yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poor Grammar:
OK partner and thank you for your hard work on this device and future ones:beer:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
WelfareBaby, have you tried the OC kernal on stock rom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masterchief87:
One thing I can tell you all with near certainty is that any kernel made for the zmax will cause your camera to stop working.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
I placed blisspop on my ZTE Grand X Max also and not only is the camera not working but it will no longer play video's from YouTube or Netflix, does any one have any suggestions

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If you happen to make a zip recovery for the stock rom please let me know, I accidentally wiped internal storage and am stuck with blisspop. It gets the job done but no camera and YouTube and Netflix will no longer play video
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poor Grammar:
No haven't tried oc kernel leo is it for Grand x Max +
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
no its for zmax i was seeing if anyone was brave enough to try it yet
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masterchief87:
Im unable to make a stock ROM at this time because I was using my zmax for testing but I had to replace it due to hardware issues and the new one they gave me has been updated to block kingroot. I also dont have a PC right now so until I can figure out how to get root & TWRP on my phone I can't do anything with the files that I have.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewonion:
Sorry to hear that. Thanks for all you have done. Sure you will be back up and running soon
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poor Grammar:
No I have the Max+
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cognacentertainment:
Link2sd seems to work.

Rooted with twrp 2.8.6.0

32 GB SanDisk ultra plus

AParted to partition SD card (15 GB fat32 1st partition/15 GB ext4 partition/ 2 GB swap)

After using AParted, reboot phone

I installed and ran jrummy's kit Kat SD card fix, then reboot

Downloaded and installed Link2sd and followed steps....... Be patient!

Reboot

Wait till the phone has fully booted up (about 5 minutes after seeing homescreen) then open Link2sd and start linking apps to 2nd partition of sdcard

Every time you reboot, wait about 5 minutes for the boot to complete and for your background apps to settle.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damiloveu:
Nothing has been uploaded there.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=developers&did=518
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] in10city:
Try here .....

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347779713
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Thank you so much for the back up image I had erased my is by accident and was left with just bliss pop. It took a few days to figure out I had to extract the files and place them in the twrp backups, but now I'm good to go. Thanks again
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poor Grammar:
If I flash this zip will it delete everything on my phone like my backups,etc
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewonion:
Move anything you want to save to your SD card.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poor Grammar:
OK so just move to external so will it wipe internal ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewonion:
Correct. You use the sd to install the zip.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poor Grammar:
OK thanks also do you know if the zip is free of bloatware since its prerooted I already have a stock nandroid backup rooted but cant seem to delete bloat without it reappearing so just wanted to know if this zip was any different
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewonion:
The root only give partial write access. Your bootloader is still locked. We have a script to run in terminal to give full write access until you reboot the phone right now. Start here:

http://androidforums.com/index.php?threads/880716/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] in10city:
This is not that kind of a flash you have to extract the zip to your SD card and then do a recovery with TWRP. It will delete everything and start fresh again so make sure and make a backup if it is needed.

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I was also under the impression that everyone would have full root after doing a full restore, I know I still do. But i did manually set mine to perm root before making the backup.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewonion:
Maybe someone can take the zmax custom room and get the camera fix for us with some tweaks to better our phone. Even a custom Kernel would be great.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Has anyone deodexed this rom yet
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damiloveu:
I ran KingRoot 4.1 and it said root access was unavailable.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cognacentertainment:
It takes a few tries. I've read that if you run a benchmarking app while using kingroot it works faster
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lwang9:
I will give another try!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poor Grammar:
Zte sure knows how to make battery last on this phone :p:D:banghead:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cognacentertainment:
I know right. My friend's note 4 doesn't even last as long
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Anyone else see the post about a official lollipop update on Android forums? I downloaded the zip directly from the zte website but it's not working... Is this fake or what am i doing wrong... Any help is appreciated
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pglickenhaus:
I put in on my SD card in the root directory as instructed and the SD upgrade program didnt find it. It is not working for me either.

I have emailed support. I suggest all that have this problem do the same
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
I emailed support in turn recieved the auto reply to contact my service provider, i called support they seemed as stumped as me and said they would get back to me... Has anyone had success?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pglickenhaus:
Nothing yet. I spoke to them yesterday and yes they are stumped. Their update program will not recognize their file.

Same with you?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarefuse:
I'm getting an error saying it's for cygni devices and mine is a draconis? Wonder if it has to do with being rooted and/or twrp?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Mine says no update package installed i cant even get my phone to recognize it

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Where are you getting that message
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pglickenhaus:
same as mine
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarefuse:
In twrp. Once I hit update in the settings/sdcard it reboots and goes to twrp and does nothing. When I try to install the zip it says that.

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You also have to change the zip file to update.zip for it to recognize it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poor Grammar:
Zte sure knows how to make battery last on this phone :p:D:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarefuse:
Is there a way to remove twrp and go back to stock recovery? :confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
lollipop update

OK for those of us who have rooted our phones but want the lollipop update...here it goes and yes I did this on my device and it is what we have to do.

1. Download the update from the zte website

2. You must change the name to update.zip

3. Now to take your phone back to stock...I don't know the rules for posting links to other sites but masterchief over on the zmax site made a flashable stock ROM for us, I tested it for him a week ago and he created a flashable twrp file so we could flash to stock and not lose twrp, but you don't want the twrp so you will only flash the stock ROM. After you flash it and it says reboot system it will tell u there is no OS but reboot anyway( I think this has to do with twrp not recognizing the cygwin ROM) trust me it is there also it will ask you to install su don't. After that it is just a matter of going to settings and updating from the about phone section. It will take about 5 minutes to update and about 10 minutes to boot the first time around. If you don't have access to the the stock from pm me and I will email you the link...now I am off to test the rooting method we used before the update cause you do lose root doing this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
OK so here is the link for the stock ROM, I hope I'm allowed to do this and again all credit goes to masterchief over at the zmax forum, I just figured out how to get this update but I'm the same guy who wiped his whole phone last month and had to get help with a recovery img from someone else lol...zte customer support doesn't even know to tell us to rename the zip lol...anyone else achieve root before me let me know

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347790267
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masterchief87:
Are you using a rom made for the zmax? If so then that is your problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pglickenhaus:
Fixed

Change the file name to update, not update .zip. Install in the root of SD and you are good to go.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Spent the last 2 hours trying to root with kingroot using the same method as before but no luck
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poor Grammar:
No update staying put I'm satisfied for now. Also My camera started working after I restored backup [emoji38] weird anyone else working
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Camera always worked except for when running one of the zmax Roms
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Forgotten2015:
If you still trying to root you device delete king root and re download it from the king root website.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarefuse:
I was. Now I'm on legit lollipop thanks to you! :victory:

Thanks so much :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
The uninstalling kingroot and re-installing from the website... Did that work for you??? And I'm talking about after the lollipop update. I miss the benefits of root but I mostly did it to get rid of bloatware... This update came with a surprisingly small amount of bloatware and I didn't like using the zmax roms because of the camera issue and Netflix and many other video related apps didn't function, the fact that there was practically 0 interest from devs caused me to give up the hope for a custom rom specifically for our device anytime soon. I have a suspicion that a proven root method for the post update version will be reached before a custom rom
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarefuse:
Since the lollipop update my Wi-Fi and data signal bars are grey instead of blue. Anyone else have this issue?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
I would call it white over gray but yes i think that is standard now.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
so cricket finaly pushed the lolipop update? or how do i put it on? thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Cricket hasn't pushed it yet but if you go to the zteusa website and click on our phone model scroll down and you will find it under software updates
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
do i have to go back to stock rom or can i just wipe and flash this in recovery?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Twrp won't flash it u have to go back to stock if you want to do it back track some and you will find the directions on how to do that if you don't already know a few pages back
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
Can I go back to rooted stock? Then do it? If so how do I flash this when I'm on stock rooted? Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Couldnt figure a way to do it, you cant do it with twrp installed i know that much and when you update u will lose root i am working on rerooting mine on and off now when i get time
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
OK so how do I go back to full stock then? And how do you flash it from full stock? Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
In this thread go back a few pages i put the complete instructions along with a link for the complete stock Rom let me know if you have difficulty finding it

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Anyone root this phone after the lollipop update, definitely wanted lollipop but would love having gravity box back and the features it offered
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
The link you are reffering to is for rooted stock zip post 246
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
No it will be a post with a link for a full srock rom
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
ok found stock zip was your post 247 how do i flash this?

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do i just flash the stock with twrp or do i select restore backup or what? thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347790267 right there that zip is a stovck rom after u flash it it will ask if you wants to install su, say no,itvwill tell you there is no os installed, trust me there is just reboot. It takes a minute forbit tobstart but when it does it is completely stock then install the update through settings about phone sdcard update
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
im all set its updating to the lolipop now
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Yes flash it like you would any other rom

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Yes flash it like you would any other rom, now after you flash it and go to reboot it is going to tell you that there is no os installed but there is trust me go ahead and reboot
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
any luck on root method?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
None so far i got kingroot to go all the way to 87% one time but its hard to get the cpu to overload even running a benchmark app it only jumps above 60% for a sec

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I dont know if the 4.4.4 version had the same stock recovery but the stock recovery on the 5.1 version has a lot of options reboot to bootloader, adb shell etc... Does the original stock have this and if nit can we use any of these tools to reroot the phone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
The phone is definitely faster on 5.1, advance taskmanager widget was always right around 1000-1100 now it stays above 1300 and has evened reached 1500 on a phone that only has like 1860 and this is why i think i cant get kingroot to work again i havent figured out a way to keep the phone busy enough, I'm sure someone smarter and more experienced then me will tho
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Oh yea the app to SD function is back
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewonion:
Anyone find out how to hide bottom buttons and use mui floater?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
The mi-pop is gone the apk from kitkat might work to reinstall, use total launcher you can hide the nav bar once i learned the ins and outs of it i left nova for good
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewonion:
Any one have the mi-pop apk. I will try it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futty:
I have one but this phone is completely different from any other phone/tablet I've had. I tried to update it to 5.1 from downloading the zip from their site. I was rooted and had a custom recovery. In the back of my mind I Knew that and figured like any other device I have used it'll just tell me it can't be done for reasons of being rooted. Now it's stuck in a boot loop and like samsung I can't find any Odin like software and maybe flash that update that way. Other than the issue I caused myself the device is great. I'd recommend it to any cricket user!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masterchief87:
You can't get back into twrp by holding power and volume up until the device force reboots into recovery?

Edit: I have a pre-rooted twrp friendly lollipop update you can get on android forums.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Th30n1:
If you guys are still rooted on kitkat I recommend you used masterchief87 twrp lollipop rooted zip it was great I been using ever since he got it out I been testing a zip for rw acess that he is working I'm th30n3 on Android forums if you guys check it out
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GruggerBaby:
ZTE Grand X

Hey I have this phone:

http://www.cellphones.ca/cell-phones/zte-grand-x/specs/

Very similar phone, almost exactly the same cpu..

Will that work for me if I try a zte blade or Zte Grand X plus rom?

Thanks

Steve.

(Stuck on 4.3, really unhappy, really want lollipop)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Th30n1:
Not sure to be exactly I would want you to brick your phone. I know this was only for the zte grand x max +
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] in10city:
If anyone could help me, I would be very thankful. I had my rooted phone in my pocket, and it locked up. So I turned it off and it booted into TWRP. I rebooted again, same thing... I did a factory reset, same thing, I did a full disk wipe and installed an xmax rom from the sd card. Still the same. Tried one of my backups, it didnt work, tried another that was a factory reset. Still no go. I tried Cricket_Z987V1.3.9_Full_Stock_20150808.zip that I got from this thread. It changed the recovery but still only booted to the new recovery. The sad thing is that with the new recovery, I no longer can access the SD card from my computer and the up button doesn't work. I do have ways to get items onto my SD card if needed though.

The new recovery is Android System Recovery <3e> Z987V1.3.9

again, any help is appreciated
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masterchief87:
Do a factory reset and see if that helps. It sounds like your data partition is corrupted and you need to factory reset.

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After that you can use kingroot to get root back
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] in10city:
Thank you for the reply and thank you for you work with the ZTE Grand XMAX+

I tried that and it booted back into the recovery. (I did the factory reset from with in the recovery console)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masterchief87:
So if you just select the reboot system now option in recovery and leave it alone for a few minutes what happens then?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] in10city:
It will reboot and go directly back to recovery. I have let it sit until the battery drains. It just sits there, the screen will dim, but that is it. Even if I try to reboot into download mode, it just goes back to the recovery.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtr1225:
Maybe u should try putting the ota update on your sdcard and updating from stock recovery since thats all you have and nothing else has worked
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brantis:
I made a huge mistake and didn't make sure all traces of root were gone before installing the new lollipop update from ZTE. Mainly I think it was a problem with recovery. Anywho, I am now stuck in a bootloop with no recovery. However, I can get into FTM which does allow for me to slightly communicate with the phone through the PC. The only reason I know that the PC can communicate with it is because "adb reboot" will reboot the phone. Also "adb install " random.apk" " will install an apk to phone apparently.

I'm not a phone guru by any means, but I thought that this info might be a jump start for anyone who knows ADB and might be able to help. Its worth noting that fastboot does not recognize the phone at all.

I hope this helps someone figure out how to fix this problem that a few of us are having.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masterchief87:
Try this. Boot into ftm, connect your phone, and open a command prompt and try this. Type the following commands without the quotation marks.

(You should get a prompt that says shell@draconis$ or something like that)

(Now the prompt should say something like root@draconis#)

If the $ changes to # when you type "su" then I can help you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brantis:
Negative... it stays the same.

shell@cygnil:/

changes to

shell:@cygnil:/ $
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poor Grammar:
Shout out to Mastercheif for hard work on this phone with that said I think I will stay on kit kat right not I'm satisfied for now
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R2Dbag:
Xposed installer won't update

I have tried downloading several different versions of the xposed installer I am rooted whenever I try to update to gain access it won't work and I would like to be able to use gravity box please help!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cognacentertainment:
Been away for a while, trying to get caught up. So how is lollipop on this phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futty:
No. I downloaded the update to lollipop off ztes site and being rooted and having a custom recovery it put me in a boot loop. I know I should of been stock but I was too excited as after asking zte and cricket about it both saying check with each other. Lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lwang9:
Finallly found this, thanks.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347800366
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cognacentertainment:
OK, I'm having issues. Anyone know how to auto-hide the nav buttons?

I'm using masterchief's 5.1 ROM, so of course rooted. I have tried 4 different apps in the play store, and they work, for about 5 minutes then the phone reboots. After rebooting, I'll get maybe another 5-10 minutes of use, then it reboots again.

I then deleted each app as the problems persisted and downloaded good ole lmt launcher. The same issues persisted. I then did the switch trick to make system rw and adjusted the build.prop so that the nav buttons would not appear then used ROM toolbox to make lmt launcher a system app, but yet the problems still occurred. So I went back to the original build.prop setup and deleted lmt launcher, and there are no issues.

I would prefer to have pie style controls, but anything to make nav buttons auto-hide will work.

PS while in build.prop I noticed a line I didn't like

debug.sf.fb_always_on=1

I wanna know if I can safely disable or remove that line from build.prop cuz I don't care for Facebook.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathan Cortinas:
Have you tried to use xposed? They have a module to go into immersive mode on specific apps but not sure just to hide Nava bar
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokeelaa:
I'm pretty sure that line is referring to the framebuffer, not Facebook.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cognacentertainment:
Well good thing I asked before messing with it, lol

Exposed has been hit or miss on this phone, so I doubt I will take that route. At least for now anyway. I can survive with the nav bar, I just would prefer it gone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masterchief87:
Getting rid of the navigation bar is easy. Just add this line to your build.prop.

What isn't so easy is finding a substitute for a navigation bar without using xposed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cognacentertainment:
Added to build.prop, and the nav bar disappeared. Problem is lmt launcher and a few other pop up nav apps (pie controls, etc) would work for about 5 minutes then my phone would reboot. After reboot, I could use phone for 5 to 10 minutes, then it would reboot again.

Not gonna try xposed. I'll just take it as it is now. Kinda miss mi-pop

Thank you though
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewonion:
Has our phone been renamed the memo 2. Wth!

http://www.zteusa.com/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cognacentertainment:
I think the grand memo 2 was the Asian market version. Has some extras like the IR blaster, DLNA and a few other things. Maybe they are phasing out the grand X max+?