[Android General] THEthatdude:
Hello People of the internet!

Today I will show a quick guide on how to root the ZTE Z998 Mustang phone!

The owner of this method has discontinued work with them so I'll go ahead and pass them on.

I DO NOT TAKE ANY CREDIT AT ALL!!!!!!! ALL CREDIT GOES TO stedman420!!!!!

Original Thread: http://unleashedprepaids.com/thread-8769.html

***REQUIREMENTS***

An AT&T ZTE Mustang Z998

A computer with ADB and Fastboot installed

**HERE'S A COUPLE GUIDES FOR QUICK AND EASY INSTALLATION OF ADB AND FASTBOOT IF NEEDED.**

*WINDOWS*(do not use this to install drivers though)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

*LINUX or MAC*

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2638673

**WARNING FOR MAC USERS**

Safari browser settings may need to be changed in order to download zip files without extracting them.

**WARNING FOR WINDOWS USERS**

If using Windows you will also need to install the phones drivers and due to issues with fastboot drivers koush's universal driver is recommended.

http://www.koushikdutta.com/post/universal-adb-driver

**DO NOT CONTINUE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS UNTIL THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET OR THE FOLLOWING WILL MOST LIKELY NOT WORK**

(All downloads will be below)

***INSTRUCTIONS***

1.) Download z998-cwm-recovery.img and place it ON YOUR COMPUTER preferably somewhere easy to remember (i.e. C:\ on windows or home directory on linux)

2.) Download one of the following zips and place it ON YOUR PHONES SDCARD

----SuperSU_v1.86-Z998.zip (only for rooting)

----Unofficial_CWM_Recovery_v6.0.3.7.zip (only for flashing custom recovery)

----Root_and_CWM_Recovery.zip (for both rooting and flashing custom recovery)

----Stock_Z998_Recovery.zip (only for restoring stock recovery)

3.) Plug your phone into computer and make sure Developer options and usb debugging is turned on in the phones settings menu

4.) Now open a terminal(or cmd.exe) on your computer and type

Code:

adb reboot bootloader

then press enter

5.) Once the phone vibrates you should be in fastboot mode. The phone will have a blank screen and the red light will be on.

6.) Now in your computers terminal type

Code:

fastboot boot z998-cwm-recovery.img

then press enter

7.) Your phone should now boot into cwm recovery. Once in recovery volume buttons will scroll up/down and the power button will select options

8.) Now on your phone scroll to and select install zip from sdcard and then find and install the root and/or recovery zip you downloaded in step 2

9.) After installation is complete you can unplug your phone from computer and as always make sure to MAKE A BACKUP using cwm recovery. Then just reboot to system and enjoy

***HELPFUL NOTES***

If you did not put the z998-cwm-recovery.img in your home directory or in your C:\ directory for windows then in step 6 where it says

Code:

fastboot boot z998-cwm-recovery.img

you will need to put in your exact file path to where the z998-cwm-recovery.img is on your computer

For example

Code:

fasboot boot C:\your\path\to\z998-cwm-recovery.img

Where C:\your\path\to\ would be the exact filepath to the z998-cwm-recovery.img on your computer

If using a Mac and you did not follow the guide posted above for setting up adb and fastboot you most likely will need to put ./ in front of your adb and fastboot commands

For example

Code:

adb reboot bootloader

Would be

Code:

./adb reboot bootloader

AND

Code:

fastboot boot z998-cwm-recovery.img

Would be

Code:

./fastboot boot z998-cwm-recovery.img

Also the no file_contexts error in cwm recovery can safely be ignored.

***BONUS QUICK TIPS***

**HOW TO MANUALLY BOOT PHONE INTO RECOVERY**

1.) Power phone off

2.) Press and hold volume up, and power button at the same time until your phone boots into recovery

3.) Once in recovery volume buttons scroll and power button will select options.

**HOW TO MANUALLY FLASH STOCK RECOVERY USING A ROOTED PHONE**

1.) Download z998-stock-recovery.img and place it on the root of your phones sdcard (on your sdcard not in any folders)

2.) Download and install Android Terminal Emulator from PlayStore on your phone if you have not already

3.) Open terminal emulator and type

Code:

su

then press enter

4.) Type

Code:

dd if=/sdcard/z998-stock-recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery

then press enter

***BIG PROPS CREDIT AND THANKS GOES TO***

Slay696 - for testing and stock files

Koush - for the awesomeness that's CWM and the Universal ADB Driver

Chainfire - For an outstanding root app(all credit for the app goes to him I just made it easy to install)

SuperSU on PlayStore

alpha6 - for mac testing and feedback

DOWNLOADS:

z998-cwm-recovery.img: http://az1.androidfilehost.com/dl/_...69652/23610159112650865/z998-cwm-recovery.img

Root_and_CWM_Recovery.zip: http://qc3.androidfilehost.com/dl/4...2/23321874045862492/Root_and_CWM_Recovery.zip

Stock_Z998_Recovery.zip: http://qc1.androidfilehost.com/dl/7...792/23321874045862493/Stock_Z998_Recovery.zip

SuperSU_v1.86-Z998.zip: http://qc4.androidfilehost.com/dl/2...9823/23321874045862494/SuperSU_v1.86-Z998.zip

Unofficial_CWM_Recovery_v6.0.3.7.zip: http://qc1.androidfilehost.com/dl/c...45862495/Unofficial_CWM_Recovery_v6.0.3.7.zip