yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] AknUlla:
So will I need to go from the back in? I saw that on amazon and it seemed it was back to front. But I'm stuck at there part where you softly rip it apart. I haven't even gotten the back off yet. I'm scared I'll break it more before I can get a new screen.:banghead:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
Just go slow... A little bit at a time.... I deal with the same issues when repairing someone's laptop.... Make sure you the right tools to it and take it one piece at a time
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] rfunderburk39:
Slow, gentle and use lots of patience
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] AknUlla:
Ahhemm tools?:what:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] perrisiam:
I don't quite understand

here's a newb question, I cannot quite follow, which I'll ask after the following quote;

This isn't quite right, I CAN write to system 32 from another computer, I can also reformat the entire partition whenever I want, again from another computer

I don't understand why the bootloader can't simply be wiped or reformat from another computer, or, alternatively, if I am missing something, create a partition in the mountable area and write our own bootloader

If someone could please explain to me why the boot loader cannot be overwritten or reformat outright from another computer...am just not understanding this at all
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
You'll need a hammer... You know for when you get so damn frustrated that you just want the job over with... Then you'll need duct tape to fix everything you broke with the hammer :) :)

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In all seriousness is it a full LCD break our just glass
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] ghet2rockuu:
wy dont u people just get the glass shield protector ! wrks like a charm . no more plastic crap
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
If your Facebook contacts stop syncing, make sure you clean your internal memory, log out of Facebook and log back in. I had a problem and after I did this my Facebook contacts showed back up
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] 13roomshh:
Bluetooth revisited

OK so I see that zmax has Bluetooth 4.0 and Samsung hm3300 is 3.0. Do you think that may be an issue
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] lkchrono:
Bluetooth 4.0 is 3.0 backwards compatible. This is not an issue. My biggest problem with Bluetooth is it works better if I turn on the phone's Bluetooth, give it a few seconds to warm up and then power the other device, otherwise my zmax will ignore any other device, synced or not.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] 13roomshh:
Mine pairs and works...but if I move phone a few inches..sounds robotic and drops call...
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Shlickwilly:
You can compare the bootloader to the CMOS setup in a PC it is the most basic setting concerning hardware . it is where a lot of the system board settings are . the boot loader defines certain areas in nvram As where to find the main OS, the kernal location , and other such things so you can't just delete it it would leave you with a bricked device. If we could remove the nvram chip and read and write to it it would be a lot easier to hack it but we are dependent on the booted adb to get any access. .... Please if someone with a better understanding of bootloaders finds I misstated anything Plz correct me.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
I'm not super versed by far but I know a few things. To cosign on what Shlick said, you can't just wipe the bootloader. You know that half a millisecond delay between the time you tap the power button and the time the screen comes on? That's the bootloader checking that all partitions will LOAD on BOOT (see what I did there?). That's why when people brick their phones, it doesn't come on (at least they think it doesn't). The bootloader is doing a check of the partition table so that it can verify that it is able to run properly. It's essentially one of the most vital pieces of the phone's functionality.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] AknUlla:
Hahahalolololol

It is just the glass, no bleeding.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
And you can't get just the glass????
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] AknUlla:
I couldn't find any of the just glass on Amazon so probably not. I know that's what I thought too
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] ghet2rockuu:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Touch-Screen-Digitizer-Glass-LCD-Screen-Display-Assembly-Part-For-ZTE-ZMAX-Z970/231525816897?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29951%26meid%3Dea1e4c755fa34f81be26493973369b18%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D361179431656&tfrom=361179431656&tpos=unknow&ttype=price&talgo=origal
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] perrisiam:
I can also flash the bios in windows, which can also brick the pc if the new bios is not compatible, windows can't prevent me from overwriting any portion of the basic in out or the os.

edit

I think I see it

In a pc I would have to power the hardrive or bios, this can't be done in android through the port, , you cannot mount the bootloader partition from another workstation unless the phone powers up, and once the phone powers up, the bootloader can't be seen or is access is denied , is that right? If so, thanks for walking me through it
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] rfunderburk39:
#perrisiam your analogy is close.

Imagine if the PC bios were password with encryption and you were trying blindly create from ground zero a new bios and then flashing it from a network computer. Almost impossible task without a few key bits of information, lots of knowledge and some luck.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
Ok so I did more reading this morning and found proof of concept for an exploit...I was wondering if someone could turn this into an apk and try it.. If your phone reboots we are vulnerable....from there we should only need to modify to write what we need/want to /system

http://pastebin.com/MQMHtZNY

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I would try this but I am at work..So I can't create an apk currently

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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/51

Original report if this doesn't work one of the newer exploits uses the same method... So if someone's brave enough to be a lab rat and we pool knowledge we may get root.. :)
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
I believe that the exploit you are talking about had and apk in the zip package for proof of concept, and it does make my phone reboot. I'm on 4.4.2 however.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
Ok we need a metro phone to try it now... I'd rather have one exploit than 2 it'll make things easier on us in the end...

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And again someone with good java knowledge is going to be needed... Because having an exploit that works is half the battle.... We need to get it to copy the su binary and all that good stuff..
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xIP-:
I have a metro phone.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Were is the test apk i n the zip, which zip please post link
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
Were is the test apk i n the zip, which zip please post link<br />https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-IOHt6QST0MMGlHVnZKLWVMeUU/edit?usp=docslist_api<br />
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] LowPro:
Hi guys, could this eventually work for us?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2250555
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
It requires you being rooted already.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] LowPro:
Yup,just read through the whole post, my bad :rolleyes:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] treewalkr:
zmax

hey everyone..new guy here,and im the noobist of them all...just lurking in the shadows and soaking up what i can..i just got into rooting and what not recently...and ill have to admit, im addicted..so you can imagine my disappointment when i came to realize that my tmobile zmax was not rootable..but i would like to give 5.0 a shot..so if anyone can point me in that direction that would be awesome...im running 4.4.2 right now and would love to see what it looks like on my zmax.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] therealduckie:
Ran that apk. No output or results besides it crashing the OS. It restarted the OS but it was most definitively not a reboot. A reboot would show the ZTE animation then the metro one. All this did was show the metro one and went back to the OS quickly.

On Metro with 4.4.4

Also, rootchecker shows unsuccessful.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Moon83:
I installed the cve201479xx test apk and my phone did reboot. I'm on 4.4.4 metro.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
That apk won't give you root that is the poc for an exploit to which we are vulnerable it's gonna need development....like I said before were going to need someone fluent in java to make this happen... But at least we know it isn't as locked down as it could be.... Worse case scenario we wait for an update to an existing on click app and we may get root... I'd like to see if we can find someone to make this happen though

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In the post I made earlier he tells you where the log is that you can check.

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We should get some people subscribed to some root app threads and keep an eye on updates...also keep an eye out for any new apps that pop up.. In the mean time we should be trying to schmooz a dev into helping us...polite messages never hurt as long as we don't get annoying maybe we will get some love
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
There is no Android 5.0 on the ZMAX if that's what you're getting at, the highest is 4.4.4 on the MetroPCS model, but you can use an assortment of apps and launchers to give you a lollipopesque feel, but nothing that will truly emulate the full scope of material design. Begone NOOB!!! lol I'm just playing, welcome to the light my friend ???
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] treewalkr:
thanks for the warm welcome

ya i went for the zmax because it was big and fairly affordable and im 6'10 with ham hands so i needed that size...if i knew then what i know now i would have saved up and got something better...

:silly:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Vyrus69:
As far as I know the zmax will only go up to 4.4.4, no confirmation of 5.0

Sent from my Z970
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
The ZMAX with 5.0, ultimate nerdgasm!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Where is link to this apk still don't see it
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thereal_antiHackmasta:
Chain fire just released flashfire it allows for flashing of stock firmwares and is supposed to be able to get past a locked bootloader. Does anyone know if this can help us?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] AknUlla:
U got a link to the thread?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thereal_antiHackmasta:
http://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433

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If someone can get a stock firmware and modify it with root installed this can, in theory allow use to install a pre rooted firmware.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] AknUlla:
Well yes I'm sure to link yet so as soon as I find it I'm going to try.

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Yeah I know but even with that there still a big margin of error.

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Umm. Bad news. Its a root app.:(

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Umm. Can someone verify this. I don't have access to a PC ATM as its 6 am and I need sleep.:eek:

http://www.how-to-root.club/mp3-0/zte-zmax-6697.html
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Delete that zoolander fake, but were is apk for cve that crashes phone, I have read the post but don't see an apk, how did you use exploit with out an apk.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] dmmckitrick:
Metro PCS

I downloaded the cve exploit and tried on the Metro PCS ZTE Zmax kitkat 4.4.4 and it did nothing. No reboot, or even a screen flash. Thanks.

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This is the link i used to download the cve apk.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-IOHt6QST0MMGlHVnZKLWVMeUU/edit?usp=docslist_api
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Djoec1983:
Works on the T-Mobile variant
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DarthJaylen9189:
Its for the 4.4.2 version.

This might have been patched for the 4.4.4 version of the phone

Sent from my Z970
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] clockcycle:
Random reboots since the tmobile update. Never an issue before. Now I wish I had root just to revert... It updated while in my pocket. Didn't notice until I heard the tmo reboot jingle, was too late.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Moon83:
The app restarted the os on my 4.4.4 metro.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
So now we need someone to code us an apk to move su into its place
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] batman3000:
what's needed in apk and legality?

Supposing that I were a developer, what is the legality of writing the apk for root in the United States? Dcma applies?

Secondly, what would the app need to do and what's the code based on?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Rusell:
If i had the knowledge, I could care less of "legality & DCMA" cr*ap.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] batman3000:
seriously?

That is exactly the type of moronic response that lost you the other developer.

As someone with a family to support, I want to know exactly what I would get into before committing.

Please contribute useful responses... lest you scare away yet another developer.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act rooting is illegal in the United States except by exemption. The U.S. Copyright Office currently grants phones an exemption to this law "at least through 2015".[42]

In 2010, in response to a request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the U.S. Copyright Office explicitly recognized an exemption to the DMCA to permit rooting.[43][44] In their ruling, the Library of Congress affirmed on July 26, 2010 that rooting is exempt from DMCA rules with respect to circumventing digital locks. DMCA exemptions must be reviewed and renewed every three years or else they expire.

Link>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_%28Android_OS%29<<Link
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] batman3000:
And the second question is exactly what does the app need to do ? I'm assuming it's based off previous work.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thereal_antiHackmasta:
The app would need to run the exploit and move the su files to the system directories. The post explains the exact locations that it needs to go in.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Exconvict:
Had my phone in the red led mode and my typed the commands fastboot devices it showed as" fastboot devices 4.4.2" Don't know if that helps.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
How did you get in this mode with red led?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Exconvict:
Power+vol up and down
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DarthJaylen9189:
While booting hold volume up and down and power button at the same time. To get out of it do the same thing

Sent from my Z970
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
I've experimented in that mode(dfu) but I can't get any response from the terminal when I attempt any fastboot commands. In the FTM mode I initially get (?) but I'm able to do adb shell su and it will return shell@draconas without any permissions to most of the phone of course. So I'm curious to exactly what I'm doing wrong on this device as far as fastboot is concerned.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Exconvict:
I've tried to replicate it but it doesn't recognize it. Going to keep trying
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] AknUlla:
OK guys. Serious question. I am looking in to what I want to do in collage. So here's the serious part, ( and I am not asking a personal what do you make type) is there any money in software dev?? Please someone in this field of work please answer:confused::confused:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] kardeef:
It depends what Language,Platform and what kind of software. I've seen C++ coders that make game engines make over 100K , Visual Basic coders making front ends for Data Bases make around 40k . Usually the harder the language is to be proficient in the more you will make,but on the flip side there are fewer of those jobs. With C++ you can Operating Systems ,Device drivers, if you also know Assembly language you can set the C++ compiler to turn out Assembly code code instead of object code so you can hand optimise it, I've known people who do that to make over 250K a year. You can make other things with C++ like the front end to a data base,but it would take ALOT longer then basic or java to make the same thing also the person writing its salary would be 3 times as much. Find a language you like and stick with it. I've been coding in C/CPP

and Visual CPP for about 20 years as a hobby ,mainly to make helper progs for games a play and now I'am trying to learn Java and Visual Basic cause it takes me sometimes ten times longer to make a app that a Java or Basic coder could make. Hope that helps and I didn't overload you with info,I just was trying to be through and I also want to learn Java to make Android apps ;) .
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] AknUlla:
Thanks. Hey I wanted to start learning stuffs now but don't have a PC ATM. I will get one when I start school. So my next q would be what can I start learning\do on my phone. I have a pretty high end phone not the best.

I have a zte zmax 4.4.2
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Where do I begin...

I have a slew of PDF books I got from a former teacher that touch on a number of programming languages from Objective-C to Java, Python and beyond. I would be happy to share those with you (DM Me if interested). The large screen on the ZMAX makes reading PDFs easy for me. If you are more visual, then you can watch Youtube videos from MarakenaTech TV (now NewCircle Training). They have entire classes about development on multiple languages.

Third option, if you are very hands on, is to use codeacademy.com which is absolutely free to use.

Fourth option is online classes (free and paid). Coursera.com is free, but it is time based and it's not on demand, it instead uses a model where teachers open a live class, the classes last a certain number of weeks, you have assignments each week, and at the end you can pay $50 for a certification on you passing the course (which looks good to jobs, as these are not joe blows, but college professors from big schools). Udemy is paid, but once you buy the class once, you own it forever, and you complete at your own pace. I have seen classes as cheap as $5, and others as expensive as $400. If you check Androidcentral.com, I believe, they have this section where occasionally they will partner with Udemy and offer a "pay what you want" deal for courses as charity. If you beat the bottom line of what people pay (usually under $20 unless the bottom line average goes higher), then you get a slew of courses for the price of less than one. Example:

I paid $15 for those courses, but they were retailing for a total of somewhere in the ballpark of $1000 (yes, one thousand), even though I haven't made use of them like I should, when I get to the point where I take my coding serious, then I don't have to look any further.

Sorry for the long post, but hopefully this helps to point you in the right direction. :D:D:D
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] kardeef:
I have been messing around with CppDroid , its in the Google Play , ported the old Star Trek text game from the early 80's . ohh with C/CPP you can write your own dll's for Visual basic or packages for Java. The reason I started with C was I made my own MUD in the 90's. Then I learned CPP to make a clone of a helper program for Ultima online,the original lacked a lot of things I wanted. Also in CPP you can call undocumented API's . Java what I can tell so far is about 80 percent the same as CPP .also Droidedit is good code editor for android it formats by what type of extension you save your file as.. Will do kava c and CPP I have discovered so far.

Thx Mingolianbeef that info is very helpful to me too :)

To get back to the subject sry about wandering off for that much. I have a few java questions to help me understand the exploit better in next post. I have to wait a few mins to post though.paid for the xda app you would think I wouldn't have to wait lol
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Happy to help ?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] kardeef:
Umm never mind,going to look at the exploit code on monitor. Reading it on the ZMAX is making it difficult for me to read correctly. Having one line of code cut up onto eight lines on the phone is to much for my brain. ?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] afox27:
If you guys can get me the. Su files. An tell me where they have to be placed an the code to the exploit in a java script file I can make it into an app idk if it will work for you guys cause I'm on this phones little brother. Z667g so I can't test the app at all on my end
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
Awesome. I will send you the files in just a few minutes just as soon as I can round it all up and get it uploaded to my google drive. If I'm not mistaking we just need the SU binary placed in /system/xbin .
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thereal_antiHackmasta:
Of course. It's one of the fastest growing fields is mobile app development.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] AknUlla:
[QUO
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] afox27:
Ok but I still need that exploit coded into a java file example (file.js)
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] AknUlla:
Thank you. The post was long but detailed. The thing is is I want to be of more help, but I don't even understand what you need to do in order to gain root. I don't even really understand half of the stuff on this forum. I will check out the site and will contact you if I need any PDFs. Again thank you.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
OK my friend, this is the exploit source from the gethub, and Chainfire's SuperSu.zip files. Both files are zipped together, and the hope is that this exploit could be coded to place the included SuperSu.zip's file content to the same path that Chainfire's zip intends them to be placed. Also I believe the file permissions need to be set the same as his script sets them. I appreciate you taking time to do this even if you're unable to get this working. It means a lot.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5UxE7BN6I12cENfWEZHamZ6Nlk/view?usp=sharing
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
The thing about any programming language is that you will NEVER go from noob to guru overnight (speaking from experience). Remember that you have to implement this code in a real world situation, so speed reading or watching is the worst thing you can do. Take your time, work at your pace, and make sure you know the material like the back of your hand.