yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
No. His team responds to what customers have to say. I as tweeting him about a tower issue in my homentown that customer service stated had no issues for months I tweeted john andbtold him what customer service was saying and that I lived here and I knew that something was wrong. He then sent my request to the engineer over my area and they actually came and met me and agreed that their software wasn't showing the problem on the back end but there was definitely a problem. I tweeted john and told him that service was so bad that if he lived here he would not use T-Mobile. He responded within 48 hours and had the engineer meet me at the tower. I was amazed. Now the engineer and I speak on a regular basis and have become friends beyond Tmobile. He will respond or I should say have one of the appropriate members respond. Many of you should tweet him and you will get what you want. He doesn't care for us to unlock our boot loader. He just wants to make sure all customers are accommodated so they keep sending money. He knows in reality that those who want root are a small percentage. He probably figures if we brick the phone we will just need another one. And in reality its zte that loses for the Tmobile warranty replacement. Tmobile covers their self. Its all about the customers and monetary gains in johns eyes. Tweet. He will respond. I'd be very surprised if not. Thanks

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[General Questions and Answers] DroidisLINUX:
Might be time for a new zte zmax thread, directed at the different bootloader modes, and the possibility in dfu mode ( both volume buttons + power) to install a custom recovery or system.IMG, or maybe even an open bootloader from the post earlier.
[General Questions and Answers] clockcycle:
Wondering if there is a way to bootstrap load cwm. It is what was used with my

LG L9 and Moto Atrix before they got perm solutions
[General Questions and Answers] Alfa Droid:
Just loving my Zmax
[General Questions and Answers] mjsell2:
Anyone else that hasn't received the update, and wants to update the phone, switch back to the stock launcher and it will be there.
[General Questions and Answers] duvalbmarley:
Someone should ask dev to port this for zmax

http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/android-one-general/tool-master-tool-unlock-bootloader-t2997696
[General Questions and Answers] duvalbmarley:
The max from metropcs can it be used on T-Mobile without sim unlock
[General Questions and Answers] Velrix:
Yep.
[General Questions and Answers] clockcycle:
Those are just scripts doing what you'd normally do by typing in the commands yourself. Since there are no known methods or exploits, the script would do nothing for us.
[General Questions and Answers] Reallionare:
Have anyone noticed any differences with the update? I'm yet to receive any update s my Zmax is from Wal-Mart but but I'm using T-Mobile/network sim.
[General Questions and Answers] Porky munoz:
An update... wish metro had one lol
[General Questions and Answers] cdwjohnson:
so....I have achieved pulling a backup from my phones entire os...I think it will have the system files as well....I'm using adb commands on ubuntu...need a su file for insertion.

It is 227.8 mb so I believe it is the entire os now for sure....I need to know how to open it and edit it...its binary
[General Questions and Answers] DroidisLINUX:
were you in a special mode to achieve root, or running normal system. What usb drivers are you using.
[General Questions and Answers] cdwjohnson:
I only got root for a flash then it told me i was not allowed....sucks...

attempted oem unlock....failed...sucks

Using ubuntu 14.04 working through terminal in command line....Ubuntu doesn't work like windows....drivers are majorly different
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
what is the latest android version on zte zmax tmobile?
[General Questions and Answers] cdwjohnson:
4.4.2 for tmobile

4.4.4 for metro
[General Questions and Answers] Velrix:
I'd love to know how you achieved root on your phone and did a dd backup of your mmc. Can you post your backup you achieved?
[General Questions and Answers] DroidHackalot:
I was wondering what does cast screen do?
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
Mary mother of god [emoji33] [emoji51] I believe that you all could crack the code guys :) great job!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] cdwjohnson:
i'm still trying to unpack it...i keep getting error zlib isn't working on my commandline....i'm using ubuntu

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slightly off subject but what am I doing wrong here....

dd if=backup.ab bs=24 skip=1 | openssl zlib -d > mybackup.tar
[General Questions and Answers] DroidisLINUX:
Cast screen let's you display your screen on a wireless device capable of multicast like a roku device, or some smart tv's that are capable of it, or computers with some software
[General Questions and Answers] DroidHackalot:
Ohh alright just was.curious thanks bro.
[General Questions and Answers] gordthedev:
I mentioned this earlier but didn't really get a response... If you guys are trying to get to the boot loader wouldn't you guys just need the source code for the ROM? If so you guys know that zte released it for most of their phone two days ago...
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
Lol I think you misunderstand what "source code" is. It basically allows us to build custom kernels FOR custom ROMs that we can flash BY rooting and/or unlocking the bootloader. Source code can't root phones. We were persistent with that more so because its our right under GPL to have it and when we got root, we didn't have to waste time fighting for it, so we can cook ROMs almost immediately. I have the CM11 source code on my computer as we speak :).
[General Questions and Answers] cdwjohnson:
running a new backup and it does appear to be backing up factory data also...saw providers pass by and tmobiledtvhd and com.netgate andcom.android.vending and several stock apps so i do believe it is the full ackup....just need to unpack it.
[General Questions and Answers] gordthedev:
Ah... Thanks for the clarification...
[General Questions and Answers] cdwjohnson:
Yes...however with every other method failing i thought I would take a different approach....I fingured if I could back up my stock...unpack...insert su and change some permissions around I could puch/restore my backup and get root to get the rest. Or am I completely wrong and this route, though longer, won't work?
[General Questions and Answers] johnb380:
How r u gonna sign the zip u need zte key codes to sign the ROM for flashing or it will abort. I don't think that method will work but by all means try it. I'm not a dev but I know that just putting Superuser in a ROM package isn't going to root the ROM or the phone. Also you would need to actually put the superuser files where they need to go in xbin or wherever to even have a chance of it rooting.

Every company uses different key signatures to sign their ROM packages so unless you find a way around that I fear u efforts r in vain my friend.
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
I have to agree with him on this, no key, no flash bro

I think that if you backed up everything, including bootloader, whatever you did needs to be researched further, as you are the only one of us all to get system level access, if only for a moment. If you have the bootloader file, I saw someone talk about bootfiles and changing "10000" to "00000" or something like that. Let's see where those go, and if someone has a device they are willing to risk, then we flash that file. Whatever you did was a breakthrough that can't be ignored. Flashing a modified zip likely won't work, but you have opened so many more doors with your work!

And please, upload that dump for download if you can, I would love to take a look at it :)
[General Questions and Answers] shabbypenguin:
you are doing an adb backup, it backs up the apk's and data for them, nothing more. the last time it was able to be used to root was 4.1 and since then it was patched. if you wipe your device and restore that backup it will put the data as if you didnt wipe, thats all. sorry to disappoint but you didnt have system level access :/. heck you can adb pull /system without root and have the majority of teh rom on your computer.
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
what if i got the adb shell to work on this device what could i do with it because i think i got the adb shell to work
[General Questions and Answers] johnb380:
Adb shell is just another command line bro. If we had a way to root that's what you'd use to push cwm recovery and root. But we don't have a method yet.
[General Questions and Answers] sleepingturtle:
I was looking around for possible exploits and found this thread for the ZTE V5 Max where someone found root. They are nearly identical in hardware. Same chipset, etc. Only difference I can see is screen and battery. Anyone think this may work?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2965142

Edit: I'm stuck at work so can't verify for myself for a few hours.

Edit: Nevermind, borrowed a computer. Doesn't work. No damage to the device. I hope this thing isn't as rough to root as the Dell Streak I used to have. [emoji53]
[General Questions and Answers] Velrix:
It had a unlocked bootloader so it was a lot easier to develop for.
[General Questions and Answers] sleepingturtle:
I figured as much but I was hoping root could have been had. Tmo needs to unlock the bootloader. This is ridiculous.
[General Questions and Answers] DroidHackalot:
For real!
[General Questions and Answers] sleepingturtle:
To be honest if the boot loader doesn't get unlocked, it doesn't mean the end of development. I used to have a LG L9 and the folks over there figured out a 2nd init boodloader solution that worked OK.

Had some decent ROMs on that device.
[General Questions and Answers] nikkdotcom:
Does any of this information help us find the right mod string for our device in TowelRoot? The bootloader being locked is no good.

I'm starting to think this phone purchase might have been a mistake. Although, if the phone lands on MetroPCS like it has been rumored then you will definitely see some sort of development. In my experience MetroPCS devices have a great developer community.
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
A Mistake.
[General Questions and Answers] hoodred:
Its to find the backdoor since busybox already pre-installed to either flash the root/supersu zip or resigned the zip for the stock recovery

Unless the bootlader is unlock, you can only use stock recovery

the kernel has been patched most likely you wont be able to use towelroot, even with changing the mod-string

I was only able to dump the rom halfway before it broke
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
It's Over.
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
I can't believe the T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 ALREADY has Root from Chainfire..

Damn !

This is getting really tough to stay away from the T-Mobile Store... :)
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Yeah, well Chainfire is...he's Chainfire.

I just bought a Note 3 off Swappa. If I don't like it enough, I'll resell it and maybe pick up the ZMAX instead if it gets rooted.
[General Questions and Answers] nikkdotcom:
Does anyone here besides me have a small amount of knowledge about rooting? Anybody willing to share their brain with me, Skype maybe, and root this mother.
[General Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Root or not im sticking with the phone played with the Note 4 not impressed after having all Notes and the G3 this will be my phone until the Nexus 6 drops...
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
Anyone try to use the same root used for the Nubia 5s?

I don't have the phone yet as I'm on MetroPcs, but I'm hoping and praying root is achieved before then.

http://hexamob.com/devices/how-to-root-zte-nubia-z5s-z5sn/
[General Questions and Answers] disco_dan:
I'm scared to try it. I don't want to brick my phone.
[General Questions and Answers] jbyers5355:
Just tried it and it didn't work
[General Questions and Answers] HD2FORNICK:
Co-Sign! I used to own the G-Pro as well as the Note 3 and don't know why but I love this more than those 2. Just so smooth and the battery life is great.
[General Questions and Answers] stinkbud:
I'm past the 2 week return period without regret. I really love this phone and root access will make it even better. It is still so much better than my rooted Xperia Z ever was. Sometimes I think adding ROMs and messing around with the stock configuration of the phone is the cause of everything annoying.
[General Questions and Answers] nikkdotcom:
Root has to go through FTM mode. I've been studying a lot of root method for ZTE devices. Everything seems to focus on FTM Mode (Power + Vol Down).

I'm going to try and see what I can do tonight. Been busy working off some open source code for an RSS Reader. Going to make a ZTE Zmax app for us.
[General Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Honestly if we get root i will stick with this phone it puts alot of things in perspective. Showing me i dont really need 3GB of ram a more powerful processor and 4k display. This phone like you said is smooth and battery life is great
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
Another big screened ZTE phone root method if anyone is willing to try:

ZTE Grand S 2 root

http://theunlockr.com/2014/07/15/how-to-root-the-zte-grand-s-ii/
[General Questions and Answers] HD2FORNICK:
Thanks bro! That will be epic. :good:
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
Not Coming.
[General Questions and Answers] Genaugmen:
But what's up with tethering?

I convinced my girlfriend to get this phone after checking the specks, and a few minutes actually fiddling with one. No issues with the phone performance-wise. I've had one issue though, tethering stopped working after 5GB of use, even using user agent overrider plugin with firefox. I have no issues with my phone. I can tether to my hearts content. I've tethered with a droid bionic, a LG f3, and most recently an unlocked s4 active. But my girlfriends zmax won't allow her to tether anymore, it goes to the tmobile upsell page. I'm sure there's a workaround (been looking into a few), but anyone else have this issue? Is tmobile able to monitor actual tethering use with this new tmobile exclusive phone, or... well, your guess may be better than mines. Also, any options for video output with the zmax?

And I know this is of topic, but the s4 active (an at&t exclusive) runs on tmobile's lte with nothing more than sim unlocking and adding the fast.tmobile apn. Worth mentioning if for no other reason than that has become my daily driver on the grandfathered $70/mo truly unlimited data plan.
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
I can't speak for the Zmax, but on my Galaxy Light, it has a built-in T-Mobile tethering provision app. The S4 Active and Droid Bionic obviously don't, since they're from other carriers...I don't know where your F3 is from.
[General Questions and Answers] Demonik1:
Lock screen and volume lag

Have the zmax from metro and a couple days ago it started minor lagging whenever i go to unlock the screen....it should be almost instant but its taking anywhere from 3-10 secs to light up after i hit the unlock button and the volume is almost the same when i go to turn it up or down......anyone know whats causing this?
[General Questions and Answers] DroidisLINUX:
Removed
[General Questions and Answers] TheSolomon90:
Please remove, not sure how XD
[General Questions and Answers] johnb380:
Hey has anyone figured out how to get in boot loader or stock recovery mode? And if so is there a wipe cache selection in either? And can you tell me the button combo and any info pertaining to this?

Thanx in advance either way!

My phone needs a good wiping it seems to be slowing with time!

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Also I'm wondering why there is no selection in Developer options to switch to Art runtime that was nice on my N4 to have that on kit kat before Lollipop made Art runtime stock setting!
[General Questions and Answers] johnb380:
Never mind I got into stock recovery by holding vol up while powering up but wipe cache wouldn't complete you can select it but it never does anything. I wonder why that is. Maybe a security feature they have baked in idk.
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Count me in as another voice who bought this phone.

Got it from MetroPCS for the $99 price and $50/month unlimited

Upgraded from a Samsung S3, so I am dearly missing my Galaxy Gear, now. Looking forward to root so I can install Gear Manager. Haven't found a good/working non-root tutorial for getting it working on a non-Samsung phone. Figured I would mention the Gear as some of you who got this phone might also have this issue and want it resolved.

EDIT: ALSO, for those who want a sliding home screen, I just installed this and it works pretty well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.next&hl=en

Not usually the type to laud Microsoft things, but they did a good job on it. Has weather, time, calendar items, shortcuts and more.
[General Questions and Answers] jc33777:
Hopefully I'll get a response soon!
[General Questions and Answers] HD2FORNICK:
I sold my ZMax for a $50 loss but still got something back in return. I will buy ths phone again if it gets root and custom ROMS. At first I thought I wouldn't miss root but I was wrong. This phone would be a rock star if it got root. I hope someday! :good:
[General Questions and Answers] jbird5047:
I followed the guide here on XDA (install each gear apk separately) and have Gear 1st Gen (was rooted but went stock) working very well with my Zmax.
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
There are about 15 different guides on here for that - which one?

And yes, i did the same thing - installed all 15 of the APK files, the ones from the MediaFire, and even the trick to use Samsung's site. Would not pair with the Gear.
[General Questions and Answers] jbird5047:
After you install all the apks, you have to start Gear Manager and while it's searching, go back to Bluetooth settings and search for gear. Then once you accept the pairing request it should connect to Gear Manager.
[General Questions and Answers] DroidHackalot:
What does gear manager do?
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
This is related to pairing the Galaxy Gear watch with the ZMAX
[General Questions and Answers] fototogo:
This sounds like an app running in the background that is a resource hog of one type or another...and/or.... Install Clean master (blue broom with yellow brushes) and run it manually and it will tell you what apps are secretly running in the background if you have root.... Since the device isn't rootable yet, you might be able to find it thru another program or go into your apps and force close the ones you installed or downloaded and keep checking the screen lock to see what app you closed when and if the lag disappears.

I like the specs and everything about this phone except it's not water/dust resistant and without root I have no interest in it.... I like the flexibility of backups, installs and uninstalls with a rooted phone. Good luck and I hope JCase is feeling well and I'm rooting for you and all who want this phone rooted....
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
Try Greenify. It now works without needing full root and puts all of your apps to sleep and hibernate. Saves a ton of battery.
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Can you link to the specific guide you used?
[General Questions and Answers] jbird5047:
Its been a little while, but start here.

http://www.xda-developers.com/pair-your-samsung-galaxy-gear-with-non-samsung-devices/
[General Questions and Answers] melcali:
Some news involving the ZMax and the 700 mhz spectrum on T-mobile

http://www.androidauthority.com/t-mobile-700mhz-support-582645/

Says that the update is coming but I wonder if the recent update pushed to the zmax is it or just some maintenance update...
[General Questions and Answers] Demonik1:
Works great, thanks......it was getting annoying force stopping everything manually........seems to be working better now, plus i uninstalled a few apps i downloaded for the little one which i believe was the problem in the first place but i wanted to see if it was a known problem with the phone instead of just assuming everything was fine
[General Questions and Answers] sleepingturtle:
Yeah, it says 2015 not when. Knowing TMo 4th quarter or never.
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Thanks. I have it working, now - just don't have the store.
[General Questions and Answers] treezy26:
So I just got a notification for an update? Zmax software enhancement?
[General Questions and Answers] Furik:
I just got the notification too. I'm going to hold off on it. If it's the same one rolling out from earlier, I believe someone said not to update. Phones that have been updated may stall the rooting development.

Edit: looks like it may very well be the recent update. https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-15634
[General Questions and Answers] afox27:
Yes that is very true updating may well make ur device unrootable till they find another root method for it
[General Questions and Answers] Reallionare:
Just received the update also, it downloaded but battery was too low to install, I don't want to install , does anyone know the location of the update so I could possibly try to delete it......Thanks ahead .
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
Lol I just got the update notification too
[General Questions and Answers] stinkbud:
Right, because easy ZMax rooting has been a problem TMo needs to deal with.
[General Questions and Answers] QuickNET Tech:
As with most phones, it is most likely in the /cache partition, which means you cannot see it, unfortunately meaning you cannot delete it.

I've been lurking around this forum since this phones release hoping this phone will get root, because if it does, I am totally going to pick one up. It's sad, this phone was released last year and it still hasn't gotten root access. That's the only thing holding me back from picking his phone up. For now I'm on Sprint's ****ty network with a rooted LG volt. The only thing stopping me from switching is my phone has root and unfortunately the Z max does not.

Either way, good luck on root! ;)

Quickdraw996

PS I wouldn't update to be safe, just from my experience with other devices, where the prior updates got root access and the newer ones didn't get it until much later.
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
Ok, finally got a day off, I'm gonna look thru the source tonite after I finish updating my Kubuntu Box and see what I can find to move this root process along. Wish me luck! Lol
[General Questions and Answers] nobreak1970:
Not sure if you guys saw this today:

Tmobile 700Mhz LTE band compatible:

DEVICE LIST – PHONES – 700 COMPATIBLE

Galaxy Note™ 4 - Available now

Galaxy Note™ 4 Edge - Available now

Google Nexus 6 - Software update coming early 2015

ZTE ZMAX – Software update coming 2015

Samsung Galaxy Avant™ - Software update coming May 2015

Sony Xperia® Z3 - Software update coming May 2015

Link:

http://www.t-mobile.com/optional-services/coverage-phones-700.html
[General Questions and Answers] Hammerdroid:
FTM= f*** t mobile lol
[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
There has to be a way to exploit the ability to update software via the SD card. The fact that you can download the update software and put it on the external memory than go into your settings and click update from SD card. Root and bootloader unlock is possible the lg L70 had a locked down bootloader still had root they finally figured out how to unlock the bootloader. Maybe they can help you I know its a different phone company but if metro pcs/ T-Mobile is the ones locking down the bootloader maybe they did it the same way to the L70 that they did to our beautiful ZMax
[General Questions and Answers] afox27:
Its in the /cache an you can't delete it
[General Questions and Answers] Malcrof:
Saw this toda

[theunlockr.com/2015/01/20/how-to-root-the-zte-zmax

has anyone tried it?