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[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
Guys,

Being a prior owner of the Max I wanted to check back and see what stage development was at.

I've read the last 10 pages or so and.. everything you've tried has been tried before with no success.. Calls, E-Mails.. all One-Clicks.. everything.

It's a great phone and should be looked at as the glass being "Half-Full" not "Half-Empty".. Nice big screen.. Great price.. Tremendous battery life.

That's what the Max is all about.. Not Root.

It's time to make a choice of which side of the fence you want to be on.. and stop torturing yourselves.. if root is what you want, then move on from the Max.
[General Questions and Answers] ubigred:
Reality
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
I personally don't see it as sitting on the fence or torture; its more of a learning experience for me lol. So what if there's no SDK or Bootloader Unlock support from ZTE - there's a flaw just waiting to be found and exploited. I, personally, don't need root. It would just help me with a few things like customizing and quick fixes with xposed.
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
I remember when they said "S-OFF on the Evo 3D CDMA is impossible, just give up," and unknownforce found a way that required tapping two dots near the camera. It may seem crazy to some of you, but I just refuse to give up on it. I'm enjoying the ride :)

BTW, merry Christmas everyone!
[General Questions and Answers] mdabeezy:
The ride is the fun part of the journey, the destination is the payoff.
[General Questions and Answers] supernugget:
me too

I got this phone four or five days ago. The battery life.....wow! Most bloat can be turned off. My only MINOR complaint is the capacitive buttons. So far , very impressed. $252 well spent at this point.
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
Ya the capacitive buttons are my only complaint so far, and its just a minor one.

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I also noticed this phone doesn't like the Facebook app to much, get some good lagging after it being opened and put in the background. I've frozen all the bloat....which is like 3 or 4 apps haha. The lock screen sucks, easy fix. Overall I'm happy and am glad I paid the outright price.
[General Questions and Answers] JFigure:
yeah, phone is going strong. got 4 days of life without really trying. it's my backup, so not too much usage... but even for standby that's damn good.

still waiting on root. some xposed mods would really make me love this phone.
[General Questions and Answers] nikkdotcom:
I'll put up $50 if someone can find a root method. This phone has so much untapped potential.
[General Questions and Answers] ctrevino83:
Zte zmax lock screen image

Someone thought it would be funny to create my lock screen photo to something not so funny and I have absolutely no idea how to change it....

Anyone know how to change the lock screen image?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am stumped, I tried so many things..... It's driving me bat **** crazy!

Thanks in Advance!
[General Questions and Answers] benlee337:
Pick a picture in gallery. Hit set as.. Then lock screen and voila... . Any advancement on root?
[General Questions and Answers] nikkdotcom:
Sadly no advancements on root. I'm still google searching daily pretty hard core to try and figure out how to root it myself.
[General Questions and Answers] buckeyeguy337:
zte zmax root

I picked up this phone last Sunday because my Verizon contract was up. I love the speed and battery life... I didn't realize that it would be a nightmare trying to achieve root access... Hopefully some development can be done soon because I miss a lot of apps :/
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
Ya I'm in the same boat with root, constantly googling lol
[General Questions and Answers] stinkbud:
+ 1 googling for a root method, I am also googling for a decent case for this phone. The plastic on the back is starting to pick up scratches.
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
I picked up a case from the T-Mobile store and a screen protector, case fits great doesn't make it any more bulky and it has power and volume buttons built into the case. Not sure of the brand as it's not marked with one but it's a great case.

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I think the nicest thing so far is the fact it shipped with KitKat instead of jellybean.
[General Questions and Answers] alexriio:
Yea i picked the case and screen protector too. But i think with the case when you make a call it makes an echo sound . Does urs make an echo sound with the case?
[General Questions and Answers] nikkdotcom:
All the cases on Amazon don't ship until November 28th and December 12th. Both cases are made by E-Time and one is TPU and one is rugged. Can't remember which ships on which date. My local T-Mobile store had a black TPU case for $20 but its not even listed on the T-Mobile website, only stumbled upon it in store.
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
Ya the store just got a black case in when I bought the phone, no echoing sounds on my end with or without the case. Not sure if it does it on Wi-Fi calling dunno if this phone supports it lol. Loving the phone so far, brave frontier was a little sluggish at first but after a few days the game runs flawless without lag. Dunno if this clean master app is worth using or not.
[General Questions and Answers] alexriio:
I got an update . It was like 13 mb.
[General Questions and Answers] lkchrono:
Me too. No idea what changed.

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Scratch that. According to T-Mo's website the updated added free inflight texting.
[General Questions and Answers] nikkdotcom:
How about an upgrade to 4.4.4 that includes in flight texting versus getting me excited over an update of 13mb for no reason...:silly:
[General Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Just picked up one from Tmobile today didnt even know about this phone until today. Im pleased for the price nice screen size decent specs for the price root will take it to another level.
[General Questions and Answers] rsuthers08:
Yes I'd advise taking any updates other than that 13mb one until we get root and recovery. Recepo1 why don't you hop on the new device request forum and post up the ZTE Zmax.
[General Questions and Answers] recepo1:
Can you link me to it
[General Questions and Answers] moosiemooses:
Merry Christmas homie!!
[General Questions and Answers] rfunderburk39:
I purchased one for my girlfriend and she loves the phone. After some use I must say I'm impressed. This is coming from us using from Nexus 5 and LG G2. My brother recently purchased one as an upgrade to his Sony Xperia and he loves it too. So I plan on getting one for myself next week. For the price it's a great bang for your buck. I to will begin an email campaign tomorrow for unlocking the device.
[General Questions and Answers] trineomorph:
Doesn't anyone know the service code to change the LTE bands?
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
Only one I know of off the top of my head is the "Testing" menu:

*#*#4636#*#*

listed under a drop-down in the "Phone Information" tab.

Also heard back from ZTE today, spoke with a supervisor named "Roy", who stated, "because we do not have an SDK/Bootloader Unlock Method to distribute here, I have escalated your request to our back-end office; where we have a 'higher' more capable technical department that will be able to further help you with your request: mobile@ZTE.com.cn"

"Roy" also stated that if there is not an available SDK one is usually released on their website with the first "major" update - not the minor bug fix updates. Also stated that since MetroPCS already has Android 4.4.4, T-Mobile's is in the works; it's just up to T-Mobile to push the update once they receive it.

In the meantime, everyone feel free to shoot an email requesting an SDK/Bootloader Unlock Method to the listed email address!
[General Questions and Answers] sparky18018:
anyone try kingroot

I saw this app and pc software was wondering if anyone tried it:confused:
[General Questions and Answers] moosiemooses:
What and where?
[General Questions and Answers] TrevorPhilips:
Page 4 says it's a no go
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
Has anyone seen this or is this what is being referred to?

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

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[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
What about some of the other methods to root other ZTE phones. Like the ZTE Warp Sequent. I had the phone rooted it as well . It was a pretty good phone.
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
That's a no-go. We'd still have to unlock bootloader. Otherwise its a false root. It'll seem rooted but give u BS error messages like such:
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
Its a fake. Endless surveys, never downloads, basically it one of "those" websites that takes your search term and inserts it into a blank line.
[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
I just didnt know if those other phones had to have the bootloader unlocked as well
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
Most ZTE phones have unlocked bootloaders, not sure why the ZMAX and Grand S are the ones with lock BLs I'm afraid.
[General Questions and Answers] imadsen:
Anyone know for sure if Lollipop will be coming down the line? All I've heard are rumors from unofficial sources. Got this phone this morning after my Samsung Galaxy S3 gave up the ghost on Christmas Day. Under $200 at Wally World. Hell of an upgrade if you ask me.

Root and custom roms would be nice, but it's been a long time since I meddled with Android root or tinkered with code. Just happy to have a working phone again.

:good:
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
If metro already has the update can we put a metro sim card in the phone and get it to update or are the metro phones a certain imei or serial number that verifies a certain phone should receive the update? Thanks

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[General Questions and Answers] mcknixy:
Oooh devious! Jk. just tipsy and wishing to jeebus I could put Viper audio on this summbich.
[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
If we get 5.0 i really hope that it keeps the stock google material look that is making lollipop famous. I love the lockscreen but ZTE for some reason digs the touch and hold to unlock. Its so stupid. Does anyone know how to fix google voice crashing when trying to use a bluetooth headseat to voice dial a contact?
[General Questions and Answers] shabbypenguin:
Its based on a bit more than that. You'd have to have enough system modifications done to convince metro's servers to send you the OTA (which you cant do without root). It wouldnt matter much though because the OTA signature checks the files on your system and patches them, since you don't have that carriers version it wouldnt pass and you wouldnt be able to update. Heck on my phone i cant even do the OTA if i have a custom recovery let alone altered the rom at all :(.
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
Ok so if metro is the one who is going to be getting the updates if there are more should I go get a metro zmax? I got mine from Walmart and it may never see an update. Lol . but I don't see anything on the phone relating it to family mobile only. When it boots up it says T-Mobile. I just wonder if it will get the update when the t mobile store bought phones do?

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[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
I pulled the OTA Certs and Verify zips for recovery from my phone a few days ago if you wanna play with them. They're on Post: 570 Page: 57
[General Questions and Answers] shabbypenguin:
im afraid it wont do you any bit of good, those are the public keys to decrypt files and check they are signed by zte, you cant sign your own stuff with it. you could edit it and put in test keys and sign your own zips and flash them, but that would require you editing the zip and then using root to push that zip. its all a vicious cycle :/
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
Eh, it was worth a shot lol. I'm out of ideas.
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
Anyone feel like it would be best to get the metro PCs variant of this phone because of updates as it seems to be selling better as that variant ? I have the family mobile variant which simply boots as a Tmobile phone. I've booted the one in T-Mobile store and can find no differences. But I don't want to keep the Walmart variant if anyone thinks that it will not receive updates. Thanks to any one who may reply with true knowledge of what I should do.

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[General Questions and Answers] mdabeezy:
The family mobile variant should get exactly the same updates as the tmusa variant as they are the same phone on the same network.
[General Questions and Answers] Shlickwilly:
It seems that the metro pcs phone does not have the same T Mobile wifi calling there is some kind of wifi calling but I don't think it uses the T Mobile system. It will only work using different voip providers (unless you know how to do this as I don't think it can be done.) You can look this info over. I found it in the metro pcs ZTE manual located on the metro pcs page.
[General Questions and Answers] mdabeezy:
It uses the same system as the tmus phone, just doesn't have a polished app. I didn't have to select any VoIP provider just updated e911 info and bam good!
[General Questions and Answers] Shlickwilly:
Are you able to use the WiFi calling if you don't have cell coverage?
[General Questions and Answers] mdabeezy:
Yes I'm using it now!

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I have it set to cellular network preferred but I keep my WiFi on so it automatically jumps over when I walk in my home.
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
That's strange. I watched a video on you tube and it was an unboxing they said it had WiFi calling though I didn't see which type it was.

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[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
Reality sets in at different times for different people.

Your Ultimate Reality about this device will come... Until then... Continue to Gather & Hope.. :cool:

May 2015 be your year of awakening.. ;)
[General Questions and Answers] mdabeezy:
Whether or not root or ROMs ever materialise for this device I'd be happy. I've had mine for about a month now and its super snappy for such a cheap device. I'm patiently waiting on xiaomi's arrival in the USA!
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
I'm actually content and fond of my ZMAX the way it is lol, Root would just be a convenience. Reality set in for me before I purchased the device, but ya know, no body can predict the future! Hope everyone had (or is still having) a great holiday season!
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
I'm Happy Your Happy..

Good for you... :cool:

If you understand you will most likely Never get Root.. and you are still happy with this purchase then great...

When I owned it, It was with the expectation that the snapdragon 400 SoC would be as easy to unlock as other devices with the same SoC..

I thank gawd I had the foresight to return mine within the remorse period and like you with your Max, I'm 110% satisfied with my Samsung Galaxy Note 4.. :cool:

I Know I'll continue to enjoy my device.... and it sounds like you will continue to enjoy yours.. :good:

Good for the both of us.. To be totally content with our choice of cellular devices.. :cool:

Enjoy!!!
[General Questions and Answers] voidcomp:
I'm glad for you. At 3x (or is it 4x?) I hope it makes you happy. We just happen to find happiness much more cheaply. :)

Your posts have inspired me to go over to the Note 4 forums and mention how happy we Zmax owners are. I'll give credit to you as my inspiration for posting ... a fellow Note 4 owner has taken an active interest in our forums and we are simply reciprocating. Can't wait to tell them what a tremendous bang for the buck we're getting. I'll be careful though ... don't want to brag too much. :)
[General Questions and Answers] RaiderWill:
Thanks For Your Acknowledgement...

Forum's are open....

Help Yourself... :good:

And Again....... Enjoy your Max !!! :cool:
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
I think zte has to release kernel source within 90 days per the GPL. I've seen something like this with HTC phones. If not and they are reported they won't be selling phones here for long and they definitely want market share in the US. I'd say its T-Mobile involved in the boot loader being locked with this specific phone. Some members of Xda filed a petition against HTC for the HTC evo 4g LTE kernel source to be released as HTC was in violation of the GPL. At that point it was very quickly that HTC revealed source. If someone has the know how to create an electronic petition that users of this phone can electronically sign and be submitted to zte I'm sure it would very much persuade them to give the possibility of unlocking the boot loader along with kernel source. I personally do not have the knowledge to create the petition. But there are members here on Xda that definitely know how. If I remember correctly I think captain throwback was one if the members and Mikey Xda was another member. These are two gentleman who are very savvy in many aspects of android developing and the rules. Thanks for reading. Now get the job done.

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[General Questions and Answers] jdalmolin:
Have any of you tried this?

It's telling me I have to have 10 posts to post a url so piece this together

www dot how-to-root dot club /mp3-0/zte-zmax-6697 dot html

Has anyone tried this method yet?
[General Questions and Answers] clockcycle:
ditto

Exactly how I feel. Since Im using it with Tmo, their added apps are useful.

Only a few things I need root for, adblock, romtoolbox and quickboot. But been ok without.
[General Questions and Answers] melcali:
Lol dude just get out of here already. We get it... You did a summer job and saved up for a phone and now you are happy with an expensive new toy. Don't worry. Your purchase is justified. Don't feel bad. You earned it.

Hope you are having fun popping the s-pen in and out just to hear your custom star wars light saber sound over and over because that's probably the most you will use it for. Oh yeah can't forget about the heart rate sensor that doubles as 20 other sensors! Having fun pointing the back of your note 4 to the sun to get those harmful UV ratings?! Don't forget to apply some sun screen, champ!

BTW. I had the note 4 also and could care less about it. My z ultra runs smoother than your awesome note 4.
[General Questions and Answers] clockcycle:
chase is a foot..

I used to get these types of errors on my motorola atrix, but was bootloader unlocked and rooted. apps that required root ran fine, except adaway could not edit/write host to system sometimes..
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
Online Petition!

https://www.change.org/p/zte-usa-an...ium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
Anyone who wants to be able to alter their device as a zte zmax owner needs to sign this. I signed.

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[General Questions and Answers] stinkbud:
Signed
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
There's a subforum on howardforums and I posted a link to this petition. We need as many to sign as possible.

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[General Questions and Answers] moosiemooses:
Signed too
[General Questions and Answers] rfunderburk39:
My girlfriend and I have both signed the petition.

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I also started a thread under XDA>general
[General Questions and Answers] Furik:
I signed but are Change.org petitions really affective?
[General Questions and Answers] vons01:
I signed as well.
[General Questions and Answers] stinkbud:
This one is because it will be sent to ZTE as proof of a need for public release of the kernel source and boot loader unlock.

Now one of those save the environment petitions...those aren't worth the drive space on their servers.
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
Its illegal to not comply with GPL. They will respond.

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[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
Signed
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
Wow that got up to 54 signatures pretty quick...the initial target was 100, but I went ahead and raised it to 200. Which is still a VERY small number compared to the amount of devices they've sold.

Lets keep it going guys!!

https://www.change.org/p/zte-usa-an...urce-and-bootloader-unlock-for-zte-zmax-phone
[General Questions and Answers] Vee63b:
Signed
[General Questions and Answers] smallyetzon:
Signed!! ?
[General Questions and Answers] bhood:
Signed.
[General Questions and Answers] mdabeezy:
Signed [emoji13]
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
Did anyone put this in Facebook? Tell everyone of your friend's to pass it on and have everyone they know sign it. One of the android internet blogs will post something about it once enough people sign it. It won't be over looked. Just post the link for the petition everywhere we can and there will be success. If this phone has out 90 days they should already have posted source.

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[General Questions and Answers] justmpm:
Hi,

I cleaned the thread. Please remember that the best way to handle trolling is to ignore it, and also please note that you are not required to respond everytime you have been quoted!

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Furik:
Shared the petition on Facebook.

Also, is anyone else having trouble moving stuff to an SD card? I know we have a decent amount of storage internally but I can't seem to move anything to the SD card. Also, when downloading torrents, they cannot write externally either. I have to download on the phone storage before moving to the SD card.
[General Questions and Answers] voidcomp:
I've heard it's hit or miss. More have been successful with smaller capacity cards like 16 Mb.
[General Questions and Answers] smallyetzon:
I signed and called t mobile to see when they will have the 5.0 L update and there is no signs of that anytime soon :(
[General Questions and Answers] StonerSteve420:
I had the LG Optimus L70 before my Zmax and it also had a locked bootloeader but root was possible with TowelRoot. They also figured out how to unlock the bootloader dont know if there methods would help
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
I have a 16gb SD card and I haven't had any problems yet moving anything.

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Wouldn't we have to get the update to 4.4.4 before the lollipop update? I still haven't gotten it. T-Mobile user not metro. Thanks

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[General Questions and Answers] mdabeezy:
I thought after 4.4.2 they restricted that.
[General Questions and Answers] Vyrus69:
Almost at 100 signatures in 2 days!! keep it going! lets go!

I already tweeted it to ZTE as well as commented and posted on their facebook page.

They will know how badly we want a bootloader unlock one way or another!
[General Questions and Answers] mjsell2:
Signed
[General Questions and Answers] barrygeorge001001:
Signed.
[General Questions and Answers] shinkinrui:
Signed :)
[General Questions and Answers] lmarisy:
Signed also!!! lets see if that makes a difference!

Luis
[General Questions and Answers] shinkinrui:
Anybody try this latest version of this root app?

http://www.kingoapp.com/root-update.htm

Found it in another thread.
[General Questions and Answers] moosiemooses:
Yes. Tried it in every mode. Trying R Kingroot now.
[General Questions and Answers] mingolianbeef:
Signed the petition :)
[General Questions and Answers] treIII:
Can someone install rhapsody on their zmax and see how it works out. Keops force closing on me. Here it is

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