yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Arcinredangel:
So I need a PC to change the DPI?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Exconvict:
Yes. I don't know of any other way
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thegrim11:
BTW, I'm adding $10 to the root bounty.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Djoec1983:
That root bounty is pretty high I put $100 in but I don't see much interest
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Vyrus69:
Hey guys just noticed this. The metro PCS version has band 12 activated already and I didn't even know.

http://s30.postimg.org/nll9gz11d/Screenshot_2015_03_22_13_58_30.png

Sent from my Z970
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Moon83:
Where are you located?

PS: I use the same app:D
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] brandonlee96:
how exacly
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Vyrus69:
Currently in Hollywood, fl, I don't remember anyone posting this antenna active before.

Sent from my Z970
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] voidcomp:
That program is known to give false positives on Band 12.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Exconvict:
Open the toolkit click launch advanced utilities click display density click OK then change it to your liking
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] brandonlee96:
will this brick my zte zmax
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Exconvict:
I don't know if it will. I set it up with my nexus 6 I didn't really care if it bricked my zmax. Its so cheap in price. I've hooked my wife's note 4 up and my note 2 and 3 and it worked. It changes it right away
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Exconvict:
Here is 140
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] brandonlee96:
what is the (defualt display density for the zte zmax t-mobile)?

i want to know before i do anything
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
258ppi
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Exconvict:
I think it was around 450. Its a reset to default button on there too
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
What unit is the program using?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] therealduckie:
It doesn't make sense that it can alter system files since we do not have root. Changing DPI usually involves root access.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] valve timing:
What exactly is band 12 I assume its stronger LTE band ? Either way I'm current getting band 2 in ross ohio

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Do anyone of you use battery doctor or clean master ?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Rusell:
Maybe our first step Into rooting?

Rusell

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Yes, it is to "expand coverage". T-Mobile will make band 12 available via an OTA update. I believe this phone will support band 12 :)

Rusell
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Lesharoturbo:
I am one of the un-rooted noobs (noons?) that you speak of. For me it is not a question of following instructions, but waiting to see what develops with the bootloader unlock and ROM development. Rooting is just not a priority for me unless I can also get back to CM ( I had CM 11 on my GNEX)

Masterchief,

I can get you the images you seek, just tell me how to do it.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] 1haplo:
I followed the instructions in your link and easy.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Masterchief87:
Lol right after I hit submit I realized I left out the part about uninstalling all king related apps right after flashing twrp. I added it in right away but apparently not before you saw it and quoted me lol
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
You can also tmp root, and not install twrp or full root and still provide the .img we need

Just use dd command to copy your system.img,recovery.img boot.img, to your sdcard here is how after kingroot tmp root open either adb or terminal emulator

if adb use :

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system of=/sdcard/systembak.img

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

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/bootbak.img

In terminal just use:

su

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system of=/sdcard/systembak.img

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

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/bootbak.img

Then we can just use dd command to overwrite our partitions and make a backup our selves, and then you can easily uninstall root from inside kingroot, uninstall kinguser, kingroot, and Chinese characters apks and never worry about root, or flashing twrp if you don't want to

I would greatly appreciated those imgs also, Becaut I rooted with kingroot permrooo before we had twrp and it did something to my system and I want to get back to pure T-Mobile ROM to reboot fresh

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Lesharoturbo:
Working on it, give me a few minutes, or hours. Depending on the Kingroot speed

Hmm, can't download using the link in your tutorial. I get a textbox on my phone "Complete action using" and "No apps can perform this action" when clicking on either the direct download or torrent buttons. Any suggestions?

Got it, used my PC and transferred it.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Vyrus69:
Fyi guys, if any of you prefer to use DSP over Viper that works too, just get the phone in r/w copy and paste the DSP apk to the system folder and set permissions to rw-r-r-, go into /vender/app and delete all of the dolby files, reboot phone(recovery since you're in r/w) and you're good to go.

Works beautifully.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
I added the kingroot APK to the thread for download

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] OMGmirxx:
I rooted my phone the hard way via CMD and succesfully rooted it on the first try.

I do have a system back up I did from the recovery right after I rooted it. Would anyone be interested in it?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Yup within the hour after jcase posted what he said I was on it, but I didn't uninstall kingroot I missed that part

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Lesharoturbo:
[MENTION=5285072]DroidisLINUX[/MENTION]

Got the images, where do you want them?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Any site mediafire or zippyshare , dropbox, google drive zip them up and put them online please send me link when you can

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Lesharoturbo:
Sent you a PM. The system is still uploading to google drive, the first time yakked and had to be restarted.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] auburn2eugene:
I did. Well actually I needed it for the busybox install... But after booting into recovery, (after using Masterchief87s zip) just went in and installed with no problems.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] USERINNEED:
FIXED IT

I ended up doing that + factory reseting my phone, I probably didn't need to do that but oh well at least my phone works, thanks!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] klobster:
[MENTION=4791485]hroark13[/MENTION] you should add a *R/W Reboot* button to your TWRP app that checks the getprop and then dds the boot to recovery, then reboot into recovery. That way users can run what they need, reboot, then run the TWRP install again and reboot. Of course, you and I know that you can perform all the same functions in TWRP, but these guys spent three pages talking about the value of r/w access.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Masterchief87:
If you go on android forums you will see that I have already taken care of this issue with a pair of flashable zips for 4.4.4 ROMs (mpcs stock & butternoob v2) Im trying to get someone to zip up a system & boot backup of the T-Mobile stock ROM (as close to 100% stock as possible) and upload and share it with me so that I can finish testing the zips I made for 4.4.2 ROMs (tmo stock & butternoob v1).

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If someone can get me the backup I need I'll be able to have the zips for 4.4.2 uploaded and available within a couple hours at the most.

If someone can manage to get me a tmobile backup that is 100% stock without root, it can also be used by anyone who needs or wants to restore their phone to 100% factory stock.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Lesharoturbo:
Just changed access so you can grab those images.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] farnlc:
Help needed!

I love this phone and I've purchased quite a few for friends and family for use with AT&T, Cricket, etc. I've purchased the unlock code online and had no issues whatsoever with the first 8.

Today I purchased 4 more and got the unlock codes. As expected the screen pops up and says "SIM Network unlock PIN Emergency Call only" like it did for the first 8. This time when I enter the unlock code and hit OK it goes to a screen that says "Requesting SIM Network Unlock" for about 2 seconds, and then goes right back to the "SIM Network unlock PIN Emergency Call only" screen....

I even re-purchased the unlock code for one of the phones from another site, and got the exact same unlock code so I'm thinking the code is correct!

When I put the Univision SIM that came with the phone in, it boots up and works just fine....

Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] auburn2eugene:
Is this recovery from T-Mobile or Metro?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] klobster:
Oh right, [MENTION=4791485]hroark13[/MENTION] also add a *Recover Boot image* that dds the recovery back to the boot.img but only in recovery mode. That way even the inept can reboot. Also it allows for two boot authentication.

You can add ads around then and when the full root comes to fruition you have a platform to install ROMS from already halfway developed.:good:.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Masterchief87:
I think you are confused. Hroark13 has only built twrp and cm12.1 alpha (for the zmax that is). I was talking about flashable zips I made that switch the positions of twrp and the boot.img. As long as you do everything right (checking the md5 and following all other directions) this is much safer than just copying the boot image to the recovery partition.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Vee63b:
a little help please, I screwed up.

Wow! First of all thanks to all for root! My request however, If someone with the tmobile variant that's rooted could copy, zip, and upload their /system/app folder I would greatly appreciate it! I hit the wrong option in Lucky patcher and accidentally removed all the system odex files from there and I'm looking at continuous FC of phone, messages, etc. I only need the /app folder not the whole system.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] valve timing:
Thanks to all devs for achieving root for all of us now I have to achieve full rw
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thegrim11:
Yeah we need to unlock the boot loader. And for that, we need to get into the boot loader. And even though fastboot is supported as jcase has said, there's no real way of finding out how to get into it.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thereal_antiHackmasta:
I really hate to be that guy but after reading countless post in this thread I lost track of what post had the files that master chief made. The 2 zips. Can some one tell me the post or share the links again so that I can flash them. Thanks in advance.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] valve timing:
Here ya go brotha http://androidforums.com/threads/full-root-capabilities-without-uninstalling-twrp.919330/
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
I swear to God that TWPR is a OS to its self...1st when the screen turns off( completely off) you can tap the screen and it will turn back on like the LG knock on code, and I tried flashing to metro pcs boot.IMG zip things that "master" posted my phone wouldn't boot up correctly it kept going back to TWPR (it did not even show the ZTE z max screen!!!) so I freaked out but then I remembered I had made a recovery but then my recovery wouldn't work so I went to the restore zip and try to use my back up again it still did not work!!! So I hit mount then I check the system file where to install and installed butternoob 4.4.2 v1 and bam my phone booted back to normal as of nothing happened at all ( thank you again [MENTION=3953573]mingolianbeef[/MENTION]) and [MENTION=4791485]hroark13[/MENTION]

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] valve timing:
Off topic kinda what is this xposed framework that people are installing ? What are the benefits ? And where could I download it from
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
It is, if you do research it is its own os, like tiny Linux, only for android

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer you can do a whole lot of serious customization with it like for example make your phone look like is running lollipop.... https://plus.google.com/105855773732882713268/posts/iJuRJNHCkHL

https://plus.google.com/105855773732882713268/posts/acEuEcFJ63J

This is just a simple really is (nearly) endless possibilities of what you can do with xposed...

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Its an app that modifies framework.jar or your main android jar so you can do almost any real editing tweaks you want, and there are apks and modules already made for it its like taking vanilla ROM and making it fudge Sunday with peanuts, just be careful some of the mods are device specific so they could harm your device I.e brick

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
Which means my phone is unbrickable ( (evil laughter)"mmmmmwwwwahahahahahaha!!!!!"

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
As long as you have twrp its pretty hard to brick yes, still need a backup to save yourself if you do get a bootloop

Most people who have bricks at this point didn't make backup for 1, didn't install twrp for 2

Or 3 don't know how to press volume + up and power to boot into twrp if its on your recovery partition, if its on your boot partition then they don't know how to flash ROMs or something cause with all of us talking and as far as we are now most people reading this thread know how to save their device by now, except the new ones, so now we just need to migrate to androidforum instead cause were not wanted here at xda

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
I'm going to flash the moto g CyanogenMod mmmmmwwwwahahahahahaha!!!!!

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
That isn't a good idea? Because it wasn't made for our device how similar are the devices! Even porting cyanogenmod you need the device specific files or blobs, and those are like touch sense WiFi Bluetooth CPU GPU so unless we have same hardware you get a cyanogen boot img at best

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
They both have the same type of SoC a Quad Qualcomm snapdragon 400 MSM8226 clock at 1.2ghz.

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
OK very nice to know you could always try still there is a lot that goes into porting Google port a ROM, it shows you everything needed

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
Be careful. Some ROMs are customized to flash a custom recovery as well. TWRP just temporarily loads up into ram upon boot. You can afterwards flash a new recovery while inside of TWRP and then upon reboot be welcomed by a different recovery such as CWM. So please. Don't go flashing random junk while your boot loader is on lockdown.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] BigDaddyE40:
Doesn't flashing the switch zip make the regular booting mode turn into recovery boot and recovery boot turn into the regular boot tho??

In other words holding power button turns into vol+ and power and vice versa
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
I'm I'm scared to do it now just somebody that don't care about the phone or Easly can buy another one try it. And and then tell us want happens?☺☺☺ https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=falcon

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Google porting cyanogenmod ROM to new device, and you will have it

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
Ok.

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] dmeeks72:
Has anyone on the TMobile ZMax that installed Butternoob V2.0 been able to confirm whether or not it enabled Band 12?

I haven't seen it in my area yet, but there are no confirmed towers in my area that are Band 12 enabled.

On a side note: In addition to using to root checker to see if you are rooted, you can also use the TMobile My Account App to check as well. Just run the device health test.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
Open the zip with RAR and make sure it does not change your /recovery or /boot sectors and you can flash it. BTW. Above all else. Make sure it absolutely does not have any firmware upgrade modules or software in it. That can permanently corrupt your hardware. In other words. The only file you want is a /system file to flash.

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Take a custom ROM like cyan or aokp. Strip the apks out of it and put them into your existing setup. And for the love of god make a nandroid first. I plan on doing this later with aokp.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
You can do it fairly easy with android kitchen it tells you hlwto port a ROM what files to copy and so forth

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

simple root guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] BigDaddyE40:
Although I can't 100% confirm it I can say that since I got v2 my LTE is no longer throttle and it's significantly faster than before
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
https://plus.google.com/105855773732882713268/posts/LtUovGUCzzo aren't these what you talking about Willis?

Z999LP-A-LTE

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[MENTION=6322299]biledigger[/MENTION] ?

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
[MENTION=5885045]tech_yeet[/MENTION] no. Gimmie a moment to download a copy of aokp for the 2012 n7. I prefer the older model since I actually own it.

This is the inside of an aokp nightly for the 2012 n7. As you can see it contains an update for the recovery partition. So like I said. Don't flash a random ROM. You could really screw your phone up especially with no access to recovery afterwards. And having a locked boot loader doesn't help either.

What you can do however. Is open that system folder you see inside the ROM. And then extract the apps from that ROM and bake them into your own phone. Just keep in mind some of them require the framework files which I absolutely do not recommend you mix since our ROMs are odexed. Just wait for a deodexed ROM before you tangle with any if that junk.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
And now I have access to the wallpaper setup for AOKP. Its not much to gander at. But just an example. Take the apks you want out of the ROM and add them into your own. Now excuse me while I rip the boot screens. I been wanting them.

Well. Boot animation and wallpapers from aokp are good to go.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
Oh yeah. I forgot...... If you can find files. Or rather apk files similar to the ones already in your system that are not accompanied by odex files. You can put them in your system as replacement as long as you delete the original apk along with its odex file. The base and being behind this is as such. You can add the dialer, message and browser apks that are not odexed which can allow themeing. Just please be careful in doing so and always make a nandroid before modifying anything at all in your system that way you can restore.

Your best bet for doing this. Make a nandroid of your current everyday setup. Afterwards do a factory reset for a nice clean ROM to modify. Modify the hell out of your custom ROM. And when your done testing and making sure your customizations are stable. Add then to your daily usage ROM. Just do all your testing on the clean ROM that way you don't botch your daily driver.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
USB otg

Well USB stick mount by chain fire works at the least. I just used my external microusb to USB 3.0 port drive on my phone with success.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] jugjug:
I just took the plunge and am now running butternoob! Thanks to everybody who made it possible! Woohoo!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
getting aggravated about core.jar

OK. I need a script that I can either run from within android using a terminal or an apk that can put me in R/W mode from within android without use of a PC. I need my nodded play store damnit.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyconumnum:
are the differences between CM and AOKP just appearances?

do they have custom Rom specifics?...I know CM uses Apollo and stuff....does AOKP have it's own custom apps?

I've only experienced CM and CARBON ROM....I love CARBON ROM....it had way more flex and style..but, that's just me...
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] ghet2rockuu:
http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/05/cyanogenmod-vs-aokp/ aokp has more customized features
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
PACman ROM is better....

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
P.A. beat all the others but was also known in the Linux world as "bleeding edge" software. P.A. is also officially discontinued though sadly. Pacrom got all its base features from P.A. and AOKP.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] loonycgb2:
Pacman is a mix of paranoid,aosp,cyanogenmod
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
I know that's why i say better...

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
It actually used script modifications from kang as well.

But let's put it into perspective.

Script tweaks, ui modifications, bleeding edge software such as when that crappy ass pie menu first came out.... Creator of that mod needs a foot in his ass. Central HUD expansion. First implementations of app immersion. Dual panel. Desktop extension. Rain drop. Omninet speed statistics. Dual-band mod for WiFi. Etc... Etc....

These are all mods and enhancements from different roms . some of which were added some not. Reason being stability issues.

Some of these items were left out due to conflicting issues sadly. But that's never stopped us from cramming it together into a package just to see what it can do.