yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] smilesintears77:
Just got metropcs zmax for $60 from Craigslist. unlocked it and now using with cricket wireless. works perfectly and I must say it is very impressive phone for the price.
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Reddit is tho...
[General Questions and Answers] k2kevinnn:
Can you give steps on how please?
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
I believe we are, in my eyes its just a other phone running android KitKat. not some government "unhackable" smartphone which its not its a phone from ZTE they just put some more sh** on it to make it more "secure" thats it,

I bet if we got that guy that fixed the HOLE entire Internet it would have been root with unlocked bootloader with in a 2 days time but to bad he was other more important thing to do?, So all hail jcase!
[General Questions and Answers] richm052569:
Ah well, disturbing answer to my tweet to ZTE_USA inquiring about bootloader unlock plans...
[General Questions and Answers] richm052569:
Forwarded same to Justin Case, told him we're all hoping his sources are better than ours.
[General Questions and Answers] 4NDROID4LIFE:
Disappointing. Not unexpected though along with root.

Sent from my D850 T-Mobile SIM
[General Questions and Answers] DosCadenaz:
http://xdaforums.com/android/general/mod-spotify-tablet-mode-t3006191
[General Questions and Answers] k2kevinnn:
Thank you , it works perfect
[General Questions and Answers] voidcomp:
Velrix, you've been quiet. What's your take?
[General Questions and Answers] Velrix:
I am still awaiting a proper response from T-Mobile regarding the discission we had. They told me two weeks and only last week closed the FCC request. So I would assume by next week I will have the letter in my mailbox. In the interim I spoke with ZTE China and had conflicting information regarding what was discussed as they said T Mobile would provide the update and not ZTE. Until I can get rock hard evidence of either all I can say is someone is lying and not sure which.
[General Questions and Answers] ubigred:
Corporate shenanigans.
[General Questions and Answers] Alfa Droid:
Spidy Theme

Meanwhile... here is my spidy theme.
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Do any of you know how to port apps? I have a power saving app from a other ZTE device the X max + but it gives me the "app not install error" I tryed to port it myself but that end up in failure...

http://xbehome.com/leo5111/Power.apk
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
i got the same error
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Do you have any hacking experience?
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
like what?
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Moding apks , I do just alittle tho I do simple text edits add/delete files I do not know how to code them tho...
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
sorry i dont know how but youtube is always the anwser i wish i did though
[General Questions and Answers] richm052569:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2476050
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Any body know where I can find the drivers to the ZTE Z max?
[General Questions and Answers] billb23ok:
maybe here

https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-15713#drivers

or here

http://www.downloads.techdiscussion.in/smartphones/zte-zmax-pc-suite-and-usb-driver/
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Lol the drivers are built into the phone. Plug in the USB to your computer and choose driver mode.

Wow.
[General Questions and Answers] Exconvict:
Lol
[General Questions and Answers] treezy26:
And here's me...
[General Questions and Answers] John Laurinaitis:
Well damn, I used all my 2.5gb of hotspot data.. Nothing works now lol so I canceled the service. Tested out fiddler and it was a no go. Neither was changing the UA string or a VPN/Proxy. Anyone know a way for passing that awful upsell page

Edit: Adding that "dun" in the APN settings seems to have allowed me to use a UA string and fiddler!
[General Questions and Answers] DroidisLINUX:
The dun APN hack should allow for tethering to other androids, but I haven't gotten it to work for desktop, what UA string did you use, and how do you you fiddler.
[General Questions and Answers] enesha:
Zmax Drivers

Ok so on my phone when I connect the device to the pc (mac), it opens the "Connect to PC Menu" where you can choose Media Device (MTP) The option above that however is "Install Driver" so it says it will install if unavailable. Suppose you can always give that a try :)

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[General Questions and Answers] John Laurinaitis:
I used "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9) AppleWebKit/537.71 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/7.0 Safari/537.71" as a custom UA using a chrome extension called "Ultimate User Agent Switcher, URL sniffer" And i use "Fiddler" for programs that can't use a UA changer but i probably don't need that anymore seeing how the hulu and Netflix apps from the Windows 8 store still work without the hotspot service.
[General Questions and Answers] enesha:
Rooting

Rooting using TowelRoot (or any other fine tool made by a dev) isn't really what we are talking about here. Those are pre-made solutions. You root your phone by pressing a button and viola, you have root. The part that comes before that, and that the devs are working on, is probing the system, identifying a potential method of exploit to trick the kernel into giving us root access and then figuring out how to make that stick. Personally I use the premade solutions, and doubt I would be able to process an exploit at this point. However please recognize that for the devs out there, it isn't just as simple as pressing a button that says root me now. It's tough work and we should definitely give props and respect to those who can do it. Just remember guys, and it seems to come up on here every couple of pages, if towelroot (thanks geohot and his rain making), or any of the other methods would work right now, WE WOULD BE USING THEM.

Anyway, thank you devs. Please don't abandon us, lol. Some of us give you the love your deserve and check back on here every other day, if not daily, in hopes of the grand announcement lol.

Thanks, and that's my two cents lol

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As far as I undertsnd they didn't put anything on it, really, to make it "secure" as you say. That's not really the case for root (the locked bootloader might be something different and a subject for another discussion) The problem lies in the kernel, which is the sort of master brain of the system. The kernel gets compiled from the src by the manufacturer when the customize their phones. In doing so they generally will close some of the common root exploit methods, if they care. They do this for a simple reason - tech support. If you have root, you can do things that could really harm your system, if you don't know what you are doing. You could even manage to delete full directories of the system or anything else if you were so minded to (usually done by someone using the very dangerous rm -rf * lol) so you can easily break various software on the phone, or even brick it. Without root they know what you can do and can (hopefully) not do something that would turn your phone into a paper weight.

As far as some guy that "fixed the HOLE entire Internet"....well I am just at a loss of a reply to that. I am not sure if you're making a joke I didn't get, or what, lol.

Peace

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You can try BatteryGuru. Made by Qualcomm specifically to do power saving on snapdragon devices. LEarns your habits and tries to improve from there. Side note tho, I can usually get 2 days between charges with moderate usage and some video streaming.
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
I know what we are talking about here I was just saying and I know what root can do all to well I hard bricked my moto g trying to unlock the bootloader using a samsung app? I was so damn stupid! Had video of my dead grand father on that damn phone! And I do not have the equipment to JTAG it back to life.

And that guy that fixed the net thing I was just saying that this thing would have been root already because its not invincible and he is a super genius.
[General Questions and Answers] DroidisLINUX:
I will have to give this a try thanks
[General Questions and Answers] enesha:
Again it seems to echo what I was saying. You're trying to use pre-built tools, and don't necessarily understand the underlying principals (I could always be wrong), or you might not have used a low level samsung tool on a motorola (tho the qualcomm tool can work on many brands). You even seem to mix the two things up, rooting your moto g (or any device) has NOTHING to do with the bootloader. Tho you only mentioning using towelroot in the original message and how you used it and everyone thought it was impossible. If towelroot supported it, I am not sure who said it was impossible, unless you mean haters that said geohot couldn't create initial hacks. GeoHot is definitely Wile-E-Coyote Super Genius. Has been for years. He made it rain on more than one ios device that I used. I was simply pointing out that using those tools doesn't elevate to the level of a developer. I use them (not for this obviously) and will willingly admit I am not a developer. I have not coded an exploit because I am not, frankly, sure I would be able to. That's where props to the developers goes. I think GeoHot gave up on us for now, and has not updated towelroot for newer kernels. Maybe he doesn't have time or doesn't care, I still salute him for his great work past present and hopefully future :)

You broke a cardinal rule there, never mod or hack a device you are unwilling to lose, or that has irreplaceable content. It's a shame you lose your video though, my sympathies on losing that part of your grandfather.

I am still unsure what you mean about the guy who fixed the "hole" internet. Maybe I just missed a name or a reference earlier. I will say that saying things like if x, y, or z had worked on it we'd have root already, is probably counter productive. It's close to saying that the devs here just don't work hard enough or whatever or they would have done something for us. Something they do out of the goodness of their hearts (and maybe a little bit for recognition and little bit like climbing the mountain because it's there.) Sounds a little ungrateful, but i'll admit that's just my opinion and reading the pulse of the messages.

Cheers to the Devs :)
[General Questions and Answers] Starflare5:
Not to rain on anyone getting off topic, but.....

Hey guys,

I stated about 25 pages ago that there must be a way to root and unlock this thing through File Transfer Mode. Why has no one tried developing around this yet? Besides, isn't that how other ZTE phones would be rooted in the past? Anyway, that's just a theory that many seem to keep forgetting, but, I personally think it might be the gateway to get root like the newer Samsung devices.
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
You obviously don't understand how root works. FTM is not, and has never been, a viable means to root.
[General Questions and Answers] setenforce_0:
SELINUX is enabled. Anyone know anything about how to set it to permissive or disable it ? If disabled we can get root access.
[General Questions and Answers] 4NDROID4LIFE:
You need root access to disable it.
[General Questions and Answers] setenforce_0:
That's what I've noticed. Anyone know if modifying the config file for selinux would be possible? Then reinstall the kernel...
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
it dose not seem like it...

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-gILDzs5fkbeDBuVVMweUJwWWs/edit?usp=docslist_api
[General Questions and Answers] Exconvict:
Dope
[General Questions and Answers] Exconvict:
Battery "won't stop, can't stop" lol. Other phones would've been at 90%
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
OK dragon ball z...
[General Questions and Answers] Exconvict:
Bad boy actually...
[General Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Nooooooooooooo...lol cant say i dont blame you root is important for my day to day use but i still have hope. If not i will be getting the Nexus 6 by Christmas.
[General Questions and Answers] jsteal55:
That would be nice if they did lol
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
LOL.. :cool:

Interesting since it's going to drop within the next week or so.. but, 32Gb's of storage is not enough for me. and the 64Gb Nexus 6 is $700.00+ Tax.. at that price point for me, The Note 4 for $49 more is the better option.. with it 's removable battery and external storage on top of it's incredible software and S-Pen.. and of course it will get Android L later this year as well. Too bad Nexus had to go main stream to get into retail stores and Double the price of their device.. They had a good thing going with the Nexus 4/5 giving us a High-End phone that was stripped for speed along with being Developer-Friendly and priced to sell.. Now, you have to pay Flagship prices for a stripped down phone.. don't know how well that is going to go over with the community..

We Shall See. :cool:
[General Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Yea well pm and let me know how u like the Note 4 it may sway me later on to get one
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
Can't find one... :cool:

My region actually have them sold before they get unpacked.. people are calling constantly ( happened 4 times while I was in the store ).. even showing up at delivery time.. and generally are bugging them non-stop for the device.. it's unreal demand for an $800.00 phone :confused:

I'm going to wait a week or so and let this INSANE demand for the N4 hopefully die down just a little.. :cool:

I actually picked up a Univision Zmax @ walmart for $199.00 to play with until I can get a N4.. Trying like hell to root it but, even the command line functions are not responding as they should.. I don't know what ZTE did to this thing but it's locked tighter than fort knox..

The Note 4 is a slam dunk ( The Screen is so beautiful ..) you just have to decide if you want to pay $700.00 for a stripped N6 or $750.00 for a fully-featured N4..

I'll keep you posted. :cool:
[General Questions and Answers] ubigred:
STILL no root?

Sent from my SGNote 3
[General Questions and Answers] lkchrono:
Sadly no.
[General Questions and Answers] nikkdotcom:
Did you try fastboot via FTM (Power + Vol Down). I'm no expert but other ZTE phones have been rooted through FTM.
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
Cursed...

Sure did.... :cool:

Thought maybe Motochopper could plow through.. No Go. :(

This has to be one of the SADDEST lockdowns in XDA history.

A great 5.7" device with 2 gigs of Ram that runs soooo smooth for only $199.00 bucks.

And we can do NOTHING with it.

It's doesn't get much worse than this.. and that's the only reason I can't stick with it. :cool:
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Well, at least nobody's bricked theirs with all these attempts.
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
Cursed..

You can't get deep enough into this Steel Fortress to even see what's inside.. much less brick it... :cool:

Until someone with GREAT skill can figure out a way to crack this Force Field.. the merchandise inside is ABSOLUTLY safe.. ;)

The other thing I've noticed ( Since this my 2nd time snatching a Zmax ) is, the color calibration and overall brightness are much better on this 2nd unit.. Webpage White's are much Whiter.. and the colors are definitely more vibrant.. I kept checking auto-brightness to see if I accidently turned it off.. because the screen was so bright.. but no.. it's just much brighter overall than the 1st unit I bought & returned.
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Interesting. On the couple reviews I read, one complain was with the dullish TFT screen. Maybe they changed from TFT to IPS LCD, or the units came from different factories.
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
Maybe those reviewers got a batch of the same bad units that I did on my first one.. :cool:

Compared to Samsung's Note / Galaxy series and HTC's M8 you still could consider this not as vibrant.. but even @ 720P - TFT it's much brighter than the LG-G3.. that thing is a piece of junk.. even the $126.00 Alcatel One Touch Fierce 2 parked right next to the G3 @ T-Mo had a brighter screen when I put them both on a blank chrome page...

That's sad.. :cool:
[General Questions and Answers] angort14:
root

purpledrake anyone ?
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
Cursed..

Did your Drake bust through the IMPENETRABLE bootloader to attempt a root exploit.. ;)
[General Questions and Answers] michael_ta315:
why.. no one is seeing the potential of this? I want android L on this. It would be the best christmas present id ever have. No need nexus 6..

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Ok i lied nexus 6 would be a better present :p
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
Possible solution, and it sounds pretty familiar to our phone:

http://androidforums.com/concord-2-all-things-root/872326-root-cwm-recovery-zte-concord-2-a.html

Sounds like we just to get a custom recovery created for our phone and we might be in business.

Anyone wanna try??

http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer/porting-clockworkmod-recovery-to-a-new-device
[General Questions and Answers] stinkbud:
I wouldn't do it, installing root is one thing, putting a recovery in that was designed for another phone, even a ZTE, is just asking for a brick. To get root installed with this method, you need to do it through recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
I'm saying its looking like the ONLY way to gain root is we need to make a custom recovery, but using that method to install it. I would never use a recovery made for another phone.
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
And even further, it also looks like you're able to achieve root with that method, but you still don't get read/write access.
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
Your name isn't by any chance based on the "yeet" dance is it lol?
[General Questions and Answers] enesha:
Um... That means nothing. Echo will simply throw back at you whatever text you used when you typed echo. Like hearing an echo Nothing more, nothing less.
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Yes it is I dance at my high school they call me tech yeet the geek here is a simple... http://i.instagram.com/mattstevenson_3/ there is a video of me dancing on this man page...

And here is my I page http://instagram.com/p/qxYAtTryzl/

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G damn it Dose, I guess that article was wrong...
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
Thanks for the follow bruh...
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
No probs :good::good: thanks for the followback!
[General Questions and Answers] treezy26:
OK...I'm gonna throw this out there. My phone is making a "dooing" sound when I shake it. Idk why. Its almost as if the gyro has a notification tone when set off. Anybody!!!???
[General Questions and Answers] BigDaddyE40:
Oh wowwww!!! It does do that
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
I know how to use the power saver know!!!

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-gILDzs5fkbd0wtcU10dWJRQkU/edit?usp=docslist_api

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-gILDzs5fkbalhqMWJrb04tUmM/edit?usp=docslist_api

Download this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.szalkowski.activitylauncher

Then scroll down to the power saver app make a short cut them open and them tap on the white bar above and bang you get the powersaver features!
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
how do u do it again i dont understan how to get the power saver app it give me an error when i try to install it
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
No I'm useing the one thats build in to the Z max all ready not that one...
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
nice great find
[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
Its not a very useful power saving mode. It just shuts off your WiFi and data dims the screen. The second you change those it turns off.
[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
It so decreases the frequency of your screen that is very useful for increasing on screen time!
[General Questions and Answers] DosCadenaz:
A few things I don't like about the ZMax, that I don't know to fix. most likely will need root t change it. I don't know if its just my phone or they're all like this.

1. When I have the phone on silent/ vibrate and I take a screenshot you can hear the capture sound.

2. When switching to video recording it starts automatically and also makes that shutter sound even when the phone is on silent/ vibrate mode. Theres no to option to turn it off. Ive tried another video camera app and I get the same results.

I don't use either very often, but when I do I find the sound annoying. since I always have my phone on vibrate.
[General Questions and Answers] DroidisLINUX:
You need to check no sound in settings of camera and bam! No sound easy fix, Not sure if screen capture can be taken off though
[General Questions and Answers] smallyetzon:
I just love my Phablet! Gotta friend with a iphone 6 and runs out of battery half day of use hahaha i dont care about root or any other complains about this awsome phone man, 5.0 update will be nice!!
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
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[General Questions and Answers] tech_yeet:
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[General Questions and Answers] DosCadenaz:
I have shutter tone (off) on camera, but theres no option to turn it off for the video camera (silence camcorder is so it doesn't record sound).
[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
Brandon, your penchant for swearing, sharing and discussing pirated software, horrendous spelling, argumentativeness, and complete lack of knowledge of what root is, let alone what file browsers do, is not only annoying...but most of it is against this site's ToS.

Just hush for a bit, OK? We get that you require attention, but there are pokemon forums for people your age (and speed) elsewhere that will fulfill your youthful exuberance.

It's cute that you learned peanut butter and jelly go well together...but everyone has been eating peanut butter and jelly for a hundred years. We don't need a historical re-enactment of your journey.
[General Questions and Answers] brandonlee96:
what if i told you i did a full backup of the root filesystem.
[General Questions and Answers] biledigger:
Making a backup of your own root fs is a good thing. Comes in handy for when the time comes and you somehow botch your phone is some unknowingly manner. You can push the stock files back to it for repairs. Almost everything is trial and error as well as self ran testing.