnt not require source release, and gpl doeant cover the boot loaders.

Linux Kernel != android nor bootloaders

The link you provided is gpl3, which the kernel is gpl2. Very huge difference. Tivoization clause is in 3 but not 2
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
Well before you jumped on board and got a phone we were grasping at any straws possible to see what we can do to get root for the phone.

Thanks again for jumping on the ZTE bandwagon, according to a lot of media outlets they are the "IT" company at this years CES event and they are going to have a HUGE marketing push in the US this year, so the community can only get bigger and stronger.
[General Questions and Answers] voidcomp:
Keep on irritating them on twitter. I have. :)

https://twitter.com/ZTEPress

https://twitter.com/ZTE_USA
[General Questions and Answers] ubigred:
Best chance is a petition with at LEAST 1,000 people to even be taken seriously.

Companies loooove using the 'we'll get back to you' line when an issue is insignificant to them.

Jcase, you seem to be the only hope. Godspeed my friend.

Sent from my SM-N910P
[General Questions and Answers] DroidisLINUX:
Jcase

I hope you find a way in, before they give the source. That will show them, glad someone here knows what their doing, and talking about; let the root games begin

dd if=zte/security/hacked of=/jcase/owns bs=/zte count=/now
[General Questions and Answers] jcase:
You have to realize, the carrier are their customers, not you. They build to spec for the carrier. Write letters (not email bomb) the carriers.
[General Questions and Answers] nobreak1970:
All I know is that the carriers care about selling phones selling phones to the normal person who uses them doesn't care about rooting. Let's face it we're not normal not the typical smart phone user. It's going to take a helluva lot more than 1000 signatures for t-mobile to do anything.

I like the track that what's his name the head of T Mobile is taking the company but I still don't think they're going to give a rats ass about the development community. This is my opinion in my opinion only I could be wrong.

I want to thank you J case for jumping on board if you can get the zmax rooted perhaps the zinger can be rooted too.

All in due time.
[General Questions and Answers] Shlickwilly:
J case have you had any luck at all? I was wondering if you had removed the cover and maybe found a way to read the nand directly? If you have by chance maybe you could post a few pics . thanks
[General Questions and Answers] ubigred:
I was just trying to be nice lol

If my life depended on it....500,000 signatures would get their attention.

Sent from my SM-N910P
[General Questions and Answers] nobreak1970:
No fault in your end. Keep doing what you are doing. :thumbup:
[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
Im just ready to get a 5.0 rom on here and get rid of the zte verson of stock google. Too many bugs and little quirks that shouldnt be happening with a pbone that performs as well as it does in situations that usually cause a phone to show its bugs.