yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Its old I was only flashing to see if it worked or not, not for any other reason I like my ROM way it is, but because I did get a fail and had to reinstall my backup I am on to SuperSU wich I wouldn't be on, I mean I had SuperSU installed, but I had to have like 3 extra su binaries in place to have it, now I am on updated binary and deleted all things kingroot created. I don't know what to say it didn't work for me....

If you have other people on it great, at least now we have a working updater script for flashing system and boot.img

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] Dhlongfellow:
Can someone direct me to the stock metro pcs recovery and system files to attempt unroot. Thank you
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Just did this, and likes it very much. I have xposed reboot apm installed so I edited for reboot, reboot recovery, and soft reboot.

If I turn off the phone or reboot normally it boots into twrp, and I just have to choose restart recovery and it boots into android with rw, or I can just hold power+volume up to boot into recovery or choose reboot recovery from power menu, and I boot into android with full read/write

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] Raider1911:
I'm one of them, install was smooth. I can definitely recommend at this point. Appears just as stable as stock. Proud operator of BUTTERNOOB V1.0! Mingo, where's the wallpapers? ::silly:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
If I made a whole data, boot, system, cache backup using TWPR do I still have use a nandroid backup what's the difference? ( I have the t-mobile version from Walmart)

Z999LP-A-LTE

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And is ART available on the ROM?

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Not sure what your asking, if you want to go back to stock or what, delete SuperSU, su,daemonsu, and install-recovery.sh from phone, flash stock boot and recovery images to their respectfully places and your back to stock

I also don't know what art is

Wow didn't know they made a new byte processor called art, says its in kk, but don't know how to use 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:
Yes there is a way to hide root... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devadvance.rootcloakplus

Z999LP-A-LTE

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ART is the new Runtime that took over the place of Delvik in newer version of android (lollipop 5.0.1+)... And I'm talking about the ROM migo posted do I have to make a nandroid backup if I already make using TWPR?

Z999LP-A-LTE

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You are way way way way behind the times???.

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Dhlongfellow:
I need to unroot to not have ZTE void my warranty when I send it in. I have the bout and system that was posted but I don't know how to get it back where it belongs. If someone would direct me to the stock files and how to put it back. I would gladly donate. Thank you
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Check your messages you just need to find jcase post of his recovery then follow instructions I sent in pm use terminal emulator delete supersu files, and flash recovery.img back to recovery

Search this forum for jcase recovery backup find the post were he put his backup up for download, and download it, then open terminal emulator copy the commands I posted in pm to re!move su,daemonsu, and install-recovery.sh

Then flash recovery.IMG back to recovery

If you have SuperSU installed as system/app delete it in syste!/app if its in data just uninstall it, I also think in SuperSU there is an option to uninstall and delete su binary and files, this is probably the easiest way but make sure you flash recovery.IMG to recovery first before you uninstall SuperSU, if you need to mount system read write a link to jcase instructions on how to mount system read write is in the thread I posted, that link is in my profile just look for jcase tutorial in first post and follow his instructions to get read write to system

Jcase full read write to system instructions

https://plus.google.com/+JustinCaseAndroid/posts/KzgyHLgVhwo

And the recover.IMG

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3308406&d=1431402629

No need to donate to me

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] Dhlongfellow:
Thank you for all your help. I really appreciate it.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Just refer to my previous post and the pm I sent you write it down on paper and go slow don't do anything until it makes sense then you should be alright
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Dhlongfellow:
Do I use removal emulator on my phone, or in twrp? Does anyone have the MetroPCS recovery image?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Working on more now, but I'm sorry, I forgot to add the one in my screenshot, here's the Butternoob Wallpaper :)

[IMG="Butternoob Wallpaper"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q7vKWKFUWag/VVkJQMzoqCI/AAAAAAAAKPM/cHoE5TfEKtY/w343-h609-no/01.png[/IMG][IMG="Bootdown Animation"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HQhIRj8I6yI/VVkJU-fGguI/AAAAAAAAKPU/J6GsJJ_2TMg/w343-h609-no/01.png[/IMG]

If ever restart the phone via the power menu, the down boot animation says "bye noob" lol, there's the wallpaper for that too!

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Oh and BTW I have confirmed Butternoob working on:

1. T-Mobile ZTE ZMAX

2. Family Mobile (Univision?) ZMAX

If you have the Metro ZMAX, please test and get back to me.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
Can you answer the question I asked on the last page please sir?

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] smilesintears77:
I have ZTE GRAND X MAX PLUS. I was able to gain root with english version of kingroot app 4.0 but lost the root after reboot. I need permanent root.. any thoughts? I thought i ask since zmax is very similar phone.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Raider1911:
Backup using TWPR, double check to make sure "system", "data", and "boot" are check marked. All of the boxes if you want to backup current configuration. It IS a nandroid backup. I ran a restore process just to make sure it completed, booted it, and then I flash the rom. :good:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
A nandroid is a recovery backup. It's a term that Android users say when referring to backing up the NAND (partitions) of your phone, hence the name "Nand"-roid. So if you already have a TWRP backup, then you don't need to rebackup unless you want to for peace of mind.

And no, until I can get a deodexed rom to boot properly, ART will not be available. I'm not being dry when I say this (just can't show emotion in a text response), but I am more concerned with the things pertaining to a smooth experience and all that stuff over ART since it may not even boot, most roms that have any sort of OEM modifications pre Lollipop don't even boot with ART, and ZTE may have left it mostly stock but looking at the system and stuff, they have done enough to make it a 50/50 shot.

For example, that lockscreen you hate? There's an app for that separate from the systemui.apk (which controls the status bar and lockscreen layout), so I don't know how that will play with ART. It's a lot, I'd have to deodex, decompile, recompile and test, hoping that it works, and if it doesn't, then comes the trouble shooting, which is worse because ADB doesn't work on bootloops. I may just pop up with stuff and info but literally if I'm up at ten in the morning, I may spend four or five hours testing rom builds at a time, multiple times a day. Butternoob had well over 40 collective hours of testing before it was released because of the tweaks ZTE made, even just to boot it, and it's still not perfect. I think I went through thirty something builds and bricked my phone within an inch of it's life at least 6 times.

The TL;DR, patience my friend, patience :)

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If you have root, try to flash your boot.img to the recovery partition like we did. If they are similar phones, it should react the same way.

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I am also going to endorse this for all root users, make a parition backup of your phone with this app, I just did. It's waay more advanced than a nandroid because it backs up your entire parition table (or those you select). The bootloader and everything will be backed up to your sd card. If something ever goes seriously wrong (like you flash the modem partition or something crazy like that, which will in fact hard brick), then we can take the necessary steps to troubleshooting and getting it fixed. some of these are not universal files. Things like the modem are unique to each phone, so you can't use someone else's modem. Just a recommendation.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.partitions
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
I like this butternoob ROM it feels smoother then the normal one...
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tokenpoke:
Newest kingroot failed for eighth time. Both with maxed ram and without on 2:3 of my phones (Walmart and two MetroPCS).

One metro phone now has perm root.

Edit:

Sorry, wrong forum (I blame tapatalk).

Gonna leave it here anyway because king seems hit or miss still.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Dhlongfellow:
I tried over 20 times with the latest kingroot and couldn't get it to root. Always a reboot at 18-22%
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tokenpoke:
Took eight times with one metro, the other just failed try 14
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
Uninstall all king related apps, and app data/cache. Shutdown your phone, (not a reboot), power back on your phone, and re-install and try to root again.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tokenpoke:
Makes sense, factory reset worked... Other metro is in a bootloop ATM after being stupid and running a custom batch file... Seems I somehow messed up a line and it keeps booting to recovery and then rebooting so I'm pretty sure its shot. Trashed batch and hoping a twrp push fixes it.

"Maybe next time you should follow the directions instead of *$&!ing with things. Eye jay ess."-My Wife.

***edit:

Wally World special just got loaned out while I repair a gtab3 so no more tests on that until Wednesday.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Thanks! If you find a bug, please post it on Android Forums, as posts happen too quickly in this thread for me to hope to keep up with it
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] hroark13:
yeah it looks pretty cool on the Zmax
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Masterchief87:
Hello everyone, I have made zips for both MetroPCS and T-Mobile ZMAX that allow you to flash the boot.img to the recovery partition and have full root capabilities while still having TWRP installed. I have already tested the ones for the MetroPCS model on my own phone and I am in the process of creating a thread on android forums where hopefully I will be posting them some time in the next couple hours. Right now I need someone to test the ones for T-Mobile model. I am very confident that they will work just fine but I need someone who knows how to fix their phone via adb should something not work right. Please drop me a pm if you are interested.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
PM me. I'll test it..
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] ce321:
i want to report that the butternoob rom flashed perfectly on the metropcs zte zmax. wifi workes because when i made a call to test calling the wifi calling symbol showed up. on system setting it says 4.4.2 and instead of metropcs on the lock screen it says tmobile. unfortunately the metro pcs apps were installed when i turned it on. i dont know if it was my phone or it felt laggy? but overall it works on the metropcs zte zmax
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Okay awesome, so, that's a confirmation on Family Mobile, T-Mo and Metro, I can now turn up the heat on development!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] ce321:
since we know we can cross flash butternoob rom maybe we can try to update the rom to 4.4.4. i have the stock rom of the metropcs version. i can try to upload a twrp backup of it. i would just factory reset through twrp
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyconumnum:
please do share :):):)
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] hroark13:
[YOUTUBE]taL3tgERfvI[/YOUTUBE]
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
Oh my god lollipop foreal!!!!

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyconumnum:
I believe I shed a tear of joy
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
Is it stable?

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] hroark13:
it is too broken to release, needs a lot of work

and I am pretty sure I do not have the time

plus when I released twrp, like 875 people downloaded, and only about 10 people actually thanked me on AF

people need to show more appreciation for devs
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Tonylc1974:
I'm stupified.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
I thinked you.

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] ce321:
thank you hroark13 for the twrp recovery. let me jus fix my financial situation and a donation is gonna come your way
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Please do, much appreciated! I'm sure I can make it happen :)

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OH GOD!!! Hell I'm excited lmao. BTW, how are things like bluetooth and stuff working?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] hroark13:
nothing works

it builds - check

it boots - check

fix $hit - un-checked
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
So, if everyone wants Lollipop, start raping the like button and showing more support. Hroark13 and JCase have been the developmental backbone of this community, please show them some love. It won't mean that CM12 will be out overnight, BUT it will just make them feel good that people are happy to use their stuff. I don't know where Butternoob would be if I didn't have his TWRP build, and I was against (well not AGAINST, just felt that R/W was a big deal for me) having it on the phone but I was able to contribute. Show some love and more devs will emerge. If you guys want your own forum section, we will have to fight for it. Many thanks hroark13 for everything you've done, it's much appreciated from the Butternoob devs!

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I was amazed it even booted, good job man! I thought it was impossible. Did you use a stock boot.img or did you build one from source?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] hroark13:
kernel is built from source 4.4.4 source

it was kicking my arse all weekend, but I finally got it
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
There is much to learn from this one... lol. But hey man, much appreciated. Now that I know that a custom kernel will boot even with the bootloader situation, I will have to build a 4.4.4 kernel and have some fun with it :)
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyconumnum:
I'll admit I'm slow to thank.....I'm sorry......I tried just right now to thank a mess....

but, got shut down at 8......

I know that's not an excuse......I appreciate everything done for the ZMAX....especially when it was looking bleak......

I have nothing but words of gratitude for the people that are making things move in a good way.....

thank you so much for making it happen.....thank you DEV's....thank you testers.....

for helping what seemed impossible....possible.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
I want a kernel that clocks the GPU up to 700mhz and the CPU like 1.7GHz that would be killer(on battery life while the GPU increasing the CPU clock speed should actually help battery life) ...

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Just throwing a bone

Just as a consolation (won't replace it, but I'm sure it will keep some people satisfied as we continue to get awesome stuff from devs like Hroark), I did successfully boot a deodexed build. Which means that [MENTION=5885045]tech_yeet[/MENTION] (yeah I'm tagging you lol), I'm working on ART support as we speak.

Peculiarly enough, it's not actually hidden per se' (meaning, there isn't code in the smali that actively HIDES Android Runtime support), there is rather a lack of code that doesn't make it visible in the settings list. I'm cross referencing an AOSP settings.apk to see what is missing to make it show up, because ZTE kept it a lot more stock than I thought, they just did a lot of cosmetic BS. I'm going to leave butternoob odexed, clean up the ROM and update it to 4.4.4 from a build I'm getting from a Metro user for those that won't simple, and cleaned. For those that want something to play with, there will be a version called SuperButter with ART and lots of little bells and whistles, just to give some more options, actively in development now!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyconumnum:
thank you! ...I can't wait to test it...since I'm on Metro and 444
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Masterchief87:
I have noticed this myself. I do not consider myself a developer and I can't come close to the skill set you posses but I've made several small mod zips for the Samsung Avant, which I was using up until you made twrp for us, and I'd say that I've only gotten 1 like for every 100 downloads. Honestly I'm thrilled that people are using the stuff at all but it really is a shame that developers like you don't receive more gratitude for your work. If I could like/thank all your posts 100 times I would. You are awesome sir.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
Hey, don't forget about the guys behind the scenes that test, and help troubleshoot the problems that some people run into/bring on themselves, either from not reading or just being new to the concept of some of this stuff. This investment of one's time, should also deserve some appreciation.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] hroark13:
i agree, anyone who spends time to either get stuff working or testing or helping others deserve thanks
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyconumnum:
yes
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Can never forget the victi... I mean uhh.. testers lol
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] imattmodz:
What bricks thou phone, shall make thou smarter...
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
and $150 broker lol
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyconumnum:
I've bricked...and read 80+ pages of posts...and unbricked thanx to the deep well of info constantly being shared here....

the XDA ZTE ZMAX DEV's.... testers...and noobs all are collectively kicking some magical a##.....

and I was getting tired of talking myself into thinking stock android was livable....lol.....

thanx.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Lol yes, for a poweruser, stock android is like being tortured lol. I found myself thinking "If I had root I could fix this" waaaaay more lol
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] auburn2eugene:
Not at all doubting you, but when did we get an unlocked bootloader? The last I remember seeing was j chase saying he was working on the bootloader... Has he cracked it and I just. I just missed it? That's fantastic if so...
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] nfl2480:
Just bought my ZMAX today for Metro, and was extremely saddened to discover that there is no root. Then I stumbled across this thread and you have no clue how happy it makes me to see a community made of all kinds from experienced devs to amateurs like me working to get this device up and running. New to this phone, however I possess a basic amount of knowledge on root. I will read through all the info shared and run my own tests and if I come across anything new I will be sure to share it here.

Big thanks to everybody for your hard work on this device. I thought I was doomed and ended up with my first device that was unrootable, but you guys have truly sparked some hope in me haha.

Sent from my Z970
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
Damn.... Just remembered how much I miss AOKP on my n7. Imma have to get a KK 4.4.4 build of AOKP and mix and match the stock ROM.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Just Gonna Drop This Here...

4.4.4 Rooted coming soon to a ZMAX near you (well, more like in a few hours). Butternoob 2.0 Stock. I received this from an amazing MetroPCS user who will certainly get creds when I post. This one irons out that bug with gapps and different google apps, too!

Oh and I have no way of testing out whether or not it has band 12, a metro user would be able to tell you better than I would based on the kernel version.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
A lot of times you forget to bring the device specific files, for widi and Bluetooth over when porting a ROM, the ROM build with a boot?img will boot but you also still need to pull device specific files to register with cyanogemmod like WiFi,Bluetooth,network,camera

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] hroark13:
when did I do this, on which rom ?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Oh I ment it more like people forget, not necessarily you, and was saying it as the WiFi, and Bluetooth don't work you may be !ossing some device specific files for our kernel and ROM

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] hroark13:
there is a lot more involved when making an AOSP rom then just copying files

you have to setup a build system (once)

you have to download all the source code

you have to update you kernel source code, which is not some auto update, you need to go threw the code and add / remove stuff

you have to build a device tree that build with out error and creates a rom that boots

this stuff is not easy

considering i started working on this yesterday, and I now have a tree that builds and boots, I am doing pretty good

just need to fix all the little ****

a lot of the roms I put out never get completed, mainly because i tend to release early incomplete versions, so that other devs can help out, and then no one helps out, and people install and use it and complain that stuff does not work, and then I lose interest in the project

I think i should just learn from my past mistakes and not release any thing unless it works perfectly

I am not sure what I want to do at this point
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
I know I have made a cyanogenmod ROM. Before for a device, was working on it but I ran out of free space on my device, am waiting for a 2tb HDD so I won't run out next time, I was just trying to help point you in right direction that is all

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] Dhlongfellow:
Thank you for your work on all the projects you've done hroark. I was there for the f6 roms, I still have cm on it that you made.